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HORTICULTURE 



September 4, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



EstalilUliril bj WllUnm J. Stcuiirt In 1904 



VOL. XXXII 



September 4, 1920 



No. 10 



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The situation is still confused as regards the 

 Bulbs l)ulb outlook. Some importers contend that the 



prospects are brighter tor a good supply at a 

 reasonable price; others insist that they fail to see such 

 favorable tendencies. Certainly there is bound to be a 

 scarcity of French bulbs of several kinds. Whether this 

 will apply to Paper-whites or not remains as yet to be 

 seen. There also seems to be a shortage of Preesias, 

 especially the larger sizes. One unpleasant feature of 

 the situation is the attitude of the transportation com- 

 panies, especially the steamship companies, which as Mr. 

 John Scheepers, of New York, has pointed out seem to 

 have little consideration for bulbs, with the results that 

 losses are numerous and hard to trace. 



-■Mthough the meeting of the Florists' Tele- 

 The F. T. D. graph Delivery Association held in Cleve- 

 land was an informal affair, much was 

 brought out to show that the organization was doing an 

 active work, and that much may be expected at the annual 

 meeting, which will be held at Indianapolis in October. 

 The Association has had a somewhat peculiar situation 

 to handle in the Canadian Exchange matter, and has done 

 everything that could be done to smooth out the difficulties 

 which confront the florist on both sides of the line. 



Secretary Pochelon felt moved to issue a warning 

 against any extension of the 20 per cent discount estab- 

 lished by the F. T. D. He pointed out several instances 

 where florists have taken off much more, and it seems 

 that they are amenable to discipline from the F. T. D. 

 Mr. Pochelon even intimated that such a thing as a law 

 suit might be possible. 



We are not just sure how the members felt about 

 the new publication, the F. T. D. News, copies of which 

 were distributed, but in any event it probably will be some 

 time before the exact position of the new paper is es- 

 tablished. 



It was to be expected that there would be 

 Growers' some differences of opinion in regard to the 

 Association formation of a National Growers' Associa- 

 tion. It is quite natural, too, that some of 

 this opposition should come from the older members of 



the S. A. F. who have given years of active effort to the 

 building up of this society, and who feel that the multipli- 

 cation of other organizations tends to weaken the i)arent 

 society, or at least to divide the allegiance and activities 

 of its members. Under certain circumstances this might 

 be true, and no doubt there are those who still feel that 

 it is true as regards the National Flower Growers' Associa- 

 tion. On the whole, though, the consensus of opinion 

 seems to be that the new organization has a genuine 

 reason for existence, and that the proof of this fact will 

 be evident a few years. Certainly many of the leading 

 growers of the country feel very certain that they can 

 bring about l)etter business conditions by a closer co- 

 operation. 



While the S. A. F. is open to many activities, still it 

 covers a very wide field, and many of the growers felt they 

 could not get the leverage which they desired through 

 its medium alone. Of course the Growers' Association is 

 to be in no sense a rival to the parent organization, but 

 will supplement its work, and work to its advantage rather 

 than otherwise. Mr. Ammann. the secretary, is an ex- 

 ceedingly active, energetic man, a man of broad ideas 

 and iH'onounced foresight, a forceful and eloquent speaker, 

 and possessed of that magnetism which goes far towards 

 making a successful executive. 



We feel that a very wise choice was made in the 

 selection of W. J. Keimel for president. Few men have 

 had wider experience in the trade, or understand the 

 growers' situation better. Mr. K. Allen Peirce has been 

 active among the growers of New England in the forma- 

 tion of the new society, and New England growers seem 

 to have taken a prominent part in all the proceedings at 

 Cleveland. For that reason the choice of another New 

 England man as treasurer, Mr. Wallace R. Pierson, was 

 well merited. Mr. Pierson is so well known throughout 

 the trade that his name will go far towards creating con- 

 fidence among prospective members. 



Much is expected from the Growers' Association, and 

 we believe that much will be accomplished by it. When 

 the next regular meeting is held in January in connection 

 with the annual meeting of the National Carnation Society 

 at Washington, the work of the new^ oranizaton should 

 be so well under way that a good report of its activities 



can be made. 



It is to be hoped that the owners of private 

 Private greenhouses will show a disposition to keep 

 Growers them open, and, in fact, to enlarge their ac- 

 tivities the coming winter, now that the pros- 

 pect is good for coal enough to go around. Of course the 

 price is high, and a greenhouse is a luxury, but most men 

 who make money freely spend a large part of It for 

 luxuries, and it is difficult to find anything which will give 

 a greater return for the money invested than a greenhouse 

 properly stocked and carefully cared for. The labor 

 problem is easing up. too, and it should not prove very 

 difficult to get reasonably competent greenhouse help this 

 winter, especially in places which are not too remote from 

 the cities. It's a pity, though, so many of the well stocked 

 greenhouses of the country have been allowed to run down. 

 This sort of thing is detrimental to horticultural interests 

 all along the line, and the result has been reflected in some 

 of the shows. Everybody will see a greatly increased 

 tendency towards the enlargement of greenhouse establish- 

 ments, the making of better gardens, and the creation of 

 worthwhile landscape effects; and certainly no little credit 

 should be given to men. like Mr. Albert C. Burrage. who 

 has consistently and continuously exhibited his orchids 

 at Horticultural Hall throughout the winter and summer. 

 It is due to him in large measure that the Boston shows 

 this season have been so noteworthy as to attract atten- 

 tion all over the country. 



