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HOKTICULTUEE 



March 24, 1917 



HORTICULTURE. 



VOL. XXV MARCH 24, 1917 Ntt 12 



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CONTENTS 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— At the New York Flower 

 Show 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— 

 AdiBiitums — Bulb Stock — Camellias — Cattleyas and 

 Laelias — Easter Lilies — Reminders — John J. M. Farrell 367 



THE NEW YORK SHOW— Illustrated— List of Awards 

 —Exhibitors in the Trade Section— Notes 369-371 



THE ST. LOUIS SHOW 372 



NATIONAL ROSE FESTIVALr— G. C. Watson 373 



THE BOSTON SPRING SHOW 373 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY— Officers Elected— Benj. 



Hammond, portrait — President's Address 374 



Secretary's and Treasurer's Reports 378 



SEED TRADE— American Sugar-Beet Seed Industry- 

 New Seed Stores 380 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores 382 



Flowers by Telegraph 382 



DURING RECESS— New York Florists' Club, Illus- 

 trated—Detroit Florist Club Bowling League 384-385 



NEW ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: 



Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburgh 385-386 



New York 390 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 

 Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati. New York, Philadelphia 395 



Pittsburgh, St. Louis 397 



Washington 402 



OBITUARY— Mrs. James Blair— Andrew B. Holmes— 

 H. L, Gowan— Chris Butler— Wm. T. Lehr 404 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Elves Dance Out of a Nine Foot Basket, Illustrated 372 



A Violet Problem— /o?i» /. M. Farrell 379 



Club and Society Notes 379 



Massachusetts Agricultural College Notes 380 



New Corporations 380 



Club Meetings Next Week 385 



Visitors' Register 402 



Dahlia Pointers 404 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 404 



Patents Granted 404 



A perusal of our advertising columns this weelc 

 Do it ,v-ill disclose a gratifying activity in all depart- 

 ments of commercial horticulture. Enterpris- 

 ing dealers are alert and ready to open the 

 spring trade with commendable vigor and we would here 

 take opportunity to urge upon our readers the privilege 



thus afforded for giving a very practical and by no means 

 insignificant turn to their friendly sentiments towards 

 lIoKTicrLTriiE at this time by placing every possible 

 dollar's worth of their spring trade with those firms 

 whose offers appear in these pages. In no other way can 

 our readers so effectively encourage Houticulture and 

 promote its prosperity as by patronizing Hokticul- 

 turb's advertisers whenever possible and being thought- 

 ful always to tell them why. "Do it now." 



Winter lingers most exasperatingly "in 



All the lap of spring" and it becomes more 



topsy-turvy m„| „im.|3 apparent that we are to have a 



very late and very brief planting season. 

 According to the almanac the proper time for garden 

 work has arrived but, from the latitude of New York 

 northward, at least, the soil is still frozen deep, stretches 

 of snow whiten the landscajw, blustering arctic breezes 

 are blowing and he would be foolish indeed who would 

 yet cast off his winter overcoat. Yet, under those un- 

 propitious conditions the dealers in seeds and roots are 

 already experiencing a demand such as never before 

 known for garden seeds and implements and it seems 

 utterly imjjossible that when the real spi-ing rush opens 

 up they can come anywhere near to satisfying the de- 

 mand that is inevitable. Many stocks are already abso- 

 lutely unobtainable at wholesale, .regardless of price. 

 Xever before has the seed trade been confronted with 

 such a situation as exists at present and each day the 

 problem grows more and more of a puzzle. 



Of exhibition news there is almost 



Success no end in sight this week. With the 



and its respon- material now on our desk we could 



sibilities j[jj .^ paper several times bigger than 



this issue of Horticulture but we 

 ■-I'e no good reason to try to crowd into this one number 

 cvei'y available line concerning these big flower .shows, 

 it is quite probable that we have provided our readers 

 with as much as they will care to consume at one meal 

 and no doubt they will feel perfectly satisfied to have 

 something held in reserve for next week's digestion or 

 tven later, for the exhibition que.stion is fast assuming 

 ]iroportions that arc pretty weighty and far reaching. 

 'these spring shows have taken their place permanently, 

 we think, as recognized seasonable attractions and with 

 their popularity thus assured the old bugbear of possi- 

 ble financial loss is well removed. As everybody knows, 

 we ha\e yet much to leam in exhibition promotion and 

 management but we have made unexpectedly big strides 

 of late and further advancement is to be expected. 

 Should any of the readers of Horticulture have ideas 

 on this subject which they would like to express or pre- 

 sent for consideration and discussion, IIoirncuLTURB's 

 columns are freely open for such. It will be our own 

 fault if the active control of these great business pro- 

 moting enterprises should jiass into the hands of other 

 than the horticultural interests. But if we are to enjoy 

 the great hatveot uu« ripening after so many years of 

 labor we must keep moving on and up. Wliat can you 

 susrsrest ? 



