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although both are much intL-rcsted in horticulture — T. A. 

 Havemeyer, vice-chairman, and F. R. Xewbold, treasurer 

 of the committee. The great success of the 1914 show 

 was in a large measure due to the work of Messrs. Have- 

 meyer and Newbold as nienihers of the 1914 Flower Show 

 Committee, and they are found working just as earnestly 

 this year to make the 1915 New York Spring Show the 

 greatest flower show ever ])roduccd in this country — 

 and everything indicates that thev will succeed. 



AN INVITATION TO THE GARDENERS. 



Ornamental horticulture will l)e the feature of the 

 international Flower Show, to he held at the Grand 

 Central Palace, March 17-23rd, ami the opportunity 

 ])resents itself to the private grower to sIkiw his skill 

 in arrangement and effect, for the schedule otiers 

 tiiany classes where arrangement will CMimt materially 

 in the judging. 



The Flower Show Committee is endeavoring to pro- 

 duce a flower show this spring entirely unlike any- 

 thing heretofore produced, and if it can ccmnt on the 

 support of the private gardeners it will be ]jossible 

 for it to accomplish what it has set out to do. 



The schedule has been prepared sn as to enable all 

 gardeners to compete at the show ; for there are 

 classes for those who are in position to make big dis- 

 plays and classes for those whose means for exhibiting 

 are limited. 



My gardener friends, we invite to you to put your 

 best efforts forward — to enter iii as many classes as 

 jour facilities will permit you to do — and in this way 

 co-operate with us to make the 1915 New York Spring 

 Flower Show the- most successful ever held. 



F. R. PIERSON, Chairman, 

 Internatiunal Flower Show Committee. 



AN APPEAL TO THE GARDENERS. 



As manager of the furthcoming International 

 Flower Show, I appeal to my fellow gardeners for 

 their co-operation and support in making this show a 

 great success. All the preliminaries have been ar- 

 ranged with one single pur]x)se, w hich is to make this 

 show larger and better than any that have preceded 

 it. No more liberal nor more comprehensive schedule 

 for a s])ring show has ever been arranged. The trade 

 full}- realizes the importance of the event and will do 

 its part. 



We specially need the private gardener with ex- 

 hil)its large or small according to the facilities at his 

 command. The classes for private gardeners are most 

 extensive and varied and some of them off'er a splen- 

 <lid opportunity for originality. For example, in Sec- 

 tion A, there is a class for a "Group of flowering 

 plants and bulbs (orchids excluded) arranged for ef- 

 fect covering a space of 200 square feet." First prize, 

 $150: second prize, $100. This class could be made 

 one of the features of the show. Will you do it? 



Everything available at this season appears to have 

 been provided for with premiums of unusual liberality, 

 but our efforts along these lines are in vain unless 

 there is the response of large exhibits to make the 

 show a real success. 



Surely there is no better way than this to advance 

 the profession and spread the love of gardening. 

 ARTHUR HERRINGTON, Manager, 



International Flower Show. 



A SUBSTITUTE FOR NORWAY SPRUCE. 



The general <lecadence of Norway Spruce plantations, 

 so visible in the proximity of our older cities, calls for 

 the substituting of some other evergreen for uses for 

 which the Norway was formerly employed, writes Joseph 

 Aleehan in Florist ExcJiangc. Wherever one finds a line 

 of Norway Spruce, planted, sav 50 years age, oftcner 

 than not the trees are in a deplorable condition, half 

 dead, many of them, and hardly one in the line a vigorous, 

 pleasing ap|)earing tree. This is tiot only true of trees 

 so near cities that smoke and gases cause it ; trees far 

 from such influences are to be found as ill-looking as 

 those close to cities. But a few days ago, passing along 

 a highway bordering a large estate, the writer saw a long 

 line of evergreens in two rows. The rcnv nearest the 

 highwa_\' consisted of Pinus Strobus, the White Pine. 

 These were in excellent condition. Behind them was a 

 row of Picea excelsa, the Norway Spruce, and the condi- 

 tion of these trees disgraced the place. From ap])ear- 

 ances both these and the \Miite Pines had been planted 

 at the same time. 



The beauty and general worth of the White Pine is 

 well known; its silvery foliage is much in its favor; but 

 at the present time, thinking of a tree of dark green 

 foliage and of the habit of growth of the Norway Spruce, 

 there is nothing so near it as the Douglas Fir, Pseudo- 

 tsuga Douglasii, our old Abies Douglasii. There are now 

 specimens of this tree on many of our lawns wdiich have 

 reached a height i>f 40 to 50 feet, and which in character 

 remind one of the Norway in their outline, bul are less 

 rigid of branches, and the foliage is of a softer texture. 



Wherever planted this evergreen has given gn^at satis- 

 faction, pleasing from its earliest years. It is easily pro- 

 cured, as it seeds freely, and seeds germinate well, while 

 for rapidity of growth it has no equal among evergreens. 



There are two varieties of this, the Douglas Fir. One 

 extends along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to California 

 and inland to Montana and Idaho, while the other is 

 found in Colorado and New Mexico. It is this witle 

 range of territory that permits of its use in all parts of 

 our country. Where winters are not severe, the Pacific 

 Coast variety can be used ; the Colorado one in the coldest 

 States. In eastern Pennsylvania either kind can be used, 

 but it is safer to rely on the Colorado. There is little 

 difference in them. The Pacific variety makes rapid 

 growth, and has very dark greto- fo-liage ; while the Colo- 

 rado one is also fast growing, it is not so fast as the other, 

 and its green color is not so intense. But it is a lovely 

 tree ; and wdiichever variety, is'Tilanted, there is no doulit 

 more satisfaction would resiilt from the setting of the 

 Norway Spruce. '■. 



TREES IN WINTER. 



Leafless trees are Ijy no means iiiiiMterestiiij;. neither are tlioy 

 the lifeless thinus they seem to lie. Even when frost grips the 

 earth and all vegetation seems at a standstill, trees are actively 

 alive. Far down in the earth their roots are taking up nourish- 

 ment, and when the mild days come this "lifetilood" is carried up 

 through trunk and branch, ready to renew the annual miracle of 

 leaf and bloom and fruit. The leaves fade and die, but the tree 

 lives on. The winter time jicriod of ajiparent death is really a 

 period of rest and recuperaticni. 



To the lover of trees there is much to admire and interest 

 during this restiiig time. The rare beauty of the spring and sum- 

 mer and the brilliant glory of the autumn is lacking, but the 

 strength and rugged majesty of trees are all the more in evidence 

 when their branches urs leafless and bare. Singly or in gi-oupa 

 trees are a most important and interesting element in the winter 

 landscape, and afford constant ]u-otection and <-omfort about o\ir 

 homes. \Realizing this the careful tree owner and landscape 

 gardener never relaxes his care and vigilance at any season of the 

 year. 



