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11 OHTl CULTURE 



Uecombor 29, 1917 



HORTICULTURE. 



fOL. XXTI DECEMBER 29. 1917 NO. 26 



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CONTENTS Pat-e 



COVER 1 LLUSTRATION — Chrysanthemum Show 



BulTalo Botanic Garden 



STRONG LANGUAGE— Ou.8tot'e Thommen 677 



LOYALTY— Thomas W. Head 678 



IN BEHALF OF FLOWERS— Woi/oce R. Pierson 679 



S. A. F. PIBLICITY FU.ND 679 



CUBS AND SOCIETIES— American Sweet Pea Society 

 — Pennsylvania Horticultural Society — Meetings Next 

 Week — Connecticut Horticultural Society — West- 

 chester and Fairfield Horticultural Society — Gift to 



Mr. and Mrs. R. Vincent, Jr 681 



OBITl'ARY — Samuel Burns, portrait — B. Franklin 

 Allen— W. L. Trumpore — Lieut. W. V. R. Sutton— 

 Mrs. Murray — August F. Schrader — Adam Schreiner 682 

 OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Effective Christmas Flower Publicity 682 



New Flower Stores 686 



Flowers by Telegraph 687 



SEED TRADE— Spinach Seed in Europe 684 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago 689 



Cleveland 691 



New York, Philadelphia, Rochester 693 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 



Philadelphia, New York 686 



Chicago, Rochester, Washington, Houston, Boston. . . . 692 

 MISCELLANEOUS: 



Lily of the Valley 678 



Winter Courses at Ohio State University 678 



Catalogues Received 684 



News Notes 684 



Suggest Cheaper Spray Materials 694 



Estimates Nation's Insecticide Needs 694 



We bespeak a careful reading lor tlie 

 GootJ communication by Wallace E. Pierson 



ammunition which we reprint in full from the Hart- 

 ford Courant in this issue. We regard it 

 as one of the best presentations of the florists' place in 

 the community and in business life that has been writ- 

 ten. It is a straight-from-the-shoulder, yet moderate 

 and dignified reply to those unthinking, selfish people 

 who attack with ridicule and abuse, a business which has 

 well earned its right to exist and follow its peaceful 

 course as a worthy avocation. Our readers can get 

 much out of Mr. Pierson's plea which they can and 

 should use freely whenever and wherever any attempt is 



iiiiidc tn imjiislly injure tlieir l>iiKinc8s. Kveryone con- 

 iKTtfd with tlie florist business should be ready equijiped 

 witli cITective argument* with which to defend liis cull- 

 ing' when it is nssniled and prepared to make use of 

 thcni proin|)tly and vigorously. 



Tlie traus|)ortalioii troubles wliich 

 Efficiency Imve so severely tried and dislicurt- 



under difficulties eiied the florist trade of late appear 

 to have not been entirely barren of 

 :iilvaiiliigi'. for it bus been noted that shipping orders 

 tbis year bave been placed uiuomniuiily well in advance 

 and other preeaiitiuiis again.'it disajipoinlnient in the 

 timely receipt of shipments have been taken by l>oth 

 buyers and shipper,* with the result that the business 

 appears to iiave been expedited, and with much less cause 

 for complaint than was anticipated. The vigorous a<.'- 

 tioii and widespread protest on the part of the flower and 

 plant people no doulit made a beneficial impression on 

 tbe express companies who, it appears, made every pos- 

 sible effort, often against heavy odds, to assist the florists 

 and to expedite their holiday business. For all this 

 .•iervioe tbe express people are certainly entitled to the 

 gratitude of tbe trade and we should be duly apprecia- 

 tive. 



The florist business has contributed its 

 The proportionate quota to the ranks of 



labor scarcity fhe country's defenders and there is 

 consequently a much reduced supply of 

 lonipeteiit help, especially in the greenhouse industries, 

 which condition has been aggravated in the suburban 

 ilistricts by the great redirection of labor and capital in the 

 centres of business activity. Skilled workers, of good 

 habits and dependable, are not easily secured now and 

 when the spring time arrives the embarrassment will 

 undoubtedly become much more unmanageable unless a 

 change more radical than we now have reason to look 

 for comes over the situation in the meantime and brings 

 unexpected relief. Of course, the agricultural needs in 

 tbis respect will have the closest attention of the national 

 food production and conservation forces, who will natur- 

 ally push tbe redirection of labor and capital into vital 

 industries, with little consideration for nonessentials. 

 The problem promises to be a particularly acute one for 

 the nursery interests which even in normal times have 

 always experienced much difficulty in securing adequate 

 Jielp in the busy spring season. 



This is Horticultuhe's final issue for 

 Valedictory the memorable year 1917 and we here 



say our closing words for Volume XXVI. 

 It has been an epochal period for us all, one that will 

 stand out vividly in the memory of everyone who has 

 lived it through and tasted its sorrows and its joys — for 

 surely there liave been some joys to counterbalance the 

 woes that none of us can escape in such times of univer- 

 sal turmoil and fury. "To be resigned when ills betide" 

 is the part of wisdom and this is something which, if not 

 inboni. seems well ingrafted in the mental make up of 

 the majority of the florists whom it has been our priv- 

 ilege to meet. So let us go on our way, forgetting as 

 far as we can the untoward experiences and adversities 

 which the year has brought to us, one and all, and carry 

 with us into the new year whicli lies before us sweet 

 memories ever fresh and green of the many bright spots 

 that have illumined our paths and the kind, loving 

 friends whose companionship makes life worth the 

 living. Vale. 



