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HORTICULTURE 



July 26, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



Established by William J. Stewart In 1904 



VOL. XXX 



JULY 26, 1919 



NO. 4 



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EDWARD I. FARRINGTON, Editor. 

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We find that some of our friends have not yet 

 learned that HORTICULTURE has moved to 

 new offices, and are still going to the Summer 

 Street address. The new offices are at 78 

 Devonshire Street on the top floor, where there 

 is plenty of light and air and where all our 

 subscribers and friends will be heartily 

 welcomed. 



It is in the air that Dr. Marlatt, chair- 

 Omit man of the Federal Horticultural Board. 

 Dr. Marlatt i s to be invited to address the S. A. F. 

 & 0. H. convention at Detroit, next 

 month. If any plans of this sort are under way it is 

 to be hoped that the better judgment of those arranging 

 the program will prevail and that Dr. Marlatt will not 

 be placed in the false position of appearing in a friend- 

 ly way before a body of people most of whom he has 

 frankly and repeatedly antagonized. In Horticulture's 

 opinion this would be a grevious mistake. It would seem 

 to outsiders as though the florists had been won over 

 to the Horticultural Board's point of view in regard to 

 the plant exclusion order. 



Now it was Dr. Marlatt who took a prominent part 

 in misleading the florists at the meeting in Washington, 

 May 18, 11)18, when he led them to believe that the 

 proposed quarantine would not be put into effect for 

 in. in three to five years. The florists and ornamental hor- 

 ticulturists have already bad enough of Dr. "Marlatt, and 

 his obedient board. We cannot see that any further 

 statement which may come from him or from them 

 will be of any value to the trade. Dr. Marlatt would 

 appear at Detroit primed for the occasion with a great 

 mass of statistics and claims which it would be difficult 

 to refute on the spur of the moment without time to 



look into the records. Ir is perfectly certain that no 

 discussion which might follow would lie of any benefit 

 whatever. '1'hc Horticultural Board has done its wor t. 

 and shows no disposition to compromise or arbitrate. 

 The one way to obtain relief from their arbitrary ruling 

 will lie to appeal to higher powers. This will Ik- done. 



Dr. Marlatt ami his board have bad their innings. 

 The florists and growers of the country should consider 

 that they are through with both the board and its chair- 

 man. The less attention which is given them in the 

 future the better will it be for the trade. The board 

 thrives on publicity and has been given too much notice 

 already. It is certainly to be hoped that a good program 

 at Detroit will not be marred by the presence of Dr. 

 Marlatt and the confusion, not to say illfeeling, which 

 would almost certainly arise from his presence on the 

 platform. 



It is a little difficult to accurately determine 

 About the situation as to soft coal. Only a few days 

 coal a g the charge was made in Congress that a 

 feeling of apprehension was being built up 

 artificially in order to increase the present demand. At 

 any rate, some of the papers have been publishing articles 

 purporting to show that there is likely to be a shortage 

 in soft as well as in hard coal. .Nevertheless it is a fact 

 that there is plenty of soft coal on the market at the 

 present time. Indeed, dealers in some places have been 

 offered a discount on the established price if they would 

 put in a large supply. The trouble seems to be largely 

 in the matter of storage. Shipping is likely to be diffi- 

 cult after cold weather comes. Anybody who has any- 

 thing to do with the railroads or the boat lines at the 

 present time will feel perfectly safe in making such a 

 prediction. The coal can be obtained now in unlimited 

 quantities but there are no facilities for storing it in the 

 sheds of the dealers. Later there doubtless will be 

 enough coal at the mines, but then will come the matter 

 of delayed transportation. Altogether, therefore, it 

 would reasonably be wise for greenhouse men to put in at 

 least a part of the supply needed for next winter. Un- 

 der conditions as they used to be, lower prices might be 

 expected, but in the present chaotic condition of busi- 

 ness affairs, with everybody looking for a chance to grab 

 an extra dollar, the law of supply and demand, like some 

 other supposed economic laws, seems to have been 

 suspended. 



Here is a Good Suggestion 



ftibsonia, Pa.. July 14, 1919. 

 Those that sutler from insults or depredations of auto- 

 ists from the cities I would advise to take down the 

 number of their license tags, get their names and ad- 

 dresses from the State Highway Departmnt. which is 

 gratis and not much trouble, then either write them to 

 come and see you or else enter suit against them. 



We have in the past suffered somewhat, from some of 

 those people as our place fronts a much frequented auto 

 road and some of them would pluck flowers, such as 

 peonies and roses when they are in bloom, or commit 

 other depredations. 



We took the numbers of their license tags and wrote 

 them to come to our office unless they wished to be 

 prosecuted. 



Each of them did erne, very meekly apologized and 

 promised never to do it again. 



Yours truly, 



F. BTJKKI. 



