00 HORTICULTUBB July 28. 1917 



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HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. iiircliiiin for the triKlu. And ailvici' or siifrf,'osli.iii fimu 



147 Summer Street. Boston. Ma... ,,^^^. ,„|,.,.,,|,,.,, .,, n-mlers a.« U. li..w in llu-ir opinion 



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; iiicrcasi'cl (tiiiiiif; tlif coiniiifr season will lie ^'liidly ii'- 



si uscKii'TioN u \ 1 1 - : icivccl anil very rari'l'iillv roiisiilfrcd liv tin- pnliiisliuis. 



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— I he i)ro};rain lor the C onviMitmn iirxi 



AnvKUTiHiNu BATES: The ,n„„th of li.e Society of .Aiii.i i.an Tloi- 



Ter Inrh, SO tnrhr* to ititffr PI.WM 



iiumiini 1111 ( iinirui'ii. for ron»ix-utlve loiirrtiuDi, m follow^! Convention jsts aild Omunieiltal iiorliculturisls 



One ninntli (4 llniriO. 5 iK*r crfit.; Ihr*.* nionthB <18 tlmr«). 10 



p»r i^i-nl.; •!> iiionllm {tO llnirK), 20 ^trt cent.; onr yM»r (52 tlmra), proflram wllicll WC (Jl't'Sent ill tilis IJapiT l)resaj'<'- 



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■nureu ai m-foiKi-riaiiii luatur lieceniiivr 8. iiKM. at the Poit OSe* nioetiiif?. 'I'liere is ])lenty that tlip hi)i national ol^'aii 



at Uostoii. Miiaa., under tlie Act of CoDCrcaa of March a, 1879. i- /i . .■ . . ■■ 



- - _;.^ - i/.atiDii can do now directly anti tnrouj;li tlic nicdiuin oi 



f- Q j^ »¥■ K" ju "T 5 its attiliat<'d auxiliaries to help the tlaricultural iiuiiis- 



Page tries of the cuuiitry to meet and overcome the main 



COVER ILLUSTRATION-Early Flowering Spencer serious pioi.lems and untowani infinences that harass 



Sweet Pea Lavender King 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS" STOCK-Cal- '""' "'"''"l''" tl't'"' "elfare in these days of wivrld dis- 



reolarias — Care oT Violets — Chrysanthemums — lurliaiicc. Vet, even under these conditions it ajipears 



Freesias— Pansies — Reminders — John ./. M. FnrreU. 89 ,1 , ,1 „ <•„ . , .i...- 1 *■ 1 • 1 , 



that the craze lor constitutional tinker 1111; ha.s to aijaiii 



SOCIETY OF AMKRICAX FLORISTS— Program of ■ , , , , .... 



the Thirty-Third Annual Meeting— A Word to S. A. intrude and take up the precious tune ol tile coiiven- 



F. .Memlier.s- Hotel Accommodations 91-92 | i,,n with "amendments." If there ever was an ameiid- 



CLUBS ANl) SOCIETIES-Massachusetts Horticul- ,„,.„t ,„,,posed that did not amend, this ..roposition to 



tural Society — Florists Hail Association - Florists . 



Telegraph Delivery .•Vssoeiation — Pittslnirgh Florists' leinove the Secretary from his |)ersonai responsiliility to 



and Gardeners- Club— Club and Society Notes 93 ,,,„] i„tiiiiatc toiuli with the ineiiileiship of the societv 



DURING RECESS— Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 111 1 1 i- ,1 n i.- " 



gpgjQ,, Notes 'Il '•" '"■''''•' him merely an employee ol the l'..\ecutive 



OBITUARY-Aliee J. Miller-Ed.' 'Herman-Liidwig '.'"="'' .'"f''''"' "'' ''i''"i? t'.'*' '"'•-^t informed e.xecutive of- 



Teweles — H. B. Buck 94 '-'''er ot the Society, this is llic one. We hojie the coii- 



SEED TRADE— A Uisastrous Tax Measure 9G vcntion will elfectively vote down this ill-advised 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: measure. 



.New Flower Stores 100 



Flowers by Telegraph 101 "Tlie Florists' Business Ln Its delation 



\ iew in Poehlmann Bros., Chicago, New Florists' . ^ ,,. .„. ... ^- 1 ^ ■ 



Supply Department-Illustration 103 '^ to \\ ar i imes i.s a very timely topic 



NEWS ITE.MS Vnou EVERYWHERE: momentous which is listed for consideration at the 



Chicago. St. Louis Boston Washington. Rochester. . 102 subject aftenioon session of the second day 



Pittsburgh. New York. Pliilailelphia 103 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: of t'^e New York Convention. The 



Boston, Chicago, {'incinnati. .New York, Philadelphia. preat metropolis is a place of many allurements, hard 



Rochester in.'; , ■ . 1 f^ ■ 1 ' 1 



St. Louis. Washington :.;;:; 107 '''^^•■"•'*- "'"' =»**^''""oo" st'^s'ons have never in any place 



PUBLICITY AND DISTRIBUTION— JoAn Watson.... 108 '"'^'" t-oiispicuons .succes.ses in drawiiifi attendance from 



-MLSCELLANEOUS: loiiveiition visitors. But it is to he hoped that the 



nIhi!rF«rm,n^r'i'!'"\i •••;••■,■■ ■ ',■ ■ — ■■„ II extreme im].ortance of the subject to every one in any 



Dahlia farming in Maryland — Illustrated 92 ■ 1 /i 1 



A Pansy Seed Farm 92 ^* !<.V identified \vith horticultural industry may on this 



A I.nte Season for Roses— A. ./. Fish 94 occasion hrinjj toother a lar<;e representative gathering 



Publications Received 95 . . , ,.; ■ T 



Catalogues Received 95 ''"" '1 serious deliheration and counsel on the many new 



A G. Hecht— Portrait 96 ■^^^^{ perplexing problems and perilous dilemnia.s which 



New Corporations 9G 



News Notes 100 ''^ forced upon us by the war situation. The 



Business Troubles 103 subject is comprehensive enough to occupy the entire 



Visitors' Register I07 »• e x- 1 -l 11 1 ,, 



Personal " 107 "^ " '^ convention and it may easily lie made the 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated no most important and far-reaching feature of this year's 



— '~ deliberations. The selection of Robert Craig to open 

 Our readers will notice some slight '''^^ discussion could not be improved uiion. The silver- 

 Innovations changes in the make-up of the paper to°^ed philosopher can be depended upon to start 

 ., • 1 an 1 IX something worth while and if the clear-headed and in- 

 this week. 1 liese mav be only tempo- n *• 1 i- n 1 •• • c • , 

 . J I tluential men of the various divisions of conuneicial 



laiy. We hope that our advertising friends may be horticulture in .\merica are on hand to follow him the 



disjxised to overlook the elimination of the free refer- session will be a memorable one. 



