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HORTICULTUEE 



August 7, 1915 



horticulture: 



VOL. XXII AUGUST 7, 1915 NO. 6 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— View in Rose Garden of 



Miss Sarali B. Fay, WoocJs Hole, Mass 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Callas 

 — Carnations — Cattleyas — Primulas — Seeds to Sow — 



Propagating Sand— John J. M. Farrell 161 



A BEAUTIFI.TL ROSE GARDEN 161 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Scratching Over 

 Benches — Watering— Staking and Tying — Perennials 



— Arthur C. Ruzicka 163 



CARNATIONS IN THE SOUTH— Bird Forrest 164 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Lenox Horticultural Society 

 — Oyster Bay Horticultural Society — President Welch 

 Starts for the Coast, Portrait — Society of American 

 Florists — Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural So- 

 ciety 165 



St. Louis Meetings for August — Club and Society 



Notes — Coming Events 166 



SWEET PEA CULTURE 168 



BEGONIA AND ASTER TROUBLES— JoTin J. M. 

 Farrell 168 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Aclsett 168 



SEED TRADE— Convention Joys — California Seed 

 Crops — Vine Seeds — Beans and Seed Peas — Impor- 

 tant Action on Belgian Plant Embargo — Notes 170 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Flowers by Telegraph 173 



New Flower Stores 175 



NEWS ITEMS PROM EVERYWHERE: 



Chicago, St. Louis. San Francisco, Washington, 

 Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Northampton, Mass 174 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago. Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia 177 

 San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington 179 



MISCELLANEOUS; 



One Woburn Grower 164 



General Collection of Gladiolus, Illustration 166 



Personal, Illustrated 172 



Visitors' Register — Business Troubles 175 



Gardeners' Essay Contest 184 



Hailstorm Havoc, Illustrated 184 



Imports of Potash Salts 184 



Catalogues Received 184 



Publications Received 185 



News Notes — Patents Granted 186 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 186 



The I'hiladelphia Eccord of Sunday, July 35, 

 A good presents a fine picture of the plantations that 

 start liavc been made in the grounds around Con- 

 vention Hall in that city, together with a 

 detailed description of the plans and schedule for the 

 National Flower Show to be held there next spring. 

 The plantings have been done by H. A. Dreer and H. F. 

 Miehell Cotnpany. They are intended as a sort of "cur- 

 tain raiser" to prepare the people of Philadelpliia for 

 the great attriutinns which are in prospect for them. 



No doubt, also, these enterprising firms will benefit 

 considerably by the publicity they will acquire through 

 this course and no one will begrudge it to them. It 

 certainly is an excellent thing for the S. A. F. and 

 should prove a material help in the advertising campaign 

 which must be vigorously caiTied on when the time 



CdUK'S. 



'J'he Canadian florists are having their 



International annual convention this week at London, 



affiliation Ont., and, judging from the very full 



program provided for the three days as 

 .sclieduled, they will have had a most useful and enjoy- 

 able occasion, with business well interspersed with re- 

 creation and hospitality. The political line dividing 

 the two countries should not be a barrier to a closer 

 fraternal relationship than now exists between the 

 Canadian florists' association and our own S. A. F. 

 and there are many reasons why some sort of prac- 

 tical affiliation, without disturbance of existing au- 

 tonomy, would be of mutual advantage. There have 

 been several occasions in the past when the prospect 

 for a closer co-operative understanding seemed quite 

 favorable and it should not be a difficult problem now 

 to formulate some feasible plan in that direction which 

 would he acceptable to all concerned. 



The eleventh annual Convention Num- 



Wait for iiei- of Horticulture is now in course 



the "Special" of jireparation and will, as far as we 



can make it, fill a worthy place in the 

 line of uniformly successful Convention issues. As will 

 be seen in the announcement on another page of this 

 paper we have decided to depart on this occasion from 

 the time-honored custom of putting out the Convention 

 Number in advance of the Convention. On acount of 

 the peculiar conditions existing this year we propose to 

 hold that issue back until the end of the Convention 

 week, making a special feature of the report from San 

 Francisco which we shall aim to have as complete as 

 possible. That this number will all be eagerly perused 

 by the trade generally, especially those east of the Miss- 

 issippi, goes without saying, and its consequent value 

 to the advertising trade will be exceptionally good. We 

 hope our readers will wait until the progressive adver- 

 tisers have spoken through Horticulture's Convention 

 Number before placing their orders for fall goods. 



Those of our readers who are engaged 



Where jn the greenhouse business, either retail 



beauty should ,,i. wholesale, should take to heart and 



"■ule act upon the thoroughly wholesome 



and sagacious advice given by Mr. 

 Ruzicka in this issue on the value of tidiness and cheer- 

 ful adornment of the grounds surrounding the rose 

 houses. As Mr. Ruzicka truly says, it is a valuable asset 

 for any man seeking a position, that he hails from a 

 place where this feature has not been overlooked. We 

 believe that this will be more and more emphatically 

 true as time goes along. The rude shacks with grounds 

 uncared for which in bygone years were to be seen so 

 frequently on the outskirts of any of the large cities 

 are fast disappearing and the dignity and standing of 

 the flower business has been vastly advanced by the 

 character of the buildings of to-day and their better 

 kept surroundings. There is yet room for much im- 

 provement, however, and it should be the determination 

 of every greenhouse owner or manager that no establish- 

 ment of any kind whatsoever should ever be suffered to 

 outdo his own doniiiin in external neatness and floral em- 

 bellishment. 



