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HORTICULTURE 



July 31, 1920 



chrysanthemums also look in good 

 shape, and he is planning for a good 

 quantity of Asparagus plumosus and 

 sprengeri, also sweet peas, calendulas 

 and mignonette. The houses and heat- 

 ing system, in fact everything about 

 the place, are being put into first-class 

 condition, and results already show 

 that there has been no time wasted. 



I am very glad to note that Mr. John 

 Watson has been reelected secretary 

 of the American Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation. Mr. Watson is very much of 

 a live wire, and has been one of the 

 most active spirits in bringing about 

 a better feeling towards the nursery- 

 men throughout the country. U is 

 not to be disputed that a certain sen- 

 timent had grown up in some way, 

 leading to the belief that nurserymen 

 were often inclined to misrepresent 

 their goods and to mislead the public. 

 Of course the majority of nurserymen 

 are striving to carry on their business 

 in the most straight-forward way and 

 without resorting to underhand means. 

 At the same time, a few men in the 

 trade have committed acts which have 

 tended to bring criticism on nursery- 

 men in general. Under the leadership 

 of Mr. Watson, a vigorous campaign 

 has been carried on to bring the re- 

 calcitrant nurserymen to terms, and 

 to let the public know that the major- 

 ity of nurserymen should not be 

 judged by the disgraceful tactics pur- 

 sued by a few men in the business. 

 Mr. Watson Is the kind of man needed 

 as secretary of the Association, and 

 I am very glad that his good work is 

 being appreciated. 



florist. However, such hats have been 

 seen, even at a florists' convention. 

 Also in the booklet are amusing little 

 thumb sketches and clever arguments 

 following one another with great ra- 

 pidity, all emphasizing the nece.ssity 

 of making immediate reservations. 

 There are. for example, such obser- 

 vations as these; 



"Remember the date, August 16, 

 10 a. m. That's when the greatest 

 bunch of florists that ever went west 

 together will pull out from New York 

 on Phoebe Snow's own special line. 

 There will be lots of smoke— but not 

 from the engine. It will come from 

 the cigars of your good old friends- 

 boys from Boston, and Philly as well 

 as nearer home!" 



If the delegation isn't a big one. it 

 will be owing to no fault on the part 

 of the transportation committee, of 

 which Mr. C. Lowther is secretary. 



I understand that considerable work 

 is to be done right away on the Gae- 

 deke Greenhouses at Nashau. N. H. 1 

 am told that the buildings are to be en- 

 tirely remodeled and brought up to 

 date, making this plant adapted not 

 only for the growing of flowers but 

 for the production of vegetables as 

 well. The plant will be open for busi- 

 ness again about Labor Day. 



It's a striking and telling pamphlet 

 which the Florists' Club, of New York, 

 is putting out in preparation for the 

 S. A. F. and O. H. convention at Cleve- 

 land. The line on the outside cover 

 is certain to attract irimediate atten- 

 tion. It is printed in big black letters 

 and reads: 



Brush the Cinders Out of Your 

 Whiskers and Pack up the Old Black 

 Bag. 



Underneath is a picture of an aged 

 gentleman with a grip who seems to 

 be very much in a hurry, although the 

 stovepipe hat doesn't seem to fit in 

 well with the general conception of a 



CEMENT INSTEAD OF GRASS. 

 A lady in Los Angeles has got her 

 name in nearly all the papers through 

 having devised what she calls a ce- 

 ment lawn. Instead of turf, she has 

 a layer of cement over her yard, with 

 holes cut here and there for trees and 

 shrubs. The cement is painted green 

 and the lady expresses herself as quite 

 satisfied, since there is no longer any 

 watering or moving to be done. 



Thus she gets great renown in re- 

 turn for very little ingenuity. All 

 she did was eliminate grass in order 

 to save labor. The same idea is back 

 of the gas fireplace, the bouquet of 

 imitation flowers, the dickey and the 

 celluloid collar. It accounts for the 

 popularity of pills as a short cut to 

 health in place of the more arduous 

 route of physical exertion and sen- 

 sible diet. 



If the main object in life of the 

 Los Angeles lady is to avoid the 

 trouble of mowing and sprinkling a 

 lawn, then she did well to use ce- 

 ment. Most other persons, however, 

 having still a lingering fondness for 

 springy, fresh, green turf, will not ob- 

 ject to doing a little extra work, 

 even though lawn mowing does cut 

 down one's spare time for motoring, 

 dancing and bridge whist. 



Most really pleasant things require 

 bodily effort tor their maintenance. 

 This is particularly true of pleasant 

 things about a house. Cament would 

 free us of a lot of work, if used for all 

 purposes. Cement furniture would not 

 have to be kept polished and free from 

 scratches. Cement floors would re- 

 quire little effort in the upkeep. And 

 so on indefinitely. But how many 

 want to live in a cement world ? — Spo- 

 l{ane Spokesman Revieio. 



New Violet "Duchess" 



This la a great Improvoment on Prin- 

 cess of Wales— Deeper Shade and more 

 uniform, also a much better and surer 

 producer and better keeper and ship- 

 per, also more fragrant. General ap- 

 pearance when bunched away ahead of 

 other varletiea Exceptionally easy to 

 propagate. Should be planted In tke 

 beds earlier thna Princess. 



It will pay you to go In for 

 DCCIU5SS. And DO IT NOW—before 

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President A. M. Henshaw, of the 

 New York Florists' Club, has appoint- 

 ed the following as the club's com- 

 mittee on nominations of officers for 

 1921: C. B. Weathered, W. A. Manda, 

 Richard Hughes, Max Schling, Emil 

 Schloss, W. H. Siebrecht. Sr., and John 

 Canning. 



