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HORTICULTURE 



December 23, 1920' 



HORTICULTURE 



Established by William J. St«wart In 1904 



Vol. XXXII 



December 23, 1920 



No. 21 



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HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING COMPANY 

 739 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. 



EDWARD I. FARRINGTON, Editor 



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It's good to find that there is no dimu- 



National nition of interest in the national flower 



Flower Show shows conducted by the S. A. F. At a 



recent meeting of the flower show 



committee in Cleveland the attendance was large, and no 



little enthusiasm was manifested by those present. Blue 



prints submitted to the committee show that there will be 



plenty of room in the new Cleveland Auditorium, which 



has been reserved tor the dates of the show, March 25 to 



April 1. 



We are certain that the committee acted wisely when 

 it decided not to raise the rate for trade space above that 

 of $1.00 a foot which prevailed at Philadelphia. It is to be 

 hoped that the committee will also maintain the admission 

 price of 50 cents, as these shows are largely educational, 

 and it is important to get as large an attendance as pos- 

 sible. The more people who can be made interested in 

 flowers and taught to realize their value in making home 

 and office brighter and more cheerful, the better off will 

 florists be, for it is in this manner that their business is 

 to be stimulated. 



Apparently the new Cleveland .Auditorium is nicely 

 adapted for such a show, as it will be possible to give the 

 trade exhibits a separate floor, where they will be segre- 

 gated, as it were. An interestihg arrangement, however, 

 has been planned by which retail florists who care to make 

 exhibits will be given space free of charge on the floor of 

 the show proper. Of course it will be necessary to have 

 considerable money to put this show over in good shape, 

 and the secretary is to start at once with the work of rais- 

 ing a guarantee fund of $20,000.00. Incidentally it was de- 

 cided that if conditions warranted a 10 per cent dividend 

 would be paid upon the amounts actually paid in. 



It was an interesting letter that the United 

 Tariff States tariff commission presented to the S. A. 

 and F. Committee on Tariff and Legislation the 

 Florists other day. It appears according to this letter 

 that the commission is making a survey of nur- 

 sery and greenhouse industries in anticipation of new 

 tariff legislation. We think that the committee replied 

 wisely to (juestions of the commission when it said that 

 the trade wants a tariff that is clear and explicit in terms 

 as well as fair and practicable in principle. Several am- 

 biguities were pointed out which would help to prevent 



confusion and misunderstanding. It was also i)ointed out 

 that quarantine No. 37 of the Federal Horticultural Board 

 is leally understood by the trade as a taj'iff measure. Of 

 course this is true, and if there is to be a tariff on plant 

 importations, why not let it be one which will bring some 

 revenue to the government. 



One of our American extravagances 

 Cost of Flowers is our profligacy in flinging flowers 

 around; but we have not gone the 

 limit in that direction yet. We read in a horticultural pa- 

 per, published in Nottingham, England, the following inter- 

 esting comment on our national peculiarities; 



It is stated that $45,000,000 are now spent on flowers 

 every year in the U. S. A. This looks a big total, but it is 

 also stated that this is less by five millions than is spent 

 on the unpleasant habit of chewing gum, so there is evi- 

 dently still room for advance. 



We presume the "advance" is in the direction ot 

 more posies, and that will no doubt develop in the natural 

 course of events. The youngsters all have a sweet tooth,, 

 and they do not need any encouragement along that line. 

 We are probably no different in that direction from any 

 other nation, and we are certainly not behind any of them 

 in our appreciation of Queen Flora. 



The total acreage planted to Sweet 

 Sweet Pea Seed Peas for the production of seed this 



year is estimated by growers and 

 dealers to be about 2,000 acres compared with 1,500 acres 

 in 1919, about 550 acres of which were Spencei^ and 950 

 acres grandifloras, both including mixtures according to 

 government report of September 25th. Because of a de- 

 creasing demand for grandifloras most of the acreage this 

 year is of the Spencer type. 



ADIEU 



So much interest has been shown in the poem written 

 by the late William J. Stewart, founder of Hobticuxture,. 

 just before his death, that it is republished here. We- 

 trust this will answer the requests of Mr. Stewart's friends 

 who have desired to possess copies of the sad but beauti- 

 ful lines. 



My friend, as I am going far away^ 



Ah, well, there is but little I can say. 



My heart is full, the words that I would speak 



Die on my lips, I am so strangely weak. 



There's one thing I would ask before I go, 

 You'll grant it, dear, for old time's sake, I know: 

 'Tis only this, that midst all bright new scenes 

 And spite of all the space that intervenes. 

 That dreary length and breadth of surging sea. 

 You'll sometimes give a little thought to me. 



Remember not the cruel words, unkind — 

 The sore mistakes I made blot from your mind, — 

 But think of me as loving friend and true; 

 Deal gently with me, as you used to do. 



Forget, dear, every act that caused you pain. 

 Life is so short — we may not meet again; 

 Perchance this message brief may be the last 

 That I shall ever send you from the past. 

 Yet fate has willed it so by stern decree, 

 .\n ocean needs must roll 'tween you and me. 



Farewell, with trembling fingers now I write 

 This sad, sad word, with tear-bedimmed sight; 

 Think of me, dear, as loving friend and true. 

 Remember me for old time's sake — adieu! 



