■)4 HOBTICULTUKE July 14. 1917 



MQlll^l/^f Jf Tf TWIT allouoil t.) Iiavc their snv nnclifilleiifrcd hut should be 



^^^**^^^^'^* V^JXJ-^ icmin.lc.l thiil the llarist" has to hoar his proportionate 



— slmre of the community's burdens and made to under- 



]![£h-^' ■'^'-^ '^^'*" _ '*^! f'tand that he looks upon their acts as unjust, and that 



he will he l)acked up by representative and influential 



pi'Ri.iNiiKn WERKi.¥ BT orpmizat ions wlierever and wlienever his business is 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. wiintonly a.<sailed. The clubs and associations can ren- 



147 Summer Street. Boston. Ma»». ,1^,. „y fj^.^j.^ service at the present time to tiie indus- 



ivirphnnr, iir<i«ii zuz , ,.jg^. \vhifh Micv iirc created to foster than to inauKurale 



ii country-Wide campaign on lines such as the Albany 



M iis( Hii-TioN KATKS: l'liirist<" Club has taken up. It is a ver}' serious matter. 



Oiu- \i-tir. Ill lulvuncr, »l.0O; To l"ori-lKii ( uuiitrlcii, fi.W; To 



^_ 'j'"'""^- "•'"• 'I'b.. American Sweet Pea Society has 



A1.VEKTI8LNO BATES: Getting ,„|„.|, reason to feel proud of the showinj; 



I'er Inrh. 30 Inrhpn to itngt »1.00 •» » » in, 1 , 1 . . ■ . 



■>l>pount on Cunlnu-ta for conriFcutIro Innrrtionn, as (oUowii: °" ''^ '^'* made III MostOH last WeCK. It IS tniC 



Onp month (4 tiniri). S p<>r o«nt. ; tbrec montha (18 tlmei). 10 ii x ^i 1 1 i- it 1 ii ■ 



pfr <>pnt.; alx nionUm (20 timea). 80 per cent.; one year (52 tlm«a). that the CXhinitlOIl SUllcrcd greatly III 



i'»i« and half page apace, apeoiai ratea on appUoatioB. .wiicral cffect by rcason of the entire abscncc of trained 



■Dtered aa (econd-claas matter Decemher >rT9<>t7at the I'oat OSca tub Specimen plants and from the lack of artistlc flower 



.t Beaton. Maaa.. under th. Ar, of Con^ro.. nf March 3. 187I> . ^^^„-j^„ arrangements sudi as ,some exhibitors have put 



CONTENTS "1* '" ^''^ P'^®*'' ^*^ o'^et the monotony of the flat tables 



Page '""' '"^^'^ °^ unifonn vases, but for quality of flowers 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— New Lilac Adelaide Dunbar. and up-to-date variety no show previously given in this 



NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK-Care .-ountrv could compare with this one. In many of tiie 



of Palms— .\chimenes— Carnations— Pot Chrjsanthe- 1 i •■" „ ^ ^ xi , ,1 ■ 1 . 



mums— Summer Treatment of Potted Roses— Remind- exhibits four flowers to the stem was tlie rule and three 



ers— JoAn J. M. Farrell 33 flowers the exception. There was not a poor flower to 



PHILIPPE DE VILMORIN-C. S. Sargent 35 1,^ ^een anywhere in the hall and this statement covers 



AN AMERICAN SEEDLING LILAC 35 (1,^ amateur as well as the profes.sional entries. Any 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY-Annual Meeting „„,|V,t,. eapable of bringing .nit such a show has fully 



— Presidents Address — Secretary's Report — The E.x- . 1 i- 1 i ■ 1 i ^ .. 1 • ii 5; nM 



hibition, Illustrated-List of Awards-The Banquet. 36-39 ''-"i"'''^!'"! '*« right to a place in the sun. 1 he an- 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES" iiouiueiiieiit that the organization is entirely out of delit 



Albany Florists' Clul>— American Rose Society— New i'"»e »» «""J "^'"'s and tlie decision to retain for an- 



York Florists' Club — Society of American Florists — other year the officers who have done so much to bring 



Club and Society Notes 45 about'this condition of prosperity was just the right 



Chicago Florists' Club 53 thing- to do 



NOTES ON THE BOSTON ROSE AND PEONY SHOW 



NEwi fTEMrFROM Ev'er'ywhere :' '^ "^ proposition is now before Congress 



Pittsburgh, Washington 40 "''° ^"'^''Se to add to the National Botanical Gar- 

 Boston, New York, Rochester, Chicago 44 the Botanical den in Washington the adjoining en- 



"'^irF^llTsirref "^^.^.^°^.'.'^'.= 42 ^^^^^ •^'— ^^ ^^ ^ast ' and West 



Flowers by Telegraph 43 Seaton Park and having an area of 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: a!)out twenty-two acres. The bill has already passed 



Boston. Chicago, Cincinnati. New York, Philadelphia. .1 e i " 1 1 ,. 1 1 i 41 ^ ^u u e \> „ 



Pittsburgh, Rochester 47 ''^® i^euate and it is to be iKJi^ed that the House of nep- 



St. Louis 49 resentatives will also take favorable action. Tlie Gar- 



DURING RECESS-The Farquhar Picnic 53 den is badlv liaiidicapped bv lack of room and if this 



*^S^e^w7HSn..''.^^.'!"!°".".~.^' ^' °°°'''"^"-54 additional area oi' which no use is now made can be 



.MISCELLANEOUS: acquired it will open the way to make the Botanical 



A Natural Worm Trap 39 Garden what it .should be as an institution of mucli edu- 



Ngws ^OtGS 42 



National Rose Test' Garijen' at ' Cornell' University'. national value and interest to the public. 'Hie next 



Illustrated 45 move would then be to erect a modern iiorticultiiral 



\'rli?.^^ A.if.f'^'^!^ "W v. t\ building with adciiiiate conservatories, nniseiim, lecture 



A Good Advertising Scheme 53 ° ' ' 



New Corporations .' 53 halls, etc., where botanical research and denionstratioii 



Catalogues Received .... 54 could be carried on. It lias been suggested that such a 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 54 ,. , , • w ' • , , 



___^^_^^^^ _ structure it undertaken might very apjjropriately he 



rp, .,, T-ii • .. • ,.1 1 1 X designated as a memorial to the late William 1!. Smith 



the Albany Florists ( liil) has set an ex- j .i .^i . i, i i i n ^ i 



■ and the monev that has already been collected among 



work ceiient example worthy of imitation by the florists &nA others as tlie nucleus of a Wm. R. Smith 



to be done all similar organizations throughout the memorial fund cniijd then lie devoted to properly caring 



countn' in the wise step it has taken for and marking tlie la-st resting place of tliat grand old 



looking to action for the protection of the florist bu.si- ^^^' ^^'\\}(:\\, we understand, is in a state of neglect. Our 



,*„.,„ „.»„;„,(. ii,- 1 i-1 _ • i> iu I, i • 1 .S. A. F. representative in Washington is alive to the 



ness agamst the hostile aggression of the hysterical ex- ^ -i. , • i ■ n i r^ ^ 



. ° , , , ,.,,,..' opi)ortunity and is douig all he can. Our readers can 

 tremists who have been busily declaiming against or ,,^.,p materially l)y requesting their respective congress- 

 forbidding the use of flowers as graduation gifts and for nien to favor the bill for the proposed extension of the 

 other rightful purposes. These people .should not be Botanical Garden when it comes up for action. 



