98 HORTICULTURE July 24, 1915 



«^^X'WJ'**T^^* T¥ nr¥ Hm* service rendered by the express people has been much 



J*^«^*V M, M,\,^\J 1-^ 1. V/ AVAL^ improved. The arrogance of monopoly has largely dis- 



^ ajipeared as a consequence of the competition established 



VOL- XXII JULY 24, 191S WO. 4 |-,y ^j^^ jj^.^pjg .^J^^,^. ^ j^ng 3,^1 liard-fought struggle. 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY The lessou secms to have been a good one, for extrava- 



HOR.TICULTUB.E PUBLISHING CO. gance and oppression have both been largely elimitated 



147 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. and it would seem that the express companies are really 



Telephone, Oxford 292. making an effort to serve the public and give satisfac- 



WM. J. STEWART, Editor and ManAcer. tion to their patrons. Thus not only the people but 



SUBSCRIPTION RATES: the cxpress companies themselves are substantial gainers 



One Year, in advance, $1.00; To Foreign Coontrlea, $2.00; To Jjj fjjg gjj|] 

 Canada, $1.S0. 



„ ..,„-. ADVERTISING RATES: ^^. ^ Wymau's acknowledgment of 



Per Inch, 30 inches to page »i.oo J o 



Discounts on Contracts for consecutive insertions, as follows: The uses the Usefulness of the varioUS moths. 



One month (4 times), 6 per cent.; three months (18 times), 10 ' 



per cent.; six months (26 times), 20 per cent.; one year (52 times), of adversity stales and other pestiferOUS enemies of 



30 per cent. ^ 



Page and half page space, special raUs on appUcatlon. (|,p nurseryman's stock aS effective 



ITT I r~! TI T T - ,„^ , .K. »„.» offl^ agencies in ijromoting general cleanliness is unquestion- 



i:iitered as second-clasa matter December 8, 1804, at the Post Office o ^ i f? o i 



at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ^^Jy j,^ keeping witll the facts. New England has Suf- 



^ fered from the inroads of these insects and the restric- 

 tive legislation brought about l)v them to a greater de- 



COVER ILLUSTRATION — William Gray, President- ^,^ , ° ,. „ ^:. ^ ° ,, 



Elect, American Sweet Pea Society gree than any other section of this country, ihe result 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Bulb is an unremitting watchful care over every foot of nur- 



Compost— Eucharis amazonica— Gardenias— Orchids ggj.,. crnumd. Neglected corners under existing condi- 



^aT-ren""'^'"^'^"""^ Hollyhocks- Joh» J. M. ^^ tions' would be simply suicidal and so it has come to 



ROSE GROWING UNDEr' GLASS-Tying-Manure- ?^^ that the niirseries of New England are models of 



Coal— The Boilers— Ac/ft «r C. Ruzicka 99 cleanliness excelled by none m the world. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY— Annual Meeting "Sweet are the uses of adversity, 



— The Exhibition — List of Awards 100 Which like the toad, ugly and venomous. 



William Gray 101 Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; 



SOCIETY OP AMERICAN FLORISTS — Preliminary And this our life, exempt from public haunt. 



Program for the Thirtv-first Annual Convention. . . . 101 Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 



^, ,„,»,„ ^,^^,T,^r, „, " T,. . r,, i i J T Sermons in stones, and good in everythmg. 



DURING RECESS— Two Picnics, Illustrated — Lan- 

 caster County Florists' Club — Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston 102-103 Tile plans of the Cleveland florists for 



THE NURSERY BUSINESS AS A BUSINESS PROPO- Working u^Mr big flower show three months hence, 



SITION— W. H. Wvman 103 ^ , ^ , , . , -, , . 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE-W. H. Adsett 104 ^"^^"""^ """^ >''^"' to be maturing on advanced lines 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Nassau County Horticul- '''«3's and with a prospect that some new light 



tural Society— Lenox Horticultural Society 104 ■ ^.^u ^^ thrown On the old problem of 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston — Cleveland ,. , • ^ , -i 



Florists' Club 115 how to enlist the interest and co-operation of the retail 



SEED TRADE 106 florists in a public flower show and to profit by their 



ATLANTIC CITY GLADIOLUS SHOW 106 experience and al.ilitv in making the show a success 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: , , ,. "i i- x- ^ j ■ j. m 

 The Cleveland Show 108 from a decorative and artistic standpoint, ihe pro- 

 Flowers by Telegraph— New Flower Store 109 spectus for the gladiolus show at Atlantic City next 



THE GLASS MEN-Portraits i^o j^^^^y^ ^^.j^j^.j^ ^.^ publish this week gives evidence that 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: j,^ ^^^^ cnterpri.^e also, the decorative po.ssibilities of 



Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland 110 ,, , „ ^ , , t ± ^ » ,i i i ■ i_ • 



San Francisco, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Hartford, that flower are not to be neglected. All of which is very 



Conn., New Bedford, Mass., Washington Ill encouraging and [u-actical evidence that the gospel which 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: HoRTicuLTUEE has been SO zealously preaching for years 



Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, j^gg uq^. been preached in vain. Long standing custom 



Philadelphia, St. Louis 11^ ^^^ ^^^p ^^^^^^ indifference are not overcome in a day 



^H.*^B.^Dor^er°^P^ortrait 104 and plenty of patience and persistence will still be 



Patents Granted 104 needed befoi-e our exhibitions shall properly fill their 



News Notes 108-121 place as advanced exponents of the uses of flowers. The 



V^"^ ors'"" fi'e'^^'stTr^ ' Ill ''^'l^^^tance of the retail trade, generally, to enter as 



Personal Business Troubles . '. . . . . . . . . . . . . '. . '. . . '. '. . 115 competitors where prizes are offered for floral decorative 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 121 work, was sharply in evidence at the Newport sweet 



Storm Damage in New Jersey 122 pp^ show last week, where, in five classes for such work, 



Catalogue Received 122 ^^ly ^^^,^ fl^^^j^^, competed. The floral exhibition should 



^=^^^=1=^^==^==^=^==^^^^=^= be in the vanguard of floral progress. There the newest 



it is said thai l)y rirccting won- and best in floral art should make its debut always. 



Express omies in management the nine ^'lant and flower growers stand in the way of their 



.... ' . own best interests when they fail to insist that in the 



service improved n|-iii(ipal express companies Have , . „ u u-i-i- e i.\ ■ j i j j. 



I J ' ' J . planning for all exhibitions of their products, adequate 



been able to wipe out the deficit prOTigion shall be made in the schedule for demoustra- 



which the parcels post caused. We might also add — tion of the many happy ways in which flowers may be 



and we believe the flower shippers will agree — that the used and enjoyed. 



