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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVER ILLrSTRATIOX— Charles H. Totty. President- 

 Blect Society of American Florists 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— 

 Amaryllis — Care of Geraniums — Ferns — Honie-Grown 

 Shrubs for Forcing — Lilinm candidum — Reminders — 

 John J. M. Farrcll 219 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Rush the Staking— 

 Soil for Winter's Potting — The Propagator — Rose 

 Growers' Vegetables — Fumigation — Arthur C. Ruzicka 221 



THE CONVENTION DAY BY DAY: 



President's Address — Secretary's Report — Treasurer's 

 Report — Report of the Washington Representative — 

 Report of School Garden Committee — Tlie Proposed 

 Amendment to the Constitution — Detroit Chosen — 

 The President's Reception — Second Days Session^ 

 Nomination of Officers— Report of Committee on 

 Windstorm Insurance — Thursday Morning's Session — 

 Election of Officers— Ladies' S. A. F.— Trade Exhibition 

 — American Carnation Society — Florists' Hail Asso- 

 ciation — Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association 222-229 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Westchester and Fairfield 

 Horticultural Society — Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society— President Stark of A. A. N. Resigns 230 



DURING RECESS— Bridgeport, Conn.— Massachusetts 

 Nurserym-: n— New York Florists' Club Alumni Asso- 

 ciation—Connecticut Nurserymen — Louisville Florists 2.32 



SEED TRADE— An Unpromising Outlook— The Bulb 

 Situation — Notes 232 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: 



Rochester. New York, Cincinnati 234 



Pittsburgh 239 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Flowers by Telegraph 235 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia. Pitts- 

 burgh, Rochester, St. Louis 237 



OBITUARY— A. J. Banr 242 



MISCELLANEOUS : 



Catalogues Rec«. ived 230 



Visitors' Register 230 



Publications Received 242 



The Coal Situation 242 



HoETicuLTUR?: is well pleased over 

 A cJemocratic the rejection by the S. A. F. Couveii- 

 stand tion of the constitutional amendment 



vesting the appointment of the na- 

 tional secretary in the Executive Board instead of en- 



U L T U R E 



August 25. 1M17 



tni.stiiifj the Sociuly witli Ids election anniiHliy. Our 

 views on this iiii|Hirtant qut'stion hiivinjj hecn already 

 <|iiite fidly and oiicniy cvprcssed in these cohinins we do 

 not need to repeat tiiein, hut our convit-tion was stnni'^' 

 that the proposed chaii^.'c woiihl he very unwise from the 

 standpoint of thi' individual ineml>ers and that then' 

 was no exigency likely which called f<n- the action con- 

 tcniplated and we are glad to see that the memhers pres- 

 ent ami voting were of the same niiml by so overwhelm- 

 ing a majority. 



.\ very coinmendalde custom wiiiih 

 To be .<eems to he growing. pa.rticiilarly in the 



encouraged \\',.st is that of ]ii(i\ i<ling for greenliou.se 

 facilities in connection with school hiiild- 

 ings. Especially in Chicago and westward is this com- 

 ing into vogue in the planning for new high school 

 structures, many architects strongly favoring it. A 

 know ledge of the life cycle of plants gained by observa- 

 tion and study of the living object in this manner is far 

 preferable to that gained through herbariums and liooks 

 alone. \Vhene\ei- opportunity occurs for influence in 

 that direction and suggestion to .school committees or 

 others having to do with such matters we hope the lot:al 

 florists whether growers or dealers will not let it pass 

 without due attention. Plants under glass are the nat- 

 ural sequence to tlie interest in outdoor gardening which 

 is now* so well established as an essential part of the 

 modern school system. 



The report by \V. F. Gude on behalf 



"Your duty and of the Committee on Tariff and Leg- 



"ii"e" islation whicli we publish in full will 



be found very interesting by a large 

 proportion of (jur readers and is well worth a careful 

 perusal. For anyone who has not realized how much 

 of serious ami really needful work lies before the 

 national Society this report will furnish food for con- 

 vincing thought. We regard it as one of the most im- 

 portant documents presented to the S. A. F. in many 

 years. Mr. Gude's committee has been rendering a most 

 valuable service to the trade atid the work being done 

 is a strong factor in the recognition and prestige which 

 our national Society has attained in circles of influence 

 and authority. It is the duty of every individual en- 

 gaged in any horticultural industrv- to lally to the sup- 

 port of the Society so that the workers can feel and show 

 that they have behind them a strong and aggressive con- 

 stituency who are not to be despised or ignored when 

 they voice their justifiable protests against grievous con- 

 ditions and oppressive legislation and their vital inter- 

 ests are ruthlessly placed in jeopardy. 



