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HORTI CULTURE 



December 15, 1906 



horticulture: 



VOL. IV 



DECEMBER 15, 1906 



NO. 24 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE>-Charles H. Totty 

 CRATAEGUS PUNCTATA— Robert Cameron— Illus- 

 trated 663 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES— C. Harman Payne 663 



VPHAT ARE POINTS?— John Thorpe 664 



PRESIDENT-ELECT TOTTY— Wm. H. Duckham 665 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE)— W. H. Adsett 665 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT 667 



TRADE VS. CIVIC IMPROVEMENT SOCIETIES- 



Peter Bisset 667 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Minnesota State Horticultural Society — Vermont 



Horticultural Meet 668 



Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club— N. J. Floricultural Society— St. Louis Horti- 

 cultural Society 669 



New York Florists' Club — Elberon Horticultural 

 Society — Massachusetts Horticultural Society — 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America— Maryland 



State Horticultural Society 670 



American Rose Society — Club and Society Notes 671 



SEED TRADE TOPICg 672 



Broad Beans — John Thorpe 672 



SPORTS— Paper by Patrick O'Mara 674 



OBITUARY 



Albert Zimmerman— W. C. Elliott— Thomas Hefllng 

 —Mrs. E. V. Hallock— James Vick 677 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Chicago, Columbus. Detroit, Indianapolis, 

 Ix)uisville, New York, Philadelphia 679 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Newport Notes 667 



Plant Imports 671 



A good Pot Cover — Illustrated 674 



News Notes 676 



Personal 676 



Movements of Gardeners 677 



Philadelphia Notes 679 



Publications Received 685 



An English Scale of Points 685 



Proud of Wirth 685 



A Pawtucket Enterprise 685 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 686 



A Useful Tool 686 



Incorporated 686 



Ust of Patents 686 



Again we have a demonstration of the 

 A commend- commendable spirit actuating the plant 

 able spirit introducers and their willingness to fol- 

 low the course established by the societies 

 in tlio interests of a well-regulated nomenclature, in 



tlie willing withdrawal of a duplicated carnation name 

 by Messrs. Stevenson Bros., of Govanstown, Md. We 

 hope Carnation Splendor will enjoy a career comnien- 

 >urate with its name. 



The instructive article on Lapagerias, by 



About Edgar Elvin, in our issue of Decemlier 



lapagerias g, has been received with much favor by 



flower growers who take an interest in 

 high class specialties. Many still remember that glori- 

 ous mantel decoration by the late David Allan at the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society's exhibition in con- 

 nection with the S. A. F. convention in Boston sixteen 

 years ago — probably the most beautiful mantel decora- 

 tion ever seen in this country — and the charm lent 

 thereto by the lovely pendant blooms of pink, white 

 and "Nash Court" lapagerias. Any one growing these 

 floral gems within reach of an affluent market can rely 

 upon getting his own price for them. 



Reports from various points con- 



The status of cerning Thanksgiving week trade 



the single violet confirm the views expressed in these 



columns a year ago, that the single 

 violet was destined soon to become an aggressive rival 

 for the hitherto supreme Marie Louise. Already, in- 

 deed, it seems to have taken precedence in several mar- 

 kets, bringing a higher price and, we are very sure, 

 giving much greater satisfaction to buyers, with its 

 superior fragrance, longer stems and better keeping 

 qualities. Growers should be grateful for this turn of 

 the popular fancy for it opens the way for a resum|)tion 

 of violet growing in many quarters where the uncertain 

 and crotchety behavior of the double-flowered varieties 

 liad made profitable culture of this popular flower an 

 impossibility and compelled buyers to depend upon 

 remote sources of supply. Because of the evanescence 

 of the violet perfume the home market violet, wlien 

 procurable, is bound to win out. 



The more we think it over the better 



Financing we are impressed with the plan 



the exhibition adopted by the Columbus Florists' 



Club for defraying a part of the 

 expense of tlieir chrysanthemum exhibition. The great 

 direct and indirect value of such exhibitions is acknowl- 

 edged by everybody but they cannot be made for noth- 

 ing and, as the hard-working managers of such affairs 

 well know, the securing of the wherewithal to pay 

 premiums and other necessary expenses is the greatest 

 problem they have to face. The plan adopted by the 

 aforesaid club is simply to assess every competitor ten 

 per cent, of the first prize in the class of his entry. In 

 their recent show these entry fees amounted to one-half 

 the prize money awarded. There is a distinct element 

 of fairness in thus making the possible beneficiaries con- 

 tribute each something and the sentiment of co-ojjcra- 

 tion and joint responsibility is a good thing to be en- 

 couraged. If, to this trifling fee there should be added 

 an additional forfeit for each "quitter" as advocated by 

 Mr. Asinus in la.st week's issue of Horticulture, per- 

 liaps some of our struggling young organizations would 

 find their annual exhibitions considerably less of a 

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