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HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XXI 



JUNE 19. 1915 



NO. 25 



l-I Itl.lSIIKI) U'KKKI.Y il\ 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 

 147 Suinmer Street, Boston. Masm. 



Trlrjilion**. Oifortl '.'l*'.*. 

 n.M. J. .■iTKW.VRT. Kdltor iln.l Muiui(rr. 



SI'IMiritlrTION RATES: 



Onr \rar. In mltanrr, (t.OO: Tn Korrlsn I'ounlrlra, 12.00; To 

 ( >nu<lii, (l.ftO. 



.MIVEKTISING RATES: 



I'rr Inrli. .HO Inrhr* lo pimr $1.00 



l>l«rniint<. tin (onlriK-I* li»r niniirriitlxi' iliMTtlonH, un follown: 



Onr month tl llinr>«>. ^ prr rrnt.: tlirri- munthn (13 tlmr«). 10 

 prr rrnl.; ^Ix nuintliM ('i(J (lini*M). 'JO per crnl.; nnc y«ir (52 time*). 

 .til prr rrnl. 



I'acr iiikI linlf piitfo t.piMr. i^prclill rairn on application. 



BdIi'. ..iid-claM matter December 8, 1904, at tbe PoBt Offlce 



at linsi'ti, .Mosa., under the Act of Congreea of Marcb 3, 18T9. 



CONTENTS Page 



tO\ 1:;K ILLLSTii.VTlU.N — K.\i)Osilion .Memorial .Audi- 

 torium, Convention and Kxhiliition Hall, of the 

 S. .X. F. & O. H. in San Kram isco, August 17 to 20 



-NOTES ON CILTIRE OF" F'l.OUISTS' STOCK— 

 Eucharis amozonica — Lilies — L.vcasle Skinneri — 

 Starting C.vcas Stems — Vincas and Ivies — Weeds 

 and Cultivation— ./f<;iH ./. M. FnrrcU 809 



.A PLEA FOR THE LABELLING OF EXHIBITS — 

 Hnns ./. Kochirr 811 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Connecticut Horticultural Societ.v — Chicago Florists' 

 Club— St. Louis Florist Clul) — Oyster Bay Horticul- 

 tural Society— F^lorists' Club of Washington 812 



.\atlonal Flower Show Committee — American Gladi- 

 olus Society — Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society — Peony, Rose and Strawberry E.xhibition — 

 New S'ork Florists' Club — Gardeners' and Florists' 



Club of Boston 813 



Peony Show at Boston — International Association of 

 Rotary Clubs — Texas State Florists Association — Pa- 

 cific Coast Horticultural Society — Club and Society 

 Notes — Coming Events 814 



AN EVER GREEN SCBIRBAN GARDEN— Illustrated 815 



.MASSACHUSETTS AWARDS AT SAN FRANCISCO.. 815 



OBITUARY— J. H. Everett— -Mrs. Lillian Dailledouze— 

 George H. Evans — Mrs. C. Bergestermann — John 

 Starrett — August Gaedeke, portrait 816 



SEED TRADE 818 



TULIP CLASSIFICATION 818 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores 8:^0 



Flowers bv Telegraph 821 



NEWS ITE.MS FRO.M EVERYWHERE: 



Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New- 

 York. Springfield, .Mass 822 



San Francisco, Washington 823 



FLOWER .MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, New York 825 



Philaiielphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, St. Louis, 

 Washington 827 



.MASS.ACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 832 



MISCELLANEOUS: 

 View in U. S. Rose Test Garden, Arlington, Va. — 



Illustration 813 



Catalogues Received 818 



New Corporation 818 



News Notes 820 



Visitors' Register 823 



Personal 827 



Business Troubles 827 



The Home Garden Crusade 833 



Catch the Swindler 833 



Publication Received 833 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 834 



Patents Granted 834 



'I'lic lirst iiewi; iiuiii .•>aii !• l■alll■l^l■ll <il" 



A I 111 liiiiiiirh Im'sIiiwciI ii|iiiii llu' Stiitt' of 



fine record M;i---iii litiM-KiJ iiiiil llii' refiifinitiou iic- 



i-nnli'd to till- .MusMKlui.Hcttii linns ex- 

 liibiting in tin* IlinliiiiUunil Divi.xion appears in an- 

 other coluinn (if llii^i pupvr. It sounds rcnl good 1<> 

 learn that the old Hnv State, in tlie section of the 

 country most reinotc from the locution of the big Ex- 

 position, lias niailc .-n (ine n record. The work of prep- 

 aration wiis in giMid hands and well executed, and the 

 occasion was in every -• n^i' wurtli tlie ilTurt and the 

 achievement. 



I'icnic time is not far distant. We 

 Make the like to hear of the pinnninps in 



youngsters happy duhs and other a.s.«ocialions of the 

 florist and gardener craft for sum- 

 mer iiulinys in wliicji the ladies and children are given 

 lirst consideration. Somehody has to do a lot of hard 

 work to make tlie.se affairs entirely successful — mucli 

 more ihan the non-workers realize, A tired-out mortal, 

 indeed, is he who has spent the day in catering to the 

 ])leasure of the kiddies and managing the games and 

 coiitest.s |)rovided for their entertainment hut one can 

 rarely get tired in a lietter cau.^^e and then the pleasure 

 of having heen able to contribute so much toward the 

 happiness of others should be ample compensation for 

 all the labor. 



-The 

 cold shoulder" 



The apparent misconception on the 

 part of some agricultural publishers 

 and their correspondents as to what 

 constitutes horticulture often strikes 

 us as lioth amusing and provoking. Amusing as show- 

 ing how absurdly perverse and uncompromising a cer- 

 tain cla-ss can be in its attitude towards the ornamental 

 branches of horticulture; provoking when one thinks of 

 the neglected opportunities for exploiting those things 

 in nature whicli make for refinement of character and 

 the appreciation of something more in the home life 

 than food and raiment. Glance over the pages of any 

 one of the farming jieriodicals and see what you find 

 in the column under the heading of "horticulture." 

 Potatoes, silos, jiigs. barley — almost anything except 

 flowers for the sake of the flowers ! "'Tis true 'tis pity ; 

 and pity 'tis, 'tis true." 



We aie heartily in accord with the views 

 Needed expressed by Jfr. Koehler in his coin- 



improvements. iiiuMication in regard to the lalielling of 

 |iliints and flowers staged at public exiii- 

 bitioiis. We are sure ihat our readers will be jiractically 

 unanimous and hearty in their approval of 5Ir. Koehler's 

 sentiments. lIoiiTui'LTriiK has e<litorially and through 

 its Philadelpliia representative. Mr. Watson, repeatedly 

 urged the need of refonix in this matter of naming ex- 

 hibits — not only that they be correctly labelled but that 

 they be legibly hiliellcd with the name so inscribed and 

 the label so placed that it may be read by a person of 

 ordinary eyesiglit without the necessity of stepping or 

 reaching in among the exhibits. Fifty per cent is none 

 too much to accredit to an exhibition Avhich carries with 

 it this mucli desired educational value as compared with 

 those where this is lacking. While on the subject of 

 exhibition nianauenu nt we take opportunity to say that 

 we hope the time may come when a disbarment or fine 

 will be the punisiiment for any committee of judges 

 turning in a i'e|K)rt of awards to "any other color" or 

 '■'any other variety," without specifying the name of 

 such winningr variety. 



