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HORTICULTUEE 



October 12, 1912 



horticulture: 



VOL. 7SK1 



OCTOBER 12, 1912 



NO. 15 



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CONTENTS 



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COVER ILLUSTRATION— Begonia Christmas Red. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' STOCK— Adian- 

 tums — Araucarias — Coreopsis grandiflora — Crotons — 

 Geraniums — Primulas for Christmas — John J. M. 

 Farrell 501 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Temperature in 

 Houses — Rest the Plants? — Bone Meal Liquid Manure 

 — Roses Outside — Leaky Propagating Houses — Ar- 

 thur C. Ruzicka 503 



BEGONIA CHRISTMAS RED 503 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Pittsburgh Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club — Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston — Tuxedo Horticultural Society — Club and 

 Society Notes 604 



FOREIGN NOTES— C. Harman Payne 505 



CYPRIPEDIUM FAIRRIEANUM— M. J. Pope— Illus- 

 trated 505 



ADVERTISING VS. READING MATTER— £-. Finlay- 

 son 505 



THE EXHIBITIONS— Fruit and Vegetable Show at 

 Boston — Oyster Bay Horticultural Society — Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society ■. . . . 506 



DURING RECESS— Cook County Florists' Association 

 Bowling 506 



SEED TRADE — Wholesale Seedsmen's League — Many 

 Seed Crops Immature — Peas and Beans Ripening 

 Poorly — TTie Potato Situation — Onions Also Soft — A 



Baseless Rumor — Grass Seed Crops 508 



Some Valuable Grasses, Illustrated — Notes 510 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 512 



Flowers by Telegraph 513 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit 517 



New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington.... 519 



OBITUARY— Charles Seeley— Henry Hesslon— W. R. 

 Miller — Benjamin Chase — Frederick Jacquemin — Wil- 

 liam McLean — John Crawford — Wm. Baylor Hartland 524 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Notes from Germany 505 



News Notes 513-519 



Boston Flower Exchange 513 



Philadelphia Notes — Washington Notes — Chicago 



Notes 514 



Personal — Incorporated 515 



Cincinnati Notes — New York Notes 515 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 526 



Whatever of unnecessary burden the 

 Where a united horticultural industries may be corn- 

 front is needed pelled to bear on account of the pro- 

 visions of the new quarantine law 

 which has now gone into effect, this drastic legislation 

 will, we hope, have at least one very promising result, 

 in its lesson to the nurserymen and the florists on the 

 need of a closer alliance and unity of purpose between 

 these two rapidly growing interests. Ever since the sep- 



aration of the two sections of the old joint association 

 some twenty-eight years ago, the American Association 

 of Nurserymen and the Society of American Florists 

 have been devoting themselves, mainly, each to its own 

 particular division of the field and thus far joint effort 

 on matters where they appeared to liave interests in com- 

 mon has been mostly sporadic and superficial. Both 

 organizations possess elements of strength from which 

 one or the other might benefit greatly in a shoulder to 

 shoulder campaign. The strength which such unity 

 would surely develop will be sorely needed in the near 

 future if we are to judge by the signs of the times. There 

 should be no delay in getting together on some efficient 

 practical and permanent basis and agreeing upon ways 

 and means whereby legislative and corporate reprisals 

 affecting any branch of horticultural industry may be 

 held in check. 



Commenting upon the early demise of 



A surfeit "The Magazine Flowers," The Ameri- 



of literature can Botanist says : "While we note the 



successive surrender of one out-door 

 magazine after another we often wonder whether there 

 ever will come a time when the general public will for- 

 sake nickel theatres and moving picture shows for the 

 more satisfying pleasures of the study of nature." While 

 not presuming to diagnose the trouble which is responsi- 

 ble for the particular mortality which our contemporary 

 deplores we would suggest that this class of publications 

 generally have perhaps been multiplying a little too rap- 

 idly. Following the unmistakable trend towards a bet- 

 ter appreciation of rural life in recent years, the country 

 ■ has been simply deluged with so-called popular garden 

 and country life literature. Without going into the 

 question as to the intrinsic value of much of this ma- 

 terial which is loading down our book shelves it is safe 

 to say that we have far more of it than is needed. The 

 general public may not "forsake nickel theatres and 

 moving picture shows" all at once but they are progress- 

 ing fairly well, we believe, in the right direction and the 

 school gardening propaganda is probably one of the most 

 potent influences to that end. What is needed now is 

 not more journals but better ones, and a public tuned up 

 to appreciate them and all tliis will come, gradually but 

 surely. 



We learn from the Horticultural 

 A challenge for Trade Journal, London, that "Mr. 

 the floral artists R. p. Felton is going to the United 

 States National Flower Show at 

 New York next April to act both as judge and decorative 

 demonstrator. The Society of American Florists has 

 apparently heard so much about E. F. F. that they desire 

 either to improve their own knowledge on color schemes, 

 or get a sight of the author of Floral Decoration. One 

 thing is certain, E. F. F. is quite capable of talking up 

 to any U. S. florist that may disagree with him." That 

 this distinguished gentleman is really coming to our 

 show is very gratifying news, especially as a previous 

 rumor to that effect had been declared to be without 

 foundation. He will, we are sure, find appreciative 

 audiences and will have no cause to complain of his 

 reception in America. The trouble witli our local florists 

 is that very few of them can ever be induced to come out 

 find face their fellow-workers, either on the platform, in 

 the exhibition hall or even in the club room ranks. We 

 have some floral decorators on this side of the Atlantic 

 who. we think, are the peers of any in the world and 

 well able to entertain and instruct if tliey were only so 

 disposed. We hope the example of this eminent repre- 

 sentative of tlieir art from abroad may have an inspiring 

 effect on our own home talent and lead them to be more 

 willing to display their methods and their handiwork for 

 the benefit of their fellows. 



