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horticulture: 



VOL XXI FEBRUARY 13, 1915 NO. 7 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTK.MIo.N .\iiilirmis UiKtoria puUida 



NOTES ON CLLTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Can- 



nas from Seed — Hardy Delphiniums — Mignoiiette — 



Prepare for Easter — I'ropagating — Verbenas — John 



J. M. Famll 205 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Repotting— Blaclt- 

 spot — Scraping the Top of the Soil in Pots — Liquid 



Manure — Arthur C. liuzirka 207 



ANTHEM IS— W/cAf/erf Uothc 207 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Pittsburgh Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club — Illinois State Florists' Association 

 — Society of American Florists — .Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society — Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 



Boston— Albany Florists' Club 208 



New York Florists' Club — Horticultural Society of 



New York 209 



Florists' Club of Washington — Philadelphia's Atti- 

 tude, A. Faremcald — Club and Society Notes — Com- 

 ing Events 211 



A. A. PE.MBROKE, Portrait 209 



THE VINCENT GREENHOUSES— Illustrated 210 



DURING RECESS— New York Florists' Club Dinner 

 —The San Francisco Convention — New York Flor- 

 ists' Bowling Club 212 



SEED TRADE— General Business — Pea Shortage — 

 Seed Trade Convention — Future Beans and Peas — 

 Canners' Convention — Not a "Seed Mendicant," 



B. C. Autrn— Notes 213-214 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Thos. P. Galvin, Inc., in New Quarters 216 



Flowers by Telegraph — A Useful Device for Florists 217 



New Flower Stores 223 



NEWS ITEMS FRO.M EVERYWHERE: 



Boston — Pittsburgh — Albany 218 



Chicago 219 



Notes 216-219-230 



Washington 223 



Pacific Coast— Philadelphia 228 



FLOWER .MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati. New York 221 



Philadelphia. San Francisco. St. Louis, Washington 223 

 .MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal 211 



Wasting Surplus Nursery Stock 212 



Catalogues Received 212-214 



Do You Know That— 228 



Massachusetts Agricultural College 230 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 230 



Visitors' Register 230 



Incorporated— Patents Granted 230 



The- 'i.iiilgi.t of the University of lUiuois 



Horticultural (ontains an appropriation of $68,000 



advancement for the extension of the gla-ss houses. 



This is not something that the florists 



of the State have made any appeal for but is wholly 



voluntar}' on the part of the authorities, which although 



n<>l yet cinioi-seil by tlie powers timt be, indicates a moet 



r(imiiicii(l)ilplc |uibli(,' sentiment and is very gnitifyiiig 

 lu tiio floriculturol interests. We look to i«?e tliis 

 I'ecognition of the esthetic side of horticulture grow 

 >tia(lily ami txteiid to sections where lieietofore it lias 

 i<teive<l but scant iitlcntion fruni State authorities or 

 -litutions. 



Thcic ii|i]icin> 111) good reason why tlie 



A \,« York I'liiristii' I'lub should not 



praiseworthy |,os8CS8 a substantial building and per- 



proposition imiiicnt home for tlie organization. Its 



cliaracter and standing as an institu- 

 tion of dignity and usefulness has been firmly estab- 

 lished in the nioie tlian (]uartei--centiii'y of its existence. 

 Its inembershi]), now apjToar'hing the five hundred mark, 

 i.-; distinctively strong in men of wide business repute 

 apid financial stability, in this respect far exceeding any 

 similar organization in this country. Its ability to se- 

 cure and fit up a building which shall be a credit to 

 the great and growing industry which it represents is 

 beyond question. .As a leader and as possessing every 

 facility and opportunity the \ew York organization 

 carries a peculiar responsibility, amounting almost to 

 a duty, in regard to it,s sister clubs everywhere, to set 

 an example of .stability and progress which shall furnish 

 inspiration and incentive for wise jxilicies which in- 

 volve something more substantial and far-reacliing than 

 a mere 'existence from year to year. The possibilities in 

 a property investment in New Y'"ork City, such as is 

 now comtemj^lated, have long been recognized but it 

 has remained until now for the sentiment to take prac- 

 tical form. We hope to see it carried out to a success- 

 ful finish. 



<*Tu tnn Tuslrurt our rnllt';;es and (•\]i»'rinn*nt .stjitions 



The 100 p. c. In work ou the selling cud for a while, and 



crop and 35 s-'ive the producing end a rest, as that has 



n c Hnitar" ''Pp" Worked overtime, 

 p. c. aoiiar ^.^^^ y^^^ GHANT G. HITCHING8. 



Mr. Hitchings is referring to the new apple law in 

 New York. It will probably be admitted by all that any 

 man who will, can have the latest advice about spraying, 

 cultivating and fertilizing promptly put before him. The 

 producing end has been "worked overtime" because a 

 good share of that time should have been devoted to the 

 marketing problem. .Ask any farmer today what he needs 

 most — information about producing or how to sell his 

 goods to better advantage. The 100 per cent, crop and the 

 35-cent dollar are mighty poor companions. 



We flip the foregoing from The Rurnl New-Yorker. 

 Substitute the word flowers for apples and "florist" for 

 "farmer" and the application to present conditions and 

 tendencies in the florists' business is pertinent and 

 complete. The situation in the cut flower business is, 

 of course, much less perplexing just now than it has 

 been and '.iill be again before long, but the few weeks of 

 respite from clogged wholesale markets and attendant 

 evils, welcome as they are, are only a temporary relief. 

 The National Farmers' Union, which is making a special 

 study of marketing products, says that "The economic 

 distribution of farm products is today the world's 

 greate.=t problem." In a lesser volume but, in its way, 

 an equal degree the marketing of flowers and plants 

 is the greatest i)i'e>ent question before the florist 

 trade. As Horticulture has repeatedly urged, it is 

 time to quit fussing over the situation from narrow 

 viewpoints and get busy with the problem which con- 

 fronts the trade in a broad-guage, comprehensive way. 

 It will occupy all the best brain in the business before 

 we get through with it. 



