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HOETICULTURE 



May 23, 1914 



HORTICULTURE. 



VOL XIX 



MAY 23, 1914 



NO. 21 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— View in Water Garden at 

 "The Moorings," Marion Mass 



NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Bed- 

 ding Out — Growing Single-Stemmed Chrysanthe- 

 mums — Orchids — Sweet Peas Under Glass — The 

 Compost Heap — Resting Callas — John J. M. Farrell. . 761 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS— Decoration Day- 

 Use of Cracked Ice in the Boxes — Care of Wires and 

 Stakes — The Center Braces — Washing the Houses — 

 Repair Work on the Benches — Arthur C. Ruzicka. . . . 763 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Westchester and Fairfield 

 Horticultural Society — New Bedford Horticultural 

 Society — Connecticut Horticultural Society — Pitts- 

 burgh Florists' and Gardeners' Club — New London 



Horticultural Society — Cleveland Florists' Club 764 



Minneapolis Florist Club — St. Louis Florist Club. . . 765 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston — Tuxedo 

 Horticultural Society — American Peony Society — 

 May Flower Show 766 



AGAVE VICTORIA REGINA— Illustrated 765 



A CHARMING ESTATE— W?n. F. Turner 766 



EBEL AT THE BAT—M. C. Ebel 768 



SEED TRADE— Strain Tests of Tomatoes 770 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores — Steamer Departures 772 



Flowers by Telegraph 773 



A Pungent Criticism 774 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago. Cincinnati 777 



New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington 779 



OBITUARY — Eric Bonevier — Walter Wellhouse — Julius 



White 784 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



The Veterans — Poetry 765 



Farming 156 Years Ago— G. C. W 770 



Catalogues Received — Publications Received 770 



News Notes 772-786 



New Corporations 773 



Washington Notes — Chicago Notes 774 



Boston Notes — Illustrated 775 



Flowers and Partisans 775 



University of Illinois Notes 784 



Cincinnati Notes 784 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 786 



Patents Granted 786 



Friends of horticulture who read the 

 Propagandists notes on the activities of the New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society which ap- 

 pear in this issue will find much to approve and applaud 

 in the practical work which this Society is doing so well. 

 The New Bedford Horticultural Society is yet young. 



having been organized eleven years ago and it is par- 

 ticularly fortunate in its location among an intelligent 

 and responsive community. All commercial florists, 

 nurserymen, seedsmen and others whose prosperity is 

 dependent upon the patronage of the flower and garden 

 loving public should aid and support these local horti- 

 cultural organizations with all their heart and soul for 

 they are the best friends commercial horticulture has, 

 fostering and developing the demand for every descrip- 

 tion of horticultural wares and products. 



Considerable space was devoted in 



Convention our last week's issue to the prepara- 



Garden progress tions in progress in Boston to 



properly receive and entertain the 

 Society of American Florists next August and we are 

 now glad to be able to record rapid advancement within 

 the past week in the work of laying out and planting the 

 big Convention Garden which is destined to be so prom- 

 inent a feature of the Boston meeting. A number of 

 novel and imposing features have been decided upon in 

 connection with this garden and entries for space have 

 been coming in from many prominent nurserj'men, 

 seedsmen and plant dealers. It will be a constant hustle 

 from now on until the planting has been completed and 

 if there are any of our readers who have been thinking 

 of entering exhibits of any kind but have not yet done 

 so, they should realize that the time left for garden 

 planting is now very brief. Every facility is now in 

 working order for immediate and scrupulous attention 

 to exhibitors' instructions. 



Another year has rolled by and once more 

 Memorial we stand on the threshold of Memorial Day. 

 Day The rapidly decreasing ranks of the vet- 

 erans whose valor and patriotism this day 

 was originally intended to commemorate remind us that 

 it cannot now be very long before the inspiring and 

 time-honored observance in which they are the central 

 feature will have passed into history. Yet Memorial 

 Day will remain, gathering new significance as one gen- 

 eration follows another on the scene and adds its record 

 of willing self-sacrifice and loyalty to country, to home 

 and fellowman. The occasion, however, apart from all its 

 patriotic sentiment, comes at a time when the appeal of 

 the flowers is irresistible and for this reason alone has 

 an assured permanency. It has been the custom of all 

 peoples from time immemorial to welcome the advent of 

 spring and tbe floral outburst with some festival of 

 rejoicing. The great cherry celebration in Japaa is an 

 impressive example which dates back to ancient times. 

 With us the spring welcome finds expression in the lavish 

 floral adornment of the last resting places of those we 

 love and those we honor. In this great annual observ- 

 ance the florist mu.st ever be a factor. No need to 

 beseech and appeal to the public for support as has been 

 thought advisable in the ca.se of the stupidly managed 

 Mothers' Day. Memorial Day will take care of itself 

 and all the florist has to do is to be prepared. It is 

 pleasjint to read the reports from all sections that this 

 year there is no scarcity of material and no incentive to 

 advance prices on anything. Under such conditions any 

 florist who takes advantage of his customers by attempt- 

 ing to exact an increased price for his goods or his 

 work commits an act of business suicide. 



