HORTICULTURE 



July 1, 1911 



horticulture: 



▼«.. XIV 



JULY 1, 1*1 1 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVER ILLUSTRATION— H. T. Rose Kronprinzessin 

 Cecilie. 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK— Cyclamen — Care of Orchids— Ferns for 

 Dishes — Geraniums for Winter Flowering — Mignon- 

 ette — Nephrolepis — John ./. \l. Fundi 5 



A HIVE OF INDUSTRY— Illustrated 7 



DAHLIA WOLFGANG VON GOETHE— Illustrated 7 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 

 Society of American Florists — Florists' Club of 

 Washington — Detroit Florist Club — National Sweet 



Pea Society of America 8 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society — Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago — Louisville Wants the S. A. F. in 

 1912— Club and Society Notes 9 



OBITUARY: 



Mrs. Frank McMahon — Peter Ott— Edward B. Voor- 

 hees — Richard Metcalf — Louis Magin 9 



DURING RECESS: 

 Opening at Waretown — St. Louis Picnic — Chicago 

 Bowlers — New York Bowlers 11 



SEED TRADE— Charles H. Breck, portrait 12 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 14 



Flowers by Telegraph ■ 15 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo. Chicago, Cincinnati 17 



Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, St. 

 Louis 19 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



H. T. Rose Kronprinzessin Cecilie 7 



A Generous Bequest 7 



A High Honor Awarded 9 



Ni ws Notes 9-19-26 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 11 



Philadelphia Notes 11 



Personal 12 



Chicago Notes 15 



Horticulture, with this issue, enters 

 Will you upon a new volume. rt 0ne< a subsi riber ai- 

 de it? \ vaV s a subsi ri i< r." is the almost invaria- 

 rule with the readers of this p., 

 there are occasional exceptions tml thi - 

 mparatively few that they need not he considi 

 mos1 gratifying condition we attribute to thi 



cellence and permanent value of the reading matter we 

 have been enabled to supply. So it is not the regular 

 patrons of the paper that we here address but those who 

 may chance to read these lines but are not yet sub- 

 rs. W( would respectfully ask all such to glance 

 over the index to the last volume of Horticultube 

 which appears herewith as a supplement and note what 

 a rasl amount, of good and instructive material is there 

 listed. And further consider that this covers only a 

 period of six months for which subscribers pay just 

 fifty cents! Can you get a better equivalent for the 

 money? Consider further the contents of the adver- 

 tising department — that great and unimpeachable 

 barometer of the horticultural industries of the coun- 

 try and we believe that after a little reflection you will 

 conclude to send your dollar for a year's subscription to 

 Horticulture. You will find yourself in the best sort 

 of company and the man who has "no time to read the 

 papers" will soon appear to you, as he does to us, as 

 a hopeless "hack number 1 /' Just one word to those who 

 are subscribers — if each one should send in one new 

 subscriber the circulation of Horticulture would ex- 

 ceed that of any publication in its line in this country. 



Some of the large dealers in forcing 

 Watch out bulbs and similar material notice a lack 



of enthusiasm of late among the trade 

 buyers and this they interpret as an indication that the 

 high pressure methods of recent years, intensified by 

 the increase of competition, have forced the smaller 

 growers into an uncomfortable position, occasioning 

 much disquietude as to the outlook. Unquestionably 

 the small grower is bound to suffer in a disproportion- 

 ate degree from the reduced wholesale values and more 

 exacting market for his product which is the inevitable 

 result of the advent of extensive operators and large 

 capital into the business which he has heretofore been 

 able to control to his own advantage. Overproduction, 

 with unexpected fluctuations and congestion at certain 

 times, is sure to derange and unbalance whatever sem- 

 blance of system ami stability has existed before and 

 conditions mori or ss chaotic are hound to ensure. 

 Xo one will question the assertion that the time has 

 come for closer figuring in all lines of commercial flor- 

 iculture and that the admonition to all to "watch out"' 

 is timely. 



A correspondent has sent in for our 



An ethical perusal a clipping from a Baltimore paper 



question wherein it is stated that certain Holland 



firms have sent in bids in competition 

 with American dealers, for supplying about a quarter 

 million of bulbs for tlie parks. Our friend submits 

 that such competition hurts tbe florists and seedsmen of 

 America and is "an imposition on American trade that 

 should not be tolerated." The principle involved is 

 one that has been a subject of debate as long as we 

 can remember. Tt might be suggested as a remedy 

 against foreign bidding on public orders that the laws 

 should specify that the buying be done at home, but 

 this restriction would lie easily overcome and its pur- 

 pose defeated b] transacting the business through Cus- 

 tom House brokers or direct agents for the foreign 

 bouses. If any of our readers have views on this sub- 

 jec1 which they would like to publicbj express we shall 

 be glad to give space in our reading columns to such. 

 Just where to draw the line as to who is properly en- 

 titled to wholesale rates and what protection should he 

 given by the produo r to the intermediary dealer is a 

 question of vital importance to all departments of the 

 trade. 



