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HOETICULTURE 



September 14, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



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SEPTEMBER 14, 1912 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Cypripediiira caUosum San- 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Car- 

 nations — Care of Smilax — Dimorphotheca auran- 

 tiaca — Hardy Phlox — Oncidiums — Tulips — John J. 

 M. Farrell ^''^ 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— The Liquid Ma- 

 nure Tanlv— Ventilation — Brides and Bridesmaids— 

 Outside Roses — Arthur C. Ruzicka 375 



THE IRIS AS A DROUGHT RESISTANT— C. S. Har- 

 rison ^"° 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



New York Florists' Club — Society of American Flor- 

 ists—Southampton Horticultural Society— Pittsburg 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club — Detroit Florists' Club 

 ^Club and Society Notes 376 



INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT BRUGES— Illus- 

 t'T'fi ti orm ..,,,,,,,......•..••■•-•••••••*•• ** • ' 



NATIONAL F'LbwER SHOW 377 



DURING RECESS— Florists' Club of Washington- 

 Tuxedo Horticultural Society— Bar Harbor Horticul- 

 tural Society 378 



TO THE SWEET PEA GROWER — J. J. Taubenhaus . . 379 



OBITUARY — Alexander Dean, V. M. H. — Jacob Dilly — 

 Robert Blair — Angelo Baldocchi — Cornelius Casey, 

 portrait — Charles L. Yates 380 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS— Report of 

 Entomologist, Continued 382 



SEED TRADE; 



Idaho Seed Pea Crops — Notes 384 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 386 



Flowers by Telegraph 387 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit 389 



Philadelphia, New York, St. Louis, Washington 391 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



S. A. F. Medals Awarded at London 378 



A Group at Ravinia Park — Illustrated 378 



Personal 378 



International Flower Show at St. Petersburg 378 



A Missouri Sweet Pea Field — Illustration 379 



News Notes 378-379 



Two Gigantic Greenhouses — Illustrated 380 



Boston Flower Exchange 382 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 382 



Chicago Notes — St. Louis Notes 383 



Vegetable Exhibit at Michell's . . 384 



Catalogues Received— Publications Received— Incor- 

 porated 384 



Philadelphia Notes 391 



Permits for Importation of Nursery Stock 396 



As Sejiteraljcr r^lips along all 

 Encouraging thoughts will center on tlie business 



business outlook season now opening with so mnch of 

 hop(»ful enconragonient in the out- 

 look. It has been tlie rule in the past to regard the 

 }'ear of a national election as an unpromising one from 



a bu-^iness standpoint but we can congratulate the hor- 

 ticultural interests on the fact that this year appears 

 to be an cxieption in this respect for it seems to be 

 universally in the air that we have a busy and profitable 

 season ahead of us. The greenhouse builders, plants- 

 men, florists' supply dealers and others who tested out 

 tlie feeling of the trade at the Chicago convention all 

 have the same story to tell of buoyant confidence and 

 optimism among the various sections of the trade to 

 which they cater. Prospects so rosy beget enterprise 

 and enthusiasm and there is abundant encouragement 

 for everyone to do his best and to take fullest advantage 

 of the opportunity. 



■'Bumpei- crops"' in all the great 

 Old ways and new agricultural staples are generally 

 given as one of the bases for the 

 sanguine tone of the business world as to the season's 

 prospects and undoubtedly this view is well-founded. 

 But it will be well for all of us not to lose sight of the 

 obligation that rests upon us individually to take advan- 

 tage of the situation in a svstematic and up-to-date man- 

 ner if we are to profit by it, for the day has gone by for- 

 ever when the flower grower or flower seller can reap fat 

 returns from a business carried on in "any old way." 

 The subjects which are more and more coming to the 

 front among the far-seeing men who are the '"'live wires" 

 of the clubs and societies interested in commercial hoi'ti- 

 culture — such as "overhead costs," "telegraph deliverv," 

 "modern publicity," etc. — are not fancies, fads or buga- 

 lioos but very real and very serious problems that vitally 

 affect the fate of every individual in whatever branch of 

 tlie business he may be employed and will force them- 

 selves more and more strongly into the foreground with 

 each succeeding year. The business methods pursued 

 will have more to do with the measure of success you 

 win this season than bumper crops and "general prosper- 

 ity." These things only furnish the field and the oppor- 

 tunity and the inspiration. 



Already the sweet pea, so recently taken 



"A friend up for development by specialists, begins 



In need" to suffer the inevitable penalty of high 



breeding and the grower who would at- 

 tempt its culture on a large or small scale either outside 

 or under glass must, if he expects to succeed, get in- 

 formed on the various fungous and constitutional dis- 

 eases that are liable to attack his crop and the best 

 methods of preventing or conquering these troubles. 

 The various state experiment stations are now equipped 

 so that they can be of inestimable service in scientific 

 investigation of plant ailments, ascertaining facts by 

 methods far beyond the reach of the commercial grower 

 and w'hen an appeal is made for the assistance and co- 

 ojieration of the grower, as in the call from Prof. Tau- 

 bcnhaus which appears in another page of this paper, the 

 response should be willing and spontaneous so that he 

 may have fullest access to all possible information bear- 

 ing upon the research he is undertaking. This we hope 

 our readers who have had any experience in sweet pea 

 growing will do for Prof. Taubenhaus and with such 

 co-operation we have no doubt that conclusions of much 

 practical value will be detenuined and widely dissemi- 

 nated for the benefit of the grower. 



During the few weeks' alisence of our valued con- 

 tributor on "Fruit and Vegetables Under Glass." George 

 H. Penson, this department will be temporarily discon- 

 tinued hut we shall endeavor to fill the space with good 

 matter until Mr. Penson's return when lie will resume 

 his pleasant relations with, the readers of Horticulture. 



