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HORTICULTURE 



August 23, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



Established by William J. Stewart In 1904 



VOt. XXX 



AUGUST 23, 1919 



NO. 8 



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Entered as seeond-claBS matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office 

 at Boston, Mass., under tbe Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



As Horticulture is being printed, the 

 A bi 9 closing sessions of the S. A. F. Conven- 



convention tion at Detroit are being held. It has 

 been a big, important and successful con- 

 vention. The Detroit florists have proved to be the most 

 delightful of hosts and have done everything in their 

 power to make the visit of their guests an enjoyable one. 

 Perhaps never before have the members of the society 

 come to realize so keenly the tremendous amount of 

 work which devolves upon the officers of the society, not 

 only in arranging for a big convention like this, but also 

 the routine and special work of the entire year. The 

 labors of Secretary Young have been little less than 

 Herculean and he certainly deserves all the bouquets 

 which have been thrown at him the past week. A fast 

 pace has been set for the new officers, but Horticulture 

 feels certain that they will acquit themselves with credit 

 and steer the organization through another year to an 

 even greater degree of prosperity. Horticulture voices 

 the feelings of its readers in wishing them every success 

 and in pledging whole-hearted support. 



An experiment which has been tried with 



A balance little or no success in many parts of the 



wheel country is a flower growers' association. 



It has flourished for a little in nearly all 

 the large flower growing centers, only to drop out after 

 a time. Too much difference of opinion in how to 

 market ili>' stock and too much variation in quality of 

 stock produced have caused troubles to arise among the 

 growers and upon the manager of such a corporation 

 devolves the difficult task of keeping every one satisfied 

 as well as showing a financial profit at the end of the 

 year. The Chicago Flower Growers' Association was 

 organized eight years ago with a large membership but 

 at the end of two years was at the point of abandoning 

 the project as a failure. The management was then 

 undertaken by an entire stranger, Paul Klingsporn, form- 

 erly of Philadelphia, who for six years has done won- 



der- in keeping things riming smoothly. This associa- 

 tion is now the most successful of its kind in this coun- 

 try. Mr. Klingsporn, who will be 40 on his next birth- 

 day, when pressed f>>r a reason for this success, mod- 

 e.-tlv admitted that it was the ability of its manager to 

 be a "balance wheel."' There are lessons to be drawn 

 from the work at Chicago which might well be taken to 

 heart by growers in cities where similar organizations 

 have not been a success. 



The florists of Washington are a lot of live 

 A flower m en. There is no necessity of making 

 week such a statement to the trade, but it ie 



called forth by the announcement that a 

 "flower week"' is now being projected for the early win- 

 ter. This is a departure which promises much. The 

 plan is one which might well be considered in all of the 

 large cities. Such a week, coming at the close of the 

 season of outdoor flowers, will find the public in a recep- 

 tive mood and willing to be tempted to purchase more 

 flowers than under ordinary circumstances. There 

 should be a good advertising campaign in advance, and 

 special attention should be given the decoration of 

 windows. Let the idea roll along over the country. 



If the members of the Federal Horticultural 



Choice Board think that the sentiment against Quar- 



Irony antine No. 37 is going to rapidly disappear, 



as they seem inclined to intimate, they are 



greatly mistaken. The more horticulturists think about 



the matter, the more disgusted they become. There is 



a choice bit of irony in the following letter which was 



sent the board by Mr. Faulk of the Bloodgood Nurseries 



and which Horticulture is glad to reproduce : 



Federal Horticultural Board, Dept. of Agriculture, 



'Washington, D. C. 



Dear Sirs : — Returning recently from Canada our car 

 was invaded just out of Montreal by a swarm of flies or 

 winged ants. I am not an entomologist and could not 

 identify them. Some of the flies or ants were in the car 

 when it reached the Grand Central Station, New York 

 City, ten hours later. The thought that occurred to me 

 was that probably harmful insects may reach America 

 through other channels than by the importation of nur- 

 sery stock with or without balls of earth adherent there- 

 to. To obviate the danger it is suggested that another 

 quarantine or embargo be proclaimed at once interdict- 

 ing international travel. This suggestion is offered that 

 you may take steps immediately to guard American in- 

 terests and incidentally the civilization of the world 

 which may also suffer an eclipse. It would be interest- 

 ing to know what harmful insects your department has 

 kept out of the country by r your activities. This is an 

 open letter to the Federal Horticultural Board and we 

 hope will have a prompt acknowledgment, preferably 

 through the press where this letter will be offered for 

 publication. Make the best case you can and proclaim 

 to the world the results of your labors. 



The Brown Tail Moth is reputed at the present time 

 to be almost if not quite the most harmful of recently 

 imported pests. There is a story current that it was 

 introduced by a scientist in the neighborhood of Boston 

 some years since who imported the insect specifically for 

 study and experiment. This is a rather ugly story and 

 we are loathe to believe it and we respectfully request 

 that you affirm or deny its accuracy. 



Very truly yours, 

 BLOODGOOD NURSERIES. 



By Thos. Foulk. 



