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HORTICULTURE 



November 11. 1911 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLUSTRATION— Pot-Grown Black Hamburgh 

 Grape. 



SEASONABI.K NOTES ON 111. TURK OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK Azalea Mollis - Gladioli for Forcing — Lili- 

 um multiflorum and giganteum — Marguerites — Pre- 

 partng Land for Next Year — Roman Hyacinths for 

 Christmas — John J. M. Farrett 657 



FRUIT AM> VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS: 



Cleaning and Renovating Early Vineries — Strawber- 

 ries for Forcing — Root Pruning Illustrated — Forcing 

 Rhubarb- George II. Penson 659 



THE EXHIBITIONS: 



Red Bank. N. J. — American Institute— Stamford, 



Conn 660 



Mi. Kisco, X. V. K. I. Horticultural Society— Tarry- 

 town. Illustrated 661 



Klberon Horticultural Society— Nassau County Hor- 

 ticultural Society — Horticultural Society of New 

 York Detroit 662 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— If. H. Adsett 663 



GLADIOLUS AND DAHLIA NOTES— C. Betscher 663 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



National Sweet Pea Society of America — Florists' 

 Club of Washington — Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society — Chicago Florists' Club — Florists' Club of 

 Philadelphia — Pennsylvania Horticultural Society — 

 State Florists' Association of Indiana — Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America — Notes 664 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA— Presi- 

 dent Elmer D. Smith's Address 665 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



The New Breitmeyer Store. Illustrated 666 



Steamer Departures 674 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 675 



POT-GROWN GRAPES 666 



DURING RECESS— New York Bowlers— Chicago Bowl- 

 ing Scores 666 



SEED TRADE -Prize Vegetables at Boston— Noxious 

 Seed Laws or the Restraint of Seed Trade 672 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati. New York I'm, 



Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis 679 



OBITL'ARY L. Gibson— Patrick Birmingham— Charles 

 Zimmerman — Norman J. Coleman — George Wood- 

 ward 685 



ELLANEOUS: 



Roses in Cuba 663 



A Bermuda Letter, Illustrated 663 



A Rose List 663 



Boston Landscape Classes 665 



Personal 666 



News Notes 666-672-675-686 



Cincinnati Notes 666 



cago Notes 668 



Incorporated 668 



Washington Notes 669 



St Louis Notes 669 



Boston Notes 669 



logues Received 672 



Philadelphia Notes 679 



American Apples Abroad 684 



Patents Granted 685 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 686 



"Flowers" 686 



A noble 

 gift 



( ongratulal ions to Rochester ob the 

 opi ning of ht r splendid park conservatory. 



What the 

 dahlia needs 



V, municipal park system is adequately 

 equipped without such structures. Where 

 i,e\ have lie. ii supplied the interest displayed bj t hi 

 publii e throngs of people thai frequent them on 



ial floral Bhow days oughi to confound and silence 

 an\ argument thai could possibly be advanced for theii 

 exclusion. All honor to the benefactress who chose this 

 utilitarian form of memorial instead <>( mh-< 1 im-\ nl 

 stained glass windows and marble sculptures. Eer ex- 

 ample i- w orl h\ of eiiiulat ion. 



We have all heard from time to time 

 more or less disparagement of the 

 dahlia as a desirable garden ornament. 

 No douht the criticisms are founded on 

 grounds i 'e or less substantial and valid but the peru- 

 sal of a communication such as we give publicity to in 

 another page of this paper is calculated to start new 

 trains of thought and suggest inquiry as to whether it is 



the dahlia itself or its pro ters and sponsors thai are 



most to Maine. The letter of Mr. Betscher from which 

 we quote was a private one and we have quoted Erom 

 it without permission, hut we think it is the sort of talk 

 which should have wide publicity and of which we have 

 not nearly enough. We have heretofore urged in these 

 columns, on behalf of the dahlia and its need- towards 

 future popularity, that on the matters of color, form 

 and size, for instance, we might well afford to let it stand 

 where it is for a time, while we try to develop in it the 

 qualities of more compact and less rampant growth, ear- 

 lier and more abundant blooming and more upright flow- 

 ers on taller and stiller stalks. Put into the quest for 

 these qualities the same amount of effort which has 

 been expended on color and form of flower and it will 

 not take long to move the dahlia away up towards the 

 top of the list of garden favorites. 



Among the essentials for success in any 

 venture it is safe to say that no one 

 qualification counts for more than en- 

 It has been said that "without enthusiasm 

 the man's other good qualities are nearlj lost." True 

 as this is of an individual it is even more so of an asso- 

 ciation. This was deeply impressed upon us by the 

 hearty zeal and confident self-reliance which character- 

 ized the n ting in Boston la-i Saturdaj in the interests 



of the Sweet Pea Society of America and the exhibition 

 which is to be held in Boston next summer by that 

 young organization and the Massai husetts Horticultural 

 Society jointly. The optimism which prevailed was not 

 in the air" kind but was of the most sub- 

 stantial character and so infectious that every one pres- 

 ent was tided with its ardor. George C. Watson, who 

 only Looked in on the meeting for a few moments on his 

 way to Philadelphia was bo imbued with its influence 

 thai he was impelled to write' us in glowing words about 

 tin Great Power which seems now to be inspiring so 

 many to work for the elevation and advancement of 

 Aineii, an horticulture. Mark the sweet pea demonstra- 

 of next July a- destined to be an eye-opener as to 

 well-directed enthusiasm can accomplish. Then 

 consider whether any club or society in which you are 

 enrolled is lacking in that respect and get busy. There's 

 no excuse for a decadent society in these days of in- 

 spiring horticultural outlook. 



Enthusiasm 



thusiasm. 



