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CONTENTS Pa«e 



COVKH I LUSTKATION — Interior View of New 

 Flower Store of J. H. Small & Sons. New York City. 



NOTES ON CULTlUtK OF FLORISTS' STOCK— 

 Mlltonlas— Preparing Compost for Carnations— Pro- 

 pa!;atin»; Begonias — Poinsettias— Stock for Winter 

 Flowering -Planting Ont Stevias— ^o?in J. M. Farrell 785 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Planting Time- 

 Depth of Soil in the Benches— Building New- 

 Benches — Syringing — Arthur C. Ruzicka 787 



FLOWER SHOW OF THE INTERNATIONAL 

 GARDEN CLUB— Illustrated 788 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Florists' Club of Philadel- 

 phia — Massachusetts Horticultural Society — G. A. 

 Kaupp portrait — Meetings and Exhibitions — Notes.. 790 



OBITI'ARY- Jonathan Nash, portrait— James McBride 792 



WTIONG IMPRESSIONS ABOUT GLADIOLUS GROW- 

 ING — Elmrr J. Wciicr 792 



SEED TRADE — One Week's Imports — Notes 794 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores 796 



Flowers hv Telegraph 797 



J. H. Small & Sons' New Flower Store 799 



NEWS ITEMS FRO.M EVERYWHERE: 



Boston, Providence. Chicago, Philadelphia, Pitts- 

 burgh 798-799 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, 



Philadelphia 801 



Pittsburgh, Providence, St. Louis 803 



NEW COTONEASTERS, BERBERIS AND AESCULUS 808 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



New York State Fair 789 



A Rose Garden Fete 789 



To Presene Our Native Flora 789 



A New Exochorda 790 



A Selection of Dahlias 791 



Breeding for No\elties 794 



New Corporations — Catalogue Received 794 



Business Troubles 796 



News Notes 796 



Out of the Ginger Jar— G. G. W 799 



A New Wholesale House 803 



Visitors' Register 809 



Big Hail Storm at St. Louis 809 



Patents Granted 810 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 810 



The old ^ayjng that "X" luli- i- -" ^^'^^'- 

 Hall! Haill eral which admit? no exception"' applies 

 in the ease of St. Louis which ha- 

 had the exceptional misfortune to he visited by two de- 

 structive hail stonns, within a hrief period, many of tlic 

 sufferers in the fir^t being among those worst hit by the 

 second. Horticulture extends sympathy to the victims. 

 who, it is to be hoped, are all protected by the Florists' 

 Hail Association. This organization has proved a ver- 

 itable life-saver for many a florist in distress and, doul)t- 

 less, this St. Louis experience will be the means of add- 

 ing not a few new names to Secretar\' Esler's retinue. 



Our Uuws Luluiiiiis ijivc ail acimint "f 

 An important (I,,, open nir flower show held al I'el- 

 movement ||,|,ii Hny I'ark. New York, laBl wcvk. 

 lm|)ortant movements often originate 

 in small beginnings. Any movement which seeks to pro- 

 mote more rational living and a fuller appreciation of 

 woodlands, gardens and all the environment of rural 

 life is surely important. The one we are now consider- 

 ing may have fallen short of expectations in its first 

 j>ublir attempt under hitherto untried conditions, but it 

 was far from being mediocre and it should be judged 

 not merely for what it was but for what it means for 

 now and for the future. The plans of its ])romoters 

 in their ultimate aim and purpose are distinctly on 

 lines in which Horticolti'ki: heartily believes, as a 

 stimulus to substantial liorticultnral growth and for the 

 best interests and material well"are of the entire horli- 

 eultural profession. \ sincere endeavor to amalga- 

 mate the active commercial and the amateur horticul- 

 tural interests in singleness of purpose for effective 

 .joint work seems vei-y manifest in this unique enter- 

 prise. Every forward step taken in that clirection 

 should have unqualified coniinendation and every pos- 

 sible encouragement and assistance, for only .such a pol- 

 icy can a.ssure success. We hope that tiie people who 

 stand liehind this movement now so auspiciously started 

 will not relax in their zeal and that the new organiza- 

 tion may prosper in all it undertakes for the advance- 

 ment of horticultural art. 



We look occasion last week to call at- 



Holland tcntion to the appearance in this coun- 



importations tr\- of a numl)er of special low prii^' 



and prices quotations on nursery stock received by 



mail from Holland just as the army of 

 I'oriy or iiiore salesmen who. had been traveling her^' 

 were .about to board their iJfeamer for home. How far 

 tliis disposition to cut pric-es will extend, how it will 

 affect the Boskoop syndicate by whom prices are es- 

 tablished in advance or what course will be adopted hv 

 the American houses which have already placed their 

 orders, in the event of a stampede to unload accumula- 

 tions in this country, we cannot predict but we do know 

 that a number of the larger buyers here, in view of tin- 

 practical cutting off of most of the other markets which 

 have been Holland's best customers, have withheld their 

 customary orders this season, being convinced that the 

 l)rices asked were not based upon present actual con- 

 ditions and outlook in Boskoop. The thinking man 

 naturally questions the wisdom of the policy of .^ending 

 so many men to this country to do the work which might 

 lie better done by a small fraction of the number and 

 at a great reduction in the expense wliich the buyer 

 feels is sure to come out of himself eventually. It is 

 a very grave and even disastrous situation with which 

 the Holland growers and dealers are now confronted, 

 but self-protection demands the exercise of prudent 

 foresight as the only safe course for the American buy- 

 er under the circumstances. Unless he can have an 

 agi'eement that, in tlie event of reduced quotations later 

 in the season he can have the benefit of the same, then 

 the buyer cannot be blamed if he adopts the conserva- 

 tive course which his judgment dictates. The safest and 

 altogether best ))]an for all .Vmerican buyers is to insist 

 on ]irices being made, freight prepaid, tfi Xew York. 

 The foreigner is always able to get a better freight rate 

 than American buyers and it should be up to him, be- 

 ing on the ground, to superintend all such shipment- 

 during these perilous times. 



