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HORTICULTURE 



December 9, 1911 



horticulture: 



VOL. XIV DECEMBER 9, 1911 NO. 24 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY 1SY 



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CONTENTS 



Page 

 TWO USEFUL TENANTS OF THE HERBACEOUS 



BORDER— Richard Rot lie— Illustrated 793 



GLADIOLUS NOTES—/,. Mcrton Gage 794 



THE ROSE 794 



CULTURE OF PHALAENOPSIS— M. J. Po/.p— Illus. . .. 795 

 SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS' 

 STOCK— Care of Young Lorraine Begonias— Chrys- 

 anthemums for Stock— Bouvardias— Dendrobiunis — 



Carnations — Pansies, etc. — } hn J. M. Farrcll 797 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS: 



Making a Vine Border— Pruning Peach Trees— Fig 



Houses — Peas — George H. Penson 798 



NEW WINTER FLOWERING SHRUBS— A E. Thatcher 799 

 LOROPETALUM CHINENSE— E. H. Wilson— Ulus. . . . 799 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— IK. H. Adsett 801 



OBITUARY— F. A. Miller— Wellington Hughes — Robert 



S. Tabb— Robert Bottomley, Jr.— Barnabas Eldredge. 801 

 DESTROYING INSECTS UNDER GLASS— IV. F. 



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FOUR CHRYSANTHEMUM NOVELTIES, Illustrated. 803 

 MODERN TOMATO CULTURE— G. A. Jackson Burton. 804 

 U S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE — Secretary's Report. 805 



M. A. C. DEMONSTRATION ORCHARDS 806 



DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING THE DAHLIA 807 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 



New York Florists' Club— Florists' Club of Philadel- 

 phia — Illinois State Horticultural Society— Western 

 Dahlia and Gladiolus Association— Maryland State 



Horticultural Society 808 



Chrysanthemum Society of America — North Shore 

 Horticultural Society — Society of American Florists 

 —Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston— Yonkers 



Horticultural Society— Notes 809 



Florists' Club of Washington 812 



FORCING POT-GROWN LILACS, ETC 810 



DURING RECESS— New York Bowling— Chicago 829 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit 831 



New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington 833 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Steamer Departures — New Flower Stores 834 



Flowers by Telegraph 835 



SEED TRADE: 



\:ithiue Seed Catalogue, Illustrated 836 



D Damage— Pea and Bean Contract Prices — Brok- 



l>oa Offers 838 



An Assignment — Proposals for Government Supplies 841 

 MISCELLANEOUS: 



Pines 802 



A Worthless Soil Testing Outfit— Cyril G. Hopkins- ■ ■ 806 



The Early Bulb Forcer 807 



New Book by Wilhelm Miller 807 



Craig Christmas Specialties— College Point Plants.. 810 



ners' Reunion 810 



News Notes S12-829 



Patents Granted 816 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated — In Bank- 

 ruptcy 816 



Chicago Notes 827 



Personal— A Fine Wholesale House for St. Louis... 828 

 Philadelphia Notes 833 



For the seventh time Horticulture 

 Our seventh presents its annual holiday number, 

 anniversary f u n y conscious of its many shortcom- 

 ings, yet not without a certain amount 

 of pride which we feel is pardonable and which we be- 

 lieve our readers will be ready to excuse after they have 

 looked through its pages. When "the Boston paper" 

 entered the already well-occupied field of horticul- 

 tural journalism seven years ago, it was with a full 

 realization on the part of its promoters of the long up- 

 hill task ahead and the many obstructions and hin- 

 drances that it must expect to find blocking its path. 

 But we thought we could discern in the dim outlook a 

 path which, courageously and patiently followed, would 

 eventually lead to success and an honorable position in 

 the estimation of those whose interests we sought to 

 advance. 



And so the uphill climb was begun. 



On a Convinced that an imitation or du- 



secure footing plication of the style and methods 



of existing journals would be almost 

 suicidal, it was determined from the outset that Hor- 

 ticulture would be different and would, at least, aim 

 to be a better exponent, if possible, of the spirit and pur- 

 pose of American horticulture than its contemporaries. 

 How far this aim has been achieved we leave to each 

 one of our readers to decide for himself, but there's en- 

 couragement, at least, in the fact that the obstacles 

 which loomed ahead and which even some of our best 

 friends regarded as almost insurmountable were one 

 after the other overcome — and today after seven years 

 of "hammering away," Horticulture finds itself se- 

 cure in its footing and nobody disposed to openly ques- 

 tion its permanency or its usefulness. 



What has been accomplished thus far 

 Where towards gaining the confidence and 



credit belongs practical support of the horticultural 

 industries of our country is not all 

 apparent on the surface, but in our periodical special 

 numbers, of winch the present issue is a good example, 

 it crops out in unmistakable quality as anyone who 

 turns to its well-filled advertising pages or carefully 

 selected reading articles will realize. All this has been 

 made possible, not through any especial ability on our 

 own part but primarily because of the generous and 

 indulgent attitude of the trade extended unfalteringly 

 from the beginning. It is only right that we should 

 make this acknowledgment here and, as far as lies in 

 our power, see to it that the liberality and enterprise of 

 the advertising firms whose patronage make this special 

 issue possible is well rewarded in direct increased busi- 

 ness returns. And those of our readers who can see 

 their way clear to turn in some good trade to the houses 

 herein represented will, in doing so, confer upon this 

 paper a lasting, far-reaching and deeply-appreciated 

 favor which, we doubt not, will prove to have also been 

 equally advantageous to themselves. 



