THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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they (‘,111 (*()ii)l)iii(‘ stot'k and show grounds. This is rankly 
sidisfaoiory. Ix'causc' th(‘ stock ground is inorc^ of a fac¬ 
tory than a showroom and is seldom in condition to take 
visitors tlirough, or a place where {)lants can be shown 
oir to (he best advantage. Set the stool plants in rows, 
wide enough apart so they can be cultivated and kept 
clean as economically as possible. In other words, aim 
to make it the workshop of the nursery. 
BABY BAMBLEBS 
The annual meeting of the Baby Bamblers was held at 
the Hotel Sherman in Chicago on Wednesday, June 25th, 
and the following ofTicers w^ere elected for the ensuing 
y('ar: B. J. Manalian, President, and Hort Bowden, sec¬ 
retary. 
The following members were elected to the order this 
year; C. Stuart Perkins, Newark, N. Y., Win. F. Masten, 
Newark, N. Y., F. Burnett Kelley, Princeton, N. J., James 
W est, Perry, Ohio, Clarence Lear, West Chester, Penna., 
Wm. Flemer Foulk, Flushing, N. Y., Lewis Bryant, 
Princeton, Ills., and Frank Fields of Shenandoah, Iowa. 
If you don't think they are there, you should have 
h(‘ard the noise and seen them eat at the Green Mill. 
HoRT Bowi)en„ Secretary. 
ONE POINT OF VIEW 
An old and dusky daughter of the South, to whom 
things ])resent themselves in terms of her profession, 
describes a Bed Cross ])arade in which the canteeners and 
surgical dressings workers marched in all their white 
glory : 
“Law’see, Miss Anna, it C(U’t’nly w^as a gran’ sjiectacle! 
N(weh in all ma life did I see so much washiiT at one 
time!” 
WEEDS 
It is interesting to note that two ])lants, which are 
much grown in gardens in Australia, are troublesome 
weeds in theii* native habitat. Ast(‘r ericoides, wdiich is 
here grown as Easter Daisy, or Michelmas Daisy, and 
which is known in America as the Frost Flower, is a ser¬ 
ious weed pest in the State of Kentucky, w here it is a 
nativ(‘ plant. There it is a common weed along the road¬ 
sides and in jiastures. Here it is one of our most decora- 
live garihm h(‘rba(*eous plaids for flowuu’ing at Easter. 
Tin* other jilant is Tecoma radicans. This is also native' 
lo Ke'idncky. \\ h<‘r(‘ it is know n as tlu' Trumpet Flower. 
In Australia it is a popular climlx'r, and its handsome; 
orang(' |■(Ml Irumpet-shape'd flowci’s ai’c w(‘ll known. Il 
is also us(mI as a stock for roolgrafling otiu'r Tecomas on 
lo. 11 is recoi ih'd for Kc'ntiu'ky that there it bc'conu's a 
(‘otnnion and p(M*sistent wec'd. After all, a we(‘d is imuady 
a j)lant in its wrong place, although such jilants fr(‘- 
(pM'idly become so much at home, that tlu'y grow’ so 
abundantly as lo lak(‘ tin' plac(‘ of other and mon' usedTil 
plants.—77it' Australasian International Nurseryman. 
AMEBICAN HOBTICULTUBE 
Every true American horticulturist resents adverse 
criticism when comparing his own country with those 
of the Old World, even wdiile feeling that there is some 
ground for the general belief that many parts of the old 
country are far ahead of the United States in horticul¬ 
tural jiractice. 
If we do not appear to measure up to certain accejited 
standards, and feel mortified if our gardens are not so 
fine, our flower shows not so successful, our botanical 
gardens not so w ell kej)t up, our nurseries incomplete in 
assortment, and our seed houses limited in variety of 
stock, there is a reason for it. Attempts at comparison in 
most cases are extremely unfair, and even silly. 
Without detracting in the least from the high standard 
of European horticulture, the United States has not and 
is not developing along the same lines. This country is 
so vast and has such diversified climate, that it is silly to 
speak of it as a unit. To fully realize the extent from a 
horticultural viewpoint it is only necessaiy to study the 
catalogues of a nursery located in Maine or Montana, and 
compare it w ith the catalogue of a nursery in Florida or 
southern California. It is just as reasonable to compare 
a garden in California with one in New York State, as it 
is to com{)are a garden in England w ith one in Pennsyl¬ 
vania or Virginia. Each may be [jcrfect in its owm j)ar- 
itcular way, but yet entirely dissimilar, and it would be 
unfair to say that one w as better than the other. 
Those portions of the United States wdiich are now be¬ 
coming well populated are developing a horticulture pe¬ 
culiarly their own. Of course, the growth is slow^ It is 
only a few generations since the Indians and buffaloes 
were roaming over many of these localities, and it is 
hardly to be expected that until the utilities of living are 
thoroughly developed, the finer things do not receive very 
much attention. 
To those more familiar w ith the progress that is being 
made in horticulture in this country, it is really astound¬ 
ing. Perhaps the branch that is farthest advanced is that 
of growing cut flowers under glass for the florist trade, 
which has been brought to a degree of proficiency and 
success in northern and eastern United States that is 
iinecfualled. 
Another ])hase of horticulture in the United States that 
is wvirthy of note is orcharding. It would be difTicult to 
find anywhere in the wmrld anything superior to it in 
this line, and it is being developed along lines that are 
peculiarly American. 
The private estate is peculiarly a European institution, 
and the gardens reach perfection in that country. They 
cannot (hwelop along the same lines in America, and per- 
hajis this is the reason many think horticulture is so far 
heliind, as il is the private estates of the European coun¬ 
tries w here their gardens have been develojied to the nth 
degree. 
In the United States suburban development adjacent 
to large cities is making rapid strides, and it is a very 
dissatislied critic who does not recognize the remarkable 
progress eveiywdiere evidenced in the suburbs of large 
Amei'ican cities. 
We are too fond of complaining and thinking something 
jiossessed of the other fellow^ is much better than any- 
