108 HORTICULTURE January 24, 1914 



•«J^^'IjqpT^~^ W T¥ TTW TRIP '^''^I'i "^1' warm, suuny or cloudy, whatever the weather 



* ^^-^ *^ * * ^-^ ^^ *-^ _ niay choose to be preceding the Christmas holidays, the 



VOL. XIX JANUARY 24, 1914 NO. 4 rose man faces the market with a full crop when the 



^^ great day draws nioh and ten days thereafter the houses 



PCBLI8HED WEEKLY BY , . i i? i j A i -l • 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. are about as clean as a mown field. A very striking 



11 Hamilton Place. Boston, Mass. contrast to old-time conditions, surely. The advantage 



Telephone, Oxford 292. of this clever proficiency is seen in the tone of the mar- 



, WM. J. STEWART. Editor and Manager. j.^^ reports for the past two weeks— roses holding their 



SUBSCRIPTION BATES: steady market value evei^y where — carnations too many 



••« Year, in advance, ji-oo; To Foreign Countries, $2.00; To ^j^^ their market value impaired in consequcnce. It 



. '- — '-^ will be a fine thing for the carnation and the cattleya, 



ADVERTISING RATES: ^ ^^^^^ ^.. ^^^^ ^^ brought into such tractable sub- 



P«r Incli, 30 Inches to page »1.00 .'. . i ii m.i xi, j' • e 



DUcennte on Contracts for consecutive insertions, as foUovvs: miSSlOn aS SCemS to be the CaSC With the torcmg TOSC ot 



One mouth (4 times), 6 per cent.; three months (IS times), 10 today Under modcm management. 



per cent.; six months (36 times), 20 per cent.; one year (62 times), 



Ii.c e and half page space, special rates on application. A_ EoSCnthal, editor of The Modsm VicW, 



Entered as second-class m;mer Peceniber 8, 1004. at the Post Office Danger in editorial comment on the recent campaign 



.t Boston, Mass.. under the Act nf Con Kress of March 3, 1879. g.^^^,^ .^^ ^^ ^^^.^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ 



CONTENTS P»S« says: 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— View in the Aquatic Gardens , "Not alone in tlie sad and tearful bours but also in 



. „ ^r ■ tr tlie glad and jovful celebrations, is the futility of floral 



at "The Moorings, Marion, Mass f^j,^. ^^^^ extravagance equally and obviously useless. 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF' FLORISTS' STOCK— Care There also should be thought ot those who need medical 



of Yoiing Cyclamen — Carnations — Propagating Chry- aid, money, bread, coal, clothes and education. The beau- 



santhemums— Swainsona— Pyrethrums — Soil Sterill- "ful rose is more glorious transformed into a health reviv- 



^. , ^ ^ ,^ „ „ ins ins ™eal to starving stomachs, 



zation — John J. M. Farrell lOo 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— The Cold Snap— Between the Jewish women of St. Louis who would 



Fires— Fresh Water for Vases— Watering Cuttings thus abolish the use of flowers for any and all occasions, 



in Sand— Watering in the Houses— Fumigating— g^^j ^j. festive, the "Junior Prom" committee at Harvard 



Tying-Arf/iMr C. Ruzicka. . . . 106 ^,^^^^^ ^^ economy forbid the sending of 



GYPSOPHILA— iJicftacd RoiAc— Illustrated 107 >= / ,• , j ^ ^ ,, 



PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL AFFILIATION— A. F. Aowers by any Harvard man to his lady guests at the 



FarenwaU 109 dance this year, the clergymen who will not allow flowers 



BEGONIA MELIOR— Illustrated 109 at funerals where they officiate and, lastly, the under- 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Lancaster County Florists' ^^,^^ fashion leaders who give preference to artificial 



Club-Gardeners' and Florists' Club ot Rhode Island, ^^^ preserved material where fresh flowers should be 

 Cornelius G. Hartstra, Protrait— Gardeners and Flor- >■ .,,„■,■ ^ ■ , , .-.,■. 



ists' Club of Boston 110 ^^^^^> ^"^ way of the florist is certamly beset with its 



American Carnation Society— Society of American full share of trouble and solicitude. Fortunate, it is. 



Florists— Club and Society Notes Ill indeed, for the florist that the influence of these fanati- 



Chicago Florists' Club 122 ^^^ meddlers can never be anything more than local and 



DURING RECESS-Horticultural and Agricultural So- ^ t,ansitory. The love for flowers and the sentiments to 



ciety of Northern Westchester 116 ^^.,^j^,^ ^, ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ strongly rooted in the human 



SEED TRADE-Catalogues Received 118 ,^^^^.^ ^^^^ j^ [^^ ^^ otherwise. It would be the height of 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: recklessness, however, not to take heed of these danger 



New Flower Stores-Steamer Departures 120 ^^^ ^^^ ^^ minimize their influence bv eliminat- 



Flowers by Telegraph 121 . ^^ .^^^ ^^ possible any methods or practices which 



A Floral Burns Window-Illustration 123 _^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ reasonable criticism of the florists' 



FLOWER MARKET REPORT: InisinesX If there is any way in which this beautiful 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati ...._ 125 .^^ ^^^ ^^ elevated, its ways refined and 



New York, Philadelphia, Washington. St. Louis 127 objectionable features reduced, it is time for those 



OBITUARY-Albert E. Brownell-Eugene Coney 132 J^ ^^^^ .^ ^,^^.^ avocation to get busy, as' indi- 



^ -'rMan't a^?a^n for A' That" 109 ^i^uals and through every (jrganized means so that 



Smith Memorial Plan Gets Recognition in Congress. . Ill the hold of the florist upon the affection of the people 



Washington Notes 112 shall grow and not diminish. 



Fires 112 ° 



Business Troubles 120 



News Notes 121 TVT > 



Chicago Notes. 123 Waming: 



New Corporations 123 » ►. j^ 



Philadelphia Notes 127 -^^ must again warn our readers that Horticulture 



Greenhouse's Building or Contenplate(i 134 has no traveling representatives or subscription agents. 



— At this time of the year, especially, we have complaints 



One of the fine arts of the flower business, from subscribers who have been induced to pay some 



"Can you it seems to us, is the wonderful precision imposter the price of one or more years' subscription for 



beat it?" ■^^th which the rose growers today time Horticulture. Letters received indicate that one of 



their holiday crop. The Killarney breed these crooks is operating in some of the Long Island, 



of roses lends itself admirably to this control, however. X. Y., towns. Watch out for him. 



