August 25, 190G 



HORTICULTURE 



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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The market the past week 

 BOSTON has been in a deplorable 



condition both as far as 

 prices and stock are concerned, the ex- 

 cessive heat and rains of the last few 

 days having a had effect upon both. 

 Carnations are mostly from old plants, 

 the field-grown not having put in an 

 appearance as yet. and are not very 

 plentiful. Roses have come in in large 

 quantities but are small and mildewed, 

 good ones being hard to obtain. 

 Gladioli are in abundance, the largest 

 shipments coming from New York, but 

 the local stock has the best demand. 

 Prices are low owing to competition. 



Gradually home coming 

 BUFFALO people are creeping into 

 reminders that the sum- 

 mer is far gone and that autumn is 

 only a little way off. September and 

 the opening of schools will bring back 

 the majority of people and from then 

 on there will be a gradual stream of 

 returning wanderers. Business the 

 past week slightly improved in the cut 

 flower line and at times was quite 

 brisk. Good demands were had for 

 select Beauties, asters, gladioli, lily of 

 the valley, etc., and there was plenty 

 to satisfy all. It was noticeable that 

 a few fall weddings were on hand. 

 Good carnations are not plentiful, but 

 asters of select quality find a ready 

 sale, while poor quality stock is abun- 

 dant. The same may be said of 

 gladioli. Demands were fair on Longi- 

 florum and Japanese lilies. The week 

 wound up exceptionally good. At the 

 time of mailing this report roses are 

 very plentiful, that is, the short grades. 



The past week has seen 

 COLUMBUS an especially good 

 business for , August. 

 Prices are about as last week. Some 

 very good American Beauty ro.'ies have 

 appeared. Asters are in enormous sup- 

 ply, and as the quality is good very 

 large quantities are being disposed of. 

 There have been the past ten days 

 more funeral flower orders than any 

 time this summer, with the consequent 

 result that all the florists have been 

 kept pretty busy on the whole and very 

 much rushed at times. Every road 

 this week leads to Dayton; and now 

 the event has really come all the craft 

 are catching the fever and our city bids 

 fair to be extremely well represented. 

 On the whole trade is very good, con- 

 sidering the season with all the craft; 

 we have been having lots of rain, and 

 the heat continues intense. 



The month of Au- 



INDIANAPOLIS gust so far has 



shown a decided 



improvement over July. There has 



been considerable funeral work and 

 general trade has been excellent. 

 Asters, summer lilies and gladioli are 

 coming in freely and of good quality. 

 Beauties and other roses are in fairly 

 good quality and supply, which would 

 indicate that a nurauer of growers are 

 keeping their houses of teas over to run 

 another season. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE last week were very 



satisfactory. Carna- 

 tions, owing probalily to the low qual- 

 ity, are not much used. Roses are good 

 in quality and quantity, and And a 

 ready sale. Asters are proving very 

 satisfactory. Hardy summer blooming 

 flowers can be had in great quantities, 

 but find little demand. Lilies can he 

 had in abundance. 



Asters and gladi- 

 PHILADELPHIA oli are the leading 



feature of the 

 market at present. Both are of fine 

 quality and In immense quantities. 

 The later varieties of asters are the 

 best in size that have been seen this 

 -season. Roses are .getting a little more 

 plentiful. Beauties and Kaiserins are 

 good but other varieties are of poor 

 quality. 



Consul Thos. H. Norton of Smyrna 

 cajls attention to a recent postal regu- 

 lation for the destroying or returning 

 of flowers, bulbs, or entire plants 

 coming through the mails from 

 countries where phylloxera is preva- 

 lent. As a matter of fact, the great 

 majority of the vineyards in Turkey 

 are now infested with phylloxera. In 

 the region tributary to Smyrn.a this 

 is almost universally the case. AD 

 over the Empire American vines have 

 been planted, and upon these are 

 grafted the valued native varieties. As 

 long as there is practically no restraint 

 upon the commerce within the Empire 

 in plants, vines, bulbs, etc., the new 

 regulation is practically of no value in 

 protecting the few regions not yet 

 visited by the phylloxera. Although 

 American vines of greater vitality are 

 being introduced in every p.'srt of the 

 Empire as the only effectual means of 

 combating the evil, it is to be noted 

 that a strict application of the law 

 excludes their transmission through 

 the mails. 



The beauty and rapid advancement 

 seen in the new hybrid schizanthuses 

 foretell a future for this plant as a 

 florist's flower. S. Wisetonen.sis is 

 already recognized as a desirable 

 Easter plant but we learn that the 

 more recent introductions are a great 

 improvement On this, being stronger 

 growers and of more brilliant colors. 



TEACHING HORTICULTURE IN 

 THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



(Contlnned from p.Tgc 210.) 

 should be able to proceed with their 

 duties understandingly. 



But we must be doubly -sure of the 

 ground we take. We can not afford 

 to make many mistakes at the outset 

 or on fundamental lines. Our work 

 must be humanitarian, logical, and in 

 a manner to interest. Our i)rogross 

 must be slow and sure. 



Our motives are altruistic and must 

 remain so, or our efforts will fail. 

 Neither this Association nor any 

 other Association has any selfish mo- 

 tive concealed. No person or persons 

 will have any advantages over any 

 other person or persons. We shall 

 work in an open field. In the advance- 

 ment of Horticulture we are sure to 

 prosper and added wealth and comfort 

 will accrue to the individual, the com- 

 munity, the State, and the Nation. 



When the time comes, and we ask 

 of the State a recognition in the mat- 

 ter of school appropriations, let us 

 do so with the consciousness of a 

 rishteous cause, and a knowledge that 

 not one penny will be diverted from 

 its proper use. We believe it possible 

 that some of the money now appro- 

 priated by the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment for distributing the commonest 

 seeds can be diverted to the boards of 

 education of the different States, for 

 the purpose of school-gardens. 



Finally your Committee recommends 

 that a new Committee of five be ap- 

 pointed by the Executive Committee, 

 the President and Vice-President of 

 this Society to carry on the work as 

 laid down in the report of your first 

 Committee, or on any other lines they 

 deem best. And that they be author- 

 ized to spend a sum not to exceed one 

 hundred dollars for preparing leaflets, 

 diagrams, routine instructions, etc., 

 during the coming year. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 T. H. Phelan has leased the green- 

 houses of A. T. Hoyt, Chautauqua, 



N. y. 



M. D. Reimers has purchased the 

 business of Chas. W. Reimers at Louis- 

 ville, Ky. 



Arnold & Johnson of Quincy, Mass., 

 have moved their business to VM\ 

 Hancock street. 



C. H. Blake of Nashua, N. H., is tak- 

 ing advantage of the quiet season to 

 improve the interior of his greenhouses 

 on Lock street. 



The Ethelind Lord Floral Co. is the 

 name of the new firm in IjOS Angeles, 

 Cal.. in which Miss Ethelind Lord and 

 F. B. Raymond hold equal interests. 



