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AusiiBt 4, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



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AUGUST 4, H17 



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HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING. CO. 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVER ILLUSTRATION— Improved "Gates Ajar" De- 

 .lign for Florists 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Car- 

 nations — Cleaning. Painting and Repairing— Crotons 

 — Providing Compost — Reminders — John J . M. FarreU 117 



THE MISSION OF THE FLOWERS— C. S. Harrison.. 117 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— The New York 

 Convention — Chicago to New York — National Flower 

 Show— Ladies' S. A. F 119 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Lancaster County Florists' 

 Association — American Association of Nurserymen — 

 American Association of Park Superintendents — 

 Southampton Horticultural Society — Club and So- 

 ciety Notes 120-121 



SEED TRADE— Honduras Makes Resowing of Seed 

 Compulsory 122 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



A New Floral Design — New Flower Stores 124 



Flowers by Telegraph 125 



The F. T. D. Clearing House of Past Due Bills 127 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: 



Chicago, Pittsburgli, New York, Rochester, Washing- 

 ton, Boston. Cincinnati 126 



DURING RECESS— St. L,oiiis Florists— Buffalo Flor- 

 ists' Club — Toronto Retail Florists 127 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Chicago. Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, 



Pittsburgh. Rochester 129 



St. Louis. Wasliington 131 



CREDIT TO MINORS— BHon J. Buckley 132 



OBITUARY— Robert Rose— G. Frederic Rlpp 134 



MISCI-TLLANEOUS: 



A Flatbush Celebrity— Portrait 121 



Pan Poinsetlias — Illustrated 121 



Overdue Economy 122 



Catalogue Received 122 



Personal 122 



Visitors' Register 131 



News Notes 131 



Publications Received 134 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 134 



A^'e read in the account by a con- 

 Unpreparedness temporarv of the mischief done by a 



recent hailstorm in Anderson, Tnd.. 

 that "only a small j)art of the loss was covered by in- 

 surance." We presume that Brother Esler will shed 

 no tears over this fact, but had these people — located 



-• clion wliere liail btorms are not a novelty — wisely 

 responded tu his frequent apjwals and warnings in the 

 J wist tlic money tu replace their losses would have been 

 promjjlly .shelled out. We are not surprised, when u 

 .stray huiisU)nn Ikicuks loose in New Kngiuiul or otlier 

 lofiility in wliich these visitations are comparatively 

 rare, to iind tliat the victims have not rej^arded it a£ 

 necessary to insure tiicir glass and in so doing to as- 

 bume their proportionate assessments to help out those 

 .-ictioiis of the country where sucii disasters are fre- 

 ijuent, but in Iii<liana — that's dilFcrcnt. We sup|)osed 

 tlial l^sler liad these all gatliered in long ago under his 

 |irotcctiii>^ roof. 



.\iid now comes a new proposition 

 Another insurance — nght jn Indiana, too, — for an- 

 project otiier florists' insurance associa- 



tion, this to cover any kind of 

 ciisiially resulting from storms, not only liail damage 

 liut wind and snow damage as well. We are not in a 

 position to venture an opinion as to the chances of suc- 

 cess for this new enterprise but it would be well to keep 

 in mind the disastrous ending of many past ventures 

 along insurance lines and go "slow and sure." The 

 I'lorists' liail A.ssociation in tiie early and precarious 

 part of its thirty years of existence found some "hard 

 sledding" and it was only by dint of rare courage and 

 persistence that it was moulded and nurtured from "a 

 grope in the dark" into stability and e.scaj>ed the fate 

 freely predicted for it by men who knew lots about the 

 insurance business. We shall be glad to see the new 

 organization also succeed in its pliilantbropic purpose 

 but since the hail risk is already so well taken care of 

 it would seem expedient for the infant institution to 

 fihun the hail business and not attempt more than 

 cyclone and snow breakage insurance, for which there 

 is an acknowledged Avidespread need. W^e should be 

 ver}' sorry indeed to see anytiiing happen to undo the 

 thirty-years' work which Secretary Esler and his as- 

 sociates have done with so much sagacity and perse- 

 verance. It is probably true, however, that a successful 

 inauguration of the Indiana jiroject would leave the old 

 .\ssociation strong financially, in that its reserve would 

 be greater with a diminished risk. 



Almost every day now brings news 

 Appreciated now of somc advance in market price, 

 and then some agreed-upon minimum re- 



turn for this or that commodity 

 for which it is claimed that the producing industrv' has 

 not been receiving an adequate compensation. What a 

 blessing it would be and what a shock, indeed, if some 

 ;.'ovemment department or some popular and powerful 

 local organization should come out with a good word for 

 the aesthetic and ornamental side of horticulture, urg- 

 ing that it be not neglected and demonstrating how 

 c.-sential it is that adequate prices should prevail so that 

 the business may be nurtured and a living wage be 

 assured in these days of high prices for everything else. 

 No, that is a dream which will never "come true," yet 

 lliere comes a glimmer of comfort once in a while as, 

 for example, in the editorial extract from a leading 

 I'hiladelphia newspaper which we reprint in this issue. 

 .V world of good will be done by such k-indly consid- 

 erate sentiments as are there expressed and who will 

 deny that every' florist and everv' plantsman stands to 

 benefit in his business in some degn-ee when such are 

 sent broadcast over the country. Would there were 

 more editors able to see and ready to publicly recognize 

 the hollowness of a civilization with "the gospel of 

 beautv" left out. 



