13« H (» li 1 1 ( r I/n; l{ K Jummiy 30. 1915 



»*/^|^'p¥^¥ T| 1^1 TlJir ^"^ i* willxxit f'"'ll*'- "••^'i lioncst tale speeds 



**^^*^ * *^^^ "^ * ^ ^^'^ - Li'st, Lfin^r plainlx told." We tliink tl.eMncu of the 



VOL XXI JANUARY 30. 1915 NO. 5 Aim'riinii C'linuitioii SiK-iely will fiiul in this address, 



r7TTrrM7r77"uT7"KTT~Kii iiu'iit for some ;r"oi! profitable <li.siussioii. For example, 

 HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. ilic iircsciit iiii|ian'iit iiii^lnhilitv of the canintion's po- 

 ll Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. silion a.s ••Kv.'rvl>o<ly".s l-'lower.'' tlie caiiKes therefor, and 



'■i<i "•■• oM„r.i ::i:. ,|„. ivincilv- llii'< is a vilal r|Uc.«tioii. .surely. President 



(iiiddard lakes tlu- iironiid that tlie recent announcement 



^,■.r. :^rs.'m/;'7.!\'r*i"-^i..,.n,r...>. *■.«.. To "f tile acceptajici' of the presi.lenl of the Carnation 



(luiii.iii. SI..-.II. .•itH'icty a.s a director of the S. A.K. waj* preniature, be- 



.MixKKTisiNti i{.\T»>: cuu.se tile \. C. S. had not yet olliciallv taken action on 



IVr liirll. Mt hit-ll|.H In piiur ^fl.OO , ,. . .,M'i' 'll "l li II i 



iiix'uuiii.. .Ill coiiini.t- r.ir .on^wuiiii- inBrrtioiii., u» riiiiiitvi.: I 111- (jucstion of jilliliation ami he i.s iiiKloiiiitedly correct 



Oiif iiiiMilli (I lliiit*r>>, ."> |iiT feill.: (Iirev iiioiiIIin (lit llnirH), 10 j^ tll'lQ vipw 



1»T <riil.: -K niiinllK. (ill lliiifr.), M |mt rent.; one )«ir (.Vi lliiifx). "' ""' \H.H. 

 Mt |i<*r i-fiit. 



I'liRo anil liiiir iiuKr Miiiiri', »*pe<'iitl ratoH on npiilli'iillon. t i -ii i ' i - i 1 i - i.1. 



= A lull has been introduced in the 



Entered a» swoiid-ihiss nuitlcr Doeeinlicr 8. 1904, at the I'ost Office ,„ „..i„ ^ui. at i /x i • i i ■ t 



nt B..KIOI1, Mu8H.. under tlie A.t of Congress of Miircb 3, 1879. *" intolerable M !i.<^Slcll Ufiel ts Icflislature providing 



— proposal for the cxtcrniination of all "noxiou.s 



CONTENTS Page wced.s" in the Commomvealth. Nox- 



COVEK iLLl-STK.ATlo.X Vi, w ii. IJ, Lamar Coiiscr- i,,,,^, ^^.p,,,^^ ^^ ciniinernled in the proposed law include 



vatories at Glen Cove, N. Y. , ■, -, i /-i i i ■ i i • i i i 



NOTKS ON Cl-LTl-KK OF FLORISTS' STOCK-Care '">l '»"l.v ^'''^^ C'»'"''"t i>"«l Canada thistles which could 



of Carnations— Earlv Asters— Kuphorbia Jaciiiiinae- well be di.s{X>n.scd with, but aJso golden rod, oxeye 



^^:::^'^y!Z^^^:.s'l^:l.::r..:'^L ,^^'fr: 137 -l--^ --1 other cuaHy Ueloved nower.. All roadsides 



KOSI;: GROWLVG I'NDER GLASS— Care of Outside are to have the wild growth mowed downi twice in the 



Roses— Rooting Ramblers- Mulching— Soot— Lime— season and if persons owning laud on which these plants 



Disbudding — Ailhur C. Hiiziika 139 , n i- -i ^ t j ^i i-i ^i ^i 



AMERICAN CAItNATIO.X SOCIKTY-Annual Meeting -'•""' ■^'"'^1 '«'' *« '^"'^'"y t''^^'" hh■^^^.<-^ then tlie au- 



and Exhibition— Opening Session- President's Ad- tliorities .<hall have power to do it and collect the cost 



dress— S. J. Goddard, I^ortrait— Secretary's Report.. 140 i',-nn) the omiers. Why this desire to denude the coun- 



Portraits of Officers— Treasurer's Report ■•••■■■•• 141 (ry of its natural beautv? Simply because victims of 



Nomination of Officers — Judges' Report — Thursday ..■ . j ■ i " i.'\ /• _5) i r ii * 



Mornings Session-St. Louis Next Meeting Place- the sneezing epidemic known as hay fever' believe t^t 



Election of Officers 142 these flowers arc the cause of their discomfoTO ! We 



MODERN CARNATION PRACTICE— .v. ./. (i„iUl<ini . . . 142 look to .see the thing thrown out, of cour.«e. No com- 



CLL'BS AND SOCIETIES— Horticultural Society of iiuiiiity would tolerate a vandalism such as thi« jiropo- 



New York 143 sitiou implies. 



Lancaster Countv Florists' Club — Connecticut Horti- 



cultural society-Gardeners' and Florists' Club of ^^. ' ^ y^.^^,,^^ imlice n| the offering 



Baltimore lot) ^ 



Coming Events 151 "Stop, look, for sale at anction in Philadelphia by 



SEED TRADE— The "Soup House" Seed Shop— Chicago listen." ti,e Collector of the Port, of five cases of 



ofTnt7rest toretail FLORISTS- ^'^ '^''^^'"^'^ ''"'^''''^ ^* ''"^^S. This Shipment 



The Retailers' Business Calendar 148 .-Inrted from Rotterdam on December Sth, and was 



Flowers by Telegraph-Now Flower Stores 149 abandoned bv tlie consignee as damaged by the long 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: i , • x " m m i i j -n i i a 



Boston. Washington, Providence. Pittsburgh 150 'l^^'ay '" transit. There liave been and will be plenty 



San Francisco, Philadelphia 151 more such instances nnd we trust that our readei'^^ will 



OBITUARY— Charles W. Parker, Portrait 151 \^q ^j^g enough to let such stuff alone. There will no 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: ,l ,,^^ , j^^,^,'^,, ,„ft.,vooded rhododendrons and other 

 Boston. Buffalo. Chicago, Cincinnati. New ^ ork. Phil- 

 adelphia 153 nui-sery stock seJit to this country, on sale, from the wet 



Providence, San Francisco. St. Louis, Washington.. 155 ^^^^^^^^ ^f Holland which are unfitted to thrive in drA' 



DURING RECESS — Southampton Horticultural So- ., , . i , , ,./ . n . , i I'l 



cietv— New York and New .lersey Association of soi's an^l "' oi"<:'<'r to be ht to sell to cu.«tomei-s should 



Plant Growers— .New York Florists' Bowling Club.. 162 be grown and acclimatcd for a year or more in this 



MISCELLANEOUS: country. In discussing with well infonncd parties we 



Catalogues Received 146 find it to be quite generally expected that the better 



Business Troubles 151 ,.ia.«s(.s of Dutch bulbs will be offered for the coming 



Cove^'TlliIltfaUon '.^'.'.V^'.'.'.'.'.'.^\V^V^'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.Wii *'*"-'"^" "* Pi'i'^es which liave appert^iincd to the more 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 162 ordinary kinds heretofore. This will api)ly especially 



New Corporations — Patents Granted ifi'2 to Darwin tulips, which were exce.=sively high last sea- 



— son, but which will undoubtedly he offered at approxi- 



• 1 .• 1 matelv the prices of two years ago as the sale of much 



President Goddard s presidential „f ^^-^ material which the German and English mar- 



President address to tlie American Carna- kets would normally absorb will be cut off or materially 



Goddard's address tion Society is, like the man him- curtailed. It is true, also, that under the present 



self, straio-htfoi-ward a concise limited demand, many of the less desirable tulip stocks 



„ „i„4.,-„„ ,c !„•„ ,.; „.„' „ ).„ ,!!.,.„ „„j ^„„„ (•„„ „„ ai'c being discarded bv the Holland biilh growers to 



presentation ot his views a.s to ways and means lor en- , ", ..it.. • j.- rr-i i ii -n 

 f . , , , -in-, n ■■ • ii make a place for the better varieties. The latter will 

 haucing the usefulness of the Society ajid advancing the |,^^ obtainable at reasonable prices from legitimate deal- 

 interests of the Carnation. When Sam Goddard has ers and there will be no excuse for taking chances on 

 something to say it is always something worth saying consigned "job lots." 



