HORTICULTURE 



VoL XXXI 



JUNE 19, 1920 



No. 25 



THE TALK OF THE TRADE 



Conditions in general tlirougli the 

 Kast in the way of Baby Ramblers 

 lor the coming season are promisin?;- 

 There is a larger quantity of stock 

 available and several tiolds which I 

 have seen arc in mighty good condi- 

 tion. Plants are breaking away nicely 

 from the bottom and there should be 

 some very nice stock offered. I don't 

 mean to say that there will be any 

 surplus, in fact I think everything 

 that there is will be tiuickly taken up. 



Such varieties as tlie crimson varie- 

 ty of Baby Rambler, Ellen Poulson. 

 Erna Teschendortf, Orleans and Tau- 

 sendschoen are always a satisfactory 

 crop, both for the plantsman as well 

 as the storeman. I have seen several 

 fields of these planted out fairly early 

 from S'/4 and 4 inch pots that are com- 

 ing along in great shape, and I don't 

 think there is any question that they 

 will develop into fine stock for the 

 fall 



The bulb situation seems still to be 

 quite a complicated matter, and if 

 the harvest in Holland is going to be 

 up to the usual quality, I am inclined 

 to think that there is going to be a 

 break in prices before it is over with. 

 I don't think this will apply so much 

 on .Fapanese bulbs, but on the Hol- 

 land stock there is quite a strong in- 

 dication that something is apt to 

 break most any time. 



If I understand correctly, England 

 is holding back in buying, and of 

 course nothing can be expected from 

 two big buyers in pre-war days, name- 

 ly Russia and Germany; and Ameri- 

 can buyers have certainly shown a 

 strong indication of being gun shv in 

 the same direction. I also believe now 

 from latest reports that the paper 

 white crop from France is not as 

 large as was expected. I don't think 

 the price will be more than last year 

 but I do believe that the market will 

 clean up in good shape. It wmild 

 seem to me now to be a pretty good 

 policy for everyone wanting paper 

 whites to order early. 



Begonia plants in the diff^nent 

 ranges around Boston and Xew York 

 are framing up in fine shape. I can't 

 see anything to prevent a fine lot of 

 plants for the holidays. Plants raised 

 from leaves are coming along in 4's 



and o's now, and a mighty pretty lot 

 there is to be seen. The early top 

 cuttings are just being potted up, and 

 while at one time I thought there 

 would be quite a short crop, everyone 

 seems to be coming along nicely, and 

 for late top cuttings a good supply 

 will be available. This is valuable 

 stock nevertheless for mixed work 

 such as hampers and pans, and for 

 made up pots of begonias alone; the 

 late leaf cuttings serve every purpose. 



should be paid through this olhce, and 

 therefore ask your co-operation by 

 sending checks for Canadian mem- 

 bers to this office." 



It seems to me that Mr. Pochelon's 

 request is one which should be heeded 

 because In a co-operative movement 

 like that of the F. T. D. it behooves 

 all members to do what they can to 

 help along wl\atever will be of advan- 

 tage to the association itself, and the 

 other members. In other words, it 

 means real co-operation, and not sim- 

 ply co-operation when one's own per- 

 sonal interests are involved. 



I am interested in a note from Mr. 

 Albert Pochelon, secretary of the F. T. 

 D. A. in regard to the success of the 

 bank account which was established 

 in Canada some time ago by the F. 

 T. D. office in order to offer facilities 

 for saving the discount rate prevail- 

 ing. Secretary Pochelon says that 

 very good results have been obtained, 

 but that he finds, unfortunately, that 

 many American members are not re- 

 ciprocal. It seems that they do not 

 pay their Canadian accounts through 

 the F. T. D. office, thereby taking ad- 

 vantage of the discount rates, the re- 

 sult being that the cash balance in the 

 Canadian branch is far in excess of 

 the American balance, and Mr. Poche- 

 lon is writing the following to mem- 

 bers of the association throughout the 

 country: 



"We feel in justice to the courtesy 

 extended that all Canadian accounts 



The new Begonia Peerless being in- 

 troduced this year by J. A. Peterson 

 & Sons is finding a good sale, and 

 bids fair to be another good variety 

 to add to the list which we now have. 

 It is very similar to .Mrs. J. A. Peter- 

 son and is a seedling from that varie- 

 ty by Socotrana. Mr. Peterson claims 

 that it holds flowers very w£ll, and 

 I am sure that the plants which he 

 has showed in various cities during 

 the winter were pleasing to plants- 

 men in general. They were mighty 

 pretty specimens and very attractive 

 in every way. If we can all grow it 

 anywhere near as well as Mr. Peter- 

 son, we will not be disappointed. 



Increased fame has been coming to 

 J. T. Butterworth of Framingham in 

 recent months. His exhibits at Horti- 

 cultural Hall in Boston have attracted 

 much favorable comment and evidently 



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