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HORTICULTURE 



June 28, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



Established by William J. Stewart In 1904 



VOL. XXIX 



JUNE 28, 1919 



NO. 26 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



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Entered as second-daiss matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Offle» 

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As this issue goes to press HORTICULTURE 

 is moving its offices to new and much more com- 

 modious quarters at 78 Devonshire street, next 

 to the Shawmut National Bank. The new offices 

 are in the heart of the business section and close 

 to the market district. Visitors will always be 

 welcome, and those from out of town are in- 

 vited to make these offices their headquarters 

 when in Boston. The latch string will always 

 be out, except on Saturday afternoon, when the 

 elevator stops running. 



If federal and state restrictive laws and 

 Misnamed regulations continue to pile up unwarrant- 

 nursery a bly against those of our citizens who have 

 stock the misfortune to be engaged in the nur- 



sery, florist and seed business of the 

 country, it is not unlikely that many of them will soon 

 be driven to abandon these lines of useful industry and 

 engage in other lines which have not as yet been so reg- 

 ulated as to become undesirable, or utterly impossible to 

 pursue. It may even become necessary for the govern- 

 ment itself to step in and furnish supplies in these lines, 

 when those who have heretofore furnished them, have 

 been legislated and regulated out of business. Then, per- 

 haps, we shall see again distributed or sold under gov- 

 ernment control such seeds or other planting mateiial 

 as the government itself sent out, named or mis-named 

 as the case might be in the days of the 'Tree 

 Seed Distribution,"' when bulk rather than quah 

 strain, purity or vitality seemed to be of most impor- 

 tance. Is it because of the past record of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in its congressional seed distribu- 

 tion that the carrying out of the proposed bill, which is 



a purely agricultural matter is now shifted, or referred 

 to the Eouse Committee on Interstate and Foreign 

 Commerce? The proposed bill will make it a misde- 

 meanor for any person to ship in interstate commerce 

 any nursery stuck- which does not bear on each tree, 

 shrub or plant, or on the original unbroken package 

 thereof, a label stating the true accepted and correct 

 name of the variety of such nursery stock, the name of 

 t he person who grew it and the place where grown. Now, 

 let's look where these regulations will lead us to. The 

 Concord grape, for example, has had and has today 

 many synonyms, Moore's Early, Campbell's Early, Pot- 

 ter, and many others — all forms of the Concord with 

 variations often so slight as to be almost or wholly in- 

 distinguishable. Nearly all yellow cherries are selec- 

 tions or slight variations of the old yellow Spanish va- 

 riety. Who is competent to pass upon their nomencla- 

 ture? Then in the case of the popular Japanese Ivy, 

 which shall lie the accepted name. Yitis tricuspidata or 

 Ampelopsis Veitchii? Or again who will tell us au- 

 thoritatively whether the favorite black greenhouse 

 grape shall be labeled Black Hamburg, Frankenthal, or 

 other of the numerous names by which it is variously 

 known? The nurseryman, florist, or seedsman could 

 nut safely ship any goods outside of his own state if 

 anyone is disposed to assail the verity of his labels, or if 

 there is any difference of opinion as to the character of 

 any possible variety, climatic or soil variations notwith- 

 standing. What will the next joker be? 



The movement for the establishment of 

 Public public rose gardens in different cities 



rose gardens | s one worth encouraging by all horti- 

 cultural interests. Such gardens stim- 

 ulate the desires of amateurs for rose gardens of their 

 own, which helps the business of nurserymen. For that 

 matter, the retail florists and everybody else engaged in 

 the growing and selling of flowers is benefited by the in- 

 creased demand, which is certain to result from any work 

 of this kind. The municipal garden need not be a 

 large or costly one to serve its purpose, but it should 

 contain a large percentage of hybrid teas when possible, 

 so that there will lie bloom all summer. The city of 

 St. Catherine's in Canada is establishing a municipal 

 rose garden this year, an ex-mayor having contributed a 

 thousand dollars for the purpose. The first bush 

 planted was a Duchess of Wellington, and about 900 

 plants of different kinds have been set out. It is a 

 matter of regret that the money has not yet been forth- 

 coming which would make possible the establishment of 

 a rose garden at the Arnold Arboretum, in Boston, such 

 as Professor Sargent has been dreaming about for sev- 

 eral years. Such a garden would contain every species 

 df wild rose which could be obtained, as well as all the 

 hybrids and modern productions. It would be a garden 

 such as is to be found nowhere else in the world at the 

 present time. The land is available and all that is 

 necessary is the money for its development. Here cer- 

 tainly is an unrivaled opportunity for some wealthy 

 man to perpetuate his name for all time. 



