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II o UTICULT I I; I. 



November 18, 1911 



horticulture: 



TOL. XIV iNuVfc.nBER 18, 1911 NO. 20 



PI lil.lMIKl) HEEKL1 111 



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CONTENTS Page 



COVER IliLUSfRATION Specimen Cattleya labiata. 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK — Care of Cattleyaa — Cinerarias — Bougainvil- 

 leas — Forcing Irises — Lily of the Valley — Potting 

 Soil for th.' Winter— John •/. M. FarreU 693 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS— Clear- 

 ins Peach Houses — Pot Vines — Chicory — Asparagus 

 — Tomatoes Not Setting — Storing Winter Cabbage — 



■ge H. Penson 695 



A SUPERB CATTLEYA 695 



THE EXHIBITIONS: 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Illustrated — 



Worcester County Horticultural Society 696 



Fall Show in Philadelphia 697 



Horticultural Society of New York, Illustrated 698 



St . Louis Flower Show 699 



Cincinnati Show, Illustrated 700 



New Jersey Floricultural Society — Detroit Show — 

 New London Horticultural Society 700a 



CUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



Pittsburgh Florists' and Gardeners' Society — Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society — Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston — Newport Horticultural Society 



— St. Louis Florist Club 700b 



American Rose Society — New York Florists' Club — 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society — Sweet Pea 

 Exhibition for 1912 — Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America — Florists' Club of Philadelphia — Society of 



American Florists 700c 



Notes 700d 



TWO NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Illustrated 700d 



DURING RECESS: 

 Chicago Bowling — New York Florists' Bowling Club.700d 



SEED TRADE: 



The Seed Disclaimer Upheld 702 



Foreign Trade Opportunities — Notes 704 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 706 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



Philadelphia Notes 700a 



News Notes 700a-707 



Incorporated 701 



Washington Notes 701 



Chicago Notes 701 



St. Louis Notes 704 



Personal 704 



Lord & Burnham Co.'s New Philadelphia Manager, 



portrait 718 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 718 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. Buffalo, Chicago 709 



Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 711 



Washington 716 



OBITUARY: 



John J. Murphy — Andrew Thurston — Henry Anger- 

 muende — Elijah Huftelen — John R. Holdeman — 

 Stephen Taplin — Peter T. Devoy — G. H. Pieser 717 



in all the accounts that have 

 An essential reached us it would appear that the 

 for success f a ]i shows have come off well this sea- 

 son in most places. One or two excep- 

 tions only have been noted. In fact, great progress has 



been ma'!'' in some instances as in (he case of Provi- 



and Philadelphia, where local apathy had pre- 



a number of years. Where there is indiffer- 



enci illy not difBcuH to find a cause. In both 



of the places above mentioned il Beems to have been, 

 due in large degree to an ahsenci of coneeri ami the 

 co-operative Bpiril between the commercial and amateur 

 Hi-. 'I'll, re are other organizai ions where tin 



a common pui pose between i bese w ings of the 

 lership is unquestionably retarding progress and 

 og to the disadvantage of these societies and 

 e best inten sts of horticulture. These inter- 

 be nourished am! strengthened where 

 -. gardeners and amateurs stand shoulder to shoul- 

 der in the work thai soi ie1 ies should do, each reco 

 ing in the fullest sense the indispensability of the other 



Wholesale flower market reports 



Vicissitudes of the this week reflect the sudden and 



flower market very severe weather which during 



the pas! Eew days has overspread 

 practically the entire country. While these blizzards 

 are anything hut comfortable to face, and while they 

 make a gaping hole in the coal pile, yet there is prob- 

 ably no flower grower or wholesale dealer who does not 

 welcome their coming, for they do much to place the 

 market on a substantia] basis and to establish prices 

 approaching winter values, which once started are pretty 

 sure to have some permanency. Two distinct facts seem 

 to be brought out by this year's experience. One is that 

 the single and pompon chrysanthemums are coming in 

 to .i much greater popular appreciation for cut flower 

 uses. Men of good artistic perception have anticipated 

 this for a number of years, bui the change was slow in 

 coming and the craze for bigness has died very hard. 

 The other noticeable feature in the flower demand is the 

 widespread interest in the new roses, of which several 

 have already made, or are about to make, their debut — 

 and the newer and more novel the new comer the more 

 ii is wanted. It is not so very bum since it was charged 

 that the custom of the retailers was to discourage the 

 introduction of new varieties of roses and of the grow- 

 ers in exercise timidity. and caution in touching them. 

 That the sentiment has changed must be a great satis- 

 faction to the introducers and the outlook for their 

 hither! nod efforts is a great encouragement 



for them. Henceforth the carnation and the chrysan- 

 themum will have to -bare a good slice of the novelty 

 markel with the Queen of Flowers. 



Prepare Now 



for our Si renth Anniversary and Holiday Number. As 

 it will be a worthy exponent of horticulture 

 in its 1 .11 filled with the sort of reading mat- , 



ter that will i i [perusal. That is the kind of 



paper which is of the highest value to the advertiser 

 and we hope the trade will respond generously to this 

 call for early advertising orders. The issue will he pub- 

 under date of December 9, but all advertising 

 space should be sei ured and copy in our hands not later 

 than December 4. and as much earlier as possible. 



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