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HOBTICULTURE 



March 26, 1916 



HORIlCULTURt: 



VOL XXIII MARCH 25. 1916 Na 13 



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HOR.TICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 

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CONTENTS Page 



NOTfcS ON Cl'LTlHK oF KI,(iUlSTS' STOCK— Care 

 of Ficus— Kaster Trade Sugtieslions— Keep Palms 

 Growing— Pandanus Veitchii—Smilax— Outside \Vorl< 

 —Carnation Matcliless— ./oftn J. M. Farrell 31*9 



ROSE GROWING INDEU GLASS — Cleaning Up- 

 Liquid Manure — Si-ratching Around the Plants— 

 Watering- Supplies for the Summer— Arf ft ur C. 

 Ruzxcka 400-401 



SAXIFRAGA II— Richard Rotfte- Illustrated 401 



SPRING EXHIBITION AT BOSTON— Illustrated 403 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW— Illustrated 404-407 



CLUBS AND SOCIEHTES— Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society 403 



Florists' Club of Washington 407 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— Newport 

 Horticultural Society— Horticultural Society of West- 

 «'rn Pennsylvania— .Meetings and Exhibuions— Pitts- 

 burgh Florists' and Gardeners' Club 409-410 



.\meriian Gladiolus Society 425 



SEED TRADE— A Disappointing Outcome — One 

 Week's Import — Notes 412 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores 414 



DURING REC6SS— Boston Florists' Bowling League 

 — New York Fnorists Bowling League 415 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYW^HERE: 



Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Washington 416 



Providence, R. 1 — St. Louis 417 



FU3WER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, New York, Philadel- 

 phia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis 419 



Washington 421 



OBITUARY — Reuben Arnold — Alexander Nelson — 

 Charles W. Northrup — Charles E. Pierce — David H. 

 Sheehan— Mrs. Matthew Crawford 426 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



The Ginger Jar- G. C. \V 412 



Visitors' Register 415 



To Kew Men in America 417 



New Corporations 421 



Personal 426 



Publications Received 427 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 428 



Patents Granted 428 



Catalogues Received 429 



Sdiiii/ljuilv ha.- rcmiiuli.Ml u.- in a untiriziii^'^ 

 Harmless mood, that one of the avowed purposes in 

 some of the organizations of women, alhided 

 to in our notes last week, was to ehih together and pur- 

 chase bulhs, seeds and other material abroad, discarding 

 the American dealers in these goods. We do not think 

 this particular fad will amount to much. Even in nor- 

 mal times, the ladies would find a few experiences in this 

 line sufficient to dampen their ardor, and under present 

 conditions they'll no douht he glad to fall back npoti 

 their home supply. But we arc admonished to find 



'.•ierniunt: in stoiu'S and good in everything" and so it 

 may be well for Aniericiin dealers to indulge in a little 

 introspection and see to it that no lensonnble cause for 

 'ii-> itisfaction existB either in thegoodn offered, or in the 

 111. ihiids of disposing of them. 



In our account uf the meeting of the 

 Un«ervlceable Gardeners' and Klorisls' Club of Bos- 

 trophle* Ion mention is made of the expressed 

 desire of a successful exhibitor at th<' 

 recent show that the lup he had won might be exchanged 

 for a watch. This leads us to reniiirk ttiiit an ncciimuhi- 

 tion of silver cups in heterogtiieous sizt-s and shapes 

 while very nice to display to a visitor, is of almost no 

 |)rnctieal value to the holder but, rather, the cause of lots 

 of care and worry. There are so many useful arlicloe in 

 silverware and other material which might be offered by 

 generous contributors of exhibition prizes that it might 

 lie advisalile, in the plenitude of such affairs in jirospect, 

 10 discourage the "loving cup" habit in favor of such 

 ihiiigs MS water ])itilR'rs, tea urns, flower vases and other 

 nl)jects which will add to the honor of possessing, the 

 jileasure of, at least, occasional using. 



The time from now on until Easier and 

 The after will be well tilletl uj) with strenuous 



broad gauge work for any and all who are engaged in 

 standard any department of horticultural or floral 

 art. But everyone should fully realize 

 I lie inipoiijuiee and permanent advantage to himself of 

 devoting a portion of his valuable time to one or more of 

 the big event-s which are scheduled to take place during 

 this period. For the man who is broadmin(le<l enough to 

 give up some of his time and effort outside of hi,« own 

 self-interest and thus contribute to the general uplift. 

 it is indeed seldom that such a galaxy of opportunities 

 looms up. The demands of legitimate business must be 

 carefully considered but it is hardly a debatable ques- 

 tion as to whether an energetic aspiring man, eager to 

 ailvaiice. will best attain his ambition by active partici- 

 pation in sucli enterprises as the National Flower Show 

 and (X'casions of similar character or by confining him- 

 self strictly to the demands of his own immediate circle 

 of business or regular employment. Honey never comes 

 to tlie hive; the busy bee must go out and get it. 



In ever}' issue of HoRTKri-rruic, 



^ particularly at this .season, will be 



"triple entente" >,j.e,i the timely offers of growers, 



wholesale dealers and manufacturers 

 in the various liorticultural and allied industries. We 

 would respectfully remind our readers tliat while this 

 shows enter])risc, yet it is futile and wholly fails of its 

 piiipose if not met in a spirit of appreciation and equal 

 enterprise by the buying trade. We hope our friends 

 will take due notice of this fact and govern themselves 

 accordingly. AVe know tliat the readers of IIorticdi>- 

 TURE in the aggregate, are fully the equal in purcha.sing 

 ability and in desirability as customers, of tliose who 

 read any one of the other horticultural trade journals, 

 while individually Hortictjlturk counts among its 

 supporters the cream of the representiitive. intelligent 

 and progressive men of the craft in this country. Mere 

 ligures of circulation are of minor value always, as a 

 basis for estimating the advertising value of a class 

 publication. The real practical test is as to who read 

 it and for what purpose, what position they fill in the 

 industry and whether they represent suificicnt purchas- 

 ing capacity to make an advertising investment a profit- 

 able trfinsartion. Our great desire now is that IIorti- 

 culturk's readers and HorticT'Ltdre's advertisers get 

 together and transact some good spring business on the 

 strength of HORTicuLTURf:'.s introduction. Wliat better 

 alliance could there be? 



