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HORTICULTURE 



April 3, 191G 



HORTICULTURE 



VOC XXI APRIL 3. 1915 NO. M 



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HORTICULTURE. PUBLISHING CO. 

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CONTENTS P^B 



COVKU I LLLSTRATIO.N— Samuel S, Pennoik. Presl- 

 dent-Kloct, American Rose Socletv. 



-NOTKS O.N' Cl'LTlRK OF FLORISTS- STOCK— Decor- 

 ative Foliage Plants — Gardenias — Mulch for Carna- 

 Hons — SwaiDsona — Starting Aclilmenes — Stock 

 Plants — John J. M. Farrell 457 



HARDY rYPRIPKDIl.MS— /fir/Kirrf /fofftf— Illustrated 459 



DISGRACEFLL KXPRKSS SKRV ICE — /■Vanfc Bi/^«- 

 f oil 45;i 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Railway Gardening Associ- 

 ation — Massachusetts Tree Wardens Meet — American 

 Association of Park Superintendents — Connecticut 

 Horticultural Society— Pacific Coast Flower Show — 

 Oyster Bay Horticultural So<lety — New York Flor- 

 ists' Bowling Club 460 



.New York Spring Flower Show, Illustration — 

 Coming Erents 461 



PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION 

 —Illustrated 461 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK 461 



NE.MATOPE ROOT GALL DISEASES— 7. J. Tauten- 



haiw— Illustrated 462 



Carnations from the Field to the House — Chas. B. 

 Herr 464 



SEED TRADE 466 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE}— W. H. Adsctt 466 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



The Protection of Credit— //ejiri/ Penn 468 



Flowers by Telegraph 469 



NEWS ITEMS FRO.M EVERYWTIERE: 

 Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Wash- 

 ington 470 



Pittsburgh 471 



News Notes 469-471 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia. . . . 473 

 San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington 475 



OBITUARY — Henry .Murphy — Andrew J. Freeman — 

 Andrew Hawkins — Mrs. H. G. Berning — George R. 

 Frow— Charles W. Yost 475 



NITROGEN TRAPS FOR THE FARM— Pro/. Oilbert E. 

 BaiUy 480 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



An Ingenious Scheme — Illustrated 462 



Seedling Geraniums 463 



Boon for a Library 464 



The Bread Line 464 



On Easter Day — Poetry 464 



Pruning Philadelphia Ramblers — M. H. Walsh 465 



Publications Received 465 



Catalogues Received 466 



It's the Same in Floralvllle, Brother 471 



Personal 471 



Business Troubles 475 



Visitors' Register 482 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 482 



New Corporations 482 



Welcome, indeed, is the news 



Exit, from various quarters where this 



the green carnation abominable blot on the flower 



business has been perjjetuated 

 year after, year, that very little of it was in evidence 

 this year. This information coincides with our own ob- 

 servation, most of the "green" carnations coming to our 

 notice on St. Patrick's day, 1915, being seen on the 

 stands of the alley and doorway fakirs, whereas, it is 

 not long since they were a window "ornament" of 

 many of the leading retail flower stores whose proprie- 

 tors presumably knew better but could not resist the 



i>in])tation to impose the doception upon a gullible 

 -t-ction of the public so long u.s there wii<i money in it. 

 We hope it will <|iiickly disappear forever, nn<l that 

 iievcrniDre shall udvcrtifemcnts of dyee for coloring freeh 

 flowers lie t1niint.ed befori' the world in the jxiges of 

 tlori.st*' trade piiper.*. Wo i>re8ume, however, that we 

 -hall have to endure it a wjiile longer in the time of 

 fhrysnnlliciinim blooming, nioro's the pity. 



Now that the big spring exhibition.- 

 The status of „r(' .<ucceh!;fully over, the returns all 

 the flower shows j,, ,x,|,l things settle*! dowii to nor- 

 mal once more we can all look 

 back with coniplacency and extreme witisfiiftion on thi- 

 splendid results achieved, not alone in the mere finan- 

 cial succ«>ss but in the broader consideration of the 

 effect of these great shows upon flower culture, on future 

 flower exhibiting and on the welfare generally of all 

 who engage commercially in any of these branches of 

 horticulture. \ very wholesome stimulant to confident 

 effort has certiiinly been administered which will un- 

 doubtedly give new courage where previous dishearten- 

 ing experiences have made caution advisable and we 

 may hope to see more and better exliibitions in the 

 coming sea.son in consequence. That the unprecedente<l 

 public attention enjoyed by the shows in Boston and 

 New York was due in part to the effect of the European 

 conflict which has made it discreet for large numbers 

 of society people to forego their foreign toiirs and forced 

 many lavish spenders to seek their diversions in their 

 home country, is not unlikely but we should bear in 

 inind that both affairs were in an artistic sense worthy 

 and that is what we must strive for in every case if we 

 are to make a permanent impression. With this favor- 

 able .=.tart we may reasonably hope that the influence 

 exerted by these splendidly successful home enterprises 

 shall continue and expand and that the flower show may 

 become more and more strongly entrenched in the public 

 estimation a.s a standard institution. 



We did not quite realize, until after our 

 Exhibition editorial notes of last week had gone 

 problems hroadca.^t, the large number of discon- 



tentwl flower show exhibitors there were 

 in the land. It seems quite evident that we "harked 

 up the right tree," for, judging from the returns, in 

 comment, approving or disapproving, it would appear 

 that if all those who are said to have discontinued ex- 

 hibiting because of dissatisfaction over their past expe- 

 riences had conic into this season's spring shows, staging 

 room would have been at a premium. Now, IIorticul- 

 TURE harbors no prejudice and we have no "axe to grind.'' 

 Our sole desire is to see public floral exhibitions grow in 

 number, extent and influence and to help to that end by 

 whatever means is in our power, for we have great faith 

 in their efficacy as upholders of horticulture and feeders 

 of the rapidly developing horticultural appetite of 

 the American public. Any close approach to perfec- 

 tion in schedule making, arranging or judging can 

 hardly be expected at once and mere fault-finding will 

 not help along in the least. If defects exist in the 

 methods now in vogue, in one or the other place, they 

 .should be ?<]uarely exposed and a heart to heart effort 

 made at the proper time and place by those who detect 

 them, with a view to liaving them removed. It seems 

 to us that tins is the right course for any member of 

 any society who has become dissatisfied with its methods 

 and the way they work out. Should any such, who read 

 these lines, see fit to express through our columns pub- 

 licly their views as to ways and means whereby improve- 

 ment on existing conditions may be brought about we 

 shall be more than pleased to make room for them 



