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HORTICULTURE 



August 10, 1911 



horticulture: 



▼OL. XIV 



AUGUST 19, 1911 



HO. 8 



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CONTENTS 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— R. Vincent, Jr.— President- 

 elect Society of American Florists. 



CYCNOCHES CHLOROCHILON— M. J. Pope— Illustrat- 

 ed 261 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS- 

 STOCK— Cyclamen— Care of Hardwooded Plants— 

 Bouvardias — Geranium Cuttings — Marguerites — 

 Roses— John J. M. Farrell 263 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS: 



Opening Session — President's Address 264 



Secretary's Report 266 



Treasurer's Report. . . ^ 267 



President's Reception — Wednesday Morning's Ses- 

 sion — Report of Tariff and Legislative Committee — 



Chicago the Next Meeting Place 268 



Nomination of Officers — Wednesday Afternoon's 

 Session — Report of Second National Flower Show 



Committee 268a 



Thursday Morning's Session — Election of Officers — 

 Ladies' S. A. F. — Joint Meeting — Florists Hail Asso- 

 ciation — Ladies' Bowling- John Young, portrait 268b* 



The Exhibition— Report of Judges 268c 



Report on School Gardening 268d 



Florists Hail Association 269 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— St. Louis Florist Club— Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club — Railway Gardening Association 270 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural Society — Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society— Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston 271 



OBITUARY— John Birnie, portrait— C. L. Sieber 272 



James H. O'Malley — Rudolph Frost — Samuel S. Cris- 

 sey — M. L. Bonham 273 



DURING RECESS— Michell Co.'s Outing— New York vs. 

 Astoria 276 



C. S. HARRISON AND CONSERVATION— G. C. Watson 276 



SEED TRADE 276 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS— Steamer De- 

 partures : 278 



New Flower Stores — Flowers bv Telegraph 279 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS— Boston, Buffalo. Chi- 

 cago, Cincinnati, Detroit 281 



Philadelphia, St. Louis 283 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Cincinnati Notes 273 



Washington Notes 274 



Personal 274-276 



Baltimore Notes 275 



Detroit Notes 276 



Chicago Notes 278 



Incorporated 283 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 288 



Publications Received 288 



News Notes 290 



Patents Granted 290 



The Ring 268b 



Two Fine Gladiolis Novelties 268b 



St. Louis Notes 269 



Baltimore's Week 



This is Baltimore's week and right well has she made 

 use of its privileges and its obligations. And the horti- 

 cultural interests of our country are advanced and 

 enriched by the splendid success of this notable event, 

 the spirit of progress with which it was imbued and the 

 inspiration generated, in which not only those who were 

 in attendance but the stay-aways are beneficiaries. As 

 to those who stayed away, who are in the habit of stay- 

 ing away from these enthusiastic gatherings, we are 

 truly sorry for them. There are many who from one 

 circumstance or another are obliged to be absent, but 

 there are thousands who ought to support the Society 

 with their presence and their influence, who can if 

 they wish, but who do not. Some of you who think you 

 have no time to waste on such things, who find your 

 own business demands all your time, who "haven't taken 

 a vacation in twenty years," might take to heart the ad- 

 monition in the Philadelphia Telegraph : 



"Imagine the good time your widow is going to have 

 some day on the money you have saved." 



Window Boxes 



Mr. Editor: — Your editorial in last week's issue of 

 Horticulture, captioned "Blamed anyway," relating 

 to window boxes is timely and to the point. In a re- 

 cent editorial you called attention to the fact that win- 

 dow boxes are not so popular in Philadelphia as they 

 used to be. There must be some cause for this and it 

 is up to the growers of window box plants to find the 

 cause and apply the remedy. A properly filled and 

 properly attended window box is decidedly ornamental; 

 while a poorly filled and cared for box is an eyesore 

 That the construction of the box or receptacle is "pro- 

 lific cause of failure" is a point that should be empha- 

 sized and no florist should allow a box or plant recep- 

 tacle of any kind to be filled on his establishment unless 

 it is all right. A case of this kind, with which, fortun- 

 ately, I had nothing to do, was called to my attention 

 this season. A large factory in New York had a lot of 

 window boxes made in its own shop, painted them green 

 outside (which was all right) and smeared them with 

 white lead inside (which was wrong). No holes were 

 made in the bottoms of the boxes. Thousands of suit- 

 able plants were bought and planted in those boxes by 

 men who call themselves gardeners. The plants prompt- 

 ly started to dwindle and die and the dealer who sup- 

 plied the plants was blamed. They refilled those boxes 

 using the same soil and with the same result. Again 

 the dealer is blamed. "Blamed anyway." A failure on 

 so large a scale as this is sure to be noticed and deter 

 others from attempting window box decoration. How 

 the florist can "butt in," seeing those people do all their 

 own work is more than I can see. 



If the editorial referred to was published in the 



i ihly magazines or daily papers it would reach a 



class who ought to be posted on such things. 



d&ofrnice^ 



West Boboken, X. J., Aug. 14. 



