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H E T I C U L T TJ R E 



March 28, 1914 



horticulture: 



VOL. XIX 



MARCH 28, 1914 



NO. 13 



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CONTENTS 



COVER DESIGN Page 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Car- 

 nation Ground — Plants for Vases and Boxes — Pre- 

 paration for Easter — Starting Achimenes — Trans- 

 planting Seedlings — Salvia Cuttings — John J. M. 



Farrell 463 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— The Easter Crops 

 — Mildew — Shifting the Young Stock — Bonemeal — 

 The Novelties — Tying the Roses in Boxes — Arthur C. 

 Ruzicka 464 



COVER ILLUSTRATION 463 



SPRING MUSINGS— W. A. Manda 465 



NEW YORK SPRING FLOWER SHOW— A Splendid 

 Exhibition — F. R. Pierson, Portrait — The Ferns — The 



Rose Plants 467 



The Orchids — The Roses — The Retailers — Japanese 

 Garden — Society Headquarters — Banquet to Judges — 

 Brooklyn Day — Gardeners' Reunion — The Awards.. 468 



View in Exhibition Hall 469 



Exhibit of George M. Stumpp — Illustration 470 



The H. H. Charles Cup— Illustration 471 



The Trade Displays 472 



PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW 473 



BANQUET TO THE S. A. F. EXECUTIVE BOARD— 

 Illustrated 474 



■GROWING SWEET PEAS— iToMOj-fJ Nichols 475 



THE MAKING OF A COUNTRY HOME— TTie late J. 

 A. Pettigrew 476 



SEED TRADE — Government Seeds— Another Seed 

 Postage Bill, Curtis Nye Smith 490 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores — Steamer Departures 492 



Flowers by Telegraph 493 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Lancaster County Florists' 

 -Club — Cook County Florists' Association — Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Baltimore — American Rose 



Society 494 



Club and Society Notes , 495 



DURING RECESS— Essex County, N. J. Florists' Club. 495 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati 499 



New York, Philadelphia. 501 



St. Louis, Washington 506 



OBITUARY— Melvin Folsom— Byron L. Smith— The 

 Late Edward Meehan 506 



SOILS AND FERTILIZERS— Pro/. H. J. Wheeler 507 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Visitors' Register 473 



Mail Importations of Plants Forbidden — C. L. Mar- 



latt 475 



Personal 476 



New Corporations 479 



News Notes 493-506 



Philadelphia Notes 506 



Floriculture Day at Amherst 508 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated. 510 



Fires — Patents Granted 510 



One of the prime attractions at the New 

 A schedule York Flower Show this week is the group 

 suggestion of great specimen Eambler Eoses in 

 bloom, exhibited by M. H. Walsh. Such 

 wonderful examples of this class of roses would create 

 a sensation anywhere in the world and constitute a prime 

 drawing card for visitors. It is unfortunate, however, 

 that the only class in the schedule offering a prize ap- 

 proaching in value the merits of such an important ex- 

 hibit is that for group "arranged for effect." Compe- 

 tition between a group of specimens of this character 

 and a display of smaller plants massed for color effect 

 and general arrangement is hardly fair to either of the 

 exhibitors or to the judges, there being so little in com- 

 ■ mon to the two entries excepting their worthiness for the 

 largest possible prize. The expense of transportation 

 of these plants to and fro would practically eat up the 

 largest premium offered. Ani^ther year perhaps the 

 schedule committee will give further consideration to 

 this matter. The absence of Mr. Walsh's roses from 

 the show would have left a big gap. 



Our list of visitors present in New York 



The benefit this week, attracted there by the Flower 



of travel Show, while very incomplete, is a very 



good example of the class of people in 

 the profession who can be depended upon to show up 

 when any event of sufficient magnitude is in progress 

 within a few hundred or more miles. The same names 

 will appear again among the attendants at the S. A. F. 

 Convention in Boston next August. It is to be noted 

 that these men, although they spend money and time 

 most freely in attending these exhibitions and society 

 affairs, are never impoverished and, taken on an average, 

 will size up respectably as against those who stay at 

 home, often on the plea that they cannot afford to go to 

 such gatherings. It might be well for these latter to 

 give some thought as to whether there is not some rela- 

 tionship of cause and effect in the social prominence and 

 business repute most of these untiring convention- 

 ites enjoy. There are, unquestionably, some exceptions 

 on Ijoth sides but it is a sound pro]50sition that the man 

 who travels and comes in frequent contact with his fel- 

 low craftsman stands to beat out his neighbor who elects 

 to "flock by himself" all the time. 



Of the various problems which the differ- 

 Afflliation ent national and local organizations find 

 confronting them and calling for some 

 attempt at solution, perhaps the most important and 

 far-reaching is the question of closer alliance between 

 the various isolated local organizations, of which there 

 are now many in all sections of the country. The prob- 

 lem is a many-sided one. The desirability of some 

 method of co-operation or affiliation that will be gen- 

 erally acceptable and practical is not disputed by many 

 but the recent discussions on the topic in some of the 

 leading florists' clubs show very plainly that it will take 

 some time and careful thought yet before anything like 

 a generally satisfactory plan can be worked out in detail. 

 The spirit of affiliation is in the air and so the time is 

 opportune for threshing oiit something that will hold 

 together. Even if it does fall short of the roseate 

 dreams of some of the enthusiasts, that will be better 

 than a structure hastily reared, fundamentally weak and 

 liable to collapse in the first stormy weather. The S. A, 

 F. Executive Board had a good long tussle with the 

 subject and the report of their deliberations will be 

 eagerly looked for. 



