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HORTICULTURE 



November 3, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XXVI 



NOVEMBER 3, 1917 



NO. 18 



I'l III i~ii I II w I I K I ^ ii> 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



1^7 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. 



\« M .1 V I I \« \UT. Killlnr iiiiil Mnnii(rr 

 Trtrphonr, Ucaeta tUt 



\ll\ K.RTIHINO RATES: 



IVr Inch. 3U lnrhr> !•> puitr (1.U 



lllKcounl t>n <'unlrii«-l» lor ronMrnidxr Inkrrtlonn. nn follou's: 



Onr month {4 tImrN), A per rrnt.; tlirri' ninndin <13 tlmrv), 10 

 prr cfnt ; itlx niunllii* C.'G tlinm). 'iu prr crnt.; nnr y(*ur i&'i times), 

 ;iO prr crnt. 



I'Acr anJ liuir pftcr HpBi:r, not consccatlvr, rate* on application. 



KptertM] ns iu>coDd-clasi iiialter December 8, IWM, at the Post OflUce 

 at Boston. Mass., uuder tbc Act of CoDKrcss of Msrcb 3, 1879. 



CONTENTS Page 



C'OVKU ILLf STRATI O.N liuston Flower Exchange 

 Banquet 



HOSE GROWING I'NUER GLASS— Thermometers- 

 Watch for the Dri|) — Mice and Rats — Feeding — 

 .Mulching Solid Benches — Last Call for Repairs — 

 Arthur ('. Ruzicka 469 



LKTTERS FROM AN OLD TO A YOUNG GARDENER 

 -U i7)i(i»i «o;jiH,?— Illustrated 470-471 



QlISyiALlS INDICA (Rangoon Creeper)-^oftn 3. 

 Doig 471 



THE S. A. F. PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN — Squibly 

 Squibs. L. W. C. Tuthill— Ohio National Publicity 

 Fund 473 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Federation of 

 Horticultural Societies and Floral Cldbs — West 

 Chester and Fairfield Horticultural Society — Meetings 

 Next Week — .Missouri Botanical Garden .\lumni Asso- 

 ciation — Chr.vsanthemuni Society of America — Lan- 

 caster County Florists' Club— Florists' Club of Phil- 

 adelphia — American Rose Society — Park Superinten- 

 dents' Convention — Horticultural Society of New York 

 — Texas State Florists — Chicago to Galesburg — Club 

 and Society Notes 474-475 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW— Last Word— Chicago 

 Plans — • New York to Cleveland — Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America 476-477 



SEED TRADE— American Seed Trade Association 480 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Two Hundred Dollars Cash 473 



New Flower Stores 482 



Flowers by Telegraph 483 



OBITUARY— Fred 0. Morrill— George H. Cummings — 

 Charles Rayner — Mrs. O. ,1. Olson — Frederick S. Foil- 

 well — Frederick Stielow. Sr 477 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia. 

 Rochester. St. Louis 485 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 



Cleveland 487 



Boston. Philadelphia, Chicago, Rochester 488-489 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



The Ideal Hedge Plant for the North 471 



Personal 475 



New Publications 478 



New Corporation 480 



News Notes 482 



Visitors' Register 487 



Back to the Stone Age — George C. Watson 487 



Business Troubles 490 



Massachusetts Agricultural College 490 



Catalogues Received 490 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated ; . . . . 490 



The Cleveland Flower Show easily take.* 



Over lirecedeiice a.« the mo.«t prominent horti- 



the top cultural event of the season and solely 



because of the way the florists and their 



"do things" in that town. The ingenuity, dili- 



and unanimitv- displayed in the planning and 



allies 

 gence 



])iililicity work pre|mral(iry to Uie grout undertaking 

 reflect iiiucli credit on the liu.xy men "lieliiiid (he guns," 

 and furiiisii inH|iiriiti(Mi and exaiii|ile worthy of einulu- 

 lion cM-rywhero. Sucli weil-direclcil and Hystematic 

 effort caniuit hut bring uliout a nimplete success. We 

 note with pleasure the iininistnkalile repetition of tlie 

 intelligent team-work and public-spirited co-operation 

 of all interested which made the similar enterprise two 

 years agi> such a huge triumph, and which can bo 

 coiinli'd upon to win out every time. 



We read in the press despatches from 

 Ephemeral Washington that "the General Pershing 

 honors cbrysHnthemuin. one of the newest cre- 

 ations of government floricultural ex- 

 perts, is now on exhibition at the department of agri- 

 culture's 17th annual chrysantliemum show." It is 

 nice to realize tliat they find something bcaidoB "grim 

 war," and its concomitants to talk about in Washing- 

 ton. General Pershing is well entitled to the distinc- 

 tion of having a ciirysanthemiim named for him but 

 we would respectfully suggest that it should be a val- 

 orous and husky one, not afraid of the smell of powder 

 in the registration tests and competitive shows. It has 

 become established custom in the Department of Agri- 

 culture each year to indulge in the innocent pastime of 

 raising a bunch of seedling chrysanthemums and giv- 

 ing them the names of people prominent in the public 

 eye but that seems to be as far as these "creations" ever 

 get. "Here today and gone tomorrow"; "sic tranait 

 gloria niMiidi." etc., etc. 



Hopeful comfort and reassuring evi- 

 Good words iIcikc that this country is still far from 

 well spoken l,,.iii;r its head in its attitude towards 

 the refining influences and wholesome 

 "In.xuries'" of civilized existence may be drawn from 

 sentiments publicly expressed as in the following edi- 

 torial note wliicli we clip from the Newport (R. I.) 

 Xews : 



"A flower show lor every coranmnity. What a beauti- 

 ful custom it would he if every place should adopt this as 

 one of its efforts for the development of community spirit 

 and community betterment. No town or village Is too poor 

 or too small for flower shows to be held throughout the 

 seasons, and they would afford a stimulus for the beauti- 

 flcation of the community which could be given in no other 

 way. The love of flowers is a fine asset in the life of an 

 individual and also in the life of a community, and is well 

 worth while trying to develop in both." 



Further proof of the tendency to turn attention to 

 horticulture as a relaxation and relief from the high 

 tension of the strenuous life of today is seen in the 

 following extract from a recent issue of the New York 

 Sun: 



"KlowiT (trowim; hits Rrcntl.T IncrciiKi-d iiH a recreation Id tbts 

 lountrj' ;i« iiii imllriTt ri'siilt of the Eurnpean war. This Is In- 

 (licatfMl hy the iut»T<'si In thi' r-oinltiK f^xhihltlon of the Hortlcul- 

 tirral Society of New York, which Ih to take place at the Ameri- 

 raii Mueseum of National History .Nov. li to 11 Inclusive. The 

 more serious aspect of life at present has had the tendency to 

 divert the ,\nieriean jieople from lighter amusement and to And 

 relief from the pressure of other duties in avfx'ationH which bring 

 them close to naturi', S<ime also fnrse<' thjit flowers will be re- 

 quired in all military hos)>itals for the solace of the wounded." 



The duty and the opportunity for the florist right 

 now in this time of world-wide fury and savagery is 

 plain. In the very nature of things his avocation 

 should be and will be the last of the so-caJled non- 

 essentials to come under the ban of the people, for 

 whatever their privations and suffering in material 

 things may be they will turn unerringly to the sooth- 

 ing consolation and cheer found only in association 

 with Nature'e sweetest and mo-ist refreshing gifts toman. 



