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HORTICULTURE 



December 22, :906 



horticulture: 



VOL. IV 



DECEMBER 22, 1906 



NO. 25 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE — Pine Bank in Winter. 



THE CYCLES OP THE AMARYLLIS— John Thorpe.. 693 



BERBERIS RBPENS— C. S. Harrison 693 



PROGRESS UPWARD— John Birnie 695 



WE COVER THE COUNTRY 695 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



Newport Horticultural Society— Elberon Horticul- 

 tural Society— St. Louis Florists' Club — Lenox 

 Horticultural Society— Morris County Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Society— Columbus Florists' Club.. 696 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— National 

 Congress of Horticulture — American Carnation 



Society — Society of American Florists 697 



SEED TRADE TOPICS 698 



The Free Seed Hearing 698 



OBITUARY, Alfred F. Conard— Portrait 698 



THE FLORISTS' CHRISTMAS— .7. Ivera Donlan 700 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS. 



Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati. Columbus, Indian- 

 apolis, Louisville, New-port, New York, Phila- 

 delphia 703 



ROSE HOUSE WISDOM— R. T. McGorum 709 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



A Visit to Madbury, N. H 697 



Statement of Plant Imports 699 



A Libel on Kirkakly 700 



News Notes 701 



California Notes 709 



In many sections the dearth of the rose 



Rose values crop during the past fortnight has 



advancing created much uneasiness concerning the 



liolida\' supply and it looks now as 



though prices might soar. When values are advanced 



solely because of the disparity between supply and de- 



• mand it is a natural course and no one is justified 



in scolding about it. High prices thus originating 



are very different from inflated prices and, unlike the 



latter, can bring no discredit to the market. A bit 



of good advice to wholesaler and retailer in the present 



juncture is to quote prices for future delivery with 

 great caution. 



The first important horticultural 

 The A. C. S. event of the New Year — ^the 

 meeting at Toronto meeting of the American Carna- 

 tion Society at Toronto, Ont., is 

 now only a niuuth distant. It comes at a season of 

 the year when many find it inconvenient to leave their 

 business and when the weather is not conducive to com- 

 fortable traveling, but no one ever attends these meet* 

 ings without getting full value for all the effort and 

 sacrifice involved and we urge upon every one who can 

 possibly do so to plan to be a participant in the repre- 

 sentative gathering which will convene at Toronto. 

 There will be much to see, much to enjoy and much to 

 learn. 



We have heard recently some severe 

 Artificial criticism of the inclination on the part 

 vs. disfigured of florists to use artificial material such 

 flowers as poinsettias in their window and 



store adornment. The complaint is 

 well-founded, in a measure, but we must take human 

 nature as we find it and it will be a long time before 

 imitation flowers is some form are no longer accepted 

 or called for by the people. Last year it was tissue 

 paper bells, this year it is poinsettias, next year some- 

 thing else, probably. It is a question as to which is the 

 greater offence, artistically — the selling of outright 

 artificial flowers or the disfigurement of real flowers 

 or plants by dyeing or overdeeking with bows and 

 flounces. One cannot help pitying the "Araucaria in 

 Holiday Attire," depicted in one of our contempora- 

 ries last week as an example for its readers to copy. 

 And when we read in the accompanying text that the 

 plant represents a value of $4.00 and the trimming 

 $6.00, it docs seem that the limit of absurdity has been 

 reached. 



There is promise of plenty of ac- 

 Planning for tivity in fall flower show matters 

 the flower shows during the coming season. It is 

 of 1907 generally understood tliat Kansas 



City is likely to duplicate her big 

 affair of two years ago, Indianapolis is also in for it, 

 the American Institute in New York City is already 

 planning, and St. Louis has begun the securing of a 

 $10,000 guarantee fund for a similar purpose. These, 

 together with the big regular annual shows at Boston 

 and Philadelphia and the lesser displays at scores of 

 places, will make November of 1907 a record month 

 for flower shows. As, in order to make the chrysan- 

 tliemum a leading feature, it will be necessary to crowd 

 all into a period of two or three weeks the big ex- 

 hibitors who sock to be represented at all the important 

 .shows have plenty of work aliead. Local growers are 

 indispensable in every instance and their interest should 

 1)0 awakened by an early publication of schedules so- 

 that sufiicient time may be given for preparatory plan- 

 ning and planting. .January 1 is late enough. 



