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March 15, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



VOL. XXIX 



MARCH 15. 1919 



NO. 11 



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CONTENTS Page 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Growing Roses in 

 Old Soil— Arthur C. RuzickaL 245 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS: 



National Publicity Campaign — A Movement in the 

 Right Direction 247 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Chicago Florists Club — Florists' Club of Washington, 

 Z. D. Blackistone, portrait — Stamford Horticultural 

 Society — Holyoke and Northampton Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club — Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society — Illinois State Florists' Association 248-249 



OBITUARY— Daniel F. Sweeney 249 



IN MEMORIAM 249 



CARNATIONS, IDEALS, SUCCESS— M. J. Brinton... 250 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



A Pleasing Flower Basket — Illustrated 251 



Flowers by Telegraph 256 



Have You Contributed? — Henry Penn 257 



New Flower Stores 261 



ARNOLD ARBORETUM BULLETIN— Draft Conifers. 252 



SEED TRADE: 



The Mailing of Catalogues — European Seed In- 

 formation 254 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Rochester, 

 Cincinnati, St. Louis, Washington 259 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS: 



Chicago, St. Louis, Rochester, Washington 261 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal 247 



A New Spraying Schedule to Control San Jose Scale 251 



Catalogues Received 254 



New Corporations 261 



How to Control the Onion Thrips 262 



News Notes 262-263 



Visitors' Register 263 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 263 



The eves of American Horticul- 

 What will Secretary turists are now on Secretary D. 

 Houston do? f. Houston. Will he make 



propter amendment to Quaran- 

 tine 37 or will he cause reasonable postponement of its 

 application? Horticulture believes that the proper 

 course would be to rescind Quarantine 37 and to- frame a 



in ™ quarantine againsi such plants and such little 

 known sections of the world as are known to be danger- 

 ous. Tins is ill,' mti'ii! of the ad which gives Secretary 

 Houston the power to establish plant quarantine. If 

 his subordinates in office have mis-read or misconstrued 

 the act. we have confidence that the Secretary will not 

 hesitate to make suitable correction, of their unwarrant- 

 able and in our opinion, illegal action. 



A recent advertisement for a topo- 

 The landscape graphical draftsman in a daily news- 

 outlook paper of an eastern city brought over 



twenty replies. Of these over half 

 were from men of high ability — men who had formerly 

 commanded large salaries, but who owing to present 

 stagnation in their line of work were eager to get em- 

 ployment at any rate that would cover absolute cost of 

 living. Of course there has been practically no devel- 

 opment of large private estates, nor building of the more 

 pretentious class of private residences for several years 

 — the cost of building material and lal>or has been pro- 

 hibitive, hence the unemployment of these men of high- 

 ly specialized and technical training from the l>eginning 

 of war conditions. Horticulture perceives . that a 

 change for the better is imminent. Owners of estates 

 are already taking in hand work which has been deferred 

 for two or three years and there are many contemplated 

 new residences awaiting only less excessive cost of ma- 

 terial and labor for construction. That the present year 

 will show substantial improvement over the past two, 

 seems now assured — the resiliency of the great Ameri- 

 can people is already apparent and it behooves every 

 florist and even - nurseryman to set his house in order 

 for a decade at least of increasing prosperity. 



With the deprivation of so much of 

 Resourcefulness his raw material from abroad in the 



form of forcing plants, lily-of-the- 

 valley, etc., due tp war conditions and the possibility of 

 future exclusion of the same, the florist is looking about 

 to see with what if anything he may at least partially 

 cover his losses and prepare himself to save his business. 

 The task we admit is no easy one. and will prove too 

 great for many now well-to-do florists who will find 

 themselves powerless to provide substitute material, 

 which in fact does not exist, in this country. The action 

 of a few scientific zealots in thus jeopardizing interests, 

 which have resulted from years of patient labor and sav- 

 ing seems to be of no consequence to these men who 

 appear to be much more desirous to magnify their po- 

 sitions in the government service than to serve the pub- 

 lic well. Many herbaceous plants and shrubs are being 

 used now which were hardly considered by growers a few 

 years ago. It takes time, however, to bring such ma- 

 terial to the perfection necessary for market purposes — 

 it also takes time to get acquainted with profitable meth- 

 ods of handling such plants as well as to adopt our 

 facilities to suit the new methods required for their suc- 

 cessful cultivation. Let us hope that at least some re- 

 lief mav vet come from the obnoxious Quarantine 37. 



