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June 1:;, liilj 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XXI 



JUNE 12. 191S 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVICR ILLrSTK.ATlO.N— Rose Arches al Twin Oaks 



.\OTKS OX crLTl'RK OF FLORISTS' STOCK— As- 

 paragus pluniosus — Increase Begonias — Cold Storage 

 Lilies — Poinsettias — Transplantin.g Large Palms — 

 Planting Out Stock Plants— ./ohn J. M. Farrell 777 



DKDKwflO.N" OF THK NATIONAL ROSE TEST GAR- 

 DK.N 779 



CLIBS AND SOCIETIES— Exhibition at New York — 

 Cleveland Flower Show — Lansdowne Flower Show — 

 American Sweet Pea Societ.v — Boston June Exhibi- 

 tion — National Flower Show 780 



New York Florists' Club — American Carnation So- 

 ciety — American Peony Society — New Jersey Flori- 

 cultural Society — Society of American Florists — 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Societ.v — Club and Soci- 

 ety Notes 781 



Coming Events 782 



I.\ THE CONVENTION CITY— The Court of Palms- 

 Illustration 781 



GROWING ROSES UNDERCLASS— Wober/ Brrchuood 783 



OBITUARY— William Mitchellhill— .Michael J. Aylward 

 — James Lockhart — Charles F. Krueger — Henry J. 

 Weber 784 



SEED TRADE — On to San Francisco— Crop Outlook 

 and Estimates — .Notes 786 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



-An Institution and Us Ethics — New Flower Stores.. 788 

 Flowers by Telegraph 789 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: 



Chicago. New York, Boston 790 



Pittsburgh. San Francisco, Washington, Cincinnati.. 791 

 Philadelphia 79.5 



FLOWER .MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati. New York, Philadelphia 793 

 San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington 79.5 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal 779 



Plant Houses at Waverley, Mass. — Illustrated 783 



Texas Hail Storm 784 



Rose .\rches at Twin Oaks 784 



New Corporations 795 



Visitors' Register 795 



Business Troubles 795 



Publications Received SOO 



News Notes sun 



'Jlic .^itiiaiioii as it looms up for the im- 



The nierliate future of the horticultural world 



summer is not without serious perplexities and in 



outlook such emergencies as at present exist, it is 



the part of wL^dom to be well prepared for 



whatever turn the wind and tide may take. We have so 



long been dependent upon foreign sources of supply that 



one Jinds it ditiicult tn imafrine just what the effect 



will be upon our industries should certain |il;iiit. seed 

 and bulb sui>plies fail us. But uncertainty and coiise- 

 c|Ueiit anxiety arc not condncd ti> any one deimrtnient. 

 If i)resent signs cmint for anytliing the florists of tlie 

 large eastern cities at least have every reason to bestir 

 ilieinsclvos to (ind new summer outlet." for their prndin I 

 i<> olTset the lo.ss of steamer trade and other advci-^ 

 conditinns peculiar to these un|)recendented tiino. 

 .\merican people, it is generally accepted, will stay in 

 their own country this summer. Whatever money thi 

 may spend will be spent at iiome. The horticultural ami 

 lliiiiil industries will greatly need some of it but will 

 they get thei" slmrc of it? That depends upon how 

 tiicy ))rocecd. It is not likely to come unsought. 



'i'lie .\nierican Kose Society and indeed all 



Our tliirii ulturists of whatever persuasion have 



new ally leasiin to feel very much cheered and opii 

 mistic over the tenor of Dr. W. A. Taylor 

 icniarks on the occasion of the turning over to tin 

 • ioveniniciit of the liose Test Garden at Arlington. ;i 

 <|Uotcd by our Washington correspondent in another 

 <((luinn of this paper. The Agricultural Department 

 has thus fa'' concerned itself almost exclusively 

 with matters utilitarian and the ornamental side of 

 horticulture has been given the cold shoulder. Now 

 Di'. Taylor a.s the re]3resentativo of the Department tells 

 us that hereafter floral topics will receive attention and 

 support as a part of the legitimate work of the Dei)art- 

 ment. What more can we ask as a st-arter? It should 

 now be the earnest aim of the ornamental horticulturist 

 to cooperate in the fullest manner with the Washington 

 officials, encourage them to go ahead and impress u|)Oii 

 them in e\cry iiossible way that the gardeners and 

 florists of tliis country are duly appreciative of this 

 ]>romised attention to their interests. One of the first 

 steps in practical appreciation should be a prompt and 

 lii)eral response to Prof. Mulford's appeal for more 

 roses for the test collection. Tiie answer of the rose 

 growers should be free-hearted and ciithusia.stic. 



The tendency in recent years to devote 

 Perils of over- l;irge ranges of greenhouses to the 

 concentration production of one special cut flower 



crop, and the ultimate effect of this 

 movement ujioii tJie flower business is one of the most 

 important and .serious questions before the trade at the 

 ])resent time. AuKing the results most directly apparent 

 in the operation of these "factories" are economy in over- 

 head expenses, saving of labor and a certain standard- 

 izing and equalizing of the product which has been 

 regarded with favor as a; progi-essive step in floriculture 

 in the direction of a ])ennanent position among other 

 well-established (oinmercial enterprises. The tendency 

 toward lower average values in the wholesale markets 

 wbich is the logical accompaniment of the greatly in- 

 creased production of roses, sweet peas, lilies, gardenias 

 or other specialty within a limited territory, will 

 naturally be looked upon with gladness or disapproval 

 according as one's own interests lie on one side or 

 the other. It is a pertinent question always, how far 

 down prices may go before the producer is doing business 

 at a loss and by the time the big specialist with his 

 advantages has reached this point the plight of the 

 small operatoi" can be easily imagined. Lack of facili- 

 ties for quick and elastic distribution over a wide ter- 

 ritory is the great drawback to unlimited extension of 

 specialty production of perishable goods. Until this 

 handicap has been remo\eil or modified, danger signals 

 will be no curiosity. 



