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HORTICULTURE 



June 26, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



EHtablisliod by >Vllli»ni J. St«wart in 10(>4 



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June 26, 1920 



No. 26 



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The conference at New York to consider quar- 

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Heed? Federal Horticultural Board was the most 

 dignified, the most representative, and should 

 prove the most effective of any meeting of this kind which 

 has been held up to date. It does not seem possible that 

 the Federal Horticultural Board could fail to heed the sig- 

 nificance of this gathering, for there were present in person 

 or represented by signed communications, many of the 

 most prominent figures in the horticultural world, and they 

 represented both private and commercial interests, with 

 amateur horticulturists of large influence especially active. 



Many people have been wondering just how the Arnold 

 Arboretum was affected by the quarantine, and what posi- 

 tion it would take in the matter. At this conference a let- 

 ter was read from Professor C. S. Sargent, the director, 

 In which he said flatly that the Arboretum had decided to 

 give up receiving any foreign plants until there was a 

 modification in the rules of the quarantine board. 



Everybody recognizes that this situation constitutes a 

 serious menace to the future of horticulutral developments 

 in this country. The conference as a whole was very free 

 from over-statements or expressions of undue resentment. 

 In fact, it assumed a constructive form which gives prom- 

 ise of bringing about a modification of the board's arbitrary 

 and drastic ruling. 



There is good reason to hope that florists and 

 Secretary horticulturists as well as farmers will fare 

 Meredith well at the hands of the new Secretary of 

 Agriculture. Everybody who has seen or 

 talked with Mr. Meredith says that he has all the appear- 

 ance of a strong man. yet one with liberal views and a dis- 

 position to see both sides of a question. Henry Penn, of 

 Boston, said on his return from the advertising convention 



at Indianapolis that Mr. Meredith made a greater impres- 

 sion upon him than any other speaker, and that in his esti- 

 mation the secretary would make first class presidential 

 timber. From the viewpoint of the horticulturist, however, 

 it might be far better for Mr. Meredith to continue as sec- 

 retary of agriculture rather than to sit in the president's 

 chair. 



It was suggested at the recent quarantine conference 

 in New York that good results might come from a direct 

 appeal to Secretary Meredith, and many people join in the 

 belief that this would be a very wise and effective plan. 

 Secretary Houston was a difficult man to deal with, and 

 seemed inclined to accept the opinions of the board in 

 preference to those of any other experts whatever their 

 position, reputation or experience. Secretary Meredith is 

 a man of different calibre, according to all reports, and 

 would l)e both impartial and unbiased in his consideration 

 of the whole question. Without much doubt, some sort of 

 modification of the present rulings will be made, but of 

 course nobody can speak as to their character, and in the 

 meantime nurserymen hesitate to make any heavy invest- 

 ment looking to the propagation of material heretofore im- 

 ported because they do not feel that they can do so wlth- 

 cut risking a heavy loss, considering the present unsettled 

 condition of affairs. 



The forty-fifth annual convention of 

 Nurserymen's the American Association of Nurser.v- 

 Convention men in Chicago this week is an inter- 

 esting and important gathering. It is 

 pleasant to find that the nurserymen are showing in- 

 creased interest in the opportunities offered by co-operation 

 and likewise a disposition to unite in a concerted move- 

 ment to bring the trade into closer connection with the 

 buying public. Undoubtedly a great many matters of prime 

 importance will be discussed at this convention. A unique 

 feature of the convention is the fact that no formal pro- 

 gram has been arranged. President Moon and Secretary 

 Watson hope that the new plan will prove to be an Im- 

 provement over any yet tried out. They have learned in 

 the past that a business organization like the Nurserymen's 

 Association finds it difficult to confine itself to set speeches 

 or to carry on its deliberations by the clock. The most 

 important questions before the organization are brought 

 up, one by one, and full opportunity for a thorough thresh- 

 ing out of all the pros and cons. If the plan works out as 

 well as it is expected to, very likely other horticultural 

 organizations will adopt it at their convention gatherings. 



The trade in Canada is very much agitated 



Canadian over a proposition to change the name and 



florists constitution of the Canadian Horticultural 



Society. The proposition is to call it the 

 Society of Canadian Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists. It is true that this seems a good deal like copying 

 the name of the florists' organization in the United States, 

 and yet in the opinion of many of the florists of the Do- 

 minion, it covers the ground better than any other, al- 

 though in the opinion of some of the words "Ornamental 

 Horticulturists" constitute a tail which might just as well 

 be lopped off. In fact, a substitute name which has been 

 Iiroposed, The Canadian Florists' and Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion, seems to certain members of the trade to be less 

 cumbersome and more appropriate. At any rate, the pres- 

 ent name is not suitable under present conditions, and 

 without much doubt some change will be made at the next 

 convention. 



