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HORTICULTURE 



May 17, 1919 



BOSTON. 



The next meeting of the newly or- 

 ganized florist club of Boston will be 

 held on the evening of May 30, at 7 

 o'clock at the Parker House, and will 

 take the form of a banquet. At this 

 meeting it is expected a constitution 

 will be adopted and other important 

 business transacted. In the course of 

 the evening, the company will be ad- 

 dressed by Sailor Ryan. This organi- 

 zation, which will embrace growers, 

 retailers and salesmen, promises to 

 become very effective in smoothing 

 out such difficulties as arise from time 

 to time in the trade, and should do 

 much to promote the prosperity of the 

 florist trade in Boston. 



E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, lectured before the Chestnut 

 Hill Garden Club recently. 



Leonard Barron, of the Garden Maga- 

 zine, has been visiting personal and 

 business friends in the city the past 

 few days. 



George Allen, of Arnold & Fisher in 

 the Exchange, is back at work after an 

 illness. 



CHICAGO. 



At the last meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club it was voted that the 

 club have a basket picnic the first Sun- 

 day in August. Arrangements were 

 made for soliciting prizes for the pic- 

 nic events. Fred Lautenschlager then 

 introduced Lieut. Parkinson who de- 

 scribed his experiences at sea, when 

 his boat was struck with a torpedo 

 from a submarine. He ended his vivid 

 portrayal with an earnest plea for go- 

 ing over the top with the Liberty Loan. 



Setterberg, florist, of 6 Chicago ave- 

 nue, Oak Park, has sold his store to 

 Win. H. Muir, a brother of John Muir, 

 the South Side florist. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Robert Craig starts May 17 on a trip 

 to Porto Rico. He feels that the salt 

 sea breezes will do him a lot of good 

 after the strenuous season of hard labor 

 and help shortage on his Norwood place. 

 He also waxes poetical in advance 

 over the waving palms, the floral gal- 

 axy and the brilliant sunshine of the 

 tropics. All the pleasures of anticipa- 

 tion are his and we wish him a full 

 realization of his highest hopes. Au 

 revoir and safe return. 



Tom Mitchell came back to work on 

 the 7th. He is one of the oldest em- 

 ployees of the Pennock Company, and 



suffered a nervous breakdown March 

 18. He looks pretty thin, and is weak 

 in the pins as yet; but is glad to get 

 back after his two months siege — and 

 his many friends are all very glad to 

 see him. 



Will some one of our expert botan- 

 ists kindly tell us the botanical name 

 of the pussy willow that has the small 

 pink catkins. We have tried to find 

 out from a number of our nursery 

 men but up to date have got nothing 

 definite. Bet you Brother Thatcher 

 knows! What's he doing these days? 

 Haven't heard from him recently in 

 the pages of Horticulture, and we 

 sure need men like him now that we 

 have lost our old standbys like Jack- 

 son Dawson and W. J. Stewart. 



Wallace Pierson brought two very 

 fine exhibits to the monthly meeting 

 of the Florists' Club, May 6th. One 

 was his new rose Crusader the other 

 another new rose called Pilgrim. We 

 congratulate Mr. Pierson on his names. 

 The first brings to mind Richard of 

 the Lim Heut the other the hardy 

 wayfarers who founded America. 

 That's the way to appeal to the poetic 

 — which is the soul of all this we try 

 to tell them today by our slogan of 

 "Say it with flowers." Crusader is a 

 brilliant crimson, Pilgrim a charming 

 bright pink rather higher in general 

 effect than Jonkheer Mock. But we 

 will have to know both better before 

 we can give more than a genial wel- 

 come. Anyhow they certainly look 

 promising. Take a chance. Why can't 

 the Jonkheer Mocks be equally wise in 

 charming names. 



Alfred Burton's Russells were the 

 wonder of the meeting. No one would 

 have believed that such wonderful 

 Russells could be produced unless he 

 had seen them. 



It has been suggested that the Ital- 

 ians have been extremely moderate in 

 their demands — since they do not 

 claim Great Britain and a few other 

 kingdoms that were formerly — very 

 much formerly, it is true — part of the 

 Roman empire. — Savannah News. 



Which suggestion is respectfully 

 passed along to the doughty Romans 

 who concocted quarantine No. 37. They 

 will appreciate the glorious spirit, no 

 matter if American Horticulture is 

 killed by the onslaught. 



Senator Borah, probably orders his 

 breakfast in this fashion: "Two boiled 

 eggs (I know they'll be bad), toast (it 

 will be burnt, of course) and coffee 



(dishwater, no doubt). But bring 'em 

 along!" 



Sounds like the talk of one of our 

 overly righteous flower growers. One 

 of those who are all the time finding 

 fault with the rascally commission 

 man and the rascally retailer. 



The lawn story by Montague Free 

 (p. 458 May 10), is excellent and time- 

 ly and you have done a meritorious 

 act in publishing it. I would like to 

 add to his (Mr. Free's) statement that 

 Kentucky Blue Grass, which he says 

 is "the best lawn grass," should not 

 be sown alone if one wishes to get the 

 best results in all soils, and in early 

 spring, summer and late fall. Other 

 varieties are necessary to accomplish 

 this and the up-to-date seed houses 

 have lawn formulas containing ten or 

 twelve other varieties in proper quan- 

 tity and variety according to the soil, 

 climate, etc. 



Those who wish more extended in- 

 formation get: "Lawns and Lawn Mak- 

 ing," by Leonard Barron; 174 pp. $1.00 

 and "Barenbrug on Grasses" 102 pp. 

 $1.00; both of which books can be 

 had from the Horticulture Publish- 

 ing Co., 147 Summer St., Boston, Mass., 

 at advertised prices. 



TRIBUTE TO MR. STEWART. 



The following resolutions on Wil- 

 liam J. Stewart, late editor of Horti- 

 culture, were adopted at the last 

 meeting of the Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston: 



Whereas, It has pleased Almighty 

 Providence to remove from our midst 

 our late member, William J. Stewart, 



And Whereas, It is but just that a 

 little recognition of his many services 

 should be had, therefore be it 



Resolved, That while we bow with 

 humble submission to the will of Al- 

 mighty God, we do not the less mourn 

 for this fellow member who has been 

 taken from us. 



Resolved, That in the death of Wil- 

 liam J. Stewart, the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston has sustained 

 an almost irreparable loss in the 

 demise of its first president and one 

 who since the very inception of the 

 club has taken the keenest interest at 

 all times in its welfare. 



Resolved. That we deeply lament his 

 loss, not only to our club but to the 

 whole horticultural world, and when 

 his prolific pen was stopped by the 

 hand of death, horticultural literature 

 sustained a severe blow. 



And Whereas, William J. Stewart 

 as a man has always commanded the 

 respect of his associates and fellow- 

 men, and has ever been deserving of 

 the biggest honor at the hands of all 

 lovers of horticulture and floriculture 



