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HORTICULTURE 



November 10, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL 



DEVOTED TO THE 



FLORIST, PLANTSMAN, LANDSCAPE 



GARDENER AND KINDRED 



INTERESTS 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



II HAMILTON PLACE, BOSTON. MASS. 



T«lephon«, Onford 292 



WM. J. STEWART, Editor and Hanager 



Til reading the accoiinls of the 



A topic for club nieotings of the various florists' 



consideration clubs and similar organizations we 



cannot but notice how rarely any 

 attention is given to the subject of outdoor planting 

 and general home adornment, although this is a topic 

 of the greatest imj)ortanee to the welfare of those 

 whose interests these bodies are supposed to guard. 

 It is to be observed that the civic improvement socie- 

 ties and allied organizations are having practically a 

 monopoly of this great movement to awaken the ]ieo- 

 ple to a proper appreciation of verdure, trees and flow- 

 ers about their homes and places of public resort. It 

 would seem very proper that the florists' associations 

 should take a hand in this agitation, for their members 

 are beneficiaries in every step of advancement made. 



'I'jie interest shown towards the 



The single-flowered single and semi-doubie-flowcred 



chrysanthemum chrysanthemums wherever they 



nas a future ]^^yQ ijpgjj ghown this year 



seems to indicate that the pvib- 

 lic are ready to welcome these bright, effective flowers 

 and give them a place among the most esteemed au- 

 tumn favorites. Tlic advanced type of large exhibition 

 chrysanthemums is so far removed in every res])cct 

 from the small loose-flowered class gi-own in ■sprays 

 that, in their uses, there can he little rivalry or even use- 

 ful comparison made between the two. Each has its 

 own place, as distinct one from the other as any two 

 flowers can be. We agree with Mr. Cameron that the 

 grower who will give proper attention to the production 

 and handling of these single-flowered chrysanthemums 

 will have no difficulty in finding a remunerative mar- 

 ket for them. 



Patrick O'Mara's views on the Bnrbank 



O'Mara vs. claims, as expressed in his pamphlet re- 



Burbank cently published are, like all of Mr. 



O'Mara's utterances, straight-forward 



and forcible, and logically presented. Hokticulture 



was among the first — if not the first to call attention 



to the preposterous character of the stuff being pub- 

 lished as emanating from or sanctioned by Mr. Bur- 

 bank. It is probably true that much of the aljsurd 

 matter which has invited the derision of the whole 

 horticultural world had its origin in the imagination 

 of over-zealous newspaper and magazine correspondents. 

 Justly or unjustly, a projjensity to extravagant boast- 

 ing has been continually proclaimed as an American 

 attribute, by a certain class of critics, and Mr. Burbank 

 owed it to himself and to his fellow-horticulturists of 

 America who want to see American horticulture re- 

 spected abroad, to publicly repudiate all responsibility 

 for tlie absurdities imputed to him. However, since 

 he has preferred to remain silent, we should feel in- 

 debted to Mr. O'Mara for so plainly voicing what is, 

 unquestionably, the overwhelming sentiment in the 

 hortieultiirnl profession throughout this country 



A promising augury is the ten- 

 Commercial florists dency of the commercial flor- 

 shouid co-operate jgts of Boston towards active 

 with the exhibitions participation in the exhibitions 



of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, whicli is set forth in our notes on the 

 n^cent fall show. A generation ago the commercial 

 florists did take a jirominent part in the exhibitions of 

 this society. Hovey & Co., Joseph Tailby, James Mc- 

 Tear, W. C. Strong, James Comley, A. McLaren, 

 James O'Brien, James Cartwright, Edwin Sheppard — 

 these are the names of some of the exhibitors whom 

 we now recall as having brought honor to commercial 

 floriculture and prestige to the exhibitions of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society thirty years ago. In 

 the interim the peculiar limited specialization whieli 

 has dominated the flower trade and the con.soquent 

 decadence of interest in commercial plant growing has 

 left the Society dependent mostly upon the gardeners 

 of the private estates for exhibition material. A re- 

 vival seems now to have set in, which, we trust, vvill be 

 permanent. In no way can the best interests of com- 

 mercial horticulture be more directly advanced than 

 through our horticultural organizations and their pub- 

 lic exhibitions. 



The Single Purpose 



in the reading columns of this journal is to give 

 intelligent readers the kind of matter which will bo of 

 interest and benefit to them. This has been our policy 

 from the start and explains why a new paper has so 

 quickly won a reputation for good advertising results. 

 Every concern has its own way of doing business. 



Our Way 



is to aim constantly to catch the eye and the considera- 

 tion of the best men in the trade — those who are buyers 

 of first-class material and who can pay for what they 

 buy. If you have goods to offer to that class of huyers 

 then advertise the fact in Horticulture and 



You'll Get There 



