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HORTICULTUKE 



November 13, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XXII 



NOVEMBER 13, 1915 



NO. 20 



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CONTENTS 



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COVER ILLUSTRATION— Chrysanthemum Bob Pulling 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Ar- 

 disias — Callas — Crotons — French Bulbs — Rhodo- 

 dendrons — Storing Hydrangeas — John J. M. Farrell 629 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Mildew on Outdoor 

 Roses — Blackspot on Roses — Arthur C. Ruzicka 631 



THE PALL FLOWER SHOWS— Boston, Illustrated— 

 New York — Chicago — Cleveland — Philadelphia — Tar- 

 rytown — Mt. Kisco — Buffalo — Texas — San Francisco 

 —New Bedford, Mass.— Notes 632-635 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— New York Florists' Club- 

 New London Horticultural Society — Meetings Next 

 Week — Pittsburgh Gardeners' and Florists' Club — 

 North Shore Horticultural Society 636 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY — Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America — Florists' Club of Washington.. 638 

 Club and Society Notes 641 



SEED TRADE 638 



OP INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores 640 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE: 



New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, 

 Chicago, Washington, St. Louis, Notes 642 



DURING RECESS— Boston Florists' Bowling Club- 

 New York Florists' Bowling Club 643 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, 



Philadelphia 645 



Pittsburgh, San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington. . . . 647 



OBITUARY— Henry Hess— Mrs. C. R. Dane— Patrick E. 

 Dolan — Resolutions on Death of Lawrence W. Kervan 652 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Chrysanthemum Display at Phipps Conservatory, 



Schenley Park. Pittsburgh, Pa., Illustration 633 



Catalogues Received 638 



Business Troubles 641 



Personal 643 



Directors of the Chicago Flower Growers' Associa- 

 tion, Portraits 643 



For Better Collections 643 



Massachustts Agricultural College G51 



New Corporations 651 



Visitors' Register 652 



University of Illinois 653 



A New "Red Devil" Glass Cutter 653 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 65S 



As recor(]ed in our news columns last 

 The week the Florists' Club of Phila(ielphia, 



street vendor at its recent meeting, seriously tackled 

 championed the old vexed question of the street 

 flower vendor and after a full debate 

 from all view points decided by an overwhelming vote 

 that the street man provides the only practical outlet 

 for the surplus stock of the grower and wholesaler under 

 present conditions. The result will be a petition on be- 

 half of the club to the city authorities asking that the 

 ordinance restricting flower selling on the public streets 

 be rescinded. With this recognition the despised street 

 "fakir" is advanced to the position of street "vendor."' 

 We shall watch with much interest the outcome of this 



emphatic action by the oldest florists' club in the coun- 

 try. It requires some courage to take such a stand, but 

 of what use is a club without courage? 



Clubs and societies, like business firms, 

 The must keep moving ahead with the trend 



new "drive" gf the times or otherwise they will lose 

 ground and drop behind. That the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the oldest organi- 

 zation of its kind in this country in uninterrupted ac- 

 tivity, appears to be fully alert to the opportunities and 

 demands of the hour is well demonstrated in the pro- 

 gressive character of the measures that are being adopt- 

 ed to ensure the highest eflliciency in all its departments. 

 The great exhibition wliich has just closed was in many 

 respects a distinct advance over its predecessors in its 

 appeal to the public interest and plans are now being 

 perfected which it is believed will still further enhance 

 the scope and prestige of all the Boston exhibitions of 

 the future. The value of the chief special prizes will 

 be increased and schedules for the important shows will 

 be issued three years in advance. Innovations equally 

 radical in character are contemplated in connection with 

 meetings for discussion. 



Speaking of exhibitions, the record of 



Good attendance at the show of the Horti- 



seed on cultural Society of New York last 



fertile ground week, as given in our account of that 

 event, on another page, inspires con- 

 fidence in the dependability of the New York public as 

 patrons of floral exhibitions, if such were lacking. A 

 turnout of over 20,000 people an hour for a period of 

 four hours on a Sunday afternoon, certainly means 

 much in inspiration and encouragement for all who 

 take an active part in these efforts to engage the at- 

 tention and excite the interest of the multitude of city 

 dwellers in the products of the florist and gardener. 

 True, it was a "free" show and, furthermore, quite a 

 percentage of the people there might have visited the 

 Museum even had there been no flower show at the time, 

 but the fact that all these took occasion to inspect and 

 admire in detail all these triumphs of horticultural art 

 counts for much in educating these people up to the 

 standpoint where they will be prepared to willingly 

 pay to see a flower show. Good see(3 has been sown in 

 fertile ground and there ean be no question as to the 

 fruit. 



The Rhode Island Horticultural Society 



Unrequited Jms .aent out a circular letter to its mem- 

 service hoi-g and friends calling attention to the 

 important part the society has played in 

 the development of horticultural and allied interests in 

 the State, and appealing for donations to ensure the car- 

 rying out of the excellent program provided for the 

 balance of the year. Providence, where the headquarters 

 of the society is located, is reputed to be, per capita, 

 one of the wealthiest, if not the wealthiest city on the 

 American continent and there should be no grudge or 

 reluctance on the part of the people of that city to pro- 

 vide generously for this organization which has served 

 them so faithfully and well with free lectures, free ex- 

 hibitions and all tlie good influences which such a society 

 exerts on a community. The Ehode Island Society was 

 organized in 1845 and incorporated in 1854, so its good 

 work covers a period of seventy years. Its meetings and 

 exhibitions are frequently referred to in the horticul- 

 tural literature of sixty years ago and it appears to have 

 been doing its duty without intermission ever since. 

 Horticultural societies merit better consideration from 

 people of means than seems to be their lot in most cases. 

 There are other places besides Rliode Island where the 

 same dilemma exists. 



