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H ORTICULTURE 



February 7, 1920 



FUTTERMAN BROS. 



Wholesale Florists, 102W. 28th St. New York 



The Rie:ht People to Deal with. Phone Watkins 9761-159 Consignments solicited. 



B. A. SNYDER CO. ^^,^7!'! 



Hardy Cut Evergreens, Cut Flowers and Florists Supplies 



21-25 Otis Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephone Fort Hill 1083-1084-1085 



William F. Kasting Co. 



SfiS-STO WASHINGTON STREET 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Would like to handle consignments from growers of good 

 Snapdragon and novelties. 



HERMAN WEISS, Wholesale Florist 



55 West 26th Street, New York City 



Boston Floral Supply Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



DEALERS tN Q^^^ Flowcrs and Evcrgrcens 



We manufacture our own Wax Flowers, Baskets, Wire Frames, and 

 preserve our own Cycas and Foliage right in our own factory. 

 OFFICE, SALESROOMS, SHIPPING DEPT. 



15 OTIS STREET Mxiy'''ri4%^, 96 Arch Street 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Unknown customers kindly give 

 reference or cash witb order 



Roses 

 Carnations 



Callas 

 Sweet Peas 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



5 S. MOLE STREET 

 PHILADELPHIA,) PA. 



Plumosa 



Strings and 



Bunches 



Adiantum 



and a full line 



of all other 



Greens 



preserved vegetables or truit prod- 

 ucts." 



It will be clearly noted how compre- 

 hensive is this embargo, restricting 

 the importation of every thing which 

 might in any way carry the insect, and 

 the noticeable exception of dahlia and 

 gladiolus bulbs and potato tubers, in 

 which it is well known the borer can- 

 not be carried and in which it has 

 never been found. 



On January 20. 1920, the &o.vemor of 

 Illinois put into effect a quarantine 

 prohibiting "the shipment of com, 

 broomcom, celery, dahlias, chrysanthe- 



mums, gladioli, and geraniums grow- 

 ing in the said states of Maine. New 

 Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts. 

 Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New 

 York, except seed corn in packages not 

 to exceed one pound and seed corn in 

 bulk, provided it has been shelled and 

 double screened and it is addressed to 

 the Chief Inspector." 



Inasmuch as Illinois in an effort to 

 protect the state from the Com Borer, 

 has put an embargo upon things which 

 do not carry the insect, allowing the 

 importation of any number of plants in 

 which it has always been found, it 



looks on the face of it, like a very 

 pointed discrimination against the 

 bulb growers in the Eastern States, 

 brought about through efficient lobby- 

 ing. 



I have given much time and thought 

 to the matter of Corn Borer, since It 

 was brought into prominence through 

 threatened legislation a year ago, have 

 been in close touch with Washington 

 and State Inspectors, and am very free 

 to state that the Illinois state embargo 

 is a very narrow and unjust one, in its 

 action against dahlia and gladiolus 

 growers, since it is well known that 

 the largest growers in the United 

 States are located In the Eastem 

 states. 



B. Hammond Tract. 



THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY 



At a meeting on January 29th at 

 the New York Botanical Garden an 

 enthusiastic assembly of iris growers, 

 both amateur and commercial, formed 

 an organization for the culture and 

 improvement of the iris. Classifica- 

 tion, standard form for description 

 and rules for judging are to be im- 

 mediately considered; a check list 

 embracing over a thousand varieties 

 will be used as a basis for the fine 

 collection to be started at the New 

 York Botanical Garden, this spring. 

 Here the question of nomenclature 

 will receive the chief attention and 

 in other plantings in other sections 

 of the country there will be collected 

 comparative data on adaption to soil 

 and climate and show plantings will 

 be made of the finest varieties. 



With hearty cooperation, we can help 

 to increase your business, advise you 

 in the treatment of pests, and aid in 

 many other ways. You may become 

 an active member at $3.00 a year. 

 Wake up. The iris are coming into 

 their own. 



The following officers were elected 

 to serve until the regular annual 

 meeting in the spring: President, 

 John C. Wister of Philadelphia; vice- 

 president, Wm. A. Peterson of Chi- 

 cago; treasurer, Frank H. Presby of 

 Montclair, N. J.; secretary, R. S. 

 Sturtevant Wellesley Farms, Mass., 

 and as regional vice-president, B. Y. 

 Morrison, Washington, D. C, Mrs. 

 Samuel H. Taft of Cincinnati, T. A. 

 Kenning of Minneapolis Sidney B. 

 Mitchel of California, Floyd Brallior 

 of Nashville, and Dr. F. E. Bennett of 

 Ontario. The directors are Edwin C. 

 Shaw, James Boyd, B. H. Farr, Harry 

 A. Norton, M. J. Hendrickson and Dr 

 H. A. Gleason. 



