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June 5. i'Jir> 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL XXI 



JUNE S. 1915 



NO. 23 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVKK ILMSTH.Al'lo.N 111. tWuiy oi the Wisteria 



NOTKS O.N riLTlRK OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Cliry- 



sontliemiinis — Cyilamen — Fancy Caladtums — Margtie- 



rltes — Winter Flowering Stocks — Syringing — John ./. 



il. farnll 745 



WINTER KFFKCT ON CONIFERS IN MAINE 747 



THE GLORY OF THE WISTERIA 747 



CLl'BS AND SOCIETIES— American Peony Society, 

 Portrait — Oyster Bay Horticultural Society — Connec- 

 ticut Horticultural Society— Club and Society Notes.. 748 



Coming Events 749 



THE NEW GRAY HERBARIU.M AT HARVARD— Illus- 

 trated 749 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 750 



DI.VNER TO THO.MAS F. GALVIN— Illustrated 751 



SEED TRADE — Damage by Frost — Michigan Peas and 

 Beans— Convention Time — The Late W. H. Grenell, 



Portrait 754 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores T.'iJ 



The .Motor Truck for the Florist 7.">6 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: 



San Francisco 754 



Pittsburgh. St. Louis, New York 752 



Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago 758 



Washington, D. C 759 



FLOWER .MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, Ciniinnati, New Bedford 761 



New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, 



Washington 763 



OBITUARY'— Ferdinand C. Helm 770 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



The Iris 751 



October Flower Show at San Francisco 752 



John Young Takes a Partner, Portrait 752 



News Notes 750 



Personal 768 



Publications Received 769 



New Corporation 770 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 770 



Visitors" Register 770 



Patents Granted 770 



We have in our notes on the op- 

 posite page another interesting 

 and, in a way, instructive com- 

 munication on the effects of the 

 peculiar winter of 1914-15 upon evergreen trees. It 



"A stern and 

 rock-bound coast" 



-M.ui'i ..... M,.-. he borne in mind tliat the climate of 

 Kennehunkporl, .Mc, is very mucli more severe tlian 

 that of Boston iiiul vicinity wheiiot' came our previous 

 report.^. It is fur coMor nltlimigli not very much farther 

 north tliaii Hostoii. and a further severity is added by 

 tile very direct and hk-aic sea wind uxpnsure — a factor 

 which must be seriously considered in all jtlanting. Not 

 only do species and varieties that are fairly reliable 

 from Boston southward frequently succumb entirely, 

 but even the more resistant trees and shrulw if they 

 have been reared in a more salubrious climate are often 

 found to be poorly fitted to withstand the rigors of this 

 .Maine coast. We have room foi' inon- .li^inssion on 

 this all-important subject. 



From all aLcounls il apijcars that 

 Memorial Day Memorial Day made an e.xcellent rec- 

 a succe»« oicl all around this year. The fear 

 expressed by many that tlie artificial 

 and preserved material would cut into the trade in 

 fresh flowers seems not to have been justified. Indeed, 

 in some places the sale of the imitation goods is reported 

 as having been distinctly "otF' as compared with last 

 year and a considerable stock of this material is left on 

 the hands of some of those florists who bought heavily 

 in anticipation of a great demand. The cheap depart- 

 ment stores helped to overdo this thing and to this ex- 

 tent the growers of flowers have reason to be grateful 

 to the department stores. Little comjilaint is heard con- 

 cerning the (juality of the cut flowers supplied for Me- 

 morial Day. The widely prevalent cool weather was 

 favorable to the production of blooms with some good 

 constitution and keeping qualities and also heljjed to 

 hold down any tendency to overproduction. So what- 

 ever enhanced prices were in effect had some reasonable 

 basis in the balance of supply and demand and alto- 

 gether it is safe to say that Memorial Day for 191.5 

 was a general success and fully up 1o its liest traditions 

 as a distinctively florists' day. 



It requires some urging and zealous per- 

 Time to ?oiial missionary work to induce a large 

 speak up attendance on conventions now-a-days, 

 especially where the distance is such as to 

 make the cost of transportation something of a burden 

 to the man of average means. The comfort and pleasure 

 of those who have to go any great distance to a conven- 

 tion is so greatly enhanced by traveling as a party, with 

 exclusive accommodations, that we always feel for those 

 who work so a.ssiduously and then fail to get a sufficient 

 number to enroll to secure these advantages. Secreta- 

 ries and committee members are doing their utmost to 

 induce full attendances at the Nurserymen's meeting in 

 Detroit and the Seed Trade gathering in San Francisco, 

 both of which are now dramng near, and for the S. A. 

 F. Convention in San Francisco, which is the crowning 

 liorticultural gathering of the year. We do not need to 

 say that either one of these affairs will richly repay 

 every one in attendance whose business interests are in 

 line with the objects for which these societies respect- 

 ively stand. This fact is pretty well acknowledged to- 

 day. But we would just like to say a word on behalf of 

 the busy men who are exerting every Jierve to not only 

 make the meetings successful but to insure the pleasture 

 and comfort of all who participate. The plans they are 

 endeavoring to mature should in all justice be given 

 the earliest consideration and intentions promptly com- 

 municated. To this proposition we can almost hear a 

 chorus of hearty Amens coming from every individual 

 who has ever undertaken the rounding-up of a conven- 

 tion party. 



