222 U It T 1 C U L I U 1{ E February 14. 1914 



JH[ ^) R.T I C!^ \J I^TT \J R VL '^ '^^^ boost for the flower business has just 



A "6w appeared and from a most unexpected 



VOL. XIX FEBRUARY 14, 1914 NO. 7 "hrpak" n t t--L ir i • m,- 



^_______^____^^_^______j___^^__^^_^^^^^ Break source. One ot the polhng places m Chicago 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY jg located iu a florists' shop and it was an- 



HOR.TICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. ;i +i j i +i, + ■ ^- 



11U •»* m w, ^ -^ nounced m the daily papers that women going to regis- 



11 Hamtlton Place. Boston, Mass. .» i r t> & o 



Telephone, Oxford 292. tcr there would cach be presented with a bouquet of 



WM. J. STEWART, Editor and Manager. flowers, donated by the proprietor. We don't know 



n„- v., 1 A ^^**l^^i'"^JI°^,.''^'"'*l, ,. .^^ ^ whether this gentleman seeks to encourage the women in 



One Year, In advance, $1.00; To Forelen Countries, $3.00; To " ° 



Canada. $i.Bo. the cxcrcise of the right of suffrage or is simply in pur- 



ADVEKTisiNG RATES: gxiit of lucrative publicity, but, in either case, he wins 



Disoonnt's on Vontra.is'foroonsiK.otive inseriions] as follows": ' and wins deservedly. The "antis" have the struggle of 



One month (4 times). 5 per cent.; three months (13 times). 10 their Hvcs ahead of them if this thins; sprcads. Or will 



per cent.: six months (26 times), 20 per cent.; one year (62 times), ° ^ 



«o per cent. t]jgy niakc out a case of "pernicious activity" ? 



Inge and half page space, special rates on application. 



Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office In OUr occasional rambles among 



at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Aj,„„t .„ „« xi u j. i 



^^___^_^____^_^^^^_^____^_^^_^^^__|^_^_ Advantages of the flower growers we are constant- 



CONT£NTS Page "lodern equipment jy impressed by the overwhelming 



COVER ILLUSTRATION-A Portion of the Garden advantages enjoyed by those who 



Pier, Atlantic City, N, J possess modern-built greenhouses over those having old- 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS- STOCK-Alter- time outfits, in the production of marketable 



nantheras — Care ot Palms— Flowering Shrubs for 



Easter — Rambler Roses — Sweet Peas — Starting ^oses, carnations and vanous other flower staples, 



Coreopsis— 7oftw J. M. Farrell 221 There are, of course, a few exceptions — object lessons, 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Young Cuttings demonstrating that without adequate knowledge, indus- 



After Potting— Lime Water— In the Old Houses— triously used, the finest of up-to-date houses are apt to 



Tyins— Arthur C. Ruzicka 223 , " , , . ^^ m t .■ i- ix -i 



turn out lamentable results. Location, sunlight, sou 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Buffalo Florists' Club— i .( * 4. i i • xi t --i t 



o!,* ., V, 1^1 • » . J ^ J , ^, , „ and other factors also count m the success or failure of 



Pittsburgh Florists' and Gardeners' Club— Chicago , , n , . , -, , , ^ 



Florists' Club— Florists' Club of Washington— New ^^^ ^"ch undertakings, as everybody knows, but, every- 



York Florists' Club 224 thing else being reasonably equal, the man having houses 



St. Louis Club and Society Meetings— Club and planned and built on the advanced systems of green- 

 Society Notes— S. A. Anderson, Portrait 225 house construction and heating of the present day will 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. ff. Adseii 228 u j- j j- • xi, i j i, x-u > al 



" be found far m the lead when the seasons profits are 



SEED TRADE— Unfair Parcel Post Rates 230 x j 



0,1, ^ , „ . , counted up. 



The Canners' Convention— The Exhibition— Seeds- 



men vs. Canners 232 For the advantages alluded to in 



Officers Elected— Place for Next Convention 234 Our friends, the the foregoing we must thank the 



Chicago Seed Notes— New Seed Store 234 u u r^ , T •, t ,. 



^T^ Tx,r„T.„„^™ ^ greenhouse builders crreenhouse buildmg firms who, 



OP INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: ^ ^ 



New Flower Stores— Steamer Departures 236 in the healthy business rivalry of 



Flowers by Telegraph 237 recent years, have been less concerned with the compe- 



DURING RECESS-Westchester and Fairfield Horti- tition to underbid than with the struggle for supremacv 



cultural Society— New Jersey Floricultural Society 239 . . . oo r . 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS' ^'^ ^^^^ science of construction, durability and perfection 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York.... 241 of every detail. The splendid structures which shelter 



Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington 243 the products of the commercial grower of today, as well 



OBITUARY— W. A. Daggett 243 xi, * t ixv 



MISCELLANEOUS- ^^ those ot his wealthy . amateur neighbor, represent 



A Dutch View of the Gladiolus Situation 223 J'^^^^s of close investigation and study of the myriad 



Dreer Exhibits on the Garden Pier, Atlantic City, problems of the science of light and heat and their prac- 



^- ^ 223 tical application to the specific demands of a rapidly 



NewTNot?'"''"' '^ag^ificum-Illustrated .^.^.J28 advancing business. One of the best evidences of the 



Chicago Notes 238 ^^^^^^ character and dignity which the floral industry 



Washington Notes 238 '^^^ attained is the enterprise and confidence displayed 



Business Troubles 239 and the capital being invested in greenhouse construc- 



^*^"^S 239 tion. It would seem almost impossible to further im- 



Postmaster Wm. F. Kasting-Illustration 239 prove but no doubt the next few years will see continued 



Personal 243 ^ x j i . 



New Corporation ... 243 advancement lor there is every reason to believe that the 



Catalogues Received 248 pl^nt, flower and fruit forcing industry is yet only in 



Patents Granted 248 its infancy and no business offers fairer inducements for 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 250 the employment of capital and brains. 



