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HORTICULTURE 



VOL XXI 



JANUARY 9. 1915 



NO. 2 



l-l Ul.lSlieil tVEEKl.T HT 



HORTICULTURE. PUBLISHINC. CO. 

 11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Musts. 



Trlriiliunr. Oxford t»i. 

 WM. J. MTKtV.\KT, Editor and HkMCar. 



Bl'BiiCKirTION KATE8: 



Ob* Vrar. In Kdranrr. 11. OU: To KorelcD Coanlrle*, (I. Mi T* 



('■■Kd*. tl.M. 



iiuiii mail I- Willi. 1111^ 111;; wild nil tin- -Im ^ tiiry ciiujil 



to till' rcj,ailiir trii'U- ut fi.xed prices, uiidiTtuku in work 

 • >ir tile liiilniicc on the logitimntc cinjtoniurs of tin- n-gii- 

 lar dealer, eitlier dirwtly or tliniii(;li lioiiie tniiisieiit 

 emergency chaiiiu-l, at prices awiiy lielow esUililiiilieil 

 rates. We presume tlie trade here as well a» in Kiijilaiid 

 will Imve to "grin and l)ear it" for the time bcinp, hut 

 they might perhaps pet togetlier the material for future 

 retrihutive justice by adopting the ])olicy that is being 

 advocated in Knu'liind, of ascertaining whenevi-r iiossi- 

 lile, the identity of all foreign houses that have been 

 indiilgirg in this ''penny-wi.se but ]K)iind-foolish" busi- 

 ii.'-~ Mii.l ihi'M letting tliem severely alone ever after. 



► .,,„,, *"'"'"'»'*'° ^'■■"' „ „ (lur Christmas reports from Uic leading 



r»T Inrh. SO Inrlic* to pxf »l.0« i.,/, i, ii-i, 



Dliroania on ( ODlru-tn for ronnnrutlvr Innrrtlona, u folloirc 'WO ways wliolcsalc HOWer marKCtS 88 |lUl>llsned 



Onr month i« timra), B prr cent.; ttirr* moDtha (IS time*), 10 of boosting \n'i,i Week fumisll food for thouullt foT 



p*r rmt.: alx moRlhs (t6 lime*), iO prr cent.; 0D« jr^r (SI time*), ■, ■, , ., i i 



M pi-T crnt. prices jiiiy grower dependent upon the whoie- 



P»B» ud halt pace spM*. ■paelal rates on appUcatlaa. (;alc markets for his livelihood. We 



^"^ — were particularly interested in the vicissitudes of the 



■Btarcd as SM«nd-cIssS msttcr December 8. 1904. St the Post Office AT„„rif.nii Roallfi' rnao ac ronr.r+o<l in (Vin fwn <Tr»af/>c* 



St BostoD. uats.. under ibt Act of Concress of March 3, i«TO. .'\mer)(aii lieauty rose 3.- reportCQ in tne two greatest 



— = market.* for this flower — New^ York and Chicago. In 



CCiVTITVTS Page Chicago ^vo are told that the Beauty started out at top 



figures and then slid down the scale until it was offered 

 CO\-KH ILLUSTRATION-Hlanting a Young Rose ^^ ^^^^^ one-fifth of the earlier quotations. In New 



notes' on' CLXTI-Uk' of FLORISTS' STOCK-Aiu- ^ork low' prices prevailed at the beginning but under 

 aryllis — Gloxinias - Orchids— Vincas-Unsold Aza- the incentive of the lively demand, for which these mod- 

 leas — John J. M. Farnii .'. 37 erate prices were at lea.st partially responsible, values 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Potting Soil— Sup- stiffened up, advancing 30 to 40 ])er cent by Christmas 



ply of Pots— Ttie First Potting— .irf/iur C. Huzuka.. 39 morning. The only valid excuse for advanced Christ- 

 CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Florists' Club of Philadel- mas prices is a demand in excess of the supplv and the 



phia-Horticultural Society of New York-Society ^ themselves are partially responsible "for such 



of Anier can Florists— H. H. Bartsch, Portrait— New •' ■ u • • i i. ' i\ j * _i- 



Jersey Floricultural Society-American Carnation advances, in their rivalry to secure the goods. An arti- 



Society 40 ficial high price is, however, almost sure to come t/> grief. 



Club and Society Notes— Coming Events 41 as ha.s happened times without number. 



THE PROPAG.A.TION OF HOLLY— Illustrated— />. G. .,.,,., 



inn Lecuuen 41 Another Sidelight uixm tlie Ciirisimas 



OBITUARY— John J. Leal— G. W. Keessen— Thomas J. Crude situation in Chicago is thrown by our 



O'Dea— George T. Philcox— The Late John .\Iunson 45 methods and oorrespondent in that city in the remark 



FREE WALKS AND TALKS IN PARKS— K. W. the penalty tiiat prices had" been fi.xed apparently 



ileadle 4. without any knowledge of the magni- 



SEED TRADE— Mail Order Trade-Bean Demand— ,^,^jp ^f ^j^g available crops and could not hope to be 



Peas— European Seeds — A. S. F. Convention — Bulbs ■ t ■ a ct. u- • i i j u en i tu 



and Seeds in San Francisco-Notes 46 maintained after shipping orders had been filled. The 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS' further information from Chicago and elsewhere to the 



The Anti-Flower Edicts— C. P. /)ud/e,i/ 48 effect that large quantities of flowers in the markets 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 49 gave evidence that they had been held back and should 



NEWS ITE.MS FROM EVERYWHERE: have been offered days before or not* offered at all, is 



Boston— San Francisco— KnoxviUe, Tenn.— Chicago 50 gisniificant. This story is hoarv with age but, despite 



Washington-Pittsburgh-York, Neb 51 ^- ^^^ ^^.^^^j ^^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ character of 



^'^B^s.ln. cwc^ago CiSatrNew York, Philadelphia 53 such practices the "pickler" seems unable to resist the 



San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington 55 temptation to pickle and so destroy the market for him- 



DURI.N'G RECESS— New York Florists' Bowling Club 55 self and cverj'body else. ITie pickled stuff is sent in 



MISCELLANEOUS: first and the customer at a distance gets it and at en- 



Anthracnose on Snapdragon — A. Vincent Osmun.... 39 hanced prices for which there is no justification while 



Visitors' Register 43 the local buyer gets the fresh goods which come in last, 



G^e ThZThe Firirs-NorPo^ry ! ::::::::::::: tl and at pric^ nsually bas^ strictly on supply and de- 



To -My Fellow Craftsmen— A. J. Guttman 48 mand. We have suggested before, on several occasions, 



News Notes 42-48 that one of the greatest needs of the central markets 



Business Troubles 49 ^^hich are looked to for the standards of value from 



PubHcat'ions Receiveci-^ataiogues ' Received ! ! ! ! '. ! ! ! 60 ^ime to time is some comprehensive and well conducted 



pjrgg 60 plan for securing advance trade mtormation as to tne 



New Corporations 61 extent and quality of the various crops in different local- 



Greenhniisp? TiiiiUling or Contemplated 62 j^^^g available from time to time. Such an enterprise 



^'^^' ' - should and undoubtedly would, in time, become self-sup- 



=^^=^==^^=====^=^==^^^^^^= porting but, anyway, it would be a legitimate and proper 

 We find in the reading columns of our function for the National Society to assume and to 

 A common British exchanges frequent complaint direct — a much more practical and useful project for 

 cause during the past two months of the seri- the advancement and elevation of the flower business 

 ous injury sustained by the regular trade than the various visionary scheme^ which have been ad- 

 there similar to what the trade in this country has suf- vocated for "schools of horticulture," for example, under 

 fered from the incursions of a certain class of Dutch the Societj^'s auspices. 



