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HORTICULTURE 



September 20, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



Established by William J. Stewart In 1804 



VOL. XXX 



SEPTEMBER 20, 1919 



NO. 12 



PUBLJ8IIED WEEKLY BY 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING COMPANY 

 78 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. 



EDWARD I. FARRINGTON, Editor. 

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Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Ofltre 

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



Philadelphia is falling into line with defin- 



A flower ite and well arranged plans for a flower week 



week uex t month. A committee has also been 



appointed in Albany to consider the plan. 

 Why should other cities lag? The idea is one that is 

 bound to win a hearty response from the public and it 

 opens up no end of possibilities. What Sunday paper 

 is there that would not gladly run a feature story with 

 illustrations about its city's flower business on such an 

 occasion. There are stores in plenty that would gladly 

 decorate their windows with flowers during flower week. 

 Restaurants and hotels would help. Souvenir booklets 

 with helpful hints about the care of cut flowers and the 

 luiying of potted plants might be distributed. These 

 are but random thoughts. Many other suggestions will 

 present themselves. It is the Washington Florists' Club 

 which started the plan and this club would like to see 

 the campaign made nation wide. So would Horticul- 

 ture. It is the best kind of publicity, and nicely supple- 

 ments the big campaign of the S. A. F. Let us all give 

 the plan a boost. 



There is food for thought in the plan out- 

 The first lined by Congressman Davey for obtaining a 

 step modification of Quarantine No. 37. The 

 Congressman's suggestions are given some- 

 what at length on another page and are worthy careful 

 reading. Perhaps this is the next step to be taken by the 

 nurserymen, gardeners and florists of the country. Con- 

 gressman Davey no doubt understands the situation 

 thoroughly. If he says that the agricultural committee 

 can be persuaded to conduct a hearing, such a hearing 

 should lie asked for. It is probable that this committee 

 would be impartial and unbiased. At least, it is reason- 

 able to expect that this would be the case. No doubt 

 there would be a hard fight ljefore any action could be 

 obtained by Congress itself, but the situation would be 

 presented in such a way that the members of Congress 

 and the public in general could form an unprejudiced 

 opinion as to the merits of the case. There is much 

 work to be done, however, if the facts are to be set forth 

 as cogently, as forcefully and as convincingly as they 

 should be. If the agricultural committee of the House 

 is the proper tribunal before which arguments should 

 be presented, the question comes, "Are the members of 



the trade, the gardeners and the estate owners who have 

 been compelled to suffer by the Federal Horticultural 

 Board\s arbitrary and drastic ruling, readv for the first 

 rtep?" 



It is difficult, apparently, for some flower 

 Prices growers to realize that the higher prices of 

 to stay )| 1( . p^ f ew months arc likely to remain 

 for a long time. There is often a ten- 

 dency tn show the white feather and risk a loss of rea- 

 sonable and honestly earned profits rather than the pos- 

 sible loss of a customer, la this connection it is interest- 

 ing to consider the advice which the editor of the Flower 

 Grower gives his readers, who are largely growers of 

 gladioli. He says: 



"Certain commercial growers, who, as a matter of fact. 

 only grow a part of their stock, but act as brokers or 

 middlemen on a large portion of their sales, are already 

 offering to buy lanre quantities of gladiolus corms for 

 future delivery. 



"In these days of high production costs and steadily 

 advancing costs, it is the height of folly for any grower 

 who has put his hard labor into producing high class 

 stock to sell it to be delivered several months later. 



"Last year we advised growers who were inclined to be 

 weak-kneed on prices that they were making a mistake. 

 We want to repeat this caution again this year. There is 

 absolutely nothing in the situation to cause low prices for 

 any sort of flower stocks, and the tendency is always up- 

 ward on prices with the labor conditions under which, 

 we are now working. Don't sell in advance of the actual 

 harvesting of the crop, and then be sure that you know 

 what values are before disposing of same." 



COL. WILLIAM W. CASTLE 



It is with the deepest regret that we announce the 

 passing of Col. William W. Castle, president of Horticul- 

 ture Publishing Co. Col. Castle died at his home in 

 Weymouth Sunday afternoon and the funeral was held 

 Wednesday. He had been in failing health for some 

 months but retained his keen and alert mentality almost 

 to the last. Col. Castle had many acquaintances among 

 the florists and nurserymen of the country. He was a 

 warm personal friend of the late William J. Stewart, 

 founder of Hortici'lture, and became active in the 

 conduct of the paper during Mr. Stewards long illness. 

 Previously he had won a reputation among greenhouse 

 men through his invention of the Castle Circulator for 

 boilers. He was a member of the S. A. F. 



Col. Castle was born in Cleveland. 0., Sept. 21. 1843, 

 the son of the president and principal owner of the Cuy- 

 ahoga Works and the last mayor of Ohio City. His 

 grandfather was a soldier in the revolution with Ethan 

 Allen at Ticonderoga, and his father was an officer in 

 the war of 1812. At the age of 17 Col. Castle entered 

 the army as a member of the Cleveland Grays. He came 

 to New England in 1872. For some years he was special 

 examiner at the Boston Custom House. Col. Castle 

 had traveled widely and everywhere he went he made 

 friends. His devoted family will have the sympathy of 

 all who knew him. 



