HORTICULTURE 



July 10. 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XXII 



JULY 10, 1915 



NO. 2 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Window Display ot Flower 



gngtpf g ^ 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Car- 

 nations — Calceolarias— Easter Lilies — Mignonette 

 —Cypripedlums— Repairing Boilers and Piping— 

 John J. M. Farrcll 33 



SELAGINELLAS— Mo/iif/f/HC Free— Illustrated 35 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— American Association of 

 Nurserymen — Waking Them Up— Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston— Minnesota Horticultural 



Society — American Dahlia Society 36 



Texas State Florists' Association 37 



American Sweet Pea Society — Oyster Bay Horticul- 

 tural Society— Cleveland Florists' Club— New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society— Ladles' Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists 39 



Boston Sweet Pea Exhibition— Boston to San Fran- 

 cisco ^4 



Coming Events 56 



SEED TRADE] — To Incorporate Boddington Business 40 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



How to Treat Your Competitors 42 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 43 



An Unique and Elegant Flower Store — Illustrated.. 47 



EXHIBIT OP YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO.— Illustra- 

 tion 44-45 



FALL FLOWER SHOWS 44 



ALL UP FOR CLEVELAND NEXT NOVEMBER 44 



TWO REPRESENTATIVE CARNATION GROWERS 45 



HOW TO GROW^ CARNATIONS IN SOUTHEAST 

 TKyiAS— Elizabeth 0. Wrissinaer 45 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: 



Chicago, Washington, D. C, Pittsburgh 46 



Baltimore, Cincinnati 47 



Newport, R. I., San Francisco 51 



Cleveland 57 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, New 



York. Pittsburgh 49 



San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington 51 



OBITUARY— William A. White— Mrs. Katherine 'Wat- 

 teuscheldt — Edward McGrath — J. E. Feltliousen. . . . 58 



MISCELLANEOUS: 

 A Handsome Wisteria — Illustrated 37 



Visitors' Register — Personal 40 



News Notes 40-48 



Between New York and Boston 42 



A Question of Judging 45 



Carnation Supports 57 



New Corporationg — Mortgages Recorded 57 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 58 



Patents Granted 58 



The 



'I'liis section (it the CMjuiilry has good 

 I'l'iifioii to he thankful for the copious 



welcome rain ,..,i,-,s of the past iew days. The de- 

 ficient rainfall of the ■n'inter and spring, 



following two years of light precipitation had given 

 much concern and another dry month would have been 

 a costly experience. As a result of the recent down- 

 pours the country has taken on a rare beauty. Trees, 

 lawns and gardens are dressed in fresh vivid green, 

 such as is seldom seen in July and the summer visitor 

 this year -will find Boston and all the country around 

 more charming than ever. A heavy cut of hay and 

 other field crops seem now assured. The money value 

 of the rain, so much needed, far outweighed the disap- 

 pointment of the holiday interruption. 



We commend to the attention of our 

 An Inter- readers and advise a careful perusal 

 esting paper of the address of E. C. Kerr, as presi- 

 dent of the Texas State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation. It is a well-considered and very earnest pre- 

 sentation of the various phases and needs of commer- 

 cial floriculture as it exists today, not alone in Texas, 

 but in practically every section of the country. Mr. 

 Kerr's advice then, can be read ■with profit by all, wher- 

 ever located, who have the welfare of their business at 

 heart. To one suggestion only would we take exception 

 ■ — that of an all-South association. In our humble 

 opinion the establishing of sectional divisions other than 

 state organizations, except as integral parts of the na- 

 tional society, would be a step in the wrong direction, 

 tending to weaken the latter in the supremacy which 

 is its strongest asset. 



The nurserymen have taken a radical step 

 Will ill the new form of constitution and by- 

 it work? ]aws which they have adopted. The result 



of the working out of these important 

 ehan,ucs in the government of the Association will be 

 watched with interest by other organizations of like 

 character. The work which must be undertaken by 

 any national society worthy of the name becomes each 

 year more and more serious and co.stly and how to get 

 the needed money for such legitimate purposes without 

 unfavorably affecting the membership is a problem. 

 The proposition to gather and compile yearly statistics 

 of available stock in the hands of member growers with 

 a view to an elimination of surplus nursery products 

 and a better adjustiiicnt and balance of supply and de- 

 inand suggests some far-reaching possibilities but, ob- 

 viously, the project must have the co-operation and 

 su])])ort of a large majority of the nursery concerns in 

 order to be effective. 



Visiting Newport and other places 



Summer of summer resort we find every 



trade prospects available living space taken up for 



the season. Whatever money is 

 spent by Americans for summer recreation this year will 

 l)e spent in their own country but just how much that 

 fact will benefit the flower and plant business remains 

 to be seen. It is an open secret that economy has been 

 an influential factor with the annual summer sojourn- 

 ings of many American families in Europe and it is 

 not expected that these people will do much in the way 

 of lavish spending at home this season. In New]3ort 

 nothing sensational in floral decoration is anticipated 

 by the florists. Small affairs will be the nile but should 

 there be an abundance of such, as is hoped, they will 

 yield more profit and general satisfaction than are 

 usually derived from more pretentious undertakings. 

 Altogether the outlook is not bad and it is greatly to be 

 desired that the realization may far exceed the most 

 siingnine forecast. The horticultural industries are 

 certainly all in need of a good boost. 



