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HORTICULTURE 



August 12, 1911 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 COVEB ILLUSTRATION Washington Monument, Bal- 

 timore. 

 SUMMER-FLOWERING ORCHIDS 1/. /. Pope— Illus- 

 trated 



WATER LILIES— Arthur E. Thatcher 196 



A LAWN PROBLEM -E. 0. Orpel 196 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLOR- 

 ISTS STOCK Care of Adiantums — Chrysanthe- 

 mums — Orchids — Pelargoniums — Poinsettias — Ro- 

 man Hyacinths — John J. M. Farrell 197 



VEGKTAltl.ES UNDER class Cucumbers— Lettuce 



— Ti : '. Farrell 1: ' : ' 



BALTIMORE— Tin' Metropolis of the South, Illus- 

 trated 200-204 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS: 



Program of Meetings and Entertainments at Balti- 

 more. Illustrated 205-208 



Convention Games -Ladies' S. A. F 208 



American Gladiolus Society— American Carnation 



Society 209 



SEED TRADE— Pea Situation Slightly Better— Farm- 

 ers' Alaskas and Canners' Sweet— Beans — Corn- 

 Miscellaneous Crop Notes 210 



Notes 249 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS 



Steamei Departures 212 



New Flower Stores— Flowers by Telegraph 213 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS— Boston, Chicago 215 



Cincinnati. New York. Philadelphia. St. Louis -1. 



SPEAKING OF PHILADELPHIA: 



Some of Her Leading Houses, Illustrated 22o-23n 



CLUBS i-ND si icihtiks 



American Rose Society— Florists' Club of Washing- 

 ton—Western Dahlia and Gladiolus Association- 

 Am' -nciation of Park Superintendents 235 



Society of American Florists— Club and Society- 

 Notes ' 236 



OBITi'AKV August Sunderbruch — Samuel Frederick 

 Miller — Miss Minn on Edward McNally— 



William B. May Mrs. C. H. Woolsey— James 



O'Leary— James L. Reynolds 



DURING RECES 



New York Bowlers— Michel] vs. Harris— Detroit 



Florist Club Outing, Illustrated 24i 



MISCELLANEOl S 



Tne Bi e< ry 209 



212 "*J* 



Cincinnati Pen onals 213 



Chicago Notes 217 



Mir. i 236 



In Bankruptcy -- ; '' 



Ne* - Notes - 



In© "° 



Washington Notes— Detroit Notes 



The Exultant Gladiolus - 4 ' 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 248 



Patents Granted— Catalogues Received 248 



Cost of 



life membership 



This is Boetii i i . - seventh an- 

 nual < lohvention \ amber. We send 

 it "in bound in "Oriole" colors in 

 compliment to the hospitable cit) whose people are 

 ready to extend a prim elj welcome to the thousand visit- 

 ing hortii ultural craftsmen who are about to congregate 

 within her gates. Baltimore, when she does anyth 

 does i1 well, with an open-hearted liberality and sincer- 

 ity of purpose nowhere excelled. To the boys who have 

 i so faithfully in the preparations Eor this great 

 event, and to the convention visitors Eorticultuee 

 here extends cordial congratulations and the earnest 

 hope thai this Baltimore meeting may bee memor- 

 able i"i wisi deliberation and sagacious anion and thai 

 cord may till a proud chapter in the historj of 

 it nli ural progress in America. 



The proposed ( onsl n utional amend- 

 in. in to be voted on at Baltimore, 

 making $50.00 i he amount required 

 for a life membership in the Society 

 of American Florist-, should, we believe, be adopted. 

 With the large and rapidly-growing sum now accumul- 

 ated in the treasury, in the use of which each new mem- 

 ber becomes an equal participant, it is evident that a 

 life member coming in now at $50.00 will get as much, 

 if not more, Eor his money, than one who joined some 

 years ago a not mentioning the enhanced pres- 



ide which comes from membership in an organization 

 occupying so influential a position as this prosperous 

 National Society has now attained. The original life 

 membership cost was purposely set at a low figure, we 

 recall, with the intent of providing an inducement to 

 the establishment of a permanent reserve fund — some- 

 thing which was seen to be necessary to the Society's 

 stability and permanency. Thai object having been ac- 

 complished it now seems proper to consider what amount 

 i- Eair in comparison with the assessment for annual 

 membership which is $5.00 for first year and $3.00 an- 

 nually thereafter, and in this light also the proposed ad- 

 vana seems reasonable and fully justified. Members 

 o are interested in this question should hear in mind 

 that a two-thirds vote, not a nitre majority, is required 

 to carry an amendment to the By-laws, 



The S ty of American Florists assumes, 



Vox popuii ;| . i ,. Deen wt ,]] .said, a grave responsibil- 

 ity in the matter of the election of a 

 Secretary to follow 3 i retary Dorner who has det I ned 



lei lion this year. We are not 



of those, however, who - langer in thi -nored 



method o is important official and who 



& favor 1 i i irivilege as now exercised away 



from i - nd vesting il in thi Executive Board. 



Whatever individual views may be as to the wisdom or 



unwi i - ty's select ions in i he past . there 



is nothing to prove that an Executive Board would have 



any wiser or done any better and there is always a 



ous danger in any action calculated to widen the 



gap and lessen the element of personal fraternal rela- 



tionship between members and officials, especially in an 



