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July 22, 1911 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVEH ILLUSTRATION View in Uose ilm 



SEASON Vlil.U NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK- Callas- Mulching Mixture— Pansies— Paint- 

 ing and Repairing Ramblei Roses— Solanunis— John 

 ./. I/. Farrell yT 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE}- W. II. idseti 99 



SWEET PEAS AT PASADENA— Bdutin Lonsdale— Illus- 

 trated " 



A Notable Canandaigua, N. Y., Estate 99 



Rose Garden at Elizabeth Park, Harlford, Conn 99 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENT \i. HORTICULTURISTS: 



Preliminary Programme, Annual Meeting and Exhibi- 

 tion 100 



Boston to Baltimore— New York to Baltimore 101 



A NEW ENGLAND BEAUTY SPOT— David F. Roy, 

 portrait 101 



IN A HARTFORD GARDEN 101 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— American Gladiolus Society 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society— American As- 

 sociation of Park Superintendents— St. Louis Florist 



Club 102 



Pittsburg Florists' and Gardeners' Club— Westchester 

 and Fairfield Horticultural Society— Nassau County 

 Horticultural Society— Society of American Florists.. 103 



COST OF PLANTING AND CARING FOR ORCHARDS 103 



DURING RECESS— Chicago Sports— Washington Flor- 

 ists' Outing — The Dreer Picnic— Victorious Michells — 



New York Bowlers — Notes 104 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 115 



SEED TRADE— Clover Seeding Lost— Not^es 106 



Earl Talks on Crop Prospects— 0. C. Watson 108 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS— Steamer De- 

 partures — New Flower Stores 110 



A Pastoral Window Scene, Illustrated— Flowers by 

 Telegraph m 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS— Boston, Buffalo, Chi- 

 cago. Detroit 113 



New Y"ork. Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington 115 



OBITUARY'— Charles Neiglick— Leonard G. Ward- 

 Marshall Symmes— Daniel W. Coquillett 120 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Personal 99 



Rhododendrons and Azaleas— Illustration 104 



Chicago Notes 1°* 



Detroit Notes I|n 



St. Louis Notes m 



Philadelphia Notes nl 



ated ' ' ' 



Fire Record HI 



News Notes "■' 



Little Bobbie 120 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 121 



Patents Granted 121 



To Investigate Fruit Transportation 122 



It is interesting to read in the London 

 Window Morning Post the list of plants mosl gen- 

 boxes orally in use for windov ioxes. Bes 

 tal and ivy-leavi rgoniums, 



low daisies, nasturtiums, petunias, ias and ver- 



■ ae n hit h, h ith a number of other things nol - 



■ ma i tip i lie popular lis! for such purposes in 

 this country, there are mentioned Cytisus racemosus, 



calceolaria , musl and several spei ies oi 1 1 anulas. 



In this connection w nee thai the Philadelphia 



North \mei lean bemoans the t'aet thai there is a v< i 

 evident falling off in the quantitj of window gardens 



M Philadelphia a- i ompared with two i ;o and 



es i iiai "ii ■ i .' pity thai the i ustom is dying 



out."' We trnsl the North American is mistaken. The 

 Philadelphia florists should see to i1 thai the custom 

 doe- noi die oul in their city. Florists in other cities, 



The receipt of the preliminai ) a ice 



Convention ,, ,,,,,, .-,„,] program for the ' eiitioi) 



time f the Society of American Florists and 



Ornamental Horticull eminds us 



thai i he t line for tl al importanl annual event i- almost 

 here. The program for the various sessions al Haiti- 

 more, as given, affords but little idea of the interest and 

 significance that will attach to the meetings and the 

 matters of vital import, to ornamental horticulture 

 which will receive attention. For the majority of mem- 

 bers no doubt the special sectional session- arranged 

 for Thursday will present the greatest attraction, each 

 individual being drawn to that department most closely 

 touching his own welfare. While these divided meet- 

 ings may be numerically small they are, however, likely 

 to accomplish much more in a practical way than is the 

 case with large mass gatherings such as have been the 

 rule at most S. A. F. Conventions in the past and we 

 think the Society will do well to still farther enlarge 

 upon this sort of Convention activity from year to year. 

 More detail as to what topics are to be discussed in the 

 sectional meetings would seem to be desirable in this 

 preliminary program. A little more meat in the docu- 

 ment would have added considerably to its persuasive 

 value in stimulating attendance at Baltimore. 



From advices received from time to time it 

 Don't i s j n eivdence that local Convention prepa- 

 miss it rations are being carried forward with com- 

 mendable diligence. The Baltimore spirit 

 of hospitality is something more than an emotion — it is 

 business with the Baltimorean and the orderly system 

 and masterly grasp of details which they have attained 

 was well evidenced on the occasion of the side visit to 

 Baltimore al the time of the Washington Convention 

 ami previously tit the American Carnation Society's 

 meeting. The trade exhibition, also to some extent un- 

 der local direction, is an assured phenomenal success as 

 a perusal of the list of amounts of space already spoken 

 for will show. This exhibition is now, in truth, the 

 strongest support of the S. A. V. I onvention as an all- 

 importanl annual event, from a trade standpoint. When 

 it is considered thai this is the second big display of 

 ind within five months — both in eastern territory — 

 the attitude of the leading manufacturers, growers and 

 deahis i n horticultural goods aitd of the purchasing ele- 

 mi nl in the trad, towards thi- feature a- a lui-niess en- 

 terprise musl be obvious. The absence of any dealer 

 this affair now, savors of business suicide and the 

 consumer who □ isses this golden opportunity to keep 

 in touch with what is new and improved is making a 

 sthj mistake. 



