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HOETICULTUEE 



August 24, 1912 



horticulture: 



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AUGUST 24, 1912 



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CONTENTS Page 



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COVER ILLUSTRATION— John K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 President-elect S. A. F. & 0. H. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Cycla- 

 men for Next Year — Begonia Lorraine — Lilium Can- 

 didum — Orchids — Propagation — Potting Evergreens 

 —John J. M. Farrell 263 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Making 

 and Spawning a Mushroom Bed — Winter Cucumbers 

 — Cauliflowers — Parsley — George H. Penson 264 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Beauties in Solid 

 Beds — The Boilers Again — Sheep Manure — Poultry 

 Manure — Mildew — Cleaning Up — Arthur C. Ruzicka. 265 



AS TO RENAMING — E. 0. Orpet 266 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS: 



Opening Session — President's Address 267 



Secretary's Report 270 



Treasurer's Report — Tuesday Afternoon's Session. . .270a 

 President's Reception — Wednesday Morning's Session 



— Nomination and Election of Officers 270b 



The Exhibition 270c 



Florists' Hail Association 270d 



Ladies' S. A. F. — Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso- 

 ciation — Convention Notes — New York to Chicago — 

 Boston to Chicago 271 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Canadian Horticultural Association — Nassau County 

 Horticultural Society — St. Louis Florist Club — Club 

 and Society Notes 272 



SEED TRADE— Competition Based on Quality— The 

 Bourne Bill Condemned — Notes 276 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 278 



Flowers by Telegraph 279 



DURING RECESS: 

 Connecticut Nurserymen's Association, Illustrated... 280 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural Society — 

 North Shore Horticultural Society 281 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia 283 



New York, St. Louis 285 



OBITUARY— Charles E. Keith— Jos. N. Cole— Andrew 

 Johnson — Miss Mary Foley — S. W. LePointe 290 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Philadelphia Notes — Cincinnati Notes 274 



Incorporated 276 



St. Louis Notes— New York Notes 285 



Personal — Fire Record 285 



News Notes 290 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 291 



President Vincent's message to the S. A. 

 President y. which we print in full in this issue 

 Vincent's strikes us as a well-considered and patri- 

 message otic document — the honest convictions 

 of a conscientious, industrious official 

 and in this respect it will rank well with the convention 

 addresses of his predecessors. While we must differ 

 with Mr. Vincent as to the wisdom of some of his recom- 

 mendations yet we are satisfied that he advocates them 

 in all sincerity of purpose for the Society's welfare. 

 This at least we can all agree upon. It is a satisfaction 

 to see that the society is in full accord with the senti- 

 ment we have repeatedly expressed and we feel sure that 

 the action of the S. A. F. in adhering to conservative 

 principles will in due time prove to have been wisely 

 taken. 



We much regi-etted our inability to de- 

 Our vote more space in our issue of last week 

 Canadian to the account of the meeting of the 

 neighbors Canadian Horticultural Association at 

 Montreal. The proceedings were full of 

 iinimation and snappy debates on cultural processes and 

 business practices somewhat on the order of the earlier 

 meetings of the S. A. F. Much cordiality towards the 

 S. A. F. was manifested and the subject of "closer rela- 

 tions" between the two organizations might with 

 good reasons be given consideration on both sides 

 of the "line." An amalgamation would hardly be 

 possible even if desirable, but something in the way 

 of an exchange of delegates, with certain voting privi- 

 leges at the respective conventions, might result in use- 

 ful harmonious action on matters of mutual interest. 



On July 27, Hon. William Sulzer intro- 



A good duced in the House of Eepresentatives, 



parcels post Bin No_ 26006, "to reduce postage rates, 



bill improve the postal service, and increase 



postal revenues." It provides for a par- 

 cels post worthy of the name and does not undertake to 

 rob the seedsmen and others who publish catalogues and 

 other literature of like educational character. So differ- 

 ent is it from the other parcels post schemes which have 

 been under consideration that one cannot help conjec- 

 turing as to whether the express companies are not at 

 the bottom of some of them. With one slight modifica- 

 tion suggested by Chairman Burpee Mr. Sulzer's bill 

 meets the approval of the committee on postal laws of 

 the American Seed Trade Association. Why not write 

 to your congressman and ask him to help put it through? 



As to Renaming 



The recent notes that have appeared in Horticulture 

 about the evils of renaming plants are pertinent to one 

 of the great troubles of present-day gardening. The 

 practice of raisers and introducers of sending out the 

 same plant under different names cannot be too strongly 

 condemned, but this is a minor matter, easily discovered 

 and rectified, and the one at fault can be charged with it. 



There is, however, another phase of renaming that is 

 far more difficult to deal with. We will take as an ex- 

 ample the old Spirtea opulifolia ; this has been given 

 four different generic names by different authorities at 

 the times named, and today the poor cultivator is at a 

 loss to know which is right. Anyone would admit that 

 the plant is not a Spiraea when examining the bladder- 

 like seed capsule, and while this might have passed in 

 1753 and has lived in our memories until now, it is a 

 curious fact that among botanists, there are three other 

 authorities who have dealt with this shrub differently 

 as will be seen below. 



Spiraea opulifolia-Linnseus. Sp. PI. 1753. 



Physocarpus opulifolius Maximowicz. 1S36, recognized 

 by Coulter and Bailey. 



Neillia opulifolia, Brewer & Watson Bot. Cal. 1876. 

 (Bentham & Hooker.) 



Opulaster opulifolius, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. 1891. 

 (Britton & Brown.) 



Other similar examjDles might be cited were there 

 time, but the question now is, what is the proper name 

 for this much-named shrub? 



