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HORTICULTURE 



January 16. 1916 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



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So many Iniptn' s liiivc Iteen 



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AK^oclatioii In (he a|)i>fanin(o of Ihe 

 Kxhibltlun Hall that tlio.Ke who only 

 saw It bi'fon- thcso pi'iiplr took poHScs- 

 slon would not know the liiiildliiK. All 

 these dccorallvo (liaMKi's. alii'rallons. 

 Improvements and so fortli. have been 

 transferred to the National Flower 

 Show committee for a certain consider- 

 ation. 



The full committee was present at 

 the meeting of the local committee 

 Wednesday afternoon \V. F. Kasting. 

 Thomas Koland. John Young, P. Welch. 

 George Asnius and W. P. Craig. 



Reports were received from the 

 chairmen of the various committees, 

 which showed that remarkable prog- 

 ress has been made in cnin|)li'ting ar- 

 rangements for the National Show. 



.Mr. Kelly, secretary of the Philadel- 

 phia Chamber of Commerce. olTerod the 

 good offices of the Association to fur- 

 ther the Interest of the show. 



XIr. Therklldson's report on Publicity 

 was a very Interesting and elaborate 

 one. showing that the work of this 

 committee is highly commendable. 

 The National Flower Show Committee 

 feel deeply grateful to the members of 

 its local committee in Philadelphia for 

 the work they have already accom- 

 plishvd and feel safe in saving that 

 this National Show in Philadelphia 

 will surpass all previous efforts by the 

 National Society. 



apparent to every nurBeryman In the 

 stock he grows. If It governs natural 

 things, it certainly is applicable to 

 the artillcial condition of desk and 

 olllce. 



Throw away the useless and arrange 

 the useful so as to be ready at a mo- 

 ment's notice. 



Itiiig in the New Year with new an.1 

 modern methods. --.Y(jNoriaJ Sursi-ti/- 

 in <in. 



CLEAR OFF YOUR DESK. 



You consider it very important to 

 clean up the nursery after the fall 

 season and put everything ship-shape 

 and in readiness for the spring rush. 

 How about the office, and that very 

 important piece of furniture — your 

 desk— with its load of musty, dusty 

 papers, an accumulation from the past 

 ages. 



A mechanic cannot do good work 

 without good tools and proper facili- 

 ties. No more can you do good work 

 with a desk littered with all sorts of 

 things unassorted and of little value. 

 Take up all these things, look them 

 over, throw away the useless, properly 

 label the useful so they are ready 

 when needed. Surround yourself with 

 such facilities for work that much of 

 the detail is eliminated so that you 

 may devote your time and thought to 

 the big things. 



Data on advertising, catalogues, 

 stock, supplies, etc., when properly ar- 

 ranged and filed are ready the instant 

 you wish to take up or consider any 

 of these matters instead of wading 

 through a miscellaneous accumulation 

 a mile high. Orderly arrangement nas 

 cut out the detail and you are able to 

 focus your attention at once on the 

 all important items. 



Likewise, clean up every nook and 

 corner of the office; get rid of the 

 useless accumulations, brush up your 

 systems, study to make everything 

 work smoothly and guard against 

 error. Provide proper tools, blanks 

 and stationery, that everything Is at- 

 tended to orderly. Have a place for 

 everything and everything in its place; 

 a right way and rieht facilities for do- 

 ing work, and it will be done correctly. 



"Order is God's first law," it is most 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The l.lKhts Co Out ■ Tills Is the 

 title of a very pretty souvenir pam- 

 phlet, bound In orange and gold. 

 whi<li comes with the cordial good 

 wishes of the President of the Pan- 

 ania-Pacillc Internatlonul Kxposition. 

 It gives a brief account of the cere- 

 monies of the last day and night on 

 the Exposition grounds at San Fran- 

 cisco on December Fourth, 191.5. This 

 story of the simple yet memorable 

 symbolic closing exercises of this im- 

 pressive public event will long be 

 prized as a souvenir of one of the 

 greatest achievements of the genius 

 and enterprise of mankind. 



The Bird Book. By Chester A. 

 Reed, S. B. The attention of our 

 readers is c.Uled to this splendid work 

 published in i;U4 by Charles K. Keed. 

 In its nearly five hundred pages, size 

 l\\i}, are illustrated hi natural lolors 

 more than seven hundred North Amer- 

 ican birds, also several hundred photo- 

 graphic reproductions of their nests 

 and eggs, natural size. The plates are 

 beautiful works of art and the de- 

 scriptions of the birds, their habits 

 and haunts are very complete and 

 scientifically accurate. At the present 

 time when so much of public atten- 

 tion is being given to the birds and 

 their place in the economy of nature 

 and the checking of injurious insect 

 increase, this book should receive a 

 cordial welcome by nature lovers, 

 especially those who read Horticul- 

 TcitK. The publisher's price of this 

 superb volume is |3.15 postpaid. We 

 are in a position at present to fill all 

 orders for the book at the special re- 

 duced price of $2. .3.5, express prepaid. 

 This is an exceptional bargain. Order 

 promptly to take advantage of it. 



We have another bargain for those 

 of our readers who are interested in 

 North American wild animals — "The 

 Animal Guide," by Charles K. Reed, 

 published 1915. This is a pocket edi- 

 tion. 3'/ox5%, 256 pages, with 61 full 

 page illustrations in color from orig- 

 inal paintings by Harry F. Harvey, 

 and full descriptive notes. The pub- 

 lisher's price is $1.00 and ?1.25 in 

 cloth or leather binding respectively. 

 We can supply copies, postpaid, while 

 they last for 65 cents In cloth and 85 

 cents in leather. 



Silver Hill, Md. — Word has just been 

 received by Henry Witt of the death 

 of his brother, who was formerly con- 

 nected with him in the flower business 

 here, in a hospital In Russia. Just 

 prior to the commencement of the war. 

 Mr. Witt returned to his old home in 

 Germany with his father, who had 

 been visiting the boys in Washington. 

 When war was declared he was en- 

 listed and it was while In a battle on 

 Russian ground that he received the 

 wound which caused his death. 



GROWING ARDISIA8. 

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 ivoiiiil y<iii kliKllv hnvc .Mr. Tiirri'll kIvb 

 lUliiirnI liiHtrii. iloiiH, ilirouKh iIh- n.liiiniia 

 ' ?■<".";. I"'l"'r. f"r I lie (jrowlnB of ArJIhln- 

 IIIIU nlillKi', 



., Yours truly, 



f>Q\r York. s. II. V, 



Ardlsia can he increased from seed 

 and from cuttings. The seed can be 

 sown any time after January and 

 placed in a temperature- of about 65 

 degrees. When largo enough to handle 

 they can be pricked out and later 

 potted up. Cuttings of half ripened 

 wood taken In January and placed in a 

 warm propagating bed where they can 

 have a bottom heat of about 80 degrees 

 will soon root. They ciin also be in- 

 creased by cutting the stem about half 

 way Uirough and covering the incision 

 with some clean moss and tie with 

 some raffia. Keep the moss contin- 

 ually moist and from t;5 to 70 degrees 

 at night. Roots will be emitted In 

 about five or six weeks, when the tops 

 can be taken off and potted. Keep 

 moist and shaded for about ten days 

 when they should be gradually brought 

 out to full sun. .\ll yoimg plants should 

 be kept growing right along and shift- 

 ed as they may require It until you 

 have them in 6, 7 or 8-inch pots. Scale, 

 red spider and mealy bug must be 

 fought with sponging and syringing. 

 There are few plants that give more 

 general satisfaction to the Christmas 

 buyer than Ardisia crenulata. As the 

 plants increase in size from year to 

 year, the best time to do repotting is 

 during February and March. Give 

 them fibrous loam three parts, fibrous 

 peat and well rotted cow manure one 

 part each and some sand. From March 

 to mid-summer raise the temperature 

 from 55 to 60 degrees at night and 

 from April and until the end of August 

 they will require syringing on all 

 bright days, and will take plenty of 

 water at the roots. When they start 

 to flower let up on your syringing so 

 to give them a chance to set their ber- 

 ries. When the pots have filled up with 

 roots they will need some liquid ma- 

 nure once a week and once in a while 

 give them some soot water which will 

 help to color up any pale foliage. By 

 September they should be well fur- 

 nished with berries and foliage. Give 

 them plenty of sun but do not keep in 

 too warm or overhumid quarters as 

 they will send out a premature growth 

 of foliage. Do not exceed 55 degrees 

 at night, with about 10 degrees higher 

 with sunshine. From October to 

 Christmas careful watering is an im- 

 portant requirement. Examine each 

 pot carefully and only water where and 

 W'hen it is really needed. Allow free 

 room between the plants, 'l ne stems 

 and foliage should be frequently 

 sponged with some good insecticide 

 such as Aphine, I^emon Oil, or Niko- 

 teen for the removal as well as the pre- 

 vention of brown scale which invaria- 

 bly troubles these plants. Those that 

 are left over from the holidays can 

 be given a cool house, say 48 degrees 

 at night until the end of February. It 

 takes from 3 to 3'/4 years to grow a 

 salable plant from seed, while from 

 cuttings 2% to 3 years will be re- 

 quired. 



John J. M. Farrei.i.. 



