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IIOHTII'U liTURE 



\Mi ;s( 18. 1917 



HORTICULTURt: 



VOL XXVI AUGUST 18, I»I7 Ha 7 



l-l III ISIIKll WKKKI-Y riT 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 

 147 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. 



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CONTENT;* 



Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— VVoolworth Building, New 

 York 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Chrys- 

 anthemums — Care of Primulas — Florists' Greens — 

 Palms — Poinsettias — Reminders — John J. M. t'arrcU 173 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Get the Boilers 

 Ready — Bottom Leaves on Beauties — Lime — Clean- 

 ing Up — The Li(iuid Manure Tank — Mulching 175 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICLLTURISTS — Thirty-Third An- 

 nual .Meeting — List of Officers — Portraits — Program 

 —Special Meetings — Advance List of Trade Ex- 

 hibitors 176-181 



CONSERVATORY AT NEW YORK BOTANICAL GAR- 

 DE.N'S. BRONX PARK— Illustrated 182 



GLADIOLUS AND PHLOX EXHIBITION IN BOSTON 183 



THE LILACS 186 



SEED TRADE — The Potato Crop — A Snag in the 

 Amended Revenue Bill — The Pea and Bean Situation 

 — Onion Seed Crop Prospects in Canary Islands — 

 Government Activities — American Imports of Seeds 

 Durins July — Weeds Theaten Wisconsin's Clover 

 Seed Trade 193-194 



OF I.N'TERBST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Pernicious Economy 196 



New Flower Stores 196 



Flowers by Telegraph 197 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYAVHERE: 



Chicago 188-191 



St. Louis, Washington, Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadel- 

 phia 198-199 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Florists' Clul)— 

 Notes 200 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago. New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh 203 

 Rochester, Washington 205 



DURING RECESS— P. J. Foley's Fishing Party 206 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



New Nursery License Law in Penna 184 



To New England Florists 184 



New Corporations 199 



Catalogues Received 200 



New Notes 205 



Visitors' Register — Rochester Vacationists 206 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 209 



Publication Received 209 



New York City, together with it.« envi- 



"Littie old roniiient of ocean, noble rivers and far 



New York" .spreading suljurbs, presents a myriad of 



attractions for the visitor. It is asserted 



that more than five hundred conventions are scheduled 



to meet in New York this year. In one of the.«e only 



are we interested at present and whatever may he the 



!it-swiiig propcimities of the rcmainiii)? four liun- 

 liu'd and ninety-nine we doul>t if tlie S. .\. l'\ vlsilors 

 to the metropolis ne.\t week will l>c dis|M»sed to do 

 niiicli raniliiing oilier than caliinj; ujwn tlic vurrous 

 floral and horticultural establishments in the city and 

 neighborhood whose proprietors have liuiig out the 

 latc'ii-striiig and where there is .'■uinetiiing intere.'-liiig 

 and profitable in a i)usinesg way to be s(?eii. Some will 

 want to visit tiie nurseries and greeiiliou.M* csUiblish- 

 nients in Long Island, New Jersey and u]>-the-Hu(lson ; 

 many will be interested in the wholesale cut flower dis- 

 tricts in 'v'Glh and 28th streets; others will want t<> 

 look in on the down-town seed and bulb marts and tlu' 

 almost coimtlcss retail flower stores will no doubt at- 

 tract many. It is in the air that this is to be an ideal 

 Ijusiness convention, and the place where much of the 

 interest will center and where one can be surest of 

 finding acquaintances, business or social, all the time, 

 will be right in the big trailc exhibition hall in the 

 Grand Central Palace, liut for siicii of the ("onven- 

 lion visitors a.s are unfamiliar with the city or unin- 

 I'onned as to what it offers jind desire to do some sigbl- 

 seeing there will be abundant sources of information 

 more explicit and more convenient than anything we 

 might attempt in the guide-book line. Pamphlet-;, 

 maps and guide books covering all this are to be had. 

 free, at most of the hotels and then there will be, too. 

 an information bureau in conjunction with Secretary 

 '^'oung's office in the Grand Central Palace wliere all 

 inquiries will be intelligently answered. Bearing all 

 this in mind we have not deemed it necessary or wi.'^c 

 to burden our pages with information and statistics re- 

 garding the city and its many points of. interest. AVe 

 have, however, gone so far as to insert reproductions of 

 three notable views of New York, each telling its own 

 impressive story. Central Park is unquestionably tlie 

 lichest possession, of human .source, which Now York 

 can boast. Tlie picture which we present .showing the 

 original condition of the site of this world-famed 

 breathing spot for the teeming millions of the great 

 city is certainly worthy of the space we have given it. 

 The highest acliicvement in greenhouse construction 

 is well typified in the beautiful Bronx Park conserva- 

 tories wliich we also ilhistrnte, as is the greatest tri- 

 umph in office building architecture as shown in our 

 cover ]iicture of the Woolworth Building, 784 feet 

 high, the loftiei?t inhabited building in the world. 



.\s to the Convention prospects, the last word from 

 Secretary Young as we go to press is exceedingly en- 

 couraging and optimistic and he knows, if anybody does. 

 Particularly inspiring is tbe list of exhibitors which aji- 

 pears in another column of this paper — a remarkable 

 showing, under the circumstances and otiiers will surely 

 come in before the opening date. 



Horticci.tirp: extends best wishes to the S. A. F., its 

 members individually and collectively, hoping that the 

 Convention may be a notable success in every detail 

 and set a new standard in efficiency for those that are 

 to follow in the years to come and that its dehberations 

 on tbe weighty problems of the hour may be guided by 

 wisdom and be productive of la.^ting benefit to the cause 

 of American horticulture. 



