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I)«'cember 8, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL XXVI 



DECEMBER 8, 1917 



NO. 23 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVKR ILLISTKATIO.N New Hose Rosalind 



ABOl'T C.\U.N.A.T10NS— (;i/,'!/urc Thommen 593 



THE CO.VL. SITUATIO.N— Florists' Fuel Conference 

 at Washington 595 



GROWl.NG VIBURNUMS FROM SEED— A. H. Lake 595 



THE S. A. F. PUBLICITY CAMPAIGl^; HENRY 

 PENN. portrait 596 



HOLIDAY MUSINGS— Cnmcifc E. Wildon 596 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Massachusetts .Market Gardeners 595 



National Association of Gardeners 596 



Chrysanthemum Society of America — Meetings Next 

 Week 597 



DURING RECESS— Chicaso Bowlers 597 



THE FUTURE OF FLOWER GARDENING IN 

 AMERICA— Datid Burpee 598 



OP INTEREST TO RET.A.IL FLORISTS: 



.attention F. T. D. Members— New Flower Stores... 602 

 Flowers bv Telegraph 603 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, Cleveland. New York 605 



Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rochester, St. Louis 607 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 



Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, 

 Rochester 608 



OBITUARY — William Henry — William Marshall — 

 George F. Bate 610 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Per-sonal 595 



Chicago Y. M. C. A. War Fund Flower Sale, Illus- 

 trated 597 



Massachusetts Agricultural College 599 



The Farmers' War Responsibilitj* — Clarenee Dubose 600 



Big Massachusetts Corn Show 600 



Business Troubles 607 



Visitors' Register 609 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 611 



News Notes fill 



There is such a thiug as adher- 



An interesting jng too closely to established 



carnation experience j)recedent in the practice of any 



art and this is especially true 

 in cultural matters, as has been proven repeatedly. 

 Courage bom of necessity and supported by intelligent 

 direction will often stand a man in good stead when 

 an attempt to slavishly follow "rule of thumb" meth- 

 ods would likely end in defeat. These thoughts came 

 to mind as we read the copy for Mr. Thotrimen's notes 

 on his experience with carnations whioli our readers 

 will find on another page of this paper and which we 

 hope will prove interesting to our carnationist friends. 

 It would be difficult to imagine a much more forbidding 

 prospect than this man faced last spring, yet the very 

 conditions which according to all precept and nile 



meant fiiilurp, were turned to account and the npiuir- 

 ently iinpiis^ililc has lieoii aivoiiiplislicd. We iiiivc seen 

 the liouties of wliicli .Mr. 'riintiiiiK-n writes mid can 

 vouch for the truth of all lie .>iiiys. We have iicmm* Keen 

 anything to beat tlieiii in tin' «ms <>( n ininiiiiciii irii|i 

 at this season of the year 



Our weekly re|K)rt mi tlie S. .\. F. I'uldicity 



"Lend I'und in this issue shows that it is grailually 



a hand" creeping up in amount and is now well 



started on the last half of the re<|iiired fifty 

 llmusaiid dollars. It is too early yet to say inucli iiliuut 

 hdw or when the money is to be spent, (piestion.s that 

 seem to perturb some of our readers. Thus far, every- 

 one who lias taken any active part in the work has shown 

 iinseHish loyalty and commendable diligence and there 

 is no reason to doubt that the gentlemen upon whom 

 will devolve the duty of deciding the manner in which 

 the funds entrusted to them sliall be used, will perform 

 that duty wisely and with the best interests of the trade 

 as their sole incentive. It is fully realized, we think, 

 by the men who are carrying on this campaign that any 

 mis-step in this initial movement would count heavily 

 against its successful continuance and they may safely 

 I c trusted by their fellow florists who have so cheerfully 

 (•(iiitriliuted to Ibis splendid effort for the advancement 

 of commercial burticulture. Every possible enc-ourage- 

 nieiit .should be extended to them to the finish. The 

 motto for everv'one now should be: 



"To look ii|i and not down. 



To look forward and not back. 



To look out and not in. nnd 



To lend a hand.'" 



The 



fuel 



outlook 



The sudden call by Secretary Young of the 

 S. A. F. for a delegation of representative 

 flower growers to go to Washington on Tues- 

 day of this week was viewed with some 

 alann by the trade as indicating the ap- 

 jiroach of a serious crisis in the fuel situation. In 

 another column of this paper will be found a state- 

 ment of the- results of this demonstration on the part 

 of the flower industry. The position taken by the 

 representatives of the XT. S. government, as therein 

 stilted, seems reasonable and should relieve the an.xiety 

 of the trade to a considerable extent. The impressively 

 representative character of the delegation which ap- 

 jieared before the Fuel Administrator on behalf of the 

 florist trade was unquestionably a strong factor in the 

 attention received. It is indeed fortunate for the 

 flower industrv- that it is now so well organized and 

 that the energies of its diversified interests are sufficient- 

 ly co-ordinated to enable it to put up a strong and 

 im])ressive front whenever its prosperity seems to be 

 menaced. In this present exigency it is reassuring to 

 learn that no specific discrimination against the flower 

 growing industry is contemplated by the federal au- 

 thorities and that the florist has the same chance, at 

 least, to secure his coal as anyliody else not engaged in 

 business which is not directly imperative in the prosecu- 

 tion of the war. The admonition as regards curtail- 

 ment in the use of coal should have strict attention and 

 compliance. A deeper study of heating .science and a 

 watch against wasted greenhouse space and extrava- 

 gance in the use of fuel should make possible a big 

 saving in the aggregate amount consumed in green- 

 house heating. We might add. also, that the practice 

 of economy in this respect would result in better 

 |)roducts — flowers of longer keeping qualities and ninch 

 more satisfactorv to the consumer. 



