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HORTICULTURE 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME  XXVII.     January  5  to  June  29,  1918 


Illustrated   articles   are    marked    with    * 


Page 
A 

*Abutilon    Sieboldi 389 

Advertising    is    tlie   motor   power 

of   industry 555 

Appreciation,   An 5")3 

*Anderson.    f'apt.  James   W 559 

Arboretum,    Arnold 457,  532 

Asparagus  strain  routs  rust  dis- 
ease.  New 569 

♦Azalea    indiea,    Part   of   a    liouse 
at    Eureka   Cal 357 

B 

Barberry  scare.  The 439 

*Barnit,  Jr.,  Joseph 183 

*Begonias.   Lorraine 462 

*Bolgiano.  F.  W 584 

Boston,    Gardeners'    &    Florists' 
Club  of:   56,  130,   189.  255,   290,  388 
507,  556,  581,  616 
Boston  Peony  and  Rose  Show..   616 
Boston    Spring    Flower    Show:     202, 
*241,   *247,   *273,   282,   *309 

Bouvardia   558 

Boycotting.  Patriotic 279 

Brooklyn    Botanic   Garden 414 

Buffalo  Florist  Club 80,  153 

Business  Troubles:   14.  43,  62,  91,  111 
139,  191,  262,  306,  322.  399,  423 
447,  463,  495,  519,  539,  591 

C 

Call  to  action.  A 339 

Carnation  growers   of  New  Eng- 
land.   To    the 32 

Carnation.    Iron-stemmed 22 

Ca'-nation  Society,  American:  32.  52 
101,  102 

Catalogue   men.   To 213 

Catalogues  Received:  12.  35.  60.  83 
132.  190,  214,  238,  260,  320,  354.  365 
401.  439.  r,22.  546,  633 

*Cattleya   Charm 630 

*Cattleya   Raphaelae    {C.   Trianae 

X  aurea) 73,     77 

Cause.    A    worthy 361 

Chicago  Florists'  Club:  59,  159,  290 
341.  363.   496.  583 

Chicago's    Bond    record 471 

Chicago.    Mother's    Day   in 496 

Christmas.  For  next 367 

Chrysanthemum  Society  of  Amer- 
ica        130,  389 

Chrysanthemums 558 

Club  &  Society  Notes:  43,  52,  107,  189 

226,   363,  389.   43R 
Coal  consumption  for  florists....     55 
Coal  delivery  contracts.  May  can- 
cel   all 353 

Coal   fieuros,    Impressive 47 

Coal  prices.  Bituminous 435 

Coal  Week,  June  3-8 511 

Collecting  interest  on  unpaid  ac- 
counts       559 

Commendation.   Welcome 94 

Connecticut    Horticultural   Socie- 
ty        SO 


Page 

Connecticut  Nurserymen's  Assoc- 
iation        200 

*Connor,   Two   sons  of  Dennis  T..618 

Cornell   Rose  Test   Garden 616 

Cornstalk  borer.  Look  out  for.  . .   641 
Co'Dorstions.    New:    22.    60.    115.  135 
191,    211.  235,  262,  296,  322,  347,  371 
495.  555,  587.   639 

*Crataegus  Holmesiana 176,  179 

Cromwell    patriotism 103 

Cucuml;ers  and   Melons,   Pests  of  642 


Dahlia   Society.   American 

388,  507,  533 
*Dahlia  King  of  the  Autumn...   1.     22 

Delusions,  War   industry 520 

Detroit  Convention  Garden,  The.  341 
Device  for  scaring  birds,  A  simple  329 
Double  up 500 

E 
Editorial: 

— Better  service  ahead.  The  pub- 
licity drive.  The  passin.g  of  the 
"roping."     Happy  New  Year.  .  .        8 

— A  memorable  week.  Damage 
widespread.    A  temporary  quiet     30 

— Patriotic  co-operation.  Club  ac- 
tivities. Drastic  business  re- 
strictions         54 

— No  National  Flower  Show  this 
year.  The  "red  rag"  again. 
Come  to  Boston.  An  alliance 
for  Defense 78 

— Some  concession.  Seed  con- 
servation. Curtailing.  The 
bright  side.    Seed  scarcity 104 

— The  carnation  set  aside.  Wake 
up!  Doing  their  part.  Quite 
possible.     A  cause  for  anxiety.   126 

— The  New  York  "International." 
Unwise  war  gardening.  The 
barberries  in  danger.  The  seed 
catalogs  take  precedence 150 

—The  Dutchman.  The  S.  A.  F. 
Convention.     Generosity 176 

— "Say  it  with  flowers."  The 
farmers'  seeds.  Freesias  ad  lib. 
Neighborly.     Don't  miss  a  line  198 

— Spring  In  sight.  What's  the 
damage?  Do  it  now.  Falla- 
cious   ideas 222 

— A  noble  public  benefaction. 
Thrift  Stamp  Day.  Free  seeds 
again?    Faster  trade  publicity.   250 

— Flower  show  policies.  Bar- 
barism versus  Americanism. 
Easter  280 

— An  ill-advised  move.  A  sugges- 
tion for  improvement.  Special 
window   displays 314 

— Unfortunate  and  misleading. 
The  bases  of  quality 338 

— A  worthy  purpose.  A  master 
stroke.  Make  every  day  a  big 
day    ! 362 


Page 

— Short-sighted  advice.  Prospects 
and  problems  of  the  hour.  Our 
first  duty 386 

— The  gardener's  place.  Protect 
the  Mayflower.  The  barberry's 
fate.     The  labor  problem 412 

— Plant  more  trees.  Reduced  pro- 
duction and  its  effect.  The 
blessing  of  snow 434 

— The  small  florist's  predicament. 
"Up  against  it."  To  cut  out 
plant   importing 458 

— Mother's  Day.  The  florists'  good 
record    482 

— Winter's  toll.  "Double  up."  Our 
duty  to  ourselves  and  the  na- 
tion    506 

— Beware  of  the  swindler.  Super- 
wheat.     Practical  philanthropy.  530 

— Flowers  left  over.  A  wise  in- 
vestment. The  small  florist 
saved 554 

— Bulb  exclusion  confirmed.  A 
change  in  plant  material.  Spe- 
cious advice.     The  outlook 578 

— Plant  exclusion.  Fairly  treated. 
An  important  convention.  A 
great  acquisition 602 

— Congratulations.  Sphagnum 
moss.  Get  your  coal.  Ep,ster 
lilies.     Pits  save  coal 626 

Emulation,  Worthy  of 125 

*Erica  melanthera  411 

Exemption  for  florists,  No 128 

F 

Facts,  Sober 400 

Farmers.  Operating  "Circles"  for.   633 
Farmers'  Week  at  Cornell.  N.  Y. .   107 

Fertilizer   bags.    Save 608 

Fertilizer  now.  Order 615 

*Flood.  Edward  A 12 

F.  T.  D.  Emblem  competition 399 

Flower  market  reports: 

—Boston:  17.  41,  65,  S9,   113,  137 

161.  185,  209,  233,  265,  301,  325,  349 

373,  397.  421.  445.  469,  493,  517,  541 

555,  589,  613,  637 
—Chicago:  17,     41,     65,     89.  113 

137,  161,  185,  209,  233.  265.  301.  325 

349,  373,  397,  421,  445,  493,  517, 
—Cincinnati:  17,  65,  89,  137.  161 

265.  301,  349,  373,  397,  421,  445,  493 

517,  555 
—Cleveland:         17,     89.  113,  185,  209 

265 
—New  York:         17,    41,    65,    89,  113 

137,  161,  185.  209.  233.  265,  301,  325 

351,  373,  397,  421,  445,  •^eo,  493,  517 

5t1    55.'.,  589.  637 
—Philadelphia:  19,     41.     65,    89 

113.  161.  185,  209.  233,  265,  325,  351, 

373,  397.  421,  445.  469,  495,  517,  541, 

567,  589,  637, 
—Pittsburgh:     113,  185,  211,  267,  301, 

325,  373,  .399,  423,  445,  517,  567,  591, 

637 


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KochfSler:        19.     41.     67.     91.   Ur., 

i:iT    1S7.  I'll,  T.K3.  -261.  :I03,  327.  :t!ll. 

MU.  :\W.  rs.\.  Ul.  471.  495.  519.  541. 

;.67.  .".;•!,  6li,  6:l7. 

^?t    Louis;        21.   43.   67.   97.   91,  115 

137.  187.  211.  267.  .303.  327.  351.  375. 

399.  423.  447.  471.  495.  519.  567.  691. 

613.  639 
—  Washlnplon :      399.  423,  472.  495.  519. 

541.567,639 

Flowers  an  essential 79.  555 

Flowers  for  sick  soldiers 317 

Flowers  In  war  time 315 

Food  will  win   the  war;    produce 

It  154 

Forests,  Three  new  National 613 

Freesias  for  profit 199 

•Fruit  for  decoration  use 57 

Fuel     consumption     by     florists. 

Regulations  rostrlcllns 435 


•Garden      at      Buitenzorg.      Java. 

Views  in 217.  235.  501.  509 

Garden  instruction.  Practical....   414 

•Garden  of  succulents 573 

Gardeners'  Conference  in  Boston 

363.  414 
Gardeners'    Conference    in     New 

York  225 

Gardeners.    National    Association 

of    10,  127.  290,  343 

Gardeners'  Place.  The 533 

Gas,  Cost  of  heating  by 95 

Georgia.  A  beauty  spot  in 354 

•Gla<iiolus  Panama 201 

Gladiolus  Society,  American 

201,  436,  533 
Glass.  To  restrict  use  of  fuel   in 

producing   213 

•Gray,  William   522 

Greenhouses  building  or  contem- 
plated:       22,    47.    70.    95,    118,    143 
191.  21.3.  238.  296.  367.  402.  426,  475 
523.  546.  560.  595.  643. 

•Greenhouse  at  Tsingtau 340 

•Greenhouses  of  E.x-Emperor  Li  at 

Seoul.  Korea 180. 

Greenhouses    requested    to    close. 

Private   461 

Greeting   to    the    florists    of   the 
United  States 79 


H 


Hail  Association.   Florists' .'16 

Hailstorm.   Destructive 6<3 

fTqrrison   loses  h's  siebt,  C.  S...   53* 

Hippeastnim    (.Amaryllis) 361 

Holyoke  Xr.  Northamnton  Florists' 

&  Gardeners'   Club 2'?5 

Homes.  Closing  large  country...  29 
Horticultural  problems  of  tclav.  410 
Horticulture     in     America.     The 

future  of t;* 

Hutchins  Memorial.  The 11.  *629 

Hydrocyanic  acid  gas  as  a  green 

house    insecticide 269 


I 


Illinois    State    Florists'    Associa- 
tion     J 179 

Imnortations.  The  Holland-Ameri- 
ca      IS"? 

Impo'tine   provision,   A   wise...  155 

IniDOrts.  Restriction  on 361.  60'? 

Income   tax   repn'ts 226 

In-^iana.   State   Florists"   Associa- 
tion   of 81 

Ti'te'^t   rnwd^T*  f'*om  .T«T>qn S^'^ 

Insecticide  situation.  The 270 


Inlenwillonal   Klowi-r  Show 

177.  2»2.  414.  583 

Iowa    Florists'    I'onferHnci' 130 

'Iris   pallida  dulmutlca 415 

K 

'K.'lMU'l.    W.    .1 251 

•Korea.  At  the  market  In  tIairCn.  .   25.". 


Ladles'      Society      of     American 
Florists    460.  556 

Laello-Cattleya   Rlielms    alba   ru- 
bra       630 

Lancaster  County  Florists'  Asso- 
ciation:     80.  225.   316.  415.  507.  631 

Legal  advice.  Some  timely 34 

1  enox  Horticultural  Society 69 

♦Letters   from   an   old  to  a  young 
gardener   247.  339 

Liberty  Loan  missed  $40.000,000., 

How    543 

•Lilac  A.  B.  l^mberlon 549.  S.'i''. 

•lilac   President    Lincoln 621,  62'> 

♦Lilac   display   In   Arnold    Arbore- 
tum       508 

Lilacs.    American 534 

Lilacs.   The   new   Chinese 625 

•Lilium   candidum   as  a  woodland 

feature    342 

•Lilium  regale  as  a  pot  plant. 597.  6ii3 

Lily   bulb   outlook,   The 461 

Local  and  general  news: 

—Boston:  20.  44.  6S.  118,  140,  164.  1S7 
212.  237.  258.  304,  328.  352.  376.  400 
424.  448.  472,  498,  .510.  544.  568,  640 

— Buffalo:   498 

—Chicago:  20.  45.  68,  92.  118,  142.  16» 
212.  236.  256.  304.  328.  352.  378.  400 
424.  448.  472.  499.  545,  568.  592.  617 
640 

—Cincinnati:   93.  ?04.  375    568 

—Cleveland:  20.  92.  116.  166.  187,  212 
256 

—New  York:  44.  69.  93.  116.  140,  164 
187.  213.  236.  256.  306.  352.  376.  400 
498    544.   570 

—  Philadelphia:  20.  44.  fiS.  116.  140 
164.  ?12.  258.  376.  400.  426.  448.  474 
^^G    511.  544.  568.  592.  617 

—Pittsburgh:  116  164.  187.  213.  256 
306.  328.  376.  400.  426.  448.  474,  498 
510.  570    617.  6«1 

—Rochester:  20.  92.  116.  140.  166.  18^ 
212.  237.  ?56.  306.  329.  352.  375.  44^ 
-172.  498.  51^  544.  556.  592.  617.  6<0 

—St.  louis:  68.  92  118.  140.  166  187 
?58.  3?8.  .''52.  378.  400.  424.  449  472 
499.   510.   594.   641 

—Washington:  400.  426.  472.  497.  511 
545,  568,  592,  641 

—Worcester:   329 

— lancaster.  Mass.:   258 

—Cromwell.  Ct.:    140 

— i^all  River.   Mass  :    400 

—Toronto,  Ont.:    142 

— N^aea"^  Falls:  474 

loyalty  in    little   things 263 

M 

•Mains  .Arnoldiana   49 

•Malus  floribunda  25 

Maluses,  The    31 

Massachusetts    Agricultural    Col- 

Colleee  Notes   224,  303 

Massachusetts    Horticultural    So- 
ciety   10.  56.  2.54.  484.  5  7.  591 

Massachusetts  Nurserymen's  As- 
sociation         8''> 

•Mavhew.   .1.    R 631 

•Meconopsis   integrifolia    477 

Missouri   Botanical    Garden.   Gift 
to  the   633 


Pace 


N 


•Narcl88l  among  ferns 487 

•Nari-lsHUH  Kmperor  and  KmpresB 
n:ilurallzi'd  In  grasH  under  oakM 

429.  437 

.Nassau  County  ilorlicullural  So- 
rlety KI.  17K,  :;;i4.  3SS.  485.  616 

.New  Bedford  Ilorlicullural  So- 
ciety         59 

.New  Jersey.  Ini|>orlant  bill  Intro- 
duced In  203 

New  York  Federation  of  Horti- 
cultural Societies  and  Horal 
Clubs  178,  2.'.5,  290 

New  York  Florists'  Clubs 56.    K(i 

127.  153.  2.'.."i.  2!MP,  363.  460.  484.  581 

.New  York.  Horticultural  Society 
of   33,  436,  556 

.Ni'W  York  International  Flower 
Show  77.  '281.  283 

.New  England  Nurserymen's  As- 
sociation     56.   1113.  224 

.New  York  State  Fair  Flower  l)e- 
I  artment    259 

News  Notes 14.  22.  32,  63,     94 

110,  118,  130.  135,  139.  182.  213.  230 
231,  284.  303,  343,  391.  440,  463,  474 
496.  519,  546.  595.  639 

Nurserymen,     American     Associa- 
tion   of 605,  631 

Nurserymen  demand  redress....   487 

Nurserymen's  Market  Develop- 
ment Fund    223 


Obituary: 

—Allen.  Samuel  L.,  342;  Ander- 
son, J.  F.,  202. 

—Baker,  Edward  A.,  390;  Bald- 
win, M.  C.  70;  Barker,  Peter, 
390;  Bayersdorfer,  Mrs.  Wm., 
153;  Beaumont,  W.  H.,  115: 
Beckert,  Wm.  C,  520;  Benl- 
zen,  J.  N.  A.,  463;  Blech- 
schmidt.  Eugene  R.,  115;  Blge- 
low.  Nancy  Wilder,  37;  Bow- 
ditch,  Ernest  W.,  520;  Boyce, 
Frederick  W.,  190. 

— Capstick,  William,  130;  Charl- 
ton. John.  224;  Chase.'  Joseph 
S..  190;  Coffin,  S.  B.,  93;  Col- 
lins; Charles  W.,  531;  Connor, 
James  E..  437;  Craig,  David  R., 
520. 

—Davenport,  Albert  M.,  130; 
Day.  Frank  Miles,  604;  'Dick, 
J.  Harrison,  317;  Donovan, 
Christopher,       296:  Dunn, 

.Mathew  H.,  255. 

—Evert,  Tony.  317. 

—  Faxon,  Charles  E.,  130.  153; 
Fowle.  George  W..  70. 

— Gardner,  John  G.,  153;  Gillson. 
Andrew.  70;  Glenn.  John  .1.. 
390;  Goodall.  James.  255; 
Graham.  John  G.,  202;  Graham, 
John  O.,  153;  Greaves,  Thomas, 
224. 

—  Hannigan,  M.  J..  437;  Harkett. 
Charles.  641;  Harkett.  William 
F..  224;  Hay.  William.  .594: 
•Heacock.  Joseph.  296;  Heile. 
Oscar.  255;  Hendberg,  .Mau- 
rice. 531;  Hendberg.  Raymond 
M.,  255;  Henry.  James  B.,  423; 
Hess.  Conrad,  437;  Hornecker, 
Charles,  32. 

— Just.  William,  365. 

— Keenan.  M.  T..  317;  Kelley.  D. 
v..  641;  Kennedy.  Geo.  G.,  342; 
Krombach  Theodore,  190. 

— Lameraux.  Frank  K.,  390; 
Loeffler.  Ernest  C.  520;  Loew- 
nau.  Emil  A..  202;  Long.  Elias 
A..  11:    Lynch.  .John.  224. 


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— Manning,  Marie,  11;  *Mac- 
Gregor,  James,  365;  McArcUe, 
J.  B.,  463;  McCormick,  Alfred 
E.,  115;  McGee,  William  J.,  641; 
McGuinness,  Leonard,  11;  Mc- 
Kinley,  Eliza,  390;  McMackin, 
Robert,  560;  Mendel.  Mrs. 
Joseph.  560;  Michell,  Harry, 
390;  Muller,  August,  70;  Mun- 
roe,  Mrs.  William.  190;  Murphy, 
Dennis,  594. 

— Nadler,  August.  255;  Nugent, 
John  Jcmes,  365. 

—Parker,  Nelson.  130;  Patrick, 
Alfred,  190;  Peckham,  R. 
Frank,  11;  Perkins,  George, 
463;  Poehlmann.  Mrs.  John. 
423;  Prince,  Lieut.  Harry  Walk- 
er, 604. 

— Rapalje.  Mrs.  A.  C,  390; 
Riedinger,  Howard,  32;  Robin- 
son, Chas.  M..  11;  Ruse,  Robert, 
11. 

—Sargent.  A.  Robeson,  296; 
Schneider.  Mrs.  John,  93; 
Sharp,  Harry,  296;  Schneider, 
Wm.  B.,  463;  Schriveiier,  Rob- 
ert. 32;  Simonds,  W.  W..  437; 
Smith.  Mrs.  Geo.  W..  390;  Sul- 
livan. Mrs.  J.  F..  423. 

— Tailby.  Joseph.  437;  Taplin. 
Mrs.  James,  520. 

— Uhl,  Jacob.  202. 

— Veitch.  Major  Leonard,  604; 
Vielbig,  Michael  J.,  224;  *Vil- 
morin,  Maurice  L.  de.  531; 
Voigt,  Karl.  153;  Vose,  Joshua. 
390. 

— Winkworth,  David  D.,  202; 
Winterson,   Mrs.   William.   317. 

— Yauchzi,  A.,  115;  Young,  Oscar, 

255. 
♦Orchid  hybrid.  A  remarkable  405,  415 

Orchids  at  Trenton,  N.  J 409 

•OreodDxa  regia  525 

Organization.  The  value  of 344 

P 

*Palnis  at   Buitenzorg,  Java,  Ave- 
nue of 97,  105 

Patents   granted 115.  191,  416,  439 

475.  519,  546 

Patriot,  The  horticultural 401 

♦Patriots   557 

Peonies,  Early 534 

Peony  Society,  American 580 

Peony  Manual,  Reasons  for  fourth 

edition    of 64^ 

Perhaps    130 

Personal;    259.  375,  389.  413.  443,  567 
Philadelphia   Florists' Club  of  316,  460 

*Pierson.  F.  R 290 

Pittsburgh  Easter  Show 364 

*PIant.  A  poDular  holiday 7 

•Plumb,  William 82.  546 

Po'^try: 

—Them  Flowers,  11;  The  fuel 
question.  252;  When  Spring 
comes  back.  268;  We  need  a 
few  more  optimists,  317;  The 
volunteer,  364;  The  big  gun, 
391;  Say  it  with  flowers,  460; 
The  thines  that  make  a  soldier 
great,  535;  The  flag,  546;  Please 
omit  flowers,  579. 

♦Poinsettias    438 

*Popp.  P.  W 106 

Potmakers'   Credit    Association..   316 
Practice   and    theory   in    horticul- 
ture       366 

Pri'e.  Two  hundred  dollar 79 

Publication.  A  new  semi-monthly  235 
Publications  received:  46.  82,  131.  221 
330.  354,  365,  416,  426.  450,  488,  521 
560,  641. 


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Publicity  campaign:  9,  55,  125,  152 
177,  202,  252,  253,  315,  341,  387,  413 
435,  459,  483,  505,  534,  553,  579,  604 
627. 

Publicity  via  Red  Cross 535 

Q 

Quarantine  against  foreign  plant 
introductions  proposed 29 

R 

'Ranunculus    313 

Readjustment    199 

Recess,  During; 

— Stamford  Horticultural  Society  163 

— The  Waretown  opening 642 

Reforestation    439 

Retail  florists.  Of  interest  to: 
— P.  T.   D.  results  at  Christmas.      12 
* — Vase  of  American   Beauties...     38 
— St.    Valentine's    and    Mother's 

Day  stamps  and   posters 63 

— Stamp  and  poster  trade  boom- 
ers.    A   story   with   a   moral..     86 
— Getting     business     through     a 

mailing   list    134 

— A   florist's   disclaimer 158 

— Are   you  doing  your  part?....   206 
—Growth   of   the   F.   T.   D.      Dol- 
lar for  dollar 207 

— Florists'    Telegraph   Delivery..    262 
— One  "Why"  of  the  Easter  suc- 
cess       346 

— How   about   that    subscription?  370 

— Encouraging   the   florist 413 

— "Say  it  with  Flowers" 418 

* — Prize   dinner   table    decoration  387 

— Store   window  publicity 394 

— The   publicity  drive 442 

— Your  next  duty ; 447 

— The  National  Publicity  Cam- 
paign        466 

— W'hich  class  are  you  in?  Flor- 
ists'   Telegraph    Delivery.  .490,  491 

—Food  for  thought 514 

— A    pound    of    energy    with    an 

ounce  of  talent 538 

—More   F.   T.   D.-ism 586 

— Flowers    by    telegraph 610 

* — Prize   design   for  F.   T.   D.   em- 
blem       615 

— The  value  of  accumulation.  . . .   634 

— Flowers  by  telegraph   

15.  39,  562,  610 
— New  flower  stores: 

14,     43,     62,     87,  110.  135 
158,  211,  230,  2'!2.  ?98.  322.  347.  371 
395.  419,  471,  496,  515.  563,  587,  635 
Rhode    Island    Horticultural   So- 
ciety     225,  294 

Rhododendrons    557 

*Rock  Garden  in  Glenside,  Pa.333,  337 

Rosa   Hugonis 496,  511,  594 

Rose,    A    promising    new 361 

Rose  .growing  under  glass: 
— Propagation.  Selection  of  wood. 
Temperatures,      Watering    and 

syringing.     Shading 149 

— Supplying  of  pottin.g  soil.  Tem- 
perature in  rose  houses.  Lime. 
Drainage.  Conserving  the  place  197 

Rose  novelties.  Two  great 175 

*Rose   Ophelia 145 

Rose  Sorietv.  American:    32.  106.  179 
201,  285.  289,  340,  .509,  556,  581.  630 
*Rose  Tausendschoen  at  Bar  Har- 
bor,  Maine   224 

Roses  in  St.  Louis,  Winter  in- 
jury to   639 

Rotterdam   statistics    545 

S 

Snlesmen  off  the  road?  Adver- 
tise    268 

Sav  it   with   flowers 10" 


Page 

Seeds  will  win  the  war;  sow 
them    103 

Seed  Trade: 

— Bolgiano's  seed  establishment 
celebrates  its  100th   anniversary     36 

— A  slogan  for  the  seed  trade. 
Annual  dinner  of  P.  Henderson 
&   Co 84 

— Bermuda  onion   seed 108 

— Make  every  seed  count.  To  sell 
corn  at  cost.  Export  licenses 
for  field  corn  refused.    Notes. .   132 

— The  Canners' Convention.  Notes  156 

— Retail  prices  on  vegetable  seeds. 
Kentucky  Blue  Grass  in  Mis- 
souri and  Iowa.  Boosting  the 
bean   180 

— Embargo  lifted  on  .seeds  and 
nursery  stock.  Chicago  seed 
notes.  The  vegetable  market. 
Notes    203,  204 

— Production  of  Bermuda  onion 
seed  in  Northwest.  Notes. 
Acorns   228 

— Cucumber  leaf  spot  disease. . . .   260 

— About  beans.  Seeds  at  fair 
prices.  Curtailing  imports. 
Transportation  318 

— Some  encouragement.  Connec- 
ticut seed  corn  should  be  cer- 
tified      344 

— Reports  on  seed  corn.  The 
British  way.  Field  and  garden 
seed  exempt  from  embargoes. 
Chicago  seed  trade.     Notes....   368 

— Public  hearing  regarding  re- 
strictions on  importations  of 
plants  and  seeds.  Philadel- 
phia seed  trade.  Chicago  seed 
trade   392,  402 

— To  boost  Philadelphia  market 
garden  products.     Notes 440 

— Forage  plant  seeds  imported 
during  April.  Seed  growing 
contract  prices.     Notes 464 

— Soldiers  of  the  soil.     Notes 488 

— American  Seed  Trade  Associa- 
tion.    Farl  gets  advice 512 

— Wholesale  Seedsmen's  League. 
Canary  Island  Onion  seed  crop 
outlook.  Prickly  seeded  spin- 
ach.    Seed  to  farmers  at  cost..   536 

— American  Seed  Trade  Associa- 
tion. *F.  W.  Bolgiano.  Onion 
seed  prospects.  'Jacques  L.  de 
Vilmorin    584 

— The       seedsman       exonerated. 

Beans    608 

— American  Seed  Trade  Associa- 
tion. Wholesale  Grass  seed 
Dealers'  Association.  Vegetable 
seed  crop  conditions  in  the 
west.  Norway  plans  to  grow 
own   seed 632,  633 

— Address  of  President  F.  W.  Bol- 
giano. Secretary's  report.  Treas- 
urer's  report 606,  607 

Setting  the  people  right 268 

*Shaylor,  E.  J 583 

•Snow  blockade,  Chicago 142 

Society   of   American    Florists    & 

Ornamental    Horticulturists: 

— A  greeting.  "President  Cha'-les 
H.  ToUy.  Prospects  for  1918  fi,       7 

— Meeting  of  executive  board. 
Meeting  of  National  Flower 
Show  Committee 33 

— Oflicial  appointments  for  1918.       9 

— The  Publicity  Campaign:  9.  55,  125 
152,  177.  202,  252.  253,  315.  341,  3S7 
413.  435.  459,  483.  505,  534,  553,  579 
604.  627 


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—  Natlunul  KU>wt»r  Show  inilonn- 
ilt'ly  piwipoiipd.  <'oiiv«>iillon  nnd 
trade  t-xlilbltlon   to  bi>  iu'ld   in 

St.    I.ouIb   us   plunni'd 7" 

— Ti'loKTiun  to  Fuel  Administra- 
tor           80 

—  .Mi><>(lnK      of      the      Executive 

lionrd     If'l 

Convention  postponed  until  Au- 
Kust    177 

—  MeciInK  of  rataloK  men 202 

—  Next  year's  allowance  of  coal.  .   2^3 

—  Department  of  plant  registra- 
tion:        459.   605.  553 

—The  fuel  situation 45i» 

—  Another  F'lower  Day  May  24..   481 

—  Express    your    personality 579 

—The  St.  I^uis  convention.  A  Get 

together    talk 604 

"Hood    work." 627 

Southampton  Horticultural  Soci- 
ety         32 

Southwestern  nurserymen  organ- 
ize         80 

Spade   and    hoe 361 

Speed  up  the  keynote 481 

Sphaiinum  moss.  New  use  for. . .   62b 

•Springtime  roadsides 457 

Stamford    Horticultural    Society..  81. 
363.  460.  583 

•Stark.  Major  IJoyd  C 605 

Statement.    .\    mischievous 483 

•Strout.   Chas.   S 121 

•Succulents.   Garden   of 573 

Sulphur  spray,  Niagara 520 

Sweden  fears  for  fruit  tree  short- 
age       625 

•Sweet  Pea  Burpee's  Early-flower- 
ing  Spencer   Snowstorm. .  .193.  203 
Sweet  pea  exhibit.  A  remarkable  414 
Sweet   pea  Society.   American...   254 
•522,  629 


Page 

Sweet    pens   of   high   degree 317 

Swindler,   lleware  of  this 387 

System    and    elllclency 577 


•Table  decoration   with   llaby   Doll 

ros.'S,    ITize 381.  387 

Tarryiown    Horticultural    Society  581 

Tennessee    liortlculturiHts 106 

•Thilow,   J.    Otto 56 

Things  timely  and  important....  342 

Toronto    Horticultural    Socle  y...  533 

Toronto   lietail   Klorlsts'  Tluh....  631 
Trees  and  shrubs.  Important  new 

and   rare    462,  486 

•Tropical    scenery 458 


U 


•Uncle   Sam's   hoys.   Two  of 323 

II.  S.  Botanic  Garden.  To  enla-ge 
the    197 


Vegetable  culture: 

— Hot  beds  Preparedness.  Vari- 
eties to  plant  now.  Cauliflower 
and    lettuce.   Tomatoes 17.') 

— Early  peas.  Celery.  Onions 
Brussels    sprouts 221 

— Lima  beans.  Asparagus.  Rhu- 
barb     , 279 

— Crop  rotation.  Cabbage.  Cauli- 
flower       337 

— Potatoes.    I  eeks.    Sweet    Com. 
Cilobe  artichokes 385 

— Tobacco  powder.  Starting  veg- 
etable plants  in  pots 409 


Page 
-  I  Ima  beans  and   nieluns  under 

kIbhb    433 

— Asparagus.      Potatoes.      String 

beans    481 

— Planting  out.  Later  sowings. 
WItloof  chicory.  Mrnssels 
sprouts  and   celery.    The  June 

hustle     629 

-Asparagus.  lettuce.  Chicken 
manure  Thinning  out.  Cut 
worms.  .Mulching  Cutting  caul- 
Iflowe-.  Feeding  tomatoes.  Cu- 
cumbers   in    f-ames 601 

Vegetables.   Large  cities   fearing 

famine  in 105 

Vegetables  or   (lowers 391 

Vegetables  started  In  flower  pots  3X7 

•\*llmorln,   Jacques    I,,    de 58< 

Violet    g'-owc'-s   discuss   big   shlp- 

n'UT    problem 3? 

Vio'pt   prizes.   Two   big 389 

Visl'ors'  Kegister:  22.  43  67.  93,  11' 
139.  I. 16  183.  211,  231,  263.  298.  327 
3.'il.  375.  399.  423.  447.  471.  496.  519 
543.  567.  591.  615,  639 


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War   garden   talk.   A 271 

War,    The   toll   of 416 

Washington.  Florists'  Club  of:        2,'>4 
484.   581,   631 

Waverley.   A   visit  to 28  i 

Wealth.    Creating    more 313 

Westchester    &     Fairfield     Horti- 
cultural   Society:    80.    200,    254.  389 
484. 
Western  New  York  Horticultural 

Society    128 

Worcester    County    Horticultural 
Society    254.,  509 


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In.  potii.  fIS.On  piT  100. 

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ana    Planters 

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Whan  writing  to  adoertUerB    kindly 
mention  HORTICULTURE, 


We  are  booking  orders  rapidly  for  the  two  sensational 

ROSE  NOVELTIES  FOR  1918 

Columbia  and  Ophelia  Supreme 

It  is  definitely  known  tliat  there  will  be  a  shortage  of 
Manetti  so  it  will  be  a  case  of  "first  come — first  served,"  on 
grafted  stock. 

Grafted,  $35  per  100.     Own  Root,  $30  per  100 

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IVI  A.C3ISCSrM. 


IME\A/     J\ 


CYBOTIUM    SCHIEDEI 

6  and  7  Inch  pots,  4  to  5  ft.  spread.  |4  and  $5  each 

POT  GROWN  BOSTON  AND  ROOSEVELT  FERNS 

''   ami    1i'    iiK  h    pnts   %Z   to   ?4    each 

BIRDS'     IMEST     F'ERNS 

4  ini-h  50  cents;   4>^  inch  75  cents;   5  Inch  $1.00.     A  few  specimen 
7  inch  at  $2.50  each 


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PLEASING  lAJJkC  ROSE 

A    Revolution    in    the    Bafa|r    Type 

Firfit-clnss  certificates  of  merit  awarded 
by  New  Vork  Florists'  CInb,  Nassau  Coun- 
ty Horticultural  Society  and  Oyster  Bay 
Horticultural  Society. 

Out  of  2-Inch  pots,  tl.BO  per  doz.,  (10.00  per 
100;    3-Inch    pntu,   (2.00    per   doi.,   (IS.OO    per 
IIK). 
Individual   flowern  as   larjce   as   a  25c. -piece. 

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SMITH'S 

REVISED  CHRYSANTHEMUM  MANUAL 

(Third    Eilltlon) 
Tlie   best   work   on    rhrysnnthemum   Cul- 
ture.    Iloth  niiiatenr  k.Dd  florist"  hare  been 
provided     with    articles    for    their    special 
needs. 

One    llandred    and    Six    Paces.      Only    BOc. 
rostpald. 

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(IJW  per  year.  Forctga  sabscrlp- 
tlous,  (2.00  per  year.  la  adTaoee. 
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from  those  In  the  trade  enclosing 
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email,  medlnm  and  large  alies  supplied 
Price  list  now  rsady. 

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Klndry  Mention 

HORTICULTURE 

January  S,  1918 


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$40  per  1,000 
in  cases  of  2,000  and  4,000  pips 


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Page 

Advance    Co 24 

Albany       Cut 

Flower    Ex IS 

Allen.  J.    K 19 

American    Bulb 

Co 13 

Anderson,  S.  A. .  15 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co..  22 
Harrows  A:  Son.  .  2 
r.aversdorfer,    H. 

Co IV 

Ha.v     State    Nur- 
series         4 

Heechwood      Ilts. 

Niirserles    lit 

liohbinlt     &     At- 
kins         2 

Itoddlngton.       A. 

T 12 

Kolgiano  &  Son.,  l.'t 
1!  o  ,s  t  on    Floral 

Supply  Co....  Ill 
Hreck.  .T.  &  Sons.  i:'. 
Hreituifver's,      ,T. 

Sons    14 

Hudlong.  J.  A...  1« 
Bunyard.  A.  T...  14 
Burnett  Bros....  13 
Burpee.   W.  A.   & 

Co 13 

Carter's       Tested 

Seeds,   Inc 12 

C  h  i  1  d  s,   .T  o  h  n 

Lewis    4 

Clarke's.  D.  Sons.  14 


I 

Pace 
Conard    &    Jones 

Co 2 

Cooke,  Geo.  H...   14 

Cowec,  W.  J 1« 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries    4 

Craig,  Robert  Co.    2 

Dards    14 

Davenport.  A.  M.     2 

Dreer,  H.  A 23 

Dunlop,   .Tohn    H.  LI 

Dysart.   R 14 

Edwards  Folding 

Box   Co If. 

Elliott,     Wm.     & 

Sons    13 

Esler,   J.   G 23 

Eyres    I.t 

Karquhar,     R.     & 

J.    Co 13 

Kenrlcli.  ,Ios.  S. .  JS 
Floral  Nurseries.  10 
Foley  Mfg.  Co...   ■J3 

Ford,   M.   C IS 

Ford.  W.  r IS 

Fottler,         Fiske. 

Rawson  (,'o. ...  12 
Froinent,  II.  E.. .  is 
GalTin,  Thos.  F..  l.''> 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M.  l.". 
Graham,  Adam  & 

Son    1.^ 

Gude  Bros.  Co...  14 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 13 


Page 
Growers   Cut 

Flower  Co 18 

Guttman  &   Ray- 

nor    18 

Hall   Association.  23 
Hammond     I'aint 
&      Slug      Shot 

Works   22 

Hart,  Geo.  B 16 

Hess  &  Swoboda.  15 
Hews,    A.     H.    & 

Co 20 

Hill  Co.,  E.  G....  16 
Hill.   D.   Nursery 

Co 2 

Holm  &  Olson...  15 
Hoi  land  Nur- 
series         2 

Hotel  Cumberland  4 
Howard   &  Smith.  15 

Irwin.  K.  .1 13 

Johnston  Bros.. .  14 
Kasting,     W.     F. 

Co 1« 

Keller  Sons.  J.  B.  15 
Kelway  &  Son...  13 
Kerr  the  Florist.  15 

Kervan   Co 18 

King      Construc- 
tion  Co 23 

Knoble    Bros 15 

Kottmiller    14 

Kroeschell  Bros.  24 
Kuebler.  W.  II..  18 
Lemon   Oil   Co...  22 


VERT 

Page 
Leonard  Seed  Co.  13 
Marshall,    W.    E. 

Co 13 

McConnell,  Alex.  14 
McHutehlson      & 

Co 2 

Meconi,  Paul 18 

Meehan,.Cha8.  E.  19 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial  Co 23 

MIchell.   H.  F.  Co.  12 
Michigan  Cut 
Flower   Ex 16 

Millang,  Chas....  18 
Mlllang,    Frank..  18 

Miller,  A.   L 2 

Murray,  Samuel..  14 
Nat'i        Nursery- 
man        2 

N.      Y.      Florists' 

Supply   Co m 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.  22 
Nlessen.  Leo  Co.  16 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 22 

Ouwerkerk,  P....  2 
Palmer,  W.   J.  & 

Son    15 

Park  Floral  Co..  15 
Pennock,      S.      S. 

Co 17 

Parshelsky  Bros.  13 
Pcnn  the  Florist.  14 
PfaltzgrnCf     Pot- 
tery Co 21 


I  s  e:  R 

Page 
Pierce  Co.,  F.  O.  23 
Pierson,  A.  N....     2 

Plerson,  F.  R 4 

Poehlmann   Bros. 

Co 16 

Pratt  Co.,  B.  G..  21 
Pulverized  Ma- 
nure Co 22 

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Shop    15 

Reed  &  Keller...  19 
Rcldel  &  Meyer..  18 

Reld.    Edw 16 

Robinson,   II.   M. 

Co 19 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&   Co 16 

Roehrs,  J.  Co 4 

Roland,  Thomas.  15 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.     & 

Sons    3-21 

Rosery,   The 14 

Rynveld,      F.     & 

Sons   3 

Schling,    Max 14 

Schwake,       Chns. 

Co 3 

Sekengcr,  .\rtnm.  14 
Sheridan,  W.  F..  18 
Slehrecht,  Geo.  C.  18 
Siggers     &     Slg- 

gers   23 

Skldelsky,     S.     S. 

&   Co 12 

Sllnn,  B.  S.    Jr..  10 


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Sllnn,  Clarence. .  19 
Smith,   Elmer   D. 

&  Co 2 

Smith,  P.  J 18 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 2 

Smith  &  Fetters.  15 
Smyth,  Wm.  J...  16 
Stearns     Lumber 

Co.,  A.  T 23 

Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.  14 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co 13 

Thorburn,    J.   M. 

&  Co 13 

Totty,  Chas.  H..  2 
Traendly      A 

Scbenck   18 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er Co 19 

Vincent,    K.,    Jr., 

&  Sons  Co 3 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc 21 

Ward,  R.M.  &  Co.    3 

Weber,  F.  C 15 

Weiss,   Herman. .  18 

Wood    Bros 2 

Wooilruir,    S.    D. 

&  Son 13 

Young,  A.  L 18 

Y^oung,  John 18 

Young.  Thos..  Jr.  19 
Y'ouug  &  Nugent.  14 
Zech  &  Mann 16 


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January  5,  1918 


H  0  R  T  I  C  U  T.  T  U  K  E 


A  GREETING 

'TJo  the  Members  of  the  Society  of  jJmerican  Florists  and  Ornamental 

Horticulturists 


ON  assuming  the  office  of  President  to  which  you 
have  elected  me  for  the  year  1918,  I  thinlc  it 
hardly  necessary  to  remind  you  that  we  are 
living  in  troublous  times.  If  there  ever  has  been  a 
reason  for  the 
existence  of  the 
Society  of 
American  Flor- 
ists as  a  live 
body  to  1  o  o  1< 
after  the  inter- 
ests of  its  mem- 
bers, that  time 
is  now,  and  any 
florist  that  ex- 
pects to  stay  in 
business  and  is 
not  a  member  of 
the  National  So- 
ciety,  is  not 
playing  fair 
with  his  fellow- 
florists.  Readers 
may  ask— "Why 
so?"  and  the 
answer  is  simple. 
For  instance,  a 
few  weeks  ago 
there  was  a 
shortage  of  coal 
in  some  sections 
and  a  d  e  1  e  g  a- 
tion  of  promi- 
nent meml)ers  ol 
the  S.  A.  F.  & 
0.  H.,  at  their 
own  expense 
went  to  Wash- 
ington to  inter- 
view the  Coal  Commissioner  with  regard  to  the  coal 
supply  for  the  florists'  business.  Many  of  them  had 
heard  that  the  florists'  business  was  classed  as  "non- 
essential" and  therefore  their  coal  supply  would  lie 
reduced  if  necessary  in  order  that  manufacturers, 
etc.,  eoukl  keep  their  factories  running.     Each  of 


Charles  H.   Totty 


President,    Society    of    American    Florists    and    Ornamental 
Horticulturists 


these  n\en  contributi'd  reasons  showing  that  the 
florists'  business  was  just  as  essential  as  any  other 
in  helping  to  win  the  war.  Through  the 
Washington     representative     of     the     S.     A.     F., 

Wm.  F.  Gude, 
these  men  ob- 
tained an  audi- 
ence with  the 
Fuel  Commis- 
sioner and  stated 
their  case.  Many 
of  the  facts  pre- 
sented to  the 
C  o  m  missioner 
had  not  occurred 
to  hi  m  before 
and  he  was  in- 
clined to  con- 
sider florists  in 
a  more  favorable 
light  after  hear- 
ing their  side  of 
the  case.  There 
is  no  question 
but  tiiat  more 
recognition  was 
given  this  dele- 
gation from  the 
S.  A.  F.,  than 
would  have  been 
given  any  one  of 
them  as  an  indi- 
vidual. Another 
excellent  thing 
the  Society  has 
done  was  the  ap- 
pointing of  a 
Committee  to  in- 
terview  the 
thereby  facilitating  the 


'i'ransportation  Companici 
delivery  of  flowers. 

The  S.  .\.  F.  and  ().  II.  at  the  present  time  is 
launching  a  campaign  for  the  more  extensive  use  of 
fliiwcrs  under  the  splendid  leadership  of  Henn'  Penn 
of  Boston,  as  rhainnau,  :i  man  who  is  perhaps  re- 


IK)  i;  11  CULTURE 


January  &.  1918 


ferred  to  more  ofteu  than  any  other  niuu  iii  the  business 
II.S  a  concrete  example  of  the  jwwer  of  successful  adver- 
tisiiip.  TheSociety  will  spend  JflO^OOO  for  this  riunpiiij,ni. 
It  is  Xntion-widc  and  in  ex|)ert  hands  and  is  going  to 
i)onefit  every  florist  in  the  country,  which  is  why  I  say 
that  any  florist  who  does  not  join  the  S.  A.  F.  is  not 
doing  his  share  and  is  a  drag  on  the  progressive  man 
wlui  docs  belong.  Brother  Florist,  if  you  would  ever 
have  your  business  attain  its  proper  place  and  dignity, 
vou  must  let  the  world  know  what  you  arc  doing  and 
bow  vou  are  doing  it.  This  is  particularly  essential  at 
this  time  when  people  are  cutting  off  so-called  "lux- 
uries." The  time  when  flowers  could  be  classed  a.s 
•'luxuries''  is  gone  by.  WHietber  used  at  the  bedside  of 
the  sick,  carrying  a  message  of  hope  and  cheer  and  mak- 
ing the  patient  forget  for  a  time  his  physical  infirmi- 
ties or  gracing  tlie  wedding  of  the  'Hilushing  bride,"  or 
toning  down  the  stark,  cold  hands  of  death,  flowers  have 
a  distinct  mission,  educating  and  refining  our  people 
and  diverting  their  minds  from  the  gruesome  details  of 
war  and  the  daily  annoyance  of  business  life.  Again  the 
florist — and  his  name  is  legion — who  devotes  part  of  his 
greenhouses  to  the  raising  of  tomatoes,  cabbage  and 
young  vegetable  plants  for  spring  sales  is  doing  as  much 
in  his  way  as  any  other  industry  engaged  in  winning  the 
war,  and  this  point  cannot  be  too  strongly  emphasized 
on  occasions  where  florists  are  referred  to  as  "non- 
essential." 

The  big  event  of  the  coming  year  will  of  course  be 
the  National  Flower  Show  in  St.  Louis,  during  the 
month  of  April.  Coming  as  it  does  in  conjunction  with 
the  regular  Convention  lof  the  S.  A.  F.  ^d  0,  H..  it 
should  bring  not  only  a  record-breaking  Attendance  at 
the  Convention,  but  the  most  successful ,  show  we  have 
so  far  held.  This  is  easily  possible,  Brother  Florists, 
if  you  will  all  "pull  togethei-"  and  everyone  will  do  his 
share  for  the  success  of  this  enterprise.  Previous  ex- 
hibitions have  always  been  successful  and  left  an  indeli- 
ble mark  of  progress  on  horticulture  in  the  particular 


sections  where  tbey  have  been  held.  There  is  no  rea- 
son at  all  why  St.  Louis  should  not  take  its  place  at  the 
head  of  the  procession.  A  successful  Flower  Show  will 
help  materially  the  Publicity  Campaign,  since  it  will 
give  excellent  coi)y  to  all  the  newspapers  and  the  two 
purposes  will  mo.-t  successfully  co-ordinate. 

To  the  pessimistic  florist  who  sees  nothing  but 
trouble  ahead  for  our  business  during  the  coming  year, 
1  would  say  in  tiie  words  of  Patrick  Henry — "We  con 
only  judge  the  future  liy  the  past."  The  Euroi)ean 
countries  at  war  the  past  four  years  still  report  excellent 
business  in  the  florists'  trade.  It  is  only  natural  that 
this  should  be  as  flowers  furnish  an  antidote  for  the 
sickening  details  of  the  war  and  its  consequences. 

Now,  as  President  of  the  S.  A.  F.  and  0.  11.,  I  want 
every  florist  in  the  Society,  no  matter  how  small  his 
business,  to  feel  that  the  interest  of  one  is  the  interest 
of  all.  The  Executive  Board  will  meet  in  St.  Louis  in 
.lanuary  to  map  out  the  business  of  the  Convention  in 
April  and  any  member  of  the  S.  A.  F.,  who  has  any 
suggestions  to  offer  or  advice  to  ask,  I  want  them  to 
write  me  and  I  will  see  that  the  matter  is  brought  to 
the  attention  of  the  Executive  Board  and  proper  recog- 
nition given  it. 

"As  a  man  thinketh,  so  he  is,"  is  a  true  saying  and 
every  florist  if  he  will  radiate  optimism  and  "good 
cheer"  from  his  person  will  find  it  reflected  in  a  marked 
manner  in  his  "cash  register."  To  those  timorous  souls 
who  cannot  sec  the  "silver  lining"  I  would  remind  them 
of  the  good  old  hymn— 

"You    trembling   Saints,   fresh   courage   take. 
The  clouds  you  so  much  dread 
.\re  big  with  Mercy  and  will  break 
In   lilpssiiiL's  on   vour  bead." 


^M^//^ 


S,  A.  F.  Prospectus  for  1918 


The  work  of  the  Society  during  the 
year  1918  will  be  unusually  active  and 
Ukely  to  result  in  much  benefit  to  the 
trade  in  all  its  branches.  Two  very 
important  undertakings  which  will  be 
pushed  to  completion  are  the  National 
Flower  Show  in  St.  Louis,  April  6-15, 
and  the  first  season's  work  in  the  cam- 
paign for  Publicity  for  Flowers.  Other 
important  work  w^ill  be  in  connection 
with  preliminaries  looking  to  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  proposed  Credits 
and  Collections  Bureau;  the  commit- 
tee having  this  project  in  charge  is 
now  organized,  with  R.  C.  Kerr  of 
Houston,  Texas,  as  chairman. 

There  never  was  a  time  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Society  when  membership 
carried   with   it  more   advantages.     I 


would  say  to  those  who  are  not  al- 
ready on  our  membership  roll  that  our 
work  is  purely  altruistic,  and  in  the 
interests  of  the  entire  trade  and  aux- 
iliary lines  as  well.  The  dues  are 
very  small  and  out  of  all  proportion 
to  the  immense  benefit  derived  by 
each  and  every  florist  in  this  broad 
land.  There  is  no  reason  why  we 
should  not  embrace  in  our  fold  every 
real  florist— for  the  results  of  our 
good  work  must  be  shared  individu- 
ally, therefore  it  behooves  all  to  be- 
come a  part  of  the  machine  that  pro- 
duces such  results.  At  least  add  your 
mite  to  show  your  appreciation  of  our 
labors. 

The  arrangements  for  the  Fifth  Na- 
tional Flower  Show,  to  be  held  in  St. 


Louis,  April  6-15  next,  are  rapidly  ap- 
proaching completion.  It  will  be  held 
in  Moolah  Temple  and  an  especially 
constructed  annex.  Jloor  plans  cover- 
ing the  Trade  Exhibition  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Show  have  been  prepared 
and  sent  out.  and  judging  from  the  in- 
terest already  shown  in  this  exhibi- 
tion, it  will  be  the  largest  of  the 
series  heretofore  carried  out  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Society.  It  Is 
quite  natural  that  we  should  expect 
this  to  be  the  case,  as  our  Annual 
Convention  will  be  held  in  conjunction 
^vith  the  Show.  Copies  of  the  floor 
plan  are  available,  and  may  be  had  on 
application  to  the  Secretary's  ofllce. 
The  competitive  exhibits  promise  to 
be  large  in  scope,  and  will  be  drawn 
from  all  sections  of  the  country,  even 
from  abroad.  The  local  committees 
in  charge  of  the  various  details  are 
working  most  ardently,  and,   without 


January  5,  1918 


H  0  1!  T  I  C  r  L  T  U  R  E 


question,  the  Show  will  be  a  huge  suc- 
cess. 

Campaign  for  Publicity  for  Flowers. 

The  Society  has  planned  and  put  in 
operation  a  publicity  campaign  which 
it  is  Intended  shall  increase  the  public 
demand  for  flowers  and  plants,  and 
bring  them  prominently  to  the  notice 
of  the  public  as  necessities  in  the 
home  life,  and  as  being  particularly 
appropriate  for  presentation  purposes, 
carrying,  as  they  do,  sentiments 
hardly  to  be  expressed  by  the  use  of 
any  other  medium. 

It  is  proposed  to  expend  $50,000  dur- 
ing the  year  1918,  ?40,000  of  which 
will  be  used  for  advertising  in  na- 
tional magazines,  such  as  the  Satur- 
day Evening  Post,  Metropolitan,  Liter- 
ary Digest,  Good  Housekeeping.  Wom- 
an's Home  Companion  and  Delineator. 
The  copy  in  many  instances  will  ap- 
pear in  colors,  showing  roses  and 
other  flowers  true  to  life.  The  first 
Insertion  is  to  appear  in  the  Saturday 
Evening  Post,  full-page  space,  on  or 
about  Feb.  6,  1918,  advertising  St. 
Valentine's  Day.  Over  1.800,000  peo- 
ple will  read  this  one  advertisement 
alone,  and  during  the  campaign  nearly 
13,000;DOO  people  will  see  the  advertis- 
ing of  the  S.  A.  F.,  and  through  the 
proper  kind  of  argument,  illustration 
and  merchandising,  will  be  persuaded 
to  buy  more  flowers,  which  of  course 
is  bound  to  help  the  retailer,  and  in 
turn  the  wholesaler  and  the  grower. 

The  slogan  selected,  which  will  run 
through  all  the  advertising  and  printed 
matter,  is  "Sini  It  With  Floirers,"  the 
idea  being  to  impress  this  slogan  upon 
the  minds  of  readers  and  make  them 
understand  that  flowers  are  words  and 
will  express  any  sentiment,  thought  or 
message. 

The  Metropolitan  Magazine  for  April 
will  contain  a  full  page  in  colors,  re- 
producing the  flowers  by  offset  proc- 
ess and  giving  a  very  beautiful  pre- 
sentation of  the  entire  flower  proposi- 
tion. 

It  is  proposed  to  place  these  pages 
In  duplicate  in  the  hands  of  retailers 
throughout  the  country,  to  display  in 
their  store  windows  during  the  time 
that  the  magazines  are  on  sale. 

The  campaign  has  been  so  exten- 
sively planned  and  is  being  prepared 
with  so  much  care  that  the  advertise- 
ments and  other  publicity  material 
will  unquestionably  get  the  attention 
of  flower  lovers  throughout  the  coun- 
try. The  advertisements  will  be  just 
as  convincing  as  they  can  possibly  be 
made;  the  drawings  will  be  the  work 
of  some  of  the  foremost  artists  in  the 
country,  and  everything  connected 
with  the  campaign  will  be  consistent 
with  the  artistic  spirit  as  well  as  with 
the  commercial  purpose  of  the  plan. 
Every  advertisement  will  carry  with 
It  In  a  permanent  way  the  suggestion 
of  flowers  for  birthdays,  and  the  en- 
tire campaign  will  be  tied  up  to  a 
plan  of  dealer  co-operation  and  dealer 
helps,  which  will  greatly  add  to  its 
value.  An  attractive  booklet,  entitled, 
"Sat  It  With  Flowers"  is  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  publishers  and  will  be 
ready  for  dealers  within  a  short  time. 

As  the  plan  has  crystalized  into 
definite  form,  the  enthusiasm  of  those 
connected  with  it  has  grown  warmer 
and  warmer  and  the  conviction  grown 


A    POPULAR    HOLIDAY    PLANT. 


The  always  popular  cyclamen  in 
various  sizes,  proved  to  be  one  of  the 
best,  if  not  the  very  best,  selling 
Christmas  plants  this  year.  The  ac- 
companying picture  shows  how  A.  L. 
Miller,  of  Jamaica,  New  York,  grew 
them  in  the  small  sizes  which  so 
nicely  fill  the  call  for  a  moderate 
priced  flowering  plant  with  good  keep- 


ing qualities.  Henry  Penn  made  the 
cyclamen  the  subject  of  a  special 
Christmas  advertisement,  7x9  inches, 
In  the  Boston  Transcript.  It  was  a 
very  unique  and  attractive  presenta- 
tion of  the  charms  of  the  cyclamen 
as  an  acceptable  Christmas  gift,  with 
a  handsome  paneled  cut  of  a  well- 
grown  plant  in  a  basket. 


stronger  and  stronger  that  the  results 
dealer  large  or  small,  in  the  entire 
anticipated  in  the  beginning  will  be 
enormously  surpassed  and  that  every 
country,  will  directly  feel  the  stimulus. 

Almost  at  the  same  time  that  the 
St.  Valentine's  Day  advertisement  ap- 
pears in  the  Saturday  Evening  Post 
in  February,  a  large  folder  will  be 
mailed  to  every  florist  in  the  countrjt 
giving  all  the  details  of  the  plan,  re- 
producing some  of  the  advertisements, 
explaining  all  of  the  items  in  regard 
to  dealer  and  helps  and  the  ways  in 
which  the  S.  A.  F.  will  co-operate  with 
the  individual  dealers,  placing  in  the 
hands  of  every  florist  a  complete  and 
easily  understood  outline  of  the  work 
that  is  being  undertaken.  It  will  give 
in  detail  information  regarding  hand- 
some glass  window  signs  to  be  fur- 
nished to  retailers,  transfer  signs,  the 
booklet  handsomely  printed  in  colors, 
which  will  be  furnished  at  reasonable 
cost  to  send  to  their  own  customers 
under  their  own  firm  names,  the  news- 
paper advertisements,  complete  plates 
o*  which  will  be  furnished  at  cost  tor 
publication  in  their  local  newspapers, 
and,  in  fact,  all  details  and  helps  con- 
nected with  the  campaign. 

The  money  that  is  to  be  expended 
to  popularize  flowers  will  be  well 
spent,  not  only  because  it  is  helping 
the  flower  industry,  but  because  it  is 
educating  the  public  to  give  flowers 
rather  than  manufactured  products 
which  are  meaningless. 

Flowers  form  the  ideal  gift,  because 
they  please  everyone,  appeal  to  the 
higher  senses,  and  at  the  same  time 
and  under  present  conditions  the  gift 
of  flowers  is  more  than  ever  advis- 
able. 

That  the  Florists'  Publicity  Move- 
ment is  laudable  from  every  view- 
point is  obvious;  that  it  is  practicable 


and  will  most  certainly  be  profitable 
Is  apparent  to  all  who  realize  the  tre- 
mendous power  of  the  printed  word. 
It  should  be  borne  in  mind  by  every 
retailer,  wholesaler  and  grower  in  this 
country,  that  if  this  campaign  is  to  be 
successful  it  must  have  the  co-opera- 
tion and  backing  of  every  one  of  them. 
The  $50,e00  fund  is  still  short  and  ad- 
ditional contributions  are  needed,  and 
needed  at  once.  The  membership  of 
the  S.  A.  P.  should  be  trebled  and 
every  person  connected  with  the  grow- 
ing or  selling  of  flowers  in  the  United 
States  should  join  the  Society  imme- 
diately; a  membership  costs  only 
$5.00  for  the  first  year,  and  $3.00  an- 
nually thereafter.  Applications  should 
be  sent  at  once  to  the  Secretary,  to 
whom  also  contributions  for  the  cam- 
paign should  be  forwarded. 
Representation. 

Practically  every  important  organi- 
zation of  a  commercial  nature  In 
which  florists  are  interested  is  repre- 
sented on  the  Executive  Board  of  the 
Society,  particularly  the  Florists'  Tele- 
graph Delivery  Association,  whose 
president,  vice-president,  and  several 
of  its  members  have  seats.  Other  or- 
ganizations well  represented  on  the 
Board  are  the  American  Carnation  So^ 
ciety,  the  American  Rose  Society, 
Florists'  Hail  Association,  Florists' 
Club  of  Philadelphia,  Chicago  Florists' 
Club,  and  the  New  York  Florists'  Club. 
It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  interests 
of  the  whole  trade  are  conserved  in 
our  directorate,  a  fact  of  which  we  are 
proud. 

That  all  of  our  friends  may  enjoy  a 
most  Happy  and  Prosperous  New 
Year  is  the  wish  of 

JonN    YOTJNO, 

Secretary,  S.  A.  F.  &  O.  H. 
53  West  28th  St.,  New  York. 
Dec.  3l3t,  1917. 


il  O  K  r  I  C  U  L  T  U  K  K 


Juniiary  5.  I'JIH 


HORTICULTURt: 

»0L  IXVIl JANUART  S.   1918 HO.   I 

miLIHIIKI)   WEEKLY  BY 

HORTICULTURE     PUBLISHING     CO. 
147   Summer    Street,    Boston,   Mas*. 

■ntcred  ■•  MConil-elBH  matler  December  8.  IWM,  at  tlie  I>oit  Ufflc* 
•t  UosCoo.  Mad.,  onder  tkr  Act  of  CuDgrcu  of  Uarcb  3,  18TV. 

CONTENTS  PaKe 

COVER  ILLlSTHATIiiN     I'lihliu  KiiiK  of  the  Autiimu 

SOCIKTY  OF  AMEHUA.N  KLOIUSTS— A  GreetlnB— 
President     Charles     11.     Totty,     portrait— Prospectus 

for  iyi8   6-7 

Official   Ai)ix)lniment8   for   1919— The   Publicity  Cam- 
paisu    ^ 

CLIDS  AND  SOCIICTIKS— Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society — .Meetings  Next  Week — National  Association 
of  Gardeners — The  Hntililns  .Memorial.. 10-11 

OniTLARY— Klias  A.  Long— Charles  Mulford  Robinson 
— R.  Frank  Peckhani— .Marie  .Manning — Cornelius 
Leonard   .McGuines.s — The  Late   Robert   Rust 11 

OF   INTEREST  TO   RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

F.  T.  D.  Results  at  Christmas — U.  ('.  Kerr 12 

New  Flower  Stores— Howers  by  Telegraph 14-15 

FLOWER   MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston.  Chicago.  Cincinnati,  Cleveland,  New  York...    17 

Pbilailel|ihia.    Rochester    19 

St.    Louis    21 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Bo.ston,  Cleveland.  Philadelphia,  Rochester,  Chicago..   20 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

A   Popular  Holiday   Plant.   Illustrated 7 

"Them   Flowers."   poetry 11 

Edward   A.   Flood,   portrait — Catalogues  Received 12 

Business  Troubles    14 

News  Notes   14-22 

Visitors'  Register — Dahlia  King  of  the  Autumn 22 

Iron  Stemmed  Carnations — New  Corporation 22 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 22 

The  confidence  expressed  by  our  Cleve- 
Better  land  correspondent  as  to  the  improved 

service  ahead  service  to  he  expected  from  the  rail- 
roads under  governmont  control  seems 
to  prevail  quite  generally  in  other  sections  as  well.  We 
trust  this  optimism  will  prove  to  have  been  well  founded 
and  that  the  florist  business,  which  has  suifered  pro- 
portionately as  much  as  any  other  industry  from  the 
demoralizing  transportation  service,  may  soon  be 
enabled  to  resume  nonnal  operations  and  enjoy  ade- 
quate facilities  for  prompt  delivery  of  its  perishal)le 
commodities  as  well  as  for  securing  fuel  where  needed. 
Considering  the  very  unreliable  and  trying  conditions 
of  weather  and  service  tinder  which  the  trade  has  labored 
during  December  it  seems  really  remarkable  that  the 
reports  of  Christmas  business  from  virtually  all  jiarts  of 
the  country  have  been  so  satisfactory. 

Not  a  few  queries,  verbal  or  written. 
The  have  come  to  us  of  late  concerning 

publicity  drive  the  status  and  plans  of  the  S.  .\.  F. 
publicity  campaign  and  the  ways  and 
means  to  l)e  employed  in  the  expenditure  of  the  funds 
collected  for  advertising  puqioses.  It  must  be  admitted 
here  that  most  of  the.se  inquiries,  and  especially  those 
which  were  in  the  least  censorious  in  tone,  have  come 
from  individuals  whose  names  do  not,  thus  far,  appear 
in  the  lists  of  those  who  have  "drawn  their  wallet"'  for 
the  cause.  However,  it  is  fair  to  assume  that  many  of 
the.se  are  sincere  in  their  desire  for  information  and  it 
is  quite  possible  that  many  of  them  will  "open  up"  gen- 
erously as  soon  as  they  are  convinced  of  the  wisdom  of 
the  movement  and  the  mctliods  to  be  pursued.  So  the 
statement  on  this  subject  from  Secretary  Young  which 
appears  in  thi?  issue,  with  its  convincingly  explicit  pros- 


pi-t'tUH.  cullies  in  verv  good  time  uiid  nliuuld  Balinfacturily 
ilt'iir  u|>  the  ddubts  of  the  timorous  ones.  To  llmse  wlio 
lifter  leading  Mr.  ^  ouiig'::  nddresti  ttill  are  on  the  fence 
mid  those  who  lias^'  advice  to  olTer  or  are  disjjosed  to 
prolTer  assistance  in  tlio  way  of  contributions  or  other- 
wise, we  would  HUj/geat  that  they  write  freely  and  un- 
reservedly to  ScK-r.  tary  Young  for  further  light.  Hut 
al)ove  all  things,  dn  all  you  conscientiously  can  to  help 
along  this  dri\e  iind  place  yourtelf  shoulder  to  shoulder 
iiiHii-fashioii  with  Miur  fellows  who  have  already  allied 
themselves  in  a  substantial  manner  with  this  most  coin- 
iiienduble  undcrUiking,  in  the  benefits  of  which  you  will 
be  a  p«rtieipant. 

From  the  leading  6hi])ping  centres  for 
The  Christmas  "greens"  comes  the  informa- 

passing  of  (i,,,,  that  the  business  has  not  been  as 
the  "roping"  pmlitable  this  season  as  in  former 
years  and  that  the  quantity  of  cut  holly, 
laurel,  boxwood  and  bouquet  green  shipped  to  the  city 
wholesale  markets  has  been  very  small  as  compared  with 
other  years.  'Hiis  is  generally  accounted  for  by  the 
shippers  as  due  to  the  shortage  of  labor  and  inadequate 
transportation  facilities.  But  it  is  worth  while  to  bear 
in  mind  that,  with  a  few  trifling  exceptions,  this  greatly 
reduced  supply  was  not  productive  of  any  particular 
stringency  or  augmented  market  value  in  the  large  con- 
suming markets.  Had  such  a  tie-up  occurred  a  few 
years  ago  it  would  have  created  consternation  and  a  fren- 
zied scramble.  We  are  inclined  to  believe  that  the  very 
moderate  call  for  this  sort  of  material  this  year  means 
that  the  zenith  of  its  popularity  has  been  passed  and 
that,  with  the  possible  exception  of  boxwood,  the  sale  of 
these  goods  will  never  again  reach  its  former  proportions. 
We  sincerely  hojie.  for  the  interests  of  the  Christmas 
plant  growers  and  for  the  preservation  of  our  most  beau- 
tiful native  evergreens  from  complete  obliteration,  that 
our  deductions  are  correct  and  that  the  era  of  crude 
"roping"  and  inartistic,  meaningless  "decoration"  has 
passed  forever. 

We   do   not  believe  thaf  any  one  of   the 
Happy        Ihousands  who  read   HouTicuLTUiiK  har- 
New  Year      Ik, is  any  regrets  over  the  passing  of  1917 
iind  the  advent  of  a  new  year.  While  we 
may  find  it  difficult  to  determine  any  basis  for  belief 
that  uns  will  bring  less  privation  or  greater  happiness 
and  prosperity  than  its  predecessor  handed  out,  yet 
"Hope,   like  the  gleaming  taper's  light. 
Adorns   and    cheers  our  way; 
And  still,  though  darker  grows  the  night. 
Emits  a  brighter  ray." 

.So  hope,  the  great  invigorator,  illumines  our  horizon 
as  the  New  Year  dawns  and  in  our  ((uickened  imagina- 
tion and  a  resolute  purpose  we  gather  renewed  confi- 
dence and  comfort.  K  Houticulti'he's  hopes  for  the 
New  Year  can  only  be  resilized — and  that  is  by  no  means 
impossible — then  j)rosperity  will  come  in  big  volume  to 
all  those  who  toil  to  brighten  this  old  world  with  flowers 
and  verdure  and  thus  to  make  men  better  and  life  here 
hai>pier.  May  their  crops  flourish  as  never  before,  may 
the  coal  bins  never  be  empty  and  may  the  recompense  for 
their  labors  be  substantial  and  continuous.  But,  after 
all,  it  is  everlastingly  true  that  "God  helps  those  who  help 
themselves"  and  there  has  never  been  a  time  when  in- 
telligent [ilanning  nnd  unremitting  attention  to  one's 
luisiness  was  more  essential  to  success  than  at  the  present 
time  and  will  be  for  the  coming  year.  And  now  with 
an  earnest  in.iuncti'>n  to  all  to  "watch  out"  we  extend  to 
the  g'reat  horticultural  fraternity  our  most  cordial  good 
wishes  that  they  may  be  blessed  with  a  Happy  and  Pros- 
perous New  Year. 


January  5,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  FLORISTS  AND  ORNA- 
MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 


Official  Appointments  for  1918 


Directors     under    affiliation     to     serve 
one  year 

Philip  Breitmeyer,  Detroit,  Mich., 
vice-president  Florists'  Telegraph  De- 
livery Association. 

Benjamin  Hammond,  Beacon,  N.  Y., 
president  American  Rose  Society. 

W.  J.  Vesey,  Jr.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind., 
president  American  Carnation  Society. 

E.  G.  Hill,  Richmond,  Ind.,  president 
Florists"  Hail  Association. 

Chas.  Schenck,  New  York,  president 
New  York  Florists'  Club. 

A.  Farenwald,  Roslyn,  Pa.,  president 
Florists'  Club  of  Philadelphia. 

Frederick   Lautenschleger,    Chicago, 
111.,  president  Chicago  Florists'  Club. 
Washington    Representative 

Wm.  F.  Gude,  Washington,  D.  C. 

National   Flower  Show  Committee 

Herman  P.  Knoble,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
term  six  years. 

(The  complete  committee  follows) 

George  Asmus,  chairman,  Chicago, 
111.,  term  expires  Dec.  31,  1918. 

A.  Farenwald,  Roslyn,  Pa.,  term  ex- 
pires Dec.  31,  1919. 

W.  P.  Craig,  Philadelphia,  term  ex- 
pires Dec.  31,  1920. 

Patrick  Welch,  Boston,  Mass.,  term 
expires  Dec.  31,  1921. 

Thos.  Roland,  Nahant,  Mass.,  term 
expires  Dec.  31,  1922. 

Herman  P.  Knoble,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
term  expires  Dec.  31,  1923. 
Committee  on  Tariff  and  Legislation 
(re-appointe<I) 

Wm.  F.  Gude,  Washington,  D.  C, 
chairman. 

James   McHutchison,   New  York,   N. 

y. 

Wm.  H.  Slebrecht,  Jr.,  Long  Island 
City,  N.  Y. 

Hebar  J.  Ware,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Leonard  Vaughan,  Chicago,  111. 
Committee  on   Publicity 

E.  J.  Fancourt,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
term  five  years. 

(The  complete  committee  follows) 

Henry  Penn,  chairman,  Boston, 
Mass.,  term  expires  Dec.  31,  1921. 

Guy  W.  French,  Morton  Grove,  111., 
term  expires  Dec.  31,  1920. 

Joseph  Heacock,  Wyncote,  Pa.,  term 
expires  Dec.  31,  1919. 

Thos.  H.  Joy,  Nashville.  Tenn.,  term 
expires  Dec.  31,  1918. 

E.  J.  Fancourt,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
term  expires  Dec.  31.  1922. 

Publicity  Finance  Committee 
(re-appoioted) 
Geo.  Asmus,  chairman,  Chicago,  111. 
W.  R.  Pierson,  Cromwell,  Conn. 

F.  L.  Atkins.  Rutherford,  N.  J. 
Herman  P.  Knoble,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
John  Young,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Committee  on  National  Credits  and 
Collections   Bureau 

Robt.  C.  Kerr,  chairman,  Houston, 
Texas. 

S.  S.  Pennock,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Chas.  L.  Washburn,  Chicago,  111. 

Philip  Breitmeyer.  Detroit,  Mich. 

Frank  X.  Stuppy,  St.  Joseph.  Mo. 

Committee   on   Convention   Garden 

Philip  Breitmeyer,  Detroit,  Mich., 
terra  three  years. 

(The  complete  committee  follows) 

Theo.  Winn,  chairman,  Minneapolis, 
Minn,,  term  expires  Dec.  31,  1919. 

Clarence  L.  Brock,  Houston,  Texas, 
term  expires  Dec.  31,  1918. 

Philip  Breitmeyer,  Detroit,  Mich., 
term  expires  Dec.  31,  1920. 

Committee  on  School  Gardens 

A.  J.  Loveless,  Lenox,  Mass. 

(The  complete  committee  follows) 
BenJ.  Hammond,  chairman.  Beacon. 
\.  Y. 

Michael  Barker,  Chicago,  111. 
Irwin  Bortermann,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Leonard  Barron,  Garden  City,  N.  Y. 
A.  J.  Loveless,  Lenox,  Mass. 
Committee  on   Development  of  Ameri- 
can Products 
Chas.       Willis       Ward,       chairman, 
Eureka,   Calif. 
John  H.  Dunlop,  Toronto,  Ont. 
Wallace  R.  Pierson,  Cromwell,  Conn. 
Joseph  H.  Hill,  Richmond,  Ind. 
P.  R.  Pierson,  Tarrytown,  N.  Y. 
Committee  on  Nomenclature 
Prof.  E.  A.  White,  chairman,  Cornell 
»  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Dr.  N.  L.  Britton,  Botanical  Gardens, 
Bronx  Park,  N.  Y. 

Prof.  T.  B.  Symons,  College  Park, 
Md. 

Botanist 
John  Dunbar,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Pathologist 
George  L.   Peltier,  Agricultural   Ex- 
periment Station,  Auburn,  Ala. 
Entomologist 
Dr.  T.  F.  Headlee,  Agricultural  Ex- 
periment  Station,  New   Brunswick,  N. 
J. 

State  Vice-Presidents  for  1918 

Alabama,  W.  B.  Patterson,  Jr..  Mont- 
gomery; Arizona,  Jno.  Z.  Howe,  Tuc- 
son; Arkansas,  Thos.  Shelton,  Fayet- 
teville;  California,  North,  C.  W.  Ward, 
Eureka;  California,  South,  Fred.  How- 
ard. Los  Angeles;  Colorado,  Jno. 
Edw.  Johnstone,  Colorado  Springs; 
Connecticut,  Carl  C.  Reck,  Bridge- 
port; District  of  Columbia,  R.  Lloyd 
Jenkins,  Anacostia;  Florida,  C.  D. 
Mills,  Jacksonville;  Georgia,  Daniel  C. 
Horgan,  Macon;  Illinois.  North,  Paiil 
Klingsporn,  Chicago;  Illinois  South, 
B.  Juerjens,  Peoria;  Indiana,  North, 
Anders  Rasmussen,  New  Albany;  In- 
diana, South,  Joseph  H.  Hill,  Rich- 
mond; Iowa,  J.  T.  D.  Fulmer,  Des 
Moines;  Kansas,  Chas.  P.  Mueller, 
Wichita;  Kentucky,  Geo.  E.  Schulz, 
Louisville;  Louisiana,  Peter  A.  Chopin, 
New  Orleans;  Maine.  Jno.  H.  Stalford, 
Bar  Harbor;  Maryland,  W.  F.  Ekas, 
Baltimore;     Massachusetts,     East,    E. 


Allan  Peirce,  Waltham;  Massachu- 
setts, West,  Alex  J.  Montgomery, 
Natick:  Michigan,  East,  Eli  Cross, 
Grand  Rapids;  Michigan,  West,  Robt. 
M.  Rohaley,  Detroit;  Minnesota,  O.  J. 
Olson,  St.  Paul;  Mississippi,  S.  W. 
Crowell,  Rose  Acres;  Missouri, 
East.  W.  J.  Pilcher,  Kirkwood; 
Missouri,  West,  Chas.  E.  Heite,  Kan- 
sas City;  Montana,  J.  P.  Ring, 
Helena;  Nebraska,  Edw.  Williams, 
Grand  Island;  New  Hampshire,  Geo. 
E.  Buxton,  Nashua;  New  Jersey,  Ly- 
man B.  Coddington,  Murray  Hill; 
New  York,  East,  Emil  Schloss,  New 
York;  New  York,  West,  Wallace  H. 
Eiss,  Buffalo;  North  (Carolina,  Wm. 
Rehder,  Wilmington;  North  Dakota, 
T.  D.  Smedley,  Fargo;  Ohio,  South,  H. 
W.  Shepperd,  Cincinnati;  Ohio,  North, 
Prank  Friedley,  Cleveland;  Oklahoma, 
Lon  Foster,  Oklahoma  City;  Oregon, 
H.  Niklas,  Portland;  Pennsylvania, 
East,  Arthur  A.  Niessen,  Philadelphia; 
Pennsylvania,  West,  W.  A.  Clark, 
Pittsburgh;  Rhode  Island,  John  J. 
Johnston,  Providence;  South  Carolina, 
C.  A.  Moss,  Spartanburg;  South 
Dakota,  M.  M.  Strong,  Sioux  Falls; 
Tennessee,  Harold  Joy,  Nashville; 
Texas,  Wm.  J.  Baker,  Fort  Worth; 
Utah,  Robert  Miller,  Farmington;  Ver- 
mont, Elmer  E.  Gove,  Burlington; 
Virginia,  D.  C.  Grillbortzer,  Alexan- 
dria; Washington.  J.  W.  Duncan, 
Spokane;  West  Virginia,  P.  J.  Dudley, 
Parkersburg;  Wisconsin,  C.  C.  Poll- 
worth,  .Milwaukee;  Wyoming,  W.  W. 
Keefe,  Gasper;  Alberta,  A.  M.  Terrill, 
Calgary;  Manitoba,  A.  R.  King,  Winni- 
peg; Ontario,  Jno.  H.  Dunlop,  Toronto; 
Quebec,  Geo.  A.  Robinson,  Montreal; 
Cuba,  Angelo  Martin,  Havana. 

John  Young,  Secy. 


S.    A.    F.    NATIONAL    PUBLICITY 
CAMPAIGN. 

During  Christmas  week  the  sub- 
scriptions received  were  few  and  tar 
between.  Chairman  George  ASmus  of 
the  Finance  Committee  reports  the 
following: 

Throuph  the  Secretary's  Office — Frank  J. 
Morcaii,  Kieehold,  N.  J..  S5.00 ;  W.  A.  Ilnr- 
kett,  Dnluiiiui-.  Iowa.  S.'i.OO :  I".  B.  Abrama, 
Bine    Pnlnt.    I,.    I..    .^l.l.OO.    For    One    Year. 

Ky  II  P.  Knoble,  Cleveland,  Ohio — 
Jos.    11.    IIlll    Co.,    Ulchmond,    Ind..    $."iO.OO; 

By  It.  <".  Kerr,  Houston,  Texas— Henry 
Creve.  Dallas,  Texas,  $'2.}.n0 ;  J.  B.  McAdara, 
Fort  Wr.rlh,  Texas,  J'J.l.OO.  Annually  tor 
Four  Years. 

At  tlie  Texas  State  Florists'  Association 
Meeting'- E.  M.  .Tudpe.  Tyler.  $10.00:  Mrs. 
Sam  Brown,  Tyler.  $10.00;  Hans  SUroeder, 
Temple  $2.'>.0O;  Corslcana  Greenhousea, 
Corskaiia.  $2.'i.OO;  Southern  Florist  Co., 
Fort  Worth,  $10.(KI:  Hyde  Park  Floral  Co.. 
Austin.  JIO.OO;  II.  Kadin.  Calnesvillo.  $10.00; 
p  M  Koontz.  Springlleld,  Ohio,  $10.00; 
Texas  Slate  Florists'  Association,  $25.00. 
For  On.'  Year.  ,  , 

Total  $260.00.  Previously  reported  from 
aal      sources.     $28,0'.i7.00.       Grand      Total— 

*^-''=^''"-  JOHN  Yonso.  secy. 

Dec.  29th   1917. 


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CLUBS  AND  SOClfiTIFS 


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MASSACHUSETTS     HOKTICUL 

TURAL  SOCIETY   SUSPENDS 

CASH   PRIZES 

The  Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society  lias  Issued  to  Its  members  and 
principal  exhibitors  the  following 
notice: 

On  account  of  wur  conditions  and 
the  necessity  of  conservation  of  re- 
sources to  meet  possible  emergencies 
the  Committee  on  Prizes  and  Bxhibi- 
tions,  with  the  approval  of  the  Ad- 
visory Committee,  has  decided  to 
eliminate  substantially  all  money 
prizes  from  the  Schedule  of  Prizes  and 
Exhibitions  for  the  year  1918. 

The  exhibitions  of  the  Society  will 
be  held  as  usual  and  the  entire  net  re- 
ceipts of  the  pay  shows  will  be  given 
to  the  Red  Cross  or  other  war  relief 
work.  Special  efforts  will  be  made 
that  the  exhibitions  maintain  their 
usual  high  standard  of  excellence  and 
even  surpass  those  of  previous  years. 

Prominent  exhibitors,  both  private 
and  commercial  are  enthusiastically  in 
favor  of  the  proposed  plan  and  have 
promised  to  aid  to  their  fullest  ability 
in  placing  the  Society  in  the  front  line 
of  helpfulness  to  the  Government, 
having  in  mind  the  extraordinary  con- 
ditions which  are  liltely  to  prevail 
during  these  times  of  dire  war. 

The  usual  Spring  Flower  Show  in 
March  will  be  held  in  accordance  with 
the  Preliminary  Schedule  already  is- 
sued with  the  omission  of  the  money 
awards  and  the  complete  Schedule  of 
Exhibitions  for  the  year  1918  will  be 
issued  at  an  early  date.  The  patriotic 
interest  of  all  exhibitors  is  urged  that 
the  Society  may  place  itself  on  record 
as  rendering  useful  service  during  the 
war. 

Richard  M.  S.\ltonstall,  Pres. 
Wm.  p.  Rich,  Secy, 


The  Inaugural  Meeting  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Horticultural  Society  for  the 
year  1918  will  be  held  at  Horticultural 
Hall,  300  Massachusetts  Avenue,  Bos- 
ton, at  12  o'clock,  noon,  on  Saturday, 
January  12.  1918.  The  business  of  the 
meeting  will  be  the  hearing  of  an  In- 
augural Address  by  the  President,  the 
report  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  the  re- 
ports of  officers,  and  the  reports  of  the 
chairmen  of  the  various  committees, 
which  reports  will  be  open  for  discus- 
sion and  action. 

Exhibitions. 

The  following  exhibitions  will  be 
held  in  January  and  March,  1918: 

January  12.  At  the  Inaugural  Meet- 
ing. 

January  30  and  31.  Carnation  Exhi- 
bition, in  conjun(y;ion  with  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  American  Carnation 
Society. 

March  13-17.  Grand  Spring  Exhi- 
bition. 

The  complete  schedule  of  exhibi- 
tions for  the  year  is  being  prepared 
and  will  be  issued  shortly. 


Meetings  Next  Week 

Mond.iy,  Jan.  7. 

lliTininlnvilli'       Iliirlli-iiltiirnI       Sii 
rli'ty,    IlortlcuUiiral    Hull,    KcrniiriU-  I 
vlllc,  N.  .1. 

KlliiTciii  IlnrllcultiirnI  Society,  Kin- 
Hull,  KlliiTon,  N.  J. 

lliiiiHtnn    FlorlstH'    Club,    ('liniiil»'r 

i-r    i'i'lnmiTCe     UnolIIH,     llnllHtdll.    'I'vX. 

Montri'iil  (iiirdfiiiTH*  iiimI  I-'lorUtH' 
riiili,   .Mniitri'iil,   Caiintlii. 

.Vow  Iti'ilfcinl  Jlurlii'iiltunil  .Sci- 
**li't.v.   Now   Bedford.  Mush. 

WnsliliiKton  Florists'  Cluli,   '\V:ish 
liictiin.  1).  ('. 

CUvi-laiid     Florl.^ls'     riuli.     CI. -v. 
land.  (.1.  , 

Tuesday,   Jan.   8.  j 

Ni'wport  Horticultural  Soclotv, 
Niwii.iit,  11.   I. 

Wednesday.    Jan.    9. 

cliKlniiall  Florists'  Socli'tv.  Jaljoz 
Kllii.lt   FL.wcT  .Marki't,  CliicliiiiatI,  O. 

Dutclifsa  County  Hortlrulturul 
.Sodi'ty,  Fnllklll  Itldg.,  I'oUKUki'cp- 
Nlo.  .N.   Y. 

I.i'uox  Ilorticulturnl  Society,  I.i>ii..x. 
.M.'iss. 

.Morris  County  Florists'  ami  (Jar 
'i.iicrs'  Sorli'ty,  Madison,  N.  .1. 

.Nassau  County  Horticultural  S..- 
(i.ty.  l'r>nil>rokc  Hall,  Glen  f'ov.  . 
.\.   V. 

Thursday,   Jan,   10, 

Mi-nlo  I'ark  Horticultural  Societv. 
Mcnlo   I'ark.  Calif. 

New     London     Horticultural    Soei-  i 
ety.    Municipal    BIdg.,    New    London, 
liJil    Conn.  I 

Friday,  Jan.  11. 

Connecticut  Horticultural  Society, 
County  Hullding,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Westchester  and  Falrfleld  Horti- 
cultural Society,  Uornns  Hall, 
Greenwich,  Conn. 

Saturday,  Jan.  12. 

Dobbs    Ferry    Gardeners'    Asaocia 
III    Hon,  Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y. 


The  Committee  on  Lectures  of  the 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society 
has  issued  the  program  of  lectures  to 
be  given  at  Horticultural  Hall,  Boston, 
on  Saturday  afternoons  at  two  o'clock 
during  January  and  February.  The 
lectures  are  free  to  the  public.  The 
complete  list  is  as  follows; 

January  5.  The  Country  of  the 
Amazon.  Illustrated.  By  Dr.  \V.  T. 
Councilman,  Boston. 

January  12.  The  Arnold  Arboretum. 
Illustrated.  By  Edward  I.  Farrington, 
Weymouth  Heights. 

January  19.  Agricultural  Work  in 
Massachusetts  with  Boys  and  Girls. 
Illustrated.  By  George  L.  Farlcjy,  Am- 
herst. 

January  26.  The  Iris.  Illustrated. 
By  Arthur  Herrington,  Madison,  N.  J. 

February  2.  Xew  Horticultural 
Crops  for  Our  Food  Supply.  By  Prof. 
U.  P.   Hedrick,  Geneva.  N.  Y. 

February  9.  America's  Horticultural 
Future.  By  W.  A.  Manda,  South 
Orange,  N.  J. 

February  16.  The  Peony.  Illus- 
trated. By  Bertrand  H.  Farr,  Wyomis- 
sing.  Pa. 

February  23.  The  Diseases  of  Roses. 
Illustrated.  By  Prof.  L.  M.  Massey. 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.  The  John  Lewis  Russell 
Lecture 

Vfyi.  P.  Rich,  Secy. 
Horticultural  Hall.  Boston. 


NATIONAL       ASSOCIATION       OF 
GARDENERS. 

The  followiuK  iliructuru  have  boon 
appointed  by  President  Robert  Weeks, 
iif  the  National  A.ssoclatlon  of  Garden- 
iTS,  to  serve  for  three  years,  until 
l!i21:  Thomas  W.  Head,  Uike  Forest, 
111.;  James  Stuart,  .Manuironeck,  N. 
Y.;  William  Klelnheinz,  Ogontz.  Pa.; 
lohn  F.  Huss,  Hartford,  Conn.;  Edwin 
i.'nkins,  Lenox,  Mass.;  Carl  U.  Fohn, 
Colorado  Springs,  Colo.;  Joseph  Tan- 
sey,  Tuxedo  Park,  N.  Y.  To  succeed 
P.  W.  Popp,  elected  vice-president, 
whose  term  as  director  expires  1920, 
Robert  Williamson,  Greenwich,  Conn. 
To  succeed  Anthony  Bauer,  elected 
trustee,  whose  term  as  director  ex- 
pires 1919,  Thomas  Hatton,  New  Lon- 
don, Conn. 

The  following  committees  have  been 
appointed  by  President  Weeks  to 
serve  for  the  year  1918:  National  Co- 
operative Committee — Robert  Weeks, 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  P.  W.  Popp,  Mama- 
roneck,  N.  Y'.;  Ernest  Guter,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.;  Martin  C.  Ebel,  Madison, 
N.  J.  Committee  on  Essays  and  Hor- 
ticultural Instruction  —  William  N. 
Craig,  Brookline,  Mass.;  Prof.  H.  B. 
Dnrner,  Urbana,  111.;  Edwin  Jenkins, 
Lenox,  Mass.;  Arthur  Smith,  West 
End,  N.  J.;  Theodore  Wirth,  Min- 
neapolis, Min.  Committee  on  Meri- 
torious Exhibits— William  Klelnheinz, 
Ogontz,  Pa.;  Daniel  J.  Coughlin,  Lo- 
cust Valley,  N.  Y.;  Percy  Copp,  Menio 
Park,  Cal.;  Duncan  Finlayson,  Brook- 
line,  Mass.;  William  E.  Fischer.  Lake 
Forest,  111.  Committee  on  Bird  Pre- 
servation and  Propagation — L.  P.  Jen- 
sen, St.  Louis,  Mo.;  John  Johnson, 
Pittsfield,  Mass.;  G.  A.  Meyer,  Santa 
Barbara,  Cal.;  Carl  U.  Fohn,  Colorado 
Springs,  Colo. 

The  Committee  on  Essays  and  Hor- 
ticultural Instruction  has  renewed  the 
distribution  of  essays,  on  subjects  per- 
taining to  the  gardening  profession 
and  on  ornamental  horticulture,  among 
the  gardeners'  local  societies  and 
otlier  horticultural  bodies  that  may  be 
Interested,  for  discussion  at  their 
monthy  meetings.  Any  organization 
not  now  receiving  this  service  and  de- 
siring it  can  secure  it  without  charge 
or  other  obligation  by  applying  to 
-M.  C.  Ebel,  secretary,  Madison,  N.  J. 

It  is  proposed  to  hold  the  first  of 
the  quarterly  district  conferences — 
recommended  by  the  recent  conven- 
tion of  the  association — the  latter  part 
of  March.  The  meeting  places,  to  be 
arranged  in  different  par.ts  of  the 
country,  will  be  announced  by  the  Na- 
tional Co-operative  Committee  in  Feb- 
ruary. The  "big  drive,"  or  work,  be- 
fore the  association  for  the  year  is  to 
double  its  membership  before  its  next 
annual  convention,  to  be  held  in  Cleve- 
land in  October,  by  bringing  into  the 


January  5,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


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association  all  interested  in  the  gar- 
dening profession,  wlio  will  aid  its 
cause  by  being  identified  with  it.  Par- 
ticulars of  membership  may  be  ob- 
tained by  addressing  the  secretary. 

Attention  is  directed  to  the  new 
class  of  sustaining  membership  to 
which  the  owners  of  country  estates 
are  eligible,  the  annual  dues  being 
$10.  Members  engaged  on  country  es- 
tates are  asked  to  invite  their  em- 
ployers to  become  sustaining  members 
and  thereby  interest  them  in  the  af- 
fairs of  their  national  association. 

M.  C.  Ebel,  Secy. 

Madison,  N.  J. 


Obituary 


THE  HUTCHINS  MEMORIAL. 
Subscriptions  to  the  W.  T.  Hutch- 
ins  memorial  cup  now  amount  to  $190. 
It  is  desired  that  this  sum  be  made  up 
to  $250.  Subscriptions  to  date  are  as 
follows : 

Mrs.  Sykes.  $25.00;  Henry  A.  Michell, 
$5.00;  L.  D.  Waller  Seed  Co..  $5.00;  Peter 
Henderson  &  Co.,  .$25.00;  Fottler.  Fiske. 
Rawsou  Co.,  $10.00;  F.  G.  Cutbbertson, 
$5.00;  W.  Atlee  Burpee  Co..  $25.00;  Stumpp 
&  Walter,  $10.00;  Florists'  Exchange.  $5.<X); 
Stecher  Lithographic  Co.,  .$25.00;  John  H. 
Stalford.  $10.00;  Henry  A.  Dreer  Co..  $10.UO; 
Waldo  Rohnert,  $5.00;  Northrup,  King  & 
Co.,  $15.00;  Howard  M.  Earl,  $5.00;  Geo.  W. 
Kerr,  $5.00. 

The  friends  of  the  Sweet  Pea  and 
of  its  late  apostle,  W.  T.  Hutchins, 
should  and  doubtless  will  see  to  it 
that  this  very  worthy  project  is  fully 
carried  out  and  the  requisite  funds 
promptly  subscribed.  All  subscrip- 
tions and  communications  should  be 
sent  to  George  W.  Kerr,  W.  Atlee  Bur- 
pee Co.,  Philadelphia.   Pa. 


Edwin  Jenkins,  Stanley  Barnes  and 
John  Johnson  have  been  appointed 
literary  committee  of  the  committee 
of  the  Lenox  (Mass.)  Horticultural 
society  for  the  year.  This  committee 
will  arrange  a  series  of  meetings  of 
the  club  at  which  local  and  Berkshire 
men  will  speak  on  subjects  of  interest 
to  the  members.  The  first  meeting 
will  be  held  Jan.  9  and  L.  W.  Harger 
of  Pittsfleld  will  speak  on  the  local 
newspaper. 


"THEM    FLOWERS." 

From  "Songs  of  Sunstilne,"  by  James  Whlt- 
comb   Riley ;    reprinted   in    "The  Blue 
Flower." 
Take  a  feller  'nt  's  sick  and  laid  up  on  the 
shelf, 
All  shaky  and  ga'nted  and  pore 
Jess    all    so    knocked   out   he   can't   handle 
hisself 
With  a  stiff  upper  lip  any  more; 
Shet  up  all  alone  in  the  gloom  of  a  room 

As  dark  as  the  tomb  and  as  grim. 
Anil  then  take  and  send  him  some  roses  In 
bloom 
And  you  can  have  fun  out  o'  him! 

You've   ketched    him    'fore   now — when    hl« 
liver  was  sound 

.\nd  hia  appetite  notched  like  a  saw — 
A-niockin'  you,  maybe,  for  romancln'  round 

With  a  l)ig  posy-bunch  In  yer  paw. 
nut  you  ketch  him,  say,  when  his  health  is 
away 

And  he's  flat  on  his  back  in  distress. 
And  then  you  kin  trot  out  yer  little  bokay 

And  not  be  Insulted,  I  guess! 

You  see.   It's  like  this,  what  his  weakness 
Is, — 
Them  flowers  makes  him  think  of  the  days 
Of  his  innocent  youth,  and  that  mother  o' 
his. 
And  the  roses  that  she  us't  to  raise: — 
So  here,  all  alone  witli  the  roses  you  send — 
Bein'  all  sick  and  all  trimbly  and  faint, — 
My  eyes  is  —  my  eyes  Is  —  my  eyes  Is  —  old 
friend  — 
Is  a-leakin' — I'm  blamed  ef  they  ain't. 


Elias  A.  Long. 

Elias  A.  Long,  a  former  resident  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  died  at  the  home  of  his 
daughter  in  Sac  City,  la.,  on  December 
24,  aged  69  years. 

Of  Pennsylvania-Dutch  parentage 
Elias  A.  Long  was  born  in  Williams- 
ville,  near  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  on  May  1st, 
1849.  As  his  father  David  Long  was 
engaged  in  the  nursery  business 
locally,  this  fifth  child  of  a  numerous 
family  gained  an  insight  of  Nature's 
ways  in  his  youthful  years.  On  attain- 
ing his  majority  an  earnest  desire  be- 
came partly  filled  in  a  limited  school- 
ing in  the  Peter  Henderson  greenhouse 
establishment  at  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  in 
1871;  and  the  firm  of  Long  Bros,  flor- 
ists, soon  became  a  reality  as  promoted 
by  him  with  the  intention  of  specializ- 
ing in  the  shipping  and  mail  trade 
from  greenhouses  of  new  construction 
at  Buffalo,  facing  on  Humboldt  Park. 
A  retail  business  in  the  city  was,  how- 
ever, contemplated  as  well,  and  devel- 
oped in  the  opening  of  a  store  at  440 
Main  Street,  on  Nov.  20th,  in  the  year 
1872,  being  the  first  regular  flower 
store  known  to  Buffalo.  This  retail 
business  continued  without  a  break, 
and  successfully,  for  nearly  twenty 
years,  being  latterly  owned  and  con- 
ducted by  Dan'l  B.  Long,  a  younger 
brother  of  the  deceased. 

A  ready  ability  for  expressing  ideas 
in  original  style  led  the  first  plant  cat- 
alogs produced  by  Elias  A.  Long  to 
partake  of  a  distinctively  bookish 
character  and  he  induced  an  attempt 
at  direct  authorship,  turning  our  a  pre- 
tentious volume  some  years  later,  en- 
titled Ornamental  Gardening  for  Amer- 
icans and  published  by  the  Orange 
Judd  Co.,  of  New  York  City.  In  1885 
he  became  sponsor  for  an  all  round 
horticultural  monthly  entitled  Popular 
Gardening.  This  magazine  became  a 
noted  leader  in  its  class  attaining  a 
good  success  and  influence,  as  former 
generations  in  the  trade  well  remem- 
ber, and  achieving  an  envied  prestige. 
Lack  of  working  strength  here  for 
meeting  the  dual  demands  of  editor 
and  manager  alike  induced  a  parting 
with  this  property. 

As  an  illuminating  agent,  the  devel- 
;  oping  field  offered  by  acetylene  next 
gained  his  active  attention  in  a  new 
venture — The  Acetylene  Journal,  first 
conducted  in  Buffalo,  and  later  in 
Chicago  under  the  continuing  editor- 
ship and  fnanagement  of  Mr.  Long, 
and  which  relations  continued  for  up- 
wards of  fifteen  years  when  early  in 
1914  a  sudden  paralytic  stroke  incapac- 
itated him  from  any  further  work. 
His  was  an  active  servior.  done  well 
and  freely  given  lor  the  gain  and  bene- 
fit of  mankind.  n.  B.  L. 


son  held  the  first  professorship  of 
civic  design  in  this  country  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Illinois.  He  was  the  first 
secretary  of  the  American  Civic  Asso- 
ciation and  organizer  and  first  secre- 
tary of  the  National  Alliance  of  Civic 
Organizations.  He  was  author  of  a 
number  of  books  and  many  articles 
in  magazines. 


R.  Frank  Peckham. 
R.  Prank  Peckham  of  Little  Comp- 
ton,  R.  I.,  died  on  Sunday,  December 
23,  aged  50  years.  Mr.  Peckham  suf- 
fered a  shock  about  four  months  ago 
from  which  he  had  never  fully  recov- 
ered although  he  had  been  able  to  be 
about  for  some  time  until  Monday, 
when  he  was  stricken  with  heart 
trouble  from  which  he  did  not  rally. 
He  had  been  In  agricultural  and  florist 
business  in  Little  Compton.  His 
brother,  W.  A.  Peckham  is  engaged  in 
the   nursery  business  there. 


Maria  Manning. 
Maria  Manning,  whose  remarkable 
memory  of  her  ninety-one  years  of  life 
in  Salem,  Mass.,  proved  the  basis  for 
information  contained  in  many  anti- 
quarian works,  died  December  25.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Robert  Manning,  a 
famous  pomologist,  and  a  sister  of  the 
late  secretary  of  the  Mass.  Horticul- 
tural Society. 


Cornelius    Leonard    McGuiness. 

Cornelius  Leonard  McGuiness,  book- 
keeper for  George  C.  Siebrecht,  109 
West  28th  street,  New  York  City,  died 
at  his  home  in  that  city  of  pneumonia 
on  Tuesday,  December  18.  after  an  Ill- 
ness of  three  days. 


Charles  Mulford  Robinson. 
Charles  Mulford  Robinson  of  Koch- 
ester.  N.  Y.,,  widely  known  in  England 
and  in  America  as  a  city  planning  ex- 
pert, died  suddenly  on  December  30, 
in  .Mbany.  of  pneumonia      Mr.  Robin- 


THE  LATE  ROBERT  RUST 
Robert  Rust,  superintendent  at 
"Courtland,"  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Court- 
land  Happin  at  Pomfret  Center,  Conn., 
died  suddenly  at  his  home  on  Satur- 
day night,  Dec.  15.  of  cerebro  hemor- 
rhage. The  deceased  was  46  years  of 
age.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  the  late 
David  Rust  of  Warthill,  Aberdeen- 
shire. Scotland.  He  served  his  ap- 
prenticeship with  his  father  at  Wart- 
hill, also  for  some  years  at  Balgownie 
and  Pitcaple,  Aberdeenshire,  and  at 
Piske  House,  Kincardineshire,  Scot- 
land. 

He  came  to  America  in  March,  1892, 
and  for  a  few  years  worked  at  New- 
port, R.  I.,  and  Brookline,  Mass..  and 
for  two  years  on  Miss  E.  J.  Clark's 
estate  in  Pomfret,  Conn.  In  1898  he 
took  charge  of  Court  lands,  transfer- 
ring a  wood  lot  into  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  spots  in  the  country. 

He  was  married  in  Boston  in  Octo- 
ber, 1895,  to  Isabella  Barron,  oldest 
daugter  of  George  Barron  of  Tillyfarr, 
Methlicl<.  Aberdeenshire.  Scotland.  He 
is  s\irvived  by  his  wife,  five  daughters 
and  three  sons.  He  was  one  of  many 
gardeners  of  that  name,  having  three 
uncles,  two  cousins  and  six  brothers, 
all  gardeners.  Mr.  Rust  was  highly 
esteemed  In  Pomfret  and  Putnam 
where  ho  had  a  large  number  of 
friends.  The  funeral  service  was  held 
in  the  Episcopal  church  in  Pomfret 
and  a  masonic  service  in  Pomfret 
cemetery,  a  large  delegation  of  gar- 
deners from  Boston  and  vicinity  at- 
tending. 

jAlsreS   METH^'Erf. 


I J 


U  O  K  1  1  i:  U  LT  U  U  K 


January  6,  1918 


F.   T.    D.    RESULTS   AT    CHRISTMAS 
Kdltor  HoHTici'LTiRi: 

Tlu»  results  from  our  F.  T.  D.  aorvlct* 
ihts  Chrlstmns  bavo  bcrn  so  KratifyInK 
that  1  fool  that  It  woulil  ho  iloinK  tho 
Association  un  Injusili  c  If  wt>  should 
not  give  the  results  ubtuini'il  publicity. 
In  ninny  Inslunces  niuncruus  orders 
were  sent  to  the  same  city,  an  evidence 
of  the  fact  that  the  F.  T  D.  is  getting 
wonderful  results  for  the  florists 
throughout  the  country 

We  do  Dot  claim  this  as  a  record 
breaker,  but  we  do  claim  that  it  Is 
wonderful  results  for  a  town  the  size 
of  Houston — approximately  100.000 
people — located  In  an  almost  southern 
point. 

This  business  was  stimulated 
through  consistent  advertising,  which 
our  concern  has  adopted,  and  is  Just 
the  beginning  of  results  that  every 
florist  will  obtain  if  we  pursue  our 
N'ational  Advertising  Campaign  for  a 
period  of  one  year.  The  florist  that 
falls  to  get  business  through  the  F.  T 
D.  system  is  entirely  to  blame,  and  not 
the  system. 

Our  general  Christmas  trade  was 
the  greatest  in  the  history  of  our 
twenty  years'  business  which  is  also 
very  gratifying,  considering  the  unset- 
tled state  of  affairs,  and  this  we  attri- 
bute to  consistent  advertising. 

Following  is  the  list  of  towns  to 
which  we  sent  orders  for  Christmas 
through  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 
Association: 

San  Antonio  Texas;  Chicago,  111.; 
Dallas,  Texas;  Dayton,  Ohio;  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.;  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  Pon- 
tlac.  111.;  Louiswille.  Ky.;  Fort 
Worth,  Texas;  Tulsa,  Okla.;  Detroit, 
Mich.;  Montgomery,  Ala.;  St.  Louis, 
Mo.;  New  York,  N.  Y.;  Danville,  111.; 
Brooklyn.  N.  Y.;  Paris,  Texas;  Piqua, 
Ohio;  Marietta,  Ga.;  Cleveland,  Ohio; 
Madison,  Wis.;  Tuscaloosa.  Ala.;  Kan- 
sas City,  Mo.;  Rochester,  Mi,nn.; 
Bloomington  111.;  I»rovidence,  R.  I.; 
Rockford,  111.;  Toledo.  Ohio;  Atlanta, 
Ga.;  Kalamazoo,  Mich.;  Aurora,  111.; 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa;  I>os  Angeles, 
Calif.;  Waco,  Texas. 

I  am  not  writing  this  to  boost  the 


GLADIOLI 


I.MMKUIATE    SIIII'.MKNT 

Per  lOU  I'rr  IO(M) 
r.\X.\M.\.  top  roots..  W.OO  W.-).00 
.V.MKRIf.V,    "  '•  3.00  25.00 

Write   for   Prices   on    Other    ^  arletles 


Arthur  T.  Boddington  Co.,  Inc. 

12S  Chambers  St..  New  York  City 


SEEDS 


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t,   J    1    ..    Cb  |3       '■■'T    Iriiiiirilliili-    \i«i-    or    futurf 
•l.'llviTj.     AHk  for  iiiiiiiniloni. 

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SI    INliRlK^     '  "'«   TIIK   FI.OKINTH 

fc-.>\^i  ^L^X^.ll-JKJ       In«..,il,l,l.-i..     .Siriiylnif     Imple- 

llHMltM.    .Siiuill    Tniiln.    etc. 

tor   'riii;ht   In    lj:ire  our   Ketall  mid    Klorliti'   Special   Llat. 

If   \"ii  l;:ii'    not,  \vrll<-  for  (iiii-  iHNiK-t)   III  J:iiiuary. 

FOTTLER,  FISKE,  RAWSON  CO.,  ^^^.f  S?ii=^  BOSTON 


rCii 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

TlioroughJy    tested    at    our  trial    grounds,   Raynes 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  TLSTED  SEEDS,  Inc,  c^JTsST^.i  ,«.„ 


Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery,  nor  the 
Advertising  Campaign,  hut  these  are 
facts,  as  shown  by  our  records,  and  1 
thought  In  justice  to  the  F.  T.  D.  and 
the  Publicity  Campaign,  I  should  give 
this  matter  publicity. 

Yours  respectfully, 

KaiH,  the  Florist. 
Houston,  Tex. 


EDWARD    A.    FLOOD. 

One  of  our  many  brave  boys  now  at 
the  front  and  hustling  into  uniform  at 
the  bugle  call  six  a.  m.  He  is  well 
known  In  New  York  and  Phila,  having 


Edw.ard  a.  Fixiod 
Medical   Corpa,   Fort  Ogelthorpe.  Ga. 

been  assistant  to  bis  father,  manager 
of  the  Eastern  offices  of  the  Johnston 
Brokerat;e  Co.,  which  does  a  world- 
wide business  in  window  and  green- 
house glass. 


CATALOGUES   RECEIVED. 

Watkins  &  Simpson  London  Hng- 
land. — Foreign  and  Colonial  Whole- 
sale Catalogue  of  Vegetable  and 
Flower  Seeds  for  1918.  This  is  a  94- 
page  catalogue  bound  In  heavy  covers 
with  gold  embossed  lettering,  hand- 
somely illustrated,  with  sixteen  pages 
of  novelties,  and  altogether  suggesting 
"Business  as  Usual." 


A.  R  Kunderd,  Goshen,  Ind. — Kun- 
derd's  Gladiolus,  1918.  A  50-page  cata- 
logue. This  is  a  remarkable  list  in 
that  it  is  exclusively  of  Mr.  Kunderd's 
own  productions  and  all  gladiolusdom 
knows  that  this  includes  some  of  the 
very  finest  varieties  over  raised.  We 
have  only  to  mention  such  gems  as 
Mrs.  Frank  Pendleton,  Mrs.  Dr.  Nor- 
ton, Myrtle,  and  Kunderd's  Glory  in 
evidence.  This  new  catalogue  lists  for 
the  first  time  many  novelties  in  the 
Ruffled  and  Primulinus  Hybrid  classes 
and  Is  richly  illustrated  with  22  beau- 
tiful plates.  Mr.  Kunderd  Is  to  be  con- 
gratulated on  the  pretty  and  expres- 
sive name  he  has  chosen  for  his  seed- 
lings. 


MICH  ELL  S  New  Crop 

FLOWER  SEEDS 

FOR     FLORISTS 
WHOLESALE  PRICE  LIST 

It  ii  a  complete  liit  of  Sea«onabl«  Bulb*. 
Plant  Specialtiei  and  Sundries.  Send  for 
•  copy  today. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Msrket  St.,  PHILA,  PA. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/»     (".IH)  |nr  ciKsci %:,:,.VA)  iiir  tLousaud 

VIO  (2;n  PCT  case) 80.00     "  ". 

!»/10  (200  per  case) 100.00     "  " 

Complete  I.i'.t  nf  Florlnts'  Cliolre  Seeds. 

.-\   poHtuI   (-iird   nill    lirin^   our  ratalo£:ue. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

IIKM   Mmoln   llldE.,      f  IiII,.\I)KI,PIII.\,  PA. 


January  5,  1918 


II  0  1{  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


i;5 


BiJL-BS 

Per  IIKK) 
First     Size     Named     Hyacinths, 

single  and  double,  all  colors. $35.00 
Single      Early      Tulips,      mixed 

and    separate   colors 5.00 

Narcissus  of  various  varieties..     5.00 

Mixed  Darwin    Tulips 6.00 

Mixed  Crocus    2.00 

LET   US   KNOW   YOUR   WANTS 

J.M.THORBURN&CO. 

Established  1802. 
S3  Barclay  Street,     NEW  YORK 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIAUZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write   (or   Special   Prices,    Spot   or 
Forward 

Only  Addrets,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  us  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    CO. 

ITO  W.  Wabash  Ave.  CUICAGO,  ILL. 


IR^IWIXklM     J.     lf9%A^IIM 

108  West   28th   St.,   NEW   YORK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Asparagus  Plumosus  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
$3.30;  5000  Seeds,  $1S.OO. 

Asparagus  Sprengeri — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00. 

Salvia  Bonfire — "A  oz.,  50c.;  1  oi.,  $2.00. 

Salvia  Zuricli — %  oz..  750.;   1  oz.,  $4.00. 

Stocks  Beauty  of  Nice,  75'/r  Double  Flowers 
— Shell  Fink.  Bright  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  $1.00;  >/i  oz.,  S2.00;  1  oz.,  $5.00. 

Snapdragon,  Petunias,  A'erbenas,  etc. 
SEND    FOR    CAT.4LOGUE. 


J.  BQLGIANQ  &  SON 


Careful 


Seed    Growers 
99   Years 


For 


Send  for  Our  1917  Wholesale  Price, 
To  Florists    and    Market    Gardeners 

BALTIMORE,  MD. 


Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADE.LPHIA 


BLl'E     LIST     OK     WIIOLKSALE     TRICES 

UAILED   ONLY   TO  THOSE   WHO   rl,.VNT 

FOR    PROFIT 

BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importers  ao^  Grower*  mt 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chambers  Street,  New  York 


si=>e:oi 

NARCISSUS  PAPER  WHITE  GRANDIFLORA 

13  to  15  cts.  1250  to  case $14.00  per  1000    $17.00  per  case 

14  ctm.,     1000  to  case 16.00  per  1000    16.00  per  case 

WHITE  ROMAN  HYACINTHS 

13x15  ctm $5.00  per  100    $50.00  per  1000 

15  ctm.  and  up 7.00  per  100    65.00  per  1000 

FREESIA  PURITY 

First  size  $10.00  per  1000 

CALLAS 

Medium  size  $10.00  per  100         Mammoth  size $15.00  per  100 

STUMPP  &  WALTER  CO.,    -    Seedsmen 

30-32  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 


Paper   White 
Narcissi 


PRICES  ON   APPLICATION 


R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO. 

6  South  Market  St.,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


I-EZOIMAFRD'S 

S 

EEDS 

and     SEIED     SE 

RVICEZ                     1 

FOR     SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY, 

Chicago,  III. 

SPAWN 

f»  I  iM    ivi  o  rui  e:  'V 
8  lbs.  for  $1.00 

Treatise  —  How   to   Grow   Them 
Included 

WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


THOMAS  J.  CREY  COMPANY 

8EKI>8,     BI^IJIS    AM)    IMTI-KMKNTS 
WIIOI.KSALE    AND    BETAII^ 

Benelected  Hlrnlnn  In  Seed*. 

Improved    atylr'n   In    ImplemfDta. 

CtttaloKue   DpoD  applloatloR. 


GARDEN  SEED 

r.KIOT.  CAUUOT,  r.MtSNIl'.  K.\I>IS11  ;ui(l 
i;.\i;i)EN  PK.V  SEKl)  111  variity;  ulso  other 
items  iif  tlK'  sliort  crop  of  tills  piist  sc^ii.son. 
as  well  us  11  full  line  of  (iiinleii  Seeds,  «-|ll 

I'e    qlKitod    .vuu    up. in    ;i  l>plie;lt  iiill    to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Der  St.,  NEW  YORK  and  ODANCE,  COhN 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

I"-      iiiiinciiiMtf      or      !"iit  ii  rf      <icl[\cry 
I)ri<is    (j'lolcii    (Ml    MppliiMi  ion 

JOSEPH  BRECK  &  SONS'  CORP. 

47-.''il  North  Market  St.,  Uoston,  Mass. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  Ah'S  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


16  So.  Market  Street  

tOS-TOIM.  IVIASS    I       166  W.  23rd  St..      NEW  YORK 


14 


11  UKTl  fU  LTU  IJE 


January  5,  1918 


ALEX.    McGONNELL 

611    FIFTH   AVENUE 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Tflrirsphle  ordrra  fnrwardi'd  t«  mnj 
p^n  of  th#  I  oli^d  MtAt<>*.  CkojuI*,  aad 
mil  prlnrliiftl  rltlca  of  Karopr.  Onl«ra 
trmasfrrrf'J  or  Intrustrd  by  the  trm4*  %• 
•«r  Brlrcilon   for  drllterj  on  •tf>«unfthlpft 

K^tferrbc*    or    mab   must   wtooiw^mmj    ftX) 
•rdrr*    from     aaknown    c>orrr>pood*iit«. 

Cmbl*    Addr«a».    ALEXCONNKLL. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Mrmber  ol   Florlxi'  Talefraph  DcliTerj 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


FOB 


KANSAS  CITY 

Trantfer    Your  Orders  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

[1017  Grand  Avenue 
Member  Florlrt*'  T*l»rr*pl>  Dellrarr 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Dfllrver  orders  from  any  part  ol  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  mr  Talesrayk 

2139-2141  Broadway,  New  York 

Tete*k*M   l*5*-iMN  CMaafta* 


KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madi»on  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 
York.      AUo  Vanderb  It  Ho 
Telepttone,    Morrsy    HIU    783 

Ont-of-town     Orders     Solicited.       Location 
Central.     Personal  Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

32NEW|URY^^      BANGOR,   MB. 

We   Cover  all  Points  in  Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38   Dorrance  Street 

Memlier    F1oTist«'   Telerrapb    DellTMy 


Of   Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


NEW   FLOWER    STORES. 
New     Bedford.      Mass.      I'.t.T 
ray,   Wliislow  bldR. 


.Mur- 


Portage,  Wis.— Miss  DorolliPB  S<'1- 
liiich,  sinii'i'dliig  Mrs.  L.  H.  .N'ashoUl. 
West  Cook  street. 


Des  Moines,  la. — Beaver  Avenue 
Floral  Co.,  Shops  Hldg.,  succeedInK 
Shops  Florists. 


BUSINESS  TROUBLES. 
L.  J.  Schlonier,  proprietor  of  the 
Oakley  Flower  Shop,  Cincinnati,  who 
made  an  assignment  a  few  weeks  ago, 
has  filed  a  voluntary  petition  In  bank- 
ruptcy. 


Chicago,  III.  -Charles  Fahrenkrug. 
florist  and  nurseryman,  4307  Noilh 
Francisco  street,  voluntary  petition  in 
bankruptcy  assets,  $5,367.35,  liabili- 
ties, $24,111.40. 


NEWS   NOTES. 
Baltimore,      Md.  —  Robert     Halliday 
has  been  installed   as  manager  for   I. 
H.  Moss.,  Inc. 


Harrisburg,  Pa. — The  State  Depart- 
ment of  .A.griculture  has  issued  a 
warning  against  unlicensed  salesmen 
for  nurseries  who  are  alleged  to  bo 
selling  uninspected  stock  in  this  State. 
The  law  of  1917  requires  all  salesmen 
and  nurseries  to  be  licensed. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  service  to  liellver  Flowers 
or  DeniKns  on  Order  by  Tele- 
l^raph      or      otherwise.        Prompt 

Kolifthle   Service. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

ConnectlcDt  Ave.  and  L  St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


KttabUshcd   1«7« 

D  A^  i^  r> 

N.  E.  C«r.  44  St.  &  MaditoD  Atcsvc^  N.  T.  City 

(  Member  Rorim'  Telegraph  Delivery  Auo.  ) 
Rowers  shipped  on  &il  Steamers.  SpeciaJ  Corrcspood' 
qCKc  in  all  the  large  cities  of  Europe  and  the  British 
Cokmie'  Telegraph  and  Cable  address.  Dardsflor. 
We  shoold  all  strictly  adhere  t«  the  re- 
quest of  the  United  States  Food  Adminis- 
tration. 

ROBERT  DYSART 

CERTIFIEX)   PUBLIC  ACCXMJNTANT 

llmple  methodii  of  eorrect  ae«ODntlDC 

c«pc«UJl7    adapted     for    florlit*'    asa 

BOOKS      BAI^NCBO      AND      ADJCBTED 

40  STATE  ST.      •      -      •      -      BOSTON 
TalapbsDC   Mala   U. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
—SONS— 

Cor.  Broadwa7  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

Wa  MTCT   all    Mlrhlcaa    pataU  aad   ra«4 

•MlUas    af    Ohia,    ladlaaa   aad    Oaaada 

MaiBbari     Floriitt'     Trlcrrapb     DallTarr 

Aa*«<ia41oa. 


CUD£  I3HOS  CO 

WA^niKtTO.  DC 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Meaibcr  Florlsti  Telefjrapti    DeliTer; 


Ordar*    for    NEW    YOBK. 
Writ*  or  PboBo  ta 

IMAX  SGHLING 

785  Fiftli  Ave. 


Beat    FlorliU    Id    tbe    State*    aa 
Refereooea. 

EDROfEAN  ORDERS  EXBGUTBD 

■lembera  of  tbe   Florlata' 
Telerrapb   Dellrery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN   ST. 
4VI-BANY,    N.    Y. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICINITY 

Members  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Member  Florists'  Telegrapb  Delivery  Assi. 

YOUNG  &  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Mamber*   Florista'    Telegraph    DeIrTei> 

A.T\  mJNYARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

AUo  Newport,  R.   I. 

I    OCABANTKE   BATI8FA0TIOK 


January  5,  1918 


HOETICULTUEE 


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CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Orders  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   Florist*'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delirevy 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

llCllf  VnDV  S61  Fifth  Ave. 
NCffff    TUnlV  VanderblltHotel 

nilCTnil   1  Park  street 
DUO  I  UH  799  BoyUton  Street 

lilhirMS  to  Staamers  ani  all  Eastari  Poiits 

CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 

Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  of  F.  T.  D.  Associati<)H. 
Orders    Filled    Daj    or    Night    for 

Cl-EVEUAND 

and  State  of  Ohio 

0*inplefe  Stock.      Regular  dlscoant  to  Tracts. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

189<   W.   !6th   St.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Members   Florists'  Telegraph  DeUvery  Ass'a. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

73S  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


HESS  &  SWOBODA 

ri^ORISTS 

Telephones   1501   and    L,  IBSt. 

1415  Famum  St., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

Rschum  Phone  306.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Fbone  3/8( 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDERSON    service    means    fresh,    stordj 
Stock  and   prompt  deliveries  in  BDFFAIA), 
LOCKPORT,        NIAGARA       FAXX,8        aad 
WK8TERN    NEW    YORK 
Members    of    Florists'    Telegraph    Dellvsry, 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.     Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

H.\KRY   I.   RANDALI.,   Proprietor. 


Flowers  by  Telegraph 

Leading  Retail  Florists  Listed  by 
Towns  for  Ready  Reference.  Orders 
transferred  by  telegram  or  otherwise 
to  any  of  the  firms  whose  address  is 
here  given  will  be  promptly  and  prop- 
erly filled  and  delivered. 

Albany,  N.  T.— H.  Q.  Eyres,  106  Stats  St. 

Albany,  N.  Y.— The  Rosery,  23  Steuben  Bt 

Bangor,  Me. — Adam  Sekenger,  32  New- 
bury St. 

Boston— Thos.  F.  GaMa,  1  Park  St 

Beaton— Penn  the  Flsrist,  124  Tremont  St. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.— S.  A.  ADderson,  440  Main 
St. 

Buffalo,  N.  T.— Palmer's,  304  Main  St. 

Chicago— William  J.  Smyth,  MlcblKan 
Ave.  and  Slat  St. 

Cleveland,  O.— J.  M.  Gasser  Co.,  Euclid 
Ave. 

Cleveland,  O. — Adam  Grabam  ft  Seas, 
5523  Euclid  Ave. 

Cleveland,  O.— Knoble  Bros.,  1836  W.  25tb 
St. 

Cleveland,  O.— The  Smith  k.  Fetters  Co., 
735  Euclid  Ave. 


Say  It  With 
Flowers 


Denver,  Col.— Park  Floral  Co.,  1643 
Broadway. 

Detroit,  MIcta. — J.  Breltmeyer's  Sons, 
corner  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Ave. 

Houston,  Tex. — Kerr,  The  Florist. 

Kansas  City,  Mo. — Samuel  Murray,  1017 
Grand  Ave. 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. — Howard  Sc  Smith, 
853  So.  Olive  St. 

New  York- David  Clarke's  Sons,  2139- 
2141  Broadway. 

New  York — Alex.  McConnell,  611  Btb  Ave. 

New  York- Young  &  Nugent,  42  W.  28th. 

New  York — A.  T.  Bunyard,  413  Madlsoa 
Ave.,  at  48th  St. 

New  York- Dards,  N.  B.  corner  44tb  St. 
and  Madlaon  Ave. 

New  York— G.  B.  M.  Stumpp,  761  Fifth 
Ave. 

New  York— TbOB.  F.  Qalvln,  Fifth  Ave., 
at  46tb  St. 

New  Y'ork— KottmlUer,  426  Madison  Ave. 
and  40th  St.,  also  Vanderbllt  Hotel. 

Omaha,  Neb. — Bess  &  Swoboda,  141B 
Farnum  St. 

Providence,  R.  I. — Johnston  Bros.,  SS 
Dorrance  St. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.— J.  B.  Keller  Sons,  26 
Clinton  Ave.,  N. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.— Fred  C.  Weber,  4326-28 
Olive  St. 

St.  Paul.  Minn.— Holm  *  Olson,  Inc. 

Tarrytown-on-Hudson,  N.  Y.— F.  R.  Pier- 
son  Co. 

Toronto,  Can.— J.  H.  Dunlop,  8-10  West 
Adelaide  St. 

Washington,  D.  C— Gude  Bros.,  1214  F 
St. 

Washington,  D.  C— George  H.  Cooke, 
Connecticut  Ave.  and  L  St. 

Worcester,  Mass. — Randall's  Flower  Shop, 
22  Pearl  St. 


Albany,    N.   Y. 

The  Best  Service 
Our  Business  is  Growing 

Member  Florists  Telegraph  DellTeTT. 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Mtmier  FhrUU   TeUgrafK\Dilivtry  Aiiee/aHn 
HOT  ICE  INITIALS.     IVe  have  cne  tUn-e  only 

THE  J.  M.  CASSER  COMPANY, 

CLlEflELANI 


Euclid  Avenue 


The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mail    or    telegraph    <>rd«r    !•• 
any  occasion,  in  any  part  of  the  Domlals*. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  OMV. 
AI.BANT,  N.  Y. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DBlaVEKED  IN   ALBANY  AND  VICINITT 
ON    TELEGRAPHIC    ORIIER 

106  STATE  STREET,         ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largeat  cut  flower  store  In  America. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  aU 
Northwestern  points  given  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 

Ti*"  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

MembtT    Florists'     Telegraph     Uelivery. 

DENVER.  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 


HOUSTON,  TEXAS 
The  Florist       H.mbav  r.  T.  ».  AssMlaMsa 


16 


II  o  KTi  <v  1/r  i;  UK 


Jaiiuurr  6.  1918 


BEAUTIES 

Orchids       -       Cypripedium 
White   Lilac 

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and   we  can   supply  you   with   good   stock. 


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PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


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GROM/ERS     AND     WHOLESALERS 

Greenhouses,  Edgely,  Bucks  Co..   Pa. 

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orn  HrKciAi.TiF.s 

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ADIANTUM.  STRING   SMILAX,   Etc. 

Special  for  New  Year,  RICHMOND  ROSES 

(Trial  Order  Solicited) 


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WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21   Ruttcad  St.,   PkilxIclpUa.   P*. 

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ud  ail  Siasooabli  Variitiu  if  Cat  Flowirs 

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WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

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Wholesale    Florists 


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IF 


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a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


ROSM 

Am.  Beauty,  Spcdai 

"  "        Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls. • . 

Rusull,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadlcy 

ArcDbcrg,  Hoosiei  Beauty 

Ward 

Rtllarncy,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HillingdoD- 

Caraatioiu ' 

Cattleraa 

Dendrobium  fonnosuin 

Lilies,  Lonsiflorum. ■ 

Lillet,  Speciosum    

Call* 


BOSTON 

J:.n.  3 


ST.  LOUIS 

Dec.  31 


I  »5  oo 

1  lO.OO 
4.00 
s.oo 

i    a. CO 

9. CO 
2. CO 
3.00 
2.00 
3. CO 
35.00 


Lily  of  the  Valley 

SnapdrasoD 

Bouvardia 

VioleU 

Frecsia • 

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman   Hyacintbs 

Stcvia 

Calendula- 

Minnonette 

Sweet   Peas 

Marguentea 

dardeaias 

Adiantum 

Smilaz  ■ 

Asparafftu  Plumosoa.  A  Sprea.  don  Bchs.> . 


8.00 

'    6.00 

ti.oo 

6.00 

6,00 

I    a. 00 

I       -75 

t.oo 
a. 00 
1.00 


35.00 

90.00 

8.00 

ao  00 

95.00 

1 7.00 

8.0c 

8.00 

13.00 

300 
50.00 
50,00 

13. 00 
8.00 

1 6. CO 
&.00 

10.00 
3.00 

■  .CO 


60  00 
40.00 
J  J. 00 
10.00 

lO-OO 

400 

B.oo 


7.0c 

I      3  00 

*   30.C0 

I.CC 

i    13.00 

I    31;. 00 


t    ■ 
3.00       . 

«.oo  ,  , 

X.50   . 


3.00; 

4.to 

35.00 

1.95 

16.00 

50.00 


to 
to 
to  ' 

10 


13. 00 

13. 00 


a  00 
5.00 
s.oo 


1. 00 

13  fO 

30  00 


1.00 

15.00 
50.00 


50,00 

ao  00 
6.00 
4.00 
6.00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
50.00 
50.00 


TRADE  PRICES -Per   100 
TO  DEALERS  ONtY 

PHILA. 

L'cc.  31 
o     to     60.00 
40.0c 

ao.oo 

3c  .CO 

35.00 

1^.00 

8.00 
)o  00 
la.oo 

6.00 
60  .oc 
60.00 

lO.OO 

6,00 

1500 

10.00 
16.00 
4.00 

I.J5 

6.00 
■loo 

400 

3. 00 

4.fO 
5-00 
3  00 
3.00 
3500 
t.to 
ao.oo 
50.00 


75.00 
5o.<o 

90.00 
30  .CO 
15.00 

B.oo 

I3.00 
8.00 
4. CO 

75.00 


12  50       to       I5.CO 


3.00  lo 

19.50  to 

5.00  to 

4.00  to 

3.00  to 

.50  tn 

4  00  to 

a  00  to 

3.00  to 

I .( o  to 

3.00  10 
3.00 

•75 

i.co  to 

90.00  to 

•  75    '(O 

15. CO  to 

33.00  to 


to 


Whea    writing    to    advertiaers     kindly 
mention  HORTICULTURE. 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


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MANUFACTURERS 

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J.A.BUDLONG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 
ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE 


CUT  FLOWERS 


January  5,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


Flower  Market  Reports 

The    flower   market    here 
BOSTON     has  had  another  bad  re- 
lapse and  at  present  time 
Is   in   an    almost    moribund   condition. 
Prices  have  taken  a   big   drop  on   all 
the  specialties  that  made  any  advance 
for  the  holidays  and  there  is  very  lit- 
tle sale  for  them  at  that.     To  say  that 
the    growers    and    wholesale    dealers 
feel  dejected  is   putting  it  mildly  for 
the   extreme    cold   has    continued    un- 
abated  and    the   consumption   of  coal 
Is   about    double    the   normal    require- 
ments.     Last    year    was    the    first    in 
which  New  Year's  Day  was  observed 
as  a  holiday  in  Massachusetts.     This 
has  been  a  serious  blow  to  the  florist 
trade    for    that    occasion.     In    former 
years   the   business   man  on   the   way 
to  his  office  would  drop  in  and   send 
a  floral  greeting  to  his  friends  but  now 
he  is  out  of  it  almost  entirely.    It  will 
take    careful    nursing    to    make    New 
Year's  Day  a  floral  holiday  in  Boston. 

The  closing  week  of  the 
CHICAGO     year,  with  the  moderat- 
ing of  the  weather  was 
favorable  to  the  florist  trade,  for  it  in- 
creased the  supply  of  flowers   a  hun- 
dred per  cent  and  added  to  the  list  of 
customers.      Stock    was     much    more 
plentiful    than    had    seemed    possible, 
but   the   customers   came   also,   conse- 
quently there  were  less  flowers  left  in 
the  ice  boxes  than  often  occurs  after  a 
holiday.     Incoming  stock  caused  some 
slump  in  the  market  but  it  was  not  a 
serious  one.    Prices  for  the  week  have 
been    steadier  on   carnations   than   on 
roses.     The    first   daffodils    came   two 
week3     ago     and     they    were     grown 
locally   and    while  the   demand    could 
not  be  called  strong,  they  sold  for  six 
cents.     Paper  white  narcissi  are  here 
in  quantity.    Violets,  lily  of  the  valley, 
snapdragons,    calendulas,     lilies,     etc., 
go  to  make  variety  but  the  great  bulk 
of  supply  consists  of  roses  and  carna- 
tions.      Wholesale     trade     was     very 
quiet    on    the    last    day    of   the    year. 
With  the  retailer  there  were  baskets 
and    window    boxes    still    in    stock    to 
make  a  good  showing  and  he  was  in- 
clined to  go  slow  on  stocking  up  with 
flowers  to  more  than  meet  the  demand 
of  the  hour. 

Chistmas  week's  bus- 
CINCINNATI     iness    was    rather 

slow.  The  early  New 
Year's  business  secured  followed  the 
same  line  but  at  the  close  of  the  New 
Year's  business  a  strong  demand  de- 
veloped and  this  bought  up  all  the 
stock  that  was  at  all  good.  The  sup- 
ply though  only  fair  is  sufficient  to 
take  care  of  all  immediatf  wants. 
Roses  are  fairly  plentiful.  Carnations 
and  lilies  are  in  a  good  supply.  Yel- 
low and  paper  white  narcissus  are  in 


LILAC 

The  first  cuts  are  now 
reaching  us.  Unusually 
choice  quality,  large  well- 
grown  heads. 

$1.50  and  $2  per  bunch 


S.S.PENNOGKCO. 

THE  ^-ft-L-of  PHILACELPHIA 


fiEW  YORK 
117  W.  28ih  Si. 


PBIIADEIPHIA 
160g-l'620  Lndlon  Si. 


BALTIMORE 

tz.Min  S  Si.  Paul  Sis. 


WASHINGTON 
1216  H  St.,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


TRADE 


PRICES  — Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLV 


Rmm 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "         Fancy  and  Extra- . . 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey.  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia, Sunbur&t,  Hillingdon... 

Camationa 

CatUeyu 

Dendrobium  fonnosum 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Lilies,  Specioiuoo ■ 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdrnvon 

Bouvardia 

Violet. 

Freesia 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinth* 

Stevia   

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peaa 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum - 

Smilax •  ■       

AsparaffasPlii.AS|>ren.  [looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

Dec,    3^ 


CHICAGO 

Dec.  31 


BUFFALO 

Dec.  31 


50.00 
30,00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
6.00 
6.00 
4.00 
6.00 

4. CO 


75.00 
40.00 
15.00 
15-00 
15.00 
15.00 
10.00 
10.00 

I^.CO 

6.00 


30.00 
^0.00 
10.00 

5.00 

4.00 
4  00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
2.00 


75.00  I  50.00 
12.50 


4.00 


3.C0 
1.50 
3.00 


15.00    to 


10.00 
10.00 
6. CO 

2.C0 
6,00 
4.00 
5.00 
2,00 
4.00 

1.50 

1. 00 

1,00 
15.00 
35.00 


40.00 
30.00 
20.00 

8.00 
6.00 
10.00 

8.00 
8.00 

4.00 

75.00 
75.00 

1 3. 00 


T2.00 

5  00 
4.00 
5.C0 
1.00 
3.00 
2.C0 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 


15.00 
«.oo 
6.<o 
6.00 

>-50 
4x0 
3.C0 
3.00 
3.  o 
3.00 


3.00 


15.00 
25.00 


1.00 
90.00 
50.00 


40.00 
30.00 

3.00 

4.00 

4.00 

6.00 

3.00 

3  00 

4. CO 

6c.oo 

to 

8.00  to 

4.00  to 

to  . 

8. CO  to  • 

3.00  to 

, to  . 

, to  . 

to  . 

3.00  to 


50.00  '  40.00 
40.00  I  25.1.0 
15.0c     12.00 


PITTSBURG 

Jan.  a 
to    60.00 
to 


la.oo 
S.to 

12.00 
5.C0 
8.00 

12.00 
5.00 


8.00  to 

to 

......  to 

6.00  to 

4,00  to 

4.00  to 

3.00 


35.00 

ao.oo 
15.00 


12.00 
13.00 

IS.OO 


75.00    60.00     to     75-00 


.  to 


to.oo     10.00 
6.00    


5.00  I    4.00     to 


3.00 
3.00 


to 
to 
to 

1.25  to 
■  75     to 

1. 00 


4. CO  I 

♦  .CO 

5.C0 


1.50 

1. 25 
to       1.50 

to 

i.oo     to        1.1$ 
15.00     to     ao.oo  I  15.00 
35.00     to     50. CO    35.C0 


1.00  to 

10 

3.00  to 

3.00  to 

1.50 
3.C0 
3.C0 

l.CO 

3.00    to 
to 

I  .CO      to 


I.JJ 


to 


to 


5.00 

S.to 
a  00 
4.C0 
6.00 
4.00 

4. CO 


l.»5 

;o.oo 


to    50.CO 


a  lieavy  supply.  Sweet  peas  and  free- 
sias  have  been  finding  a  good  market. 
Single  violets  selling  well.  There  is  a 
fair  supply  of  usual  variety  of  mid- 
winter flowers, 

The  Christmas  flower 
CLEVELAND  business  in  Cleve- 
land was  good.  The 
wholesale  market  was  well  cleaned 
uji.  Supplies,  according  to  some,  sold 
better  than  last  year,  and  business  on 
the  whole  was  as  good  as  last  year. 
After-Christmas  business  continued  in 


fair  volume  and  this  together  with  the 
pronounced  scarcity  of  flowers  keeps 
the  wholesalers  well  cleaned  up. 

A  final  reckoning  up 
NEW  YORK  of  the  Christmas  bus- 
iness shows  that  on 
the  whole  the  volume  of  business  was 
fairly  large  even  if  prices  were  not  up 
to  former  years.  The  trade  generally 
is  cheerful  over  the  situation  tor  after 
the  indifferent  business  during  all  of 
December  Christmas  seemed  good  by 
.omparison   and   the  handicaps  of  de- 

{Cttitinuld  CH  fact    iq) 


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1129  Archest.  PMILADEfLPHIA,  PA. 

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Is 


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WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

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WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

^  Rrit  Clau  Mark.t  Ur  »U  «  UT  FLOWERS 

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121  WMt  28th  St.,       NEW  YORK 

Fi  ROSES,  wm  cnmiAiiois 

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r.7  WKST  :;cth  stkkf.t 


A   GOLD   MEDAL  ^   not  expected  br  u»  for  doing  our  duty  by  our  conBiKnon  and  cuMocner* 

We  have  22  years*  experience  behind  us 

FANOT    ORADE    OBCHID8,    8KFTEMBEB    MOBN,    AMEBIOAN    BEACTT,    PBIMA 

DONNA    AND   ALL    OTOEB    B08E8.    LILIES,    CARNATIONS,    VIOLETB, 

ASPAKAGL'S  AND   8MILA.\     and  nil  other  iSeaaonsble  Flower*. 

GUTTMAN  &  RAYNOR,  Inc.,      Wholesale  FlorisU 

PlK,.e.,  F.rr.*,,  558,  28»6  ..d  2017  111    We.t  28th  Street,  NEW   YORK 


NEW  lORK  QUOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


{  Ust  Pirt  M  Wiik 

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1117 


Hnt  P»t  If  Will 

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1117 


Ajnerican  Beauty.  Special 

"  '*  Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  •*         No.  I  and  culls.   . 

Rusaell.  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg.  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon, 

Key 

Camationt 


40.00 
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60.00 
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20.00 
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40.00 

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4.00 
3.00 
2.00 
2  00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 


to  60.00 

to  :iO.OO 

to  15.00 

to  95.00 


40.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
20.00 
20,0c 
4.00 


GROWERS'  CUT    FLOWER   COMPANY 
WHOLESALE   FLORISTS 

129  West  28th  Street  t..  ; g gg^ ;  p.„.„. 

E.  J.  VAN   REYPER,  Mgr. 


WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  CoDimiHNion  Dealer  In 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

133  West  28th  Street,  New  York 
Telephone — M32-.'<.';33  Madison  Square 


I>anJ(   H.    TraendiT 


Charle,    Seheaak 


JOSEPH    S.    FENRICH 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

SI   W.  28th   Street,   New  York 

T*la*h»M*.    «2»-tn-itt    Had.    Bg. 


TRAENOLY  &  SCHENGK 

M^Kolesale    Florists 

436  BU  Avinge,  titwiia  26U  aii  27tll  Sts.,  Niw  T«rt 

Telephone*:     787,  7B8,  7M  Farravnt 

CooslgnnieDti  Solicited 

HERMAN   WEISS 

WHOLESALE    FLOBI8T 

Can  handle  Bhlpmenta  of  grower*'  prodoct 
satisfactorily.  Would  lUc*  to  bear  troai 
Growers  of  Snapdragons  and  Sweet  Pcaa, 
etc.,  for  the  New  York  trade. 

1 30  West  28th  Street,  TeL  rarracat  «4, 

VKW  TOBK. 


January  5,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


19 


Fbwor  Market  Reports 

fective  transportation  and  zero  we.uh- 
er    had    made    the    outlook    far    from 
promising.     Since  Christmas  there  has 
been  the  usual  lull  with  fortunately  a 
moderate  or,  in  some  lines,  very  light 
supply  coming  in.     The  worst  feature 
was   the   very   considerable   stock   left 
over   from   the   Christmas   supply   and 
this   has   been   a  grievous  burden   for 
the  wholesale  trade,  being  largely  of  a 
class  of  material  difficult  to  unload  on 
the   surplus-consuming   trade   and   the 
continued   cold    restricting   the   oppor- 
tunities for  such  traders.   The  supplies 
consisted   largely,   of  course,   of  paper 
white  narcissi,  white  carnations,  white 
roses,  etc.,  in  all  grades,  Ijut  there  was 
a  considerable  quantity   of  the   large, 
high-priced  roses,  including  American 
Beauties,  which  in  previous  years  have 
led  the  market  but  this  year  did  not 
do  nearly  as  well  as  heretofore.     Me- 
dium priced  roses  had   the  call,  most 
decidedly    and    in    the    special    grades 
Hadley  went  far  ahead  of  all  the  rest 
in   popularity.     Some  very  good   Rus- 
sells  were  in  the  market  but  they  were 
not  in  keen  demand.   There  were  many 
complaints   of   the   poor   durability   of 
the  carnations  this  year.    Since  Christ- 
mas values  have  sagged  on  the  entire 
list  and  there  was  not  enough  activity 
in  the  New  Year's  demand  to  strength- 
en the  tone  of  the  market.    Despite  the 
unfavorable     weather    conditions    the 
receipts     for    this    once    great    floral 
holiday  were  far  beyond   the   require- 
ments  and    at    present    writing   there 
is  a  big  supply  of  holdover  stock  in- 
cluding all    the  standard   varieties  as 
a  long  list  of  miscellaneous  things  of 
every  form  and   hue. 

After  -  Christmas 
PHILADELPHIA  trade  is  rather 
slow.  The  weath- 
er is  against  it  and  lots  of  stock  is 
left  over  in  the  hands  of  the  retailers. 
The  cold  snap  on  Saturday  and  Sun- 
day hurt.  A  few  complaints  have  been 
received  as  to  express  delays.  Not 
much  extra  business  came  in  for  New 
Years.  American  Beauty  roses  are 
not  plentiful  and  have  sold  pretty 
well.  Russells  have  sold  well  and  are 
very  fine;  Killarneys  rather  slow. 
Carnations  are  moving  In  fair  shape  at 
low  prices.  Values  went  down  (luicker 
this  year  than  ever  before.  There  are 
good  cattleyas  and  cypripediums  but 
prices  are  low.  Cypripediums  are  not 
selling  as  well  this  year  as  last.  Most 
of  the  violet  shipments  have  been  de- 
layed coming  in  but  there  was  good 
demand. 

Reports  from 
ROCHESTER,  N.  H.  the  flower 
stores  indicate 
a  decided  dropping  off  of  Christmas 
business  from  that  of  a  year  ago. 
Express  shipments  were  terribly  late 
and  several  had  to  be  cut  out  entirely 
Cut  flowers  were  exceptionally  good 
and  moved  nicely,  holiday  prices  pre- 
vailing. Roses  had  a  big  demand  and 
at  the  last  minute  were  not  iilentiful 
enough  to  supply  the  stores.  Beauty, 
Scott  Key  and  Milady  sold  particu- 
larly well.  A  few  chrysanthemums 
are  still  in  but  they  are  overripe. 
Violets  were  very  fine  and  sold  well. 
Paper  White   narcissus   are   plentiful. 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 


XA^MOI 


■  S7    NA/es-fc    ae-ti 


TeleDtaones,  13 — 8610  Madison  Sqnare 

MACRICK    L.    OLA88,   Tr«««urer 


S'fcr-eet 


J-    K- 


IM 


VLE.4I.ER  IN   THE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   TKA1.E  KOR  OVER  THIRTY  YEARS 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.    Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 

118  West  28th  St.      IME\A/    YORK 


TELEPHONES 

Farragut  167  and  3058 


NEW   YORK  QUOTATIONS   PER  |00.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


C«ttleyu  ■••• 

Dendrebium  rormotum 

Lilies,  Longiflorum--    

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

SnapdragoD  ■       

BouTardia 

VioleU 

Freesias 

Narcis,  Paper  White 

RomaB  Hyacinths 

Stevia 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias, 

Adiantum 

Smilax * 

Asparagus  Plumosus.  &  apren  (loo  bunches)  ■ 


Last  Part  of  Wiek 
ending  Dec.  29 
1917 


50.00 

50.00 

8.0c 

8.00 

16.00 

S.oo 
8.00 

3.00 

•75 

3.00 

2.00 

3-00 

1.00 

3.00 

4.00 

3.00 

3.00 

50.00 

1. 00 

20.00 

50.00 


.75     to 


2.50     to 


5.00 
.50 


First  Part  of  Ww| 

heeinniRg  Dec-  3' 

1917 


35-O0 

6.00 
4.00 

15,00 
3.00 
s.oo 
2.00 

.60 

2.00 
1. 00 
1. 00 
■75 
3.00 
3.00 
2.00 

2. 00 

15.00 

15.00 

25.00 


50.00 

50.0a 

8.00 


to  16.00 

to  8.00 

to  8. 00 

to  3.00 

to  .75 

to  3-00 

to  B.OO 

to        3.00 
to       1.00 

3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 
50.00 
1. 00 
20.00 
50.00 


WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerous  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  demand  mx- 
«eed«  onr  soddIt.     ThU  Is  espeolaUy  true  of  Hoses.     We  have  every  facility  and 
abnndant  means  and  beat  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  ns. 
Address  Tonr  Shipments  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc 


1 1 1    W.   28th   St.,    NEW  YORK 


D.  J.  Pappas,  Pre*. 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale  Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,   etc. 

5  So.  Mole  St.,        PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


SINBLE    VIOLETS  **"!£■ 

Violets  and  novelties  are  my  Hobby.  Con- 
sign your  flowers  to  me.  I  can  eeU  them  to 
your   satisfaction. 

CLARENCE  SLINN, \^i^roik 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

EVERYTHING  FOB  THE  FLOKI8T 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

347-.*57  CambridKe  St.,  Boston 

Hc'adquarters  for 

CYCAS,     BASKETS,     WIRE     DESIGNS 

and    WAX    I  LOWERS 

Send  for  price  list  if  you  liave  not  re- 
ceived one. 


Many  orchids  have  been  touched  by 
the  Ircst  lately  in  transit.  Carnations 
are  becominK  a  trifle  more  plentiful 
but  still  very  backward.  Sweet  peas 
are  showing  themselves  in  small  quan- 
tities. The  potted  plant  trade  has 
been  good. 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  have  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
sles,  Violets,  Carnations  and  all  other  stock 
(if  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SL.IIMIM,  Jr. 

55  and  67  W.  26th  Street.  NEW  YOag 

"rCED  (SL  KELLER 

132    West    JStb   .St..   New   Yorli 

Florists'    Supplies 

Wr    nmniirnctiirc   all    our 

Altai  DisiEDS,  Baskets,  Wire  Wirk  KNoveltiis 

and   iiri'   di'.ilirs   iu 

Decorative  Glassware.  Growers  an<l 

Florists'    Keaulsltes 


Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Importers  aad    Cirowers   at 

OROMIDS 

Out    Flower,   of   AU   tlw   L«»dl>s   TarU«*o« 
In   tluir   Seaaoa. 

THOIMAS  YOUNG,   Jr.,    l»ro|M-l*tor 

■OUMD    BBOOK.  H.  *■ 


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ilO  KTI  VV  ].TV  RE 


January  S,  1918 


Cat.  X7«8 

Pot  Makers  for  a 
ConturyandaHalf 


HEWS 


STRONG 

RED 
POROUS 


POTS 


Inc.  1*04 

World's  Larsast 
Manufacturars 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  Inc.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


Writ*  for  Cataloga* 
and  DiBcoanty 


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LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


BOSTON. 

James  W.  Shannon,  of  Wobuni,  was 
married  last  week  to  Miss  Florence  I. 
Switser.  also  of  Woburn. 

The  flower  store  of  B.  Tashjlan  at 
2208  Wasliington  street  was  burned 
out  on  Thursday  night,  Dec.  27. 

The  retail  store  of  the  North  Union 
Florist  on  Portland  street  was  deluged 
with  water  during  a  fire  in  the  Hey- 
wood  Building  In  which  it  is  located 
The  loss  is  estimated  at  from  $500  to 
$800. 

Peter  Fisher,  whose  two  sons  are  In 
the  service,  tells  an  interesting  expe- 
rience of  one  of  them.  Nelson  Fisher, 
in  France,  where  he  found  in  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  small  florist  whom  he 
visited  the  Mrs.  Patten  carnation  be- 
ing grown. 

I-adies'  night  will  be  observed  by 
the  Gardeners'  and  Florist.s'  Club  of 
Boston  on  Tuesday  evening.  January 
15.  The  program  includes  the  instal- 
lation of  officers  and  a  stereopticon 
lecture  by  J.  Otto  Thilow  of  Dreer's 
Philadelphia. 

Guests  at  the  January  meeting  of 
the  Horticultural  Club  of  Boston  were 
Wm.  N.  Craig  and  F.  E.  Palmer  of 
BrookUne.  The  table  was  decorated 
with  a  superb  display  of  thirty  new 
varieties  of  carnations  including  the 
Dornor  novelties  under  test,  by  S.  J. 
Goddard  and  a  lovely  vase  of  the 
graceful  and  fragrant  Buddlela  asiat- 
lea  by  J.  K.  .M.  L.  Farquhar. 

The  local  committee  on  arrange- 
ments for  the  meeting  and  oxhibition 
of  the  American  Carnation  Society  in 
this  city  on  January  .30  and  .31  held  a 
meeting  at  the  Parker  House  on  Jan- 
uary 2  and  all  matters  connected  with 
the  reception  and  entertainment  of 
visitors,  etc..  were  completed.  Local 
growers,  while  regretting  the  action 
of  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  So- 
ciety in  withdrawing  its  promised  cash 
prizes  for  this  event  do  not  think  the 
change  will  make  much  difference  to 
the  carnation  people.  The  flowers  to 
be  staged  by  Massachusetts  growers 
promise  to  be  the  finest  ever  shown  at 
an  exhibition  in  this  country. 

The  Back  Bay  Pens  development, 
for  which  $44,000  of  Parkman  Fund 
income  was  appropriated,  will  involve 
a  comi,lete  change  of  landscape  back 
of  the  Museum  of  Fine  Art.s.  Two 
bridges  are  to  be  thrown  over  Muddy 
River,  which  itself  will  be  widened  at 
this   point    to   form    a   basin,   and   the 


lluiitliigton  eulranrc  to  thi-  Fi'n.s  will 
111'  continued  over  the  river  to  connect 
with  Audubon  road,  near  Jersey  street. 
This  great  improvement,  which  Is 
based  on  plans  drawn  by  Park  Com- 
missioner J.  K.  M.  L.  Farquhar  will 
cost  about  $200,000  to  complete.  It 
will  connect  in  a  dignified  and  impres- 
sive manner  the  stately  architecture 
of  the  now  $2,000,000  R.  b.  Evans  wing 
of  the  Art  Museum  with  the  natural 
landscape  planting  of  the  Muddy  Klver 
section  and  will  form  with  the  sur- 
rounding buildings  one  of  the  most  im- 
posing features  of  the  entire  park 
system. 

CLEVELAND 

The  Westman  &  Getz  floral  shop  at 
5926  Euclid  avenue  was  entered  early 
Wednesday  morning,  December  26,  by 
burglars,  who  opened  the  safe  and  got 
away  with  $.300.  They  entered  by  the 
rear  door  by  removing  a  panel  of  the 
door  and  turning  the  key  from  the  In- 
side 

The  transfer  of  the  railroads  to 
government  control  is  expected  to 
afford  more  transportation  facilities 
than  at  present  and  to  that  degree  will 
aid  the  florist  business.  People  in 
touch  with  the  coal  situation  say  that 
a  shortage  such  as  has  been  experi- 
enced this  winter  will  be  entirely 
obviated  in  the  future,  by  the  great 
efficiency  possible  in  the  operation  of 
the  railroads.  Embargoes  should  also 
be  less  severe  than  heretofore. 


PHILADELPHIA 

Stephen  Mortensen.  Southampton, 
Pa„  was  a  recent  visitor.  He  is  well 
supplied  with  coal  so  is  not  worrying 
about  the  U.  S.  taking  over  the  rail- 
roads. Crops  have  been  a  bit  short  in 
the  rose  growing  line  this  year  but  he 
thinks  maybe  that  was  Just  as  well 
under  present  conditions. 

James  Verner,  Garrettford,  Pa.,  re- 
ports his  coal  supply  pretty  good  but 
he  is  still  looking  for  more.  Roses 
have  done  very  well  this  season. 


Warohcvsaai 

CAMIiKllxiK,    MASS. 

NKW-   VOKK.  R.  T, 


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ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Lillian  Wheeler  formerly  of 
the  Edw.  C.  Kaelber  Co.,  Inc.,  is  with 
George  T.  Boucher  for  the  holidays. 

Harry  Guernott,  one  of  the  drafted 
florists  has  been  honorably  discharged 
from  the  Army,  having  suffered  a  hard 
attack  of  pneumonia  recently. 


CHICAGO 
W.  W.  Barnard  started  on  December 
-2  for  California  to  spend  the  winter 
there. 

A.  Miller,  president  of  the  American 
Hulh  Co.  says  that  his  books  show  a 
better  record  of  the  year's  business 
than  he  had  anticipated. 

At  J.  A.  Budlong's,  Philip  Schupp 
slates  that  while  the  business  of  the 
holiday  season  has  been  much  better 
than  expected,  he  found  that  custom- 
ers were  not  after  stock  at  extremely 
high  prices. 

.Mian  Humason,  formerly  salesman 
for  A.  A.  Arnold  Paper  Box  Co.,  and 
The  Raedlein  Basket  Co.  was  drafted 
and  Is  now  with  the  infantry  at  Camp 
Grant,  Rockford,  III.,  where  he  has 
been  promoted  to  the  rank  of  sergeant- 
major. 

The  plant  growers  have  had  a  good 
year  and  all  holiday  stock  has  been 
moved.  Benches  will  now  be  given 
over  to  the  midwinter  stock  and  the 
plants  in  preparation  for  Easter 
Prices  here  held  up  to  quotations,  for 
all  were  sold  before  the  holiday  rush 
was  on. 

In  the  summaries  of  the  year  a  local 
newspaper  lists  the  wholesale  cut 
flower  business  of  Chicago  as  $3,610,- 
OiiO  the  same  as  last  year.  Comment- 
ing on  this,  some  of  the  wholesalers 
are  inclined  to  think  that  the  estimate 
Is  too  low,  others  that  it  is  very  nearly 
correct.  There  are  about  thirty  whole- 
sale cut  flower  houses  in  Chicago  the 
greater  part  of  the  business  being 
done,  however,  by  about  one-fourth  of 
that  number. 

Mr.  Deitz.  representing  the  U.  S.  De- 
partment of  Agriculture,  called  upon 
the  Chicago  growers  a  short  time  ago, 
investigating  insect  pests  and  warning 
growers  how  to  guard  against  them. 
Two  in  particular  which  have  proven 
troublesome  in  the  .Middle  West  are 
the  chrysanthemum  gall-fly  and  a  new 
species  of  mealy  bug.  The  chrysan- 
themum gall-fly  has  been  known  in 
California  for  several  years  and  re- 
cently has  been  found  in  Michigan  and 
Indiana.  In  buying  stock,  purchasers 
were  warned  to  examine  the  young 
plants  for  dark  green  and  red  galls  on 
leaves.  The  gall-fly  multiplies  so 
rapidly  that  stock  would  soon  be 
ruined  unless  fumigated  and  picking 
oft"  of  leaves  be  practiced  immediately. 
Inf<jrniation  regarding  the  alwve  and 
other  injurious  bugs  is  brought  out  in 
the  9th  annual  report  of  the  State 
Entomologist  of  Indiana. 


January  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


21 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists' Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

- .  .  For  Catalogues  and  Discoants  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agenta  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territoy 


For 

Bigger,  Better 

Business 


Nothing  that  you  can  do  will 
compare  with  judicious  advertis- 
ing- '  Tl 

Judicious  Advertising 

is  that  which  appeals  to  that  class 
of  readers  who  have  need  for  the 
goods  one  has  to  ofFer  and  who 
are  able  to  pay  for  the  same.  Ad- 
vertising addressed  to  anybody 
else  is  largely  ineffective  and  the 
bigger  the  circulation  paid  for  the 
greater  the  waste. 

If  you  wish  to  reach  the  re- 
sponsible and  desirable  people  in 
the  Florist,  Gardening,  Seed  and 
Nursery  industries, 

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can  serve  yon  well.  This  it  has 
been  doing  for  the  past  thirteen 
years,  for  wise  advertisers. 

Are  you  one  of  them? 

If  not,  the  New  Year  is  a  good 
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Flower    Market    Reports 

,  „  ^  Continued  from  page  :, 

Christmas,  1917,  was  a 
ST.   LOUIS     profitable    one    to    the 

wholesaler.  Prices  were 
high  aud  stock  not  over  aDundaut. 
Holly  was  scarce  at  $6  to  $11  a  case. 
Mistletoe  also  very  scarce.  Retailers 
in  general  had  a  good  supply  in  plants 
and  pushed  them,  owing  to  high  price 
of  flowers.  Trade  between  Christmas 
and  New  Year  has  been  good.  Severe 
weather  influenced  transient  trade. 
Violets  and  sweet  peas  were  scarce. 
The  outlook  is  for  a  material  increase 
In  carnations  and  other  stock  gen- 
erally. 


ST.  LOUIS. 
Walter    Young,    of    the    firm    of    C. 
Young  &  Sons,  came  from  the  Aviation 
field  at  Omaha  on  a  furlough  to  spend 
Christmas. 

The  local  National  Flower  Show  ex- 
ecutive committee  held  a  meeting  on 
Dec.  29th  at  headquarters.  J.  J.  Beneke 
was  elected  treasurer  as  well  as  sec- 
retary. 


Does  a  Clean  Job— 
Saves  a  Lot  of  Work 

-That's  the  story  of  "SCALECIDE,"  the 
.^F  premier  dormant  spray.  It  will  abso- 
lutely clean  up  San  Jose  scale — will  also 
control  apple  canker,  collar  rot,  bud 
moth,  case  bearer,  aphis,  pear  psylla, 
etc.  No  other  spray  will  oo  ail  this. 
"SCALECIDE"  can  be  put  on  in  one- 
half  tile  usual  time— a 
preat  savinR  in  labor 
and  you  Ret  throuKii  on 
time.  Pleasant  to  h»n- 
die.    Sold  on  Money      mlnf'^  J^>f^ ^^  ..-^ 

Back  Basis.  iimmnj/^'M'^^ 

B.C.  PRATT  CO., 

M'f's  Chemists 
50  Church  Street 
Dept.  12      New  York  ^ 


Uftle  Ads.  That  Bring 
Big  Returns 

Llttltf  Ads.  In  our  Classified  Buyers'  Dlre«- 
tory  brioff  biff  rcturos  to  butb  advrrtliier 
Ajiythlnr  n-BDted  by  florUts,  yitrdeners, 
park  and  oemetery  supvrlntc'ndeotB,  •&«., 
oao  b«  sold  throuKb  this  medium. 
l>on't  fall  to  read  o\er  tUr««  Ads.  Id  MMb 
Issue  and  you  may  find  one  or  inor*  Ui*« 
wkU  prove  profitable  to  yoo. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


BUI.BS 

C.   KEUR  *   SONS.  HILLEQOM,   Holland. 

Bulbs  of  all  deacrlptioDa.    Write  for  prlcM. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH,  8-10  Bride*  St. 


CARNATION  STAPLES 

Split  carnations  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plllsbury'a  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  36c. ;  3000  for  $1.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  PILLSBURY,  Oalesbarg,  IlL 


DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dablla   Mrs.  Frederick  OrlnneU. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONEY.  New  Bedford,  Maia. 


Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
SprlDK  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NOKTHUORO  DAHLIA 
A  OLADIULUS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moor*. 
Prop.,  Nortbboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — John  Wanamaker, 
Newest,  Handsomest,  Kest.  New  color,  new 
form  anil  new  habit  of  growth.  Ulg  stock 
of  beat  cut- flower  Tsrietles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FARMS, 
Uerlln,  N.  J. 


DAISIB8 

Daisies  (Bellls)  Monstrosn,  white  and 
pink,  also  Lonufellow  oixl  Snowball.  Thinly 
Bown  Ueld-grown  seedlings,  $2.60  per  1000, 
$11.50  per  0000.  cash. 

BUILL  CELERY  GARDENS, 
Kalaiuazoo,  Mich. 


OLA8S 

Qreenbouse  glass,  lowest  prices.    JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO..  Hartford  City,  Ind. 


PANSY  PLANTS 

Pansy  Plants,  Strong  anil  stocky.    Strains 
unsurpassed    by   any   for  Size  of   Bloom   or 
Colors.      $2.50    per    1000,    $11.50     per    5000. 
Cash.     Satisfaction  or  your  money  back. 
BRILL  CELERY  GAUDK.NS, 
Kalamazoo,  Mich. 


PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greateat  collection, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTSCUER, 
Caual  Dover,  O. 


ROSES 

Roses,  Cannas  and  Shrubs.  THB 
CONARD  &  JONES  COMPANY.  Wsat 
Grove,  Pa. 

SPHAGNUM   MOSS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  i>«at  and 
orchid  basketa  always  on  hand.  L,AGBB 
&  niTRRELL.  Summit,  N.  J. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Follnge  Vines,  cbolc* 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tub 
grown  for  Immediate  efTeet ;  also  Cllmblog 
Roses.  J.  11.  TROY.  Mount  Ulssarllk  Nnr- 
«»ry,   .N'ev.    Rochelle,  N.  Y. 


WIRE  WORK 

WII.I.IAM      E.      HKII.SCUKR'S      WIRl 
WORKS.   2M   Randolph   St.,   Dalrolt,  UXch. 


12 


HORTICULTUnE 


January  6,  1B18 


SoM  by  Seed  Dealers  ard  Used  in 
New  England  35  Years 

nammoTKl  Insrrtlrlilri  uinl  t>>-  Klorlits  aiiil 
GartlriMTB  fnr  iri*iii*riitlni)i,  ond  lu'fori*  tlil* 
our  pnltit  woi  uvnl  on  lln(  IIdubci  hi*- 
cauBf  It  illil  nut  waali  ufT.  Tnrnilow'i  I'utty 
!■  uuficrllfHl. 

ti«Dd   for   I'unphlela  nr  InfortnAtlon   rrgnnl 
lag   ynur   n<««>(l* 

HAMMOND'S  PAINT  &  SLUG  SHOT  WORKS 

Beacon,  N.  Y.,  U.  S    A. 
OUR  PRODUCTS  SOI.D  BY  SLED  DEALERS 


O. 


Chicago — A.    B.    Barber,    Cleveland, 


Philadelphia— W.  C.  Priestly,  Cleve- 
land, O.;  Carl  Hagenburger,  Mentor, 
O.;  Alex  Forbes,  Newark,  N.  J.;  J.  W. 
Grandy,   Norfolk,   Va. 


DAHLIA     KING     OF     THE     AUTUMN 

•  Our  cover  illustration  shows  a  new 
decorative  dahlia  which  Is  boing  intro- 
duced In  this  country  by  R.  Vincent, 
Jr..  of  White  Marsh,  Md.  The  long 
stems  and  graceful  poise  of  the  flow- 
ers show  It  to  have  excellent  qualifica- 
tions as  a  cut  flower.  The  color  Is 
described  as  beautiful  bronzy  amber. 
The  variety  is  of  foreign  origin. 


CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


PnlTrHm<Ml  or  Shroddrd 

Cattle  Manure 

Palverlsed 

Sheep    Manure 

TSe    noriMi*    standard    o(    umlnrtn 
high    quality     tor    o»er    ten    year* 
Spectfy:     WIZARD    BRAND  m 
your     Supply    Houic    order,  or   write 
ui  direa  for  prtcet  and  treighi   raits, 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO, 


NIKOTEEJV 

For  Sprayinf 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumigatina 

A«k   Your   Dealer   ^o»    ll 

IICOTIIIE  MFG.  CO. 

ST.  LOVB 


IRON    STEMMED   CARNATIONS. 

Krenili  hortlculluri.sts  by  si-li'ctlvt- 
breeding  have  succeeded  In  producing 
curnations  with  great,  heavy  head.s 
and  stems  so  thick  and  strong  that 
they  support  the  weight  of  the  blos- 
soms unassisted.  The  great  dim- 
culty  with  big  carnations  hitherto  has 
been  that  the  stems  were  too  weak. 
—Medina  (.V.  1'.)  Journal. 

We  would  respectfully  submit  that 
the  Medina  Journal  brush  up  a  bit  on 
Its  flower  Information  and  then  make 
another  guess. 

GREENHOUSES  BUILDINGG  OR 

CONTEMPLATED. 
Dothan,     Ala. — S.     P.     Poyner,     one 

llOU.-il'. 


Algonac,     Mich. -W.    A.    Fetrequin, 
one  house,  completed. 


Brookline,  Mass.— Wm.  EUery,  Fish- 
er avenue,  Hltchings  house. 


Pawtucket,   R.    I.  — Fred   Davis,   745 
Pleasant  street,  house  30  x  90. 


NEW     CORPORATIONS. 

ChehaIrs,  Wash. —  We.sco  Seed  Com-" 
pany,  capital  slock,  $10,000.  Incor- 
porators, E.  H.  Thompson,  H.  W.  and 
A.  Whitacre. 


NEWS   NOTES. 

Taunton,  Mass. — Fire,  early  on  the 
morning  of  December  26,  gutted  the 
building  at  2  and  i  Main  street.  In 
which  is  located  the  store  of  Hall  the 
florist.  Most  of  the  loss  suffered  by  the 
latter  was  confined  to  the  stock,  which 
was   considerably  damaged    l>y   water. 


WInchendon,  Mass. — Fire  which  did 
damage  estimated  at  about  $10IJU. 
broke  out  In  the  boiler  room  at  Rhu- 
land's  greenhouses.  Grove  street,  early 
on  the  morning  of  Dec.  27.  The  boiler 
was  but  slightly  damaged,  but  many 
plants  were  frozen  when  the  glass 
roof  of  one  of  the  greenhouses  was 
broken  in  many  places,  by  cold  water 
from  the  fire  nozzles  striking  the  hot 
panes.  There  are  two  boilers  In  the 
greenhouses,  one  a  tubular,  and  one 
a  sectional,  and  a  few  months  ago  one 
section  of  the  sectional  boiler  blew 
out  and  did  nearly  $100  damage. 


"v- 


V 


OIL 


'''%. 


IWDAfii^^ 


Burr  yonr  pinnli  and  (rM>i.  Juat  tba 
Difiii;  fur  sm-nlMMinr  mill  uutdour  uar. 
Iiialroya  Mraly  lUiK,  IlruwD  ami  Wbltr 
S.nic,  Tlirl|ii.  Ili-U  Splilrr.  lilnrk  ami 
i;!!-*-!!  Kly,  Mili'i.  Aula,  rlr.,  wllliout 
Injury  lu  iiliiiili  mkI  nllUuul  o<lor. 
lacil  nri'iirilfni;  lo  illriTilnn.  our  alnud- 
nril  InacTllrUli-  » III  pruveul  rutagaa  oo 
yuur  criipa  l>y  liiNrcla. 

N'un-iiiilauiiuui  nml  liornili-aa  to  uwr 
nnd  iiliiiil.  I.4>nilliiR  So<Mliui<-n  and 
KlorlKla  bare  UJcd  It  wllb  wouUcrful 
rt'ftulla. 

Dpalroyi  I. Ire  Id  Ponllry  llouara, 
rifiio  (III  Doca  nnil  nil  Dntiioatic  I'vla. 
ICxrc'llonl  na  n  U'liah  fnr  tluifa  niitl  oilier 
niiluinla.  It<'ll,'<i>a  MiiinKC.  I*llul<'  wIlU 
wilier  '\0  lo  M  imrla. 

Ml  Pint,  tfr.:  I'Inl,  ROc.;  Qaart.  SOe.s 

%  Cialinn,  f  I  .lO:  (iallnn,  ri.AO:  A  Clal- 

lon  (an.  (lOtW;    10  t.iUlon  Can,  ItO.OO. 

l>lr<*f'tUin«    on    piirUiiKr. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 
Dipt  {.       421  W.  liiliitii  St     lalti»n.  Hi 


Cromwell,    Ct. — Louis    Case,    100    ft.    j 
house,  completed. 


Tba  Revornliad  Btandard  lagaart^aa, 

A  spray  remedy  for  greaD,  black,  wblta  tj 
thrlpa  and  aofi  arale. 

Quart,  fl.O«!    OaUam,  (tj*. 


FUNCINE 

For  mildew,  mat  and  otber  bllgkU 
Inr  flfvers.  frulla  aod  regetablaa. 
Quart,  11.00)     OaJlon,  t*-M- 


VERMINE 

Foe    cat    worma.    ingle    worma    ant 
worma  wnrklng  In  Ibe  aoll. 

Qoart,  11.00)    OalloB,  (La*. 

BOLD  BT  DE*fi«m« 

Aphine    Manufacturing    Co. 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


January  5,  1918 


EORTICULTURE 


93 


ISn^  Greenhouses 

KEEP  SUMMER  WITH  YOU  THE  WHOLE  YEAR  ROUND 

On  account  of  their  sturdy  specln!  construction  wblch  permits  of  great 
•trenKtb  wltliout  the  need  of  heavy  shadow  casting  supports,  these  houses  are 
80  warm  aud  sunny  that  they  are  filled  with  a  riot  of  bloom  and  fruit  when 
Jack  Krost  has  stripped  the  garden  of  Its  heauty. 

The  ventUatluB  and   heating  systems  are  the  result  of  years  of  experience 
In  building  for  professional  growers.    Things  Just  have  to  grow  In  a  King. 
Ask  us  for  any  of  the  following:     Catalogue  showing  Commercial  Type  Green- 
houses. Catalogue  showing  Greenhouses  for  private  estates.  Catalogue  showing 
Giirden   Frames  nii.l   Sash  for   private  estates. 

KING  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY,  28  King's  Road,  North  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 

All    the    Siinlixht.  All    Day    Houses. 

lUNCR  OFFICES  ;         N>«  York.  I47E  Broadway        Bostoii,  113  Slate  Street         ScraDton.  307  IfWnt  lirenui 


CYPRESS  GREENHOUSE  STOCK 

PECKY  CYPRESS  STOCK 
HOT  BED  SASH 

Ask  for  Circular  D  and  Prices 

THE  A.  T.  STEARNS  LUMBER  COMPANY 

NEPONSET,  BOSTON 


DREER'S  "Riverton  Special"  Plant   Tubs 


No 

Diam 

.  Ea. 

Doz. 

100 

10 

20  In. 

$2.75 

$30.00  $230.00 

20 

18  In. 

2.25 

24.00 

190.00 

30 

10  In. 

1.7.') 

19.00 

152.00 

4U 

14  in. 

1.50 

17.00 

lH.-pOO 

no 

12  in. 

1.00 

11.00 

s.s.nii 

liO 

10  in. 

.70 

7.75 

62.0(1 

70 

Sin. 

.55 

6.50 

50.(J0 

The  Riverton  Tub  is  solil  txcUislvely  liy  us.  Mini  is  the  best  ever  introduced. 
The  neatest,  lightest  and  chi-aijfst.  I'aintod  green  and  bound  with  electric-welded 
hoops.     The  four  largest  sizes  are  equipped  with   drop  handles. 

HENRY  K.  OREER,  s.»iis.  Hants,  ma,  and  sappBos.  714-716  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelptiia,  Pa. 


)reer'8  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Points 

For  Greenlioases      I 

Drive  easy  and  true,  becaase 
both  bevels  aie  oa  the  same 
tide.  Can't  twist  and  break 
tbe  elass  io  Irivios.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  not  nist.  No 
rlgbti  or  lefu 

The  Peeiless  Glazins  Point 
is  patented.   No  other*  like^ 
it.  Order  from  your  deale^ 
or  direct  from  us. 
1000,75c.  iKJStpaid, 
Samples  free. 
HENRY  A.  DREEE.I 
714  Chestnnt  8treet> 
Fbllwldtpbib. 


OLASS 


HOT-BED    SASHES 

Uiir  prices  can  t>e  had  by  mall,  and 
It  will  pay  yon  to  (tet  them.  We  carry 
the  larsest  stock  of  Specially  Selected 
OInss  In  Greater  New  York  and  can 
supply  any  quantity  from  a  box  to  a 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Rock   Bnttom   Prices. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

;i5-217    Havenieyer    St.,    Brooklyn,    N.    Y. 


GREENHOUSES 

IRON   FRAME 

PIPE    FRAME 

HOT   BED  SASH-GLASS 

PAINT,   Etc. 

H^RITE  FOR  PRICES 

3375  W.  SI  ST   ST.,  CHICAGO,  11,1,. 


*•  CO  anvwteri  li  Ike  II.  S.  |g  'itirll  ;l2iis  ni  nitn 

'Meeroj3olifai)l^JerialCS 

r2.132SFItt«hiDgATe.,Brool.Iyn.N.Y. 


A  STIC  A 

ForGieetilroose 
Glazine 

USE  IT  NOW 

F,0.  PeCE  CO. 

12  w.  UnitllMT 
NEW  TOU 

Mastiea  Is  elastic  and  tenacloas,  admlta  of 
expansion  and  contraction.  Putty  become* 
hard  and  brittle.  Broken  glaaa  more  eaally 
removed  without  breaking  of  other  glaaa 
as  occurs  with  bard  putty.  Laats  longer 
than  patty      Basy  to  apply. 


Difficult  and  rejected  caaea  sp«el 
ally  solicited.  Ino  misleading  la- 
dncements  made  to  sectire  hualnava 
Over  30  yeara'  active  practice.  Bi- 
perieL-ced.  personal,  conaelantloaa 
service  Write  for  terma. 
.Address. 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGERS 

PATENT    UVWVKRS 

Hoi    ».    N»t1onal    rnlon    Balldlac 
WsuhlnrtoB.   B.    C. 


mmnif€>n  HORTiCULTVRE. 


The  Florlfits  Hall  Ansoclatlon  rate  of  Id- 
Huranrp  from  Nov.  Ist,  1916  to  Nov.  Int, 
1917  will  be  twenty  rent*  per  hnndred 
square  feet  of  alnirle  thirk  grlaHa  and  elirht 
eentu  per  hnndred  Hqiiare  feet  of  doable 
thick  glaaa.  For  particular*,  addreia. 
JOHN   O.  1BSr.BR.  See..  Saddle  BWer.  N.  J 


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HORTICULTURE 


J&nuarr  B,  1918 


TO     OUR     FLORIST     FRIENDS 

We    wish    to   extend  our  heartiest  best  wishes  for  a 
Happy  and  Prosperous  New  Year. 

We  take  this  method  of  thanking  each  and  every  one  of  you  for 
^our  many  past  kindnesses  and  sincerely  hope  for  a  continuance 
of  your  patronage. 

Remember  that  we  always  take  pleasure  in  co-operating  with  you  in 
every  possible  manner — for  we  realize  we  succeed  by  your  success. 

ADVA.IMOE:     OO.,      RicHmond,     Ind. 

ManufactarorM,    Sash    Operating  Devicet   and  Ftttinga  for  the    Greenhouae 


H  you  need  a  boiler  in  a  hurr>'  telephone  or  telegraph  at  our  expense 

KROESCHELL     BOILERS 

Send  for  Catalog 

^    Kroeschell  Bros.  Co.,  468  W.  Erie  St. ,  Chicago 


^ 


□B 


Every  Reader  of  "Horticulture"  Needs 

DR.  L.  H.  BAILEY'S  BRAND  NEW 

Standard   Cyclopedia    of    Horticulture 

six  larce  gaarto  TalnmM.     More  th*ii  S.eOO  p«c««.     Z4  fall  par*  •xqnisltc  color  plat»*.     M  beaatitnl  foil  par*  hslftonoo.     Mora 
than  4,000  Uzt  •osraTlaxa.    SOO  Collaboratort.     Approxlatatelr  4,000  ccDera,  20,000  apeolot  aad  40,000  plant  name* 

THE  New  Standard  Cyclopedia  of  Horticulture  has  been  freshly  written  in  tlie  light  of  the  most  recent  research 
and  experience.     It  is  the  fullest,  the  newest,  the  most  authoritative  of  all   works  of  Its  kind  and   constitutes 
the    most    conscientious   attempt   that   has    ever   been  made  to  compress  the  whole  story  of  our  horticultural 
thought,  learning  and  achievement  into  one  set  of  books.     It  is  both  an  Encyclopedia  and  a  Manual. 

A  Few  of  the  Many  Important  New  Features 


Key  to  Identification  of  Planb   J^X\\f\Tn':'JTt 

plant.  The  Dame  thin  foiiml  la  quickly  referrpil  to  umler  Its 
alphnhetirnl  locatlou.  where  full  Iclormatloo  will  b«  fouDd  Id 
re^artl  to  It. 

SvnnnxM  of  Plant  Kinpoom  Thia  li  ooe  of  the  moat  Im- 
djrnoptU  01  nam  Mngaom     p„r,„„f    fenturea    of    the    oew 

eilltlon.  It  cnnatltutea  a  gen^inl  runnlne  ncconnt  of  the  claasea. 
onlera.  and  Kroupa  of  pinnta.  with  a  brief  aketrh  or  charocter- 
liatlon  of  Zl,")  of  the  leadlnK  famlllea  comprlalng  thnae  that 
ylel'l  practically  aP  the  cultivate"!  plnnta.  Theae  family  de- 
acrlpliuna  Rive  the  bot.nnlcal  cLaractera;  the  number  of  Benera 
and  species  and  thj  ninKes:  a  hat  of  the  Important  jrenera : 
brief  atatementa  In  regard  to  the  useful  plants;  and  diagram- 
matic lllustratluDB. 

Ilkutrations    I"'"*"  "'^  24   colored   platea':  98  full    page  half- 
tonea:    and    more    than    4.000  eDgrarlng*    wblcb 
aerre  as  guides  Id  the  texL 

The   Glotsarr      '^''''  ''  *°  analyaU  of  all  tecbnical  termi  that 
'       are  used   In   the  work  and   la   almllar  works. 
It  romprlset  botanical  and  horilcultural  terms  with  brlnf  deO- 
nltloDS. 

Farther  Particulars  Sent  On  Request 

HORTICULTURE,  147  Summer  St. 


Id  Tol- 

n  me    I 


Trandation  and  Pronunciation  of  Latin  Names 

la  Inaerted  a  Hat  of  between  2.000  and  S.nnn  Ijitln  words  as«d 
as  species — names  of  plants.  (I'iDg  the  EngUata  equivalent  or 
translation  and  the  pronunciation. 

Class   Articles      Special   effort   baa   been   made   to    ■crar*   the 

beHt  cnltnml  advices  for  the  planta  requiring 
peculiar  or  particular  han>ning.  Here  are  some  of  the  title* 
of  theae  artlclea:  Ants;  Autumn  Gardening:  Bedding:  lils- 
eases:  Drainage;  Floral  Designs;  Formal  Gardening:  ITnthedi 
and  Coldframea:  Insects;  Landscape  Gardening:  Ijiwn  Plant- 
ing: Orchnrda:  Roi-k  G.nrrlenIng:  Subtropical  Gardening:  Tool* 
and  Implements;  Village  Improvement*;  Window  Boxes,  etc. 

General  Index     '^''*  ''°*'  ^o'"""*  contaim  a  compiat*    j^*** 

Index   to  the  entire  work,  enabling  <^ 

the  reader  to  locate  volume  ttod  page  of  any  sub-  >.e*'-^*  N 

Ject  he  has  In  mind.  •ft'^.e.'^*    ♦  N 

The   complete   set    of   six    volomes,   boand   In 

decorated    buckram,    will    he    dellvereil    to  , 

.von   for  only  $3  dnwn  and   «S  a  month         ^<^' 

for  11  months,  nnfll  the  fnll  amount  »,«•     ti  •      <     .v   — . 

of  *3»  has  bM>n  paid.  Cash  price  S3S.       ,,^    \c*  <><*  ^  o*^ 


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Vol.  XXVII 

No.  2 

JAN.  12 

1918 


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llllllniiiinn,   Hlrhmanil.  Ilrldr.  Ilrlilmmalil. 

Grnfl.a.    from   3   buJ    :Pj  In.    pul",   J15.00 

Own  Knot.  S  In  .  »8.00  pel  100. 
Briilr,  Brldpumald. 

Owu  Hoot.  ;ili».  poU.  »T.OO  por  100. 
HonbarsC. 

Own  Hoot.  .1-ln.  pol».  JIO.OO  per  10«>. 
KalMrlD  .\.  VlclorlB. 

«!raft.'<l.  3-ln.  pots.  $1.'.  00  p.r  100. 

Own  Uoot.  S  lu.  pot».  »T.CH1  piT  100. 
Ophrlla. 

Crnft.-.I.  S-ln..  »16.00  p»r  lOi). 

fi\xn   Itont.  ;i  In..  $10  00  I'.r  lim 


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Out  of  2-Inch  pots,  $1.60  per  doz.,  tlO.OO  per 
100;    3-Inch   potn,   $2.00    per    doz.,   fl&.OO   per 
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Kindly  IVIention 

HORTICULTURE 

January  12,  iyi8 


HORTICULTURE 


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R  N  S 


5-ln $3.00  per  doz. 

6-iii 4.50  per  doz. 


$25.00  per  100 
35.00  per  100 


erm-ri    *-'•> $2.00  per  doz.     $15.00  per  lOO       RO^TAN 

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In  cases  of  300  bulbs. 


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In  cases  of  2,000  and  4000  pips. 

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Page 

Page 

Advance   Co 

4« 

Conard    &    Jones 

A  lb  a  n  y        Cut 

Co 

2fi 

Flower    Ex 

Allen,  J.   K 

42 
43 

Cooke,  Geo.  H. .. 

.18 

American    Bulb 

Cowee.  W.  J 

40 

Co 

.17 

Cottage    Gardens 

Anderson.   S.  A.. 

3!) 

Nurseries    

2S 

Aphine  Mfg.  Co.. 

4(i 

Craig,  Robert  Co. 

28 

Barrows  &  Son. . 

2fi 

Dards    

S8 

Bayersdorfer,    H. 

Davenport,  A.  M. 

2K 

Co 

41 

Dreer.  H.  A 

4i 

Bay    State    Nur- 

Dunlop, John   H. 

.-!!» 

series    

•^s 

Dysart.   R 

3H 

Nurseries    

41! 

Edwards  Folding 

Bohblnk     &     At- 

Box   Co 

kins   

2« 

Elliott.     Wm.     A; 

'IT 

Boddlngton,       A. 

T ae-.^T 

Esler,  J.  G 

47 

Bolgiano  &  Son.. 

Wi 

Eyres    

Boston    Floral 

Farnuliar,    R.    & 

Supply    Co 

4:; 

.1.    Co 

Breck,    J.  &  Sons. 

.'ii 

Kenrloli,  .Tos.  S. . 

42 

Breitmeyer's,     J. 

Floral    Nurseries. 

47 

Sons   

.'{S 

Foley  Mfg.  Co... 

40 

Budlong.  J.  A... 

4(1 

Ford,   M.   C 

4'.! 

Bunyard,  A.  T.. . 

.'{S 

Ford,  W.  P 

4-,! 

Burnett    Bros 

:i7 

Fromeut,  H.  E.. . 

4'.' 

Burpee,  W.  A.  & 

Co 

.17 

Galviu,  Thos.  F.. 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M. 

:{'.i 

oi' 

Carter's       Tested 

Gude  Bros.  Co. . . 

',>s 

Seeds.    Inc 

3« 

G  r  e  V,    Thos.    J. 

C  h  1 1  d  s,   John 

Co 

.-,7 

Lewis    

28 

Growers   Cut 

Clarke's,  D.  Sons. 

SH 

Flower  Co 

42 

Page 
Hail    Association.  47 
Hammond     Paint 
&      Slug      Shot 

Works    46 

Hart,  Geo.  B 40 

Hentz  &  Nash...  4.1 
Hess  &  Swoboda.  30 
Hews,    A.    H.    & 

Co 44 

Hill  Co.,  E.  G....  40 
Hill,   D.    Nursery 

Co 26 

Hitchings  &  Cp..  4S 
Holm  &  Olson...  S'.l 
H  o  I  I  a  n  d    Nur- 
series       2*5 

Howard  i-  Smitli.  :'■'■> 

Irwin,  K.  J .17 

Johnston    Bros. . .  .IS 

Kastlng,     W.    F. 

Co 40 

Keller  Sons,  J.  B.  S'.l 
Kelway  &  Son...  .17 
Kerr  the  Florist.  3!i 

Kervan   Co 42 

King      Construc- 
tion   Co 47 

Knolile    Bros 3» 

KottmlUer    3K 

Kroeschell  Bros..  4K 
Kuebler,   W.   H. .  42 

Lager  &  Hurrell.  35 

I,eni(Mi  Oil  Co 46 

Leonard  Seed  Co.  37 


V  E  RT 

Page 
IMarshall,    W.    E. 

_Co 37 

McConnell,    Alex.  38 
McHutchison      & 

Co 26 

Meconi,   Paul 42 

Meehan,  Chas.  E.  43 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial   Co 47 

Michell.   H.  F.  Co.  ::r> 
Michigan   Cut 

Flower    Ex 40 

Millang.    Chas 42 

Millang,    Frank..  42 

Miller,  A.  L 26 

.Murray,  Samuel..  .'18 

Nat'l        Nursery- 
man      26 

N.      Y.     Florists' 

Supply    Co 43 

Nicotine  Mfg.   Co  46 
Niessen.   Leo   Co.  40 
Nitrate    Agencies 
Co 4fi 

Onwerkerk,  P 26 

Palmer,   W.   J.   * 

Son    3!> 

Park  Floral  Co..  SO 
P  e  d  e  r  s  o  n.  .-Vn- 

thon    .1.". 

Penn  the  Florist.  .18 
I'ennock,      S.      S. 

Co 41 

Parshelsky    Bros.  47 


I  S  E  R 

Page 
Pfaltzgraff     Pot- 
tery Co 45 

Pierce  Co.,  F.  O.  47 
Pierson.  A.  N....  26 
Pierson,  P.  R....  28 
Poehlmann   Bros. 

Co 40 

Pulverized       Ma- 
nure Co 46 

Kandall's   Flower 

Shop    39 

Reed  &  Keller...  43 
Reidel  &  Meyer. .  42 

Reid.    Edw 40 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

Co 42 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&   Co 40 

Roehrs,  J.  Co 28 

Roland,  Thomas.  39 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.    & 

Sons    27-4.T 

Rosery.   The 38 

Rvnveld,      F.      & 

Sons    27 

Sehling.  Max .38 

Scliwake.       Chas. 

Co 27 

Sokenger.  Adam.  38 
Sheridan.  W.  F..  42 
Sieluecht.  Geo.  C.  42 
Slggers     &      Sig- 

g(T»     47 

Skidelsky,    S.    S. 

&    Co 36 


Page 
Slinn,  B.  S.,  Jr..  43 
Sllnn,  Clarence..  43 
Smith,   Elmer   D. 

&  Co 26 

Smith,  P.  J *2 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co....  26 
Smith  &  Fetters.  39 
Smvth,  Wra.  J...  39 
Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.  88 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co 2" 

Thorburn,    J.   M. 

&  Co 3i 

Totty,  Chas.  H..  26 
T  r  a  e  n  d  1  y      & 

Schenck    42 

Dnlted  Cut  Flow- 
er  Co 43 

Vincent.    K.,    Jr., 

&  Sons  Co 2i 

Wants.  For  Sale, 

etc 45 

Ward.   R.M.&Co.  27 

Weber.   F.  C 39 

Weiss.   Herman..  42 

Wood    Bros 26 

Woodruff,    S.    D. 

\-   Son 87 

Young,  A-  L 42 

Young.   John 42 

Young.  Thos.,  Jr.  4^ 
Young  &  Nugent.  38 
Zeeh  &  Mann 40 


BOOM    YOUR    BUSINESS 

ky  aJoeitiMing  your  gooJ$  In  the 

HorticTLsllbure 


Publicity  among  the  kind  of  readers  reached 
by  this  paper  is  THE  SORT  OF  PUBU- 
CITYTHAT  PAYS. 


28 


HOnTlCULTURE 


January  12,  1918 


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^^3  f      ^  ^H^^     ^%     ■            ■    B^L.!    ■        ^           lIoKiilliMl    II.K    111    lla   <-i<|Uliille   rulnrliiK.      WIkii    llii'   l>ii<la    Ur>l 
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uprlfol  |>lnk.  nud   » licii  fully  iliriliiiifcl  tlioy   nn-  n   moit  lii>nu- 

/  jm.       e^lr-kr-lfi^ri      ^nKk^li^l                           Oful  Hli<'ll-I>lnk.     Tin-  flower  la  iniii'li  niori>  iloulili'  (linn  Opliflln, 

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fntgrnnt.     In   linlilt  of  Kro-nth    Iloinllml   Is  Idi'iillcnl  with  Ophrlln,  frou>    jlilrh  It  In  a  aport.     It  orlifliinlnl  wItU  ua  two  yvara  ago, 

and  growD  aide  by  ildr  nltli  Opiirllu,  li  fur  aupi-rlor  to  that  vurli-ly. 

Awarded    Flrat   Trlir  at  Intrrnatlonal  Flon-rr  Hliow,  Neir   York,  Miirrh,   1UI7,  for   hrnt   iirw    ruaa. 

Awarded   additional   Slltrr  Mrdal  at    aame  nitow   for  diaplay  of  Roaallnd. 

Awardrd   Mlier  Mrdal  liy  llir  Horllrultural  tiorlrly  of  Nut  York. 

Awarded   BUvcr  Mrdal  by   thr  Tiirr>l«»*n   liortlrultural  Hoclrly.     AUo  ininirrona  rrrtlflcatea. 

WILL    BE    DISSEMINATED     SPRING    OF     1918 

8c«  Illustration  of  ROSALIND  on  cover  of  DORTICULTURE,  Uauu  of  December  8,  1017. 
8tronc   plaota,   ZV4-lnch   pota,  $25.00    per    100,  titi  per   1,000;   MO  planta  for  («0.00. 

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Plant  Propagation,  Greenhouse 
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By  M.  G.  KAINS 

We  have  had  many  inquiries  from  time  to  time 
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Principles   and    Practice   of    Pruning 

IJy   .M.    (i.    K.IINS 
I.iecturer  on   Horticulture,  Columbia  I'niverally 

Few  practl'cs  In  tlie  Landling  of  plaiilB,  especially 
fruit  bearing  plants,  nttraet  so  much  Interest  as  do  tbose 
of  pruning.  Tlie  inetliods  are  so  varied.  tUe  results  so 
diverse,  and  the  opinions  of  crowers  so  apparently  con- 
tniUletory  that  tills  subject  Is  always  one  of  the  most 
Interesting,  and  the  surest  to  hold  attention  and  arouse 
dl8cusslou  at  horticultural  meetings,  in  classrooms, 
demonstrations,  etc. 

Particularly  during  the  last  ten  or  fifteen  years  when 
the  principles  of  plant  physiology  have  been  more  and 
more  satisfactorily  appllid  to  plant  production  and  man- 
ageinent  has  Inlirest  settled  In  pruning.  During  the 
latter  half  of  this  time  also  more  and  more  Investi- 
gations and  tests  have  been  conducted  by  experiment 
stations  and  other  workers  to  test  out  methods  and 
principles  In  the  Interest  of  science  and  for  the  benefit 
of  growers.  The  accumulation  of  such  new  knowledge 
has  beco'ne  very  considerable  especially  In  the  Inst  de- 
cade, but  it  is  necessarily  so  scattered  that  very  few 
growers  have  access  to  It,  hence  the  demand  for  a  book, 
whicli  shall  present  the  really  Important  features  of 
these  investigations  as  well  as  set  forth  the  fundamental 
principles  based  upon  the  lows  of  plant  growth. 

This  volume  Is  lavishly  Illustrated  mainly  by  actual 
pliotogruphs  of  specimens  which  show  good  and  bad 
practices.  The  author  has  spared  neither  time  nor  ex- 
pense in  gathering  his  photographs,  each  one  of  which 
tells  Its  story,  biruuse  the  legends  beneath  the  majority 
of  these  pictures  were  written  from  the  specimens  them- 
selves and   not  from  the  photo. 

After  a  few  pii(.'c8  of  introduction  the  author  discusses 
I'lant   Physiology  as  related   to   pruning  In  such  simple 
language   that   every    one   will   get   a    clear   idea   of   the 
Principles  of  Pruning  stated  and  explained  in  a  succeed- 
ing   chapter.      In    order    to    silence    argument    a    chapter 
takes    up   the    Philosophy    of    Pruning,    itself   a   very   in- 
teresting subject      Then  follows  a  classifl.atlon  and  clear 
discussion  of  BuilH,  very  fully  illustrated  from  life.    How 
Wounds  HenI  Is  an  exceedingly  Interesting  chapter,  as  are 
also   those  on    Prevention  and    Repair  of  Mechanical   In- 
juries,   Pruning    Nursery    Stock,    Young    Trees,    Mature 
Trees   and   Odd    Methods   of  Pruning  and   Training,   Re- 
juvenating Neglected  Trees  and  Practical  Tree  Surgery. 
Profusely  Illustrated.     400  pages.    GVa  x  8  Inches. 
Cloth.     Net,  $2.00. 
.        HOBTICCLTURE  ITBl.ISIIING  CO. 
HT   Summer  St.,  Boston,  MaeB. 


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29 


PROPOSED  QUARANTINE  AGAINST  FOREIGN 
PLANT  INTRODUCTIONS 

Extracts   From  an  Address   Before   a    Meeting   of   Horticultural    Inspectors  by  J.  G.   Sanders,   at   Harrisburg,   Pa. 


The  American  citizen,  whether  pro- 
ducer or  consumer,  undoubtedly  pays 
the  heaviest  tax  of  any  person  in  the 
entire  world  for  destruction  caused  by 
insect  pests  and  plant  diseases.  The 
principal  contributing  factor  to  this 
condition  is  the  fact  that  we  have  per- 
mitted the  importation  to  America  of 
very  many  dangerous  insects  apd 
plant  diseases  from  foreign  countries, 
which  have  been  introduced  by  vari- 
ous methods  and  means,  usually  acci- 
dentally. We  have  maintained  an 
open  door  for  the  unrestricted  impor- 
tation "  of  plants  in  living  condition 
from  foreign  countries,  without  ade- 
quate methods  for  inspection.  Fur- 
thermore, the  amount  of  plant  impor- 
tation has  been  so  great  and  the  quan- 
tity so  large,  that  it  is  absolutely  im- 
possible for  any  corps  of  inspectors  to 
adequately  inspect  this  material  for 
dangerous  insects  and  plant  diseases. 

Too  great  dependence  has  been 
placed  on  foreign  countries  for  a  sup- 
ply of  plant  material  which  could 
fully  as  well  be  produced  in  this 
country,  and  it  seems  just  now  the 
time  has  come  when  our  American 
horticulturists  should  rise  to  the  occa- 
sion, and  produce  those  plants  which 
have  been  imported,  from  foreign 
countries,  insofar  as  climate  and  cost 
permit. 

The  tremendous  number  of  very 
serious  and  destructive  insect  pests 
and  plant  diseases  that  have  already 
been  introduced  into  America  are 
slight  compared  with  the  potentiali- 
ties still  remaining  in  foreign  coun- 
tries that  have  not  yet  been  intro- 
duced. As  a  matter  of  fact  only  a 
small  percentage  of  the  dangerous  and 
destructive  pests  of  foreign  countries 
have  gained  a  foothold  in  America, 
although  under  the  present  system  of 
heavy  introduction  of  plant  mate- 
rial, large  numbers  of  these  pests  are 
being  annually  imported  and  are  be- 
coming established.  Every  year  we 
find  several  new  pests  which  have 
been  established  at  some  previous 
date,  and  have  multiplied  to  such  an 
extent  that  they  have  been  brought  to 
the  notice  of  scientists  and  trained  ob- 
servers. 

Not  only  the  producers,  but  surely 
the  consumers  as  well,  must  in  the 
final  analysis  pay  for  the  tremendous 
losses  which  are  incurred  and  the 
burden  has  now  become  so  great  that 
very  general  and  powerful  sentiment 
Is   growing   among   farmers   and   fruit 


growers  everywhere,  that  action  of  a 
drastic  nature  must  be  taken  to  pre- 
vent the  further  introduction  of  plant 
pests.  If  some  step  is  not  taken  in 
the  near  future  the  aggregate  damage 
from  pests  already  introduced,  and 
those  which  are  sure  of  introduction 
under  the  present  system  will  be  over- 
whelming. We  have  had  considerable 
agitation  along  the  line  of  plant  im- 
portation during  the  past  few  years, 
but  no  sufficiently  drastic  action  has 
been  taken  to  prevent  the  annual  in- 
troduction of  several  new  pests,  which 
have  very  marked  power  for  destruc- 
tion. It  does  seem  that  the  entire 
policy  of  i;lant  importation  is  wrong, 
and  should  be  altered  at  once. 
Genuine  attempts  have  not  been  made 
on  the  part  of  horticulturists  in  this 
country  to  produce  the  stock  which 
they  now  buy  from  Europe  at  much 
reduced  figures.  If  we  will  consider 
the  total  value  of  the  nursery  stock, 
exclusive  of  bulbs,  roots  and  tubers, 
each  year,  we  find  that  it  averages 
approximately  a  million  and  a  quar- 
ter dollars  annually  through  the  past 
ten  years.  In  fact,  the  average  value 
for  the  past  ten  years  has  been  one 
million  two  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
making  a  total  of  twelve  million  dol- 
lars of  nursery  stock  imported  through 
the  last  ten  years.  When  we  con- 
sider that  the  gipsy  moth  alone  has 
cost  the  Xew  England  States  approxi- 
mately fourteen  million  dollars,  since 
its  introduction  into  America,  for 
treatment  and  suppression,  exclusive 
of  the  damage  it  has  caused,  can  we 
say  that  the  further  importation  of 
plants  under  the  present  arrangement 
Is  economic? 

The  elimination  of  other  regions  of 
the  world,  excepting  Europe,  would 
work  to  our  advantage  to  a  wonderful 
degree  to  lessening  the  danger  of  pest 
importation.  Nevertheless  in  Europe 
there  are  very  many  dangerous  and 
destructive  pests  attacking  a  wide 
range  of  commercial  and  ornamental 
plants,  so  that  tremendous  danger 
still  lies  in  importation  of  any  char- 
acter from  that  region.  About  four 
years  ago  this  body  passed  a  resolu- 
tion calling  on  the  Federal  Congress 
to  prohibit  the  further  importation  of 
plants  with  earth  about  the  roots.  On 
account  of  the  tremendous  wei.sht  and 
mass  of  such  material,  which  comes 
to  America  within  a  short  period  ot 
two  shipping  seasons,  it  is  alisolutely 
impossible  for  even  well-trained  in- 
spectors to  thoroughly  inspect  such 
material.  Unknown  insects  lie  dor- 
mant, hidden  away  in  the  soil  about 
the  roots  of  plants— probably  some 
which  have  no  connection  whatever 
with  the  plant  being  inspected,  but 
have  entered  the  soil  for  pupation 
and    hibernation,    having    dropped    or 


crawled  from  other  trees  or  plants  in 
the  vicinity,  and  have  been  accident- 
ally taken  up  with  the  plants  for  im- 
portation. 

In  considering  the  possibilities  of 
pest  importation  in  soil  about  the  roots 
of  plants,  we  must  bear  in  mind  that 
the  majority  of  plants  brought  in  from 
Europe  with  balls  of  earth  about  the 
roots  are  dug  late  in  the  autumn,  at  a 
time  when  a  majority  of  the  insects 
have  entered  hibernating  quarters,  and 
as  we  all  know  the  probability  of  find- 
ing our  various  well  known  insects 
in  winter  quarters  in  this  country  is 
slight,  just  so  we  should  remember  the 
possibility  of  finding  imported  insects 
in  hibernating  quarters  in  soil  brought 
in  with  plants  from  Europe  is  slight. 
Therefore,  we  have  several  factors 
acting  against  the  inspector  and  in 
favor  of  the  probable  introduction  of 
pests,  namely,  the  hibernating  habits 
of  the  pests  in  the  soil,  and  the  fact 
that  very  large  quantities  of  such  ma- 
terial— even  amounting  to  many  tons, 
arrive  oftentimes  in  single  shipments, 
and  the  possibility  of  large  shipments 
coming  within  a  very  short  period  of 
time,  taxes  the  inspectors  to  the  ut- 
most. Those  of  us  who  have  had  much 
experience  in  inspecting  foreign  im- 
portations, especially  large  importa- 
tions, can  certify  to  the  absolute  im- 
possibility of  careful  inspection  of 
large  shipments.  The  only  wonder  is 
that  we  have  not  introduced  and  estab- 
lished more  insect  pests  and  plant 
diseases  than  have  already  arrived. 


CLOSING       LARGE       COUNTRY 
HOMES. 

Following  the  example  set  by  other 
millionaires,  wealthy  people  owning 
estates  in  Dutchess  county,  New  York, 
have  closed  their  houses  for  the  winter 
so  as  to  assist  in  the  conservation  of 
coal.  Vincent  Astor's  beautiful  resi- 
dence at  Rhinebeck  is  closed  while 
employees  on  the  estate  are  burning 
wood  for  fuel  in  the  place  ot  coal. 
The  Frederick  W.  Vanderbilt  mansion, 
Hyde  Park,  is  closed  for  the  winter 
while  Colonel  Archibald  Rogers,  whose 
residence,  "Crumwold  Hall,"  In  that 
village,  has  closed  his  greenhouses  in 
order  that  coal  may  be  saved.  Levi 
I'.  Morton's  estate,  "EUreslie,"  near 
Rhinebeck,  is  closed  as  are  the  Red- 
mond mansion  in  Tivoli,  the  two 
.Vliller  residences  in  Rhinebeck  and 
.Mrs.  Morgan's  place  at  Staatsburgh. 
Jacob  Ruppert's  mansion  between 
Staatsburgh  and  Rhinebeck  is  also 
closed.  The  Stephen  Clin  place  in 
Khincbeck  and  four  houses  in  Hyde 
Tark— the  James  Roosevelt,  the  T.  J. 
Xewbolii,  the  Roosevelt  and  the  How- 
ard place  are  also  closed  for  the 
winter. 


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CONTENTS  Page 

COVER  ILLUSTR.VTIO.N-    .Mains  llorib\nula 

PROPOSKI)  QUAR.ANTINE  AGAINST  FOREIGN 
PLANT  INTRODUCTIONS—^.  O.  Sanders 29 

THE  .MALl'SES   31 

OBITUARY  — Robert  Scrivener  —  Howard  Riedinger  — 
Charles  Homecker  32 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— Southampton  Horticultural 
Society — American  Carnation  Society — To  the  Carna- 
tion Growers  of  New  England — Meetings  Next  Week — 
Society  of  American  Florists — American  Rose  Society 

—Horticultural  Society  of  New  York 32-33 

Club  and  Society  Notes 43 

SOME  TIMELY  LEGAL  ADVICE— E»on  J.  Buckley...   34 

SEED  TRADE— Bo'.giano's  Seed  Establishment  Cele- 
brates its  100th  Anniversary 36 

OP  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

A  Vase  of  American  Beauties,  Illustrated 38 

Flowers  by  Telegraph   39 

New  Flower  Stores 43 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 
Boston.  Chicago,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Rochester..  41 
St.  Louis  ; . .  .   43 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 
Boston,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago 44-4.5 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Closing  Large  Country  Homes 29 

Violet  Growers  Discuss  Big  Shipping  Problem 32 

News  Notes 32 

Catalogues  Received 35 

Visitors'  Register 43 

Business  Troubles .   43 

New  Publication 46 

Impressive  Coal  Figures 47 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 47 


The  first  week  of  1918  has  provided  an 
A  memorable      abundant  supply  of  anxiety  and  sen.«a- 
'^^^^  tion  for  the  horticultural  people.   With 

the  wholesale  cut  flower  fstablisliincnts 
of  the  metropoli.s  deprived  of  heat  and  watt-r  for  days  in 
succession,  Chicago  buried  .under  a  phenomenal  snowfall, 
greenhouse  ranges  in  many  sections  crushed  or  frozen 
up  and  contents  annihilated  for  lack  of  fuel,  flower  ship- 
ments spoiled  in  transit  and  lily  bulbs  arriving  in  ruined 
condition  after  a  prolongt^d  tran.scontinental  trip  in  zero 
weather,  we  have  a  most  remarkable  concatenation  of 
untoward  circumstances  which  certainly  gives  us  suffi- 
cient cause  to  vividly  remember  this  extraordinan' 
period.  The  imprecedented  term  of  severe  cold  could 
hardly  iiave  been  planned  with  greater  exactitude  U> 
catch  tlie  greenhouse  industry  in  a  helple.ss  predicament. 


.\cting  oil  the  mlvicu  uf  the  fuel  adniiniiilralor  und,  in 
iiuiny  iiihtunccs  influenced  furtlicr  by  their  own  judg- 
ment of  the  situation  as  re<.'ar(ls  fuel  and  the  buKineiM 
outlook,  not  a  few  growers  had  alrcaily  shut  down  sec- 
tions of  their  establishments  and  still  further  reductions 
in  (i]K'ration  were  contemplated  to  follow  the  holiday 
cleanup  and  by  this  means  the  coal  on  hand  had  been 
variously  estimated  as  sunicicnt  to  carry  the  reduced 
area  through  for  a  month  or  two.  Hut  Ihi!  grievous  arc- 
tii'  visitati'^n  knocked  all  such  calculation  in  the  head, 
)'aralyzing  every  source  of  supply,  and  thus  most  effectu- 
ally com|iclling  compliance  with  tlie  injunction  to  ma- 
terially reduce  the  flower  product. 

The  list  of  glass  houses  reported  frozen 

Damage        ,]j)  jn^j  crops  destroyed  during  the  |)a8t 

widespread      {qi^  djiyg  ig  a  lengthy  one  and  includes 

not  only  small  establishments  which 
were  the  sole  or  principal  means  of  support  for  their 
hard-working  owners  and  their  families,  but  many  al.so  of 
the  big  flower  "factories"  in  which  large  capital  is  in- 
vested and  considerable  labor  is  employed.  In  consider- 
ation of  the  circumstances  as  they  impress  us  we  have 
hesitated  about  pulilishing  a  list  of  the  names  of  these 
sufferers  as  news  matter  at  the  present  time  and  have 
about  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  publication  of 
such  details  of  widespread  misfortune  would  most  likely 
only  serve  to  aggravate  the  seriousness  of  the  hardship 
in  many  cases.  For  this  reason  we  have  thought  it  best 
to  omit  from  our  news  columns  most  of  the  reports  that 
have  come  to  us  of  the  individual  damage  inflicted,  feel- 
ing al.so  that  these  reports  might  in  some  instances  have 
been  exaggerated  and  the  direct  loss  greatly  overesti- 
mated, and  hoping  that  in  time  this  may  prove  to  have 
been  the  case. 

The  first  half  of  January  has  long  been 

A  temporary     recognized    as    a    very    lean    period    in 

quiet  every    fonn   of    horticultural    industry. 

Everyone  is  moved  to  stop  and  gather 
himself  together,  as  it  were,  sum  up  the  year's  business 
results,  get  accounts  straightened  out,  take  inventory 
and  formulate  plans  for  the  coming  year.  The  florist 
usually  finds  the  ]iublic  disposed  to  take  a  rest  after  the 
holiday  spending  and  excitement  and  a  week  or  two  more 
or  less  usually  passes  before  things  start  to  speed  up 
for  the  midwinter  season.  There  is  reason  to  believe 
that,  even  in  the  exceptional  conditions  that  now  pre- 
vail, the  usual  livcning-up  process  will  duly  take  place 
and  the  apathy  which  is  disturbing  the  minds  of  many  in 
tlie  trade  at  present  will  be  only  short-lived  and  will  pass 
off  with  the  coming  of  better  weather  and  the  systematic 
stabiliment  of  general  business  under  the  new  order  of 
things  which  is  being  gradually  worked  out.  That  the 
direct  effect  of  the  recent  havoc  will  then  be  materialized 
in  a  greatly  curtailed  flower  product  and  actual  scarcity 
in  some  places,  with  much  higher  market  values  than 
in  recent  years,  is  quite  possible.  Greenhouses  that 
have  been  dismantled  now  are  most  likely  to  be  devoted 
to  the  production  of  food  crops  and  young  vegetable 
plants  for  spring  requirements  when  they  are  again 
started  up  and  will  thus  be  wholly  eliminated  from  the 
flower  market  field  for  this  season  at  least. 


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31 


Crab-apples.  These  plants  for  the 
decoration  of  northern  gardens  are  of 
first-rate  importance, and  from  its  early 
days  much  attention  has  been  paid  at 
the  Arnold  Arboretum  to  the  collection 
and  study  of  the  different  species,  hy- 
brids and  varieties.  The  flowering  of 
the  Crab-apples  is  one  of  the  important 
Arboretum  events  and,  although  the 
season  is  ten  or  twelve  days  late,  some 
of  the  Asiatic  species  are  already  in 
bloom  and  during  three  or  four  weeks 
Apple  blossoms  can  be  seen  here. 

From  the  Crab-apple  of  southeastern 
Europe  and  western  and  central  Asia 
(,Malus  pumilo)  most  of  the  Apples  of 
our  orchards  have  been  developed,  al- 
though in  some  of  these  the  blood  of 
the  Crab  of  northern  and  central 
Europe  (Malus  sylvestris)  can  be  trac- 
ed. The  Paradise  Apple  is  a  very  dwarf 
form  of  Malus  pumila  used  by  nursery- 
men as  a  stock  for  dwarf  pomological 
varieties.  The  first  of  the  Crab-apples 
of  eastern  Asia  known  to  Europeans 
{Malus  baccata)  was  first  cultivated  in 
Europe  one  hundred  and  thirty  years 
ago.  It  is  a  native  of  eastern  Siberia, 
and  is  a  tall,  narrow  tree  with  large 
white  flowers  appearing  with  the 
leaves,  and  fruit  the  size  of  a  large  pea. 
The  Siberian  Crab,  as  it  is  popularly 
called,  is  a  handsome,  very  hardy 
plant;  its  great  value,  however,  is  that, 
crossed  with  the  cultivated  Apple-tree, 
it  has  given  rise  to  a  race  of  Apples 
like  the  Hyslop  and  the  Transcendent 
Crabs  which  can  be  grown  in  regions 
too  cold  for  the  successful  cultivation 
of  the  ordinary  Apple.  The  hybrids 
are  known  as  Siberian  Crabs,  and  many 
named  varieties  can  now  be  found  in 
nurseries  in  the  extreme  northern  part 
of  the  country.  They  are  fast  growing, 
erect  and  shapely  trees,  and  well  worth 
a  place  in  northern  gardens  for  the 
beauty  of  their  flowers  and  brilliant 
scarlet  or  yellow  fruits  which  are 
usually  oblong  or  ovate  in  shape  and 
from  an  inch  to  an  inch  and  half  in 
length.  The  fruit  is  acid  but  makes 
excellent  jellies  and  preserves  for 
which  it  is  largely  used.   Mains  barrata 


has  been  used  in  cold  regions  as  a 
stock  on  which  to  graft  the  ordinary 
Apple,  but  its  liability  to  the  blight 
which  attacks  Pear-trees  reduces  its 
value  for  this  purpose.  The  largest 
specimen  of  Malus  baccata  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Boston  is  standing  in  front 
of  the  gardener's  house  in  the  Harvard 
Botanic  Garden  in  Cambridge. 

One  of  the  handsomest  of  the  Crab- 
apples  in  the  Arboretum  collection  is 
a  Korean  variety  of  Malus  baccata 
which  has  been  distinguished  as  var. 
Jackii.  It  was  raised  here  in  1905 
from  seed  collected  by  Mr.  Jack  near 
Seoul.  The  plants,  although  still  small, 
are  shapely  in  habit  with  straight  clean 
stems  and  regularly  spaced  spreading 
branches;  the  leaves  are  thick,  long- 
stalked,  from  four  to  six  inches  in 
length,  dark  dull  green  above  and  pale 
below;  the  flowers  are  pure  white  and 
nearly  two  inches  in  diameter,  and  the 
dark  crimson  shining  fruits,  which  are 
often  half  an  inch  long,  hang  grace- 
fully on  long  drooping  stems.  A  wide- 
ly distributed  form  of  Malus  baccata, 
the  var.  mandshuri'ca,  differs  in  its 
broader,  more  or  less  hairy  leaves. 
This  tree  is  distributed  from  the 
Amoor  region  to  western  China  and 
Japan  where  it  is  common  northward, 
and  in  Hokkaido  is  often  found  in 
Alder  woods  in  the  neighborhood  of 
the  coast. 

Malus  prunlfolia.  In  one  of  its 
forms  (var.  rinki)  this  tree  has  been 
the  most  economically  valuable  of  all 
the  Asiatic  Apple-trees.  Mains  pruni- 
folia,  although  it  has  been  known  in 
western  gardens  for  many  years,  is 
still  unknown  as  a  wild  plant,  but  Wil- 
son found  growing  wild  its  variety 
rinki  in  central  and  western  China. 
This  variety  differs  from  Mains  piwii- 
folia  in  the  shape  of  the  leaves  and 
the  amount  of  their  hairy  covering, 
and  in  the  shape  and  color  of  the  fruit 
which  varies  from  greenish  yellow  to 
yellow  or  red.  Tliis  is  the  Apple 
which  has  been  cultivated  by  the 
Chinese  probably  for  centuries.  The 
fruit  of  the  cultivated  tree  seen  by 
Wilson  was  rarely  more  than  an  inch 
and  a  quarter  in  diameter,  green  or 
greenish  yellow  with  a  rosy  cheek,  or 
sometimes  almost  entirely  red  and  had 


a  pleasant  bitter-sweet  flavor.  He 
found  that  the  fruit  grown  in  the  cold 
region  near  the  Tibetan  border  was  of 
better  quality  than  that  produced  in 
the  warmer  regions  further  east. 
Until  the  coming  of  foreigners  into 
Japan  introduced  American  and  Euro- 
pean varieties  of  Apples  the  var.  rinki 
was  a  commonly  cultivated  fruit  tree 
in  Hondo,  although  now  it  has  almost 
entirely  disappeared  from  Japan. 

Only  the  Apples  already  mentioned, 
Malus  sylvestris  of  western  and  north- 
ern Europe,  M.  pnmilu  of  southeastern 
Europe  and  western  and  central  Asia, 
M.  baccata  of  eastern  Siberia,  M.  pruni- 
folia,  var.  rinki  of  western  China,  and 
the  species  of  eastern  North  America 
are  of  economic  importance  to  man. 
The  fruits  of  the  last  are  sometimes 
used  domestically  in  making  jellies 
and  preserves  but  are  not  in  very  gen- 
eral use.  All  the  other  Crab  apples 
are  only  valuable  for  the  beauty  of 
their  flowers  and  fruits  in  the  decora- 
tion of  gardens.  The  American  Crab- 
apple  bloom  later  than  the  Old  World 
species,  and  their  flowers  do  not  open 
until  the  leaves  are  well  grown.  The 
flowers  are  more  or  less  deeply  tinged 
with  pink  or  rose  color  and  are  ex- 
ceedingly fragrant.  The  fruits  of  the 
eastern  species  are  depressed-globose, 
light  green,  sometimes  turning  pale 
yellow  when  fully  ripe,  lustrous, 
covered  with  a  waxy  exudation,  and 
more  fragrant  than  the  fruit  of  other 
Apple-trees.  The  fruit  falls  without 
having  become  soft,  and  remains  on 
the  ground  a  long  time  without  losing 
its  shape.  The  fruit  of  the  north- 
northwestern  species  {M.  fusca)  is 
oblong,  not  more  than  three-quarters 
of  an  inch  in  length,  yellow-green  or 
yellow  often  flushed  with  red.  or  oc- 
casionally entirely  red.  The  flesh  of 
this  little  apple  is  thin  and  dry. 

The  American  Crab-apples  are  good 
plants  for  wood  borders  and  forest 
glades,  and  can  be  used  to  advantage 
with  the  Flowering  Dogwood  (Cnrtius 
florida),  the  different  Shade  Bushes 
(AmelnncMer) ,  and  some  of  the  Ameri- 
can Hawthorns  to  enliven  forest  parks 
and  country  roadsides.  American 
Crap-apples,  however,  are  still  little 
known  or  appreciated  by  American 
gardeners,  and  only  one  of  them,  the 
so-called  Bechtel  Crab,  a  double-flgw- 
ered  form  of  M.  ioensis  of  the  Missis- 
sippi Valley,  is  found  in  American 
nurseries.  The  flowers  of  this  tree 
resemble  small  double  pink  roses  and 
attract  more  attention  than  almost 
any  other  plant  in  the  Arboretum. 
Among  the  handsomest  of  the  species 


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January  12,  191ft 


of   eaatem    Asia   as    lluworliig    plants 
are:  — 

Malus  floribunda  tsee  cover  illus- 
tration), probably  tin-  best  known 
and  the  most  genonilly  cultivated 
Crab-apple  in  this  pan  of  the  coun- 
try. When  grown  naturally  it  is 
a  broad,  tail,  round-topped  bush, 
rather  than  a  tree,  with  wide-spread- 
ing branches.  The  (lowers  as  they 
open  are  red  and,  passing  through 
different  shades  of  rose  color,  become 
almost  white  before  the  petals  fall. 
The  fruit  is  not  much  larger  than  a 
pea.  This  plant  Is  one  of  the  most  sat- 
isfactory of  all  flowering  shrubs  which 
can  be  grown  In  this  climate  for  It 
has  never  yet  been  injured  by  cold, 
heat,  or  drought,  and  never  fails  to 
produce  Its  flowers  every  sprinK.  On 
some  of  these  plants  the  fruit  drops 
In  early  autumn,  and  on  other 
seedling  plants  raised  in  the  Arbore- 
tum it  remains  on  the  branches  until 
early  spring  and  furnishes  birds  with 
great  supplies  of  winter  food,  and  for 
the  benefit  of  the  birds  plants  of  this 
variety  should  be  selected.  There  are 
a  number  of  these  plants  close  to  the 
Administration  Building  where  during 
the  winter  they  are  much  frequented 
by  pheasants  who  find  shelter  in  a 
neighboring  Pine  grove.  A  hybrid  of 
Ualus  floribunda,  and  one  of  the  hybrid 
forms  of  SI.  baccata  appeared  sjjon- 
taneously  in  the  Arboretum,  and  has 
been  called  Mnlu.'i  Anmliliana;  it  has 
the  low-branched  habit  of  M.  flori- 
bunda but  the  flowers  and  fruits  are 
more  than  a  third  larger.  This  is  one 
of  the  handsomest  of  all  Crab-apples. 
Other  Crab-apples  to  which  special 
attention  is  called  are:— AfaJus  Ilal- 
Uana  var.  Parkmanii.  the  double- 
flowered  form  of  a  Chinese  tree,  long 
cultivated  by  the  Japanese  and  intro- 
duced into  this  country  from  Japan 
more  than  forty  years  ago.  The  bright 
rose-colored  flowers  hang  on  long 
slender  stems  and  differ  in  color  from 
those  of  any  other  Crab-apple;  Malus 
Sarpnitii,  a  shrub  from  northern 
Japan  with  wide-spreading  branches, 
pure  white  flowers  with  bright  yellow 
anthers,  and  scarlet  fruit  which  re- 
mains on  the  branches  until  spring 
and  appears  to  be  unpalatable  to  birds; 
if.  Sieboldii,  a  Japanese  plant  better 
known  perhaps  under  the  incorrect 
name  of  M.  torinpo,  and  the  last  of  the 
Asiatic  species  in  the  collection  to 
bloom.  There  are  both  shrubby  and 
arborescent  forms  of  this  plant  which 
has  small  nearly  white  flowers  pro- 
duced in  immense  quantities  and 
minute  fruit  which  is  bright  red  on 
some  individuals  and  yellow  on  others. 
The  variety  caUicarpa  of  this  species 
is  one  of  the  handsomest  of  the  Crab- 
apples  in  the  collection  both  in  spring 
and  autumn.  It  is  a  broad  tree-like 
shrub  or  small  tree  with  slightly  lobed 
leaves,  pink  and  white  flowers  an  inch 
in  diameter,  and  brilliant  scarlet,  lus- 
trous fruits  which  are  half  an  inch  In 
diameter  and  are  more  beautiful  per- 
haps than  those  of  any  other  Crab- 
apple.  This  beautiful  plant  is  little 
known  in  gardens  and  was  raised  in 
the  Arboretum  from  seed  presented 
in  1890  by  Dr.  William  Sturgis  Bigelow, 
of  Boston.  It  is  impossible  in  one  of 
these  bulletins  to  more  than  mention 
a  few  of  the  most  important  plants  In 
this  group,  but  something  will  be  said 
of  others  as  they  begin  to  flower. 

— Arnold  Arboretum  BuVetin. 


Obituary 


Robert  Scrivener. 
Itoliert  Scrivener,  for  nearly  forty 
years  Hupcrintendent  of  the  Cedar  llill 
Cemetery,  Hartford,  Conn.,  died  Wed- 
nesday afternoon,  January  :;,  at  the 
Hartford  Hospital  following  an  opera- 
tion. He  wa.s  born  in  Froyale,  Kng- 
land,  June  liO,  184.S,  and  spent  his  boy- 
hiiiid  there.  He  studied  laudscape 
gardening  at  the  Kt-vf  Gardens.  Korty- 
fiinr  years  ago  he  came  to  this  country 
and  settled  in  Hartford,  where  he  ha.'* 
since  lived.  Two  years  after  coming 
here  he  was  married  to  Miss  Martha 
A.  Camp  of  Barkway,  England,  at 
Watford.  He  leaves  two  sons,  Robert 
E.  Scrivener,  assistant  superintendent 
of  the  Cedar  Hill  Cemetery,  and  Wil- 
liam H.  Scrivener  of  the  Mechanics 
Savings  Bank,  and  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
Harry  B.  Howard.  Mr.  Scrivener's 
wife  died  several  years  ago.  He  was 
an  active  and  highly  respected  mem- 
ber of  the  Connecticut  Horticultural 
Society  and  widely  known  among  the 
gardening  fraternity  throughout  the 
country  to  whom  he  had  endeared 
himself  l)y  his  many  estimable  quali- 
ties. The  funeral  was  held  on  Satur- 
<lay.  His  son,  Robert  E.,  has  been  ap- 
pointed to  succeed  his  esteemed  father. 


Howard  Riedlnger. 
A  victim  of  pneumonia,  Howard 
Riedlnger,  employed  by  the  Haggerty 
Floral  Company  in  Poughkeepsie,  died 
in  the  Mansion  Square  General  Hospi- 
tal, Pouglikeepsie,  Sunday,  Decemlicr 
2.3.  He  had  been  ill  only  a  week.  Hy 
leaves  his  wife  and  four  small  chil- 
ddren  in  addition  to  his  parents,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Jacob  Riedlnger.  He  also 
leaves  three  brothers  and  four  sisters. 
;Mr.  Riedlnger  was  a  popular  young 
man  and  had  a  great  many  friends. 
The  news  ol'  his  death  came  as  a  great 
surprise  and  shock  to  all.  He  was 
twenty-four  years  old. 


Charles  Hornecker. 
Charles  Hornecker,  formerly  in  the 
florist  business  and  father  of  Henry 
Hornecker,  who  now  conducts  the 
business  at  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  died  in 
East  Orange  on  Tue.sday  night,  Jan.  1. 


NEWS    NOTES 

St.  Louis. — An  orchid  show  is  the 
attraction  this  week  at  Shaw's  Botan- 
ical Garden. 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.  —  Supervisor  of 
Parks  Charles  L.  Seybold  is  interest- 
ing himself  in  a  plan  to  raise  herbs  on 
city  ground  and  to  communicate  inter- 
est in  the  raising  of  herbs  to  local  and 
county  florists  and  farmers.  Mr.  Sey- 
bold's  decision  comes  as  a  result  of  a 
letter  recently  received  by  him  from 
Albert  Lewis,  of  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture,  which  let- 
ter stated  that  it  has  now  become 
practically  impossible  to  make  certain 
medicines  because  herbs  from  which 
they  are  made  can  not  be  obtained.  It 
is  urged  that  the  industry  of  herb 
raising  will  probably  prove  a  profit- 
able business  and  that  it  would  be  to 
the  benefit  of  florists  and  growers  to 
take  it  up.  At  the  same  time  they 
would  he  performing  a  patriotic  duty. 


VIOLET    GROWERS    DISCUSS   SHIP- 
PING   PROBLEMS. 

A  meeting  dl  grcii  linpi)rtanro  to 
the  violet  growers  of  Rhinebcck,  N.  Y., 
was  held  in  the  court  room  in  the 
Town  Hall,  Thursday,  IJecember  27, 
when  E.  E.  Bush,  traflic  manager  of 
the  American  Express  Company  and 
F.  A.  Hoyt  the  superintendent,  met 
with  over  sixty  of  RhinelMjck'g  lead- 
ing lloriHiH  to  ciinHiiii'r  the  problem 
of  Khipments  of  flowers  being  delayed 
in  tran.sit  and  being  damaged  by  frost. 

The  Express  Company  has  luid  many 
claims  for  damages  for  violets  which 
were  reported  frozen  when  they 
reached  their  destination.  It  Is 
thought  by  most  of  the  violet  growers 
that  the  flowers  are  frozen  from  stand- 
ing in  the  cold  while  being  translerred 
and  while  being  delivered  to  the  con- 
signee. The  violet  men  are  of  the 
opinion  the  Express  Company  is  at 
fault  as  the  troulile  has  come  from 
shipments  which  were  delayed. 

The  manner  of  packing  the  flowers 
and  labeling  the  boxes  so  they  could 
bo  easily  distinguished  among  other 
packages  was  talked  about  and  Mr. 
Bush  suggested  having  each  box 
wrapped  in  a  distinctive  colored  paper. 
Most  of  the  growers  considered  Mr. 
Bush's  suggestion  would  be  impractl- 
table,  but  they  thought  that  conspicu- 
ous labels  on  each  end  and  on  top  of 
the  boxes  would  be  a  good  precaution 
to  take.  Several  growers  are  now  us- 
ing these  labels  to  good  advantage. 

Mr.  Bush  said  that  the  Express  Com- 
pany was  staggering  under  the  load 
of  present  conditions  of  transporta- 
tion. He  asked  for  the  co-operation 
of  Rhinebeck  violet  growers  and 
promised  that  everything  possible 
would  be  done  by  the  Express  Com- 
pany to  overcome  the  trouble.  He  ad- 
vised against  making  any  shipments 
by  express  to  Washington,  Philadel- 
phia   or    Pittsburgh    at    the    present 

lime.  ■ 

SOUTHAMPTON     HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 

The  Southampton  Horticultural  So- 
ciety held  its  annual  meeting  on  Jan. 
3rd,  1918.  The  election  of  officers  for 
the  year  1918  resulted  as  follows: 
President,  William  McLeod;  vice- 
president,  James  S.  Dickson;  secre- 
tary, H.  H.  Wells;  financial  secretary, 
Hugh  Davidson;  treasurer,  George 
Campbell;  corresponding  secretary, 
Vernon  Pierce;  executive  committee, 
Charles  F.  Guilloz,  chairman,  Stanley 
R.  Candler,  William  Frankenbaclc, 
James  Dowlen.  In  the  monthly  com- 
petition two  awards  were  won  by 
William  McLeod  and  one  by  Vernon 
Pierce.  It  was  voted  to  purchase  two 
full  books  of  war  saving  certificates. 
The  competition  for  the  February 
meeting  will  be  for  collection  of  ever- 
greens, Ijerried  shrubs  and  colored 
woods,  all  to  be  correctly  named.  It 
was  voted  unanimously  to  hold  the 
flower  show  this  year,  the  proceeds  to 
be  given  to  a  good  local  cause  to  be 
decided  upon  at  the  next  meeting. 
Stanley  R.  Candler  promised  to  write 
an  essay  for  our  next  meeting.  After 
the  meeting  the  members  enjoyed  an 
oyster  supper.  O.  G.  Owen  made  a  few 
remarks  on  the  National  Association  of 
Gardeners'  meeting  at  Chicago.  Presi- 
dent McLeod  made  a  strong  appeal 
for  more  members  for  the  National 
Association  of  Gardeners  and  secured 
six  names. 

Vebnon  Piebce,  Cor.  Secy. 


January  12,  1918 


H  0  R  T I  C  U 


33 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


AMERICAN    CARNATION    SOCIETY. 

On  account  of  the  unsatisfactory  ex- 
press service,  some  growers  may  feel 
disinclined  to  risli  shipment  of  carna- 
tion blooms  to  the  American  Carna- 
tion Society's  exhibition  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  the  last  two  days  of  this  month. 
In  order  that  this  exhibition  shall  not 
be  entirely  local,  we  would  urge  every 
member  to  carry  as  many  blooms  as 
he  can  handle,  right  along  with  him. 
Two  or  three  hundred  blooms  can  be 
handled  very  easily  as  hand  baggage 
and  if  a  few  growers  will  each  do  this, 
a  very  good  showing  will  be  made. 

The  New  England  growers  are  find- 
ing it  difficult  to  secure  enough  coal 
to  keep  their  houses  warm  and  while 
reports  from  that  section  indicate  a 
very  high  average  in  point  of  quality, 
the  quantity  shown  may  fall  short  of 
normal,  which  is  another  very  good 
reason  why  the  growers  from  the  mid- 
dle west  should  make  a  special  effort 
to  exhibit.  Make  entries  for  all  the 
stock  you  might  be  able  to  show,  and 
then  do  your  very  best  to  fill  all  the 
entries  listed.  There  is  no  charge  for 
making  entries  up  to  January  21st, 
but  after  that  date  it  will  cost  you 
$2.00  for  each  class  in  which  you  de- 
sire to  make  entry.  If  you  have  a 
new  variety,  enter  it  for  the  society's 
certificate  of  merit.  A  vase  of  blooms 
entered  in  any  other  class  may  also  be 
entered  for  this  certificate  or  merit. 

Come  prepared  to  participate  in  the 
activities  of  the  convention.  There 
will  be  discussions  of  live  topics  of 
vital  interest  to  the  industry.  Look  up 
your  records  of  blooms  cut.  prices  re- 
alized and  cost  of  production.  The 
Boston  members  will  extend  a  hearty 
welcome.  Let's  make  this  the  most 
successful  convention  ever  held  by  the 
American  Carnation  Society. 

A.  F.  J.  Baur,  Secy. 


TO    THE    CARNATION    GROWERS 
OF  NEW   ENGLANp. 

Owing  to  the  unusual  and  uncertain 
transportation  conditions  of  our  coun- 
try at  present  it  is  imperative  and  ex- 
tremely necessary  that  our  New  Eng- 
land growers  make  every  effort  to  ex- 
hibit and  attend  the  meetings  of  The 
American  Carnation  Society  at  Horti- 
cultural Hall,  Boston,  January  30-31, 
1918.  We  must  hold  on  to  the  tradi- 
tion that  this  is  the  best  carnation 
section  of  the  country,  and  if  necessary 
sacrifice  to  some  extent  flowers  and 
time  to  make  this  a  notable  Conven- 
tion and  Exhibition.  Let  us  show  to 
the  public  at  this  time  that  we  are 
Keeping  the  Home  Fires  Burning, 
that  when  our  hoys  return  home  from 
the   front  and   from   the  sea  we  shall 


Meetings  Next  Week 

Monday,   Jan.   14. 

Gardeners'  and  FMorists'  Club  of 
Baltimore,  Florists'  E.\change  Ilall 
Baltimore.    Md. 

New  Yoris  Florists'  Club,  Grand 
Opera    House,    New    York    City. 

Rochester  Florists'  Association. 
95   Main    St.,    East    Rochester,    N.    Y. 

Cincinnati  Florists'  Society,  Hotel 
Gibson   Cincinnati,   O. 

Tuesday,  Jan.   15. 

Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  ofl 
Boston,  Horticultural  Hall,  Boston,jl 
Mil  ss.  11 

Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  ofi 
Ontario,  St.  George's  Hall,  Toronto,! 
Can.  II 

Minnesota  State  Florists'  Associa-ll 
tion,   Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Pennsylvania  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, Griffith  Hall,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wednesday,  Jan.  16. 
Rhode     Island     Horticultural     So- 
ciety,    Public     I>ibrary,     Providence,| 
R     I 

Ta'rrytown  Horticultural  Society,]] 
Tarrytown,  N.   Y. 

Thursday,  Jan.  17. 

Essex  County  B'lorists'  Club, I 
Kreuger-Auditorium,    Newark.    N.    J. 

New  Orleans  Horticultural  Society, 
Association  of  Commerce  Bldg.,  New||| 
Orleans,   La. 

North  Westchester  County  Ilorti- 
cultunil   Society,   Mt.    Kisco,   N.    Y. 

Tacoma  Florists'  Association.  Mac- 
cabce   Hall.   Tacoma,   Wash. 
Friday,  Jan.  18. 

North  Shore  Horticultural  Soccty,] 
Manchester,  Mass. 


be  ready  to  help  them   to  again  take 
their   place   in   the   upbuilding  of   the 
Yours   for  the  best  exhibition  ever. 
Nation  and  to  support  their  families. 

S.    J.    GODD.VRD, 

Chairman  of  Exhibits  Committee. 
Framingham,  Mass. 

SOCIETY   OF   AMERICAN    FLORISTS 
AND    ORNAMENTAL    HORTI- 
CULTURISTS. 

Meeting    of   the    Executive    Board. 

President  Charles  H.  Totty  author- 
izes the  call  for  a  meeting  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Board,  9  a.  m.,  at  the  Hotel 
Jefferson,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  January  21, 
22,  next,  to  continue  until  all  business 
of  the  meeting  is  completed. 
Meeting  of  the  National  Flower  Show 
Committee. 

Chairman  George  Asmus  authorizes 
the  call  for  a  meeting  of  the  National 
Flower  Show  Committee  at  the  Hotel 
Jefferson,  St.  Louis.  Tuesday,  Janu- 
ary 22.  The  reason  for  calling  this 
meeting  on  the  last  day  of  the  Execu- 
tive Board  meeting  is  for  the  purpose 
of  stibmitting  to  the  Executive  Board 
any  business  tliat  may  require  their 
consideration.  The  hour  of  meeting 
will  be  determined  later,  owing  to  the 
\incertainties  in  regard  to  accommoda- 
tions, and  the  many  changes  in  train 
service.  I  would  advise  that  all  those 
who  intend  to  attend  these  meetings 
secure  reservations  at  once. 

JouM  Young,  Secretary. 

January  5.  1918. 


AMERICAN    ROSE  SOCIETY. 

The  secretary's  office  of  the  Ameri- 
can Rose  Society  will  soon  send  out 
entry  blanks  for  the  exhibition  of  the 
society  which  will  be  held  in  connec- 
tion with  the  National  Flower  Show 
in  St.  Louis,  April  6th  to  15th,  1918. 
The  attention  of  rose  growers  who 
plan  to  exhibit  at  this  exhibition  is 
called  to  the  following  regulations  for 
judging  cut  blooms:  All  roses  shall 
be  disqualified  where  exhibited  with 
more  than  two  growths  (one  pinch), 
except  in  classes  calling  tor  displays 
and  for  one  hundred  or  more  blooms 
in  one  vase,  on  which  two  pinches  are 
allowed. 

The  following  varieties  of  roses  have 
been  offered  for  registration  in  the 
American  Rose  Society: 

Name — Silvia.  Class — Hybrid  Tea. 
Parentage  of  rose — Sport  of  Ophelia. 

Description:  Habit  of  plant,  same 
as  Ophelia;  character  of  foliage,  better 
than  Ophelia;  freedom  of  growth  and 
hardiness,  same  as  Ophelia;  flower, 
large;  color,  sulphur  yellow  shading 
to  white;  form,  excellent;  fragrance 
and  bud,  very  fragrant,  and  pointed; 
petalage,  same  as  Ophelia;  freedom  of 
bloom  and  lasting  quality,  same  as 
Ophelia.  The  rose  is  similar  to  Ophe- 
lia but  is  different  in  color  and  supe- 
rior for  the  following  reasons:  Foli- 
age and  long  bud. 

Signed  by  P.  R.  Pierson. 

Name — Rosalind.  Class — Hybrid  Tea. 
Parentage  of  rose — Sport  of  Ophelia. 

Description:  Habit  of  plant,  same 
as  Ophelia;  character  of  foliage,  same 
as  Ophelia;  freedom  of  growth  and 
hardiness,  same  as  Ophelia;  color, 
bright  coral  in  bud,  apricot  pink  when 
half  open,  shell  pink  when  full  open; 
form,  full;  fragrance  and  bud,  very 
fragrant;  petalage.  30  to  40  petals; 
freedom  of  bloom  and  lasting  quality, 
free,  fine  keeper.  The  rose  is  similar 
to  Ophelia  but  is  different  in  color  and 
has  a  third  more  petals  and  superior 
for  the  followin.g  reasons:  Better 
color,  more  double,  more  fragrant. 
Signed  by  F.  R.  Pierson. 

If  no  objection  to  such  registration 
is  filed  with  the  secretary  of  the  so- 
ciety within  three  weeks  after  this 
publication,  the  registration  will  be- 
come permanent. 

E.  A.  'White,  Secretary. 


HORTICULTURAL    SOCIETY    OF 
NEW  YORK. 

There  will  be  an  exhibition  of 
plants  and  flowers  at  the  American 
Museum  of  Natural  History  New  York 
City,  on  Saturday  and  Sunday,  Jan- 
uary 19th  and  20th.  Prizes  are  offered 
for  orchids,  carnations,  sweet  peas, 
schizanthus,  snapdragons  and  euphor- 
bias. Schedules  are  now  ready  for 
distribution,  and  may  bo  had  by  ad- 
dressing the  secretary,  George  V 
Nash.  New  York  Botanical  Garden. 
Bronx  Park,  N.  Y.  City. 

George  V.  Nash.  Secy. 


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H  O  li  T  I  r  U  L  T  U  R  E 


January  12,  1918 


SOME  TIMELY  LEGAL  ADVICE 


A  PARTNERSHIP  EXPERIENCE 
AND  ITS  TWO  MORALS. 
About  two  years  uro.  In  a  certain 
purt  of  Iniliiinn.  two  men  formed  a 
partnership  for  the  purpose  of  (lolng 
a  wholesale  business.  One  was  an  in- 
side man,  the  other  an  outside,  and 
both  had  a  wide  acquaintance  among 
the  firms  they  must  look  to  for  busi- 
ness. It  looked  like  an  Ideal  team. 
Each  man  had  saved  money  and  both 
contributed  an  equal  amount  to  the 
firm's  capital. 

The  new  firm  did  business  from  the 
start,  and  in  six  months  was  making 
a  little  money.  In  a  year  it  was  doing 
exceedingly  well,  and  gave  every  pros- 
pect of  doing  better  as  time  went  on. 
When  the  business  was  eighteen 
months  old,  the  partners  had  their 
first  serious  disagreement.  It  was 
not  about  anything  connected  with  the 
business,  but  about  a  girl  stenographer 
in  the  firm's  employ.  Both  men  were 
married.  They  fell  out  very  deeply 
over  the  thing,  and  after  several 
weeks  of  bitter  wrangling,  during 
which  the  business,  of  course,  suffered, 
each  man  made  the  other  a  proposition 
to  sell  his  interest,  but  neither  of  the 
propositions  was  accepted,  and  a  dead- 
lock resulted. 

The  business  was  going  from  bad  to 
worse,  when  one  of  the  partners  went 
off  one  day  and  sold  his  interest  in  the 
firm  to  another  salesman  in  the  same 
line.  The  deal  involved  several  thou- 
sand dollars,  yet  both  parties  decided 
that  they  could  put  it  through  without 
counsel — "it  was  just  an  ordinary 
sale" — and  they  got  together  in  a  hotel 
room  and  signed  the  papers  which  to- 
gether they  had  drawn  up.  The  buyer 
paid  halt  of  the  purchase  price  in  cash 
and  gave  a  note  for  the  balance.  The 
seller  in  this  case  was  the  partner,  who 
had  been  at  fault  regarding  the  sten- 
ographer. 

Following  the  deal,  the  buyer  of 
the  half  interest  took  his  papers  to  tne 
store  of  the  firm  and  announced  to  the 
remaining  member  of  the  partnership 
that  he  was  his  partner.  How  was 
that?  Why,  he  had  just  bought  out  the 
other  man's  share.  And  he  showed  the 
paper  in  corroboration. 

The  remaining  partner  did  not  take 
kindly  to  the  sale  and  at  once  consult- 
ed the  firm's  lawyer  as  to  his  rights. 
He  was  advised  that  despite  the  sale, 
he  was  not  obliged  to  accept  the  new 
man  as  partner,  that  he  need  not  work 
with  him  or  accept  him  in  any  way. 


Just  here  let  mc  explain  this  most 
important  drawback  of  partnership.  It 
is  well  si'tlli'd  that  a  partner  can  not 
sell  his  iiitorest  In  the  partnership  to 
a  I  bird  party  unless  the  remaining 
member  consents.  He  can  sell  some- 
thing, but  it  Is  merely  a  half  interest 
(if  the  seller  held  a  half  interest)  in 
the  firm's  assets  which  remain  after 
the  business  is  settled  up.  This  is 
from  a  leading  case. 

The  legal  power  of  a  partner  to 
make  a  transfer  of  his  interest  to  a 
third  party  is  unquestioned.  The 
transferee,  however,  does  not  become 
a  tenant  in  common  witli  the  other 
partner  in  any  specific  goods,  but  ac- 
quires only  the  interest  his  vender 
had,  which  is  his  share  of  the  residue 
after  the  affairs  of  the  firm  are  settled 
and  the  debts  paid,  including  debts 
due  from  the  firm  to  a  partner.  Such 
a  purchase  does  not  make  the  buyer 
a  partner  in  tlie  firm  without  the  con- 
currence of  all  the  partners,  either 
given  expressly  or  implied  from  con- 
duct. 

To  illustrate,  A  and  B  are  partners. 
They  fall  out  and  B  sells  his  share  to 
C.  The  business  cannot  go  forward 
with  C  in  it  unless  A  consents.  All 
that  C  can  legally  demand,  after  buy- 
ing B's  share,  is  that  the  business  be 
wound  up,  debts  paid,  and  he  be  given 
half  the  balance.  In  other  words,  sell- 
ing one's  share  to  an  outsider  without 
his  partner's  consent,  usually  means 
the  destruction  of  the  business.  It 
cannot  possibly  mean  anything  else 
unless  the  remaining  partner  agrees. 
Now  to  get  back  to  the  Indiana  case. 
The  remaining  partner  served  notice 
on  the  buyer  of  the  half  interest  refus- 
ing to  accept  him,  and  the  latter  then 
consulted  his  own  lawyer,  who  told 
him  the  same  thing  that  the  other 
lawyer  told  his  client.  He  then  tried 
to  find  the  man  he  had  bought  from 
to  rescind  the  deal,  but  found  he  had 
gone  to  New  York  with  the  idea  of 
going  to  France.  He  finally  found 
him,  but  he  had  spent  some  of  the 
money  and  refused  to  give  back  the 
balance  on  the  ground  that  the  deal 
was  bona  fide  as  far  as  he  was  con- 
cerned. 

The  buyer  then  went  back  to  In- 
diana to  see  about  getting  the  only 
thing  he  could — one-half  the  assets 
after  the  business  was  wound  up.  He 
took  proceedings  to  that  end,  the 
business  was  wound  up  and  its  assets 
sold,  as  the  remaining  partner  had  lost 
the  chance  he  had  had  before  of  rais- 
ing the  money  to  take  the  other  half 
interest  over.     As  would  be  the  case 


with  many  busincHses  were  thoir  asseta 
forced  to  sale,  it  brouubt  enough  to 
pay  back  the  buyer  of  the  half  interest 
about  one  fourth  of  his  money.  I  can 
scarcely  understand  why  the  remain- 
ing partner  here  could  not  have  gotten 
money  enough  from  his  bank,  or 
somewhere,  to  buy  the  half  Interest 
and  thus  prevent  the  sale,  but'  he 
seems  for  some  reason  not  to  have 
been  able  to. 

This  little  deal  had  the  following 
evil   results:  — 

It  cost  the  buyer  of  the  half  Interest 
several  thousand  dollars  in  cold  cash. 

It  put  the  remaining  partner  to 
much  expense,  inconvenience  and  loss. 

It  practically  destroyed  a  going, 
profitable  business. 

The  two  morals  are  plain:  1.  never 
go  through  with  a  deal  Involving  any 
substantial  sum  without  counsel;  2, 
do  not  enter  into  a  partnership  with- 
out realizing  that  you  cannot  sell  your 
interest  as  a  share  in  a  going  business, 
without  your  partner's  consent,  which 
consent  will  very  often  be  refused. 
There  is  only  one  way  to  get  around 
this  and  that  is  a  way  I  should  never 
advise  a  client  to  take,  viz.:  put  in 
the  partnership  agreement  a  clause 
binding  each  to  accept  as  partner  any- 
body to  whom  the  other  may  sell  his 
share.  A  man  would  be  exceedingly 
foolish  to  agree  in  advance  to  some- 
thing that  might  cause  him  the  deep- 
est embarrassment  and  regret. 


WHEN  YOU  BUY  OUT  A  BUSINESS. 

In  the  same  State,  at  about  the 
same  time,  two  men  sold  their  busi- 
nesses. One  was  a  retail  coal  dealer, 
the  other  a  manufacturer  of  a  wrap- 
ping device.  In  both  cases  the  buyers 
set  out  to  protect  themselves  by  in- 
serting in  the  agreement  of  sale  a 
clause  binding  the  seller  not  to  re- 
engage in  the  same  business  for  a  cer- 
tain time.  These  clauses  are  always 
inserted  in  an  agreement  to  sell  a 
business,  if  the  buyer  knows  his  busi- 
ness. Otherwise,  a  man  may  sell  his 
store  one  day  and  immediately  open 
another  one  the  next  day.  of  course 
taking  all  the  trade  he  had  just  sold. 

In  both  of  these  two  cases  I  have 
referred  to,  the  sellers,  after  getting 
the  buyers'  money,  attempted  to  get 
out  of  their  agreements  not  to  re-en- 
gage in  the  same  business.  In  both 
cases  the  buyers  appealed  to  the  courts 
for  an  injunction.  One  got  it  and  the 
other  did  not.  The  difference  between 
the  two  cases  shows  so  clearly  how  to 
make  and  how  not  to  make  agree- 
ments restricting  the  seller  of  a  busi- 
ness from  going  into  the  same  business 
again,  that  I  shall  devote  this  article 
to  pointing  that  difference  out. 

In  the  coal  man's  case,  the  seller 
sold  his  trade  name,  trademark,  good 
will,  fixtures,  stock  in  trade — every- 
thing connected  with  the  business — 
and  agreed  not  to  re-engage  in  the  coal 
business  in  the  same  city  for  two 
years,  and  not  within  two  miles  from 
his  former  place  of  business  for  five 
years.  Three  years  afterward  he 
opened  up  another  coal  yard  a  little 


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TOMATO 


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THE  FINEST  OUTDOOR  TOMATO  THE  WORLD  HAS  EVER  SEEN 


Awarded  highest  honors  wherever  exhibited.  Winner  of  five  Certificates  of  Merit  from  Horticul- 
tural and  Agricultural  Societies.  "Stamford  Beauty"  resembles  the  old  favorite  Stone  Tomato, 
but  is  earlier,  sweeter  and  has  a  handsome  color  finish  of  deep  scarlet. 

"Stamford  Beauty"  is  a  strong  healthy  grower,   and  a  MOST  WONDERFUL  cropper,  producing 
a   wealth  of  large  beautiful   smooth  Tomatoes  from  early  summer  till  late  fall. 
"Stamford  Beauty"  will  give  you  full  reward  for   your  money  and  labors.      Plant  some  this  year. 

Seeds  grown  in    191  7,  packed  and  sold  in  originator's  sealed  packets  only. 
Price  per  Packet,  2j   Cents.  Mailed  free  on  receipt  of  price. 


AIMTMOIM 


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more  than  two  miles  from  bis  old 
place,  but  solicited  orders  within  the 
two-mile  radius.  When  his  old  buyer 
took  him  into  court  on  an  application 
for  injunction,  the  court  said  the  re- 
strictive agreement  was  legal  and 
would  be  upheld,  and  an  injunction 
was  granted  restraining  the  seller 
from  soliciting  any  business  whatever 
'  within  "a  radius  of  two  miles  from  his 
old   stand. 

The  court  said  this:  — 

We  are  of  the  opinion  that  it  is  a 
breach  of  the  agreement  to  conduct  a 
business  similar  to  the  one  transferred 
within  the  radius  of  two  miles  from 
Main  and  Price  streets  or  to  do  acts 
in  violation  of  the  spirit  and  intent  of 
the  contract.  The  defendant  cannot  be 
restrained  from  establishing  a  coal 
yard,  after  the  term  of  two  years,  be- 
yond the  territorial  limits  set  forth  in 
the  agreement,  but  the  soliciting  of 
business,  the  selling  and  delivery  of 
coal  to  customers  within  the  territor- 
ial limits  is  carrying  on  business  and 
a  breach   of  the  contract. 

I  am  often  asked,  in  cases  like  this, 
whether  the  seller  of  a  business  who 
binds  himself  not  to  re-enage  in  the 
same  line  for  a  time,  and  within  a  cer- 
tain tertitory.  could  fill  orders  that 
came  to  him  voluntarily  from  old  cus- 
tomers within  the  prescribed  territory. 
Of  course  he  could,  but  he  would  have 
to  show  very  clearly  that  the  order 
did  not  result  from  some  direct  or  in- 
direct solicitation  of  his. 

So  the  buyer  of  the  coal  business 
got  his  injunction.  The  buyer  of  the 
manufacturing  business  was  less  suc- 
cessful. Let  us  see  why.  In  the  lat- 
ter case  the  selling  agreement  bound 
the  seller  "not  to  engage,  directly  or 
Indirectly,  in  the  business  of  manufac- 
turing or  selling  the  same  or  any  com- 
peting material  in  the  United  States." 
After  a  while  the  seller  of  the  business 
started  in  to  sell  a  competing  product 
and  an  injunction  was  asked  against 
him.  The  court  said  no;  this  time  the 
agreement  keeping  the  seller  out  of 
business  was  not  legal  and  wotild  not 
be  upheld,  because  it  was  not  reason- 
able. Instead  of  keeping  him  out  for 
a  limited  time  and  a  limited  territory, 
merely  enought  to  give  the  buyer  a 
chance  to  get  settled,  it  sought  to  keep 
him  out  for  all  time  and  in  the  whole 
United  States.  This  is  from  the 
court's  decision: 

This  restriction  was  not  reason- 
able. Such  a  contract  in  restraint  of 
trade  is  clearly  unreasonable.     Such  a 


requirement  is  not  at  all  necessary  for 
the  proper  protection  of  the  rights  of 
the  plaintiff  and  it  is  oppressive  to  de- 
fendant. 

The  restriction  here  is  also  unrea- 
sonable in  that  it  is  unlimited  as  to 
time.  It  is  a  well-settled  rule  of  law 
that  an  agreement  in  general  restraint 
of  trade  is  illegal  and  void,  but  an 
agreement  which  operates  merely  in 
partial  restraint  of  trade  is  good,  pro- 
vided it  is  not  unreasonable  and  there 
be  a  consideration  to  support  it.  In 
order  that  it  may  not  be  unreasonable, 
the  restraint  imposed  must  not  be 
longer  than  is  required  for  the  neces- 
sary protection  of  the  party  with 
whom  the  contract  is  made  (the  buy- 
er). A  longer  contract,  even  on  good 
consideration,  is  held  void,  as  being 
too  general  a  restraint  of  trade;  but 
a  contract  not  to  use  a  trade  at  a  par- 
ticular place,  if  it  be  founded  on  a 
good  consideration  and  be  made  for  a 
proper  and  useful  purpose,  is  valid.  Of 
course,  a  contract  not  to  exercise  a 
trade  generally  would  be  obnoxious  to 
the  rule,  and  would  be  void. 

In  Union  Strawboard  Co.  vs.  Bon- 
field,  193  111.  420,  the  contract  was  in 
connection  with  the  sale  of  a  business, 
and  a  reasonable  restriction  was  justi- 
fied, but  it  was  there  said:  "The 
courts  will  not  enforce  any  contract 
which  excludes  a  party  generally  from 
following  any  lawful  trade  or  business 
beneficial  to  the  community  and  to 
him." 

In  the  case  at  bar,  the  contract  in 
restraint  of  trade  being  unlimited  as 
to  time,  and  as  to  space  extending 
over  the  entire  country,  must  be  re- 
garded as  extending  the  restraint 
further  than  is  necessary  for  the  rea- 
sonable protection  of  the  covenantee. 
Reference  to  the  nature  and  subject- 
matter  of  the  restriction  makes  its 
unreasonableness  more  clearly  appar- 
ent. 

In  other  words,  the  buyer  of  the 
coal  business  got  his  injunction  be- 
cause his  lawyer  knew  the  law  of  re- 
straining agreements,  and  the  other 
buyer  lost  his  because  his  lawyer  did 
not. 

(Copyright,  November,  1917,  by  Elton 
J.  Buckley.) 


CATALOGUES   RECEIVED. 

J.  M.  Thorburn  &  Co.,  New  York.— 
1918  Catalogue  of  Seeds.  J.  M.  Thor- 
burn &  Co.  were  founded  in  1802  and 
that  they  are  "still  going  strong"  in 
every  essential  quality  of  a  representa- 
tive substantial  seed  house  is  evident 
from  the  contents  of  this  annual  cata- 
logue, just  issued.  Delays  and  short- 
ages in  the  supply  of  European  seeds 
are  the  nightmare  of  all  the  seed  mer- 
chants and  Messrs.  Thorburn  &  Co. 
emphasize  strongly  the  need  for  or- 
dering early  this  year.  The  book  com- 
prises 160  pages. 


W.  Atlee  Burpee,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
— Burpee's  Annual  for  1918.  We  have 
been  interested  in  looking  over  this 
catalogue  for  the  reason  that  many 
varieties  are  the  shortest  crops  that 
the  seed  business  has  ever  known, 
and  incidentally  this  is  the  first  year 
that  Burpee  has  cataloged  everything 
under  the  cental  system.  We  note 
that  they  are  offering  everything  by 
the  pound  instead  of  the  pint,  quart, 
bushel,  etc.,  as  heretofore.  Another 
feature  of  the  catalog  this  year  is 
twenty-four  pages  of  process  color 
work.  They  make  a  special  play  on 
root  crops,  with  the  idea  of  getting 
the  small  garden  planter  to  recognize 
the  food  value  of  these  vegetables. 
Another  feature^  is  the  Economy  Gar- 
den, which  occupies  two  pages,  show- 
ing the  photographs  of  some  of  the 
demonstration  gardens  which  they 
conducted  in  some  of  the  large  cities. 
Collections  of  annual  flower  seed  are 
illustrated  in  color  on  twenty  varieties 
for  $1.00. 


Mt.  Holly,  N.  J.— Arthur  J.  Collins 
has  purchased  the  Moorestown  Nur- 
series, formerly  conducted  by  the  late 
Samuel  C.  DeCou.  This  property  ad- 
joins the  place  at  present  owne<l  by 
Mr.    Collins. 


Donald  B.  MacMillan  was  the  speak- 
er last  Thursday  afternoon  at  the  first 
winter  meeting  of  the  season  of  the 
Worcester  County,  Mass.,  Horticultural 
Society  in  Horticultural  Hall.  Mr. 
MacMlllau  spoke  on  "Flora  of  the 
North,"  illustrating  his  talk  with 
stereopticon  views. 


ORCHIDS 

Wr  (row  snd  |>«1I  nothing  hnt  ORCHIDS. 
If  70a  are  In  the  market  For  thin  el««fl  of 
plaDtn  we  retiperf fnlly  nollelt  your  Inqatiiea 
and  ordera.     Special   lleta  on  appllnmtlolu 

LAGER  &  HURRELL,  Summit,  N.J. 


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\  Icr-rrrBldrnI,  l>«»td  Uijrprr.  rhiUllpl- 
plil»,  !'«.;  hrcrrl«r>-Trri*«urer,  C  K* 
Krntlrl,   ClrtrUatl,  l>. 


Bolgiano's  Seed  Establishment  Cele- 
brates Its  100th  Anniversary. 
With  the  dawniii);  of  tlie  new  year, 
Uolglano's  Seed  Establishment,  Balti- 
more, passes  the  100th  year  mark  of 
Its  existence,  having  been  founded  in 
the  year  1818  when  Baltimore  was  re- 
garded as  not  much  mure  than  a  side 
station,  by  the  present  management's 
great  gnmdfather.  in  small  quarters  on 
•  South  Calvert  street.  At  the  time  of 
the  great  Baltimore  fire,  they  were 
located  at  L#ombard  and  Light  streets 
where  their  buildings  were  entirely 
wiped  out  by  the  great  conflagration. 
They  then  established  their  present 
quarters  at  Pratt  and  Light  streets 
and  have  since  acquired  the  new  piers 
and  warehouses  located  on  Key  High- 
way jnst  opposite  the  new  ten-million- 
dollar  piers.  The  waterfront  property 
includes  their  onion  set  and  seed 
potato  warehouses,  their  new  poultry 
food  manufacturing  plant  with  a  ca- 
pacity of  five  thousand  100-pound  bags 
daily,  also  their  special  grass,  clover 
and  field  seed  cleaning  machinery 
buildings.  They  have  located  at  Raspe- 
burg,  Md..  their  seed  trial  and  testing 
grounds,  and  large  poultry  farm  and 
hatcheries  at  Rossville,  Md.  They 
annually  market  the  product  of  over 
100,000  acres  of  ground. 

They  were  the  first  seedsmen  in 
America  to  establish  completely 
equipiied  seed  analyzing  and  seed  test- 
ing laboratory.  One  hundred  years  of 
success  has  placed  the  names  of  over 
a  half  million  customers  on  their 
books.  All  over  the  United  States 
their  seeds  have  been  planted  by 
grandfathers,  fathers  and  sons. 

John  Bolgiano,  Sr.,  was  the  head  of 
the  firm  from  182.5  until  he  retired  in 
1883.  He  died  in  1892.  Joseph  A.  Bol- 
giano was  head  of  the  firm  from  1883 
until  he  retired  in  1899.  He  had  many 
other  interests  identified  with  Balti- 
more.   He  died  in  the  year  1913. 

Charles  J.  Bolgiano,  the  present  pro- 
prietor, is  well  known  to  all  Balti- 
moreans.  He  is  a  member  of  many 
civic,  financial  and  fraternal  organiza- 
tions.    Mr.  Bolgiano  has  recently  lent 


GLADIOLI 


IMMKDIATE    SHIPMENT 

Pfr  100  Per  KHK) 
r.ANAMA,  top  roots. .  W.OO  M.I.W 
A.MERICA,    "  "  3,00  25.00 

Write  for  Prices  on  Otlier  Varieties 


Arthur  T.  Boddington  Co.,  Inc. 

128  Chamben  St.,  New  York  CilT 


w 


E  Can  Offer  to  Advantage  On  Spot — 
Ready  for  Immediate  Shipment. 

HIGH  GRADE  TESTED  GARDEN  SEED 

WHITE  CLOVER 

CRESTED  DOGSTAIL 

RYE  GRASSES 

ORCHARD  GRASS 

RAPE  SEED 

PRICKLY  SEEDED  SPINACH 

CHOICE  RECLEANED  OMON  SETS 

IVrile  for  Our  Prices  and  Samples 

J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Founded  1818.      We  Have  Won  Confidence  for  100  Years 

BALTIMORE,  MD. 

Send   for   Our   (  omplete  .MiirKrt   i.nr.rinrrs'    iind     I'lnri^-tH"    Trice    lAnt. 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our  trial    grounds,   Raynes 
Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTEIvS     I  ESTLD  oLLuSy  IDC,   Commerc*  Bldc*?Bo>(oB,  M«u. 


his  large  business  experience  as  well 
as  financial  aid  to  the  establishing  and 
maintenance  of  many  philanthropic 
and  charitable  institutions. 


Far-Reaching   Legislation. 

Our  readers  will  be  interested  to 
learn  that  on  January  4th,  Senator 
Weeks  of  Massachusetts  introduced  a 
bill  (S.  3344)  to  prohibit  the  importa- 
tion of  nursery  stock  into  the  United 
States.  The  gist  of  the  bill  is,  in  a 
few  words,  "that  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person  to  import  or  offer  for 
entry  into  the  United  States  any  nur- 
sery stock." 

Section  4  provides  the  definition  of 
nursery  stock,  to  include  all  field- 
grown  florists'  stock,  trees,  shrubs, 
vines,  cuttings,  grafts,  scions,  buds, 
fruit  pits,  and  other  seeds  of  fruit,  and 
ornamental  shrubs  and  other  plants 
and  plant  products  for  propagation, 
except  field,  vegetable  and  flower  seeds, 
bedding  plants,  and  other  herbaceous 
bulbs,  plaiits  and  roots. 

The  nursery  and  florists'  trades  are 
on  record  as  opposing  legislation  of 
tliis  character,  and  proper  steps  will 
be  taken  to  secure  a  fair  discussion  of 
the  merits  of  this  bill  in  a  hearing  be- 
fore the  Senate  Committee  on  Agri- 
'ulture  and  Forestry. 


the  American  seed  trade  might  safely 
be  trusted  to  take  care  of  the  farmers' 
seed  requirements.  If  "normal  pro- 
duction of  the  nation's  food  crops"  is 
dependent  upon  such  action  as  the 
foregoing  indicates  then  the  American 
farmer  has  neither  the  "sand"  nor  the 
.sagacity  with  which  we  have  been 
wont  to  credit  him. — Ed. 


NEW 
CROP 


MICHELL'S 
FLOWER  SEEDS 

FOR    FLORISTS 

.VSPARAGUS   PI.r.MOSlS  NANUS 

Northern     greenhoiiso     grown.       Kxtrn 
quality.     True   to   name. 

IIMI  seeds.     $0..'SO:    (3.50  per     1,000 
6,000  seeds,  «15.50;  $30.00  per  10,000 

Send  for  General  Wholesale  I'rlcc  List 

of  Seeds,  Bulhs,  Plants,  Specialties 

and    .Sundries. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Mirkef  St.,  PHILA,  PA. 


Washington.  .Tan.  S. — If  normal  produc- 
tion of  the  n-ntlon's  food  and  feed  crops  Is 
to  be  hod  this  year  promi)t  action  to  pro- 
tect the  seed  supplies  is  necessary.  Secre- 
tary Houston  warned  Congress  today  In 
asking  for  an  urgent  deOciency  appropria- 
tion for  government  purchase  and  sale  of 
seed  to  farmers  at  cost. 

— Press  Despatch. 

We  would  respectfully  suggest  that 


LILIUM  GI6ANTEUM 

7/9     CJOO  per  case) $.";.".flO  per  thousand 

fS/lO  (225  per  case) 80.00     " 

9/10  (200  per  case) 100.00     "  " 

Complete  List  of  Florists'  f'hoire  Seeds. 

A   postal  card   will   bring  our  catalogue. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

10<M  Lincoln  Bldg.,     PIIIL^VDELPHIA,  FA. 


January  12,  1918 


H  0  K  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


37 


Choice  Flower  Seeds 

FOR     FLORISTS 

CINEBARIA — Prize     strains,     mixed 

Tall  and   Semi-dwarf. 

ALYSSUM— Little    Gem. 

CALENDULA — Orange  King,   Lemon 

Queen. 

SN.4PDRAr.ON — .Silver    Pink. 

BEGONI.i — Vernon. 

J.  M.  THORBURN  &  CO. 

EEtablished    1803. 
35  Barclay  Street,     NEW  YORK 


KELWAY  &  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    for    Special    Prices,    Spot    or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  a*  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    GO. 

170  \V.  Wabash  Ave.  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


V90IVI4KIM     J.     lf9\A/IIM 

108  West  28th   St.,  NEW   YORK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Asparagus  Plumosus  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
$3.50;  5000  Seeds,  $15.00. 

Asparagus  Sprengeri — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00. 

Salvia  lionflre — ^i,  oz.,  50e. ;  1  oz.,  $2.00. 

Salvia  Zuriek — '/n  oz.,  75c.;   1  oz.,  $4.00. 

Stocks  Beauty  of  Nice,  75%  Double  Flowers 
— Shell  Pink,  Bright  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  $1.00;   'A  oz..  $2.00;   1  oz.,  $5.00. 

Snapdragon,  Petunias,  Verbenas,  etc. 
SEND    FOR    CATALOGCE. 


J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful    Seed    Growers    For 
89   Years 

Send  for  Our  1917  Wholesale  Prices 
To  Florist*    aad    Market    Gardeners 

BALTIMORE,  MD. 


Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED  ONLY   TO  THOSE   WHO  PLANT 

FOB    PROFIT 

BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importer*  and  Growers  of 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

38  Chambers  Stmt,  Ntw  York 


SF^EICI 

NARCISSUS  PAPER  VfHITE  GRANDIFLORA 

13  to  15  cts.  1250  to  case ?14.00  per  1000    ?17.00  per  case 

14  ctm.,     1000  to  case 16.00  per  1000    16.00  per  case 

WHITE  ROMAN  HYACINTHS 

13x15   ctm $5.00  per  100         $50.00  per  1000 

15  ctm.  and  up 7.00  per  100  65.00  per  1000 

FREESIA  PURITY 

First  size   $10.00  per  1000 

CALLAS 

Medium  size  $10.00  per  100        Mammoth  size $15.00  per  100 

STUMPP  &  WALTER  CO.,    -    Seedsmen 

30-32  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 


Paper   White 
Narcissi 


PRICES   ON   APPLICATION 


R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO. 

6  South  Market  St.,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


UEIOIMAIRD'S 

SEEDS 

and     SEED     SE 

Rvion: 

FOR     SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  III. 

SPAWN 

F>  I  IM      IVI  C3  IM  E  Y 

8  lbs.  for  $1.00 

Treatit«  —  How   to   Grow   Them 
Included 

WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


GARDEN  SEED 

BEET,  CARROT,  PARSNIP,  RADISH  and 
GARDEN  PEA  SEED  In  varlet.v  ;  also  other 
Iteina  of  the  sliort  crop  of  tliia  past  season, 
as  well  aa  a  full  liue  of  Garden  Seeds,  will 
be  quilted   yoii   Upon  npplleation   to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Der  St.,  NEW  YORK  and  ORANGE.  CONN 


THOMAS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDH.     nri.BS     AND     IMPLEMK.VTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL. 

Beselected   Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved   styles  In   Implementa. 

CMlalorne    opon    applleAtl.B. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
^^ST^IM,  IN/I.A.SS 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

Eo*;     itnniediate     or     future     delivery 
prices   quilted    on    applieation. 
JOSEPH   BRECK   &  SONS'  CORP- 

47-,'>4   North    Market    .St.,   Uoston,   Mass. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AKD  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


166  W.  23rd  St.,      NEW  YORK 


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11  OUTl  CULTURE 


Juiuiary  12.  1918 


ALEX.    McCONNELL 

611    FIFTH   AVENUE 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

TrleBrmphlr  onlrr*  f(irw«fd«-d  to  any 
p«jn  ot  Ibr  I  Dll«-<i  Nlatra.  (AnAtlA.  »«d 
^1  prlnrlpal  rlll#-»  of  Kufoi**-.  i>r€j»r» 
ir«B«rrrrf-(l  wr  lntru»lril  l»>  ll»»  lr»d»  U» 
•nr  •rlrrtloo  for  ddUrry  nn  •lf>«iiiahlp» 
•  r   «>l»^««brr«>    rr««>lv«    airrrlikl   •ti«oll««. 

C**tt  *'   t\».*.'*W4     hfretf^    I'litxertft 
Mmit  A/  fr,fa»4 

K^ff>rrti(«    or    (««b    moat    •rf'onipAaj    kit 
ordf  r«     from      anknowo     corrrapendvDit 

l«blr    Addr*-.*.    Al,KX('ONNELX^ 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Mrnbrr  of    Florliu'  Ttlr«r«pti  Delltery 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


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KANSAS  CITY 

Trantf*r   Yoar  Ordert  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
Hrmber  Florid*'  Telcrrkph  DellTsry 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

D«liv«v  orders  trom  any  part  cA  the  couotry  lo 

New  York  City 

Writ*  ar   Telr(r*«D 
2139-2141   Broadwajr,  New  York 


KOTTMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.     Also  Vandeib  It  Ho 

Trirphonr,    Murm.v     lllll    783 

Ont-of-lipwn     Ordors     Sollcltfil.       Location 

CpiKrnl.     reraonal    Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

32NEWByRY^^      BANGOR,    ME. 

We   Cocer  all  Poin's   in   Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38  Dorrance  Street 

Member    Florlite'    Telegraph    DaUTary 


Of  Interest  to   Retail 
Florists 


A    VASE   OF    AMERICAN    BEAUTIES. 

The      plcttiro      |irvH(>iilfd      litTewith 

HhowH    a    vnw    of    Aniurlcan    liouiil.v 

ruHcs  sent  lo  tJoveriior  Suniiicl  W.  .Mc- 


Call  of  .Massachusetts  in  honor  ot  his 
inauguration  on  January  3.  It  was 
the  work  ot  Penn  the  Florist. 


Lowell,  Mass. — .James  Kenney  is  the 
late.-^t  arrival  in  the  Dradley  building 
in  the  store  just  recently  vacated  by 
Harry  Raynes.  It  became  necessary 
for  him  to  move  into  a  larger  and 
more  convenient  store  on  account  of  a 
rapidly  growing  business. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  Hervice  to  deliver  Flowers 
or  lirrtifrns  on  Order  by  Tele- 
f^rnph  or  olherwiHe.  Prompt 
Kelluble  Service. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connerti<'ut    Ave.   and    L   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


lOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
=— =SONS== 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Araa. 
DETROIT.  MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
Hl|h  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

W*   r«v«r    all     MtrtilgMi    polai*   aji4    S—4 

mt<*t\ou9    ot    l»hle.     latllBB*    KAd     ^-r-'*- 

M*aib*rs      riorUta'      Trleirapb      D*llv«n 

A««orlfttlo«. 


,) 

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^^^^        .1-*^'^ 

crii>-  uitos  CO 

«rA»nnKTo«DC 

GUDE    BROS. 

CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D 

.  c. 

Dellterr 

Member  Florltli  Teletlriph 

■ 

Ordera    for    NEW    TOBK. 
Write  or   Phone  ta 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 


B«st    Florlflts     In     tbe    8t»t«a    •• 
R«fereDoea. 

BDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXBCDTBD 

Hembera   of   tbe    Florists' 
Telegraph    Deliver/. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 
AL.BANY,    r«i.    Y. 

FLOWER  OEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 

AND  viciNmr 

Meinl>ers  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

HeiDber  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asso. 

YOUNG  &  NUGlNT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Mamber*    Florist*'    Telegraph    DeIiTerj> 

robertdyTart  I  A.  T.  BUNYARD 


Eatabllsbed    1(74 

D  A.  i^  r> 

Fl-OKieT 

N.  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  Msditon  Aveaoe,  N.  T.  City 

(  Member  Rorisu  Telegripf^  Delivery  Also.  ) 
RoNVeri  shipped  on  all  SteArrvers  Speci&J  Ocrremond' 
^c  tn  all  the  Urse  cities  of  Europe  and  the  Bnnsh 
^onie'  Telegraph  and  Cable  address  Dardsflor. 
We  Nhouiri  all  etrlctly  adhere  to  the  re> 
quenl  of  tbe  L'Dltrd  Hlatee  Food  Adnilnle- 
tratliin. 


CERTIFIED   PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANT 

Simple    oielhoda   of   correct  aeeoaotloc 

e«pe«lallT     adapted     tor    flortets'     aea, 

BOOKS      BALANCBD      AND      ADJITBTKB 


40  STATE  8T 

TWapbaaa  Mala  H. 


sosTort 


NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48ih  Street 

Alio  Newport,  R    I. 

I   OUARANTEE   BATlHrACTION 


January  12,  1918 


HOETICULTUKE 


39 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Orders  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member    Florist*'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  DeliTCBf 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

llClif  VnOlf  SC^  ^■f*>i  Ave. 
Hkff    I  Unli  Vanderbllt  Hotel 

QACTnil    1  ^"rk  Street 
DUO  I  Un  799  Boylston  Street 

■ilhraries  to  Steiners  and  all  Eastern  Polats 

Urdera    Mllrd    Ua;    or    Niicbt    for 

C  L.  E:  V  E:  I- AIM  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

Oomplete  Mitck.      Krgular  dlacooQt  to  Trads. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

1896    \V.    26th    St.,   Clevplaod,   O. 
MemberH    FloriHtN*  Telegraph  Uellverj  Ass'n. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

73S  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


HESS  &  SWOBOOA 

rLORISTS 

Tplephones   1601   and   L.  15SS. 

1415  Famum  St., 
OIV/IAIHA.       IMEB. 


Rocbester,  ^.  V. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

Kscbosloi  PboDo  506.  Long  Disl.  Bell  Phone  f/St 
Member*  Flork3t«  Telefirapb  Delivetv 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

AKDEKMIN    sprrice    mpana    rrmh,    ntardy 
St04*k  and   prompt  deliveries  In   BCFFA1.0, 
L,OCKroKT,        NIA<iAKA       FA1.I.8        and 
WE8TKKN     NEW    YUKK 
Memhero    of     Klnrintn'     Telegraph    Dell»ery. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 
THOMAS  ROLAND.      Nahant.  Mass. 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARRY    I.   RANDALL,    Proprietor. 

Memhi'v    Flnrists'    Trhnrnph    DiUrcrii. 


When  Writing  to 

Advertisers    Please 

Mention 

HORTICULTURE 


Flowers  by  Telegraph 

Leading  Retail  Florists  Listed  by 
Towns  for  Ready  Reference.  Orders 
transferred  by  telegram  or  other\wlse 
to  any  of  the  firms  whose  address  Is 
here  given  will  be  promptly  and  prop- 
erly filled  and  delivered. 

Albany,  N.  Y.— H.  G.  Eyres,  106  State  St. 

Altiany.  N.  T.— The  Rospry.  2A  Steuben  St. 

Kaiigor,  Me. — Adam  Sekenger,  32  New- 
bury  St. 

lt,,8i(in— Thos.  F.  GalTln.  1  Park  St 

Huston— I'enn  the  Florist.  124  Treuiont  St. 

Kuffalo,  N.  Y.— S.  A.  Anderson,  440  Main 
St. 

Buffalo.  N.  Y.— Palmer's.  3(M  Main  St. 

Chicago— William  J.  Smyth,  Michigan 
Avp.  anil  SlBl  St. 

Cleveland,  O.— J.  M.  Gasser  Co.,  Euclid 
Ave. 

Cleveland,  O.— Knoble  Bros.,  1838  W.  25th 
St 

Cleveland.  O.— The  Smith  &  Fetters  Co., 
735  Euclid  Ave. 


Say  It  With 
I         Flowers 


Denver,  Col.— Park  Floral  Co.,  1843 
Broadway. 

Oetrolt,  Mich. — J.  Breltmeyer's  Sons, 
corner  liroaUwuy  and  Gratlut  Ave. 

Uoustuu.  Tex. — Ken,  The  Florist. 

Kansas  City,  Mo. — Samuel  Murray,  1017 
Grand  Ave. 

i.iis  Angeles,  Calif. — Howard  &  Smith, 
853  So.  Olive  St. 

New  York— Uavld  Clarke's  Sons,  2139- 
2141  llroaiiway. 

New   York— Alex.  McConnell,  611  6th  Ave. 

New  Y'ork — Young  &   Nugent,  42  W.  2Mh. 

New  York — A.  T.  Bunyard,  413  Madison 
Ave.,  at  4«tb  St. 

New  York — Dards,  N.  E.  corner  44th  St. 
and   Maill8'>D  Ave. 

New  York— G.  E.  M.  Stumpp,  761  Fifth 
Ave. 

New  York— Thos.  F.  Galvln,  Fifth  Ave., 
at  4(ith  St. 

New  Y'ork — Kottmlller,  426  Madison  Ave. 
and  4iitb  St..  also  Vanderbilt  Hotel.    • 

Uniaha,  Neb. — Hess  &  SwoUoda,  1415 
Fartmtn  St. 

Provlilence,  R.  I. — Johnston  Bros.,  38 
Dnrrance  St. 

Ko.-licaier,  N.  Y.— J.  B.  Keller  Sons,  25 
Clinton  Ave.,  N. 

St.  I.ouls,  Mo.— Fred  C.  Weber,  4326-28 
Olive  St. 

St.  Paul.  Minn.— Folm  &  Olson.  Inc. 

Tarrytown-on-Hudson,  N.  Y.— F.  K.  Pier- 
son  Co. 

Toronto.  Can.— J.  H.  Dunlop,  8-10  West 
Adelalile  St. 

Washington,  D.  C— Gude  Bros.,  1214  F 
St. 

Washington,  D.  C— George  H.  Cooke, 
Conneoilrut  Ave.  and  L  St. 

Worcester,  Mass.— Rsndall's  Flower  Shop, 
22  Pearl   St. 


Rochester,  N.  Y.— J.  B.  Keller  & 
Son  had  a  very  attractive  lioliday 
window  in  which  were  gilt  and  biroli- 
bar);  boxes  and  l>askets  filled  with 
primroses  and  cyclamen  in  while  and 
lavender  shades  and  gilt  vases  of 
jonquils.  A  huge  vase  of  lavender 
chrysanthemums  draped  with  yellow 
plush  made  a  very  attractive  back- 
ground. 


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for  florist  service  In  IhU   vicinity   to 


Howard  &  Smith 

853   80.    OLIVE   8T. 

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Jaiiuury   12,  1918 


BEAUTIES 

Orchids       -       Cypripedium 
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and   we   can   supply   you   with   good   ttock. 


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FiR^yr 

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Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


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WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21  R4a>t*«4  St..   PkiltddpUa,   Pt. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS.  VALLEY,  ROSES 
ad  all  Siasonabli  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 

FLORAL  NURSERIES 

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WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St..  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

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Bad    %A4iT9mkm    fnr    nor    w^^hlv    prtr^    l(ai 


IF 


you  want  anything   from   Boston   get 
it  from     Henry  M.  Robinson    &   Co. 

We  are  on  the  Job  at  all  hours  of  tbe  day,  from  6  A.  M.  to  7  r.  M. 

We  carry  tbe  iBrrent  line  of  Supplies  In  New  Eii|?Innd  nnd  also  tbe  be«t  flow- 
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WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


TRADE  PRiC£S-Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


Roaes  

Am.  Beauty,  Spcaal 25. c 

"        FaDcy  and  Extra lo.c 

"          "        No.  I  and  culls.  •   4.C 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 4.C 

Hadley 4.C 

Arenberg,  Hoosiei  Beauty 4  < 

Ward 4c 

Kilbrney,  Radiance,  Taft 4.C 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HillingdoD 4.C 

Caraatioiu a  .c 

C*ttloyas 25.C 

Dendrobium  forroosum 

Ulies.  L^onitiflorum. 8.c 

Lilies.  Speciosum    6.c 

Call&s i3,( 

Lilr  of  the  Val]«7 6.c 

SnapdraffOB 6.c 

Bouvardia a.c 

Violets .< 

Frccata i.c 

Narcis,  Paper  White i.c 

Roman  Hj^acinths i.c 

Stcvia I.c 

Calendula- a.< 

Mitinonette ^.c 

Sweet    Peas ix 

Marsueritea 2  c 

Gardenias  13.C 

AdiantiuB I.c 

Smilax 30. c 

Asparaffos  Plumostu.  A  Sprea.  (100  Bchs.1 35.C 


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MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

4  - 

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ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE 

GROWER  of 


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I  A  Specialty 


GUT  FLOWERS 


January  12,  1918 


H  0  R  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


41 


Flower  Market  Reports 

The  situation  here  up  un- 
BOSTON  til  Tuesday,  January  8, 
was  exceedingly  grave 
for  the  flower  growers  and  dealers. 
Business  was  about  as  near  dead  as 
it  could  be  during  the  continuance  of 
the  frigid  spell  which  covered  most  of 
the  country,  but  we  are  happy  to  note 
a  very  hopeful  feeling  now  and  a  good 
change  for  the  better  all  around. 
There  has  been  some  gratifying  activ- 
ity in  and  around  the  wholesale  mar- 
kets for  the  past  two  days,  although 
certain  flowers,  as  carnations,  catt- 
leyas,  narcissi  and  lilies,  are  still  at  the 
bottom  of  the  ladder  and  show  no  dis- 
position to  climb  either  to  a  more  ac- 
tive call  or  a  more  seasonable  market 
value.  In  general,  there  is  an  abund- 
ance of  everything  and  prices  run  far 
below  averages  for  corresponding 
dates  in  other  years.  Express  delays 
have  been  very  grievous  and  the 
wholesalers  have  many  complaints  of 
the  way  incoming  and  outgoing  flower 
shipments  have  been  handled. 

The  usual  run  of  busi- 
CHICAGO  ness  went  on  as  usual 
following  the  opening  of 
the  New  Year.  There  was  no  special 
deniamJ  and  the  easing  up  of  trade 
was  not  regretted  after  the  strenuous 
holiday  week.  The  stock  coming  in 
was  about  normal  for  January  and  the 
quality  good  and  the  end-of-the-week 
sales  were  expected  to  make  a  good 
showing.  All  were  disappointed,  how- 
ever, for  an  old-fashioned  blizzard  cut 
out  the  Sunday  trade  and  Monday's 
was  reduced  to  a  minimum.  The  ex- 
press companies  delivered  suburban 
shipments,  but  long-distance  consign- 
ments were  missing.  The  losses  of 
glass  will  tend  to  reduce  the  quantity 
of  incoming  stock,  but  not  seriously. 
Roses  are  now  in  splendid  condition 
and  selling  at  a  moderate  price,  the 
stock  of  Mrs.  Russell  being  particu- 
larly fine.  Carnations  are  more  plen- 
tiful than  before  the  holidays.  Sweet 
peas  are  beginning  to  come  again. 
There  is  a  good  supply  of  lilies  and  a 
few  daffodils  are  offered  by  a  local 
grower. 

The  growers  and 
NEW  YORK  wholesale  dealers — 
and  we  might  say 
also  many  of  the  retail  florists — are 
wondering  whether  the  management 
of  affairs  was  not  passed  over  to  the 
control  of  the  "powers  of  dark- 
ness" for  eight  or  ten  days  following 
Christmas.  The  situation  altogether 
was  one  full  of  discomfort  and  loss. 
Business  has  not  yet  got  under  way. 
There  is  very  little  being  done  by  any 
class  and  the  apathy  extends  more  or 
less  completely  to  all  departments. 
There  are  superfluous  quantities  of 
paper  white  narcissi,  carnations,  ste- 
via  and  lilies  coming  in  but  the  re- 
ceipts of  other  flowers  are  not  heavy 
and  if  demands  were  only  normal  for 
the  season  there  would  be  no  surplus 
of  anything  to  worry  about.  As  it  is, 
however,  there  are  accumulations 
more  or  less  serious  of  cattleyas, 
cypripediums,  corn  flowers,  sweet  peas, 
trumpet  narcissi,  Roman  hyacinths, 
roses,  wallflowers  and  violets  in  addi- 
tion to  the  things  already  mentioned. 
Among  the  newer  varieties  now  in  ev- 


^KF^ 

Pussy  Willow 

^^^^^^^^^E^^^Kj  '    ^M>  *' 

A  reminder  that  better  times 
are  coming.      Buy  a  few  and 

^f^^^^'"  J 

give  your  place  a  bit  of  spring 

^^Ml               »                LeJiBi- 

cheer. 

^wS^^ 

PerBunch,  25c..  50c..  75c.,  $1.00 

VERY   CHOICE   STOCK 

mSm      _^^^a 

S.S.PENNOCKCO. 

^  T  Y 

THE  ^"pl-uL'of  PHILADELPHIA 

1  'Jm   iff^-iHEf -^ 

NEW  TORS                    PHIIADEIPHIA 
117  W.  28ih  St.          1608-1620  Ladlo»  Si. 

BALTIMORE                  WASBINGION 
Fr.ntli.  8  St.  F.ol  St..      1216  B  St..  N.  W. 

WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ™^^ 


PRICES  — Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


Roset 

Am,  Beauty ,  Special 

"  "         Fancy  and  Extra 

"  "         No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

tCillarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Carnations 

Cattleyas 

Dendrobium  formosum 

Lilies,  Longif lorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas ■ 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdr^Ron 

Bouvardia 

Violets 

Freesia 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Ste  via    ■ 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax ■  

Asparagus Pla.&Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

J-'P    7 


I      CHICAGO 

I  Dec.  31 


BUFFALO 

Jan.  7 


PITTSBURG 

Jan.  2 


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idence  are  irises,  tulips,  Bicolor  nar- 
cissi and  snapdragons  of  wonderful 
size  and  color.  Gov.  Herrick  violet  is 
more  abundant  than  in  former  sea- 
sons but  it  is  not  popular.  Lilies  have 
never  been  so  poor.  The  cold  weather 
has  made  torn  rags  of  the  blooms. 
Callas  are  good  and  in  some  instances 
superb.  Cypripediums  of  many  of  the 
choice  forms  of  C.  insigne  are  offered 
but  find  no  takers. 

Since  the  New 
PHILADELPHIA     Year,        business 

has  been  rather 
slow.  We  always  expect  it  that  way 
for  a  week  or  two  but  of  course  con- 
ditions this  year  are  phenomenal  and 


have  accentuated  the  dullness.  On 
Saturday  the  order  went  out  that  no 
express  shipments  would  go  out  under 
any  conditions  and  the  shippers  had 
to  depend  on  parcel  post — twenty 
pounds  being  the  limit.  This  caused 
much  extra  work  in  packing.  Today 
(Jan.  8th)  the  situation  is  improving 
— according  to  reports  from  the  ex- 
press companies — and  they  promise 
service  as  usual,  which  perhaps  indi- 
cates that  the  clearing  house  business 
of  the  government  in  regard  to  trans- 
portation is  well  under  way  and  that 
we  can  expect  better  service  from  now 
on. 

{Continued  on  page  4S) 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  ArchSt.  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New   Show    Rooms    Added 

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H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholesale     Commistion     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flowert 

ll«w  AdArrtt,  141  Mm!  tml.  Kl  .    NRW  TORK 
T«l»p><«»r>        ttn*    tt*l    MxlUon  Hgo»r«. 

— WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  28th  Street.  NEW  YORK 

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WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

S3  WEST  28lb  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

C»tuignmenU  Solicited 
Phone  FUrracut  4SM 

FRANK  MILLANG 

Cut  flowers— Home   Grown  Asparagus 

BUY  OR  SELL,  CASH 

.v.-:.7   «.-.(   .'ndi  Mr.vi 


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Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

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WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

NEW  YORK 


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Hlslipst  Standnrd  of  Quality.  Largest 
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WILLIAM   H.  KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'.  Foramoit  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

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ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


A.mflric«n  Beauty,  Special 

"  *•  Fancy  and  Enra. 

"  **  No.  I  and  culls.    . 

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WHOLtSALE   FLORISTS 

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CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

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S.    FENRICH 

WIIOI.KHAI.K    KI.OKIMT 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

SI   W.  28th 

Street.   New   York 

TeW»b*BM. 

42«-tn-4n    Mad.    Sq. 

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WIIOI.F.HAI.K    n.ORIHT 

Can  handle  ablpments  of  growers'  prodoct 
sutlsfactorll}-.  WouM  like  to  be«r  rrom 
(irowere  of  SnapdrHgonB  and  Sweet  Paas, 
itc,  for  the  New  York  trade. 

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NBW  TOBK. 


January  12,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


43 


Flower  Market  Reports 

f,Ca/Umued  /rt>m  page  41 1 

USiayed  sliip- 
ROCH ESTER,  N.  Y.  ineul  and  iroz- 
en  flowers  with 
zero  weather  has  not  heipeu  me  flower 
business,  bfl^pmenis  nave  arrivea  at 
leasi  IS  to  Z-i  noiirs  late.  Business  on 
the  whole  has  ueen  siow  since  Christ- 
mas, 'the  i\ew  Years  business  was 
oniy  a  iutie  better  than  the  ordinary 
day  traae.  Cut  flowers  are  oi  good 
quality,  roses  being  the  chief  item. 
Koman  hyacinths,  paper  wnues,  jon- 
quils and  treesla  are  the  latent  addi- 
tions and  are  lairly  plentiful.  Carna- 
tions are  very  abundant.  Violets  and 
lily  of  the  valley  do  not  sell  overfast. 
Tnere  are  a  few  sv.'eet  peas  and  bou- 
vardia. 

There  was  not  a  very 
ST.  LOUIS  heavy  demand  for  New 
Years.  At  time  of 
writing  transient  trade  is  influenced 
by  snowy  and  cold  weather.  The  car- 
nation market  shows  signs  of  break- 
ing. Vioiecs  are  also  with  a  lew 
bright  days  showing  an  increase  in 
supply  and  are  falling  in  price.  Rose 
values  also  are  on  the  decline. 


NEW    FLOWER    STORES. 

Taft,  Cal.— Mrs.  K.  Dopvera. 

Dallas,  Texas  —  Dallas  Floral  Co., 
Oriental  Hotel  Building. 

Birmingham,  Ala. — Theo.  Smith,  Ho- 
tel Hillman  Bldg.,  19th  St. 

Wallace,  Ida. — George  L.  Lowe,  suc- 
ceeding Thos.  Christensen. 

Newark,  N.  J. — Washington  Florist, 
557  Broad  St.;  George  Hoernig.  458 
Clinton  Ave. 

St.  Joseph,  Mo. — Stuppy  Floral  Co., 
removing  March  1st  to  Geiger  Bldg., 
7th  and  Francis  Sts. 


BUSINESS    TROUBLES. 

Manchester,  N.  H.— Harry  T.  Mead, 
florist,  1230  Hanover  St.;  liabilities, 
13,000. 

Arthur  Westcott,  who  opened  a  new 
flower  store  in  Taunton,  Mass.,  went 
out  of  business  after  Christmas. 

Columbia  City,  Ind. — Columbia  City 
Floral  Co.  has  gone  into  bankruptcy 
and  the  Provident  Trust  Co.  has  been 
appointed  receiver. 

J.  W.  Eagleston,  who  operated  the 
flower  store  known  as  "Flower  Craft," 
1514  Hyde  Park  Boulevard,  Chicago, 
turned  over  his  store  and  fixtures  to 
his  creditors  last  week.  He  opened 
the  store  about  two  years  ago  and 
with  the  assistance  of  his  son  had 
built  lip  quite  a  business.  There  is  an 
indebtedness  of  $2,200.  His  affairs 
have  been  placed  in  the  hands  of  a 
committee  of  which  A.  L.  Vaughan  is 
chairman  and  the  business  is  offered 
for  sale.  The  location  is  a  good  one. 
Mr.  Eagleston  has  never  had  any  pre- 
vious experience  in  the  flower  busi- 
ness. 


VISITORS'    REGISTER. 

New  York — George  B.  Hart.  Koch- 
ester,  N.  Y.;   Jack  Frost.  North  Pole. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. — Julius  Berg,  New 
York;  R.  E.  Blackshaw  of  Ove  Gnatt 
Co.,  Hammond,  Ind.;  E.  S.  Kennon, 
Castorland,  N.  Y.;  H.  Hahne,  Warren, 
Pa. 


J.    K. 


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ALE.\DEK   IN   THE  M'HOiES.^LE  COMMISSION   TRADE   FOR  OVER  THIBTY  TEARS 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.    Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 


118  West  28th  St.      NEVA/ 


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TELEPHONES 

Farraeut  167  and  3038 


NEW    lORK  QDOTATIONS  PER  100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattlera*     

DeDdrobium  formoBum 

Lille*.  LoDgiflorufn-  -         

Lilies.  Specioaum 

Callas 

Lily  ot  the  VaUey 

SnapdratroD 

Bouvardia 

Violeu  

Freesi«s      

Narci*.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths - 

Stevia 

Calendula 

Mign'tnetie ■  ■  •. 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeniasi 

4diaatuin 

Smilax 

A^sparaffus  Plumosus.  &  Spreo  fioo  bunches) . 


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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  bave  a  numerous  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  demand  ex- 
oe«ds  our  supply.  This  Is  enpfclally  true  of  RoHeg.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abundant  means  and   best  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 


Address  Your  Shipments  to 


UNITED    CUT    FLOWER 

111    W.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


CO.    Inc. 

D,  J.  Pappa*,  Pre*. 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale   Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,   etc. 

5  So.  Mole  St.,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


SINGLE 


VIOLETS 


WANTED 


Violets  and  noveltleB  are  my  Hobby.  Con- 
sign your  flowers  to  me.  I  can  sell  them  to 
your  satisfaction. 

CLARENCE  SLINN, h'i^y'^ik 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Commision  Florists 

55  and  57  We»t  26th  Street 

Telepliune      No.      i35   uptj|f     V^  DIC 
Farragut  RtW      lUllIV 


CLUB    AND    SOCIETY    NOTES. 

The  Tarrytown  (X.  Y.)  Horticul- 
tural Society  has  decided  to  omit  its 
1918  animal  dinner,  owing  to  war  con- 
ditions. George  Mcintosh  has  just  been 
chosen  president  of  the  society. 

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Buffalo 
Florist  Club  on  Wednesday  evening, 
January  9th,  Professor  E.  A.  White, 
head  of  the  Department  of  Floricul- 
ture at  Cornell  University,  addressed 
the  members  on  "Practice  and  Theory 
In  Horticulture." 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28tli  Street,  NEW  YORK 

BVEKyiHINO  FOR  THE  FLORIST 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  have  a  good  wholesale  market  for  I'an- 
sies,  Violets,  Carnations  and  all  other  stock 
of  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SL.IIMIM,  Jr. 

65  and  57   W.  2«th   Street. NEW   VOBP 

^CED  (SL  H£I^LER 

122    West   25th    St..    New    Yorlt 

Florists'    Supplies 

We  manufacture  all   our 

««lal  Disi£ns,  Baskets,  Wire  Wirk  &  Noveltiis 

and    nre    ile.tl<*rs    iu 

Decorative  Glassware.  Growers  and 

FlorlBts'   R^uiNitt^H 


Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Imi»ort*'rii    anil     Cir«>w«»rw    nt 

OROMIDS 

Onl    Flower*   of    All    the    l.4»tMllnff    Varl«tlM 
Id   their    SeAMon. 

THOMAS   YOUNG.   Jr.,    Proprietor 

BOUND    BKOOK..   N.  J. 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

;!n-;iu~   tumbridKc  St.,  Boston 

lli'iidquarters  for 

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and   WAX   FLOWERS 

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11  ti  in  1  CU  LTUKE 


January  12,  1918 


Cst.  1768 

Pot  Makars  for  a 
Cantury  anda  Half 


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Special  Shapes  to  Ordar.     Chicken  Founts,   Pigeon  Nests,   Bean  Pots,   Etc. 

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mnti  Dimcaantf 


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I  AMHKIIKiR.    MASa. 
NEW    VUKK.   M.  T, 


1 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


BOSTON. 

Hep.  M.  A.  O'Brien.  Jr..  hii.s  intro- 
diK-eil  a  bill  in  the  Legislature  which 
provides  that  the  maytlower.  presum- 
ably the  trnilinK  arbutus,  shall  be  the 
Bay  Stale's  floral  emblem. 

On  Dec.  29  a  two-story  wooden  build- 
ing at  the  city  greenhouses  on  East 
Cottage  street,  Roxbury,  used  as  a 
garage,  was  destroyed  by  a  fire,  which 
started  from  an  undetermined  cause 
and  spread  rapidly.     Loss.  $1,500. 

On  the  occasion  of  the  installation 
of  Frank  Edgar  of  Waverly  as  master 
of  Belmont  Masonic  Lodge  last  week, 
he  was  presented  with  a  ring  by  mem- 
bers of  the  fraternity  among  the  Bos- 
ton florists,  Henry  Penu  making  the 
presentation  speech. 

The  annual  banquet  of  the  Ameri- 
can Carnation  Society  will  take  place 
on  January  31  at  Horticultural  Hall. 
The  sale  of  tickets  will  be  limited  to 
members  of  the  society  and  their  la- 
dies. Patrick  Welch  is  chairman  of 
the  dinner  committee. 

Plans  have  l)een  drawn  for  a  small 
concrete  Iniilding  to  be  erected  for  the 
Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company  on 
its  land  at  183  Canal  street,  for  occu- 
pancy by  a  flower  shop.  The  bujlding 
will  be  one-story  high  and  will  have  a 
frontage  of  twenty-one  feet. 

In  the  present  depressed  condition 
of  the  carnation  market  many  held- 
over  flowers  are  in  evidence.  Among 
the  varieties  that  show  the  best  keep- 
ing qualities  at  such  a  time  we  would 
place  Morning  Glow.  This  carnation 
seems  to  never  get  drowsy  and  is  de- 
servedly popular  on  that  account. 

A  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  sec- 
tion of  the  Publicity  Campaign  Com- 
mittee was  held  at  the  office  of  the 
state  chairman,  Patrick  Welch,  on 
Tuesday,  January  8.  Action  was  taken 
towards  an  immediate  rally  for  the 
collection  of  subscriptions  to  the  fund 
and  an  address  to  the  florists  of  the 
state  will  be  sent  out  within  a  few- 
days. 

"The  Country  of  the  Amazon"  was 
the  subject  of  an  illustrated  lecture 
given  by  Dr.  W.  T.  Councilman,  Bos- 
ton, on  January  5,  in  Horticultural 
Hall,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Horticultural  Society.  The 
lecturer,  who  has  traveled  extensively 
through  South  America  in  1916,  gave 
a  glowing  description  of  the  country 
and  its  products. 

Among  the  seeds  recently   received 


•il  Ihi-  .\iiiuiii  .Vr.liinuliiiii  iruiii  K.  11. 
Wilson,  who  has  been  collecting  in  the 
mountains  of  Korea,  are  those  of  a 
new  specices  of  lily,  the  development 
ol  which  will  1)0  watched  with  intense 
interest.  The  seeds  have  been  sown 
at  the  Arboretum  and  also  at  the  Far- 
quhar  nurseries  in  Dedham. 

Buddleias  asiatica  and  Farquhari 
grown  as  tall  standards  with  beauti- 
fully pendant  branches  of  bloom  make 
a  lovely  picture  in  the  show  house  of 
R.  &  J.  Farquhar  at  Dedham  at  the 
present  time  and  the  fragrance  fllls 
the  place  with  sweet  perfume.  An- 
other flower  blooming  now  which  is 
not  commonly  seen  is  Erlangia  tomen- 
tosa.  a  very  useful  thing  for  vase  use. 
Azalea  Kaempferi,  forced  specimens, 
is  now  in  bloom  also  and  the  plants 
show  a  wide  range  of  colors  from  pale 
salmon  to  bright  red.  Jasminum  pri- 
niulinum  is  another  attractive  gem 
at  present. 

In  the  Senate,  on  January  8,  Mr. 
Eames  of  Middlesex  presented  the  pe- 
tition of  Harris  A.  Reynolds,  secretary 
of  the  Mas.sachusetts  Forestry  Asso- 
ciation, for  the  creation  of  a  board  of 
registration  of  arliorists,  to  consist  of 
three  members,  aprointed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor, for  a  term  of  three  years.  "Ar- 
borist"  shall  a|)ply  to  all  persons  com- 
mercially engaged  in  the  business  of 
pruning  and  re|)airing  trees  and 
shrubs  and  the  treatment  of  them  for 
the  control  of  insects  and  fungus 
diseases.  Any  person  -who  falsely 
represents  himself  to  be  a  registered 
arborist  shall  be  punished  by  a  max- 
imum fine  of  $500.  or  by  imprisonment 
for  not  more  than  six  months,  or  both. 


NEW   YORK, 

Nicholas  Malandre  of  Malandre 
Bros.,  retail  florists,  is  seriously  ill  at 
St.  Elizabeth's  Hospital  with  a  relapse 
of  pneumonia  and  pleurisy. 

Eber  Holmes,  recently  traveling 
salesman  for  W.  A.  Manda,  South  Or- 
ange, N.  J.,  has  taken  a  position  in 
the  rose  growing  establishment  of 
Wm.  H.  Elliott,  Madbury,  N.  H. 

.Mayor  Hylan  has  announced  the  ap- 
pointment of  Wm.  F.  Grell  as  Commis- 
sioner of  Parks  of  Manhattan  and 
Richmond  Boroughs,  and  President  of 
the  Park  Board;  also  John  N.  Harman 
as  Commissioner  of  Parks.  Brooklyn. 

Two  employees,  said  to  be  father 
and  son.  lost  their  lives  by  inhaling  a 
poisonous  gas  given  off  by  some  de- 
vices  widely   used   as   wagon   heaters. 


wilirii       tllf.\        llilU       |tl;trtMl      al*«Ml(       I  In.' 

greenhouses   to   save   the   plants   from 
freezing. 

Paper  white  narcissus  bulbs  have 
proved  to  be  the  worst  kind  of  an  In- 
vestment this  season.  There  were  left 
over,  absolutely  unsalable,  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  these  bulbs,  also 
many  Roman  hyacinths,  which  actu- 
ally could  not  be  given  away. 

Charles  Schenck,  W.  A.  Manda,  O. 
E.  M.  Stumpp,  Wm.  H.  Siebrecht.  Sr, 
John  Young.  W.  C.  Rickards.  A.  L. 
Miller.  Walter  F.  Sheridan.  Chas.  B. 
Weathered.  Joseph  Manda,  Frank  H. 
Traendly,  Wm.  H.  Duckham,  John  B. 
Nugent,  A.  S.  Burns,  Sr.,  Chas.  H. 
Totty,  P.  W.  Popp,  Philip  F.  Kessler. 

Anthony  Manda,  formerly  superin- 
tendent for  the  H.  J.  Pratt  estate, 
Brooklyn,  is  now  with  Andrew  Wilson 
in  his  down-town  Brooklyn  florist  es- 
tablishment. Mr.  Wilson  had  rented 
the  Pratt  greenhouses  and  retained 
Mr.  Manda  in  charge,  but  inability  to 
obtain  any  coal  obliged  them  to  close 
down  for  the  present. 

W.  H.  Long  has  fully  recovered  his 
health  and  activity  since  the  serious 
operation  he  went  through  last  year. 
As  catering  to  the  so-called  middle 
class  of  flower  buyers,  Mr.  Long  states 
that  business  has  been  quite  good  with 
him  thus  far.  That  seems  to  be  the 
verdict  generally  in  other  stores  sim- 
ilar in  character  and  location., 

Draca?na  Rothiana,  a  specialty  with 
W.  A.  Manda,  is  rapidly  gaining  an 
enviable  repute  as  a  long-keeping  and 
tough  foliaged  subject  for  store  and 
dwelling  use.  standing  unharmed  un- 
der all  kinds  of  neglect.  Mr.  Manda's 
dracaena  ■  houses  are  very  interesting 
to  visit.  The  several  popular  species 
are  having  a  rapidly  increasing  call 
this  season. 

The  New  York  Florists'  Club  Alumni 
Association,  composed  of  the  past  pres- 
idents of  the  organization,  enjoyed  a 
delightful  banquet  on  Saturday  night, 
January  '>,  at  "Billy  the  Oysterman's," 
on  invitation  of  President-elect  Charles 
Schenck.  Newly  elected  officers  of  the 
club  and  the  chairman  of  the  house 
committee  were  also  invited.  The 
evening  was  devoted  to  suggestions 
and  discussion  as  to  how  the  coming 
year  in  the  club's  history  may  be 
made  profitable  and  instructive.  The 
following  named  gentlemen  were  pres- 
ent at  this  very  enjoyable  symposium: 

Consternation  has  held  sway  in  the 
wholesale  flower  district  as  news 
comes  in  of  the  freezing  up  of  many 


January  12,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


45 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  Discounts  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agent*  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territoiy 


establishments  whose  product  has 
been  disposed  of  here,  on  account  of 
inability  to  obtain  fuel  during  the  un- 
precedented cold  wave.  In  addition, 
there  are  numerous  establishments 
which  have  shut  down  a  portion  of 
their  ranges  either  voluntarily  or  un- 
der inexorable  compulsion  on  account 
of  scarcity  of  fuel.  Add  to  this  the 
fact  that  a  number  of  the  wholesale 
stores  were  without  heat  or  water  for 
several  days,  that  quantities  of  flowers 
shipped  In  by  the  growers  arrived 
frozen  solid,  and  that  business  was  at 
a  dead  standstill,  and  the  universal 
grouch  which  permeated  the  wholesale 
district  is  quite  forgivable.  But  the 
sun  of  prosperity  will  soon  be  shining 
again  and  then  all  will  be  salubrious 
once  mT)re.  It  is  a  fact  that  the  ice 
chests  proved  to  be  the  only  place  in 
some  stores  where  the  flowers  did 
not  freeze. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

Charles  E.  Meehan  has  been  on  the 
sick  list.  Business  at  South  Mole 
street  has  been  going  on  as  usual  un- 
der the  able  management  of  Charles 
Lilly. 

Corporal  John  H.  Earl  of  the  111th 
Infantry  at  Camp  Hanc6ck  (son  of 
Howard  M.  Earl  of  Burpee's)  is  one 
of  the  29  fortunate  out  of  482  appli- 
cants for  the  appointment  of  oflScer  in 
the  training  school,  January  4,  191S. 

We  are  glad  to  report  one  more 
cheerful  note  in  the  holiday  record. 
Mr.  Cartledge,  of  Pennock  Bros.,  says 
the  Christmas  business  and  the  New 
Year's  business  were  both  good  with 
them — in  fact  far  better  than  ex- 
pected. 

The  new  seed  book  for  1918  by  the 
William  Henry  Maule  Co.  is  one  of 
the  hits  of  the  season  and  well  sus- 
tains the  reputation  of  this  house  in  all 
that  is  brilliant,  progressive  and  hon- 
est. Manager  Edward  C.  Dungan  well 
deserves  the  plaudits  of  his  compeers 
for  this  latest  masterpiece. 

John  Burton  has  been  laid  up  for 
two  weeks  and  like  his  friend  John 
Westcott  does  not  venture  far  from 
the  stove  these  days.  Even  in  the 
usually  mild  climate  of  Chestnut  Hill 
it  was  ten  below  zero  last  Sunday. 
"Coldest  in  37  years"  the  weather 
man  says  for  this  vicinity. 

A.  M.  Campbell  reports  a  wayfarer 
calling  at  Wayne  for  a  night's  lodg- 
ing in  the  stable.  Asked  him  why  he 
did  not  go  down  to  Eddystone  and  get 
big  wages.  He  said  they  were  not 
paying  the  union  scale  and  he  was  a 
man  of  principle.  "Principles,  lady! 
I  aint  got  none;  I'm  a  showman,"  says 
Artemas  Ward. 


CHICAGO. 

The  J.  D.  Thompson  Carnation  Co., 
of  Joliet,  111.,  lost  heavily  in  a  freeze 
up  which  occurred  at  their  plant  a 
week  ago.  All  the  carnation  plants 
are  reported  killed,  three  tomato 
houses  alone  being  in  operation  now. 

Vaughan's  Greenhouses  at  Western 
Springs  suffered  a'  loss  by  fire  which 
started  in  one  of  their  large  ware- 
houses on  Thursday  morning.  In  spite 
of  all  efforts  to  extinguish  the  blaze 
it  spread  to  the  second  one  and  burned 
two  days.  The  buildings  were  filled 
with  bulbs  and  other  stock  and  the 
loss  will  be  heavy. 

Big   Storm    Hits  Chicago. 

Probably  the  snow  storm  that  hit 
Chicago  was  the  worst  in  the  experi- 
ence of  the  oldest  greenhouse  men 
here.  A  few  inches  of  snow  fell  on 
Saturday  but  not  enough  to  cause  any 


distress,  but  early  Sunday  morning  a 
genuine  blizzard  overtook  the  city  and 
the  rapidly  falling  snow  was  piled 
high  by  the  fierce  wind  which  never 
ceased  throughout  the  day.  The  ex- 
act location  of  the  different  ranges 
played  a  big  part  in  the  story  of  loss, 
from  which  it  seems  few  escaped.  Re- 
ports are  coming  in  rapidly  and  no 
doubt  are  more  or  less  exaggerated, 
but  it  is  safe  to  say  that  all  the  large 
growers  in  the  city  and  vicinity  suf- 
fered the  loss  of  houses  crushed  in  by 
the  tons  of  snow  which  fell  or  was 
driven  upon  them.  It  will  be  several 
days  before  the  whole  story  of  the 
storm  will  be  known.  Some  rapid 
work  of  putting  in  extra  braces  saved 
some  houses  or  the  loss  would  have 
been  even  greater. 


Manhattan,  Kan. — C.  A.  Scott'3 
gi-eenhouse  has  been  purchased  by 
Ken  Kimble. 


CLASSIFIED;  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


BULBS 

C.   KEUK  &  SONS.   HILLEGOM.   Holland. 

Balbs  of  all  descriptions.    Write  for  pricei. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH.  8-10  Bridge  St 

CARNATION  STAPLES 

Spilt  carnations  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  PIllBbury's  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  35c.;  3000  for  »1.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  PILLSBURY,  Galesbnrg.  IIL 


DAHLIAS 

Peony  Dahlia   Mrs.   Frederick  GrlnnelL 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONEY.  New  Bedford,  Mail. 

Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHUORO  DAHLIA 
k  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moore, 
Prop.,  Northboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — John  Wanamaker, 
Newest,  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  bahit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut-flower  Tarletles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FABM8, 
Berlin,  N.  J. 


DAISIES 

Daisies  (Bellls)  Monstrosa,  white  and 
pink,  also  Longfellow  nn<l  Snowball.  Thinly 
sown  field-grown  seedlings,  (2.50  per  1000, 
¥11.50  per  GOOO,  cash. 

BRILL  CELERY  GARDENS, 
Kalamazoo.  Mich. 


GLASS 

Greenbonse  glass,  lowest  prleei.    JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO..  Hartford  City,  Ind. 


PANSY  PLANTS 

Pansy  Plants,  Strong  and  stocky.    Strains 
unsurpassed    by  any  for  Size  of  Bloom   or 
Colors.      $2.50    per    1000,    $11.50     per    6000. 
Cash.     Satlsf.action  or  your  money  back. 
BRILL  CELERY  GARDENS, 
Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  co11e«tlon. 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTSCHBB, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


BOSES 

Roses,  Cannas  and  Sbmhs.  THB 
CONARD  &  JONES  COMPANT,  We«t 
Grove,  Pa. 

SPHAONCH  UOSS 

Live  Sphagnam  moss,  orchid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  hand.  LAQBB 
&  HURRELL,  Summit,  N.  J. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  VInei,  choice 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tob 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Mount  Ulsiarllk  Nur- 
sery, New  Rocbelle,  N.  Y. 

WIBB  WOBK 

WILLIAM  E.  HEILSCHER'S  WIRB 
WORKS.  264  Randolph   St.,   Detroit,  Mleb. 


SITUATIONS  WANTED 


GOLD  FISH 

Gold  Hsb,  aqunrium  plants,  snails,  cas- 
tles, globes,  aquarium,  lisli  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FUA.NKl.IN  ItAURIiTT, 
Breeder,  4815  D  St.,  Oiney,  Phliadelpiila. 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Send 
for  price  list. 


SITUATION  WANTED— By  man  with  15 
years'  pra<-ti<-iil  experience  in  OroenhtiuseH, 
Ornnnientiil  Trees  and  SItrubs,  Perennials*. 
SuecenHfiil  prnptif-utor.  Tlioroiif;b  knowl- 
eOge  of  \'t>t;ctal»lfH.  outdoor  and  under  Klass, 
and  in  curt-  unci  nninncement  of  Fruit  Trees. 
31arried.  31f,  sniiill  fHniil.v.  Good  reference)*. 
State  waKea,  etc.  "C.  B.  W.,"  care  UOB- 
TICILTIBE. 


UUHTICD  LTU  RE 


January   12.  iyi8 


SOW   BUGS  versus  SLUG  SHOT 

Aft.T   reudlnt'   Hio   iirtlcle   tiemUil 

"An   Army   of   Sow    Uuk»."   In   the 

Kevlew    for    May    10.    It   occurred 

to    Mio    Ihut    the    Krowt-rs    whoso 

stocks     hiive     been     nltiicked     by 

Sow   HuKS  uili4hl  be  Interested   In 

the     remedy     I     used     successful 

ly    In    exterinlnallng    these    pi'sls 

some  time  ago.     1  had  u  Kood  crop  of  Sow   Huns  In  my 

farnntlon  bouse  and  asked   Mr.  lienjamln   Hammond,  of 

Uoacon.  N.  Y.,  for  a  good  exterminator.  Mr.  Hammond 
recommended  one  of  his  preparations— SLUG  SHOT— and  told  me  to 
dust  It  between  the  plants,  under  Oie  benches  and  along  the  walks.  I 
did  so  and  the  results  were  gratifying.  The  bugs  were  cleaned  out 
In  short  order,  and  I  certainly  reconmend  SLVG  SHOT  to  every  Florist 
who  finds  these  bugs  in  hla  houses.  ALPA'ANDEU  A.  LAUH.  Florist 
New   Hamburp,  N.   Y.,  May.  1917. 

RilHOItD'S  sue  :iOT  WIS  first  tistid  itiiist  SOW  BUGS  at  Nrick.  N.  T  .  in  HIS,  ui  It  bolts  |i«d 

HAMMOND'S  PAINT  AND  SLUG  SHOT  WORKS 

Beacon,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 

SOLD    BY    SEED    DEAIXRS    OF    AMERICA 


■^^ 


NEW    PUBLICATION. 
TlIK       PklM  ll'U.;.S       AMI       Pk.mtick       ok 

PKi.MMi.  By  M.  G.  Kains.  Lecturer 
on.  Horticulture,  Columbia  Univer- 
sity. 

This  book,  just  out.  places  the  gar- 
den cullurist.  whether  professional  or 
amateur,  under  still  greater  obligation 
to  its  painstaking  author  who  has 
already  many  friends  among  our  read- 
ers for  his  previously  introduced 
works  on  practical  horticultural 
topics.  It  comes  out  at  a  time  when 
the  American  people  are  beginning  to 
take  a  very  deep  interest  in  gardening 
work  and  there  is  no  part  oil  that  in- 


CONCENTRATED  PULVERIIED 

MANURE 


PulTerix»d  or  Bhr«dded 

Cattle  Manure 

Falverlsed 

Sfieep    Manure 

The  Flori«s'  staodard  o(  uniform 
high  quality  for  over  tea  years. 
Specify  :     WIZARD    BRAND  m 

your  Supply  House  order,  or  write 
us  direct  (or  prices  and  freight  rates. 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO. 

M   Daloa  ulumtL   Ymr<,  ObUsso 


NIKOTEEN 

For  Spraying 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumigatinc 
Aik  Your  Dealm  l-oi  It 

HICOTINB  MFG.  CO. 

ST.  LOUIS 


duslry  on  which  belter  education  is 
needed  than  that  of  pruning.  Defec- 
tive pruning  is  seen  everywhere,  un- 
fortunately, and  the  lack  of  knowl- 
edge thus  manifested  is  not  con- 
fined to  the  amateur.  Indeed  there  is 
much  yet  to  be  investigated — plenty 
to  be  learned  and  verified  and  plenty 
to  be  disproved,  of  the  old  rule  of 
thumb  methods  which  are  slavishly 
followed  by  even  so-called  experts. 
The  a\ithor,  who  has  spent  many 
years  in  conscientious  study  and  re- 
search has  lieen  able  in  this  lucid 
volume  to  clear  up  many  confused 
points  with  convincing  accuracy  and 
has  given  us  a  book  of  rare  educa- 
tional value.  Printed  on  fine  coated 
paper.  Its  illustrations,  of  which  there 
are  over  four  hundred  pen  and  ink 
sketches  and  photographic  reproduc- 
tions, are  brought  out  with  great 
clearness  of  detail  and  add  much  to 
the  value  and  attractiveness  of  the 
book.  Further  description  of  the  con- 
tents, etc.,  will  be  found  in  the  adver- 
tisement on  another  page  of  this 
paper  and  we  predict  a  large  demand. 
Copies  may  be  ordered  from  Horti- 
( tLTVKE  at  the  publisher's  price,  $2.00, 
postage  paid. 


The  following  pledge  to  the  National 
Food  Administrator  adopted  by  the 
Iowa  nurserymen  at  their  meeting 
in  Des  Moines  last  month  strikes  tis 
as  sensible  and  patriotic; 

"Heaolved.  That  we  nursprymon  in  I'fui- 
tert-nce  asHemblcd  tender  our  scTvlrt'S 
KiiUuitoiisly  to  the  owners  of  fruit  tni's 
ivirywhcre  In  the  matter  of  Instruetlnn 
for  the  immi'cllate  rejuvenation  of  liarnii 
:intl  iinder-iiroductlve  trees  to  make  them 
fully  produetlve.  We  urge  the  agrloultural 
folleKes  antl  nnrserynien  everywhere  anil 
whirever  posRllile  to  Increase  the  produc- 
tion of  fruit  as  food  from  present  orchards 
for  the  winning  of  Americii's  war. 

"We  respiM'Ifully  suggest  that  the  Na- 
tional and  State  food  administrators  In 
elude  in  nil  their  propaganda  for  Increased 
food  production  this  apltatlon  and  admo- 
nition to  spray,  prune,  cultivate,  fertilize 
and  otherwise  so  handle  as  to  bring  into 
fail  and  immediate  production  all  orchards 
and  fruit  trees  of  whatever  kind  or  whcr 
evt'r  located. 

"We  respectfully  suggest  that  this  reso- 
lution be  given  wide  and  general  dlsseml 
nation  by  all  food  administrators,  publica- 
tions and  other  interests  working  for  the 
winning  of  the  war." 


-e^lNSECTICI 

Sutp  jnur  plants  and  trcci.  Just  tb» 
thing  for  greenlinuie  nnd  outdoor  use. 
Destroys  .Mealy  Ilug,  Drawn  and  Wbltr 
Rcnle,  Tlirips.  tied  Spliler,  Hlack  nnil 
(Jreen  Kly.  .Miles.  Ants,  etc.,  wllhnut 
Injury  to  nianis  ami  wllliout  odor. 
I'sed  nrronllng  to  dlriTllon,  our  stand- 
nnl  Insecilclde  will  prevent  ravages  on 
yonr  crops  by  inserts. 

Non-polsonons  and  harmless  to  user 
nnil  plant.  I.eaillnij  Seedsmen  nnd 
Klorlsts  have  uied  It  with  wonderful 
resnlls. 

Destroys  I.lce  In  Poultry  Houses. 
Kleas  on  Dogs  and  all  r)oniestlc  I'ets. 
Kxcellent  as  a  wash  for  dogs  and  other 
animals.  Ilelleves  mange.  Dilute  with 
water  .■»  to  M  parts. 

%  rinl.  »/<•.:  rinl,  SOc.;  Quart,  IWc.; 

V,  Gallon,  HAD;  Callon,  (2.50;  5  <ial- 

lon  f'nn.  VIO.OO:   10  OuIIod  Can. ttO.OO. 

IMrrrtlonH  on  package. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

BipL  S.       420  W.  Liilnitoi  St.  Bamain.  M. 


Th»  ReAognlzMl  Standard  lBs»«t1«l*a. 

A  ipray  remedy  for  gre«n,  black,  white  tj, 
tbrlps  and  soft  scale. 

Qoart,  (l.OOi    OaUaa.  9»M. 


FUNCINE 

For  mlldaw,  rost  and  other  bllgkta 
tV  flrwers.  fruits  snd  Teg*tabls*. 
guart,  11.00 1    OalloB,  (gj*. 


VERMINE 

For   ««1    worms,    iDgle   wonna    ant 
worms  working  In  the  loll. 

Quart,  tl.OOi    OaUea.  •■.••. 

SOLD  BT  Diiif  wma 

Aphine   Manufacturing    Co. 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


January  12,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


47 


Sectional  Greenhouses 

For  Commercial    and  Private  Growers 


Anyone  who  caa 
handle  a  hammer 
can  assemble  this 
greenhouse.  We 

furnish  all  the 
necessary  hardware. 
When  once  erected 
It  can  remain  as  a 
permanent  green- 
house, or  it  can  be 
taken  apart  and  re- 
erected  elsewhere  If 
necessary. 


The  house  illus- 
trated stands  S'o  ft. 
wide  by  12  ft.  long. 
It  is  made  of  Gulf- 
Cypress  and  can  be 
attached  to  the  resi- 
dence or  garage,  or 
put  up  as  a  separate 
detached  house. 
Has  two  glass  ends 
and  doors.  Equip- 
ped with  2  plant 
benches,  ventilating 
arrangement  both 
sides. 


Has  plenty  of  head  room  and  wide  walk.     This   same   house  can   easily   be  made 
larger  at  anytime,  by  adding  our  ready  made,  exact  fitting  units. 
We  build  greenhouses  of  all  styles  and  sizes  and  go  anywhere  in  the  United  States 
to  submit  plans  and  prices. 

Me^OPDljfar)Mcf£erJaICS    1297-1325  Fluihing  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 


DR££R*S 

FLORIST    SPECIALTIES 

New  Brand  New  Style 

"RIVERTOS"   BOSE 

Furnished  in  lengths  up 
to  <oo  ft.  without  seam  or 
joint. 

Tb8  HOSE  fir  the  FLORIST 

^-inch,  per  ft.,  17  c. 
Keel  of  500  ft.  "  i6Jic. 
2  Reels,  1000  ft.  "  16  c. 
j6-inch,  "     15     c. 

Reels,  500  ft.,    '•     i45^c. 
Couplings  furnished 

HENRY  A.  DREER 

714-716  Chestnut  St., 
Phu-adelphia,  Pa. 


Dlfflcnlt  and  rejected  cases  spael- 
ally  solicited.  No  mIsleadlDK  la- 
dncements  made  to  secure  hnslDWS. 
Over  30  years'  active  practice.  Bx- 
perleuced,  personal,  consetenUoa* 
service.  Write  for  terms. 
Address, 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGIRS 

PATENT   LAWYERS 

Box   9.  National   Union  BoUdlnc 
Waablnirton,  D.  O. 


Kin 


n6  Const  ruction  Co. 

NORTH  TONAWANDA  N  Y. 


NKW    YORK,    14;«   liroadwuv. 
BOSTON,  lia   State   Street. 
SCK.\NTON,  :iOT   Irving  .Avenue. 
PHI1,.AI>ELI'I1IA,  llarriHon  UIUk.,  I.-,I1i  and 
Market    Sln-etH.  2S 


Hagerstown,  Mtd. — M.  I.  B  r  e  w  e  r, 
who  conducts  The  Floral  Shop  in  the 
Public  Square  in  the  Humrichousp 
Building  which  was  destroyed  by  fire 
on  December  27,  has  made  his  adjust- 
ment with  the  insurance  company. 
The  temporary  roof  over  hia  store  has 
been  completed.  His  damage  ran  to 
about  $600. 


IMPRESSIVE  COAL  FIGURES. 
Testifying  before  the  Senate  Sub 
Committee,  Harry  A,  Garfield,  U.  S. 
Fuel  Administrator  announced  facts 
concerning  the  nation's  fuel  situation 
that  are  of  public  concern  and  should 
specially  interest  persons  having  an 
available  supply  of  wood. 

Production  of  anthracite  coal  for 
1917  is  estimated  at  84,000,000  tons,  an 
increase  of  about  11,000,000  tons  over 
1916.  Bituminous  coal  mined  in  the 
United  States  during  1917  was  approx- 
imately 552,770,400  tons  or  50,000,000 
tons  more  than  the  previous  year.  The 
total  increase  in  supply  was  about  61,- 
000,000  tons,  but  the  demand  increased 
100,000,000  tons.  Most  of  the  extra  de- 
mand has  arisen  since  .4pril,  1917, 
when  the  United  States  entered  the 
war,  and  is  largely  for  the  needs  of 
the  government,  munition  plants,  and 
public  utilities  supplying  power  to  war 
industries. 

The  Fuel  Administration  has  used 
its  powers  to  stabilize  labor  conditions 
and  prices  so  as  to  insure  a  large 
steady  coal  output  for  the  futiire.  But 
because  of  excessive  demand.  Dr.  Gar- 
field is  also  urging  conservation  of 
coal  in  every  way  possible  and  asking 
for  a  widespread  substitution  of  wood 
as  a  fuel  particularly  in  rural  dis- 
tricts.         

GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR  CON- 
TEMPLATED. 

Caldwell,  Ida.— A.  L.  Murphy,  two 
houses  each  20  x  100. 

Pittsfleld,  Mass.-Viale  Floral  Co., 
Lenox  Ave.,  two  houses. 

Fishers  Island,  N.  Y. — F.  M.  Van 
Name.   Hitchings  house,  completed. 

Bicknell,  Ind.— Cottage  Greenhouses, 
.Moninger  house  25  x  50,  completed. 

North  Philipsburg,  Pa,— Watchusgro 
Plant  Farm,  two  houses  30  x  100,  one 
house  12  X  60,  Deitsch  construction. 


Worcester,  Mass.— A  radiator  in  thp 
store  of  the  Quarrey  Floral  Co..  150 
Franklin  street,  burst  on  December 
31,  filling  the  place  up  with  steam  and 
destroying  totally  plants  and  flowers 
valued  at  $150.  it  was  learned  that 
the  radiator  froze  Sunday  night  and 
was  disconnected.  Wnien  it  thawed 
all  the  hot  water  went  over  the  floor. 
The  steam  also  cracked  a  plate  glass 
door.  Damage  was  covered  by  insur- 
ance. 


GREENHOUSES 

IRON  FRAME 

PIPE    FRAME 

HOT   BED  SASH-GLASS 

PAINT,   Etc. 

WRITE  FOR  PRICES^ 


3275  W.  SIST  ST.,  CHICAGO,  rn,. 


ForEreenhouse 
Glazing 

USE  IT  NOW 

F.O.  PIERCE  CO. 

12  W.  BieiDIMT 
NEW  YOIK 


Mastica  Is  elastic  and  teaacloas,  admits  of 
expansion  and  contraction.  Putty  becomea 
hard  and  brittle.  Broken  glass  more  easily 
removed  without  breaking  of  other  glass 
as  occnrs  with  hard  putty.  lAsts  longer 
than  patty     Basy  to  apply. 


GiAJJ 


HOT-BED    SASHES 

Our  prices  can  be  had  by  mall,  and 
It  will  pay  yon  to  get  them.  We  carry 
the  largest  stock  of  Specially  Selected 
Glass  In  Greater  New  York  and  can 
supply  any  qaantlty  from  a  box  to  a 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Rock  Bottom  Prices. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

tU-ni  Hsvemeyer  St.,  BrooklTii,  X.  Y. 


)reer's  Peerlessi 
Glazing  Points 

For  Greenhouses 

Drive  easy  and  true,  becaase 
both  bevels  are  on  the  same 
side.  Can't  twist  and  break 
the  stass  in  Irivine.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  not  rast.  No 
rigbts  or  lefts 

The  Peerless  Glazinc  Point 
is  patented.   Noothers  like  ^ 
it.  Order  from  your  dealex/* 
or  direct  from  us. 
1000,  75c.  iMSInaid. 
Samples  free. 
EEKRY  A.  DREEB.I 
714  Cheatnnt  Street^ 
riUl.dslpbl.. 


When    loriting  to  adoertiaen    UtuUy 
mmntion  HORTICULTURE. 


The  Florists  Hail  Aasoclatlon  rate  of  In- 
surance from  Not.  Igt,  I9I6  to  Nov.  1st, 
1917  will  be  twenty  centu  per  hundred 
square  feet  of  sinfcle  thick  eIshs  and  elKht 
cents  per  hundred  square  feet  of  double 
thick  Klasa.  For  psrticularn,  address. 
JOHN  O.  E8L,EB,  Sea.,  Saddle  Biver,  N.  J 


HORTICULTURE 


Januarr  12.  1918 


Krrrli-il    for    Mr.     \.    KimlilauJ,    lUvrrly    Covr.    Mm.". 

This  Layout 
Cuts  Coal  Costs 


COPT  of  coal  cmiDtB  llii-se  iluyB.     That's  why  wc  are  Uik- 
Ins  special  piilns   In  our  plans  to   lay  them  out  to  cut 
colli  costs. 
The  oue  above  does. 

Poi's.  because  of  the  close  grouping  of  greenhouses,  work- 
room,  garage  and    gardeners   and   chuulTeurs    apartments. 
The  greenhouse  is  shielded  from   north  winds   by   the  two- 
story  garage. 


liniiiplnh'   all    llie   hnilillngs  completely    tngetliec,  doea  away 

with    nun'h    snrfat xposed    to    the   weather. 

The  one  boiler  can  lii'at  the  entire  layout:  and  everybody 
knows  that  one  large  boiler  can  be  run  with  decidedly  less 
<'nal    than    two    or   threr    small    ones. 

Since  we  have  been   giving  this  coal   cost  cutting  more  ej- 
aetlng  oonslileratlon.  man.v  ecoTiomles  have  been  worked  out 
which  we  may  be  able  to  work  in  on  a  layout  for  you. 
Talk  it  over  with  us  and  see. 


HiicK  irises^''  Convparvy 


((111         VF-n    YORK,  11:0  Broadway  BOSTON.  -19  Federal  .><lreet  rniLADELPHM,  40  8.   16th   Street 

^  <i.nir.il   oni.'.-s  an. I    I  ii.lor.v,  KMZAItKTH.  N.   .1 . 


STANDARD  EQUIPMENT  is  known  to  be  the  ADVANCE 

The  Years  of    Satisfactory  Ser\'ice   have  won 
it    its    place.  There     are     no     stibstitides. 

For  any  kind  of  Sash  use  the  Advance  Operator 

Also  we  have  our  complete  line  of  GREPLNHOUSE  FITTINGS 
which  are  always  so  handy. 

Our  catalog  explains  it  all.  Don't  wait,  but  write  today  for  free  catalog. 


"J 


i^i-iivior^^. 


If  you  need  a  boiler  in  a  hurry  telephone  or  telegraph  al  our  expense 

KROESCHELL    BOILERS 

Send  for  Catalog 

Kroeschell  Bros.  Co.,  468  W.  Erie  St., Chicago 


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from  the  firms  whose  seasonable  advertisements  appear  in  this  paper.     T.-.^y  take  the  Initiative  and   it  is  now 
"up  to  you"  to  make  the  next  move  in  the  process   which    is   to    make    livelier    business   and 

better  times  for  us  all. 

BUY     IMO\A/ 


Vol.  XXVIl 

No.  3 

JAN.   19 

1918 


HOKTICULTURE 


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#5v. 


Malus  Arnoldiana 

A  Hybrid  of  Malus  floribunda  and  one  of  the  Hybrid    Forms   of  M.    baccata.      Hunilsouiest    uf  all   the    orua- 
mental   apples.     Photographed  at  the   residence  of  Win.    J.    Stewart,    Winchester,    Mass. 


so 


HORTICULTURE 


January  19,  1918 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

Juat   Tmctived  from  Japan 


7-  »  In..    caM-n  of  SUW  liiilbii. 
H-in  In.,    rftw>  of  SOO  luilha. 
10  In.,    rmitn  of  ^UO  hiilbo  .  . 

ALL   WLAfK   .>.TK.MK 


Trr  liP<"l 
.  .   »f».(Nl 
7<HM1 
lUl.fHI 


Kor    Inmirdlmc    l>rll»erjr 

J.  M. THORBURN  &  CO. 


53  Barclay  St 


NEW  YORK  CITY 


LILY  BULBS 

FALL    SHIPMENT 

01rant«nm,    Fortno««i«,    Babram, 

Maltlflorum,        Marnlfleam,        AanUam. 

Albotn,   Melpomene,   Eta. 

Sblpments  rtUtrlbuted  from  New  York, 
Cblcago,  Pblladrlpbia,  Danrer,  LandoD 
(Ont). 

Write  for  IMPORT  pricei.  lUtliif  t««n- 
tlty,     Tarletj     and    il»«. 

McHUTCHlSON  &  CO.,  ^''s'-j.^rt 

M    CIIAMBERH    ST..    NBW    TOBK 


.\LL   THK   rOI'lL.VK    VARILTIKS 

Own  KooIn  or   tiraft^'d 

O  A  i=9  IM  ATI  O  IM  S 

Rooted    CuttinRs   of  ull    the    bf^t    commer- 
cial varieties.     Ilealtliy  htock. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PLANTS 

Ready    for   Immediate   Sales 

Size   Pot  1110 

ASPARAGCS    Sprenierl 2'/i-ln.  $3.00 

ASPARAGUS    Sprengerl 3     -In.  6.00 

SMILAX    214-ln.  3.00 

SKM)   FOB  C.AT.ALOGCE 

WOOD  BROTHERS,  Fishkill,  N.Y. 


ROBERT  CRAIG  CO. 

ROSES,  PALMS, 

and  NoTcUlea  In  DaeoratWa  Plant*. 
MtlKCr  lai  49tk  STIEETS.  PHIIADELPHU,  Pi 


A.N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

CROMWELL,  CONN. 

Bedding  Plants  and  Roses 


Nursery  Stock 

Fralt    and    OraameBtal    Treaa,    Uiraka, 
Small    Vrolta,    CIsmatU,    ETervrcciM 


Writ*  far  Trmd*  Ldat. 

W.  I  T.  SMITH  COMPANY,  Giiiva,  N.  T, 


BOBBINK  &  ATKINS 

Nurserymen,  Florists 
and    Planters 

RUTHERFORD,  NEW  JERSEY 


We  are  booking  orders  rapidly  for  the  two  sensational 

ROSE  NOVELTIES  FOR  1918 

Columbia  and  Ophelia  Supreme 

It  is  definitely  known  that  there  will  be  a  shortage  of 
iManetti  so  it  will  be  a  case  of  "first  come — first  served,"  on 
grafted  stock. 

Grafted,  $35  per  100.     Own  Root,  $30  per  100 

CHARLES  H.  TOTTY, 


ivi  Acais^ix, 


ri4E>A/   J I 


tSKV- 


CYBOTIUM    SCHIEDEI 

0  aiui  7  inch  |>ots,  4  to  0  ft.  spread,  J4  and  $5  each 

POT  GROWN  BOSTON  AND  ROOSEVELT  FERNS 

9  and  V>  Inch   pols  $2  to  $4  each 

BIROS'     IMEST     F-ERNS 

4  Inch  50  cents;  4V4  Inch  75  cents;  5  inch  $1.00.     A  few  specimen 
7  Inch  at  ?2.50  each 


A.  M.  DAVENPORT, 


IVIeiss. 


PRIMULA  MALACOIDES  TOWNSENDII 

ri.£ASINO  LILAC  BOSE 

A    Revolution    in    the    Bab|r    Type 

Kirst-claBB  certlflcatee  of  merit  awarded 
by  New  York  Florlsta'  Club,  Nasaau  Coun- 
ty Horticultural  Society  and  Oyster  Bay 
Horticultural  Society. 

Out  of  2-Inch  pots,  $1.60  per  dot.,  (10.00  per 
100;    3-lncb    pota,   (2.00   per   doi.,   (IS.OO    per 
ino. 
Individual   tloners   as   large  as   a  25c. -piece. 

A..     L..     IVIII_I_EF3 
JAMAICA.  MEW  YORK 


SMITH'S 

REVISED  CHRYSANTHEMUM  MANUAL 

(Tbird   Edition) 
Tbe   best  work  on    Chryaanthemnm   Cul- 
ture.    Both  amateur  und  florists  bave  been 
provided    witb    articles    for    tbeir    special 
needs. 

One    Hondred    and    Six    Pare*.      Only    60e, 
Postpaid. 

ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,^  Adrian,  Mich. 
HOLLAND  NURSERIES 

BEST  HABDT  BHODODEIf DBON8, 
AZAL,EA8,  OOMITEBS,  OUEMATM, 
H.  P.  B08EB,  SHBCBB  AND  HEB- 
BACEOUB  PLAMTS. 


P.  OUWERKERK, 


211  l«l  ».   tNliWtM  iiiims 
p.  I  IK  1.  llMw  >   I 


ROBERT  DYSART 

CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANT 

Slaipla  methods  of  eorreat  aacoaatlnf 

«sp««lallT    adapted    for    lorlsts'    asa. 

BOOKS      BAL,ANCBD      AlTD      ADJUSTED 

40  »TATE  87.      •      •      ■      •      BOSTON 
Talavhaaa  Mala  H. 


National  Nurseryman 

Tbe  oldest  and  beat  eatabllsbed 
journal  for  nursarymcD.  Clrcala- 
tioD  among  tbe  trade  only.  P«b- 
ilsbed  laontbly.  Sobscrlptlon  prie*, 
tl.SO  per  year.  For«l(B  sabserlp- 
tloiis,  (2.00  per  year.  In  adTaoea. 
Sample  copy  free  upon  application 
from  tbose  in  tbe  trade  encloilof 
their  busineat  card. 

National  Nurseryman  Pub.  Co.,  Ik. 

HATBORO,  PA. 


HILL'S  EVERGREENS 

BEST  FOB  OTBB  HALF  A  CEMTUBT. 

Bmall,  madlom  and  larc*  aisea  aappllad 
Prlca  list  naw  raady. 

THE  D.  HILL  NURSERY  CO. 

IrertrwD  BpadaUata.    L«T(aat  Urowcra  la 


BOX   4t(.    ni'NDBB.  rLL. 


^KWMS     from  2  1-4  incli   Pota 
BOSTONS— »S  per  100,  (40  par  1000. 
nUIT.MAMI    LUPBOVEO— (S   per   100,  (40 

per   lOOO. 
WHITMANII   COMPACTA— (S   p«r    100,  (40 

per   lOIIO. 
R008EVELTS — (8  per  100,  (40  per  1000. 

TEDDY,  JR K  per  100.  (4S  per  1000. 

250  at  thousand   rates. 

H.H.BARROWS&SON,WtiJtman.Mass. 


In  Writing  Advertisers 

Kindly  Mention 

HORTICULTURE 


January  ly,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


51 


oe:raimiuivi3 

Good  stroDg  Summer  propagated  stock  In  3-ln.  pots  that  have  been    topped   and   are   now   branching,   In   a   good   assortment 
of  the  VERY  BEST  VARIETIES,  Just  what  is  needed  to  produce  quality  for  Easter.     $3.60  per  100,  $30.00  per  1000. 

An  excellent  lot  of  2-ln.  plants,   ready  for  immediate  shipment  at  $S.50  per  100,  $22.50  per  1000. 

Special  1000  in  10  varieties,  our  selection,  for  $20.00. 


effx-rrt    *-'>» $2.00  per  doz.    $16.00  per  100 

SLUlll    5-In.    3.00  per  doz.       25.00  per  100 


R  IM  S 

BOSTON 


5-in $3.00  per  doz.     $26.00  per  lOO 

6-in 4.50  per  doz.       35.00  per  100 


HEUOTROPE,  CVIPHEA,  FUCHSIA,  CODECS,  AGERATUM,  1,.ANT.4N.4,    LEMON     VERBEN.4,    SWAIMSONA,    BEGONIAS, 

PARLOR  IVY,  ETC.,  2-in.  $2.00  per  100,  S-in.  $3.00  per  100. 

DAHLIA  ROOTS.     Order  now  for  Spring  delivery.     Whole  field  clumps  $5.00  per  100  and  up..  Send  for  list. 


SEND   FOR   CATALOGUE 


R.  VINCENT,  Jr.,  &  SONS  CO. 


WHITE  MARSH, 
MD. 


VIBURNUM  PLICATUM 

AJbo    Berberts     Thunber^ii,     Hydrangea 

Panicuiata,   Weigela,   Spireas,  etc. 

Ask   for  complete   list   of 

OAK    BR.\ND    SHRUBS. 

The  r»ONARD  &  fS"!  WEST  GROVE 
VJONESCO.|.^|  PENN.,U.S.A. 


Robert  Tj\«,  Pr«f. 


Antoine  Wlntzer*  Vioe-Pret. 


JAP.  LILIES 


F.  RYNVELD  &  SONS 
61  Vesey  Street   -    -    New  York 


LILY^ULBS 

RALPH    M.  WARD  &  CO. 

71  MURRAY  ST.,      NEW  YORK 


fS^ 


An  ^       '  III 


LILIUM 


IBVIIN/IEDI 

GIGANTEUM 


of  new  crop.    7-9  In.  ?55  per  1,000 

In  cases  of  300  bulbs.  | 

CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO., 


I      DEUIVERY 

LILY    OF   THE   VALLEY 

from  New  York  Cold  Storage  $40  per  1.000 
In  cases  of  2,000  and  4000  pips. 

90-92  W.  BROADWAY 
"       -  NEW  YORK 


Page 

Advance   Co 71 

.\lbany       Cut 

Flower    Ex 67 

Allen,  J.   K 67 

American    Bulb 

Co 61 

Anderson,  S.  A..  6.S 
Aphlne  .Mfg.  Co..  70 
Barrnws  &  Son..  50 
Bnyersdorfer,    H. 

Co 6,") 

Ba.v     State    Nur- 
series    5i; 

Beechwood      Ilts. 

Nurseries    <i7 

Bobblnk     &     At- 
kins     '*\ 

Boddington,       X. 

T i;ri 

Bolgiano  &  Son.  60 
Boston     Floral 

Supply    Co 67 

Breck.  .1.  &  Sons.  Bl 
Breitiuever's,      J. 

Sons    fiL' 

Budlong,  J.  A...  64 
Bunyard.  A.  T. ..  61' 
Burnett  Bros.  ...  61 
Burpee.   NV.  A.   & 

Co 61 

Carter's       Tested 

Seeds,    Inc 60 

C  h  1  1  d  s,    .T  o  h  n 

Lewis    .":; 


1ST     O 

Pago 
Clarke's,  D.  Sons.  62 
Conard    &    Jones 

Co 51 

Cooke,  Geo.  H...  6-2 ' 

Cowee,  W.  J 67 

Cottage     Gardens 

Nurseries    .';2 

Craig.  Kiibert  Co.  ."i(i 

Dards    62 

Davenport,  A.  M.  .'rft 
Dreer,  H.  A. 70-71-72 
Dnnlop,  .John   H.  6:; 

Dysart,   R ."iO 

Edwards  Folding 

Box    Co 64 

Elliott,     Wm.     & 

Sons    61 

Esler.   J.    G (iH 

Eyres    6.'{ 

Farquhar,    R.    & 

J.  Co 61 

Fenricli.  Jos.  S..  66 
Floral  Nurseries.  64 
Foley  Mfg.  Co...  71 

Foril,   iM.   C 66 

Fonl,  W.  P 66 

Fottlcr,         Fiske, 

RawBon    Co 6ii 

Froment,  H.  E. . .  66 
Gnlvin,  Thos.  F,.  iV. 
(iasser  Co.,  .1.  M.  e.'S 
Gude  Bros.  Co...  62 
Ore  y,    Thos.    J. 

Co (il 


D  V 


Page 
Growers   Cut 

Flower  Co 66 

Hail    Association.  69 
Hammond    Paint 
&      Slug      Shot 

Works    70 

Hart,  Geo.  B 67 

Hentz  &  Nash...  67 
Hess  &  Swoborta.  63 
Hews,    A.     H.    & 

Co 68 

Hill  Co.,  E.  G....  64 
Hill.   D.   Nursery 

Co .'50 

Holm  &  Olson. ..  6:1 
Holland    Nur- 
series    50 

Irwin,  R.  J 61 

Johnston  Bros...  62 
Kasting,     W.     F. 

Co 64 

Keller  Sons.  J.  B.  63 
Kelwav  &  Sun. 60-61 
Kerr  the  Florist.  63 

Kervan    Cii 66 

King      Construc- 
tion   Co 71 

Knnble    Bros 6;{ 

K..ttniilUT    62 

Kroeschell  Bros.  71 
Kuebler.    W.    H..  66 

Lemon  Oil  Cf 76 

Leonard  .Seed  Co.  61 
-Maisball.    W.    E. 
( 'ci 61 


Page 
MeConnell,  Alex.  62 
AIcHutchison      & 

Co 50 

Meeoni,  Paul 66 

Meehan,  Chas.  E.  64 
Metropolitan   Ma- 
terial   Co 71 

Mlchell.   H.  F.  Co.  61 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower   Ex 

Millang,  Chas... 
Millang.    Frank. 

Miller.  A.  L 

Murray,  Samuel. 
Nat'l        Nursery 

man   

N.      Y.      Florists' 

Supply   Co 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.  70 

Niessen,    Leo   Co.  64 

Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 

Ouwerkerk,  1' 
Palmer,   W.   3.  & 

Son    

Park  Floral  Co. . 
Parshelsky  Bros 
P  e  d  e  r  so  n.  An- 

thnn    

Penn  the  Florist. 
Pennock,      S.      S. 

Co 

I'taltzgraff      Pol- 

tc'l-v    c, 


64 

66 
66 
50 

62 

50 
67 


70 
50 

6:1 

«■■; 

.  71 

59 
,  62 

65 


I  S  E  R 

Page 
Pierce  Co.,  F.  O.  71 
Pierson.  A.  N.. . .  50 

Plerson.  F.  B 52 

Poehlmauu    Bros. 

Co 64 

Pratt  Co..  B.  G..  70 
Pulverized       Ma- 
nure Co 70 

Randall's    Flower 

Shop    63 

Reed  &  Keller...  67 
Reidel  &  Me.ver. .  66 

Reid.  Edw 64 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

Co 66 

Robinson.    H.    M. 

&   Co 64 

Roehrs.  J.  Co ffl 

Roland,    Thomas.  63 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.     & 

Sons    6!) 

Roserv.    The 62 

Rynveld,      F.     & 

Sons    51 

Schling,    Max 62 

Solnvake,       Chas. 

Co 51 

Sekenger.    .\ilam.  62 
ShiMlilan.  \V.  F. .  66 
Slebrecht,   Geo.  C.  66 
L  Siggers     &     Sig- 

I     gers    69 

Skidolsky,     S.     S. 

I     «:   Co 60 

Isiiiin,  B.   S.,  Jr. .  67 


Page 
Slinn.  Clarence. .  67 
Smith,    Elmer   D. 

&  Co 50 

Smith,  P.  J 66 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 50 

Smith  \.-  Fetters.  63 
Smyth,  Wm.  J..  03 
Stearns      Lumber 

Co.,   A.   T 71 

Stumpp.  G.  E.  M.  62 
Stunipp  &  Walter 

Co 61 

Thorburn.    J.    SI. 

&    Co 50-61 

Totty,  Chas.  H..  50 
T  r  a  e  n  d  1  y       & 

Schenck    66 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er   Co 67 

Vincent.    R..    .Tr., 

&  Sons  Co 51 

Want.-*,  l-'or  Sale, 

etc 69 

Ward.  R.M.  &  Co.  51 

Weber,  F.  C B3 

Weiss.    Herman..  66 

Wood    Bros ."in 

Woodruff,    S.    1). 

&  Son 6) 

Young,  A.  L 66 

Young.   .lohn 66 

Young.  Thos..  Jr.  67 
Young  &  Nugent.  62 
Z.-rli    A:    M:inn 64 


BUPY     SOIVI  ETIHI  IMO 

from 

the  firms  whose  seasonable  advertisements  appear  in  this  paper.     They  take  the  initiative  and  it 
"up  to  you"  to  make  the  next  move  in  the  process   which    is    to    make    livelier    business    and 

better  times  for  us  all. 

BLJY     NONA/ 

is  now 

ss? 


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AMERICAN    CARNATION    SOCIETY. 

Additional  classes  for  the  Boston 
Exhibition. 

No.  57.  Mark  Hoper  offers  $10.00 
tor  the  best  fifty  blooms  of  carnation 
Albert  Roper.  This  class  to  be  classed 
with  Section  C. 

No.  58.  The  Gardeners'  and  Flor- 
ists' Club  of  Boston  offers  $25.00  in 
gold  for  the  best  collection  of  six 
vases  of  carnations,  in  six  varieties, 
fifty  blooms  to  lie  shown  in  each  vase. 

Entries  may  be  made  in  these  two 
classes  up  to  the  time  set  for  staging, 
without  the  payment  of  fine. 

A.  F.  J.  Baub,  Secy. 

CHICAGO  TO  BOSTON. 

The  Chicago  Florists'  Club  has 
chosen  the  New  York  Central  (Lake 
Shore)  Railroad  for  conveying  mem- 
bers and  friends  to  the  convention  of 
the  American  Carnation  Society  at 
Boston,  Mass.,  January  30-.'il.  leaving 
La  Salle  street  station.  Chicago,  Mon- 
day, January  28  at  5.30  p.  m.,  due  in 
Boston  the  evening  preceding  the  con- 
vention at  8.35,  affording  reasonable 
margin  for  possible  delays.  Friends 
from  the  north,  west  and  southwest 
are  invited  to  join  the  party  at  Chi- 
cago and  others  enroute.  This  train 
is  due  at  way  stations  as  follows: 

Toledo,    Monday 11.08  P.M. 

Cleveland,  Tuesday 2,00  A.M. 

Rochester.    Tuesd-iy ?.4"  A.M. 

Syracuse,    Tuesday 10.30  A.  M. 

Albany,    Tuesday 1.55  I'.  M. 

The  fare  each  way  is  $23.10,  plus 
$1.85  war  tax.  Pullman  fares  are: 
Lower  berth  $5.50,  war  tax  55  cents; 
upper  berth  $4.40,  war  tax  44  cents.    It 


is  urgently  necessary,  that  on  account 
of  congested  traffic,  reservations  be 
made  at  once  by  addressing  W.  C.  Haz- 
ard. City  Passenger  Agent,  100  South 
Clark  street,  Chicago;  telephone  Ran- 
dolph 5300. 

MiCH.MCL  Barker, 
Chicago  Florists'  Club 
Transportation  Committee. 


CLUB  AND  SOCIETY  NOTES. 
.\t  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Rhoile 
Island  Horticultural  Society,  held  at 
the  Public  Library,  Providence,  on 
Wednesday,  January  16,  1918,  Wilfrid 
Wheeler,  secretary  of  the  Massachu- 
setts State  Board  of  Agriculture,  de- 
livered a  lecture  on  Small  Fruits  and 
Berries. 


the  subject  of  a  lecture  by  W.  H.  Faulk- 
ner of  Washington,  Conn..  January  24. 
Danforth  P.  .Miller  ol  the  Sumner 
F'ruit  Company  will  talk  on  "Fruit 
Culture,"  January  31.  James  W.  Er- 
win  of  New  York  will  speak  February 
7  on  "The  Industrial  Side  of  Califor- 
nia." February  14  will  bring  a  lecture 
on  "Growing  and  Fxliibiting  Flowers," 
by  Allan  J.  Jenkins  of  Shrewsbury. 
Howard  W.  Selby  of  Springfield  will 
tell  "How  to  Market  Perishable  Prod- 
ucts." February  21.  The  spring  exhibi- 
tions are  scheduled  for  Thursday  and 
Friday,  March  7  and  8. 


The  Maryland  vegetable  growers 
organized  Dec.  18  under  the  name  of 
The  Maryland  Vegetable  Growers'  As- 
sociation, with  the  following  officers; 
President,  James  S.  Smith,  Brooklyn; 
vice-president,  Fred  Hirst,  Cambridge; 
secretary-treasurer.  E.  F.  Stoddard. 
College  Park. 


The  following  officers  of  the  New- 
port Horticultural  Society  have  been 
elected  for  1918:  President,  Frederick 
Carter;  1st  vice-president,  A.  C.  Pot- 
ter, Jr.;  2nd  vice-president,  C.  M.  Bug- 
holt;  recording  secretary,  Fred  P. 
Webber;  financial  secretary,  William 
Gray;  treasurer,  Richard  Gardner. 


The  Worcester  County  (Mass.)  Hor- 
ticultural Society  has  announced  a 
course  of  lectures  Thursday  after- 
noons.     "Seeds    Bewitching,"    will    be 


Members  of  the  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Flor- 
ists' Club  and  guests  to  the  number  of 
about  40  were  present  Thursday  even- 
ing, Jan.  3,  at  the  annual  meeting,  at 
which  Earl  S.  Shaw  was  installed  aa 
president.  Following  the  short  busi- 
ness session  the  members  went  to  Kee- 
ler's,  where  dinner  was  enjoyed.  Ed- 
ward P.  Tracey,  as  toastmaster,  called 
ui;on  the  majority  of  those  present, 
and  they  responded  with  short  re- 
marks on  trade  and  other  subjects. 
Among  the  speakers  were:  Ralph  M. 
Ward  and  Roman  J.  Irwin  of  New 
York,  Walter  E.  Cook  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  and  Louis  H.  Schaefer  of  Albany, 
who  told  of  the  outlook  in  the  seed 
business  and  strongly  advised  the 
growers  present  to  buy  what  seeds 
they  can  get  as  soon  as  possible.  Re- 
tiring President  J.  J.  Haggerty  and 
his  predecessor,  Fred  Henkes,  were 
presented  with  gold-mounted  briar 
pipes.  Mr.  Haggerty  receiving  also  a 
silver  mounted  silk  umbrella. 


January  19.  1918 


H  0  R  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


WHY  NOT  CHANGE  OVER  FOR  A  WHILE 


''You  want  me  to  speak  right  out  frankly,  1  assume. 
So  I  am'  going  to  tell  you  that — for  a  little  while,  at 
least — the  most  important  thing  you  can  do  is  to  keep 
a  tight  hold  on  your  patieuce  and  see  that  both  feet:  are 
kept  planted  solidly  on  the  ground." 

The  above  quotation  is  not  liy  me,  but  is  in  perfect 
accord  with  pieseiit  circumstances  affecting  the  florists 
and  especially  the  growers  of  flowers.  No  use  to  dwell 
upon  any  tales  of  woe  as  to  the  havoc  and  damage 
caused  by  the  recent  cold  spell  and  by  the  still  remaining 
shortage  of  fuel.  The  damage  has  been  done  and  is 
.serious,  for  many  greenhouse  men  amounting  to  al- 
most complete  disaster.  Almost  complete  and  certainly 
going  to  be  wholly  complete,  imless  the  unfortunate  vic- 
tim shakes  himself  into  shape,  reads  the  above  quoted 
passage  over'and  over  until  he  knows  it  by  heart  and 
then  on  the  strength  of  it  resolves  to  make  a  new  trial, 
so  as  to  get  a  new  foothold  for  himself. 

I  tell  you  the  future  can  hold  no  terrors 

For  any  sad  soul  v.-hile  the  stars  revolve. 
If  he  will  but  stand  firm  on   the  grave  of  his  unfortunate 
.    errors, 

And  instead  of  regretting,  Resolve,   Resolve! 
It  is  never  to  late  to  begin   rebuilding. 

Though  all  into  ruins  your  life   seems  hurled, 
For  look!    How  the  light  of  the  "New  Year"  is  gilding 

The  worn,  wan  face  of  this  bruised  world. 

Now,  quoting  and  reading  verses  and  things  may  be 
all  right  in_  its  way  and  even  pleasant,  but  a  grower 
with  his  houses  or  part  of  them  frozen  solid  or  not 
having  a  chance  of  getting  coal  enough  to  keep  his  place 
warm  enough  for  roses  or  carnations  so  that  they  will 
pay  him,  wants  to  know  p.  d.  q.  what  move  he  is  going 
to  make  next.  .  If  the  grower  is  somewhat  wise  he  will 
be  careful  at  the  same  time  to  grab  something  safe  and 
.solid,  something  that  will  give  him  a  show  to  get  out  of 
the  hole  and  to  leave  the  hole  where  he  will  never  see 
it  again. 

For  a  flower  grower  it  is  not  a  very  handy  thing  to 
switch  off  onto  something  outside  his  accustomed  line 
and  to  feel  sure  that. it  will  pay  him  a  reasonable  return, 
without  his  investing  a  bunch  of  dollars  in  the  new 
venture.  Still,  there  is  at  the  present  time  just  a 
chance  at  hand,  where  from  now  or  a  little  later  on  until 
the  first  or  last  of  June,  a  grower  can  start,  raise  and 
.sell  a  crop  not  costing  him  much  and  selling  for  a  good 
value,  presiuning  the  man  has  gumption  enough  to  ask 
a  ])aying  price. 

Last  year  the  call  for  young  vegetable  plants,  sur- 
prised everybody  and  the  supply  in  all  lines  and  of  all 
kinds  was  in  no  way  equal  to  the  demand,  .so  much  so 
that  prices  for  young  tomatoes,  cabbages,  celery,  leek, 
onions,  etc.,  went  .sky  high  and  many  a  grower  made  a 
pretty  penny.  The  same  conditions  will  without  doubt 
prevail  this  year  and  very  likely  the  demand  will  lie 
very  much  stronger  and  the  quantity  a.sked  for  much 
larger. 

If  I  had  had  my  greenhouses  frozen  up  or  if  1  should 
contemjilate  reducing  the  present  output  of  flowers,  on 
account  of  the  present  low  price,  1  should  proceed  about 
as  follows:  1  should  not  waste  any  coal  on  any  house 
that  does  not  now  ])roduce  a  paying  crop,  but  should  let 
the  house  or  bonnes  lay  idle  for  a  while.  About  the  SOtb 
or   ■,^")th  of   l'"ebruarv  T  should   <r>w  in  flats  enonah  of 


tomatoes,  cabbage,  etc.,  to  fill  my  house,  houses  or 
benches  with  the  plants  after  they  have  been  pricked 
off  into  2  or  2^  inch  dirt  bands.  And  let  me  tell  you 
right  here,  it  will  take  a  lot  more  of  the  plants  than 
some  of  you  may  think,  so  it  will  be  well  to  measure 
the  available  space  correctly  beforehand  and  that  lot  of 
plants  if  well  grown  will  also  bring  a  lot  of  money  and 
l)ay  big  for  the  trouble. 

The  seed  can  be  sown  in  flats  in  a  greenhouse  or  in  a 
mild  hotbed  and  for  four  weeks  the  plants  will  not  re- 
quire much  room.  By  this  time  the  house  or  houses 
that  have  been  without  heat  can  be  started  up  and  the 
seedlings  pricked  -ofi:  into  other  boxes  2  inches  apart  each 
way,  or  into  2  or  2|.  inch  dirt  bands.  I  had  things 
managed  in  this  way  last  spring  and  pricked  my  plants 
off  into  2  inch  dirt  bands  and  they  did  exceedingly  well. 
The  bands  can  be  .set  into  flats  or  into  shallow  boxes  that 
hold  two  dozen  or  fifty.  Or  they  can  be  set  on  the  bare 
hoards  of  the  benches,  then  filled  and  planted.  There 
should  be  no  soil  under  the  bands,  just  the  bare  board, 
— the  idea  is  to  keep  the  plants  from  growing  too  rank 
and  time  them  for  sale  properly. 

It  will  be  well  not  to  grow  any  of  the  tall-growing 
kinds  of  tomatoes.  Chalk's  Early  Jewell  and  Dwarf 
Champion  made  an  excellent  show  in  the  bands  and 
when  the  people  had  been  made  to  see  how  easily  the 
plants  would  transplant  without  being  checked,  there 
was  no  trouble  in  getting  a  largely  advanced  price  at 
any  time  or  from  anybody  and  the  more  the  people  saw 
of  those  plants  the  more  i^eople  wanted  them.  My  plants 
last  spring  were  kejit  on  the  cool  side  surely 
at  night  and  hardly  ever  had  more  than  42  degrees  as 
long  as  firing  was  needed.  In  the  daytime  they  got 
plenty  of  air  and  leasonable  and  seasonable  tempera- 
ture. The  watering  was  done  as  carefully  as  possible, 
only  when  absolutely  needed  and  then  well,  and  early  in 
the  forenoon  as  it  is  advisable  not  to  have  the  leaves  next 
the  ground  moist  at  night. 

The  point  is  to  raise  the  plants  with  as  little  coal  and 
a.s  strong  and  sturdy  as  can  be  done,  so  as  to  have  at 
selling  time  something  good  enough  for  people  to  be 
willing  to  pay  a  good  price  for.  In  a  lively  town  or 
village  a  little  judicious  advertising  from  the  very  start 
of  the  planting  season  will  bring  customers  quick 
enougji  and  if,  in  the  ad.,  mention  and  explanation  is 
made  regarding  the  advantages  of  the  dirt  bands  so 
much  the  better  for  all  concerned.  The  plants  in  the 
dirt  bands  will  be  away  ahead  of  any  raised  in  pots: 
they  will  not  dry  out  so  often  on  a  warm,  windy  day 
nnd  will  always  have  a  much  better  color. 

If  on  account  of  the  .soil  getting  somewhat  exhausted 
towards  the  end  (very  rich  soil  should  not  he  used  at 
pricking  olT-time)  the  plants  should  fall  off  in  color,  a 
sprinkling  of  any  kind  of  fertilizer,  mixed  with  soil, 
will  bring  the  plants  to  reason  in  almost  less  than  no 
time.     But  do  not  overdo  it. 

Now,  I  think  this  is  one  way  to  keep  one's  patience. 
Show  and  use  a  lot  of  it,  "keep  both  feet  to  the  ground" 
and  fiot  only  resolve  to  rebuild,  but  to  actnallv  do  it. 


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CONTENTS  Paee 

COVER   ILLUSTRATION— Mains   .Arnoldiana 

WIT\'  NOT  CHANGE  OVER  FOR  A  WHILE— Oustaue 
Thommen    53 

COAL  CONSUMPTION   FOR  FLORISTS 55 

S.  A.  F.  PUBLICITY  CAMPAIGN 55 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIICS— American  Carnation  Society 

— Chicago  to  Boston — Club  and  Society  Notes 52 

Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society — Meetings  Next 
Week — Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of  Boston, 
J.  Otto  Thilow.  portrait — New  York  Florists'  Club — 
New  England  Nurserymen's  Association — Chicago 
Florists'  Club— New  Bedford  Horticultural  Society  56-59 
Lenox    Horticultural    Society 69 

OF  INTEREST  TO   RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

New  Flower  Stores 62 

St.  Valentine's  and  Mothers'  Day  Stamps  and  Posters  63 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 
Boston.  Chicago.  Cincinnati.  New  York,  Philadelphia  65 
Rochester,  St.  Louis 67 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 
Boston.  Chicago.  Philadelphia.  St.  Louis.  New  York  68-69 

OBITUARY— Andrew  Gillson— George  W.  Fowle— M.  C. 
Baldwin — August  M\iller   70 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Fruit  for  Decoration  Use — Illustrated 57 

Catalogues  Received — New  Corporations 60 

Business  Troubles    62 

News  Notes   63 

Visitors'    Register    67 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 70 


No  better  evidence  of  the  unswerving 
Patriotic  patriotism  and  loyal  support  of  the  Gov- 
co-operatlon  erntnent  in  the  measures  which  have 
been  adopted  as  ways  and  means  to  the 
successful  pro.secution  of  the  war  can  be  asked  for  than 
the  willing  acquiescence  in  the  many  arduous  rules  of 
living  and  business  conduct  whicli  have  been  prescribed 
for  the  people  of  the  United  States;  and  the  patient 
forbearance  under  the  discomforts  and  self-denials  tlius 
forced  upon  all.  The  florist  industry,  as  it  appears  to 
us,  is  a  particularly  shining  example  of  uncomplaining 
compliance  with  the  exactions  imposed  upon  it  under 
conditions  exceptionally  difficult.  It  is  most  gratifying 
to  note  that  government  agents,  whose  own  duties  are 
arduous  and  burdensome  enough  in  these  strenuous 
times,  seem  disposed  to  recognize  and  appreciate  more 
clearly  and  more  sympathetically  than  do  many  private 
citizens  the  magnitude  of  the  peculiar  hardships  which 
the  florist  has  been  compelled  to  labor  under  and  how 
courageously  he  is  trying  to  cope  with  them  all. 

There  are  florists'  clubs  and  florists'  clubs; 

Club         there  are  horticultural  societies  and  horti- 

actlvltiM     cultural  societies.     Some  of  these  bodies 

are  models  of  usefulness  and  progressive 


activity;  otliers  we  rarely  hcnr  about  and  then  only 
in  tlie  ino8t  apalhctic  fa.'ibion  even  in  centres  where  a 
goodly  number  of  able  niid  prosperous  florist,s  are  lo- 
cated. Otliers,  again,  we  And  working  self-coinplacently 
ill  n  disproportionately  narrow  groove,  and  exerting  a 
very  restricted  influence  as  comjiared  with  their  jrosi- 
tion  and  opjwrtnnities.  One  small  group  or  even  a 
single  individual  in  cilice  can  usually  either  "make  or 
break"  an  organization — run  it  down  by  selfish  iicgli- 
;^('nce  or  boost  it  from  mediocrity  into  popularity  and 
influence  by  the  sheer  exercise  of  a  magnetic  person- 
ality and  virile  policy.  The  number  of  new  members 
gathered  into  an  organization  during  one's  incum- 
liency  in  office  is  only  one  test  of  a  successful  adminis- 
tration. There  are  other  equally  essential  factors  to  be 
(•(insidered,  as,  who  compo.se  the  membership,  their 
tiimparative  standing  in  the  community,  and 
whether  the  truly  representative  element  are  to 
lie  found  amongst  them;  also  what  is  being  accom- 
plished that  is  of  jiermanent  value  and  whether  this 
measures  up  favorably  with  what  is  being  done  elsewhere 
ill  the  way  of  meeting  immediate  needs.  At  the  present 
time  there  is  plenty  of  work  cut  out  for  every  florists' 
<lub  and  horticultural  society  and  if  it  is  not  being 
zealously  and  industriously  followed  up,  there's  some- 
thing decidedly  wrong  somewhere,  beyond  any  doubt. 

The  new  regulations  put  into  effect 

Drastic  i|,i^   week    regarding   the   hours    of 

business  restric-     ,,penlng  and  closing  places  of  busi- 

*'o"s  in.gg  in  Boston  for  the  purpose  of 

fuel  saving  affects  the  wholesale 
tlower  trade  quite  seriously.  The  wholesale  growers' 
market  people  were  much  perturbed  over  the  order  lim- 
iting their  hours  from  7  a.  m.  till  12  noon,  but  the  mod- 
ification just  announced,  extending  the  limit  until  2 
p.  m.  has  smoothed  over  the  situation  and  gives  a  feel- 
ing of  relief  generally.  The  wholesale  dealers,  being 
permitted  to  keep  open  for  business  until  6  p.  m.  have 
little  to  complain  of  but  the  restriction  against  their 
opening  up  before  9  p.  m.  bore  hard  upon  them  until 
they  secured  permission  to  open  between  7  and  9  a.  m. 
for  the  purpose  of  filling  out-of-town  orders.  At  first 
glance  the  arrangement  as  now  in  effect  might  appear 
to  benefit  the  wholesale  dealers,  and  under  former  con- 
ditions when  the  flowers  sold  by  these  houses  were 
handled  largely  on  a  commission  basis  this  would  have 
been  the  result,  but  the  growers'  markets  as  now  con- 
ducted in  this  city  are  not  so  seriously  competitive  with 
the  wholesale  dealers  as  formerly,  but  are,  in  fact,  the 
main  Source  of  supply  for  the  latter,  who  have  come  to 
prefer  this  method  as  more  profitableand altogether  more 
satisfactor)'  than  the  old  style  of  selling  for  the  growers 
on  commission.  It  is  even  predicted  by  some  that  the 
closing  of  the  markets  at  3  p.  m.  will  have  a  tendency 
to  stiffen  up  market  values  as  the  dealers  will  now  find 
it  necessary  to  gamble  a  little  in  futures  and  will  be 
forced  to  lay  in  a  supjily  of  flowers  in  anticipation  of  pos- 
sible afternoon  requirements  instead  of  waiting  until 
orders  are  in  hand  and  buying  simply  whatever  may  be 
needed  to  fill  same.  So  while  the  new  regulations  are  not 
likely  to  find  jubilant  favor  with  any  branch  of  the  trade 
and  will  tend  to  produce  more  or  less  derangement  and 
complications  the  extent  and  ultimate  results  of  which 
cannot  yet  be  foreseen,  the  flower  people  realize  that 
on  the  whole  they  have  received  consideration  fully 
ocpial  to  that  enjoyed  by  other  lines  of  business  and  that 
is  all  thev  could  reasonably  ask  for. 


January  19,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


55 


COAL  CONSUMPTION  BY  FLORISTS 

To  the  Members  of  the  Society  of  American  Florists  and  Ornamental  Horticulturists 


You  are  all  of  you  perfectly  well 
aware  that  the  coal  situation  over  the 
country  generally  is  a  critical  one.  A 
committee,  representing  the  Society 
of  American  Florists,  met  in  Wash- 
ington and  interviewed  the  tuel  Com- 
missioner on  Dec.  4th.  He  greeted  us 
very  fairly,  but  emphasized  the  seri- 
ous condition  of  the  coal  shortage,  and 
thought  that  the  florists  should  make 
an  effort  to  curtail  their  use  of  coal 
one-third  for  the  balance  of  the  sea- 
son. 

This  we  agreed  to  do  so  far  as  could 
be  done  without  seriously  impairing 
business.  Since  that  time  the  situa- 
tion has  become  even  more  acute,  and 
Mr.  Gude,  the  Washington  represen- 
tative, has  been  summoned  by  the 
Coal  Administrator  to  see  what  action 
the  florists  are  taking.  The  matter  is 
now  in  abeyance  waiting  tor  the  meet- 
ing    of     the     Executive    Board    in    St. 


Louis  on  Jan.  21st,  at  which  time 
some  action  must  be  taken.  The  Ex- 
ecutive Board  of  the  S.  A.  F.,  at  that 
time,  will  officially  approve  the  sug- 
gestion of  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment, and  asks  every  one  of  its  mem- 
bers to  notify  the  Executive  Board  by 
telegram  at  the  Jefferson  Hotel,  just  ■ 
what  their  wishes  and  suggestions  are 
in  the  matter. 

Also  any  florist  who  has  already 
conformed  to  the  suggestions  of  the 
Fuel  Commissioner  and  reduced  his 
use  of  coal  one-third,  or  any  propor- 
tion thereof,  should  immediately  noti- 
fy us  so  that  some  tabulation  can  be 
made  of  the  way  in  which  the  florists 
are  meeting  the   critical   situation. 

The  Government's  intention  is  to 
keep  every  florist  in  business,  and 
there  is  no  intention  of  closing  up 
any  establishment  but  the  figures  for 
a  reduction  of  the  coal  necessary  will 
be  taken  on  the  basis  of  the  coal  con- 


sumed during  the  past  three  years  at 
each  establishment. 

This  is  the  time  when  all  members 
of  the  S.  A.  F.  must  stand  together, 
shoulder  to  shoulder,  but  also  must 
stand  with  the  Government  in  every 
provision  which  they  feel  necessary  to 
winning  the  war.  The  florist  is  sec- 
ond to  none  in  his  loyalty  and  now  is 
the  time  for  him  to  prove  it.  The 
S.  A.  F.  as  being  the  representative 
body  of  florists  is  looked  to  by  the 
Fuel  Administration  to  carry  out  its 
wishes.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  arbitrary 
action  would  have  already  been  taken 
if  it  had  not  been  for  the  successful 
efforts  of  our  Washington  representa- 
tive, in  having  the  matter  held  over 
until  the  Executive  Board  meeting  in 
St.  Louis,  Jan.  21st. 

Chas.  H.  Totty,  Pres., 
Wm.  F.  Gude,  Wash.  Rep., 
John  Young.  Secy. 


The  Promotion  Bureau  established 
by  the  joint  committees  has  been  or- 
ganized and  is  now  busy  formulating 
plans  for  supplementing  the  publicity 
to  accrue  from  the  national  magazine 
advertising,  the  schedule  for  which 
has  been  carefully  prepared,  and  be- 
gins with  a  full  page  advertisement 
in  the  Saturday  Evening  Post  of  Feb- 
ruary 9th,  just  prior  to  St.  Valentine's 
Day.  In  addition  the  Bureau  stands 
ready  to  give  service  in  any  direction 
which  may  be  considered  as  along  the 
lines  of  publicity,  such  as  furnishing 
sets  of  lantern  slides  for  use  in  mov- 
ing picture  theatres,  the  preparation 
of  advertisements  for  use  by  florists 
in  local  papers,  and  in  general  to  as- 
sist publicity  work  in  every  possible 
way.  The  Bureau  invites  suggestions 
from  the  trade  in  such  matters,  be- 
lieving that  many  ideas  may  be  forth- 
coming which  could  be  utilized  to  ad- 
vantage. 

A  mailing  list  is  in  course  of  prepa- 
ration which  shall  be  thoroughly  up- 
to-date,  and  kept  so,  all  recorded 
changes  in  business  being  noted  each 
week. 

Copies  of  the  page  advertisement 
In  the  Saturday  Evening  Post,  featur- 
ing St.  Valentine's  Day,  will  be  mailed 
to  all  members  of  the  S.  A.  F.  &  O.  H., 
lor  display  in  stores,  all  of  which  it 
is  hoped  will  tend  to  bring  individual 
connection  with  the  advertising  cam- 
paign. 

Now  that  the  holiday  season  has 
passed  it  is  hoped  and  expected  that 
florists  generally  will  give  heed  to 
this  publicity  campaign,  and,  if  not 
already  subscribers,  will  subscribe  as 
much  as  they  feel  they  are  able  to  tlie 
fund.  While  we  are  considerably 
short  of  our  ultimate  aim,  subscrip- 
tions  are  coming  in   nicely,   and   pay- 


ments upon  obligations  are  being  met 
in  a  most  satisfactory  manner. 

The  florists  of  Boston  and  vicinity 
are  responding  nicely  to  the  appeal  of 
the  local  committee,  the  personnel  of 
which  is  Patrick  Welch,  chairman,  E. 
Allan  Peirce,  secretary,  W.  R.  Nichol- 
son, B.  Hammond  Tracy  and  J.  K.  M. 
L.  Farquhar. 

From  the  west  comes  a  nice  bunch 
of  subscriptions  collected  by  Roy  F. 
Wilcox,  Council  Bluffs,  la.,  chairman 
of  the  Iowa  local  committee.  From 
New  Jersey  comes  a  club  subscription 
of  $50  from  the  Essex  County  Flor- 
ists' Club  of  Newark.  Other  clubs  are 
getting  their  membership  into  line, 
and  quite  a  little  support  is  expected 
from  such  sources. 

Chairman  Henry  Penn  of  the  Pub- 
licity Committee  is  working  hard  in  his 
official  position  and  is  most  enthusiastic 
as  to  the  outcome  of  the  campaign.  He 
will  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Execu- 
tive Board  of  the  S.  A.  F.  to  be  held 
in  St.  Louis  on  January  21-22,  at  which 
he  will  present  a  report  covering  the 
progress  of  the  work  up  to  that  time. 
He  is  constantly  in  touch  with  Major 
O'Keefe  of  the  O'Keefe  Advertising 
Agency,  who  is  leaving  no  stone  un- 
turned to  advance  the  campaign. 

Chairman  Asmus  of  the  Finance 
Committee  reports  the  following  ad- 
ditional subscriptions: 

By  Roy  F.  Wllcnx.  Coumil  Hluffa.  la. 
(Annn.Tllv  for  Four  Vearai  ;  David 
.Moon-,  I'vrrv,  la..  Ju.OO;  C.  tl.  HolUed, 
Kliliira.  la..  .^.^.(K) :  .las.  1,.  D.MlliiPail.  Mar- 
slialltown.  In..  $10.00;  Richey  Floral  Co., 
Albia.  la.,  SB.OO ;  Gardiner  Floral  Co.. 
Council  liliiffs,  la.,  $10.00;  Klrkwood 
Floral  Co.,  Des  Moines,  la.,  $5().0t>;  I.  O. 
Kemjde,  Mnrshalltown,  la.,  $100.00.  (One 
Yean:  Bill.s  Floral  Co.,  Davenport,  la., 
$10.00;  Hassett  &  Washburn.  Chicago,  III.. 
$100.00;  C.  A.  Nokcs.  Sac  City,  la.,  $5.00, 

By  Chlcaso  Committee  (Annually  for  Four 
Years)  :  Jas.  Psenlcka,  Gross  Point.  111.. 
$10.00;  Gould   Co..  OnarRo.   III.,   $10.00. 


By  Secretary's  Office  (Annually  for  Four 
Y^ears) :  C.  D.  Otis,  Lakt  Charles,  La., 
$5.00;  R.  J.  Orr,  Vineland,  N.  J.,  $5.00. 
(One  Year)  :  Boston  Flower  Exchanse, 
Inc.,  Boston,  $50.00;  Essex  Co.  Florists' 
Club,  Newark,  N.  J.,  $50.00. 

Total,  $430.00.  Previously  reported  from  all 
sources,  $28,287.00.    Grand  total,  $28,717.00. 

John  Young,  Secy. 

January  12,  1918. 


GET    IN    LINE    FOR    PUBLICITY. 

Just  a  word  to  our  Brethren  of 
Floraldom  in  anticipation  of  the  glori- 
ous campaign  now  being  prepared  by 
the  Publicity  Committee. 

To  those  who  have  not  as  yet  con- 
tributed to  the  fund  now  being  volun- 
tarily subscribed  allow  me  to  say,  that 
you  will  be  amply  repaid  many  times 
your  contribution  when  you  receive 
the  pamphlet  outlining  our  campaign, 
and  the  various  magazines,  store- 
signs  and  booklets  pertaining  to  our 
new  slo.i^an,  "Sat  it  with  Fi-oweus." 

Show  your  appreciation  to  the  cause 
and  the  general  good  it  will  do  the 
trade  by  voluntary  contributing,  rather 
than  by  being  personally  solicited. 
You  will  derive  more  satisfaction  per- 
sonally, and  it  will  make  you  bigger 
men  in  the  estimation  of  your  fellow- 
florists. 

Just  a  word  in  closing: — Two  of 
our  members  on  the  committee,  after 
hearing  of  our  plan  and  layout,  said 
at  the  meeting  in  Cleveland,  that  if 
our  campaign  spells  success,  they 
would  each  raise  their  own  appropria- 
tions to  J1,000.00  for  every  year  after- 
ward. 

That's  the  spirit  we  are  going  to 
arouse  in  every  meml)er  connected 
with  floriculture,  grower,  wholesaler, 
supply-men  and  retailer,  alike. 

Henry  Penn,  Chairman, 
National  Publicity  Campaign. 


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II  (1  i;t  I  ('  I'  I.TT  If  K 


Jaiiiinry   19.  191R 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIHTIES 


MASSACHUSETTS    HORTICUL 
TURAL     SOCIETY. 

Till-  liinUKiinil  iiiffllU";  <>l  <l»f  .Mussii 
I'husotts  llortU-ulturiil  Society  wiis 
held  Hi  HortlciiUurul  Mall.  Siituriluy. 
Januar.v  l-».  The  principal  business  of 
the  meetluK  was  llio  delivery  of  an  ad 
dress  by  llie  president  and  the  readliij; 
of  the  annual  reports  of  the  officers 
and  chairmen  of  the  various  commit 
tees  of  the  .society. 

In  his  address,  President  Saltonslall 
slated  that  owlns  to  war  conditions 
and  the  necessity  of  conservation  of 
the  resoiiries  of  the  society  to  meet 
possible  emergencies  during  the  com- 
ing  year  it  had  been  deemed  advisable 
to  cut  out  substantially  all  money 
prizes  from  the  Schedule  of  Kxhibi- 
tions.  He  said  that  the  society  should 
actively  assist  in  some  recoKni/.eil  war 
charity  or  work  for  the  benefit  of  our 
soldiers  in  the  lield  and  it  is  planned 
to  make  all  the  important  shows  of  the 
year  pay  .shows,  the  net  receipts  to  be 
given  to  the  Red  Cross  or  other  war 
relief  work. 

He  did  not  agree  with  the  proposi 
lion  recently  made  that  the  growing  ol 
flowers  is  a  pure  luxury  and  ought  to 
be  given  up  during  war  times.  He 
said  flowers  surely  are  not  so  much  of 
a  luxury  as  costly  clothing  or  jewelry 
worn  chiefly  to  attract  the  eye,  or  the 
many  attractive  but  not  necessary  fit- 
tings of  our  homes.  When  one  con- 
siders the  great  amount  of  happiness 
and  real  pleasure  that  can  be  given  to 
the  sick  and  the  wounded  he  said  that 
flowers  should  be  the  last  of  all  luxu- 
ries to  be  forced  out  by  dire  stress  of 
war. 

The  treasurer  reported  a  deficit  of 
$3781.93  for  the  year  1917. 

There  was  a  fine  floral  display  at  the 
meeting,  especially  that  of  R.  &  J.  Far- 
quhar  &  Co.,  who  adorned  the  stage  of 
the  hall  with  a  magnificent  group  of 
Buddleia  asiatica,  grown  to  standards, 
underneath  which  were  arranged  pots 
of  Azalea  Kaempferi  and  ferns.  There 
was  also  a  fine  display  of  carnations. 
S.  .1.  Goddard  exhibited  F.  Dorner  & 
Sons'  new  seedling  No.  148.  which  was 
awarded  honorable  mention.  A.  A. 
Pembroke,  Beverly,  showed  the  new 
sport  White  Benora.  which  also  re- 
ceived honorable  mention,  and  the  new 
variety  Elizabeth,  for  which  he  was 
awarded  a  silver  medal. 

Strong  adverse  criticism  was  made 
by  W.  N.  Craig  and  other  members  of 
the  action  of  the  trustees  in  eliminat- 
ing the  money  prizes  that  had  been 
previously  jiublished  in  the  prelimi- 
nary schedule  for  the  1918  spring  ex- 
hibitions. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  trustees  of  the 
society  held  the  same  day  Prof.  Niels 
Ebbesen  Hansen  of  Brookings.  South 
Dakota,  was  awarded  the  George  Rob- 
ert White  Medal  of  Honor  for  the  year 
1917.  This  award  was  made  in  recog- 
nition of  the  valuable  work  done  by 
Prof.  Hansen  in  the  introduction  and 
hybridization  of  new  varieties  of  econ- 
omic plants  and  fruits  suitable  for  the 
arid  regions  of  the  Northwest. 

The  following  named  persons  were 
elected   to   corresponding  meml^rship 


Meetinj^s  Next  Week 

Monday,   Jan,   21. 

!■    i,.,i|     V|,.rl-t»'    null,    Hrllll)    Kill 
\lk-ll. 

Chill,    Cliiiiiilii'r 
i:      UN,    lliiuMtun.   Ti'X. 
N.u    .li-rhL^y    Flurloiilturiil    S»oii*ly, 
i  iniiit;*!,   N.  .1. 

Tuesday,  Jan.   22. 

.N.-wiM-rt  llurticultiiral  Snolt'ty. 
.N.«|i<.rt,   K.   1. 

Tiirrytiiwii  llnrticiiltiiriil  Society, 
I'jirrx  liiwii,  N.  Y. 

Wednesday,  Jan.  23. 

(i.vulii-  I'uy  lliirll.  illlillHl  Siii-lfly. 
ti.vHiir  Itiiy.  .\.   V. 

Friday,  Jan.  25. 

('•iiini'ilii-iit    lliirtii'iiltiinil    Socli'ty. 
'  Cnuiily   UIOk.,   Ilarlfmd.  Conn. 

.Mniiiiioiilh      CiMiiitv      llortleulturnl 
'.SiMJ.-ly,   KimI    lialik.   .V.   .1. 
I        I'n.^iiili'iin       Iliii'liciiltiinil      Sooloty. 
I'.isMilciia.  Calif. 

I'l'iipli'S  I'ark  Ciiltnuo  Gardt-norB' 
\~s..il:iti.in.    rriliMsiiii.   N.  ,1. 

Saturday,   Jan.   26. 

Iiiihlis    Kcrr.v    (i:intcii>  ! 
.    iH'ii.  IJoblia  Kerry,  N.   > 


J.  Otto  Tiiii.ow 

in  the  society:  Isaac  Bayley  Balfour, 
Regius  Keeper,  Royal  Botanic  Garden, 
Edinburg,  Scotland;  Desire  Bois,  ed- 
itor Revue  Horticole,  Paris,  France; 
Leon  Chenault.  Orleans,  France;  Wil- 
liam C.  Egan,  Chicago,  111.;  Bertrand 
H.  Farr,  Wyomissing,  Pa.;  Prof.  Niels 
Ebbesen  Hansen,  Brookings,  South 
Dakota;  Charles  L.  Hutchinsons,  Chi- 
cago, III.;  Mrs.  Francis  King,  Alma, 
Mich.;  J.  Horace  McFarland,  Harris- 
burg.  Pa.;  Dr.  George  T.  Moore,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.;  Dr.  Walter  Van-  Fleet, 
Washington,  D.  C;  F.  Gomer  Waterer, 
Bagshot.  Surrey,  England. 

The  second  in  the  winter  course  of 
lectures  was  given  at  two  o'clock  be- 
fore a  large  audience  by  Edward  L 
Farrington,  on  the  Arnold  Arboretum. 
It  was  handsomely  illustrated  with 
numerous  colored  lantern  slides. 


OAHUtNbHb       AND      hLuHlblti' 

CLUB  OF  BOSTON. 
'I'liesday  cvenluK,  January  l.">,  waa 
Ladies'  Night  with  the  OardenerB'  and 
KlorlslH'  Club,  and  a  large  gatherlnK 
WU8  proBcnt  to  see  the  new  ofllcers  in- 
ducted and  enjoy  J.  Olio  Thilow's  lec- 
ture on  the  Life  and  Vegetation  of  the 
Hawaiian  Islands.  Rain  and  Hlush 
made  the  conditions  rather  unpleasant 
for  ladles  to  venture  out  liut  there  was 
a  goodly  number  of  them  in  the  audi- 
ence and  a  liberal  collation  of  Ice 
cream,  cake  and  coffee  helped  to  re- 
pay them  for  the  discomfort  endured. 

The  meeting  was  opened  by  the  re- 
tiring president,  .lames  Methven.  who 
introduced  A.  P.  Calder  as  installing 
ofllcial,  a  position  which  that  veteran 
is  admirably  equipped  to  fill.  He  put 
the  business  through  In  accepted  for- 
mal lodge  style  with  sage  advice,  elo- 
(luent  and  merry  withal  He  reminded 
the  officers  that  "sitting  in  the  lime 
light  and  getting  applause  Is  not  all 
that  is  expected  of  them,"  and  urged 
faithful  attention  to  the  duties  de- 
volving upon  them.  President  A.  K. 
Rogers,  Vice-president  Carl  P.  Sweet- 
zer.  Secretary  W.  N.  Craig  and  Treas- 
urer S.  J.  Goddard  were  severally  in- 
stalled and  each  promised  his  best  in 
the  service  of  the  club.  Mr.  Goddard 
took  occasion  to  speak  of  the  coming 
meeting  of  the  American  Carnation  So- 
ciety and  urged  the  members  to  do  all 
possible  individually  and  collectively 
to  make  the  meeting  and  the  exhibi- 
tion a  complete  success  and  the  stay 
of  the  visitors  from  afar  a  pleasure. 
The  new  president  spoke  briefly  and 
made  a  most  excellent  impression  as 
a  presiding  officer.  Four  new  members 
were  proposed.  A  motion  by  Robert 
Cameron  asking  the  trustees  of  the 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society 
to  call  a  meeting  of  that  society  to 
discuss  the  recent  decision  of  the 
trustees  to  eliminate  all  cash  premi- 
ums from  the  prize  schedule  for  the 
coming  year  was  carried  unanimously. 

President  Rogers  named  the  follow- 
ing committees: 

Exhibits — W.  H.  .ludd.  chairman; 
Robert  Cameron,  Herman  Bartsch, 
Kenneth  Finlayson,  P.  W.  Burke,  S. 
J.  Goddard,  Wm.  Downs,  James  Meth- 
ven, F.  E.  Palmer,  C.  Holbrow. 

Entertainment — D.  Finlayson,  chair- 
man; W.  C.  Rust,  A.  F.  Hills,  Frank 
II.  Allison.  J.  Miller.  J.  Richardson, 
Walter  Goldy,  P.  J.  Turley,  J.  T.  Slay- 
ter  and  A.  .1.  WoUrath. 

Welcome — John  F.  Briery,  Robt.  E. 
Montgomery.  John  L.  Russell,  Frank 
Murray,  Fred.  Cave,  J.  L.  Porter  and 
Donald  B.  Sutherland. 

Mr.  Thilow's  lecture  was  grand. 
That  versatile  gentleman  was  in  his 
best  vein,  the  pictures  were  high  class 
and  altogether  his  effort  was  a  pro- 
nounced success  and  thoroughly  en- 
joyed. 


January  19,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


57 


NEW    YORK    FLORISTS'    CLUB. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  New  York 
Florists'  Club  was  held  in  the  Grand 
Opera  House  building,  Monday,  Jan. 
14,  and  160  members  were  present. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order 
by  Retiring-President  Stumpp,  who 
thanked  the  members,  officers  and 
committees  for  the  support  given  him 
during  the  past  year,  and  requesting 
the  same  support  be  given  to  the  in- 
coming president,  Charles  Schenck. 
In  his  remarks  Mr.  Stumpp  mentioned 
especially  Secretary  Young,  who  had 
assisted  him  in  many  ways  in  carry- 
ing on  the  work  to  a  successful  issue. 
Peter  Duff  and  .\lex.  H.  Donaldson  as 
trustees  were  introduced  and  prom- 
ised to  fulfill  their  respective  offices 
to  the  best  of  their  ability. 

The  treasurer's  report  showed  re- 
ceipts of  $7,899  and  total  resources 
now  invested  $16,928.03. 

The  secretary  reported  71  new  mem- 
bers added  during  the  past  year,  mak- 
ing the  total  membership  at  present 
441.  Flower  show  profits  for  the  past 
four  years  were  as  follows:  1914, 
$410;  1915,  $2,297.44:  1916,  $4,041.53: 
1917,  $3,821.60. 

Chas.  B.  Weathered,  Chairman  of 
the  Flower  Show  Committee,  gave  a 
detailed  report  of  the  meeting  of  the 
joint  coiamittee  which  had  been  held 
in  the  afternoon,  and  this  repon  was 
most  optimistic.  In  the  opinion  of 
the  committee,  there  was  nothing  to 
fear  but  what  the  coming  exhibition 
would  be  a  success. 

J.  K.  Polykranas,  Ed.  Boylan  ami 
Ed.  Deery  were  elected  to  member- 
ship and  29  new  names  were  proposed. 
The  Secretary  read  the  acknowl- 
edgments from  the  boys  at  the  front 
for  the  "kits"  sent  them  at  Christmas 
time.  A  letter  was  submitted  from 
the  gardeners  of  the  park  department 
of  Brooklyn,  complaining  that  they 
had  been  removed  from  the  civil  serv- 
ice list  and  put  in  the  laborers'  class 
and  requesting  the  assistance  of  the 
Club  in  taking  the  matter  up  with  the 
Civil  Service  Commission  so  that  they 
would  be  placed  back  on  the  civil  serv- 
ice list  as  heretofore.  Later  the  sec- 
retary was  authorized  to  take  up  this 
matter  with  Alex.  E.  Hogg. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  were  in- 
structed to  secure  a  box  in  the  safe  de- 
posit vault  for  the  securities  and 
other  valuable  papers  of  the  Club  and 
to  recommend  which  officer  of  the 
Club  should  be  in  possession  of  the 
key  to  the  box,  such  official  to  be 
properly  bonded,  premium  to  be  paid 
by  the  Club.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  take  up  the  question  of  the 
annual  banquet  and  instructed  to 
make  a  detailed  report  at  the  next 
meeting. 

It  was  decided  that  it  should  lie 
made  known  to  the  public  through 
the  trade  press  that  the  office  of  the 
president  of  the  Club  would  be  the 
lieadquarters  for  visiting  florists  who 
are  in  the  Federal  Service,  and  if  any 
florist  in  the  country  has  relatives  in 
the  Army  or  Navy  who  are  likely  to 
be  in  the  vicinity  of  New  York,  they 
are  to  notify  either  the  secretary  or 
treasurer,  who  will  see  that  they  are 
properly  entertained.  It  was  recom- 
mended that  a  publicity  committee 
lor  the  Club  be  appointed,  with  E.  C. 


FRUIT    FOR    DECORATIVE    USE 


While  it  cannot  be  classed  among 
the  essential  food  crops  yet  the  pro- 
duction and  use  of  choice  fruit  grown 
under  glass  merits  greater  attention 
than  has  thus  far  been  given  to  it  by 
the  florist  trade.  There  is  room  for 
a  limited  supply  of  such  products  in 
any  one  of  the  larger  towns,  to  say  the 
least.  The  accompanying  picture 
shows  grapes  as  grown  for  table 
decoration  and  refreshment  by  Sam. 
Murray    of    Kansas     City,    Mo.      The 


variety  is  Black  Hamburg  and  Mr. 
Murray's  experience  is  that  grown  in 
this  manner  they  are  both  popular 
and  profitable. 

In  the  background  stands  Mr.  Mur- 
ray and  in  front  is  William  Sharpe 
who  has  been  with  Mr.  Murray  for 
over  thirty  years,  an  excellent  plants- 
man  and  "true  as  steel."  Their 
friendship  dates  from  1881  when  they 
met  as  fellow  workmen  at  Peter  Hen- 
derson's. 


Vick  as  chairman.  A  committee  was 
also  appointed  to  look  up  more  suit- 
able and  better  ventilated  meeting 
room,  this  committee  to  report  at  the 
next  meeting. 

A  transportation  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  make  the  necessary  ar- 
rangements for  the  next  S.  A.  F.  An- 
nual Convention  and  National  Flower 
Show.  This  committee  was  given  au- 
th&rity  also  to  canvas  the  East  in  the 
interests  of  those  who  intend  to  make 
exhibits  in  St.  I.ouis,  and  endeavor  to 
secure  a  special  car  or  cars  to  carry 
the  exhibits  to  St.  Louis.  Many  mem- 
bers addressed  the  meeting  calling  the 
attention  of  the  members  to  the  im- 
portance of  the  coming  National 
Flower  Show,  urging  them  all  to  as- 
sist in  every  way  possible  in  making 
this  exhiibtion  a  success. 

The  secretary  was  instructed  to  fur- 
nish President  Schenck  with  the 
necessary  credentials  as  a  member  of 
the  S.  A.  F.  Executive  Board.  The 
Board  of  Trustees  was  Instructed  to 
prepare   a   budget  for  the  year's   ex- 


penses and  present  same  at  the  next 
meeting. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  ordered  to  be 
sent  to  the  Sun  Publishing  Co.,  The 
Evening  Sun,  E.  C.  Vick.  and  the 
writer  of  the  article  which  appeared 
in  the  Evening  Sun  on  Jan.  9,  entitled, 
"Flower  Gardens  as  Usual."  This 
kind  of  publicity  seemed  to  make  a 
big  hit  with  the  members  of  the  Club. 

W.  A.  Manda  moved  an  amendment 
to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  fixing 
the  secretary's  salary  at  $500.  Vase 
of  carnations  was  exhibited  by  Mrs. 
John  F.  Marsden. 

The  following  committee  were  ap- 
pointed: Awards:  Jos.  Manda,  chair- 
man; J.  H.  Fiesser,  Arthur  Herring- 
ton,  Peter  Duff,  A.  Kottmiller,  S.  G. 
Milosy,  Henry  Weston. 

Exhibition:  Charles  W.  Knight, 
Henry  C.  Riedel  and  three  others. 

House:  Phil  F.  Kessler,  Victor 
Alzen,  Alex.  H.  Donaldson,  Henry 
Hoffman,  Hamilton  Henry. 

Chairman  P.  F.  Kessler  of  the  House 
Committeo     and     President     Schenck 


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wero  the  hosts  for  tho  ovening  and 
trout od  the  membera  to  u  very  nice 
spread. 

President    Schenck's   Address. 

After  expressing  his  iileasure  in  hnv- 
inK  been  .selected  us  pn'r-idinK  otilcer 
und  |)le<li;lnK  his  tiesi  eiiiTcy  for  tho 
Club's  proBiierlty,  I'rosidenl  Schenck 
lirucoedcd  as  follows: 

It  should  be  the  work  of  every  mem- 
ber to  denounce  iiny  attempt  that  may 
come  to  their  knowledge  to  decry  our 
business  and  refer  to  it  as  a  non- 
essential. This  flub  should  lake  Its 
stand  with  other  trade  bodies  and  de- 
mand the  recognition  which  our  indus- 
try is  entitled  to— (Irst:  Hy  virtue  of 
its  many  millions  of  dollars  invested; 
second:  by  the  large  army  of  help  it 
employs:  and  third:  by  the  many  by- 
products and  accessories  that  accrue 
to  make  it  a  vast  institution.  And  I 
may  add  that  had  not  these  astute 
business  men  whose  money  is  Invest- 
ed In  this  business  seen  that  it  was  a 
necessary  business  they  surely  would 
not  have  gone  into  it  to  the  extent 
they  have.  We  need  flowers  and  all 
other  products  that  greenhouses  pro- 
duce just  the  same  as  the  air  we 
breathe. 

It  is  needless  for  me  to  recapitulate 
the  many  proi)ositions  which  have 
been  previously  brought  before  the 
Club,  but  I  have  some  suggestions  to 
make,  and  if  they  meet  with  your  ap- 
proval I  trust  favorable  action  will 
be  taken  on  them.  My  object  in  of- 
fering these  suggestions  is,  that  every 
member  should  give  his  views  and 
that  every  item  can  be  thoroughly  dis- 
cussed. First:  that  to  honor  our  past- 
president,  Charles  H.  Totty,  who  now 
is  president  of  the  S.  A.  F.,  we  bend 
every  energy  to  increase  the  member- 
ship of  the  national  society  out  of  our 
own  members,  that  we  may  have  the 
proper  representation  in  the  S.  A.  F. 
that  our  Club,  which  is  the  largest  of 
its  kind,  is  entitled  to.  Second:  that 
the  Club  pass  a  resolution  giving  the 
president  the  necessary  credentials 
lor  representation  on  the  Executive 
Board  of  the  S.  A.  F.  Third:  in  addi- 
tion to  any  members  that  may  be  on  the 
National  Flower  Show  Committee  we 
elect  or  appoint  a  member  to  properly 
represent  this  Club  in  an  official  ca- 
pacity. Fourth:  to  institute  a  regis- 
tered Club  head-quarters  to  be  either 
at  the  secretary's  or  president's  office 
or  elsewhere  as  may  be  decided  upon, 
where  all  enlisted  soldiers  connected 
with  members  of  florists'  families  can 
present  themselves  when  in  the  city 
or  at  nearby  camps,  so  that  they  can 
be  properly  cared  for,  it  necessary;  or 
entertainment  given.  Fifth:  that  a 
transportation  committee  be  appoint- 
ed for  the  coming  Convention  and 
Flower  Show,  which  occur  simultane- 
ously at  St.  Louis  this  year. 

The  Publicity  Campaign  is  now  one 
of  the  most  earnest  undertakings  of 
the  S.  A.  F.  and  one  which  we  must 
do  our  best  to  further,  as  we  are  help- 
ing ourselves  in  this  undfrtaking  even 
more  than  we  realize,  and  while  we 
may  not  see  any  immediate  results  a 
steady  pressure  will  soon  show  the 
wisdom  of  this  vast  undertaking,  and 
eventually  we  shall  see  the  advance- 
ment and  the  increase  in  flower  de- 
mand appear.   I  recommend  that  a  com- 


mittee be  appointed  representing  tho 
New  York  FlorUtH'  Club  for  the  pur- 
pose of  securing  subscriptions  for  this 
most  commendable  movemetit. 

Seventh:  I  recommend  that  all 
bonds  and  valuable  papers  now  held 
by  olllcers  of  the  Club  shall  be'  placed 
in  a  safe  deposit  vault,  that  access  to 
them  be  had  only  by  the  jiroper  of- 
ficer selected  by  the  Club,  such  officer 
to  be  sufficiently  bonded,  and  bonding 
expenses  to  be  paid  by  the  Club. 

Ki;;hth:  I  also  recommend  that  our 
annual  dinner  be  held  as  usual,  for, 
of  the  many  features  which  may  con- 
tribute lo  our  continued  success,  I  be- 
lieve the  annual  dinner  for  which  a 
good  many  of  our  members  and  their 
ladles  are  always  anxiously  waiting, 
to  be  an  essential,  and  with  a  judi- 
cious committee  in  charge,  It  can  be 
held,  and  kept  within  the  proper  limit 
of  expense. 

Ninth:  I  want  to  say  that  the  re- 
freshments as  they  have  been  dis- 
pensed by  our  worthy  chairman,  Mr. 
Kessler,  are  a  credit  to  the  Club,  for 
there  every  reserve  is  thrown  off,  so- 
ciability reigns,  many  good  and  kindly 
friendships  are  stimulated  and  the  in- 
ner man  always  satisfied.  Hy  all 
means,  keep  up  your  friendship  with 
the  House  Committee. 

Finally,  gentlemen:  Look  to  your 
dues.  Our  secretary,  Mr.  Young,  has 
mountains  of  work  before  him  and  he, 
above  all,  is  best  fitted  for  all  this 
work:  and  if  you  keep  up  to  date  with 
all  your  financial  obligations  the  sec- 
retary will  be  thankful  and  the  Club 
appreciative.  I  also  would  suggest 
that  a  budget  for  the  coming  year's 
expenses  be  created. 


NEW    ENGLAND    NURSERYMEN'S 
ASSOCIATION. 

The  Seventh  Annual  Convention  of 
the  New  England  Nurserymen's  Asso- 
ciation will  be  held  at  Hotel  Bellevue, 
Boston,  Mass.,  on  Tuesday  and  Wed- 
nesday, January  29  and  30. 

Officers:  President,  A.  P.  Home, 
Manchester,  N.  H.;  '  vice-president, 
W.  W.  Hunt,  Hartford,  Conn.;  secre- 
tary, Daniel  A.  Clarke,  Fiskeville,  R. 
L;  treasurer,  V.  A.  Vanicek,  Newport, 
R.  I. 

The  program  Is  as  follows: 

Tuesday,  January  29,  1  p.  m. — Or- 
ganization, President's  Address,  Re- 
ports, Appointment  of  Committees. 

2  p.  m. — "Fertilizers  for  the  Nur- 
sery," Dr.  H.  J.  Wheeler,  Boston, 
Mass.;  "Home  Propagation,"  'V.  A. 
Vanicek,  Newport,  R.  I. 

6  p.  m. — Annual  Dinner. 

Wednesday.  January  30,  9.30  a.  m. — 
Election  of  Officers. 

10  a.  m. — "Labor  Problem  in  Nur- 
series," Representative  of  J.  I.  Case 
Plow  Works,  Racine,  Wis.;  "An  E>x- 
perience  Meeting,"  Prof.  W.  C.  O'Kane, 
Durham,  N.  H. 

2  p.  m. — "An  Embargo  on  Nursery 
Stock,"  Curtis  Nye  Smith,  Boston, 
Mass.,  Counsel  American  Association 
of  Nurserymen:  "Insect  Pests,"  a  dis- 
cussion by  Entomologists. 


The  Rochester  Florists'  Association 
last  evening  at  its  annual  meeting  on 
January  15  re-elected  all  of  its  officers 
as  follows:  President,  Hubert  B. 
Stringer;  vice-president,  Fred  Tho- 
mann;  secretary,  Ambrose  H.  Seeker; 
treasurer,  George  T.  Boucher. 


CHICAGO     FLORISTS'    CLUB. 

Tho  regular  meeting  of  the  Chicago 
Florists'  Club  was  held  on  Thursday, 
Jan.  loth,  ut  the  llriggs  House.  In- 
stallation of  officers  was  tho  chief  or- 
der of  business  and  the  honors  of  the 
occasion  were  carried  off  by  Paul 
Kllngsporn,  who  with  his  usual  pleas- 
ant manner  duly  installed  Fred  Lau- 
tenschlagcr,  president;  O.  J.  Fried- 
man, vice-president;  Otto  Amiing, 
treasurer:  AUIe  Zech,  secretary,  and 
T.  E.  Waters,  trustee.  The  following 
committees  were  then  announced: 
Sports  and  Pastimes— Ed.  Fenders, 
.lames  P.  F'oley.  K,  Kurowski:  Trans- 
portation— .M.  Barker,  who  shall  name 
two  others;  Good  of  the  Club — T. 
Waters,  who  shall  name  two  others. 
The  Publicity  Committee  and  a  com- 
mittee on  Public  Gardening  are  to  be 
announced  at  tho  February  meeting. 
It  was  decided  to  run  another  special 
advertising  campaign  for  Mothers'  Day 
and  St.  Valentine's  Day. 

A  letter  from  the  retiring  president, 
W.  H.  Amiing,  was  read  expressing  his 
regret  that  illness  had  prevented  his 
carrying  out  the  work  he  had  planned 
as  president  last  year  and  his  hope 
that  he  might  assist  in  the  coming 
year. 

Mr.  Copperthwalte,  representing 
Michell's,  Phila.,  was  a  visitor  and 
gave  a  talk  on  methods  in  the  east. 
Chas.  Loveridgc  of  Peoria,  111.,  was 
also  a  visitor.  E.  G.  Hill  of  Richmond, 
Ind.,  was  made  an  honorary  member. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  "Novelty 
night." 

Inaugural    Address    of    President    Fred 
Lautenschiager 

In  assuming  the  presidency  of  our 
flub  I  do  so  with  the  full  knowledge 
of  its  responsibilities  and  opportuni- 
ties and  I  pledge  you  the  best  I  have 
to  serve  you  with  loyalty  and  efficiency. 
It  is  with  pride  that  I  look  backward 
upon  the  activities  of  the  Chicago 
Florists'  Club,  and  I  take  this  advan- 
tage to  express  my  appreciation  of  the 
splendid  work  that  has  been  done  by 
this  organization,  of  which  every  mem- 
ber may  well  feel  proud. 

The  Chicago  Florists'  Club  has  for 
some  time  held  the  foremost  position 
amongst  floral  organizations  in  this 
country,  and  with  its  record  of  many 
successful  enterprises,  as  the  Floral 
Art  and  Novelty  Display,  the  Valen- 
tine and  Mothers'  Day  Advertising 
Campaigns,  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  War  Fund 
Flower  Sale,  and  other  enterprises  of 
local  and  national  character,  which  the 
club  has  handled  so  successfully,  you 
have  set  a  very  high  standard  for 
greater  work  and  possibilities. 

There  are  many  duties  before  us  for 
the  coming  year,  but  we  can  only  con- 
tinue to  render  creditable  service  with 
the  cooperation  of  all,  and  I  know 
every  one  will  respond  to  the  call.  The 
question  of  trade  welfare  is  of  such 
vast  importance  to  every  one  in  the 
trade  these  days,  and  I  feel  it  is  my 
duty  to  say  u  few  words  of  the  good 
work  that  is  being  done  by  our 
Mother  Organization — the  Society  of 
American  Florists  and  Ornamental 
Horticulturists.  This  organiz^ition  Is 
working  out  our  trade  problems  and 
by  indefatigable  work  of  its  able  com- 
mittees,    this     Society     has     brought 


January  19,  1918 


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NEW 
TOMATO 


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THE  FINEST  OUTDOOR  TOMATO  THE  WORLD  HAS  EVER  SEEN 


Awarded  highest  honors  wherever  exhibited.     Winner 
tural  and  Agricultural  Societies.      "Stamford  Beauty" 
but  is  earlier,  sweeter  and  has  a  handsome  color  finish 
"Stamford  Beauty"  is  a  strong  healthy  grower,   and  a 
a   wealth  of  large  beautiful   smooth  Tomatoes  from  ea 
"Stamford  Beauty"  will  give  you  full  reward  for   your 

Seeds  grown  in    191  7,  packed  and  sold  in 
Price  per  Packet,  25   Cents. 

AIM-THOIM    PEIDEIRJ 


of  five  Certificates  of  Merit  from  Horticul- 
resembles  the  old  favorite  Stone  Tomato, 
of  deep  scarlet. 

MOST  WONDERFUL  cropper,  producing 
riy  summer  till  late  fall, 
money  and  labors.      Plant  some  this  year. 

originator's  sealed  packets  only. 

Mailed  free  on  receipt  of  price. 


IM 


about    many    improvements    in    trade 
conditions. 

During  tlie  past  year  our  National 
Society  lias  probably  accomplished 
more  for  our  welfare  than  during  any 
preceding  year,  and  there  is  no  one  of 
our  trade  in  this  country  who  has  not 
benefited  thereby.  Take  for  instance 
the  wonderful  work  accomplished  in 
regard  to  the  coal  situation.  Consider 
the  great  benefits  of  our  National 
Flower  Shows,  and  the  advantages 
that  will  be  gained  by  the  National 
Publicity  Campaign  for  Flowers,  the 
■work  of  its  representatives  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  and  its  Tariff  and  Leg- 
isation  Committee,  and  our  School  and 
Convention  Garden  work.  Committees 
have  been  appointed  on  National 
Credits  and  Collection  Bureau,  and  on 
the  development  of  American  Products. 
It  is  needless  to  say  that  all  these 
matters  are  of  interest  to  all,  and,  as 
stated  by  President-elect  Charles  Totty 
in  his  New  Year's  Greetings: 

"If  there  ever  has  been  a  reason 
for  the  existence  of  the  Society  of 
American  Florists  as  a  live  body 
to  look  after  the  interests  of  its 
members,   that   time   is   now,   and 
any  florist  that  expects  to  stay  in 
business,  that  is  not  a  member  of 
the  National  Society,  is  not  play- 
ing fair  with  his  fellow  florists." 
Gentlemen,  this  strikes  the  key  note. 
It  cannot  be  disputed  that  we  owe  a 
great  deal  to  the  National  Society,  and 
by    reaping    the    benefits    of    its    good 
work,  every  one  in  the  trade  is  duty- 
bound   to  become  a  member.     At   the 
present    time,    the    Chicago    Florists' 
Club  has  an  S.   A.  F.   membership   of 
109.     This   is  very  creditable   indeed. 
E>ery  one  in  our  club  is  eligible  for 
membership  in  the  Society  of  Ameri- 
can   Florists,    and    we    should    make 
every   effort   to   increase   this   number 
at  once. 

One  of  the  questions  of  the  moment 
Is  the  subject  of  Publicity,  and  in 
speaking  of  publicity  I  want  to  lay 
particular  stress  upon  the  necessity 
of  both  national  and  local  advertising 
for  our  trade  welfare.  Plans  have  al- 
ready been  laid  for  a  National  Cam- 
paign and  Floral  Advertising  by  the 
Society  of  American  Florists,  which 
contemplates  an  expenditure  of  $50,ono 
for  the  coming  year.  This  movement 
Is  already  in  actual  operation:  the 
first  series  of  advertisements  will  ap- 
pear in  page  form  in  the  Saturday 
Evening  Post,  Feb.  6,  and  subsequent 


announcements  will  follow  immediate- 
ly thereafter.  Chicago  has  already 
sent  in  fifty-two  subscriptions  to  this 
fund,  amounting  to  $3,000,  but  there 
are  a  great  many  of  the  trade  still  to 
be  heard  from.  Every  one  in  the 
trade  in  Chicago,  who  has  not  yet 
suscrlbed,  should  do  so  at  once,  in 
order  to  make  a  success  of  this  move- 
ment. 

The  business  outlook  for  lfll8  on 
the  whole  is  very  encouraging.  Mil- 
lions of  people  will  have  more  money 
to  spend  by  far  than  during  any  pre- 
vious year,  and  this  remark  applies 
especially  to  the  masses.  Money  will 
be  spent  for  the  necessary  and  desir- 
able things,  including  flowers.  One 
thing  is  certain,  that  if  florists  of  this 
country  grasp  the  situation,  and  plan 
to  urge  the  people  who  have  the 
money  to  spend,  the  flower  business 
will  be  exceedingly  good,  and  by  mak- 
ing the  coming  year  the  best  year  for 
all  business,  we  will  then  do  our  part 
to  help  win  the  war. 

To  my  mind,  local  advertising  is  so 
fundamental  to  national  advertising 
that  we  should  immediately  formulate 
plans  for  a  local  campaign  of  advertis- 
ing for  trade  promotion  which  is  to 
link  with  the  national  enterprise. 
Funds  for  a  local  campaign  can  be 
easily  obtained;  in  fact,  a  nucleus  has 
already  been  established  for  such  a 
fund  by  the  Chicago  Wholesale  Flor- 
ists' Organization  of  this  city.  The 
members  of  this  organization  have  es- 
tablished a  fund  of  .$4,500  for  adver- 
tising purposes.  A  part  of  the  same 
has  already  been  diverted  to  the  na- 
tional campaign,  and  of  the  balance, 
a  goodly  portion  has  been  set  aside 
for  local  purposes.  Local  trade  pub- 
licity is  of  such  great  importance  that 
I  deem  the  appointment  of  a  standing 
committee  on  publicity  one  of  our 
greatest  needs,  and  trust  that  this  rec- 
ommendation will  be  acted  upon  and 
approved  at  this  meeting. 

We  are  facing  a  time  in  the  history 
of  America  when  it  is  the  duty  of 
every  one  from  the  humblest  to  the 
highest  to  co-operate  with  our  Gov- 
enment,  and  therefore,  we,  as  mem- 
bers of  a  horticultural  organization 
can  lend  a  helping  hand  in  connection 
with  the  great  garden  movement 
which  is  sweeping  over  the  country, 
and  it  would  be  proper  that  we  should 
at  once  adopt  a  resolution  endorsing 
this  work,  and  to  offer  every  assist- 
ance possible,  under  the  direction  of  a 


standing  committee  to  be  appointed 
specially  for  this  purpose. 

One  of  the  problems  also  before  us 
is  in  securing  a  larger  attendance  at 
our  meetings.  There  must  be  no  let- 
ting down  in  the  spirit  of  the  meet- 
ings; there  must  be  a  marked  charac- 
ter given  to  the  meetings  which  will 
attract  the  retailer,  the  wholesaler, 
the  grower  and  allied  tradesman,  and 
thereby  induce  the  needed  growth  of 
our  Club  to  secure  to  it  the  influence 
that  can  only  be  exerted  through  an 
impressive  number  of  the  best  repre- 
sentatives of  all  branches  of  the  trade. 
In  order  to  bring  about  a  better  at- 
tendance and  also  to  stimulate  a 
greater  interest  at  our  meetings,  I 
suggest  that  we  adopt  the  custom 
to  place  the  social  feature  of  each 
meeting  in  charge  of  a  committee 
which  shall  conduct  this  portion  of 
our  meeting  on  such  a  plan  as  they 
may  perfect;  this  committee,  of 
course,  is  to  work  in  conjunction  with 
the  Good  of  the  Club  committee.  The 
social  features  of  all  meetings  shall 
be  conducted  by  the  chairman  of  the 
special  committee  immediately  upon 
the  close  of  the  business  session. 

In  conclusion,  I  wish  to  extend  a 
cordial  invitation  to  every  one  in  the 
trade  to  participate  at  our  meetings, 
and  would  especially  urge  our  mem- 
bers to  bring  a  florist  friend  to  our 
meetings  at  any  time. 


NEW     BEDFORD    (MASS.)    HORTI- 
CULTURAL   SOCIETY. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  New  Bedford 
Horticultural  Society  held  .lanuary  7 
the  following  officers  were  elected  for 
the  ensuing  year: 

President,  Leonard  J.  Hathaway, 
Jr.:  vice-president,  Joseph  A.  Nolet; 
corresponding  secretary,  J.  M.  Taber; 
financial  secretary,  Walter  K.  Smith; 
treasurer,  Walter  A.  Luce;  executive 
committee,  Frank  G.  Tripp,  chairman; 
James  Armstrong,  James  Garthley, 
J.  Arnold  Wright,  Thomas  H.  Hughes, 
Louis  W.  Macy,  Joseph  T.  Figucreido 
and  Andrew  J.  Fish;  entertainment 
committee.  Frank  C.  Barrows,  Na- 
thaniel J.  Sowle  and  George  H.  Rey- 
nolds. 

It  was  voted  to  hold  the  regular  an- 
nual flowor  show  this  year  as  usual. 
The  trea.^urer's  report  showed  that 
the  society  is  in  flourishing  condition. 
The  shows  have  been  successful. 
Membership  Is  now  over  200. 


II  o  i;  1  1  (  r  I.  1  I  K  K 


Jiiiiiiitry   1!).  li)18 


CATALuuUta     MtCEIVED. 

II     <:     KuMlinK!*    <^°u  .    AllanU,   Gb.- 

*  No.    55.    SiirliiK.    1918.      A 

of    lh<'    ri'iil    "l)ii»lnt<88-get 

Udh     :.uii.     Ni' .  !:ilf  the  space 

Slven  up  to  ilhi  t'luvers  uiul 

w.  '        In    mil    I  .,,,ir!<    iiildrii    the 

-Ide  iinti  insiile 

J.  llolglano  ft  Son,  Baltimore,  Md.— 
1918   Cuta!  '   Oarden   and    Field 

Seeds,    III  etc.      Cov;t.s    In 

color!)   and    .^< .i^lnR  the   Innth   an- 

nlvor.-<ary  of  the  lirin'K  exlsienee. 
Very  complete,  especially  on  vegetable 
seeds,  and  well  printed.  A  very 
creditable  production. 

\V.  K.  .Marshall  &  Co.  Inc..  New 
York  City— 1;'18  l"ataliiKUi'  and  I'rice 
List  of  Mar.-ihall's  ScimIs.  For  a  14- 
yearold.  this  lataloKUf  Is  a  creditable 
and  buslnc.-i.-i-liki-  proiiiicllon.  There 
is  an  appetizing  list  of  nuveltiea  and 
specialties  in  both  vegetable  and 
flower  seeds,  tilling  five  pages,  and  the 
implement  list  is  an  excellent  one. 


IJertrand   H.   Farr,   Wyomisslng,   J'a. 

Farr's  Hardy  Plant  Specialties.  A 
real  de  luxe  pul)lk'ation  with  numer- 
ous superb  illustrations  and  a  dozen 
showy  plates  of  irises,  peonies,  lark- 
spurs and  columbines  In  full  color. 
The  cover  is  In  keeping  with  the 
elaborate  inside  makeup,  cream  tint 
with  an  artistic  adornment  in  soft 
colors  of  Japan  iris-.  For  exact  infor- 
mation as  to  varieties  of  irises,  peo- 
nies, etc..  this  catalogue  is  a  reliable 
guide. 


Henry  A.  Dreer,  Philadelphia,  Pa. — 
Dreer's"  Garden  Book.  1918,  Eightieth 
Annual  Edition.  260  pages.  Exter- 
nally the  most  attractive  and  dainty 
publication  which  has  come  to  us  this 
season.  Covers  In  "robin's  egg"'  blue 
with  gold  embossed  lettering.  Inter- 
nally a  characteristic  Ureer  Catalogue, 
profusely  illustrated  and  comprising 
in  the  text  In  full  detail  the  entire  field 
of  vegetable  and  flower  seeds,  plants 
hardy  and  tender,  horticultural  sun- 
dries, etc.  Four  full-page  inserts  in 
full  color. 


Charles  H.  Totty  Company,  Madi- 
son, N.  J. — Chrysanthemums,  Roses, 
Carnations,  Hardy  Perennials:  1918. 
He   who    wishes    to    learn    about    the 


KELWAY'S 
REAL     PRICE     SEED 

WHJLESALE  CATALOGUE  (or  1918 

baa  beon  po.stcd  to  all  cUHtoniors.  If  you 
have  not  rccciveil  a  copy,  plii.ise  send  a 
card  and  one  will  be  sent  you  by  return 
of  post. 

KEL.NA/AV&  SOIM 

Wholesale  Seed  Growers 
l-\NaPORT,   SOMERSET,  ENGLAND 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/Vi     ("110  per  CTsei ?."..",  iio  per  thousand 

R/10  CJ'Ja  per  case) sn.oo    " 

9/10  (200  per  case) 100.00    " 

Complet*'  I.!*.!  of  FliirihtH'  Choice  .*^pe)Ifl. 

.\   postal   ^aril    \sill    Ijriii;;    ',nr   catalogue. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

lOM  Lincoln  Bide-,     PHII.ADKLPHIA,  PA. 


w 


E  Can  Offer  to  Advantage  On  Spot 
Ready  for  Immediate  Shipment. 

HIGH  GRADE  TESTED  GARDEN  SEED 

WHITE  CLOVER 

CRESTED  DOGSTAIL 

RYE  GRASSES 

ORCHARD  GRASS 

RAPE  SEED 

PRICKLY  SEEDED  SPINACH 

CHOICE  RECLEANED  OMON  SETS 

Write  for  Our  Prices  and  Samples 

J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Foundid    1818.      IVe  Have  IVon  Confidence  for  100  Years 

BALTIMORE,  MD. 

S«nil    for    Our    (t>fn|>lrlr    MurK*  t     (■;iril<  tirrs'     iititl      llori-tn'     I'ricr     I.Ul 


Florists'  Seeds  for  Early  Sowing 

NT«»<KS:     Kiirly    (iiiiiiis    i.f    Sin-    uirlKinatorH    Strain). 

■|r:l.l.-    I'kl,   i;:p  l-ts.  :   Ouljce.  Sl.OO. 
-  \l,\  I  \  si-i.KNKKX.s:     Traile  I'Ut.  2.".  ct«.:  Ounce  $1.50. 

Zl  ltl<  II:      rr:i.le  I'kt.  T.'i  cts. :  <Juuc;e  $1.00. 

ItONKIltK:      liailr  rkt.  :'..';  cts.;  Ounce  ?J.50. 
rKTl  .M.\:    Calilornla    Uutrieil   Oliinls.   Trarle   I'kt.  Jl.OO. 
I'KTIM.\:    liiani    Perfection   IlyhrlilK   Unuhle.  .lOO  seeils 

i.'i    CIS. 

\  KKIiKN'.V:      .MMniUKitli    Strain    all    colors.      Trade    I'kt. 
:vt  cts. :   Dunce  $l..-0. 

^  «_»  I-  ^  S 


Send  lor  our  Wholesale 
Florint  Catalogue  >'n\v 
Keady. 


<.l.  MIKII.I 


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FOTTLER,  FISKE,  RAWSON  CO. 

I'lic    >t','<l    ^Mir,'  I  :    iinil     i:<    I  lUKilil    Hull    >•!.. 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,   Raynea 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTuvS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc.,  coinai.rce  BidiTBoito.,  Mut. 


latest  and  best  introductions  in  the 
specialties  above  mentioned  will  turn 
with  confidence  and  pleasure  to  this 
catalogue  with  Its  lucid  descriptions 
and  grand  portraits  of  the  new  things 
now  offered  for  the  first  time  and  the 
sterling  selections  from  the  introduc- 
tions of  past  seasons.  This  is  a  very 
In.spiring  catalogue,  the  best  in  our 
opinion  that  .Mr.  Totty  has  yet  sent 
out.  In  printing,  illustration  and  cov- 
■  r  it  leaves  nothing  to  be  desired. 


Hagerstown,  IVId, — The  first  loss  In 
connection  with  the  fire  at  the  Hum- 
richouse  building  last  week  was  ad- 
justed by  i3lonebraker  &  Co.,  who  set- 
tled with  Mrs.  .M.  I.  Brewer,  who  con- 
ducted the  Flower  Shop.  Mrs.  Hrewer 
will  reopen  her  sliop  as  soon  as  the 
building  is  restored. 


NEW    CORPORATIONS. 

Elmhurst,  III. — Elinhurst  Green- 
houses, capital  stock,  $15,000.  Incor- 
porators, Edgar  Struve,  D.  W.  Buflf- 
ham  and  F.  .J.  Arnett. 


Washington,  D,  C— The  O.  A.  C. 
Oehmler  Co.,  florists;  incorporators,  O. 
A.  C.  Oehmler.  R.  L.  McMackin  and 
R.  H.  McMackin. 


GLADIOLI 


I.M.MEUI.VTE    SIIU'.MENT 

Per  100    Per  1000 
P.\NAM.\,    top    roots..   J5.00  $4.';.00 

.\>iri{ir.\.  ••        "         3.00        2.-I.00 

Write    for    Trices    <in    Oilier    \'nrlctles 


Arthur  T.  Boddington  Co.,  Inc. 

128  Chambers  St.,  New  York  City 


January  19.  191S 


HORTICULTURE 


61 


MICHELL'S  c^^% 
FLOWER  SEEDS 

FOR    FLORISTS 

ASPARAGUS    PLUMOSCS  NANUS 

Northern    greenhouse    grown.       Extra 
quality.     True  to   name. 

100  seeds,    SO.SO;    S3.50  per     1,000 
.7,000  seeds,  $1S.50;  S<30.00  per  10,0110 

Send  for  General  Wholesale  Price  List 

of  Seeds,  Bulbs.  Plants,  SpeeiiUties 

and    Sundries. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Mirket  St.,  PHILA,  PA. 


Choice  Flower  Seeds 

FOR     FLORISTS 

CINEK.\KI.\ — Prize     strains,     mixed 

Tall  and   Semi-dwarf. 

ALVSSUM — Little    Gem. 

CALENDULA — Orange  King,  Lemon 

Uueen. 

SN.\PDR.*GON— Silver    Pink. 

-      I5EGONI.A — Vernon. 

J.M.THORBURN&CO. 

Established    180-2. 
35  Barclay  Street,      NEW  YORK 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write  {or   S[)ecial   Prices,    Spot   or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng, 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  us  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    CO. 

no   W.   MabHsb  Ave.  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


lllH    West    -'«lh   St.,  NEW   YOKK 
CHOICE    FI.OnisTS'    FLOWEK   SEEDS 

AspiiraKnH  I'lunioKiis  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
»3.50;   .-)O00  Seeds,  S15.00. 

Aspnrnf(iis  SprenKeri — 1000  Seeds,  SI.OO. 

Salvia   Hcinllre — •/„   oi.,  .iOe.;    1  nl.,  S'illO. 

Salvia   /urieli — '/s  oz.,  75c.:   1   oz.,  SI.OO. 

Storks  lli'nnl.v  of  Nice,  '!rt'7r  Double  Kloners 
— >heM  Pink.  ItriKht  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tr.   Pkl.,  .SI. 00;   y,  oz.,  Si.nO;   I  oz.,  *5,«(l. 

-Snaptlragon,  l'etunia.s,  Xerbenas,  etc. 
SEND    FOB    CATALOGUE. 


Paper    White 
Narcissi 


PRICES  ON  APPLICATION 


R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO. 

6  South  Market  St..  BOSTON,  MASS. 


30-32    BARCLAY  STREET 


NEW  YORK 


OIMARD'S     SE:EDS 


Skrkd 


:D     SEIfRVIC^EZ 


FOR     SALE     BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  III. 


SPAWN 

(3  I  iM     ivi  o  iM  e:  V 
8  lbs.  for  $1.00 

Treatise  —  How   to   Grovr   Them 
Included 

WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importer*  and  Growers  of 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &G. 

98  Clumbers  Street,  New  York 

THOMAS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS.     Bfl-BS     AND     I.MPLEME.NT8 
WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL. 

Beseleeled   Strains  In   Seeds. 

Improved   st.vles   Id    ImpiementB. 

CMtnlnirue  aptin  application. 

16  So.  Market  Street 


GARDEN  SEED 

BEET,  CARROT,  PARSNIP,  RADISH  and 
GAHDE.N"  PEA  SEED  in  variety  ;  also  other 
items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  past  season, 
as  well  as  a  full  line  of  Garden  Seeds,  will 
be  quoted   you   upon  application  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Dey  St.,  NEW  YORK  and  OB  AhGE,  CONN 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

I'll        iiiiuie.liMl..      ,,r      I'lilure      cli-livi>ry 
pri'-t'S     ((Mnted     (»T1     :tpi>l  iraf  inn. 

JOSEPH   BRECK  &   SONS'  CORP- 

47-S4  North  Market  St.,  ISoston,  Mass. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AKO  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 

166  W.  23rd  St.,      NEW  YORK 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA. 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOI.ES.VLE     PRICES 

HAILED  OM.Y   TO   THOSE   WHO  PLANT 

FOR    PROFIT 


62 


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Jiinitarr  19.  1918 


ALEX.    McGONNELL 

611    FIFTH   AVENUE 
NEW   YORK  CITY 

TrlegrM[ihlr  urtlrrs  ttirvtmnird  to  mny 
p»r1  of  thr  t  Dllrtl  HUftlra.  C'»(UmIa.  »Dd 
*ll  prliirlitMl  rlftr»  at  Kurupr.  (Ird<>r» 
trftnafrrrrtl  ur  tntru«tril  li;  Itir  Irmd*  i«> 
•ar  •rlrrllMD  for  drUsrrf  *tn  MlPitntahlp* 
or    rl»rM  hrrr    r^r^ltf    sprrtnl    •tlrutloa. 

CMt  0f  Cahiin^    F^rtign    Ptih  tries 
Must  kt  frf^nid 

Hffrrrncr    or    r«Mb    mual    Krronipany    »|l 
ordrrs     from     iinknoM  d     currrspundvDia 

<  ahl*-     A.ldrr-n.     M,  K  \  <  i »  V  \  K  l.l- 


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124  TREMONT  ST. 

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York.      Alio  Vanderb  It  Ho 

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Cciitrnl.     I'ersonnI   Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Aseo. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

32NEWByRY^^         BANGOR,     ME. 

IVe  Cover  all  Poin':^   in   Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38  Dorrance  Street 

Member    Florists'    Telesr«ph    D^llvrj 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 

NEW   FLOWER   STORES. 

Sherman,  Tex. — Albert  Koeble. 

Fnyette.  Ala.— .Mrs.  J.  A.  Carroll. 

York,  Neb.  York  Floral  t'ompany, 
Di'aii  Theater  Uulldlng. 

Dallas,  Tex.  —  Dalian  Horal  Co., 
Oriental   Hotel  building. 

Newport,  R.  I. — Samuel,  .Ir.,  and 
,Ii)liM   I,.  Smith,  ;t|   Uroadway. 

New  York,  N.  Y.— The  Cadleux 
Conipany,  loo;!  .Madison  avenue. 

Chicago,  III.— A.  J.  O'Leary,  369  E. 
•ITth  street,  succeeding  .Miss  Char- 
lotte Megchelsen. 

Portland,  Ore.  —  Liberty  Florist, 
Washington  and  Thirteenth  streets, 
Geo.  Betz,  manager. 


BUSINESS    TROUBLES. 
New    Lennox,    III.     .1.    I).    Thompson 
rarniUlon    Co.,    voluntary    petition    in 
bankruptcy;   assets,  $28,273.39;   liabili- 
ties. $18..523. 


Buffalo,  N.  Y.— J.  Benson  Stafford, 
72  West  Chippewa  street,  filed  petition 
in  bankruptcy,  on  January  14,  listing 
liabilities  at  $25,700.70  with  assets  of 
$8,783.37.  Of  the  debts  $20,861.03  is 
represented  by  note  given  to  Richard 
H.  Stafford  of  58  Arlington  Place. 
Buffalo.  The  other  debts  are  small 
open  accounts  with  various  concerns 
of  this   city. 


New  Haven,  Conn. — Carl  C.  Buck,  a 
florist  at  No.  29  Broadway,  has  filed  a 
petition  in  bankruptcy  in  the  United 
States  court  and  he  made  oath  that 
he  did  not  have  the  money  to  pay  the 
filing  fee.  He  has  liabilities  of  $2,072.- 
8.2  and  $1,477.82,  of  the  amount  is  iln- 
sooured.  Assets  consist  of  stock  In 
trade,  valued  at  $500,  interest  in  auto- 
mobile, valued  at  $75,  fixtures  in  store, 
valded  at  $500,  and  debts  due  on  open 
accounts,  $5,395. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  service  to  «lellver  Flowern 
or  llPHiirnH  on  Order  by  Tcle- 
leraph  ur  otherwise.  I'rorni>t 
Reliable  Service. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connprtlf'ut   Ave.  and    L   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


D  A.  i^  r> 

n^oKisT 

N.  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  MadiioD  ATcoae,  N.  T.  Ciky 

i  Membef  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery  Asso.  ) 
Flowers  shipped  on  aJI  Steuncrt  Special  Correspond- 
«K«  in  all  the  large  ciOes  of  Europe  and  the  Bntish 
Colonie*  Telearaph  and  Cable  address  Dards^or. 
We  should  all  strictly  adhere  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  United  States  Food  Adminis- 
tration. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
=— SONS^= 

Cor,  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Gut  Blooms 

We   e«««r    all     MIrhlcmn    point*    aad    t—4 

•rrtlona     of     Ohio.     lo<lt»n«    aad     ('Ka»^a 

M«itib«r«      FlorlNta*      Trlrsraph      I>sll*«r7 

A  aarx-lsttoa. 


GrL)£   13HOS  CO 

■  <v4i  STr>w 

GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Member  Florlitt  Telefjrapti    Debvery 


Orders    for    NEW    YOBK. 
Write  or  Phone  to 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 


Best     Florists     Id     the    Ht«t«s    as 
Keferenoes. 

ECROPEAN  ORDERS  EXECUTED 

Members   of   the    Florists* 
TeleKrapb  Delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 

FLOWER  DELIVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICINTTY 

Members  Unnsts'  Telegraph  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Mimber  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivenr  Assa. 

YOUNG  &  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Member*    Florist*'    Telegraph    Deliver^ 

aTITbunyard 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48lh  Street 

Also  Newport,  R     I. 

I    OCARANTEK   BATISFACTIOIT 


January  19,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


63- 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member    Florist*'  Telegraph 
Delivery  A**ociation 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delivery 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

ilCUf  VnOV  561  Fifth  Ave. 

HE  ft     I  Unli  VanderblltHotel 

QAQTnil    1  Park  Street 
DUO  I  Un   799  Boylston  Street 

Dilnaries  to  Steioers  and  all  Eastarn  Polib 


Orders    Filled    Day    or    Nlgbt   for 


CI-EVE 

and  State  of  Ohio 

Complete  Muck.      Krgular  dlHCoont  to  Tr*de. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

189«    W.   2Sth    St.,   CleTClaod.    O. 
Members    Florists'  Telegraph  l>ellver7  Aa*'B. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

73S  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


HESS  &  SWOBODA 

FLORISTS 

Telephones    I50I    and   1, 15M. 

1415  Famum  St., 
OIVIAMA.,       NEB. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
28  Clinton  AveiMie,  N. 

iUchulei  Phone  ]o6.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  (/& 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDERSON     servlee    mraos     freab,    stordy 
Btoek  and   prompt  dellverle*  In    BDFFALO, 
LrOCKPORT,        NIAGARA        PAULS        and 
WESTERN     NEW    VORK 
Members    of    Florists'    Telesrapb    DellTerj. 


HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.      Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HAIIKY  I.  BANDALL,  Proprietor. 

Mem'ber  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery. 


ST.  VALENTINE'S  AND  MOTHERS' 
DAY    STAMPS   AND    POSTERS. 

Dear  Sir: — The  great  success  of  the 
co-operative  St.  Valentine's  and  Moth- 
ers' Day  advertising  campaign,  con- 
ducted by  this  organization  brought 
many  requests  from  the  florists  of  this 
country  and  in  response  same  will  be 
again  undertaken  for  this  year  upon 
a  national  scale  for  the  welfare  of  the 
trade  at  large. 

Stamps  and  posters  will  be  offered 
at  last  season's  prices.  There  will  be 
no  advance  in  the  cost. 

In  case  any  profits  are  derived  from 
the  sale  of  these  stamps  and  posters, 
the  Chicago  Florists'  Club  will  immed- 
iately transfer  fifty  per  cent,  of  the 
net  proceeds  to  the  Society  of  Ameri- 
can Florists  as  a  country-wide  contri- 
bution to  the  National  Publicity  Cam- 
paign for  Flowers  and  the  remainder 
will  be  reserved  for  future  publicity 
purposes. 

Buy  a  quantity  of  these  stamps  and 

I      Say  It  With     I 

I  Flowers  j 

i J 

posters  at  once — combine  your  order 
with  your  neighbor  florists  and  obtain 
the  quantity  rate.  This  will  reduce 
the  cost,  and  thereby  also  insure  and 
organize  a  campaign  of  advertising 
for  your  entire  community. 

Send  names  and  addresses  and  list 
of  stamps  and  posters  wanted  by  every 
florist  in  your  city,  and  we  will  make 
delivery  direct  without  extra  charge. 
Get  busy  —  telephone  your  brother 
florists — it  will  help  your  business  and 
theirs. 

Everyone  in  the  trade  will  use  these 
stamps  and  posters  this  season — do 
likewise — this  is  your  opportunity — it 
will  identify  your  business  with  the 
National  Campaign  at  small  cost  and 
with  the  benefits  obtained  you  will  be 
well  rewarded.  Remember  that  fifty 
per  cent,  of  the  net  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  these  stamps  and  posters  will 
be  given  to  the  Society  of  American 
Florists  for  its  National  Publicity 
Campaign,  and  the  remainder  will  be 
reserved  for  future  publicity  purposes. 
No  individual  profit  to  any  one — a 
Campaign  conducted  by  the  florists  for 
the  florists. 

Price  Lists  and  Order  Blanks  on  ap- 
plication to  Chicago  Florists'  Club, 
Advertising  Committee. 

F.  L.\uh:nschl.\(:kr,  Chairman,  440- 
472  W.  Erie  St.,  Chicago,  111.,  George 
AsMus,  Michael  Babker. 


Rochester,  N.  Y. — Geo.  T.  Boucher 
Is  building  a  large  ice  box  In  his  base- 
ment. 

Hugo  Teute  is  disposing  of  a  lot  of 
azaleas  which  were  left  over  from  last 
year. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Kimitr  FioriiU    Ttltgraph  \Delivcry    Aticciatitw 
IfOTtCE  INITIALS.     We  liavt  one  slcri  only 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEVELAM) 

Euclid  Avcnu* 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telecrapb    order    fov- 
any   occasion.  In  any  part  of  the  Domlalom. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

«-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  ONT. 


ALBANY,  N.  T. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DELIVERED   IN   Al.ilANV  AND  \  ICiNITT 
ON    TEl.RJiRAI'HIC    ORKF.R 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y.. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  UrKfst  cut  flower  ntnre  In  America. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northtvestern  points  given  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  Mli\N. 


^"^  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.    E.   GILLIS,    President. 

E.  P.   NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member     Florists'     Telegrrapb     Delivery. 


DENVER. 


COLORADO 


KERR 


The  Florlx 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 

HOUSTON,  TEXAS 

mbw  r.  T.  D.  A»»e«l»M— 


<;t 


iMi  i;  r  I  cv  i/r  IT  n  e 


.Iiiminry    I'.l,   1918 


BEAUTIES 

Orchids       -       Cypripedium 
White   Lilac 

Juat  remember  that  we   are    He.-idqu.irtert  for  them 
and   we   can   supply   you   with   good   stock. 


THE  LEO  NIESSEN  CO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You     Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

1619-21   RtatteiJ  St.,   Pkilidclpbii,    P«. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIE5,  ORCHIDS.  VALLEY,  ROSES 
and  all  SeasoRable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 


5  So.  Mole  St., 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


FLORAL  NURSERIES 

(.ItllWIKN    .\M>    W  IIOI  IS  AI.KKS 

<ir«'«'iiIniuKrs,    Kfluel.v,   Itiicks    Co.,    Pa. 

Oftlcp  iinil    \\  liole>.nle   tStori-.  9   So.   Molp  St., 

PHILADELPHIA   PA. 

It. 11   I'hono  ,'<|iriic-i'  .SS'J 

Our    Sptcitltiet  -  ROSES    ud    CARNATIONS 


E.  G.HILL  CO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

Mtl^lHIN/IOiMO,     irj^. 

riMM*  nentlsa  Borllcnltare  wb«D   wrltlnc 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

Con.lcBinc^DIa   8all<-tt«d 
Hardv  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specially 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.,      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Haute  for  Qaalily  artd  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

J^— We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 


30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUrACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA. 


POEHLMANN  BROS.  CO. 

I         Supply  of  Be\t  Cut  Flowers  all  the   Year  Jiround 
72-74  EAST  RANDOLPH  ST.,  CHICAGO. 

I'      Irit  crf-if)!       «»*itf1      iiM      f«inr     nAm*     »n*t    A^ldreiia    f<ir    mir    w^*'kl»     prii-*    il«i 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry   M.   Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety   Place    Your   Orders    With    L't 

h-IEIMF9Y     IVI.     F90BIIMS0IM     &     CO. 

2    lA/inthrop   Square  and   32  Otis  Street,   BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


TRADE  PRICES -P«r  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


Rosea 

Am.  Beauty,  Speaal 

"  "         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls..    • 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Afcnbcrg,  Hoosici  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarncy,  R.idiancc,  Taft 

( >l>hclia.  Sunburst,  Hillingdon.. 

CaroaUoiu 

Cattleyu    

Dendrohium  formosum 

Lilies.  LonKiflorum- 

Lilies,  Speciosum    

Callas- 


BOSTON 

Jan. 17 


ST.  LOUIS 

Jan.  8 


PHILA. 

Jan.  14 


35  00 
15.00 

4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4  00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 

I. CO 

35.00 


Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdraeon 

Bouvardia 

Violets 

Frecsia      

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman   Hyacinths 

Strvia. 

Calendula. 

Mignonette 

Sweet    Peas 

Marttuerites 

Gardenias     

Adiantum 

Smilax-    

AsparaBUB  Plumosus.  A  Spren.  f  ion  Bchs-^  • 


8.00 
6.00 

13. 00 
6,00 
6.00 
3.00 
■50 
2.00 
1. 00 

t.oo 
1. 00 
3.00 

300 

I.OC 
2  00 

15.00 
LOG 

30.00 

35*oo 


50.00  , 
35.00 
B.oo 
12.00 
15.00 

I3.00 

10. oc 
13.00 
1500 

3.00 

35.001 
50.00  I 

10.00 

8.00 1 

16.00  I 

10.00 

10.00 

3.00 

I  00 

3.(0 

3.00  I 

3.00  I 

I.  so  \ 
3.00  I 
4.00, 
3.00  ' 
4.CO 
35.0c 
1.35   , 

35-00  j 

50.00 


40  00 
30.00 

3.00 

5.00 
5.00 

400 
5.00 


8.00 
4.00 

io.«.o 

8.0c 

3.00 
1. 00 

3.00 
30J 

3. to 


3  00 

I  SO 

l.OD 


ID 

to 


to 
to 


50.00 

4J.VO 
10.00 
IJ.LO 

15.00 

8.00 
8.00 
15.00 

400 

60.00 

I3.CO 

6  00 

I9.00 

10  00 
6  00 

1.35 

5.C0 
4.00 
4.00 
1. 00 

4.00 

3. 00 
3.00 

1. 00 

ao  00 
50.00 


40.00 

15  00 

5.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

■3.00 

4.00 

2  00 

35  00 

50.00 

lot  00 

3.00 

13. 00 
5.00 
4.00 
3.00 
.40 
400 

a  00 
a.oo 
i.<o 
9.00 

3. 00 

.00 

.50 

10.00 

■75 
15. CO 
3^. 00 


50.0c 
35.00 
13.00 
3C.CO 

IS  00 
1 3.00 
8.00 
19.00 
13.00 
4.00 
50.00 
60.00 
13.00 
6.00 
1500 
10.00 
13.50 
4.00 
I  00 
5.00 
3.00 
300 
1.50 
4. CO 

4.00 

a  00 

3.00 
35.00 

I. CO 
30.00 

SO.oo 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


\A/Holosale    F"!. 

568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.a.BUOL©NG 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A  Specialty 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOtESALE 
GROWER  of 


CUT  FLOWERS 


January  19,  1918 


H  0  R  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


65- 


Flower  Market  Reports 

The  markets  are  well 
BOSTON  supplied  with  flowers  of 
all  kinds  but  the  quan- 
tity in  sight  is  due  not  so  much  to 
heavy  production  as  to  the  light  de- 
mand which,  while  somewhat  better 
than  it  was,  still  lags  behind  a  fair 
seasonable  average.  Not  much  change 
has  taken  place  in  the  matter  of  whole- 
sale prices,  the  only  radical  develop- 
'ment  being  a  sharp  advance  in  mar- 
ket value  of  all  roses  and  in  all  the 
grades  of  same  from  culls  to  specials. 
Violets  have  never  been  seen  here  in 
finer  quality  but  they  move  slowly. 
The  carnation  is  in  a  bad  way.  judging 
from  the  quantities  seen  on  all  sides, 
many  of  them  giving  unmistakable  ev- 
idence of  their  long,  long  vigil  waiting 
for  the  buyer  who  never  came.  Car- 
nation values,  it  may  be  emphatically 
asserted,  are  away  below  the  cost  of 
production.  Bulbous  flowers  continue 
plentiful,  of  course. 

It  is  more  than  probable 
CHICAGO  that  the  flower  sales  of 
the  past  week  were  the 
lowest  in  the  history  of  many  of  the 
firms,  either  wholesale  or  retail. 
Florists  realized  as  never  before  how 
impossible  a  business  becomes  when 
transportation  fails.  Just  as  the  snow 
fall,  reported  one  week  ago,  began  to 
be  disposed  of  another  followed  and  a 
complete  cessation  of  railroad  traf- 
fic followed.  Week-end  orders  that 
were  filled  on  Friday  were  returned  by 
the  express  company  and  all  orders 
for  Saturday  and  Sunday  had  to  be  re- 
fused by  the  wholesale  houses.  At  this 
writing,  Jan.  14th,  local  trains  are  run- 
ning occasionally  but  the  express  com- 
panies are  not  receiving  consignments 
and  any  flowers  have  to  be  sent  by 
messenger.  The  retailer  did  not  fare 
much  better  on  sales  for  the  week  end, 
for  street  cars  were  blocked  on  many 
lines.  The  near-by  growers  are  send- 
ing in  stock  today  and  business  will 
soon  be  normal  again. 

Business,  though  not 
CINCINNATI  particularly  brisk, 
still  is  fair,  and  the 
supply  is  sMtficient  to  take  care  of  all 
needs.  Prices  are  lower  than  they 
were  immediately  after  the  holidays 
and  shipping  business  is  good.  Car- 
nations have  become  plentiful.  The 
same  is  true  of  narcissus.  A  good 
supply  of  roses,  lilies  and  callas  is 
available.  Sweet  peas  are  selling  nice- 
ly. The  first  jonquils  of  the  year  came 
in  last  week.  Other  seasonable  things 
in  usual  supply. 

This  market  Is  In  a 
NEW  YORK  very  unsettled  condi. 
tion  and  liable  to  cut 
up  any  sort  of  an  antic  in  the  matter 
of  flower  values  at  any  moment.  There 
is  no  stability  to  anything,  althouu'li 
perhaps  it  is  safe  to  say  that  roses 
are  more  steady  than  most  other 
things  now  in  the  market.  The  assort- 
ment is  very  large  and  buyers  have 
an  unprecedented  variety  to  choose 
from,  quality  being  very  good  as  a 
rule.  Carnations  are  a  big  disappoint- 
ment all  around.  The  quality  varies 
greatly  but  the  prices  are  so  low  that 
there  is  little  room  for  any  variation. 
When  sales  are  made  the  good  quality 


LILAC 

In   quantity  with  us,  of 

splendid  well-grown 

quantity. 

Good  full  sprays  $1.50 
per  bunch. 

S.S.PENNOGKCO. 

THE  "S,"!:..  PHILUDtlPHIH 


NEW  YORK 
117  VV.  28ih  Si. 


B.4LTIMORE 

nklin  S   Si.   Faal  Sis. 


PHIIADEIPHI.4 
1608-1620  LDiJIun  Si. 

V^ASHI^GTO^ 

1216  H  Si..  N.  VV. 


WBOLBSALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


Rose* 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "        Fancy  and  Extra 

"  '*        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Haaley 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Carnations 

Cattleyas 

Dcndrobium  formoBum 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdr*flron   

Bouvardia 

Violets 

Freesia 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinth* 

Stevia    

Calendula 

Mignonette .. . . 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparaffua  Pla.  &  Spren.  ( loo  Bhs. ) 


CINCINNATI 


Jan.  14 


I 


TRADE  PRICES —  Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 

CHICAGO      1     BUFFALO      TpiTTSBURG 

Dec.  31  1  Jan-  U  I  J^^- 


40.00 
20.00 
6.00 
8  00 
8.00 
6.00 
4.00 
4.00 
6.00 
3-co 


1. 00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.10 
z  00 
3.00 


50.00 
30.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 

12. 00 
10  00 
10.00 
15.10  I 
4.00  I 
75.00 


JO.CO 

10.00 
10.00 

2. CO 
4  00 
4.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 


2. CO 


25.00     to 


1. 00 
15.00 
3«;.oo  ' 


30.00 

-.iO.OO 
10. CO 

500 

4.00 
4  00 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

2.00 

50.00 

5   .00 

lO.OC 

12.00 

5. 00 
4.00 
5.C0 
1. 00 

3.0D 
2.«  O 
2.00 
2.C0 
2.00 


15.00 
25.00 


SO 

■ 

BU 

J 

40.00 

40.00 

30.00 

25.00 

20.00 

ao.oo 

2^.00 

D  00 

8.00 

0.00 

8.o< 

6,00 

10  00 

3.00 

8.00 

6  00 

8.00 

5.00 

4.00 

3.    ^ 

75.00 

5c.  00 

7iOO 

12. 00 

8.00 

4.00 

15.00 

10.00 

6.00 

8  CO 

6. to 

4.00 

6.00 

1-50 

4. CO 

3-co 

3.C0 

3.00 

3.00 

1.0c 

3.  0 

1. 00 

3.00 

2.00 

4  00 

3.00 

1.00 

t  .00 

15.00 

I. CO 

1.00 

20.00 

15.00 

50.00 

35.00 

50.00 
30.00 
25.0c 

JO.OO 


to 
to 
to 

10 

to 

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has  first  choice  but  the  matter  o£  value 
does  not  follow  same,  as  it  should 
Sweet  peas  are  very  fine,  in  many 
varieties,  but  the  Christmas  Pink  color 
still  runs  I'ar  ahead  of  all  others  in 
popularity.  There  are  some  superb  i 
snapdragons  offered  but  to  get  up  an 
enthusiasm  on  them  and  an  adequate 
price  is  out  of  the  question. 

Short  roses  have 
PHILADELPHIA     decreased    in 

quantity  and  are 
bringing  rather  better  prices,  but  out- 
side of  that  the  rose  situation  remains 
about  as  last  reported.  There  Is  little 
change  in  the  carnation  market. 
Prices  average  about  one  cent  lower 


than  at  corresponding  date  a  year 
ago.  Lily  of  the  valley  has  dropped 
back  from  the  high  average  of  twelve 
dollars  and  is  now  quoted  at  ten  which 
is  the  figure  that  has  been  ruling  for 
nearly  a  year  back.  Cattleyas  are 
very  fine  and  are  bringing  normal 
prices.  Cypfipediums  are  also  of 
fancy  quality  but  do  not  bring  quite 
the  normal  returns.  Trumpet  majors 
and  other  daffodils  have  made  their 
appearance  and  with  paper  whites, 
freesias  and  Roman  hyacinths  make 
the  bulbous  fraternity  quite  an  import- 
ant feature.  The  calendula  is  also 
cutting    some     figure     and     shows     a 

(Continued  on  tage  b7) 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New   Show    Rooms   Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE  OF  AMERICA 


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January  19,  1818 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

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— WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

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JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

S3  WEST  28ib  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

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JiliSSJi;"","— '•   611  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

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Cot  Flowers— Home   Grown   Asparagus 

BUY  OR  SELL,  CASH 

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READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

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CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

NEW  YORK 


HEADQUARTERS  ''"-  die  intlre  output  of  tlio 
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Fresh    Cut   Decorative  Evergreens. 

HIgbcst  Standard  of  Quality.  Largest 
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Brooklyn'*  Foramoit  and  Beat 

i/VHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

4  First  Claw  Markot  for  all  1  UT  FLOWERS 

•^  Waionghby  SL;        Brooklya.  N,  f 


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tat  West  28th  St.,       NEW  YORK 

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GROWERS'   CUT    FLOWER   COMPANY 
WHOLtSALE   FLORiSTS 

129  West  28th  Street  t..  ) f fg^ ,  f_„. 

E.  J.  VAN    REYPER,  Mgr. 


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WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  ConimlhHioii  Healer  In 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

i;i3   W>t*t  28th  Street,   New   York 
Telephone— 5533-. '^fi;^.!  MndUnn  Square 


Chitrlen    Hrhenek 


JOSEPH   S.    FENRICH 

n  IIDI.ESAI.K   FI.ORIHT 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

St    W.  28th   Street,   New  York 
T»la»h»— ».   «I»-4n-ttt    HAd.    Bq. 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

AVKoIesale    Florist* 

436  Ctt  Axngi.  Bitweia  26tl  lU  7ia  its.,  Niw  Tut 

Telephone* :     797,  788,  7W  FuT»cat 

C'l'DSlgDmentg  Solicited 

HERMAN   WEISS 

WIIOLK8ALE    FI,ORI8T 

Can  handle  Bhlpmenta  of  Krowers'  product 
satlBfactorlly.  Woulrl  like  to  be«r  fron 
Growers  of  Snapilragona  and  9weet  P«as, 
etc.,  for  the  New  York  trmde. 

ISO  Weat  28th  Street.  Tel.  Fi 

NKW  TOBK. 


January  19,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


67 


Flower  Market  Reports 

t.Coniinutd  /roMi  p^ige  6s) 

marked  improvement  in  strain  and 
■color  over  previous  years.  There  is 
little  change  in  the  greens  market  ex- 
cept that  long  adiantum  is  scarcer  and 
that  sphagnum  has  advanced  ten  per 
•cent.  Among  the  plant  specialties  we 
notice  some  very  fancy  Primula  mala- 
coides — an  improved  strain  vffry  well 
grown.  These  are  about  a  foot  high 
and  well  branched  and  make  a  lovely 
little  basket  plant  tliat  can  be  retailed 
lor  about  fifty  cents.  One  firm  cleared 
seven  hundred  of  them  in  one  day  and 
was  busy  booking  orders  the  following 
morning. 

Business      has 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.     been   only   fair 

this  week. 
With  severe  weather  and  sunless  days 
flowers  have  not  been  any  too  plenti- 
ful, although  they  have  met  the  needs 
of  all  the  local  florists.  Potted  plants 
are  selling  well.  Bulbous  stock  is  in 
demand  and  amongst  it  is  seen  some 
splendid  La  Innocence  hyacinths. 
Violets  are  slow,  also  yellow  daises. 
Roses  are  shortening  up  a  little. 
Lilies  are  plentiful,  but  demand  is 
light.  The  supply  of  carnations  is 
somewhat  heavier,  but  insuflicient  for 
the  demand  and  good  stock  brings  good 
money."  Freesia,  narcissus  and  Roman 
hyacinths  sell  nicely.  Cypripediums 
and  cattleyas  are  of  excellent  quality 
l)ut  do  not  move  very  rapidly.  As- 
paragus is  very  scarce. 

Below-zero  weather 
ST.  LOUIS  with  heavy  snow 
storms  have  influenced 
the  market  in  all  branches.  Growers, 
wholesalers  and  retailers  have  suf- 
fered jointly.  Shipping,  both  inbound 
and  outbound,  was  greatly  hampered 
and  retail  transient  trade  was  almost 
knocked  out.  Carnations  and  roses 
held  their  own  v,nth  a  downward  tend- 
ency in  price. 


VISITORS'   REGISTER. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. — Stephen  Green, 
rep.  H.  Bayersdorfer  &  Co.,  Philadel- 
phia. 

Boston — F.  E.  Sealy,  representing 
Julius  Roehrs  Co.,  Rutherford,  N.  .J.; 
J.  Otto  Thilow,  of  Dreer's,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Chicago  —  A.  F.  Koeble.  Sherman. 
Texas:  F.  M.  Hardesty.  rep,  ,8.  S.  Pen- 
nock,  Phila.;  Rolf  Zetlitz,  Lima,  O.; 
F.   M.  Smith,  Los  Angeles. 

Philadelphia  —  Harry  A.  Kunyard, 
New  York  City:  P.  .Joseph  Lynch.  New 
Castle,  Ind.;  J.  B.  Deamud,  New  York 
city;  Wm.  Hedley,  Dingie  &  Conard 
Co..  West  Grove,  Pa. 


Providence,  R.  I. — Bids  for  seeds 
and  fertilizers  to  be  used  by  the 
several  State  Institutions  were  opened 
on  January  10  by  Purchasing  .'Vgent 
Gilbert  R.  Parker  and  after  being 
tabulated  will  be  considered  and 
awarded.  Bids  for  seeds  were  made 
by  Henry  C.  Anthony  of  Portsmouth 
and  W.  A.  Burpee  &  Co..  of  Philadel- 
phia. Bids  for  fertilizers  were  sub- 
mitted by  the  Mitchell  Fertilizer  Com- 
pany, Nitrate  Agencies  Company,  Ar- 
mour &  Co.,  the  Coe-Mortiraer  Com- 
pany and  C.  C.  Reynolds. 


J.    K 


IM 


A  LEADER  IN   THE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTY  YEARS 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.    Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 

118  West  28th  St.      IME\A/ 


RK 


TELEPHONES 

Farragut  16'!  and  3068 


NEW   YORK  QDOTATIOINS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleyas     

DeDdrobium  formoauni 

Lilies.  Longiflorucn 

Lilies,  bpecioBum 

Callas- 

Uly  ot  the  Valley 

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Bouvardia 

Violets   

Freesias        

N  arcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

St e via 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites - .  • . 

Gardenias* 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus  Plumosus.  &  Swen  fioo  bunches). 


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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerous  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  demand  ex- 
ceeds our  supply.  Thli*  ia  especially  true  of  Roses.  We  bave  every  facility  and 
abundant  means  and  best  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 

Address  Your  Shipmfnts  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 


Ill    W.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


D,  J,  Pappas,  Pre». 


singleVIOI^EJS  wanted 

Violets  and  novelties  are  my  Hobby.  Con- 
gieil  your  flowers  to  me.  I  can  sell  them  to 
your  satisfaction. 

CLARENCE  SUNN.  l<'i^'\'^ik 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Commision  Florists 

S5  and  57  (West  26th  Street 

NEW  YORK 


Teleplmne      No. 
Fiirragut 


aEORGE  B.  HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Wired  Toothpicks 

U&nn factored  bj 

INf.J.  GOWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000...$^. (HI       50,000.  ..$8. T5       Sample  free. 
f*or  sale  by  dealers. 


Cincinnati  —  Miss  M.  M.  Carroll  Is 
now  nianagpi-  of  the  bulb  department 
of  .T.  ('has.  MeCuUough  Seed  Co.  Miss 
Carroll  has  given  up  her  own  business 
in  which  she  had  been  engaged  dur- 
ing the  past  six  years. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28tli  Street,  NEW  YORK 

EVEBYTUINO    FOB    TUE    FL.OBI8T 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  have  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
8ie8,  Violets,  Caroatlous  and  all  other  stock 
ot  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SL.IIMIM,  Jr. 


55  and   57    W.  2Kth   Street. 


NEW   YOR» 


!■:■;    West   35th    St..    New    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

\Vi»   iiiamifiirtiirc  nil    onr 

latil  Designs,  Basi(ets,  Wire  Werk  &  Novelties 

iind    Jire    de-ili-rs    lu 

DtK'orfttlve  Glassware,   Growers   ami 

FlortstH*    ReqiiiHitPN 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

ImpnrtnrB    bjiiI     Growers    of 

OROMIDS 

Out    Flower,   of    Ail    the    L.«a.dln(    VarlvMM 
Id   tbeir   BMMon. 

TMOMA.S  YOUNG.   Jr.,    Proprietor 

BOOND    BBOOK..  M.   J- 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

34;-»5T    CambridKe   St..  Boston 

Headquarters  for 

CYCAS,     HASKETS.     WIRE     DESIGNS 

11  rid    WAX    FLOWERS 

Send  for   price  list  if  you  have  not  re- 
ceived one. 


r.s 


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■at.  1768 

Pot  Makers  for  ■ 
Contury  anda  Half 


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RED 
POROUS 


POTS 


Inc.    1904 

World's  Lar(«st 
Manufacturers 


Standard,  Azalsa,  Bulb,    Orchid.    Fern    Hanging,   Embossed,   Rose,  Carnation,   Palm,  Cyclamen,  Cut  Flower. 
Spatial  Shapes  to   Order.     Chicken  Founts,   Pigeon  Nests,   Bean   Pots,   Etc. 

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LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


BOSTON. 

Arthur  llorriiiBtoii.  i>i  Madison,  is 
scheduled  to  deliver  an  illustrated  lec- 
ture on  The  Iris,  at  Horticultural  Hall, 
on  Saturday  afternoon,  January  26.  at 
2  o'clock. 

Tlie  State  Board  of  Agriculture  lias 
requested  the  Lepislature  for  an  ap- 
propriation of  $40,000  tu  be  expended 
in  prizes  for  competitive  e.xhibits  of 
aiiricultural  and   horticultural  objects. 

Representative  Waterman,  of  Wil- 
liamstown.  with  the  supi)ort  of  Secre- 
tary Wlieeler  of  the  State  Board  of 
Agriculture,  has  filed  a  bill  to  author- 
ize the  purchase  by  the  state  of  agri- 
cultural  machinery  for  lease  to 
farmers. 

Gov.  McCall  called  upon  the  L<egisla- 
ture.  in  a  special  message,  to  make  an 
investigation  of  the  uses  of  peat  and 
deposits  in  Massachusetts  with  a  view 
of  ascertaining  whether  it  can  be  used 
as  a  stibstitute  for  coal.  There  are 
large  deposits  of  peat  in  New  England. 

Food  Administrator  EJndicott  desires 
an  appropriation  of  $300,000  for  pursu- 
ing the  campaign  on  behalf  of  "win 
the  war  gardening"  during  the  ensu- 
ing year.  In  a  bill  filed  by  him  in  the 
House  of  Representatives  on  January 
12  he  recommended  that  there  may  be 
expended  from  the  treasury  of  the 
State,  under  the  direction  of  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Council,  for  the  purpose  of 
stimulating  the  production  and  con- 
servation of  food  products  and  for  like 
purposes  growing  out  of  the  present 
war  emergency,   the  sum  of   $.300,000. 

The  new  regulations  which  now 
go  into  effect  as  to  the  opening  and 
closing  hours  for  business  houses  will, 
no  doubt,  cause  inconvenience  and  loss 
to  some  but  their  full  effect  cannot  be 
yet  foreseen.  Retail  florists  are  among 
the  very  few  store-people  allowed  to 
keeji  their  places  open  after  6  o'clock 
p.  m.  The  flower  markets  may  do 
business  only  between  7  a.  m.  ana  2 
p.  m.  The  wholesale  dealers'  regular 
hours  are  from  9  a.  m.  until  6  p.  m., 
but  may  open  to  take  care  of  shipping 
orders  at  7  a.  m.  The  general  order 
to  make  every  Monday  a  legal  holiday 
for  the  ne.xt  ten  weeks  and  forbidding 
the  opening  of  any  business  houses  is 
at  present  moment  a  somewhat  specu- 
lative question  on  which  there  is  no 
settled  opinion  as  to  its  relation  to 
perishable  property. 

The  following  practical  and  timely 
bit  01  instruction  in  the  care  of  pot 
plants  has  been  widely  distributed  by 
Henry  Penn  by  means  of  his  advertise- 


incuts    iu    thu    newspapers   and    other- 
wise: 

rilK    lAltK   l)K    lin  TKIl    ri,A.NTS. 

Till'  tikM  (liiyH  <»f  whiter  iiri'  i'Irmti'iI  liy 
pretty  Iliiwt'riii);  iiiiil  roMii^p  plaiitH;  lint 
wlilh'    they   jire    |):irlU-ti)iirIy    fiiHetnatiiij;    at 

tlil8  time  it  is  iliiriiik'  II iilileat  ilayH  tliiii 

tlie   plants    rei|iilrc    llie   iiioMt   atteiilinii. 

.Never  alliiw  tlieiii  to  stand  In  front  of  an 
open  window  or  in  a  cold  ilran^til.  'I'lie 
intense  lir.i-  lo-at  in  lioines  on  extremely 
eolil  lia.vs  will  ilry  out  the  soil  and  wither 
or  perniauently  injure  most  plants  in  a  few 

||:1JS. 

The  pots  of  plants  should  he  ininiiTseil 
in  a  pail  of  water  for  several  luiuut.'S  on 
very  cold  days,  while  in  milder  weather 
on  alternate  days,  or  even  twice  a  week, 
will  snlTice  to  keep  the  plants  in  a  hi'althy 
ronditioii.  with  the  e.\eeptlon  of  foreeil 
plants,  such  as  azaleas  or  lilacs:  these 
should    lie    watered    tlinroiiKhly    every    ilu.v. 

We  commend  the  foregoing  to  our 
florist  readers  as  an  examiile  worthy 
of  general  adoption  and  conducive  to 
more  satisfaction  on  the  part  of 
customers  who  liuy  plants  l)Ut  are  not 
well  informed  as  to  how  to  care  for 
them. 

Richard  Hittinger.  of  Belmont,  one 
of  the  leading .  vegetalile  growers  in 
this  section,  lias  written  to  the  select- 
men of  Belmont  stating  that  the  green- 
houses are  becoming  short  of  fuel  and 
will  lose  millions  of  dollars  unless  coal 
is  supplied.  Mr.  Hittinger  gives  the 
following  estimate  of  the  greenhouse 
crops  grown  in  Belmont  alone,  with 
two  sets  of  figures,  the  first  represent- 
ing what  the  growers  receive,  the  sec- 
ond W'hat  the  consumers  pay  at  tlie 
markets:  Lettuce.  3.580.416  heads. 
$198,912.  $3.58.041;  cucumbers,  2,756,- 
610.  $12,923,  $27.').661;  cress,  3450 
bunches,  $1725,  $345u;  mint,  11,240 
bunches,  $945,  $1348;  radishes,  131,40(J 
bunches,  $4380,  $6570;  beets,  4500 
bunches,  $180.  $400;  parsley,  150  bush- 
els, $375,  $600;  dandelions,  2,000  bush- 
els, $4000.  $5000.  Total  value  to  grow- 
ers, $340,440;  total  retail  value  as  paid 
by  customers  at  markets,  $651,071.  The 
volume  of  business  done  in  propagat- 
ing under  glass  plants  which  are  solil 
for  outdoor  spring  planting  is  given  in 
the  same  manner,  as  follows:  Tomato 
plants.  73.150.  $27,806,  $54,861:  cal)- 
bage  plants.  20,000.  $1000,  $2000;  cel- 
ery plants.  3000.  $120,  $300;  lettuce 
plants,  97,000.  $3637.  $4850;  plants  for 
6400  bushels  of  onions.  $9700,  $12,400. 


Watertown,  N.  Y. — George  N.  Sayles 
carried  his  greenhouses  through  the 
below-zero  weather  by  turning  the 
hose  on  the  outside  of  the  roofs  so 
that  the  ice  thus  formed  effectually 
sealed  up  all  the  Joints  and  laps,  thus 
keeping  the  cold  air  out  and  the  heat 
in. 


CHICAGO. 

('.  A.  Samuel.son.  south  side  llorist. 
left  for  Wendell.  Idaho,  to  look  after 
his  apple  orchard  there. 

Seven  years  ago  a  flower  Btorc  was 
ojiened  by  Pehrson  &  Marine  on  the 
north  side,  and  their  experiences  have 
been  varied.  .Mr.  Marine  sold  out  to 
.Mr.  I'ehrson  and  now  the  latter  ha« 
sold  out  to  the  former.  Mr.  I'ehrson 
will  go  to  Florida  to  take  up  the  grow- 
ing of  asparagus  and  other  green  for 
florists. 

The  friends  of  .Miss  Charlotte  Meg- 
chelson  regret  that  she  found  it  neces- 
sary to  sell  her  retail  flower  store  at 
47th  street  and  Grand  boulevard. 
Miss  Megchelson  had  built  up  a  flne 
trade  in  a  very  desirable  location,  but 
the  unusual  conditions  of  the  year 
and  a  new  store  opening  in  her  block 
were  too  much  and  she  sold  out  to 
the  new  florist,  Andrew  J.  O'l^ary. 

Chicago  had  not  recovered  from  the 
first  snow  storm,  making  a  record 
which  eclipsed  the  records  of  the 
weather  bureau,  completely  tying  up 
railway  traffic,  before  it  was  visited  by 
another  snow  storm,  with  even  more 
paralyzing  effects  upon  the  florists' 
business.  Even  telephone  orders 
could  not  be  filled,  had  the  stock  been 
in  the  store,  as  street  cars  were  out 
of  service  on  many  lines  and  the  drifts 
reached  the  depth  of  from  five  to 
fifteen  feet,  making  delivery  on  foot 
impossible.  As  surburban  trains  sus- 
liended  service  early  Saturday  morn- 
ing, Jan.  12th,  little  stock  came  in. 
Many  of  the  florists,  especially  the 
wholesalers,  live  in  the  suburban 
towns  and  they  were  unalde  to  reach 
their  homes  till  Sunday  afternoon. 
Train  seivice  now,  Jan.  14th,  is  only 
);artially  established,  and  florists  are 
not  anticipating  any  amount  of  busi- 
ness in  the  next  few  days.  The  cold 
and  wind  with  the  second  storm  ex- 
ceeded the  previous  one,  making  the 
warming  of  greenhouses  a  most  dllH- 
cult  task.  Every  possible  means  was 
resorted  to  to  save  1he  houses  from 
destruction  and  no  one  now  in  the 
business  of  growing  under  glass  has 
any  recollection  of  so  severe  a  test  of 
the  endurance  and  resourcerulness 
necessary  to  save  their  property  and 
stock,  for  the  conditions  are  said  to  be 
unequalled  for  55  years.  The  coal 
situation  is  most  acute  and  only  those 
with  a  supply  on  hand  can  pull 
through. 


January  19,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


69 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  Discounts  address 

AUGUST  RiJLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Tertitoiy 


PHILADELPHIA. 

A.  M.  Campbell  is  showing  a  novelty 
in  Spanish  iris — a  large  flowering, 
light  blue,  that  blooms  for  Christmas 
and  later — and  brings  unusually  good 
prices. 


Charles  Pennock,  son  of  Samuel  S. 
Penuock,  has  joined  the  Reconstruc- 
tion Corps  of  the  Friends  Society  and 
expected  to  sail  for  France  on  or  about 
the  14th  inst. 


Wni.  Earnshaw  of  the  Floral  Nur- 
series says  the  demand  for  their 
special  culture  roses  is  very  good  at 
present  and  that  they  are  getting  ex- 
cellent returns  especially  for  the 
shorter  grades. 


We  had  a  pleasant  visit  from  Doug- 
las P.  Laird  (late  of  Dreer's),  who  is 
now  a  lieutenant  in  the  Aviation 
Corps,  the  other  day  and  he  informs 
us  he  is  now  through  with  training 
and  is  on  his  way  to  France.  Of  course 
the  date  of  his  sailing  could  not  be 
given  but  he  expected  a  telegram  any 
day. 


Howard  M.  Earl  celebrated  the 
thirty-first  anniversary  of  his  entrance 
into  the  Burpee  establishment  with  a 
tew  friends  at  Dooner's  on  January  10. 
Thirty-one  years  of  uninterrupted 
service  with  one  house  is  a  fine  rec- 
ord and  Mr.  Earl  looks  hearty  and 
good  for  another  thirty-one.  Long 
life  and  much  prosperity  to  him  is  the 
wish  of  all — and  he  counts  his  friends 
around  the  world. 


ST.    LOUIS. 
George    Waldbart    has   shown    signs 


Dlflicnlt  snd  rejected  can*  ip**!- 
ally  solicited.  No  misleading  ta- 
dncementa  made  to  secure  bnaln«ss. 
Over  80  years'  actWe  practice.  Bx- 
perleL-ced,  personal,  conael«ntl«a* 
service.  Write  for  terma. 
Address, 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGERS 

PATENT  LAWVBBS 

Box   •,  Nattonml   CbIob   Balldlac 
WMblncton.  D.  O. 


The  Florists  Hall  Association  rate  of  In- 
surance from  Not,  1st,  1916  to  Not.  lat, 
1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
square  feet  of  single  thick  fclass  and  <^iKht 
cents  per  hundred  square  feet  of  double 
thick  class.  For  particulars,  address. 
JOBN   O.  ESLKB,  8m.,  Saddle  BiTer,  N.  J. 


of   slight   improvement   but   is   unable 
to  get  out  yet. 

The  St.  Louis  Florist  Club  met  on 
Thursday,  Jan.  10,  at  the  Wm.  C. 
Smith  Wholesale  Floral  Co.,  40  mem- 
bers and  all  officers  present.  A  com- 
mittee was  called  to  arrange  to  enter- 
tain the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
S.  A.  F.  who  meet  Jointly  with  the  Na- 
tional Flower  Show  Committee  for 
three  days  at  the  Jeft'erson  Hotel,  on 
Monday,  January  21. 


NEW   YORK. 

Judgment  has  been  filed  by  the 
United  Cut  Flower  Co.  against  Stephen 
Julias  for  the  sum  of  $159.00. 


More  than  one  hundred  designs  from 
which  one  will  be  selected  for  the  In- 
ternational Flower  Show  poster  this 
year,  have  been  submitted  by  artists, 
known  and  unknown. 


The  past  year  with  Lord  &  Bum- 
ham  Company  has  been  a  prosperous 
one.  As  Is  the  usual  custom,  substan- 
tial Christmas  presents  were  distrib- 
uted to  all  their  employees. 


LENOX  HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETY 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Lenox 
Horticultural  Society  was  held  in  the 
Lenox  Town  Hall  on  January  9th. 
Owing  to  weather  conditions  the  at- 
tendance was  not  large,  however,  there 
were  four  new  members  added  to  the 
society,  and  after  the  usual  routine 
business  L.  W.  Harger,  correspondent 
for  the  New  York  Sun,  Springfield  Re- 
publican and  Berkshire  Eagle,  gave  an 
excellent  talk  on  newspaper  work, 
which   was  much  enjoyed. 

At  the  previous  meeting,  December 
12th,  Robt.  Scott,  the  newly  elected 
president,  conducted  the  business  of  a 
large  meeting.  Two  new  roses  were 
on  view  at  this  meeting,  sent  by  A.  N. 
Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell,  Conn.  Both 
were  given  an  excellent  character,  es- 
pecially "Evelyn,"  the  red  sport  of 
Ophelia,  which  originated  with  Alfred 
J.  Loveless,  our  treasurer.  In  competi- 
tion with  Ophelia  Supreme  it  was 
awarded  a  first  class  certificate  over 
Ophelia  Supreme.  Mrs.  Henry  Win- 
nett  was  the  other  exhibit  and  this 
was  also  awarded  a  first  class  certifi- 
cate. Henby  HEEREM;.\ys,  Sec'y. 


classified;  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


BULBS 

C.   KEUR  &  SONS,  HILLEOOM.  Holland. 

Bulbs  of  all  descriptions.    Write  for  prteea, 

NEW  YORK  BBANCH.  8-10  Bridge  St. 


CARNATION  BTAPIiEB 

Split  camatioDi  qalckly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plllshury'i  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  35c.:  3000  for  11.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  PILLSBURT,  OaleabDrg,  IlL 

DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dablia   Mrs.   Frederick  OrinnaU. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONEY,  New  Bedford.  Masi. 

Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  RetalL 
Send  for  Catalog.  NOKTHKORO  DAHLIA 
&  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS.  J.  L.  Moot*, 
Prop.,  Nortbboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dablia — Jobn  Wanamaker. 
Newest.  Handsomest,  Uest.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  babit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut-flower  Tarletles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FABUS, 
Berlin,  N.  J. 


DAISIES 

Daisies  (Bellls)  Monstrosa,  white  and 
pink,  also  Longfellow  ami  Snowball.  Thinly 
sown  fleld-grown  seedlings,  ^.50  per  1000, 
$11.S0  per  fiono.  cash. 

BRILL  CELERY  GARDENS, 
Kalamazoo.  Mich. 


OLABB 

Greenbonse  glass,  lowest  prieea.    JOHN- 
STON GI^SS  CO..  Hartford  Oty,  Ind. 


PAN8T  PLANTS 

Pansy  Planta,  Strong  and  stocky.    Strains 
unsurpassed   by  any  for  Size  of  Bloom   or 
Colors.      J2.50    per    1000,    $11.60    per    GOOO. 
Cash.     Satisfaction  or  yoar  money  back. 
BRILL  CELERY  OARDKNS, 
Kalamazoo,  Mich. 


PEONIES 

Peonlea.    The  world's  greatest  eolleetlaa, 
1200  sorts      Send  for  list.     C.  BBTSCHKB. 

Canal  Dover,  O. 


BOSKS 

Roses,  Cannas  and  Shmbs.  tub 
CONARD  &  JONES  COMPANY,  Waat 
Grove,  Pa. 


SPHAONITM  MOBS 

Live  Sphagnum  mosi,  orcbid  peat  ant 
orchid  baskets  always  on  band.  LiAOBB 
&  HURUELL,  Sammit.  N.  J. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vlnea,  eholee 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tab 
grown  for  tnimedlate  effect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Mount  Hlssarllk  Nur- 
sery, New   Kocbelle,  N.  Y. 


WIBE  WORK 

WILLIAM      B.      HEILSCBEB'B      WIBB 
WORKS,   2M  Randolpb  St..   Datxait  Ulak. 


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■  I.  :  -urn     anil 

Kl^'Ti^-i    i.«T.'    ujoi    11    Willi    wuDderful 

I'<-itroya  I.lc»  In  Ponllry  Ilonao. 
ywnw  oil  Poffi  nml  oil  I'.MiH-atlc  I'rta. 
Klri'llriil  n%  n  waali  for  .I-i;*'  and  otlirr 
anliiinlB.  lt<'li<-vi-a  iiiniiKi'  l>lluto  with 
"  al.  r  .»  I.)  :t)  pnrli. 

S   I'Int.  »jt.;   I'Int.  Mr.;  Quart.  »0o. ; 

>■■,  (•alloB.  (I..V):  (iallon,  t'-'.M>;  &  Oal- 

loa  Can.  (lODO;    to  Ciailon  Cmn,  *XO.0O. 

ItlrrftloDs   on   paciuic*^* 

LEMON   OIL  COMPANY 
lipt.  S       421  I   liiii|iM  SI    MItlBin.  HI 


Th«   K*w>rnl>*d   Ituidw*   IjuM*U««a. 

A  ipraj  ramcdj  tor  rraan,  blaak,  wUlto  ty, 
tbrlpa  and  loft  acala. 

Qmrnrt.  «1.M|     OkU*«,  fU*. 

FUNCINE 

For  mlldtw,   roit  and  etbtr  bllfhU  >g»«i- 
IV  tfvara.  frolta  and  T»c«Ublt«. 
Qamrt,  (1.00)     SKUam.  n4*. 

VERMINE 

For    aal    wornia.    angia    worma    and    a«kaa 
worma  workinf  In  Cha  aolL 

Qoart,  (1.00 1    OaUam,  (•.••. 

■  OLD   BT   r«*t  ■■■ 

Aphine    Manufacturing    Co. 

MADtSOM.  N.  J. 


"HAMMOND'S  GRAPE  DUSr 

Uifd  fffeclivtijr  to  kill   Powdery 

Mildew  on  Rosft  and  other  Planti 

USED  BT  THE  FLORISTS  FOR  bVER  25  SUCCESSIVE  YEARS 

Sold    by    tho    .Spf.l    l><>«lrra. 
Kor    pauipblet   on    lluga  and   Kllgbta  addreaa 

HAMMOND'S  PAINr  AND  SLUG  SHOT  WORKS 

IIEArON,    .V.    Y. 


Obituary 

Andrew  Gillison. 
.AiKlri-rt  (Jllllsoii,  wc'll-kiiuwii  Id 
iiuiiiv  in  tlie  llorlHl  Iriulo  and  liiilldor 
ill  ilu'  Caloduniun  ClublioiiHe,  when' 
I  ho  FlorlRts'  Cliil)  of  Philadelphia  lor 
iiierly  held  its  nieetliiRK.  died  on  .Ian- 
'lar.v  13.  aned  "n  .vears 

George  W.  Fowie 
(leorK*"  W-  Kowli*.  foriiifrl.v  tiuas 
urer  of  the  Massachusetts  Horlk-ultur- 
al  Society  and  superintendent  of  the 
old  Horticultural  Hall  at  Tremont  and 
UroiiilUdd  street.s.  died  on  Wednesday. 
January  Iti,  at  his  home  in  .lainaica 
Plain,  Boston,  at  the  advanced  age  of 
nlnely-six  years. 

M.  C.   Baldwin 

.Marshall  ('.  Haldwin.  aged  5i)  years, 
one  of  the  best  known  market  sarden- 
ers  in  Middlesex  county,  died  at  his 
home  In  Marlboro,  Mass.,  on  the  I3os- 
Ion  road,  on  .lanuary  12.  He  was  born 
in  Weston  and  lived  in  Wayland  for 
many  years.  He  came  to  Marlboro  10 
years  ago  and  conducted  two  largp 
farms  there. 

August  Muller. 

August  Muller.  a  widely  known  Wi^st 
Philadelphia  florist,  with  greenhouses 
at  66th  street  and  Elmwood  avenue 
and  a  store  at  718  Walnut  street,  died 
on  .January  1  after  a  week's  illness  of 
pneumonia.  He  was  born  in  West 
Philadelphia  fifty-eight  years  ago  and 
succeeded  his  father  in  business.  His 
wife,  one  son  and  four  daughters  sur 
vIve 


GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR 
CONTEMPLATED. 

Clinton,     Mo. — (Icorgo     Martin,    oni- 
house. 

New  Salem,   Mass.    -F.  D.   Cogswell, 
one  house. 

Noblesvillo.    Ind.  —  Ouy    C.    Sharpe. 
idililion.  completed. 

Newport,  R.  I. — Percy  A.  Brightman, 
Vernon  avenue,  one  house. 


PERSONAL. 
13.   G.   Hill,   Richmond.   Ind.,   accom- 
panied by  Mrs.  Hill,  left  .lanuary  7th 
for   Miami,    Fla.,   for   the    rest    of   the 
winter. 


NIKOTEEN 

For  Spraying 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumicating 
Aak  Yoar  DaaW  ho*  h. 

IICOTIXE  MFC,  CD 

ST.  LOUU 


CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


Cattle  Manure 

PnlTsrlaed 

Sheep    Manure 

The    PorMH'    ^itandjfd    of    uDiiorm 
high    quality     (or     crver    ICD    yc&rt 
Specify:     WIZARD    BRAND  id 
your    Supply    Houftc   order,  or  vnic 
ui  direct  f"r  priori   and  (reight   ril««. 

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Free! 


A  50-pallon  barrel 
of  Scalecide  free  to 
any  any  one  who 
will  suggest  afairmr 
guarantee  thao  that 
given  bclow^. 

"SCALECIDE" 

As  proofofour  confidence  and  to  strength- 
en yours,  we  will  make  the  following 
proposition  to  any  fruitgrower  of  overage 
honesty  and  veracity: 

Divide  yoor  orchard  in  hnjf.  nomnttrr  how  Iniye 
or  Bmall.  Spray  onr-h.ilf  with  "StJAl.KClDt;  '. 
and  the  other  with  Lime-Sulfur  for  thrt-c  years 
cver>'thinir  <'l'i<^btinK  equal.  If  at  thecndof  th»t 
time,  three  disintercf-t*.-*!  fruit  irrow<.-n<  aoy  that 
the  partBpmyL>«l  with  "SCALKriDK"  i«  not  In 
evi'vy  way  better  than  that  spraye^Jwith  Lime- 
Sulfur,  we  will  return  you  the  tnooey  you  paid 
OS  fortbe  "SCALECIDE". 

Send  for  new  free  booklet, 
•'Profits  in  Fall  Snrayina". 

B,  G.  Pi^tt  Co.,  M'f  g  Chemists 

50  Church  SU     Dept.  12  New  York 


)reer'8  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Points 

For  Greenboasea 

Drive  eaiy  and  trae,  became 
both  bevels  xre  oo  the  saTie 
■Ide.  C;in't  twist  aod  break 
the  glass  Id  Irivinz.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  not  ran.  No 
rlgbu  or  left! 
The  Peerless  GUzlne  Point 
Ii  patented.  Nooiheri  like^ 
iL  Order  from  youtdealej^ 
or  direct  from  us. 
1000,  75c.  postpaid. 
Samples  free. 
EEITRTA.  DSEEm.l 
71i  Cheitnat  StrMt^y 
Philadelphia. 


January  19^,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


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KROESCHELL  BOILERS 

IF  YOU  NEED  A  BOILER  IN  A  HURRY 
Telephone   or  Telegraph   At   Our    Expense. 

SEND  FOR  CATALOG 

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KING    CONSTRUCTION    COMPANY,   North  Tonawanda.  N.  v. 

GREENHOUSES 
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HORTICDLTURE 


Janimry   19,   191R 


Dreer^s  Grand  New  Cannas  for  1918 


Ten  truly  marvelous  acquisitions.  Introducing 
new  tones  of  color  .ind  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment in  form  and  habit. 

<  AHMIVK  UKAITV.  1>«>|>  tirlKlH  <'lllllllm'  llnlv.TB  friH'l.v 
pniilii. v<l  MkIi  iiliKve  lh<-  lii-avy  <ltirk  Kr<'<'ii  folliiRu 
nlilrh  hiiH  u  iiiirrtiw  rt-il  iiiiirKlii-  Tin*  IIowitm  while  uut 
un  Inrcf  MB  IhoBf  iif  lHymplo  nri-  of  ii  niiicli  lirlBlitiT  iind 
nii>r>    pli'iiBlne  toiio.     4"^  ft.     ~!i  cIb.  ciioh  ;  $7..'iO  piT  dor. 

CIIKKKKI'I.NKSS.  Nn  niori'  iipprtiprliitf  luiiiie  onnhl  Ik* 
ulri-n  to  llilB  brllUiint  iiovilly.  Il«  liniuiiriil  lirliclit  lire 
nil  or  tl(i'|i  tinmifi'  ttowrrB  appciir  i-iirly  iiiid  cftiitlniii' 
nItliKiit  lnl<-rru|itli>ii  uiiiil  froBt.  A<lil  In  llii'  prcviiilliik' 
•  -oltir  a  t?ol.lcii  lMir<l*>r  und  ofiitn-  with  i-a<-h  pvtiil  Iluki'd 
i-iiriiiinf  rrhiiHiiii  and  you  iiiuy  form  bi>iih'  i-«>iu-i']i(ltiii  of 
iIiIb  faHcliiiiIiiiK  varli'ly  with  Its  iticI  bIoiiib  alwayB 
toppt'd  with  rliiBti'fB  of  choorfnl  i*olor  liidd  lilffh  uhove 
ih.-  fidlaifo     :!',.  ft.    Vi  ct8.  ouih  :  J.!..'*)  per  dor.. 

<'I.(>TII  OF  fiOI.li.  A  very  nttnietlvc  dwarf,  voiupact- 
irrowhi):  tr<H-llo\v.>i  lui;  ;,'oldcii  yellow.  H  ft.  10  etB. 
laeli  ;  t4M*  per  doz. 

I>.\7./I.KK.  Tlaie  niid  iiRulii  the  pant  HeaBoii  the  dork 
t:re<-ii  follafse  of  thlN  variety  Iiiih  been  hidden  heneath  the 
iiiaHB  of  elnsters  of  deep  tire-red  flowers.  The  Intensity 
of  eotorini.'  and  freedom  of  blooming'  roupled  with 
eouipiict  lialill.  make  this  variety  the  peer  of  the  be«l 
for  lieOdlnK  purposes.  3V4  ft.  35  cts.  each:  $3.50  per 
<loB. 

(iOI,f>K>'  K.\GLE.  A  wonderfully  intense  goMen-yellow 
Very  free  upright  Riower.  The  large  flowers  arc  pro- 
nee. I  in  great  elnsters  well  above  tlie  foliage.  4V>  ft. 
.VI  et».  eaeh  :  t-'tXX)  per  dor_ 

HARMONY,  dreat  elusters  of  good-sized,  well-formed 
i;eranluni-red  tlowers  are  arranged  on  good  stems  In 
such  a  manner  as  to  give  the  trusses  an  almost  globu- 
lar Appearance.  Altogether  a  dlgnitied  harnioniouH 
combination.     S'/A  ft.     50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

rori'Y.  Intense  poppy-red.  Large  perfiM't  florets  In 
good  trusses  over  greonlsh-bronzy  foliage.  Rich  and 
eff.Hlire.     5  ft.  50  cts.  each;  $5.01)  per  dor. 

S.VL.MON  fllKKS.  An  entirely  new  color  in  Cannas.  Rosy 
salmon-scarlet,  blending  to  a  rosy-carmine  toward  the 
centre.  The  large  substantial  tloners  are  fn-ely  pro 
dnced  In  great  clusters  high  nliove  heavy  grci'U  foliage. 
Very  effective  in  bedding.  5  ft.  40  cts.  each  ;  $4.00  per 
d^tz. 

sKNS.\TIO>>.  To  get  a  sensational  color-tone  in  a  pink 
Canna.  is  partlcnlarly  noteworthy.  Our  first  Impulse 
was  to  call  It  "La  France,"  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  La  France  Rose,  but  the  tone  is  even  cleaner 
and  purer:  It  being  a  lovely  pale-rose.  The  foliage  Is 
a  beautiful  glaucous-green;  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact. One  of  the  most  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
in  recent  years.    3  ft.    75  cts.  each. 


TYI'K  or  NEWER  C.VNNAS 

SITEBB.  This  v:iriety  is  unique  In  color  and  truly  su 
perb ;  having  larire,  clean  bright  ornnge-scarlet  blos- 
soms of  gofxl  substance,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
wifti  glMiicons-iironzv  foliage  giving  a  most  pleasing 
■  n...t.     r,  ft.    Ri  els.  each;  $4.00  per  dor. 


One  each  of  the  above  Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 

New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several    years'    trial,    have    proven    themselves   worthy    of   our 

commendation. 


rLEOP.\TK.\.  A  striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  surmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
bronze  foliage.  This  variety  stands  out  strongly  In 
effectiveness.    4  ft.    50  cts.  each ;  $.'>.00  per  doz. 

I>R.\tiON.  An  incesHant  bloomer,  continuing  to  ftroduce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  UDttl  cut  down  by  frost.  Dark 
ox-blood  red.     3  ft.     15  cts.  each:  $1.50  per  doz. 

H..\<;  OF  TRITE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  Is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Eureka  but  quite 
distinct  and  valuable.   4  ft.    35  cts.  each ;  $.3.50  per  doz. 

0.\IETY'.  Reddish-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  is  yellow  and  denwel'y- 
spotted  with  carmine.    4'i  ft.    15  cts.  each  ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

LAF.tYETTE.  In  some  respects  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor."  but  the  tlowers  are  not  qnite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  th--  plant  grows  taller.  5  ft.  30  cts 
each ;  $3.00  per  doz. 


Por.\IIO>"T.\.s  (I'.ronzed-leaved  Olympic).  Large  orien- 
tal-red flowers  borne  on  flnn  upright  stems.  Just  high 
enough  above  the  foliage  to  show  the  entire  head.  The 
fidiage  is  a  ilark  bronze-green  with  emerald  shadings: 
tlic  ribs  a  ilarker  bronze;  one  of  the  best  recent  Intro 
ilnctious.    4  ft.    30  cts.  each ;.  $3.00  per  doz. 

S.\N  OIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  Persian-yellow,  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  for  substance  which 
enables  them  to  withstand  the  hot  summer  sun  without 
wilting.  Another  charm  lies  in  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  lich  bronze  foli- 
age.   4  ft.     15  cts.  each;  $1..50  per  doz. 

V.\ROr>'A.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  all  times  the  bright  orange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  lu."turlant  grower,  producing  Its 
flowers  well  ahov.  the  plant  4Vj  ft.  25  cts.  each; 
s'^..^)  per  doz. 


,  One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  $2.00 

HENRY   A.  DREER, 

714    and    716    Chestnut    Street,     Philadelphia,    Pa. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


Vol.  XXVII 
No.  4 
JAN.  26 
1918 


HORTICULTURE 


Cattleya  Raphaelse  (C.  Trianae  X  C.  aurea) 

Raised   by   Clement  Mooie,  Hackensack,  N.  J. 


LVM 


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HORTICULTURE 


January  26.  191K 


Dreer^s  Grand  NewCannas  for  1918 


Ten  truly  marvelous  acquisitions,  introducing 
new  tones  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment In  form  and  habit. 

(  \HMI\K.  IIKAIT^.  Dii'p  lirlglit  lurmliii' 111. WITH  frorly 
pr.i  111.  Ill  hlifli  Mliiivo  the  hcnvy  iliirk  cri'i'ii  fnlliiKu 
will.  Ii  liiin  a  niirr..«  ri-d  iiiiirKln.  The  llowirn  while  not 
na  lufRe  na  Chose  of  Olympic  arc  of  a  iiiuch  hrlehtenind 
more  plenslui;  tone.    i>i  ft.    7Q  eta.  eaeh  ;  f'.riO  per  dor.. 

rilKEKKl  I.NKSS.  No  iiiiiri'  npproprliili'  inline  eoiild  lie 
L-lreii  to  thin  lirilllMiit  novelcy.  Kk  lieaiitifiil  hrlKlit  lire- 
red  or  ile.p  oriiTite  iliiwira  u|ipear  ejirly  iiiid  eniitlnue 
nlihont  Inlernipiioii  until  froHl.  .\ilil  to  the  prevnillni: 
.  idnr  II  Riillen  linrder  nnil  centre  with  eaih  petal  tliikeil 
•  annlneerliiison  and  you  niily  foriii  amiie  cmieeption  of 
ttiU  fiiHclnatInK  variety  with  Ita  iTeet  Hleiiia  alwayH 
lopped  with  clusters  of  cheerful  color  held  high  above 
tlie  foliage.    3'-j  ft.    Xj  cts.  each;  $.'1.50  per  doz. 

CI.OTH  OF  GOI.I».  A  very  nttnietlve  dwarf,  compnct- 
growlnR  free-UowerIng  Kolden  yellow,  I!  ft.  40  els. 
each  ;  *4.0o  per  doz. 

n.\7.7.LER.  Time  and  again  the  past  season  the  dark 
irreen  foliage  of  this  variety  has  hwn  hidden  heneath  tlie 
mass  of  eluBters  of  deep  lire-red  flowers.  The  Intensity 
of  coloring  and  freedom  of  blooming  coupled  wltii 
compact  habit,  make  tbis  variety  the  peer  of  the  best 
for  bedding  purposes.  3Mi  ft.  35  cts.  each;  $3.00  per 
dor.. 

<i<>I,I>KN  K.\r.l<E.  A  wonderfully  Intense  golden-yellow. 
Very  free  upright  grower.  The  large  flowers  are  pro- 
iiced  in  great  clusters  well  above  the  foliage.  4'/4  ft 
."ill  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  del. 

ll.\K.MONY.  Great  clusters  of  good-sized,  well-formed 
Oeranluni-red  Dowers  are  arranged  on  good  stems  In 
such  a  manner  as  to  give  the  trusses  an  almost  globu- 
lar appearance.  Altogether  a  dlgnllled  harmonious 
I'limblnatloD.     3'-j  ft.     50  cts.  each ;  J5.00  per  doz. 

I'OPPT.  Intense  poppy-red.  Large  perfect  florets  In 
good  trusses  over  greenish-bronzy  foliage.  Ulch  and 
elTeitlve.     5  ft.  50  cts.  each  ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

SALMON  QVEEN.  An  entirely  new  color  In  Cannas.  Rosy 
salmon-scarlet,  blending  to  a  rosy-carmine  toward  the 
centre.  The  large  substantial  flowers  are  freely  pro- 
duced In  great  clusters  high  above  heavy  green  foliage. 
Very  effective  In  bedding.  5  ft.  40  cts.  each;  $4.00  per 
doz. 

.sKN8.*TION.  To  get  a  sensational  color-tone  In  a  pink 
Canna.  Is  particularly  noteworthy.  Our  llrst  impulse 
was  to  call  It  "La  France,"  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  La  France  Rose,  but  the  tone  is  even  cleaner 
and  purer:  It  being  a  lovely  pale-rose.  The  foliage  Is 
a  beautiful  glaucous-green :  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact One  of  the  most  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
In  recent  years.    3  ft.    75  cts.  each. 


TYPE  OF  NEWER  CANNAS 

ISI'PEKB.  This  variety  Is  unique  In  color  and  truly  au. 
pcrb :  liaving  large,  clean  bright  orange-Bcarlet  bloa- 
soms  of  good  substance,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
with  glaucous-bronzy  foliage  giving  a  moat  pleasing 
effect.    5  ft.    40  cts.  each  ;  $4.00  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  above  Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 

New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several  years'   trial,    have    proven   themselves   worthy    of    ou' 

commendation. 


TLEOPATKA.  A  striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  snrmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
hninze  foliage.  This  variety  stands  out  strongly  in 
effectiveness.    4  ft.     50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

nK.AGON.  An  Incessant  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  until  cut  down  hv  frost.  Dark 
ox-blood  red.    3  ft.     15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

KI.AG  OF  TKfCE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  Is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Eureka  but  quite 
distinct  and  valuable.   4  ft.    35  cts.  each;  $3.50  per  doz. 

G.AIETY.  Reddish-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  is  yellow  and  densely 
spotted  with  carmine.    4^4  ft.    15  cts.  each  ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

L.^F.ATETTE.  In  some  respects  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor."  but  the  flowers  are  not  quite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  the  plant  grows  taller.  5  ft.  30  cts 
each :  $3.00  per  doz. 


POCAHONTAS  (Krnnzed- leaved  Olympic).  Large  orien- 
tal-red flowers  borne  on  Arm  upright  stems,  Just  high 
enough  above  the  foliage  to  show  the  entire  head.  The 
foliage  is  a  dark  bronze-green  with  emerald  shadings; 
the  ribs  a  darker  bronze:  one  of  the  best  recent  Intro 
ductions.    4  ft.    30  cts.  each ;  $3.00  per  doz. 

SAN  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  Persian-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  for  substance  which 
enables  them  to  withstand  the  hot  summer  aun  without 
wilting.  Another  charm  lies  In  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronze  foli- 
age.    4  ft.    15  cts.  each;  $1.50  per  doz. 

VAROrNA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  all  times  the  brlghforange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  oar  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  Its 
flowers  well  above  the  plant  4H  ft  2.5  eta.  each; 
M..10  per  do». 


One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  S2.00 

HENRY    A.  DREER, 

714   and    716    Chestnut   Street,     Philadelphia,    Pa. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


January  26,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


'To 


OERAIMIUIVIS 

We  have  about  Oae   Million   Geraniums   in   2   and   3-in.    pots    in    the    very    best    condition    for    immediate 
shipment. 

Our  assortment  is  conceded  to  be  second  to  none  in  the  country 

2-iD.,  $2.50  per  100,  $22.50  per  1.000         3-in.,  $3.00  per  100,  $30.00  per  1,000 

1000  of  100  each  of  10  varieties,  our  selection  for  $20.00 


4-in.,  $8.00  per  ICO 


SPECIAL    PRICES    ON    LARGE    LOTS 

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Sons   86 

Buuyard,  A.  T...  88 

Burnett    Bros 85 

Burpee,  W.  A.  & 
Co ^ 

Carter's  Tested 
Seeds,    Inc 84 

Child  s,  John 
Lewis    70 

Clarke's,  D.  Sons.  86 


1ST     G 

Page 
Conard    &    Jones 

Co 75 

Cooke.  Geo.  H...  86 

Cowee,  W.  J 91 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries    76 

Craig.  Robert  Co.  76 

Dards   86 

Davenport,  A.  M.  76 

Dreer,   H.  A 74-95 

Dunlop,  John  H.  87 
Dysart,   R 84 

Edwards  Folding 
Box    Co 88 

Elliott,  Wm.  & 
Sons   85 

Esler,  J.  G 95 

Eyres   87 

Farquhar,    R.    & 

J.    Co 85 

Fenrlcb,  Jos.  S..  90 
Floral    Nurseries.  8S 

Ford.   M.   C 90 

Ford,  W.  P 90 

Fottler,         Fiske, 

Rawsou   Co (HI 

From,ent,  H.  E...  90 
Galvln,  Thos.  F..  87 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M.  87 
Gudc  Bros.  Co...  80 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 85 

Growers   Cut 

Flower  Co 90 


D  V 


Page 

Page 

Hail   Association. 

95 

McConnell,   Alex. 

KB 

Hammond     Paint 

McHutchison       & 

&      Slug      Shot 
Works    

Co    

76 

94 

Meconi.   Paul 

90 

Hart.  Geo.  B 

91 

Meehan,  Chas.   E. 

88 

Hentz  &  Nash.. . 

91 

Metropolitan  Ma- 

Hess &  Swoboda. 

H7 

terial    Co 

95 

Hews,    A.    H.    & 

Michell.   H.  F.  Co. 

84 

Co 

9ii 

Michigan  Cut 

Hill  Co.,  E.  G.... 

88 

Flower    Ex 

SS 

Hill,   D.   Nursery 

Millang,   Chas.... 

90 

Co 

V« 

Millang,   Frank.. 

INI 

Hltchlngs  &  Co.. 

96 

Murray,  Samuel.. 

86 

Holm  &  Olson... 

H7 

Miller,   A.    L 

■|'(i 

Holland    Nur- 

series     

7C, 

Nat'I        Nursery- 

85 

man  

76 

Irwin,  R.  J 

N.     Y.     Florists' 

Johnston    Bros... 

80 

Supply  Co 

91 

Kastiug,     W.     F. 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co. 

94 

Co 

88 

Nlessen,    Leo    Co. 

88 

Keller  Sons,   J.  B. 

87 

Nitrate    Agencies 

Kelway  &  Son. .. 

85 

Co 

94 

Kerr  the  Florist. 

.H7 

Kervan   Co 

IHI 

Ouwerkerk,  P 

iO 

King      Construc- 

Palmer, W.  J.  & 

tion   Co 

9t> 

Son    

87 

KnoMe    Bros 

HI 

Park  Floral  Co. . 

87 

Kottmiller   

86 

Pnrshelsky   Bros. 

95 

Kroeschell    Bros.. 

'.)h 

P  p  d  e  r  s  o  n,  An- 

Kuebler,  W.   II.. 

90 

thon    

.s:! 

Lager  &  Hurrell. 

76 

Penn  the  Florist. 

8(i 

Lemon  Oil  Co.... 

94 

Pennock,     S.     S. 

Leonard  Seed  Co. 

W. 

Co 

89 

Marshall.    W.    E. 

Plaftzgraff     Pot- 

Co  

86 

tery   Co........ 

93 

I  S  E  R  J 

Page 
Pierce  Co.,  P.  O.  95 

Pieraon,  A,  N 76 

Pierson.  F.  R 87 

Poehlmann   Bros. 

Co 88 

Pulverized       Ma-   ' 

nure  Co 94 

Randall's  Flower 

Shop    87 

Reed  &  Keller...  91 
Reldel  &  Meyer..  90 

Reid,  Edw 88 

Robinson,    H.   M. 

Co 90 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&   Co 88 

Roehrs,  J.  Co 78 

Roland,  Thomas.  87 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.     & 

Sons    93 

Roserv,    The 86 

Rynveld,      F.      & 

Sons    75 

Schling,    Max 86 

Schwakc,       Chas. 

Co 75 

Sekenger,  Adam.  86 
Sheridan.  W.  F..  80 
Siebrecht,  Geo.  C.  90 
SiKgers     &     Sig- 

gers     05 

Skldelsky,     S.     S. 

&   Co 85 

Sllnu,  B.  S..  Jr..  »1 
Sllnn,   Clarence. .  91 


Page 
Smith,    Elmer   D. 

&  Co 70 

Smith,  P.  J 90 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 70 

Smith  &  Fetters.  87 
Smyth,  Wm.  J..  87 
Stunipp,  G.  E.  M.  88 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co 85 

Thorliurn,    J.    M. 

&  Co 85 

Totty,  Chas.  H..  70 
Traendly      & 

Schenck    90 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er Co 91 

Vincent.    K.,    Jr., 
&  Sons  Co 75 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc 93 

Ward,  R.M.  &  Co.  75 

Weber,  F.  C 87 

Weiss,   Herman..  90 

Wood   Bros 70 

Woodruff,    S.    D. 
&  Son 85 

Young,   A.   1 90 

Young,  John 00 

Young,  Thos..  Jr.  91 
Young  &  Nugent.  80 
Zech  &.  Maun ....  88 


LJ  Y 


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January  26,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  FLORISTS  and 
ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURISTS 

National   Flower   Show   Indefinitely    Postponed.     Convention 

Will  Be  Held,  Together  with  Trade  Exhibition, 

at  St,  Louis,  in  Apiil  as  Planned 


(By  Telegraph  from  St.  Loais) 


After  a  general  survey  of  conditions  in  the  country 
at  large,  taking  all  sections  into  consideration,  and 
after  hearing  full  expression  of  views  from  St.  Louis 
representatives  and  all  members  present  of  the  National 
Flower  Show  Committee  and  of  the  Executive  Board 
of  the  Society  of  American  Florists  and  Ornamental 
Horticulturists,  including  representatives  on  the  board 
from  the  alliliated  societies,  it  was  the  unanimous  con- 
clusion of  all  that  to  hold  the  National  Flower  Show 
this  spring  would  be  unjust  to  the  guarantors  and  also 
to  those  who  have  always  by  their  exhibits  made  pre- 
vious National  Flower  Shows  an  unqualified  success  in 
,  whatever  city  held.  Notwithstanding  that  much  val- 
uable work  has  been  done  toward  the  holding  of  the 
show  and  that  such  members,  one  and  all,  have  lent  their 
best  ett'orts  so  tliat  everything  was  progressing  favorably, 
it  was  reluctantly  decided  to  postpone  the  National 
Flower  Show  until  there  is  a  change  in  the  general  con- 
ditions throughout  the  country  which  will  insure  rapid 
movement  of  freight  congestion.  Thanks  are  due  to 
those  who  liave  already  taken  exhibition  space  and  to 
the  guarantors  as  well  as  to  the  St.  Louis  Committees. 
While  some  financial  loss  will  result  from  a  cessation 
of  the  preparations  which  have  been  imder  way,  it  is 
believed  that  it  will  be  wiser,  in  view  of  the  practical 
difficulties  in  the  way  of  holding  a  successful  National 
Flower  Show  at  this  time  to  absorb  present  loss  rather 
tlian  to  incur  further  expense.     The  National  Flower 


Show  will  not  therefore  be  held  this  spring  but  there 
will  be  no  change  in  the  dates  for  the  Convention  of  the 
Society  of  American  Florists  and  Ornamental  Horti- 
culturists and  the  St.  Louis  members  will  now  direct 
tlieir  efforts  to  the  preparations  for  the  April  conven- 
tion. It  is  believed  that  the  matter  of  coal  conserva- 
tion to  which  the  attention  of  the  trade  must  continue 
to  be  given  while  the  war  lasts  and  other  important  mat- 
ters which  require  consideration  by  all  florists,  will 
cause  the  attendance  at  this  convention  to  be  unusually 
large,  as  it  will  draw  not  only  from  the  East  and  South 
but  from  the  great  Nor-thwest  as  well  as  from  the  South- 
west and  the  territory  located  near  to  St.  Louis.  Hold- 
ing the  meeting  in  April  will  avoid  the  heated  season. 
The  watchword  of  this  convention  will  be  Co-operation, 
Conservation  and  America  First.  There  will  be  an 
interesting  exhibition  showing  recent  developments  of 
American  products  and  it  is  believed  that  by  April 
facilities  for  railroad  travel  will  have  been  much  im- 
proved and  that  the  commercial  trade  exhibit  will  be  a 
fine  one.  The  matter  of  publicity  will  also  receive 
pro|)er  attention  at  the  convention.  By  that  time  the 
work  already  done  in  that  direction  will  have  begun  to 
show  its  good  results  and  it  is  expected  that  all  mem- 
bers of  the  trade  will  realize  their  duty  to  become  mem- 
bers of  the  S.  A.  F.  if  they  have  not  already  done  so 
and  help  to  push  forward  what  it  is  doing. 

John  Young,  Secretary. 


NEW  YORK  INTERNATIONAL 
FLOWER  SHOW. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Interna- 
tional Flower  Show  Committee  was 
held  in  the  Grand  Central  Palace, 
Monday,  Jan.  14,  at  2.30  p.  m.  A  selec- 
tion was  made  in  the  prize  design  con- 
test for  the  feketch  that  will  be  used 
for  the  poster  purposes  in  the  coming 
exhibition. 

While  all  the  members  realize  the 
unsettled  condition  of  the  country, 
and  that  it  is  quite  possible  that  some 
of  the  exhibits  may  be  somewhat  cur- 
tailed, still  they  had  the  assurance 
that  there  would  be  exhibits  from 
other  large  places  which  heretofore 
had  not  shown  any  interest  in  the 
Flower  Shows. 

Secretary  John  Young  made  his  re- 
port showing  that  at  the  present  time 
$11,000  worth  of  space  has  been  re- 
served in  the  trade  section.  Mr.  New- 
bold  reported  that  the  Jadies  of  the 
Red  Cross,  with  whom  the  same  ar- 
rangements had  been  made  as  pre- 
vailed for  the  1917  Show,  were  work- 
ing strenuously  to  have  the  Tea  Gar- 
den   more   attractive   than   ever.      Mr. 


HoUaman  gave  a  report  of  all  exhibi- 
tions that  had  been  held  in  the  Grand 
Central  Palace  during  the  season 
which  showed  that  all  of  them  did  as 
much  business  as  in  previous  years. 
Arthur  Herrington,  manager  of  the  ex- 
hibition, also  submitted  his  report 
which  was  to  the  effect  that  the  avail- 
able material  for  exhibits  were  such 
that  the  coming  exhibition  would  com- 
pare favorably  with  any  in  the  past. 

Many  of  the  growers,  of  course, 
were  not  over-jubilant  in  regard  to 
the  coal  and  laljor  situation,  but 
pledged  themselves  to  put  forth  their 
best  efforts  towards  making  the  com- 
ing International  Flower  Show,  to  be 
held  March  14-21,  a  success  in  every 
way. 


OUR  COVER  ILLUSTRATION. 
We  i)resent  this  week  an  interest- 
ing and  attractive  orchid  picture  in 
the  portrait  of  Cattleya  Raphaels. 
which  adorns  the  first  cover  page. 
Cattleya  Raphaels  is  a  hybrid  be- 
tween C.  Trianae  and  C.  aurea.  It  is 
one  of  the  most  useful  hybrid  orchids 
either  for  the  connoisseur  or  the  com- 
mercial grower  because  its  time  of 
flowering  is  always  from  the  middle  of 
November  right  up  till  Christmas. 
The  iirogeny  of  this  cross  run  all  the 
way  from  albinos  to  dark  crimson. 
The  lip  is  usually  golden  yellow  and 
deep  magenta.  The  flower  illustrated 
was  raised  at  the  conservatories  of 
Clement  Moore  at  Hackensack,  N.  J., 
where  many  very  notable  hybrid  or- 
chids have  originated. 


Tiie  total  acreage  sown  to  crops  in 
1917  in  the  uninvaded  portion  of 
France  showed  a  decrease  of  24.4  per 
cent  from  the  acreage  in  1913.  Th'; 
burden  of  agriculture  which  has  rested 
since  the  war  on  old  men,  women  and 
children  will  be  lightened  consider- 
ably by  the  1500  farm  tractor.<^  being 
shipped  to  France  this  winter  by  the 
U.  S.  Food  Administration. 


When  all  is  said  and  done  the  true 
philosophy  of  advertising  is  the  Ayer 
dictum,  "Keeping  everlastingly  at  it 
brings  success."  No  doubt  of  it,  boys. 
So  send  along  that  little  check  to  the 
S.  A.  F.  publicity  committee  and  pray 
that  they  may  use  it  judiciously  and 
effectively.  G.  C.  Watson. 

Philadelphia. 


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H  0  U  Tl  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


Janiiar)'  26,  1918 


horticulture: 


VOL  UVII 


JANUARY  26.    1918 


NO.  4 


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CONTENTS  Page 

(".  OVKK    I  LLl  ST  K  .\  T  1  Oi\  — Cattleya    Raphaelae 
(C.   Triansp    x    C.   aiirea) 

NKW  YORK   INTERNATIO.NAL  FLOWER  SHOW 77 

SOCIKTY  OK  AMERIC.A.N  FLORISTS: 

National  Flower  Show  Indeflnitely  Postponed — Con- 
vention and  Trade  Exhibition  to  be  Held  in  St.  Louis 
as  Planned    77 

ARTEMISIA— KifTiard    Wof/ic— Illustrated 79 

TWO   HUNDRED   DOLLAR    PRIZE 79 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— Society  of  American  Florists 
—  Massachusetts  Nurserymen's  Association  —  South- 
western Nurserymen  Organize — Meetings  Next  Week — 
Connecticut  Horticultural  Society — Lancaster  County 
Florists'  Association  —  New  York  Florists'  Club  — 
Buffalo  Florist  Club — Westchester  and  Fairfield  Hor- 
ticultural Society  —  State  Florists'  Association  of 
Indiana  —  Stamford  Horticultural  Society  —  Nassau 
County    Horticultural    Society 80-81 

SEED  TRADE— A   Slogan   tor  the   Seed   Trade;    David 
Biirpic — Annual  Dinner  of  Peter  Henderson  Co 84 

OK   INTEREST   TO   RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

Stamp  and  Poster  Trade  Boomers — A  Story  With  a 
Moral — New   Flower    Stores 86-87 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston.    Chicago,    Cincinnati,    Cleveland,    New    York, 

Philadelphia  89 

Rochester.  St.  Louis   91 

LOCAL  AND  GE.XERAL  NEWS: 
Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Cleveland,   Rochester,  New  York, 
Cincinnati    92-93 

OBITUARY— S.  B.  Coffin— Mrs.  John  Schneider 93 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Our  Cover  Illustration 77 

Flower  Growing  Essential 79 

Greetings  to  the  Florists  of  the  United  States 79 

William    Plumb   in   .Action— Illustrated 82 

Publications   Received    82 

Catalogues  Received    83 

Business  Troubles   91 

Visitors'  Register ]   93 

Welcome  Commendation    94 

News  Notes   94 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 95 

Cost  of  Heating  by   Gas 95 


We  believe  the  action  of  the  S.  A.  F. 
'^°  Executive     Board     and     National 

National  Flower  Flower  Show  Committee  in  post- 
show  this  year  poning  the  National  Flower  Show 
until  conditions  are  more  propitious 
will  meet  with  general  approval.  Many  misgivings 
have  been  felt  as  to  the  wisdom  of  going  on  with  the 
preparations  for  this  momentous  enterprise  in  the  ex- 
isting chaotic  conditions  as  to  transportation  and  other 
dubious  contingencies  which  might  have  a  serious  bear- 
ing on  the  success  of  the  undertaking.  All  the  National 
Flower  Shows  thus  far  have  been  conspicuously  and 
progressively  successful,  financially  as  well  as  horticul- 


lurally,  and  it  is  well  that  no  chances  be  taken  now, 
as  a  fMihire  to  nniintuiii  the  record  would  be  a  far- 
iniching  calamity.  The  National  C-oniinittces  have 
iictcil  w  iscly. 

'J'lie  old,  old   "lioiie  of  contention'' — the 

'^^'^  removal    of  over-crowded    trees,    planted 

"red  rag"      originally  with  the  intention  to  thin  them 

again  „iit  jn  ijue  time — has  come  to  liie  surface 

again,  in  n  controver.-iy  between  the  Hoston 
park  commissioners,  who  jiropose  to  leinove  the  centre 
trees  in  a  triple  row  of  red  oaks  l)ordering  tlie  Arbor- 
way,  ])lanted  when  small  by  the  late  J.  A.  I'cttigrew, 
and  a  number  of  remonstrants  led  by  A.  A.  Shurtleff, 
consulting  architect  of  the  commission,  who  demand 
that  the  trees  should  remain.  Why  is  it  that  so  many 
people,  seemingly  otherwise  normal,  harbor  such  a  vio- 
lent bias  against  any  action  which  seeks  to  provide  for 
tlie  free  and  symmetrical  development  of  specimen  trees 
in  public  reservations  to  their  full  natural  beauty? 
Sucli  propositions  invariably  have  the  same  effect  as  a 
red  rag  on  certain  cattle,  in  stirring  up  a  grievance. 

Despite  the  combination  of  adverse  con- 
Come  ditions  now  prevailing  in  the  larger  por- 
to  Boston  tion  of  this  country,  Boston  is  earnestly 
hoping  that  the  meeting  of  the  Ameri- 
can Carnation  Society  in  this  city  next  week  may  be 
well-attended  by  the  votaries  of  the  divine  flower  and  a 
great  success  in  every  respect.  Boston  has  had  the  honor 
of  receiving  and  entertaining  the  Carnation  Society  on 
several  occasions  in  the  past  and  each  occasion  proved  a 
lustrous  event  in  the  historj'  of  the  Society  and  in  the 
(lcvelo])inent  of  the  flower  it  seeks  to  promote.  Nowhere 
in  the  world  arc  better  carnations  produced  than  in 
and  around  Boston  and  it  "goes  without  saying"  that 
the  exhibition  which  will  be  put  up  on  this  occasion 
will  be  one  of  rare  excellence  and  beauty,  well  worth 
the  time,  expense  and  effort  involved  in  attending,  how- 
ever great  the  distance  may  be.  So  come,  one  and  all, 
bring  your  best  productions  and  feel  assured  that  you 
will  be  well  repaid. 

;\mong  the  agencies  that  are  doing 
An  alliance  elTective  service  in  behalf  of  beauty  in 
for  defense  horticulture  in  these  troublous  days 
when  ornamental  horticulture  is  hard- 
pressed  as  never  before,  count  the  Garden  Clubs  of 
.\merica,  the  Woman's  National  Farm  and  Garden 
-Association  and  other  bodies  of  similar  character  and 
purpose  all  over  this  country.  The  supjiort  they  give  is 
wholehearted,  unflrigging  and  through  mediums  of  pub- 
licity which  are  strongly  influential  in  directions  that 
are  not  always  very  accessible  to  the  commercial  horti- 
culturist but  are  of  incalculable  value  to  the  continued 
|>rosperity  of  his  business.  The  florist,  nurseryman  and 
seedsman  all  owe  a  big  debt  of  gratitude  to  these  en- 
thusiastic disciples  of  the  gospel  of  beauty  who  have 
put  their  hearts  and  souls  into  the  campaign  to  save 
our  flower  gardens  from  being  recklessly  overrun  and 
sacrificed  in  the  hysterical  stampede  for  food  produc- 
tion to  the  exclusion  of  everything  else  that  is  dear  to 
the  heart  of  the  gardener.  We  regard  this  work  which 
these  people  are  doing  and  these  ends  to  which  they  are 
devoting  their  efforts  as  no  less  patriotic,  no  less  needful 
to  humanity  in  the  present  time  of  distre.ss  and  for  the 
days  that  are  to  come  in  the  hidden  future,  than  are 
those  other  commendable  agencies  whose  energies  are 
so  scrupulously  centered  upon  the  production  and  con- 
servation of  food  crops  and  the  mere  bodily  sustenance 
of  the  people. 


January  26,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


Artemisia 


The  name  artemisia  involuntarily  brings  back  into 
our  memory  a  sweet  aromatic  odor  much  cherished  by 
our  ancestors.  A  specimen  of  Artemisia  Abrotanum, 
the  Old  Man,  a  shrubby  plant  with  dark  green  finely 
cut  foliage  could  always  be  found  in  some  corner  of  their 
gardens.  When  a  boy  I  remember  old  ladies  on  going  to 
church  frequently  taking  a  little  twig  along  between  the 
leaves  of  their  hymn  books.  The  present  generation,  as 
a  rule,  has  little  time  for  those  old-fashioned  fragrant 
but  in  color  and  general  %howiness  inconspicuous  things. 
The  two  species  with  finely  cut  silvery  foliage,  Arte- 
misia pedemontana  and  A.  stelleriana  we  often  used  in 
carpet  bedding.  By  what  it  appears  they  are  to  repre- 
sent a  useful  material  for  the  filling  up  of  vacancies  in 
sunny  positions  of  large  rockeries  in  the  near  future. 
But  not  until  the  recent  introduction  of  the  subject  of 
our  illustration,  Artemisia  lactiflora,  could  a  species  of 
this  genus  claim  front  rank  on  our  herbaceous  plant 
lists.  Artemisia  lactiflora  has  proved  a  highly  orna- 
mental border  plant.  Its  decidedly  graceful  habit  of 
growth  attracts  attention  on  sight.  One  particular 
reason  for  treasuring  this  species  most  is  because  it  is 
in  bloom  during  the  latter  part  of  August  and  nearly, 
all  through  September,  when  many  of  our  perennial 
borders  more  or  less  lack  in  variety  of  form  in  flowers. 
During-  this  time  the  light  freely  branching  spikes  of 
creamy  white  color,  born  on  stems  from  3  to  4  feet 
high,  constitute  a  very  desirable  acquisition  for  the 
floral  display  of  our  gardens.  The  attractively  cut  dark 
green  foliage  contrasting  well  with  the  light  colored 
panicles  is  another  valuable  feature  readily  appreciated. 


ABTEMISI.V  LACTirLOBA. 


Artemisia  lactiflora  prefers  a  deep,  well  dug  and  en- 
riched ground.  Throughout  the  north  it  wants  full  sun, 
while  in  the  middle  x\tlantic  states  it  thrives  equally 
well  in  light  partial  shade.  For  perfect  development  I 
found  sufficient  irrigation  especially  during  the  early 
part  of  its  growth  absolutely  necessary. 

.\rtemisia  lactiflora  requires  manure  or  leaf-covering 
during  winter.  Propagation  by  cuttings,  divisions  and 
raising  from  seed. 


-Sd^M^iAxi-^ct&LA/ 


Glenside,  Pa. 


TWO     HUNDRED     DOLLAR     PRIZE. 
Competition   Open   to   All. 

The  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 
Association  will  give  two  hundred  dol- 
lars cash  for  the  best  sign  or  emblem 
submitted  to  its  committee  for  use  of 
the  members  in  advertising  the  deliv- 
ery of  flowers  by  mail,  telegraph,  tele- 
phone, etc.,  etc.,  etc. 

The  successful  subject  will  be  one 
suitable  for  use  as  a  poster  stamp, 
window  sign,  delivery  wagon  sign  or 
bill  board.  It  must  convey  in  the  sim- 
plest manner  the  title  of  our  Associa- 
tion-— Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery. 
Those  competing  will  not  be  restricted 
as  to  size  or  number  of  subjects  sent 
In  tor  consideration.  The  idea  the 
committee  wants  to  convey  through 
the  sign  is  that  members  of  the  Flor- 
ists' Telegraph  Delivery  Association 
can  deliver  flowers  anywhere  in  the 
United  States  or  Canada  (or  the 
world)  through  its  members  on  short 
notice. 

We  want  a  sign  easily  remembered 
wherever  seen  and  symbolical  of  our 
aims.  Get  busy  and  get  your  sketches 
In.  Be  sure  to  put  your  name  and  ad- 
dress plainly  on  the  back  of  each 
sketch  submitted.  Anyone  is  eligi- 
ble. 

The  sketches  will  become  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Association  and  we  will 
only  pay  for  the  one  selected.  All 
rights  and  titles  will  remain  with  the 
Association  and  no  artist's  nor  design- 
er's name  will  be  permitted  on  the 
face  of  the  selected  sketch.  The  de- 
clBion  of  the  committee  will  be  final. 
Here  is  a  chance  for  a  little  easy 
money.     Your  Idea  is  likely  to  be  the 


winner,  so  do  it  now.  All  sketches 
must  be  in  the  hands  of  the  committee 
not  later  than  March  1,  1918.  Send 
your  sketches  and  for  any  further  in- 
formation address  F.  C.  W.  Brown, 
Chairman  of  Sign  Committee  F.  T.  D.. 
care  The  J.  M.  Gasser  Co.,  Cleveland, 
Ohio. 


To  All  Florists  of  the  United 
States -Greetings! 

Recognizing  the  need  for  in- 
forming the  government  as  to 
conditions  in  the  industry,  it  is 
requested  that  you  will  at  once 
communicate  to  John  Young,  Sec- 
retary, 53  West  28th  Street,  New 
York  City,  information  stating 
how  many  feet  of  glass  is  now 
shut  down  on  account  of  coal 
conservation.  IT  IS  IMPOR- 
TANT THAT  YOU  ACT  AT 
ONCE.  THIS  MEANS  YOU. 
GET  IN  TOUCH  WITH  YOUR 
FELLOW  FLORISTS  IN  ORDER 
THAT  OUR  INDUSTRY  MAY 
BE    PROTECTED. 

JOHN   YOUNG,  Sec. 


The  Nebraska  State  Florists'  Asso- 
ciation held  its  annual  meeting  at 
Lincoln  on  January  15,  and  after  busi- 
ness had  been  finished  up,  had  a  dinner 
at  the  Lincoln  Hotel.  Officers  were 
elected  as  follows:  President,  C.  H. 
Frey,  Lincoln;  vice-president.  C.  H. 
Greene,  FVemont;  secretary  and  treas- 
urer, Lewis  Henderson,  Omaha. 


FLOWER    GROWING    ESSENTIAL. 

President  R.  M.  Saltonstall  in  his 
address  before  the  Massachusetts  Hor- 
ticultural Society  on  January  12  had 
this  to  say: 

"Some  people  look  upon  the  growing 
of  flowers  as  a  pure  luxury  which 
ought  to  be  given  up  during  war  times. 
Now  I  do  not  agree  with  this  because 
we  must  consider  the  fact  that  a  very 
considerable  number  of  men  have 
given  up  their  lite  work  to  the  study 
and  work  of  floriculture,  a  science  in 
itself.  Some  of  these  men  are  of  ma- 
ture years  and  utterly  unfitted  for 
other  fields  of  work,  and  in  many  cases 
dependent  on  such  work  for  their  sup- 
port. Again,  it  is  important  to  keep 
this  industry  going  for  those  who  wish 
to  return  to  it  after  the  war.  A  vast 
amount  of  plant  life  in  greenhouses 
would  be  lost  if  the  business  is  given 
up.  These  plants  in  many  cases  have 
taken  years  to  grow  and  perhaps  could 
never  be  replaced.  Flowers  surely  are 
not  so  much  of  a  luxury  as  costly 
clothing  or  jewelry  worn  chiefly  to  at- 
tract the  eye,  or  the  many  attractive 
but  not  necessary  fittings  of  our  homes. 
If  all  luxuries  are  to  go,  flowers  must 
go  with  them,  but  when  we  consider 
the  great  amount  of  happiness  and 
real  pleasure  that  can  be  given  to  the 
sick  and  the  wounded  and  those  con- 
fined to  their  bed,  in  some  cases  far 
away  from  home,  I  say  that  flowers 
should  be  the  last  of  all  luxuries  to 
be  forced  out  by  dire  stress  of  war." 


Leroy,  N.  Y. — Prelsack  Bros,  have 
turned  their  flower  growing  houses 
over  to  the  forcing  of  vegetables  ex- 
clusively. 


11  (J  H  1'  1  C  U  L  T  U  li  E 


January  1:6,  1918 


l 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


1 


SOCIETY    OF   AMERICAN    FLORISTS 
AND     ORNAMENTAL     HOR- 
TICULTURISTS. 

At  till'  iiu'otinK  of  tin-  I'xecutlvf 
hoard,  in  seasion  at  St.  I.ouls  this 
week,  thp  followiiiK  rcaolution  was 
udoptod  by  an  uniiniinous  vote  and 
telegraplied  to  Hon.  II.  A.  Garflcld. 
Fuel  Administrator,  Washington,  D. 
C:  "The  Exooutlvo  Uourd  of  the  So- 
ciety of  American  Florists  and  Orna- 
mental Horticulturists  in  session  here 
unanimously  vote  to  cooperate  In  con- 
servation by  reducing  fuel  consump- 
tion one-third,  pursuant  to  your  recom- 
menilation.  Signed,  C'has.  H.  Totty, 
president:  John  Young,  secretary; 
VVm.  F.  Gude,  Washington  representa- 
tive." It  was  further  resolved  that 
the  president  and  secretary  of  the  S. 
A.  F.  and  O.  H.,  are  hereby  authorized 
to  execute  any  papers  that  may  be  re- 
quired by  the  .National  Fuel  Adminis- 
trator In  complying  with  the  fuel  con- 
servation by  our  members  and  allied 
organizations. 


MASSACHUSETTS   NURSERYMEN'S 
ASSOCIATION. 

At  the  eighth  annual  meeting  of  the 
Massachusetts  Nurserymen's  Associa- 
tion held  in  Boston,  January  8th,  some 
matters  of  vital  importance  to  the 
trade  were  discussed,  the  most  timely 
being,  perhaps,  the  question  of  ship- 
ments. Curtis  Nye  Smith,  the  well 
known  attorney,  in  an  optimistic  talk 
did  not  apprehend  any  serious  difficul- 
ties. Publicity  started  off  with  qiiite 
a  boom,  some  three  thousand  dollars 
being  pledged  annually  for  a  five  year 
period,  the  association  chipping  in  one 
hundred  dollars.  The  subject  of  "Our 
Labor  Problem"  which  was  on  the 
program,  went  by  default  as  too  prob- 
lematic. 

The  most  discussed  matter  was 
"Standardization"  with  Mr.  Harlan  P. 
Kelsey.  conducting.  As  far  as  one  not 
very  well  acquainted  with  the  subject 
could  gather,  everything  connected 
with  the  nursery  business  is  to  be 
standardized — which  is  fine.  But  the 
scheme  also  Includes  florists,  forest- 
ers, botanists  and  apothecaries.  A 
man's  job. 

Officers  for  1918  are:  President, 
John  Kirkegaard,  of  New  England 
Nursery  Company;  vice-president.  G. 
Thurlow,  of  Cherry  Hill  Nursery  Com- 
pany; secretary,  W.  H.  Thurlow  (re- 
elected); executive  committee,  Julius 
Heurlin,  chairman.  Blue  Hill  Nurser- 
ies; E.  W.  Breed,  W.  Adams,  R.  Wy- 
man;  legislative  committee.  .Julius 
Heurlin.  chairman;  W.  H.  Wyman.  A. 
E.   Robinson.   E.   W.  Breed.       V.  H. 


SOUTHWESTERN    NURSERYMEN 
ORGANIZE. 

Persuant  to  a  call  sent  out  by  the 
committee,  appointed  at  the  Septem- 
ber meeting  of  the  Texas  Nursery- 
men's Association  at  Waco  for  that 
purpose,  several  nurserymen  of  the 
Southwest  met  at  Denison,  Texas,  on 
January  9th,  for  the  purpose  of  organ- 


Meetings  Next  Week 

Monday,  Jan.  28. 

Kli*rlt4(H'  niid  Giinlt-iiiTfi'  Club  of 
KliotIp    Inlund,    Swiiriz    Ilnll,    I'rovl 

cl.Il.T,    It.    I. 

ifiirdoru-rn'  mid  FlorlHtH'  Clut>  of 
KallliiKiri-,  KlorlHlH'  Kxcliunge  Ilnll. 
IliilliiiKirf,  Md. 

Friday,  Feb.  1. 

.North  Shore  Ilnrtlcultural  Socli'lj. 
Maiichi'.Htor.  Miikh. 

Niirlh  Shore  Ilnrtlcultural  Sochi > 
Lake  FnriBl,  III. 

PnHndena      Horticultural      Sochi  > 
PaHadeiia,  Cat. 

I'eople'B  Park  Cottage  Gnrdcm  r^ 
Axsoelatkn,  I'nterBon,  N.  J. 

Yonkerfl  Horticultural  Socht\ 
Yoiikera.  N.  Y. 

Saturday,  Feb.  2. 

I'aclflc  Coa.st  Horticultural  Society, 
S.Tii   Fniiiclsco,  <'ul. 


Izalion    of   the   southwestern    nursery- 
men into  one  association. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  at 
1.45  p.  m.  by  J.  R.  Mayhew,  chairman 
of  the  coramitiee,  who  in  stating  the 
object  of  the  meeting,  pointed  out  a 
number  of  advantages  that  could  be 
had  by  such  au  organization. 

After  adopting  the  constitution  and 
by-laws,  the  following  officers  were 
selected  on  recommendation  of  the 
committee  on  nominations: 

W.  C.  Griffing,  Port  Arthur,  Texas, 
president:  W.  A.Wagner,  Uurant,  Okla., 
vice-president;  L.  J.  Tackett,  Fort 
Worth,  secretary-treasurer.  These  offi- 
cers, together  with  J.  R.  Mayhew, 
Waxahachie,  Texas,  and  Geo.  Parker, 
Fayetteville,  Ark.,  compose  the  execu- 
tive committee. 

A  membership  committee  was  ap- 
pointed composed  of  W.  C.  Griffing, 
Port  Arthur,  Texas;  John  S.  Kerr, 
Sherman,  Texas;  Geo.  F.  Verhalen, 
Scottsville,  Texas;  Mr.  Garee.  Noble, 
Okla.;  Geo.  Parker,  Fayetteville,  Ark.; 
C.  K.  Clingman,  Keithville,  La.,  W.  H. 
Hatcher,  Douglas,  Arizona. 

The  fourth  Tuesday  in  September  of 
each  year  was  selected  as  the  regular 
meeting  date  and  Denison,  Texas,  as 
the  next  meeting  place. 


CONNECTICUT      HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 

As  usual,  the  members  were  treated 
to  an  unusually  fine  exhibition  of  cy- 
camen.  Primula  malacoides  and  ericas 
at  the  first  meeting  of  the  New  Year. 
The  exhibitor  was  John  F.  Huss,  su- 
perintendent of  the  James  J.  Goodwin 
estate.  A  very  fine  srecimen  of  Erica 
hyemalis  attracted  much  attention. 

The  essay  provided  by  the  National 
Association  of  Gardeners,  entitled: 
"Organization  and  Co-operation,"  by 
.M.  L.  Davey,  Kent,  Ohio,  was  read  by 
the  secretary,  and  helped  to  make  the 
meeting  interesting  and  entertaining. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  Feb.  11, 
and  during  the  year  1918  meetings 
will  be  held  once  a  month. 

Alfred  Di.xon,  Sec'y. 

Hartford,  Conn, 


THE     LANCASTER    COUNTY     FLOR- 
ISTS  ASSOCIATION. 

The  mceiing  in  January  in  the 
Chamber  of  Cninmercc  rooms  was  al- 
most a  hundred  [cr  cent,  ntlendance, 
with  our  friends  T.  J.  Nolan  and 
Dennis  Connor  as  vlsitorg. 

The  following  named  officers  were 
elected  for  1918:  President,  Elmer 
Weaver,  Konks,  Pa.;  vice-president, 
l.cnion  S.  Landls,  Lancaster;  secre- 
lary,  Albert  M.  Herr.  Lancaster; 
'  reasurer,  Harry  K.  Rohrer,  Lancaster, 
I'a.  President  Schroyer  in  a  few  appro- 
priate remarks  called  the  President- 
elect to  the  chair  and  he,  after  thank- 
ing the  members  for  his  election, 
asked  that  the  attendance  at  the  pres- 
ent meeting  be  typical  of  every  meet- 
ing for  the  year.  He  said  that  misery 
loves  company  and  that  we  could  at 
least  come  together  once  a  month  and 
commiserate  with  each  other. 

The  following  committees  were  then 
appointed:  Programme  —  Harry  K. 
Rohrer,  Chas.  B.  Herr  and  Rudolph 
Nagle.  Visiting— Chas.  M.  Weaver, 
Ira  Landis  and  Rutter  B.  Hess.  Ex- 
hibition—Willis B.  Girvin,  B.  F.  Barr 
and  A.  F.  Strickler.  Automobile — 
.\brahani  Kohrer,  C.  S.  Loeffler  and 
John  Shriener. 

We  hoped  to  have  either  S.  S.  Pen- 
nock  or  -Arthur  Neissen  of  Philadel- 
phia with  us  for  a  talk  but  both 
pleaded  prior  engagements  and  the 
talk  devolved  tipon  Willis  B.  Girvin 
and  Elmer  Weaver  who  related  their 
experiences  in  handling  flowers  over 
the  holidays,  they  having  been  dele- 
gated to  accompany  the  growers'  ship- 
ments to  their  destination  to  see  that 
they  were  properly  delivered.  Mr. 
Girvin  stated  that  he  joined  the  ex- 
press car  at  WMtmer  and  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  messenger  handle!  the 
cut  flower  shipments  for  Philadelphia, 
which  were  so  heavy  that  they  were 
well  down  the  road  before  they  had 
them  straightened  out.  He  said  that 
the  messenger  simply  would  not  have 
been  able  to  handle  the  business  him- 
self. Ii>  unloading  he  saw  that  they 
were  kept  on  separate  trucks  and  that 
these  trucks  were  delivered  to  the 
loading  platform  in  good  shape  and 
record  tim^e  where  the  several  commis- 
sion men  picked  them  up  and  by  10.30 
everything  was  cleared,  an  impossible 
feat  without  this  personal  supervision. 
He  said  that  holiday  returns  were 
fairly  satisfactory  with  the  exception 
of  paper  white  narcissi  which  were 
sold  for  less  than  the  price  of  the 
bulbs,  and  that  the  situation  seems  to 
be  getting  worse  every  day. 

Elmer  W'eaver  said  that  his  experi- 
ences about  tallied  with  that  of  Mr. 
Girvin  excepting  that  the  shipments 
for  his  day  were  ,even  heavier  than 
the  previous  day  and  that  they  were 
one  and  one-half  hours  in  making  the 
run  from  W.  Philadelphia  to  Broad 
street  station.  As  soon  as  he  got  in 
he  called   up  the  commission   houses 


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and  when  the  flowers  reached  the 
loading  platform  they  were  there  with 
their  trucks  to  take  tliem.  He  made 
the  point  that  if  the  commission 
houses  would  co-operate  and  have  a 
man  to  meet  certain  trains  and  see 
that  the  stock  is  unloaded  properly 
much  loss  and  delay  would  be  avoided, 
as  their  experience  was  that  the  ex- 
press company  was  only  too  glad  for 
such  experienced  assistance.  He  also 
stated  that  shipments  made  on  local 
trains  would  be  sure'  of  getting  into 
Broad  street,  while  those  made  on 
through  trains  would  sometimes '  be 
run  on  a  side  track  and  probably  not 
unloaded  for  ten  days.  He  said  that 
he  had  seen  at  least  fifty  such  cars 
on  various  sidlings  in  the  city.  With 
embargos  on  express  to  both  Philadel- 
phia and  Pittsburgh  they  had  tried 
parcel  post  since  the  holidays,  insur- 
ing their  packages,  but  that  they 
found  this  almost  as  uncertain  and 
with  a  number  of  packages  frozen  and 
that  the  insurance  people  had  cut  out 
insurance  on  greenhouse  products, 
simply  insuring  their  delivery.  He 
said  that  they  had  been  making  use 
of  a  package  stamp  delivery  that  was 
in  effect  between  Parksburg  and  Phil- 
adelphia the  limit  for  weight  being 
titty  pounds  and  the  minimum  charge 
twenty  cents.  These  stamps  carried 
the  package  in  the  baggage  car,  the 
package,  as  I  understand  it,  to  be 
called  for.  Fred  Ritchy  and  the 
writer  gave  some  of  their  experiences 
In  the  shipping  of  plants. 

A  fuel  conservation  proposition  re- 
ceived from  Wm.  F.  Gude  was  signed 
by  the  owners  of  greenhouses  present 
with  one  or  two  exceptions.  In  the 
discussion  it  was  brought  out  that  a 
cord  of  hard  wood  is  about  equal  to 
a  ton  of  coal,  the  ordinary  run  of  wood 
requiring  two  cords  to  equal  a  ton  of 
coal,  and  that  where  a  night  man  was 
employed  the  firing  of  wood  was  not 
much  harder  than  bituminous  coal 
firing.  There  is  plenty  of  wood  with- 
in eighteen  to  twenty  miles  of  the 
city  but  on  almost  inaccessible  hills 
so  that  the  expense  of  getting  it  out 
would  make  it  more  expensive  than 
ordinary  coal. 

T.  J.  Nolan  and  Dennis  Connor  were 
besieged  with  questions  for  over  an 
hour  after  the  meeting  adjourned 
as  to  conditions  over  the  sections  they 
cover. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  Feb.  21st 
with  the  trip  to  Strasburg  on  the  trol- 
ley from  Lancaster  as  the  afternoon 
visiting  trip. 

Mr.  Amos  Rohrer.  of  Strasburg.  ex- 
hibited carnations  Belle  Washburn 
and  Albert  Roper  in  extra  fine  form. 
E.  P.  Hostetter,  of  Manheim,  exhibited 
a  vase  of  Rose  Queen  sweet  peas  as 
good  as  any  shown  at  our  National 
Shows.  Albert  M.  Hkrr. 


NEW    YORK     FLORISTS'    CLUB. 

President  Sclienck  has  appointed 
the  Essay  and  Lecture  Committee  for 
1918  as  follows: 

E.  C.  Vick,  205  Ellwood  avenue.  Ne- 
wark, N.  J.;  J.  Harrison  Dick.  448  W. 
37th  street.  New  York;  J.  Austin 
Shaw,  337  W.  30  street.  New  York: 
W.  J.  Stewart,  147  Summer  street, 
Boston,  Mass.;  J.  B.  Deamud,  43  Bar- 
clay street.  New  York. 


BUFFALO  FLORIST  CLUB. 

An  illustrated  lecture  was  delivered 
by  Professor  E.  A.  White  of  Cornell 
University  before  the  Buffalo  Flonst 
Club  at  its  meeting  on  January  9,  his 
subject  being  "Practice  and  Theory  in 
Horticulture."  We  have  the  address 
in  type  and  shall  take  opportunity  to 
give  it  space  in  our  columns  in  the 
near  future. 

At  the  conclusion  of  Professor 
White's  lecture,  President  Elbers 
made  a  few  remarks  in  appreciation 
of  the  splendid  address  to  which  the 
large  and  enthusiastic  audience  haa 
listened  with  close  attention.  By 
a  rising  vote  of  thanks,  the  audience 
showed  its  appreciation  of  the  lec- 
ture. 

President  Elbers  then  instructed 
the  secretary  to  read  several  letters 
from  Representatives  Chas.  B.  Smith 
and  Wm.  Waldow,  and  from  Mr. 
Gude  of  Washington  in  answer  to 
letter  sent  to  them  concerning  the 
action  taken  by  the  Buffalo  Florist 
Club  relative  to  the  coal  situation. 

An  article  from  the  trade  press  was 
read  by  the  president.  It  stated  that 
in  the  City  of  New  York  a  bill  had 
been  passed  to  classify  all  those  em- 
ployed as  gardeners  in  the  city  as 
laborers.  This,  Mr.  Elbers  declared, 
was  a  great  injustice  to  men  who  had 
spent  their  lives  working  up  in  a  voca- 
tion. A  motion  was  to  the  effect  that 
the  Buffalo  Florist  Club  go  on  record 
as  opposed  to  such  an  unfair  measure. 
The  members  wished  a  copy  of  their 
resolution  to  be  sent  to  the  State 
Civil  Service  Commission  at  Albany, 
to  the  Municipal  Civil  Service  Com- 
mission of  New  York  City,  and  to  Mr. 
Henry  Mackue.  Secretary  of  the  Gar- 
deners of  the  borough  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 

WESTCHESTER      AND      FAIRFIELD 
HORTICULTURAL   SOCIETY 

The  monthly  meeting  of  the  West- 
chester and  Fairfield  Horticultural 
Society  was  held  in  Greenwich.  Conn., 
Friday  evening,  January  11.  Mr. 
Whitton  installed  the  new  officers  and 
received  a  vote  of  thanks  for  his 
services.  Mr.  Popp,  on  taking  the 
chair,  was  well  received.  A  letter  was 
read  from  J.  B.  McArdle  regretting  his 
unavoidable  absence.  Mr.  Williamson's 
annual  report  shows  that  we  are  grow- 
ing fast.  It  was  voted  that  we  pur- 
chase another  $500  Liberty  Bond.  The 
judges  made  the  following  awards: 
Euphorbia  jacquiniseflora  from  James 
Stuart,  cultural  certificate;  Begonia 
Cincinnati  from  Tom  Aitcheson,  cul- 
tural certificate;  roses  from  William 
Graham,  highly  commended.  After 
some  discussion  it  was  agreed  to  hold 
an  informal  smoker  at  our  next  meet- 
ing in  Hubbard's  Hall,  Friday  even- 
ing, February  8th,  at  8  p.  m.  M.  C. 
Ebel  and  a  few  other  noted  speakers 
will  address  the  meeting. 

Jack  Conrot,  cor.  Secy. 


food  production  and  conservation,  and 
closed  its  session  in  Indianapolis  with 
a  public  auction  of  prize-winning  flow- 
ers turning  over  the  proceeds  to  the 
Red  Cross  Society.  It  was  decided  to 
petition  the  Public  Service  Commission 
of  Indiana  for  relief  in  the  matter  of 
express  shipments.  Flowers  and  other 
greenhouse  products  are  discriminated 
against  by  the  express  companies,  it 
was  said.  Prizes  were  awarded  to  W. 
Frank  &  Sons  Company  of  Portland, 
Ind.,  for  roses  and  carnations  and 
Baur  &  Steinkamp  of  Indianapolis  on 
a  new  seedling  carnation.  Following 
the  afternoon  meeting,  Irwin  Berter- 
mann  was  re-elected  president;  Her- 
man Younge,  first  vice-president;  Fred 
Heinl,  of  Lafayette,  second  vice-presi- 
dent; Oliver  Steinkamp,  secretary,  and 
Charles  Pahud,  treasurer. 


STAMFORD       (CONN.)       HORTICUL- 
TURAL   SOCIETY. 

The  monthly  meeting  of  this  Society 
was  held  Jan.  4th,  with  light  attend- 
ance. Many  are  experiencing  difficulty 
in  obtaining  coal,  some  being  com- 
pelled to  shut  down  entirely.  Presi- 
dent Henry  Wild  congratulated  the 
Society  on  the  w-ork  it  had  done  the 
previous  year,  and  also  of  starting  the 
New  Year  with  the  election  of  ten 
new  members.  This  Society,  only  one 
year  old,  already  has  a  membership 
of  over  one  hundred.  An  instructive 
paper  presented  by  W.  A.  Besqekie  on 
asparagus  culture  was  read  by  the 
president.  Exhibits  included  freesia 
Purity,  by  A.  AUius,  vote  of  thanks; 
naval  oranges,  by  A.  Allius,  cultural 
certificate:  Snowball  caulifiower.  by 
A.  V.  Carver,  highly  commended. 

W.  J.  Rice,  Cor.  Sec. 


NASSAU     COUNTY     HORTICUL- 
TURAL    SOCIETY. 

The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the 
Nassau  County  Horticultural  Society 
was  held  in  Glen  Cove,  N.  Y.,  Wednes- 
day, Jan.  9th.  In  the  monthly  compe- 
tition R.  a.  Jones  was  awarded  1st  for 
roses,  carnations  and  poinsettias; 
honorable  mention  to  Joe  Mastroiani 
for  lettuce.  An  essay  was  read  by 
Harry  Goodband  entitled  "Organiza- 
tion and  Co-operation."  and  written  by 
M.  L.  Davey.  Jas.  Holloway  gave  an 
inte»esting  account  of  his  recent  visit 
out  west.  Jas.  McCarthy,  the  retiring 
president,  was  presented  with  a  pair 
of  gold  sleeve  links  for  his  able  ad- 
ministration. Competition  for  the 
next  meeting.  1  pot  of  cyclamen,  1  pot 
Primula  malacoides  and  24  freesias. 
H.  GooDR.vN'i),  Cor.  Secy. 


STATE  FLORISTS'  ASSOCIATION 
OF  INDIANA. 
The  State  Florists'  Association,  at 
the  close  of  its  annual  banquet  at 
the  Claypool  Hotel,  pledged  sup- 
port    to     the     State     Committee     on 


The  Peninsula  Horticultural  Society, 
at  its  annual  session  in  Cambridge, 
Md.,  on  Jan.  10,  elected  the  following 
officers:  President,  Warren  C.  New- 
ton, Bridgeville,  Del.;  vice-president, 
Walter  B.  Harris,  Worton,  Md.;  secre- 
tary-treasurer, Wesley  Webb,  Dover, 
Del.  Executive  committee,  Warren  C. 
Newton.  Bridgeville;  Walter  B.  Har- 
ris, Worton:  Samuel  L.  Hyrn,  Cam- 
bridge; J.  Leonard  Soper,  Magnolia; 
F.  J.  Dul;es.  Girdle  Tree.  Addresses 
were  delivered  by  W.  M.  Dickson, 
Woodside.  Del.;  Profs.  E.  N.  Cory  and 
C.  E.  Temple,  Maryland  State  College; 
Prof.  C.  A.  McCue  and  T.  F.  Manna, 
Delaware  Experiment  Station;  V.  C. 
Carroll,  Charles  E.  Tribbetts,  Seaford, 
Del.,  and  Dr.  Knapp,  Washington. 


U  U  li  T  1(J  U  L  TU  R  E 


January  26,  1918 


PUBLICATIONS    RECEIVED. 

An  liitruilurtlon  to  llie  Study  of 
Liindscape  Dosigu.  Ity  Iloury  Vincent 
Hubbard  and  Theodora  Kimball.  With 
12  full  pugo  Illustrations  including 
plans,  and  U  illustrations  in  the  text. 
Cloth,  largo  8vo.  $6.00.  The  Macinlllan 
Company,  publishers. 

To  do  Justice  to  a  book  such  as 
this  in  any  brief  notice  is  practically 
Impossible.  The  publishers'  claim  that 
"this  book,  just  published,  oilers  the 
first  comprehensive  treatment  of  land- 
scape architecture  ever  brought  out," 
Is  convincingly  impressed  upon  the 
reader  who  peruses  its  pages.  There 
Is  no  slavish  obeisance  to  any 
"school."  no  egotistical  controversy, 
but  a  vast  treasury  of  information  and 
inspiration  for  the  lover  of  nature  and 
gardening  —  a  thoughtful,  unbiased 
enunciation  of  the  fundamental  prin- 
ciples of  sincerity,  congruity  and  good 
taste  in  the  appreciation  of  beauty 
and  the  creation  of  beauty;  a  broad 
gauge  and  scholarly  work  in  which 
pure  horticulture  has  not  been  pushed 
into  the  background  by  homage  to 
"formality,"  and  with  reverence  for 
Nature  as  its  keynote  and  the  "why 
and  wherefore"  running  through  and 
underlying  every  chapter. 

The  authors  acknowledge  that  they 
"are  well  aware  that  no  designer  was 
ever  made  by  the  study  of  theory 
alone  and  that  most  of  the  essential 
fire  of  emotion  in  appreciation  and 
design  is  forever  untransmutable  into 
written  words,"  yet  this  eloquent  work 
will  surely  prove  a  w^ell-spring  of  well- 
founded,  practical  knowledge.  The 
authors'  analysis  of  the  aesthetic  prin- 
ciples of  landscape  design  is  striking- 
ly original  in  conception  and  so  also 
are  their  practical  suggestions  for  the 
working  out  of  every  problem,  and 
every  open-minded  gardener  who 
reads  the  hook  will  be  immeasurably 
benefited  thereby.  It  is  refreshing  to 
find  a  modern  author  on  landscape 
work  who  does  not  seem  to  place 
planting  design  as  subsidiary  and 
tributary  to  architecture  but  accords 
to  this  department  of  garden  art  its 
rightful  dignity.  There  are  countless 
instances  where  the  architect  has  out- 
raged the  beauty  and  grandeur  of  a 
landscape  by  imposing  upon  it  struc- 
tures and  treatment  entirely  foreign 
to  and  out  of  harmony  with  its  char- 
acter. 

Following  is  a  list  of  the  titles  of 
the  various  chapters: 

Chapter  I  — Introduction:  II — Theory 
of  Landscape  Design;  III --Taste. 
Ideals.  Style  and  Character  in  Land- 
scape Design;  IV — Styles  of  Land- 
scape Design;  V — Landscape  Charac- 
ters; VI — Landscape  Effects;  VII — 
Landscape  Composition;  VIII — Natu- 
ral Forms  of  Ground,  Rock  and  Water 
as  Elements  in  Design;  IX — Planting 
Design;  X — Design  of  Structures  in 
Relation  to  Landscape;  XI — Tvpes  of 
Landscape  Designs:  Part  I— The  Oar- 
den;  Part  II— The  Estate;  Part  III— 
Land  Subdivision  for  Residential  Pur- 
poses; Part  IV — Landscape  Parks  and 
Reservations.  Aopendix:  Part  I — 
Notes  on  the  Profes?ional  Practice  of 
Landscape  Architecture  in  America; 
Part  11 — Notes  on  Procedure  in  De- 
sign: Selected  List  of  References  on 
Landscape  Architecture.  Following 
the    Appendix    is    a    series    of    typical 


WILLIAM    PLUMB    IN    ACTION. 

The  prospfrou.s  looking  giiitl.'inan 
in  the  center  of  the  accompanying  pic- 
ture will  be  readily  recognized  by  a 
host  of  ui-quaintances  as  William 
Plumb,  formerly  of  .\<!w  York,  now  of 
Cuba,  where  the  worries  of  zero 
wi'uther  and  coal  famine  never  In- 
trude.   The  scene  depleted  Is  not  laid, 


as  some  might  imagine,  on  the  deck  of 
a  torpedo  destroyer  but  in  the  pros- 
pective oil  fields  where  the  company 
of  which  Mr.  Plumb  is  president,  has 
set  up  well  drilling  machinery  and 
hope  to  strike  oil  in  such  quantities 
that  coal  for  heating  will  be  super- 
seded and  the  coal  bin  rendered  as 
useless  as  a  last  year's  birdsnest. 


plannings  with  suggestive  lists  of 
plants  for  same. 

A  vast  number  of  topics  are  covered 
in  each  of  the  chapters,  and  these  sub- 
headings appear  in  commendably  con- 
venient form  in  the  margins  of  the 
pages.  As  giving  an  idea  of  the  scope 
of  each  chapter  w«  give  a  summary 
of  the  leading  topics  in  the  chapter  on 
Landscape  Composition  —  Order  in 
compo.sition.  objective  and  subjective. 
Segregation  of  the  composition.  Unity 
and  attention.  The  forms  of  order  in 
composition.  Characteristics  of  ob- 
jects in  landscape  composition.  Shape, 
size,  scale  and  distance.  Texture. 
Color,  light  and  shade.  Atmosphere 
and  atmospheric  perspective.  Illu- 
sions in  composition.  Pictorial  en- 
framement,  foregrounds,  backgrounds 
and  planes  of  distance.  Objects  in 
landscape  composition  according  to 
their  design  value. 

Again  in  Chapter  IX  we  find  the  fol- 
lowing among  the  topics  covered: 
Planting  Design — Relation  of  planting 
design  and  maintenance.  Plant  forms. 
Plant  texture.  Plant  color.  Use  of 
colored  foliaee.  Practical  difficulties 
of  design  in  flower  color.  Plant  char- 
acter. Association  and  symbolism. 
Outline,  modeling  and  treatment  of 
plantations.  Hedges.  Specimen  trees 
and  shrubs.  Tree  and  shrub  groups. 
Herbaceous  beds  and  borders.  Ar- 
rangement of  plants  in  relation  to  time 
of  bloom.     Planting  as  a  surface  deco- 


ration. Carpet  bedding  and  parterres. 
Planting  In  rel:itlon  to  topography. 
Planting  in  relation  to  architectural 
structures,  etc. 

The  book  itself  is  a  volume  of  re- 
markable beauty,  printed  on  a  special 
paper,  with  46  original  penand  Ink 
drawings  and  :ttj  full-page  photographs. 
.Many  of  these  Illustrations  are  of  old- 
world  masterpieces  of  landscape  art, 
some  of  Impressive  natural  scenery 
and  others  well-chosen  modern  exam- 
ples, among  the  latter  being  a  num- 
ber of  suggestive  views  In  Franklin 
Park,'  Boston. 

Horticulture  Publishing  Company 
can  supply  you  with  this  valuable  and 
fascinating  book.  The  price  Is  $6.00 
by  prepaid  post. 


Topics  Discussed  by  the  New  Eng- 
land Nurserymen's  Association  at 
their  Annual  Conventions — An  inter- 
esting volume  with  much  practical  In- 
formation to  be  gleaned  from  the  con- 
tents, which  are  as  follows: 

The  Relation  of  the  Chemistry  of 
Soils  and  Fertilizers  to  the  Growth  of 
Nursery  Stock;  Dr.  H.  J.  Wheeler, 
Boston,  Mass. 

The  Nurseryman  and  Public  Parks; 
George  A.  Parker,  Hartford,  Conn. 

The  Nurseryman  as  a  Landscape 
Gardener;  Prof.  P.  A.  Waugh,  Am- 
herst, .Mass. 

Methods  and  Results  in  Large  Tree 
Planting;  Stephen  Hoyt,  New  Canaan, 
Conn. 

Proper  Methods  of  Growing  Herba- 
ceous Stock  in  the  Nursery;  A.  E. 
Robinson,    Lexington,    Mass. 

Deciduous  Shrub  Seeds:  the  Collec- 
tion, Preparation  and  Planting;  D.  A. 
Clarke,  Fiskeville,  R.  I. 

The  Collection,  Preparation  and 
Planting  of  Evergreen  Seeds;  F.  S. 
Baker,  Cheshire,   Conn. 

Species  of  Ornamental  Trees,  Shrubs 
and  Vines  Best  Adapted  to  Western 
-Massachusetts;  Charles  Adams,  Spring- 
field, Mass. 

Ornamental  Trees  and  Shrubs  for 
Northern  New  England;  J.  G.  Jack, 
East  Walpole,  Mass. 

Publicity  in  General:  E.  Fred  Rowe, 
Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Seaside  Planting;  J.  Woodward 
Manning,  North  Wilmington,  Mass. 

The  Propagation  and  Uses  of  Native 
Herbaceous  Plants  and  Ferns;  K.  E. 
Gillett,   Southwick,   Mass. 


Journal  of  tlie  International  Garden 
Club,  Volume  1,  No.  2.  This  number 
completes  the  first  volume  of  the 
Journal.  During  1918  and  thereafter 
it  will  be  issued  quarterly  in  March, 
June,  September  and  December.  It  is 
a  heavy  volume,  printed  on  fine  paper 
and  embellished  with  many  full-page 
half-tone  garden  views  and  plant  por- 
traits and  two  rose  portraits  in  color. 
The  contents  include  papers  on  May- 
flowering  Tulips,  by  John  Scheepers; 
Recent  Investigations  on  the  Produc- 
tion of  Plant  Food  in  the  Soil,  by  B. 
D.  Russell;  A  Garden  of  Ten  Cen- 
turies, by  F.  A.  Arnold;  Arnold  Arbo- 
retum Notes,  by  C.  S.  Sareent;  A. 
Guide  to  the  Literature  of  Pomology, 
by  E.  A.  Bunyard;  The  Foxtail  Lily, 
by  T.  A.  Havemeyer;  Aquatic  Garden- 
ing, by  George  H.  Pring;  Tree  Surg- 
ery, by  Alex-Lurie;  New  Rose  Intro- 
ductions, by  Geo.  H.  Thomas;     Rose 


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Awarded  highest  honors  wherever  exhibited.     Winner  of  five  Certificates  of  Merit  from  Horlicul' 

tura!   and  Agricultural  Societies.      "Stamford  Beauty"    resembles   the   old    favorite    Stone   Tomato, 

but  is  earlier,  sweeter  and  has  a  handsome  color  finish  of  deep  scarlet. 

"Stamford  Beauty"  is  a  strong  healthy  grower,   and  a  MOST  WONDERFUL  cropper,  producing 

a   wealth  of  large  beautiful  smooth  Tomatoes  from  early  summer  till  late  fall. 

"Stamford  Beauty"  will  give  you  full  reward  for  your  money  and  labors.      Plant  some  this  year. 

Seeds  grown  in   191 7,  packed  and  sold  in  originator's  sealed  packets  only. 
Price  per  Packet,  2$  Cents.  Mailed  free  on  receipt  of  price. 


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Breeding,  by  E.  A.  White;  American 
Garden  Rose  Possibilities,  by  Walter 
Van  Fleet;  Plant  Immigrants;  Seur 
deMonts  National  Monument,  by  Geo. 
B.  Dorr;  Plants  from  China  and  many 
other  interesting  horticultural  notes 
and  comments. 


Bulletin  No.  176  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Agricultural  Experiment  Station 
is  an  instructive  document  on  The 
Cause  of  the  Injurious  Effect  of  Sul- 
fate of  Ammonia  when  used  as  a  Fer- 
tilizer, by  R.  W.  Ruprecht  and  F.  W. 
Morse.  This  Bulletin  is  a  continua- 
tion of  Bulletin  No.  165,  "The  Effect 
of  Sulfate  of  Ammonia  on  Soil."  It 
shows  that  soluble  salts  of  iron,  man- 
ganese and  aluminium,  severally  or 
collectively,  were  always  found  in  soils 
which  had  been  dressed  with  sulfate 
of  ammonia  without  an  addition  o£ 
lime,  and  that  these  several  com- 
pounds were  positively  injurious  to 
clover  seedlings  in  cultural  experi- 
ments. Requests  for  this  and  other 
bulletins  should  be  addressed  to  the 
Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Am- 
herst, Mass. 


The  State  Entomologist  of  Minne- 
sota has  issued  a  special  Report  to 
the  Governor,  detailing  the  work  on 
Pine  Blister  Rust  in  Minnesota  in  1917 
In  co-operation  with  the  U.  S.  Bureau 
of  Plant  Industry.  It  is  a  thorough 
presentation  of  this  subject  of  nation- 
wide importance,  showing  diagrams 
and  photographs,  and  will  be  found 
exceedingly  interesting  and  helpful  by 
anyone  engaged  in  forestry  or  nur- 
sery industry.  Copies  may  be  secured 
by  addressing  P.  L.  Washburn,  State 
Entomologist,  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


Forty-Eighth  Annual  Report  of  the 
West  Chicago  Park  Commissioners, 
1916.  As  in  previous  years  this  re- 
port is  very  complete  and  pictorially 
elaborate.  The  plates  are  very  fine, 
particularly  some  large  folded  views 
in  Douglas  Park  and  Garfield  Park. 
The  thoroughness  and  detail  with 
which  all  the  operations  of  improve- 
ment and  maintenance  are  covered 
must  make  this  publication  a  very  de- 
sirable reference  book  for  anyone  en- 
gaged in  public  park  work. 


CATALOGUES    RECEIVED. 

S.  S.  Skidelsky  &  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. — Florists'  Wholesale  Catalogues 
tor  1918.  Bulbs,  Plants,  Specialties  in 
Florists'  Flower  Seeds  and  Sundry 
Florists'  Supplies. 


Richard  Diener  Company,  Inc.,  Kent- 
field,  Cal. — Catalogue  of  Novelties  in 
Gladioli,  Petunias,  Pansies  and  other 
flower  specialties.  There  are  four 
colored  plates.  Petunias  "Ruffled  Mon- 
sters," of  much  beauty — too  beautiful. 
Indeed,  to  be  dubbed  "monsters." 


catalogues  from  this  ever-alert  firm 
are  out  this  week.  The  regular  spring 
issue  is  a  brilliant-coated  courier  that 
will  not  fail  to  interest  and  enthuse 
the  garden  makers  this  spring  with  its 
tempting  vegetable  products  in  colors, 
stately  formal  garden  and  lawn  view 
and  gold  lettering.  Among  the  200 
pages  of  contents  appears  a  full  page 
in  colors  of  choice  nasturtiums.  The 
Wholesale  Price  List  covering  the 
period  from  January  to  July,  1918,  is, 
as  usual,  an  enterprising  production — 
84  pages  of  trade  plant  seed  and  bulb 
offers. 


Storrs  &  Harrison  Co.,  Painesville, 
Ohio — General  Catalogue  for  1918.  Del- 
phiniums and  Baby  Rambler  Rose 
Echo  in  natural  colors  illumine  the 
front  cover  and  vegetables  also  In 
color  held  the  place  of  honor  on  the 
back  cover.  Flowers,  vegetables, 
small  fruits,  etc.,  are  fully  listed  and 
Illustrated. 


R.  &  J.  Farquhar  &  Co.,  Boston, 
Mass. — Garden  Annual  for  1918.  A 
sterling  publication  listing  flower, 
vegetable  and  field  seeds,  plants  hardy 
and  tender,  herbaceous  perennials, 
trees,  ornamental  shrubs,  evergreens, 
garden  implements,  etc.,  including  a 
number  of  Wilson's  new  Chinese  In- 
troductions now  offered  for  the  first 
time.  The  illustratiotts  are  numerous 
and  noticeably  good.  Rhododendrons 
in  the  Boston  parks  and  an  arch  of 
the  Farquhar  rambler  rose  are  used 
as  cover  subjects. 


Peter  Henderson  &  Co.,  New  York — 
"Everything  for  the  Garden."  A  wel- 
come annual  visitor  for  many  years, 
and  this  year  fresher  and  daintier  than 
ever.  The  front  cover  picture  is  an 
artistic  scene  in  a  Virginia  garden  in 
1781,  panelled  on  white  and  embossed 
gold.  On  the  back  cover  Is  an  inspir- 
ing vegetable  garden  view  In  colors. 
Inscribed  "The  Strength  of  the  Na^ 
tlon."  There  arc  192  pages  ot  which 
14  are  flower  and  vegetable  representa- 
tions in  color.  A  persuasive  and 
inspiring  publication.  Henderson's 
Wholesale  Catalogue,  1918  Spring 
Edition,  for  Market  Gardeners  and 
Florists  has  been  received.  Devoted 
mainly  to  vegetable  and  farm  seeds 
and  implements,  a  department  which 
it  covers  thoroughly. 


Henry  P.  Michell  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. — "Michell's  Seeds"  for  1918.    Two 


Peter  Henderson  &  Co.  are  sending 
out  as  a  calendar  design  for  1918  the 
elegant  picture  of  Lafayette  in  the 
Garden  at  Westover,  Va.,  1781,  and  a 
I'eautv  it  is. 


mmMMmMmmmm  mmmmmmmmmMMm'g 

RAISE     VEGETABLE    PLANTS 

loz.     Ull) 


CABBAGE.       E.xtra     Early 

.lernp.v    Wakefield $0.30     Sl.OO 

f-\l5B.\OE.      Danish  Round- 

llend    40        1.50 

r.\BB.\<;E.         Larce       tate 

.\mer'oan    Drumhead 30       1.00 

CAl  LIFLOWKR.       Extra 

Early   SnoH  ball."',  oi..  90c.   3.50 
CELERY.         B'g       Impro^ed 

White    Plume 30       1.00 

CEI.EKV.       Golden    Self 

Blanrhine    (Pr.    Grown)..   1.00      3.75 
E<;(;   ri,.\NT.     Early  Black 

Beauty     60       2.00 

I.ETTITE.      Big    Boston 15  .50 

I.ETTIICE.      .May    King 15  .50 


LETTUCE.    Eclipse  Cos. 
ONION.     Southport         Red 


1  oz. 
16 


V,  lb. 
JiO 


5%    DISCOUNT    FOR 


(ilohe 
ONION. 

(ilobe 
ONION. 

(ilohe    .  . 
I'EITER. 

(iiunt  .  . 
KAf)l>iH. 
RADISH. 
RADISH. 

tiiobe    . . 
TOMATO. 
TO.MATO. 
TOMATO. 
CASH    WITH 


Southport      White 
Danvers        Yellow 


.60  1.90 

.60  1.90 
Selected  Chinese 

'/,  OT...  SOc.   1.00 

B'h  Early    I'rnnie     .20  .76 

French  Breakfast     .20  .75 
Early       Scarlet 

20  .76 

Acme    30  1.00 

Dwarf  Stone 30  I.OO 

Tall   Stone 30  1.00 

THE    ORDER. 


Hrtbur  ^.  Bo&MnGton  do.,  line. 

128  Chambers  Street  NEW  YORK  CITY 


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January  26,  1918 


SEED  TRADE 


AMBKI(:v>  SEED  TKADB  ASSOCIATION 

<ini<vr» — rrmlilrnl.  F.  W .  l»i>l«l«no, 
\N  ■t.hliKliin,  11.  f.:  Klr»l  \  lr»--l'rr.lilrnl, 
W  Ml.  4t  Si  Mrlrtt.  lUltlntiirr.  M-'  :  s<>ruiid 
\  Ir^-l-rr.Ulrnl.  Ilmlil  lliiriMk,  rbllodrl- 
plilK,  r«.;  Srrrrlitry-Trr^nurer,  C.  K. 
Krnilrl,    Clr\rli>uil,    U. 


1, 


A  Slogan  for  the  Seed  Trade. 

As  we  all  know,  the  United  States 
Oovernmont  has  made  the  rather  bold 
statement,  "Food  Will  Win  the  War— 
Don't  Waste  It!"  Ami  this  has  been 
advertised  In  every  town  and  small 
hamlet  throughout  the  United  States. 
The  Post  Office  is  even  using  it  to 
cancel  stamps. 

So  it  occurred  to  me  that  we  should 
adopt  the  more  positive  and  stronger 
slogan,  "Food  Will  Win  the  War- 
Produce  It!"  We  are  now  using  that 
slogan  on  everything  that  leaves  our 
establishment.  We  have  recommendei 
it  to  the  Bureau  of  Increased  Food 
Production  and  they  are  adopting  Its 
use. 

Mr.  Heinz,  Food  Administrator  for 
Pennsylvania,  has  requested  through 
.Mr.  Therkildson  that  this  same  slogan 
be  taken  up  by  the  American  Seed 
Trade  Association,  and  that  all  seeds- 
men in  the  United  States  be  requested 
to  publish  broadcast  the  statement. 
•Food  Will  Win  the  War— Produce  it!'. 

In  this  respect  I  might  say  that  I. 
of  course,  realize  that  we  might  get 
more  individual  credit  and  advertis- 
ing value  if  we  used  this  phrase  ex- 
clusively. But  at  the  request  of  Mr. 
Heinz  I  would  be  only  too  gHad  to 
have  the  Seed  Trade  as  a  whole  take 
this  slogan  up  and  push  it  throughout 
the  entire  United  States. 

Philadelphia. 


Annual     Dinner    of    Peter     Henderson 
&  Company. 

The  annual  dinner  tendered  by  Pe- 
ter Henderson  &  Company  to  heads  of 
departments  and  travelers  was  held  at 
Spilkers  restaurant.  33  Cortland 
street,  on  Tuesday  evening,  January 
16th.  twenty-five  being  present.  The 
evening  passed  very  pleasantly.  Every 
man  in  his  turn  responded  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  manager,  Mr.  O'Mara. 
for  his  views  on  the  forthcoming  sea- 
son, and  many  valuable  suggestions 
were  made.  The  general  trend  of 
opinion  was  a  very  hopeful  one  and 
everyone  was  optimistic  about  the  vol- 
ume of  trade  that  was  likely  to  be 
done  the  coming  season,  particularly 
in  the  essentials,  namely  vegetable 
and  field  seeds,  fertilizers  and  imple- 
ments. 

The  head  of  the  flower  seed  depart- 
ment was  certain  that  the  aesthetic 
sense,  particularly  as  applied  to  wom- 
en customers,  was  still  in  existence, 
and  would  have  its  effec^.  He  very 
wisely  remarked  that  the  lady  of  the 
house  would  be  bound  to  have  her 
flower  garden  no  matter  what  else 
was  allowed  to  be  neglected,  and  that 


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E  Can  Offer  to  Advantage  On  Spot — 
Ready  for  Immediate  Shipment. 

HIGH  GRADE  TESTED  GARDEN  SEED 

WHITE  CLOVER 

CRESTED  DOGSTAIL 

RYE  GRASSES 

ORCHARD  GRASS 

RAPE  SEED 

PRICKLY  SEEDED  SPINACH 

CHOICE  RECLEANED  OMON  SETS 

Wrilt  for  Out  Prices  and  Samples 

J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Founded  1818.      We  Haoe  Won  Confidence  for  100  Years 

BALTIMORE,  MD. 

Send   for   Our   C'urnpl*'(e   Mar>.<-t    (•urilencrH*    unil     rinrlNls*    I'rlce    I,.l«t. 


MICHELU5  New  Crop 

ASPARAGUS  PLUMOSUS  NANUS 

NorlhiTM   *,rri-nln)usi'   <,ni\\ii,  Truf   (o   Niiini- 
100  swils,  nOf. ;    lOiK)  si'i'iis.  S;:;..'.ii ;   .'.oil  s.ois.  .'?l.j..";o ;   10,000  seuils,  $30.00. 

SALVIA  AMERICA  (New) 

FlnoKt,  BriKlite*,!   Sal\iu  to  Ikute 

Tr;iilc  l>kt.,  .jOc.  ;   Vi   "Z-.  $-i."iO ;  .<(i.00  per   Vi  oz. ;  per  oz.,  $10.00. 

Seud   for  Wholesale  Price  List  offerlns  everything  required  by  the  progreBsIre 

florist. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO.,  518  Market  St.,  PHILAEELPHI/,  PA. 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,   Raynes 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

C^AKlCrRo     1  Lw^lLD   ObLUo,  inc.,   commerce  BldcTB">ton,  M>u. 


fonsequently  flower  seeds  and  bulbs 
would  still  be  in  demand.  He  thought 
that  because  of  the  war  there  would 
be  a  greater  demand  because  the  wom- 
I'U  would  want  more  brightness  than 
usual  about  their  homes.  The  vege- 
table seed  men  differed  from  him,  and 
it  will  be  interesting  to  note  the  out- 
come when  the  facts  are  all  in. 

Mr.  Hunter  presided  at  the  piano 
and  rendered  in  his  usual  inimitable 
manner  a  choice  selection  of  up-to- 
date  songs,  those  of  a  patriotic  nature 
being  highl.v  appreciated,  and  all  met 
with  rounds  of  applause. 

At  the  close  of  a  very  pleasant  and 
instructive  evening  a  standing  toast 
was  drank  to  the  employes  who  are 
now  in  the  service,  and  the  fervent 
hope  was  expressed  that  they  would 
all  return  safe,  sound  and  victorious 
before  the  next  annual  dinner  came 
around. 


San  Francisco,  Cal. — .\t  the  annual 
meeting  of  C.  t'.  Morse  &  Co.,  held 
.January  8th,  the  following  officers 
were, elected:  President  and  manager, 
Lester  L.  Morse;  vice-president  and 
assistant  manager,  Thomas  M.  Lan- 
drum;  vice-president  and  treasurer, 
Albert  L.  Hart;  secretary,  Frank  G. 
Cuthbertson;  board  of  directors,  the 
above  officers  and  FYed  A.  Birge  and 
Geo.  E.  Hamilton.  The  company  has 
just  purchased  sixty  acres  of  land 
north  of  Redwood  City  for  seed  grow- 
ing, 

ROBERT  DYSART 

CERTIFIED   PUBIJC  ACCOUNTANT 

Slmplr    mPthoflli    of    eorreet    •^roaotlnc 

•«p<«lall7     a4apt^     for     flortnt**     ■■«. 

BOOKS      BALANCED      AND      AI>jrHTEI> 

to  STATE  ST.      -      -      .      -      BOSTON 
Tolephon*   Mala   It. 


January  26,  W18 


HORTICULTURE 


85 


Choice  Flower  Seeds 

FOR     FLORISTS 

CINERARIA — Prize     strains,     mix«d 

Tall  and   Semi-dwarf. 

ALY88CM— Little    Gem. 

CALENDULA — Orange  King,  Lemon 

Queen, 

SNAPDRAGON — Silver    Pink. 

BEGONIA — Vernon. 

J.M.THORBURN&CO. 

Established  I8U3. 
35  Barclay  Street,     NEW  YORK 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    for    Special    Prices,    Spot    or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  us   for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    GO. 

i;u  W.  Wabash  Ave.  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


108   West   28th   St.,  NEW   YORK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS"   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Asparagus  Plumosus  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
$3..50;  .5000  Seeds,  $15.00. 

Asparagus  Sprengeri — lOOO  Seeds,  $1.00. 

Salvia   Bonfire — '/.   oi.,  .">0c.;   1   oz.,  S2  OO. 

Salvia  Zurich — Vh  oz.,  75c.:  1  oz.,  $4.00. 

Stocks  Reaut.v  of  Nice,  TaTr  Double  Flowers 
— shell  rink.  Bright  Pink,  Puri»le,  \>  bite 
— Tr.   Pkt.,  $1.00;   y,  oz.,  $2.00;   1  oz.,  $5.00. 

Snapdragon.  Petunias,  Wrbenas,  etc. 
SEND    FOR    CATALOGUE. 

KELWAY'S 
REAL     PRICE     SEED 

WH  JLES.UE  CATALOGUE  for  1918 

has   been  posted    to   all   customers.     If  .you 

have    not  received    a    copy,    please    send    a 

curd    and  one   will   be   sent    you    by    return 
of  post. 

KeL.\A/^AY  &  SON 

Wholesale  Seed  Growers 
LANGPORT,  SOMERSET,  ENGLAND 

LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (ano  per  case) $.W.no  per  thousand 

8/10  (•J-'.'i  per  case) SO.OO     " 

9/10   (200   per  case) lOD.OO     "  " 

Complete  Li*»t  of  Florists'  Choice  Seeds. 

A   postal  card   will  bring  our  catalogue. 

S.  S.  SKIOELSKY  &  CO. 

1004  Lincoln   Bldg.,     PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


Order  Seeds  Early 

Our   1918  Garden  Annual  is  now 
Ready.    Write  for  a  Copy. 


R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO. 

6  South  Market  St.,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


30-32    BARCLAY  STREET 


UI-BS 

NEW  YORK 


L-EIOIMiEVIRD'S      SEIEIDS 

and     SELED     SEIRVIOK 

FOR     SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  III. 


SPAWN 

F>  I  iM     ivi  o  iM  e:  V^ 
8  lbs.  for  $1.00 

Treatise  —  How    to   Grow    Them 
Included 

WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


GARDEN  SEED 

BEET.  CAKKOT,  P.^KSXIP,  HADISH  and 
GAKDE.X  I'EA  .SEED  in  variety;  also  other 
items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  past  season, 
as  well  as  a  full  liue  of  Garden  Seeds,  will 
be  quoted   you   upon  applicutiou   to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  JiONS 

82  Dey  St..  NEW  YORK  and  ORANGE.  CONN 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importers  and  (Growers  of 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chambers  Street.  New  York 


THOMAS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS.     BCLB8     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL. 

Reselected  Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved    styles   In    impleinent.. 

Catalncue    opon   apptleatloB. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
BOSTOIM.  IN/I4KSS. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 


ry 


Vu'      immediate     or     future      ilcli 
prices    ii'mted    on    appiication. 

JOSEPH  BRECK  &  SONS'  CORP 

47-54  North  Market  St.,  Uoston,  Mass. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AK9  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


166  W.  23rd  St..      NEW  YORK 


Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED   ONLY   TO  THOSE   WHO  PL^\NT 

FOB    PROFIT 


8$ 


HORTICULTURE 


January  28,  191^ 


ALEX.    McCONNELL 

611  FIFTH  AVENUE 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

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pari  uT  Ihr  I  nllnl  Mlalrs.  <'Biu>*la.  •■<! 
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our  liflrrlnin  f»»r  drlUrry  int  •lri*ni«hlp» 
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MuU  it  frtfaid 

BrfrrrhCi*    or    cjt~h    niiiiil    »rromp»oy    All 
urdrr*     from     iioUnown     rorrr»pond«ol«. 

('■Mr    Addrr.«.    A  I.KXJO.N  N  KUL. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Mrmbrr  of    Florlnu'  Ttli(!r«ph  Driltery 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

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FOR 

KANSAS  CITY 

TranMfer  Yoar  Orderw  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
Member  Florists'  Telrcrsph  Delivery 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Deliver  orders  tnm  any  pan  ol  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  ar   TMecrspb 

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Ti4«phaae    iia>-iMa   Oalaaibaa 


KOTTMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      Also  Vanderb  It  Ho 

Trlrplione.     SlurrH.v     lllll     783 

Ont-of-ii>"ii     Orilfrs     Siillcltpil.       Loeattoa 

CViitriil.      PerHoniil   Attpntlon. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Aseo. 


4DAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

32NEWBURY^^      BANGOR,    ME. 

We   Cover  all  Poin's   in   Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEAOI'«G    FLORISTS 

38   Dorrance  Street 

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Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


The  Chicago  Florists'  Club's  Adver- 
tising Committee  has  prepared  a 
4-page  circular  announcing  the  Valen- 
tine and  Mothers'  Day  Stamp  and 
Poster  Canipaiyns. 

These  circulars  are  printed  on 
colored  paper.  They  had  planned  to 
have  same  printed  in  two  colors,  but 
on  account  o(  a  number  of  unavoid- 
able delays  the  remaining  time  would 
permit  printing  only  in  one  color. 
The  circulars  are  being  distributed 
broadcast  in  every  part  of  the  country 
this  week. 

They  call  attention  to  the  great  suc- 
cess of  the  co-operative  St.  Valentine's 
and  Mothers'  Day  advertising  cam- 
paign conducted  last  year  by  this  or- 
ganization which  brouglit  many  re- 
quests from  the  florists  of  this  coun- 
try, and  announce  that  in  response  it 
is  being  again  undertaken  this  year 
upon  a  national  scale  for  the  welfare 
of  the  trade  at  large. 

Heart-shaped  stamps  and  posters 
for  St.  Valentine's  Day,  also  stamps 
and  window  posters  for  Mothers'  Day. 
printed  in  colors,  gummed  and  cut, 
ready  for  use  are  offered  at  the  follow- 
ing prices,  including  postage  or  ex- 
press charges.  Stamps,  size  2%  inches 
high. 


100  Stnmps 

$0.75 

10.000  Stamps  $40.00 

L>50       ■• 

1.50 

2r,  000 

nn.od 

liOf) 

3.00 

50.000 

ISO. 00 

1.000        " 

500 

lOO.lOO 

.^-o  00 

li.OOO 

0.00 

500.000 

'       1..100  (K) 

ri.doo 

21.00 

1,000.000 

'      2.500.00 

Window  Posters,  same  design  as 
stamps,  size  7%  inches  high  10c.  each, 
$1.00  per  dozen,  2.5  for  $1.75,  50  for 
$3.00.  100  for  $5.50,  over  150  at  5c. 
each. 

Orders  for  St.  Valentine's  and 
Mother's  Day  stamps  and  posters  may 
be  combined  to  secure  the  maximum 
quantity  rate. 

It  is  necessary  to  send  remittances 
with  orders.  Make  all  checks  payable 
to  Otto  H.  Amling,  treasurer,  Chicago 
Florists'   Club.     Send   all   orders  and 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  dervic*'  to  deliver  Flowem 
or  DeHiKns  on  Order  liy  Tele- 
graph or  otherwise.  Prompt 
Kelittble  ASerrice. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connertirut   Ave.  and,X.   St. 
WASHINGTON,  U.  C. 


EslabllsbMl    ia7« 

D  A.  le  13 

H,  E.  Cor.  i4  St.  &  MaditoD  ATesne.  N.  T.  City 

(  Member  Roriiu'  Telegraph  Delivery  Also.  ) 
Rowert  shipped  on  &II  Steunen  Specid  Ccrresoorxi' 
qftce  tn  dl  the  large  cities  of  Europe  and  the  Bnnsh 
^lonie'  "^elearaph  »nd  Cable  address  Dardtflor. 
We  nhould  all  ntrlctlj  adhere  to  fhe  r«>- 
queHt  of  the  United  Htates  Food  AdmlnU- 
trmtlon. 


JOHN  BREITMEYER'S 
—SONS— 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
Higli  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

W«  rov«r  all  Mlrhlr*n  pnlnia  &m4  f^ 
■rrtloDa  of  Ohio.  ludlMO*  aad  Caa^da 
Mambcri     FlorUta'     T*-lrKraph      OaMvar? 

Aaaorlkltua. 


CVUIL   UKOS  CO 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Member  Florists  lelcfirsph    Delivery 


Orders    for    NEW    YORK. 
Write  or   fbooe  to 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 


Beat    FlorUts     Id     th«    8tat«fl    ft* 
Befereneea. 

ECROPEAN  ORDERS  EIBGDTED 

Membera   of   the    Flortata' 
TelegrAph    delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 
AI-BiXNY,    IM.    Y. 

FLOWER  OELIVEJUES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VlCINrrY 

Members  Florists*  Telegraph  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Mtnber  Florists'  Telegrapb  Delivery  Assi. 

YlNG  &  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Mambera    Florists'    Telegraph    DeliTerjo. 

aTTTbunyard 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48ih  Street 

Also  Newport,  R    I. 

I   OCAKANTEE   BATIHFACTIOIT 


January  26,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


Sf 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SIVIYTH 


Member   Florist*'  Telegraph 
Delivery  A**ociation 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delivery 
Service 


set  Fifth  Ave. 
Vanderbllt  Hotel 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

NEW  YORK 

B ACTA  11    1  '*"'l«  street 
DUO  I  Un   799  Boylston  Street 

Dilifiries  to  Steamers  and  all  Eastern  Points 

Ordrra    Filled     Day    or    Night    tor 

O  L.  E  N/ E  L.  AIM  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

Oomplettf  Mtick.      KeKular  dUrount  to  Trade. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

I8»fl    W.    SBtli    St.,    Clevi-laDd,    O. 
Hembers    Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asa'n. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


HESS  &  SWOBODA 

FLOR.ISTS 

^  Telephones    ISUI    an^    L.  16S«. 

1415  Farnum  St., 
OIVIAIHA.,       NEO. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

iUcbostor  PhoD«  906.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  S/A> 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDBKsON     service    meane     freiih,    atDrdy 
8to<-k   and    pninipt   deliverle*   In    HUFFAi.O, 
LOCKPOKT,         NIA<iARA        FA1,I.8        and 
WESTERN     NF.W     YUKK 
Members    of    Florists'    Telegraph    Delivery. 


HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND,      Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARRT   I.  RANDALL,   Proprietor. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph  Delivery. 


remittances  to  F.  Lautenschlager, 
440-472  West  Erie  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Fifty  per  cent,  of  the  net  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  these  stamps  and  post- 
ers will  be  given  to  the  Society  of 
American  Florists  and  Ornamental 
Horticulturists  for  its  National  Pub- 
licity Campaign  and  the  remainder 
will  be  reserved  for  future  publicity 
purposes.  No  individual  profit  to  any- 
one. 

A  campaign  conducted  by  The  Flor- 
ists for  The  Florists. 


A  STORY   WITH   A   MORAL. 

One  day  an  old  umbrella  mender 
brought  his  skeleton  frames  and  tink- 
ering tools  into  the  alley  of  my  office. 
As  he  sat  on  a  box  in  the  sun,  mend- 
ing the  broken  and  torn  umbrella,  I 
noticed  that  he  seemed  to  take  un- 
usual pains,  testing  the  cloth,  care- 
fully measuring  and  strongly  sewing 
the  covers. 

\      Say  It  With     I 

j  Flowers         I 

I '^ 

"You  seem  extra  careful,"  I  re- 
marked. 

"Yes,"  he  said,  working  without 
looking  up;    "I  try  to  do  good  work." 

"Your  customers  would  not  know 
the  difference  until  you  were  gone," 
I   persisted. 

"No,  I  suppose  not." 

"Do  you  ever  expect  to  come  back?" 

"No." 

"Then  why  are  you  so  particular?" 

"So  that  it  will  be  easier  for  the 
other  fellow — the  next  one  who  comes 
along,"  he  answered  simply. 

Henry  Penn,  who  tells  the  story 
points  out  that  it  illustrates  one  of 
the  best  examples  of  the  kind  of 
energy  and  confraternity  which  is  nec- 
essary for  still  further  success  in  the 
F.  T.  D.  movement,  so  that  the  recip- 
ient, when  she  opens  her  box  of  flow- 
ers would  give  vent  to  the  same  e.v 
pression  of  satisfaction  as  tnat  um- 
brella vender's  careful  work  must 
have  drawn  forth. 


NEW    FLOWER  STORES. 

Joplln,  Mo. — Muzingo  &  Meinhart, 
419  Joplin  street. 

Reno,  Nev. — G.  Rossi  &  Co.,  suc- 
ceeding Canapa  Bros. 

Oakland,  Cal. — T.  Yakas,  removing 
to  1535  Telegraph  avenue. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 


FtORISTS  AND 
PL4NTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON, 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Wtmitr  Florists    Telegraph  \Delivery  Asiociaticn- 
MO  TICK  INITIA  LS.     We  have  one  store  only 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEVIELMI 

Euclid  Avanu*- 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    niall    or    telPKraph    nrder    fov 
any   occaHiun,  in  uny   purl  uf   (lie  DuoalDloa. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  ONT. 
ALBANY.  N.   Y. 


Flowers    or   Design   Work 

DGLI\KKKI>   IN    Al.li.X.W  AM)  VIl'INITT 
liv    TKi.RdKAPIllC    <»KI>KR 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y.. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  iHrKest  cut  Hower  Ntnre  In  Ainericft. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITlEi^  and  for  aU 
NiirthweNtern  point  h  given  pmnipt  at- 
Centlnn 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated- 
ST.  PAUL,  MIaN. 


^■"  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member     Florists'     Telegruph     Delivery. 


DENVER. 


COLORADO 


N.Y. 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 


The  Florlat 


HOUSTON,  TEXAS 
Member  F  T.  D.  AieeelBtteB- 


88 


II  U  K  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


January  ^t>.  1918 


BEAUTIES 

Orchids       -       Cypripedium 
White   Lilac 

Ju«t  remember  that  we   are   Headquarters  for  them 
and   we  can   supply   you  with   good  stock. 


THE  LEO  NIESSEN  CO. 

N.    W.    Corner    12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIRST 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21  RudctJ  St.,  Pliiladclphia,  Pa. 

CHOICE  BEAUriE^  ORCHIDS.  VALLEr,  ROSES 
lad  all  SeasoRabli  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowirs 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 


5  Sd.  Mole  St., 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


FLORAL  NURSERIES 

l,U<)\\lli>    .\M>    \M10I.KSAI>KUS 

Cirrrnlioii»et>,    KdBely,    Bucks    Co.,    Pb, 

OiBce   onil    M  holebale    Store,   9   So.   Mole   St., 

PHILADELPHIA   PA. 

llfll  riiono  Spruce  S8S) 

On    Specitltie.  —  ROSES    ud    CARNATIONS 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

mCdIHIVIOIMO,      IIMD. 

rif  n  BentlSB  HorUenltore  when  writing. 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  CO.MMISSION   FLORISTS 

CooalVBOieDtB  Bollclt^ 
Hard*  Fancy  Fern  Oar  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.,      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Hiate  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 


We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 


30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA. 


POEHLMANN  BROS.  CO 


72 

Supply   of 
-74  EAST 

If      ll.lrr.-«tr,l. 

Be^t  Cut  Flowers 
RANDOLPH  ST., 

firnd      a*     j«tar      nam*     and 

all  the 

a«1flrf«a   fnr 

Year  Jtround 
-       CHICAGO. 

IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry   M.   Robinson   &    Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Yuur   Orders    VVifA    Ls 

IHEIMRY     IVI.     F90BINS0IM     &     CO. 

2   tVinthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


TRADE  PRICES  -  P«r  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


Roses  I  — 

Am.  Beauty,  Spcoal I  35 

"  "         Fancy  and  Extra |  15 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 4 

Ru&sell,  Euler,  Mock 4 

Hodley 4 

Arcnbcrg,  Hoosici  Beauty 4 

Ward 4 

Kilbrney,  Radiance,  Taft 4 

<_)phcha,  Sunburst,  Hillmgdon 4 

Carastions 1 

Cattleyas 25 

Dendrohium  formosum 

Lilies,  Loniiiflorum 8 

Lilies,  Speciosuin    6. 

Callas 12 

Lily  of  (be  Velley 6 

SaepdrasoB 6, 

Bouvardie a. 

Violets 

Freesia 2. 

Narcis.  Paper  White i. 

Roman  Hyacinths t. 

Slwin I. 

Calendula- 2. 

Miifnonette 3 

Sweel    Peas i. 

Marsuerites a 

Gardeatas      15. 

Adiantum i, 

Smilax so 

Asparasus  Plumostas.  A  Spren.  (100  Bchs.) 35, 


BOSTON       I 

Jan. 84  I 


so.co 
so  .CO 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 

\A/Holosale   F'lorls-bs 

568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET  -   BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


|IJ.a.BUDL©NG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE       flllT       CinUICDC 

CABN  ATIONS^^^^^  GROWER  Of       UUI         rLUfftllO 


January  26,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


83 


Flower  Market  Reports 

The  flower  market  sit- 
BOSTON  nation  has  not  mate- 
rially changed  since  last 
week.  Roses  are  off  crop  and  prices 
hold  firm,  while  carnations  seem  to 
be  off  popularity  and  prices  sag  as 
stock  unsold  accumulates.  Bulbous 
stock  is  also  a  slow  proposition.  In 
short,  trade  is  light  considering  the 
date  and  with  Lent  but  three  weeks 
away.  Strange  to  say,  the  best  days 
for  the  past  week  or  two  as  reported 
by  the  wholesale  dealers,  were  Sat- 
urday, 19th,  and  Monday,  21st,  when 
little  business  was  expected  on  ac- 
count of  the  quite  general  suspension 
in  most  lines  of  trade.  As  we  have 
before  remarked,  if  demand  for  flow- 
ers were  anywhere  near  normal  the 
supply  coming  in  would  not  half 
suffice,  a  condition  of  which  the 
causes  are  quite  obvious.  The  main 
topic  of  conversation  in  the  flower 
market  is  the  fuel  subject  and.  judg- 
ing from  the  prevalent  anxiety,  this 
burning  question  is  as  far  from  a  safe 
adjustment  as  ever. 

This  trade  in  general 
CHICAGO  had  one  of  the  poorest 
weeks  in  its  history. 
The  effe'ct  of  the  storms  was  still  felt 
and  the  zero  weather  day  after  day 
made  local  buyers  scarce  and  out-of- 
town  shipments  difficult  and  often  im- 
possible. Florists  are  not  discouraged, 
however,  for  stock  coming  in  is  excel- 
lent and,  with  a  rising  thermometer 
trade  is  certain  to  return.  Spring 
flowers  have  evidently  come  before 
there  is  a  demand  for  them  and  the 
jonquils  and  tulips  are  not  selling 
very  well.  Paper  whites  have  reached 
a  stage  where  there  is  no  hope  of  dis- 
posing of  them  all  and  lilies  are  also 
too  plentiful.  Carnations  are  on  the 
bargain  counter  these  days  and  the 
buyer's  money  goes  a  long  way.  Tliere 
are  plenty  of  roses,  all'  grades  of 
which  can  be  bought  at  a  moderate 
price.  Common  ferns  are  selling  tor 
$2.50  and  $3.00  per  1,000  and  galax 
for  $1.25  per  1,000. 

Business  has  been 
CINCINNATI  fair  right  along  but 
let  down  consider- 
ably at  the  end  of  last  week.  The 
demand  is  not  very  strong  or  steady 
and  the  supply,  while  not  large,  is 
able  to  take  care  of  all  demands.  The 
heavy  snow  causing  delays  and  some 
embargos  on  shipments  have  inter- 
fered consitlerably  with  shipping  to 
and  from  this  city.  Roses  and  carna- 
tions are  each  in  a  good  supply,  also 
sweet  peas  and  lilies.  Some  excellent 
rubrum  lilies  and  callas  may  be  had. 
Paper  white  narcissi  are  in  a  heavy 
supply  that  is  threatening  to  ghit  the 
marivet.  Cypripediums  are  in  a  good 
supply  but  find  a  very  ordinary 
market. 

The  flower  business 
•  CLEVELAND  is  good  this  week. 
In  spite  of  the  heavy 
winter  and  slim  supply  of  coal,  stocks 
continue  ample  for  all  needs.  Roses, 
carnations,  sweet  peas  and  bulb  slock 
are  plentiful  but  prices  are  well  mi  in 
tained.  Earlier  in  January  carnations 
were  quite  scarce  but  are  a  little  more 
plentiful   now.     Violets   are   finding   a 


DAFFODILS 

The  early  Trumpet  Majors,  a  welcome 
touch  of  ?prin,2r  to  the  flower  supply. 

$4.00  and  $5.00  per  100 

PAPER  WHITE  SPECIAL 

200  for  $500 

Everything  in  Ffowers,  Plants, 
Ribbons  and  Supplies 

S.   S.    PENNOCK    CO. 

THE  ^'■ll'oH.'uof  PHILADELPHIA 


B.4I-TIMORE  PHILADELPHIA 

Frnnklin   &   St.   Paul   Sts  1608-1630  Ludlow  St. 

NEW    YORK  WASHINGTON 

in    W.    28th    St.  1216   H.   St.,   N.   W. 


WBOLBSALB  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


TRADE 


PRICES  — Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONL'V 


Rotet 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

'*  **         Fancy  and  Blxtra 

**  **         No.  1  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey ,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Carnatioiu 

Cattle7Bft 

Dendrobium  f onnoaum 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdr  •Ron 

Bouvardia 

Viole's 

Free&ia  

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Stevia 

Calendula 

MiRnonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus  Pla.&Spreo.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

Jao    21 


I      CHICAGO 

I  Jaa.  19 


BUFFALO 

Jan.  21 


PITTSBURG 

Jan.  29 


30,00 
20.00 
8.00 
800 
8.00 
6.00 
4.00 
4.00 
6.00 
3-to 


to 
to 


8.00     10 


4.00 


1. 00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.to 
2  00 
3.00 


40.00 
30.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 

12. 00 
10.00 
10.00 
I5.CO 
4.00 
75.00 

13.50 

lO.CO 

10  00 

8.CO 

1-50 
4  00 
4.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 

2.C0 
1. 00 

1. 00 
15.00 
3<;.oo 


25.00 
15.00 
10.00 
600 
6.00 
6  00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
2.00 
60.00 


10 
to 

to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to  • 


30.00 
:^5.00 
15.00 
25.00 
12.00 
12.0C 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
3,00 
75-00 


8.0c     to     12,00 


10,00 

4.00 

4.00 
5.<o 
•75 
4.0J 
2.1  o 
2.00 
2. CO 
2. CO 

4-00 
1. 00 


15.00 
25.00 


to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 


1 3.00 
8.00 
6.to 
6.00 

I. CO 

5.00 
3.C0 
3.00 
3-  o 
3.00 
6  00 
1.50 


1. 00 

20.00 
50.00 


40.00 

25.00 
20.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
3.00 
6  00 
5. CO 

3-   ^ 
Scoo 

8,00 
4.00 
10.00 
8  CO 
4.00 


10  50.00  ]  30.00  to  50.00 

to  30.00    20. « o  to  25.00 

to  25,0c  I  12.50  to  15.00 

to  10.00      8.00  to  35.00 


.60 
3.C0 

3.00 

l.OC 

1. 00 
2.00 

4  00 
1. 00 

T  .00 

15.00 

1  00 

15.00 

35.00 


IS. 00 

to 

6.CO 

6.00 

to 

10.00 

10.00 

6.00 

to 

12.00 

15.00 

6.00 

10 

12.00 

5.00 

3.00 

to 

5.00 

6o.oo 

to 

50.00 

to 

30.00 

12.00 

10.00 

to 

13.00 

6.00 

to 

15.00 

10 

10.00 

to 

lO.CO* 

8.0c 

6.00 

to 
to 

800 

•75 

.75 

to 

x.oo 

5.10 

4.00 

to 

6.CO 

4  cc 

3.00 

to 

4.00 

4.C0 

3.00 

lo 

4'0 

I  50 

to 

3.00 

3.C0 

to 

5. CO 

6..0 

2. CO 

to 

3.C0 

2. CO 

i.<o 

to 

3.C0 

no 
30.00 

2.00 

to 
to 

3.CO 

1.25 
20.00 
50  CO 


i.aj 
15.00 
75.cc 


good  market.  Daffodils  are  among  the 
new  arrivals.  A  few  growers  had  part 
of  their  stock  nipped  by  frost  during 
the  recent  zero  weather  but  the  trade 
as  a  rule  came  through  fortunately 
considering  the  coal  situation. 

Business  has  held  at 
NEW  YORK     a     low     level     right 

along,  Saturday  and 
Monday  last  being  very  unremunera- 
tlve  days  in  the  wholesale  section  and 
altogether  the  situation  is  far  from 
what  it  should  be,  on  the  average  for 
this  date.  Hoses  are  the  main  re- 
liance at  present,  they  alone  showing 
somje  "ambish."     The  short  grades  of 


roses  are  very  scarce.  Other  market 
staples  are  very  draggy.  Carnations 
have  shown  a  moderate  upward 
movement  in  value,  especially  the 
clioicer  sorts,  such  as  Ward.  Extra 
long-stemmed  lilies  bring  a  fair  re- 
turn and  so  does  Asparagus  plumosus, 
which  is  quite  scarce. 

Business  has 
PHILADELPHIA     been    pretty    fair 

here,  the  tone  be- 
lu,^'  considerably  better  than  previ- 
ously. Carnations  stiffened  up  very 
considerably  in  price  and  the  quality 
is  top-notch,  with  the  exception  of 
American  Beauty.     Roses  are  on  the 

(Continued  en   f>age  Qt) 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New    Show    Rooms    Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE  OF  AMERICA 


90 


11  o  i;t  1  c  i;  i/r  u  u  e 


January  26,  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholetale     Commission     Florift 
Choice  Cut  Flower* 

■  •w  A4rirM>.  141  M'ral  txih  H|  .    N  R  W  VIIKK 
TrUphoa<-<'       ttn*    tt*l.  Mxllaon  HqOBra. 

— WM.  P.  FORD 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.28tli  Street.  NEW  YORK 

Ti'lephoiitf    .'»:(:(.',,    Kiirra;:ut. 

r«n  anil  ln«p<-<?t  the  Host   KntnbMshmcnt 

In    th.-    Whi.l.B.ili-    Klinver    l>l«irlct. 


j**Ai  I'm 

WHOLESALE   COMMISSION   FLORIST  ^"^'-<^ -^-'nt  por 


TRLKPllllMi 


LARGEST  CKOWERS 
A    full    lltir  of   Clitilr*  C'ul    l-'liiwrr  Hlork   for   all   porpoar*. 

Jf,;!,!rARK».iiT    l.^l    West   28th   St..   NF:\V   YoRK   CITY 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

S3  WEST  28ih  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

riione  Farrarut  4SS6 


ALBANY  CUT  FLOWER  EXCHANGE 

"koSJ'J"""""    611  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

NA\  K  TIME  ANI»  MONKV    IIV    MKMMNO   YOrR  OKDKKH  TO  I'K     — 

Price*  Rijiht.         Consignments  Solicited.         Telephone  Connection 


Ceotrally  Located,  The 

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55  and  57  W.  26th 

street. 

NEW 

YORK 

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FRANK  MILLANG     ORCHIDS  -  -  GARDENIAS 


Cut  Flowers— Home  Grown  Asparagus 

BUY  OR  SELL,  CASH 

:..■>-.•.;  >»>«t  sotii  tiir.'.t 
IMENA/     YOFRkC 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28tli      ST.    NEW    YORK. 


GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOIXSALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

NEW  YORK 


fBONB    *g«    rARRAGCT 


HCAD()UARTERS  <•"■  H'c  entire  output  «r  tlu- 
BEECHWOOD  HEIGHTS  NURSERIES,  of  Bound  Brook.  N.  J. 

PAUL  MECONI Wholesale  Florist NEW    YORK 


l'.-|.-|.li..ne    N"s.    :'.sc,4    :in.l    R'U14    M.-Mlis.m    S(|iiiiri> 


r.T    WK-T   -^ndi    -TItKKT 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 

SB-S7     \A/ea«     ae^l-t     ^^root 

TelephoneH,   13 — 8ftlU   MatllHuu   hqutir*-  ColiHlrnmeiita   Mollolt«<l 

MAI'KICK    I..    nl.A88.   Trmanrer 


NEW   YORK    OCOTATIONS   PER    100.      To   Dealer*  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Fresh  Cot  Decorative  Erercreens. 

HIgbest  St.-iDilnrd  of  Quality.  LarRcBt 
StO(  k  In  America.  Write  for  liiustniticl 
Cutalon;  of  Greens  and  Florists'  SupiiDcs. 

119  W.  28th  St.,    -    -    NEW  YORK 


American  Beaaty,  Special 

"  "  Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  No.  I  and  culls.    . 

RuMsll,  Euler,  Mock  

H.dler 

Arerberg.  Hootier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey.  Radiance.  Taft 

'>pbelia.  Sunburmt.  HillinBdoD 

Key... 

CafTtations  ■..-... 


last  Pitt  •(  Wiik 
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1111 


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lo.oo  to 
3  oo  to 
.  300 
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First  Part  if  Wiih 

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300 

300 

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9O.O0 
6.00 
13.00 
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800 
800 
8.00 
12.00 
I  3.00 
5  00 


WlLLlAin   H.   KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'*  Foremost  end  Best 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  First  Clajs  Markal  t*r  all  CUT  FLOWERS 

m  WUlonghby  St.        Brooklya.  N.  T 

M.  C.  FORD~ 

121  West  28th  St.,      NEW  YORK 

fi  ROSES,  ma  mw\m 

A    Foil    Line   of   AI.I,   CrT    FI.OWKBS. 
Telephone  M70  Farrmset. 


GROWERS'  CUT 

FLOWER 

COMPANY 

WHOLtSALE   FLORISTS                    \\ 

129  West  28th  Street 

T«'  1  3%%3  \  F-rras^l 

E.  J.  VAN 

REYPER,  Mgr. 

WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  CommlHBloD  Oealer  In 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

133  West  28th  Street,  >ew   Vorli 
Telepfaone— S632-3533  MadlsoD  Rqnare 


I  rank    II.    Traendlj 


Charles    fiebenak 


JOSEPH    S.    FENRICH 

WIIULE8ALK   FLORIST 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

51   W.  28th   Street,   New  York 

TaUebaMa,   4M-UI-ttt   Mad.    Bq. 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENCK 

WKolesale    Florists 
431  Gtk  hiiii,  tatsiii  JStt  itt  27tt  Sts..  Mw  Tirt 

Telephones:      7S7,  788,  70S   Farracnt 

ConslgnnieDts  Hoilcited 

HERMAN  WEISS 

WHOLESALE    FLORIHT 

Can  handle  shipments  of  Kfowers'  prodeot 
Butlsfactorlly.  Would  like  to  bear  froa 
Growers  of  Snapdragons  and  Sweat  Paaa, 
etc.,  for  the  New  York  trade. 

ISO  West  28th  Street,  TeL  Fann««t  Mt, 

KKW  TOBK. 


Januafy  26,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


J)l 


Fk)wer  Market  Reports 

IContmued  iront  page  89) 

scarce  side  all  along  the  line.  Beauties 
are  a  little  more  plentiful  than  In 
other  seasons  at  this  time  and  prices 
are  lower.  Where  last  year  they  were 
bringing  nine  dollars  a  dozen  this  year 
five  is  the  figure.  White  roses  are  as 
scarce  as  any  and  there  is  more  de- 
mand for  these  than  the  colors.  Or- 
chids are  rather  draggy  this  being  es- 
pecially the  case  with  the  cypripedium 
crop.  Lilies  are  in  excellent  demand. 
Lily  of  the  valley  does  not  go  well, 
being  high  in  price  and  there  being 
some  excellent  substitutes  at  reason- 
able figures.  There  is  a  fair  call  for 
white  lilac,  which  i^  a  choice  and  at- 
tractive item.  Trumpet  daffodils  are 
now  coming  in  the  better  varieties  and 
are  quite  a  feature  of  the  market. 
Paper  whites  are  greatly  overdone  for 
the  time  being.  Most  of  the  retail 
stores  closed  all  or  part  of  the  day 
Monday  the  21st.  The  city  sounded 
like  a  Sunday  that  Monday. 

Trade  has 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.  fallen  off  con- 
s  i  d  e  r  a  b  1  y. 
The  growers  have  experienced  a  very 
hard  time  in  keeping  their  houses 
warm.  Stock  is  none  too  plentiful  but 
Is  meeting  all  present  demands.  Little 
Is  doing  in  the  way  of  social  func- 
tions. Roses  and  carnations  are  the 
Chief  flowers,  although  a  very  fair  sup- 
ply of  cut  bulbous  stock  is  seen. 
Yellow  and  white  tulips  are  good  and 
are  retailing  for  $5.00  per  100.  Stevia 
is  scarce.  Freesia  is  good  and  sells 
fast.  Calendulas  are  arriving  but  the 
demand  is  slow.  Good  calla  lilies  are 
seen  and  clear  nicely  for  funeral  work, 
which  is  the  chief  factor  these  days. 
Pot  plants  of  all  kinds  sell  well. 

Trade    has     been     cur- 
ST.  LOUIS     tailed    through    severe 

weather.  The  coming 
week  will  be  graduating  exercises  at 
the  public  schools  and  probably  a  few 
bouquets  will  be  sold.  Carnations  are 
holding  up  in  price  for  good  stock, 
while  splits  and  frozen  stock  were 
sold  at  low  figures. 


BUSINESS    TROUBLES. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.— Frank  R.  Bohnke, 
florist,  filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy 
last  week. 


Alliance,  O.— J.  J.  Gunn  &  Son,  flor- 
ists, voluntary  petition  In  bankruptcy; 
assets,  $107.90,  liabilities,  $4,685. 


La  Crosse  Wis. — Hillview  Nursery 
Company,  voluntary  petition  in  bank- 
ruptcy; assets,  $13,000,  liabilities, 
$7,500. 


Frank  Gumph,  florist  in  the  Euclid 
Arcade,  Cleveland,  O.,  closed  his 
doors  shortly  after  the  first  of  the 
year.  His  affairs  were  taken  in  hand 
by  the  Florists'  Wholesale  Credit  As- 
sociation, who  succeeded  in  paying 
five  per  cent  on  his  accounts. 


J.    K.    AUI 


N 


A  LEADER  IN   THE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION    TRADE  FOB  OVER  THIRTY  YEARS 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.   Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 

118  West  28tli  St.      IME\A/  YORK 


TELEPHONES 

Farrasut   167  and  3058 


Westfield,  Mass.  —  The  John  H. 
Fowler  Company,  Inc.,  filed  a  notice 
■of  its  assignment  on  January  17  to 
Albert  R.  Jenks.  formerly  horticul- 
tural adviser  of  the  Hampden  County 
Improvement       League.         Liabilities 


NEW   YORK  QUOTATIONS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleyas     

DeDdrobium  formoium 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Lilies,  bpeciosum 

Callat' ' 

uly  o»  th«  Valley 

SnapdrsROO 

Bouvardia 

Violets  

Freesias      

N  «rci».  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

S^veet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias. 

Adiantum 

Smilax  •  -  •  • 

4sparaflrus  Plumoaus.  &  Seen  (loo  bunches) . 


Last  Part  of  Week 
ending  Jan.  19 

isia 


15.00 

3.00 
3.00 

15.00 
3.00 

a  00 
2.00 
.30 
1.00 
1. 00 
1. 00 
2.00 
2.00 
3.00 
2.50 
1. 00 

15.00 
■  50 

12,00 

2S.OO 


25.00 

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5  00 
6.00 

20.C0 
6.00 

12.00 
3.00 
.50 
3.C0 
2.00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.C0 
3.00 

30.00 
1. 00 
6.00 

50.00 


Fint  Part  of  Week 

beginning  Jan.  21 

191B 


15  00 

4.00 
3  00 
15.00 
2.00 
2.00 

2. 00 

.30 

1. 00 

1. 00 

1. 00 

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2.00 

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1. 00 

15,00 

•50 

12.00 

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25.00 

50.00 
8.00 
6.0c 

20.00 
8.00 

15.00 

3-00 

■75 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

4.00 

3.00 

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3  00 

3.00 

30.00 

1.00 

16.00 

50  .0 


WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerous  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  demand  ex- 
ceeds nur  supply.  ThlH  Is  eHpeclally  true  of  Roses.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abundant  means  and  best  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 


Address  Your  Shipments  to 


UNITED    CUT    FLOWER 

111    W.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


CO.    Inc. 

D.  J.  Pappa*,  Pre*. 


singleV|0|[ETS  ^'^"^^^ 

Violets  and   novelties  are  my  Hobby.     Con- 
Bien  your  flowers  to  me.     I  can  seU  them  to 


your  satisfaction. 


CLARENCE  SUNN,  !,&"  ,'5,'i 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Commision  Florists 


55  and  5  7  «Ve(t26th  Street 

■"''""Crasut"-  "'  NEW  YORK 


aEORGE  B.  HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.Y. 

Wired  Toothpicks 


If  Annfaetnred  by 


W.  J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000.  ..S2.00       60.000. .  .$8.75       Sample  free. 
For  sale  by  dealers. 


amount  to  $45,000.  No  estimate  was 
made  of  assets,  but  they  are  said  to 
he  such  as  to  assure  creditors  a  good 
dividend.  Mr.  Jenks  has  been  acting 
as  manager  of  the  company  during 
the  past  month. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

KVEBYTIIING    FOB    THE    FLORIST 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  have  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
sies,  Violets,  Carnatlooa  and  all  other  itock 
of  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SL.IIMIM,  Jr. 


55  and  57   W.  2«th   Street. 


NRW   VORP 


RCED  (Q.  HOLLER 

122    West   25th   St..   New    Tork 

Florists'    Supplies 

We   nianufaoture  all   our 

Altai  DisiEDS,  Baskets,  Wire  Wirk  &Noviltiis 

aud   are  de.ders   lu 

Decorative  Glassware.  Growers  and 

Florists'   Reqiilslt<'« 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Importer*   •nil    Grower*    of 

OROMIDS 

Omt    Flower*   of    All    the    L«adl<i«    VaHaMM 
In   tll«lr   Bmuob. 

THOMAS  YOUNG.   Jr.,    Proprietor 

BODND    BKOOK.   N.   *■ 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

S47-S67"t:ambrldge  St.,  Boston 

Headquarters  for 

CYCA8,     BASKETS,     WIRE     DESIONS 

und    WAX    FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  list  If  you  have  not  re- 
ceived one. 


9? 


11  O  U  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  U  E 


Juiiiiury  Jti,  IftlB 


Cat.  176S 

Pot  Makers  for  a 
Contury  anda  Half 


HEWS 


STRONG 

RED 
POROUS 


POTS 


Inc.   1»04 

World'*  Lmrg»m* 
Manufacturor* 


Standard,  Aialaa,  Bulb,    Orchid,    Fern    Hanging.   Emboaaad,   Roaa,  Carnation,   Palm,  Cyclamen,  Cut  Flowor. 
Spsclai  Shapes  to  Order.     Chicken  Founts,  Pigeon  Nests,  Bean  Pots,  Etc. 

Wnt»  for  Calaloga* 
mmd  Oiacoanr* 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  Inc.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


CAMHKIIMiK.    MAS* 
NBW  TORK.  N.  ¥. 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


CHICAGO. 

The  Alpha  Floral  Co,  lost  many  of 
their  plants  last  week  when  the  tem- 
perature of  the  building  was  alloweti 
to  go  below  freezing. 

The  creditors  of  the  Flower  Oraft 
Shop  on  Hyde  Park  noulevard  have 
opened  the  store  and  secured  Duncan 
Robertson  to  take  charge  of  it. 

Robt.  Newcomb,  of  the  American 
Bulb  Co.,  visited  the  Nebraska  State 
Florists  meeting  at  Lincoln.  Neb., 
last  week  and  will  call  upon  the  trade 
In  the  southwest  before  returning  to 
Chicago. 

The  Elston  Flower  Shop  lost  all 
their  plants  in  the  recent  storm  when 
a  transom  blew  in  and  the  full  force 
of  the  blizzard  struck-  the  stock  which 
had  been  placed  for  safety  on  tables 
In  the  center  of  the  store. 

George  Wienhoeber  says  fuel  con- 
servation is  not  new  in  his  building, 
where  heat  has  been  dealt  out  so 
sparingly  all  winter  that  it  is  the  prac- 
tice to  put  all  palms,  etc.,  in  the  office 
and  heat    with  electricity   each   night. 

John  Tiplady.  who  has  had  many 
years'  experience  as  a  private  gar 
dener  on  some  of  the  large  places  on 
the  North  Shore,  has  opened  an  office 
at  513  4th'  street,  Wilmette,  and  will 
go  into  the  business  of  landscape 
gardening. 

Joseph  L.  Raske  was  the  victim  of 
hold-up  men  who  entered  his  store  at 
170  W.  Jackson  Block  last  Saturday 
evening,  and  at  the  point  of  pistols 
drove  him  into  the  back  room  and 
took  his  watch  and  chain,  $32.00  and 
a  valuable  diamond  rinp.  Mr.  Uaske 
is  a  well-known  florist  and  his  store 
is  in  the  downtown  district. 

Peter  Miller  was  down  town  on  Sat- 
urday for  the  first  time  since  his  at- 
tack of  bloofl  poisoning  three  weeks 
ago.  In  handling  American  Beauties 
a  thorn  pierced  his  hand  and  the  in- 
fection spread  so  rapidly  that  his  life 
was  seriously  endangered.  Geo.  Wien- 
hoeber, his  employer,  had  him  re- 
moved to  St.  Mary's  Hospital  where 
extreme  measures  were  used  to  stop 
the  disease. 

The  Embee  Artificial  I•^owe^  Co.  has 
rented,  and  is  fitting  up,  rooms  in  the 
Atlas  Block  where  many  wholesale 
florists  are  located.  At  one  time  this 
would  have  been  the  last  place  a 
manufacturer  of  artificial  flowers 
would  have  selected  for  his  salesroom, 
but  now  every  florist  uses  more  or  less 
prepared  foliage,  etc.,  and  the  location 


i.s    convenient    for    linrisls    coming    lo 
the  market. 

More  than  once  has  Fred  Lauten- 
schlager  jiroved  himself  an  efficient 
emergency  man  to  the  florists  in  times 
of  trouble,  and  now  he  has  been  se- 
lected to  try  and  get  the  shipping 
business  on  a  better  basis.  It  has  been 
a  most  trying  time  for  wholesalers  to 
get  their  orders  from  their  out-of-town 
customers,  especially  from  a  long  dis- 
tance, filled  in  a  satisfactory  manner 
on  account  of  the  transportation  and 
the  reluctance  of  the  express  com- 
panies to  accept  their  goods  in  extreme 
weather. 

About  forty  growers  held  a  meeting 
at  the  salesroom  of  Geo.  Reinberg, 
Saturday,  Jan.  19th,  to  discuss  some 
of  their  difficulties  The  coal  situation 
was  the  most  prominent  one  and  C.  L. 
Washburn  reported  that  a  delegation 
had  waited  upon  the  fuel  adminis- 
trator and  they  had  l)een  assured 
every  effort  would  be  made  to  protect 


See    Announcement  of 

$200     PRIZE    COtVIPETITION 

on   page  79. 


the  growers  against  the  loss  of  their 
stock  by  freezing.  The  relief  was  very 
evident  when  it  was  made  known  that 
the  business  they  had  worked  years 
to  build  uj)  would  be  secure  for  the 
present  at  least. 


ST.  LOUIS. 

A  banquet  was  given  to  the  members 
of  the  S.  A.  F.  Executive  Board  at  the 
Jefferson  Hotel  on  Tuesday  evening. 
January  22. 

Arthur  Wors,  son  of  C.  W.  Wors. 
wrote  to  his  father  from  the  Canadian 
expeditionary  forces,  dated  Dec.  24th, 
from  West  Sandling.  Kent,  England. 
He  will  train  there  a  while  and  thence 
go  to  the  front. 

The  firm  of  Young  Bros.,  Berlin  and 
De  Bolivere  avenue,  have  filed  a  vol- 
untary petition  in  bankruptcy,  their 
liabilities  to  three  floral  houses 
amounting  to  $2,53ii.85,  assets  $1,000. 
Three  creditors  named  in  the  petition 
are  Elizabeth  Nursery  Co.,  Elizabeth 
X.  J.;  Peter  Henderson  &  Co.,  New 
York;  William  C.  Young,  St.  Louis. 
They  also  asked  that  a  receiver  be  ap- 
pointed because  the  company  is  insol- 
vent and  the  property  is  about  to  be 
seized  by  an  administrator. 


CLEVELAND. 
On  account  of  business  condltlonii 
the  Wholesale  Florists  Credit  Asso- 
ciation is  adhering  strictly  to  its  rule 
of  ('.  O.  D.  for  all  retailers  whose  ac- 
counts run  over  30  days. 

.\  canvass  of  the  situation  shows  a 
number  of  florists  and  their  expe- 
rienced heli)ers  placed  in  Class  I  un- 
der the  new  draft.  None  have  been 
called  recently  but  a  number  are  In 
line  for  the  next  call. 

George  Bate,  of  the  Cleveland  Cut 
Flower  Co.,  is  a  member  of  the  exemp- 
tion board  in  his  district  and  finds  his 
time  largely  taken  up  with  these 
duties.  For  a  time  he  was  quite  a 
stranger  in   his  own  office. 

Milford  Parks,  formerly  a  flower 
jobber  on  East  Fourth  street,  is  about 
town  but  not  engaged  In  the  flower 
business  this  winter.  Last  summer 
he  was  on  the  road  with  a  carnival 
company  as  manager  of  a  flower  base- 
ball game. 

The  Wilson  Floral  Co.,  on  Wood- 
worth  road  and  O.  E.  Cunningham  in 
the  Collinwood  district,  were  among 
those  who  lost  a  small  part  of  their 
stock  during  the  cold  spell.  They  are 
still  operating,  however,  with  a  great- 
er part  of  the  stock  intact. 

Frank  J.  Schoen,  aged  43.  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  Schoen  Floral  Co., 
1268  Euclid  Avenue,  has  been  released 
on  $500  bail,  after  being  arrested  on 
warrants  charging  arson.  It  is  said 
Schoen  and  two  others  set  fire  to  the 
place  of  business  of  the  Schoen  Floral 
Co.,  November  18,  1917.  The  charge 
was  made  by  the  city  fire  warden. 

While  florists  were  exempted  by  the 
recent  fuel  order  from  closing  on  heat- 
less  Monday,  the  majority  of  them 
obeyed  the  spirit  of  the  order  as  tar 
as  possible  without  endangering  their 
stocks.  The  wholesale  florists  and 
supply  houses  closed  completely, 
while  the  retail  stores  closed  their 
street  doors  and  only  took  care  of 
such  funeral  and  other  work  as  was 
necessary. 

C.  E.  Kendel.  of  the  A.  C.  Kendel 
Seed  Co.,  secretary  of  the  American 
Seed  Trade  Association,  has  taken 
out  a  permit  for  the  erection  of  $50,000 
building  at  210  Prospect  avenue,  S.  E. 
The  building  will  be  four  stories  of 
loft  type,  of  steel  and  concrete  con- 
struction, 40  by  82  feet.  The  first  floor 
and  part  of  the  second  floor  has  al- 
ready been  leased  for  ten  years.  Work 
on  the  new  building  will  start  April  1. 


January  26,  1918 


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THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Cataloffues  and  Discounts  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 


Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


Greenhouse  vegetable  growers  in 
and  near  Cleveland  were  recently 
saved  from  disaster,  when  sixty  car- 
loads of  coal  were  turned  over  to  the 
Cleveland  fuel  administration  for 
their  use.  Action  taken  by  H.  H. 
Johnson,  Ohio  fuel  administrator,  en- 
abled local  coal  companies  to  sell 
large  quantities  to  greenhouses. 
Nearly  all  the  growing  vegetables  in 
this  section  were  threatened  with  de- 
struction when  the  needed  relief  ar- 
rived. 


ROCHESTER,  N.   Y. 

James  Vick's  Sons  will  soon  be 
forced  to  move  owing  to  the  enlarge- 
ment of  the  Alliance  Bank.  Their 
new  location  has  not  yet  been  decided 
upon. 

Pred  Bohnke,  florist,  84  Miller 
street  has  filed  a  voluntary  petition 
in  bankruptcy.  His  liabilities  are 
$2,516.11.  Assets  are:  Stock  in  trade 
$700,  auto  delivery  $250. 

The  63rd  annual  meeting  of  the 
Western  New  York  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, which  was  to  have  been  held 
here  on  January  23rd  to  25th,  has  been 
Indefinitely  postponed  on  account  of 
the  fuel  situation. 

The  Lady  Florists'  met  at  the  Red 
Cross  House,  January  14th,  to  fold 
bandages  and  new  ofllcers  were  elected 
as  follows:  Mrs.  E.  P.  Wilson,,  presi- 
dent; Mrs.  E.  R.  Fry,  vice-president; 
Mrs.  W.  L.  Keller,  treasurer;  Mrs.  H. 
W.  Wilson,  secretary. 

George  Eastman,  of  the  Eastman 
Kodak  Company,  has  shut  off  all  heat 
from  his  great  conservatories  as  a 
help  to  fuel  conservation,  with  the  re- 
sult that  thousands  of  dollars'  worth 
of  plants  and  flowers  have  been  de- 
stroyed. George  D.  B.  Bonbright,  Mon- 
roe County  Food  Administrator,  and 
Dr.  Thomas  Parsons,  his  deputy,  have 
followed  suit,  and  it  is  believed  that 
many  others  will  fall  in  line. 


NEW   YORK. 

Arthur  Buchholz  is  sending  to  Phil 
Kessler  the  finest  tulips  seen  in  this 
market  so  far. 

Alfred  H.  Langjahr  will  remove 
shortly  to  the  floor  of  the  Cut  Flower 
Exchange,  in  Coogan  Building,  and 
will  occupy  the  ice  boxes  formerly  oc- 
cupied by  Bonnot  Bros,  and,  Wm.  H. 
Siebrecht. 

The  exhibition  in  the  American 
Museum  of  Natural  History  last  Sat- 
urday and  Sunday  was  not  large  but 
of  prime  quality,  carnations,  sweet 
peas  and  orchids  being  especially 
prominent.  In  the  latter  Lager  & 
Hurrell  made  a  beautiful  display. 


CINCINNATI. 

C.  E.  Critchell  went  to  St.  Louis  the 
first  part  of  this  week  to  attend  the 
S.  A.  F.  Executive  Committee. 

Fuelless  Monday  was  observed  by 
most  all  of  the  retailers  closing  their 
stores.  Some  of  them  had  their  places 
open  long  enough  to  fill  their  orders 
and  take  care  of  incoming  stock  while 
others  closed  entirely.  But  few  kept 
open  all  day. 

OBITUARY. 
S.  B.  Coffin. 
Sylvanus  B.  Cofiin,  an  old-time  florist 
residing  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  died  on 
January  15,  aged  78  years.  The  body 
was  taken  to  Hampton,  N.  H.,  for 
burial. 

Mrs.  John  Schneider. 
Mrs.  John  Schneider,  wife  of  the 
president  of  the  New  York  Flower  Ex- 
change, died  on  Sunday,  20th  of  Jan- 
uary, in  her  49th  year,  of  pneumonia. 
Five  children  survive  her.  Burial  wa3 
at  St.  Michaels  cemetery,  Astoria,  L. 

I.  ^_^^__^^ 

San  Francisco,  Cal.— The  West  Coast 
Seed  Growers,  200  Washington  street, 
are  planning  to  increase  their  capital 
stock  to  $50,000,  to  take  effect  Feb.  1.  . 


Visitors'    Register 


Albany,  N.  Y. — Patrick  Welch,  Bos- 
ton. 

Boston — Marshall  Miller,  repr.  Rich- 
mond Cedar  Works,  Richmond,  Va. 

Philadelphia — Geo.  W.  Hess,  Supt. 
Botanical   Garden,   Washington,   D.  C. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. — Andrew  C.  Anag- 
nostakor,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

Chicago,  111. — Judge  Vesey  and  Mrs. 
Vesey,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.;  T.  E.  Terrill, 
Alberta,  Can.;  P.  W.  Peterson,  Joliet, 
111. 

Cincinnati — Paul  Berkowitz,  repre- 
senting H.  Bayersdorfer  &  Co.,  Phila., 
Pa.;  Mr.  Reynolds,  representing  M. 
Rice  &  Co.,  Phila.,  Pa.;  V.  H.  Thomas, 
Augusta,    Ky.,    and    Robert     Groves, 


Hartford,  Conn. — Lawrence  Hen- 
nessey chauffer  for  Coombs,  florist, 
charged  with  reckless  driving  of  an 
automobile  on  Trinity  street,  January 
16,  was  fined  $25  in  police  court  next 
day. 


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Bull>a  of  all  ilescrliitliina.    Write  for  price*. 

NEW   YORK   BKANCII.  8-10  Bridie  St. 

CAKNATION   STAPLES 

Split  carii.'itloDB  quickly,  eaally  and 
cbeaply  meuiled.  rillaliury'i  CarnalloD 
Staple.  1000  fur  ^c;  :mxh)  for  $1.00  poit- 
paid.     I.   I..   riLI.SItCRY.  Oaleahorg,   111. 


nAHLIAS 

Peony  Dablta   Mrs.   Frederick  OtlnnelL 

Stork  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONEY.  New  Hedford.  Masa. 


Orders  hooked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholeanle  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NOUTIIltORO  DAHLIA 
&  OLADIOI.t'S  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moore, 
Prop.,  Nurthlioro.  Mass. 

New  I'aeony  rtahlla^John  Wsnsmaker, 
Newest.  HondaonteBt.  Ilest.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  haldt  of  growth.  Klg  atuck 
of  best  cut-rtower  Tsrletles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FARMS, 
n^nln    N    .T 

OLA88 

Oreenhonse  (class,  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
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OOLO  FISH 

Gold  nsh,  aqii:irium  pinnts,  snnlls,  cos- 
tloa,  globes,  nquarium.  lish  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FKANKI.IN  HAItRETT. 
Breeder,  4S15  D  St.,  Oliiey.  Phllmlelplila. 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Send 
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PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection, 
1200  sorts  Send  tor  list.  C.  BBTSCHSB. 
Canal  Dover,  O. 

B08E8 

Roses.  Cannns  and  Shmha.  TtJh 
CONARD     &     JONES     COMPANY,     Wsst 

Grove.   I'a. 


SPHAGNUM   MOfIS 
Live    Sphagnum    moss,    orchid    peat    and 
orchid    hfiskets    alwavs    on    band.     LAQBB 
*  ni-RUEI.L.  Summit.  N.  J. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  ebolc* 
collection.  Large  Specimen.  Pot  and  Tob 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  also  Cllmhioc 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Mount  Hlasarllk  Nur- 
sery, New  Rocbelle,  N.  Y. 


WIRE  WORK 

WILLIAM      E.      HEILSCHER'8      WIRB 
WORKS.   2R4   Randolph    St..    Detroit.  Uleh. 

SITUATIONS  WANTED 


SITI'-VTION  WANTED— By  Jtipanese 
horticulturist.  GradDiite  of  Horticultural 
College,  rractlcal  experience  In  Jnpnn  and 
Unlti'd  Sl.'itea.  Able  to  do  all  kinds  of 
gar<leiiiii^:  and  greenhouse  work.  Married. 
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Jftnuary  zu.  1»18 


.^INSECTICIDE^^ 

Bare  jonr  plintt  and  irm  Juit  (br 
Itiliig  for  (rrruhousr  ■iiU  uulilour  u>v. 
I>iitru.v»  Mraljr  lliij.  ilrowu  ami  n'hltr 
8<«lr,  Thrlin,  K,d  SpliliT.  lllock  Bn<l 
OrrfD  Kljr.  MltM,  Ann,  il.  .,  wUliout 
Injury  lo  plaDli  nnd  without  oilor. 
I  awl  IrcorrllDR  to  dlrcctlnii.  our  atatid- 
ard  Inai-ctlclde  will  preveat  ruvagea  oa 
your  cropa  l>y  loaprta. 

NoD'PolaoDoua  and  tiarmloiiB  to  ubit 
■  Dd  plant.  Lradlnc  Sci'iUuipd  and 
Florlata  bare  ujod  It  with  wonderful 
rraalta. 

IValroya  I,lr«  In  Poultry  Tlouapa, 
Klraa  on  Doga  and  all  DnuirBlIc  I'eta. 
Eici-llcnt  na  n  wsnh  for  dogs  and  other 
anlmala.  Kt-llovca  miinge.  Dilute  wltli 
wnlor  .TO  to  50  parta. 

H  rinl.  »i/T.:   Pint.  SOc.;   lju»rt,  90«.; 

H  Gallon.  *l.&0;  (inllon,  H.M;  5  Oal- 

loa  ran,  ClO.eO;    10  (iajlon  Can,  fZO.OO. 

UirpcdoDii  on  packacc. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 
lift  I.       421  W.  liilaitH  Ji    liirofrr.  if 


Tha  Baasrnliad   •taadArd   laaiatl^il 

A  •pray  remedy  for  man,  black,  wblto  Mr. 
tbrlpa  and  aoft  acala. 

Qa&rt,  (1.0*1    O&Uaa,  nj». 

FUNCINE 

For  mildew,  mat  and  ether  bllgku  aCaei- 
IV  IrverB,  frolu  and  Tegetablea. 
Qamn,  f  1.00 1    OaOioB,  MJ*. 

VERMINE 

Cor    eel    worma,    angle    worma    and    Mkaw 
wonni  working  In  tbe  aoll. 

Qomrt.  gLOOi     O&llea,  U-**. 

SOLD  BT  DKALXma. 

Aphine    Manufacturing    Co. 

MAOISON.  N.  J. 


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Use  N.  A.  C.  Products  for 
more  profitable  results.  Send 
for  prices  on  our  complete 
list  of  Fertilizers  and  Insecti- 
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HOBTICCl-TrBAL  DEPT., 
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llHmmond  liisorttrlOri  \ittH\  bj  FInrlati  and 
(iHnhMH'ra  fur  Bcnrr:i(lont.  and  tifforo  fliU 
our  pnint  was  uni'd  od  II<>i  llousfi  ht- 
rnuac  It  <]ld  Dot  waab  off.  Twemlow'i  ratty 
li   uiK'xcflled. 

U^nd   for   ramtihlrla  or  Infortnatlan  r^vftrd- 
Ina    yaur    niM-da. 

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WELCOME    COMMENDATION. 

I  take  pleasure  in  renewing  annual 
subscription  to  HORTICULTURE  and 
in  doing  so  I  wish  to  compliment  you 
on  that  able  article  entitled,  'Strong 
Language,'"  which  hits  the  nail  square 
on  the  head.  I  have  always  been,  I 
might  say.  cranky  about  having  the 
right  tools  to  work  with,  which  is 
half  the  battle,  and  though  not  waste- 
ful by  any  means,  never  did  believe  In 
the  penny-wise  and  pound-foolish  idea. 
But  there  are  plenty  of  growers  who 
are  that  way,  which  surprises  me,  as 
some  of  them  have  ample  means  to 
give  their  help  the  proper  tools  to 
work  with.  With  best  wishes  for  the 
continued  success  of  HORTICUL- 
TURE, Yours  sincerely, 

F.  J.  FILLMORE. 

St.  Louis,   Mo. 


were  destroyed  by  the  flames.  The 
lurgest  loss,  liowevor,  resulted  from 
the  loss  of  the  Ix-ut  and  the  stock  of 
llowiTS  In  the  gri-enliouse  was  practi- 
cally ruined.  Mr.  Wlckstrom  said  the 
.stock  was  worth  $2,00ii.  The  loss  wu 
partially  covered  by  insurance.. 


January  23.  1918. 
HORTICULTURE  PUBLISHING  CO. 
Gentlemen:  Enclosed  please  find 
my  check  for  five  years  subscription 
to  your  valuable  paper,  as  I  want  to 
have  it  appear  regularly  for  the  rest 
of  my  days. 

When    this     subscription     runs     out, 
kindly    notify    me    and    I    will    send    an- 
other one  for  the   next  five  years. 
Respectfully  yours. 

W.  A.    MANDA.    INC. 
South   Orange.  N.  J. 


NEWS  NOTES. 
New  Castle,  Pa. — At  the  immense 
vegetable  forcing  greenhouses  of  W. 
H.  Weinschench  &  Son,  near  New  Cas- 
tle, when  the  coal  shortage  developed  a 
bank  was  opened  on  the  Weinscheiick 
farm,  and  coal  is  now  being  mined  on 
the  farm.  More  than  l.ono  tons  of 
coal  will  be  required  at  this  green- 
house this  winter  to  keep  Jack  Frost 
from  nipping  the  contents. 


Lynn,  Mass. — In  consequence  of  the 
accident  wherein  a  brick  chimney  was 
blown  over  by  the  wind  one  day  la.st 
week  killing  several  people  all  such 
structures  are  being  inspected  by  the 
Building  Department.  Orders  have 
been  given  Jacobs  &  Coughlin.  owners 
of  the  Love  greenhouse  property  to 
have  their  chimney  taken  down  at 
once.  

Jamestown,  N.  Y. — Fire  broke  out  In 
the  boiler  room  of  the  greenhouse 
owned  by  Gustaf  Wlckstrom,  Charles 
street,  on  the  morning  of  January  14 
and  as  a  result  the  boiler  room,  an 
automobile  and  a  small  part  of  some 
twenty    tons    of   coal   In    the    building 


New  Bedford,  Mass.— Effective  work 
by  the  South  Dartmouth  flre  depart- 
ment, Thursday  evening,  Jan.  Hi,  dis- 
posed of  what  promised  to  be  a  de- 
structive fire  upon  the  premises  of 
Manuel  Sylvia,  near  New  Bedford. 
The  lire  started  in  the  boiler  house 
from  which  the  greenhouses  on  the  es- 
tate are  heated.  The  roof  of  the 
boiler  house  was  burned  off,  and  the 
flames  got  inside  of  the  north  green- 
house. The  firemen  were  successful 
in  covering  the  north  greenhouse  so 
that  it  can  be  heated  and  its  contents 
saved;  but  tbe  north  house  Is  open, 
all  the  gates  having  been  smashed 
while  tie  fire  was  being  put  out.  The 
iloss  will  amount  to  about  |500,  and 
there  is  no  insurance  upon  the  dam- 
.aged  property. 


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New  Brand  New  Style 

•'RIVBKTON-   HOSE 

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joint. 

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M-inch,  per  ft.,  17  c. 
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a  Reels,  1000  ft.  "  16  c. 
W-ioch,  "     15     c. 

Reels,  500  ft.,     '•     14^0. 
Couplings  furnished 

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Caldwell,  Ida.  —  A.  L.  Murphy, 
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COST    OF    HEATING    BY    GAS. 

Could  some  one  having  knowledge 
or  experience  with  gas  (artificial), 
consuming  furnaces  inform  me 
through  the  columns  of  Hobticultube 
whether  they  would  be  practical  for 
heating  greenhouses,  say  up  to  ten  or 
fifteen  thousand  square  feet  of  glass? 
And  if  so,  how  would  the  cost  of  fuel, 
coal  at  $4.00  per  ton  run  of  mine  and 
gas  at  36  cents  per  1000  compare? 
Respectfully, 

Habby  E.  Cooper. 

Salem,  Ohio,  R.  D.  1. 


Leominster,  Mass. — Fire  was  dis- 
covered in  the  boilerroom  of  the 
greenhouse  owned  by  Walter  E.  Allen 
at  185  Exchange  street,  on  January  1, 
causing  a  loss  of  $500.  The  green- 
.house  was  filled  with  tomato  vines 
loaded  with  half  ripe  tomatoes.  It 
took  the  firemen  almost  two  hours  to 
put  out  the  fire  and  the  end  of  the 
building,  where  the  boiler  is  located, 
was  burned  off.  While  the  firemen 
were  putting  out  the  fire,  Mr.  Allen 
and  his  neighbors  were  harvesting  the 
tomatoes.  The  intense  cold  froze  up 
a  large  part  of  the  crop. 


The  FlurlHlff  Hall  AnHoclntlon  rate  of  In- 
surance from  Not.  let,  1916  to  Nov.  1st, 
1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
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rents  per  hundred  nqiiare  feet  of  double 
thick  glass.  For  particulars,  address. 
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N  nil  falrnces  (€>  you,  we  can't  give  the   price  of  this 

linuse  here  niiil  now. 

Can't,  because  there  may  be  favorable  conilltlons  about 
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or  peneral  erection  cost. 

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freight  on  materliils.  and  fares  of  our  men  will  be  much 
less  than  If  QUO  miles  away. 


Then  there  {»  also  the  question  of  hentlng  that  admits 
of  numerous  econouiy  advantages,  provided  they  can  be 
taken  advantiitce  of. 

So,  obviously,  the  best  way  to  secure  the  best  price  on 
this,  or  any  of  our  greenhouses.  Is  to  have  one  of  us 
come  and   see  your   location  and   talk   things  over  with 


you 


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Plant  Propagation,  Greenhouse 
and  Nursery  Practice 

By  M.  G.  KAINS 

We  have  had  many  inquiries  from  time  to  time 
for  a  reliable  and  up-to-date  book  on  plant  propa- 
gation, but  were  always  at  a  loss  to  find  any  pub- 
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can  be  supplied  from  the  office  of  HORTICUI^ 
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Principles  and  Practice  of  Pruning 

By  M.   G.   K.AINS 
I/ectnrer  on  Horticulture,  Columbia  Cniveralty 

Few  prnctlcpB  In  the  handling  of  plants,  especially 
fruit  bearing  phiiits,  attract  so  much  Interest  as  ilo  those 
of  pruning.  Tlie  nietlimls  are  so  varied,  the  renults  so 
diverse,  luid  tlie  opinions  of  growers  so  apparently  con- 
trnillctor.v  thnt  this  subject  Is  always  one  of  the  most 
interesting,  and  the  surest  to  bold  attention  and  arouse 
dlscuFcton. 

Pnrtlcnlnrly  during  the  Inst  ten  or  fifteen  years  when 
the  principles  of  plant  physiology  have  been  more  and 
more  satlsfiiplorlly  applied  to  plant  production  and  man- 
agement liiis  Interest  settled  In  pruning.  During  the 
Intter  half  of  this  time  also  more  and  more  Investi- 
gations and  tests  have  been  conducted  by  experiment 
Bliitl'ins  and  other  workers  to  test  out  methods  and 
principles  in  the  Interest  of  science  and  for  the  beneflt 
of  growers.  The  nccuninlntlon  of  such  new  knowledge 
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tells  Its  story. 

After  a  few  pages  of  Introduction  the  author  dlscnsses 
rinnt  Physiology  as  related  to  pruning.  A  chapter 
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teresting snh|pct.  Then  follows  n  clflSBlfl>'atlon  and  clear 
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potted  at  once.  "  We  can  fnrniali  them  In  the  leading  standard 
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Extra  heavy  summer-propagated  3-in.  branching  stuff,  needing  a  shift  in  4  in.     Some- 
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Advance   Co 119 

Aggeler  &  Musser 

Seed   Co 109 

Albany       Cut 

Flower   Ex 114 

Allen,  J.  K 115 

American    Bulb 

Co 109 

Anderson.  S.  A.. Ill 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co.. 118 
Barrows  &  Son..  100 
Baversdorfer,    H. 

Co 113 

Bay  State  Nur- 
series     100 

Beech%vood      Hts. 

Nurseries    115 

Bohliink  &  At- 
kins      98 

Hoddington,       A. 

T 107 

Rolglano  &  Son.. 108 
Boston    Floral 

Supply   Co ll.T 

lireck,  J.  &  Sons.  109 
Breltmeyer's       J. 

Sons    110 

Itudlong.  .T.  A...  112 
Bunyaril,  A.  T...110 
Burnett    Bros 109 

Burpee,  W.  A.  & 
Co 10(1 

Carter's  Tested 
Seeds,  Inc 108 

Champion  &  Co., 
.T.   N Ill 


Page 
Child  s,   John 

Lewis    100 

Clarke's.  D.  Sons.llO 
Conard    &    Jones 

Co ns 

Cooke.    Geo   H...110 

Co  wee,  W.  J 115 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries    100 

Craig,  Robert  Co.  98 

Dards    110 

Davenport,  A.  M.lOO 

Dreer.  H.  A 

117-119-120 
Dunlop,  John  H.lll 

Dysart,   R 100 

r;dwards   Folding 

Box   Co 112 

Elliott,     Wm.     & 

Sons    109 

Esler,  J.  G 119 

Eyres    Ill 

Farquhar.    R.    & 

J.  Co 108 

Fenrich,  Jos.  S..114 

Ford.  M.   C 114 

Ford,  W.  P 114 

Fottler,         Flske, 

Rawson   Co lOS 

Froment.  H.  E...11 1 
Galvln.  Thos.  F..m 
Gassesr  Co..  J.  M.lll 
Graham  &  Son,  A.lll 
Gude  Bros.  Co... 110 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 100 


Page 
Growers      Cut 

Flower   Co 114 

Hail  Association. 119 
Hammond     Paint 
&      Slug      Shot 

Works   118 

Hart,  Geo.  B 112 

Henderson  &  Co., 

Peter    98 

Hentz  &  Nash...  91 
Hews,    A.    H.    & 

Co 116 

Hill  Co.,  E.  G....112 
Hill.    D.    Nursery 

Co 100 

Holm  &  Olson... Ill 
Holland    Nur- 
series     100 

Irwin.  R.  J 100 

Johnston  Bros... 110 
Kasting.     W.     F. 

Co 112 

Keller  Sons,  J.  B.lll 
Kclway  &  Son... 100 
Kerr  the  Florist. Ill 

Kervan   Co 114 

King      Construc- 
tion   Co 119 

Knohle    Bros Ill 

Kottniiller    110 

Kroeschell  Bros.  .110 
Kuehler.    W.    H..114 

Lemon  Oil  Co 118 

Leonard  Seed  Co.l09 
Marshall,    W.    E. 
Co 109 


Page 
MeCnnnell.  Alex. 110 
MeHuchlson        & 

Co 98 

Afpconl,  Paul 114 

Meehan.  Chas.  B.112 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial   Co 119 

Michell,  H.  F.  Co.108 
Michigan   Cut 

Flower   Ex 112 

Millang,  Chas...  .114 
Millang,  Prank.. 114 
^Tiirray,    Samuel. 110 

Miller,"  A.    L 100 

Nat'l  Nursery- 
man     100 

N       Y.      Florists' 

Runnlv   Co 11.5 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.llR 
Niessen.  Leo  Co.. 112 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 118 

Ouwerkerk.   P 100 

Palmer,   W.   J.  & 

Son    Ill 

Park  Floral  Co.. Ill 
Parshelsky  Bros.  119 

Pederson,  An- 
thon    lOO 

Penn  the  Florist. 110 

Pennock,  S.  S. 
Co 113 

Plaftzgratf  Pot- 
tery  Co 117 

Pierce  Co.,  P.  0..119 


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Pierson,  A.  N 98 

Pierson,  F.  R 111 

Poehlmann   Bros. 

Co 112 

Pratt  Co..  B.  G..118 
Pulverized  Ma- 
nure Co 118 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop    Ill 

Reed  &  Keller... IIS 
Keldel  &  Meyer.  .114 

Reid.   Edw 112 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&   Co 114 

Roehrs.  .T.  Co 100 

Roland,  Thomas. Ill 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.    & 

Sons    117 

Roscry,  The 110 

Rvnveld,      F.      & 

Sons    99 

Schling,    Max 110 

Schwake,       Chas. 

Co 99 

Sekenger.  Adam. 110 
Sheridan  W.  P..  114 
Siebrecht,  Geo.  C.114 
Slggers     &     Slg- 

gers   Ill 

Skidelsky,     S.     S 

&   Co 108 

Sllnn,  B.  S..  Jr.. 115 
Sllnn.  Clarence.  .115 
Smith,    inmer   D. 

&   Co 100 


Page 

Smith.  P.  J 114 

Smith.    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 9S 

Smith  &  Fetters.. Ill 
Smvth.  Wm.  J... Ill 
Stearns     Lumber 

Co.,  A.   T 119 

Stumpp.  G.  E  M.llO 
Sturopp  &  Walter 

Co W^ 

Thorburn,    J.    M. 

&   Co 100 

Totty,  Chas.  H..  98 
Traendly       & 

Scheuck    m 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er  Co 115 

Vincent,    K..    J'-.  „ 

&  Sons  Co 99 

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February  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


AMERICAN  CARNATION  SOCIETY 

Twenty-Seventh  Annual   Meeting   and  Exhibition — A  Superb 

Exhibition,  an  Interesting  Meeting  and  Enjoyable 

Banquet — C,  S.  Strout^  Biddetord^  Maine, 

Elected  President 


THE  MEETINGS. 
The  greater  part  of  the  first  day  was 
spent  in  setting  up  the  exhibition, 
judging,  hand-shaking  and  exchanging 
views  on  war  time  problems,  etc.  The 
opening  business  session  started  at  8 
o'clock  p.  m..  Vice-president  C.  S. 
Strout  occupying  the  chair.  The  first 
regular  order  was  the  message  from 
President  W.  J.  Vesey,  Jr.,  now  in 
military  service. 

President's  Address 
Fellow  Members  of  the  American  Car- 
nation Society: 

Gentlemen: — Although  I  am  many 
hundreds  of  miles  away  from  you  to- 
night, my  heart  is  with  you  and  I  am 
glad  of  this  opportunity  to  wish  you 
all  a  prosperous  and  happy  year,  and 
may  your  convention  and  exhibit  be  a 
wonderful  success. 

I  am  supposed  to  present  a  Presi- 
dent's address,  one  that  shows  a  thor- 
ough acquaintance  with  the  business, 
a  clear  knowledge  of  what  is  being 
done  at  the  present  time  to  combat  the. 
ever  increasing  problems  of  the  trade, 
one  that  will  suggest  improvements  in 
many  ways,  one  that  will  deal  with 
the  heart  of  our  business  with  clear  in- 
sight and  I  might  say  a  foreknowledge 
of  the  conditions  to  come. 

In  the  position  I  now  find  myself,  it 
is  utterly  impossible  for  me  to  make 
any  worthy  suggestions,  having  been 
away  from  my  business  and  the  neces- 
sary problems  for  over  three  months. 
Events  happen  rapidly  in  these  days, 
and  I  feel  confident  that  I  am  already 
behind  the  times. 

You  know,  gentlemen,  there  is  a 
song  in  the  army  that  goes  something 
like  this:  "We  are  in  the  army  now, 
and  not  behind  the  plow."  The  song 
fits  my  case  with  exactness,  as  I  have 
been  away  from  the  plow  for  so  nifiny 
weeks  that  I  have  grown  rusty,  and 
so,  gentlemen,  please  forgive  me  for 
not  helping  you  in  carrying  your  bur- 
dens. 

My  position  is  not  an  uncommon  one 
and  no  doubt  many  of  you  present  to- 
night have  an  empty  chair  in  your 
home,  where  a  boy  has  gone  forward 
to  help  the  cause.  Your  burdens  have 
now  become  twofold,  but  I  feel  that 
there  isn't  a  man  present  but  that  will 
do  more  than  his  share  and  be  happy 
in  the  knowledge  that  he  too  is  doing 
all  in  his  power  to  help  our  wonderful 
country  toward  a  victory. 

I  know  that  the  coal  question  has 
been  uppermost  in  the  minds  of  you 
gentlemen,  for  many  weeks.  The  high 
prices  you  now  pay  for  coal  is  a  prob- 
lem  indeed  and    so   far  as   I   can   see 


there  will  be  no  drop  this  winter,  but 
even  the  price  isn't  the  worst  feature; 
I  believe  it  is  the  simple  question  of 
delivery.  The  government  having 
taken  over  the  control  of  the  railroads 
may  lighten  the  car  shortage  some, 
but  no  doubt  it  will  be  many  weeks 
before  even  a  slight  improvement  will 
be  noticed.  The  only  remedy  I  can 
suggest  for  another  year  would  be  to 
buy  eight  months'  supply  of  coal  in 
May  and  June  and  store  it  on  your 
place. 

I  also  know  that  express  deliveries 
have  been  deplorable  for  many  weeks. 
Many  times,  no  doubt,  you  were  un- 
certain when  your  express  would  be 
transported,  owing  to  priority  ship- 
ments, refusing  to  take  your  ship- 
ments at  one  time  for  two  days.  The 
question  of  prompt  express  service  is 
serious  with  us,  and  I  think  you  should 
take  the  question  up  with  the  S.  A.  P. 
&  O.  H.  and  see  if  some  agreement 
can't  be  reached  with  the  express  com- 
panies whereby  they  will  assure  us  of 
prompt  deliveries. 

I  want  to  thank  Vice-President 
Strout  at  this  time  for  the  able  work 
I  know  he  has  accomplished  and  for 
taking  my  work  upon  his  shoulders, 
for  I  know  from  experience  that  the 
man  in  charge  of  a  carnation  show 
doesn't  have  much  time  to  do  any- 
thing else  but  look  after  his  own  work. 
Although  I  am  not  present  to  see,  I 
feel  confident  that  he  has  accom- 
plished splendid  results.  I  want  to 
thank  Secretary  Baur  for  his  conscien- 
tious work  during  the  past  year,  and 
I  am  glad  to  be  able  to  tell  you,  gen- 
tlemen, that  a  secretary  of  his  calibre 
would  be  hard  to  find.  Don't  let  him 
get  away. 

I  also  want  to  extend  my  hearty 
thanks  to  the  members  of  the  associa- 
tions in  the  city  of  Boston  for  the 
able  work  they  have  accomplished  in 
helping  make  this  show  a  success,  and 
for  their  hospitality  to  the  visitors. 

I  am  indeed  sorry  that  I  am  unable 
to  be  with  you  tonight,  to  see  your 
faces  again  and  enjoy  your  pleasant 
and  interesting  company,  but  I  will 
live  in  hopes  that  before  another  year 
rolls  away  I  will  again  be  among  you 
and  helping  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 


Secretary's  Report. 

Secretary  A.  F.  J.  Baur  then  read  his 
annual  report  as  follows: 

During  the  past  year  we  have  added 
31  new  members  to  our  list  and  re- 
instated 15  who  had  run  delinquent. 
There  are  at   this  time   344   members 


in  good  standing,  there  being  333  an- 
nual members  and  11  life  members. 
After  deducting  a  number  who  are  in 
arrears,  we  have  a  net  gain  of  21  in 
annual  members  and  a  loss  of  one  life 
member. 

On  October  4th,  we  lost  one  of  our 
ex-presidents  and  a  life  member  in  the 
death  of  J.  A.  Valentine  of  Denver, 
Col.  Mr.  Valentine  served  this  society 
as  president  during  the  year  1911,  he 
being  elected  at  the  last  meeting  held 
in  this  city.  We  were  apprised  of  his 
death  too  late  to  send  any  flowers  to 
the  funeral.  We  also  lost  two  annual 
members  in  the  deaths  of  F.  C.  Bartels 
of  Cleveland,  0.,  who  died  on  Sept. 
13th,  and  A.  J.  Baur  of  Erie,  Pa.,  who 
died  on  August  13th.  All  these  men 
were  known  favorably  to  most  of  you. 

During  the  past  year  we  have  col- 
lected in 

Dues    J592.(Xl 

Advertising    251.09 

Misci'lliineoua    43.50 

Total    $886.59 

all  of  which  was  turned  over  to  the 
treasurer. 

On  account  of  the  unsettled  condi- 
tion of  business  early  in  this  winter,  we 
were  able  to  secure  only  22  pages  of  ad- 
vertising for  the  premium  schedule  as 
against  26  pages  in  the  1917  schedule. 
We  note,  however,  that  practically  all 
of  our  regular  advertisers  are  repre- 
sented. Our  members  should  show 
their  appreciation  by  patronizing  these 
advertisers  at  every  opportunity. 

A  number  of  special  classes  were 
added  to  the  regular  list  of  premiums, 
the  premiums  being  donated  by  the 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society 
and  the  Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club 
of  Boston.  The  Massachusetts  Horti- 
cultural Society's  premiums  were  with- 
drawn after  the  premium  schedule  had 
been  distributed.  One  other  special 
class  was  made  possible  by  the  dona- 
tion of  a  $75.00  solid  silver  vase,  by 
The  Chicago  Feed  and  Fertilizer  Co. 
of  Chicago.  This  vase  should  bring 
out  some  lively  competition.  We  also 
call  attention  to  the  fact  that  every 
carnation  disseminated  last  season  is 
included  in  our  section  C. 

The  unsatisfactory  express  service 
has  prevented  growers  residing  at  a 
distance  from  making  entries  in  the 
competitive  classes.  .This  has  had  the 
effect  of  localizing  the  competition. 
The  growers  of  the  vicinity  of  Boston 
are  to  be  commended  for  the  fine  list 
of  entries  sent  in,  which  should  insure 
a  splendid  exhibit.  We  would  suggest 
that  for  next  year's  convention  a  cen- 
trally located  city  be  selected,  so  that 
shipments  may  be  made  from  all  dire<'- 


102 


II  0  K'l'l  C  U  I.T  U  KE 


KebruHry  2,  1918 


lions  without  any  trniisl'crs,  these 
tmnHfere  boln^  ri'spoiiKlblp  for  most 
of  the  tlfluyed  nhl|iiiieiits.  To  our 
worthy  vico-prittldfiit.  .\ir.  Strout,  be- 
lonRB  the  credit  for  the  i-nthuBiasni 
iiiiiuiiK  the  New  KiikIuiuI  growers.  Mr. 
(iuddurd  too.  dosprvt's  special  mention 
for  Ills  Kood  work  in  the  retail  dixplay 
section. 

We  have  205  menilnTs  in  ^ood  stand- 
InK  In  the  S.  A.  K.  &  O,  II.,  and  there- 
fore are  entitled  to  representation  on 
the  Kxeciitlvo  Uonrd  of  that  society. 
.Mr.  Vescy.  who  hns  joined  tlie  colors, 
t>cinK  unable  to  attend  any  of  these 
Hoard  ineetln^rs.  arranpements  are  be- 
luK  made  to  have  another  member 
represent  this  society. 

Since  the  last  report,  we  have  re- 
ceived four  new  American  varieties 
for  registration.  Thirteen  were  re- 
ceived from  the  Perpetual  Flowering 
Carnation   Society  of  England. 

On  April  .5th.  1917,  this  society  re- 
ceived an  Invitation  to  participate 
(Inanclally  in  the  Fifth  National 
Hower  Show,  which  was  to  be  held  in 
St.  lyouls  this  spring.  By  assuming  a 
portion  of  the  liability,  this  society 
was  to  participate  In  whatever  profits 
might  result  in  the  same  proportion. 
A  special  meeting  was  called  in  New 
York  on  August  22nd.  to  consider 
recommendations  from  the  Board  of 
Directors  that  this  Invitation  be  ac- 
cepted. After  due  consideration  the 
meeting  voted  unanimously  to  accept 
the  invitation.  The  secretary  was  se- 
lected to  represent  this  society  in  the 
arrangements  for  this  show.  On  Jan- 
uary 22nd  tlie  National  Flower  Show 
Committee  conferred  with  the  S.  A.  F. 
&  O.  H.  Executive  Board  and  decided 
to  postpone  the  holding  of  this  show 
until  a  more  favorable  time. 

The  Board  of  Directors  held  its 
usiial  post-convention  meeting  last 
January.  Also  the  regular  mid-sum- 
mer meeting  at  the  time  of  the  S.  A. 
F.  &  O.  H.  convention.  At  this  latter 
meeting  it  was  decided  to  recommend 
to  this  society  that  the  junior  ex-presi- 
dent be  added  to  the  Board  of  Direct- 
ors. Notices  were  sent  out  on  Dec.  1st, 
stating  that  final  action  would  be 
taken  at  this  meeting.  The  recom- 
mendations are  that  section  2  of  the 
constitution  be  changed  by  inserting 
the  words  "junior  ex-president"  after 
the  word  "treasurer"  in  line  two,  mak- 
ing it  read  "Tlie  President,  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Secretary.  Treasurer  and  Junior 
Ex-President  and  five  other  active 
members  of  the  society  (to  be  elected 
by  ballot  at  annual  meetings  as  here- 
inafter stated)  shall  together  consti- 
tute the  Board  of  Directors  and  shall 
hold  office  until  their  successors  are 
elected." 

The  secretary's  and  treasurer's 
books  were  checked  up  by  a  public 
auditor,  who  found  that  all  the  socie- 
ty's funds  are  properly  accounted  for, 
as  will  be  shown  by  his  report  which 
will  be  submitted  at  this  meeting. 


Treasurer's  Report. 
The  leport  from  Treasurer  F.  E. 
Domer  showed  receipts  for  the  year 
amounting  to  $1,848.92;  disbursements, 
$1,382.64;  balance  on  hand,  $466.28. 
Balance  in  permanent  fund,  $2,625.21. 
Balance  In  Dorner  Memorial  Fund, 
$1,002.97. 


Messrs.   Craig,  Johnson  and  Nichol- 


son were  appointed  u  committee  to  pre- 
pare resolutions  on  the  death  of  ineni- 
l>erM  during  the  past  year.  A  telegram 
of  good  wishes  was  sent  to  President 
Vesey.  There  being  no  formal  Invita- 
tions for  next  year's  mcetincs  Carl 
llugenliiirger  suggostcd  Cleveland. 
t)hlo.  IIS  ready  to  welcome  the  Society 
and  the  matter  of  selection  was  left 
to  the  Hoard  of  Directors. 

OfUcers  were  nominated  aw  follows, 
there  being  no  competition  in  any  In- 
stance. 

President,  C.  S.  Strout.  Blddeford. 
Me.;  vice-president,  Carl  Hagenburger, 
Mentor,  O. :  secretary,  A.  F.  J.  Baur. 
Indianapolis,  Ind.;  treasurer,  F.  E. 
Dorner,  Lafayette,  Ind.;  director  to 
succeed  S.  J.  Goddard,  A.  A.  Pembroke, 
Beverly,  Mass.;  judges  to  succeed  R. 
Witterstactter  and  W.  J.  Palmer.  S.  J. 
Coddard  and  Jos.  Hill,  Ulchmond,  Ind. 

A  very  Interesting  discussion  then 
ensued  on  the  question  as  to  Who 
Should  Assume  the  Responsibility  In 
Case  of  Frozen  Flowers  or  Delay  In 
Delivery.  The  discussion  was  opened 
by  R.  T.  Brown  of  Cottage  Gardens 
and  participated  in  by  W.  E.  Lenk  of 
Halifax,  Mass.;  S.  S.  Skidelsky,  E. 
Allan  Peiree,  Patrick  Welch,  A.  L. 
Miller,  Jamaica,  N.  Y.;  Ernest  Saund- 
ers, Lewiston,  Me.;  Carl  Hagenburger. 
C.  S.  Strout,  J.  Harrison  Dick  and 
Jos.  Hill. 

The  concensus  of  oiiinion  seemed 
to  be  distinctly  friendly  to  the  express 
companies  who,  it  was  generally 
agreed  had  shown  a  desire  to  do  all 
in  their  power  to  expedite  and  care 
for  flower  shipments  and  a  willing- 
ness to  settle  satisfactorily  when 
their  agents  were  shown  to  be  at 
fault  when  losses  had  occurred.  All 
emphasized  the  necessity  for  careful 
packing,  which  would  ensure  arrival 
in  good  condition  in  all  cases  except 
where  shipments  were  not  neglected 
en  route.  Mr.  Peiree  advocated  the 
division  of  large  orders  for  cuttings, 
etc.,  into  several  shipments  to  provide 
against  the  possibility  of  total  loss. 
Mr.  Hagenburger  urged  that  receiv- 
ers of  frozen  shipments  should  be  bet- 
ter informed  than  they  are  as  to  what 
to  do  to  save  the  goods,  by  careful 
handling,  slow  thawing  out  in  a  low 
temperature,  etc.,  which  in  many  in- 
stances would  save  an  entire  ship- 
ment. Mr.  Strout  reminded  members 
that  parcel  post  insurance  covers  only 
the  delivery  of  the  packages  but  not 
any  injury  to  the  contents.  It  was  to 
be  understood,  in  regard  to  express 
forwarding  that  the  express  compan- 
ies are  subject  to  the  rules  of  the 
railroad  as  to  loading  and  unloading 
freight.  A  motion  was  carried  that 
the  legislative  committee  be  instruct- 
ed to  take  up  the  transportation  ques- 
tion with  the  express  companies  to 
get  at  a  better  understanding  and  with 
tlie  S.  A.  F.  executive  board. 

An  invitation  was  extended  by  S.  J. 
Goddard  on  behalf  of  W.  R.  Nicholson 
and  himself  for  a  visit  to  their  green- 
houses at  Framingham  on  Thursday 
afternoon. 

The  report  of  the  exhibition  judges 
was  then  read  by  the  secretary  and 
accepted. 

At  the  Thursday  morning  session 
the  entire  list  of  nominations  was  ac- 
cepted by  unanimous  vote  as  the  offi- 
cers for  the  ensuing  year  and  they 
were     duly     declared     elected.       The 


principal  discussion  was  on  the  quoa- 
llon  "What  Can  the  Society  Do  to 
Promote  the  Dissemination  of  Better 
Stoc'k?"  The  meeting  udjourned  early 
to  take  In  the  visit  to  Framingham 
and  return  In  time  for  the  banquet 
which  was  scheduled  to  take  place  at 
t;.;to  p.  m.  on  account  of  the  fuel  ad- 
ministrator's order  for  the  closing  of 
the  hall  at  9.4.'i  p.  m. 

THE  EXHIBITION 
The  exhiblllon  in  Horticultural  Hall 
must  be  acc(ir<le(l  llrst  place  In  the  long 
line  of  successful  shows  by  the  Amer- 
ican Carnation  Society.  As  will  be 
seen  by  the  list  of  awards  which  fol- 
lows it  was  almost  exclusively  a  New 
England  exhiblllon,  the  weather  con- 
ditions and  transportation  dimculties 
liaving  (lisuaded  exhibitors  from  any 
great  distance  undertaking  the  trip. 
The  flowers  were  imifornily  superb,  as 
had  Iwen  predicted  and  the  chilly  tem- 
perature of  the  hall  favored  their  keep- 
ing In  first  class  condition.  Approxi- 
mately ten  thousand  blooms  were 
staged  and  there  were  absolutely  no 
poor  ones  there.  The  outstanding 
features  were  the  vase  of  Crystal 
White  and  new  yellow  variety  from 
Cottage  Gardens;  Dorner's  seedlings 
as  shown  by  S.  J.  Goddard,  which 
made  an  exhibition  in  itself,  and  the 
large,  high-quality  di.splay  by  W.  D. 
Howard.  The  show  was  admirablv 
arranged  for  a  nice  view  from  the 
loggia.  The  tables,  baskets  and  man- 
tels from  Penn  the  Florist,  Carbone 
Comley,  Boston  Cut  Flower  Co.,  and 
Julius  A.  Zinn,  made  a  very  pleasing 
effect.  Goddard's  big  vase  of  Laddie 
arranged  for  effect  was  perhaps  the 
mo.st  striking  object  In  the  hall.  Al- 
together the  display  was  an  educa- 
tional treat  and  a  credit  to  the  adher- 
ents of  the  divine  flower. 


List  of  Awards. 

Skction-   a. 

V118O8  of  100  I'.luoma 

White— W.     n.     Hownr.l.    Mllfnrd.    Muss., 
I8t    witli    MatclilpRs;    Cottnjre    Giirdpna   Co 
Queens.    N.   Y..  tiiirt  wltti  Crystal   White.    " 

Mesh  Pink— S.  ,1.  Goflflnrd.  Framlnehiim. 
Mass..  Ist  with   Lnd.lle:  2nd  with   Nancy 

Medium  Pink— Cottage  Gardens  Co.,  igt 
with  Ml «.  Ward ;  W.  D.  Howard,  2nd  with 
Mrs.   Wiiril, 

Dark  Pink- William  .Sim.  Cllftondalc, 
Mass..  1st  with  Rosette;  S.  J.  Goddard,  2nd 
with  Kosalla. 

Red  or  Scarlet— W.  R.  Nicholson  Fram- 
ingham. Mass..  1st  with  Belle  Wii8ht>urn: 
Littlelleld  &•  Wymnn,  Ablnjtton,  Mass.,  2nd 
with   Helle  Washburn. 

Crimson— W.  D.  Howard.  l«t  with  Ber- 
nlce:   S.  J.   Goddard  2nd    with    Doris 

WhHe  variegated— A.  A.  Pembroke  Bev- 
erly, Mass..  Ist  with  Kllzabeth;  William 
Sim.  2nd  with  Benora. 

Flaked— Llttb-neld  &  Wyman,  1st  with 
Kastern  Beant.v. 

Skction  B. 
Vases  of  50  Blooms. 

White  Wonder— A.  A,  Pembroke,  Ist: 
Llttlefleld  &  Wyman.  2nd. 

White  Knehantress— E.  A.  Richards, 
Greenlleld.   Mass.,  1st. 

Matchless- Wm.  R.  Nicholson,  1st;  A.  H. 
Knight.  .Shrewsbury.  Mass..  2nd. 

Knehantress  Supreme— William  Sim,  Ist; 
Ernest    Saunders.    Lewiston,   Me.,   2nd 

Pink  Dellcht— W.  D.  Howard,  Ist;  A  H. 
Knight,  2nd. 

Any  other  Flesh  Pink— S.  J.  Ooddard, 
1st  with  Nane.v;  A.  A.  Pembroke,  2nd  with 
Lady  Northcllffe. 

Pink  Sensation— A.  A.  Pembroke,  Ist;  S. 
J.  Goddanl,  2nd. 

Any  other  Light  Pink— W.  D.  Howard, 
1st  with  Cottage  Maid. 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Ward— .7.  E.  Nelson.  Framing- 
ham, Mass.,  1st;  A.  H.  Knight,  2nd. 

Any  other  Medium  Pink— A.  A.  Peipbroke. 
Ist  with  Good  Cheer;  Ernest  Saunders,  2nd 
■with  Good  Cheer. 

Any   other  Dark    Pink — A.    A.    Pembroke, 


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103 


1st    with    Rosalia;    Win.     Sim.    'Jnii    with 
Rosette. 

Beacon — J.  E.  Nelson,  1st;  Ernest  Sauu- 
'iers,  2nd. 

Belle  Washburn— W.  R.  Nicholson.  1st; 
X.  W.  Farr.  Stoneham,  Mass.,  iJnd. 

Any  other  Scarlet — A.  A.  Pembroke,  Ist 
with  Champion. 

Any  other  Crimson — Geo.  E.  Buxton. 
Nashua.  N.  H..  1st  with  Doris;  S.  J.  God- 
ilard.  2nd  with  Doris. 

Benora — J.  E.  Nelson,  1st;  W.  D.  Howard. 
2nd. 

Yellow  Prince— S.  J.  Goddard,  1st. 
Section  C. 
Varieties  Disseminated  19161917,  50  Blooms 
Each. 

Dorner  premium  for  Rosalia  won  by  W. 
D.  Howard. 

Baur  &  Steinkamp  prize  for  Merry  Christ- 
mas wou  by  S.  J.  Goddard. 

Goddard  prize  for  Doris  won  by  A.  H. 
Knight. 

Cottase    Gardens    Co.    prize    for    Cottage 
Maid  won  by  W.  D.  Howard. 
Section  D. 

American  Carnation  Society  gold  medal 
for  best  vase  of  one  hundred  blooms, 
■iwarded  to  S.  J.  Goddard  for  Laddie. 

S.  A.  F.  &  O.  H.  silver  medal  for  best  vase 
of  fifty  blooms  uudisseminated  variety  of 
American  origin,  awarded  to  S.  J.  Goddard 
for  Laddie;  bronze  medal  for  second  best 
fifty  blooms,  awarded  to  A.  A.  Pembroke 
for  White  Benora. 

Fred  Dorner  memorial  medal  for  best 
vase  of  one  hundred  any  undisseminated 
.seedling,  awarded  to  Cottage  Gardens  Co. 
for  Crystal  White.  Scored  92  points. 
Varieties  qualiUed  in  preliminar.v  compe- 
tition to  compete  for  the  Dorner  medal 
next  year:  167-12,  red,  F.  Dorner  &  Sons 
Co.;  119-12,  pink,  F.  Dorner  &  Sons  Co.; 
Bernice,  crimson,  W.  D.  Howard  ;  701.  crim- 
son. Cottage  Gardens  Co. 
,    Section  E. 

Certificate  of  Merit  for  uew  or  uudissemi- 
nated varieties:  C.  Warburton  for  No.  2, 
red.  86  points. 

Preliminary  Certificates  competed  for  by 
two  year  old  varieties — must  score  So  points 
for  recognition:  C.  Warburton,  No.  1,  red, 
SG  points;  No.  3.  red.  S7  points;  No.  6,  red, 
SS  points.  Cottage  Gardens  Co.,  No.  S09. 
yellow,  90  points. 

Section  F. 
Special    Premiums. 

Ilitchings  &  Co.,  sweepstakes  in  Section 
A.  awarded  to  S.  J.  Goddard  for  Laddie. 

Chicago  Feed  &  Fertilizer  Co.  silver  vase. 
awarded  to  S.  .1.  Goddard  for  Laddie. 

Gardeners'  fc  Florists'  Club  of  Boston 
prize  for  six  vases  of  six  varieties,  fifty 
each.  M.  A.  Patten,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Roper  prize  for  fifty  Albert  Roper, 
awarded  to  Wm.  R.  Nicholson. 

The  cash  prizes  originally  offered  by  the 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society  for 
various  classes  having  been  withdrawn,  the 
following  recognition  was  made  of  merito- 
rious exhibits  in  that  section:  P.  L.  Car- 
bone,  Boston,  table  decoration,  award  of 
merit.  Boston  Cut  Flower  Co.,  table  deco- 
rati(»n  and  baskets,  awards  of  merit. 
Henry  R.  Comley.  Boston,  mantel  decora- 
tion, table  decoration  and  cluster,  awards 
of  merit,  .lulius  Zinn,  Boston,  mantel  deco- 
ration, table  decoration  and  cluster,  awards 
of  merit.  Baur  &  Steinkamp,  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  vote  of  thanks  for  seedling  414,  pink. 
Mark  Roper.  Tewksbury.  Mass.,  vote  of 
tlianks  for  vase  of  Albert  Roper.  Peter 
Fisher,  vote  of  thanks  for  vase  of  Alice. 
Miss  Cornelia  Warren,  Waltham,  Mass., 
vote  of  thanks  for  plant  of  Cattleya  Perci- 
valliana  bearing  125  fiowers.  W.  F.  Kasting 
Co..  Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  honorable  mention  for 
Chrysanthemums  Hamburg  Late  White 
and  Hamburg  Late  Pink.  Harold  A.  Ryan, 
Cambridge,  honorable  mention  for  group 
of  foliage  and  flowering  plants.  Eugene 
DaiUedouze.  Flatbush.  N.  Y.,  certificate  of 
merit-  for  Rose  Ophelia  Supreme.  F.  W. 
Fletcher,  Auburnflale,  Mass..  vote  of  thanks 
for  antirrhinums  and  freesias.  .lames 
Wheeler,  vote  of  thanks  for  Daisy  Etoile 
d'Or.  Carl  Ilagenbnrger.  Mentor.  O..  cer- 
tificate of  merit  for  Solanuui  Cleveland  and 
silver  medal  for  new  Solanum  Orange 
Queen   bearing  briglit  orange  fruit. 


low's  Sons,  T.  C,  West  Newbury, 
Mass.;  Turner  &  Company,  Charles, 
Hartford,  Conn.;  Vanicek,  V.  A.,  New- 
port. R.  I.;  R.  Vincent,  Jr.,  White- 
marsh,  Md.;  J.  Harrison  Dick,  Flor- 
ists' Exchange,  New  York;  Wright. 
Georpe  B.,  Chelmsford,  Mass. 

A  report  was  made  by  the  mem- 
bers present  of  their  gross  amount  of 
business  contracted  during  the  past 
year,  and  the  report  showed  that  they 
had  done   over  $1,000,000  worth. 

Committees  were  appointed  as  fol- 
lows: 

Publicity— W.  H.  Wyman,  North 
Abington,  Mass.;  H.  P.  Kelsey,  Salem, 
Mass.;    E.  P.  Coe,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Membership — E.  W.  Breed,  Clinton, 
Mass.;  Stephen  Hoyt,  New  Canaan, 
Conn.;  Charles  W.  Morey,  Woon- 
socket,  R.  I. 

Legislation — J.  J.  McManmon,  Low- 
ell, Mass.;  W.  R.  Pierson,  Cromwell, 
Conn.:    D.  A.  Clarke,   P^skeville,  R.  I. 


Howard  M.  Earl,  of  Burpee's,  Phil- 
adelphia, is  in  receipt  of  a  letter  dated 
■January  11  from  Lawrence  S.  Payne, 
who  is  well  known  in  this  country  as 
traveler  for  the  firm  of  Simon  Louis 
Freres  &  Co.  Bruyeres  Le  Chittel 
(Seine-et-Oise)  Prance,  stating  that  lie 
was  just  leaving  to  take  his  place  in 


the  French  Army  as  an  artilleryman.  Nurseries,  So.     Natick,     MsUs.:   Thur- 


N.  E.  NURSERYMEN^S  ASSO. 


This  organization  which  concretely 
represents  the  nursery  interests  with- 
in New  England  held  its  seventh  an- 
nual meeting  in  Boston  on  Tuesday 
and  Wednesday,  January  29  and  30, 
at  the  Hotel  Bellevue. 

The  opening  session,  on  Tuesday  af- 
ternoon was  devoted  to  addresses,  re- 
ports, etc.,  and  after  routine  business 
had  been  transacted  two  valuable 
papers  were  read,  one  by  Dr.  H.  J. 
Wheeler  of  Boston  on  "Fertilizers  for 
the  Nursery"  and  one  by  V.  A.  Vanicek 
of  Newport.  R.  I.,  on  "Home  Propaga- 
tion." The  annual  dinner  took  place 
at  6  p.  m.,  about  fifty  members  being 
in  attendance.  Post  prandial  speeches 
of  a  patriotic  character  were  made  by 
many  eminent  members  of  the  nurs- 
ery trade  and  a  very  congenial  and 
fraternal  atmosphere  prevailed. 

On  the  second  day,  Wednesday  Jan- 
uary 30,  the  election  of  officers  took 
place  at  the  forenoon  session.  The 
list  is  as  follows:  President,  A.  E. 
Robinson  of  Breck-Robinson  Co., 
Lexington,  Mass.;  vice-president,  C.  R. 
Burr,  Manchester,  Conn.;  secretary, 
R.  M.  Wyman,  Framingham,  Mass.; 
treasurer,  V.  A.  Vanicek,  Newport,  R. 
I.;  executive  committee,  A.  P.  Home. 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  P.  M.  Hubbard, 
Bristol,  Conn.,  P.  S.  Baker.  An  "Ex- 
perience Meeting,"  led  by  Prof.  W.  C. 
O'Kane  of  Durham,  N.  H.,  filled  up 
the  rest  of  the  forenoon  session, 
many  interesting  and  novel  views  and 
facts  being  brought  out  in  the  discus- 
sion on  the  topic  of  insect  enemies 
and  their  control,  in  which  Prof.  Rane, 
D.  M.  Rogers,  E.  J.  Canning  and  other 
notable   experts   participated. 

In  the  afternoon  session,  Curtis  Nye 
Smith,  counsel  for  the  American  As- 
sociation of  Nurserymen  gave  an  in- 
teresting talk  on  the  proposed  "Em- 
bargo on  Nursery  Stock"  and  was 
followed  by  a  general  discussion  on 
the  everlasting  topic  of  "Insect 
Pests."  Principals  or  representa- 
tives of  the  following  named  firms 
were  present:  Adams,  J.  W.,  Nurs- 
ery Company,  Springfield,  Mass.;  Bay 
State  Nurseries,  The,  North  Abington, 
Mass.;  Bohuslav,  B.  A.,  Newport,  R. 
I.;  Brandley,  James,  Walpole,  Mass.; 
Breed,  Edward  W.,  Clinton,  Mass.; 
Breck-Robinson  Nursery  Company, 
Lexington,  Mass.;  Burr,  C.  R.  &  Com- 
pany, Manchester,  Conn.;  Canning,  E. 
J.,  Northampton,  Mass.;  Chase  Com- 
pany, The  Benjamin,  Derry,  N.  H.; 
Clarke,  Daniel  A.,  Fiskeville,  R.  I.; 
Elm  City  Nursery  Company,  The,  New 
Haven,  Conn.;  Fish.  C.  R.  &  Co.,  Wor- 
cester, Mass.;  Framingham  Nurseries, 
Framingham,  Mass.;  Frost,  Howard, 
Newton,  Mass.;  Gillett,  Edward, 
Southwick,  Mass.;  Greaton,  Charles 
H.,  Providence,  R.  I.;  Heurlin,  Julius, 
So.  Bralntree,  Mass.;  Home,  A.  P.  & 
Company,  Manchester,  N.  H.;  Hoyt's 
Sons  Company,  The  Stephen,  New 
Canaan,  Conn.;  Hubbard,  Paul  M.  & 
Company,  Bristol,  Conn.;  Hunt,  W.  W. 
&  Company,  Hartford,  Conn.;  Kelsey, 
Harlan  P.,  Salem,  Mass.;  McManmon, 
J.  J..  Lowell,  Mass.;  New  England 
Nurseries  Company,  The,  Bedford, 
Mass.;  Northeastern  Porestir  Com- 
pany, The,  Cheshire,  Conn.;  Old  Town 


SEEDS  WILL  WIN  THE  WAR— SOW 
THEM. 

I  have  read  with  interest  the  sug- 
gestion of  Mr.  David  Burpee  anent 
changing  the  slogan  of  the  American 
Government: 

Food  will  win  the  war.    Don't  waste  It. 
to 

Food    will   win    the    war.      Prod\ice    it. 

There  is  a  thought  back  of  the  sug- 
gestion, and  a  good  one;  but  it  also 
kills  a  good  slogan.  Cutting  out  the 
"Don't  waste  it"  part  takes  the  life 
out  of  the  applications.  To  the  un- 
thinking (the  great  majority)  It 
would  he  interpreted,  you  can  go  on 
wasting  so  long  as  you  produce. 

As   an   alternative   I   would   suggest 
that   the   seed   trade    adopt   a   helpful 
slo?an  of  their  own — for  instance: 
Seeds   will   win  the  war.     Sow  them. 

This  would  meet  the  approval  of  the 
powers  that  be  and  encourage  cordial 
feelings  towards  our  business  Instead 
of  suggesting  criticism  of  jealous  and 
patriotic  officials  who  have  been  doing 
.splendid  and  unselfish  work. 

Another  good  slogan  might  be  added 
to  the  foregoing: 
Seeds  rule  the  world.     Don't  waste  them. 

That  being  true  of  all  food  products 
from  animals  and  vegetable  life,  but 
It  would  not  be  readily  understood  by 
the  multitude  and  therefor  Is  not  so 
important  as  the  other  one  and  for 
the  seed  trade  should  take  a  secondary 
place.  George  C.  W.\tson. 


CROMWELL    PATRIOTISM. 

Cromwell  Gardens,  Conn.,  have  fifty 
of  their  regular  employees  now  in 
their  country's  service,  only  two  of 
whom  were  drafted;  the  rest  were  all 
volunteers.  John  Wallace  and  Victor 
Streckfus  are  2ud  lieutenants  at 
Camp  Mills,  Charlotte.  N.  C;  R.  T. 
Beers  has  been  promoted  from  2nd 
to  1st  lieutenant;  he  and  1st  lieuten- 
ant Cardarelle  are  in  the  302nd 
Machine  gun  regiment  at  Camp 
Devens.  Ayer,  Mass.  Fred  C.  Wilson  is 
a  sergeant  and  is  now  in  the  officers' 
training  camp  "over  there,"  and  In 
line  for  promotion  to  2nd  lieutenant. 
Corporal  Sebastian  Melardo,  in  Per- 
shing's forces  in  France,  who  went 
out  In  the  Conn.  National  Guards.  Co. 
C.  is  reported  dead   from  meningitis. 


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horticulture: 

fOL  XXVII  FEBRUARY  2.   1918        WO.  S 

ri  Ml  I-lirl)    WKKKI.V    IIV 

HORTICULTURE     PUBLISHING     CO, 
147    Summer    Street.    Boston,    Mami. 

WM.  J.  STEUAKT.  Editor  aDd  Mannccr 
Trirphoae,  B— h  tM 

Knlrrril  ■•  irronilrloM  iiinller  PiTfinber  8.  IIKM.  at  th*  Poit  Offlc* 
■  t   KuBlon.   Ma»i..   undi-r  llie  Act   of  Cunsres*  of  Marrb  3,  18TU. 

CONTENTS  P^ 

COVER  ILLI'STKATION  —  Avenui?  of  Palms  at 
Bultenzorn,  Java    

AMERICAN  CARNATION  SOCIETY— The  Meetings- 
President's  Address — Secretary's  Report — Treasurer's 
Report— The  Exhibition— The  Awards 101-102 

NEW  ENGLAND  NURSERYMEN'S  ASSOCIATION...   103 

LARGE  CITIES  FEARING  A  FAMINE  IN  FRESH 
VEGETABLES— //oirard  M.  Earlc IC"; 

S.  A.  F.  PUBLICITY  CAMPAIGN 105 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— American  Rose  Society — 
Tennessee  Horticulturists— P.  W.  Popp,  portrait — 
Meetings  Next  Week — Farmers'  Week  at  Cornell, 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.— Club  and   Society  Notes 106-107 

■SAY   IT  WITH   FLOWERS" 107 

SEED  TRADE— Bermuda  Onion  Seed 108 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  I-T,ORISTS: 
New  Flower  Stores 110 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston,  Chicago,  Cleveland,  New  York,  Philadelphia, 

Pittsburgh    113 

Rochester,  St.  Louis 115 

OBITUARY— A.  Yauchzi— Eugene  R.  Biechschmidt— 
Alfred  E.  McCormick— W.  H.  Beaumont 115 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

New    York,    Cleveland,    Rochester,    Pittsburgh,   Phil- 
adelphia, Chicago,  Boston,  St.  Louis 116-118 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Seeds   Will    Win    the   War:     Sow   Them— Ceoj-ffe   C. 

Watson   103 

Cromwell  Patriotism 103 

An   Asiatic    Florist's    Store    and    a    Great    Botanical 

Garden— Illustrated  105 

News  Notes   110-118 

Visitors'  Register  Ill 

Business  Troubles   Ill 

New  Corporations    115 

Patents  Granted   115 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 118 

W'c   Icani   from  the  Chicago  papers  that 
Some         the  Cook  County  fuel  administration  has 
concession     decreed    that    Chicago    florists    may    fill 
orders  on  '"heatless"  Mondays  for  funer- 
als weddings  and  tlie  sick,  only.    This  restriction  is  far 
from  drastic  and  the  florists  will,  no  doubt,  gracefully 
accept  and  comply.     Should  flowers  be  sent  to  all  the 
sick  people  who  would  enjoy  them  and  be  benefited  by 
having  them  there  would  not  be  enough  to  go  around. 
"Slogan"'  makers,  get  busy;  set  your  wits  to  work  and 
strike  out  something  new  that  will  fit  the  case. 

Mr.  Earl's  contribution  to  our  columns 

Seed  this  week  comes  at  a  very  opportune 

conservation     time    and    should    have    a    thoughtful 

reading.     There  is  a  very  serious  seed 

.shortage  and  the  wisdom  of  a  careful  conservation  of 

what  we  have  must  be  apparent  to  all.     It  should  be 

made  to  go  as  far  as  possible  in  supplying  the  needs  of 

those  who  will  use  it  with  judgment  and  not  waste  it. 

Amateurs  should  be  encouraged  to  buy  yoimg  plants 


grown  liy  I'vjierLs  whenever  iHissiliie  iiiid  set  tliein  out  in 
their  gardens  in  preference  to  frying  to  proihice  tlieir 
own  plants  from  f-i-ed,  a  course  which  will  bring  tliem  u 
measure  of  suctc-s  not  otlierwis(!  |Hi.s.silile.  One  of  the 
things  which  tiic  average  amateur  is  very  slow  to  learn 
is  that  it  takes  but  a  single  seed,  iiowever  minute,  U> 
make  a  fuli-fled.L'cd  plant. 

Many    of   the   wealthy   .•^iininier   residents 
Curtailing      „f   Newiwrt  and  el'^ewhcrc  arc  closing  up 

their  conservatories  ciliier  volimtariiy  or 
under  orders  from  the  local  fuel  autiiorities  and  llie  coal 
that  would  have  been  used  to  heat  these  grcenhouseF 
will  be  devoted  to  home  needs.  Several  cars  of  coal  con- 
signed to  the  Newport  estate  of  E.  J.  Herwind  of  New 
York  have  been  confiscated.  Mr.  Berwind  is  president 
of  one  of  the  laigest  coal  com[)anies  in  the  country  and 
it  would  appear  that  there  is  no  "respect  of  persons'" 
with  the  administrator.  Or  is  it  possibly  a  "camou- 
flage" I  It  has  been  suggested  that  the  shutting  down 
of  so  many  private  conservatories  at  this  time  should 
tend  to  incrca.se  the  sale  of  commercially  grown  flowers. 
We  shall  see.     \jet  us  hope  so. 

The  old  saying  that  ''It  is  an   ill-wind 

The  turns  none  to  good"  holds  as  true  today 

bright  side    as   when   it  was  first  written,  some  four 

hundred  years  ago.  It  applies  quite 
nicely  to  the  ca.niation  show  now  open  in  Horticultural 
Hall,  Boston.  In  obedience  to  the  order  of  tiie  fuel 
administration  the  big  e.xhibition  hall  is  not  heated 
and  the  temperature  is,  therefore,  not  exactly  comfort- 
able for  humankind  without  overcoats  and  furs  but  for 
the  carnations  it  is  fine.  Never  before  have  they  stood 
up  so  bright  and  crisp,  .so  wakeful  and  sprightly,  and 
the  American  Carnation  Society  will  do  well  to  record 
it  as  an  experience  to  be  kept  in  mind  as  worthy  of  re- 
peating when  arranging  for  future  shows.  No  flower 
more  thoroughly  enjoys  cool  pure  air  than  does  the 
carnation.     It  not  only  enjoys  but  demands  it. 

Reports  indicate  a  large  shortage  of  seed 
Seed  of  some  of  the  leading  vegetable  crops. 
scarcity  Shortages  have  resulted  from  failures  of 
seed  crops  in  this  country,  failure  to  receive 
usual  shipments  of  seed  from  foreign  countries  and  also 
from  the  unprecedented  demand  for  garden  seeds  last 
spring.  In  consequence  of  this  unfortunate  condition, 
many  of  the  leading  seedsmen  are  notifying  their  cus- 
tomers that  should  they  be  unable,  in  certain  ca.ses,  to 
supply  the  particular  varieties  called  for  they  will  en- 
deavor to  complete  orders  with  other  standard  sorts,  as 
near  as  possible  to  those  ordered.  No  seed  house  of 
high  character  would  ordinarily  think  of  substituting 
other  varieties  of  seeds  for  those  ordered,  without  giv- 
ing notice  or  having  an  understanding  with  the  cus- 
tomer to  that  effect  but  the  exceptional  conditions  now 
existing  in  the  seed  trade  in  all  parts  of  the  world  make 
it  inevitable  that  planters  in  a  great  many  cases  must 
accept  varieties  otlier  than  those  they  would  prefer  or 
else  go  entirely  without.  Choice,  under  such  circum- 
stances, may  .safelv  be  left  to  the  judgment  of  any  well- 
informed  and  reliable  seedsman.  Having  sent  notice 
broadcast  of  the  insuperable  difficulties  under  which 
he  must  work  and  announced  his  intention  to  fill  orders 
by  substitution  when  stock  called  for  is  exhausted,  he 
has  a  right  to  expect  the  customer  to  accept  and  make 
the  best  of  it.  The  safest  course  for  anyone  disposed  to 
be  exacting  is  to  place  orders  at  once.  It  looks  as 
though  there  would  be  plentv  of  disappointments  ahead 
and  he  who  procrastinates  will  surely  get  a  large  share 
of  them. 


February  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


105 


QTIES  FACING  A  FAMINE  IN  FRESH  VEGETABLES 


Uncle  Sam  has  emphatically  stated  "Food  Will  Win 
the  War"  and  this  is  absolutely  true,  not  only  pertain- 
ing to  supplies  for  our  Allies,  but  also  as  a  means  of 
sustenance  for  munition  workers  in  oux  large  cities. 

Florists,  market  growers  and  truckers — ^here  is  your 
opportunity  to  help  win  the  war.  Those  truckers 
located  near  large  cities  should  if  possible  increase  their 
acreage,  bearing  in  mind  the  tens  of  thousands  addi- 
tional workers  now  residing  in  large  cities  and  who 
must  be  fed  during  the  summer  along  with  those  mak- 
ing up  the  normal  population.  The  tlorist  and  market 
grower  anticipating  a  reduced  demand  for  out-door 
flowers  can  assist  greatly  by  producing  vegetables  of  all 
kinds,  but  especially  the  long-keeping  kinds,  such  as 
carrots,  cabbage,  onions,  peppers  (green  and  red),  to- 
matoes, parsnips,  turnips,  ruta  bagas,  etc.  The  florist 
having  vacant  space  in  the  greenhouse  can,  to  advantage 
to  himself  and  the  amateur  gardener,  produce  plants  of 
cabbage,  cauliflower,  celery,  egg  plant,  onion,  parsley, 
pepper,  tomatoes  and  a  few  popular  herbs. 

A  great  opportunity  exists  for  many  florists  to   be 


patriotic  and  at  the  same  time  obtain  a  source  of  income 
from  what  otherwise  may  be  idle  or  vacant  benches. 
The  majority  of  amateur  gardeners  are  better  off  with 
plants  rather  than  seeds  of  the  vegetables  mentioned. 
As  many  know,  egg  plants  are  rather  difficult  to  handle 
when  plants  are  small — sow  the  seed  early  and  shift 
from  time  to  time  thus  offering  a  plant  that  will  fruit 
abundantly  under  ordinary  conditions  and  thus  help 
release  a  lot  of  meat  for  the  "boys  in  the  trenches."  It 
is  not  difficult  to  transplant  seedling  onions  into  flats 
and  later  sell  to  the  amateur  gardeners  at  so  much  per 
hundred, — frequently  these  plants  mature  bulbs  quite 
as  quickly  as  the  sets. 

Help  win  the  war!  Let  the  "stay  at  homes"  eat 
green  or  fresh  vegetables  and  send  the  dried  foods  or 
grains  to  our  own  boys  and  the  Allies.  If  you  are  going 
to  help — get  busy  at  oiu-e. 


rhiladelpliM. 


S.  A.  F.  PUBLICITY  CAMPAIGN. 

A  feature  of  the  Publicity  Campaign 
in  the  past  week  was  the  presentation 
of  a  report  of  progress  in  detail  by 
Henry  Penn,  chairman  of  the  F^iblic- 
ity  Committee,  to  the  Executive  Board 
of  the  Society  in  session  January  21. 
22,  at  Hotel  Jefferson,  St.  Louis.  The 
report  showed  that  contracts  had  been 
placed  already  for  the  national  maga- 
zine advertising  decided  upon  for  the 
opening  of  the  campaign,  the  cost  of 
same  and  the  incidental  expenses  con 
nected  with  the  preparation  of  the 
copy  and  much  of  the  auxiliary  work 
contemplated.  Mr.  Penn  was  present 
at  the  meeting  and  took  part  in  a 
lengthy  discussion  covering  publicity 
matters  in  general. 

The  secretary  is  now  receiving  a 
number  of  orders  from  the  members 
of  the  Society  for  newspaper  electro- 
types, transparencies  and  glass  signs, 
all  designed  to  direct  the  demand 
which  is  expected  to  be  forthcoming 
from  the  public  advertising  to  the 
stores  of  individual  members  through- 
out the  country.  Proofs  of  the  elec 
trotypes  and  transparencies  have  been 
mailed  over  the  membership  list,  and 
the  glass  sign  is  on  view  at  the  sec- 
retary's office.  The  electrotypes  can 
be  mailed  at  once,  but  the  transparen- 
cies and  glass  signs  will  not  be  avail- 
able before  February  18th. 

Those  who  contemplate  a  subscrip- 
tion to  the  fund — and  who  does  not? — 
can  serve  their  fellow  workers  well  by 
getting  it  into  the  hands  of  the  Sec- 
retary without  unnecessary  delay.  It 
is  not  liard  to  realise  that  the  plans 
of  the  Publicity  Committee  are  entail- 
ing large  expenditures,  and  all  must 
be  met  from  these  subscriptions — and 
they  are  wanted  now. 

Chairman  George  Asmus  of  the  Pub- 
licity Finance  Committee  announces 
the  following  additional  subscriptions: 

AnnHalI.v  for  fniir  years:  North  Flornl 
Oo..  Ft.  Do<lKo.  la.,  %5:  C.  H.  Frev.  1-ln- 
coln,  NpI)..  JlOO:  Dole  Floral  Co.,  Heatrlcc, 
Neb.,    $12.50;  Hk-lie    Floral    Co.,    Lincoln. 


AN  ASIATIC  FLORIST'S  STORE  AND  A  GREAT  BOTANICAL  GARDEN. 


Our  illustration  shows  an  interest- 
ing view  of  a  florists'  establishment 
in  Dairen,  Korea.  We  are  indebted 
to  R.  M.  Ward  of  New  York,  who  has 
recently  returned  from  an  Asiatic  tour, 
for  the  photograph,  also  for  the  beauti- 
ful palm  avenue  picture,  whicli  adorns 
this  week's  title  page.  The  three  gen- 
tlemen who  appear  in  the  cut  are  R. 
M.  Ward,  E.  H.  Wilson,  the  Chinese 
explorer,  and  Inosuke  Arai. 

The  Botanical  Garden  at  Buitenzorg 
(Care-free),  Java,  is  very  famous  and 


uiusl  be  seen  by  every  visitor  to  that 
country.  It  was  founded  in  1817,  and 
is  recognized  as  the  greatest  scientiflc 
and  practical  botanical  garden  in  the 
world.  All  its  departments  are  man- 
aged by  expert  scientists,  assisted  by 
a  force  of  some  two  hundred  native 
employees.  It  has  an  area  of  58  hec- 
tares, equivalent  to  about  5,800  acres, 
and  it  takes  two  hours  to  walk  over 
its  main  roads  only.  We  have  some 
more  interesting  views  in  this  garden 
whiili  we  shall  show  from  time  to 
time. 


Neb.,  .$25;  T.ewlg  Henderson,  Omaba,  Nel)., 
$.10;  Alfred  Burton.  Cliestnut  Hill,  Pa., 
jnO;  Geo.  H.  Hart.  Rochester,  N.  V..  $25; 
C.  Et>Ie.  New  Orleans.  La.,  $5;  Hosiiing 
Floral  (\).,  I'.ismarck.  N.  D.,  .$.5;  Forher  & 
Bird.  Davenport.  la..  .$5;  Jiilins  Reck, 
Bridgeport.  Conn.,  $."1;  Geduldii;  Green- 
liouses,  Norwich.  Conn.  $10;  F.  Ashley, 
Allentown,  r.i.,  .$4;  Furrow  &  Co..  Guthrie, 
Okla..  $15:  D.  G.  Newport,  Cedar  Kaplds, 
la.,  $5:  Jfyers  &  Samtnian.  Chestnut  Hill, 
Pa.,  $inO;  Denison  Greenhouses  Denlson, 
Tex.,  $5;  Herman  R.  Fisher.  Marvsville, 
Kans.,  $5;  W.  C.  Wood  Seed  &  Floral  Co., 
nillshoro,     Tex.,     $10;     Geo.     E.     Buxton, 


Nashua,  N.  H..  $10;  P.  &  W.  O.  Jnhn,  East 
BrIdKewnter,  Mass.,  $10;  John  G.  Bettmnnn 
&  Son.  New  Albany,  Ind..  $10;  Kugene  Le- 
land.   Newton,  Baltimore.  Mil.,  $10. 

For  three  years:  Enshaw  Floral  Co., 
Lliuoln,  Neb..  $10. 

For  one  year:  Wm.  Tricber,  Arlington, 
N.  J..  $10;  r.oliannon  Floral  Co.,  Chicago, 
111.  (rental  ••Poehlmanu"  picture),  $25;  T. 
T.  Bolster.  Charleston.  S.  C,  $5;  Wm.  J. 
Baker.  Philadelphia,  Pa..  $10;  Chapin  Bros., 
Lincoln,  Neb..  $25. 

Total.  $300.50.  Previously  reported  from 
all  sources,  $28,717.00.  Grand  total, 
$2!).2S:!.o0. 


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II  o  UT  I  (•  [■  LTU  HE 


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CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


AMERICAN     ROSE     SOCIETY. 

The  following  rose  Ims  bioii  offereil 
to  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
American  Rose  Society  for  registra- 
tion, ami  unless  objections  are  made 
within  three  weeks  from  the  date  of 
tills  publiaition.  It  will   be  accepted: 

Name  — Florence  fhenoweth  or  Yel- 
low Harriot;  Class— Austrian  Briar; 
Parentage  of  rose — Mme.  Edouard  Har- 
riot Sport.  Description:  Habit  of 
plant— identical  with  parent;  charac- 
ter of  foliage— identical  with  parent; 
freedom  of  growth  and  hardiness- 
vigorous  tlower— large;  color — yellow- 
shaded  with  coral  red;  bud— long  and 
pointed. 

The  rose  Is  similar  to  Mme.  Edouiird 
Harriot  but  is  different  in  its  color, 
being  a  deeper  yellow. 

Registration  requested  by  E.  B. 
Chenoweth,  Mt.  Vernon,  Wash. 

E.  A.  WniTE,  Sec'y. 


TENNESSEE     HORTICUUTURISTS. 

The  Thirteenth  Annual  Convention 
Of  the  Tennessee  State  Florists'  As- 
sociation, Tennessee  State  Horticultu- 
ral Society,  Tennessee  State  Nursery- 
men's Association  and  Tennessee 
Beekeeper's  Association  was  held  on 
.lanuary  29,  30,  31,  February  1,  1918, 
at  Nashville,  Tennessee,  with  head- 
quarters at  The  Hermitage  Hotel. 

There  was  an  interesting  program 
of  addresses  and  discussions.  The 
president  and  secretary-treasurer  of 
the  various  organizations  are  as  fol- 
lows: Tennessee  State  Florists'  Asso- 
ciation—President, W.  C.  Johnson, 
.Memphis;  Secretary-Treasurer,  G.  M. 
Bentley,  Knoxville.  Tennessee  State 
Horticultural  Society— President,  J.  C. 
Pruett,  Union  City;  Secretary-Treas- 
urer, O.  M.  Watson,  Knoxville.  Ten- 
nessee State  Nurserymen's  Associa- 
tion—President, Geo.  W.  Poague, 
Graysville;  Secretary-Treasurer,  G.  M. 
Bentley,  Knoxville.  Tennessee  Bee- 
keepers' Association^President,  Dr.  J. 
S.  Ward,  Nashville;  Secretary-Treas- 
urer, C.  E.  Bartholomew.  Knoxville. 


P.  W.  POPP. 
Our  Illustration  shows  the  features 
of  one  of  the  most  sprightly  and  versa- 
tile members  of  "the  New  York 
bunch."  P.  W.  Popp  holds  quite  a 
variety  of  offices  this  year,  including 
the  presidency  of  the  Westchester  and 
Fairfield  Horticultural  Society  and 
vice-presidency  of  New  York  Florists' 
Club  and  National  Association  of 
Gardeners.  In  addition  to  these  he  Is 
superintendent  of  "Seven  Oaks,"  the 
beautiful  estate  of  Mrs.  H.  Darlington 
at  JIamaroneck,  where  his  skill  as  a 
gardener  is  strikingly  demonstrated  in 
the  numerous  high  honors  won  in 
hotly  contested  competition  at  the  big 
shows  in  the  metropolis  and  elsewhere. 
He  is  known  as  a  man  who  puts 
through  anything  he  undertakes. 


rvlEETINGb     NEXT    WEEK. 

Mondny,  Feb.  4. 
,1       HrriiarilHvlllf       lltirl  U-ulliirul       Sn- 
'ij  ililv,    lliirllL'Ulltiral    Hull,    llvriiunlN- 
vlll.-.   .N.  J. 

i:ilit'ron  Iliirtiriiltiinil  Society,  Kin- 
ilall,  KlIiiTon.  N.  J. 

lIuiiHtiiii    FlorlmH'    nnl>,    riiiiiiiliiT 

of    rnlilllliTCf    ICoiilllH,     llnllHtoll,    TfX. 

Moiitrciil  (lurik'iitTH'  iiiitl  KhirlMtH' 
ritili,  .Montroiil,  r'aiiailii. 

.New  ItiMlforil  llorlliultiii-al  S.i 
city.   New  Ii*'tlf(ird,  MaHH. 

WaHlilnitloii  KlorlBts'  Club,  WnBli- 
liictiiii.    I).   C.  I 

t'k'Vi'luiiil  Florlnts'  Cliiti.  ('I.vr 
lanil,   <). 

Tuesday,   Feb.  5.  < 

I'lorlHts'  nn<l  GardeinTH'  (''liih  vt 
Ilolyoki-  nnil   Norlliaiiiptiiii,  MaBS.        [ 

Lake  Geneva  (lardeiiers"  and  Kore-  ' 
I  men's        AHBOclntlon.        Ilurtlcultural 
Ilall,  Lake  Geneva,  Wis. 

Los  Angeles  County   llortleuJtural  || 
Society,  Los  AngeleH,  Cul. 

I'nterson  Florlcultural  Society,  Y. 
.M.  C.  A.  BIdR.,  I'atersoii.  N.  J. 

Florists'  Club  of  Phlludelpliln, 
I'iilladelphla.  Pa. 

rittsliurKli  Florists'  and  Garden- 
iiN'  Club,  Fort  I'ltt  Hotel,  ritls- 
hni'tli.    I'a. 

Wednesday.   Feb.  6. 

Tuxedo        Horticultural        .Society.  | 
Tu.\e(lo  I'ark,  N.  Y. 

Thursday,    Feb.   7. 

.Vlbanv  Florists'  Club,  Albany, 
\.  Y. 

HeadhiK  (Pa.)  Florists'  Associa- 
tion. Ucaillni^,  Pa. 

Sontbampton  Horticultural  .So- 
citv,  t>dd  Fellows  Hall,  .Sontlianip- 
toii,  N.  V. 

Friday,    Feb.   8. 

(,'onncctlcut  Horllcultural  Society, 
County   BulldinK.  Hartford,  Coun. 

Westchester  and  Fairlield  Horti- 
cultural Society.  Horans  Hall. 
Oreenwirb,  Conn. 

Saturday,   Feb.   9. 

IJobbs  Ferry  Gardeners'  -\8Kocia- 
tlon.  Dohbs  Ferry,  N.  Y. 


FARMEKi.       WEEK      AI       i.,uKNELL. 

ITHACA,   N.   Y. 
Program    for    Department    of    Floricul- 
ture. 
.MiP.VDAV,    KKJlltlAUy    11. 

2  p.  m.    lyocHire  and  demonstration: 
Soil  ahd  its  preparation  for  ornamental 
plant  culture.     Prof.  U.  I^iimsden. 
TiK.su.^v,  Fkiiiu'.miy  \2. 

.Meeting  of  the  New  York  Federation 
of  Horticultural  Societies  aiid  Floral 
Clubs. 

9  a.  m.  Some  berbaceoua  peren- 
nials of  commercial  value  (Illus- 
trated).   C.  L.  Thayer. 

10  a.  m.  What  research  can  do  for 
the  florist.     Dr.  A.  C.  Beal. 

11  a.  ni.  Diseases  of  florlcultural 
crops.    Dr.  L.  M.  Massey. 

2  p.  m.  Soils  for  greenhouse  crops. 
Prof.  F.  W.  Morse. 

3  p.  m.  How  the  agricultural  college 
can  best  serve  the  florist.  Fifteen  min- 
ute talk:  (a).  The  cut-flower  special- 
ist, P.  R.  Pierson;  (b).  The  plant  spe- 
cialist, Anton  Schullhels;  (c).  The  re- 
tailer, S.  A.  Anderson;  (d).  The  ama- 
teur flower  grower,  E.  M.  Mills. 

4  p.  m.  Business  meeting  of  the 
Federation. 

Wbdnesd.vy,  Februakt  13. 

10  a.  m.  Fertilizers  for  the  home 
flower  garden.    Prof.  F.  W.  Morse. 

11  a.  m.  The  perennial  garden  (il- 
lustrated).   Prof.  D.  Lumsden. 

12  m.  The  rose  garden  (illustrated). 
Dr.  A.  C.  Beal. 

2  p.  m.  Lecture  and  demonstration 
on  floral  arrangement.  Prof.  E.  A. 
White. 

TutK.sD.w,  Feiiruaby  14. 

9  a.  m.  Some  of  the  best  house 
plants  and  their  culture.  Miss  L.  A. 
Minns. 

10  a.  m.  Periodicals  on  flower  grow- 
ing.   Dr.  A.  C.  Beal. 

11  a.  m.  Insects  that  attack  house 
plants,  and  their  control.  Dr.  Robert 
Matheson. 

2  p.  m.    Propagation  and  containers 
for  house  plants.    Miss  L,.  A.  Minns. 
Fkiday,  February  15. 

9  a.  m.  Garden  lilies.  Prof.  D. 
Lumsden. 

10  a.  lii.    Sweet  peas.    Dr.  A.  C.  Beal. 

11  a.  m.  Garden  iris.  M.  E.  Fam- 
ham. 

12  m.    Primroses.    Miss  L.  A.  Minns. 

2  p.  m.  Lecture  and  demonstration 
on  bulb  growing  for  the  home.  C.  L. 
Thayer. 

3  p.  m.     Round  table. 

Saturday,  Febkuaby  16. 
9-12  a.  ni.  All  members  of  the  flori- 
ciiltural  staff  will  be  at  the  green- 
houses for  the  purpose  of  answering 
any  questions  regarding  amateur  or 
commercial  flower-growing. 


P.  W.  Popi- 
Vice-President,  New  York  Florists'  Club. 


CLUB  AND  SOCIETY  NOTES. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Central 
New  York  Horticultural  Society  was 
held  in  New  Hartford,  January  4. 
While  exhibitions  well  be  held  as 
usual  this  year,  there  will  be  no 
lectures    and    the   big  annual    exhibit 


February  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


lor 


The 

Trade's 
First 
National 
Co-operative 

Ad 

It  will  appear  in  the 
more  than  2,000,- 
000  copies  of  the 
Saturday  Evening 
Post,  dated  February 
9,  out  February  7. 
Every  Florist  should 
send  $1.00  to  Secre- 
tary John  Young, 
58  West  28  th  street. 
New  York,  for  an 
electro  of  the  ad  and 
run  it,  with  bis  own 
name  instead  of  that 
of  the  S.  A.  F.,  in 
his  best  local  paper 
February  11.  12,  13. 


r  nearest  and  dearest. 

beauty,  Ute  and  fragrance,  Howers  are  the  pertecr,  the  most  charming 
tolceni  of  your  sentiments.    On  St.  Valentine's  Day,  "  Say  it  with  Flowers." 
One  important  thmg  to  consider  about  Flower- Valentines  is  their  arrangement, 
and  in  this  particular,  there  is  great  scope  for  individual  preference. 

Cordage  Bou<iuets  (or  p^nonul  use  Hampers  of  grouing  plants  thai  last  IrtdeAntUIif 

Deeorotiit  amingemenls  ol  dowers  (n  baskets       Combinations  at  Spring  Flowers 
Flower  decorations  for  the  table  Dainty  Plants  in  full  blossom 

Florists  ever^-where  can  offer  you  original  suggestions,  at  prices  exceedingly  moderate, 
and  will  give  to  each  order,  she  most  painstaking  care  and  attention.  Arrange 
with  your  local  florist  at  once  for  your  Flower- Valentines.  It  is  always  convcment 
to  buy  flowers  for  there  is  a  florist  as  near  as  your  nearest  phone. 

th  Flcru'crf  "  ■*  ^'  O'lf  of  a  d^'^^V  16-page  booklet, 
beautifull)'  illiurraicd  in  colon,  on  the 


26    27    2S 


cdquenc  and  uses  of  flowrn,  ifnt  frre  on  rKjunt. 

SOCIETY    OF    AMERICAN    FLORISTS    AND 
ORNAMENTAL    HORTICULTURISTS 

-T  *9  West  28th  Street,  New  York  Gty 

_^  \^0U  men  who  are  a»Jj'  from  home  may  otJer  your  FtaarT- 

^X  ■*   yalentinej  to  be  lent  to  any  addresi  in  the  t 

Canada  through  the  F/oruti'  Telegraph  Delivery 


^•"^^^9  ^{M^K^'C  ■*   Valentinej  to  be  lent  to  any  addieii  in  the  UnileJ  Slatct  Ot 


is  to  be  abandoned.  The  following 
were  elected:  President,  F.  L.  Wright; 
vice-president,  Prof.  A.  B.  Sanders, 
Clinton;  secretary,  Miss  Frances 
Johnson;  assistant  secretary,  J.  A. 
Ganey;   treasurer,  B.  D.  Leonard. 


of.  Not  a  cent  was  given  as  a  prize. 
The  entire  proceeds  went  to  the  Ameri- 
can Red  Cross  Society,  the  Morristown 
chanter  receiving  $400  and  the  Madi- 


son chapter  $300.  Every  member 
worke<l  hard  and  friends  and  patrons 
aided  to  a  great  extent,  even  though 
they  wore  burdened  in  other  directions. 


The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  Tho 
Florists'  Club  of  Philadelphia  will  l)e 
held  in  the  Grand  Fraternity  Building. 
1626  Arcli  street,  second  floor,  on 
Tuesday  evening,  February  5th,  ISIH, 
at  8  o'clock.  Prof.  J.  C.  Saunders, 
Zoologist,  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  has  a  very 
important  and  interesting  message  (<) 
deliver  to  the  club.  This  will  bo 
Sweet  Pea  Night,  also  Patriotic  Night, 
and  the  service  flag  will  be  presented 
to  the  club. 


The  Morris  County  (N.  J.)  Garden- 
ers' and  Florists'  Society  had  in  1917 
five  monthly  lectures,  two  of  them 
illustrated,  and  one  annual  flower 
show,  which  all  the  members  are  proud 


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RAISE     VEGETABLE    PLANTS 


1  oz. 
r'AKB.VGE.        Extra      Enrly 

Jerse.v    Wakefleld Sfl.30 

CARB.VGK.      Danish  Round- 

lieail    10 

C.\BBACE.         I-argo       IjJte 

American    Drumliead 30 

CAULIFLOWER.       Extra 

Early  Snowlmll. '4  oz.,  90c.  3..-)0 
CEI.ERY.         B'»      Impru\ed 

White    rlume 30 

CKI.KRV.      Golden    Self 

Blanehine  (Fr.  Grown)..  l.tMt 
EGO  PLANT.     Early  Black 

Iteauty     60 

LETTUCE.     BiB    Boston 15 

LETTUCE.     May   King 15 


2.00 
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Suutbport     White 
Danvers        Yellow 


LF;TTI'C  E.     Ecli|l8e  CoH 

ONION.     Southport        Red 

Glohe    

ONION. 

Glohe 
ONION. 

Globe  .  . 
PEPrEK. 

Giant  .  , 
RAnlSII. 
K.\I>l!4ll. 
KAOISII. 

Glohe  .  . 
TOMATO. 
TOM  ATt>. 
TO.MATO. 


1  oz. 
.15 


Selected  Chinese 

Vt  oz.,  30c. 

B's  Early  Frame 

French  Brealtfast 

Earl.v      Scarlet 


1.00 
.20 
.20 


I,  ib. 
.60 

1.90 

1.90 

1.90 


.15 

.75 


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Dwarf  Stone.. . 
Tall   Stone 


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1.00 

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HVbruary  2,  1918 


BERMUDA  ONION   SEED. 

SouTUWBST  Can     I*boi>he    Hw.i  uvki.y 

B>nTFJt  S*XD  Than   Is  1mi-obtei> 


Ilecommendlng  that  American  seed 
KTowers  sliould  supply  the  home  de- 
mand for  Bermuda  onion  seed,  the 
rnlleil  States  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture says  thai  the  seed  may  be  profit- 
ably grown  In  certain  regions  of  the 
southwestern   United   States. 

In  1916  the  I'nited  Stales  Importiil 
from  Tenerlffe.  Canary  Islands,  about 
75,000  pounds  of  Bermuda  onion  seed. 
The  usual  retail  price  of  this  seed  Is 
from  J2  to  $2.50  a  pound,  though  in 
years  of  scarcity  the  price  has  gone 
as  high  as  $6  a  pound.  Until  recently 
this  country  produced  no  Bermuda 
onion  seed  at  all;  and  though  good 
yields  of  the  seed  have  been  obtained 
at  Laredo.  Texas,  the  yield  has  not 
been  wholly  dependable  from  year  to 
year.  While  in  1916  and  the  present 
year  considerable  California-grown 
Bermuda  seed  has  been  offered  to  the 
trade,  the  importance  of  producing  a 
supply  of  seed  from  carefully  selected 
mother  bulbs  was  given  special  promi- 
nence by  the  results  obtained  throu.sih 
work  of  the  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture begun  at  Sacaton,  Arizona,  in 
1913  and  1914. 

A  few  years  ago  the  Bureau  of 
Plant  Industry  cooperated  with  the 
Office  of  Indian  Affairs  in  an  experi- 
mental growing  of  Bermuda  onion 
seed  on  the  Pima  Indian  Reservation 
at  Sacaton,  Arizona,  and  the  results 
show  that  there,  and  in  similar  locali- 
ties, reliable  supplies  equal  to  the 
best  imported  from  Teneriffe.  can  be 
grown.  It  is  further  stated  by  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  that  seed 
from  carefully  selected  stock  has  been 
uniformly  superior  to  the  run  of  im- 
ported Bermuda  seed.  Since  onion 
growers  in  the  Coachella  Valley  of 
California  have  achieved  results  simi- 
lar to  those  at  Sacaton,  the  depart- 
ment feels  justified  in  saying  that  the 
American  demand  can  soon  be  sup- 
plied with  home-grown  seed.  Further- 
more, the  home  seed  when  grown 
from  mother-bulbs  of  carefully  select- 
ed strains  promises  a  25  per  cent,  bet- 
ter yield  than  that  from  the  imported 
seed.  In  1917  the  Bermuda  onion 
crop  of  the  United  States,  largely  from 
Texas,  was  nearly  three  million  crates. 
An  increase  of  one-fourth  means, 
therefore,  says  the  department,  that 
the  incentive  for  a  home-Krown  -seed 
Industry  goes  far  beyond  the  mere 
question  of  replacing  the  volume  of 
imported  seed  with  an  equal  quantity 
raised  at  home. 

LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/0     CiOn  per  cnsei J.V,  00  per  thousand 

S/10  (225  per  case) 80.00     " 

9/10  (200  per  case) 100.00    "  " 

romplete  Tvi«t  of  Florists*  rholce  Seeds, 
A  poHtal  card   will   brinK  our  cataloeue. 

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1(MM  Mnroln  Bldg.,     PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


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Ready  for  Immediate  Shipment. 

HIGH  GRADE  TESTED  GARDEN  SEED 

WHITE  CLOVER 

CRESTED  DOGSTAIL 

RYE  GRASSES 

ORCHARD  GRASS 

SOJA  BEANS 

PRICKLY  SEEDED  SPINACH 

CHOICE  RECLEANED  OMON  SETS 

Write  for  Our  Prices  and  Samples 

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Founded  1818.      IV e  Have  Won  Confidence  for  100  Years 

BALTIMORE,  MD. 

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Florists'  Seeds  for  Early  Sowing 

sTOCKf*:    lOarlv    Giants    of    Nice    (Originators    .Strain). 

■J'raili'   I'kt.  I'.O  cts. :  Ounce.  *4.00. 
>\I,\  l.\  si'l.KMJKNS:     Trade  Pkt.  2.')  cts.;  Ounce  JLOO. 

/I  l(l(  II:     Traile  I'kt.  Tfi  els.;  Ounce  $1.00. 

ItO.NFlUE:     Trade  Tkt.  :!0  cts.;  Ounce  $2.!>0. 
rETl.MA:    (,'allfornla    KulTled    (Jiants.   Trade   I'kt.  $1.00. 
rKTl'M.V:    Giant  Perfettion   Hybrids  Double.  500  seeds 

7."i   cts. 
VKKHENA:      Mammotli    Strain   all    colors.     Trade   Pkt. 

:iU  cts. ;  Oiinee  $1.50. 


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Send  for  our  WboleHale 
FlorUt  Catalof^ue  Now 
Keady. 


FOTTLER,  FISKE,  RAWSON  CO. 


The  Se^-d  ^to^e 


1'^  and  13  Funeuil   Hull   Sf|.,   Uohton 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly   tested    at   our  trial    grounds,   Rasoies 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  1  b8 1 LD  •DhLDb)  Inc.,  coMmirc*  BidcTBoitn,  Mti*. 


Asparagus 

Plumosus  Nanus 

Northern  Greenhoute  Grown  Seed 


100  Seed,  $  .50 
1,000  Seed.  3.50 


5,000  rerd,S15.50 
10,000  Seed,  30.00 


25,000  Seeds,  $72.50 

AInu    all    Other    Seationable    Seeds,   HulbM 
and  Sapplie9. 

AVIIOT,F^.\T.K   I'Kin:   I,1ST   FUKE. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Market  St.,   PhiU.,   Pa. 


ORDER  SEEDS 
EARLY ! 


Our  1918  Garden  Annual  is  now 
ready.    Write  for  a  copy. 


R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO. 

6  So.  Market  St. 
BOSTON 


When  writingto  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


February  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


109 


BIG   SEED   COMPANY 

IS  DISTRIBUTING 

NEW  CATALOG 

Aggeler    &    Musser    Seed 

Company  of   Los  Angeles 

Issue  25th  Annual  Book 


One  of  the  largest  seed  houses  iu  the 
West,  the  Aggeler  &  Musser  Seed  Company, 
Sixth  and  Alameda  streets,  Los  Angeles, 
are  about  to  give  their  handsome  1918  cata- 
log broadcast  distribution,  it  being  the  25th 
annual  book  issued  by  the  Company,  and 
it  is  claimed  to  be  one  of  the  most  com- 
plete lind  valuable  books  of  its  kind  ever 
published  by  a  Western  seed  house. 

Among  the  many  new  features  are  de- 
partments on  Home  Garden  Work,  School 
Garden  Work.  Demonstration  Garden  Work 
and  Field  Garden  Work,  In  reality,  this 
year's  edition  combines  several  catalogs  in 
one,  for  it  also  includes  ''Garden  Mauual." 
and  surpasses  all  previous  editiins.  It 
contains  answers  to  more  than  100  ques- 
tions and  gives  invaluable  informatiou  re- 
garding all  varieties  of  plants  listed,  and 
is  fully   illustrated. 

Not  only  does  it  tell  all  about  seeds,  but 
gives  full  information  concerning  the  cor- 
rect tools  and  implements  agriculturists 
should  use  to  obtain  the  best  results. 
There  are  also  marketing  notes  on  each 
subject,  telling  how  and  where  to  market. 
Most  useful  hints  are  also  given  on  poul- 
try, spraying,  fertilizing  and  the  use  of 
insecticides. 

Tbe  Aggeler  &  Musser  Seed  Company 
will  send  this  de^Kriptive,  illustrated  and 
interesting  catalog:  free  and  post  prepaid  to 
anyone  writing  rectoesting  it. 


Choice  Flower  Seeds 

FOR     FLORISTS 

CINEBARIA — Prize     strains,     mixed 

Tali  and  Semi-dwarf. 

ALTS8UM— Little    Gem. 

CAL,ENDCI^ — Orange  King,  Lemon 

Queen. 

SNAPDRAGON— Sliver    Pinlt. 

BEGONIA— Vernon. 

J.M.THORBURN&CO. 

E^tal>ll^llea    I8U2. 
35  Barclay  Street,     NEW  YORK 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  us  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    SO. 

170  \V.  Wabash  Ave.  CUICAOO,  ILL. 


108  West  2gth  St.,  NEW  YORK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Asparagus  IMumosus  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
$3.60:  SOOO  Seeds,  $16.00. 

Asparaeus  Sprengeri — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00, 

Salvia  Bonfire — >4,  or.,  50c.;  I  oi.,  $2.00. 

Salvia  Zurich — Vi  oz.,  150. :   1   oi.,  S4.U0. 

Stocks  Itrauty  of  Nice,  75%  Double  Flowers 
— shell  Pink.  Brieht  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  $1.00;   "/,  ox.,  S3.00:   1  or.,  $5.00. 

Snapdragon,  Petunias,  Verbenas,  etc. 
SEND    FOB    CATALOOCE. 


\a/e: 


FR    &     DOIM 


Choice  Seeds  for  Florists  for  Present  Sowing 


.MIGNONETTE 

"W.   *    D.'s   Aldon"    far   outclasses   any 
other  strain   for  niarkttinp.     Tr.  pkt., 
oOe. ;   Vs  <>■'-.  $1.00;  oz.,  $6.00. 
ANTHIRRHINLM 

W.  &  D.'s  Imp.  Giant-Flowering.  Pure 
White,  Pink.  Fairy  Queen.  Coral  Bed, 
Rose.  Scarlet,  Striped  Venus,  and 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c.;  oz.,  75c. 

Nelrose.     Pkt.,  25c. 


ALYSSUM 
Little  Gem.     Tr.  pkt.,  10c. ;  oz.,  .30e. 
Odoratum.     Tr.   pkt.,  10c. ;  oz.,  15c. 

SALVIA 

Splendens.     Tr.  pkt.,  20c.;  oz.,  $1.25. 
Bonfire.     Tr.   pkt.,  25e, ;   oz.,  $2.50. 

VERBEN.A 

.'Matniiioth,     Scarlet,  Pink,  Purple.  White, 
lellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c. ;  oz.,  $1.00. 


WEEBER  &  DON,    114  Chambers  St.,    NEW  YORK 


30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


NEW  YORK 


i-e:oimaird's 

S 

EEDS 

and     SEED     SE 

RVIOE 

FOR     SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY, 

Chicago,  III. 

SPAWN 

^  I  IM      IS/I  O  IM  E  Y 

8  lbs.  for  $1.00 

Treatise  —  How    to    Grow    Them 
Included 

WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importers  and  Urowvr*  of 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Clumbers  Street,  New  York 


THOMAS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS,     RITLBS     AND     IMTLRMENTB 
WHOLESALE    AND    KKTAIL. 

Beseleeted  StralnH  In  Seeds. 

Improved   style*  In   Implements. 

Catalogue    opiiD  appli«att»B. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
BCaSTOlM,  IV1A,SS. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

For     immediate     or     future     delivery 
prices   qnoted    on   application. 

JOSEPH   BRECK   &  SONS'  CORP. 

47-54   North   Market   St.,  Itoston,  Mass. 


KELWAY  &  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(peraonslly  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write   for   S[>ecial    Prices,    Spot   or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


166  W.  23rd  St..      NEW  YORK 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED  ONLY   TO  THOSE   WHO  PLANT 

rOR    ritOFIT 


GARDEN  SEED 

r.KI'T.  CARUOT.  P.VR.SNIP.  R.vni.SH  and 
G.\i;i)i:X  ri;.A  seed  in  variety:  also  other 
Items  of  tile  short  crop  of  tlila  past  season, 
as  well  as  a  full  line  of  Oarden  Seeds,  will 
lie  quoted   you   upon  application  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Der  St..  NEW  YORK  and  ORANGE,  CONN. 


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hVbrmiry   :.',   191S 


ALEX.    McCONNELL 

611  FIFTH  AVENUE 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

TrUarKphIr  ordrrs  forwardMl  t*  amy 
part  of  thr  InlU-d  Htalo.  ('uuda,  ud 
all  prinrliml  r\i\f  of  Karop».  Ordara 
trmosfrrrfd  ur  lDtru«t«<l  hj  thr  tr*d«  ie 
our  •rlecttoD  for  drll»rry  on  »trjwitaillpa 
or  i»U*irhrre   r*c*lT«   ■prclftl  ali«nil«m. 

Cfit  tt  C»i!imi    F^reitn  Dilntriri 
Muit  fr  frrfaid 

Krfrrrtic«>   or    o«>b   mult  »<*<K>mpanj    all 
f>rdrr*    from     onknowo    «orr«apoBd«ats. 

Oblr    Addm>.    ALEXCUNXKLX.. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Mrmbrr  o(   Floritu'  Tclr|tr*p'<  Delitery 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


FOB 

KANSAS  CITY 

Trantfer   Yoar  Order*  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
Member  FlorUts'  Telecr»pti  D«UT«r7 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Dalhror  orders  Erom  any  part  of  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  ar  Talecraph 

2139-2141  Broadwajr,  New  York 

T«to*k*a*   IM*-I«M  (Maakaa 

KOtTMILLER,    Florist 

426  Maditon  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      Also  Vanderblt  Ho 

Telephone,    Marray    Hill    783 

Oot-ot-towD     Orilers     Soltoltecl.       Location 

Central.     Personal  Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


4DAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

" '"^"^IVReet.    BANGOR.  ME. 

We  Cover  all  Points  in  Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING   FLORISTS 

38   Dorrance  Street 

Uember   Flotiet**   Telecrspb    D«UT»rjr 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


NEW     FLOWER    STORES. 
Pittsburgh.  Pa.     .1.  II.  Oallagher,  22\ 

I  liiiiMiiiiil  sirt'Cl. 

New   York.   N.  Y.— K.  J.   Fr.-und,  ri'- 
iiKivcfl  to  ;i76  Second  avenue. 


NEWS  NOTES. 

Sewell,  N.  J. — .John  L.  North,  MoriHt, 
has  l)enn  In-atiiiK  his  greenhouses  witli 
a  dozen  oil  lieaters,  and  figures  that 
he  burned  $f|  worth  of  oil  a  week, 
while  the  same  amount  of  heat  from 
eoal   would  have  cost  him  $40. 

Auburn,  Me.  —  Napoleon  Kanneuf 
started  jiis  big  forcing  greenhouse.s 
Veb.  1st.  Mr.  Fanneuf  plans  pulling 
down  his  small  houses  and  building 
several  larger  ones.  Harry  Wolf  also 
starts  his  greenhouses  the  first  of  the 
month. 

Atlantic  City,  N.  J. — Florists,  who 
have  been  uneasy  as  to  the  application 
of  the  fuel  rule  to  flower  stores  have 
been  much  relieved  by  Information 
from  Assistant  Fuel  Administrator 
.\oyes  in  Washington  that  they  could 
burn  such  fuel  as  was  necessary  to 
protect  their  plants  and  stock  from 
damage  and  ruin. 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. — WilkesHarre  au- 
thorities have  directed  that  the  green- 
houses of  the  city  be  given  over  to  the 
growing  of  medical  plants  and  herbs, 
to  make  up  the  shortage  caused  by 
war.  The  culture  will  be  under  the 
direction  of  C.  L.  Seybold,  supervisor 
of  parks.  The  plants  to  be  started 
in  the  greenhouses  are  belladonna, 
digitalis,  valerian  and  sage. 

Springfield,  Mass.  —  Damage  esti- 
mated at  J.'iOOO  was  done  to  the  build- 
ing at  3  East  Court  street  recently 
when  fire  stalled  in  the  section  of  the 
block  occupied  by  William  H.  Schlat- 
ter, florist,  in  the  manufacture  of  flor- 
ist novelties.  The  building  is  heated 
by  stoves  and  it  is  supposed  that  the 
one  in  the  Schlatter  section  became 
too  hot  and  a  spark  from  it  set  fire  to 
the  building. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  derrice  to  deliver  KIo\ver» 
or  DeBlEiB  on  Order  by  Tele- 
irraph  or  otherwise.  Prompt 
Reliable  Service. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connecticot  Ave.  and  I.  St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


JtstabUsked   U74 

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Fl/OBIST 

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ence  in  kII  the  l&rge  cities  of  Europe  and  the  Bmlsh 
Colonic-  Teleyaph  and  Cable  address  Dardsflor. 
We  shonld  all  strictly  adhere  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  United  States  Food  AdmlnU- 
t  ration. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
=— SONS— 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  ATaa. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Gut  Biooms 

W.  on  all    MIrhlcao    polaU  aad   cd 

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Order*   for   NEW    TOBK. 
Writ,  or  Pbone  to 

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Befereoees. 

BDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXECUTED 

Members   of   the    Florists* 
Telecraph   Delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

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FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICINITY 

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New  York 

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413  Maditon  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Also  Newport,  R     I. 

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HORTICULTUKE 


111 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Orders  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   FloritU'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  DeliveBf 
Service 


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NEW  YORK 
BOSTON  h 


set  Fifth  Ave. 
Vanderbllt  Hotel 

Park  Street 
799  Boylston  Street 

lilhiiiiis  to  Stianars  anl  all  Eastani  PoiiU 

Orderi    Filled    Day    er   MIcbt   for 

C  I- E:  V  E  L- AIM  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

Complete  Stock.      Regular  diecoant  to  Trftdo. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

1896    W.    iSth    St.,   Cleveland,   O. 
Members  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Ass'a. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  of  F,  T,  D.  Association, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
28  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

Rachastei  Fhone  506.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  uii 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDERSON    service    means    fresh,    stardy 
Stock  and   prompt  deliveries  In   BCFFALO, 
I/OCKPORT,       NIAGARA       FAIXS       and 
WESTERN    NEW    YORK 
afemberg    of    Florists'    Telegraph    Delivery, 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  UST 
THOMAS  ROLAND.     Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

BARRT  I.  RANDAL,!,,  Proprietor. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph  Delivery. 


VISITORS'     REGISTER. 

Cleveland,  O. — Charles  Scliwake,  New 
York;    L.  L.  Lamborn,  Alliance,  0. 

New  York — Jos.  Hill,  Richmond, 
Ind.;  George  C.  Watson,  Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia— Mr.  Meller,  J.  H.  Small 
&  Sons,  Washington,  D.  C;  John 
Harris,  Harris  Bros.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Pittsburgh — P.  G.  Neilson,  Burling- 
ton Willow  Ware  Shops,  Burlington, 
Iowa;  Mr,  Rosenfeld,  New  York;  J.  J. 
Goudy,  repr.  Henry  A.  Dreer,  Phlla. ; 
Isaac  Bayersdorfer,  Phila. ;  Milton 
Alexander,  New  York. 

Chicago — Jas.  McLaughlin,  of  J.  M. 
Gasser  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  R.  E. 
Jones,  of  the  Advance  Co.,  Richmond, 
Ind.;  Sam  Seligman,  New  York; 
Otto  Kuchnell,  Hart,  Mich.;  H.  E.  Phil- 
pott,  Winnepeg,  Man.;  Julius  Dilloff,  of 
Schloss  Bros.,  N.  Y.;  Robert  Groves, 
Adams,  Mass.;  C.  F.  Gaetzen,  Supt.  of 
Parks,  Rock  Island,  111. 

Boston — W.  R.  Pierson,  Cromwell, 
Conn.:  R.  Vincent,  Jr.,  White  Marsh, 
Md.;  A.  Herrington,  Madison,  N.  J.; 
J.  Harrison  Dick,  New  York;  S.  S. 
Skidelsky,  Phila.;  H.  A.  Cook,  Shrews- 
bury, Mass.;  A.  F.  J.  Baur,  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.;  Jos.  Hill,  Richmond,  Ind.; 
R.  T.  Brown,  Queens,  N.  Y.;  Eugene 
Dailledouze,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  C.  Hag- 
enburger.  Mentor,  0.;  Ernest  Saunders 
and  Thos.  Pegler,  Lewiston,  Me.;  Geo. 
H.  Meloon,  Gorham,  Me.;  Fred  Green, 
Providence,  R.  I.;  George  Minot, 
Portland,  Me.;  C.  W.  Johnson,  Morgan 
Park,  111.;  W.  D.  Howard,  Milford, 
Mass.;  J.  H.  Playdon,  Andover,  Mass.; 
Robert  Kift,  Phila.;  Prof.  Hecht,  Am- 
herst, Mass.;  A.  L.  Miller,  Jamaica, 
N.  Y.;  C.  S.  Strout,  Biddeford,  Me.; 
E.  A.  Richards,  Greenfield,  Mass.;  W. 
W.  Hunt,  Hartford,  Conn.;  R.  J.  Irwin, 
New  York;  Chas.  H.  Vick,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 


BUSINESS  TROUBLES. 
Boston — Benj.  Harry  Green,  florist, 
Jan.  16,  1918.  Liabilities,  $4,638;  as- 
sets, $252.  Largest  creditors:  Jos. 
H.  Shindler,  Roxbury,  $500,  secured; 
H.  H.  Howard,  Boston,  $250;  M.  Rice 
&  Co.,  Phila.,  Pa.,  $247;  Jos.  H.  Shind- 
ler, Roxbury,  $380;  Tremont  Trust 
Co.,  Boston,  $300,  unsecured. 

YALE!    YALE! 

And   All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 

FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 
Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapel  St  ,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 


FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTGWN-ON-HUDSON, 


N.Y. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326>28  Olive  St. 

Wtmitr  Florists   Telegraph  \Delivery  Atsociatitn 
HOTtCE  INITIALS.     We  have  one  store  only 

THE  J.  M.  aASSER  COMPANY, 

CllEflELAHft 

Euclid  Avenae 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on   mall    or   telegraph    order   fot 
any  occasion.  In  any  part  of  the  Domlnlom. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  ONT. 


AI.BANY,  N.  Y. 


Flowerg   or  Design  Work 

DEUVERED  IN   ALBANY  AND  VICINITY 
ON    TRLRHRAPBIC    ORDER 

106  STATE  STREET.         ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  Urgest  cut  flower  §tore  In  America. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  given  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MIAN. 

^■"  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists*    Telegraph     Delivery. 

DENVER,  COLORADO 


■"■■■""""*' 1 


RERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 


HOUSTON,  TEXAS 
The  Florist       Hember  W.  T.  B.  AssvelaHai 


Il-i 


II  0  U  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


Kebruary  :;,  1918 


BEAUTIES 

Orchids       -       Cypripedium 
White   Lilac 

Jutt   remember  that  we   are    Headquarter!   for  them 
and   we   can   iupply   you   with   good   itock. 


THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Street* 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIRST 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll  Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

Rutttid  Si  .    Pkil>()<lpkii.    Pt. 


1619 


mOICE  BEAUTlEi,  ORCHIDS.  VALLEY,  ROSES 
ui  ill  Siasaubli  Variitiis  t(  Cat  Fliwirs 

CHARLES  LMEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 


POEHLMANN  BROS.  CO. 

I         Supply  of  Be^t  Cut  Flowers  all  the   Vear  Around  I 

72-74  EAST  RANDOLPH  ST.,  CHICAGO. 


5  Sd.  Male  St., 


PHILADELPHIA.  PA. 


IF.  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safely   Place    Your   Order*    U'ilh    V* 

IHEIMRY     IVI.     F90BIIMS0IM     &     OO. 

2   Winthrop   Square  and  32  Otis  Street,   BOSTON,  MASS. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WM0LE5ALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St..  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 
mioiHfvior«ii3,    iiM^. 

rlT»Ti   B.atlaB   Hvritcaltar*   when    writing. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  "^^"""^"/o'dealers  only 


BOSTON 

Jan.  31 


ST.U>UIS 

Jan.  aS 


PHILA. 

Jan.  a8 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

CoaelCBmcol*   t(ollrll«>d 
Hardv  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT.  MICH. 


Am.  Beauty,  Special .  •    

"  "         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls.*  ■ 

Rutuil,  Euler.  Mock 

Hadle> 

Arenberg,  Hoosiet  Beauty 

Ward 

KillarDcy,  Radiaoce,  Tah 

ophrlt;!.  Sunburst,  Hilhngdon. 

Caraationa 

Cattleraa    

Deodrobium  formoram 

Liliea.  Lomiinoruin 

Lilies,  Speciotum    

Call*. 

Uly  of  tfa*  VmUmj 

Snapdraaoa 

Bouvardia 

Violets 

Freesia      ■••    

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman   Hyacinths 

St*Tia 

Calendula. 

Mittnonette 

Sweet    Peaa 

Mamueritas 

Gardeaiaa 

Adiantum 

SouIax- 


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The  Hsaie  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 


l^f-We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 


30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


\A/^Holosalo    F-|< 

568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


rists 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURKRB 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA. 


iJ.A.BDDL©NG 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A  Specialty 


184  North  Wabaah  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  of 


GUT  FLOWERS 


February  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


113 


Flower  Market  Reports 

There      is      no      marked 
BOSTON     change     in     the     market 

situation  here.  Things 
remain  about  stationary,  the  only  line 
showing  improvement  being  the  roses, 
of  which  the  smaller  grades  are  by  far 
the  best  sellers.  Carnations  are  ad- 
vanced in  quality,  but  not  in  price. 
Iris  is  coming  in  quite  strong  this 
week  and  the  blooms  bring  from  $3.00 
to  $4.00  a  dozen.  Golden  Spur  narcis- 
si are  now  in  line  and  the  small  trum- 
pets are  consequently  pushed  into  the 
discard  except  at  "job  lot"  figures. 

The  Chicago  market  is 
CHICAGO  very  quiet.  There  Is 
little  business  being 
done  and  the  great  depth  of  snow 
makes  deliveries  difficult.  Trade  at 
the  retailers'  is  chiefly  confined  to 
telephone  orders,  few  customers  ven- 
turing in  to  look,  for  street  car  serv- 
ice is  still  very  slow.  Out-of-town 
orders  are  being  filled  as  lisual  to- 
day, and  all  are  hoping  that  they  will 
reach  their  destinations  promptly  and 
in  good  condition.  Stock  coming  in  Is 
very  fine.  Growers  have  no  difficulty 
in  getting  it  to  the  wholesale  market 
and  the  customers  who  can  use  it  have 
a  splendid  assortment  to  choose  from. 
A  third  storm  reached  Chicago  in 
time  to  again  cripple  the  week-end 
business.  Trade  was  light  on  Satur- 
day and  there  was  practically  nothing 
doing  on   Sunday. 

A  good  quality  of 
CLEVELAND,  sweet  peas  is  com- 
ing into  the  market. 
Demand  is  rather  quiet  on  account  of 
the  severe  weather.  Stocks  are  suffi- 
cient for  all  purposes.  Carnations  are 
more  plentiful.  Freight  shipments 
are  practically  at  a  standstill,  but  the 
necessary  stock  is  making  its  way  in 
and  out  of  the  market  by  express, 
which  is  fairly  prompt  considering  the 
circumstances. 

A  slightly  improved 
NEW  YORK  tone,  somewhat  in- 
termittent, however, 
is  noted  in  the  wholesale  district.  The 
high  class  stores  are  buying  very 
lightly  and  are  evidently  feeling  the 
effects  of  war  economy  much  more 
keenly  than  are  the  stores  catering  to 
the  medium  class  of  people.  Roses 
are  holding  the  advantage  mentioned 
last  week  with  prices  holding  firm,  es- 
pecially on  the  medium  and  short- 
stemmed  grades.  The  variety  of  mis- 
cellaneous flowers  coming  in  is  very 
large  and  quality  is  excellent  all 
through,  excepting  in  the  case  of 
longiflorum  lilies  which  are  seen  in 
very  good  and  very  bad  quality. 
Cattleyas  continue  to  lag  and  arc  sold 
at  prices  far  below  what  they  should 
bring  at  this  time  of  the  year.  Low 
figures  prevail  on  practically  every- 
thing with  the  exception  of  roses  and 
those  are  not  high.  All  bulbous  stock 
is  far  in  excess  of  requirements.  Nar- 
cissi in  the  paper  white  and  French 
trumpet  classes  are  a  burden.  Aspara- 
gus plumosus  is  scarce,  and  prices  for 
poor  goods  even  is  rigid. 


VALENTINE'S   DAY 

P^  H 

^^^^^^u>v7^T?^ 

V^,  V     ■  ^iv  *"  ''^^^Si 

Some    of    the    choicest    Pussy 
Willow  we   have   ever   handled. 
Orders    of    any    size,    large    or 
small,    can    be    taken    care    of. 
Immediate  shipment. 

^B /rf                                    jUf^H^^^^^^B  _ 

Per  bonch  .25,  .50,  .75,  $1.00 

w''        im-KF 

^f  ^ 

evp:rvthing  in  plants,  rib- 
bons,   GREENS    AND    SCPPriES. 

IV 

ff 

S.S.PENNOCKGO. 

THE  »",-£St..  PBIIABEIPHIA 

I/I 

Ml  _  ^ 

NEW  TORK                    PBIIADEIPHIA 
117  W.  28ih  Si.          1608-1620  Udlow  Si. 

BALTIMORE                  WASHINGTON 
Fr.Dkli.  S  St.  P>ol  St..       1216  H  St..  N.  IV. 

WaOLBSALB  FLOWER  MARKETS  -  "^"'"'^"-/(S^p'g^LERs 


Rotet 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

*•  *'        Fancy  and  Extra 

"         "        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey .  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Camatioiu 

Cattleraa 

Dendrobium  formosum 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Li]i«s.  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  VaJler 

Snapdr  « «ron 

Bouvardia 

Violet. 

Freesia  

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Stevia   

Calendula 

Miffnonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiaotum 

Smilax •  • 

Asparagus  Pin.  ASpren.  (sooBhs.) 


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1. 00 


35.00 
25.00 
15.00 
25.00 
12.00 
12. OC 

8  00 

8.00 

10.00 
3. CO 

75.00 

12.00 

10. CO 

.  ft  no 

6'.oo 

6,00 
1. 00 
5.00 
3. CO 
3.00 
3.  o 

3.00 

6  00 

1.50 


40.00 
25.00 
20.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
3.00 
6  00 
5.00 
3-  "> 
5c  .00 

8,00 
4.00 

I  to. 00 


30.00     to     25.00 


25.00     to 


1. 00 

50.00 


8  00     to 
4.00     to 


.60 
3.00 
3.00 
1.00 
1. 00 

2.00 
4  00 
1. 00 
T.OO 

15.00 
1.00 

15.00 

35-00 


50.001 

30.00 

35.0c 

lO.OO 
I2.CO 

15.00 

6.CO 
10.00 
15-00 

5.00 
60.00 

12.00 
6.00 

15.00 
10.00 
8.0c 

■75 

5.C0 

4C0 

4.C0 

1.50 

3-00 

6.10 

2.50 

i.^o 

20.00 

1.3? 

20.00 

50.C0 


ONLY 

PITTSBURG 

I  Jan.  33 

30.00 


12.50 
8.00 


(0  50.00 
to  25.00 
to  15.00 
95.00 


.  to 

.  to  ■ 


6.00 
6.00 
6.00 

3,00 


10.00 

I3.O0 

12.00 

5.00 

50.00 

30.00 
13.00 


to 

to 

10. CO 

6.00 

to 
to 

8.00 

■75 

to 

1. 00 

4.00 

to 

6.00 

3.00 

to 

4.00 

3.00 

to 
to 

4.to 

3. CO 

to 

5.00 

2.C0 

to 

3.00 

T.CO 

to 

3.00 

2.00 

to 

10 

3.00 

1.CO 

12.50 

40. CO 


l.SJ 

15.00 
J5.00 


Roses  have  pick- 
PHILADELPHIA     ed    up    a    bit,    so 

have  carnations. 
Freesias  sell  well,  also  trumpet  daffo- 
dils. Purity  freesias  seen  in  some  of 
the  stores  are  especially  charming  and 
very  well  grown.  Paper  whites  con- 
tinue overdone,  four  times  as  many  as 
there  is  any  call  for.  There  is  lx)und 
to  be  severe  losses  all  along  the  line 
in  that  item — except  on  the  stock  that 
came  in  early  before  the  market  was 
swamped.  If  they  could  only  be  held  in 
cold  storage  (like  lily  of  the  valley) 
when  the  bulbs  are  harvested,  what  a 
difference  it  would  make  on  returns! 
Can't  it  be  done?    Let  us  hear  from 


some  of  the  experts.  Adiantum  and 
Asparagus  plumosus  are  on  the  scarce 
side. 

Funeral  work  in 
PITTSBURGH  abundance  contin- 
ues to  substitute 
the  society  work  of  former  seasons. 
Owing  to  the  exceeding  prolonged 
cold  weather  and  the  limited  railroad 
service,  the  florists  hereabouts  have 
been  practically  dependent  on  home 
grown  products  which  naturally 
"clean-up"  each  day.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  filling  funeral  orders  all  are 
living  right  up  to  Administrator  Gar- 

{Continued  on  pagt  115) 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Spring   Novelties    Now    On    Display  New   Show    Rooms   Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE  OF  AMERICA 


114 


H OUT I  CULTURE 


February  2,  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Whole«Ale     Commistion    Floriat 
Choice  Cut  Flowert 

■  •w  Addraaa.  141  W  xt  tHlh  Ht..    NKW  VUKK 
T«l*pt>»BM:      tt<M    (Ml.  Madlaon  Hqaar*. 


, WM.  P. 

FORD 1 

Who 

lesal 

e    Florist 

107  W. 

28th  Street.  NEW  YORK      1 

Call  ami  Inaiufl  tbr 

U"i.    1  iirr.iK'it 
Ilpiit  Eiitnl>MabineD( 
rinwiT    nislrlrt. 

JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

S3  WEST  28(b  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

Ctmifmrntmlt  Seliciled 
Phone  FturmcDt  4SM 

FRANK  MILLANG 

\»  Ik. I.  -;il,     (  ,.r.iiiii..-i..ii    l>,  ,il,.r    In 

CUT     FLOWERS 

.V.  iinti   57   Mc»t    Sfilh   SI..   Ni-«    Vork 

CuuKuu    liulldiiig 

Tel.,  299  Fnrraput        ConslgDmonts  Solicited 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28th      ST.   HEW   YORK. 

GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

NEW  YORK 


raOHS  '  *[>»    PARRAGCT 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Fraab    Cut   lircorelive  Kreri^rrons. 

HIgbest  Standard  of  Quality.  Largest 
Stock  In  America.  Write  for  Illustrated 
Catalog  of  Greens  and  Florists'  Supplies. 

119  W.  28th  St..   -    .    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.   KUEBLER 

Brooklyn's  Foramost  and  Be«l 

iWHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Fint  Claai  Mark.!  ^%t  all  (  UT  FLOWERS 

5H  WUlonghby  SL>       Brookly..  N.  T 

M.  C.  FORD 

121  Wast  28th  St.,      NEW  YORK 

riiE  «i)S[s.  fimif  mmw 

A  Foil    Llna   of   AI-L   CCT    FT.OWKBS. 
Trirphanc   MIO   Farrmcat. 


I*.    J.     ^JVIITM 

WHOLESALE   COMMISSION   FLORIST  15^c'^T'8f^^^" 

A    fill)    llnr   of   Ctiolrv   Cat    l-1ow«r  Htorli   for   mil   parpo«<««. 

TBLBrno« !  JJSi !  fAEiAQUT    131    Wcst  28th  St.,  NKW  YORK  CITY 

ALBANY  cut'  FLOWER  'EXCHANGE 

"orL'-L"*""  ""■   6"  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

MAVK  TIMK  AND  MONEY   nV   BRNDIMO  »OCB  ORDEBS  TO  C8    

Prices  Right.        Consiflrnments  Solicited.        Telephone  Connectkm 


Centrally  Located,  The 

Hub 

of  the  Flower  Market  Section 

o 

ih.ari-e:s>   iviii-L-i 

\A/l-iol«»sale      F'loria-t 
85  and  S7  W.  26th  Straat.                          NEW 

Talapkoaa  2483  Farrasut 

A.  NO 

YORK 

ORCHIDS  -  -  GARDENIAS 

HEADQUARTERS  '"'■   tl'e  entire   ..ul|.ut    ..f    11, e 

BEECHWOOD  HEIGHTS  NURSERIES,  of  Bound  Brook,  N.J. 

PAUL  MECONI Wholesale  Florist NEW   YORK 


reli'iihiiiii'    Ncis     :;mV4    nnd    K.:cV4    Miidi^inn    Snn.irp 


ri7    WF.ST   Jlllli    STItKET 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 

BS-S7      \A^OS«     ^e'kK      ^'fcl-ook 

TalephoncM,  13 — 8510  MadlHon  Square  Conslipnment.  SoUdtad 

MAI'KICE    L.    GL,A8S.   Trmaorcr 


NEW  lORR  ODOTATiONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


AmaricAB  Beauty.  Special 

**  **         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  *'  No.  1  and  culls.    . 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

HmdUr 

AreoberK.  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey.  R&diance.  Taft 

<'>phelia.  Sunburst,  HilliuKcloD ' 

Key 

CamatioDs 


Usi  Part  gl  Wiak 

nnt  Pirt  If  Wiik 

indint  Jan.  26 

bitiioini  lit.  2B 

1918 

111! 

95.00 

(0 

3500 

30.00 

to 

35-00 

10.00 

to 

30.00 

10.00 

to 

90.00 

J.03 

to 

6.00 

300 

t. 

6.00 

300 

10 

I3.00 

3  00 

to 

13.00 

3,00 

to 

35.00 

3  00 

to 

35.00 

3.00 

10 

8,00 

300 

to 

8.00 

3  00 

to 

8.00 

300 

10 

800 

3  00 

10 

800 

300 

10 

8.00 

3  00 

10 

la  00 

300 

to 

13.00 

3. CO 

to 

10.00 

3  00 

to 

IJ.OO 

I. CO 

10 

4.00 

2  00 

to 

4.00 

GROWERS'  CUT 

FLOWER 

COMPANY 

WHOLESALE   FLORISTS                     \\ 

129  West  28th  Street 

T-'ilieaj'^-''"''* 

E.J.  VAN 

REYPER,  Mgr. 

WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

\Vhole».iile  rommUsion  Ufaler  In 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

13.1   «'Mt  28th  Street,  New  VorU 
Trlephane— M33-3S33  Madlaon  Square 


Iriink    H.    Traendlj 


Charle.    (^chenek 


JOSEPH    S.    FENRICH 

niiOLESALE  FLORIST 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

51   W.  28th   Street,   New  York 

T.loahaMa,   «X*-4Zl-4a   Had.    8q. 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

'WKolesale   Florists 

43S  6tb  AveiDi,  Betweia  26tli  mi  27tk  Sts.,  Niw  Tirt 

Telepbonea:     781,  188,  1W  Farracnt 
CnDSlgnments  Solicited 

HERMAN   WEISS 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

Can  handle  shipments  of  growers'  prodnet 
satisfactorily.  Would  like  to  bear  froa 
Qrowers  of  Snapdragons  and  Sweat  Paaa, 
etc.,  for  the  New  York  trade. 

130  West  2«tli  street,  TeL  Fanacat  SM, 

NBW  TOKK. 


February  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


llr 


Fbwer  Market  Reports 

tXotUinued  from  page  //_?) 

field's  idea  of  "Fireless  Monday." 
There  is  a  marked  scarcity  of  all 
kinds  of  roses,  as  well  as  lilies.  On 
the  other  hand  is  a  plentiful  supply  of 
carnations,  paper  white  and  trumpet 
narcissus  and  Roman  hyacinths.  Con- 
sidering market  conditions  prices  are 
not  exorbitant. 

Business  has 
ROCHESTER,  N.Y.  picked  up 
slightly.  Most 
of  the  stores  opened  for  a  half  day 
on  Monday  to  make  up  funeral  work 
and  to  guard  their  plants  against  in- 
jury from  cold.  Flowers  are  none  too 
plentiful.  Roses  are  exceptionally 
good.  Carnations  are  slowing  up 
again  and  the  demand  is  fairly  large. 
Violets,  tulips,  narcissi,  etc.,  sell  well. 

Roses  and  carnations 
ST.  LOUIS     are  selling  clean,  school 

graduating  exercises 
causing  something  doing  in  retail 
circles.  Violets  and  sweet  peas  are  in 
demand   and   selling   satisfactorily. 


Obituary 


A.  Yauchzi. 
A.  Yauchzi,  of  65  Jewell  street, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  father  of  Mrs.  Harry 
Merritt,  of  Irondequoit,  N.  Y.,  died  on 
.Tan.  21st,  at  the  age  of  88  years,  after 
a  year's  illness. 


Eugene    R.    Blechschmidt 

Eugene  R.  Blechschmidt,  two-aud- 
one-half  year  old  son  of  John  Blech- 
schmidt, florist  of  Cleveland,  died  Fri- 
day, January  25,  of  a  complication  of 
diphtheria  and  croup.  Mr.  Blech- 
schmidt operates  a  greenhouse  at  4300 
East  122nd  street,  in  the  Newburgh 
district. 

Alfred  E.  McCormlck. 
Alfred  E.  McCormlck,  aged  40  years, 
died  on  Saturday,  January  26,  at  his 
home.  Ozone  Park,  New  York.  He  had 
been  ill  four  weeks  with  heart  trouble. 
Born  in  South  Brooklyn  Mr.  McCor- 
mick  lived  there  until  fifteen  years 
ago,  when  he  moved  to  Ozone  Park. 
He  was  a  florist  and  was  also  in  the 
moving  and  trucking  business.  He  is 
survived  by  his  mother,  a  sister,  and 
a  brother.  Interment  was  in  Green- 
w^ood  Cemetery. 


W.  H.  Beaumont. 
W.  H.  Beaumont,  one  of  Cleveland's 
pioneer  florists,  died  Monday,  January 
21.  Mr.  Beaumont  had  been  in  the 
florist  business  in  Cleveland  and  Chi- 
cago for  over  thirty  j-ears  and  was 
well  known  throughout  the  trade. 
From  fifteen  to  twenty  years  ago  he 
was  in  business  on  Euclid  avenue,  in 
the  downtown  section  of  Cleveland, 
and  was  known  as  one  of  the  leading 
and  exclusive  florists  of  the  city. 
About  ten  years  ago  his  health  failed 
him  and  he  gave  up  his  business  in- 
terests in  Cleveland  and  moved  to 
Chicago.  He  started  In  business  in 
Chicago  again  after  a  brief  rest.  In 
1915  his  health  failed  again  and  he 
returned  to  Cleveland  where  he  under- 


J.    K. 


IM 


A  LEADER  IN   THE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   TR.4DE  FOB  OVEB  THIRTY   YEARS 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.    Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 


118  West  28th  St.      IME\A/  YORK 


TELEPHONES 
Farragut  167  and  3058 


SEW   YORK  QUOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleraa - . 

DeDdrobium  fonnosum • 

Lilie«.  LonKiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  oi  the  Valley 

SnapdragOD 

Bouvardia 

Violeu 

Freesias    

Narcit,  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeniasi 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

AsparaffUB  Plumosua.  &  Spren  f  loo  bunches) . 


Ust  Part  of  Waek 

ending  Jan.  26 
191S 


4.00 

3.00 
15.00 

2.00 
9.00 
3.00 

•30 

1.00 
1. 00 
1. 00 
2.00 
2.00 
3.00 
2.00 
x.oo 
15.00 

.50 

12.00 
25.00 


25.00 

50.00 

8.00 

6.00 

2O.0O 
8.00 

15.00 
3.00 

•75 

3.00 

2.00 

2.00 

4.00 

3.00 

4.00 

3.00 

3.00 

30.00 

1. 00 

;  6.00 

50.00 


First  Part  of  Week 

beginning  Ian.  2S 

19tB 


X5>oo 

4.00 
300 

15.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
.30 
1.00 
1. 00 
1. 00 
2. CO 
2. 00 
3.00 
2.00 
1. 00 

15.00 
•50 

12.00 

25.00 


25.00 
50.00 

8.00 

6.0c 
20.00 

8.00 
15.00 

3.00 

•75 

3.00 
a.oo 
3.00 

4.00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 
30.00 
1. 00 
16.00 
50  .0 


WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerous  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  dsmand  ex- 
oreds  our  Bopply.  This  is  especially  true  of  Roses.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abundant  means  and  best  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 

Address  Yoar  Shipments  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 


Ill    W.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


D.  J.  Pappas,  Pres. 


SINGLE y|0[^£JS   WANTED 

Violets  and  novelties  ar©  my  Hobby.  Con- 
sign your  flowers  to  me.  I  can  sell  them  to 
your  satisfaction. 

CLARENCE  SLINN. '^i^^o^k 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

347-357   Cambridge   St.,  Boston 

Headquarters  for 

CYCAS,     BASKETS,     WIRE     DESIGNS 

and    WA.V   FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  list  If  you  have  not  re- 
ceived one. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY  1 

COMPANY, 

Inc. 

103  W.  28tli  Street, 

NEW  YORK 

EVERYTHING    FOB    THE    FLORIST    1 

went  a  successful  operation.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  was  actively  en- 
gaged in  the  florist  business  under 
the  name  of  the  Beaumont  Co.,  at  1987 
East  105th  street. 


NEW  CORPORATIONS. 
San  Antonio,  Tex. — Schroeder  Flo- 
ral Co.,  capital  stock  $25,000.  Incor- 
porators, H.  Schroeder,  T.  W.  Reed,  J. 
C.  Jlitchell,  W.  J.  Bassett,  M.  W.  Sher- 
wood and  O.  F.  Guber. 


PATENTS  GRANTED 

1,251,050     Quack  Grass  Digger.  Frank 

Klose,  St.  .lames,  Minn. 
1,251,125    Flowerpot.  Sidney  L.  Smith, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
1,251,234     Flower  Box.    Joseph   Israel. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 


1 1  ion,  N.  Y. — George  Supplee  has 
purchased  the  greenhouse  of  E.  .1. 
Starks. 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  h.>ive  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
sies,  Violets,  Carnations  and  all  other  stock 
of  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SL.IIMIM,  Jr. 

S5  and  57  W.  26th  Street. NEW  YOBg 

RCED  (SL  KCLLER 

122   West   25th   St.,   New   York 

Florists'    Supplies 

We   niantifarttire  all   our 

Mai  Desiens,  Baskets,  Win  Wirk  &  Noveltiis 

and    :ire   dealers    lu 

Decorative  Glassware.  Gruwere  ami 

Florists*   R4H]iilNitfH 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Importer*   and    Orow^m   of 

OROMIDS 

Cot    Flowers   of   All    the    I>MultBs    Varlctta* 
In   their   BoBon. 

THOMAS  YOUNG.   Jr.,    Proprietor 

BOITND    BROOK.  N.  t- 

Wired  Toothpicks 

fif&nafaotorml  by 

W.J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10.000. .  .$2.00       60,000. .  .$8.75       Sample  fr«e. 
For  sale  by  dealers. 


lie. 


HORTICULTURE 


February  2,  191  h 


Pot  Mahar*  for  ■ 
Contury  aftda  Half 


HEWS 


STRONG 

RED 
POROUS 


POTS 


Inc.  1»04 

WoHd'a  LarsMt 
Manufacturar* 


Standard,  Aialaa,   Bulb,    Orchid,    Fern     HanglnK,   Embossad,    Roaa,   Carnation,    Palm,  Cydaman,  Cut   Flow*r. 
Spaclai  Shapes  to  Order.     Chicken  Founts,   Pigeon  Neata,   Bean  Pots,   Etc. 

IVn'f*  for  Catatogam 
mmd  Dimcoantr 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  Inc.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


CAMIIKIIXIK.    MAIM 
NEW    VOKK,   N.  T. 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


I 


NEW    YORK. 

S.  M.  l<U8sln  has  secured  judgment 
ugiiinsl  the  Lenox  Flower  Shop  for 
$153.48. 

Jas.  McHutchlson,  Mrs.  McHutchl- 
son  and  son  and  .Miss  Fmlly  Edgar  of 
Waverley,  .Mass.,  leave  on  Friday, 
Fchruary  1.  for  a  trip  to  the  Pacific 
coast  via.  the  southern  route. 

We  have  seen  a  plant  of  the  new 
variegated  Alyssinn  Baudisrhi  and  it 
is  decidedly  pretty.  It  should  be  very 
desirable  for  bedding  In  contrast  with 
green,  yellow  or  red-foliaged  plants. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  New  York 
Florists'  Club  will  be  held  on  Monday, 
February  11th  as  usual.  This  will  be 
"Rose  Night."  Send  along  your  ex- 
hibits, addressed  to  H.  C.  Riedel,  49 
W.  28th  street. 

John  Leach,  of  Astoria,  whose 
father,  Bailey  Leach,  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  flower  growers  for  the  New 
York  market  has  been  appointed  by 
Mayor  Hylan  to  the  high  position  of 
1st  deputy  police  commissioner.  John 
Leach's  brother,  Wesley  Bailey,  i& 
forester  for  Queensboro  Park. 

N.  G.  Pappas  and  James  Levlne  will 
open  up  as  wholesale  florists  under 
the  title  of  N.  G.  Pappas  &  Co.,  at 
112  West  28th  street,  sharing  the 
store  with  Clarence  Slimm.  Several 
other  changes  are  imminent,  among 
these  being  the  removal  of  A.  H. 
Langjahr  to  the  Coogan  Building  on 
26th  street  and  the  discontinuance  of 
Guttman  &  Raynor  as  wholesale 
florists. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Associated  Re- 
tail Florists.  Inc.,  held  on  January 
21st,  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted,  to  wit: 

RE.SOLVKD,  That  In  coiiipllnncc  wltli 
the  rectut  order  issued  by  Dr.  Henry  A. 
Gnrlleld,  Fuel  Administrator,  tlie  business 
of  ttie  menihers  of  tliis  iissorlaClon  will  be 
conducted  only  during  the  daylight  hours 
and  that  no  light  will  be  burned  during 
the  eveulng  hours  on  the  .Mondays  specilied 
in  said  order,  and  the  meml)erH  nf  the  trailc 
generally  are  urged  to  eoni[ily  with  the 
spirit  as  well  as  the  letter  of  Dr.  Garfield's 
order. 

All  members  of  this  association  close 
their  places  of  business  as  soon  as  It 
becomes  too  dark  without  the  aid  of 
electric  lights. 


uii  the  gull  iu;ist.     He  will  remain  till 
.May  or  June. 

George  Bate,  of  the  Cleveland  Cut 
Flower  Co.,  has  flni.shed  his  duties  as 
member  of  the  legal  advisory  board 
of  draft  district  .No.  l.=i.  and  can  be 
fo\md  at  his  desk  again. 

Florists  who  ship  regularly  find  the 
express  service  fairly  reliable  but  the 
freight  service,  on  account  of  the  al- 
most universal  embargo.  Is  practically 
at  a  standstill  for  the  time  being. 

Tlie  Rocky  River  Greenhouse  Co., 
west  of  Cleveland,  one  of  the  large 
vegetable  growers  of  the  county,  lost 
its  entire  stock  through  freezing  dur- 
ing the  recent  cold  spell.  The  catas- 
trophe was  not  due  to  a  lack  of  coal 
but  to  a  failure  of  the  water  supply, 
from  a  neighboring  municipal  plant, 
whicli  made  it  impossible  to  operate 
the  boilers.  The  management  started 
at  once  to  replant  its  entire  space  and 
is  already  making  progress  toward  a 
new  crop. 

In  order  to  aid  the  railroad  situa- 
tion as  much  as  possible  the  bowling 
match  between  the  Cleveland  and  De- 
troit florists  has  been  postponed  until 
further  notice.  The  first  contest  was 
held  in  Cleveland  at  the  time  of  the 
Flower  Show,  the  Cleveland  bowlers 
drawing  first  blood  and  gaining  posses- 
sion of  the  silver  cup  donated  by  the 
Cleveland  Cut  Flower  Co.  The  next 
contest  was  scheduled  to  be  bowled  in 
Detroit,  where  the  Detroiters  hope  to 
keep  the  cup  for  a  season. 


CLEVELAND. 

James  Eadie,  well  known  florist  of 
Shaw  avenue,  has  gone  to  Manatee, 
Florida,  for  the  winter.     Manatee  is 


ROCHESTER,    N.    Y, 

.Miss  Lillian  Wheeler  formerly  of 
E.  C.  Kaelber,  Inc.,  has  taken  a  perma- 
nent position  with  H,  E.  Wilson. 

Salter  Bros,  display  a  beautiful  win- 
dow of  boxes  and  birchbark  baskets 
filled  with  spring  flowers  and  pussy- 
willows. 

Alexander  B.  Lamberton  has  asked 
to  be  released  from  serving  as  com- 
missioner of  Parks.  After  a  short 
vacation  Mr  Lamberton  will  go 
abroad  to  help  cheer  our  soldier  boys. 
His  resignation  takes  effect  Feb.  Ist. 
While  the  late  Dr.  Edward  M.  Moore, 
was  looked  upon  as  the  Father  of 
Rochester  Park  system,  Mr.  Lamber- 
ton has  come  to  be  considered  more 
than  any  other  citizen  as  the  devel- 
oper of  the  parks  with  which  he  has 
been  connected  24  years.  He  was  also 
responsible  for  bringing  at)out  the 
establishment  of  large  public  enter- 
tainments and  sports. 


PITTSBURGH. 

Frank  Smollir,  of  iIm'  .N.  G.  P.,  sta- 
tioned at  Cam))  Hancock,  is  home  on 
a  two  weeks'  furlough. 

Murray  McGrew  is  again  at  busi- 
ness with  the  Weaklen  Company  fol- 
lowing a  severe  attack  of  la  grippe. 

Mr.  and  .Mrs.  DeF'orest  W.  Ludwig 
have  gone  to  Augusta,  Ga.,  tor  an  ex- 
tended sojourn  nearby  their  brother, 
Edward  Earl  Ludwig,  at  Camp  Han 
cock. 

Oliver  H.  Langhans  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Cut  Flower  Company,  has  en- 
listed in  the  engineering  forestry 
branch  of  the  Aviation  Service  al 
Portland,  Oregon. 

.Miss  Catherine  Friel,  formerly  man- 
ager of  the  Arcadia  Flower  Shop,  it 
now  with  Randolph  &  McClements. 
She  succeeds  Mrs.  William  Pierce, 
formerly  Miss  Bertha  Hughes,  recent- 
ly married. 

Norbert  Huttinger,  one  of  the  most 
popular  young  salesmen  and  designer 
in  town  is  about  to  leave  for  Newport 
News,  Va.,  having  enlisted  in  the  U. 
S.  Naval  Service.  Recently  he  has 
been  with  the  Alpha  Flower  Shop  in 
East  Liberty. 

The  A.  W.  Smith  Company  has  re- 
ceived a  cable  message  from  Howard 
E.  Andrews  of  the  Landscape  Depart- 
ment, announcing  his  arrival  "some- 
where in  France,"  where  he  is  in  the 
Signal  Corps  service.  Ralph  F.  Pin- 
ner, another  landscape  man  in  the 
Ambulance  service  at  Camp  Hancock, 
has  been  appointed  a  sergeant.  Stiles 
E.  Clark  of  Philadelphia,  also  former- 
ly with  the  same  department,  has  gonf 
to  Camp  Ayer  in  Massachusetts. 


PHILADELPHIA. 
S.  S.  Pen  nock   reofived  a  cablegram 
from  France  on  tlie  28th  ult.  announc- 
ing the  safe  arrival  of  his  son,  Charles. 
in  France  on  the  26th. 

This  is  from  the  Arabic  and  any- 
thing that  has  stood  the  test  of  time 
for  thousands  of  years  must  be  the 
Real  McKaye: 

"He  that  knows  and  knows  that  be  knowi' 
Is  a  wise  man.     Follow  bim." 

We  are  forcibly  reminded  of  this 
truth  in  reading  the  Dreer  offering  of 
up-to-date  cannas.  If  anyone  knows 
cannas  it  is  Eugene  .Michel,  the  Dreer 
expert.  Nothing  is  ever  offered  that 
has  not  previously  gone  through  cru 
cial  tests  of  years'  standing.  I  have 
told  the  story  many  times  but  it  can 
never  be  too  often  repeated. 


February  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


11:7 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

i-'or  Catalogues  and  I>iHcount8  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


CHICAGO. 

Tlie  unusual  conditions  have  forced 
the  Cicero  Floral  House  to  close  its 
store  at  14  N.  Cicero  avenue. 


The  Austin  Flower  Shop  eouducted 
by  Mrs.  Minnie  B.  Hug,  will  shortly 
move  from  150  N.  Cicero  avenue  to  30 
N.  Cicero. 


The  result  of  the  agitation  of  the 
coal  question  reported  one  week  ago 
and  the  efforts  of  the  committee,  com- 
posed of  Peter  Reinberg, '  August 
Poehlmann  and  C.  L.  Washburn,  seem 
likely  to  be  of  direct  benefit  to  the 
growers,  many  of  whom  were  nearing 
the  daMger  point  in  their  coal  supply. 
E.  A.  Ollinger,  440  S.  Dearborn  street, 
was  named  by  the  committee  as  the 
one  to  whom  applications  for  coal 
.should  be  made.  These  applicants 
win  then  be  able  to  secure  coal  if  they 
have  complied  with  the  fallowing  re- 
quirements of  the  fuel  administration, 
first,  that  they  have  deposited  $200.00 
in  some  bank  and  have  a  letter  from 
the  banker  saying  the  same  was  set 
aside  for  buying  coal,  and  second 
they  must  show  that  they  are  using 
coal  as  savingly  as  possible.  If  this 
works  out  as  expected,  it  will  afford 
relief  to  many  whose  all  is  invested 
in  greenhouses. 


The  Civil  Service  Board,  West  Chi- 
cago Park  Commissioners,  will  hold  an 
examination  (No.  303)  for  Gardener, 
Class  G,  Rank  II,  Division  Z,  original 
entrance,  pay  30c.  to  4.5c.  per  hour,  on 
February  25th,  1918,  at  9.00  a.  m.,  at 
the  general  offices  in  Union  Park. 
Open  to  men  between  the  ages  of  21 
and  50  years,  regardless  of  residence. 
Applications  must  be  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  Board  in  Union  Park  before  12 
o'clock  noon  of  February  23,  1918. 
Subjects:  Special  Subject,  weight  of 
6;  Experience,  weight  of  3;  Physical, 
weight  of  1.  Special  Subject:  To  in- 
clude a  written  and  oral  test  on  the 
identification,  general  care,  planting 
and  characteristics  of  trees,  shrubs 
and  perennials,  and  on  making  and 
maintaining  lawns.  The  duties  of 
Gardener  include  the  planting,  prun- 
ing and  general  care  of  trees,  shrubs, 
perennials,  lawns  and  outside  gardens 
and  occasional  supervision  of  laborers 
in  related  work. 

Fked.  G.   HEt(  iir.iNG, 
Superintendent  of  Employment. 


SITUATIONS  WANTED 


SITUATION  WANTED— By  Japanese 
horticulturist.  Graduate  of  Horticultural 
College.  Practical  experience  in  Japan  and 
United  States.  Able  to  do  all  kinds  of 
gardening  and  greenbouse  work.  Married. 
State  wages,  etc.  "J.  H.,"  care  Horticul- 
ture Publleblng  Co. 


DREER»S  "Riverton  Special"  Plant    Tubs 


No 

Dlam 

.  Ea.     Doz.     100 

10 

20  in. 

$2.75  $30.00  $230.00 

2U 

18  in. 

2.25    24.00    190.00 

30 

16  in. 

1.75    19.00    152.00 

40 

14  in. 

1.50    17.00    l:i0.00 

50 

12  in. 

1.00    11.00     88.00 

60 

10  in. 

.70      7.75     62.00 

lO 

Sin. 

.55      6.50     50.00 

Tlie  Riverton  Tub  la  sold  exclusively  by  us,  and  is  the  beat  ever  introduced. 
The  neatest,  lightest  and  cheapest.  Painted  green  and  bound  with  clectric-welded 
hoops.     The  four  largest  sizes  are  equipped  with   drop  bandies. 

HENRY  A.  DREER,  seeds.  Plants.  Baibs,  and  Supplies.  714-716  Cftestnut  St.,  PtiJladelptiJa,  Pa. 


BOSTON. 

.Miss  Alice  Butler  Cary  of  Lexington, 
who  died  recently,  bequeathed  the 
sum  of  $5110  to  her  gardener,  Robert 
.lohnson. 

An  illustrated  lecture  on  "The  Iris" 
was  ^iven  at  Horticultural  Hall  last 
Saturday  afternoon  by  Arthur  Herring- 
ton  of  Madison,  N.  J.,  before  the  Mas- 
sacliusetts  Horticultural  Society.  He 
spoke  of  the  adaptability  of  the  iris, 
which  in  the  past  charmed  even  Soc- 
rates. ,saying  that  it  will  grow  on  any 
soil.  It  flourishes  in  every  State  in  the 
Union,  and  therefore  many  horticul- 
turists and  others  are  advocating  it  as 
a  candidate  for  the  lionor  of  being 
chosen  as  the  National  flower. 


DIfflcDit  and  rejected  cases  spael- 
ally  solicited.  No  misleading  Ui- 
dupements  made  to  secure  business. 
Over  30  years'  active  practice.  Ex- 
perlecced.  personal,  consclentloa* 
service.  Write  for  term*. 
Address, 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGERS 

PATBNT    LAWYERS 

Box    B,   National    Cnlon    BoUdliis 
WaMhlnfrton.  D.   O. 


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.\i.vssr>i  v.VR.  B.irni.sc'Hi. 

A  very  i)r<'tty  plant  witli  t)e;uitiful  varie- 
gated fi>liagc.  Verv  valuiiblr  n.s  pot  and 
lipfifiing  pl.Tiit.  Out  of  2  ill..  .Ifi.OO  per  100, 
$:ri.0O  per  1000;  rciotcd  cuttings.  $2.00  per 
TIX>.  $18.00  per  1000.  Cash  with  iirdi-r. 
EMIL  H.  BAUniSCH,  753  Hamilton  Ave., 
North  Bergen,  N.  J. 

Bci-ns 

r.    KEUR    &   SONS.    HILLFOOM.    Holland. 

F<nlhfl  nf  all  deflcrlptlons.    Writp  for  prices. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH.  8-10  Bridce  St. 

CARNATION  STAPLES 

Split  carnations  nulpkly.  easily  and 
phenply  mended.  PlIlBbnrv's  rsrnatlon 
Staple.  1000  for  3.1c.:  ."(000  for  $1.00  noat- 
nald.     T.  L.  PILLSFURT.  Oaleshors.  til. 


n  A II  I.I  AS 

Penny   Dablln    Mrs     Frederick  Grlnnell. 

Stn<-k   For  Sale. 

.TOHN  P.  RODNEY.  New  Bedford.  Mass. 


Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Sprlne  dellvorv.  Wholcneto  and  Rptall, 
.Send  for  Cafaloe.  NORTHRORO  DAHLIA 
*  OLAniOI.T'S  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moore. 
Prop..  Northhoro.  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — .Tohn  Wanamaker. 
Newest.  HandsoniPRt.  Hest.  Npw  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth  Big  stock 
of  heat  cut-flnwpr  Tarletles.  Send  list  nf 
wants  to  PEAPOCK  DAHLIA  FARMS. 
Berlin.  N.  J 


GLASS 
Greenbouse  glass,  lowest  ortees.     JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO..  Hartford  City.  Ind. 


ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO..  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers.  Southgate.  London,  England.  Catt 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  .sppcialtv. 
One   Iriiil   (irdpr   aoliited. 


PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  rolleetlon. 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTSCHKR. 
Canal  Dover.  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES.   CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

THE   CONARD   &   .TONES   COMPANY. 

WEST  GROVE.  PA. 

SPHAONTTM  MOSS 
Live    Sphagnum    moss,    orchid    peat    and 
orchid    baskets    slwava    on    band.      I.cAOBB 
&  HT'RRELL.  Summit.  N.  J. 


STRAHBKKRIES 

Strawberry  Plants.  Money  making  va- 
rieties. Catalogue  Free.  BASIL  PERRY. 
Oporgetown.  Delaware. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vlnea.  eboles 
collertlon.  Large  Specimen.  Pot  and  Tab 
grown  for  Immediate  etrpct:  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY.  Mount  HIaaarUk  Nur- 
sery. New  Rochelle,  N.  T. 


WIBE   WORK 

WILLIAM      E.      HEILSCHRTR'S      WTBB 
WORKS.   264    Randolph    St..   Detroit.   Ulek 


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HORTICULTURE 


February  2,  1918 


-£  INSECTICIDE 

Sarr  yonr  pUnti  and  tr<*i*f.  Juat  tbe 
thine  fiir  criM-nlioiiar  ami  miiilonr  uap. 
tValroyn  Mfaly  KuK.  Ilnm  n  iiml  Wbllr 
■-  :''■'•.  Thrlpa.  Ki'.l  Spl.lir,  Uliirk  nn<l 
•11  Kly.  MItia.  Ania,  ••('■.  wlllinul 
iiry  to  ptnnta  tinil  without  oilor. 
La*<l  arrnnllne  to  dirrrtlon.  our  atand- 
ard  Inaf-f-tlcldc  will  prevent  ravuifoa  on 
Jour  cropB  l.v  InxTia 

Non  polaonoua  ami  linrnili-aa  to  uirr 
and  plant.  I^mMnR  Sct'ilampD  anil 
Klorlaia  hare  ujcd  It  with  wonderful 
rraulta. 

Dealroya  Mce  In  Tonltrj-  Ilouaea. 
Flt-aa  on  r>a|;a  and  all  Dnnii'iitlc  I'eta. 
Kxrellent  aa  a  wnsh  for  (Ioj^h  and  other 
anlniala.  Kellfvca  niunRp.  Dilute  with 
water  "iO  to  .'lO  pnrlB. 

H  Tint.  »;<■.:   IMnI,  SOc. ;   Quart.  OOc; 

H  C:alloD,  $l..%0:  Cnllon,  n.Mt;  r,  (ial- 

Inn  (an.  flO.OO;    in  (inllon  Ciui,  fSO.OO. 

i>lr<Yllon»  on   package. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

lift  i        421  W.  liiln{ton  SL,  Biltinori,  Mi 


Th*   Besoriilted   Bt&ndaxd    loaeatl^da. 

A  aprmy  retnedy  for  «re«n,  black,  wblta  di 
thrlpa  and  aoft  aeale. 

Qnut,  11.00;    O&Uoa.  tXJ*. 

FUNCINE 

ror  mildew,   mat  and   other  hlljhu  >■•«« 
W»  Srvera.  frnlti  and  refetablea. 
Qoart,  11.00:    O&IIob,  tMJ*. 

VERMINE 

^or    eel    worma,    an(le    worma    an4    Mkaa 
worma  working  In  the  aoll. 

Quart,  f  1.00 1     Oallsn,  t*.0«. 

SOLD  BT   DKALBBC. 

Aphine    Manufacturing    Co 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


Use  N.  A.  C.  Products  for 
more  profitable  results.  Send 
for  prices  on  our  complete 
list  of  Fertilizers  and  Insecti- 
cides. 

HORTICITLTCKAI,  DEPT., 
Harry  A.  Banyard,  M»r. 

NITRATE  AGENCIES  CO. 

106  Pearl  St.,  New  York 

•tarn's 


sow  BUGS  versus  SLUG  SHOT 

Aftor  reiidlnK  the  arliclo  hendod 
"An  Army  of  Sow  Uurs,"  In  the 
Review  for  May  10,  It  occurred 
to  me  thnt  the  Rrowors  whose 
stocks  have  been  attacked  by 
Sow  Hugs  mlt;ht  be  Interested  in 
the  ri'medy  1  used  successful- 
ly   in    exterminating    these    pests 

some  time  ago.  1  had  a  good  crop  of  Sow  liu^s  in  my 
Carnation  house  and  asked  Mr.  Henjaniln  Hammond,  of 
Hcacon,  N.  Y.,  for  a  good  exteniilniitor.  Mr.  Hammond 
recommended  one  of  his  preparations — SLUG  SHOT — and  told  me  to 
dust  it  between  the  plants,  under  tlie  benches  and  along  the  walks.  I 
did  so  and  the  results  were  gratifying.  The  buns  were  cleaned  out 
in  short  order,  and  I  certainly  reco-nmend  SLl'G  SHOT  to  every  Klorlst 
who  finds  these  bugs  in  his  house?  ALEXANDER  A.  LAUB.  Florist. 
New   Hamburg,  N.   V.,  May,  1917. 

HAMMOND'S  SLUG  SROT  was  Hrjl  listed  nainst  SOW  BUGS  it  Nrick.  N.  T..  ia  IIBS.  lai  It  balds  |iod 

HAMMOND'S  PAINT  AND  SLUG  SHOT  WORKS 

Beacon.  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 

SOLD    BY    SEED    DEALERS    OF    AMERICA 


ST.    LOUIS. 

Shaw's  Garden  this  week  has  a 
splendid  display  of  primroses  and  cyc- 
lamen. 


The  banquet  given  by  the  St,  Louis 
Florist  Club  on  January  21,  to  S.  A.  F. 
and  N.  F.  S.  Committees  was  a  success, 
75  members  being  present.  The  visit- 
ors were  Chas.  H.  Totty,  John  Young, 
J.  J.  Hess,  F.  X.  Stujipy,  Jos.  Manda, 
R.  C.  Kerr,  Charles  Schenck,  Fred 
Lautenschlager,  Benj.  Hammond,  'W. 
F.  Gude,  Herman  Knoble  and  George 
Asmus. 


GREENHOUSES      BUILDING      OR 

CONTEMPLATED. 
Galveston,     Tex. — J.      P.     Peterson, 
Avenuo  P,  one  house. 


NEWS  NOTES. 

Paterson,  N.  J. — Ed.  Sceery  has 
been  unanimously  elected  president  of 
the  Park  Commission  for  the  eighth 
consecutive  time.  Mr.  Steery  serves 
the  city  in  this  important  capacity 
with  the  same  zeal  and  intelligence 
which  applied  to  his  business  as  florist 
has  iilaced  him  in  the  first  rank.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Ameri- 
can Florists,  the  New  York  Florists 
Club  and  the  Florists  Telegraph  De- 
livery Association. 

Dallas,  Tex.— On  Tuesday  night, 
January  lath,  the  Lang  Floral  &  Nur- 
sery Co.,  entertained  their  employes 
with  a  dinner  at  the  Southland  hotel. 
There  were  twenty-eight  seated  at  the 
tables  and  several  speeches  were  made. 
Mr.  Lang  presented  one  dollar's  worth 
of  thrift  stamps  to  each  employe.  In 
presenting  these  Mr.  Lang  pointed  out 
that  it  was  the  duty  of  every  one  to 
help  the  Government  as  much  as  pos- 
sible and  the  Thrift  Stamp  plan  placed 
the  opportunity  in  reach  of  every  one.  ' 
It  was  suggested  that  a  War  Saving 
Society  be  organized,  whereupon  such 
was  done  and  an  enrollment  of  28 
members  was  made.  L.  M.  Schwager 
was  elected  president  and  J.  C.  Wal- 
vord,  secretary.  The  Lang  Floral  Sav- 
ings Society  will  meet  once  each 
month.  I 


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Cattle  Manure 
Sheep   Manure 

The  Florists'  standard  of  uniform 
high  quality  (or  over  ten  years. 
Specify:     WIZARD    BRAND  in 

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One  Man! 


WoulJ  it  help  you 
in  the  sprine  rusb 
to  save  one  man  in 
putting  on  tliedor- 
m.-int  sprriy?  Use 
"SCALECIDE"  —  one  lead  of  liosc  will 
spray  us  ninny  as  two  with  lime-pulphur. 
And  j'ou  do  better  v/ork  -  »Jcstroy  San  Jose 
scnle,  also  control  leaf  curl,  apple  canker, 
collar  rot,  bud  moth,  case  bearer,  leaf  rol- 
ler, pear  psylla,  etc. 

"SCALEClDE-'isplcasanttohandle— will 
not  injure  handsor  eyes  nor  remove  hair 
from  horses.  Sprayinij  pump  runs  In  oil — 
lasts  much  lont:cr.  Sold  on  Money  Back 
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Ten  truly  marvetout  acquisition*,  introducing 
new  tonei  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment In  form  and  habit. 


lAKMINK.  UKAVTV. 


lU'pp  hrlBlit  rBrinluo  IlinvcrH  frw'ly 

^.     till-    hi-iivy     dnrkiirciii    follniH! 

irclii.     Till'  lliiwiTH  wlilli-  not 

]■•  II n'  of  II  iiiticli  hrlulitiT  mill 

,,,..:.    ,.,,  i.,,m ■   .  ;;•    "Belli,  i-ai-li ;  $7..'ili  |ht  dor.. 

IIIKKKKt'I.NKSS.     N"  more  niipro|irliiti'  niiin iilcl  be 

..1,.,.  1 ;>  iiiUHiiit  ti.nflt.v.     It»  ln-iiiiiiriil  lirltlit  lire- 

'  .\\.  rs  npiu'tir  fiirly  iiml  ctnitliiuc 

mil  fnini.     .\ilil  til  till-  iirfviilllng 

.,.,.  i  .mil  centre  with  cnili  pi'ial  tinker) 

and  you  may  form  muni'  i pi  Ion  of 

.    vnrli'ty    with    llii    erect    utiiiiH    aUvnyH 
1  .  iiiHtem  of  cheerful  color  held  IiIkIi  above 
.I"',  ft.    :v>  ctB.  each;  t.'!..'*  per  dor.. 

I  I  III  M  111  noi.n.  A  very  ntfriictlve  dwiirf.  conipaet- 
.      .iiiiK    freeflowerlne    ftol'len    yellow.     :i   ft.      10  its 

J^.Oti  |>er  dox. 

ii\//I.K.K.  Time  nnd  iisnln  the  past  neiimin  the  iliirk 
.  •. .  11  fnllnse  of  tlila  variety  has  been  hidden  lii'neath  the 
1.1  I-,  iif  rln»ter»  of  diiM'  firc-red  flowers.  The  Intennlty 
iif  colorlnc  and  freidom  of  lilnonilnK  coupled  with 
compact  haldt.  make  this  variety  the  pwr  of  the  liest 
for  hedilliiK  purposes.  :1H.  ft.  .'W  cts.  each;  ^.t-'iO  per 
dor. 

liOl.liKN  KAr.I.E.  A  wonderfully  Intense  Rolden-yellow. 
V«rv  free  upright  Rrower.  The  larse  flowers  are  pro- 
uee.i  In  (rreat  clusters  well  above  the  foliage.  4%  ft. 
.'lO  cts.  each :  S-VOO  per  doz. 

II  \RMONY.  fJreat  clusters  of  goiid-slz.cd.  well-formed 
iJ.ranirini  red  flowers  arc  arranBcd  on  Koml  stems  In 
Hiiih  n  manner  as  to  give  the  trusses  an  almost  glnlin- 
lar  appearance.  Altocetber  o  dlgnllled  hnrinonloiis 
loinblnatlon.     3»4  ft.     50  cts.  each ;  $.1.00  per  doz. 

rorPY.  Intense  poppy-red.  Large  perfect  florets  In 
iroijd  trusses  over  greenish-bronzy  foliage.  Rich  and 
■■tTeiilvc.     r>  ft.  .10  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  do?.. 

S.^I.MON  tH'EKN.  An  entirely  new  cnliir  in  faunas.  Rosy 
Halmnn  scarlet,  blemliiig  to  a  rosycarmlne  toward  the 
cent  re.  The  large  substantial  flowers  are  fnely  pro- 
iluceil  In  great  clusters  high  above  heavy  green  foliage. 
Very  effective  In  bedding.  5  ft  40  cts.  each;  $4.00  per 
doz. 

SKVSATION.  To  get  a  aensational  color-tone  In  a  pink 
Panna.  Is  particularly  noteworthy.  Our  flrst  Impulse 
was  to  call  It  "I. a  France."  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  I.a  France  Rose,  hut  the  tone  Is  even  cleaner 
and  purer:  It  being  a  lovely  pnle-rose.  The  foliage  Is 
n  lieautifui  glnncous-green  ;  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact. One  iif  the  most  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
in  recent  years,     .t  ft.     7.1  cts.  each. 


TYPE  OF  NEWER  CANNAS 

Sl'PEKB.  This  variety  Is  unique  In  color  and  truly  su 
perb;  having  large,  clean  bright  orange-scarlet  blos- 
souis  of  good  sulistance,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
with  glaucnns-bronzv  foliage  giving  a  most  pleasing 
cITcct.     5  ft.     10  cts.  each  ;  $4.00  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  above  Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 

New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

W*  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several   years'   trial,    have    proven   themselves   worthy    of   oui 

commendation. 

roC-.\llONT.\S  (I'.ronzed-leaved  Olympic).  Large  orieii 
tal-red  flowers  borne  on  firm  upright  stems,  just  high 
enough  above  the  foliage  to  show  'he  entire  liead.  The 
foliage  Is  a  dark  lirouze-green  with  emerald  shadings; 
the  ribs  a  darker  tirnnzc;  one  of  the  best  recent  Intro 
ductlons.    4  ft.     ;i0  cts.  each  ;  $.3.00  per  doz. 


<  l.|.;ol'.\TK.4.  A  striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  surmounting  the  dark  giaiicous- 
lirunze  foliage.  This  variety  stands  out  strongly  in 
ifTictiveness.    4  ft.     50  cts.  each;  $.1.00  per  doz. 

liK.ACiON.  An  incessant  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  until  cut  down  by  frost.  Dark 
•ix-hlood  red.    ."i  ft.     15  cts.  each;  $1.50  per  doz. 

1  I.Ati  OF  TRITE.  A  large  flowered  creniny-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  Is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Knreka  but  quite 
distinct  and  valuable.    4  ft.   35  cts.  each;  $;i..10  per  doz. 

tlAIETV.  Reddish-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  la  yellow  and  densely 
.^potted  with  carmine.    4%  ft.     15  cts.  each  ;  $1..10  per  doz. 

I,AF.%YETTE.  In  some  respects  resembles  the  variety 
•Meteor,"  but  the  flowers  are  not  quite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  the  plant  grows  taller.  5  ft.  30  cts. 
each  :  $3.00  per  doz. 

One  each  of  the  Eight 


.><.\N  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  PTslan-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  fur  substance  which 
enables  them  to  withstand  the  hot  snmmer  sun  without 
wilting.  Another  cliarm  lies  In  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronze  foli- 
age.   4  ft.     15  cts.  each;  $1.00  per  doz. 

\AROl'NA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  all  times  the  bright  orange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  Us 
flowers  well  above  the  plant.  4>^  ft.  25  cts.  each ; 
$2.50  per  doz. 

Varieties  for  $2.00 


HENRY    A.  DREER, 

714    and    716    Chestnut    Street,     Philadelphia,    Pa. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


Vol.  XXVII 

No.  6 

FEB.  9 

1918 


HORTICULTURE 


Charles  S.  Strout 

rrt'sidiMit-elect  American   Carnation   Society 


Published  Every  Saturday  at  147  Summer  Street,   Boston,  Mass. 

Subscription  $1.00 


122 


HORTICULTURE 


February  9,  1918 


Dreer^s  Grand  NewCannas  for  1918 


Ten  truly  marveloui  acquisitions,  introducing 
new  tones  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment in  form  and  habit. 

I>.oi>  lirlKlit  c« rill Inc  flowora  freely 

iIm'    h(»aTy     c!nrkcr»M'n    fnttnKe 

.   rii;irj:ln.     Tin-  llowiTB  wlilh*  not 

.1  iiiplc  nrc  of  II  iiiurli  Ivrluhtrr  iiml 

4^  tL    75  cts.  each;  $7.50  per  iloi. 


CAIOIIM     III    \l   T^  . 


:i(f  tour. 

(II I  I  1. 1  I  I  NKS*i.  V"  iiiort*  npproprlnte  iinnio  roulil  bo 
•  ■v.lty.  Its  bonullful  lirlijlit  llrc- 
■>\ . TH  npponr  t'nrly  nii<1  iHHittiiuc 
111  frost.  Ailil  to  tlic  promlllnB 
II. I  centre  with  emh  petal  (Inked 
■u  iiuiy  forai  some  ronciiptloii  of 

,,,K ly    with    Its    erect    stems    always 

;  clusters  of  cheerful  color  held  high  nbove 
3H  ft.    3S  cts.  each ;  $.1.00  per  <Ioz. 
ri.oTll    OF  tiOI.H.     A  very  attractive  dwarf,  compact- 
prowlnit    free  llowerlng    golden    yellow.     3  ft.     40  ets. 
each;  tl  Ol>  per  d.>z. 
rt.\7.ZI.F:R.     Time  ond   again  the  past  season   the  dark 
cr'—n  follnge  of  this  variety  has   been  bidden  beneath  the 
1  '    '    liters  of  deep  flrercd  flowers.    The  Intensity 

-    and    friH'dom    of    liloonitiig    coupled    with 
lUlt.  make  this  variety  the  peer  of  the  best 
fcr  iM.Mliig  purposes.     3Vi  ft-     35  cts.  each;  $3.00  per 
doi. 
(iOLDKN   EAGLE.     A  wonderfully  intense  golden-yellow. 
Very  free  upright  grower.     The  large  flowers  arc  pro- 
ueed  In  great  clusters  well  above  the  foliage.     4Vi  f 
.Vt  CIS.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 
HARMONY.     Great  clusters   of  good-sized.    wcU-fonned 
Geranium-red    flowers  are  arranged   on   good   stems   In 
suili  a  manner  as  to  give  the  trusses  an  almost  globu- 
lar   appenrnnee.      Altogether    a    dignified     harmonious 
combination.     3Vj  ft.     50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 
roPI'Y.      Intense   poppy-red.     Large   perfect    florets    In 
good   trusses  over  greenish-bronzy  foliage.     KIch  and 
effective.     5  ft.  BO  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 
SALMON  Ql'EEN.   An  entirely  new  color  In  Cnnnna.    Rosy 
salmun-scarlet.  blending  to  a  rosy-carnilne  toward  the 
centre.     The   large  substuntlal   flowers  are  freely   pro- 
duced In  great  clusters  high  above  heavy  green  foliage. 
Very  effective  In  bedding-    5  ft.    40  cts.  each ;  $4.00  per 
doz. 
SENSATION.    To  get  a  sensational  color-tone  In  a  pink 
Canna.  is  particularly  noteworthy.     Our  first  Impulse 
was  to  call  it  "La  France,"  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  La  France  Rose,  but  the  tone  is  even  cleaner 
and  purer:  It  being  a  lovely  rale-rose.     The  foliage  Is 
a  beautiful  glaucous-green;  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact.   One  of  the  most  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
in  recent  years.    3  ft.    75  cts-  each. 


TYPE  OK  NEWER  CANNAS 

8UPEBB.  This  variety  is  unique  in  color  and  truly  su 
perb;  having  large,  clean  bright  orange-scarlet  blos- 
soms of  good  substance,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
«lth  glaucous-lironzv  foliage  giving  a  most  pleasing 
effect.     5  ft.    10  cts.  each ;  $4.00  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  above  Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 

New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several   years'   trial,    have    proven   themselves   worthy    of   out 

commendation. 

POfAllONTAS  (Uronzed-leaved  Olympic).  Large  orien- 
tal-red flowers  borne  on  firm  upright  stems.  Just  high 
enough  above  th',-  foliage  to  show  'he  entire  head.  The 
foliage  is  a  dark  bronze-green  with  emerald  shadings; 
the  ribs  a  darker  bronze;  one  of  the  best  recent  intro- 
ductions.   4  ft.    30  cts.  each ;  $3,00  per  doz. 


CLEOPATBA.  A  Striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  surmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
bronze  foliage.  This  variety  stands  out  strongly  in 
efTectivcuess.    4  ft.    50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

DBAGON.  Ad  Incessant  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  until  cut  down  by  frost.  Dnrit 
ox-blood  red.    3  ft.    15  cts.  each;  $1.50  per  doz, 

FLAG  OF  TRUCE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Eureka  but  quite 
distini't  and  valuable.    4  ft.   35  cts.  each ;  $3.50  per  doz. 

GAIETY.  Reddish-orniige  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  is  yellow  and  densely 
spotted  with  carmine.    4^4  ft.    15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

LAF.4YETTE.  In  some  respects  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor,"  but  the  Dowers  are  not  quite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  the  plant  grows  taller.  5  ft.  30  cts. 
each ;  $3.00  per  doz. 


SAN  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  Persian-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remorkable  for  substance  which 
enables  tbem  to  withstand  the  hot  sumiiier  snn  without 
wilting.  Another  charm  lies  in  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronze  foli- 
age.   4  ft.    15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

VABOUNA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  all  times  the  bright  orange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  its 
Howers  well  above  the  plant  4^:  ft.  25  cts.  each ; 
f-'-'iO  per  dor. 


One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  $2.00 

HENRY    A.  DREER, 

714    and    716    Chestnut    Street,     Philadelphia,    Pa. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


February  9,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


123 


GERANIUMS 


Extra  good  strong  two  ana  three-Inch  plants.  The  3-m.  are 
mostly  all  fall  propagated  that  have  been  topped  and  are  now 
branching.  They  will  make  extra  fine  4-in.  stock  for  Easter  ir 
potted  at  once.  We  can  furnish  them  In  the  leading  standard 
sorts,  .nnd  many  of  the  newer  popular  varieties  and  we  hav^  as  many  as  you  want  if  it's  ^^.000.  We  are  ^^^^  *»  ^"^f' 
immediate  shipment.     3-in.,  $3..50  perlOO,  $30.00  perl.OOO;  10,000  for  S375.0O.     a-.n.,  lUa.SO  per  imi,   ¥22.50  per  1,000;    5,000  for  ¥100.00. 


(Bronze  Foliage.) 


IeS  ■  SK  ^  Extra  heavy  summer-propagated  3-in.  branching  stutt  needing  a  shift  in  4-in.  Some- 
^9liEV.^»  thing  fine  for  Decoration  Day.  Black  Prince,  Minnesota,  Souv  De  H.  Henkel. 
3-in.,  S3.00  per  100.     2-ln.,  S2.00  per  100. 

Gracilis  Bosea,  Erfordl  and  Vernon  type  in  splendid  shape.    2-in.,  $2.00  per  100. 
3-in.,  $3.00  per  100. 

CUPHEA,   coLecs,   agebatcm,   lantana,   lemon   verbena,  swainsona,  parlor  ivy,  hardy  chrysaij- 

THEMTJMS.     3-in.,  $2.00  per  100.     3-in.,  $3.00  per  lOO. 


OOIMI  AS 


i.  Order  now  for  Spring  DeUvery.     WHOLE  JTIELD  CLUMPS.    $5.00  per  100  to  $1.00  each. 


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R.  VINCENT,  Jr.,  &  SONS   CO., 


WHITE  MARSH, 
MD. 


JAP.  LILIES 


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Page 

Advance  Co 143 

Albany       Cut 

Flower  Ex 138 

Allen,  J.  K 139 

American    Bulb 

Co 133 

Anderson,  S.  A.. 135 
AphineMfg.  Co..  142 
Barrows  &  Son.. 131 
Bayersdorfer,    H. 

Co 137 

Bay    State    Nur- 
series    124 

Beechwood      Hts. 

Nurseries   139 

Bobbink     &     At- 
kins     124 

Boddington,       A. 

T 131 

Bolgiano  &  Son.. 132 
Boston     Floral 

Supply   Co 139 

Breck.  J.  &  Sons. 133 
Breitmeyer's,      J. 

Sons   134 

Budlong,  J.  A... 130 
Buiiyard,  A.  T...134 

Burnett    Bros 133 

Burpee,  W.  A.  & 

Co 133 

Carter's       Tested 
Seeds,  Inc 132 


I 

Page 
Champion  &  Co., 

J.  N 135 

Child  s,   John 

Lewis  131 

Clarke's,  D.  Son3.134 
Conard    &    Jones 

Co 131 

Cooke,  Geo.  H...134 

Co  wee,  W.  J 139 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries   124 

Craig,  Robert  Co.l24 

Dards   134 

Davenport,  A.  M.124 
Dreer,  H.  A..  122-143 
Dunlop,  John  H.135 

Dysart,   R 124 

Edwards  Folding 

Box    Co 136 

Elliott,     Wm.     & 

Sons   133 

Esler,  J.  G 143 

Eyres   135 

Farquhar,     K.    & 

J.    Co 133 

Fenrich,  Jos.  S..138 

Ford,  M.   C 138 

Ford,  W.  P 138 

Framingham  Nur- 
series    124 

Froment,  H.  E...138 
Galvin,  Thos.  F..135 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M..135 
Graham  &  Son,  A.135 


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Gude  Bros.  Co...  134 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 133 

Growers     Cut 

Flower  Co 138 

Hail  Association. 143 

Hart,  Geo.  B 136 

Hentz  &  Nash... 139 
Hews,    A.    H.    & 

Co 140 

Hill  Co.,  E.  G....136 
Hill,   D.    Nursery 

Co 124 

Hitchings  &  Co.. 144 
Holm  &  Olson... 135 
Holland    Nur- 
series    124 

Irwin.  R.  J 133 

Johnston  Bros...  134 
Kasting,     W.     F. 

Co 136 

Keller  Sons,  J.  B.135 
Kelway  &  Son... 133 
Kerr  the  Florist. 135 

Kervan   Co 138 

King      Construc- 
tion   Co 143 

Knoble   Bros 135 

Kottmiller   134 

Kroeschell  Bros. .143 
Kuebler,  W.  H..138 
Lager  &  Hurrell.124 
Lemon  Oil  Co.... 142 
Leonard  Seed  Co.l33 


VERT 

Page 

Marshall,    W.    E 

Co 133 

McConnell,  Alex.  134 
McHutchison      & 

Co 124 

Meconi,  Paul 138 

Meehan,  Chas.  E.136 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial   Co 143 

Miehell,  H.  F.  Co.l33 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower   Ex 136 

Millang,  Chas.... 138 
Millang,   Frank..  138 
Murray,  Samuel..  134 
Nat'l        Nursery- 
man   131 

N.     y.     Florists' 

Supply   Co 139 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.  142 
Niessen,  Leo  Co.  .136 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 142 

Ouwerkerk,  P 124 

Palmer,  W.  J.  & 

Son   135 

Park  Floral  Co.. 135 
Parshelsky  Bros. 143 
Penn  the  Florist.  134 
Pennock,     S.      S. 

Co 137 

Plaftzgraff     Pot- 
tery  Co 141 

Pierce  Co.,  F.  0..143 
Plerson,  A.  N....124 


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Piorson,  F.  R 135 

Poehlmann  Bros. 

Co 136 

Pulverized  Ma- 
nure Co 142 

Randall's  Flower 

Shop   135 

Reed  &  Keller... 139 
Reidel  &  Meyer.  .138 

Reid,  Edw 136 

Robinson,   Henry 

M.  Co 138 

Robinson,   H.   M. 

&  Co 136 

Roehrs,  J.  Co 124 

Roland,  Thomas. 135 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.    & 

Sons   141 

Roserv,   The 134 

Rvnveld,      F.      & 

Sons    123 

S.  A.  F.  &  O.  H..129 

Schling,   Max 134 

Schwake,       Chas. 

Co 123 

Sekentjer,  Adam. 134 
Sheridan,  W.  F..138 
Slebrecht,  Geo.  C.138 
Siggers     &     Slg- 

gers   143 

Skidelsky,    S.    S. 

&  Co 132 

Slinn,  H.  S.,  Jr.. 139 
Slinn,  Clarence... 139 


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Smitb,  Elmer  D. 

&  Co 131 

Smith,  P.  J 138 

Smith,    ■W.   &    T. 

Nursery  Co 124 

Smith  &  Fetters. 135 
Smyth,  Wm.  J... 135 
Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.134 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co 133 

Thorburn,    J.   M. 

&  Co 133 

Totty,  Chas.  H..124 
Traendly      & 

Schenck   138 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er Co 139 

Vincent,    R.,    Jr., 

&  Sons  Co 123 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc 141 

Ward,    R.    M.    & 

Co 123 

Weber,  F.  C 135 

Weeber  &  Don. ..1.33 
Weiss,  Herman.. 138 

Wood    Bros 124 

Woodruff,    S.    D. 

&  Son 133 

Young,  A.   L 138 

Young,  John 138 

Toung,  Thos.,  Jr.l39 
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When  writingto  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


February  9,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


i25 


The  Publicity  Campaign 

Peniiit  a  word  regarding  this  very  important  matter. 
I  have  been  engaged  in  this  work  for  many  years — writ- 
ing hundreds  of  articles  for  papers  having  a  circulation 
of  over  a  million. 

I  have  found  out  this.  While  agricultural  and  other 
papers  are  willing  to  boost  live  stock  and  grains  and 
also  forage  plants,  they  are  reluctant  to  give  notice  of 
things  of  merit  in  horticultural  and  floricultural  lines. 
In  many  cases  it  is  almost  impossible  to  get  a  hearing. 
Editors  of  such  papers  stand  in  their  own  light.  You 
can  get  no  response  from  advertisements  of  which  the 
public  know  nothing.  I  wasted  a  good  many  hundred 
dollars  along  this  line.  I  asked  an  editor  of  a  leading 
agricultural  paper  to  publish  an  article.  He  read  it 
and  said  it  contained  "a  blind  ad."  and  he  could  not 
pubhsh  it.  Said  he,  "That  article  will  bring  you  in 
over  $100."  Said  I,  "It  won't  bring  in  a  cent."  I 
wrote  out  an  ad.  "Now,"  said  I,  "I  will  pay  for  the 
ad.  and  you  publish  the  article.  I  will  send  you  every 
cent  both  articles  bring  in."  They  never  brought  a 
smell  or  even  a  nibble.  Why?  The  public  never 
had  been  duly  informed  of  the  merits  of  the  articles 
mentioned.  It  takes  "line  upon  line"  to  wake  people 
up.  How  is  it  with  live  stock?  The  people  of  India 
had  the  sacred  bull.  We  have  several  sacred  cows, 
with  a  record  of  over  1,000  pounds  of  butter  each 
in  a  year.  How  their  praises  are  sounded !  How 
is  it  with  poultry?  The  Egyptians  had  tlieir 
sacred  cat.  We  have  the  sacred  hen  and  the  editors  will 
heat  the  roosters  crowing  over  every  egg  she  lays.  Here 
in  California  after  much  care  in  breeding  and  feeding 
a  hen  has  been  discovered  which  has  laid  325  eggs  in 
one  year.  In  order  to  do  this  she  often  laid  two  eggs 
a  day.  She  belongs  to  L.  R.  Wellington  of  Los 
Angeles  Co.,  California.  She  was  obtained  through 
careful  selection  of  a  prolific  strain.  Every  egg  is  worth 
its  weight  in  silver  if  not  in  gold.     The  hen  shows  no 


disposition  to  set,  but  gives  her  entire  attention  to  mak- 
ing eggs. 

Turn  to  floriculture.  Take  the  marvelous  Le  Cygue. 
Theresa,  or  Martha  Bullock.  People  will  ask,  "What 
are  they — a  new  breed  of  cattle,  or  hogs  or  hens?" 
People  have  spent  so  much  energy  in  feeding  their 
stomachs  and  pocketbooks  they  have  left  their  souls  to 
starve.  It  is  about  time  for  people  to  know  they  have 
souls  which  need  feeding  as  well  as  the  body. 


Los  Angeles.  Cat. 


(J  S  lt€i;^  1  ^^M^ 


Worthy  of  Emulation 

The  fourth  War  Christmas  has  come  and  gone,  and 
notwithstanding  the  universal  food  scarcity,  the  florists 
of  Edinburgh  —  growers  and  sellers  alike — were  pleased  to 
find  the  demand  for  flowers  and  plants  fairly  up  to  former 
measure,  and  in  some  cases  even  beyond,  indicating  that 
money  was  fairly  plentiful. 

The  above  quotation  is  from  a  British  trade  paper — 
the  Horticultural  Trade  Journal — and  is  interesting  as 
showing  that  notwithstanding  four  years  of  war  the 
love  of  flowers  is  still  strong  among  our  cousins  across 
the  water.  We  have  been  less  than  a  year  in  it  and  are 
much  more  hysterical  already.  But  it  is  a  good  guess 
that  this  spasm  will  soon  pass  away  and  that  in  America 
we  shall  be  doing  "Business  as  Usual"  just  as  they  aje 
in  Edinburgh  and  elsewhere  among  the  Defendere  of 
Democracy  against  the  Threatening  Teutons.  Keep  a 
stiff  upper  lip  and  breast  the  storm. 


Philadelphia, 
Pa. 


ARBORETUM     ACTIVITIES. 

From  Professor  Charles  S.  Sargent's 
report  to  the  President  of  Harvard 
University  on  the  progress  and  condi- 
tion of  the  Arnold  Arboretum  during 
the  year  ending  June  30,  1917,  we 
make  the  following  interesting  ex- 
tracts:— 

"In  August  death  deprived  the  Arbo- 
retum of  the  services  of  Jackson  Daw- 
son who  from  its  first  days  had  been 
its  superintendent.  Dawson  had  a  re- 
markable knowledge  of  plants  and  un- 
equalled skill  in  their  propagation.  A 
large  part  of  the  plants  now  growing 
in  the  Arboretum  were  raised  by  him 
from  seeds,  and  in  the  early  days  of 
the  Arboretum  he  raised  here  thou- 
sands of  plants  for  the  Harvard  lio- 
tanic  Garden  at  Cambridge.  All  the 
Chinese  and  Japanese  plants  intro- 
duced by  the  Arboretum  were  raised 
by  him,  and  the  fact  that  in  the  last 
sixteen  years  of  his  life  he  raised 
seedlings  of  3367  numbers  of  American 
hawthorns  shows  his  industry.  Daw- 
son produced  here  several  important 
hybrid  roses,  and  with  more  time  at 
his  disposal  he  might  have  become 
one  of  the  world's  great  plant  breed- 
ers. Dawson  brought  to  the  Arbore- 
tum industry,  intelligence.  Imagination 


and  entire  devotion,  and  much  of  its 
success  is  due  to  his  labors." 

"Not  much  Is  known  here  of  the 
flora  of  Korea,  and  only  a  few  Korean 
plants  are  growing  in  the  Arboretum, 
but  these  have  proved  -  so  successful 
that  it  has  seemed  desirable  to  under- 
take a  systematic  exploration  of  that 
country  for  the  purpose  of  determin- 
ing the  distribution  northward  of  Chi- 
nese trees  and  of  introducing  plants 
into  this  country  from  a  region  with 
climatic  conditions  as  severe  as  those 
of  New  England.  To  carry  out  this 
plan  Mr.  Wilson  left  the  Arboretum  in 
January  for  his  fifth  journey  in  east- 
ern Asia.  On  reaching  Japan  he  first 
visited  the  Liukiu  and  Benin  Islands, 
to  study  the  little  known  floras  of 
these  groups  and  to  secure  specimens 
and  photographs  of  the  peculiar  trees 
which  do  not  grow  elsewhere.  Re- 
turning from  the  Bonin  Islands  he 
went  to  Seoul  and  from  there  into  the 
virgin  forests  of  northern  Korea, 
crossing  the  Chang-pai-shan,  thus 
reaching  the  upper  waters  of  the  Yalu 
River,  and  penetrating  into  a  region 
most  of  which  had  not  before  been 
visited  by  a  foreigner." 

"The  third  and  final  part  of  the 
third  and  last  volume  of  Plantae  \vil- 
sonianae  appeared  in  January.  In 
these  volumes  are  described  the  plants 


collected  by  Wilson  in  China  for  the 
Arboretum,  with  the  elaboration  of 
several  Important  genera  of  trees  and 
shrubs. 

"During  the  year  the  Arboretum  has 
published  'The  Conifers  and  Taxads 
of  Japan,'  by  E.  H.  Wilson.  This  work 
is  based  on  Wilson's  study  of  these 
trees  as  they  grow  in  their  native  for- 
ests, and  is  illustrated  by  59  plates 
made  from  photographs  taken  by  him. 

"The  fifth  and  last  volume  of  the 
•Bradley  Bibliography'  is  nearly  print- 
ed and  will  appear  in  the  course  of  a 
few  months." 

"During  the  year  the  endowment  of 
the  Arlioretum  has  been  substantially 
increased  by  the  generosity  of  a  num- 
ber of  its  friends.  The  work  of  rais- 
ing this  money  was  undertaken  volun- 
tarily by  Mr.  Henry  S.  Hunnewell,  as- 
sisted by  Mr.  William  C.  Endicott,  and 
to  them  the  Arboretum  is  i>articularly 
indebted.  It  is  indebted,  too,  to  the 
Trustees  of  the  Massachusetts  Society 
for  Promoting  Agriculture,  and  to 
many  other  friends  who  have  aided 
me  in  increasing  the  income  of  the 
Arboretum,  for  without  their  help  It 
would  be  impossible  to  maintain  this 
establishment  and  carry  on  the  scien- 
tific activities  which  have  made  it  an 
important  station  for  increasing  the 
knowledge  of  plants." 


12f. 


U  0  U  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


Kobniao-  9.  1918 


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COVER    ILLUSTRATION— Charles    S.    St  rout,    Presi- 
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THE  PIBLICITY  CAMPAIGN— C.  S.  Harrison 125 

WORTHY  OF  EMULATION— O.  0.  Watson 125 

ARBORETUM   ACTIVITIES    125 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— National  Association  of 
Gardeners — Meetings  Next  Week — New  York  Flor- 
ists' Club — Denver  Society  of  Ornamental  Horticul- 
ture— Western  New  York  Horticultural  Society.  .127-128 
Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of  Boston — Chrysanthe- 
mum Society  of  America — Iowa  Florists'  Conference  130 

NO  EXE.MPTION  FOR  FLORISTS 128 

OBITUARY— Albert  M.  Davenport,  William  Capstlck— 

Charles  E.  Faxon — Nelson  Parker 130 

SEED  TRADE— Make  Every  Seed   Count.   G.  C.  W.— 
To    Sell    Corn    at    Cost — Export    Licenses    for   Field 

Com   Refused — Notes    132 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

Getting    Business    Through    a    Mailing    List — New 

Flower    Stores    134-135 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston,    Chicago,    Cincinnati,    Rochester,    St.    Louis, 

New  York   137 

LOCAL  AND  GENTIRAL  NEWS: 
Boston,  Philadelphia,  St.  Louis,  Rochester,  Washing- 
ton, New  York,  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Chicago,  Toronto, 

Ont 140-142 

MISCELL.\NEOUS: 

A  Popular  Easter  Plant — Illustrated 130 

Perhaps— G.    C.   W 130 

The    Unrecognized   Emblem 130 

Publications   Received 131 

Catalogues  Received   132 

New  Corporation    135 

News  Notes   130-135-139 

Business  Troubles   139 

Visitors'  Register   139 

Chicago    Snow    Blockade — Illustrated 142 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 143 


Tiit^    ^rrKiiiley    Natioiuil    Mfiiiorial 

The  car-  As.«ociation  organized  to  perpetuate 

nation  set  aside     the  memory  of   William  McKinley 

and   advocating   the  wearing  of   a 

carnation  m  the  buttonhole  on  each  anniversary  of  his 

birthday,  seems  to  have  rather  "fallen  from  grace,"  for 

it  has  this  year  made  public  a  request  that  a  small 

American  flag  be  substituted  for  the  carnation.     Why 

not  wear  both  ? 

Valentine's  Day,  the  most  romantic  and 
Wake  up  !     dainty  of  all  our  floral  holidays,  now  ap- 
'i  preaches   and    any    florist   who    does    not 

enter  into  the  spirit  of  the  occasion  and  avail  himself  of 
all  the  sentimental  publicity  and  pretty  little  acces- 
sories which  have  been  brought  to  his  attention  and 
placed  at  his  disposal  in  these  wide-awake  days  deserves 
to  go  and  doubtless  will  go  into  the  background  and  stay 
there.    'The  days  of  peace  and  slumbrous  calm  have  fled" 


and  the  public,  nowadays,  give  very  little  attention  to 
the  tradesman  who  "hides  his  light  under  a  bushel." 

Kveiy  mail  brings  to  us  fresli  evidence  of 
Doing         (|n>   ix'ady   willingness  of  the  commercial 

thoir  part  florists  to  comi>ly  with  the  requests  of 
food  and  fuel  administrations  to  reduce 
their  consumption  of  coal  and  to  help  in  the  work  of 
food  production.  We  find  quite  fre<iuently  in  the  col- 
umns of  the  tlaily  papers,  accounts  of  florists  who  have 
arranged  to  devote  most  of  their  energies  and  green- 
house space  to  growing  vegetable  plants  in  place  of 
llowers  and  bedding  plants  this  spring,  thus  giving  a 
Mibstantial  help  to  home  gardening  in  their  neighbor- 
hood. These  evidences  of  patriotic  impulse  should  be 
highly  ])leasing  to  the  government  and  conduce  to  a  con- 
siderate attitude  towards  an  industry  which  has  shown 
so  laudable  a  spirit. 

The  closing  up  of  so  many  private  green- 
Quite      houses  this  winter   should  have  a  marked 

possible  beneficial  influence  on  tlie  florists'  business. 
It  has  been  quite  general  in  recent  years  to 
equip  these  ranges  of  private  conservatories  with  sepa- 
rate rose  houses,  carnation  houses  and  chrysanthemum 
houses  where  cut  flowers  were  grown  for  the  family  use 
and  these  have  encroached  not  a  little  on  the  commer- 
cial florists'  field.  When  these  houses  are  again  put  in 
commission,  it  is  probable  that  many  of  them  will  be 
devoted  to  vegetable  or  fruit  purposes  and  it  will  be 
.'^ome  time  before  they  are  again  turned  to  use  in  compe- 
tition with  commercially  grown  cut  flowers,  if  ever, 
'i'he  gardeners  on  the  private  estates  have  the  unlimited 
and  inspiring  field  of  choice  and  rare  plant  culture  at 
their  command  and  no  doubt  the  majority  of  them 
would  welcome  a  release  from  the  obligation  to  produce 
florists'  cut  flowers,  and  mo.re  encouragement  to  devote 
their  time  and  skill  to  loftier  ideals. 

Not    a    few    importing    houses    are    now 
A  booked  for  another  sojoarn  on  the  anxious 

cause  for  .^gat,  in  suspense  as  to  the  condition  in 
anxiety  which  their  shipments  from  Holland,  via 
the  Niew  Amsterdam,  will  be  found  when 
she  at  last  arrives  in  this  country.  There  are  four 
thousand  cases  of  plants  and  three  thousand  cases  of 
bulbs  and  roots  aboard,  no  part  of  which  has  been  on 
tlie  dock  or  the  boat  for  less  than  a  month  and  con- 
siderable of  it  probably  two  months  or  more.  It  was 
announced  a  few  days  ago  that  long-pending  negotia- 
tions to  assure  a  safe  passage  for  the  boat  had  been 
settled  and  that  ,-be  might  proceed  at  once.  It  is  almost 
too  much  to  hope  that  the  goods  will  be  in  fit  condition 
when  they  get  here  and  even  then  the  question  of  re- 
ceiving and  forwarding  to  destination  here  is  an  equally 
formidable  problem.  Transportation  irregularities  and 
delays  are  largely  responsildc  either  directly  or  indi- 
rectly for  the  enormous  falling  off  in  volume  of  trade 
in  most  lines  of  horticultural  industry-  this  season.  The 
loss  to  dealers  on  frozen  lily  bulbs  from  Japan  is  said 
to  be  fully  $25,000.  An  enhanced  price  for  these  bulbs, 
in  consequence,  next  season,  is  inevitable,  for  the  trans- 
jjortation  companies,  according  to  the  views  of  the  best 
lawyers,  are  not  liable  and  there  is  no  chance  whatever 
to  collcft  from  them  for  these  losses.  Some  of  the  ship- 
ments are  still  on  Pacific  coast  docks  after  waiting  six 
weeks  or  more  in  the  futile  hope  to  get  cars.  Many,  we  are 
informed,  are  already  abandoned  to  the  government. 
"Wnio  breasts  the  blows  of  circumstance"  and  comes  out 
alive  and  sound  after  this  season's  frowns  of  fortune 
.ind  adverse  experiences  certainly  has  good  reason  to 
thank  hi.s  stars. 


February  9,  1918 


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NATIONAL   ASSOCIATION   OF   GAR- 
DENERS. 

The  spirit  of  closer  co-operation  be- 
tween the  Gardeners'  National  Asso- 
ciation and  their  local  societies  and 
clubs,  which  has  been  a  subject  of 
considerable  advocation  in  professional 
gardening  circles  for  several  years, 
took  on  some  definite  shape  at  the 
annual  convention  of  the  National  As- 
sociation of  Gardeners  held  in  Chicago 
in  December  last,  when  it  was  voted 
to  authorize  the  National  Co-operative 
Committee  to  arrange  for  a  series  of 
conferences  throughout  the  year  in 
different  parts  of  the  country  wher- 
ever it  will  be  possible  to  conveniently 
bring  members  of  the  national  and 
local  organizations  together. 

The  purpose  of  these  conferences  is 
to  provide  more  frequent  opportunities 
than  now  exist  for  an  interchange  of 
views  and  ideas  and  for  a  general  dis- 
cussion of  subjects  pertaining  to  the 
profession  of  gardening  among  those 
engaged  in  it.  In  order  to  inaugurate 
the  plan  it  has  been  decided  to  hold 
the  first  of  the  series  of  conferences 
at  the  Murray  Hill  Hotel,  New  York 
City,  on  FYiday  afternoon,  March  loth, 
at  two  o'clock,  with  Vice-President  P. 
W.  Popp  to  preside  as  chairman.  This 
meeting  will  occur  during  the  time  of 
the  annual  International  Spring  Flower 
Show. 

A  conference  will  be  held  in  St. 
Louis  during  the  week  of  April  8th, 
with  Director  L.  P.  Jansen  presiding 
as  chairman.  Exact  date  and  place  of 
meeting  to  be  announced  later.  This 
meeting  will  occur  during  the  time  of 
the  convention  of  the  Society  of  Amer- 
ican Florists  and  Ornamental  Horticul- 
turists. It  is  proposed  to  hold  a  con- 
ference in  Boston  some  time  during 
the  month  of  May  with  ex-President 
W.  N.  Craig  presiding  as  chairman. 
Plans  are  afoot  for  conferences  in 
other  sections  of  the  country,  and 
these  will  be  announced  from  time  to 
time  as  their  arrangements  are  com- 
pleted. All  gardeners  interested  in 
the  development  of  their  profession 
and  in  the  advancement  of  ornamental 
horticulture,  are  invited  to  attend 
these  conferences. 

The  Committee  on  Essays  and  Hor- 
ticultural Instruction  is  distributing  an 
essay  each  month,  for  discussion  at 
the  meetings  of  the  local  organizations. 
Any  society  wishing  this  service  and 
not  now  receiving  it  may  obtain  it  by 
applying  to  W.  N.  Craig,  Chairman, 
Committee  on  Essays  and  Horticul- 
tural Instruction,  Brookline,  Mass. 

The  Committee  on  Meritorious  Ex- 
hibits repeats  its  offer  of  last  year,  to 
award  the  association's  silver  medal 
for  competition  at  monthly  meetings 
tor  the  largest  number  of  points  for 
the  year,  or  for  competition  at  a 
flower  show  of  a  local  society  or  c'ub, 
the  only  stipulation  being  that  the 
medal  must  be  won  by  a  member  of 
the  association.  Societies  desiring  to 
avail   themselves  of   this  offer  should 


Meetings  Next  Weekj 

Monday,    Feb.   11. 

Gardeners'    and    Florists'    Club    of  | 
11  Baltimore,   Florists'    Exchange  Hall, 
Baltimore,  Md. 

New    York    Florists'   Club,    Grand  | 
Opera   House,  New  York  City. 

Rochester      Florists'     Association,  I 
95   Main   St.,   East    Rochester,   N.   Y. 

Cincinnati  Florists'   Society,  Hotel  | 
Gibson,   Cincinnati,    O. 

Tuesday,  Feb.  12. 

Newport  Horticultural  Society, 
Newport,    R.    I. 

Wednesday,  Feb.  13. 

Cincinnati  Florists'  Society,  Jabez  | 
Elliott  Flower  Market,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Dutchess      County      Horticultural  | 
Society,    Fallkill   Bldg.,   Poughkeep- 
sie.  N.  Y. 

Lenox  Horticultural  Society  Lenox, 
Mass. 

Morris  County  Florists'  and  Gar- 
deners'  Society,  Madison,  N.  J.  |||: 

Nassau  County  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, Pembroke  Hall,  Glen  Cove, 
N.  Y. 

Thursday,  Feb.  14. 

Meulo  Park   Horticultural  Society,  I 
Menlo  Park.  Calif,  1 

New  London  Horticultural  Soci- 
ety. Municipal  Bldg.,  New  London, 
Conn. 

Friday,  Feb.  15. 

North  Shore  Horticultural  Society, 
Manchester,   Mass. 


address  William  Kleinheinz,  Chairman, 
Committee  on  Meritorious  Exhibits. 
Ogontz,  Pa. 

President  Robert  Weeks  will  shortly 
announce  his  national  and  local  com- 
mittees for  the  annual  convention  to 
be  held  in  Cleveland  during  the  first 
week  in  October,  1918.  The  most 
scientific  methods  for  increased  pro- 
duction and  proper  conservation  of 
food  products  will  be  the  dominating 
feature  of  this  year's  program,  for  the 
gardeners  realize  fully  that  even  an 
early  cessation  of  the  war  will  not 
solve  the  food  shortage  problem  and 
that  this  country  must  be  the  main 
source  of  supply  to  meet  the  world's 
food  demand  for  a  long  time  to  come. 

L.  P.  Jensen,  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Bird  Propagation  and  Pro- 
tection, Busch  Place,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
asks  that  all  interested  in  our  feathery 
friends  send  their  observations,  expe- 
riences and  suggestions  relating  to  the 
subject  to  him  and  he  will  see  that 
they  are  used  to  the  best  advantage. 
Questions  relating  to  the  subject  of 
bird  protection  will  be  cheerfully  an- 
swered by  the  committee. 


NEW  YORK  FLORISTS'  CLUB. 

The  next  meeting  of  tjie  New  York 
Florists'  Club,  on  Monday  night,  Feb- 
ruary 11,  promises  to  be  a  "wakener." 
President  Charles  Schenck  makes  ur- 
gent request  that  every  member  make 
an  effort  to  attend.  This  will  be 
"Rose  Night''  which  in  itself  should 
ensure  a  most  interesting  occasion. 
But  there  will  also  be  an  entertaining 
and  instructive  lecture  by  W.  G.  Free- 
man on  Pul)licity,  and  there  will  be  a 
large  number  of  new  candidates  for 
membership  to  be  introduced. 


AMERICAN  CARNATION  SOCIETY. 
The  meeting  of  the  American  Car- 
nation Society  in  Boston,  of  which  a 
full  account  was  given  in  our  issue  of 
February  2,  closed  with  a>  banquet  in 
Horticultural  Hall  on  Thursday  even- 
ing, participated  in  by  about  seventy- 
five  people,  including  seven  ex-presi- 
dents of  the  Society.  Patrick  Welch 
was  chairman  of  the  entertainment 
committee,  which  is  equivalent  to  say- 
ing that  the  menu  was  excellent  in 
quality  and  generous  in  quantity. 
President-elect  C.  S.  Strout  presided 
at  the  head  table  and  had  for  his  aide 
the  veteran  toastmaster,  A.  P.  Calder, 
who  filled  his  position  with  polished 
urbanity  and  honeyed  eloquence.  The 
first  and  chief  speaker  of  the  evening 
was  President  R.  M.  Saltonstall  of  the 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society 
whose  address  was  congenial  and  in- 
tensely patriotic  as  he  rehearsed  the 
history  of  the  renowned  Society  over 
which  he  presides  and  its  kindly  at- 
titude from  the  beginning  towards  the 
carnation  and  its  adherents.  He 
strongly  upheld  the  dignity,  useful- 
ness and  essentiality  of  flowers  and 
floriculture  in  the  present  strenuous 
times  and  was  vigorously  applauded. 
President  Strout's  address  was  in  sim- 
ilar vein  and  most  hopeful  concerning 
the  future  prosperity  of  the  carnation. 
Eugene  Dailledouze  gave  some  inter- 
esting reminiscences  of  the  career  of 
the  Society  during  the  past  twenty 
years.  Other  speakers  were  R.  T. 
Brown  and  R.  Vincent,  Jr.  The  enter- 
tainment closed  at  10  p.  m.  in  con- 
formity with  the  laws  now  in   force. 


DENVER      (COLO.)      SOCIETY     OF 
ORNAMENTAL    HORTICULTURE. 

The  Third  Annual  Horticultural  In- 
stitute under  the  auspices  of  this  so- 
ciety was  held  on  February  5th  and 
6th,  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  hall,  and  Feb. 
ruary  7th,  at  8  p.  m.  at  the  Public 
Library. 

There  was  a  splendid  program  of 
entertainment  and  lectures,  including 
talks  on  "City  Gardens"  by  Dr.  E.  P. 
Sandsten;  "Insect  Pests"  by  Prof.  C. 
P.  Gillette;  "Wild  Flowers  for  Home 
Grounds"  by  Prof.  W.  W.  Robblns; 
"Annuals  and  Perennials"  by  John 
Berry;  "Garden  Seeds"  by  C.  R.  Root; 
"Fruits"  by  G.  A.  Klaiber;  "Roses"  by 
Mrs.  M.  Sheeran;  "Shade  Trees"  by 
Prof.  W.  J.  Morrill;  "Garden  Cities" 
by  M.  Walter  Pesman;  "Birds  in 
City  Gardens"  by  V.  H.  Bercherd; 
"Landscape  Design  for  City  Gardens" 
by  S.  R.  De  Boer;  "Manufacturing 
Horticultural  Munitions"  by  Dr.  D.  H. 
Fouse. 

The  officers  of  the  Society  are  as  fol- 
lows: Adam  Kohankie,  Sup't  Wash- 
ington l^ark,  Pres.;  M.  Walter  Pesman, 
with  H.  M.  Chamberlin  &  Son,  Vice- 
Pres.:  S.  R.  DeBoer,  Landscape  Archi- 
tect, Sec'y-Treas.,  307  City  Hall,  Den- 
ver. Members  Executive  Committee, 
John  Berry,  Horticulturist,  G.  A. 
Klaiber,  City  Forester.  P.  L.  Clark, 
Supervisor  of  Horticulture,  Denver 
Public  Schools. 


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II  0  U  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


Kobniury   y,    ISlh 


WESTERN    NEW    YORK    HORTICUL- 
TURAL   SOCIETY. 

62nd  Annual  Meeting. 

After  a  weeks  pusti'iiiiement  and 
subsequent  much  uneerliilnly  because 
of  fuel  cumplioutk'iis  the  three  days' 
so.isiuns  began  Jiiii.  :iO  nnd  ended  late 
hVlday  p.  in..  Kel>  1  It  was  feared 
that  the.-io  cin  n  wiMild   mute- 

riiilly   iiflfecl    iii'  ■■  :  istratlon, 

and  while  this  m.iy  li.iv^'  nceurred  In 
some  slight  degree,  the  fact  neverthe- 
less remains  that  the  sessions  of  sec- 
ond and  third  days  were  among  the 
most  enthusiastic  and  successful  on 
record.  llesidcs  the  papers  dealing 
with  practical  problems  of  the  fruit 
grower,  followed  by  most  instructive 
discussions,  the  question  of  food  pro- 
duction and  conservation,  &c.,  figured 
prominently.  In  the  absence  of  Hon. 
John  Mitchell,  chairman  of  the  New 
York  State  Food  Commission,  Dr.  W. 
H.  Jordan,  director  of  the  State  Expt. 
Station,  spoke  of  "Mr.  Hoover  and 
Price  Fixing."  which  was  an  almost 
unqualified  endorsement  and  defense 
of  the  plans  adopted.  G.  Harold  Powell, 
who  is  In  charge  of  some  important 
work  with  Mr.  Herbert  Hoover,  the 
Food  Administrator,  was  unable  to 
leave  his  duties  in  Washington  to  fill 
his  place  on  the  program  and  sent  in 
his  stead  Mr.  H.  J.  Eustace,  who  has 
been  closely  associated  with  him. 

Mr.  Eustace  told  of  the  functions 
of  the  Food  Adminlstrations's  work. 
He  said  that  In  Western  New  York, 
sometime}  called  the  garden  spot 
of  the  United  States,  that  there 
are  abundant  stocks  of  fruits  and 
vegetables  of  the  various  kinds  that 
should  be  used  freely  and  extensively 
to  cut  down  as  far  as  health  will  per- 
mit the  wheat  flour,  meats,  fats  and 
sugars. 

He  further  explained  the  attitude  of 
the  Food  Administration  in  the  matter 
of  producing  crops  for  this  cominK 
year  and  made  it  clear  that  the  Food 
Administration  does  not  encourage 
farmers  to  try  and  grow  crops  that 
they  are  not  familiar  with  but  the 
motto  is  to  do  better  what  they  are 
able  to  do  the  best  on  their  farms  and 
it  would  be  an  unpatriotic  act  to 
neglect  In  any  way  the  fine  orchards 
that  it  has  taken  a  generation  to  de- 
velop In  western  New  York. 

The  rules  of  the  Food  Administra- 
tion as  regards  the  handling  of  fruits 
and  vegetables  was  also  discussed  In 
detail. 

A  very  interesting  and  Instructive 
address  was  made  by  Mr.  John  B.  Mor- 
man.  from  the  Federal  Farm  Loan  Hii- 
reau  at  Washington,  discussing  the 
subject  of  farm  mortgage  loans  in  gen- 
eral and  the  relation  of  the  new  Fed- 
eral Farm  Loan  System  to  banking 
and  mortgage  interests.  Mr.  H.  W. 
Collingwood  spoke  on  "Food  Conserva- 
tion and  the  Farmer,"  an  intensely  in-- 
teresting  presentation,  which  held  a 
very  large  audience  for  fully  an  hour. 

A  resolution  was  unanimously  adopt- 
ed criticising  the  personnel  of  the  new 
Farm  and  Markets  Council.  The  lat- 
ter, it  was  claimed,  was  conceived  as 
a  means  of  lifting  the  state  depart- 
ment of  agriculture  out  of  politics,  and 
the  support  of  the  various  agricultural 
organizations  has  been  solicited  and 
given,  but   in  the  appointment  of  the 


Ciiuncil  no  representative  of  agricul- 
tural InlerestH  was  selected.  The  re- 
fusal to  confirm  the  appolntmentH,  in- 
cluding the  secretary  to  the  Council, 
was  asked  nt  the  hands  of  Senators. 

Taken  as  a  whole,  under  the  able 
presidency  of  Mr.  Selh  J.  T.  Hush,  the 
business  of  the  meeting  was  couducti'd 
wilhuul  loss  of  time  and  wllli  a  de- 
gree of  "pep"  which  became  Infectious 
among  the  nearly  one  thousand  fruit 
growers  In  attendance. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  meet 
with  a  like  committee  from  the  New- 
York  State  Fruit  Growers'  Association 
to  prepare  constitution  and  by-laws  of 
the  New   York   State   llorllcultural   So- 


No  Exemption   for 
Florists 


The  following  communications 
to  Wm.  F,  Gude,  S.  A.  F.  Repre- 
sentative at  Washington,  are  of 
especial  interest  and  importance 
to  the  florist  trade: 

Mr.  William  F.  Gude: 

Dear  Sir: — The  writer  has  tak- 
en up  with  Mr.  Noyes  the  ques- 
tion of  allowing  florists  to  open 
Mondays  and  he  has  ruled  that 
there  can  be  no  exception  in  their 
case  as  to  being  open  on  the  Mon- 
days prescribed  in  the  Fuel  Ad- 
ministration  order  of  January    17. 

Yours  very  truly, 
U.    S.    FUEL    ADMINISTRATION, 
By  C.  F.  Austin. 

January  31,  1918. 


Mr.  William  F.  Gude: 

Dear  Sir: — Dr.  Garfield  believes 
that  it  will  not  cause  serious  in- 
convenience and  will  contribute 
to  the  general  patriotic  observ- 
ance of  the  Monday  closing.  If 
the  florists  are  not  exempted  from 
the  order  of  January  17th.  Busi- 
nesses more  essential  to  the  life 
of  the  community  than  flowers  for 
funerals  have  been  refused  ex- 
emption in  the  present  emergency. 

Yours  very  truly. 
U.    S.    FUEL    ADMINISTRATION. 
By   P.  B.  Noyes, 

Director  of  Conservation. 

February  2.  1918. 




ciety,   which    will    be    the    title   of   the 
merger  which  4tas  taken  place. 

John  Hall,  secretary-treasurer,  was 
re-elected  and  entered  on  his  L'tith 
year  of  service  in  that  capacity. 

Report  of  Secretary-Treasurer  John 
Hall. 
During  the  past  year  your  otticers 
have  dealt  with  problems  of  interest, 
not  only  to  members  of  this  Society, 
but  to  every  farmer  and  fruit-grower 
in  this  great  Empire  State.  The  last 
problem  which  occupied  much  of  their 
very  serious  attention  during  the  past 
two  weeks  was  in  the  effort  to  secure 
permission  to  hold  this  sixty-third  an- 
nual meeting,  a  problem  which  arose 
out  of  the  scarcity  of  fuel  conditions 
in  the  city. 


Ueferunce  has  already  been  made  by 
the  president  <if  thi'  Society  In  his  ad 
dress  and  by  Mr.  Wilson  In  llio  report 
(if  the  Committee  on  i^egislation,  to 
matters  alTertliig  the  Industry  In 
which  you  gentlemen  are  engaged,  and 
there  will  not  be  required  of  mo  any 
repetition  of  such. 

As  has  already  been  referred  to  by 
President  Hush,  this  Society  has  now 
reached  a  period  in  Its  history  which 
marks  the  "parting  of  the  ways."  The 
two  organizations.  New  York  State 
Krult  (Jrowers'  Association  and  the 
Western  New  York  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, daughter  and  mother,  are  to 
merge  Into  one  organization,  to  be 
known  by  a  name  of  larger  meaning, 
-the  New  York  State  Horticultural 
Society. 

For  twenty-eight  and  more  years  of 
the  sixty-three  years  of  this  Society's 
remarkable  history,  It  has  been  my 
privilege  and  pleasure  to  occupy  the 
position  of  its  secretary-treasurer.  I 
shall  not  at  this  time  enter  Into  any 
review  of  those  years  because  in  the 
published  Annual  Proceedings  of  the 
Society  for  the  year  1914  may  be  found 
a  sketch  of  my  quarter  of  a  century 
service.  I  little  thought  that  he  with 
whom  I  worked  so  pleasantly  during 
those  years  would  be  the  first  to  be 
called  away  by  death.  This  Society 
has  not  yet  realized,  and  I  doubt  if  It 
ever  will,  the  extent  of  the  debt  It 
owes  to  the  late  William  Crawford 
Barry- 

When,  a  year  ago,  I  was  suddenly 
taken  from  my  post  of  duty  at  the 
annual  meeting,  many  of  my  friends 
thought  that  I  should  soon  follow  him. 
To  those  members  who  so  kindly  en- 
quired concerning  my  welfare  and  who 
sent  kindly  messages  I  now  express 
my  hearty  thanks. 

I  mention  here  an  Interesting  Item 
I'nder  the  will  of  the  late  Mr.  Patrick 
I'arry,  for  many  years  president  of 
this  Society,  and  who  died  in  1891,  a 
legacy  of  one  thousand  dollars  wae 
left  to  the  Society,  with  the  provision 
that  the  interest  earned  by  it  should 
be  used  for  the  promotion  of  the  ob- 
jects of  the  Society.  Our  late  prest 
'lent.  Mr.  W.  C.  Barry,  was  the  only 
.-surviving  trustee  under  that  will,  and 
his  heirs  notified  your  secretary  that 
the  legacy  should  be  turned  over  to 
the  Society  through  the  proper  legal 
neasures. 

On     Jahuary     21st     (this     month) 
an  order  was  made  by  the  Surrogate 
Court   of   Monroe    County,    appointing 
.Mr.   n.  G.   Bennett  as  trustee  of  said 
fund. 

The  original  legacy,  less  transfer  tax 
thereon,  was  19.50.00,  and  on  December 
1st,  1917,  the  total  amount  on  deposit 
in  the  Rochester  Trust  &  Safe  Deposit 
Co.,  at  four  per  cent  interest,  aggre- 
gated $2,495.39.  In  other  words,  the 
interest  earned  during  the  years  has 
amounted  to  $l,54,i.:{9.  and  this  money 
will  pass  into  the  treasury  of  our  Per- 
manent Fund  for  the  work  of  the  So- 
ciety. 

Summary    of    Secretary-Treasurer's 
financial  statement: 
1917 — Receipts,  including  bal- 
ance from  last  year.   $2,393.26 
Disbursements   1,811.37 


Balance  in  hank  Jan.  1,  1918.      $581.89 


February  9,  1918 


HORTICULTUEE 


129 


QntinorDai/ 


a  much  larger  form— will  carry  a  full-page  ad- 
*    vertisement  in  the  Saturday  Evening  Post  of  February  9th,   urging 
people  to  give  flower  gifts  on  St.  Valentine's  Day  and  the  many  occasions 
approrriate  for  the  sending  of  flo\vers: 

Millions  of  People  Will  Read  This  Flower  Message 

the  first  big  gun  in  the  powerful  national  advertising  campaign  planned  on  be- 
half of  the  Society  of  American  Florists  and  Ornamental  Horticulturists.  Two 
weeks  later,  a  large  "Brighten  the  Home  with  Flowers"  advertisement  will  ap- 
pear in  the  Literary  Digest  and  the  March  issues  of  the  Metropolitan  Magazine, 
and  Good  Housekeeping  Magazine,   to  be  followed  in  April  by 

A  Full  Page  in  Colors  in  the  Metropolitan  Magazine 

other  advertisements  will  be  announced  later.  All  illustrations  in  the 
national  camraign  have  been  reproduced  in  pen  and  ink,  and  made  into  cuts, 
suitable  for  local  newspaper  advertising. 

We  urge  everv  member  of  the  S.  A.  F.  &  O.  H.  to  use  these  cuts,  which 
can  be  obtained  at  actual  cost— also  the  beautiful  transfer  signs  for  windows 
and  the  glass  sign  of  the  slogan,    San  1'  '■''"'  Flowers." 

If  you  have  not  already  subscribed  to  the  national 
advertising  fund,  please  do  so  right  away  and  urge  your 
florist  friends  to  join  the  society.     For  further  particu- 
N  lars  address  ^,„,r 

JOHN   YOUNG.   SECRETARY 


Sociefy  of  American  Florists 
and  Ornamental  Horticulturists 

6o  West  28th  St.,  New  York  City 


130 


H  0  U  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


Kobniury  9,  1918 


GARDENERS'    AND    FLORISTS' 
CLUB    OF    BOSTON. 

Tlie  'loxi  roKulur  monthly  nieetlDK 
of  the  club  will  be  held  at  Horticul- 
tural Hall,  on  Tueeilay  evening.  Feb. 
19,  at  7.30  o'clock.  The  subject  of  the 
evening  will  bo  Cnrnntions.  ajid  C.  S. 
Strout,  prcsident-t'U'Ct  of  the  Ameri- 
can Carnation  Society,  will  deliver  an 
address.  Other  specialists  will  be 
present  and  Join  in  the  di.-x'vission  and 
there  will  be  as  usual  a  splendid 
array  of  exhibits,  Includinir  several 
novelties  as  well  as  the  stnudard  var- 
ieties. Carnation  niphts  always  bring 
out  a  large  attendance  and  the  com- 
ing one  will  prove  especially  Interest- 
ing. A  cordial  invitation  is  extended 
to  any  who  are  not  club  members  to 
attend  this  meeting.  The  hour  of 
meeting  has  been  changed  to  7.30  from 
8,  and  the  meeting  must  terminate 
promptly  at  10  o'clock,  per  order  of 
the  Fuel  Administrator. 

W.  N.  Cbaio,  Sec. 


A   POPULAR    EASTER   PLANT 


CHRYSANTHEMUM    SOCIETY    OF 
AMERICA. 

A  copy  of  the  full  report  of  the  ex- 
amining committee  for  1917  has  been 
received  and  varieties  receiving  85 
points  or  more  are  as  follows: 

Idolpli,  Adironda,  Edina.  Laneta, 
Liberty  Bond,  Miniico,  Aduana,  Mid- 
night Sun,  Betsy  Ross  and  I'urpie 
King,  all  of  which  were  exhibited  by 
Klnur  D.  Smith  &  Co..  Adrian,  Mich. 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Johnson,  No.  31-16,  No. 
24-16,  No.  20-16.  No.  21-16,  exhibited 
by  Mt.  Greenwood  Cemetery  Associa- 
tion, Morgan  Park,  Chicago. 

Sunshine,  exhibited  by  J.  B.  Goetz 
Sons,  Saginaw,  Mich. 

Christmas  Gold  and  No.  6,  exhibited 
by  the  Friedley  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Bronze  Unaka  and  Bronze  Bucking- 
ham, exhibited  by  E.  W.  Fengar, 
Irvlngton,  N.  J. 

Delaware,  exhibited  by  George 
Fountain,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Nashawtue  and  Abenaque,  exhibited 
by  S.  R.  Cowey,  Walpole,  N.  H. 


IOWA    FLORISTS'    CONFERENCE. 

On  Tuesday.  January  2'.»,  a  florists' 
conference  was  held  at  the  Iowa  State 
College  in  connection  with  the  annual 
short  course.  Due  to  the  severe 
weather  and  other  circumstauces  there 
was  a  number  of  florists  who  were  un- 
able to  attend. 

George  Asmus,  Leonard  Vaughan, 
J.  S.  Wilson  and  A.  N.  Smith  intro- 
duced various  subjects  which  brought 
out  considerable  discussion.  It  was  a 
wartime  conference  and  the  present 
day  problems  in  which  every  florist  Is 
vitally  interested  occupied  the  entire 
attention  of  those  present. 

The  fuel  question  in  particular  re- 
ceived much  attention  and  the  infor- 
mation which  Mr.  Asmus  gave  out  on 
this  suliject  was  greatly  appreciated. 
It  was  decided  that  there  .should  be  a 
fuel  committee  to  represent  the  inter- 
ests of  the  florists  of  Iowa  and  the 
following  committee  has  been  named: 
J.  S.  Wilson.  Des  Moines,  chairman; 
I.  O.  Kemble,  Marshalltown;'  Blaine 
Wilcox,  Council  Bluffs. 


/•/„■/..  t^A.  L.  Milltr 

UfiilMlna    (CytlauK   rocciuosus)    In  Q  In.   potn.     <'iittlitgH    pruiiiiKuli'd    now    will    mnkc    nice 

pIrintH  for  ICiiHtir,  IBHI. 


OBITUARY. 
Albert  M.  Davenport. 
All)ert  iM.  Davenport,  falher  of  Al- 
fred M.  Davenport  the  well-known 
florists'  plant  grower,  died  on  Febru- 
ary 4,  at  his  home  in  Waterlown. 
Mass.,  aged  77  years. 


William  CapstIck 
William  Capslick.  an  old-time  gar- 
dener and  florist,  died  on  January  20 
at  his  home  in  Auburndale,  Mass.  Mr. 
Capstick  has  conducted  a  flower  and 
plant  growing  business  in  Auburndale 
for  about  twenty  years,  previous  to 
which  he  was  gardener  on  the  estate 
of  Jonas  French,  Brockton.  Mass.  He 
was  born  in  Westmoreland,  England, 
and  came  to  this  country  when  twenty 
years  old.  His  age  at  time  of  death 
was  sixty  years. 


Charles  E.  Faxon. 

Charles  E.  F'axon,  assistant  director 
of  the  Arnold  Arboretum  and  a  distin- 
guished botanist  and  illustrator,  died 
on  Wednesday,  February  6,  at  his 
home  in  Jamaica  Plain,  In  his  73d 
year.  He  was  a  graduate  of  the  Law- 
rence Scientific  School  and  an  instruc- 
tor of  botany  at  Harvard  from  1879  to 
lSSs4.  In  1907  he  was  made  an  hon- 
orary master  of  arts  by  Harvard.  The 
funeral  was  held  on  Friday  at  the  For- 
est Hills  cemetery  chapel. 


Los  Angeles,  Cal. — Rev.  C.  S.  Harri- 
son, the  veteran  nurseryman,  is  spend- 
ing the  winter  here  at  the  Hotel  Con- 
tinental. 


Nelson   Parker. 

Nelson  Parker,  for  many  years  a 
florist  and  respected  resident  of  Stone- 
ham,  Mass.,  passed  away  Wednesday 
morning  January  23.  in  the  88th  year 
of  his  age.  He  had  been  In  failing 
health  for  the  past  four  months  from 
the  effects  of  a  shock.  The  deceased 
was  a  native  of  Reading.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  two  daughters,  and  two 
grandchildren. 

Mr.  Parker  was  in  i)usiness  tintll 
about  'en  years  ago  when  he  retired. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  affable  and 
<lelightful  personality  and  help  in  high- 
est esteem  as  a  florist  and  as  a  citi- 
zen in  the  communitv  in  which  he 
lived.  

NEWS   NOTES. 

Worcester,  Mass. — William  Quarry, 
retail  florist,  has  given  up  the  busi- 
ness. 

Newport,  R.  I. — James  McLeish  has 
been  elected  chairman  of  the  Park 
Commission. 


PERHAPS. 

SANCTITY. 

Tbe  healtlilcsl,  nioHt  proUflc  iiuO  lieal 
si'lling  variety  tliiit  Ii.ih  ever  been  pnt  on 
ilie  market.  SANX'Ti'l'V  In  n  reclHtered 
variety.  Sliould  l>e  in  every  colli'etion,  a» 
it  is  a  real  livi-  ninmy  celter. 

We  hold  n  sloel;  of  :i,0(KI  HtoolB.  and  tlierc- 
fore  can  now  .-isNure  cuHtniners  of  luiniedi- 
ati*  delivery.  \\v  liave  already  sent  out  a 
Koodly  nunilier  to  .VMKHICA.  tliifl  in  itHelf 
Hliould  t)e  suUieient  to  remove  any  nnil)i- 
KUity  tliat  may  liave  Ijeeome  tlie  tenant  of 
any  particular  man  regarding  its  (^eniiine- 
iiess.  Therefore,  Ket  your  stock  at  once 
from    the  distril>utor. 

We  arc  now  prei)ared  to  book  up  orders 
for  rooted  plants  of  this  sensational  variety, 
early  April  delivery,  at  the  low  price  or 
l.'O/  per  100,  £8  I. GOO. 

Cuttinns  same  price. 

It's   my    lilltTIIUAY    tills    weelc,   and    to 

mark   tlie  event,   I    will    j^ive  an    additional 

'Jo  per  cent,  more  cutlint;s  or  plants  on  ail 

orders   reaching    me    liefore    tlie   next    issue 

for  nett  C.  W.  O. 

•i   100  and   y,   1,000  same  rates. 

It  may  be  that  Billy  Sunday  has 
gone  and  copied  some  of  the  up-to-date 
methods  of  the  horticultural  world,  or 
again  it  may  just  have  happened  that 
there  are  two  Billys  in  this  mundane 
sphere.  Some  are  born  with  sanctity, 
some  achieve  sanctity  and  some  have 
sanctity  thrust  upon  them,  but  this  Is 
the  first  time  on  record  where  sanc- 
tity has  been  offered  to  us  by  the  thou- 
sand C.  W.  O.,  and  note  also  that  it 
is  going  some  to  have  seven  birthdays 
in  one  year.  The  unfortunate  bom  on 
the  29th  of  February  who  has  only 
one  every  tour  years  must  be  made 
doubly,  trebly  or  sextupuly  sorrowful 
in  hearing  this  wonderful  tale  from 
Burton-on-Trent,  England.  But  they 
brew   Bass   there,  so  maybe  that's  it. 

G.  C.  W. 


THE    UNRECOGNIZED    EMBLEM. 

Very  far  from  the  war  was  the  dis- 
cussion which  arose  tsefore  the  Com- 
mittee on  Agriculture  the  other  day 
at  the  State  House.  It  was  about  that 
old  question — which  has  become  a  sort 
of  "annual  blister" — of  the  state  flow- 
er. The  committee  is  again  consider- 
ing the  proposition  to  endow  some 
plant  or  flower  with  the  quality  and 
status  of  an  official  Massachusetts  em- 
blem. Should  it  be  the  water  lily? 
Emphatically  no,  said  one  witness, 
who  had  presumably  been  called  In  as 
an  expert  on  emblems.  The  water  lily 
will  never  do  because  it  Is  lacking  in 
energy  and  uprightness.  Its  habit  Is 
to  lie  down  softly  and  luxuriously  on 
the  surface  of  the  water.  We  want  a 
more  sturdy  and  self-supporting  State 
flower    than    that.     Should    it   be   the 


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CANNAS 


Strong  Roots      Two  and  More  Eyes 
Packed  250  in  case 


BED    FLOWERS,    GREEN 
L,EAVES 

Doz.  100  1000 

A  Bouvier   $0.45  $2.75  $24.00 

Beaute   Poitevine.     .45  2.75  24.00 

Black   Prince 45  2.75  24.00 

Clias.    Henderson.     .45  2.75  24.00 

Crimson    Bedder.      .45  2.75  24.00 

Express    60  4.00  35.00 

Firebird    1.25  7.00  60.00 

J.  1).  Eisele 45  2.75  24.00 

Louisiana 45  2.75  24,00 

Meteor    50  3.50  .'50.00 

Musafolia    45  2.75  24.00 

Pennsylvania    ...     .45  2.75  24.00 

PiUar  of  Fire 45  2.75  2.5.00 

Pres.    Cleveland..      .45  2.75  24.00 

Pres.    Meyer 45  2.75  24.00 

Pres.    McKinley..     .50  3.50  .30.00 

Tarrytown 45  2.75  24.00 

Wintzer'8     Colos- 
sal     50  3.00  25.00 

PINK-FLOWERING  CANNAS 

Hiingaria    $0.60  $4.00  $35.00 

Louise    45  " 

Mile.   Berat 50 

Mrs.   A.   Conard..   1.00 
Rosea   GlKantea. .   1.00 

Shenandoah    45 

Venus 45 


2.75 

24.00 

2.75 

24.00 

2.75 

24.00 

2.75 

24.00 

3.50 

30.00 

4.00 

35.00 

2.75 

25.00 

2.75 

25.00 

3.50 

30,00 

0.00 

50,00 

7,00 

60.00 

2.75 

25.00 

2.75 

24.00 

Canna,   King:   Humbert 


ORANGE  SHADES 

Indiana    $0.45  $2,75  $24,00 

K.   S.   Deemer 50     3.50     30.00 

Mrs.  Kate  Gray..     .45     2.75     24,00 

Wyoming    45    2.75    24.00 

5%    DISCOUNT    FOR    CASH    WITH    THE   ORDER. 


BRONZE  LE.\F,   RED   FLOWER 

Doz.      100      1000 

Rrandywine    $0.45  $2.75  $24.00 

Conowingo    45 

Davifl    llarum 45 

l>r.     .Xckernecht..     .45 

Dr.   Budingen 45 

Kf^andale     50 

Kina:   Hanibert...     ,70 

Kobusta     45 

Wintzer'g     Colos- 
sal     50    3.00    25.00 

YELLOW-EDGED  AND   GOLD 
EDGED 

Duke  of  York $0.45  $2.75  $24.00 

Gen.   Mcrkel 45    2.75     24.00 

Gladiaflora    45     2.75     24,00 

Italia    45    2.75     24,00 

Jean    Tissot 45     2.75     24  00 

Mailam    Crozy 45     2.75    25.00 

Panama    75     5.00     45,00 

Queen    Charlotte,     .50     3.50     30.00 
WHITE    AND    CREAM    SHADES 

Alsace    $0.45  $2.75  $24. TO 

Minnehaha 75    5.00    45.00 

Mont     Blanc    Im- 
proved     75    5.00    45.00 

YELLOW  AND  YELLOW- 
SPOTTED 

Austria    $0.45  $2.75  $24.00 

Florence  Vaughan    .45    2.75    24.00 

Gladiator 45     2.75     24.00 

Ouslav  Gumper..     .45    2.75    24.0C 

Queen    Helen 1.00     8.00     75.0C 

Richard    Wallace.     .45    2.75    24,00 
Yellow        King 

Humbert    1.00     S.0O     75.00 


Hrtbut  Z,  Bobbtnotcn  Co.,  Ifnc,  s*^^^-""'^"' 


128    Chambers    Street 
NEW    YORK    CITY 


trailing  arbutus — the  "mayflower''  of 
the  Pilgrims?  There  is  a  great  deal 
to  be  said  for  the  arbutus  as  a  State 
emblem;  but  alas!  that  also  has  a  re- 
cumbent habit.  It  spends  its  lite  flat  on 
the  ground.  If  sturdiness  and  an  up- 
standing Lablt  are  required  in  a  State 
emblem,  the  arbutus  will  not  do  any 
better  than  the  pond  lily. 

The  fact  is  that  the  State  flower 
business  never  makes  any  progress  to- 
ward that  general  popular  agreement, 
that  habitual  and  historical  prefer- 
ence, which  is  about  the  only  thing 
that  can  make  an  emblem.  There  is 
no  shamrock-passion  among  the  people. 
We  have  no  such  heart-hunger  toward 
any  flowor  or  vegetable  as  the  Scotch 
seem  to  have  toward  the  thistle. 

It  Is  probable  that  the  State  flower, 
the  chosen  and  loved  emblem  of  the 
people  of  Massachusetts,  will  have  to 
wait  in  the  vestibule  of  legislation  un- 
til we  find  out  by  other  means  than 
Inquiries  of  legislative  committees  and 
casual  suggestions  in  the  newspapers 
what  it  is.  When  we  are  ready  to  die 
for  some  plant,  as  the  Irishman  will 
die  for  the  shamrock,  we  shall  need 
absolutely  no  legislation  to  constitute 
it  our  emblem. — Boston  Transcript. 

SMITH'S 

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provided     with    articles    for    their    special 
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Postpaid. 

ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Adrian,  Mich 


PUBLICATIONS    RECEIVED 

Maryland  State  College  of  Agricul- 
ture, College  Park,  Md. — Thirtieth  An- 
nual Report  of  the  Agricultural  Experi- 
ment Station,  1916-1917.  A  very  com- 
plete and  instructive  record  of  the 
field  and  garden  progress  in  the  State 
of  Maryland,  comprising  over  four 
hundred  pages  of  useful  information 
on  crops  and  cultural  operations  and 
research. 


Official  Code  of  Standardized  Plant 
Names,  1917. — This  reprint  from  Bail- 
ey's Standard  Cyclopedia  of  Horticul- 
ture is  a  most  important  work,  show- 
ing evidence  of  much  laborious  effort 
and  careful  study.  It  is  intended  for 
general  use  in  ordering,  labeling  and 
catalogue  compilation,  and  is  the  work 
of  the  American  Joint  Committee  on 
Horticultural  Nomenclature  of  which 
J.  Horace  McParland  of  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  is  chairman  and  Harlan  P.  Kelsey 
of  Salem,  Mass.,  secretary.  This  joint 
committee  represents  the  American 
Association  of  Nurserymen,  Ornamen- 
tal Growers'  Association,  American 
Society  of  Landscape  Architects,  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
American  Association  of  Park  Super- 
intendents. Its  particular  function  is 
only  to  consider  plant  names  for  the 
purpose  of  facilitating  commerce  or 
"making  buying  easy,"  and  the  list  in- 
cludes a  careful  assembling  of  tae 
scientific  or  botanical  names  deemed 
most  generally  applicable  to  plants  in 
American  commerce  at  the  beginning 
of  the  year  1917.  At  the  price  charged, 
25  cents,  every  florist  or  plantsman  in 
the  country  should  have  one  or  sev- 
eral copies  of  this  much  needed  list. 


National  Nurseryman 

The  oldest  and  best  establtsbed 
Journal  for  nurserymen.  Clrcnla- 
(lon  among  the  trade  only.  P«b- 
llstied  monthly.  Subscription  pric«, 
$1.60  per  year.  Foreign  eabsorlp- 
tlous,  $3.00  per  year.  In  advance. 
Sample  copy  free  upon  application 
from  those  In  the  trade  enclosing 
their  bnalnesB  card. 

National  Nurseryman  Pub.  Co^jnc- 

HATBORO,  PA. 


F'E^IMS     from    21-4   inch   Pols 

BOSTONS— $5  per  100,  $40  per  1000. 
WHITMANII    IMPROVED— $6   per   100,  $40 

per   1000. 
WHITMANII    COMPACTA— $5   per   100,   $40 

per  IMIO. 
ROOSKVELT8 — $5  per  100,  $40  per  1000, 
TEDDY,  JR.— $5  per  100.  $45  per  1000. 
250  at  thousand   rates. 

H.H.BARROWS&SON.Whitman.Mass. 

A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS.  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per  ICOO 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


VIBURNUM  PLICATUM 

AlHrt     lEcrboris     Thiinbergii,     Hydrangea 

runteulatn,   Weijrela,   8pirea8,   etc. 

Ask   for  roniple(c   list   of 

OAK    1{R.\NT>    SlfRriSS. 

The  fONARD  &  fig  I  WEST  GROVE 
L JONES  CO.  1^    PENN.,  U.S.A. 


Robert  Pyte.  Pret. 


AotoiDeWlDtzer,  Vice-Pn 


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11  0  U  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


Kobrunry  9,  1918 


SEED  TRADE 


AMEkl(.A>  SBKl»  TKAOE  ASSOCIATION 

omcrr.— rrr.lclrnt.  V.  W  ■  nalmimmm, 
Ua.hlngl.in.  I>.  •■.;  Flr.l  \  l«-r-rre«ld»»t, 
«  m  «.  >.»rl»ll.  Itolllmorf.  M-*.;  »«eaB4 
\  lor-l-rr.lilrnl.  I>«>ltl  lluri>«»,  i'lllla4»l- 
pril*.  1*11  ;  Srrrrlarj -Trr»jiOrfr,  O.  K. 
Krnilrl.    (  IrtrUnd,    O. 


Make   Every   Seed  Count 

Howard  M.  EbfI  never  said  any- 
thlnK  more  to  tho  iH)liit  than  he  does 
In  this  year's  Hurpi'o  wholesale  list, 
January  25th.  1918.  from  which  we 
quote  a  liriof  excerpt. 

Orillnarlly  a  cntaloir  or  prlc-Uiit  Is  ilr- 
rulati'd  to  cn-alc  ordirn  fiT  the  gooila 
olTcn'il  iinii  In  uoriiml  vcnrH  ilils  npplli-a 
niao  lo  tbf  awtl  irmli':  Inn  .-.vint;  to  con- 
■llllona' raiiacil  l>y  tin-  wnr  (.  s]..eliilly  the 
lark  of  Held  lalior)  »■<■  auucist  thiit  you 
order  more  carefully   lliiiii  ever  before. 

If  wo  are  to  avoid  n  fnmttic  In  certain 
Mil.         '  'all    Interested    must  conserve 

ai  I'-rauadc   the   planter   to   make 

r\  .  inl. 

\'  Ills  for  Biile  and  while  prlcca 

nr  -her  (ban  a  year  ago  lu  many 

ci\-  ircln   bftween   cost   ot   produc- 

tion iiuu  Ilie  selllnB  price  Is  less. 

Aa  heretofore  we  are  prepared  to  give 
your  orders  prompt  and  careful  attention 
but  reapetlfuUy  request  that  you  exercise 
eare  not  lo  over-order. 

This  Is  sound  common  sense  and 
will  meet  with  the  cordial  approval  of 
every  seedsman  v.ho  is  a  seedsman  in 
this  country  and  abroad.  Make  every 
seed  count.  And  Incidentally  we  call 
the  little  quotation  above  to  the  atten- 
tion of  those  people  hysterically  in- 
clined who  accuse  the  seed  trade  ot 
profiteering.  Nothing  could  be  far- 
ther from  the  truth.  G.  C.  W. 


To  Sell   Seed  Corn  at  Cost. 

Kepeated  tests  on  the  germination 
of  seed  com  at  the  Ohio  State  Uni- 
versity College  ot  Agriculture  show- 
that  the  corn  Is  germinating  but  from 
1  to  60  per  cent.  Most  of  the  corn  is 
testing  but  in  per  cent.  As  the  result 
of  the  seriousness  ot  this  situation,  the 
Agricultural  College  Extension  Serv- 
ice Is  sending  out  representatives  to 
secure  options  on  corn  of  known  qual- 
ity. The  corn  will  be  purchased  with 
money  provided  by  Congress  and  will 
be  sold  to  the  farmers  at  cost.  Per- 
sons having  supplies  of  good  seed  corn 
for  sale  are  urged  lo  advertise  it  in 
their  local  papers  as  well  as  farm 
papers,  and  to  communicate  with  the 
Agricultural  College  Extension  Serv- 
ice. Columbus.  Ohio. 


Export   Licenses  for  Seed    Field   Corn 
Refused. 

The  War  Trade  Board  announces 
that  for  the  present  all  applications 
for  licenses  to  export  seed  field  com 
will  be  refused.  This  action  is  con- 
sidered necessary  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  the  visible  supply  of  sound  ger- 
minable  seed  field  corn  is  not  In  ex- 
cess of  our  own  planting  requirements. 
It  is  required  by  the  war  trade  Board 
that  all  shippers  desiring  to  export 
corn  from  the  United  States  shall  in- 
dicate clearly  on  their  applications  for 
export  licenses  the  character  of  the 
com  consigned  and  the  purpose  for 
which  it  Is  to  be  used. 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    groundH,    Raynes 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTEJIIS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc.,  c.—ru  BiaiTBoit^.  m.u. 
TbOLGIANO  &  SON     LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 


Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Seed  Distribu- 
tors  for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  19  8  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

Tn     Mttrl%i't    liiirdt-ntrM    uiiil     I'lnrlMln 

Pratt  and  Light  Sit.,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 


7/0     (.'!U0  In  r  i:ii.i J.U1.I0  piT  thousand 

."•/lO  (L'-JS  per  laae) NJ.UO     " 

U'lO  (MO  per  case) 100.00    "  " 

(omplrlp   l,l»l   or    FlorUlu'   (  hoiro  Rrvda. 

A    poNtnl   riird    it  III   hrlns   our  rjttnluKue. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

1004   Lincoln   lllili:..      Til  I  I.ADKM'IIIA,  PA. 


Note*. 

Cleveland,  O. — A  seed  store  was 
(>pfne<l  liy  Walter  E.  Cook,  Inc.,  at 
1U5U4  St.  Clair  Ave.,  January  loth. 

The  National  Canncrs"  Convention 
will  lie  held  in  Boston  all  next  week 
with  headquarters  and  a  mammoth  ei- 
hibitlon  at   Mechanics  Building. 

The  Missouri  College  of  Agriculture 
publishes  the  following  list  showing 
the  number  of  years  for  which  seed 
of  some  vegetables  will  retain  their 
vitality:  Beans,  3;  beet,  6;  cabbage, 
!i:  carrot,  5;  celery,  8;  cucumber,  10; 
eggplant.  6;  lettuce,  5;  melons  of  all 
kinds,  5;  okra,  5;  parsley,  3;  pea,  3; 
pepper,  4;  pumpkin,  4;  radish,  5; 
spinach,  5;  squash,  6;  tomato,  4;  tur- 
nip, 5.  Seed  ot  other  vegetables  not 
mentioned  are  short-lived,  and  should 
never  be  carried  over  more  than  two 
years.  Since  seedsmen  often  carry 
their  seedstocks  over  one  or  two  sea- 
sons, it  may  not  always  be  safe  to 
count  on  the  full  life  of  seeds  as  men- 
tioned. Then,  too,  the  older  seeds 
may  be  somewhat  weaker,  and  there- 
fore should  be  sowed  thicker  and 
more  carefully  than  fresh  seeds.  How- 
ever, old  ones  are  valuable  this  year, 
and  every  one  who  has  any  should 
plant  them  before  ordering  a  fresh 
supply.  In  some  cases  such  as  cucum- 
bers, older  seed  are  thought  even  bet- 
ter than  new  stock. 


CATALOGUES   RECEIVED. 

Stark  Bros.'  Nurseries,  Louisiana, 
Mo.— Fruit  Catalogue,  devoted  to  ap- 
ples mainly. 

L.  E.  Williams,  Exeter,  N.  H.— 1918 
Price  List  of  Collected  Native  Trees, 
Shrubs  and  Plants. 

W.  W.  Wilmore,  Denver,  Colo. — 
"Dahlias,  lt»18."  A  model  list,  finely 
illustrated;    also  Trade  List. 

"The  Gladiolus  Beautiful":  a  Price 
List  of  Bulbs  grown  by  Howard  M. 
flillet.  I^ebanon  Springs,  N.  Y. 

Harrison's  Nurseries,  Berlin,  Md. — 
Catalogue  of  Fruit  and  Ornamental 
Nursery  Stock.  Illustrated  and  very 
instructive. 

W.  W.  .Johnson  &  Son,  Ltd..  Boston, 
England  —  Wholesale  Trade  Catalogue 
for  l!tl8.  Vegetable.  Flower  and  Farm 
Seeds.  Sweet  Peas  and  Potatoes. 

William  Tricker,  Arlington.  N.  J. — 
Catalogue  and  Price  List  of  W'ater 
Lilies,  etc.  Very  attractive,  with  four 
lovely  Nymphaea  portraits  in  colors. 

S.  M.  Isbell  &  Co..  Jackson,  Mich. — 
Isbell's  Seeds  for  1918.  39th  year,  "As 
they   grow,   their   fame   grows."     Pro- 


fusely illustrated.  Cover  pages  show 
vegetables  In  colors. 

G.  H.  Hunkel  Co.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.— 
General  Seed  Catalogue  for  Spring, 
1918.  A  comprehensive  selection  of 
good  things  In  vegetable  and  flower 
seeds.    Covers  in  colors. 

Thos.  J.  (!rey  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. — 
1918  General  Seed,  Plant  and  Imple- 
ment Catalogue.  Should  prove  a  good 
business  promoter.  Six  pages  of  nov- 
elties and  specialties.  Fully  illustrated 
and  well  arranged. 

Conard  &  Jones  Co.,  West  Grove. 
Pa.— 1918  Floral  Guide.  Covers  In 
rich  floral  color,  one  of  the  most  In- 
teresting being  a  portrait  of  a  spray 
of  the  lovely  single  yellow  rose  Hugo- 
nis.    Devoted  largely  to  rosea. 

Livingston  Seed  Co.,  Columbus,  O. — 
Seed  Annual  for  1918.  112  pages,  of 
which  76  are  devoted  to  vegetable 
seeds.  Covers  brilliantly  illuminated 
with  pictures  in  colors  of  Manyfold 
Tomato,  Golden  Surprise  Field  Corn 
and  Tom  Thumb  Pop-Corn. 

Luther  Burbank,  Santa  Rosa,  Cal. — 
1918  New  Creations  and  Special  New 
Selections  in  Seeds.  Cover  artistical- 
ly attractive  with  portrait  of  new  crim- 
son Eschscholtzia  "The  Burbank." 
.Many  novelties  are  listed  and  the  de- 
scriptions are  interesting,  albeit  some- 
what ostentatious  and  boastful. 

E.  G.  Hill  Company,  Richmond,  Ind. 
— Catalogue  of  their  three  specialties, 
roses,  carnations  and  chrysanthemums. 
This  is  ;i  trade  list,  containing  much 
informa'ion  for  the  grower.  The  il- 
lustrations are  really  superb.  A 
beautiful  portrait  of  the  new  rose 
Columbia  adorns  the  title  page. 

Sluis  &  Groot,  Enkhuizen,  Holland — 
General  Pricelist  of  Flower  Seeds,  De- 
cember, 1917.  A  well-known  standard 
publication  issued  by  a  house  which 
has  many  friends  in  this  country.  We 
(luote  the  following  special  note: 

Much  to  our  rocrct  we  could  not  Issue 
:it  the  same  time  our  prlcos  of  fJardenaeeds, 
liut  wo  hope  we  may  he  able  to  send  an 
ahhrevlated  list  of  same  later  on. 

The  Dutch  Government  has  placed  an  em- 
barco  on  all  seeds.  For  Floweraeeds  we 
may  expert  export-llrejiae  In  the  near 
future.  For  Gardenseeds  however,  we  pre- 
sume that  It  will  take  a  lonp  time  still  be- 
fore the  export  licenses  will  be  granted  aa 
our  Government  is  still  making  up  what  Is 
wanted  for  home  consumption. 

At  present  we  cannot  ship  by  Dutch 
steamers,  as  same  do  not  sail.  Two 
steamers  with  bulbs  and  plants  left  our 
country  for  the  tTnited  States  during  the 
summer  but  we  were  not  allowed  to  ship 
Mur  seeds  with  them. 

We  hope  however,  that  an  arrangement 
may  soon  be  made  tietween  our  countries 
in  regard  to  this  very  Important  matter 
else  we  shall  try  to  ship  via  England. 


February  9,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


133 


Asparagus 

Plumosus  Nanus 

Northern  Greenhouse  Grown  Seed 


100  Seed,   $  .50 
1,000  Seed,     3.50 


5,000  Seed,  S15.S0 
10,000  Seed,  30.00 


25,000  Seeds,  $72.50 

AUo   all   Other    Seasonable   Seeds^  Bulbs 
and  Supplier, 

WHOLESALE  PRICE   LIST   FREE. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Market  St.,   Phila.,   Pa. 


ORDER  SEEDS 
EARLY ! 


Our  1918  Garden  Annual  is  now 
ready.   Write  for  a  copy. 


R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO. 

6  So.  Market  St. 
BOSTON 


Choice  Flower  Seeds 

FOR     FLORISTS 

CINEBABIA — Frixe     strains,     mixed 

Tall  and  Semi-dwarf. 

AL.YS8CM— Little    Gem. 

CALENDULA — Orange  Kins,  Lemon 

Queen. 

SNAPDBAGON— Sliver    Pink. 

BEGONLA — Vernon. 

J.M.THORBURN&CO. 

EBtabllsbed   1803. 
35  Barclay  Street,     NEW  YORK 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  us  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    CO. 

170  W.  Wabasli  Ave.  CHICAGO,  LLL. 


108  West  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Asparagus  riumosus  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
»S.50;  6000  Seeds,  $15.00. 

Asparagus  Sprengeri — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00. 

Salvia  Bonfire — Mi  oi.,  60c.;  1  ox.,  $2.00. 

Salvia  Zurich — %  oz.,  75c.;  1  oz.,  $4.00. 

Stacks  Beauty  of  Nice,  75%  Double  Flowers 
—Shell  Pink.  Bright  Pink.  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  $1.00;  %  oi.,  $2.00;  1  oi.,  $5.00. 

Snapdragon.  Petunias,  Verbenas,  etc. 
BEND    FOB    CATALOGUE. 


EIEBER     &     DON 

Choice  Seeds  for  Florists  for  Present  Sowing 


MIGNONETTE 

"W.    &    D.'s   Aldon"    far   outclasaea   any 
other  strain   for  marketing.     Tr.   pltt., 
oOc. ;  I's  oz..  $1.00;  oz.,  $0.00. 
ANTHIBRHINUM 

W.  &  D.'s  Imp.  Giant-Flovvering.  Pure 
White,  Pinli.  Fairy  Queen.  Coral  Ked, 
Rose,  Scarlet,  Striped  Venus,  and 
Yellow.     Tr,  pkt.,  25c. ;  oz.,  75c. 

Nelrose.     Flit.,  25c. 


ALYSSUM 

Little  Gem.     Tr.  pkt.,  lOe. ;  oz.,  30c. 
Odoriitum.     Tr.  pkt.,  lOc. ;  oz.,  15c. 

SALVIA 

Splendens.     Tr.  pkt.,  20e. ;  oz.,  $1.25. 
BonHre.     Tr.   pkt.,  25c.;   oz.,  $2.50. 
VEBBENA 

Mammoth.     Scarlet,  Pink,  Purple,  White, 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c.;  oz.,  $1.00. 


WEEBER  &  DON,    114  Chambers  St.,    NEW  YORK 


^UMem 


SEEDS     A.IMD 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


U 


NEW  YORK 


i-e:oimaird'3 

SEEDS 

and     SEED     SE 

RVIOE 

FOR     SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  III. 

SPAWN 

p  I  iM    ivi  o  N  e:  Y 
8  lbs.  for  $1.00 

Treatise  —  How   to   Grow   Them 
Included 

WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importer*  and  Grower*  of 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Clumbers  Street,  New  Yark 

thomasTgrey  company 

SEEDS,     BULBS    AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    BETAIL. 

Beselected  Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved   styles  In   Implements. 

Catalogue    upon  applieatlsB. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
BOSTOIM,  IVIA.SS. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

F«i'     immediate     or     future     delivery 
prices   quoted    on   application. 

JOSEPH   BRECK   &  SONS'  CORP. 

47-64  North   Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


KELWAY  S  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personallj  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write   for    Special    Prices,    Spot   or 
Forward 

Only  Addrest,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


166  W.  23rd  St.,      NEW  YORK 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED  ONLY   TO  THOSE   WHO  PLANT 

FOB    PROFIT 


GARDEN  SEED 

lUOET.  CARROT,  PARSNIP,  RADISH  and 
CAUUl^N  PEA  SEED  In  variety;  also  other 
items  of  the  short  croj)  of  tills  past  season, 
as  well  as  a  full  line  of  Garden  Seeds,  will 
be  quoted  you  upon  application  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  D.T  St..  NEW  YORK  and  ORANGE.  CONN 


134 


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Kebriiiin-  9.  1918 


ALEX.    McGONNELL 

611   FIFTH   AVENUE 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Trl«Cr«|itatr  orJrr*  rarw^rdrtl  t«  MiJ 
p^rX  or  th«>  t  nlt«>(l  HUkC«>».  (kiumIa,  mm4 
»J1  prinrlpal  rllte*  or  Koropr,  Ord«r« 
lr&ti»r>-rr«'«l    ur    lolruatrd    bj    the   tnk4«  to 

•  or  •fl«Tllna   for  clflUrry  nn  •t^Ainalklps 

•  r   rlsrwhrrr    rvr^ltr    Bprrlal   »UcQU»m. 

Mutt  he  prepaid 

^^trvrtw*   or    f«ab   must  *4*««rop«utx    ftU 
•rdf  ra     from     nnkoowD     cormpoodaata. 

C'«Mf    Aitdrraa,    AI.KX  CON  S  E1«L. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Mcmhcr  of    Floriflts'  Ttlriiraph  Dclltcry 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


FOB 

KANSAS  CITY 

Trantfer    Your   Orders  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
Ifrmbir  FlorUta'  Telrrivpti  I>«UT«ry 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

X>ettTeT  order!  from  any  part  of  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

WiiU  cr  Teiecrmpk 

2139-2141  Broad waj.  New  York 

T<a«Dk»M   IWV-IHa   CMmmfcaa 


KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.     Alto  Vanderb  It  Ho 

Telephone,    aiarraj-    Illll    783 

Out-of-town     OriJeni     Soltclted.       Location 

Central.     Personal  Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Arso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

32NEWBURY^^      BANGOR,    ME. 

IVe  Cover  all  Points  in  Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38  Dorrance  Street 

Member    Florists'    Telecrsph    D*Ut«i7 


Of   Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


GETTING  BUSINESS  THROUGH  A 
MAILING    LIST. 

.Mr  Wlllliim  Jenkins  1h  ii  biinkor 
anil  biislneBS  man,  very  wealthy,  but 
never  buys  flowers.  ,Mr.  Thomas  Rol)- 
l«ln«  is  o'liTiilly  wealthy  nnil  Is  a  physi- 
cian anti  buys  flowers  freiiuently.  It 
Is  self-evident  that  Mr.  Uobblns  Is  a 
much  more  valuable  prospect  than  .Mr. 
.lenklns.  Kvery  wise  florist  keeps  a 
live  mallInK  list  of  customers  and 
prospects. 

These  names  are  one  of  the  florists' 
most  valuable  a.ssets.  A  personal  let- 
ter or  a  circular  of  some  kind  should 
be  sent  each  of  these  names  at  lea.st 
twice  a  year  and  preferably  four  times 
a  year.  Ilemember,  it  Is  not  the  ex- 
pensive    announcement     that     brings 


Say  It  With     I 
Flowers 


the  bip  lei.urns,  but  it  is  the  constant 
reminder  that  brings  business.  Ex- 
pensive souvenirs  or  calendars,  ex- 
cept for  special  occasions,  are  not 
worth  while.  It  is  better  to  send  a 
customer  four  announcements  during 
the  year  costing  3c  each  than  to  send 
him  a  single   reminder  costing  25c. 

If  you  have  no  mailing  list,  begin 
at  once  to  build  one.  A  loose-leaf  card 
list  is  jireferable  as  names  can  con- 
stantly be  inserted  and  withdrawn). 
Put  in  the  names  of  all  those  who 
have  bought  from  you  within  the  last 
two  years.  It  is  frequently  wise  to 
put  in  the  names  of  the  recipients  of 
flowers  or  their  relatives.  Get  the 
names  of  clubs  and  societies,  high 
school  graduates,  university  graduates. 
The  secr,?taries  of  clubs  and  lodges 
will  often  gladly  give  you  the  entire 
list  of  members  with  their  addresses. 
If  a  Blue  Book  is  published  of  your 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  nervlce  to  ilelirer  Flon-er* 
or  DmicDS  on  Order  by  Tele- 
graph or  otherwise.  Prompt 
Reliable  Senlce. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connectlcat  Ave.  and  L,  St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


CitabUshMl  U74 

13  iv  i«  r> 

R.  E.  C«r.  44  St.  &  Maditon  Arcane.  N.  Y.  City 

C  Member  Florim'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asjo.  ) 
Rowcri  shipped  on  all  Sieamcrs.  Special  Corremond' 
spec  in  all  the  large  citiei  of  Europe  and  the  Bntish 
Colonie'  Te!«p-aph  and  Cable  address  Dardsflor. 
We  sbonld  all  stHotly  adhere  t«  the  re- 
quest of  the  United  State*  Food  AdminU- 
t  rail  on. 


lOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
==— =SONS— 

Cor.  Broadwajr  and  Gratiot  At**. 
DETROIT,  MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
Hi|h  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

We  eevcr   all    Mlehlran    polaU   aarf    f^ 

•  eelloBs    of    Ohio,    Indlaoa    aad    Caaa^a. 

Mambers     FlorUta'     Trlrsrapb     Dsllfary 

Assoelatloa. 


CDD£   UHOS  CO 
•  *v*r  ftTfv 
*rA4nni«T(Jw  DC 

GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Member  Florlits  Telegraph   Delivery 


Orderi  for  NKW   YOBK. 
Write  or  Phone  to 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fiftli  Ave. 


Best     Florists     In     the    States    a* 
References. 

BDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXBGUTBD 

Members   of   the    FlorUta' 
Televrapb   Delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN   ST. 
A.I-BA.NV',    N.    Y. 

FLOWER  DEUVERJES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICINITY 

Members  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Menbir  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Assi. 

yoUngTIugent 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Member*   Floriat*'    Telegraph    Delirery 

A.  T.  BUNYARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madiaon  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Alao  Newport,  R.  I. 

I   OrABANTEE   HATIHFAOTIOir 

n/ien/i^KF9       f*.    -r.    ^.    ^k. 


February  9,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


135 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Orders  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   FloritU'  Telegraph 
Delivery  AMociation 


Michigan  Ave.  at  3l$t  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Deliveisy 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 


iiM^. 


56 1  Fifth  Ave. 
Vanderbllt  Hotel 


NEW  YORK 

DACTAll   1  f"''l<  street 
DUO  I  UH  799  Boylston  Street 

Dilhsrias  to  Staamers  aad  all  Eastam  Poiots 


Ordns   Fillrd    Day    or   Nlfbt  f«T 

o  L- e:  N/ e:  1- AN  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

Complete  Stock.     Regular  dUcoant  to  Trmde. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

1896   W.   S6th   St.,  Cleveland,  O. 
aiembers  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  ABS'n. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  o/  F.  T.  D.  Association, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
2S  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

lUcheltei  Phone  506.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  f/8c 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDERSON    service    means    fresh,    stnrdy 
Stock  and   prompt  deliveries  In   BUFFAJLO, 
L>OCKPOBT,       NIAGARA       FAI^S       and 
WESTERN    NEW    YORK 
ifembers    of    Florists'    Telegraph    DeUvery, 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND,     Nahant.  Mast. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARBT  I.  RANDALL,  Proprietor. 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery. 


city,  this  forms  a  valuable  source  ot 
names.  Get  the  names  and  addresses 
of  former  residents  of  your  city  wlio 
have  moved  away  as  they  will  often 
wish  to  have  flowers  delivered  in  your 
city.  Get  the  names  of  young  men  at- 
tending college  elsewhere.  They  will 
often  wish  to  have  flowers  delivered 
in  their  home  town.  All  these  names 
should  be  added  to  the  mailing  list. 
There  Is  no  surer  or  more  inexpensive 
way  of  getting  business  than  the  use 
of  a  well  collected  list  of  this  kind. 
— The  National  Florist. 


NEW    FLOWER    STORES. 

McComb,  Miss.— W.  C.  Kaber. 

Tacoma,  Wash.— G.  B.  Babcock. 

Birmingham,  Ala.— Empire  Flower 
Shop,  Empire  Bldg. 

Oberlin,  O. — H.  A.  Cook,  succeeding 
Humm-Wainwright  Floral  Co. 


NEW    CORPORATION. 
Chicago,   III.— O'Leary,  Florist,  4700 
Grand  Boulevard;  capital  stock,  $1,500. 
Incorporators,  L.  M.  Weiss,  Alexander 
Wolf  and  Stephen  Love. 


NEWS   NOTES. 

Providence,  R.  I. — M.  A.  Cassidy  has 
closed  his  flower  store  on  Dorrance 
street. 

San  Francisco  —  Alfred  Cuneo  suc- 
ceeds F.  Bertrand  as  manager  of  Jo- 
seph's Flower  Shop. 

Le  Roy,  N.  Y.— Preisach  Brothers, 
florists,  announce  that  they  will  de- 
vote their  greenhouses  to  the  growing 
of  vegetables  in  place  of  flowers. 

Detroit  —  The  Ladies'  Auxiliary  o£ 
the  Florists'  Club  gave  a  charity  ball 
on  the  night  of  January  24,  at  the 
Statler  Hotel,  It  was  a  gratifying 
success 


,  The  Detroit  Florists'  COKOperative 
Advertising  stickers  tor  Valentine's 
Day  show  a  soldier  and  a  sailor  stand- 
ing behind  a  heart  inscribed  "Flow- 
ers to  My  Valentine",  all  In  bright 
colors.  These  are  for  use  on  state- 
ments, bills,  packages,  etc.,  and  the 
same  design  is  used  on  posters  and 
wagon  banners  in  larger  sizes. 


YALE!    YALE! 

And   All   New  Haven  Neighborhood 

FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chspel  St  ,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

rFPiERSOTCO. 

FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWNON-HUDSON,    -    N.Y. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Mt9mitr  Florists   Telegraph  \Delivery   Asiociatien 
WOTICE  INITIALS.     We  have  one  start  only 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEVELMB 

Euclid  Avenue 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  (rf 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telegraph    <»rder    fov 
any   occasion*  In  any  part  of  the  Dominion. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  OMT. 


AtBANY,  N.  T. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DEUVERED  IN  ALBANY  AND  VICIMITX 
ON    TEI.BORAPHIC    OROER 

106  STATE  STREET,         ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


''THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largest  cut  flower  store  in  America. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  C1TIE8  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  given  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MllilN. 


^■"  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists'    Telegraph    Delivery. 

DENVER.  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 


HOUSTON,  TEXAS 
The  Florist       Member  r.  T.  D.  AssooUMoa 


IdC 


II  0  «  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


Fobnmry  »,  1918 


ROOTED 

CARNATION  CUTTINGS 

C.  W.  Ward,    Theo.      A.  Roper,     Mntchleaa, 

Bencon,  Wa»hburn,    O.  P.  Bnasett,    Alice 

Supreme,    ThenaiithoB,    Enchantresa 

We  huvc  II  larKi-  supply  of  Iheiii  ready  fur  lin- 
modiiitf  slilpnu'nl. 

Special  price*  in   lOOO  lota 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  CO. 

N.    W.    Corner    12th    and    Race    Street* 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll  Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21    Riatleid  St.,    PkiUdclpliii,    Pa. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
lid  2ll  Snsonabli  Varieties  of  Cut  FIgwirs 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale   Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 


5  Sa.  Mile  St., 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.  HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

piMM  ■■atiaa  HvritCBltan  when  wriUnc, 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,  Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST,.      DETROIT.  MICH. 


The  Haate  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

O^We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


1.       -  ^ 

I 

CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 

EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURKR* 

PHILADELPHIA,     PA. 

~* 

/► 

POEHLMANN  BROS.  CO, 

I         Supply  of  Beit  Cut  Flowers  all  the   Year  Jlround 
72-74  EAST  RANDOLPH  ST CHICAGO. 
If     Inter^wl^,     srnd     a*     7«ar     na^i*     KBd    addr<«i   for    our    irr^klj    prlr^    lint 


IF,  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Orderi    With   U* 

ihe:imf9y    ivi.    i^OBirasoiM    &    oo. 

2  Winthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  "^^^^^Yo-'dSLem  only 


Rotfl*  _ 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 35 

"          "        Fancy  aod  Extra 13 

"          "        No.  1  aod  culU 4 

RusjkII,  EulcT,  Mock 4 

Hadlcy 4 

ArcDl>crg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 4 

Ward I    4 

KilLirney.  Radiance,  Taft 4 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 4 

Caroatioiu i 

C«ttley«» 35 

Dendrohium  formocum . . 

Lilies.  LonBiflorura '     8 

Lilie*,  Speciosum 6 

Callas 12. 

Ulr  of  the  Valler 6 


BOSTON 

Feb.   7 


ST.  LOUIS 

Feb.  4 


PHILA. 

Jan.  a8 


to 


Snapdracon* 

Bouvardia 

Violets 

Frerftia 

Narcis.  Paper  Whit* 

Roman   Hyacintha 

Strvia 

Calendula. 

Mignonette 

Sweet   Peas 

Marguerites 

Gftrdeaiaa  

Adiantum 

Smilax r 

Asparaffui  Plumoatts.  A  Sprcn.  (100  Bcbs.) . 


50.00 
95.00 
11.00 
19,00 
13.00 

t9.00 

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la.oo 
15.00 

3.00 
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50.00 
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to    50.00 


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SO  00 
10.00 

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100 
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500 
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90.C.0 
60,00 


William  F.  Kasting  Co. 

\A/Holosale    p-lorls-fcs 

568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET     -      BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.A.BUDLONG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 
ROSES.  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE 

OA«NAT.oNs^^^_^  GROWER  Of 


CUT  FLOWERS 


February  9,  1918 


HORTICULTUKE 


137 


Flower  Market  Reports 

The  market  shows  a 
BOSTON  somewhat  stronger  tone 
this  week  but  there  is 
practically  no  change  worthy  of  spe- 
cial mention.  There  are  no  new  in- 
troductions to  vary  the  monotony  and 
so  tar  as  quality  or  supply  are  con- 
cerned the  market  stays  on  an  even 
keel.  The  most  troublesome  condi- 
tion is  the  transportation  breakdown 
which  prevents  distribution  of  the 
stock  and  makes  it  a  local  burden  dif- 
ficult to  unload.  Good  hopes  are  en- 
tertained for  the  Valentine's  Day  busi- 
ness.    Sweet  peas  are  vei-y  abundant. 

The  market  Just  now 
CHICAGO     is   short  of  roses.     The 

shortage  of  coal  has 
caused  the  necessity  of  running  green- 
houses at  as  low  a  temperature  as 
possible  and  the  effect  is  beginning 
to  show  in  the  number  of  roses  be- 
ing cut.  Prices  have  advanced  accord- 
ingly. Carnations  are  coming  into 
their  own  once  more  and  growers  will 
get  better  prices  from  now  on  than 
for  many  months.  Spring  flowers  are 
in  every  store.  The  first  cuts  coming 
so  early  in  December  the  novelty  was 
gone  before  the  time  when  the  real 
demand  generally  comes.  Tulips,  daf- 
fodils and  other  narcissus  all  are  here 
in  quantity  and  play  a  large  part  in 
the  week's  sales  even  at  low  prices. 
There  is  some  very  good  lily  of  the 
valley  but  the  demand  is  limited  and 
the  small  amount  grown  now  is  suffi- 
cient to  go  around.  The  demand  tor 
violets  -.s  also  higher. 

Business  is  inclined 
CINCINNATI     to    be    somewhat 

quiet.  Receipts  are 
sufficient  to  take  care  of  all  present 
needs.  Although  there  are  still  some 
embargoes  and  delays  in  express  ship- 
ments they  are  coming  through  better 
than  a  fortnight  ago  and  shipping 
business  is  fairly  good.  Roses  with 
the  exception  of  long  ones  are  not  very 
plentiful.  The  carnation  cut  is  large 
and  good.  Lilies  and  callas  are  plenti- 
ful. Sweet  peas  and  tulips  are  in  a 
fair  supply  and  sell  pretty  well. 
Cypripediums  are  having  a  slow  mar- 
ket. Among  other  offerings  are  cal- 
endula, baby  primrose,  freesia,  wall- 
flower and  forget-me-not. 

Business  has  shown 
NEW   YORK     but     little     change 

since  last  report.  A 
somewhat  improved  demand  for  loses 
and  occasionally  for  other  things  is 
apparent  but  as  a  general  thing  it  is 
a  case  of  "stand  pat"  for  everybody, 
and  he  who  holds  his  own  has  reason 
to  feel  elated.  The  wholesale  markets 
are  well  stocked.  Carnations  are 
plentiful  and  good  but  find  only  a 
moderate  support.  Roses  sell  better 
than  anything  else.  A  better  outlook 
for  the  violet  looms  up  with  the  ap- 
proach of  Valentine's  Day  and  it  is 
possible  the  cattleyas  may  get  a  puff 
of  wind  on  that  occasion,  also  the 
sweet  peas,  which  are  on  the  increase. 
Bulbous  flowers  are  still  in  excess  of 
the  requirements  and  sales  in  quantity 


SWEET  PEAS 

Are  wonderful  in  quality,  good 
flowers,  good  stems,  with  splendid 
cuts  for  Valentine's  Day,  at 

$3.00,  $2.00,  $1.50,  $1.00  Per  100 

Everything  in  Plants,  Cut  Flowers, 
Greens,  Ribbons  and  Supplies. 


S.S.PENNOCKC0. 

THE  ""rtSl:.!  PHlUBElPHtt 


NEW  TORK 
117  W.  2gili  Si. 
BALTIMORE 

rrmfclln  8  St.   Paul   So. 


PBILADEIFHIA 
U08-1620  Ludlow  St. 
WASHINGTON 
1216  H  St.,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  -  ^«^= 


Rosea 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "         Fancy  and  EJctra 

"         '*        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward 

fCillarney,  Radiance,  Tafi 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Cmm«tioiu 

Cattleyas 

Dendrobium  formotum 

Lilies,  LonKinorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdrason 

Bouvardia 

Violets 

Freesia 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Stevia 

Calendula 

Miffnonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

AsparasusPIu.&Spren.  (xooBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

Feb.  4 


CHICAGO 

Feb.  4 


PRICES -Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 

PITTSBURG 

Feb.  4 


BUFFALO 

Feb.  5 


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are    negotiated    on    the    basis    of    the 
buyers'  good   nature. 

Trade  has  improved 

ROCHESTER,     during     the     past 

N.  Y.  week.     S  t  o  c  k  is 

good    but    several 

shipments  have  arrived  frozen  and  it 

is     difficult     to     get     stuff     on     time. 

Trumpet   narcissi   are   plentiful.     The 

supply     of     carnations     is     somewhat 

larger,  but   there  is  a  slight  shortage 

of  light  pink.     Roses  are  all  plentiful 

and    sell    v.ell.     Freesia,    orchid    peas 

and   viol.^ts  move  satisfactorily. 

The    street    car    strike 

ST.  LOUIS     now     on     stops     retail 

trade  in  general.     Car- 


nations, especially  in  poorer  grades, 
are  on  the  increase  and  are  sold  at 
low  prices.  Roses  are  still  scarce  and 
command  good  figures.  Violets  and 
sweet  peas  are  slightly  on  the  increase 
in  supply  but  there  will  probably  be  a 
shortage  tor  Valentine's  Day.  Bulbous 
stock  is  moving  fairly  well. 


Gloeckner  the  Florist,  Albany,  N.  Y., 
has  sent  out  with  the  January  issue 
of  his  ever  fresh  and  inspiring  pam- 
phlet "The  Blue  Flower,"  a  little  man- 
ual of  Wedding  Etiquette,  giving  the 
correct  procedure  for  wedding  cere- 
mony, etc.,  with  due  attention  to  the 
important  item  of  flowers.  Good  "pub- 
licity." 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch'St.  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New   Show    Rooms    Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE  OF  AMERICA 


138 


HOHTl CULTURE 


Kobniar)'  '•••   1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholesale     Commi^nion     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flower* 

■  >«  A<<1rM>.  Ul  WmI  tnth  HI  .    MCW  YIIHK 
T«l«ph«»<^:      tto*    tt*l.  Mxllauo  8«aar«. 

, — WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  26th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

TrlciiUoiii-    :>au.    I'arrntiit. 
Call  (od  ln>p<vl  tbr  Beat  KmnbllahmeDt 

in    111-   Wtiol.  ...■il.-    n^.-.^.T    district. 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

53  WEST  28ib  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

PhoDe  Fkrmrut  4SS6 

FRANK  MILLANG 

^\  hcilrMtlr   roniniU*>li>n    I'rnlrr    In 

CUT    FLOWERS 

M  nnd   S7   Meat   Mlh   St..   New   York 

Cuogan  liulUling 

Tel..  209  Fnrraput        CoD9lenni<>nt8  Solicited 

RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Gommission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28tli      ST.    NEW    YORK. 


GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

rBo«;*o8  f^gg^GCT      NEW  YORK 


THE    KERVAN  CO 

Fr»h    Cut   Urcoratlve  Everrrwni. 

Highest  Standard  of  Quality.  Largest 
Stoik  In  America.  Write  for  Illustrated 
Catalog  of  Greens  and  Fiorlsta'  Supplies. 
119  W.  28lh  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.   KUEBLER 

Brooklyn's  Foramost  and  Beil 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Fir»t  Clu.  Mark.l  Ur  .11  <  UT  FLOWERS 

18  Willonghby  SL.       BrooUra.  N.  T 


M.  C.  FORD 

121  West  28th  St.,       NEW  YORK 

rilE  ROSES.  FMC!  (IRRilNS 

A    Kull    Line    of    AI,I,    CFT    FI.OWKBA. 
Telephone   M10   rmrngut. 


J. 


IVIITII 


WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST  '^'^^t''2^S^^,ISS 

A    full   lln«t  of   Choir*  Cut   Kluw«tr  Hlf>rii    for   all   pnrpo*f«. 

TBLFPnnif ;;?,;!,' F.vRRAOtT    131   West  28th  St.,   NKW   YORK  CITY 

ALBANY  cut'  FLOWER'  'EXCHANGE 

V^llo""-"-   6"  Broadwa,,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

F.  AND  MONEY   HV   HRNDINO 

Consignment*  Solicited. 


WHOLESALE  ONLY 

WAVK  TIMF.  ANI>  MONEY   BY   SRNDINO   YOIB  ORDKBS  TO  VM 


Prices  Ri^ht. 


Telephone  Connection 


Centrally  Located,  The 

Hub  of  the  Flower 

Market  Section                | 

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NEW 

YORK 

T«l. 

pko.«  2483  Fmrraout 

ORCHIDS  -  -  GARDENIAS 

HEADQUARTERS  f'"-  H'e  entire  o.itpul   .if  Hit- 
BEECHWOOD  HEIGHTS  NURSERIES,  of  Bound  Brook,  N.J. 

PAUL  MECONI Wholesale  Florist NEW  YORK 


Telephone    Nos.   :isi',4    nnd   fvlW    Mndlson    Si|iinrc 


r.7  >vf:st  SBtii  strekt 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 

SB-S7     NA/os-t     aO'tli     S-treo^ 

Telephone.,  13 — 8S10  Madison  Square  ConaliDments  BoUeited 

MArKICB    1..    GI.A8B.   Treaanrer 


NEW  IOR&  QDOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


>^m«ric«B  Beantr.  Special 

*'  "         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "  No.  1  and  culls.   . 

RoMell.  Euler.  Mock 

H»dler 

Arenbers,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamej.  Radiance,  T«ft 

f  >pbelia.  Suobunt,  Hiltinsdon ' 

Key... 

CamaHoiM 


last  Part  •(  Wiik 

lidlni  Feb.  2 

1911 

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10 

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300 

10 

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8.00 

,00 

to 

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3.C0 

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10 

4.00 

First  Part  it  Wiik 
bi{iiiii|  Feb.  4 

III! 


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35  oo 
•0.00 
6.00 

19.00 

40.00 
8.00 

8.00 
6.00 

19. 00 

t«.oo 

4.00 


GROWERS'  CUT 

FLOWER 

COMPANY 

WHOLESA 

LE   FLORISTS                     || 

129  Wesf  28th  Street 

^•i  ;  tiel  i  F'"*"' 

E.  J.  VAN 

REVPER,  Mgr. 

WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

WbuletttUe  CommlNhiun  Dealer  In 

CHOICE  CUT  FLOWERS 

I'A'A  W?st  28th  Street.  New  \ork 
Telephone — ^fi53-3.'>33  MadUon  Squure 


I  rnnk    H.    TnieiKllj- 


Charles    Scbenoh 


JOSEPH   S.    FENRICH 

«  HOLE8ALF.  n^ORIST 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

51   W.  28th   Street,   New  York 

T.W*I>*>M.    42*-4Zl-42t    Msd.    Bq. 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

'^^Kolesale    Florists 
43t  Stb  Aienii,  Betweeo  2Etb  ail  27tli  Its.,  New  Tirt 

Telephones:      767,  708,  798   Farrmcat 

CoDSignnieDtB  Solicited 

HERMAN  WEISS 

WUOLE8ALE    PXORIST 
Can  handle  abipmenta  of  growera'  prodmel 
HBtlafactorliy.      Wonld    like    to    bear    fraaa 
(Irowera   of  Snapdragona   and   Sweat  Paes, 
etc.,  for  tbe  New  York  trade. 

ISO  Weat  Z8tb  Street,  TeL  Furacmt  M4, 
KBW  TOBK. 


February  9,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


139 


BUSINESS    TROUBLES. 

Seattle,  Wash.— C.  Melby,  florist, 
voluntary  petition  in  banlvruptcy. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. — J.  Benson  Stafford, 
florist,  72  West  Cliippewa  St.;  assets, 
18,783.37;   liabilities,  $25,700.03. 

Various  things  have  contributed  to 
financial  difficulties  in  the  handling  of 
the  property  known  as  the  Schuetler 
greenhouses  at  Wilmette,  111.,  bought 
two  years  ago  by  Pyfer  &  Olsem.  The 
financial  backing  was  furnished  at  that 
time  by  H.  E.  Philpott  of  Winnepeg 
and  he  is  now  located  at  the  green- 
houses where  he  will  devote  his  time 
to  steering  the  business  with  smoother 
waters. 

Charlotte  Megchelsen,  who  sold  her 
store  at  47th  street  and  Grand  Boul., 
Chicago,  to  A.  J.  O'Leary  on  contract 
early  in  January,  filed  a  petition  in 
bankruptcy  Jan.  19th,  with  liabilities 
placed  at  $2,612.84  and  assets  at 
$1,218.00,  the  petition  subject  to  the 
contract.  The  referee  appointed  a 
trustee  who  has  some  complications 
to  straighten  out,  O'Leary  claiming 
the  store  by  right  of  purchase  and 
Miss  Megchelsen  including  4t  in  her 
assets. 

W.  H.  Kidwell,  prominent  south 
side  florist  in  Chicago,  for  twenty  or 
more -years,  filed  a  petition  in  bank- 
ruptcy Jan.  31st.  His  liabilities  are 
scheduled  at  $29,147.16  and  assets  at 
$22,214.61.  Mr.  Kidwell  started  in  the 
florists'  business  with  his  brother 
John  at  3806  Wentworth  Ave.  when 
only  a  boy  and  about  eighteen  years 
ago  he  started  for  himself  at  924  Forty- 
third  street  where  he  has  been  ever 
since.  A  few  years  ago  he  purchased 
the  Wentworth  avenue  place  from  his 
brother  ?,nd  placed  his  son  in  charge. 
The  assignment  co^'ers  both  places. 
Many  of  the  wholesalers  are  on  the 
list  of  creditors  and  some  to  an  extent 
that  makes  the  failure  a  serious  matter 
to  them. 


J.    K. 


IM 


NEWS   NOTES. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.— William  E.  Harries 
succeeds  David  A.  Seymour  as  super- 
intendent of  Buffalo  parks. 
,  Union  Parish,  N.  Y.— Prof.  Hugh 
Findlay,  a  former  teacher  of  horticul- 
ture and  botany  at  the  Morrlsville 
State  Agricultural  School,  for  some- 
thing like  three  years  a  member  of 
the  faculty  of  the  Agricultural  College 
at  Syracuse  University,  has  been  ap- 
pointed to  a  position  in  the  Federal 
Department  of  Agriculture  at  a  salary 
of  $2,000. 

Elmira,  N.  Y. — A  fire  of  unknown 
origin  which  broke  out  at  2.15  o'clock 
on  the  morning  of  January  25  in  the 
building  at  107  West  Market  street, 
occupied  as  a  florist  shop  by  Frank  W. 
Durand,  damaged  the  structure  to  the 
extent  of  $4,000  and  also  caused  a 
total  loss  of  the  contents  which  were 
valued  at  $4,000  and  was  only  partly 
covered  by  insurance.  The  place  was 
opened  for  business  in  1878  by  the 
late  Grove  P.  Uawson,  who  died  in 
1902.  Since  that  time  the  business  has 
been  conducted  by  Frank  W.  Durand, 
who  married  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Rawson. 
It  was  the  only  place  of  its  kind  lo- 
cated in  the  heart  of  the  city,  and  has 
always  been  regarded  as  one  of  the 
most  up-to-date  establishments  of  Its 
kind  in  Southern  New  York 


A  LEADER  IN   THE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  TRADE  FOB  OVER  THIRTY  TEARS 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.    Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 

118  West  28th  St.      IM 


:\A/  VORK 


TELEPHONES 

Farragut  167  and  3068 


NEW  YORK  QUOTATIONS   PER  100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


CatUeru • 

Dendrobium  formosum 

Lilies,  Longifloruai 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

CalUs 

Lily  of  the  VaUey 

SaapdrasoD  •        

Bouvardia 

Violeu 

Freesias    

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyaciaths 

Tulips 

Calendula ■ 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeniasi 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus  Plamosus.  &  Spren  (loo  bunches) . 


Last  Part  of  Week 

first  Part  of  Week 

ending  Feb.  2 

beginning  Feb.  4 

19U 

1918 

15-00 

to 

35.00 

15-00 

to 

35-00 

to 

50.00 

to 

50.00 

4.00 

to 

8,00 

4.00 

to 

8.00 

3.00 

to 

6.00 

300 

to 

6.0c 

15.00 

to 

30.CO 

15-00 

to 

20.00 

3.00 

to 

8.00 

2.00 

to 

8.00 

3.00 

to 

15.00 

2.00 

to 

15.00 

3.00 

to 

3.00 

2.00 

to 

3.00 

■30 

to 

■75 

.30 

to 

x.oo 

x.oo 

to 

3.00 

x.oo 

to 

3.00 

•  75 

to 

3.00 

.75 

to 

1.50 

1. 00 

to 

2.00 

1. 00 

to 

3.00 

3.00 

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4.00 

2. CO 

to 

4.00 

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3.00 

3.00 

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3.00 

3.00 

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4.00 

3.00 

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4.00 

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3.00 

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2.00 

1.00 

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3.00 

1. 00 

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15.00 

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■50 

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•50 

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1. 00 

12.00 

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:  6.00 

12.00 

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16.00 

25.00 

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50.00 

25.00 

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50.CO 

WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerous  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  dstnand  ex- 
eeed,  our  supply.  This  U  especially  true  of  Roses.  We  hare  every  facility  and 
abundant  meana  and  best  returns  are  assured  (or  stock  consigned  to  us. 


UNITED 

111    >V.  28th  St. 


Address  Tonr  Shipments  to 

CUT    FLOWER 

,    NEW  YORK 


CO.    Inc. 

D.  J.  Pappat,  Pre*. 


singleVIOJ^EJS  ^^'^^^^ 

Violets  and  novelties  are  my  Hobby.  Con- 
sign your  flowers  to  me.  I  can  sell  them  to 
your  satisfaction. 

CLARENCE  SLINN. l^S^y'^ik 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Go. 

31i-3S7  CambridKe  St.,  Boston 

Headquarters  for 

CTCAS,     BA8KETS,     WIRE     DB8ION8 

and    WAX    FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  list  If  you  have  not  re- 
ceived one. 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wh[riesale  Commision  Florists 

55  and  57  West  26th  Street 

Telephone      No. 
Farragut 


NEW  YORK 


VISITORS'    REGISTER. 

Darien,  Conn. — Prof,  and  Mrs.  Rich- 
ard T.  Muller,  Hampton.  Va. 

Boston— W.  A.  Manda,  South  Orange, 
N.  ,T.;  C.  S.  Strout,  Biddeford.  Me.; 
William  .Jurgens,  Newport,  R.   I. 

Rochsstcr.  N.  Y.— J.  T.  Cokely, 
Scranton,  Pa.:  Arthur  E.  Bebb,  Ne- 
wark, N.  v.;  Milton  Selinke,  New  York. 

Philadalphia  —  Stephen  Mortensen, 
Southampton,  Pa.;  Alex.  Forbes,  Ne- 
wark, N.  J.;  James  A.  Brown,  Coats- 
ville.  Pa.;  H.  A.  Bunyard.  New  York 
City. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

BVEBTTHINO  FOR  THE  FLORIST 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  have  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
Bies,  Violets,  Caroatlons  aud  all  other  atock 
of  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SI-IIMIM,  Jr. 

65  and  67  W.  86th  Street.  NEW  YOBy 

^CED  <SL  KELLER 

Hi   West   25th   St..   »«    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

We  nianufartiirr  nil   niir 

iRtal  DisiEDS,  Baskets,  Wire  Wirk  &  Noveltiis 

aud   are  (ie.ilfrs   lu 

Decorative  Glassware,   Growers  and 

Florists'   Recinisites 

Reechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Importers  and    Grower*   of 

Out    riowoM   of    All    the    L««dlnff    Vaiieiiee 
In   their   Beaaon. 

THOMAS  YOUNG,   Jr.,    Proprietor 

BODITD    BBOOK.  V.  4- 

Wired  Toothpicks 

M&nnfsetored  br 

W.J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000... »2.00       50,000.  ..W-'IS       Sample  free. 
For  sale  by  dealers. 


IU> 


110  UTI  CU  LT  U  HE 


February  9.  !9Ih 


Cat.  ITSB 

Pot  Mafcarm  for  a 
Cantury  anda  Half 


HEWS 


STRONG 

RED 
POROUS 


POTS 


Ine.  1»04 

World'a  Larsaat 
Manufacturara 


Standard,  Aialaa.   Bulb,    Orchid,    Forn.  HangliiK.   Emboaead,   Roaa,   Carnation.   Palm,   Cyclaman,  Cut   Flowar. 
Spaclal  Shapaa  to  Ordar.     Chlckan  Founta,   Pi^aon  Neats,  Baan  Pota,   Etc. 


ir:;';^:o5r' '"•   A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  Inc.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


CAMBHIIMiK.   MAS* 
KBW  TOKK,  N.  T. 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


I 


BOSTON. 

John  A.  N'olson  oi  PYaiuiiigham  has 
gone  to  Clear  Water.  Fla..  for  the 
winter. 

"America's  Horticultural  Failure"  Is 
the  title  of  W.  A.  Manda's  lecture  be- 
fore the  Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society  on  Saturday.  February  9. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  Gardeners' 
and  Florists'  Club.  Tuesday,  February 
19,  will  be  Carnation  N'ipht  and  a  line 
display  of  these   flowers   is  promised. 

Bertrand  H.  Farr  will  give  an  Il- 
lustrated lecture  at  Horticultural 
Hall,  February  16.  on  "The  Peony." 
On  February  23  Prof.  L.  M.  Massey  of 
Ithaca,  N.  Y..  will  talk  on  the  "Dis- 
eases of  Koses." 

As  Asst.  Dist.  Atty.  Frederick  M.  J. 
Sheenan  began  his  duties  last  Monday 
forenoon,  he  found  a  huge  floral  piece, 
standing  six  feet  high  and  containing 
1,200  carnations,  in  his  office  when  he 
arrived.  A  few  more  such  twosts 
would  do  the  carnation  a  world  of 
good. 

The  WTiolesale  Flower  Markets 
were  ordered  to  close  on  Mondays  at 
9  a.  m.  The  wholesale  flower  stores 
have  permission  however,  to  remain 
open  in  order  to  care  for  their  ship- 
ping tr.ule.  The  latter  is  badly  crip- 
pled just  now  by  express  embargoes, 
train  cancellations  and  impediments 
of  like  nature  and  shipments  north  or 
east  have  been  practically  impossible 
this  week. 

Sixteen  bills  calling  for  boulevard 
and  parkway  Improvements  within  the 
metropoHian  district  have  been  re- 
jected by  (he  committee  en  metropoli- 
tan affairs  on  the  ground  that  the  ex- 
pense co-mected  with  tliem  can  be  dis- 
pensed with  until  after  the  war.  All 
of  these  bills  were  before  the  Legis- 
lature of  1917.  Many  of  them  received 
favorable  consideration  in  their  Initial 
stages,  but  all  of  them  were  referred 
to  the  next  General  Court  after  the  de- 
claration of  war. 

The  Horticultural  Club  of  Boston 
had  as  guests  at  its  meeting  on  Wed- 
nesday evening,  February  6,  Jas.  C. 
Scorpie.  superintendent  of  Mt.  Auburn 
Cemetery;  E.  W.  Breed,  of  Clinton; 
D.  M.  Rogers,  of  the  .Massachusetts 
Gypsy  Moth  Commission,  and  E.  R.  B. 
Allardioe.  superintendent  of  the  Wa- 
chusett  Water  Works.  Clinton.  Mr. 
AUardice  gave  an  interesting  talk, 
with  lauiern  slides,  on  the  planting 
and  treatment  of  the  land  surround- 
ing the  treat   reservoir. 

Plans  approved  for  the  new  Massa- 


chusetts Kxhibit  Uuilding  to  Ite  erc<:ted 
for  the  Commonwealth  on  the  Kiustern 
States  Agricultural  and  Industrial  Kx- 
position  grounds  at  West  Springlleld. 
indicate  an  attractive  building  costing 
about  $.iO,000.  The  main  building  con- 
tains a  large  exhibition  room  with  two 
wings,  wuile  the  central  portion  of  the 
building  i.'!  an  adaptation  of  the  old 
State  House  in  Boston.  The  commis- 
sion appointed  by  the  Governor  to  su- 
pervise the  erection  of  the  building  is 
composed  of  J.  K.  M.  L.  Fartjuhar, 
chairman.  Wilfriil  Wheeler,  secretary 
of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  and 
Kdward  P.  Butts  of  Springfield.  The 
architeil  is  James  H.  Ritchie  of  Bos- 
ton. 

A  training  course  in  horticulture, 
(!onsisting  of  16  lectures  and  demon- 
strations, began  with  a  lecture  on  soils 
and  soil  fertility  by  Professor  Beau- 
mont of  the  Massachusetts  Agricul- 
tural College,  Wednesday  afternoon. 
Jan.  3(1,  at  the  Boston  Trade  School. 
The  course  is  given  by  the  Boston 
public  schools  and  the  Agricultural 
College,  end  is  Intended  especially  for 
teachers  and  others  who-wish  garden- 
ing certificates  for  this  season.  It  is 
hoped  to  offer  an  equivalent  course  an- 
nually, covering,  during  a  four-year 
cycle,  all  I'hases  of  horticultural  prac- 
tice. The  lectures  will  be  given  weekly 
on  Wednesday  from  2.30  to  3,30.  and 
frcmi  4. .5"  to  5.30  p.  m..  from  Feb.  C  to 
April  10. 

The  National  Publicity  X-'ommlttee 
for  .Mas.sachusetts.  Patrick  Welch 
chairman,  has  mailed  this  weelc  to  six 
hundred  florist  establishments  in  the 
state  a  circular  letter  calling  for  sub- 
scriptions towards  Massachusetts' 
quota  In  the  campaign  for  funds.  E. 
Allan  Pelrce.  W.  R.  Nicholson,  B. 
HammonJ  Tracy  and  J.  K.  M.  L. 
I'arquhar  are  the  other  members  of 
the  committee.  It  is  stated  that  al- 
ready contracts  have  been  made  with 
the  Saturday  Evening  r^ost.  Metropol- 
itan Magazine,  Literary  Digest.  Good 
Housekeeping  Magazine,  Woman's 
Home  Companion,  Delineator.  House 
and  Garden,  Garden  Magazine  and 
other  leading  publications  to  carry  the 
flower  message  to  the  general  public 
during  the  year  1918. 

Thomas  H.  Buttimer.  town  counsel 
for  Hull,  argued  Wednesday  l)efore  the 
Legislative  Committee  on  MetroiKjlitan 
Affairs  for  a  bill  authorizing  that  town 
to  tax  for  local  purposes  property 
within  its  borders  owned  by  the 
Metropolitan  Park  Commission  and 
used  for  them  lor  revenue-producing 
purposes.     He  said  that  the  town  not 


only  loses  taxes  on  the  property,  but 
that  It  also  paid  its  share  of  the 
.Metropolitan  Park  ex|)ense8.  George 
S.  Rogers,  secretary  of  the  Metropoli- 
tan Park  Commission,  who  opposed 
the  proposition,  pointed  out  that  Hull 
is  relieved  imder  present  conditions 
of  the  expenditure  for  which  taxes  are 
levied,  as  the  commission  maintains 
both  a  Fire  and  Police  Department  in 
ilie  region  about  the  reservation. 

PHILADELPHIA. 

Hitchinga  &  Co.'s  office  in  this  city 
has  been  closed  until  the  end  of  the 
war 

Conard  &  Jones  Co.  in  their  latest 
catalogue  claim  among  other  things 
that  they  have  put  the  little  town  of 
West  Grove  on  the  map.  The  claim, 
we  believe,  is  largely  true.  But  the 
mapping  business  was  done  before 
their  day  by  the  original  rose  man. 
.\lr.  Dingee  of  blessed  memory,  and  we 
are  glad  to  see  the  seed  he  planted 
half  a  century  ago  has  borne  such 
.-splendid  fruit.  West  Grove  Is  on  the 
map  all  right. 

The  prospects  Tor  St.  Valentine's 
Day  bu.siness  seem  to  be  fairly  good. 
The  only  unfavorable  feature  seems  to 
be  Ash  Wednesday,  which  this  year 
comes  on  the  13th.  It  is  many  years 
since  the  combination  took  place  be- 
fore and  on  that  occasion  it  played 
hob  with  the  Valentine  flower  busi- 
ness. But  social  customs  have  greatly 
changed  since  then  and  the  Lenten 
season  is  not  so  much  dreaded  as  it 
was.  Buyers  from  different  spheres 
of  the  community  are  now  much  more 
in  evidence. 


ST.  LOUIS 

Geo.  Waldbart  is  getting  better.  He 
is  able  to  sign  cheques  and  is  expected 
out  in  ten  days. 

Weekly  meetings  of  the  permanent 
committeea  on  publicity  will  be  held. 
I,arge  ad.s.  are  being  given  to  the  daily 
papers,  adsertising  Valentine's  Day. 

A  fire  on  Thursday  night.  January 
31  broke  out  and  badly  damaged  the 
3rd  floor  part  of  the  supply  depart- 
ment of  the  Will.  C.  Smith  Wholesale 
Floral  Co.  A  large  supply  of  wooden 
easels  were  a  total  loss.  Total  damage 
over  12,000. 

A  meeting  of  the  Publicity  Commit- 
tee of  the  Florist  Club,  Retail  Associa- 
tion and  County  Growers'  Association 
took  place  Thursday  afternoon.  Jan. 
31.  A  permanent  joint  committee 
was  apiiointed  with  Chairman  Jules 
Bourdet.  Secretary  and  Trea.surer  J.  J. 


Pebiuary  9,  1918 


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141 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  Discounts  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


Beneke.  S500  to  be  raised  for  new  ad- 
vertising, $S50  of  which  is  already 
subscribed.  The  follovi'ing  comprised 
the  committee:  Retailers — F.  C.  Web- 
er, Jr.,  Martin  Seeger  and  Vincent 
Gorly.  Growers — W.  J.  Pilcher,  Mr. 
Rowe.  B'lorist  Club — George  B.  Wind- 
ier, W.  r.  Smith,  Paul  Redan. 


ROCHESTER,    N.    Y. 

Wm.  J.  Riley  has  been  appointed 
Park  Commissioner. 

Mr.  Owen  has  left  the  employment 
of  the  Rochester  Floral  Co. 

The  Western  New  York  State  Horti- 
culture Society  has  raised  nearly  $150 
to  purchase  apples  to  send  to  the 
American  soldiers. 

H.  E.  Wilson  is  making  a  specialty 
of  baskets  of  hyacinths  and  spring 
flowers  which  will  sell  readily  for 
funerals  .Tud  various  other  occasions. 

Lester  Brown,  of  H.  E.  Wilson's, 
now  staaoned  at  Camp  Jackson  has 
been  promoted  to  corporal.  Albert 
Young  of  the  same  firm  has  passed  ex- 
amination and  expects  to  be  called 
soon. 

The  Rochester  nurserymen  includ- 
ing William  Pitkin,  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  Chase  Bros.  Company; 
Wm.  H.  Dildine,  of  James  Vick's  Sons; 
Charles  J.  Brown,  president  of  Brown 
Bros.  Co.;  Hubert  B.  Stringer,  presi- 
dent of  the  Rochester  Florists'  Asso- 
ciation; Charles  J.  Maloy,  of  Ellwang- 
er  &  Barry,  and  Park  Superintendent 
C.  C.  Laney,  are  all  emphatic  in  their 
disapproval  of  the  proposed  bill  in 
Congress  prohibiting  the  importation 
of  nursery  stock  as  a  check  upon  the 
ravages  of  imported  fungous  diseases 
and  insect  pests.  The  bill  is  designed 
to  take  effect  July  1,  and  the  nursery- 
men declare  that  it  would  paralyze 
the  nursery  business,  as  it  would  be 
impossible  to  grow  even  seedlings  for 
planting  in  the  spring  of  1919.  They 
say,  moreover,  that  American  grown 
seedlings  are  inferior  and  more  ex- 
pensive than  the  French  grown  and 
that  with  a  proper  inspection  law 
there  is  pbsoliitely  no  need  for  such 
exclusion    of   the    foreign    stock.      The 

HELP  WANTED 

WANTKD— Man  experieiiccil  in  nutiloor 
Karden  and  greenhouse  work,  ns  assistant 
gardener  on  private  estate  witliin  a  mile 
of  Boston.  Sooteli  preferred,  single  and 
not  under  Ho  years  old.  Apply  to  office  of 
HORTICITLTURE,  147  Summer  St..  Boston. 


SITUATIONS  WANTED 

SITT'ATIOX  WANTED  — By  Japanese 
liorticultnrist.  Graduate  of  Horticultural 
College.  Practical  experience  in  .Japan  and 
United  SUite.s.  Able  to  do  all  kinds  of 
gardening  and  greehouse  work.  Married. 
State  wages  etc.  "J.  H.,"  care  Horticul- 
ture Publishing  Co. 


proposed  bill  is  declared  by  the  nur- 
serymen to  be  the  work  of  radical  ill 
advised  scientists  who  do  not  realize 
the  injury  it  would  inflict. 


WASHINGTON. 

James  McHutchison  of  New  York 
passed  through  Washington  on  Febru- 
ary 4,  on  his  way  to  New  Orleans  and 
California.  He  is  much  interested  in 
having  Senate  Bill  3,344  defeated  and 
is  confident  of  success. 

Charles  B.  De  Shields,  son-in-law 
of  Adolphus  Gude,  of  Gude  Bros.  Co., 
a  student  aviator  at  Lake  Charles,  La., 
had  a  thrilling  experience  when  his 
machine  collided  with  another  and  he 
was  hurled  to  the  ground,  some  four 
or  five  hundred  feet  and  escaped  un- 
hurt although  the  machine  was  com- 
pletely demolished.  De  Shields  fell 
400  feet  upside-down.  His  body  made 
a  deep  dent  in  the  back  of  the  seat  and 
in  the  fusilage  was  a  dent  where  his 
head  struck. 

Adolphus  Gude.  in  addition  to  Mr. 
De  Shields,  has  three  sons  in  the  ser- 
vice, two  of  whom  are  not  20  years 
old,  and  W.  F.   Gude  has  one  son  in 


the  regular  army.  Several  of  these 
boys  are  life  members  of  the  S.  A.  F. 
&  O.  H.  These  five  boys  are  members 
of  Gude  Bros.  Co.,  and  in  addition 
there  are  eleven  other  young  men  em- 
ployees of  the  establishment,  in  the 
service. 


NEW  -YORK. 

The  annual  ball  of  the  Greek-Ameri- 
can Florists'  Association  will  take 
place  at  Terrace  Garden,  on  Wednes- 
day night,  February  27.  S.  D.  Sakas, 
Charles  Pappas,  G.  Hanges,  P.  Mantzo- 
ras  and  D.  Anargyros  are  the  commit- 
tee of  arrangements. 

Weebcr  &  Don  have  Issued  a  timely 
illustrated  pamphlet  under  the  title  of 
School  and  Community  Gardens.  There 
are  twenty-seven  half-tone  plates, 
showing  views  and  operations  in  chil- 
dren's gardens,  etc.,  and  several  pages 
of  interesting  data,  together  with  some 
carefully  compiled  and  reference 
tables  containing  a  vast  amount  of  in- 
formation regarding  vegetable  seeds 
and  planting  operations.  It  is  the 
best  thing  of  the  kind  we  have  seen 
and  will  doubtless  find  a  widespread 
welcome. 


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100,  $18.00  per  1000.  Cash  with  order. 
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BULBS 

C.  KEUR  &  SONS.   HILLEGOM.   Holland. 

Bulbs  of  all  descriptions.    Write  for  price*. 

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CARNATION  STAPLES 

Split  carnations  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plllsbnry's  Carnation 
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Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
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form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cnt-flower  Tarletles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FARMS, 
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GI^SB 

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ORCHlnS 

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Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One   trial   order   solcited. 

PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTSCHBB, 
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ROSES 

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GOLD   FISH 

Gold  fish,  aquarium  plants,  snails,  cas- 
tles, globes,  aquarium,  fleh  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  BARRETT, 
Breeder,  4815  D  St.,  Olney,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Send 
for  price  list. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  ehoie* 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tnb 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Mount  Ulssarllk  Nur- 
sery, New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 


WISE  WORK 

WILLIAM      B.      HBILSCHBR'B      WIRB 
WORKS,   264  Randolph   St.,  Detroit,  lUak. 


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HORTICULTURE 


February  9,  1918 


CROMWELL,    CONN. 

»  '-''..sil    iti   one   of   the 

l"    the    now    plants 

! \    N    rirrson  place 

It    Id    an  'i»e,    with 

■  iii.ilh    '.  ■  ■•■  ili^;  to  an 

heiKht  ami  .Mpreatl  and  ilc- 
nboul  twice  as  fast  ami 
ilirUiiir  in  ordinary  carnation  lious<' 
temporal  lire.  It  will  Ik?  disseminated 
this  sprinR  and  will  far  outclass  the 
Moordrecht   variety. 

We  were  Rreatly  liileresteil  in  lln' 
new  I'ernel  rose  Mnie  Colette  Marii 
not.  a  splendid  oranpe  flower  that 
promises  to  be  superior  to  Sunburst 
at  Its  'oest.  We  have  never  seen  any 
rose  to  bloom  like  it.  Canes  from  the 
bottom  after  havliiR  had  a  flower  cut 
from  thom  break  out  into  from  four 
to  seven  vlRorous  shoots  each  beorlnn 
a  bloom.  It  does  best  on  its  own 
roots.  Mr.  Pierson  says  that  he  will 
plant  16.CMI0  of  this  rose  for  the  com- 
InK  season.  IS.OOn  of  "Evelyn"  will 
also  be  Rrown,  and  "Wlnnett"  will 
take  a  leading  place  anions  the  com- 
InK  favorites  l)ecause  of  its  marvelous 
productiveness.  There  are  close  to  a 
quarter  million  roses  planted  in  this 
mammoth  establishment  and  about 
125.nnf»  carnations  and  countless  chrys- 
anthemums in  which  al'  the  novelties 
are  included.  Mr.  Pierson  says  he  has 
not  entirely  free  of  the  chrysanthe- 
mum midge,  which  gave  him  inces- 
sant trouble  two  years  ago.  Carna- 
tions generally  look  good  with  the  ex- 
ception of  Thenanthos,  practically 
every  flower  of  which  shows  a  burst 
calyx. 

Mr.  Pierson  Is  preparing  to  make 
an  exhaustive  trial  of  peat  as  fuel, 
having  a  large  deposit  of  this  mate- 
rial on  his  property. 


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CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


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Cattle  Manure 
Sheep    Manure 

Th«  Flonut'  tt^niyiT'\  of  uniform 
high  quality  lor  ovc-  ten  ycart. 
SpociK :  WIZARD  BRAND  i» 
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Ul  direa  fcr  pncci   and   Ir-ight  rM«S. 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO. 
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NIKOTEEN 

For  Spraying 

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For  Fumigatini 
A>k  Your  D*«lar  Pot  It. 

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CHICAGO'S  SNOW  BLOCKADE. 

The  I'iilure  kIiows  Imw  .Mr.  Hancock 
(to  the  right)  and  others  spend  their 
time  after  business  hours.  In  tin- 
ilowii-town  district  It  Is  a  much  worse 
liroblem.  for  when  side  walks  and 
street  car  tracks  are  cleared  the 
drifts  between  them  are  six  and  eight 


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feet  high  and  extend  miles  at  a 
stretch.  The  loop  is  now  practically 
cleared  of  snow  but  that  is  only  one 
square  mile  of  Chicago's  200  square 
miles  of  area.  Conveyances  of  all 
kind  must  use  the  street  car  tracks, 
making  the  daily  trips  very  tiresome 
on  the  surface  cars.  Coal  wagons 
have  riglit  of  way  always,  but  how  to 
get  near  enough  to  a  building  to  de- 
liver the  goods  is  the  question  and 
frequently  a  street  car  must  wait 
while  a  load  of  coal  is  carried  in. 
Florists  will  have  occasion  to  long  re- 
member this  winter. 


CHICAGO. 

Wm.  Reid,  formerly  with  the  W.  W. 
Barnard  Co.,  has  now  joined  the  A.  L. 
Randall  forces  and  is  on  a  trip 
through  the  central  west. 

W.  W.  Adams,  1169  N.  State  street, 
has  shown  his  willingness  to  conserve 
coal  by  closing  the  fine  conservatories 
connected  with  his  store. 

C.  FYauenfelder,  3343  W.  Madison 
street,  whose  business  has  been  built 
up  largely  by  catering  to  the  demand 
for  funeral  flowers,  says  he  find:; 
trade  this  year  almost  as  good  as  any 
other.  Miss  Edna,  his  chief  assistant, 
has  lately  added  the  bookkeeping  to 
her  share  of  the  work. 

TORONTO,  ONT. 

Some  of  Toronto's  retail  florists 
are  advocating  the  removal  of  duty 
on  flowers. 

The  next  regular  meeting  of  the 
Florists'  and  Gardeners'  Club  will  be 
held  on  February  19. 

The  Toronto  Retail  Florists'  Club 
met  in  Dunlop's  Hall  on  January  14, 
with  President  George  Geraghty  in 
the  chair.  About  forty  florists  were 
present.  A  design  for  a  window  dis- 
play card  for  St.  Valentine's  adver- 
tising was  chosen — A  large  red  heart 
bearing  the  inscription  in  white  let- 
ters, "Let  your  Valentine  be  flowers." 


Bare  joar  pliDti  and  trrta.  Jait  tbt 
thing  for  frrreolinuse  and  outdoor  Qte. 
Dcntroyii  Mi-nly  Hug,  Hrown  and  White 
Scalo,  ThrlpH,  Rpd  Hpldcr,  Black  and 
Orceu  Kly,  .Miles,  Ant«,  etc.,  without 
Injury  to  iiliinta  und  without  odor. 
Used  ncrordlnif  to  direction,  our  atand- 
ard  Iniii'rdrldp  nil)  prevent  ravages  on 
your  crupH  liy  Inai-cta. 

Non-pnlaonoua  and  linrmlea*  to  uier 
and  plant.  Loading  Srp<laineD  and 
Florlats  hare  \i3ed  It  with  wonderful 
rt-Butts. 

Dcetroya  Lice  In  Toultry  Boniea, 
Flrna  on  Doga  and  all  Domeatlc  Peti. 
Kirpllont  aa  a  wuah  for  doga  and  other 
anlniala.  Rpllovca  mange.  Dilute  with 
water  '10  to  fiO  parte. 

Vi  I'Int.  SOr.;  I'Inl,  50c.:  Quart,  Me.; 
Vi  Gallon,  $■..'',0;  (inlinn,  fli.SO;  6  Gal- 
lon Can,  (lO.IX);  10  UnJIon  Can,  120.00. 
DirectloDH  on  package. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

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tbrlpa  and  aoft  scale. 

Quart,  fl.OO;    OaUaa,  «*.••. 

FUNCINE 

For  mlldaw,  rust  sod   other  bllghU  aCaoa- 
litr  flrvers,  fruits  and  Tegetablaa 
Qnart,  «1.00|     Oalloa,  MJ*. 

VERMINE 

For    eel    worms,    angle    worms    aB<    tthm 
worms  working  In  the  solL 

Qaart,  (1.00 1    Oallon,  (t.M. 
80LD  BT   rtir.Ai.KRj 

Aphine    Manufacturing    Co. 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


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list  of  Fertilizers  and  Insecti- 
cides. 

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erected  it  can  remain  as  a  permanent 
frreenhouse,  or  it  can  be  taken  apart 
and  re-erected  elsewhere  if  necessary. 

The  house  illustrated  stands  8M  ft. 
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detached  house.  Has  2  glass  ends  and 
doors.  Equipped  with  2  plant  benches, 
ventilating  arrangement  both  sides. 
Has  plenty  of  headroom  and  wide  walk. 
This  same  house  can  easily  be  made 
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Mllluo. 


What  This  Greenhouse  Costs 


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N  all  fairness  to  yoa,  we  can't  give  tbe  price  of  tbls 

house  bore  nnd  n(»w. 

Cnn't.  Iiecuuse  tlicre  may  be  favornble  conditions  about 
Vfiiir  Iof;itlo:i  iluit  would  tuaterlally  lower  the  masonry 
ur  penerul  en'clion  cost. 

Of  course  If  you  live  50  miles  from  New  York,  the 
frelRht  on  ninterlals.  and  fares  of  our  men  will  be  much 
loss  than  tf  Q<iO  miles  away. 


Then  there  Is  also  the  (luestlon  of  heatiuK  that  admits 
of  numerous  economy  advantages,  provided  they  can  be 
taken  advantage  of. 

So,  obviously,  the  best  way  to  secure  the  best  price  on 
this,  or  any  of  our  greenbouses.  Is  to  have  one  of  us 
come  and  see  your  location  and  talk  things  over  with 
you. 

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Plant  Propagation,  Greenhouse 
and  Nursery  Practice 

By  M.  G.  KAINS 

We  have  had  many  intiuiries  froi*  time  to  time 
for  a  reliable  and  up-to-date  book  on  plant  propa- 
gation, but  were  always  at  a  hofts  to  find'  any  pub- 
lication that  we  could  recommend.  The  subject 
has  been  dealt  with  in  fragmentary  manner  only 
in  books  that  have  come  to  our  notice.  So  it  is 
well  that  this  new  work  has  been  Issued,  espec- 
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mination and  longevity  of  seeds,  propagating  by 
buds,  layering,  cuttings,  grafting,  etc.,  fruit  tree 
stocks,  scions,  eti..  and  there  are  eight  pages  of 
condensed  cultural  instructions  in  tabulated  form, 
covering  annuals  and  perennials  from  seed, 
woody  plants,  evergreens,  vines,  bulbs  and  tubers, 
greenhouse  and  house  plants,  ferns,  palms,  water 
plants,  orchids  and  cacti.  The  illustrations  are 
numerous,  coinprisir :  213  figures  and  halftone 
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without.  It  is  worth  many  times  its  price.  Copies 
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Principles  and  Practice  of  Pruning 

Hy  M.  G.  KAINS 

lecturer  on  Horticulture,  Columbia  University 

Few  practices  In  the  handling  of  plants,  especially 
fruit  bearing  plants,  attract  so  much  Interest  as  do  those 
of  pruning.  The  methods  are  so  varied,  the  results  so 
diverse,  and  the  opinions  of  growers  so  apparently  con- 
tradictory that  this  subject  Is  always  one  of  the  most 
interesting,  and  tbe  surest  to  hold  attention  and  arouse 
dlRcnsBlon. 

Particularly  during  the  last  ten  or  flfteen  years  when 
tlic  principles  of  plant  physiology  have  been  more  and 
more  satisfactorily  applied  to  plant  production  and  man- 
agement has  Interest  settled  In  pruning.  During  the 
latter  hulf  of  this  time  also  more  and  more  Investi- 
gations and  tests  have  been  conducted  by  experiment 
stations  and  other  workers-  to  test  out  methods  and 
principles  In  the  Interest  of  science  and  for  the  beneBt 
of  growers.  The  incumulation  of  such  new  knowledge 
has  become  very  considerable  especially  In  the  last  de- 
cade, but  It  is  necessarily  so  scattered  that  very  few 
growers  have  access  to  It,  hence  the  demand  for  a  book, 
which  shall  nrcRent  the  really  Important  features  of 
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pense In  gathering  his  photographs,  each  one  of  which 
tells  its  story. 

After  II  few  paye.s  of  introduction  the  author  discusses 
I'lant  Physiology  as  related  to  pruning.  A  chapter 
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teri'stlng  subject.  Then  follows  a  classltlcatlon  and  clear 
discussion  of  Buds,  very  fully  Illustrated  from  life.  How 
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also  those  on  Prevention  and  Repair  of  Mechanical  In- 
juries, Pruning  Xursery  Stock.  Young  Trees.  Mature 
Trees  and  Odd  Methods  of  Pruning  and  Training,  Ue- 
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February  16,  1918 


Dreer's  Grand  New  Cannas  for  1918 


Ten  truly  marvelous  acquisitions,  introducing 
new  tones  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment In  form  and  habit. 

«'AKMI!S'K  BKAUTY.  Dcop  lirlght  <•«  mil  lie  (lowcm  freely 
prodncril  lilgb  nhoTc  the  heary  dnrk-Rn'oii  follneu 
wlilrli  hm  n  iinrrow  red  iiiHricln.  The  flowerd  while  not 
an  \nrgf  ni  thoae  of  Olympic  nre  of  n  miirh  lirlKhti'r  niiil 
more  plenstng  tone.    4Mi  ft-    T6  cts.  eiicli ;  $7.fpO  per  do/.. 

CIIKF.RFt'LNESS.  No  more  approprlntc  name  could  be 
Klven  to  this  brilllnnt  novelty.  Its  beautiful  lirlftht  lire- 
rtsl  or  ileop  ornni;f  iIowith  appear  early  and  continue 
without  InlerruptliMi  until  froBt.  Add  to  the  pn-viillInK 
•'olor  a  (folden  border  and  centre  with  each  petal  Haked 
rarmlne-orluiBon  and  you  may  form  some  eoiiceplloii  of 
tlila  faaclnatlnf;  variety  with  Its  erect  atemg  always 
loppeil  with  clusters  of  cheerful  color  held  high  above 
the  follaite.    3Mi  ft.    35  cts.  each ;  $3.50  per  dor.. 

CI,OTH  OF  GOLD.  A  very  attractive  dwarf,  compact- 
IjrowlnK  frec-flowerlng  golden  yellow.  3  ft.  40  ct«. 
inch  ;  JH.OO  per  dor.. 

li.\7.7.I.KIl.  Time  and  again  the  past  season  the  dark 
green  foliage  of  this  variety  has  been  hidden  beneath  the 
mass  of  clusters  of  deep  lire-red  flowers.  The  Intensity 
of  coloring  and  freedom  of  blooming  coupled  with 
compact  habit,  make  thla  variety  the  peer  of  the  best 
for  bedding  purposes.  3^^  ft.  35  cts.  each ;  $3.60  per 
dor.. 

(■OL.DKN  EAGLE.  A  wonderfully  Intense  golden-yellow. 
Very  free  upright  grower.  The  lorge  flowers  are  pro- 
uced  In  great  clusters  well  above  the  foliage.  4^  ft. 
50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

II.\BMONY.  Great  clusters  of  good-sized,  wellfomied 
licranlum-red  flowers  are  arranged  on  good  stems  In 
Huch  a  manner  as  to  give  the  trusses  an  almost  globu- 
lar appearance.  Altogether  a  dignified  harmonious 
combination.    3%  ft.    50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

I'ori'Y.  Intense  poppy-red.  Large  perfect  florets  in 
good  trusses  over  greenlsb-bronzy  foliage.  Rich  and 
effective.    6  ft.  50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

S.\LMON  QUEEN.  An  entirely  new  color  In  Cannas.  Rosy 
salmon-scarlet,  blending  to  a  rosy-carmine  toward  the 
centre.  The  large  substantial  flowers  are  freely  pro- 
duced in  great  clusters  high  above  heavy  green  foliage. 
Very  effective  In  bedding.  5  ft  40  cts.  each ;  $4.00  per 
doz. 

SKNSATION.  To  get  a  sensational  color-tone  In  a  pink 
Canna.  Is  particularly  noteworthy.  Our  flrst  impulse 
was  to  call  It  "La  France,"  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  La  France  Rose,  but  the  tone  Is  even  cleaner 
and  purer;  it  being  a  lovely  pale-rose.  The  foliage  Is 
a  beautiful  glaucous-green;  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact. One  of  the  most  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
In  recent  years.    3  ft.    75  cts.  each. 


TYPE  OF  NEWEK  CANNAS 

SUPERB.  This  variety  Is  unique  In  color  and  truly  su- 
perb ;  having  large,  clean  bright  orange-scarlet  blos- 
soms of  good  substance,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
with  glaucous-bronzy  foliage  giving  a  most  pleasing 
offcct.    5  ft.    40  cts.  each;  $4.00  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  above  Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 

New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several   years'   trial,    have    proven   themselves   worthy    of   out 

commendation. 

I'OCAIIONTAS  (Bronzed-leaved  Olympic).  Large  orien- 
tal-red flowers  borne  on  firm  upright  stems,  Just  high 
enough  above  the  foliage  to  show  the  entire  head.  The 
foliage  Is  a  dark  bronze-green  with  emerald  shadings; 
the  ribs  a  darker  bronze;  one  of  the  best  recent  intro- 
ductions.   4  ft.    30  cts.  cachr  $3.00  per  doz. 


CLEOPATRA.  A  striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  surmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
bronze  foliage.  This  variety  stands  out  strongly  in 
etrectivencss.    4  ft.    50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

I>RAGON.  An  incessant  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  until  cut  down  by  frost.  Dark 
ox-blood  red.    3  ft.    15  cts.  each;  $1.50  per  doz. 

FLAG  or  TKUCE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  Is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Eureka  but  quite 
distinct  and  valuable.   4  ft.   35  cts.  each ;  $3.50  per  doz. 

G.AIETY'.  Reddish-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  Is  yellow  and  densely 
spotted  with  carmine.    4%  ft.    15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per-<loz. 

LAFAY'ETTE.  In  some  respects  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor,"  but  the  flowers  are  not  quite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  the  plant  grows  taller.  5  ft.  30  cts. 
each  ;  $3.00  per  doz. 


SAN  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  Persian-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  for  substance  which 
enables  them  to  withstand  the  hot  summer  sun  without 
wilting.  Another  charm  lies  in  the  dark  Ijronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronze  foli- 
age.   4  ft.    15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

VAROUNA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  all  times  the  bright  orange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  Its 
flowers  well  above  the  plant.  4Vi  ft.  26  cts.  each; 
$2,50  per  doi. 


One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  $2.00 


HENRY    A.  DREER, 

714   and    716    Chestnut   Street,     Philadelphia, 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


Pa. 


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147 


GERANIUMS 


Iflxtrn    K..o(l    strong    two    and    llirt'e-lncli    plants.      The    3-ln.    are 
iiiiistlv   ;ill   fall   propagated   tlint   have  been   topped   and   are   now 
iirnnching.     They   will  make   extra   fine  4-ln.   Block  for  Easter  If 
— --  — '  —    ^—     —  —    ^  —    -^^    _  _  _    —^  pottort    at   once.     We   can   furnish   them   In   the  leading   standard 

sorts,  and  many  of  the  newer  popular  varieties  and  we  have  as  many  as  you  want,  If  it's  500,000.     We  are  ready   to  make 
immediate  shipment.     3-in..  $3.50  per  100,  ?30.00  per  1,000;  10,000  for  Sl^T.'i.OO.     2-ln.,  $2.50  per  100,   522.50  per  1,000;    5,000  for  $100.00. 

Extra  heavy  summer-propagated  3-in.  branching  stuff,  needing  a  shift  in  4in.    Some- 

- thing     fine    for     Decoration    Day.       Black    Prince.    Minnesota,    Sonv    De    H.    Henkei. 

(Bronze  Foliage.)     3-ln.,  $3.00  per   100.     2-in.,  $2.00  per  100. 


VJOMSI 


GOIMI  A 


Gracilis   Rosea,   Erfordi   and    Vernon  type  in  splendid  shape.     2-ln.,  $2.00  per  100. 
3-in.,  $3.00  per  100. 

CLPliE.A,     COLEUS,     AGEKATUM,     tANTANA,    LEMON     VERBENA,    SWAINSONA,    PARLOR    IVY,    HABD¥    CHRYSAN- 
THEMUMS.    8-1d.,  $2.00  per  100.     3-in.,  $3.00  per  100. 


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R.  VINCENT,  Jr.,  &  SONS   CO., 


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MD. 


JAP.  LILIES 


F.  RYNVELD  &  SONS 
61  Yesey  Street   •    -    New  York 


HorsesHoe  Brand   Bamboo   Cano« 

For    staking    lilies    and    other   flowers.  Ready    for    Immediate    shipment   from    oor 
warehouse.  Bound  Brook,  N.  J. 

6/6  feet.    Natural $8.00  per  bale  1000 

6/6      "            •■        16.00  "          2000 

8      "             "         13.00  "           1000 

5     '•      Green 10.00  "         1000 

K      "            "       18.00  "            2000 

RALPH  M.  WARD  &  CO.,  The  Lily  House,  71  Murray  St.,  New  York,  N. 


7/ 


R       IIVIIN/IEDI 

LILIUM    GIGANTEUM 

of  new  crop.    7-9  In.  $55  per  1,000 
In  cases  of  300  bulbs. 

CHAS.SCHWAKE  &  CO.,    -    -    - 


LILY   OF   THE   VALLEY 

from  New  York  Cold  Storage  $40  per  1,000 
In  cases  of  2,000  and  4000  pips. 

90-92  W.  BROADWAY 
NEW  YORK 


Page 

Advance   Co 167 

Albany       Cut 

Flower  Ex 162 

Allen,  .1.   K 163 

American    Bulb 

Co 157 

Anderson,  S.  A.. 159 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co.  .106 
Barrows  &  Son.. 155 
Bayersdorfer,    H. 

Co 161 

Bay    State    Nur- 
series     148 

Beechwood      Hts. 

Nurseries    163 

Bobbink     &     At- 
kins      14S 

Boddingtou,       A. 

T 155 

Bolgiano  &  Son..  156 
Boston     Floral 

Supply   Co 163 

Breek,  .1.  &  Sons.l.')7 
Breck  -  Itobinson 

Xur.   Co 153 

Breitmeyer's,      J. 

Sons    15S 

Bud  long,  .1.  A...  16(1 
Bunyard,  A.  T...1.5S 

Burnett   Bros 1.57 

Burpee,   W.   A.  & 

Co 157-108 

Carter's       Tested 

"  Seeds,  Inc 15(! 

Champion   &   Co.. 
.1.  N 1.5!l 


I 

Page 
C  h  i  1  d  9,   John 

Lewis  155 

Clarke's,  D.  Song. 158 
Conard    &    Jones 

Co 148 

Cooke,  Geo.  H...158 

Co  wee,  W.  J 163 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries    148 

Craig.  Robert  Co.l48 

Dards   158 

Davenport,  A.  M.148 

Dreer,   H.    A 

146-165^67 
Dunlop,  John  H.159 

Dysart.  R 148 

Edwards  Folding 

Box    Co 160 

Elliott,     Wm.     & 

Sons    157 

Esier.  J.  G 167 

Eyres   159 

Farquhar,    R.    & 

J.  Co 1.57 

Fenrich,  Jos.  S.  .162 

Ford,   M.   C 162 

Ford.  W.  P 162 

Fottler,         Flske, 

Itawson    Co. . .  .156 
Franiingham  Xur 

series    148 

Froment.  H.  E.  ..162 
Galvin,  Thus.  I'"..l.">'.t 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M..].5;i 
Graham  &  Son,  A. 1.59 
(jude  Bros.  Co... 158 


IVr  Page 

Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 157 

Growers     Cut 

Flower  Co 162 

Hail  Association. I<i7 
Hammonds  I'aiut 
&      Slug      Shot 

Works    160 

Hart,  Geo.  B 160 

Hews,    A.    H.    & 

Co 164 

Hill  Co..  B.  G....160 
Hill,   D.   Nursery 

Co 148 

Holm  &  Olson... 159 
Holland    Nur- 
series     148 

Irwin,  R.  J 157 

Johnston  Bros... 158 

Kasting,     W.     F. 

Co 160 

Keller  Sons.  J.  B.1.59 
Kelway  &  Son...  1.57 
Kerr  the  Florist.  159 

Kervan  Co 162 

King      Construc- 
tion  Co 167 

Knoble  Bros 159 

Kottmlller   158 

Kroe.scheli  Bros. .167 
Kueblor.  W.  U...16'2 
Lemon  Oil  Co.... 166 
Leonard  Seed  Co. 157 
Marshall,  W.  E. 
Co 1.57 


Page 
McConnell,  Alex.  158 
McHutchison       & 

Co 148 

Meconi,  Paul 102 

.Meehan,  Cha.s.  E.lOO 
-Metropolitan   Ma- 
terial   Co 167 

Micheli.  H.  F.  Co.  157 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower  Ex 160 

Miilang,   Chas....l62 
Miilang,   Frank.. 162 
Murray,  Samuel. .158 
N'at'I        Nursery- 
man    155 

N.    Y.    Botanical 

Garden   155 

N.      Y.      Florists' 

Supply   Co 163 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.  166 
Niessen,  Leo  Co.  .160 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 160 

Ouwerkerk,  P 148 

Palmer,   W.   J.  & 

Son    1.59 

Park  Floral  Co.. 159 
I'arshelsky  Bros. 167 
Penn  the  Florist.  1.58 
Pennock,      S.      S. 

Co 161 

Piaftzgraff     Pot- 
tery   Co 165 

Pierce  Co.,  F.  0..167 
Pierson,  A.  N 148 


I 

Page 

Pierson,  F.  R 159 

Pochlmann   Bros. 

Co 160 

Pratt  Co.,  B.  G..166 
Pulverized  Ma- 
nure Co 169 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop  159 

Reed  &  Keller... 163 
Reidel  &  Meyer.  .162 

Reld.  Edw 160 

Robinson,   Henry 

M.  Co 162 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&  Co 160 

Roelirs,  J.  Co 148 

Roland,  Thomas. 159 
R  0  1  k  e  r,    A.    & 

Sons    165 

Roserv,  The 158 

Rynveld,     F.     & 

Sons    147 

Schilng,  Max.... 158 
Schwake,       Chas. 

Co 147 

Sekenger,  Adam. 158 
Sheridan,  W.  F..162 
Siebreclit,  Geo.  C.162 
Siggor.s     &      Slg- 

gers   167 

Skidelsky,    S.    S. 

&  Co 156 

Siinn,  B.  S.,  Jr.  .163 
Siinn,  Clarence..  .163 


Face 

Smith,   Elmer  D. 

&  Co 155 

Smith,  P.  J 162 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 148 

Smith  &  Fetters. 1.59 
Smvth,  'Wm.  J... 159 
Stearns      Lumber 

Co.,   A.   T 16i 

Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.1.58 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co •••■' 

Thorburn,    J.    M-  „, 

&  Co lo' 

Totty,  Chas.  H..148 
T  r  a  e  n  d  1  y       & 

Schenck    16- 

ITnited  Cut  Blow- 
er  Co ...163 

Vincent,    B-,    Jr., 

&  Sons  Co 14' 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc 16^ 

Ward,    B.    M.    & 

Co l'»^ 

Welier,  F.  C 159 

Weeber  &  Don... 157 
Weiss,  Herman.. 162 

Wood    Bros 148 

Wooilruff,    S.    D. 

.t   Son 15' 

Young,  A.   L 162 

Young.   John 162 

Young,  Thos.,  Jr-lo- 
Young  &  N"ugent.l58 
Zech  &  Mann 160 


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iiiv:ii  ial.lv   l.V  ;mMi  Uie  office  of  HORTICULTURE. 


Propagation 

Because  of  the  fuel  shortage  many  growers  have  net 
started  tlieir  propagating  as  }et.  Xow,  however,  with 
spring  only  a  little  more  than  a  month  away  it  will  be 
necessary  to  begin  propagating  in  earnest  and  be  sure 
to  fignre  on  raising  all  necessary  stock  as  there  may  not 
be  very  many  plants  in  the  market  this  coming  season 
and  it  will  be  a  waste  of  time  and  money  trying  to  run 
over  a  lot  of  sickly  rants  that  never  were  plants.  No 
amount  of  drying  off,  resting  or  careful  growing  will 
make  thoroughbreds  of  these.  Start  in  with  tlie  prop- 
agator now.  Begin  by  giving  the  whole  house,  benches, 
walks,  etc.,  a  thorough  cleaning  and  fumigating.  Scatter 
plenty  of  fresh  air-slacked  -or  hydrated  lime  under  the 
benches.  Put  drains  in  all  wet  spots.  Then  white- 
wash everything  possible  with  good  hot  lime  to  which 
some  .copper  sulphate  has  been  added.  After  this  has 
dried  well  get  in  some  clean  fresh  sand,  water  this  down 
and  start  the  heat,  after  which  the  sand  must  be  packed 
—first  with  a  brick  and  then  a  flat  wooden  tamper  made 
especially  for  the  work.  Do  not  pound  hard  in  one 
place  but  put  tamper  evenly  all  over  the  bench  gently, 
yet  firmly,  striking  hard  enough  to  pack,  but  yet  not 
jar  the  rest  of  the  sand  in  the  bench.  Place  thermom- 
eters in  various  sections  and  aim  to  have  the  whole  house 
in  working  order  liefore  any  wcxid  is  cut  for  cuttings. 

Selection  of  Wood 

This  shoukl  be  only  entrusted  to  the  best  growers  on 
the  place,  as  the  success  or  failure  of  propagating  large- 
ly depends  on  the  wood.  Use  wood  only  with  nice  live 
thorns,  with  healthy  leaves  free  fi'om  mildew  or  spider 
and  select  the  short  blind  growths  that  are  here  and  there 
on  the  plants  and  which  make  nice  heel  cuttings.  There 
is  no  wood  that  will  beat  these  as  there  are  bound  to  be 
plenty  of  bottom  breaks  from  the  eyes  on  the  heel  of  the 
cutting  as  soon  as  the  plant  starts  growing.  Use  a  real 
good  sharp  knife  that  will  make  a  smooth  cut  and  will 
not  bruise  the  bark  in  any  way;  as  bruised  cuttings  will 
not  root.  As  soon  as  a  bunch  of  wood  is  cut,  dip  it  into 
cold  water  for  a  minute,  after  which  it  had  better  be 
kept  out  of  water  but  must  be  well  sprinkled  so  that 
none  of  it  will  wilt.  It  can  then  be  cut  into  cuttings 
and  these  dropped  into  a  bucket  of  water,  from  which 
they  should  be  taken  and  put  into  the  sand  at  once 
before  they  have  a  chance  to  become  water  soaked.  Use 
a  putty  knife  to  o]ien  a  groove  into  the  sand,  then  lay  a 
strip  of  suitaldc  wood  right  up  to  the  cuttings,  follow  a 
few  taps  with  a  brick  and  a  hundred  of  them  are  in. 
Do  not  pound  too  liard  as  the  vibration  would  loosen 
others  already  in  sand.  Also  provide  mufflers  for  all 
doors  that  bang  badly  and  vibrate  the  benches,  and 
select  a  house  that  is  not  used  for  a  passage  way  if 
possible  so  that  there  will  not  be  a  wind  blowing  through 
iis  the  doors  are  opened  and  shut  by  men  passing  in  and 
out.  It  is  well  to  put  up  either  clieese  cloth  or  muslin 
curtains  between  the  bench  and  the  walks  to  break  the 
air  current,  and  it  may  be  necessary  to  put  cheesecloth 
over  the  ventilators  although  this  may  keep  the  liouso 
too  warm. 


Temperatures 

The  temperature  in  the  sand  or  in  other  words,  bot- 
tom heat,  will  have  to  be  kept  right  up  to  GO  day  and 
night,  being  very  careful  not  to  let  it  get  above  this  as 
it  would  likely  wilt  the  ends  of  the  cuttings  so  they 
would  never  root.  Care  must  be  taken  also  not  to  let  the 
temperature  go  any  lower  as  this  would  chill  the  cut- 
tings and  set  them  back  considerably.  Maintain  a 
steady  temperature  of  50  to  52  overhead.  To  do  this 
will  require  careful  attention  to  the  ventilators.  It 
will  not  hurt  if  the  temperature  overhead  does  go  below 
■50  the  first  few  days,  as  it  will  only  help  to  drive  the 
sap  down,  and  this  will  make  I'oots.  Be  careful,  how- 
ever, to  have  the  bottom  heat  up  to  the  mark  at  all  times. 

Watering  and   Syringing 

Newly  inserted  cuttings  will  take  water  once  a  day 
with  one  or  two  sprinklings  over  the  foliage  on  clear 
ilays.  During  severe  weather  it  may  be  necessary  to 
water  twice — early  in  the  morning  and  then  right  after 
lunch,  but  always  being  careful  to  have  the  foliage  all 
dry  about  sunset,  or  you  will  be  inviting  trouble  in  the 
form  of  spot.  Spraying  with  copper  sulphate  will  help 
prevent  this  but  is  not  a  cure,  and  because  the  plants  are 
sprayed  is  no  reason  why  they  should  be  neglected,  for 
tlie  spraying  does  not  by  any  means  make  them  spot 
proof.     So  keep  their  leaves  dry  at  night. 

All  wood  taken  for  cuttings  should  be  free  from 
disease  and  insects  so  that  it  will  not  be  necessary  to 
syringe.  In  fact,  syringing  cuttings  should  never  be 
attempted  as  it  only  would  loosen  tliem  in  the  sand  and 
do  very  little  if  any  good  and  possibly  a  lot  of  harm. 
Syringe  plants  that  are  to  supply  propagating  wood 
quite  often  to  keep  them  clean  and  healthy  but  let  it 
stop  there  and  never  attempt  to  syringe  until  after 
the  cuttings  are  rooted,  potted  and  fairly  established. 

Shading 

Needless  to  say  it  will  be  necessary  to  shade  the  prop- 
agating house  to  keep  the  sunlight  out.  Do  not  paint 
the  glass  with  lime,  as  this  will  harm  the  paint  and 
jiutty.  A  much  better  way  is  to  mix  a  little  white  lead, 
a  drop  of  green  paint  with  kerosene  and  a  little  drier. 
thus  making  a  very  thin  wash  that  can  be  easily  applied 
and  will  not  damage  the  paint  in  any  way  and  it  will  last 
as  long  as  the  house  is  used,  afterward  being  easily  re- 
moved with  caustic  soda  sprayed  on  during  some  heavy 
rain.  Where  a  rose  propagator  is  built  especially,  it 
should  be  in  a  shaded  location  citlier  as  a  lean-to  to 
some  greenhouse  or  else  on  the  north  side  of  some  large 
house,  building  the  little  greenhouse  independently, 
even  as  to  boilers,  for  you  want  a  steady  heat,  which 
should  be  hot  water  if  possible,  all  the  time,  and  that 
is  not  necessary  with  other  gi'owing  liouscs.  Hot  water 
heat  is  T'ocommended  as  it  will  not  fluctuate  as  much  as 
steam  will  in  a  small  boiler.  The  same  reason  applies 
to  having  the  house  built  where  the  sun's  rays  never  hit 
it.  A  steady  temperature  with  plenty  of  draughtless 
fresh  air  is  essential  and  must  be  had  to  insure  success- 
ful projiagation  of  roses. 


l.Vi 


U  0  II T  1  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


Febrimry  10,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


VOL  XXVII 


FEBRUARY  16,   19ls 


NO. 


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at   IlostoD,  Mass.,  under  the  Act  of  Congreii  of  March  3,  IMTU. 


it  will  cost  $30,000.  iiti(]  two  yc'iiiH'  (inie.  to  restaie  the 
I'niiiklin  I'nik  ^'olf  linkts.  ploiifflicd  u\)  liitst  yw"'  for 
wiir  pirdcns.  lie  iccoinineiKls  tliiit  the  "afiiieultiinil 
I  \|i(iimont  in  tin-  |Piirks"  be  (liscoiitiiiiied  imd  land  el.se- 
where  he  used,  wliirli  is  s(;nsihle  iidviee.  With  the  vast 
stretches  of  iimiscd  land  Been  on  all  sides  as  one  travels 
liy  trolley  or  otherwise  throufxh  the  suhurhan  districts 
the  nncalled-fi)r  e\trii\a;;anc('  of  last  season  in  the 
plowing;  up  of  line  lawns  and  llower  jrardens  for  the 
idanlin;,'  td"  potatoes,  heans  and  ealihages  is  ini|>res.sively 
ap]iarent.  'J'his  year  there  shoiiitl  lie.  and  probably  will 
''e  more  <;eneral  "war  gardenin^r"  liy  the  j)iiblie  but  let 
MS  liope  that  it  will  be  done  with  better  judirnieiit. 

Tlie  House,  on  motion  uf  IJcpresentative 
The  Young  of  Nortli  Dakota,  has  included  in 

barberries      (|i(.  agricultural  bill  an  appropriation  for 
CONTENTS  '"  '^^"a""     "the  eradication    of    the  barberry  bush,'" 

P'**?'-'  said  to  be  distributor  of  the  black  rust 

IdVKK  ILLrSTHATIO.V— Hose  Ophelia ,■   ,  .„,,.   a     ,  ^   i  ^.,>  a<w> /.,„,   i      i    i       fit 

KOSK    GROWING    TNOKK    GL.^SS-Propagation-Se-  "'"^■''   "'   l'^^''  «1estroyed  lbU,OOU,000   bushels  of  wheat 

lection    of    Wood  —  Temperatures  —  Watering    and  in  the  Dakotas  and  Minnesota  alone.     It  is  expressly 

Syrinuing-Shading-.irr;,./,- c.  «Mi.ci-a 149  ^j^^j^^j  ^j^^^  "Nation-wide  destruction  of  the  barbern' 

.SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN'  FLORISTS— Meeting  of  the  .      i  ••        n    i         i  i         j       ii  •   *■  rni " 

Exec.tive  Conunittee-The  Publicity  Campaign.  .151-152  ''"sh '  Will  be  planned  under  the  appropriation.     The 

(.mTl-ARY-Ti.e  Late  c.  E.  Faxon-John  O.  Graham-  "two-host'    character  of  the  black  rust  has  been  known 

.lohn  G.  Gardner- Mrs.  William  Bayersdorter— Karl  for  many  years.    As  in  the  case  of  the  cedar  apple  and 

Voigt   153  white  pine  blister  rust,  the  eradication  of  the  pest  ap- 

(LCB  AND  SOCIETIES-. New  York  Florists'  Club—  pears  to  call  for  the  extinction  or  isolation  of  the  least 

Buffalo  Florists-  Club  153  valuable  of  the  two  host  plants  and  as  between  the  wheat 

FcSrwlLL^WIN     THE-   WAR;  '  '  PRODUCE-  '  IT  I  "'-P  ^^^  «-  '-•'--•'-'  ''  °-  --.t/<^  ^^^(f^''  there 
Daviii  Burpee                                                               154  •   '""  ''"^  "°  choice,  of  course.     But  it  would  be  nothing 

THE  FUTURE  OF  HORTICLLTUHE  IN  AMERICA-  ^''O'"*'  "^  ^  distressing  calamity  if  it  should  prove  abso- 

l\'.  .1.  ji/(i«(/(( '. 154  lutely  necessaiy  to  destroy  not  only  the  wild  barberries, 

SEED  TRADE- The  Canners'  Convention;   Notes 156  so  highly  prized  for  their  fruit,  but  tlie  garden  species 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RET.\IL  FLORISTS:  ii-i  well,  including  the  grandest  of  all  hedge  plants  for 

.\  Florists'   Disclaimer— X;iw  Flower  Stores 158  the  eoliler  sections  of  the  country,  Berberis  Thunbergi. 

i'"LOWER  MARKET  REPORTS:  We  hope  this  far-reaching  proposition  will  have  most 

Boston,  Chicago.  Cincinnati.  New  York,  Philadelphia  161  t-ai-eful  consideration  and  exhaustive  study  from  every 

DURING  RECESS-Stamford  Horticultural  Society. . .  163  standpoint  and  that  no  hasty  action  may  be  taken,  under 

L0C.4L  .\ND  GE.NKRAL  NEWS:  inciteiiicnt  of  the  existing  food  conservation  stress,  on 

.New  York,  Boston.  Philad^'lphia,  Chicago,  Pittsburgh,  „  „„„  „„   i  .„   ,•     „  .i  ,,„„,.  „i „^i„f„i 

St.  Louis,  Rochester.  Cleveland 164-166  "  "loa.sure  SO  d.rastic  and  wantonly  wasteful. 

MISCELLANEOUS:  I'lKler  the  title  of  "Snow  and  Seed 

California-Grown  Boxwood-Illustration 152  The                   ( 'Mtalosues,"        the        Philadell-bia 

-A.  W  ise  Imijorting  Provision 155  ^       »   i                  ,-     ,,  °.          •          ,      -r^  ,                .     ■ 

Visitors'  RouisK^r                                                                156  **^''  catalogue        North  American  for  February  xJnd 

takes  precedence      presents     a    two-column    editorial 

which    is    a   most   elo(]uent    testi- 

Very   reassuring  indeed  is  the  news  .|„,|,ia|  to  the  indispcnsability  of  the  seedsman's  cata- 

"'"*'*               wjiich  comes  from  New  York  of  the  lo^r,,,.,  wjiicli  it  declares  should  be  "the  best-read  liook 

New  York          intensified    interest    and    optimistic  in   .\merica  during  the  next  few  weeks."     It  draws  a 

'•internationar'     sentiment  concerning  the  outlook  for  gra)ihic  wood  picture  of  desolate,  shell-scarred  fields — 

a    success   as   usual   in    the    Interna-  '"i"'^'"'^  o^/eres  stretcOiing  through  many  lands  which 

tional  Flower  Show  next  month.    The  postponement  of  lieit't"f"ie  had  ]uovided  generously  for  more  millions  of 

the  National  Flower  Show  planned  for  this  spring  at  P<'"pl'— "'kI    tl't"    terrible    reality   o     a    world    brought 

St.  Louis  was  well-advised  and  most  commendable  but  ';<■'''"''•  ^"  f'jmnie  lliau  ever  before.    It  tells  of  .^merica  s 

this  annual  New  York  affair  is  quite  a  different  matter  ''."*.^-  >"  ^"'>sti  ute  such  a  picture  of  plentiful  produc- 

and  any  letting-up  or  break  in  the  series  would,  we  "•"!  «f  "'''^^   has  never  seen    not  alone  for  now  but 

believe. "unfavorablv  affect  the  future  prosperity  of  these  ""t"'  !''"  war-wrecked  nations  have  had  time  and  chance 

enterprises.     As  there  is  no  lack  of  fine  local  material  <"  revive  their  i.rostrate  fields  and  reestablish   heir  farni 

to  fill  the  exhibition  hall  to  its  limit  the  question  of  "'"1   ^/J''^^^"    forces-perhaps   a   generation    hence.     It 

transportation  irregularities  and  delays  need  cause  no  'Vf-'cs  the  ]danning  of  homo  gardens  for  next  spring  an( 

concern.     There  can  lie  '-'no  such  word  as  fail"'  when  !'^  ,t'""  V""-'  '"'l'  •*']?  ^w'"^  ''"'i  .        """*'i"='^.^ 

the  staunch  workers  put  their  shoulders  to  the  wheel  <'"»''l'^'  ^^^  "^f  ^  patriotic  duty  second  to  none.     Is  it 

as  thev  are  doin-  in  New  York.  ^'">'  ^™";1"'  /''"*  '''^^\.  ^o"/  ''l°"f  ^'  'f '^"'"'^  '"''?''' 

rea.sons  for  the  conviction  that  the  seedsman  s  catalog 

Now  comes  the  aftermath  of  .«ome  of  should  he  the  best  read  bo(jlc  in  .\merica  during  the  next 

Unwise  [])(.  foolish  things  that  were  done  all  few  weeks?     The  seedsman  himself  w'ill  be  put  to  the 

war  gardening      over  the  country  last  year  in  the  war  test  as  never  before  so  soon  as  the  snow  has  vani.shed,  for 

garden  paroxysm.     A  report  by  the  we  are  fast  becoming  "a  nation  of  gardeners"  and  the 

chairman  of  the  park  and  recreation  board  states  that  seedsman  is  in  the  saddle. 


February  16.   1918 


HORTICULTURE 


131 


SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  FLORISTS  AND 
ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURISTS 

Meeting  of  the  Executive  Board 


The  Executive  Board  of  the  Society 
of  American  Florists  and  Ornamental 
Horticulturists  held  a  meeting  at  the 
Jefferson  Hotel.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  on 
Monday.  January  21,  1918.  This  meet- 
ing took  Ihe  place  of  the  regular  mid- 
Lent  meeting,  the  change  of  time  be- 
ing nece.5sitated  through  the  change 
of  Convention  dates. 

There  were  present:  President  Chas. 
H.  Totty,  Madison,  N.  J.;  Secretary 
John  Young,  New  York;  Treasurer  J. 
J.  Hess,  Omaha,  Nebr.;  Ex-President 
R.  C.  Kerr.  Houston,  Tex.;  Washing- 
ton Representative  Wni.  F.  Gude; 
Frank  X.  Stuppy,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.; 
Joseph  A.  Manda,  West  Orange,  N.  J.; 
Chas.  E.  ■  Critchell.  Cincinnati,  Ohio; 
Charles  Schenck,  President  New  York 
Florists'  CUib;  Fred  Lautenschlager, 
Chicago  Florists'  Club;  Benjamin 
Hammond,  president  American  Rose 
Society.  There  were  also  present: 
Henry  Penn,  Boston,  Chairman  Pub- 
licity Committee;  George  Asmus, 
Chicago,  chairman  National  Flower 
Show  Committee  and  Publicity  Fi- 
nance Committee;  Herman  P.  Knoble, 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  and  J.  J.  Beneke,  St. 
Louis. 

In  opening  the  meeting  President 
Totty  pointed  out  that  the  delibera- 
tions of  the  Board  would,  in  view  of 
general  conditions,  be  more  momen- 
tous than  had  ever  been  the  case  be- 
fore. In  behalf  of  the  emergency  com- 
mittee appointed  to  act  for  the  So- 
ciety in  the  matter  of  the  coal  ques- 
tion, Wm,  F.  Gude  made  a  long  verbal 
report,  dealing  with  the  hearing  given 
in  Washington  to  twenty-two  members 
of  the  committee,  an  account  of  which 
was  published  in  the  trade  papers. 
Mr.  Gude  made  it  plain  that  the  Gov- 
ernment expected  the  florists  to  con- 
serve coal  to  the  extent  of  at  least 
one-thirl  of  their  regular  consumption, 
and  the  Fael  Commission  wanted  some 
assurance  from  the  Society,  as  a  rep- 
resentative body,  that  the  florist  trade 
was  willing  to  make  the  curtailment 
required  of  it.  Several  letters  and 
telegrams  from  florists  were  read  by 
the  secretary,  all  expressing  a  willing- 
ness to  meet  requirements.  The  dis- 
cussion of  the  question  was  long  and 
earnest,  and  resulted  in  the  appoint- 
ment of  Messrs.  Gude,  Young  and 
Schenck  as  a  committee  to  report  a 
resolution  for  transmission  to  the  Coal 
Commission  at  Washington  by  wire. 

Secretary  Young  read  a  letter  from 
Prof.  F.  L.  Mulford,  of  the  Bureau  of 
Plant  Iniustry,  requesting  the  co-oper- 
ation of  the  Board  in  an  appeal  for 
Rose  varieties  for  planting  in  the  Na- 
tional Rose  Test  Garden,  and,  the 
Board  'oted  to  co-operate  with  the 
committee  in  charge  of  the  garden  in 
every  po.~sible  way.  The  matter  of  the 
need  of  some  regulations  governing 
the  registration  of  new  plants  and 
flowers,  so  that  those  registered  should 
at  least  nave  sufficient  importance  to 
make  recognition  desirable,  was  re- 
ferred to  the  1918  Convention. 


Henry  Penn,  as  chairman  of  the 
Publicity  Committee,  read  a  report 
showing  the  progress  of  the  campaign 
for  publicity  for  flowers  since  the  joint 
meeting  of  the  Publicity  and  Publicity 
Finance  Committees  in  Cleveland  last 
December,  at  which  meeting  $20,000 
was  appropriated  for  immediate  needs, 
and  instructions  given  to  the  O'Keefe 
Advertising  Agency.  Boston,  to  place 
the  advertising  contracts.  Mr.  Penn 
exhibited  proofs  of  the  advertisements 
prepared  up  to  date,  and  other  mat- 
ter which  was  to  be  provided  for  flor- 
ists in  order  that  they  might,  through 
local  newspaper  advertising,  tie  up 
with  the  campaign,  their  own  adver- 
tising having  especial  reference  to  the 
advertisements  in  the  magazines. 

Chairman  George  Asmus  of  the  Pub- 
licity Finance  Committee  reported  at 
some  length  as  to  the  finances  of  the 
publicity  campaign,  and  working  plans 
as  regards  the  obtaining  of  subscrip- 
tions. Finally,  on  motion,  the  Board 
endorsed  the  work  of  the  Publicity 
Committee,  and  its  plans  for  future 
action;  and  a  further  motion  accepted 
the  reports  presented  and  directed 
that  they  be  made  part  of  the  records 
of  the  meeting. 

Secretary  Young  presented  his  finan- 
cial report  for  the  year  ending  Dec. 
31,  1917,  pnd  the  report  of  the  audi- 
tors confirming  the  correctness  of 
same.  Treasurer  Hess  also  presented 
his  financial  report.  Mr.  Gude,  for 
the  Committee  on  Tariff  and  Legisla- 
tion, reported  that,  on  January  7,  a 
Bill  had  1;een  presented  in  Congress 
prohibiting  the  importation  of  seeds, 
plants  ind  other  commodities,  but 
there  was  every  reason  to  hope  that 
it  would  be  killed  in  committee. 

From  the  report  of  Theodore  Wirth, 
chairman  of  the  Convention  Garden 
Committee,  the  prospects  for  a  suc- 
cessful .garden  at  the  Detroit  Conven- 
tion in  1919  were  exceedingly  bright. 
Buildings  and  grounds  had  been  of- 
fered tree  of  charge,  and  conditions 
seemed  to  be  ideal.  Benjamin  Ham- 
mond made  a  very  enthusiastic  re- 
port for  the  Committee  on  School 
Gardens.  School  garden  work,  he 
stated,  had  increased  with  almost  the 
suddenno.iis  of  an  earthquake.  After 
an  interesting  discussion.  President 
Totty,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Gude,  ap- 
pointed .Messrs.  Stuppy.  Lautenschlag- 
er and  Hammond,  a  committee  to  draw 
up  resolutions  in  regard  to  encourag- 
ing children  everywhere  to  plant  vege- 
table gardens.  The  matter  of  the  re- 
lations of  t!ie  Society  with  Miss  Jarvis, 
originator  of  Mother's  Day,  was  re- 
ferred to  the  St.  Louis  Convention  for 
action. 

The  Committee  on  Credits  and  Col- 
lections Bureau,  through  R.  C.  Kerr, 
reported  progress. 

The  audit  committee  recommended 
that  all  levenue  derived  from  interest 
be  diverted  to  the  general  fund,  a.4 
sug.^esterl   by    the    treasurer.     The   re- 


port was,  accepted  and  the  recom- 
mendation ordered  carried  out. 

On  Tuesday  morning,  January  22, 
after  disposing  of  some  routine  busi- 
ness. Chairman  George  Asmus  of  the 
National  Flower  Show  Committee 
presented  a  resolution  adopted  by 
the  committee,  under  which  the 
recommendation  was  made  that  the 
proposed  National  Flower  Show  in  St. 
Louis  be  postponed  indefinitely,  owing 
to  the  general  conditions  prevailing. 
The  Board  accepted  the  recommenda- 
tion and  a  further  motion  was  carried 
expressing  the  wish  of  the  Board  that 
the  next  National  Flower  Show  be 
held  in  St.  Louis,  and  that  this  mo- 
tion be  submitted  for  the  considera- 
tion of  Ihe  National  Flower  Show- 
Committee  at  its  next  meeting.  In 
order,  however,  that  there  might  be 
no  misunderstanding  as  to  the  dates 
for  holding  the  Convention,  the  Board, 
bv  motion,  re-affirmed  the  holding 
dates  as  April  9,  10  and  11,  1918. 
Messrs.  Hess.  Gude  and  Asmus  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  visit  the 
Recorder  of  Moolah  Temple  and  make 
such  arrangement  as  they  might  find 
possible  in  regard  to  the  balance  of 
the  lease  entered  into  by  the  Society. 
The  preparation  of  the  program  for 
the  Convention  was,  by  motion,  placed 
in  the  hands  of  the  president,  secre- 
tary and  vice-president. 

The  usual  appropriations  were 
made  to  the  officers  of  the  entomolog- 
ist, pathologist,  botanist,  school  garden 
committee,  committee  on  tariff  and 
legislation,  the  sergeant-at-arms  at  the 
Convention,  for  clerical  assistance  to 
secretary  at  the  convention,  and  the 
allowances  to  the  secretary  for  super- 
intendence of  the  trade  exhibition  and 
sojourn  in  St.  Louis.  The  Board  real- 
izing that  the  work  of  the  secretary's 
office  would  thenceforth  be  very  great 
and  necessitate  the  whole  time  of  the 
secretary,  the  situation  was  fully  dis- 
cussed, and  Mr.  Young  was  consulted. 
Finally  the  secretary  was  offered  a 
salary  of  $3,600  per  annum,  the  same 
to  be  irrespective  of  his  income  from 
flower  show  management  and  other 
official  appointments.  This  Mr.  Young 
accepted  and  it  was  arranged  that  the 
Publicity  Promotion  Bureau  should 
bear  its  preportionate  share  of  the  sal- 
ary paid  the  secretary. 

At  this  point  the  Board  took  a  re- 
cess to  visit  Moolah  Temple. 

Later  in  the  afternoon  the  commit- 
tee on  program  reported  progress,  and 
many  details  suggested  were  discussed, 
but  action  was  deferred.  It  was  de- 
cided that  cards  of  identification 
would  he  issued  to  members,  instead 
of  the  customary  official  button. 

It  appeared  to  the  Board  that  some 
change  was  necessary  in  regard  to  the 
distribution  of  the  volumes  of  Annual 
Proceedings,  and  that,  i:i  view  of  the 
largely  increased  postal  rates  on  such 
material,  they  should  only  be  sent  to 
those  who  actually  required  them. 
After   considerable   discussion,   it   was 


HOHTl CULTURE 


Pelinmry  10,  1918 


arraiiKeJ  that  the  ccllllon  of  tho  1917 
Pro.'.    '  ilrcady  In  press  be  ni'" 

(ml  ■  iplos  8cnt  only  to  iiu'in 

bcrs  wii..   Mi.ido  application   for  thoiii 

The  special  committee  on  the  leas, 
of  convention  quarters,  reported  that 
they  had  l.een  able  to  obtain  a  release 
from  the  Rcneral  terms  of  the  lease, 
and  the  rental  would  only  be  expcctc<l 
for  the  period  of  the  Convention.  A 
resolution  wa.-i  pa.'vse<l  that  all  liabili- 
ties In  connection  with  the  Show  be 
shouldered  by  the  Society,  and  that 
the  American  Rose  S^ociety  and  the 
American  Carnation  Society  be  re- 
leased 'rom  their  shares  of  Indebted- 
ness provided  the  profits  of  the  forth- 
coming convention  be  sufficient  to  dis- 
charge them,  any  undischarpred  bal- 
ance beluK  carried  against  the  next 
Show  and  pro-rated  according  to  the 
profits. 

It  was  decided  to  recommend  to  the 
Convention  that  the  clause  in  the  by- 
laws making  the  president  of  an  afBli- 
ated  society  a  member  of  tlie  Execu- 
tive Board  be  altered  to  allow  of  a 
vice-president  taking  the  office  in  the 
event  of  a  president  being  unable  to 
serve.  It  was  also  decided  to  recom- 
mend that  the  chairman  of  the  Na- 
tional Flower  Show  Committee,  the 
Publicity  Committee,  and  the  Finance 
Publicity  Committee  be  added  to  the 
Board. 

At  the  dinner  In  the  evening  ten- 
dered by  the  St.  Louis  Florists'  Club, 
the  following  final  resolutions  were 
passed: 

"Whebbas:  The  Board  of  Directors 
of  the  Society  of  American  Flor- 
ists, and  the  members  of  the  National 
Flower  Show  Committee  have  closed 
a  very  busy  session  held  during  the 
past  two  days  at  the  Jefferson  Hotel, 
St.  Louis,  Missouri,  at  which  matters 
of  great  import  to  the  entire  florist 
trade  considered  and  acted  upon,  it  is 
the  sense  of  these  bodies  that  a  suit- 
able expression  of  their  appreciation 
for  courtesies  tendered  them  while 
here  be  now  made:    therefore, 

Re-solved:  That  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  S.  A.  F.  &  O.  H.  and 
Its  National  Flower  Committee  tender 
their  thanks  by  unanimous  vote  to 
the  following:  to  the  St.  Louis  Flor- 
ists' Club  and  to  the  local  St.  Louis 
florists  individually:  to  the  Jefferson 
Hotel  management;  to  the  local  press 
and  to  the  florists  trade  papers;  to  the 
St.  Louis  Wholesale  Cut  Flower  Com- 
pany and  all  others  who  have  aided  us 
in  our  deliberations  hero  and  shown 
us  appreciated  courtesies;    further, 

Resol'.tcd:      We     desire     to     tender 
a  special  vote  of  thanlcs  to  the  Presi- 
dent   of    the    St.    Louis    Florists    Club 
and  the  various  Committees  appointed 
by  him  to  prepare  for  the  contemplat- 
ed National  Flower  Show  which  event- 
have    compelled    the   postponement   to 
their  and  our  mutual  regret.     We  als 
owe  them  our  thanks  for  the  efficien' 
work  thay  are  now  doing  in  prepariii 
for  the  Annual  Convention   of  the   s 
A.  F.  &  0.  H.  to  be  held  in  St.  Loui 
Missouri,  on  April  9.  Id,  and  11,  191^ 
at    which    a   large    attendance   of   our 
members   and     florists     generally   the 
country    over    is    confidently    expected 
to  consider  coal  conservation,  cooper- 
ation of  all  florists,  and  publicity." 
Joiix  YouxG,  Secretary, 

1170   Broadway. 


S.  A.  F.  PUBLICITY  CAMPAIGN 


1 


The  I'romotlon  Uureau  of  the  S.  A. 
1".  has  experienced  u  pleasing  demand 
for  elect rolypca  which  It  has  prepared 
for  use  by  retail  HorlKts  In  their  local 
newspapers,  connecting  their  establish- 
ments with  the  national  advertising 
campaign  now  in  progress.  The  elec- 
tros sent  out  for  St.  Valentine's  Day 
as  nearly  as  possible  accentuated  the 
features  of  the  page  advertisement  in 
tlie  Saturday  Kvening  Post  of  Febru- 
ary 9,  so  that  identity  would  be  fully 
evident,  and  the  direct  advertising  by 
ihe  individual  productive  of  results 
such  as  ;iimcd  for  by  the  use  of  the 
national  magazine. 

Other  electrotyped  advertisements 
linking  up  with  the  advertising  in  a 
selected  coterie  of  national  magazines 
are  now  available  for  Easter  and  Moth- 
er's Day,  and.  for  regular  use,  calling 
at'enlion  to  birthday  and  wedding  re- 
quirements, and  to  the  home  use  of 
flowers  and  plants.  A  "broadside" 
showing  reproductions  of  these  elec- 
trotyped advertisements,  as  well  as  of 
the  mat:azine  advertisements,  has  been 
mailed  throughout  the  trade.  Anyone 
not  having  received  this  broadside 
should  make  request  of  the  secretary 
for  one. 

A  large  number  of  orders  have  been 
received  for  the  transfer  signs,  "Say 
It  With  Flowers."  tlie  handsome  signs 
for  windows  and  doors,  easily  trans- 
fixed md  permanent.  These  signs 
will  be  forwarded  in  a  few  days,  the 
makers  having  required  considerable 
time  for  their  production. 

It  will  be  two  weeks  before  the 
same  signs  in  glass  form  and  with  an 
easel  baok  can  be  shipped.  Those 
ordering  any  of  these  items  should  be 
sure  to  send  the  cash  price  with  the 
order,  as  the  prices  are  near  to  the 
cost  mark,  and  based  on  remittances 
with  orders. 

On  acount  of  the  enforced  holidays, 
some  late  orders  for  electrotypes  cov- 
ering St.  Valentine's  Day  could  not  be 
tilled  to  reach  destinations  in  time. 
Order  e:irly  your  requirements  for 
other  special  days. 

.•Vll  florists  advertising  in  their  local 
pai)ers  are  urged  to  send  in  marked 
copies  of  the  newspapers  containing 
the  advc!rtisements.  as  this  Bureau  is 
desirous  of  keeping  a  record  of  same. 


Chairman  Asnuis,  of  the  Publicity 
Finance  Ccmmitlee,  reports  the  follow- 
ing additional  subscriptions: 

Aiiiiually  fur  I  yrnm  -Tin-  Jniion  Kimgcll 
Co.,  ClfVi'liiiid,  <>.,  JKIO;  A.  H.  KliiK.  Wln- 
nlpoi;,  MiiiiKoliii.  $\t);  NiihnIiiiuiimt  Kloriil 
I'll.,  Sim  AiKfi'lii.  TfX..  V':  (iiiHl  W.  Gron- 
Hiirt  Iti'Ilovni.\  111..  $."j;  .1.  SiilliiTKiT  &  Co., 
Oiikiniiil.  I'alir..  ;iil:  Kuril'  (iri-cnliouHca, 
Kane,  I'a..  $.'>;  I'ark  Klnwor  Slirip.  ('Ii'V*. 
Iniiil,  O.,  fa>:  \V.  .[.  Itiikrr.  riillaiU-lpliin, 
rn.,  $10;  Klilrldit.-  KlorlHl,  Danville-.  Vu.,  V>; 
T.  S.  .Metcalf,  II<>|>klnHijnvllli-.  Ky.,  $8;  I'aiil 
M.  Ilollirooki'.  N.-wark.  <t.,  $10;  The  StlU-f 
Co.,  Oklahoma  City.  Okla.,  $;;.'>;  A.  K.  T. 
I.awrltzcn,  Kau  Claire.  WIh.,  $5;  Tong  & 
WwkH  Kloral  Co..  AhIiIjiImiIh.  O.,  $10;  The 
WIncluilller  Co.,  Mankatu.  Minn.,  $.">;  I'lntte- 
vllle  Floral  Co.,  I'latlevlllc,  Win.,  $;) ;  Thco. 
U.  Frank.  llurTalo.  N.  V.,  $:!.,'iO:  Ilnna  S. 
Jennen,  Mitchell.  .S.  1)..  fT,;  Hole  Floral  Co.. 
Healriee.  .Net)..  $l'.'j ;  Wni.  Leiir,  Urooklyn, 
Mil,,  $10;  Smeiiley  I'loral  Co..  r'argo.  N.  U.. 
$.";;  Mr».  Sam  Ilrown.  Tyler.  Tex..  $10;  Cole 
Hros.,  reoria.  III.,  t'^;  I'iernon  Floral  Co.. 
I'corla,  III.,  $10;  F.  A.  Walraven,  Peoria. 
HI.,  $10;  L.  J.  Becker.  I'eorla,  111,.  $15; 
Henry    Baer,    Peoria.    Ill,,    $15;    V.    Bezalk. 

fJrasB  Point,  111..  $10;  I hard  Floral  Co.. 

Lombard,  III.,  $.'iO;  P.  M,  Read,  Sec'y  Pot 
MTrs,  Credit  Ass'n.,  $ICi0 ;  C.  C.  PoIIwortb 
Co.,  Milwaukee,  Win.,  $100;  Henry  Smith. 
Grand  Hapida,  Miob..  $25;  Andrew  Bros.. 
Bristol,  Conn.,  $10;  W.  B.  Terry,  Bristol. 
Conn.,  $5. 

For  one  year — Cbopin  Bros,,  Lincoln, 
Neb.,  $25;  .Tobn  H.  Sykes,  Aiientown,  Pa.. 
$.■-.. 

Total,  $700.50.  Previously  reported  from 
all       sources,      $20,283.50.        Grand      total, 

$J!l.l«t;i.lK). 

To  All  Who  Publish  Catalogues. 

1  am  directed  by  President  Totty  to 
call  a  meeting  of  all  in  the  trade  who 
publish  catalogues,  to  be  held  at  the 
new  ofliues  of  tlie  Society,  902-903  John- 
son Building,  117U  Broadway,  New 
York,  on  Thursday,  February  21,  next, 
at  2  p.  ra. 

The  object  of  the  meeting  is  to  be 
the  consideration  in  view  of  the  ad- 
verse conditions  now  generally  ex- 
perienced in  the  trade,  of  the  question 
whether  or  not  a  uniform  clause 
should  be  embodied  in  all  sales  con- 
tracts, to  the  effect  that  all  shipments 
of  stock  in  transit  travel  at  purchas- 
ers' risk. 

Any  catalogue  publisher  who  can- 
not be  present,  either  in  person  or  by 
representative,  is  invited  to  present 
his  or  their  views,  in  writing,  through 
the   secretary. 

All  who  intend  to  be  present,  or 
represented,  will  ))lease  at  once  notify 
the  secret.iry  of  such  intention. 

John  Young,  Secy., 


CALIFORNIA  GROWN  BOXWOOD. 


\T.,.Hi.  ■■   H-."  M..1    i-r'-'tii't i-.u   iK.H    liLUig  t;i"->\\n   i)y  hundreds  of  tliou.sands  ;tt  l^^urvk.i 


February  16.  I'JIS 


HORTICULTURE 


153 


Obituary 


The   Late  C.   E.   Faxon. 

The  death  of  Charles  Edward  Faxon, 
which  was  briefly  announced  in  our 
previous  issue  is  an  irreparable  loss 
to  the  Arnold  Arboretum  and  Profes- 
sor Sargent.  Among  the  artists  who 
have  made  botanical  drawings  in  the 
last  four  centuries  few  have  equaled 
Mr.  Faxon  in  taste,  skill  and  knowl- 
edge, and  the  works  which  he  illus- 
trated owe  their  chief  value  to  his 
pencil. 

Mr.  Faxon  began  early  to  draw 
plants  and  showed  so  much  ability  in 
this  work  that  he  was  asked  to  make 
some  of  the  colored  plates  for  Eaton's 
"Ferns  of  North  America,"  published 
in  1879-1880.  For  the  first  volume  of 
this  classical  book  he  made  six  draw- 
ings and  for  the  second  volume  thirty- 
three  drawings.  When  the  Smithson- 
ian Institution  began  the  preparation 
of  the  work  on  trees  which  was  after- 
wards linown  as  "Sargent's  Silva  of 
North  America,"  Mr,  Faxon  was  se- 
lected to  prepare  the  illustrations.  For 
this  work  he  made  749  drawings  ac- 
companied by  carefully-prepared  analy- 
ses of  the  flowers  and  fruits.  He  made 
•542  drawings  for  Sargent's  "Manual  of 
the  Trees  of  North  America"  and  the 
drawings  for  the  100  plates  of  trees 
and  shrubs;  and  several  hundred 
drawings  which  were  reproduced  on 
the  pages  of  Garden  and  Forest,  includ- 
ing those  afterward  republished  in 
"The  Forest  Flora  of  Japan."  His 
drawings  of  many  Central  American 
plants  were  published  from  time  to 
time  in  The  Botanical  Gazette. 

The  final  volume  of  "The  Silva"  was 
dedicated  to  Charles  Edward  Faxon 
"In  grateful  appreciation  of  the  skill 
and  learning  which  for  twenty  years 
he  has  devoted  with  untiring  zeal  to 
The  Silva  of  North  America,'  "  by  the 
friend  T.'ho,  for  forty  years,  had  been 
his  almost  daily  associate. 

Modest  and  retiring  he  impressed 
himself  publicly  only  through  his  pen- 
cil, and  only  those  persons  who  could 
appreciate  the  value  of  its  work,  or 
who  came  into  daily  contact  with  him, 
realized  that  one  of  the  remarkable 
and  distinguished  men  of  the  country 
was  living  in  Boston  practically  un- 
known to  the  general  public. 


John  -O.  Graham. 
John  O.  Graham,  one  of  the  well 
known  ilorists  of  the  Mohawk  valley, 
died  at  his  home  in  Little  Falls,  N.  Y., 
Feb.  2,  after  an  illness  of  several  weeks. 
He  sustained  a  stroke  of  paralysis.  Mr. 
Graham  vas  born  in  Scotland  in  1861. 
He  began  life  as  gardener  in  Scotland 
and  came  to  this  country  38  years  ago, 
engaged  all  the  time  as  a  florist.  He 
was  located  first  in  New  York  city  and 
later  in  Binghamton.  In  1897  he  came 
to  Little  Falls  and  purchased  the  busi- 
ness of  I'eter  Crowe.  He  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Jennie  Pauk  at  Una- 
dilla  in  1886,  and  she  with  three 
children  survive.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  American  Florists 
and  the  Albany  Florists'  club. 


John  G.  Gardner. 
John  G.  Gardner,  aged  29  years,  gar- 
dener on  the  F.  H.  Allen  estate.  Pel- 
ham  Manor,  N.  Y..  died  in  hospital  at 
Yonkers   on   February   2.     His   father. 


GLADIOLI 

1st  Size  Sd  Size 

1000  lOOII 

.Viiierira     $20.00  $15.0(> 

Ida    \au    SO.OO  40.00 

Indepenileiice     16.00  IJ.OO 

Mrs.    Francis    Kiim IH.OO  14.(«1 

Mrs.    I'ranii    Pendlfton.   50.00  :i.-).0(l 

Navajo    60.00  40.(MI 

]i:xhil>ition    Mixed 30.00  l.'i.lMI 

Garden   Mixed    16.00  r;.(MI 


CAN  N  AS 


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Kate    F.    I>eemer. . 

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liiclmrd     Wallace., 
\\  inl/.iT's    Colossal 


Home  ii 
Fresh 
Doz. 

$0.7.-. 
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Cut 
100 

$6.00 
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S.IMI 
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li.OO 
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Well  graded,  clean,  healthy  stock 

BRECK-ROBINSON   NURSERY  COMPANY 

LEXINGTON,     MASSACHUSETTS 


Richard  Gardner,  is  a  well-known  gar- 
dener of  Newport,  R.  I.  He  leaves  a 
widow  and  two-year-old  boy. 


Mrs.  William    Bayersdorfer. 
Mrs.   Wm.   Bayersdorfer,   mother   of 
Harry  and  I.  M.  Bayersdorfer,  died  on 
February  1   at  her  home  in   Philadel- 
phia.    Seven  children  survive  her. 


Karl  Volgt. 
Karl  Voigt,  successfully  engaged  in 
the  retail  florist  business  in  Newark. 
N.   J.,   for   over   sixty   years,   died    on 
January  27,  aged  79  years. 


NEW  YORK   FLORISTS'  CLUB 

The  New  York  Florists'  Club  had  one 
of  the  best  meetings  on  record  on  Mon- 
day evening,  February  11  and  the  ad- 
ministration of  President  Schenck  has 
certainly  started  out  most  auspicious- 
ly. An  unprecedented  number  of  new 
members  was  added  to  the  list  and 
twelve  more  were  nominated.  On  the 
exhibition  tables  were  exhibits  of  rose 
Bedford  Belle  from  Bedford  Flower 
Co.,  Bedford  Hills:  rose  Mme.  Colette 
Martinet  from  A.  N.  Pierson  Inc., 
Cromwell,  Conn.,  and  a  vase  of  iris 
from  P.  W.   Popp. 

Favoral)le  progressive  reports  were 
made  by  committees  on  new  meeting 
hall,  soldiers'  entertainment,  annual 
banquet,  essays  and  transportation  to 
the  St.  Louis  Convention.  An  enthu- 
siastic communication  was  received 
from  Major  O'Keefe  on  the  publicity 
campaign  and  the  great  value  of  co- 
operative action,  with  suggestions  as 
to  possibilities  in  local  city  advertis- 
ing for  florists  of  New  York.  A  letter 
from  the  gardeners  of  Brooklyn  parks 
stated  that  they  had  been  restored  to 
the  competitive  class  of  employees. 
President  Schenck  spoke  interestingly 
of  his  trip  to  St.  Louis  with  the  S.  A. 
F.  Executive  Board,  Charles  H.  Totty 
made  patriotic  remarks  on  fuel  sav- 
ing, etc.,  etc..  and  Joseph  Manda  gave 
an  entertaining  account  of  his  trip  to 
the  South,  where  his  son  is  in  camp. 
Secretary  Young  announced  the  re- 
moval of  his  office  to  1170  Broadway 
and  stated  that  the  tea  garden  would 
be  eliminated  from  the  International 
Exhibition  this  year,  but  that  other 
and  better  attractions  were  planned 
by  the  Red  Cross  people.  A.  Herring- 
ton  also  made  hopeful  remarks  on  the 
show  prospects.  W.  R.  Pierson  ad- 
dressed ihe  Club  on  behalf  of  the  Am- 
erican Rose  Society,  which  will  stage 
its  annual  exhibition  with  the  Inter- 
national Show.  The  proposed  increase 
of  the  secretary's  salary  to  $.500  was 
favorably   acted     upon.      William     C. 


Freeman  of  the  Advertising  News  gave 
an  interesting  talk  on  "Publicity." 

BUFFALO  FLORIST  CLUB. 

The  monthly  meeting  of  the  Buffalo 
Florist  Club  was  held  on  Tuesday 
evening.  Feb.  5. 

President  Henry  H.  Elbers  had  re- 
peatedly declined  all  efforts  to  per- 
suade him  to  serve  the  Club  another 
year,  and  upon  this  occasion  said  posi- 
tively that  he  would  be  unable  to  put 
the  time  and  effort  into  the  work  that 
he  felt  it  deserved.  Accordingly,  oth- 
er nominations  were  made  for  presi- 
dent, vice-president,  secretary,  finan- 
cial secretary  and  treasurer,  which 
will  be  put  to  ballot  at  the  annual 
banquet  to  be  held  in  place  of  the 
next  monthly  meeting,  A  goodly 
number  of  members  arranged  to  go 
as  a  delegation  to  the  annual  Farm- 
er's Week  at  Cornell  University  at 
Ithaca,  N.  Y, 

Mr,  Wells,  followed  by  Emil  Brucker 
then  put  into  words  the  appreciation 
which  the  whole  Club  felt  for  the 
splendid  year  of  progress  which  was 
now  ending  with  the  resignation  of 
President  Elbers,  The  entire  Club 
rose  in  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks 
for  his  enthusiastic  and  inspiring  de- 
votion to  the  interests  of  the  Club. 
Under  his  administration  the  organi- 
zation has  been  elevated  from  a  mere 
social  "get-together"  into  a  real  edu- 
cative and  practical  association  for  the 
advancement  of  the  interests  of  the 
florists'  business.  Every  meeting  has 
been  the  occasion  of  an  instructive 
and  enjoyable  address  either  by  a 
member  of  the  Club  or  by  an  out-of- 
town  speaker.  That  the  members 
have  appreciated  this  is  sho5vn  by  the 
greatly  increased  attendance  during 
the  past  year  over  preceding  years. 

President  Elbers  heartily  thanked 
the  memiiers  for  their  support.  "Let 
us  remember.  Friends"  said  he  in  con- 
clusion. That  w^herever  we  go  and 
whoever  we  meet,  we  have  In  our 
hands  the  building  of  the  reputation 
that  shall  characterize  the  florists' 
business  and  by  which  florists  as  men 
shall  be  kiiown.  If  our  habits  are  tem- 
perate and  our  conduct  is  what  it 
should  be,  then  we  will  be  doing  our 
bit  to  lift  the  florists'  profession  to 
the  place  which  it  deserves  to  be  held 
in  the  esteem  of  the  business  world. 
Let  us  remember  that  moderation  and 
self  control  is  the  only  means  to  win 
the  respect  of  others  and  retain  our 
own  self  respect.  Let  me  again  thank 
you  for  your  cordial  support  and  earn- 
estly request  that  you  will  favor  the 
incoming  president  with  the  same 
friendly  co-operation  that  you  have  ex- 
tended to  me." 


II  0  UT  1  C  U  LTU  HK 


February  H".,  1918 


FOOD  WILL  WIN  THE  WAR-PRODUCE  IT! 


Kdltor  HoKTuri.Tiiu:- 

1  wns  Interested  in  the  romarks  of 
our  rrlen  I  Ui-orge  C.  Watson  in  Horti- 
(  I  i.TiRK  for  February  2  about  the 
slopnn  Food  Will  Win  The  War- 
Produce  ill" 

I  always  like  iritiiisni  nf  myself,  or 
of  my   work,   especially   if  it  is  con- 
structive, and  if  it  is  not  constructive 
it  usually  proves  amusing.     I  must  ad- 
'hat    I   do   not  like  Mr.   Watson's 
-tion  at  all!     In  the  place  of  the 
—      '    :nn    which    we   are   now 
•  ction  with  many  other 
>.  , ,,     i.iiM-    ..lul    in    connection    also 
with    the    Bureau    of    Increased   Food 
I»roduetion  Mr.   Watson  offers  the  fol- 
lowing:   "Seeds     will     win     the  war. 
Sow    them."     "Seeds   rule   the   world. 
Don't  waste  them."     I  say  Seeds  will 
not  win  the  war!     And  Seeds  do  not 
rule  the  world! 

Mr.  Watson  goes  further  and  says 
that  his  slogans  "would  meet  with 
llie  appro\al  of  the  powers  that  be  and 
encourage  cordial  feelings  towards 
our  business  instead  of  suggesting 
criticism  cf  jealous  and  patriotic  of- 
ficials." When  I  wrote  you  first  I 
think  I  stated  that  I  considered  the 
slogan  "Food  Will  Win  The  War" 
rather  bold.  I  never  would  have  con- 
sidered the  use  of  such  a  broad  state- 
ment as  this  had  not  the  United  States 
Government    first    placed    upon    it    its 


stamp  f'f  approval.  Of  course  food 
alone  will  not  win  the  war,  but  with- 
out food  it  would  be  impossible  to  win 
the  war.  And  the  United  States  Gov- 
ernment has  said  that  Food  Will  Win 
the  War.  Therefore,  it  is  the  patriotic 
duty  of  all  seedsmen  to  impress  upon 
their  clientele  so  far  as  possible  the 
fact  that  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment considers  that  Food  Will  Win 
tho  War  and  that  it  is  their  individual 
duty  so  far  as  possible  to  increase  the 
Production  of  Food. 

It  is  not  Seeds  of  which  we  are 
talking:  if  we  talk  about  seeds  then 
the  public  at  large  immediately  thinks 
that  our  motives  are  selfish,  that  we 
want  to  sell  seeds.  Of  course  we  want 
to  sell  steds  but  the  distribution  of 
seeds  becomes  patriotic  only  when  it 
enhances  the  production  of  food. 
Sowing  seed  is  merely  incidental  to 
the  Production  of  Food;  it  is  the 
means  by  which  we  obtain  the  result, 
and  it  is  the  result  which  we  must  go 
after!  Therefore,  again  I  say  that  I 
personally  do  not  like  Mr.  Watson's 
suggestions. 

Upon  further  thought,  however,  it 
seems  to  rae  Mr.  Watson  must  have 
had  in  mind  the  great  shortage  of 
vegetable  seeds  throughout  the  world 
and  perhaps  his  idea  was  somewhat 
to  impress  upon  the  general  public 
this  scarcity  and  to  encourage  them 
to  make  the  best  possible  use  of  what- 
ever seed  they  buy.   We  have  had  that 


point  In  mind  and   I  think  already  we 
have  done  everything  possible  to  en- 
courage   our    customers    to    buy    only 
what   seed    they    will    need.      In   that 
connection    we   are    mailing    to    more 
than  a  half  million  customers  a  print- 
ed notice  which  reads  as  follows; 
r(KM> 
wii.r,  WI.N  TIIK  WAIt 
I'ltODL'CK   IT'. 
Wlllioul    Kc'i'il    11    wuiilil   lie   Inipoaxlblv   to 
priidiic*'   f*HHi-ainl    simmI    1h    «cnrcc! 

The  (leiiiaiKl  fur  vi'K'i'tiilil"-  Wf.l  IuhI  year 
mure  than  (tuiibliMi,  and  abnoHt  at  the  same 
time  the  Nupply  nf  neeil  from  Knrupe  was 
rut  olT.  Wi-  have  ilime  everything  |iuM8lble 
to  Krow  more  seed  in  America,  l>nt  in  spite 
of  our  beHt  elTort  there  in  hariily  enouKli 
vegetal)lc  seed  to  meet  every  deniMnil.  Thi- 
supply  of  Heed  tliroii^-hout  the  whole  worM 
id  extremely  short : 

We  advise  that  you  order  your  seed  Im- 
mediately. And  we  ask  that  you  he  careful 
with  the  seed  you  buy— malie  every  need 
eiinnt ! 

SEi;ii 

WILL  I-KIIDI'dO  FOr)lJ 

DON'T  WASTK  IT! 

.1  am  writing  this  not  as  a  defense  of 
the  slogan  we  have  offered,  but  l)e- 
cause  the  slogan  "Food  Will  Win  the 
War — Produce  It!"  has  already  been 
accepted  very  generally  and  because  I 
think  that  any  deviation  from  its 
singleness  of  purpose  would  weaken 
our  cause. 


W'.  A.  Manda,  of  South  Orange,  N. 
.T.,  had  a  \  try  inclement  day  and  con- 
sequent small  audience  for  his  lecture 
on  America's  horticultural  future  at 
Horticulture  Hall,  Boston,  last  Satur- 
day. This  was  very  regrettable  for 
the  paper  and  subsequent  discussion 
was  thoughtful  and  inspiring  and 
merited  a  crowded  hall.  There  is  no 
man  in  this  country  more  enthusiastic 
or  better  qualified  by  experience  and 
intelligent  observation  to  talk  on  this 
subject  than  W.  .•V.  Manda. 

The  lecttirer  traced  the  development 
of  gardening  art  and  horticultural 
sentiment  in  America  from  the  time  of 
the  pioneer  settlers  down  to  the  pres- 
ent and  based  his  conception  of  the 
future  possibilities  upon  what  past  his- 
tory had  shown  and  demonstrated  that 
all  we  need  to  attain  superiority  over 
all  the  world  in  the  home  production 
of  all  plants,  seeds  and  bulbs,  is  time, 
diligent  labor  and  capital,  every  other 
requirement  being  found  in  one  sec- 
tion or  another  of  this  country.  He 
said  we  are  already  beginning  to  ex- 
port horticultural  products  and  the 
time  is  not  far  distant  when  this  ex- 
port industry  will  assume  enormous 
proportions.  New  Jersey  alone  can 
grow  all  the   classes  of  bulbs  we  are 


now    importing    from     llollnnd.     The 
soil  is  there  and  ready. 

Mr.  Manda  mentioned  among  plants 
that  can  be  greatly  improved  by  hy- 
bridization and  selection,  our  native 
azaleas,  rhododendrons,  andromedas, 
persimmons,  pawpaws,  cranberries 
("ornus  florida,  Rubus  odoratus,  mag- 
nolias, chinquapins  and  other  nuts. 
Clematis  naniculata.  Chrysanthemum 
frutescen;,  hardy  carnations,  irises, 
silenes,  pentstemons,  asters,  sun- 
flowers, etc. 

"Horticulture,"  he  said,  "is  a  profes- 
sion and  not  a  trade,  branching  into 
science  on  one  hand  and  art  on  the 
other.  It  is  a  calling  of  which  any  man 
may  be  proud,  either  as  gardener,  flor- 
ist, vegetable  or  fruit  grower,  for  it  fur- 
nishes him  an  honorable,  interesting 
and  healthy  occupation,  bringing  forth 
something  new  and  different  every 
day,  according  to  the  season  of  the 
year,  making  it  seem  more  like  play 
and  recreation  than  work.  Statistics 
show  that  horticulturists  have  the 
best  ch-ince  of  a  long  life,  exceeded 
only  by  clergymen. 

"It  has  been  said  that  the  compara- 
tive high  wages  in  this  country  pre- 
vents the  successful  growing  of  plants 
for  competition  in  the  markets  of  the 


world.  This  is  largely  the  case,  but 
nature  helps  us  in  that  respect  also. 
We  have  a  more  favorable  climate  so 
that  a  plant  makes  as  much  growth 
in  one  season  as  it  will  make  in  two 
seasons  in  Europe.  The  methods 
adapted  for  our  culture  are  by  far  the 
simpler  and  best,  also  the  use  of  im- 
proved implements  and  machinery,  so 
that  this  item  alone  will  even  up  the 
difference  of  the  extra  cost  of  labor. 
But  above  all  we  have  extensive  and 
cheap  lands  with  intellect  and  indus- 
try to  compete  successfully  against 
crowded  and  used-up  lands  and  cheap 
labor  of  foreign  countries. 

"Never  before  has  horticulture  stood 
so  prominently  in  the  public  eye  as 
during  the  str<inuous  time  at  present 
when  every  garden,  large  or  small,  is 
contributing  to  the  linal  success  of  this 
struggle.  So  let  everyone  do  his 
share,  cultivate  not  only  more  ground, 
but  cultivate  it  intensively  so  as  to 
get  double   results. 

"The  flower  garden  is  as  necessary 
as  fruits,  vegetables  or  grain,  for  we 
do  not  'live  on  bread  alone.'  Do  not 
allow  plants  or  flowers  to  be  neglected 
and  lost  to  culture  which  have  taken 
generations  to  bring  to  their  present 
state  of  perfection.     Do  not  let  green- 


Febniart  IG.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


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Beaute   Poitevine 

.45 

2.75 

24.00 

Black    Prince. ... 

.45 

2.75 

24.00 

Clms.    Henderson 

.45 

2.75 

24.00 

Crimson    Bcdder 

.45 

2.75 

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Express    

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4.00 

35.00 

Firebird    

I.i5 

7.00 

60.00 

J.  D.  Eisele 

.45 

2.75 

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Louisiana    

.45 

2.75 

24.00 

.50 

.45 

3.50 
2.75 

30.00 

Musafolia    

24.00 

Pennsylvania     . . 

.45 

2.75 

24.00 

PiUar  of  Fire... 

.45 

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25.00 

Pres.    Cleveland. 

.45 

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Pres.    Meyer 

.45 

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Pres.    McKinley. 

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.     .50 

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Panama    75     5.00     45.00 

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Mont    Blanc    Im- 
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houses  freeze  up  because  cjal  is  scarce, 
but  double  your  energy  and  use  the 
wood  which  is  within  reach  of  every- 
one. Cultivate  all  waste  land  and  cul- 
tivate it  well;  if  it  is  not  suitable  for 
horticultural  crops,  plant  it  with  trees, 
either  fruit  or  timber. 

"To  bring  horticulture  to  the  pin- 
nacle of  the  glory  it  deserves,  we  must 
imbue  in  the  little  children  the  love 
tor  the  beauty  of  nature.  School 
grounds   should    be    planted   and    kept 


ADDISONIA 

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beautiful  colort'd  illustrations  and 
popular    descriptions    of    plant  is. 

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REVISED  CHRYSANTHEMUM  MANUAL 

(Third   Edition) 
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ture.     Both  amateur  i.nA  florists  hnve  he«n 
provided     with    articles    for    their    special 
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like  so  )uauy  miniature  botanical  gar- 
dens. The  study  of  the  vegetable 
kingdom  should  be  taken  up  from  the 
first  grade  through  the  colleges,  for 
next  to  the  study  of  Christianity  it 
does  more  for  the  real  civilization  of 
mankind  than  any  other  science.  In- 
terest your  young  men  and  women  so 
that  they  choose  horticulture  in  its 
broad  sense  or  some  of  its  various 
branches  for  their  occupation,  so  that 
they  will  bring  forth  from  Mother 
•Earth  the  inexhaustible  store  of  vege- 
tation and  wealth  exceeding  the  com- 
bined value  of  all  manufactured 
products. 

"See  that  the  community  you  live  in 
has  a  public  garden  or  park,  if  only  of 
limited  extent.  Subscribe  to  and  read 
all  the  horticultural  papers  you  can. 
Become  a  member  of  garden  clubs  or 
horticultural  societies.  Stimulate  and 
support  horticultural  exhibitions,  sup- 
port it,  and  become  an  exhibitor,  and 
above  all,  get  acquainted  with  your 
plants  no  that  you  understand  their 
talk  for  they  have  their  mute  way  of 
showin.a;  their  feeling,  and  will  recom- 
pense you  for  every  special  effort  you 
make,  ilo  your  best  to  assist  Nature 
and  Mother  Earth  who  is  so  good  to 
her  children,  for  she  not  only  feeds 
our  body  but  our  soul  with  God's  high- 
est blessings,  plants  and  flowers." 


I  lie  unk'i-  slips  will  be  prices  f.  o.  b.  Hoh 
iMinl.  paclking  at  ecst  in  .idilition  to  the 
;il)ove  prices.  Duty  and  freight  will  bo 
Piiiil  by  (consignee)  but  it  is  understood 
tliat  the  shipper  will  insure  the  shipment 
tor  his  own  account  and  that  (consignee) 
is  absolutely  guaranteed  against  any  loss 
.ir  damage  to  the  stock  due  to  delay  in 
transit,  beating,  or  any  other  reason. 

In  other  words,  the  shipper  guarantees 
that  the  stock  ordered  will  reach  the  eon- 
.signee  in  first-class  condition. 

It  is  in  view  of  this  agreement  between 
tile  consignor  and  the  consignee  that  these 
orders  are  placed. 


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A    WISE    IMPORTING    PROVISION. 

The  following  agreement,  under  the 
terms  of  which  one  large  importer  did 
all  his  business  with  Holland  exporters 
during  the  past  season,  is  respectfully 
presented  as  a.  safe  and  sane  example 
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IIO.STONS— $5  per  100,  $40  per  1000. 
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HOHTl CULTURE 


February  IC,  1918 


SEED  TRADE 


AMKRICAN  SEED  TRADE  ASSOCIATION 

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\\a>bln(ton.  II.  f.;  Klr»l  \  Ice-rrr.ldonl, 
U  m.  <>  Kraxlrlt.  Itallliiiurr.  M4. ;  bnwnd 
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pril».  r». ;  Nrcrrl»rj -Trr«Jiurcr»  t'.  K. 
Krndrl.   (  Irxrlmod,  O, 


THE    CANNERS'    CONVENTION. 

■M  .     ,    ,r,    n,.iri-|i     w  llllc.llt     hIiim-s  ; 

'  t  wlltioiii  k«iih; 
1  without    wlllKH 

r  tlif  lluns. 
^•.  ■.;  wUlioiit  ImndH  ; 

:  liout  liniinfrs, 
i'.iu  III.  iiuMliTii  iiriiiy 
I'rtii  otit  without  ciiiinors." 


The  eleventh  annual  convenlion  ot 
Ihe  National  Canners'  Association 
opened  in  Boston  on  Monday,  Febru- 
ary 11,  In  conjunction  with  the  Na- 
tional Canning  Machinery  and  Sui>- 
plles  Association,  and  the  National 
Canned  Foods  and  Dried  Fruit  Bro- 
kers Association,  in  the  Copley-Plaza, 
the  Hotel  Brunswick  and  Mechanics 
Hall.  Following  a  session  of  the  exec- 
utive committees  a  general  meeting 
opened  the  convention  in  the  ball  room 
ot  the  Copley-Plaza  Tuesday  after- 
noon, with  an  attendance  that  filled 
the  big  hall  to  the  limit.  It  was  esti- 
mated that  from  two  to  three  thousand 
people  were  in  attendance.  It  is  the 
first  time  the  convention  has  met  in 
New  England. 

President  Henry  I.  Harriman  ot  the 
Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce  pre- 
sided at  the  opening  session  and  wel- 
comed the  visitors  in  behalf  of  the 
business  community  of  Boston.  Gov. 
McCall  voiced  the  greetings  of  •  the 
commonwealth,  emphasizing  the  fact 
that  Massachusetts  consumes  very 
largely  the  products  of  other  states. 
not  being  distinctly  an  agricultural 
state.  Mayor  Peters  welcomed  the 
visitors  in  the  name  of  the  city.  He 
told  the  canners  that  much  depends  on 
them  in  the  war,  and  urged  them  to 
remember  Boston's  advantage.s  for  for- 
eign trade  after  the  war. 

The  principal  address  was  made  at 
the  evening  session  by  Chief  Justice  J. 
H.  Covington  ot  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  District  of  Columbia,  a  member  of 
the  Railroad  Rates  Board,  who  made  a 
thrilling  appeal  for  co-operation  with 
the  Federal  Government  in  supplying 
food  for  the  Allied  troops  in   Europe. 

Tuesday,  Wednesday  and  Thursday 
were  given  over  to  the  work  of  the  as- 
sociation sections,  the  tomatoes,  baked 
beans,  home  economics  and  sirup  sec- 
tions meeting  on  Tuesday;  the  pea. 
sardine  and  milk  sections  on  Wednes- 
day, and  the  corn,  fruit  and  krout  sec- 
tions on  Thursday.  The  final  meeting 
was  held  Friday  morning. 

Separate  meetings  were  held  by  the 
National  Brokers'  Association  and  the 
Machinery  Association  and  The  Home 
Economics  Section,  comprising  the 
women  at  the  convention.  The  vast 
exhibition  halls  ot  the  Mechanics 
Building  were  filled  with  displays  of 
machinery,  implements  and  supplies, 
seeds,  etc.,  etc.,  in  wonderful  variety, 
no  one  being  admitted  except  those 
wearing  badges.  Among  the  seed 
houses  having  booths  were  the  follow- 


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Florists'  Seeds  for  Early  Sowing 

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Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

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WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE  ^-^^^l!  ^;^  :!>r":l:::\T!^J^:^. 

To   Miirk.1  «nrden.r«  and   norlhlB  §_    §_    SKIDELSKY    &    CO. 

•flfatt  and  Light  Sts.,  BALTIMORE,  MD.  ,j^  Lincoln  Bldi.,    FUILADEU'UIA.  pa. 

ing;    John  H.  Allen  Seed  Co.,  Sheboy-  ing,  fertilizers,  and  feed  for  animal  or 

gan.   Wis.:    W.   W.   Barnard   Co.,   Chi-  poultry  consumption. 

cago;    E.  B.   Clark   Seed   Co.,   Milford.  

Conn.;    Hogg  &  Lytle,  Toronto,  Can.;  VISITORS'  REGISTER, 

N.   B.    Keeney   &   Son,   LeRoy,   N.   Y.;  st.  Louis— T.  U.  Long,  Chicago. 

D.    Landreth    Seed    Co.,    Bristol,    Pa.:  ^ew-   York— J.    K.    M.   L.   Farquhar, 

Leonard  Seed  Co.,  Chicago;  Jerome  B.  Boston* 

Rice    Seed     Co.,     Cambridge,    N.     Y.;  Ithaca,  N.  Y.— F.  H.  Traendly,  New 
Rogers    Bros.,    Alpena,    Mich.;    F.    H.  York;    Wm.  Simpson,  Clifton,  N.  J. 
Woodruff  &  Sons,  Milford,  Conn.;  S.  U.  Philadelphia  —  Dr.   John   H.   Wash- 
Woodruff  &  Sons,  Orange,  Conn.  ),„,.„    Doylestown,  Pa.;   John  A.  Cook, 

Owing  to  the  unusual  conditions  re-  Beverly,    N.    J.;     C.    E.    Scarborough, 

suiting    from    the    war    situation,    the  (jude  Bros.  Co.,  Washington,  D.  C;  J. 

principal  officers  of  the  National  Can-  g     Oeamud,    Vaughan's    Seed    Store, 

ners    were     re-elected.      They    were:  j^g^^.  y^^jj.  Alphonse  Pericat,  Colling- 

President,    Henry    Burden,    Cazenovia,  ^^^^^^  p^  .    ^    q    Neubrand,  The  Burr 

N.    Y.;    vice-president,    Frank    Gerber,  xurseries,  Manchester,  Conn. 

Fremont,     Mich.;     secretary-treasurer,  Boston— J.    J.    Lane,    Garden    Maga- 

Frank  E.  Gorrell,  Washington,  D.  C.  ^i„g  Q^rden  City.  N.  Y.;  W.  A.  Manda, 

South  Orange,  N.  J.;   C.  P.  Guelf  and 

Notes.  jj     jj     Hedges,   rep.   Jerome    B.    Rice 

Sales  of  seed  corn  at  $20  00  a  bushe  g^^^  ^,^^  Cambridge,  N.  Y.;  John  C. 
and  string  beans  at  .?18.00  a  bushe  Leonard,  rep.  Leonard  Seed  Co.,  Chi- 
were  made  by  dealers  to  canners  at  ^^^^^  j„  .  j^^^  Lembke,  rep.  W.  W. 
the  Canners  Convention  in  Boston.  y^^nard  Co.,  Chicago,  111.;  F.  H.  Wood- 
There  was  a  very  heavy  demand  for  ^„^  ^^^j  ^,  ^  Woodruff,  Milford, 
sweet  corn  and  pea  seed.  (.q^^  .  p^g^.j^  j^   f-j^^^k  and  Arthur  B. 

We  were  much  interested  in  the  ex-  f'lark,  rep..  E.  B.  Clark  Seed  Co.,  Mil- 
hibit  of  "Green  Admiral"  peas  by  ford.  Conn.;  A.  L.  Rogers  and  K.  D. 
Rogers  Bros,  of  Alpena,  Mich.,  at  the  Rose,  rep.  Rogers  Bros.,  Alpena,  Mich., 
Boston  exhibition  showing  the  old  and  Idaho  Falls,  Ida.;  S.  F.  Willard. 
typical  Admiral  and  the  improved  uni-  Wethersfield,  Conn.:  S.  Philip  Land- 
formly  green  product  after  twentv  retb,  John  A.  Hicks  and  W.  C.  Diesolf, 
years'  selection.  The  original  objec-  rep.  D.  Landreth  Seed  Co.,  Bristol, 
tionable  vellow  color  has  been  entirely  Conn.;  Watson  Woodruff,  assisted  by 
obliterated  in  the  improved  type.  ^'r  Merwin  and  Mr.  Hayward,  rep.  S. 
D.   Woodruff  &   Sons,  Orange,  Conn.: 

A.   H    Smith,  Regional   Director   of  Morrison  B.  Robinson  and  R.  J.  Bowen. 

Eastern  Railroads,  under  date  of  Jan-  lep.  J-  Bolgiano  &  Son,  Baltimore,  Md. 
nary   30,  1918,   issued  a  memorandum 

to    presidents   of   railroads   in    Official  Cromwell,   Conn. — I.   Pedersen,   who 

Classification  Territory  exempting  cer-  lias   charge   of  the  automobile   trucks 

tain  important  commodities  from  em-  at  Cromwell  Gardens,  recently  built  a 

bargoes  then  in  force.    The  list  of  the  liouse    on    West    street,    opposite    the 

commodities  exempted  includes,  among  greenhouses,  and  this  house  was  totally 

others,    field    and    garden    seeds,    seed  destroyed  by  fire  a  little  over  a  week 

potatoes,    nursery    stock,    insecticides  ago.     The  loss   was  about  $4,000   but 

and    spraying    materials,    agricultural  the   insurance   will   undoubtedly    take 

implements  required  for  spring  plant-  care  of  that. 


February  16,  19IS 


HORTICULTURE 


15; 


ORDER  SEEDS 
EARLY! 

Our  1918  Garden  Annual  is  now 
ready.   Write  for  a  copy. 


R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO. 

6  So.  Market  St. 
BOSTON 


Asparagus 

Plumosus  Nanus 

Northern  Greenhoute  Grown  Seed 


100  Seed,   $  .50 
1,000  Seed,    3.50 


5,000  Seed,S15.50 
10,000.Seed,  30.00 


25,000  Seeds,  $72.50 

Also   all   Other    Seasonable   Seeds,   Bulbs 
and  Supplies. 

WrfOI/ESALE   PRICE   LIST   FREE. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Market  St.,    Phila.,    Pa. 


Choice  Flower  Seeds 

FOR     FLORISTS 

CINERARIA — Prize     strains,     mixed 

Tall  and   Semi-dwarf. 

ALYSSUM— Little    Gem. 

CALENDULA— Orange  King,  Lemon 

Queen. 

SNAPDRAGON— Silver    Pink. 

BEGONIA— Vernon. 

J.M.THORBURN&CO. 

Establislied   1802. 

35  Barclay  Street,     NEW  YORK 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 


Write 


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T  price 


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170  W.  Wabash  Ave.  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


J.     II 


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CHOICE   FLORISTS"   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Asparagus  Plumosus  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
JS.SO;  5000  Seeds,  $16.00. 

Asparagus  Sprengeri — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00. 

Salvia  Bonfire — ^  oz.,  60c.;  1  or.,  $2.00. 

Salvia  Zurich— 1.^,  oz.,  75c.;   1  oi.,  $4.00. 

Stacks  Beauty  of  Nice,  75%  Double  Flowers 
—Shell  Pink.  Bright  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  $1.00;  %  ol.,  $2.00;  I  oz.,  $5.00. 

Snapdragon,  Petunias,  A'erbenas,  etc. 
SEND    FOR    CATALOGCE. 


When    writing   to   advertiser*  kindly 
mention  HORTICULTURE. 


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MIGNONETTE 

"W.   &    D.'s   Aldon"   far   outclasses   any 
other  strain  for  marketing.     Tr.  pkt., 
50c. ;  %  oz.,  $1.00;  oz.,  $6.00. 
ANTHIRRHINUM 

W.  &  D.'s  Imp.  Giant-Flowering.  Pure 
White,  Pink,  Fairy  Queen,  Coral  Red, 
Kose,  Scarlet,  Striped  Venus,  and 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c. ;  oz.,  75c. 

Nelrose.     Pkt.,  25c. 


.ALYSSU.M 

Little   Gem.     Tr.  pkt.,  10c. ;  oz.,  .HOc. 
Odivratum.     Tr.  pkt.,  10c. ;  oz.,  15c 

SALVIA 

Splendens.     Tr.  pkt..  20c. :  oz.,  $1.25. 
Bonlire.     Tr.   pkt.,  25c.;   oz.,  $2.50. 

VERBENA 

Mammoth.    Scarlet,  Pink,  Purple,  White, 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c.;  oz.,  $1.00. 


WEEBER  &  DON,    114  Chambers  St.,    NEW  YORK 


^(uatier& 


AIMD 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


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NEW  YORK 


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and     SEIED     SERVIOn: 

FOR     SALE    BY 

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SPAWN 

^  I   IM      IVI  O  IM   E  Y 

8  lbs.  for  $1.00 

Treatise  —  How   to   Grow   Them 
Included 

WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importers  and  Growers  of 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chambers  Street,  New  York 

THOMAS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS,     BULBS     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL. 
Reselected  Strains  tn  Seeds. 

Improved  styles  In  Implements. 

CataloKoe   apon  appUoAtlOB. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
^OSTOIM,  l\/IA.SS. 


LILIUM  GiGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

For     imnioilintc     or     future     dolivfry 
pri<'i's    quDtoil    on    application. 

JOSEPH   BRECK  &  SONS'  CORP. 

47-54  North   Market   St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write   for    Special   Prices,    Spot   or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AKD  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


166  W.  23rd  St.,      NEW  YORK 


Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA. 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED  ONLY  TO  THOSE  WHO  PLANT 

FOR    PROFIT 


GARDEN  SEED 

BKET,  CARROT,  PARSNIP,  RADISH  niid 
GARDEN  PEA  SEED  In  variety;  also  other 
Items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  past  season, 
as  well  as  a  full  line  of  Garden  Seeds,  will 
be  quoted  you  upon  application  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Der  St..  NEW  YORK  and  ORANGE,  CONN 


I  :.,s 


11  U  Kl  I  I  U  liTUHK 


Keliruary  10.  1918 


ALEX.    McGONNELL 

611   FIFTH   AVENUE 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Tv'UsrApblr  ordrra  forwarded  !•  mMj 
ptkTi  ot  the  I'Dltrd  HlJktrft.  Cuutdft,  a»d 
^1  principal  rlllr*  ot  Kuropr.  Ord«r» 
trmnafrrrrd  vr  lutruatrd  by  thr  trwls  to 
our  •rlrctlon  for  drll»rr.v  c»n  ■Iritntahlpa 
or   elsrMhrrf    r^c^lvr    Bprrlnl   altrollon. 

■   .•!.'    .•'    i.'.»K'imi     >.-' rijfs    i  't.i:  •  ■  i/i 

Urferfbe*   or   eaab  muat   ftcconipmnj    all 
•rdrra    from     odUdowd    rorr«apoDd»nt>. 

r«hl»    Addrrsa.    A  LKX( ON  N  KI.L. 


'The  Telegraph  Florist" 

Mrmbrr  of   FlorlRta'  Telegraph  Delivery 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


FOH 

KANSAS  CITY 

Transfer    Your   Orders  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
Mrmbrr  FlorUti'  Telrfrsph  DcUrary 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Deliver  orders  Irom  any  part  of  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  ar  TelrKr«pta 

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Ttdrpbanr    lUt-IUI    CotsKbna 

KOTTMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.     Alto  Vanderb  It  Ho 

Trlrphone,    .'Murray     Hill     183 

Oat-ot-town     Orders     Soltclted.       Location 

Central.     Personal  Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


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FLORIST 

32NEWBURY^^        BANGOR,    MB. 

We  Cover  all  Points  in  Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38  Dorrance  Street 

Member    Florlata'    Telegraph    DeUrery 


Of   Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


A    FLORISTS'    DISCLAIMER. 

Kiliiiir  lliiiiiii  1  111  iik: 

liulo.sL'd  llnd  tiiK  wlilrh  \v(>  uro  iit- 
lai'hiiiK  Id  ovcr.v  |iliinl  Iciivliii;  our  fs- 
lalillshiiHPl 


IMPORTANT 

TIMS     PLANT    left    our    Htiire    hi 
licrfiM't   I'onilllUiii. 
If.   iiiioii  iirrlviil.  Ilio  |i(it   nIioiiI'I 
111'    liriiki'M    or   iiliiiil   iitliiTwiMr'   ilaiii 
ilKi'd.     liollfy      iiH.     AT     OXfK.       .N.. 
ilulm  fonsldi-ri'd  niiless  wv  iiri-  iloti 
lied     liiiini'illiitely     iiiiiin     reridiil     i>i 
plant. 

Willie  we  are  anxious  and  wlllliit- 
to  asHlst  }ou  In  cnrliiK  f«>r  same  Ipv 
Khini;  .v<Mi  llie  lieni-llt  of  our  .year?* 
Ml'  ,-\i>rrli-iiee,  the  atniosplierlc  con 
diiioiiH  and  eare  tliey  reeeive  are  s*- 
varied  In  dllTerent  lioniea,  tliiit  "• 
rannot  guarantee  them. 


•KNN    Till-; 


■i.omvr 


L'lidoubledly  all  Horisls  tlirougliout 
the  countr.v  have  experienced  the 
same  diffipullies  which  we  have. 
I'lanl.*;  are  shipped  I'roin  the  store  in 
perfect  C(  ndilioii  and  diirinK  a  period 
when  they  are  not  apt  to  be  chilled. 
After  heiiig  in  the  home  a  week  or 
more  folks  will  telephone  that  the 
plant  was  frozen  and  arrived  in  that 
condition.  While  we  know  so  well 
that  we  lire  not  at  fault,  it  is  one  of 
the  hardest  parts  of  our  business  to 
ignore  this  kind  of  a  complaint. 

We  have  tried  various  methods  to 
overcome  this  difficulty  and  to  my 
mind  the  inclosed  has  had  the  best 
results.  Trust  this  may  interest  and 
help  the  many  readers  of  Hoitncui.- 
TfitK,  and  thanking  you  for  past 
courtesies,  we  are, 
Yours  very  truly,       Henhy  Pe.n.v. 


NEW     FLOWER    STORES. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  William  J.  Egan  & 
Co.,  274  Klatbush  avenue,  successor  to 
.John  Fortune. 

New  York,  N.  Y.  Washington 
Heif-'hts  Florist.  3544  Broadway,  Peter 
Velotas,  proprietor. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  nerrice  to  deliver  Flon-ers 
or  DeHlgns  on  Order  by  Tele- 
graph or  otherwiiie.  Prompt 
Reliable  Service. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connecticut   A%e.  and    I..   St. 
WASIIIXGTON,   D.   C. 


EstablUbed    1814 

D  A.  I^  13 

FXOBIST 
N.  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  Maditoo  Arenae.  N.  T.  City 

(  Membcf  Floriits'  T«legr»ph  Delivery  Asso.  ) 
Rowers  shipped  on  dl  SicAJiters  Special  Correipond' 
encc  in  all  ihe  large  cities  of  Europe  and  the  Dritith 
Colooie-  Telegraph  af*d  Cable  address.  Dardsflor. 
We  should  all  strictly  adhere  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  Tnlted  States  Food  Admlnli- 
tratioD. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
— =SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT.   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Gut  Blooms 

M«  coT.r   all    Ulrlilcan    polaU  aatf   f—4 

tt»HoB»    of    Ohio.    Indiana    aad    Caaa4a. 

li.illbari     Florl.ti'     Trirrraph      D.lliair 

AasoclatloB. 


Gl'I)*:   UHOS  CO 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Member  FlorUls  Telegraph    Delivery 


Ordera    for    NEW    YOBK. 
Writ,  or   Phone  to 

IMAX  SCHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 

Beat     FlorUta     In     the    StaUa    m 
References. 

BCROPEAN  ORDERS  EXECUTED 


Members   of   the    Florists' 
Telegraph   Delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 

AND  viciNmr 

Members  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asso. 

YOUHGT  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Member*    Floriatt'    Telegraph    Delivery 

ATT  BUNYARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

■  Al«o  Newport,  R.   I. 

I    GUARANTEE    BATI8FACTIOK 

IVie^^K^  F".     ^.      ^.     J^. 


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159 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Orders  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   Florists'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delivery 

Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 


IIM^. 


561  Fifth  Ave. 
Vanderbllt  Hotel 


NEW  YORK 

n ACTA  11   ^  Park  street 
DUO  I  UH  799  Boylston  Street 

tilnirias  to  Stunen  and  ill  Euteni  Points 


Orders    Filled    Day    or    Night    for 

OL.EVEL-AIMD 

and  State  of  Ohio 

Complete  Stock.      Regular  discount  to  Trade. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

1896    W.   SStli    St.,   Cleveland,   O. 
Members  Florists'  Telegraph  Deliver;  Ass'n. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  GO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Me>i:ders  0/  F.  T.  D.  Associaiioi. . 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
2S  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

Rschestei  Fhone  jo6.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phono  a/S( 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.A.ANDERSON 

440  IMaIn  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDERSON    service    means    fresh,    stardy 
Stock  and  prompt  deliveries  In  BCFFAI.O, 
L.OCKFORT,       NIAGARA        FAXL,S        kBd 
WESTERN    NEW    YORK 
Members    of    Florists'    Telegraph    DeUrcry. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND,      Nahant,  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARRT  I.  RANDALL,  Proprietor. 
Member  Florists'   Telegraph  Delivery. 


CHICAGO   FLORISTS'  CLUB. 

The  i-egular  meeting  o£  the  Chicago 
Florists'  Club  was  held  February  7 
at  the  Bismarlv  Hotel.  Johan  Ebbert, 
12.S5  Victor  avenue,  and  E.  W.  Young, 
7044  Greenview  avenue,  were  elected 
to  membership.  A  partial  report  was 
made  by  the  committee  on  Valentine's 
Day  and  Mothers'  Day  and  the  club 
voted  the  advertising  committee  to 
continue.  A  standing  committee  on 
publicity  consisting  of  A.  Lange,  H. 
D.  Schiller  and  Wm.  Wienhoeber  was 
named  by  the  president.  A  special 
committee  on  the  garden  movement 
to  consist  of  O.  J.  Friedman,  Carl 
Cropp  and  Geo.  Sykes  was  also  con- 
stituted. A  vote  of  thanks  was  given 
to  .\ugust  Poehlmann,  C.  L.  Wash- 
burn and  Peter  Reinberg  for  their 
help  in  bettering  the  coal  situation 
for  the  florists.  E.  Ollinger,  who  had 
spent  much  time  in  working  to  save 
the  florists  from  having  their  places 
freeze  up  for  lack  of  coal  was  voted 
$50.00  for  his  services.  Mr.  Anderson 
of  Poehlmann  Bros,  gave  a  very  in- 
structive talk  on  orchids  of  which  his 
firm  had  a  fine  exhibit.  A  committee 
consisting  of  August  Poehlmann.  J. 
Morton,  E.  Ollinger  and  P.  J.  Foley 
was  appointed  to  work  for  as  large 
a  delegation  as  possible  to  attend  the 
Illinois  State  Florists'  Association  at 
Urbana. 

The  club  voted  that  Paul  Klings- 
porn  be  chairman  of  a  committee,  the 
other  members  of  which  he  should 
appoint,  to  create  as  much  interest  as 
possible  in  the  St.  Louis  convention. 
Arthur  Craig,  son  of  one  of  the  old- 
time  florists,  read  some  of  his  com- 
positions which  were  enjoyed  and  re- 
ferred to  the  committee  on  advertis- 
ing. Two  representatives  of  educa- 
tional films  presented  this  matter  to 
the  consideration  of  the  club.  It  was 
"novelty  night"  and  the  inspection  of 
the  exhibits  followed,  Tim  Waters 
taking  the  lead  in  the  social  hour 
which  hereafter  is  to  be  a  regular 
part   of   each   meeting. 


NEW    CORPORATION. 

Waco,  Texas. — Shroeder  Floral  Com- 
pany.    Capital,  $25,000. 


YALE!    YALE! 

And   All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 

FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

EvcrythinK  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Ch«pel  St  ,  New  Heven.  Conn. 

F.  R.  PlERSON  CO. 

FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWNONHUDSON,    -    N.  Y. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

tttmitr   Florists    Telegraph  \Dellvery   Asiociatian 
NOTICE  INITIALS.     We  katit  one  store  only 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEVELMI 

Euclid  Avenue 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telegraph    order    toi 
any  occasion,  in  any  part  of  the  Domlnloa. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  ONT. 


ALBANY,  N.  T. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DELIVERED  IN  ALBANY  AND  VICINITI 
ON    TELEORAPHIC    ORDER 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largest  cut  flower  ntore  In  America. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  given  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


^>"  Park  Floral  Go. 

B.    E.   GILLIS,    President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member     Florists'     Telegrapll    Delivery. 


DENVER. 


COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 


HOUSTON,  TEXAS 

The  Florist       Member  F.  T.  D.  Auoelatloi 


l<;n 


HORTICULTURE 


February  IC,  1918 


ROOTED 

CARNATION  CUTTINGS 

C.  W.  Wnrd,     Theo,       A.   Roper,     Malchle»», 

Bcncon,  Wnahburn,    O.  P.  Bassett,    Alice 

Supreme,    Thenaiithos,    Enchantress 

\Vc  liuvi'  a  lurKi-  supply  of  tlicni   ready   fur  tin- 
iiuMlliito  shipment. 

Special  prices  in    lOOO  lots 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIRST 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21   Ruittid  St,    Pbiltdelplii*,    Pt. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS.  VALLEY,  ROSES 
ui  ail  Siasonabli  Variitiis  of  Cut  Flowsrs 

iARLESE.MEEHAN 

Wholesale   Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

5  So.  Mole  St..         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GIORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

riMM*  meatlCB  Haritcaltarc  when  writlns. 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,  Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

Caaslrsnienti  Ballclt«d 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Hoate  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

J^~We  are  Wliolesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  nOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA. 


POEHLMANN  BROS.  CO 

I         Supply  of  Best  Cut  Flotvers  all  the   Year  Around 
72-74  EAST  RANDOLPH  ST.,  CHICAGO. 


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ABd   ftddreai  for  onr  we^klj    prirr  lUt 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Ordert    With    Vt 

IHEIMRY     IVI.     ROBINSOIM     &     OO. 

2  WInthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  "^"'"^""/o'dealers  only 


ROSM 

Am.  Beauty,  Special. .    35'Oo 

"           "         Fancy  and  Elxtra i5-oo 

"           "        No.  I  and  culls 4-oo 

Russell,  Eulcr.  Mock 4-00 

Hadley 4.00 

Arcoberg,  Hoo&iei  Beauty 4.00 

Ward 4'Oo 

KJllarney,  Radiance,  Taft 4.00 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 4.00 

Caroatioiu i  .00 

C«ttley*» 35-00 

Deadrobium  fonnomm •  •• 

Lilies,  Lonniflorum- 8.00 

Lilies,  Speciosum 6.00 

Callas HOC 

Ulr  of  tlie  Valley 600 

Snapdragon 6.00 

Bouvardia a. 00 

Violets 1.00 

Freesia 2.00 

Narcis,  Paper  White j.oo 

Roman  Hyacinths 1.00 

Stevia i.oo 

Calendula- a.oo 

Mignonette 3.00 

Sweet  Peas 50 

Marguerites 2,00 

Gardenias   15.00 

Adiantum 1.00 

Smilax 20.00 

AsparmsvsPlniBonis,  A  Spren.  (100  Bcbs.) 35.00 


BOSTON 

Feb. 14 


ST.  LOUIS 

Feb.  II 


50.00 

25.00 

B.oo 

ts.oo 

15.00 

12.00 

lo.oc 

13.00 

15.00 

3.00 

50.00 

50.00 

10.00 

8.00 

16.00 

10.00  I 

10.00  , 

3.00 

1.50 

3.C0 

3.00  . 

3.00 

X.50 

3.00 

4.00 

1.00 

4. CO 

35.00 

95.00 
50.00 


50  00 

25.00 

6.00 

8.00 

10.00 

3.00 
4.00 

8. CO 


.  to 
to 


6.00     to       8 


60.00 
35.C0 
15.00 
35.00 
15.00 


15.00 
4.00 
75.00 

13.50 

13.00 
1.00 


PHUJ^ 

Jan.   aS 


.40 
3.0c. 
3.C0 
3.00 


.75 

4. CO 

4.00 

4. CO 
3. 00 
3*0 

1.50 


to 

■  to 


la  50 

35.00 


1.00 
15.00 
35.00 


35.00 
10.00 
6.00 
8.00 
8.00 


6.00 
6.00 
3.00 
35.00 
60,00 
8.00 


13.00 
8.00 
so.oo 


to 


to 

to 

to 

75     to 


4.00 

9,00 


4.00 
4.00 
1.00 

3. 00 

95.00 

I.OO 


50.00 


50.00 
35.00 

20.00 
35.CO 
9O.O0 
15.00 

10.00 

la.oo 
4.00 
50.00 
75 -OO 
ja.50 

30.00 
10.00 
30. CO 

1.00 
S.oo 

3.00 
5.00 
1.50 
5.00 
500 

3  00 

3.00 

35'00 
1.50 

30. CO 

60,00 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


568-570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


ris-ts 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.A.BUDLONG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 
ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE 


GUT  FLOWERS 


February  16,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


161 


Flower  Market  Reports 

Trade  has  livened  up 
BOSTON  quite  considerably  this 
week.  Valentine's  Day 
has  had  a  good  part  in  the  activity 
and  increased  sales  on  account  of  the 
day  are  reported  from  all  sides.  The 
chief  participants  in  the  special  call 
are  roses,  violets  and  carnations,  but 
the  lesser  flowers  such  as  primroses, 
daisies,  wallflowers,  mignonette  and 
myosotis  have  also  found  favor.  Ros' 
are  quite  scarce  with  prices  holdiufi 
strong.  Values  on  carnations  have 
also  braced  up  somewhat.  Bulbous 
flowers  are  being  received  in  increased 
quantity. 

The  general  opinion  pre- 
CHICAGO  vails  that  trade  was 
more  nearly  approach- 
ing normal  the  past  week  than  for 
some  time  previously.  When  books 
are  compared  with  those  of  two  or 
three  years  ago  it  Is  found  that  they 
suffer  little  in  comparison.  Last  year 
was  an  exceptionally  good  one  and 
February  this  year,  under  the  pre- 
vailing conditions,  is  bound  to  fall 
below  in  volume  of  business  but  this 
does  not  discourage  the  thinking 
florist.  Roses  are  comparatively 
scarce.  The  quality  of  those  now 
coming  in  is  good  and  customers  are 
not  "slow  in  supplying  their  needs 
early.  Carnations  are  in  fair  demand 
and  the  stock  runs  all  the  way  from 
splits  to  fancy,  but  the  price  does  not 
average  high  enough  to  make  the 
growers  feel  that  they  will  have  much 
left  after  the  coal  bills  are  paid. 
Spring  flowers  exceed  in  quantity 
those  of  other  years  and  while  many 
are  sold  there  are  also  many  lost. 
Common  ferns  sell  for  $3  per  thou- 
sand. 

Business  is  up  to  ex- 
CINCINNATI  pectations.  Demand 
is  shady  and  results 
in  the  average  business  being  fairly 
good.  Fxpress  service  is  much  better, 
and  now  shipments  are  either  going 
through  or  coming  through  in  a  rea- 
sonable time.  Shipments  from  the 
east  and  south,  however,  are  still  de- 
layed somewhat.  Roses,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  American  Beauties,  are  far 
short  of  actual  needs.  The  American 
Beauties,  however,  are  in  a  beautiful 
supply.  Carnations,  lilies  and  bulbous 
stock  are  fairly  plentiful. 

There  is  a  very  no- 
NEW  YORK  ticeable  activity  this 
week  in  the  wholesale 
market,  attributable  in  part  to  the 
Valentine's  Day  spurt  which  has  had 
■  the  effect  of  offsetting  the  usual  de- 
jection of  Ash  Wednesday's  entry. 
The  quantity  of  bulbous  stock  being 
received  shows  no  diminution  and 
sales  are  at  low  figures.  Roses  are 
moving  briskly  with  no  surplus  in 
sight.  Carnations,  violets,  lilies,  lily 
of  the  valley,  cattleyas,  etc.,  are  all 
available  in  quantity  unlimited  and  at 
prices  that  are  considered  too  low  for 
the  season.  Quality  is  excellent  all 
through. 

There  is  a  little 
PHILADELPHIA  spurt  here  as  the 
week  commences 
caused  by  the  long  distance  orders  for 
St.  Valentine's  Day.  Locally  there  is 
little  doing  as  the  retailers  are  all 
closed    for    the    Monday    holiday    and 


CATTLEYAS 

Some  wonderfully  choice  Flowers 
coming  in 

Specials $6.00  per  doz. 

Medium $3.00    $4.00     " 

Special    prices    on    large    quanti- 
ties. 

Pussy  Willow 

$.25,  $.50,  $.75,  $1.C0   per  Bunch. 

Everything      in      Plants,      Cut 
I  Flowers,     Greens,     Ribbons    and 

'  Supplies. 

S.  S.  PENNOCK  CO. 

THE  "ffer.".,  PHIlADtLPHIA 


NEW    YOKK 

117    W.   'iSlh    St. 

B.VLTIMOKE 
Franklin  &   St.  Paul  Sis 


PHII,.4J>ELPHIA 

1608-1630  Ludlow  St. 
WASHINGTON 
1316  H.  St.,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ™^^ 


Ro«et 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  *'        Fancy  and  Extra 

"  *'         No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Camatioiu 

Cattleya* 

Dendrobium  fonnosum 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

CallaS'- 

Uly  of  the  VaUey 

Snapdrason 

Bouvardia 

Violets 

Freesia 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Stevia 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

/VsparaffUsPlo.  &Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

Feb   II 


35.00 
25.00 
10.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.00 
4.00 
6.00 

3. CO 


to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 


40,00 

35.00 

20.00 
15.00 

15.00 

lO.OO 

8.00 
10.00 
I5.C0 

4.00 

75.00 

i».50 


8.00     lo     10.00 

to       7.00 

4.00     to      8.00 


to 
to 


1.00 

2.00 
2.00 

2. CO 
2.00 
4.00 


1.50 

4.00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4. CO 


2. CO 
1.00 


to 

to 

,35.00     to 


1. 00 
15.00 
35'00 


CHICAGO 

Feb. II 


40.00 
30.00 
:o.oo 
6,00 
S-OO 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
1.50 
40.00 

8.00 


5.00 
5-00 
4.C0 
■75 
3.00 
a.to 
2. 00 
2.00 
2.00 
4.00 
1. 00 


20.00 

15.00 
25.00 


to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
.  to 
to 
to 
to 
to 


50.00 
40,00 
20.00 
25.00 
15.00 
15.00 
J  5.00 
12.00 
15.00 
4.00 
60.00 

I3.00 


PRICES -Per  100  _^^  ^ 
TO  DEALERS  ONUf 

PITTSBURG 

Fcb._4 

50.00 

3500 

15.00 
25.00 


BUFFALO 

Feb. II 


12.00 
6.00 
6  CO 
6.00 
1. 00 
5.C0 
3.C0 
3.00 
3.«o 
3.00 
6.00 
3, CO 


25.00 

1.35 

20.00 

50.00 


50.00 

30.00 

25.00 

6.00 

6.00 

6.00 

3.00 

6.00 
5. CO 

5c.  00 

8.00 
4.00 
10.00 
8.00 
4.00 


60.00  I 
40.00 
30,0c 
10.00 

J2.CO 

I5-00 
6.00 
10.00 
15.00 
to  5.00 
to     60.00 

to 

to  12.00 
to  6.00 
to  15.00 
to  10.00 
to      6.00 


40.00 

20. CO 
10.00 
8.00 


;  6.00 
6.00 

I    6.00 

2.00 

40.00 

10.00 

4,00 


4.00 


.60 

3. CO 
2.00 
2.00 
1.00 
2.00 

4.00 

1. 00 
1. 00 
15.00 
1. 00 
15.00 
35-0O 


10 

■75 

•35 

to 

5.C0 

4:00 

to 

3. CO 

2.00 

to 

4.C0 

2. 00 

to 

1.50 

x.oo 

to 

3.00 

3.CO 

to 

6.CO 

2.CO 

lo 

2.S0 

•75 

to 

1.50 

1. 00 

to 

ao.oo 

to 

1.25 

I. CO 

to 

20.00 

15.00 

to 

50.C0 

33CO 

12.00 
12.00 
12.00 

400 

60.00 

12.00 
8.00 


8.00 

•75 
6.C0 
3.00 
4^£o 
1.50 
6.00 
5.00 
3. CO 

3.00 

I.2J 

20.00 
60.CO 


only  funeral  work  Is  being  attended 
to.  American  Beauty  roses  are  scarce 
at  present  and  the  quality  is  nothing 
extra.  This  is  a  usual  condition  for 
this  time  of  year  and  it  will  be  three 
or  four  weeks  before  much  improve- 
ment can  be  expected.  Russells  are 
very  good  but  not  over  plentiful. 
Scott  Keys,  Hadleys  and  Hoosiers  are 
also  of  very  superior  quality  and  sell 
fairly  well  at  moderate  prices.  Carna- 
tions are  at  their  best  and  very  popu- 
lar but  r.nfortunately  the  prices  con- 
tinue at  a  much  lower  level  than  this 
time  last  year.  Cattleyas  and  gar- 
denias .vere  never  better  and  there  is 


an  ample  supply  of  them.  Cypripe- 
diums  do  not  go  so  well,  much  of  the 
stock  arriving,  although  of  fancy  types, 
showing  evidence  of  having  been 
rather  too  long  on  the  plants.  Sweet 
peas  are  a  big  feature  of  the  market. 
Immense  quantities  of  them  find  ready 
sale  at  good  prices.  Valentine  demand 
is  using  up  many  of  this  popular 
favorite.  Daffodils  and  other  bulbous 
llowors  are  much  in  evidence.  Freesias, 
especially  the  variety  Purity,  go  well 
as  does  also  the  Iris  novelty  Tingitana. 
Plumosus  green  is  scarce  and  higher 
than  usual. 

{Ccntitiued  en   fn£e   t6j) 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Archest.  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New    Shovv'    Rooms    Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE  OF  AMERICA 


\6> 


iioini  cu  i/ru  he 


hVbriiury   Id,  i;<18 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholesale     Commission     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flowers 

■  •w  Adilmt.  14>  Wral  tutli  Ht..    NEW  YURK 
TfUpbaam     tto*.  tt«l.  MsdUon  Bqi 

— WM.  P.  FORD 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

l'.-l.-|.lioii.     raX'i.    KarraKUl 

(all  aixl  liiHpoct  the  Befit  KHtnlillsIiiuent 

In   the  Wboli'sal.'  Flower   District. 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

S3  WEST  28lh  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

Ccnsi^Mtnfttts   S.'t.  if.-.i 
riionp  Farracut  43S6 


FRANK  MILLANG 

>\  Ik'I.  .all'    (  <>jiiilliH>ic.ii    ll.al.r    in 

CUT    FLOWERS 

5.1  and  87  West   20th   St..  New  York 

Coognn   Building 

Tel..  209  Farrngut        Consignments  Solicited 


RIEDEL  S  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28tfi      ST.    NEW    YORK. 

GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 

io»  >A/KS-r  a8i:K  s-r 

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

PB0NB|*08,piKR^GDT  NEW    YORK 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Fresh    tut   Decurutive  Evergreent. 

Highest  Standard  of  Quality.  Largest 
Stock  In  America.  Write  for  Illustrated 
Catalog  of  Greens  and  Florists'  Supplies. 
119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.   KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'!  Foramost  and  Beit 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

4  Firif  CUm  Mu-k.t  f.r  all  i  tJT  FLOWERS 

'^  Willonghby  St.        Brooklyn.  N.  f 


I.  C.  FOffTD 

121  West  28th  St.,      NEW  YORK 

fill  Rosis.  n«  ciiiiiiiiis 

A    Fnll   Line   of   ALL   CUT    FI,OWKKg. 
Telephone   11870   FarrSKot. 


J.     J^^IITM 


I  WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST  '.'^^''^t^^'^SV^^ 

A    full    lliir    iif    Mutlrr    Cut    i\t>\srr    Htork    for    »ll    parpoti**. 

TBUPHONB 1  iJJi  !  FAmoirr    13!   West  28th  St..   NEW  YORK  CITY 

ALBANY'cuf  FLOWE'r  'EXCHANGE 

ITJSi'Jo""-'"-   6(1  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

h.W  K  TI.MK   AMI   MO.NKY   nV    HKNDl.NO   YOIK  OHIIKKH  TO  I'S 

Prices  RiKht.         Consignments  Solicited.        Telephone  ConnectioD 


Centrally  Located,  The  Hub  of 

the  Flower  Market  Section 

o 

MA 

i=?i-e:s 

IVII 

LL-i 

A.  NO 

\A/Kolosalo      F-|o 

ris-t 

55  and 

57  W.  26th  Straat, 

NEW 

YORK 

T.UpkoD.  2483  Farragut 

ORCHIDS  ■  -  GARDENIAS 

HEADQUARTERS  for    ll»-  entire   output    uf   II,.. 

BEECHWOOD  HEIGHTS  NURSERIES,  of  Bound  Brook,  N.J. 

PAUL  MECONI Wholesale  Florist NEW  YORK 


Teloplioiio    Nos.    '^s^^^    nn.l    S.",r.1    M:i.lis..n    S-iii:irt' 


\VKST   -'fith    STRKET 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 


\A/^IHOI 


I-OF3IS' 


SS-B7     NA/es-t.     ae-tl-i     S-tree^ 

Telephoned,  13 — 8510  Madltion  Square  Conalirninentfl  BoU«Ato4 

MAI'KICE   L.   GLASS,  Treaaarer 


NEW  YORK  QDOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


List  Patt  of  Week 

ending  Feb.  9 

1918 


First  Part  il  Week 

be{lnnin|  Feb.  II 

191> 


AfBMican  Beauty.  Special 

**  **         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  '*         No.  1  and  culls.   ■ 

RuHell.  Euler.  Mock 

HadleT 

Arenberg,  Hooiier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey .  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst.  HillinKdoD, 

Key 

C«ma6oiu 


■  5<00 
lo.oo 
5.00 
5.00 

5-00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5  00 


40.00 

30.00 

6.00 

12.00 

35.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

12.00 

I3.00 

4.00 


30.00 
10.00 


5.00 

3. 00 


to      40.00 

to  90.00 
t«  6.00 
la.oo 

50 .00 
10.00 
3.O0 


8.00 
1 3. 00 
I  a. 00 

4,00 


GROWERS'  CUT    FLOWER   COMPANY 
WHOLESALE   FLORISTS 

129  West  28th  Street  t..  ) gig ^ ;  p.„_. 

E.  J.  VAN    REYPER,  Mgr. 


nink    H.    Traernllj 


Cbarlc*   Scbenek 


WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  CommUHinn  Healer  in 

CHOICE  CUT  FLOWERS 

i:<3  Wsst  28tb  Street,  New  Tork 
TplephoDC. — S632-3B33  Madison  .Square 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

V^Holesale    Florists 

436  eti  Aveoae,  Between  26tb  inil  27Ui  Sts.,  New  Tirt 

Telephone.:     797,  788,  799   Farracnt 
ConBlgnments  Solicited 


JOSEPH    S.    FENRICH 

WHOLESALK  FLORIST 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

51   W.  28th   Street,   New  York 

TeUphsMi,    tz«-tn-42t    Mad.    8q. 


HERMAN   WEISS 

WHOLESALE   FLOBI8T 

Can  handle  shipments  of  growers'  prodoet 
satisfactorily.  Wonld  like  to  bear  froa 
Growers  of  Snapdragons  and  8we«t  P««a, 
etc.,  for  the  New  York  trade. 

130  West  28th  Street.  TeL  Famcmt  O*, 

NBW  TOBK. 


February  16,  191S 


HORTICULTURE 


IGlJ 


Flowar  Market  Reports 

i.CotUinued  from  page  Ibl, 

Business  continues 
PITTSBURGH     going     right     along 

with  the  exception 
of  "Fireless  Monday."  Prices  for  St. 
Valentine's  Day  flowers  did  not  soar, 
although  the  varieties  usually  most 
sought  for  were  not  in  great  abund- 
ance. Sweet  peas,  yellow  daisies, 
short-stemmed  roses,  freesia,  daffodils, 
tulips,  roses  and  violets  are  at  time  of 
writing  really  scarce. 

The  general 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.  supply  is  be- 
coming more 
plentiful  and  trade  conditions  are  im- 
proving somewhat.  The  first  half  of 
last  week  shipments  continued  to  ar- 
rive in  a  badly  frozen  condition  and 
rendered  the  market  somewhat  short. 
Roses  are  selling  good  and  include 
about  all  varieties.  Bulbous  stock  is 
arriving  in  larger  quantity.  Sweet 
peas,  freesia  and  calendulas  are  here 
in  small  quantities.  Violets  are  very 
good  and  move  freely.  The  supply  of 
carnations  is  larger  and ,  prices  are 
lower. 

Springlike  weather  and 
ST.  LOUIS  street  car  strike  end- 
ing has  caused  quite  a 
revival  in  transient  trade.  Carnations 
in  light  colors  are  plentiful  and  prices 
holding  up  well.  Prices  are  still  high 
and  scarce.  The  violet  supply  is 
larger  but  heavy  demands  are  expect- 
ed for  Valentine  Day.  Sweet  peas  are 
on  the  Increase.  Bulbous  stock  is  in 
fair  supply. 


DURING    RECESS. 

Stamford      (Conn.)      Horticultural 
Society. 

A  meeting  of  the  Stamford  Horticul- 
tural Society  was  held  Friday  evening, 
February  2.  There  was  an  address  by 
the  president,  Henry  Wild,  and  a  mus- 
ical program  followed.  The  West 
Stamford  band  gave  musical  selec- 
tions and  there  were  a  song  by  Owen 
Hunwick,  a  duet  by  Miss  Ledbetter  and 
Miss  Emily  Foster,  a  recitation  by  Mr. 
Young,  a  song  by  Miss  Ledbetter,  a 
l)oem  by  G.  B.  Cannon,  a  song  by  Miss 
Foster,  a  song  by  Mr.  Hunwick,  bag- 
pipe selections  by  Mr.  Robinson,  a  solo 
by  Master  Chapman  and  a  song  by  Mr. 
Towes.  The  musical  program  was  fol- 
lowed by  refreshments  and  each  lady 
present  was  given  a  bouquet.  Dancing 
followed.  There  were  about  2oO  per- 
sons present. 


A  NEW  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE. 
Martin  Reukauf,  for  38  years  travel- 
ing representative  of  one  of  the  lead- 
ing florists'  supply  houses  of  America 
and  well-known  to  about  every  florist 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  has 
started  on  his  own  account  with  store 
and  headquarters  at  5th  and  Callowhill 
streets,  Philadelphia.  He  will  handle 
the  regular  standard  lines  in  baskets, 
ribbons,  etc.,  and  with  his  long  ex- 
perience and  intimate  knowledge  of 
the  florist  business  will  undoubtedly 
command  a  liberal  share  of  the  best 
patronage  of  the  country.  No  one  is 
held  in  higher  esteem  than  Jlr.  Reu- 
kauf in  his  line  of  business,  and  we 
hope  and  expect  he  will  enjoy  the  con- 
fidence and  support  of  the  trade. 


J.    K. 


IM 


A  I^EADER  IN  TUE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   TR.VDE  FOR  OVER  THIRTY   YE.\RS 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.   Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 

118  West  28th  St.      IMENA/  YORK 


TELEPHONES 
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NEW   YORK  QUOTATIONS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleyaa 

Dendrobiiun  formoBum- 

Lilies.  Longifloruoi 

Lilies,  Speciosum ' 


Callaa  • 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

SnapdragoD 

Bouvardia 

Violets 

Freesias    

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulips 

Calendula f 

Mignonette 

Sw^eet  Peeu 

Margruerites •  ■  - 

GardenJasi 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Aaparasua  Ptumoius,  &  Spren  (loo  bunches) . 


Last  Part  of 

Week 

Bodins  Feb.  9     , 

1911 

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to 

;  6.00 
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betjoning  Feb.  11 

1918 


15.00 


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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerous  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  demand  ex- 
oeeda  onr  Bopply.  This  l»  especially  tme  of  Roseg.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abnndant  means  and  best  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 

Address  Yonr  Shipments  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER 

111    W.  28th   St.,    NEW  YORK 


CO.     Inc. 

D.  J.  Pappas,  Pre*. 


WANTED 


Violets  and  novelties  are  my  Hobby.  Con- 
sign your  flowers  to  me.  I  can  sell  them  to 
your  satisfaction. 

CLARENCE  SUNN,  '^l^'^o^k 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

347-357   Cambridge  St.,  Boston 

Headquarters  for 

CYCAS,    BASKETS,     WIBE     DESIGNS 

and   WAX  FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  list  If  you  have  not  re- 
ceived one. 


BUSINESS    TROUBLES. 

Columbia  City  Floral  Co.,  Columbia 
City,  Ind.,  reported  to  be  in  receiver's 
hands. 

Doogue  &  ('0..  florists,  Asylum  St., 
Hartford.  Conn.  Liabilities  $15,000. 
Offering  25  cents  on  the  dollar  in  set- 
tlemen. 

John  Evert,  Chicago:  liabilities, 
113.000.  Compromise  of  331/3  per 
cent,  has  been  offered  to  unsecured 
creditors. 

J.  .7.  Gunn  &  Son,  florists.  Salem, 
Ohio;  voluntary  petition.  Liabilities 
$4,665;   assets  given  as  $10,790. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W,  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

BVEBYTHING    FOB    THE    FLOBIST 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  have  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
sies,  Violets,  CarnatloDa  aad  all  other  stock 
of  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SI.IIMIM,  Jr. 

55  and  57  W.  26th  Street.  NEW  ¥OB» 


RCED  (SL  KELLER 

132  West   25tli   St..  New   York 

Florists'    Supplies 

W\'   nianufatture  all   our 

Altai  Disigns,  Baskets,  Win  Wirk  KNoveltiis 

and   are   dealers   iu 

Decorative  Glaseware.  Growers  and 

Florists*  R«<iuiHite8 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Iniport«rs  and    Growers  of 

OROMIDS 

Oat    Flower*  of  AU   the  L«adtB(   Varl 
In  their  " 


THOMAS  YOUNG,   Jr.,    Proprietor 

BOUND    BBOOK.  M.   J. 


At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Buffalo 
(X.  y.)  Retail  Florists'  Association, 
the  following  officers  were  elected: 
president.  Chas.  Schoenhut:  secretary- 
treasurer,  Robert  Scott;  directors,  W. 
J.  Palnisr.  Theodore  Frank.  S.  A.  An- 
derson, Chas.  Schoenhut  and  Robert 
Scott. 


Wired  Toothpicks 


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10.000.  .  .S2.00       60,000.  .  .$8.7(;       Sample  free. 
For  dftle  by  dealers. 


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II  0  U  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  U  E 


Kuliruary   16,  1918 


Kat.  1768 

Fot  Mahara  for  a 
CanturyandaHalf 


HEWS 


STRONG 

RED 
POROUS 


POTS 


Inc.  1904 

World'a  Largest 
Manufacturar* 


Standard,  Azalea,  Bulb,    Orchid,    Fern.  Hanging,   Emboaaad,   Rose,  Carnation,   Palm,  Cyclamen,  Cut  Flower. 
Special  Shapes  to  Order.     Chicken  Founts,  Pigeon  Nests,  Bean  Pots,  Etc. 


Writw  for  Cataloga 
and  Diacountf 


'   A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  Inc.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


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NEW   YOBK,   N.  T. 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


I 


NEW    YORK. 
William  .Mackie,  formerly  employed 
by    W.    P.    Ford,   has   started    In   the 
wholesale  flower  business  at  105  West 
28th  street. 

V.  L.  Outerbridge,  ot  Henry  &  Lee. 
!)7  Water  street,  a  member  of  the  New 
York  Florists'  Club,  and  the  S.  A.  F. 
has  l)een  appointed  by  Gov.  Whitman 
as  major  in  command  of  the  First 
Battalion  of  the  new  Twenty-third 
Regiment. 

Secretary  John  Young  says  that  ow- 
ing to  the  holidays  and  in  the  change 
in  printing  the  Annual  S.  A.  F.  Re- 
port, recommended  by  the  Executive 
Board,  an  unusual  delay  has  occurred. 
However,  he  hopes  to  have  them  ready 
for  distribution  within  the  course  of 
the  next  two  or  three  weeks. 

Florists  of  Wiufield.  L.  I.,  are  com- 
plaining that  they  are  not  receiving 
fair  treatment  in  the  matter  of  coal 
supply  and  that  they  are  running  risk 
of  great  loss.  Many  florists  are  raising 
young  vegetable  plants  for  early  spring 
cultivation,  and  many  farmers  depend 
upon  the  florists  for  their  supply  of 
young  planting  stock. 

The  cargo  ot  the  Holland-America 
steamship  Xieuw  Amsterdam  was  par- 
tially discharged  on  Monday,  February 
11 — about  1,000  cases,  all  to  be  opened 
by  the  government  officials  searching 
for  dangerous  matter,  sabotage,  etc. 
Cases  opened  so  far  show  contents  to 
be  in  fine  condition,  but  repacking  In- 
volves a  quality  of  uncertainty  which 
consignees  will  have  opportunity  to 
solve  in  due  time. 

A  story  has  been  widely  printed  by 
the  daily  papers  to  the  effect  that 
J.  P.  Morgan  has  closed  the  extensive 
greenhouses  on  his  estate  at  Peacock 
Point.  Glen  Cove,  to  help  in  the  con- 
servation of  coal.  It  is  stated  that 
"the  thousands  of  valuable  plants  will 
be  distributed  among  public  conseiTa- 
tories  or  sent  south  where  they  may 
continue  their  growth  out  of  doors." 
These  "valuable  plants"  have  never 
made  their  appearance  at  any  horti- 
cultural exhibition,  so  far  as  we  have 
known.  Looks  like  a  case  of  "blow" 
for  public  effect.  We  have  read  of  a 
number  of  other  instances  of  similar 
sacrifices  on  the  altar  of  "patriotism." 

There  was  a  very  interesting  meet- 
ing of  the  International  Flower  Show 
Committje  held  Monday.  February  11. 
presided  over  by  Theo.  A.  Havemeyer. 
chairman,  who  has  just  returned  from 
California.    Three  weeks  ago  everyone 


.,1  uUR'd  iis-simislic,  and  cxprosHcd  very 
much  doubt  as  to  tlie  ultimate  result 
of  the  exhibition.  This  feeling  has 
entirely  changed,  and  all  hands  are 
optimistic  tliat  it  will  be  a  success  In 
every  way.  There  is  no  question  but 
what  many  exhibits  from  the  private 
places  will  l)e  missing,  but  this  will 
be  amply  made  up  by  the  increased 
exhibits  from  the  commercial  grow- 
ers. Then  the  co-operation  of  the  Am- 
erican Rose  Society  will  also  lie  a 
great  benefit.  Any  rumors  that  have 
been  circulated  that  the  Sliow  will  be 
postponed  or  abandoned  are  false  in 
every  particular,  as  every  member  of 
the  committee  has  pledged  himself  to 
work  ten  times  as  hard  in  its  interest. 
There  is  more  space  sold  now  in  the 
trade  section  than  ever  was  the  case 
at  this  time,  in  any  previous  Show. 
It  is  expected  that  the  space  rentals 
will  amount  to  $12,000.  The  official 
program  is  ailso  being  supported  lib- 
erally by  those  in  the  trade.  The 
ladies  of  the  Red  Cross  will  co-oper- 
ate on  a  larger  scale  than  ever  and  it 
is  believed  that  they  will  have  other 
features  this  year  than  the  Tea  Garden 
which  will  bo  ot  greater  attraction 
than  the  tea  garden  and  will  undoubt- 
edly have  an  influence  towards  a 
larizor  uieiidance. 


BOSTON. 

George  Arnold  ot  Arnold  &  Fisher 
of  Woburn  has  started  to  sell  his  own 
product  at  the  Flower  Exchange  in- 
stead of  through  a  commission  sales- 
man as  hitherto. 

A  favorable  report  has  been  ma^le  by 
the  Committee  on  Agriculture  on  the 
bill  authorizing  the  State  Department 
of  .Vgriculture  to  spend  $100,000  for 
farm  machinery  and  to  operate  or 
lease  it  to  farmers  in  the  State  on  such 
terms  and  lor  such  periods  as  may  be 
deemed  expedient. 

PHILADELPHIA. 
A  five  to  ten  thousand  dollar  loss 
was  sufTered  by  John  Westcott  on  Fob. 
2  in  a  fire  at  his  greenhouse  estaldish- 
ment,  Ridge  and  Lehigh  avenues.  A 
defective  gasoline  engine  in  the  stone 
polisliing  establishment  next  door 
started  the  blaze  whicli  quickly 
spread  to  the  Westcott  boiler  rooms 
and  in  a  very  short  time  had  the 
whole  establishment  out  of  biislness. 
Zero  weather  made  matters  all  the 
worse,  of  course.  We  extend  our  con- 
dolences and  sympathy  to  Mr.  West- 
cott in  his  misfortune.  It's  just  one 
dashed  tiling  after  another  these  days. 


CHICAGO. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Horti- 
cultural Society  of  Chicago,  J.  C. 
Vaughan  was  elected  president.  A 
policy  of  more  publicity  for  flowers 
was  adopted,  which  will  be  worked 
out  by  means  of  frequent  exhibits. 

The  retail  store  of  W.  J.  Kidwell  will 
be  kept  open  for  the  present  by  Kyle 
&  Foerstef,  one  of  the  largest  cred- 
itors and  temporary  receiver,  Mr.  Kid- 
well  having  made  an  assignment  in 
bankruptcy  as  stated  in  last  week's 
issue. 

The  downtown  florists  have  very  at- 
tractive display  windows  for  calling 
attention  to  St.  Valentine's  Day.  The 
sales  on  this  day  have  grown  to  such 
proportions  as  to  make  it  one  ot  the 
most  profitable  days  for  the  florist, 
and  the  special  advertising  campaign 
is  expected  to  make  this  year's  sales 
exceed  any  other. 

C.  H.  Perkins  II.  ot  Jackson  &  Per- 
kins Co.,  was  here  on  liis  way  home 
from  a  trip  through  the  middle  west 
He  mentioned  the  discouraging  fact 
that  150,000  English  Manetti  stock  ar- 
rived frozen.  The  loss  is  not  only  a 
financial  one  but  is  to  be  regretted 
from  the  fact  that  it  cannot  be  re- 
placed and,  therefore,  cuts  off  that 
much  from  the  supply  for  the  growers. 

Pyfer  &  Olsem,  whose  financial  diffi- 
culties were  mentioned  in  last  week's 
issue,  have  since  filed  a  petition  in 
bankruptcy,  with  Wharton  Plummer. 
ot  Todd  &  Plummer.  receiver.  Their 
liabilities  and  assets  are  both  sched- 
uled at  ?73.000.  At  a  meeting  ot  the 
creditors  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  co-operate  with  the  receiver  in  con- 
serving i;he  stock.  The  Pyfer  &  Olsen 
place  wa.s  known  as  the  Scheutler 
greenhouses  at-  Wilmette  and  Harry 
Philpott  financed  tlie  deal  when  the 
sale  was  made  two  years  ago. 

Plans  for  avoiding  the  mistakes  of 
last  year,  when  lack  of  instruction 
caused  the  failure  ot  many  would-be 
home  gardeners,  are  lieing  arranged 
for  now.  The  superintendent  of 
schools,  John  D.  Sohoop,  has  added 
gardening  to  the  list  ot  studies  offered 
to  girls  lor  the  spring  term.  Thos. 
Skorupa,  landscape  gardener  and  su- 
perintendent of  the  northwest  park 
district,  will  give  a  course  of  six 
lectures  on  home  gardening  at  Pulaski 
Park.     The  lectures  will  be  in  Polish. 

Poehlmann  Bros,  succeeded  in  get- 
ting thi!ir  big  truck  into  the  city  Fri- 
day for  tiie  first  time  since  the  snow- 
became  deep.  It  took  twenty-six  men 
an  entire  day  to  shovel  the  snow  and 


February  16,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


16C 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  Discounte  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


assist  the  truck  to  the  city  limits, 
some  five  or  six  miles.  The  flowers 
will  now  be  drawn  by  teams  from  the 
greenhouses  to  where  the  truck  will 
meet  them.  Shipping  by  express  was 
too  uncertain  to  be  depended  upon  for 
daily  stock. 


PITTSBURGH. 

West  A.  Mellon  ot  Wilkinsburg  and 
the  staff  of  Miss  Emma  B.  Maxwell, 
has  resigned  and  gone  to  Camp  Han- 
cock, Atlanta,  Ga. 

The  Audubon  Society  of  Sewickley 
has  elected  the  following  officers: 
President,  George  H.  Clapp;  vice-presi- 
dent, Walter  Miller;  secretary.  Miss 
Eda  Young;  treasurer,  Miss  Alice  Ha- 
worth. 

Neil  Forsythe,  who  was  for  several 
years  in  charge  of  the  famous  "Lynd- 
hurst"  grounds  and  greenhouse  during 
the  regime  of  the  former  lessee,  J.  J. 
Porter,  is  located  temporarily  with 
Superintendent  William  Allen  of  the 
Homewood  Cemetery. 

HELP  WANTED 

Salesmen    Wanted 

We  prefer  greenhouse  men  for  our  sales- 
men. If  you  can  make  good  selling  an 
established  line  of  greenhouse  supplies,  we 
have  openings  in  our  sales  organization. 
Previous  sales  experience  is  desirable,  but 
not  necessary.  What  we  want  are  green- 
house men  who  understand  greenhouse 
problems  and  can  talk  intelligently  to  the 
greenhouse  trade.  In  writing  us,  give  age, 
references,  salary  expected  and  territory 
you  are  familiar  with.     Address 

Key  868,  care  HORTICCLTCBE. 


WANTED — Man  experienced  in  outdoor 
garden  and  greenhouse  work,  as  assistant 
gardener  on  private  estate  within  a  mile 
of  Boston.  Scotch  preferred,  single  and 
not  under  35  years  old.  Apply  to  office  of 
HORTICULTURE,  147  Summer  St..  Boston. 

SITUATIONS  WANTED 

SITUATION  WANTED  — By  Japanese 
horticulturist.  Graduate  of  Horticultural 
College.  Practical  experience  in  Japan  and 
United  States.  Able  to  do  all  kinds  of 
gardening  and  greehouse  work.  Married. 
State  wages  etc.  "J.  H.,"  care  Horticul- 
ture Publishing  Co. 

FOR  SALE 

For  Sale  or  Lease 

Ten  thousand  ft.  glass,  modern  construc- 
tion, steam  heated,  all  facilities  for  sup- 
plying a  thriving  local  trade  winter  and 
summer.  Owner  on  account  of  advancing 
years,  wishes  to  sell  or  lease  on  reasonable 
terms  to  live  young  florist.  If  married  can 
have  the  dwelling  on  the  place  or  another 
smaller  within  a  stone's  throw.  Good  op- 
portunity for  a  hustler  to  build  up  a  line 
business  on  a  basis  already  solid.  Ten 
miles  from  Philadelphia.  Wealthy  resi- 
dents all  around.  Paying  now  but  could 
do  much  more.  Address  "J.  A.  C.  B.,"  care 
George  C.  Watson,  839  Market  St.,  Pliila- 
delpbla.  Pa, 


DREER'S  **Riverton  Special"  Plant    Tubs 


Dlam.  Ea.     Doz.     100 

20  In.  $2.75  $30.00  $230.00 

18  In.    2.25    24.00   190.00 


Win. 
14  In. 
12  in. 
10  in. 
Sin. 


1.75 

1.50 

1.00 

.70 

.55 


19.00 

17.00 

11.00 

7.75 

6.50 


152.00 

135.00 

88.00 

62.00 

50.00 


The  Rlverton  Tub  is  sold  exclusively  by  us,  and  is  the  best  ever  introduced. 
Tha  neatest,  lightest  and  cheapest.  Painted  green  and  bound  with  electric-welded 
hoops.     The  four  largest  sizes  are  equipped  with  drop  handles. 

HENRY  K.  DREER,  seiis,  piMts,  Biiihs,  and  simpiies,  714-716  Chestnut  St..  Ptiiladeliriiia,  Pa. 


Four  employees  of  the  McCallum  Co. 
serving  with  the  colors  are:  James 
Riley,  in  France;  his  brother.  Earl, 
with  the  quartermaster'  corps  of  the 
Columbus,  Ohio,  barracks;  Thomas 
Kalliher,  at  Camp  Lee,  Petersburg, 
Va.,  and  Marcel  Corveaux  on  garrison 
duty  on  the  Yukon  in  Alaska. 

The  recent  annual  meeting  and  elec- 
tion of  officers  of  the  Horticultural  So- 
ciety of  Western  Pennsylvania  result- 
ed as  follows:  William  Allen,  presi- 
dent; Frank  Luchenbacher,  vice-presi- 
dent; Fred  Weissenbach,  secretary 
and  treasurer.  The  installing  offici- 
ant was  James  T.  Scott,  Blmsford, 
N.  Y. 

Randolph  &,  McClements  had  an  ex- 


ceptionally handsome  St.  Valentine 
window  display  in  Japanese  style. 
Boughs  of  peach  blossoms  and  tall 
trellised  ivory  gates  to  the  side,  out- 
line the  window,  while  the  Valentine 
display  proper  Is  dominated  by  floral 
designed  boxes  tied  with  broad  rain- 
bow-striped and  daintily  flowered  rib- 
bon. An  ornamental  plate  with  a  box 
of  honey  and  a  card  inscribed,  "Won't 
you  be  my  honey?''  attracted  attention. 
The  Alpha  Flower  Shop  display  was 
dominated  by  pots  of  daffodils  and 
baskets  of  assorted  spring  blossoms. 
One  attractive  downtown  window  had 
arranged  large  heart-shaped  boxes,  tied 
with  ribbon  and  flanked  with  ferns  and 
palms. 


classified!:directory 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


AIYSSUM   VAB.    BAIJDISCHI. 

A  very  pretty  plant  with  beautiful  varie- 
gated foliage.  Very  valuable  as  pot  and 
bedding  plant.  Out  of  2  in.,  $5.00  per  100, 
$35.00  per  1000;  rooted  cuttings,  $2.00  per 
100,  $18.00  per  1000.  Cash  with  order. 
EMIL  H.  BAUDISCH,  753  Hamilton  Ave., 
North  Bergen,  N.  J. 

BtTLBS 

C.   KEUR  A   SONS,  HILLBGOM,   Holland. 

Balbi  of  all  deacrlptloni.    Write  tor  prlcM. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH.  8-10  Brldf  Bt. 


CARNATION  8TAPUE8 

Spilt  camatloni  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  PlUsbnry'i  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  3Sc.;  3000  for  $1.00  poit- 
pald.    I.  L.  PILL8BPBY,  Galeibnrg,  111. 

DAHLIAS 

Peony  Dahlia  Mrs.  Frederick  Qrlnnell. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONBY,  New  Bedford.  Mail. 


Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHRORO  DAHLIA 
&  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moore, 
Prop.,  Northboro,  Mass.        ^^^ 

New  PaeonjT  Dahlia— Jobn  Wanamakar, 
Newest,  Handsomest.  Best.  Nsw  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut-flower  varieties.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  fARUM, 
Berlin,  N.  J. 

Oreenhoase  glass,  lowost  prlCM.  JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO..  Hartford  City,  In*. 


ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One  trial  order  solcited. 


PEONIES 

P«onlea.  The  world's  greatest  eolIeetloB, 
1200  sorts  Send  (or  Ust.  C.  BBTBCHBB, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 

ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

THE   CONARD   &   JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 


SPHAGNUM  MOSS 
Live   Sphagnum   moss,    orchid   peat  and 
orchid   baskets  always  on  band.     LAQBB 
&  miRRELL,  Snmmlt.  N.  J. 


■~  STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry  Plants.  Money  making  va- 
rieties. Catalogue  Free.  BASIL  PERRY, 
Georgetown,  Delaware. 


TINES 

Flowering    and     Foliage    Tinea,    eholoe 

collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tob 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  alio  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Mount  Ulssarllk  Nsr- 
sery,  New  Bocbelle,  N.  Y. 


WIRE  WORK 

WILLIAM      B.      HBILSCHBB'B      WIU 
WORKS,  264  Randolph  BU  Detralt,  " 


ir>r. 


HORTICULTURE 


Ki;rf)ruiiry  IC,  1918 


"HAMMOND'S  GRAPE  DUST" 

Used   effectively   to   kill   Powdery 
Mildew  on  Roses  and  other  Plants 


USED  BY  THE  FLORISTS  FOR  OVER  25  SUCCESSIVE  YEARS 

Suhi  l»y  (hi*  S«'<'«|   IK'hIith. 
Ktir  |iniii|thli't  on  Uiiitn  unit   Hll^hls  iii|iln>HH 

HAMMOND'S  PAINT  AND  SLUG  SHOT  WORKS 


ST.   LOUIS. 

Tlie  (Jrowers'  I'lub  nut  on  Wednes- 
day. February  5.  Over  seventy  dollars 
was  raised  for  the  publicity  fund. 

The  Growers',  Retailers'  and  Florist 
Club  publicity  committees  met  on 
Thursday,  Feb.  7  at  the  offlce.  Com- 
mercial BnlldinK.  It  was  decided  to 
place  advertisements  in  the  daily  pa- 
pers    In     roKoid     to   Valentine's   Day. 


CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


P«lT«rl>*<l  CT  Skraddsd 

Cattle  Manure 
Sheep    Manure 

T^  Flonstt'  stftodard  of  uniform 
high  qualirj  lor  orer  leo  years. 
»P«tfT:  WIZARD  BRAND  in 
your  Supp^  House  oraw.  or  write 
ui  direct  for  prices  and  freight  rales. 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO. 
M  Cmto*  MMk   tw«.  f— Trr' 


Free! 

A  50-Kallon  barrel 
of  Scaiecide  free  to 
any  any  one  who 
will  suggest  a  fairer 
guarantee  than  that 
given  below. 

^     "SCALECIDE" 

As  proofofourconfidcnceand  tostrength- 
en  yours,  we  ^vill  make  the  following 
proposition  to  any  fruitgrower  of  average 
honesty  and  veracity: 

Divide  your  orchard  in  half,  no  matter  how  larjre 
or  small.  Spray  one-half  with  "■.^CALKCiUK". 
and  the  other  with  Limi-Sulfur  for  iUrcf  y.-nre, 
everything  clf^ebL-intt  e^iual.  If  at  the  L*nd  of  that 
time,  three  disinterc?*t4.-<l  fruit  erowi-rs  say  that 
the  part  spntyt-d  with  "SCALKCIDF,"  is  not  in 
every  way  bctttT  than  that  sprayefj  with  Lime- 
Sulfor.  we  will  return  you  the  mont-y  you  paid 
na  for  the  "SCALECIDK". 

Send  for  new  free  booklet. 

"  tVofitsin  Fall  Sot^yinK*'. 

B.  G.  Pratt  Co.,  M'f  g  Chcmi«;ts 
SOCburchSt.    Dept.  12         N'^w  'i  ..rU 


NIKOTEEN 

For  Spraying 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumigatint 
Kik  Your  De*W  fu  It. 

RlCOTQifi  MFG.  CO. 

9T.  LOOK 


Hennunts  inscribed,  "Say  It  with 
Flowers,"  will  be  placed  In  all  promi- 
nent places.  It  was  also  decided  to 
endeavor  to  handle  the  glut  by  adver- 
tising special  sales  by  "See  Your 
Nearest  Florist."  Flowers  to  be  sold 
to  the  small  dealer  as  cheap  as  to  the 
big  ones. 

The  Windier  Wholesale  Floral  Com- 
pany held  its  annual  meeting  .Tan. 
31st  and  ofTicers  were  reelected  for 
191S  as  follows:— Frank  A.  Windier, 
pres.;  ii.  K.  Windier,  viee-pres.;  A.  W. 
Gnmz,  iiecretary  and  treasurer.  The 
same  officers  are  the  directors.  After 
the  abov'  meeting  there  was  a  stoclc- 
holders'  meeting  of  tlie  Natural  Foli- 
age Comnany  of  St.  Louis  at  which 
meeting  ihe  directors  of  the  Natural 
Foliage  C(.mpany  unanimously  elected 
the  officers  of  the  Windier  Wholesale 
Floral  Company  to  act  in  the  same 
capacities  for  the  Natural  Foliage 
Company  for  the  ensuing  year. 


ROCHESTER,    N.    Y. 
George    H.    Hart     has    installed    an 
electric     paint     spraying     device     for 
painting  i'asliets,  etc. 

Chester  Anient,  of  Ridgeway  avenue, 
had  one  i>l  his  boilers  burst  last  week 
and  was  obliged  to  use  oil  stoves  to 
keep  up  the  temperature. 

.Max.  the  Florist,  has  been  dis- 
charged from  military  duty  at  Camp 
Gordon  and  has  started  in  business 
again  a  ;ew  doors  from  his  old  stand. 
James  Vick's  Sons  report  a  big  ad- 
vance trade  in  cabbage,  onion,  timothy 
and  clover  seed.  They  are  experienc- 
ing groat  difficulty  in  filling  seed 
orders  ijccause  of  the  railroad  tie-up. 
Creditors  of  Frank  R.  Bohnke,  flor- 
ist, held  their  first  meeting  and  Geo. 
B.  Draper  was  appointed  trustee.  The 
assets  in  the  case  are  represented 
principally  liy  early  flowering  bulbs, 
and  as  they  have  been  planted  the 
trustees  will  have  the  task  of  keeping 
them  from  freezing  until  I  hey  are 
marketable. 


CLEVELAND. 

Express  service  is  very  good  con- 
sidering traffic  conditions  according  to 
some  wholesalers.  Some  shipments 
are  coming  through  on  schedule,  and 
others  .ire  not  greatly  delayed. 

Bramley  &  Son,  1181  East  71st 
street,  were  the  only  Cleveland  florists 
represented  in  the  Patriotic  Food 
Economy  Show  at  the  Central  Arm- 
ory, week  of  February  4.  Beside 
many  flowers  the  Bramley  exhibit 
featured  Gro-Well  plant  fertilizer. 

George  Nixon,  has  resigned  his  posi- 
tion at  Nichols  Arcade  flower  shop 
and  staried  a  restaurant.  Anthony  J. 
Rose,  has  left  the  Park  flower  shop 
and  returned  to  Nichols,  where  he  was 


-^INSECTICIDE-^- 

Save  ;oDr  pUnti  ■od  lrp«i.  Jnit  tliF 
IliliiK  for  KTi-i-uliouae  and  outdoor  ubo. 
DcBtroyn  Mciily  IIiik,  HruwD  aud  White 
Srnle,  Tlirlps.  llfd  Spldur,  Black  and 
Gri-cn  Fly,  .Mllca.  Aula,  «'ti'..  witliout 
Injury  to  pliinta  und  without  odor. 
I'acd  acoordiuK  to  direction,  our  atoiid- 
nrd  iDRcctlcldi-  will  prevent  ruviiKt-a  on 
vour  cropa  Ity  Inai-cta. 

Non-potaonoUH  and  linrinleaa  to  user 
nnd  plant.  Li-ndInK  Seedainen  and 
KlorlstB  liavc  U3cd  It  with  wonderful 
reaulta. 

Deatroya  I.lcc  In  Poultry  liouaea. 
ripiis  on  DoK*  anil  nil  Domoatlc  I'eta. 
ICxcpllent  na  a  wnah  for  dogH  and  other 
anlmala.  KoliovcB  uiudkc.  Dilute  with 
wiitcr  30  to  no  purls. 

Ml  Pint,  S>K.:  rinl,  50c.;  Quart,  BOo.; 
V^  Gallon,  S;i.r>n:  <inlli>n,  t2.SU:  S  Gal- 
lon (an.  «;I0.1>0;  III  (iiillon  Can,  120.00. 
DirectlnnN  on  piickacc 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

Dipt  S.      421  W.  Lnlnitoi  II,  BiltiHn,  Ml 


The  RMornl'ed   BtauidKrd   Ibm«*M4*. 
A  spray  remedy  for  fmn,  black,  wbit*  %i, 
thrlps  and  aoft  scale. 

QoKri,  11.00;    0*U»a,  flM. 

FUNCINE 

For  mildew,  mat  and   other  bllfkt*  aCM*- 
Iqr  flrirera,  fruits  aud  refetables. 
Quart,  tl.OO;     Oallon,  t*M. 

VERMINE 

For    eel    worma,    angle    worms    an!    •tkw 
worms  working  In  the  aoll. 

Quart,  tl.OO)     Oallan.  tt.O*. 
SOLD   BT    DKAUBBg. 

Aphine    Manifacturing    Co. 

MADISON,  N.  J. 


formerly  employed  for  eight  years. 
John  Ryan,  formerly  of  Pape's,  Toledo, 
has  been  added  to  the  selling  staff  at 
the  Park  flower  shop. 


February  16,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


167 


KROESCHELL    BOILERS 

IF  YOU  NEED  A    BOILER  IN  A  HURRY 

Telephone    or    Telegraph    At    Our    Expense. 

SEND  FOR  CATALOG 

Kroeschell  Bros.  Co.,  466W.  Erie  St.,  Chicago 


KING    CONSTRUCTION    COMPANY,   North  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 

GREENHOUSES 

■        »  — , 

We   Claim    Maximum    Strength   and    Minimum   Shadow.      Investigate 


BOSTON    OFFICE: 


113  State  Street.  NEW  YORK  OFFICE:     1476  Broadway.  SCRANXOX,  PA.,  307  Irving  Avenue. 

rHILADEI,PHIA  OFFICE:     Harrison  Building:,  IStli  and  Market  Streets. 


CYPRESS  GREENHOUSE  STOCK 

PECKY  CYPRESS  STOCK 
HOT  BED  SASH 

Ask  for  Circular  D  and  Prices 

THE  A.  T.  STEARNS  LUMBER  COMPANY 

NEPONSET,  BOSTON 


f=-QF9 

Reliable  Material 

and  square  dealings  in 
Sasli  Operating  Device 
and  Greenhouse  Fit- 
tings, get  in  touch  with 

Advance  Co. 

Richmond,  Ind. 


A  STIC  A 


)reer'8  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Points 

For  GreenlBouses 

Drive  easy  and  true,  because 
both  bevels  are  on  the  same 
■ide.  Can't  twist  and  break 
the  glass  in  Iriving.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  not  rust.  No 
lights  or  lefts 

The  Peerless  Glazing  Point 
IB  patented.   No  others  like 
It.  Order  from  your  dealejy 
or  direct  from  us. 
1000, 75c.  postpaid. 
Samples  free. 
HENRY  A.  DREEE.I 
714  Chestnat  Street)** 
Philadelphia 


The  Floriftts  Hail  Association  rate  of  tn- 
Hurance  from  Nov.  let,  191G  to  Nov.  iHt, 
1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  liiindred 
square  feet  of  sini^le  thick  gtaNs  and  eiKht 
cents  per  hundred  sciuare  feet  of  double 
thick  ^lasB.  For  particutars,  address. 
JOHN  O.  BSLJKB.  Bee.,  Saddle  Biver.  N.  J. 


ForGreenhouse 
Glazing 

USE  IT  NOW 


F.O.  PIERCE  CO. 

12  W.  BROJItlV^AY 

NEW  YORK 

MaHtloa  1b  elaetlc  and  tenacloas,  admits  of 
expansion  and  contraction.  Patty  becomei 
bard  and  brittle.  Broken  glasa  more  easily 
removed  without  breaking:  of  other  glaM 
as  occurs  with  hard  putty.  lAata  longer 
than  pvtty      Easy  to  apply. 


OLASS 


HOT-BED    SASHES 

Our  prices  can  be  bad  by  mall,  aod 
It  will  pay  yon  to  get  tbem.  We  carry 
the  largest  stock  of  Specially  Selected 
OlRsa  Id  Qreater  New  York  abd  can 
supply  any  quantity  from  a  box  to  ■ 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Rock  Bottom  Price*. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

2111-ei7    Havemeyer   St.,   Brooklyn.   N.   Y. 


In  Writing  Advertisers 

Kindly  iVIention 

HORTICULTURE 

SECTIONAL  GREENHOUSES 

For  Commercial  and 
Private  Growers 


..in 

^ipiiiiliBsr 


Anyone  who  can  baiulK'  a  hammer  can 
assemble  this  greenhouse.  We  furnish 
alt  the  necessary  hardware.  When  once 
erecteil  it  can  remain  as  a  permanent 
greenhouse,  or  it  can  be  taken  apart 
and  re-erected  elsewhere  if  necessary. 

The  house  illustrated  stands  SVa  ft. 
wide  by  12  ft.  long.  It  is  made  of  Gulf 
Cypress  and  can  be  attached  to  the  resi- 
dence or  garage,  or  put  up  as  a  separate 
detached  house.  Has  2  glass  ends  and 
doors.  Equipped  with  2  plant  benches, 
ventilating  arrangement  both  sides. 
Has  plenty  of  headroom  and  wide  walk. 
This  same  house  can  easily  be  made 
larger  at  any  time  by  adding  our  ready 
made,  exact  fitting  units. 

We  build  greenhouses  of  all  styles 
and  sizes  and  go  anywhere  in  the  United 
States  to  submit  plans  and  prices. 

Me6ropDli€ai)Ma£crialiS 

l.>y7-ISJ5  Flushing  -ive.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Difficult  and  rejected  caie*  ipwt- 
ally  solicited.  No  mlileadlof  l>- 
(lucementa  made  to  leciire  bnilneH. 
Over  30  years'  active  practice.  Wtx- 
perlei.'ced,  personal,  coDSelentloaa 
service.  Write  for  terms. 
Address. 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGERS 

PATKNT    LAWYERS 

Box   9,  National   Union   Bnlldlnc 
WanhlnrtoB.  D.  O. 


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V^i 


iiiit^piiiii mm iimimimiiiii^li^iiiiii imiM i li^piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMip 


Burpee's  Seeds  Grow 


Burp«*5w»etpe«»        RuTpee^sAl 


Purpce's  ^eeds  Qrow  WAil«r>  Burp«««  aLg«x 


Two  catalogs  thjt  every  Florist  and  Market  Grower  should  have.  The  tendency  towards 
economy  will  cause  many  Florists  to  turn  to  vegetables  in  conjunction  with  flowers. 

BURPEE'S  ANNUAL  FOR   191 8 

has  been  greatly  enlarged  and  improved.  It  has  216  pages,  24  of  which  are  in  color,  illus- 
trating more  than    100  varieties  of  vegetables  and  flowers. 

BURPEES  BLUE  LIST  FOR  1918 

also  contains  216  pages  with  100  varieties  illustrated  in  the  exact  colors.  It  is  the  best  Blue 
List  we  have  ever  issued  and  is  a  fund  of  information  on  the  Best  Seeds  that  Grow. 
For  more  than  forty  years  "Quality"  has  been  the  one  aim  and  effort  of  the  House  of  Burpee. 
The  maintenance  of  Fordhook  Farms,  the  Worlds  Largest  Trial  Grounds,  has  been  solely 
for  the  purpose  of  proving  that  Burpee's  Seeds  are  worthy  of  the  trust  that  every  Florist  and 
Market  Grower  must  of  necessity  place  in  the  seeds  that  he  sows. 

THE  BURPEE  SERVICE 

We  are  keenly  alive  to  the  requirements  of  the  trade.  Our  experts  arc  in  close  touch  with  the 
various  organizations  throughout  the  country  that  have  as  their  aim  the  improvement  of  con- 
ditions for  the  commercial  grower.  The  records  of  Fordhook  Trial  Grounds,  the  advice 
of  our  experts,  and  the  detail  of  our  Service  Bureau,  are  at  the  command  of  our  Florist  and 
Market  Grower  friends,  and  we  want  you  to  feel  that  it  will  he  our  pleasure  to  help  you  in 
any  way  that  we  can. 

The  supply  of  seed  throughout  the  world  is  extremely   short.      Many   varieties   are   almost   a 
total  failure,  consequently  we  advise  ordering  early  to  avoid  disappointment. 
Send  for  the  Burpee  Annual  and  the  Burpee  Blue  List.     A  post  card  will  bring  them.  Write 
to-day. 

W.  Atlee  Burpee  Co. 


Seed  Growers 


PHILADELPHIA 


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February  23,  1918 


Dreer's  Grand  New  Cannas  for  1918 


Ten  truly  marvelous  acquisitions,  Introducing 
new  tones  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment In  form  and  habit. 

CARMINK  nEArTY.     Doop  brlRlit  o«riiilne  fluwiTii  freely 

proclu.-ed     hlBli    Kbore    the    heary    dnrkcnM'n    follnco 

will,  li  lun  n  iinrrow  red  mnrglD.    Tlic  flowers  while  not 

.  ■  ir^-..  nn  those  of  Olympic  nreof  n  much  lirleliter  mid 

II, or.-  pli-imlDB  tone.    4'.i  ft.    78  ct».  each;  $7.50  per  doj. 

CIIEKRKl'I.NKSS.  No  more  appropriate  name  could  he 
given  to  this  brilliant  novelty.  Its  beautiful  bright  lire- 
red  or  di-ep  orange  tlowi'rs  appear  early  and  continue 
without  Inti-rruptlon  until  frost.  Add  to  the  prevailing 
color  a  golden  bonier  and  centre  with  each  petal  flaked 
carmine  crimson  and  you  may  form  some  conception  of 
tills  fascinating  variety  with  its  erect  stems  always 
topped  with  clusters  of  cheerful  color  held  high  above 
the  foliage.    .tVj  ft.    35  cts.  each ;  fX.fM  per  doz. 

CLOTH  OF  OOI.D.  A  very  attractive  dwarf,  compact- 
growing  free-flowcrlng  golden  yellow.  3  ft.  40  cts. 
,-i\cb  :  $1.00  per  doz. 

n  \ZZI.ER-  Time  and  again  the  past  season  the  dark 
green  foliage  of  this  variety  has  been  hidden  beneath  the 
mass  of  dusters  of  deep  fire-red  flowers.  The  Intensity 
of  coloring  and  freedom  of  blooming  coupled  with 
compact  habit,  make  this  variety  the  peer  of  the  best 
for  bedding  purposes.  3V4  ft.  35  cts.  each ;  $3.50  per 
doz. 

GOLDEN  E.4CLE.  A  wonderfully  Intense  golden-yellow. 
Verv  free  upright  grower.  The  large  flowers  are  pro- 
uced  In  great  clusters  well  above  the  foliage.  4^4  ft. 
50  cts.  each ;  J5.00  per  doz. 

HARMONY.  Great  clusters  of  good-sized,  well-formed 
Geranium-red  flowers  are  arranged  on  good  stems  In 
such  a  manner  as  to  give  the  trusses  an  almost  globu- 
lar appearance.  Altogether  a  dlgnlfled  harmonious 
combination.    3%  ft    50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

POPPY.  Intense  poppy-red.  Large  perfect  florets  In 
good  trusses  over  greenish-bronzy  foliage.  Rich  and 
effective.    5  ft.  50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

S\I.MON  QUEEN.  An  entirely  new  color  In  Cannas.  Rosy 
salmon-scarlet,  blending  to  a  rosy-carmine  toward  the 
centre.  The  large  substantial  flowers  are  freely  pro- 
duced In  great  clusters  high  above  heavy  green  foliage. 
Very  effective  In  bedding.  5ft  40  cts.  each ;  $4.00  per 
doz. 

SENSATION.  To  get  a  sensational  color-tone  in  a  pink 
Canna,  Is  particularly  noteworthy.  Our  first  Impulse 
was  to  call  It  "La  France,"  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  La  France  Rose,  but  the  tone  Is  even  cleaner 
and  purer:  it  being  a  lovely  pale-rose.  The  foliage  Is 
n  beautiful  glaucous-green;  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact One  of  the  most  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
In  recent  years.    3  ft    75  cts.  each. 

One  each  of  the  above 


TYPE  OF  NEWEK  CANNAS 

SUFEBB.  This  variety  Is  unique  in  color  and  truly  su- 
perb; having  large,  clean  bright  orange-scarlet  blos- 
soms of  good  substance,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
with  glnucous-bronzy  foliage  giving  a  most  pleasing 
effeet    5  ft    40  cts.  each;  $4.00  per  doz. 

Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 


New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several  years'   trial,   have    proven  themselves  worthy   of   ouf 

commendation. 


CLEOPATRA.  A  striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  surmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
bronze  foliage.  This  variety  stands  cut  strongly  in 
effectiveness.    4  ft    50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

DB.AGON.  An  Incessant  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  until  cut  down  by  frost  Dark 
ox-blood  red.    3  ft.    15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

FLAG  OF  TRUCE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Eureka  but  quite 
distinct  and  valuable.   4  ft   35  cts.  each;  $3.50  per  doz. 

G4IETY.  Reddish-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
'edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  is  yellow  and  densely 
spotted  with  carmine.    4^;  ft    15  cts.  each  ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

LAFAYETTE.  In  some  respects  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor,"  but  the  flowers  are  not  quite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  the  plant  grows  taller.  5  ft  30  cts. 
each;  $3.00  per  doz. 


POCAHONTAS  (Bronzed-Icavcd  Olympic).  Large  orien- 
tal-red flowers  borne  on  firm  upright  stems.  Just  high 
enough  above  the  foliage  to  show  the  entire  head.  The 
foliage  is  a  dark  bronze-green  with  emerald  shadings; 
the  ribs  a  darker  bronze;  one  of  the  best  recent  intro- 
ductions.   4  ft    30  cts.  each;  $3.00  per  doz. 

SAN  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  Persian-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  fur  substance  which 
enables  them  to  witlistand  the  hot  summer  sun  without 
wilting.  Another  cliarm  lies  In  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronzo  foli- 
age.   4  ft    15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

VAROUNA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  nil  times  the  bright  orange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  its 
flowers  well  above  the  plant  4%  ft  25  cts.  each ; 
$2.50  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  $2.00 

HENRY   A.  DREER, 

714    and    716    Chestnut    Street,     Philadelphia,    Pa. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


February  23,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


m 


GERANIUMS 


Extra  good  strong  two  and  three-Inch  plants'.  The  3-ln.  are 
mostly  all  fall  propagated  that  have  been  topped  and  are  now 
branching.  They  will  make  extra  fine  4-in.  stock  for  Easter  If 
potted  at  once.  We  can  furnish  them  In  the  leading  standard 
sorts,  and  many  of  the  newer  popular  varieties  and  we  have  as  many  as  you  want,  if  it's  500.000.  We  are  ready  to  make 
immediate  shipment.     3-ln.,  S3.5U  per  100,  $30.00  per  1,000;  10,000  for  S275.0O.     2-in.,  $3.50  per  100,   ¥22.50  per  1,000;   5,000  for  $100.00. 

■"  ■  1  ^^  ^J  ^^  I  ^v  ^S  Extra  heavy  summer-propagated  3-in.  branching  stuff,  needing  a  shift  In  4-in.  Some- 
■^  V^  Sm^  n  ^9  I  ^^  ^9  thins  fine  for  Decoration  Day.  Black  Prince,  Jlinnesota,  Souv  De  H.  Henkel. 
(I'.ronze  Foliage.)     3-in.,  sss.uo  per   100.     2-iii.,  $2.00  per  100. 


OOIM  I  A 


Gracilis   Rosea,  Erfordi  and   Vernon  type  in  splendid  shape.     2-in., 
3-in.,  $3.00  per  100. 


2.00  per  100. 


CUPHEA,     COLEUS,    AGERATIIM,    lANTANA,     LEMON     VERBENA,    SWAINSONA,    PARLOR    IVY,    HARDY    CHRYS.4N- 

THEMUMS.     2-in.,  $2.00  per  100.     S-in.,  $3.00  per  lOO. 

^^VHIi^l^V   BU^^S.  Order  now  for  Spring  Delivery.     WHOL^  FIELD  CLlUrrS.     $5.00  per  100  to  $1.00  each. 


SE\D  FOR  CATALOGUE 


CASH  WITH  ORDERS 


R.  VINCENT,  Jr.,  &  SONS   CO., 


WHITE  MARSH, 
MD. 


JAP.  LILIES 


F.  RYNVELD  &  SONS 
61  Vesey  Street  -    -    New  York 


H^rs^sKio^   Oreind   Oanrtboo   O^nes 

For    staking    lilies    and    other    flowers.  Ready    for    immediate  sliipment    from    our 

^ warehouse.   Bound   Brook,  N.  J. 

5/6  feet,   Natnral $8.00  per  bale  lOOO 

6/6      "             "         15.00  "           2000 

8      "             "         /. 13.00  "           1000 

5      "      Green 10.00  "          1000 

5      "            "       18.00  "            2000 

RALPH  M.  WARD  &  CO.,  The  Lily  House,  71  Murray  St.,  Kew  York,  N.  Y. 


.•'/,' 


,fSS- 


'% 


LILIUM 


IIVIIVIEDI 

GIGANTEUM 


z.     de:i-ive:ry 

LILY    OF   THE   VALLEY 


% 


.-y^' 


of  new  crop.    7-9  In.  $55  per  1,000 
In  cases  of  3U0  bulbs. 


CHAS.SCHWAKE  &  CO.,    - 


from  New  York  Cold  Storage  $40  per  1,000 
In  cases  of  2.0U0  and  4000  pips. 

90-92  W.  BROADWAY 
NEW  YORK 


Page 

Advance   Co lUl 

Albany      Cut 

Flower  Ex ISC 

Allen.  J.   K 187 

American    Bulb 

Co 181 

Anderson,  S.  A... 183 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co..l!IO 
Barrows  &  Son.. 172 
Bayersdorfer,    H. 

Co 185 

Bay  State  Nur- 
series     172 

Beechwood      Hts. 

Nurseries    187 

Bobbink  &  At- 
kins     172 

Boddington,       A. 

T 180 

Bolgiano  &  Son. .181 
Boston    Floral 

Supply   Co 187 

Breck,  J.  &  Sons. 181 
Brock  -  Robinson 

Nur.   Co 179 

Breitmeyer's,      J. 

Sons    182 

Budlong,  ,T.  A... LSI 
Bunyard,  A.  T...182 

Burnett    Bros 181 

Burpee,  W.  A.  & 

Co 174 

Carter's       Tested 

Seeds,  Inc l.SO 

Champion  &  Co., 

J.  N 183 


1ST      C 

Pa"e 
Child  s,   John" 

Lewis   172 

Clarke's,  D.  Sons.lS2 

Coan,  J.  J 187 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 179 

Cooke,  Geo.  H...182 

Cowee,  W.  J 187 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries    172 

Dards    182 

Davenport,  A.  M.172 
Davey    Tree    Ex- 
pert Co 173 

Dreer,  H.  A.. 170-191 
Dunlop,  John  H.183 

Dysart,   R 172 

Edward.s  Folding 

Box   Co 184 

Elliott,     Wni.     & 

Sous    181 

Esler,  J.  G 191 

Eyres    183 

Farquhar,     R.    & 

J.  Co 181 

Fenrich,  Jos.  S..186 

Ford.   M.   C 186 

Ford,  W.  P 186 

Framingham  Nur- 
series     172 

Fronient,  H.  E. .  .186 
Galvin,  Thos.  F..183 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M..183 
Graham  &  Son.  A.183 
Gnde  Bros.  Co. .  .182 


Page 
Grey,   Thoa.    J. 

Co 181 

Growers      Cut 

Flower   Co ISG 

Hail  Association. 191 
Hammonds  Paint 
&      Slug      Shot 

Works    190 

Hart,  Geo.  B 184 

Hentz  &  Nash... 187 
Hews,    A.    H.    & 

Co 188 

Hill  Co.,  E.  G....181 
Hill,   D.    Nursery 

Co 172 

Hitchings  &  Co.. 192 
Hogewoning        & 

Sons    178 

Holm  &  Olson... 183 
Holland    Nur- 
series    172 

Irwin,  R.  J 181 

Johnston  Bros... 182 
Hasting,     W.     F. 

Co 184 

Keller  Sons,  J.  U.IHS 
Kelwav  &  Sou... 181 
Kerr  the  Florist. 18;i 

Kervan   Co 186 

King      Construc- 
tion   Co 191 

Knoblo    Bros l.s;i 

Kottniillcr    182 

Kroescliell  Bn»s..l9l 
Kuebler,  W.  H...1M'. 
Lager  &  ll!irrell.l79 


VERT 

I'age 

Lemon  Oil  Co 190 

Leonard  Seed  Co. 181 
Marshall,    W.    E. 

Co 181 

MeConnell,  Ale.K.lS2 
McHutchison      & 

Co 172 

Meconi,  Paul 186 

Meehan,  Chas.  E.1S4 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial Co 191 

Michell,  U.  F.  Co.181 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower   Ex 184 

Millang,  Chas 186 

Millang,    I'^rauk..l86 
Murray,  Samuel.  .182 
Nat'l        Nursery- 
man     179 

N.    y.    Botanical 

Garden   179 

N.     Y.     Florists' 

Supply   Co 187 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.l90 
Niessen,  Leo  Co. .184 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 190 

Ouwerkerk,  P. . . .  172 
Palmer,  W.  J.  & 

Son   183 

Park  Floral  Co.. 183 
ParshelsUy  Bros. 191 
Penn  the  Florist. 182 
Pennock,      S.      S. 
Co 185 


I  S  E  R  2 

Page 
Pfaltzgraff     Pot- 

ery  Co 189 

Pierce  Co.,  F.  0.191 
Pierson,  A.  N....172 

Pierson,  F.  R 192 

Poehlmann  Bros. 

Co 18J 

Pulverized  Ma- 
nure  Co 190 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop    183 

Reed  &  Keller... 187 
Reidel  &  Meyer.  .180 

Reid.  Edw 184 

Reukauf.  Martin. 184 
Robinson,    Henry 

M.  Co 186 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&   Co 184 

Roclirs,  J.  Co 172 

Roland,  Thomas. 183 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.     & 

Sons    178-189 

Roserv,   The 182 

Rynveld,      F,      & 

Sons    171 

Scbliug,    Max 182 

Schwake,       Chas. 

Co 171 

Sekenger,  Adam.  182 
Sheridan,  W.  P.. 186 
Seibncht,  Geo.  C.186 
Siggers     &     Sig- 

gers   191 

Skidelsky,    S.     S. 

&   Co ISO 


Page 
Slinn,  B.  S.,  Jr.. 187 
Slinn,  Clarence. .  .187 
Smith,    Elmer    D. 

&   Co 179 

Smith,  P.  J 1S6 

Smith,    W.    &    T.  _ 

Nursery  Co 172 

Smith  &  Fetters.  183 
Smyth,  Wm.  J...  183 
Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.182 
Stunipp  &  Walter 

Co 181 

Thorburn,    J.    M. 

&  Co 181 

Totty,  Chas.  H..172 
T  r  a  e  n  d  1  y      & 

Schenck   186 

United  Cut  Flow- 

er   Co 187 

Viucent,    R.,    Jr-, „ 

&  Sons  Co 171 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc ^89 

Ward,    R.    M.    & 

Co I'l 

Weber,  F.  C 183 

Weeber  &  Don...  181 
Weiss,   Herman.. 186 

Wood    Bros 172 

Woodruff,    S.    D. 

&  Son 181 

Y'onng,  A.  L 186 

Young,  John..... 186 
Young,  Thos.,  JrlS' 
Young  &  Nugent.182 
Zeeh  &  Mann 184 


BUI  Y     SOIVI 


Ml  IMG 


from  the  firms  whose  seasonable  advertisements  appear  in  this  paper.     They  take  the  Initiative  and  it  Is  now 
"up  to  you"  to  make  the  next  move   in  the  process   which    is   to    make    livelier    business    and 

better  times  for  us  all. 

BI^Y     NONA/ 


172 


HORTICULTURE 


February  23,  1918 


LILY  BULBS 

FALL    SHIPMENT 

01i:mot«Dm,    Verm^mntn,    llabrai&, 

liaUlflorutn.        klB^alflcuDi,        AarA(oiii« 

Album,   Melpumeor,    Et«. 

SblpmpDti  dimrlhutrd  from  N*w  Terk, 
Cblrago,  Pblladelpblt,  UtnTcr,  I-ondoo 
(Onl). 

Writ*  for  IMPORT  pricet,  •tittnf  «aiD- 
tl(7.     rarlrtr     •od     ilu. 

McHUTCHISON  &  CO.,  ''V.L^^ 

tl    (  IIAMIIEKH    fiT.,    NEW    YUKK 


ALL  TIIK    rori  I.AK    VAKIKTIES 

lli%  II    ItocilH   or   <irufli'<l 

O  ^V  F9  IM  AHT I C3  N  S 

Rootrd    Cuttlnr*  of  alt    (he   belt  conuner- 
clat  Mirlfdr*.      Ilrnlthj  stock. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PLANTS 

Hriid/    for    Iniiiu'dliitr    Salra 

Size   rot  100 

ASPARACCS    SprrDcrrI 2Vi-ln.  J300 

ASPAKACfS     SprrncrrI 3     -In.  6.00 

8MILAX    2^4-ln.  3.00 

SEND   FOR  CATALOGUE 

WOOD  BROTHERS,  Fishkill,  N.Y. 

A.N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

CROMWELL,  CONN. 

Bedding  Plants  and  Roses 


Nursery  Stock 

Fralt    and     Ontmmvntal     Treca,     Shrtlba, 
gmall    rrulta,    Clomfttla,    ETersrecna 


WrIU   far   Trada   Llat. 

ff.  t  T.  SMITH  COMPANY,  GiBiva,  N.  Y. 


BOBBINK  &  ATKINS 

Nurserymen,  Florists 
and    Planters 

RUTHERFORD,  NEW  JERSEY 


CHARLES  H.  TOTTY 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
IVIADISOIM,  IM.  J. 


P'E^riJS     from    2   1-4    inch    Pott 
BOSTONS— »5  per  100,  MO  per  1000. 
WHIT.MAMl    liirKOVEU— W   per   100     $40 

p»r    1 000. 
WHIT.MANII   COMPACTA— »S  per  100,  WO 

per   lOIK). 
ROO.SEVELT8— M  pi-r  100.  «0  per  1000. 
TEDDY,  JR.— M  per   100.  *45  per  1000. 
250  Bt   thouNand    rates. 

H.H.BARROWS&SON.Whitman.Mass. 

A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS.  Fa  PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per  1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


To  the  NURSERYMEN 

FLORISTS  and  GARDENERS 

of  NEW  ENGLAND 

What  will  It  mean  to  you  If  llu-  nur.'^iTy  .slo  k  which 
you  need  for  the  coming  season  arrives  one  or  two 
months  lato  and  in  a  worthless  condition  due  to  de- 
lay in  long  distance  transportation? 
Make  sure  ot  your  supply  by  purchasing  near  at 
hand. 

Let  tis  quote  now  on  your  spring  needs. 


ingkeiim.   J^> 


I  FRAMINGHAM  -  MASSACHUSETTS 

W'c    arc    Subscribers    to    the    Xurscrymcn's    Fund    for    Market 
Development. 


CYBOTIUM    SCHIEDEI 

C  and  7  Inch  pots,  4  to  5  ft.  spread.  $4  and  ?.'>  each 

POT  GROWN  BOSTON  AND  ROOSEVELT  FERNS 

9  and  10  inch  pots  $2  to  $4  each 

BIRDS'     IMEST     F'ERIMS 

4  Inch  50  cents;  4*^  inch  75  cents;  5  Inch  |1.00.    A  few  specimen 


7  Inch  at  $2.50  each 


A.  M.  DAVENPORT, 


.Julius   Ro^Hrs   O^mpariy 
F>  l_  A IM  TS  IVI  E IM 

Orchids,  Conservatory  Plants,  Ncvellies,  Begonias,  Garden 

Perennials 

Finest  Slocl^  in  America  for  Trade  or  Private  Rcquinments 

RUTHERFORD,  NEW  JERSEY 


IF  in  need  of  RELIABLE  NURSERY  STOCK 

that  is  well  grown,  well  dug  and  well  packed 
Send    to   the    BAY   STATE   NURSERIES 

WhoUiale    and   Retail  NORTH    ABINGTON,    MASS. 


HOLLAND  NURSERIES     HILL'S    EVERGREENS 


BEST  BABDT  BHODODBNDBONB, 
AZALEAS.  CONIFEKS,  CLEMATIS, 
H.  P.  BUSES,  8MBUB8  AJiU  UKB- 
BACEOUS  PLAMTIk 


P.  OUWERKERK. 


211  lui  S).  tirtiwkn  lilihls 
r  i  Ml  I  ■•kitM  »  I 


Specialists  in  Specimen  Stock  for 
Landscape  Work 

Hmr**j  RhododeDdrona,  Axaleaa,  Boxwooda, 
Hollle«  and  a  Complete  Lloe  of  Coalferaaa 
Erercreena. 

WRITE   FOB  PRICES 

Cottage  Gardens  Nurseries,   Inc. 

BPSKKA  I  I  OAl.IPOBNIA 


BEST  FOB  OVKB   HALF   A  IKM  L  Kk. 

Small.  medlDm  and  large  aliea  aupplled. 
Price  llat  now  ready 

THE  D.  HILL  NURSERY  CO. 

■vergrMio  Spedailsta.     L^irgem  (iruwcrs  ut 
AHi«rlc«. 

BOX  411.  Ill  Ni»RR.  rr.t.. 

ROBERT  DYSART 

nERTIFIED   PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANT 

flimpla  method!  of  correct  aecoaatlns 

aapeclallj     adapted     for    flortata'     aaa. 

BOUKH      BALANCED      AJ4D      ADJlBTKIt 

40  tTATE  87.      •      •      .      .      BOSTON 

Talaohooa   Mala   S*. 


When  writingto  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


February  23.  1918 


HORTICULTUR 


E 


173 


Mr.  Robert  Weeks, 
Superintendent  of  the 
A.  F.  Holden  Estate, 
Bratenahl,  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  and  the  7iew 
President  of  the  Na- 
tional Association  of 
Gardeners 


Robert  Weeks'  Tribute  to 
Davey  Tree  Surgery 

The  Davey  Tree  Expert  Co.,  Kent,  Ohio. 

The  tree  surgery  done  by  your  experts  on  this  estate  in  1912  has 
been  a  credit  to  you.  You  are  without  doubt  the  leaders  in  this 
science. 

The  work  was  done  expeditiously,  courteously,  in  a  businesslike 
manner,  and  strictly  in  accordance  with  our  wishes;  the  test  of 
time  has  proved  its  permanency.  I  certainly  shall  not  fail  to  recom- 
mend you  to  those  of  my  fellow  gardeners  who  have  the  care  of 
valued  trees.     I  am,  very  truly  yours,  ROBERT  WEEKS 

#     *     * 

The  saving  of  priceless  trees  is  a  matter 
of    first    importance    on     every    estate 
Davey  Tree  Surgery  is  a  fulfillment  of  the  maximum  expectations 
of  those  who  love  and  value  trees.     A  careful  examination  of  your 
trees  will  be  made  by  appointment. 

THE  DAVEY  TREE  EXPERT  COMPANY,  Inc. 

1302  Elm  St.,  Kent.  Ohio 

Davey  Tree  Surgeons 

Branch  Officer    wiih  Iplenhnn**  rrinn*»(r-tii-in     99S  Fifth  Avp      New  York: 


This  tree  originalty  seriously 
-jjeakined  by  decay,  has  since 
-Mttkstood  viany  severe  storms 
— thank*  to  the  scientific  meth- 
od:, of  Davey  Tree 
Surgeons, 


Branch  Offices,  wiih  telephone  connection     225  Fifih  Ave  ,  New  York; 

2017  Land  Title  BIdg..  Philadelphia;    450  McCormick  Bldg.,  Chicago. 

Permanent   representatives  located  at  Boston,  Ne^vport,  L^uo.r,    Hartford,   Stamford . 

Albany,,   Pougkkeepsle,    White   Plains,    Jamaica,    L.  /./  Newark,   N.  J.:    Philadelphia. 

Harrisburg,  Baltimo^'e,  iVashington,  Buffalo,  Pittsburgh,  Cleveland,  Dttroit,  Cincinnati, 

Mihiimthf^    Xfi,,,,^^ Anil's^  St.  Louis,  Kattsas  City. 

^  Victoria  Square.  Montreal. 


. ^,  „ noi^e,  wasntngtan,  liu^alo,  fittsourgn,  i„ieveiana, 

Louisville,  Chicago,  Milwaukee,  Minneapolis,  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City. 
Canadian  address  -   ~~  '■'-'  ^-    --  ^ ir-^.. / 


Counter-sunk  boltkeads  com- 
pletely healed  over,  and  a  nice 
{growth  of  netv  bark  around 
the  edge  of  the  pilling.  This  is 
real  Tree  Surgery 


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11  O  KTl  C'U  LTUHE 


February  23,  1918 


New  Canna—Burpee^s  "Fiery  Cross" 


OF  the  hundreds  of  new  varieties  of  Sweet  Peas  that  it  has  been  our  pleasure  to  Introduce,  none  have  become 
so  iiopniar  .is  BURPKE'S  "FIERY  CROSS."     This  Sweet    Pea    bore    tlie    ilistlnctlon    of    being    the    bighest 
l)rict'd  Sweet  Pea  that  the  world  lias  ever  known.     We  paid  the  introducer  .SI. 40  a  seed  for  every  seed  that 
was  in  exl.stenee  at  that  time.     "FIERY  CROSS"  has  been    llie   ultini.ite    in    the   Sweet   Pea   world,   and    this   has 
led  us  to  iiiinit*  Hurpee's  New  Cannn  "FIERY  CROSS." 

"FIERY  CROSS"  in  the  Canna  world  stands  for  Just  as  much  as  "FIERY  CROSS"  In  the  Sweet  Pea  world. 
"FIERY  CROSS"  Canna  is  in  a  class  by  itself.  The  Famous  "Firebird"  Canna.  which  was  an  extremely  high- 
priced  noveltv,  is  one  of  the  parent  Bowers,  and  In  the  fields  of  the  originator  "FIERY  CROSS"  was  known  as 
"Firebird"  Seedling  No.  10. 

Never  before  has  there  been  a  Canna  of  equal  merit  offered  to  the  llowerlnvers  of  this  country.  We  feel 
sure  that  "FIERY  CROSS"  will  1111  a  place  In  the  Canna  beds  tbat  has  never  yet  been  attained  by  any  red  Canna. 
It  grows  to  a  height  of  four  to  four  and  one-half  feet;  (lower  stems  grow  from  a  foot  to  eighteen  inches  taller, 
making  the  total  height  approximately  live  to  six  feet.  The  Hower-heads  are  fifteen  to  eighteen  inches  in  length, 
and  carry  from  fifteen  to  twenty  open  flowers  of  a  vivid  scarlet  shading  to  crimson.  So  linn  are  the  glistening 
petals  they  do  not  wilt  in  the  brightest  sun.  The  foliage  is  a  beautiful  lustrous  blue-green.  It  is  entirely 
tree  from    blight  and    disease.      Flowers   continuously   from  the  latter  part  of  .Tune  until  frost. 

We  deem  it  a  rare  privilege  to  Introduce  sncli  a  wonderful  New  Canna.  ,\s  an  indlvidnal  plant  or  in  beds 
this  peerless   (lower  will  take  tirst  rank.     Stock  is   necessarily  limited. 

ORDER  E.VRI.V.  DIVISIONS  $2.00  EACH;  $20.00  .\    DOZEN. 

W.  Atlee  Burpee  Co. 


SEED    GROWERS 


PHILADELPHIA 


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HORTICULTURE 


175 


Vegetable   Culture 

Questions  by  our  readers  iii  line  with  any  of  tlie  topics  presented 
on  this  page  will  be  cordially  received  and  promptly  answered 
by  Mr.  Johnson.  Such  communications  should  invariably  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  office  of  HORTICULTURE. 


CONDUCTED   BY 


Hot  Beds 

The  ambition  of  every  gardeuer  sliould  be  to  grow 
high-quality  vegetables  as  well  as  to  push  the  veg- 
etable garden  to  the  utmost  capacity  throughout  the 
entire  growing  season.  To  facilitate  a  continued  pro- 
duction over  an  extended  period,  the  aid  of  a  certain 
amount  of  glass  becomes  a  necessity.  Assuming  that 
the  average  cultivator  possesses  this  facility,  a  busy 
time  is  now  at  hand.  Whether  it  be  with  the  help  of  a 
small  greenhouse  or  a  few  hot-bed  frames  only,  much 
can  be  accomplished.  If  the  frames  are  unheated, 
collect  manure  for  making  a  hot  bed  at  once.  To  be 
successful  this  liot-bed  must  not  only  generate  heat  but 
at  the  same  time  it  must  be  of  a  lasting  quality.  It 
must  be  made  to  conserve  heat.  For  making  a  reli- 
able hat-bed  nothing  surpasses  fresh  horse  manure. 
While  horse  droppings  alone  generate  a  maximum  of 
heat  when  piled  together,  to  make  a  bed  retentive  of 
heat,  it  will  be  necessary  to  allow  short  strawy  litter 
or  forest  leaves  to  enter  the  formation.  Having  the 
material  in  a  thoroughly  fit  condition  before  making 
up  the  bed  is  of  greatest  importance.  The  manure 
should  be  turned  a  sufficient  number  of  times  to 
sweeten,  and  should  be  neither  too  wet  nor  too  dry.  At 
each  turning,  work  the  outer  portions  of  the  heap  into 
the  interior  to  insure  equal  fermentation  of  the  entire 
mass.  When  ready  the  material  will  be  of  a  dark  color, 
damp  enough  to  pack  under  pressure  but  not  so  wet 
as  to  pa.rt  with  moisture.  The  depth  to  which  the  bed 
should  be  made  will  depend  on  local  conditions,  but  a 
well-made  and  well-trodden  bed  twenty  inches  deep 
will  meet  ordinary  requirements  at  this  season.  Make 
sowings  of  cauliflower,  cabbage,  tomato,  onion,  ieek, 
lettuce  and  a  pinch  of  celery  for  first  supplies  outdoors. 
In  the  green  house  these  same  kinds  may  be  raised  with 
much  less  trouble.  Aim  to  raise  a  stock  of  the  various 
jkinds  sufficient  but  in  proportionate  quantities  to  the 
■demand  of  the  establishment. 

Preparedness 

A  little  foresight  now  will  do  much  to  lessen  the 
perplexities  which  .sometimes  arise  at  planting  time. 
Now  while  the  ground  is  snow  clad  is  the  time  to  fore- 
cast   future   work,    the    disposition    of   ground    for   the 


various  crops  and  so  on.     Have  everything  in  readiness 
before  the  spring  rush.     Procure  pea  brush,  and  bean 
poles,  and  have  tliem  sharpened  if  not  already  done. 
Varieties  to  Plant  Now 

Mustard,  cress  and  the  small  leaf  radish  may  be  sown 
in  odd  corners  of  the  greenhouse  and  will  be  appreci- 
ated long  before  those  in  the  open  ground  turn  in.  If 
you  have  room  don't  forget  to  start  beets,  carrots,  spin- 
ach and  string  beans.  All  will  grow  to  maturity  in  the 
hot-bed  if  planted  now.  Indeed,  string  beans  may  be 
grown  to  perfection  in  pots.  Use  9  in.  or  10  in.  pots 
half  filled  with  a  rich  porous  compost  and  plant  half  a 
dozen  seeds  in  each.  Stand  the  pots  in  a  newly  started 
fruit  house,  either  grapery  or  peach  house.  When  the 
pots  are  filled  with  roots  give  the  plants  a  top  dressing. 
Masterpiece  and  Bountiful  are  good  varieties  for  this 
purpose.  A  few  seeds  of  a  variety  of  long  cucumber  if 
started  now  may  be  later  planted  in  the  bench  now  used 
for  propagating  bedding  stock.  If  cucumbers  are  not 
approved,  substitute  melons.  A  brisk  heat  is  essential 
to  these  plants  from  the  lieginning. 

Cauliflower  and  Lettuce 

Cauliflower  and  lettuce  approaching  maturity  should 
not  be  unduly  forced.  Keep  the  house  cool,  water  more 
copiously  with  the  lengthened  days  and  admit  air  freely 
when  conditions  warrant.  Both  are  gross  feeders  and 
weak  liquid  manure  applied  at  this  stage  of  their 
growth  -^nll  be  helpful.  Maintain  vigilant  watch  for 
insect  pests  and  fumigate  lightly  on  the  first  appear- 
ance, or  lietter  still,  fumigate  systematically  as  a  pre- 
ventive. 

Tomatoes 

Tomatoes  raised  from  seed  last  month  should  be 
kept  in  a  temperature  of  not  less  than  60  degrees  and 
should  be  kept  on  the  move  by  frequent  potting.  Use 
good  porous  soil  in  the  early  stages  but  avoid  richness. 
These  plants  require  very  little  feeding  in  the  begin- 
ning but  after  fruit  is  "set"  may  be  given  generous 
treatment.  Plants  started  already  will  furnish  ripe 
fruit  in  three  or  four  months'  time  and  will  continue 
bearing  until  the  outdoor  plants  come  into  bearing. 
Support  the  plants  in  good  time  and  remove  lateral 
trrowths  as  they  appear. 


TWO    GREAT    ROSE    NOVELTIES. 

American  Beauty  roses  of  first  qual- 
ity and  in  abundance  are  seldom  found 
at  this  season  of  the  year  but  V.  R. 
Pierson  has  a  crop  coming  on  now  of 
stalwart  specials  such  as  one  miglit  be 
proud  of  at  any  season.  They  are  fully 
a  month  ahead  of  last  year.  Chief  in- 
terest in  a  visit  to  Scarborough  now, 
however,  centers  in  the  two  new 
Ophelia  sports,  Rosalind  and  Silvia 
which  are  being  disseminated  this 
spring,  and  are  destined  to  take  a  per- 
manent i;lace  in  the  cut  flower  market. 
Rosalind  excels  its  parent  chiefly  in 
color    and     petalage.       It     has     about 


double  the  number  of  petals,  forming 
a  beautifully  filled  flower  as  it  expands. 
The  color  is  much  deeper  than  Ophelia 
and  at  the  base  of  the  petals  there  is  a 
lively  luminosity  not  easy  to  describe 
but  lovely  to  see.  As  the  flower  ages 
it  assumes  a  pure  pink  color  with  no 
suggestion  of  fading.  Silvia,  on  the 
other  hand,  is  lighter  than  her  parent, 
carrying  extremely  wide  and  long 
petals  of  wliite,  pearly  flushed  and  few 
in  number.  When  fully  open  it  forms 
a  flower  of  enormous  size  with  a  mass 
of  bright  stamens,  on  the  order  of 
Silver  .Moon,  and  for  vase  work  in  this 
form  it   should  make  a  decided  hit  as 


the  petals  are  very  persistent.  It  is  a 
remarkably  strong  grower,  producing 
flowers  on  towering  stems  and  of  great 
substance. 

Mr.  Pierson  has  all  his  roses, 
American  Beauty  included,  on  low  ce- 
ment-bordered beds — no  raised  benches. 
The  Beauties  in  one  big  house  are  five 
and  six  years  old  and  their  vigor  is 
remarkable.  They  bore  a  full  crop  at 
Christmas  and,  as  above  mentioned, 
are  again  at  it.  Hoosier  Beauty  does 
better  here  than  in  most  places,  mak- 
ing a  fine  growth  and  blooming  with 
great  freedom,  color  of  flower  and 
strength  of  stem  very  satisfactory. 


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11  0  liTl  CULTURE 


February  23,  1918 


horticulture: 


TOL  XXV II 


FEBRUARY  23,   1018 


NO.  8 


I'l  in  IVHKP    M'FFKI.V   BY 

HORTICUCTURE     PUBLISHING     CO. 
147    Summer    Street,     Boston.    Ma»«. 

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Irlrplinnr.   Baseh   t»t 


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P«r  lo«li.  SO  Inclim   to   paK^ fl.tfi 

Discount    on    <*onlmctii   for   connrcullve    Innrrtlnnii.  aa   fnllowa: 

Onr    montli    (4    tlmra).  5   prr   r«-Dl.;    thrrr    monllm    03   tlmPM),   10 

Kr  rrnt. ;   mix  nit>nth«   (26  tinir«),  -0  per  cent,;  unr  yrar   (0*  timet), 
per  c«nl. 
Pa«f>  an>i  liiiir  pttKc  apacr.  not  conaecotlTC,  r»t«a  on  Bpplleatlon. 


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CONTENTS 

Page 

COVER   I LLLSTRATIOX— Crataegus  Holniesiana 

VEGETABLE  CULTURE— Hot  Beds— Preparedness- 
Varieties  to  Plant  Now — Cauliflower  and  Lettuce — 
Tomatoes — John   Johnson    175 

TWO  GREAT  ROSE  NOVELTIES 175 

INTERNATIONAL    FLOWER    SHOW 177 

SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  FLORISTS— Convention 
Postponed  Until   August— The  Publicity  Campaign..   177 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— New  York  Federation  of 
Horticultural  Societies  and  Floral  Clubs — .Meetings 
Next  Week — Nassau  County  Horticultural  Society — 
Illinois   State  Florists'   Association — American  Rose 

Society    178-179 

Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of  Boston — Club  and 
Society    Notes    189 

SEED  TRADE— Retail  Prices  on  Vegetable  Seeds- 
Kentucky  Blue  Grass  in  Missouri  and  Iowa — Boost- 
ing  the    Bean 180 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston,  Chicago,  Cleveland,  New  York,  Philadelphia, 

Pittsburgh    185 

Rochester,  St.  Louis   187 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Boston.  Cleveland,  New  York,  St.  Louis,  Pittsburgh, 
Rochester    187-188 

OBITUARY— Theodore  Krombach— Joseph  S.  Chase- 
Alfred  Patrick— Frederick  W.  Boyce — Mrs.  William 
Mnnro    190 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Crataegus    Holmesiana    179 

Greenhouses   of    IDx-Emperor   Li   at    Seoul,    Korea — 

Illustration    180 

News  Notes    182 

Joseph  Barnit,  Jr.,  portrait 183 

Visitors'    Register    183 

The    Holland-America    Importations 187 

Catalogues  Received    190 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 191 

Business   Troubles    191 

New   Corporations    191 

Patents  Granted    191 


i'lic  coming  of  even  as  many  as  thirty- 
The  two    traveling   representatives    of    Dutch 

Dutchmen  horticultural  exporting  houses  on  the 
Nieuw  Amsterdam,  shows  a  considerahle 
measure  of  courage  on  the  part  of  these  gentlemen 
after  their  sensational  and  somewhat  distressing  experi- 
ences last  fall  in  their  effort  to  get  home  after  a  similar 
visit  to  this  country  last  summer.  It  also  emphasizes 
the  indispensability  of  the  American  market  in  the  eyes 
of  the  Holland  growers.  Just  what  success  awaits  them 
in  their  campaign  this  season  may  not  be  predicted  but 
we  shall  not  be  surprised  if  they  find  it  very  hard  sled- 
ding. 


Two  matters  wliich  iiold  jironiinence  in 
The  s.  A.  F.  our  news  columns  this  week  are  the  posfc- 
Convention  pniieincnt  of  the  St.  Louis  convention  of 
llio  Society  of  American  Florists  until 
August  and  the  vigorous  preparations  being  made  for 
the  notable  exhii)ition  to  be  held  in  New  York  next 
month.  Tlic  moving  of  the  convention  to  the  time  of 
the  year  with  which  it  has  always  been  identified  will 
meet  with  practically  universal  approval,  tiie  setting 
aside  of  the  1!)18  National  Flower  Show  leaving  no 
dominant  reason  for  the  abandonment  of  the  old  mid- 
summer vacation  idea  in  connection  with  the  S.  A.  F. 
Convention.  So  now  the  experiment  of  merging  it 
with  the  National  Flower  Show  will  necessarily  have 
to  lie  on  the  table  for  an  indefinite  period.  In  a  way, 
this  convention  change  clears  the  way  for  intensified 
activity  in  the  New  York  enterprise  and  should 
strengthen  it  considerably.  Notwithstanding  the  un- 
usual conditions  and  perplexities  attaching  to  this  affair 
this  year,  the  resolution  to  see  it  through  seems  now 
to  have  been  justified  in  the  new  spurt  of  animation  and 
determination  among  the  commercial  exhibitors,  upon 
whom  it  appears  must  fall  the  greater  part  of  the 
lesponsibility  this  time. 

Incessant  is  the  S.  0.  S.  call  from  every 
Generosity  gjje  now.  A  myriad  agencies  are  work- 
ing and  straining  every  nerve  in  sedu- 
lous appeal  on  behalf  of  the  Eed  Cross  and  other 
humane  institutions.  The  response  is  spontaneous  and 
open-hearted  and  among  the  ever-ready  contributors  the 
floral  interests  stand  second  to  none  in  the  degree  and 
proportionate  extent  of  their  generosity.  Generosity  in 
its  most  noble  quality. consists  of  something  more  than 
sharing  with  others  that  of  which  one  possesses  more 
than  one  has  need  for,  and  much  more  than  giving 
away  that  upon  which  another  may  have  a  better  claim 
and  he  who  in  big-hearted  sympathy  for  his  fellowman 
in  distress  freely  contributes  that  which  he  himself 
needs  and  can  ill  afford  to  give,  merits  by  far  the  grcatex 
commendation.  We  have  noticed  in  connection  with  the 
turning  over  of  flower  show  proceeds,  including  cash 
premiums  cheerfully  forfeited  by  exhibitors  for  the  ben- 
efit of  various  philanthropic  activities,  that  as  very  often 
happens  in  such  cases,  public  recognition  and  gratitude 
are  prone  to  overlook  and  forget  those  who  may  have 
made  the  greatest  sacrifice.  The  young  woman  who  at- 
tires herself  in  the  apparel  of  a  waitress  at  the  flower 
.'ihow  and  "pours  tea"  for  the  cause,  the  well-to-do  patron 
who  contributes  liberally  of  that  which  he  will  never 
miss — such  are,  of  course,  worthy  of  honor  and  approba- 
tion and  they  get  it  in  plentiful  measure  as  everj'one 
who  reads  the  newspapers  well  knows,  but  of  the  heroic 
sacrifice  of  the  rnan  whose  normally  scanty  profits  from 
his  labor  have  been  reduced  to  the  vanishing  point  in 
tliis  most  cruel  winter,  who  yet  unselfishly  gives  the 
plants  and  flowers  which  are  his  only  means  of  liveli- 
hood and  seeks  no  return  other  than  an  approving  con- 
science and  possible  bit  of  ribbon — of  this  we  hear  little 
or  nothing.  Yet  who  is  better  entitled  to  acknowledg- 
ment and  a  good  word? 


February  23,  1918 


HORTI CULTURE 


INTERNATIONAL   FLOWER  SHOW 


NEW  YORK,  MARCH   14-21,  1918. 


With  the  opening  of  the  Interna- 
tional Flower  Show  less  than  a  month 
away,  the  preparations  at  this  date 
augur  well,  tor  another  great  success, 
In  spite  of  general  conditions  which 
might,  by  some,  be  considered  hardly 
favorable.  Many  changes  in  the  usual 
order  of  things,  and  quite  a  few  inno- 
vations have  been  found  necessary,  but 
happily  everything  is  in  excellent 
shape  and  there  is  every  reason  to  ex- 
pect that  the  ultimate  result  will  be 
satisfactory  to  all  concerned. 

The  trade  exhibits  will  again  be  an 
important  feature  of  the  Show,  and 
on  the  usual  large  scale.  Space 
amounting  in  the  aggregate  to  $8,000 
has  actually  been  sold,  and  there  is 
every  probability  that  sales  will  run 
to  $12,000  before  the  exhibition  opens. 
While  the  exhibits  of  the  greenhouse 
builders  will  necessarily  be  curtailed 
somewhat  this  year,  all  the  concerns 
in  this  line  will  be  represented. 

The  Official  Program  is  under  way 
and  its  advertising  pages  are  being 
generously  taken  up,  insuring  an  edi- 
tion which  will  be  up  to  the  usual  high 
standard.  Trade  tickets  will  be  issued 
In  blocks  of  100  or  more  at  20c  per 
ticket,  and  in  less  quantities  at  25c 
per  ticket. 

The  competitive  exhibits  will  be 
numero;is,  and  many  new  exhibitors 
will  make  an  appearance.  Special  ex- 
hibits will  also  be  prominent,  and  in- 
clude some  war  gardens,  practically  a 
new  feature.  F.  R.  Pierson  of  Tarry- 
town,  N.  Y.,  will  lay  out  a  handsome 
Rose  Garden  of  the  formal  type;  and 
A.   N.  Pierson,   Inc.,  Cromwell,  Conn., 


will  install  a  charming  Rose  Garden 
on  rustic  lines;  John  Scheepers,  Inc., 
of  New  York,  will  enter  an  elaborate 
garden  planting  of  Dutch  bulbs,  using 
accessories  which  will  include  a  wind- 
mill and  other  picturesque  subjects. 

The  American  Rose  Society  having 
abandoned  the  exhibition  it  was  to 
stage  in  St.  Louis  as  part  of  the  Na- 
tional Flower  Show  will  hold  its  an- 
,  nual  exhibition  in  connection  with  the 
New  York  Show,  co-operating  with  it 
in  every  way.  This  insures  a  grand 
display  of  cut  roses  on  a  large  scale, 
also  of  rose  plants. 

There  will  be  no  tea  garden  this 
year,  the  ladies  interested  having  fal- 
len in  with  the  Hoover  idea  of  con- 
servation as  regards  what  is  alleeed  to 
be  unnecessary  food  and  refreshment. 
The  ladies  of  the  Red  Cross,  however, 
have  organized  to  meet  this  deficiency 
with  a  patriotic  exhibit  which  will  be 
more  in  line  with  the  spirit  of  the 
times.  Their  exhibit  will  be  both  new 
and  novel,  and  will  include  machines 
for  making  sweaters,  all  in  operation 
by  men  and  women  workers  of  the 
Red  Cross.  They  will  have  two  mov- 
ing picture  theatres,  which  will  pro- 
ject films  made  expressly  for  the  Red 
Cross  and  shown  for  the  first  time. 
Some  of  the  films  will  feature  the 
ruined  fruit  orchards  of  France  and 
the  methods  now  being  used  for  re- 
establishing them.  Another  feature  of 
the  Red  Cross  exhibit  will  be  a  flower 
booth  conducted  by  ladies  of  the 
Junior  League.  Speeches  by  persons 
prominent  in  Red  Cross  work  will 
form  part  of  the  programme  each  day. 


A  more  than  usually  patriotic  senti- 
ment will  attach  to  this  Show.  The 
War  Savings  Stamps  campaign  of  the 
Government  will  be  featured  in  an  ex- 
hibit; and  quarters  will  also  be  oc- 
cupied by  olficials  in  charge  of  the 
promotion  of  the  next  Liberty  Loan, 
where  some  most  prominent  speakers 
will  deliver  patriotic  addresses. 

Orders  for  trade  tickets  should  be 
in  Ihe  hands  of  the  Secretary  as  early 
as  possible,  accompanied  by  remit- 
tances covering  the  cost  as  per  rates 
mentioned.  John  Young,  Secy. 


Among  the  exhibitors  at  the  show, 
will  be  the  following: 

The  Alpliano  Humus  Co..  New  York;  Bob- 
liink  &  Atkins.  Rutherford,  N.  J.;  Coldwell 
Lawn  Mower  Co.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. ;  A.  N. 
Pierson.  Inc.,  Cromwell,  Ct. ;  W.  F.  Leary, 
New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. ;  George  L.  Stillman, 
Westerly.  R.  I.;  F.  R.  Pierson,  Tarrytown, 
N.  Y. ;  Arthur  Cowee.  Berlin,  N.  Y. ;  I.  J. 
Strlngham,  New  York;  Roman  J.  Irwin, 
New  York ;  A.  T.  De  La  Mare  Co.,  New 
Y''ork ;  .John  Scheepers.  Inc.,  New  York; 
Chas.  H.  Tottv.  Martison,  N.  J.;  The 
Mathews  Mfg.  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  The 
Davey  Tree  Expert  Co.,  Kent,  O. ;  Double, 
day  Page  &  Co.,  Garden  City.  N.  Y. ;  S.  P. 
Townsend  &  Co.,  Orange,  N.  J.;  Julius 
Roehrs  Co.,  Rutherford.  N.  J.;  The  Cloche 
Co.,  New  York;  C.  H.  Allender,  New  Y'ork ; 
I.  Hicks  &  Son,  Westbury,  L.  I.;  Peterson, 
Sincliiire  &  Miller,  New  York;  Hitchings  & 
Co..  New  York;  Bon  Arbor  Chemical  Co., 
Paterson.  N.  J.;  Weeber  &  Don,  New  York; 
Max  Schling,  New  York;  Shawnee  Mower 
Co.,  New  York ;  Henry  M.  Stevens,  New 
Y'ork;  T.  E.  Nevlns,  New  York;  Hartmann- 
Sanders  Co.,  New  Y'ork-Chicago ;  Vaughan's 
Seed  Store.  Chicago-New  York;  American 
Seed  Tape  Co.,  Newark,  N.  J. ;  Claude  W. 
Edgett,  New  Y'ork;  J.  C.  Kraus  Cast  Stone 
Works.  Inc.,  New  Y'ork ;  National  Farm  & 
Garden  Ass'n,  New  York;  Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial Co..  Brooklyn;  Mountain  Community, 
New  York ;  J.  M.  Thorburn  &  Co.,  New 
York ;  Frost  &  Bartlett,  Stamford,  Conn. 


S,  A,  F.  CONVENTION  POSTPONED  UNTIL  AUGUST 


In  response  to  a  very  general  de- 
sire expressed  by  members  of  the 
Society  that,  in  view  of  the  indefinite 
postponement  of  the  National  Flower 
Show,  the  1918  convention  of  the 
society  be  held  in  St.  Louis  during 
the  month  of  August,  by  order  of  the 
Executive  Board  the  dates  fixed  for 
the  convention  in  conjunction  with 
the  National  Flower  Show  are  hereby 
cancelled,  and  the  regular  dates  pro- 
vided for  in  Section  1,  Article  V,  of 
the  By-laws,  which  are  the  third 
Tuesday  in  August  and  the  two  fol- 
lowing days,  are  adopted  as  the  con- 
vention dates   for  1918. 

This  change  has  met  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  St.  Louis  interests,  and 
Vice-president  Bourdet  has  obtained 
the  consent  of  the  authorities  of  Moo- 
lah Temple,  where  the  convention 
and  trade  exhibition  is  to  be  held,  to 
the  postponement  now  ordered. 

Chas.  H.  Totty,  Pres. 
John  Young,  Secy. 


^   THE    PUBLICITY    CAMPAIGN. 

""Several  new  subscribers  to  the 
Publicity  P^ind  are  recorded  this 
•week,  as  noted  below,  but  the  lead- 
ers in  the  campaign  think  the  Im- 
petus   should    be    much    greater.      It 


was  pleasing  to  have  a  personal,  sub- 
scription from  Fred  Burki,  the  well 
known  grower  of  Pittsburgh,  who, 
from  his  winter  home  in  Los  Angeles, 
writes,  "Though  my  company  has 
subscribed  to  the  S.  A.  F.  Publicity 
Fund,  I  think  so  much  of  it  that  I 
make  a  personal  subscription  of  $25 
a  year  for  four  years,  and  enclose 
my  cheque  for  the  first  payment 
herewith." 

The  trade  will  have  noticed  the 
opening  shot  in  the  campaign — the 
page  advertisement  in  The  Saturday 
Evening  Post  of  February  9.  It  is, 
of  course,  too  early  yet  to  get  re- 
ports of  results,  but  judging  from  the 
heap  of  applications  for  the  booklet 
mentioned  in  the  advertisement  the 
page   was   very   generally   read. 

The  secretary  has  now  a  supply  of 
the  electrotypes  tor  newspaper  use 
covering  "Easter,"  "Mother's  Day," 
"lieautifying  the  Home,"  "On  Her 
Birthday,"  "The  Wedding."  and  the 
slogan  "Say  It  with  Flowers,"  and 
any  or  all  of  them  can  be  forwarded 
at  once.  Anyone  not  having  received 
a  copy  of  the  broadside  describmg 
these  electros  should  send  for  a  copy. 
It  should  be  pointed  out  that  these 
advertising   electros     are     as    far   as 


possible  identical  with  the  national 
advertisements,  and  are  designed  to 
draw  to  the  florists  using  them  direct 
benefit  accruing  from  the  national  ad- 
vertising. It  is  expected  that  the 
orders  received  for  the  transfer  signs 
will  be  filled  next  week,  and  for  the 
glass  signs  about  one  week  later. 

Chairman  George  Asmus  of  the  Pub- 
licity Finance  Committee  reports  the 
following  additional  subscriptions: 

Annually  for  4  years — Baur  &  Steinkamp, 
Indianapi'lls.  Ind..  $'J5 ;  A.  Wiegaud's  Sons 
Co.,  Indi.iiiapollg,  Ind.,  $'df>:  Smith  &  Young 
Co..  Indianapolis.  Ind.,  $15;  E.  A.  Nelson, 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  $.5;  Henslev  Flower 
Shop.  Indianapolis.  Ind.,  $5;  liartje  &  El- 
der, Indianapolis,  Ind..  $.">;  Circle  Flower 
Shop,  Indlanapcdis,  Ind..  $.5;  Jcdui  Rieman, 
Inilianapolis.  Ind.,  $.'j ;  A.  Donoghiie,  Omaha, 
Neb..  $2.-);  F.  J.  Fillmore,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
(2nd  subscription).  $5:  W.  \V.  Edgar  Co., 
Waverlcv.  Mass..  $'-'5;  Housing  &  Hall.  Ann 
Arbor,  .Mich.,  $10:  Charles  Sicgw:irt.  Balti- 
more. Md..  $5;  Fred  Burkl  (pei-sonal),  from 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  $25;  "Jack"  'frepel, 
Brooklyn.  N.  Y'.,  $5. 

For  two  years— Claypool  Hotel  Florist, 
Inilianapolis.  Ind.,  $5. 

For  three  years — C.  L.  Humphrey,  Zanes- 
vllle,  Olii<i.  $10. 

Total  ."^205.  Previously  reported  from  all 
sources,  $211,993.    Grand  total.  $:i0,198. 

JoTiN  Young,  Secy. 
National  Headquarters. 
1170  Broadway,  New  York. 


KS 


HORTICULTURE 


February  23,  1918 


Clubs  and  Societies 

NEW    YORK    FEDERATION    OF  HOR- 
TICULTURAL    SOCIETIES     AND 
FLORAL    CLUBS 

The  winter  meeliii,:;  of  the  New  York 
Ketleriillon  of  Uortlcultiinil  Societies 
and  Floral  Clubs  was  helii  in  Ithaca 
In  connection  with  Farmers'  Week. 
Febrnary  12,  1918.  The  lectures  were 
much  better  attended  than  had  been 
anticipated  and  twenty-seven  delegates 
were  present  from  the  New  York 
Florists'  Club,  Buffalo  FlorisLs'  Club, 
Rochester  Florists'  Club.  Syracuse 
Rose  Society.  Syracuse  Florists'  Asso- 
ciation, New  York  &  Now  Jersey  Plant 
Growers'  Association.  UinRhamton 
Florists'  Association. 

At  9  a.  ni.  C.  b.  Thayer,  instru*- 
tor  in  floriculture,  gave  an  illustrated 
lecture  on  "Some  Herbaceous  Peren- 
nials of  Commercial  Value."  He  was 
followed  by  Dr.  A.  C.  Deal  on  'What 
Research  Can  do  for  the  Florist."  Dr. 
Beal  reviewed  in  a  general  way,  the 
work  which  the  experiment  stations 
have  already  done  and  outlined  those 
types  of  commercial  work  wliich  he 
considered  to  be  of  the  most  import- 
ance to  the  commercial  florist.  Dr.  L. 
M.  Massey  was  prevented  because  of 
illness  from  giving  his  paper  on  "Di- 
seases of  Roses;"  Dr.  Donald  Reddick 
of  the  Department  of  Plant  Pathology 
spoke  for  Dr.  Massey.  Professor  F.  W. 
Morse  of  Amherst,  Mass.,  who  was  to 
have  lectured,  was  also  prevented  from 
being  present  and  Professor  E.  0.  Fip- 
pin  of  the  Department  of  Soils  gave  a 
very  valuable  talk  on  "Soils  for  Green- 
house Crops." 

At  1  p.  m.  a  luncheon  at  the  Clinton 
House  was  given  the  delegates  by  the 
Department  of  Floriculture  and  proved 
a  most  enjoyable  occasion. 

At  3  p.  m.  a  round  table  discussion 
was  held  on  the  subject  of  "How  the 
Agricultural  College   can   best  serve:" 

(a)  The    Cut    Flower    specialist — 

Robt.  Simpson,  Clifton,  N.  J. 

(b)  The     Plant     specialist — Anton 

Schultheis.  College  Point  N.  Y. 

(c)  The    Retailer — W.    A.    Adams, 

Buffalo.  N.  Y. 

The  business  meeting  which  was  to 
have  been  held  at  four  o'clock  was 
postponed  until  the  International 
Flower  Show  In  New  York  City  next 
month,  because  of  the  absence  of  Presi- 
dent F.  R.  Pierson,  and  also  because 
the  Buffalo  and  Rochester  delegates 
were  obliged  to  leave  earlier  than  they 
had  anticipated  because  of  a  change  in 
the  train  schedule.  This  meeting, 
however,  will  be  held  in  New  York  on 
Monday  afternoon.  March  15,  at  four 
o'clock. 

The  following  delegates  were  pres- 
ent: 

W.  F.  Bultman.  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Freder- 
ick Scli.nroun.  Syracuse.  N.  Y. ;  R.  J.  Ros- 
kellT.  Ithaca.  N.  V.:  E.  H.  Statomeyer.  Buf- 
falo. N.  Y. ;  .1.  .1.  Ric'lillDKer.  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ; 
E.  W.  Werlok.  Buffalo.  N.  Y. ;  O.  J.  Kllng- 
onmeror.  Buffalo.  N.  Y. :  .T.  M.  Fiebelkom, 
Buffalo.  N.  Y.:  Anton  Schulthpis,  Collese 
Point.  N.  Y. ;  Frank  11.  Traendlv.  New  York 
City:  H.  S.  Morgan.  Auburn.  N.  Y. :  H.  E. 
Bates.  Rochester.  N.  Y. ;  Herliert  H.  Ilill. 
■Wllkes-Barre.  Pa.:  Robert  Simpson.  Clif- 
ton. N.  .T. :  Wm.  T,.  Kaatini:.  Buffalo.  N.  Y.; 
J.  W.  Heaoock.  Wyncote.  Pa. ;  W.  A.  Adams, 
Buffalo.  N.  Y. ;  A.  M.  Faniher.  Bingbamton, 
N.  Y. :  .John  I,.  Robert.  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ; 
George  W.  Arnold.  Ensenore.  N.  Y. ;  A.  C. 
Beal,  Ithaca,  N.   Y. ;   David   LumBden,   Ith- 


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Monday,  Feb.  25. 

Florists'    and    Gardeners'    Club    of  j 
Rhode    Island,    Swartz    Hall,    Provi- 
dence. R.  I.  I 

Gardeners'    and    Florists'    Club    of  ( 
Baltimore.    Florists'    Exchange   Hall, 
lialtiniore,  Md. 

Tuesday,  Feb.  26.  [ 

N'ew|iort  nortlcultural  Society,  ! 
Xewi)ort.  R.  I. 

Tarrytown    Horticultural  Society,  ' 

T:irrylown.  N.  Y.  I 

Wednesday,    Feb.   27.  I 

Oyster  F.av  Horticultural  Society,  I 
Oyster  Bay.  N.  Y. 

Friday,  March  1. 

North  Shore  Horticultural  Society, 
Manchester.  Mass. 

North  Shore  Horticultural  Society, 
Lake  Forest,  III. 

Pasadena  Hoitlcultural  Society. 
Pasadena.  Cal. 

People's  Park  Cottage  Gardeners' 
Association,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

Yonkers  Horticultural  Society, 
Yonkers,  N.  Y". 

Saturday,   March  2. 

Pacific  Coast  Horticultural  Society. 
S;iil    Ki';i  tu'isro,    Cal. 


aea.  N.  Y. ;  C.  !j.  Thayer,  Ithaca.  N.  Y. ;  S. 
C.  Hubbard,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ;  David  Murray, 
Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

E.  A.  White,  Secy. 


NASSAU  COUNTY  HORTICUL- 
TURAL SOCIETY. 
At  the  monthly  meeting  of  this  so- 
ciety Feb.  13th  awards  were  as  fol- 
lows: Cyclamen,  1st  Thos.  Twigg; 
Cyclamen,  certificate  of  culture  to 
Robt.  Jones.  Mr.  Jones  gave  a  short 
practical  talk  on  his  method  of  grow- 
ing cyclamen.  Chas.  Young  and  Wil- 
liam -Milstead  of  Glen  Cove,  were 
elected  to  membership.  An  essay 
wTitten  by  H.  B.  Dorner,  entitled 
"What  the  Universities  are  Doing 
For  Floriculture"  was  read  by  Ernest 
Westlake.  Competition      for      next 

monthly  meeting  March   13th,  will  be 
on  one  pot  or  pan  of  tulips;   one  cin- 
eraria and  three  heads  of  lettuce. 
Harry  Goodhand,  Cor.  Secy. 


ILLINOIS   STATE   FLORISTS'  ASSO- 
CIATION. 
The  annual  meeting  of  The  Illinois 
State  Florists'  Association  will  be  held 


in  The  Ploricultural  Building,  adjoin- 
ing the  greenhouses  at  the  University 
of  Illinois,  Urbana,  Tuesday  and  Wed- 
nesday, March  5  and  6.  Every  florist 
in  the  State  of  Illinois  is  invited  to  at- 
tend. Better  lay  your  plans  now,  so 
as  to  be  there.  The  inspection  of  the 
greenhouses  and  the  experiments  be- 
ing carried  on  there  will  be  profitable 
for  any  florist.  Be  sure  to  come  and 
see  them.  If  you  have  any  trouble 
with  plant  diseases  tell  them  and  let 
the  University  help  you. 

An  interesting  program  Is  being  pre- 
pared, Ro  come  and  take  part  in  the 
discussions. 

Yours  very  truly, 

I.  L.  Pir-LSBUBY,  Pres. 


Chicago    to    Champaign. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Illinois 
State  Florists'  Association  will  he  held 
in  the  floricultural  building  adjoining 
the  University  of  Illinois.  Urbana, 
March  5-6.  A  very  instructive  pro- 
gramme has  been  prepared  and  every 
florist  in  the  state  is  invited  to  attend 
and  take  part  in  the  discussions.  The 
Chicago  party  will  leave  the  Park  Row 
station,  via  the  Illinois  Central  rail- 
road, March  5,  at  9.1.5  a.  m.,  due  at 
Champaign,  12.12  p.  m.  The  fare  In 
each  direction  to  Champaign,  the  rail- 
road station  for  Urbana,  is  $2.52,  plus 
20  cents  war  tax.  No  reduction  is 
made  for  the  round  trip.  There  Is 
no  party  rate. 

Other  trains  are  as  follows: 


Leave  Chicago. 
2.10  A.  M. 
7.30  A.  M. 
5.20  P.  M. 
e.Xi  P.  M. 
!1.45  P.  M. 


Due  Champaign. 

5..t5  A.  M. 
12.01  P.  M. 

lt.05  P.  M. 

0.4.'j  P.  M. 
12.4:{  A.  M. 


MifiiAEi.  Baricer.  Chairman, 

Chicago  Florists'  Club 
Transportation  Committee. 


The  Spring  Fower  Show  of  the 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society 
will  be  held  in  Horticultural  Hall, 
Boston,  March  13  to  17.  inclusive,  and 
the  trustees  have  determined  to  do- 
nate the  entire  proceeds  of  this  Show 
to  the  Red  Cross.  The  Red  Cross  is 
naturally  much  interested  In  the  suc- 
cess of  the  Show  and  is  going  to  co- 
operate to  the  fullest  extent. 


February  23,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


179 


AMERICAN    ROSE  SOCIETY. 

The  American  Rose  Society  will  hold 
its  annual  exhibition  and  annual  meet- 
ing at  the  Grand  Central  Palace,  New 
York  City,  March  14th  to  21st.  The 
plan  had  been  to  go  to  St.  Louis  for 
the  proposed  show  in  April,  biit  the 
conditions  of  the  weather  and  coal  and 
the  upset  in  routine  business  make  it 
impracticable  to  hold  it  there.  These 
flower  shows  help  to  make  not  only 
the  suburban  but  the  city  home  pleas- 
ant and  cheerful.  Flowers  convey  in 
their  presence  the  spirit  of  cheer  and 
the  spirit  of  consolation,  and  no  flower 
exceeds  the  rose  in  this  respect. 

The  American  Rose  Society  wants 
to  do  everything  that  it  can  to  make 
the  exhibition  a  success.  During  the 
last  two  years  there  has  been  a  large 
increase  in  the  amateur  membership. 
The  first  rose  show  for  the  develop- 
ment of  popular  interest  in  the  rose 
was  held  in  New  York  City.  The  in- 
crease in  amateur  membership  was 
due  largely  to  the  ability  of  the  So- 
ciety to  issue  the  illustrated  Annual, 
edited  by  J.  Horace  McFarland.  This 
Annual  was  something  that  could  be 
sent  to  all  parts  of  the  country  and  it 
carried  with  it  fine  pictures  and  good 
instructions. 

The  original  lay-out  of  the  Rose  So- 
ciety was  to  have  an  exhibition  each 
year,  during  the  period  of  Lent  and 
also  encourage  public  flower  shows  in 
the  rose  season — June.  It  has  been 
planned  to  have  this  year,  in  Eliza- 
beth Park,  Hartford,  Conn.,  a  show  of 
great  beauty.  The  Park  Department 
of  that  city  started  a  Rose  Garden  that 
caused  much  interest,  and  gained 
fame.  They  also  started  a  test  garden 
to  try  out  the  suitable  roses  for  out- 
side culture.  This  year,  preparations 
have  been  made  to  have  a  special 
public  rose  week  in  June,  and  the 
American  Rose  Society  will  make 
every  effort  to  bring  its  members  to 
Hartford  for  this  occasion.  In  the 
meantime,  we  want  every  member  that 
we  can  reach  to  boom  the  coming  ex- 
hibition. 

Benjamin  Hammond,  Pres. 
Beacon,  N.  Y. 


^llen  L.  Jenkins  of  Shrewsbury 
was  the  speaker  at  the  meeting  of 
the  Worcester  County  Horticultural 
Society  on  February  14.  His  subject 
was  "Growing  and  Exhibiting  Flow- 
ers." 


ADDISONIA 

A  quarterly  Juiirnal  containing 
beautiful  colored  i  Hunt  rations  and 
popular    deseriptions    of    plants. 

Published  by  the  New  York  Botan- 
iral    (iarden,    Bronx    I'ark. 

Supported  by  the  ineonie  of  a  be- 
quest by  the  late  Judup  Addition 
Brown,   aided    by    HubHcrtption^. 

The  Becond  volume  has  recently 
been  completed;  the  third  volume 
will  be  iNNued  during  1918;  each 
volume  contains  4U  full-pasc  coloreil 
iIluHtratf«)nN. 

Additional  Rubncrfptionfl,  for  the 
whole  work  only,  are  invited  at  $30, 
being  $10  per  volume.  8ample  partH 
will  be  mailed  on  request. 

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especially  adapted  to  florists  use  ever  offered  in  this  country 
COMFRISING 

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TWO  —  Dwarf  Pompons  for  pot  culture. 
TW^O — Excellent  Anemones  for  florists  use. 

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Meteor     

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The  Crataeguses,  always  beautiful 
and  popular  denizens  of  the  woods  anil 
gardens,  have  come  to  special  promi- 
nence in  recent  years  through  the 
work  of  research  and  classification  by 
Professor  C.  S.  Sargent  of  the  Arnold 
Arboretum.  Crataegus  Holmesiana,  of 
which  a  beautiful  specimen  is  illus- 
trated on  our  title  page  is  a  very  hand- 
some flowering  tree,  growing  to  a 
height  of  30  feet.  It  is  found  wild  in 
Western  New  York  and  Pennsylvania 
and  contiguous  section  of  Canada.  It 
was  named  by  Prof.  Sargent, 


A  committee  to  stimulate  interest  in 
the  growing  of  roses  and  to  organize 
in  the  various  cities  and  towns  of 
Central  New  York  societies,  similar  to 
the  Syracuse  Rose  Society  Is  an- 
nounced by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Edmund  M. 
Mills,  pres-ident  of  the  local  society 
and  chairman  of  the  committee  of  the 
State  Federation  of  Horticultural  So- 
cieties and  Floral  Clubs,  which  is 
undertaking  a  state  wide  campaign, 
Mrs.  Burton  R.  Michael,  of  Syracuse, 
heads  the  Central  New  York  commit- 
tee, which  Includes  Mrs.  George  W. 
Watkln,  of  Oswego,  and  Mrs.  J.  E. 
Barton,  of  Parish. 


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February  23,  1918 


SEED  TRADE 


AMERICAN  SBBP  TKADB  ASSOCIATION 


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Retail  Prices  on  Vegetable  Seeds. 

The  following  table  has  been  com- 
piled from  a  large  number  of  retail 
mall  order  catalogs  received  from 
representative  seedsmen.  The  prices 
given  after  each  crop  represent  retail 
prices  of  standard  varieties  for  1918, 
and  for  the  same  varieties  in  1917.  So- 
called  novelties  were  not  included.  It 
will  be  seen  that  all  prices  in  1918  are 
higher  than  those  in  1917.  The  in- 
creases range  from  about  5  per  cent, 
on  celery  up  to  260  per  cent,  on  Swede 
turnips.  The  average  increase  in  cat- 
alog prices  on  all  the  vegetable  crops 
listed  as  ^hown  by  this  table  is  about 
60  per  cent. 

A  study  of  the  catalogs  shows  that 
some  seedsmen  have  endeavored  to 
maintain  prices  on  many  items  ap- 
pro.ximately  the  same  as  or  but  slight- 
ly above  I  hose  of  last  year,  while  other 
seedsmen  have  raised  their  prices  ma- 
terially on  practically  all  the  items. 


191S 

1917 

Crop 

Cents 

Cents 

Cents 

Cents 

per  oz. 

per  lb. 

per  oz 

per  lb. 

Beet,   Garden. 

20 

234 

13 

132 

Bfet.   Mangel. 

13 

1.32 

8 

57 

Cabbage    

45 

505 

25 

298 

Carrot  

22 

223 

14 

142 

Celer.v    

51 

635 

52 

597 

Cucumber  . . . 

14 

177 

11 

93 

Lettuce    

15 

141 

14 

134 

Muekmclon  .. 

17 

152 

16 

117 

Watermelon  . 

12 

97 

11 

79 

Onion  Seed   .. 

55 

516 

23 

250 

Parsley    

13 

107 

11 

88 

Parsnips    

18 

176 

10 

68 

Radish   

21 

167 

10 

67 

Spinach    

19 

212 

11 

89 

Squash — 

Summer  ... 

14 

138 

10 

94 

Winter   

15 

148 

12 

96 

Tomato    

38 

411 

29 

297 

Turnip — 

English    ... 

18 

196 

10 

69 

Swede  

22 

235 

9 

65 

Cents 

Cents 

Cents 

Cents 

perqt 

per  lb. 

per  qt. 

per  lb 

Beans — 

Dwarf  Snap 

79 

43 

62 

32 

Garden  Pole    76 

41 

45 

26 

Peas.  Garden 

61 

37 

43 

Zi 

Sweet   Corn. 

61 

38 

47 

26 

Kentucky   Blue  Grass   in   Missouri   and 
Iowa 

Next  to  Kentucky,  the  largest  pro- 
ducer of  blue  grass  in  the  country, 
Missouri  and  Iowa  rank  as  heavy  pro- 
ducers of  this  seed,  their  combined 
normal  crop  amounting  to  from  150,- 
000  to  175,000  bushels  (14  pounds  to 
the  bushel)  of  stripped  or  rough  seed, 
and  when  re-cleaned  about  6.5  per  cent 
of  this  Is  estimated  as  good,  clean 
seed  ready  for  market.  Missouri  and 
Iowa  produced  in  1917  only  about 
55.000  bushels  stripped  seed,  Missouri 
being  the  larger  producer  of  the  two. 
The  seed  this  year  is  of  good  quality, 
as  to  weight,  color  and  germination, 
and  seed  when  re-cleaned  will  make 
21  pound  to  24  pound  stock.  There 
being  practically  no  old  seed  carried 
over  by  jobbers,  and  very  little  by  the 
tanners,  the  new  seed  has  all  moved 
from  the  producer  at  good  prices, 
ranging  from  $1.00  to  |1.75  per  bushel. 


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the  bulk  of  the  seed  being  bought  at 
about  $1.C0  per  bushel.  The  total  re- 
cleaned  seed  from  this  section  was 
about  fifteen  cars  of  30,000  pounds 
each.  This  supply  is  insufficient  to 
meet  normal  demands  and  in  conse- 
quence considerable  seed  has  been 
shipped  in  from  Kentucky.  The  gen- 
eral movement  of  seed  in  carlots  takes 
place  during  November.  December 
and  January,  while  local  movement  is 
best  in  March. 


Boosting   the    Bean 

At  the  Farmers'  Week  Conference 
in  State  College.  Pa.,  on  December  29, 
Professor  John  R.  Bechtel,  a  vepetable 
growing  expert,  talked  about  beans 
Ho  said  the  price  is  now  five  hundred 
per  cent,  higher  than  before  the  war. 
He  urged  the  growing  of  pea,  or  navy 
beans  by  farmers  as  the  most  likely 
variety  to  succeed  if  planted  at  the 
rate  of  three  pecks  to  the  acre,  with 
rows  twenty-eight  inches  apart.  Th? 
best  planting  time  was  placed  from 
June  1  to  25.  All  d  scolored  beans, 
he  suggested,  should  be  discarded  at 
planting  time  to  avoid  disease,  whlci, 
is  impossible  of  control,  except  through 
careful  seed  selection. 

Beans,    which    he    characterized    as 
the  great  wartime  food,  were  said  to 


M     Ward   on   his  recent  rlslt  to   the  Orient. 


be  grown  successfully  if  the  land  was 
well  drained  and  was  given  thorough 
preparation  before  planting.  If  sod 
is  turned  under,  said  the  speaker,  no 
fertilizer  is  needed  on  good  soil  other 
than  two  hundred  or  three  hundred 
pounds  of  acid  phosphate  to  the  acre. 
The  average  yield  of  beans  was  said 
to  be  alx)ut  eleven  bushels  per  acre, 
with  twenty  to  thirty  bushels  some- 
times grown  by  successful  farmers. 
The  cost  of  production  was  placed  at 
thirty-five  dollars  to  fifty  dollars  an 
acre.  With  beans  selling  at  ten  dol- 
lars a  bushel  wholesale  and  with  no 
reduction  in  sight.  Professor  Bechtel 
advised  Pennsylvanians  to  get  into  the 
l)ean-growing  game  next  season. 


Wichita,  Kan.^ — J.  J.  Campbell  and 
Alfred  Ross  Campbell  have  opened  a 
seed  store  under  the  name  of  the 
Campbell  Seed  &  Supply  Co. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/n     (.^no  per  rnnel J.W  no  ppr  tboiiHand 

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Asparagus 

Plumosus  Nanus 

Northern  Greenhoute  Grown  Seed 

100  Seed,    $  .50  1   5,003  Seed,S15.50 

1,000  Seed,     3.50 1  10,000  Seed,  30.00 

25,000  Seeds,  $72.50 

Also   all   Other    Sf>a«nnnhle    Seeds,  Bulbs 
and  Supplies. 

WHOLESALE  PRICE   LIST  FBEE. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Market  St.,    Pliila.,    Pa. 


Choice  Flower  Seeds 

FOR     FLORISTS 

CINERARIA — Prize     straina,     mixed 

Tall  and   Semi-dwarf. 

ALVSaUM— Little    Gem. 

CALENDULA — OrsDKe  King,   Lemon 

Queen. 

SNAPDRAGON— Silver    Fink. 

BEGONL4— Vernon. 

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Lilium  Candidum 
Amiryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

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CHOICE    FLORISTS'   FLOWER    SEEDS 

AnpHrMKiin  PlumoHun  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
IUt.no :    SOnO  Sredn,  £16.00. 

AsparuKU.  SprenKPri — 1000  Seeds,  SI. 00. 

fialtia   iinnflre — ^   o«.,  SO*-.;    1   oz..  S*.!  <M). 

Salvia    /urich — 'A,  oz.,  15c.:    I    oz.,  M."". 

Btnek.  It>-Hiit.v  of  Nire,  la'%  Doiihir  KlotTpr* 
— >heil  i'inli.  Itrleht  Pink.  IMirpie,  VMille 
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MIGNONETTE 

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other  strain    tor   marljetiiig.     Tr.  pkt., 
oOc. ;  H   oz.,  $1.00;  oz.,  $6.00. 
ANTHIRRHINUM 

W.  &  D.'s  Imp.  Giant-Floweriner.  Pure 
White,  Pinli.  Fairy  Queeu.  Coral  Reil, 
Rose,  Scarlet.  Striped  Venus,  and 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c.;  oz.,  75c. 

Nelrose.     Pkt.,  25c. 


ALTSSUM 
Little  Gem.     Tr.  pkt..  10c. ;  oz.,  ."iOc. 
Odoratum.     Tr.   pkt.,  10c. ;  oz.,  15c. 

SALVIA 

Spiendens.     Tr.  pkt.,  20c. ;  oz.,  $1.26. 
Bonfire.     Tr.   pkt.,  25p.  ;   oz.,  $250. 

VERBENA 

Mammoth.     Scarlet,  Pink.  Purple.  White, 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c.;  oz.,  $1.00. 


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Itcin-j  itf  the  flhort  rrot>  "f  thip  pjist  nfufinn, 
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611    FIFTH    AVENUE 
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^1  priiirltitti  rittra  ot  Kurupr.  Orders 
irmnnfrrrrd  itr  Itilrnatr-*)  t>;  the  (r»4]«  to 
our  Brlrrllitu  fur  drll\rr>  an  atfttiitkblpB 
or  elsvwtarre    rrrrlTP    apfclBl  »tt«Dilon. 

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R«>ft>m>re    or    nknh    mual    arronipanx    >ll 
•rder*    from     onknowo    corrrapondaDts. 

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NEWS  NOTES. 
Albany,  N.  Y. — A  large  window  in 
llio  .\r<a(li>  Horlst  shop  iit  Howard  and 
South  Pearl  streets  was  blown  in  last 
Saturday  afternoon  by  the  wind.  No 
one  was  hurt. 


Salem,  N.  J. — L.  Cunningham  has 
accepted  the  Salem  a>;ency  for  the 
Lawn.sido  Greenhouses  of  Wooilstown 
and  will  have  cut  flowers  and  plants 
on  sale  in  his  store.  No.  213  East 
Broadway,  In  the  store  formerly  occu- 
pied by  Florist  West. 


Worcester,  Mass. — Leonard  C.  Mldg- 
ley,  a  We.stboro  florist,  has  been  ap- 
pointed to  have  charge  of  the  Worces- 
ter city  gardens  for  the  coming  year. 
Mr.  Xlidgley  plans  to  start  the  work 
as  soon  as  the  frost  leaves  the  ground. 
He  is  now  listing  all  the  tracts  of  land, 
and  expects  to  have  about  3000  of 
these  for  people  who  wish  to  raise 
their  own  garden  truck. 


Highland,  N.  Y. — Alleging  that  as 
a  result  of  the  failure  of  the  Highland 
Water  Company  of  Highland  to  sup- 
ply them  water,  their  entire  supply 
of  ferns  and  their  boilers  were  de- 
stroyed, Alfred  and  Conrad  Ley, 
florists  of  Highland  through  their  at- 
torney, John  E.  Mack,  have  brought 
suit  against  the  water  works  com- 
pany to  recover  damages  amounting 
to  $8,000. 


Poughkeepsle,  N.  Y. — A  defective 
flue  is  blamed  for  the  flre  which 
caused  a  loss  of  $2,000  at  the  green- 
houses of  Murphy  &  Schaumburg  on 
the  night  of  p^ebruary  5.  Considering 
the  handicaps  which  they  faced  the 
firemen  did  exceptionally  good  work. 
The  mercury  registering  below  zero, 
the  firemen  suffered  in  the  cutting 
wind  from  the  north.  They  managerl 
to  confine  the  blaze  to  the  boiler  room, 
where  the  fire  started.  Sections  of  the 
greenhouses  were  also  destroyed.  The 
heating  system  was  crippled  and  this 
resulted  in  a  loss  of  many  plants. 


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CARNATION  CUTTINGS 

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OHhkoNb  or  Suit  Luke,  hut  when  U  cuinoH  tu  Mnrlln  Uruknuf 
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BOSTON 

Feb. 31 


Roses  ^ 

Am.  Beauty,  ^>ecial 35-c 

"  "        Fsmcy  and  Extra is-c 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 4.c 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 4.C 

Hadley 4.< 

Arenberg,  Hoosiei  Beauty 4  < 

Ward 4 .( 

RiUarney,  Radiance,  Taft 4.< 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hiltingdon 4.C 

CarnatiofU i  .< 

C«ttler«a    »5'< 

Dendrobium  fonnosum 

Lilies,  Lonsifloruta 8.( 

Lilies,  Speciosum    6.c 

Call** ia.< 

Lily  of  the  VaUer 6.< 

Snapdragon ,    6.c 

Violets ;       .3 

Freesta      ■-•■ 

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman   Hyacinths 

Tulip* 

DaffodiU 

Calendula. 

Misnonette 

Sweet    Peas 

Marguerite* ]    300     to 

Gardeeias     I  15.00     to 

Adiantum  ■ 1     i  .oc     to 

Smilax I  20.00     to 

\sparafftu  Plumosus,  A,  Spren.  (100  Bchs.> '35-00      to 


ST.  LOUIS 

Feb.  18 


PHILA. 

Feb. 18 


to 
to 


3.00     to 


3  00     to 


50.00  ' 

35.00  \ 

8.00 

I9.00 
15.00  , 

la.oo 

10.0c  \ 

I3.00  i 
15.00  I 

3.00  I 
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10,00  I 

6.00 
16.00 
10.00 
10,00 

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a.oo 
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4.  CO 

3.00 
3.00 
4.00 

1.00 

4.10 
35.00. 

35.00 
50.00 


40  00 

ao.oo 

5.00 

8.00 


3.00 
4.00 

5.00 

1.50 

50.00 


50.00 
3u.<o 
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10.00 

1500 

3,00 

75.0c 

10  ... 

to     13.50 

to    

to       19. 00 

to       8.00 


to 
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.40 
3.C0 
300 


4.00     to      5.00 


.40     to      1.50 


1.00 
15  00 
50.00 


60.00 
45.00 

5.00 

6  (x> 
6.00 
500 
4.00 
4.00 
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5.00 
3.00 
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.50 

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15.00 
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to 

to 
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75.00 

60.00 
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15-00 

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ao.co 
60,00 


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568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.a.BUDL©NG 


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ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHPIESAIE 

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February  23,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


185' 


Flower  Market  Reports 

Business     is     slow     this 

BOSTON  week  with  market  values 
moving  gradually  down- 
ward. Roses,  which  have  held  up  well 
thus  far  are  now  showing  weakness  in 
price  which  only  requires  a  little  more 
of  spring  influence  to  make  it  more 
serious.  There  are  plenty  of  flowers 
of  all  classes  coming  in — too  many,  in 
fact,  in  some  lines.  Shipping  trade 
has  fallen  off  to  a  considerable  degree. 
Valentine's  Day  business  is  variously 
sized  up  by  different  dealers  as  to  its 
volume,  some  reporting  an  increase 
and  others  saying  that  they  had  not  ex- 
perienced any  advance  over  previous 
years. 

A   more   hopeful   feeling 

CHICAGO  prevails  in  the  market, 
now  that  shipping  con- 
ditions are  more  favorable  and  stock 
is  reasonably  certain  to  be  carried 
to  its  destination  safely  and  on  time, 
and  business  has  received  a  new  im- 
petus. Home  sales  are  not  increased 
to  any  marked  degree  and  the  prob- 
abilities are  that  they  will  not  at 
present,  still  there  are  more  calls  for 
flowers  from  local  florists  and  the 
everyday  demands  more  nearly  use 
up  the  stock  than  a  month  ago. 
Flowers  for  funerals  are  especially 
in  demand  and  the  large  number  of 
lilies  now  coming  are  being  used  to 
good  advantage.  The  shortage  is 
still  felt  in  roses,  but  is  not  felt  as 
much  as  if  social  events  were  not  so 
few.  The  coming  of  Lent  seemed  to 
make  little  difference  and  it  is  gen- 
erally believed  to  be  true  that  there 
is  less  difference  each  year.  Spring 
flowers  fill  the  counters.  It  seems  as 
if  every  bulb  grew  and  blossomed 
this  year  and  as  if  every  grower 
planted  an  unusual  number  of  bulbs. 
Carnations  are  plentiful  and  demand 
is  fair. 

Valentine's  day  was 

CLEVELAND  a  heavy  one  for 
Cleveland  florists  as 
usual.  Business  is  reported  satisfac- 
tory on  the  whole.  Prices  are  more 
nearly  normal  than  for  the  past  six 
months.  All  seasonable  flowers  are 
plentiful. 

A  fair  amount  of  activ- 

NEW  YORK  ity  among  the  whole- 
sale buyers  livened 
the  end  of  last  week  and  first  part  of 
the  present  but  it  fell  off  and  the  mid- 
dle of  the  week  sees  the  market  with 
a  heavy  overstock  and  a  noticeable 
dearth  of  buyers.  Bulbous  material  is 
in  excessive  supply.  Paper  white  nar- 
cissi are  the  worst  offenders  in  this 
respect  but  the  daffodil  section  is  not 
far  behind  and  lilies  move  too  slowly 
for  the  quantity  in  stock.  Tulips  are 
fairly  plentiful  and  some  of  them  are 
very  nice.  Roses  are  still  in  the  lead 
as  to  selling  quality,  the  lesser  grades 
having  the  greater  popularity.  Qual- 
ity is  good  in  the  rose  supply  general- 
ly. Carnations  continue  to  drag  along 
at  unremunerative  values  with  much 
unsold  and  consequently  unattractive 
stock  in  sight.  The  orchid  situation 
is  not  at  all  exhilarating.  Cattleyae 
are  seen  in  large  numbers,  many  of 
them  undersized,  but  all  finding  a  very 
unappreciative  market.  There  are 
plenty  of  oncidiums  of  various  species 
but  these  bright  decorative  flowers  are 


^iJ^n 

IRIS 

^pw 

The  early   varieties    are   arriving 
and  very  choice  quality  they  are, 
mostly     FilifoUa    and     Tingitana 
(lavender). 

$1.50,  S2.0O  Per  Dozen 
^^                           $13.00   Per  100 

Bw^'^^^3i 

H     Everything  in  Plants,  Cut  Flowers. 
Wt        Greens,  Ribbons  and  SuppUes. 

1^                  FUSSY    WILLOWS 

Per  bunch,  35c.,  50c.,  75c.,  $1.00 

Vi"^^^ 

S.S.PENNOCKCO. 

IHE'-M-S.rPHIlAIKll'HW 

NEW  YORK             PHIIADEIPHIA 
117W.  28iliSt.      1608-1620  Udlo-Sc. 
B.4LTIMORE              WASBI>GION 

Fr.nklin  fi  St.  P.al  S...      1216  B  Si..  N.  W. 

WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


TRADE  PRICES 


Ro«e* 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

•'  "        Fancy  and  Extra 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Eulcr,  Mock 

HaOley 

Axenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia.  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Camationa 

Cattleras 

Dendrobium  formoaum 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Lilies.  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdr^KOn 

Bouvardia 

V  lOlC'S 

Freesia   

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulips   

Calendula 

MiKnonette ••• 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus PIu. & Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

Feb   1 3 


TO^DEALERS  ONLj 

PITTSBURG 

Feb.  4 


also  difficult  to  dispose  of.  Violets  are 
good  but  values  rule  low.  Gardenias 
vary  as  to  quality  and  some  more  so 
as  to  price  for  which  they  can  be  sold. 
Some  very  fine  white  lilac  is  in  evi- 
dence, also  a  small  amount  of  Acacia 
pubescens  and  an  occasional  vase  of 
purple  bulbous  iris. 

Gardenias  and 
PHILADELPHIA  orchids  are  the 
only  redundant 
items  on  the  market  here  at  present. 
Everything  else  seems  to  clean  up 
pretty  well.  American  Beauty  roses 
are  more  plentiful  than  usual  for  the 
time  of  year.     L,ong-stemmed   Hadleys 


are  a  feature.  In  fact  most  of  the 
roses  at  present  seem  to  run  to  good 
stems.  The  shorts  have  run  up 
about  one-third  in  price  in  conse- 
quence. Carnations  are  very  fine,  but 
too  low  in  price— thirty  per  cent,  less 
than  last  year,  whereas  they  ought 
to  have  been  that  much  higher  to 
cover  the  Increased  cost  of  produc- 
tion. Iris  filifolia  and  tingitana  are 
among    the    novelty    features. 

Business  conditions 
PITTSBURGH     continue  as  good  as 

can  be  expected.  St. 
Valentine's  Day  proved  to  be  about  on 

(CantinufJ  on   page    187) 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

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February  23,  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Whole»ale     CommiBsion     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flower* 

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T<l*ph»Br«:       flo*.  tttl.  Mxllion  HqaBr*. 

— WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  2 Bth  Street.  NEW  YORK 

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111    thf  \Vlii>l«-M(ilt>   Klowor   IHsrrlct. 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

S3  WEST  28ib  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

Phone  Fftrrarnt  4336 

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CUT     FLOWERS 

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Coogan   Uulldlng 

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WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 


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WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

4  Firtl  CIms  Mark.l  tar  «U  i  UT  FLOWERS 

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Prices  Right.         Consignments  Solicited.        Telephone  Connection 


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HEADQUARTERS  for  the  entire  output   of   (lie 
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NEW  YORK 


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MAIiKITR    I..   OLA8B,  Trcaaarer 


NEW   YORK   QCOTATIOINS   PER    100.      To   Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


American  Beauty,  Special 

"  "  Fancy  and  Extra. 

*'  *'  No.  1  and  culls.    - 

RuMell.  Euler.  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hooiier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey.  Radiance.  Taft 

Ophelia.  Sunburst,  HUlingdon 

Key... 

Carnation* ■ ■ 


Lisl  Part  of  Wlik 

First  Pirt  if  Wiek 

iDilinE  Feb  16 

boEiiinliii 

Feb. 18 

1918 

1918 

95,00 

to 

40.00 

30.00 

to 

40.00 

10.00 

to 

ao.oo 

10.00 

to 

90.00 

5.00 

10 

6.00 

500 

M 

6.00 

5.00 

to 

15.00 

5.00 

to 

15.00 

5.00 

to 

50.00 

5  00 

to 

50.00 

5.00 

to 

10,00 

5.00 

10 

10.00 

5.00 

to 

8.00 

Soo 

to 

8.00 

5  00 

to 

8  00 

5  00 

to 

a.oo 

5  00 

to 

12  00 

500 

to 

la.oo 

5. CO 

to 

12.00 

5  00 

to 

12.00 

2.00 

10 

4.00 

8.00 

to 

4.00 

GROWERS'  CUT    FLOWER   COMPANY 
WHOLESALE   FLORISTS 

129  West  28th  Street  te. ;  g igv .  p__. 

E.  J.  VAN   REYPER,  Mgr 


I  rank    H.    TrHendly 


WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wlxile^aie  CotmnlsHiun  Dealfr  in 

CHOICE   CUT   FLOWERS 

l;)3  W»»t  28th  Street.  New   Vurk 
TelephoD»— M32-3B33  MbiIIhod  Square 


Charlei.    !4rhenok 


JOSEPH    S.    FENRICH 

WHOI.KSALK  FI.OKI8T 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

51    W.  28th    Street,    New   York 

TeWphOBM,    42*-4Zl-42t    Had.    Bq. 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

AVKolesale    Florists 

436  6tb  Aveoue,  Between  26tli  ani  27tb  Sts..  New  Tirt 

Telephone*:     797.  708,  799  Farracat 

CoDSlKDmentB  Solicited 

HERMAN   WEISS 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

Can  handle  Bblpments  of  growers'  prodvet 
H.itinfactorlly.  Would  like  to  bear  froei 
<!ruwerB  of  SnapdragoDB  and  Sweet  Poee. 
etc..  for  the  New  York  trade. 

■  .to  Weat  28th  Street,  TeL  FarTa«mt  «4. 

NBW  TOKK. 


February  23,  191S 


HORTICULTUEE 


187 


Flower  Market  Reports 

f,CoH4inued  from  page  185' 

a  par  with  that  of  last  year,  notwith- 
standing the  general  adverse  condi- 
tions. There  was  plenty  of  stock 
which  moved  along  well  at  the  usual 
prices.  Violets  were  not  at  all  in  fa- 
vor, orchids  and  sweet  peas  being  the 
flowers  of  the  day. 

Market  condition 
ROCHESTER  has  improved  and 
has  been  the  source 
of  much  encouragement  to  all  the 
florists.  St.  Valentine's  day  was 
larger  than  previous  years  and  stock 
was  very  plentiful.  Quantities  of 
bulbous  stock  are  seen  everywhere 
and  most  of  it  is  sold  considerably 
cheaper.  .Roses  are  plentiful,  except 
Ward,  Sunburst  and  Ophelia,  of 
which  there  is  only  a  limited  supply. 
Mignonette,  snapdragon  and  daisies 
are  seldom  seen.  Sweet  peas  are  in 
splendid  condition.  Carnations  are  in 
large  supply,  and  many  are  disposed 
of  by  street  venders.  Potted  bulbous 
stock  drags   slightly. 

Good  business  was  had 
ST.   LOUIS     for  St.  Valentines  Day, 

especially  transient 
trade.  Roses  are  still  scarce.  Carna- 
tions show  increased  supply,  also 
violets  and  sweet  peas.  Bulbous  stock 
a  fair  supply.    Greens  sell  well. 


THE 


HOLLAND-AMERICA 
TATIONS. 


IMPOR- 


The  perplexities  attendant  upon  the 
unloading  and  examination  of  the 
seven  thousand  cases  of  plants  and 
bulbs,  which  came  to  New  York  on  the 
Nieuw  Amsterdam,  were  satisfactorily 
solved  at  a  meeting  on  Thursday,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  of  interested  importers  with 
the  deputy  collector  on  the  dock  at 
Hoboken.  As  stated  in  our  notes  last 
week  the  navy  department  had  under- 
taken for  special  reasons  to  make  in- 
spection of  the  goods,  and  their  meth- 
ods of  examination  and  repacking 
brought  consternation  to  the  import- 
ers. The  latter  entered  a  strong  plea 
to  have  their  various  shipments  sent 
to  destination  and  inspected  there  hut 
that  was  proven  to  be  impossible 
under  the  law  except  on  bonded  goods 
and  the  statements  circulated  last 
week  that  this  request  had  been 
granted  were  not  correct.  But  it  is  i 
evident  that  the  navy  people  found  out 
that  they  had  undertaken  something 
more  than  they  could  properly  handle 
and  were  satisfied  to  turn  over  the  job 
to  the  custom  house  authorities,  who 
soon  were  able  to  adjust  the  operations 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  importers 
and  since  then  the  discharging  of  the 
goods  and  all  necessary  formalities 
have  gone  along  merrily.  Further,  the 
contents  of  the  cases  have  been  found 
in  much  better  condition  tlian  ex- 
pected. 


CLEVELAND. 


Edwin  .\.  Reeves,  nurseryman,  on 
Noble  Road,  will  receive  $11,175  as 
the  price  which  the  Cleveland  Heights 
board  of  education  must  pay  him  for 
land  to  be  used  as  a  playground.  The 
price  was  fixed  by  a  jury  in  insol- 
vency court. 

Cleveland     dealers     who     have     re- 


J.     K. 


N 


A  LEADER  IN   THE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSIOX   TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTX   i'EARS 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.    Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 

TELEPHONES 

Farraeut   167  and  3058 


118  West  28th  St. 


IME:\A/  YORK 


NEW   YORK  QUOTATIONS    PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleyas 

DetKirobium  formosum- 

Lilies.  LoDKiflorum 

Lilies.  Speciosum ■ 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  VaUey 

SaapdragoD 

Ir 


Violeu 

Freesias    

N  arcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeniast 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus  Plumosue.  &  Spren  (loo  bunches). 


Last  Part  of  Week 

First  Part  of  Week 

ending  Feb.  16 

beginning  Feb.  18 

19IS 

1918 

15.00 

to 

35 -oo 

15.00 

to 

35.00 

to 

50.00 

to 

50.00 

4.00 

to 

8.00 

4.00 

to 

10.00 

3.00 

to 

8.00 

3.00 

to 

S.oc 

15.00 

to 

30.C0 

15.00 

to 

20.00 

2.00 

to 

5.00 

2.00 

to 

5-00 

3.00 

to 

15.00 

2.00 

to 

15.00 

8.00 

to 

12.00 

8.00 

to 

12.00 

•30 

to 

.50 

.30 

to 

.40 

1. 00 

to 

3.00 

1. 00 

to 

2.00 

.75 

to 

1.50 

•7S 

to 

1.50 

1. 00 

to 

2.00 

x.oo 

to 

2.00 

2. 00 

to 

4.00 

2. CO 

to 

4.00 

2.00 

to 

3.00 

2.00 

to 

3.00 

3.00 

to 

4.00 

3.00 

to 

4.00 

■  SO 

to 

2. CO 

.50 

to 

2,00 

1,00 

to 

3.00 

1. 00 

to 

3.00 

8.00 

to 

30.00 

8.00 

to 

30.00 

.50 

to 

1. 00 

•50 

to 

1. 00 

12.00 

to 

:  6.00 

12.00 

to 

16.00 

25.00 

to 

50.00 

25.00 

to 

50. CO 

WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerous  clientage  of  New  Yorb  City  buyers  and  the  demand  ex- 
ceeds our  supply.  This  is  especially  trne  of  Roses.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abundant  means  and   beet  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 

Address  Your  Shipments  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 


Ill    >V.  28th   St.,    NEW  YORK 


D.  J.  Pappas,  Pres. 


»VIOLETS 


WANTED 


Violets  and  novelties  are  my  Hobby.  Con- 
sign your  flowers  to  me.  I  can  sell  them  to 
your  satisfaction. 

CLARENCE  SLINN,  )^l-^'-^l^k 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

347-357    Cambridge   St.,  Boston 

Headquarters  for 

CYCAS,     BASKETS,     WIRE     DESIGNS 

and    WAX    FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  list  If  you  have  not  re- 
ceived one. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS 

' SUPPLY 

COMPANY, 

Inc. 

103  W.  28tli  Street, 

NEW  YORK 

EVERYTHING    FOB    THE    FLORIST    1 

HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Commision  Florists 

SSand  57  West  26th  Street 

^•^'^■"iCn.^ur-    '■"'■"'  NEW  YORK 


J.    J.     C20A.IM,     Inc. 

High  Class  Product  of  the  Lead  ng  Growers 

\0>  KI.TIKS    .V    srK<  IM.TV. 

riiiisi^'iiuis    I'lia^i'    i':ill    iir   Wrilr. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

Telephones,    Karra^iit    5413   or   5891. 

ceived  shipments  of  fruit  trees  from 
France  have  found  them  hadly  frozen. 
.Many  of  them  may  he  saved  by  plac- 
ing them  in  warehouses  where  they 
will   tliaw   out   slowly. 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  have  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
sies,  Violets,  Carnations  and  all  other  stock 
uf  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SL.IIMIM,  Jr. 

55  and  57  W.  26th  Street.  NEW  TOBV 

RCCD  (Si  KELLER 

132    West    irtWi   St..   New    Vork 

Florists'    Supplies 

We    n-mnnf:if tnrt'   all    our 

latal  Designs,  Baskets,  Wire  Werk  &  Novelties 

and    ;irc    (lo.iit'rs    in 

l>**roratlve  GlaHHware,   (Irowers   iinti 

FlorlHtN*    KtMiiiitait*'N 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Importers   and    Growers   of 

OROHIC3S 

Cot    Flowers    of    All    the    I.«adlni:    Varle«lM 
In    their    8eAjion. 

THOMAS   YOUNG,   Jr.,    Proprietor 

ROUND    BROOK.   N.   J 

Wired  Toothpicks 

Bianofaotnred   by 

W.J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10.000.  .  .$3.00        fiO.OOO.  .  .$8.75        Sample  free. 
For  sale   by  dealers. 


iss 


HORTICULTURE 


February  23.  191» 


Cat.  1768 

Pot  Makers  for  ■ 
ConturyandaHalf 


HEWS 


STRONG 

RED 
POROUS 


POTS 


Inc.  1904 

World'*  Larsast 
Manufacturar* 


Standard,  Azalea.  Bulb,    Orchid,    Fern.  HanglnK,   Emboeaed,   Rosa,  Carnation,   Palm,  Cyclamen,  Cut  Fiowar. 
Special  Shapes  to  Order.     Chicken  Founts,   Pigeon  Nests,   Bean  Pots,   Etc. 

Writm  for  Cataloga 
mnd  Digcoantt 


*   A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  Inc.,  Cambridge,  Mass.    ^.^Hit 


n.  r. 


I 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


BOSTON. 
A  pulo  yellow  calendula  grown  by 
R.  D.  Kimball  of  Waban  is  a  rather 
attractive  novelty  in  the  flower  mar- 
ket. It  makes  a  nice  contrast  with  the 
common  orange  variety. 


The  wholesale  flower  establishment 
of  D.  &  E.  J.  Welch  has  been  closed. 
Since  the  death  of  his  brother  David, 
Ed  Welch  has  been  in  very  poor  health 
and  he  has  decided  to  discontinue  the 
business. 


A  petition  with  thirty-one  signatures 
having  been  filed,  a  special  meeting  of 
the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  So- 
ciety will  be  held  on  March  9th  to  dis- 
cuss prizes,  exhibitions  and  appropria- 
tions tor  1918. 


Messrs.  R.  &  J.  Farquhar  &  Co., 
whose  houses  of  cyclamen  were  badly 
Infested  with  mite  which  came  on  tu- 
berous begonias  and  gloxinias  im- 
ported from  Holland,  have  completely 
exterminated  the  pest  by  the  applica- 
tion of  a  heavy  dose  of  soot.  This  is 
worth  keeping  in  mind. 


Members  of  the  National  Canners' 
Association,  seedsmen  and  others  and 
the  ladies  who  were  here  for  their  con- 
vention, to  the  number  of  3,000  were 
the  guests  of  the  American  Can  Com- 
pany at  one  of  the  largest  theatre  par- 
ties ever  given  in  New  England,  on  the 
closing  night  of  the  convention.  Every 
seat  in  both  the  Colonial  and  Plymouth 
theatres  had  been  purchased  for  the 
performance  of  "Hitchy-Koo"  and 
"Nothing  but-  the  Truth"  and  everyone 
had  a  fine  time.  At  each  theatre  a 
service  flag  representing  the  1,580  em- 
ployees of  the  American  Can  Company 
who  are  in  different  branches  of  the 
military  service  of  the  United  States 
was  displayed. 


Richard  W.  Burnes,  counsellor  at 
law,  Boston,  states  that  he  has  been 
consulted  with  reference  to  the  liqui- 
dation of  the  Gaedeke  Greenhouses, 
Inc.,  a  corporation  duly  established 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  formerly  having  an 
usual  place  of  business  in  Nashua, 
New  Hampshire,  and  that  after  an- 
examination  of  its  affairs  he  is  unable 
to  find  any  assets  which  can  be  con- 
verted for  the  benefit  of  its  creditors. 
This  company  should  not  be  con- 
founded with  the  Gaedekc-Nashua 
Greenhouses  (Incorporated),  a  New 
Hampshire  corporation  organized  De- 
cember 3,  1917,  which  acquired  by 
purchase   the   realty   and   personality 


upon  and  by  which  the  business  of 
the  Gaedeke  Greenhouses,  Inc.,  was 
formerly  conducted  on  lease.  He  is 
offering  on  behalf  of  the  stockholders 
or  directors  of  the  Gaedeke  Green- 
houses, Inc.,  the  Massachusetts  cor- 
poration, to  adjust  the  claims  against 
said  corporation  on  the  basis  of  10 
per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  claim. 


ST.   LOUIS. 

H.  Ci.  Berning  is  suffering  from 
blood  poison  in  his  hand. 

Shaw's  Garden  advertises  a  spring 
Flower  Show  now  that  the  National 
has  been  postponed. 

Grimm  &  Gorly  have  the  decorations 
for  the  Automobile  Show  at  the  Old 
Southern  Hotel,  which  has  been  re- 
modelled to  be  used  for  show  purposes. 

A  gale  swept  over  St.  Louis  and 
county,  Thursday,  14th,  causing  con- 
siderable damage  in  glass.  W.  J.  Pil- 
cher's  smoke  stack  was  blown  down. 
O.  H.  May,  W.  R.  Rowe,  also  of  Klrk- 
wood,  suffered  damage. 

The  St.  Louis  Florist  Club  met 
Thursday  afternoon  at  the  store  room 
of  Wm.  C.  Smith  Wholesale  Floral  Co. 
A  letter  was  sent  to  George  Waldbart 
congratulating  him  on  his  restoration 
to  health.  There  was  discussion  on 
Publicity.  It  was  suggested  that  spec- 
ial days  and  special  prices  during  the 
glut  be  advertised  and  all  florists  be 
supplied  at  the  same  price. 


PITTSBURGH. 

William  A.  Clarke  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Cut  Flower  Company  has  gone  to  Bat- 
tle Creek,  Mich.,  for  a  period  of  recu- 
peration. 

Norbert  Hut  linger,  who  enlisted 
some  time  ago  in  the  U.  S.  N.,  left  on 
Thursday  for  the  training  station  at 
Newport,  R.  I. 

The  marriage  of  James  Murray  Mc- 
Grew  to  Miss  Elsie  Ensler  took  place 
last  Thursday  morning.  Immediately 
after  they  left  for  a  wedding  trip  to 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

The  Pittsburgh  Florists  and  Garden- 
ers' Club  met  on  Tuesday  evening  of 
last  week  with  representatives  pres- 
ent from  the  Horticultural  Society  of 
Western  Pennsylvania  and  the  Se- 
wickley  Horticultural  Society.  It  was 
decided  to  eliminate  the  elaborate  fea- 
tures planned  for  the  big  autumn 
flower  show.  Instead  of  Motor  Square 
Garden,  the  headquarters  will  be  in 
one  of  the  downtown  hotels,  probably 
the  William  Penn. 


NEW  YORK. 

Frank  .\Illlang,  Jr.,  is  jubilant  over 
his  appointment  as  a  justice  of  the 
peace  at  Yorktown  Heights. 

B.  S.  Slinn,  Jr.,  who  went  to  Florida 
suffering  from  a  serious  case  of  blood 
poisoning  has  returned  much  Im- 
proved. 

Doableday,  Page  &  Co.  have  moved 
their  city  headquarters  from  No.  11  to 
120  West  .'Jind  street.  Visitors  are  in- 
vited to  call. 

Geo.  W.  Crawbuck  Co.,  Inc.,  former- 
ly located  at  47  West  28th  street,  ha» 
opened  a  wholesale  flower  business  at 
151  Lawrence  street,  Brooklyn. 

S.  Kahn,  a  young  grower  of  Staten 
Island,  has  the  distinction  of  hav- 
ing sent  in  the  first  Darwin  tulips  of 
the  season  on  February  15.  They  were 
sold  at  the  United  Cut  Flower  Co., 
bringing  $1.25  and  $1.50  per  dozen. 

All  the  stock  of  bulbs,  roots  and 
manettis  received  on  the  S.  S.  Nleuw 
Amsterdam,  when  opened  appears  to 
have  been  in  excellent  condition  de- 
spite its  long  confinement  in  the  cases; 
so  reported  by  Hogewoning,  Rolker, 
Pierson  and  others. 

The  Flower  Show  Committee  had  a 
well-attended  meeting  at  the  Grand 
Central  Palace  last  Monday  afternoon, 
nearly  twenty  gentlemen  being  pres- 
ent. All  reports  and  views  were 
roseate  and  a  very  optimistic  feeling 
prevailed.  The  representation  of  large 
private  collections  will  be  considerably 
reduced  but  the  commercial  growers 
are  enthusiastic  and  ready  to  fill  in 
the  gap. 

ROCHESTER,    N.    Y. 

In  Salter  Bros.'  window  were  dis- 
played Dutch  figure  vases  of  spring 
flowers  and  birchbark  boxes  of 
cyclamen.  In  the  back  grounds  was  a 
large  red  heart  with  cupids. 

The  bankruptcy  stock  of  Frank  R. 
Bohnke  will  be  sold  at  public  auc- 
tion this  week  at  their  greenhouse  at 
84  Miller  street.  The  stock  Includes 
tulips,  hyacinths  and  carnation  plants 
and  the  entire  fixtures,  and  auto  etc. 

J.  B.  Keller  Sons  in  their  St. 
Valentine's  window  made  a  radical 
department  using  pink  entirely  In- 
stead of  red.  Two  cupids  were  sus- 
pended from  the  ceiling  holding  a 
string  of  pink  hearts.  Large  pink 
heart  boxes  were  placed  in  the  fore- 
ground of  the  window  with  corsage 
of  pink  spring  flowers  and  pussya 
and  the  background  was  of  birch, 
boxes  of  spring  flowers. 


February  23,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


189 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  DiscouDts  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agenta  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territoiy 


GARDENERS'    &    FLORISTS'    CLUB 
OF  BOSTON. 

On  account  of  the  storm,  there  was 
only  an  attendance  of  about  one  hun- 
dred at  the  meeting  Tuesday  evening, 
Feb.  19th.  This  being  Carnation  night, 
there  was  a  big  display  of  blooms,  and 
the  following  awards   were   made: 

Sesdlings  from  F.  R.  Cowey,  Wal- 
pole,  N.  H.,  vote  of  thanks;  White 
Benora  from  Patten  &  Co.,  Tewksbury, 
Mass.,  report  of  m:rit;  White  sport 
of  Pink  Delight  from  Stroufs,  Bidde- 
ford.  Me.,  report  of  merit;  Snow  White 
also  from  Strout's,  vote  of  thanks; 
Crystal  White  from  the  Cottage  Gar- 
dens Co.,  Queens,  N.  Y.,  report  of  su- 
perior merit;  Laddie  from  S.  J.  God- 
dard,  vcte  of  thanks.  This  variety  has 
already  received  other  awards  at  pre- 
vious exhibitions. 

Four  vases  from  W.  D.  Howard,  Mil- 
ford,  Mass.,  cultural  report  of  merit. 
These  were  magnificent  blooms  of  Ber- 
nice.  Matchless,  Pink  Delight  and  cot- 
tage Maid.  Darwin  tulips.  Pride  of 
Haarlem  and  Dartegon,  by  W.  W.  Ed- 
gar Company,  Waverley,  vote  of 
thanks.  Carnation  Chief  Denigon,  a 
Californian  variety  exhibited  by  Pat- 
ten &  Co.,  bloom  measuring  six  inches 
in  diameter,  vote  of  thanks.  Lemons 
grown  under  glass  by  Robert  Suther- 
land, gardener  to  Chas.  Storrow,  Brook- 
line,  vote  of  thanks. 

The  exhibit  of  A.  A.  Pembroke,  Bev- 
erly, who  was  laid  up  at  home  with 
pleurisy,  was  delayed  in  shipment,  as 
were  many  others.  S.  J.  Goddard  was 
also  prevented  from  attending,  as  he 
was  delivering  a  lecture  at  Amherst 
the  same  evening. 

It  was  voted  to  send  a  message  to 
Washington  to  oppose  the  reporting 
the  bill  prohibiting  the  importation  of 
foreign  nursery  stock. 

An  invitation  was  received  and 
unanimously  accepted  from  the  W.  W. 
Edgar  Company  to  hold  a  field  day  at 
their  establishment  in  Waverley  on 
March  16th. 

A  communication  was  read  from  the 
American  Dahlia  Society  asking  for  a 
special  prize  for  the  show  and  conven- 
tion to  be  held  in  Boston  in  Septem- 

HELP  WANTED 

Salesmen     Wanted 

Wg  fjrefer  jrreenhouso  inoii  for  our  sales- 
men. If  you  c.Tn  nmkp  good  selliii;^  an 
ost.iblisliod  line  of  Rreenhouse  supplies,  we 
have  openings  in  our  sales  organization. 
Previous  sales  e.vperionce  is  desirable,  but 
not  necessary.  What  we  want  are  green- 
house men  who  understand  greenhouse 
problems  and  can  talk  Intelligently  to  the 
greenhouse  trade.  In  writing  us,  give  age, 
references,  salary  expected  and  territory 
you  are  familiar  with.     Address 

Key  868,  care  UOBTICUI.XDBE. 


ber.  This  matter  was  laid  over  to  a 
later  meeting. 

The  principal  speaker  of  the  evening 
was  Charles  S.  Strout,  who  gave  quite 
an  extensive  talk  on  the  American 
Carnation  Society  and  spoke  at 
length  on  the  culture  of  carnations. 
He  considered  Matchless  to  be  the  ideal 
carnation  of  today,  and  that  if  we  only 
had  a  pink  and  a  scarlet  Matchless 
the  field  would  be  pretty  well  filled. 
He  regarded  Pink  Delight  as  the  best 
of  the  color,  superior  to  Nancy,  and 
Ward  the  best  of  the  deeper  pinks. 
Benora  held  the  entire  field  as  a  varie- 
gated variety.  A  long  and  interesting 
discussion  followed,  among  the  speak- 
ers being  W.  D.  Howard,  William  Sim, 
James  Wheeler,  William  Downs  and 
others.  Mr.  Strout  was  given  a  rising 
vote  of  thanks. 

It  was  announced  that  at  the  next 
meeting,  March  19th,  Increased  Food 
Production  will  be  the  topic,  the  prin- 
cipal speaker  to  be  W.  N.  Craig,  and 
the  public  are  cordially  invited  to  be 
present.  At  the  meeting  on  April  16th, 
E.  W.  Breed  of  Clinton  will  lecture  on 
Horticultural  Problems  of  Today. 


NEWS   NOTES. 

Louisville,  Ky. — Ernest  C.  Kettig, 
for  the  past  27  years  superintendent 
of  the  Louisville  park,  has  resigned, 
same  to  take  effect  April  1. 

Mt.  Sterling,  Ky.— A.  J.  Humphries, 
florist,  has  asked  for  a  judgment  of 
$800  against  the  Kentucky  Natural 
Gas  Co.  for  loss  of  stock  by  freezing, 
on  account  of  low  gas  pressure. 

Resolutions  were  adopted  at  the  ses- 
sion of  the  Western  New  York  Horti- 
cultural Society  requesting  the  Senate 
not  to  confirm  Governor  Whitman's 
appointments  to  the  farms  and  mar- 
kets council  and  demanding  that 
Charles  E.  Betts  of  Lyons,  the  present 
secretary  of  the  council,  resign.  The 
preamble  to  the  resolutions  charged 
that  Governor  Whitman  in  his  appoint- 
ment broke  faith  with  the  farming  in- 
terests of  the  state,  but  the  resolutions 
expressed  the  fruit  growers'  willing- 
ness "that  Governor  Whitman  be  given 
another  opportunity  to  fulfill  his 
pledge  to  the  agricultural  organiza- 
tions." 


CLASSIFIED-DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Lme,  Net 


ALYSSCM   VAR.    BACDISCHI. 

A  very  pretty  plant  with  beautiful  varie- 
gated t'oliage.  Very  valuable  as  pot  and 
bedding  plant.  Out  of  2  In.  $5.U0  per  100, 
$:I5.00  per  lUOO ;  rooted  cuttings,  $2.00  per 
lOO,  $18.00  per  1000.  Cash  with  order. 
K.MIL  U.  BAUDISCU,  753  Hamilton  Ave., 
North  Bergeu,  N.  J. 


BCLBS 

C.   KEUR  4   SONS.   HILLEOOM,   Holland. 

Bulbs  of  all  descriptions.    Write  tor  prices. 

NEW   iOKK  BUaNCU.  8-10  Bridge  St. 

CARNATION  STAPLES 

Split  caruutlons  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plllsbury's  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  35c.;  30UO  for  $1.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  I'lLLSBUK^,  Oalesburs,  lU. 


DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dahlia   Mrs.   Frederick  QtlnnelL 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROUNEy.  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  WlinlesHie  and  Ketall. 
Senit  for  Catalog.  NOIITHUORO  DAHLIA 
&  GLADIOLUS  OAUDENS,  J.  h.  Moore, 
Prop.,  Northboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — John  Wanamaker, 
Newest.  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut  flower  varieties.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FARMS, 
Berlin,  N.  J. 

GLASS 

Greenhouse  glass,  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
STON OLASS  CO„  HarUord  City.  Ind. 


GOLD  FISH 

Gold  fish,  aquarium  plants,  snails,  cas- 
tles, globes,  aquarium,  dsh  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  BARRETT, 
Breeder,  4S15  D  St.,  Oluey,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Send 
for  price  list. 

ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  Englaml.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One   trial   order   soicited. 

PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BETSCUER, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 

ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  SHRDRS. 

THE   CONARD   &    JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 


SPHAGNUM   MOSS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  hand.  LAQBB 
&  HURUELL.  Summit.  N.  J. 

STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry  Phints.  Money  making  va- 
rieties. Catalogue  I'ree.  BASIL  PERRY, 
Georgetown,  Delaware. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  ebolc* 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  sod  Tub 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  U.  TROY.  Mount  Ulssarllk  Nar- 
sery.  New  Itocbelle.  N.  Y. 


WIRE    WOKK 

WILLIAM      E.      IIEILSCUKR'8      WIRB 
WORKS,  264  Kandolph   Bt,  Detroit,  Mlak. 


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February  23,  1918 


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Sold  by  Seed  Dealers  and  Used  in 
Mew  England  35  Years 

nnmnionil  Innoctlclilcs  uhciI  by  Klorl»t«  nnil 
CanliMicrB  fur  KciiiTiitloiiii,  nml  liofuro  tlils 
our  iHiliit  »ii»  usi'il  on  Hot  IIoubos  Iic- 
riiuiif  It  (11.1  not  whbIi  off.  Tweinlow'B  I'utty 
Ih  uui'Jtci'lU'il. 

Send   for  I'Bniphlrlii  or  Infonmitlon  rc«iird- 
Iiill    ><iur   iin^lM. 

HAMMONDS  PAINT  &  SLUG  SHOT WOFKS 

Beacon,  N.  Y.,  U.S.A. 
OUR  PRODUCTS  SOID  BY  SEED  DFALIRS 


Obituary 


tural    Society.       He     Is    survived    by 
Ave  cbildren. 


Mrs.  Wm.  Munro. 
Mrs.  Munro.  wife  of  William  Munro, 
a  well-known   rose  grower  of  Garrett- 
ford,  Pa.,  died  on  February  15. 


Theodore  Krombach. 
Theodore  Krombach,  who  has  con- 
ducted a  florist  store  at  4519  Fifth 
avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  died  on  Feb- 
ruary 10.  aged  58  years.  He  leaves  a 
widow  and  four  sisters. 


Joseph    S.    Chase. 

Joseph  S.  Chase,  aged  91,  a  veter- 
an nurseryman,  peony  grower  and 
bee-keeper,  of  Maiden,  Mass.,  died  on 
February  16  at  his  home,  140  Mt. 
Vernon  street,  where  he  had  lived 
since    1865. 

He  was  a  past  president  of  the 
United  States  Bee-keepers'  Associa- 
tion, a  charter  member  of  the  State 
Bee-keepers'  Society  and  a  life  mem- 
ber   of    the    Massachusetts    Horticul- 


CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


PnlT«r1z*d  or  ShrcddMl 

Cattle  Manure 

Palvertxed 

Sheep    Manure 

T>ie  Honsis'  standard  of  uniform 
high  quality  for  over  tea  years. 
Specily:     WIZARD    BRAND  in 

your  Supp'y  House  order,  or  write 
ui  direct  (oi  prices  and  Irci^^i  rates. 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO. 

•4    ('■■•■    HtM'k    Tmrt.   r>bUB«« 


NIKOTEE3S 

For  Spraying 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumigatint 
Ajk  Your  DeaUr  Fot  k. 

HICOTINB  HFG.  CO. 

ST.  LOUU 


Alfred  Patrick. 
Alfred  Patrick,  a  well-known  florist  of 
Auburn,  N.  Y.,  died  on  February  9,  at 
his  home.  303  South  Seward  avenue, 
after  an  illness  of  several  months  that 
followed  a  stroke.  He  was  69  years  old. 
Mr.  I'atrick  was  born  in  Manchester, 
England.  He  learned  the  florist's  busi- 
ness on  the  estate  of  the  Duke  of  .Man- 
chester, cf  which  he  later  assumed  com- 
plete charge.  He  was  also  in  business 
in  South  Wales  for  several  years. 
Upon  first  coming  to  the  United  States, 
he  made  his  home  in  New  York  City, 
later  coming  to  Auburn,  where  he  has 
been  in  business  for  38  years.  Besides 
his  widow,  he  is  survived  by  tour  sons 
and  three  daughters. 


Frederick  W.  Boyce. 
Frederick  W.  Boyce,  aged  63,  prom- 
inent florist  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  died 
Monday  night,  February  11,  follow- 
ing Illness  of  four  years  heart 
trouble.  Deceased  was  born  Decem- 
ber 23,  1854,  in  Utica.  His  father 
came  to  Utica  from  New  England  an 
experienced  horticulturist  and  florist, 
located  first  in  Hartford,  Conn.  He  laid 
out  Forest  Hills  cemetery  in  Utica  and 
planted  most  of  the  trees  on  the  Stale 
Asylum  grounds.  He  conducted  exten- 
sive gardens  and  greenhouses  and  after 
his  death  his  son  Fred  continued  the 
business.  The  late  Mr.  Boyce  had  been 
a  florist  his  entire  life.  He  leaves  one 
brother,  George  Boyce,  and  two  sisters, 
all  of  Utica. 

CATALOGUES   RECEIVED. 

August  Koelker  &  Sons,  New  York, 
— Special  Price  List  of  York  Flower 
Pots.    Interesting  and  timely. 

Charles  G.  Curtis  Company,  Calli- 
coon,  N.  Y. — Wholesale  Price  List  of 
Hardy  Native  Trees  and  Flowering 
Shrubs. 

J.  Bolgiano  &  Son,  Baltimore,  Md. — 
Poultry  Catalogue  for  1918.  A  very 
complete  catalogue  of  poultry  sundries. 
Covers  in  colors,  original  in  composi- 
tion and  quite  attractive. 

A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell,  Conn. 
—Wholesale  Trade  List,  1918.  A  splen- 
did production,  with  all  the  typograph- 
ical excellence  and  pictorial  finish  of 
a  high  grade  retail  catalogue. 


8nvp  yiinr  planli  tDil  tr<^».  Jnit  tbc 
tliltiK  ffir  trn'riiliiiune  mid  outduor  use. 
lic'Kiruvn  Mfiil)-  HiiK,  llrnwD  ami  Wblte 
Scnie,  Tlirlim.  Ucil  SplikT.  lllnrk  nn<I 
(ircpD  Kly,  Mili'R,  Anta,  «*ti'.,  wllliout 
Injury  to  pliiiita  nnti  wllliout  utiur. 
I'Hf'tl  ncrnrillnj;  lo  dlrt'Clloii,  our  aluiid- 
iinl  ItifliTllclilt*  \\\U  [irevvut  ravagva  oo 
your  rmiiB  hy  liiaiTtn. 

Non-polaououn  nml  bormloaa  to  uaer 
nmt  iilniit.  I.riidliiic  SeiMlaiiien  and 
I'lnrlNia  liove  ujed  It  witli  wunderful 
K-Hiiltn. 

Di'StrovB  I. Ice  In  Toullry  tlouaea. 
I'li'iia  on  n«i;«  nml  nil  Dniiicatlc  I'eta. 
Kxcullent  nn  n  wnsli  for  ducii  nnd  oilier 
unlninls.  Itidl.'vi'a  niuuge.  Dilute  witb 
wnler  'to  to  ,'i0  pnrla. 

Ml  Pint.  a^c. ;   I'Inl.  50c.:  Qimrt,  00c. ; 

Mi  Cation.  f;i..in:   linllon,  fi&U;  li  (ial- 

lun  C'lin.  flO.OII:    III  (iiilloo  Can,  $20.00. 

Dlrecllunit   on   pucUuire. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

DipL  i.       420  W.  leilniton  St.  Raltiairt,  Mi 


Tb*  Rfcornl'xd   Standard   InaaatlaKa. 
A  apray  remedy  for  (re«ii,  black,  wblt*  I7, 
tbrlpa  and  soft  scale. 

Quart,  (I.OO;     OaUon,  ft  J*. 

FUNCINE 

For  mildew,   ruat  and   other  bllgbto  1 
in0  firirera.  fralta  and  regrUblea. 
Quart,  (1.00;     Gallon,  M.M. 

VERMINE 

For    eel    worina.    angle    worma    ant 
worma  working  In  tbe  aoll. 

Quart,  (l.OOi    Uallon,  (1.01. 

80LD   BT    nEAl.KKS. 

Aphine    Mam  f acturing    Co. 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


Hazelton,     Pa. — Conrad     Ackerman, 
the  East   Beech  street  florist,  whose 


Use  N.  A.  C.  Products  for 
more  profitable  results.  Send 
for  prices  on  our  complete 
list  of  Fertilizers  and  Insecti- 
cides. 

HOBTICULTURAl,  DEPT., 
Uarry   A.   Bunjard,  Hgr. 

NITRATE  AGENCIES  CO. 
106  Pearl  St.,  New  York 


3 


greenhouse  was  frozen  up  during  the 
cold  spell  the  past  few  weeks,  will 
have  extensive  repairs  made  to  the 
place. 


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CAN  SHIP  ANY  SIZE  AT  ONCE 

Telephone  or  Telegraph  Order 
at  Our  Expense 

KROESGHELL  BROS.  CO., 


466  W.  Er.e  Street. 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


TIC  A 

ForGreenhouse 
Glazing 

USE  IT  NOVk 

F.O.  PIERCE  CO. 

12  W.  BRD/IW4Y 

NEW  YORK 

Maattca  Is  elastic  aod  tenacioas,  admits  of 
expansion  and  contraction.  Putty  becomes 
hard  and  biittle.  Broken  glass  more  easllj 
removed  without  breaking  of  other  glass 
as  occurs  with  bard  putty.  Lasts  longer 
than  patty      Easy  to  apply. 


f^LASS 


HOT-BED    SASHES 

Onr  prices  can  be  had  by  mall,  and 
It  will  pay  you  to  get  them.  We  carry 
the  largest  stock  of  Specially  Selected 
Glass  In  Greater  New  York  and  can 
supply  any  quantity  from  a  box  to  a 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Rock  Bottom  Prices. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

«I5-2n    Havemeyer    fit,,   Brookim,   N.   Y. 


For  Greenhouses 

Drive  easy  and  true,  because 
both  bevels  are  on  the  same 
«ide.  Can't  twist  and  break 
the  glass  in  Iriving.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  ooC  rust, 
rights  ot  lefts 

The  Peerless  Glazing  Poin 
is  patented.    No  others  like 
it.  Order  from  your  deale^ 
or  direct  from  us. 
1000,75c.  postpaid. 
Samples  free. 
HENRY  A.  DREER.I 
714  Chestnut  Street^ 
Fhtladelpbla. 


Kind  x: 


Kind  Constr  uction  Co. 

NORTH  TONAWANOA  N  Y. 


NEW    VOKK.    14^0    lErniiilivay. 
BOSTON.   113  Stale   Street. 
SCRAXTON,  ;«)7   Irving  Avenue. 
FHLLAD£LPHIA,  llarriHon  UlUg.,  15tb  and 
Market    Streets, 


DREER'S 

FIORIST     SPECIAITIES 

Nen  Brand  PJen  Slyle 

"RIVERTON"   BOSE 

Furnished  in  lengths  up 
to  oo  ft.  without  seam  or 
joint. 

Tbt  HOSE  far  tbe  FIORIST 

K-inch,  per  ft.,  17  c. 
keel  of  500  ft,  "  i6}ic. 
2  Reels.  1000  ft.  "  i5  c. 
j6-inch,  "     15     c. 

Reels,  500  ft,,     *'     i45^c. 
Couplings  furnished 

HENRY  A.  DREER 

714-716  Chestnut  St., 
Philadrlphia,  Pa. 


GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR  CON- 
TEMPLATED. 


When  writing  to  adoertiters    kindly 
mention  HORTICULTURE. 


Fulton,    la,- 

house. 


-Wm.   Sharfenberg,   one 


Mount   Rose,  N.  J, — Clarence  Boyle, 
addition. 


Bloomfield,  Ct. — Charles  Dexhelmer, 
Merriman  avenue,  one  house. 


BUSINESS    TROUBLES. 

Seattle,  Wash. — C.  Melby,  florist, 
voluntary  bankruptcy  petition. 

Maxwell  B.  Farquharson,  of  123 
Church  street,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  a 
florist,  is  petitioner  in  bankruptcy 
proceedings.  He  owes,  $2,104.52  and 
has  $627.79  assets.  The  schedule 
shows  the  following  creditors:  City 
of  New  Haven,  $16;  Sloconibe  Bros., 
$200;  Paul  E.  Watson,  $135.16;  Eliza- 
beth Farquharson,  $600;  A.  D.  deBussy, 
$150;  People's  Bank  &  Trust  Co.,  $200; 
Alfred  Hyren.  $79.24;  John  N.  Cham- 
pion, $1.25;  Frank  S.  Piatt  Co.,  $13.- 
70;  Fred  G.  Horan,  $22.96;  W.  F. 
Jost,  $4;  Chatfield  Paper  Co.,  $2;  J. 
Konick,  $5.40;  Meyers  Flower  Shop, 
$1.46:  Slocombe  Bros.,  $13.76;  J.  J. 
Sokol,  $91.60;  Doolittle  Floral  Co., 
$46.65;    John    Long,    $224.90. 


NEW  CORPORATIONS. 

Holliston,  Mass. — Eastern  Nurseries, 
Inc.,  capital  stock,  $25,000.  Incorpora- 
tors, R.  Frothingham,  Wm.  B.  Baker 
and  J.  P.  Jackson,  Jr. 

Nashville,  Ark.— Ozark  Seed  &  Plant 
Company,  capital  stock,  $30,000.  In- 
corporators, J.  S.  Norman,  J.  Winter, 
Alonzo  Walker  and  J.  S.  Bull. 


PATENTS    GRANTED. 

1,251,552.     Flower  Pot.     John  C.  Marks, 
Chica.go,  Ills. 

1,252,627.     Garden  Tool.    H.  C.  Strack, 
Owego,  N.  Y. 

1,252,675.     Lawn    Trimmer.     G.   H.    F. 
Ehmcke,  Fremont,  Nebr. 

1,252,668.    Plant  Setting  Machine.    Jas. 
C.  Crawford,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


SECTIONAL  GREENHOUSES 

For  Commercial  and 
Private  Growers 


Aii.vone  who  can  handle  a  hammer  can 
assemble  this  greenhouse.  We  furnish 
all  the  necessary  hardware.  When  once 
erectert  it  can  remain  as  a  permanent 
greenhouse,  or  it  can  be  taken  apart 
and  re-erected  elsewhere  if  necessary. 

The  house  illustrated  stands  8%  ft 
whlG  by  12  ft.  long.  It  is  made  of  Gulf 
C.vpress  and  can  be  attached  to  the  resi- 
dence or  garage,  or  put  up  as  a  separate 
detached  house.  Has  2  glass  ends  and 
doors.  Equipped  with  2  plant  benches 
ventilating  arrangement  both  sides 
Has  plenty  of  headroom  and  wide  walk. 
This  same  house  can  easily  be  made 
larger  at  any  time  by  adding  our  ready 
made,  e-iact  fitting  units. 

We  build  greenhouses  of  all  styles 
and  sizes  and  go  anywhere  in  the  United 
States  to  submit  plans  and  prices. 


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ally  solicited.  No  misleading  U- 
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The  FlorUts  Ilail  Association  rate  of  In- 
8D ranee  from  Nov.  iHt.  11)16  to  Nov.  Int. 
1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
tiniiare  feet  of  ulnicle  thick  RlaMH  and  eifrht 
rentn  per  hundred  M<|UHre  feet  of  double 
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Into  the  (UnlnK-rooin  of  Hotel  Stntlcr,  and  Iminppd  Into 
•  u  old  biislnoss  ncqunlntiini-p.  wbo  1h  the  prosldrnt  of  a  con- 
cern conducllnc  lartie  bnlldlng  opcrullons.  KnoxvlnK  my 
connection  wllb  tlic  groenliousc  phase  of  bullillng,  he  ox- 
pressi'd  a  desire  to  see  some  of  the  Cleveland  houses,  put 
up  bv  the  various  greenhouse  concerns. 

Ilappll.v  I  bad  my  little  red  book  along,  containing  a  full 
listlnir  of  them. 

.So  we  hired  a  gasoline  buggy  and  set  out  for  the  day. 

Tills  one  of  L.  H.  Treadway  was  the  last  one  we  saw. 
He  looked  It  over  point  by  point,  constantly  asking  ques- 
tions of  Robert  Poole,  the  gardener. 


Finally  he  turned  to  me  and  snld,  "Well  I  don't  know 
who  built  this  house,  but  whoever  did.  knew  what  they  were 
about.  It  strikes  me  as  the  best  piece  of  workmanship  we 
have  seen  today."' 

If  1  was  at  liberty  to  tell  you  big  name,  you  would  at 
once  appreciate  the  100  per  cent,  value  of  his  comment.  But 
be  made  nie  promise  not  to  use  his  name  in  any  advertise- 
ment. 

But  what  we  can  do.  Is  give  you  full  particulars  of  the 
house  and  what  one  like  It  would  cost. 

You  know  we  go  anywhere  for  business,  or  to  talk  busi- 
ness. 


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ROSALIND  (A  glorified  Ophelia).  The  particular  value  of  this  variety  lies  in  its  exquisite  coloring,  which  is 
entirely  different  from  Ophelia.  When  the  buds  first  show  color  they  ars  bright  coral,  changing  as  they  develop 
to  apricot-pink,  and  when  fully  developed  they  are  a  most  beautiful  shell-pink.  The  flower  is  much  more 
double  than  Ophelia,  having  at  least  one-third  more  petals.  It  is  also  delightfully  fragrant.  In  habit  of  growth 
it  is  identical  with  Ophjlia,  from  which  it  is  a  sport.  Rosalind  originated  with  us  two  years  ago,  and,  grown 
side  by  side  with  Ophelia,  is  far  superior  to  that  variety. 

Awarded  first  prize  at  International  Flower  Show.  New  York,  March,  1917,  for  best  new  rose. 

Awarded  additional  silver  medal  at  same  show  for  display  of  Rosalind. 

Awarded   silver  medal   by   the  Horticultural   Society  of  New  York. 

Awarded  silver  medal  by  the  Tarrytown  Horticultural  Society.  Also  numerous  certificates. 
SILVIA  (Yellow  Ophelia).  Another  beautiful  sport  of  Ophelia,  originating  with  us.  The  buds  are  long  and 
pointed,  beautiful  sulphur-yellow,  changing  to  creamy  yellow  as  the  flower  opens,  and  when  fully  developed,  pure 
waxv  white.  It  is  an  unusual  rose  when  fully  expanded,  five  inches  in  diameter,  and  resembles  the  popular 
hardv  climber  Silver  Moon,  showing  the  same  pronounced  cluster  of  yellow  stamens  in  the  center.  Exquisite 
in  bud  and  unusuallv  distinct  and  unique  in  the  open  flower. 

Prices  of  above  two  varieties,  strong  plants.  2'4-in.  pots.  $25.00  per  Vm.  $225.00  per  1,000;    225  plants  for 
tgO.cO.  Will  be  disseminated  Spring  of  1918 

^B  ^^  ^-^  I^J  ^S     ^Ve  have  a  fine  stock  of  the  fancy  varieties  of  Nephrolepis,  in  extra  fine  shape,  for 
^    E^  P^  1^1  S9     immediate  shipment.    We  offer  the  following: 
Elegantissima    compacta    and    Smithii,    S'iin.    pot      "=^c.  and  35c.  each. 
Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and   Superbissima,  6-in.  pans,  50c.  and  75c.  each. 
Smithii,  5-in.  pots,  50c.  and  75c.  each.  Smithii,  6-in.  pans,  7.5c.  and  $1.00  each. 

Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and  Superbissima,  8-in.  pans,  $1.00  and  $1.50  each. 
Harrisii.  Sin.  pans,  .^l.on  and  $2.00  each.  Elegantissima,  10-in.  i)ans,  $3.00  and  $3.50  each. 

Shipments  in  pots  at  maximum  prices  only. 


Vol.  xxvu 
No.  9 

MARCH  2 
1918 


HOKTICULTURE 


Sweet  Pea  Burpee's  Early-flowering  Spencer  Snowstorm 


HORTICULTURE 


March  2,  1918 


Dreer's  Grand  New  Cannas  for  1918 


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Ten  truly  mnrvelous  acquisitions,  Introducing 
new  tones  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment In  form  and  habit. 

r^HMINF.  nEAl'TY.  Dci'p  brlKlit  csmilnf  flo^vern  fri-cly 
l.r...lii' im1  lilnti  nlMiTc  Ihp  licnry  (lnrk-Bri'<'n  foMiicc 
whl.h  hill  n  nnrrow  rod  iiiiirKln.  Tlii"  flowi'm  whlli'  not 
nil  Inrcf  «•  tluni'  of  Olympic  nre  of  a  iiiiioh  brlirliti-r  iind 
more  pIcaBlnit  tone,     i^j  tt.    75  ct«.  encli ;  JT.&O  per  doz. 

niKERFt'I-NF.SS.  No  iiioro  spproprlnto  niiiiie  could  be 
Riven  to  tlil«  brilllnut  novelty.  Its  boaullful  brlRl't  tlre- 
d"ep  ornnEe  flowem  appear  enrly  nnd  continue 
uptlon  until  froat.  Add  to  the  prevnlllDR 
iiorder  anil  centre  with  each  petal  flaked 
'  u  and  you  may  form  some  conception  of 
"riTiaiitiK  variety  with  Us  erect  stems  always 
Willi  clusters  of  cheerful  color  held  high  above 
111.'  f.UMiie.     3M,  ft.    35  cts.  each;  $;i.50  per  doz. 

ri.oTH  OF  GOLD.  A  Tory  attractive  dwarf,  compact- 
(rrowlnu  free-flowering  golden  yellow.  3  ft.  40  eta. 
each  :  H.OO  per  dot. 

1>\7.7.LER.  Time  and  again  the  past  season  the  dark 
green  foliage  of  this  variety  has  been  hidden  beneath  the 
mass  of  clusters  of  deep  flrered  flowers.  The  Intensity 
of  coloring  and  freedom  of  blooming  coupled  with 
compact  habit,  make  this  variety  the  peer  of  the  best 
for  bedding  purposes.  3%  ft.  35  cts.  each ;  $3.50  per 
doz. 

GOLDEN  EAGLE.  A  wonderfully  Intense  golden-yellow. 
Very  free  upright  grower.  The  large  flowers  are  pro- 
uced  In  great  clusters  well  above  the  foliage.  4%  ft. 
.Ml  cts.  each;  STi.OO  per  doz. 

II.AKMONY.  Great  clusters  of  good-sized,  well-formed 
Giranlum-red  flowers  are  arranged  on  good  stems  In 
such  a  manner  as  to  give  the  trusses  nn  almost  globu- 
lar appearance.  Altogether  a  dignified  barmonlons 
combination.     3%  fL    00  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

rOPI'Y.  Intense  poppy-red.  Large  perfect  florets  In 
good  trusses  over  greenish-bronzy  foliage.  Rich  and 
effective.    5  ft.  50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

S.4LMON  orEEN.  An  entirely  new  color  In  Cannas.  Rosy 
salmon-scarlet,  blending  to  a  rosy-carmine  toward  the 
centre.  The  large  substantial  flowers  are  freely  pro- 
duced In  great  clusters  high  above  heavy  green  foliage. 
Very  effective  In  bedding.  5  ft,  40  cts.  each ;  $4.00  per 
doz. 

SENSATION.  To  get  a  sensational  color-tone  In  a  pink 
Canna.  Is  particularly  noteworthy.  Our  flrst  Impulse 
was  to  call  It  "I.a  France,"  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  La  France  Rose,  but  the  tone  Is  even  cleaner 
and  purer;  It  being  a  lovely  pale-rose.  The  foliage  Is 
a  beautiful  glaucous-green;  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact. One  of  the  moat  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
In  recent  years.    3  ft    75  cts.  each. 

One  each  of  the  above 


TYPE  OF  NEWER  CANNAS 

SUPERB.  This  variety  Is  nnlqne  In  color  and  truly  su- 
perb; having  large,  clean  bright  orange-scarlet  blos- 
soms of  good  BUb8t.ince,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
with  glaucous-bronzy  foliage  giving  a  most  pleasing 
■  ■ffcct.    5  ft.   40  cts.  each;  $4.00  per  doz. 

Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 


New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several  years'  trial,    have    proven  themselves  worthy   of  our 

commendation. 


CLEOPATRA.  A  striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  surmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
bronze  foliage.  This  variety  stands  out  strongly  In 
effectiveness.    4  ft    50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

DRAGON.  An  Incessant  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  until  cut  down  by  frost  Dark 
ox-blood  red.    3  ft    15  cts.  each;  $1.50  per  doz. 

FLAG  OF  TRUCE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  Is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Eureka  but  quite 
distinct  and  valuable.    4  ft.    35  cts.  each;  $3.50  per  doz. 

GAIETY.  Reddish-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  Is  yellow  and  densely 
spotted  with  carmine.    4^4  ft    15  cts.  each  ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

LAFAYETTE.  In  Borne  respects  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor,"  but  the  flowers  are  not  quite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  the  plant  grows  taller.  6  ft  30  cts. 
each ;  $3.00  per  doz. 


POCAHONTAS  (Uronzed -leaved  Olympic).  Large  orien- 
tal-red Bowers  borne  on  Arm  upright  stems.  Just  high 
enough  above  the  foliage  to  show  the  entire  head.  The 
foliage  Is  a  dark  bronze-green  with  emerald  shadings; 
the  ribs  a  darker  bronze;  one  of  the  best  recent  Intro- 
ductions.   4  ft.    30  cts.  each;'$3.00  per  doz. 

SAN  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  Persian-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  for  substance  which 
enables  them  to  withstand  the  hot  summer  sun  without 
wilting.  Another  charm  lies  In  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  whlcb  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronze  foli- 
age.   4  ft.    15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

VAROUNA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  all  times  the  bright  orange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  Its 
flowers  well  above  the  plant  4H  ft  25  cts.  each ; 
$2.™  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  $2.00 

HENRY    A.  DREER, 

714    and    716    Chestnut   Street,     Philadelphia,    Pa. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


March  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


195 


GERANIUMS 


Extra  good  strong  two  and  three-Inch  plants.  The  3-ln.  are 
mostly  all  fall  propagated  that  have  been  topped  and  are  now 
branching.  They  will  make  extra  fine  4-in.  stock  for  Easter  if 
potted  at  once.  We  can  furnish  them  In  the  leading  standard 
sorts,  and  many  of  the  newer  popular  varieties  and  we  have  as  many  as  you  want,  if  It's  500.000.  We  are  ready  to  make 
immediate  shipment.     3-in.,  $3.50  per  100,  $30.00  per  1,000;  10,000  for  $275.00.     2-in.,  $2.50  per  100,   $22,60  perl,000 ;   6,000  for  $100.00. 

■pa  ■  ^^  ^^m  ^^»  I  m^  ^2  Extra  heavy  summer-propagated  3-in.  branching  stuff,  needing  a  shift  in  4-ln,  Some- 
r  V^  V^' ^^  ^3  I  ^^  ^3  thing  fine  for  Decoration  Day.  Black  Prince,  Minnesota,  Souv  De  H.  Henkel. 
(Bronze  Foliage.)     3-in.,  $3.00  per  100.     2-lii.,  $2.00  per  100,        ^_     _ 


OOIMI  A 


Gracilis  Rosea,  Erfordi  and  Temon  type  in  splendid  shape.    2-lii.,  $2.00  per  100. 
3-in.,  $3.00  per  100. 

CUPHEA,     COUEDS,    AGERATCM,    LANTANA,     LEMON     VERBENA,    SWAINSONA,    PARLOR    IVY,    HARDY    CHRYSAN- 
THEMUMS.    2-ln.,  $2.00  per  lOO.     3-in.,  $3.00  per  100. 

i.  Order  now  for  Spring  DeUvery.     WHOLE  FIELD  CLUMPS.     $5.00  per  100  to  $1.00  each. 


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WHITE  MARSH, 
MD. 


JAP.  LILIES 


F.  RYNVELD  &  SONS 
61  Vesey  Street  .    -    New  York 


IHors^sH^^  Orand   Bsimb^^   Cartas 

For    staking    lilies    and    other    flowers.  Ready    for    Immediate    slUpment    from    our 
warehouse.   Bound   Broolc,  N.  J. 

5/6  feet.    Natural $8.00  per  bale  1000 

6/6      "            "        15.00  "          2000 

8      "             "         13.00  "           1000 

5      "      Green 10.00  "          1000 

B       ■'            "       IB.UO  "            2000 

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%, /'^I^^   ^;/    LILY  OF  THE  VALLEY,  Best  Quality,  30  per  lOOO 

^^>^-:>  CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO., 


90-92  W.    BROADWAY 
NEW  YORK 


Page 

Advance  Co 215 

Albany       Cut 

Flower  Ex 210 

Allen.  J.   K 211 

American    Bulb 

Co 205 

Anderson,  S.  A. ..207 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co.. 214 
Barrows  &  Son.. 196 
Baversdorfer,    H. 

Co 209 

Bay     State    Nur- 
series     196 

Beechwood      Hta. 

Nurseries    211 

Bobbink     &     At- 
kins     196 

Boddington,       A. 

T 204 

Bolgiano  &  Sou.. 205 
Boston    Floral 

Supply    Co 211 

Breck,  J.  &  Sons. 205 
Breck  -  Robinson 

Nur.    Co 203 

Breed,  E.  W 203 

Breitmeyer's,      J. 

Sous    206 

Budlong,  J.  A... 208 
Bunyard,  A.  T...206 

Burnett    Bros 205 

Burpee,  W.  A.   & 

Co 216 

Carter's       Tested 
Seeds,    Inc 2(M 


1ST     C 

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Champion  &  Co., 

J.  N 207 

Child  s,   John 

Lewis   196 

Clarke's,   D.  Son3.206 

Coan,  J.  J 211 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 213 

Cooke,  Geo.  H...206 

Cowee,  W.  J 211 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries    196 

Dards    206 

Davenport,  A.  M.196 

Dreer,  H.  A .. 

194-214-215 
Dunlop,  John  H.207 

Dysart,  R 196 

Edwards  Folding 

Box    Co 208 

Elliott.     Wui.     & 

Sons    205 

Esler,  J.  G 215 

Eyres 207 

Farquhar,     R.    & 

J.  Co 205 

Fenrich,  Jos.  S..210 

Ford.   M.   C 210 

Ford,  W.  P 210 

Fottier,    F  i  s  k  e, 

Rawaon    Co.... 204 
Framingham  Nur- 
series     196 

Froment,  H.  E...210 


D  V 


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Galvin,  Thos.  F..207 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M..207 
Graham  &  Son,  A.207 
Gude  Bros.  Co... 206 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 205 

Growers     Cut 

Flower  Co 210 

Hail  Association. 215 

Hart,  Geo.  B 208 

Hill  Co.,  E.  G....20S 
Hill,   D.   Nursery 

Co 196 

Holm  &  Olson... i;07 
Holland    Nur- 
series     196 

Irwin,  B.  J 205 

Johnston  Bros... 206 
Hasting,     W.     P. 

Co 208 

Keller  Sons.  J.  B.207 
Kelway  &  Son... 205 
Kerr  the  Florist. 207 

Kervan    Co 210 

King      Construc- 
tion   Co 215 

Knoble    Bros 207 

Kottmiller    206 

Kroeschell  Bros..2in 
Kuebler,  W.  n...210 

Lemon  Oil  Co 214 

Leonard  Seed  Co. 205 
Marshall,    W.    E. 
Co 205 


Page 
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McHutchison       & 

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Meconi,  Paul 210 

Meehan,  Chas.  E.208 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial Co 215 

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Michigan  Cut 

Flower  Ex 208 

Millang,   Chas.... 210 
Millang,   Frank.. 210 
Murray,  Samuel.. 200 
Nat'l        Nursery- 
man     203 

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Garden   203 

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Supply   Co 211 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.214 
N lessen,  Leo  Co.. 208 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 214 

Ouwerkerk,  P 196 

Palmer,   W.  J.  & 

Son    207 

Park  Floral  Co.. 207 
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Pennock,      S.      S. 

Co 209 

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tery  Co 213 

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nure Co 214 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop    207 

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Reid,  Edw 208 

Reukauf,  Martin. 208 
Robinson,    Henry 

M.    Co 210 

Robinson,    H.   M. 

&   Co 208 

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Roland,  Thomas. 207 
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Rynveld,      F.      & 

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Schling,  Max 206 

Schwake,       Chas. 

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gers    214 

Skidelsky,    S.    S. 

&   Co 204 

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Smith.    Elmer   D. 

&    Co 203 


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Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 196 

Smith  &  Fetters. 207 
Smyth,  Wm.  J... 207 
Stearns     Lumber 

Co.,  A.  T 215 

Stumpp,  G.  E.  M..206 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co 205 

Tborburn,    J.    M.     _ 

&   Co 20o 

Totty,  Chas.  U..196 
T  r  a  e  n  d  1  y      & 

Schenck   210 

United  Cut  PIow- 

er  Co 2U 

Vincent,    R.,    Jr., 

&  Sons  Co 105 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc •■ 

Ward,    B.    M.    & 

Co    1** 

Weber,  F.  C 207 

Woeber  &  Don... 205 
Weiss,   Herman.. 210 

Wood    Bros 19b 

Woodruff,    S.    D. 

&  Son 20d 

Young,  A.  L 210 

Young,  John....  .210 
Y^oung,  Thos.,  Jr-211 
Young  &  Nugent.206 
Zech  &  Mann....20S 


BUV     SO  IVI  ETH  1  IM  O 

from 

the  firms  whose  seasonable  advertisements  appear  In  this  paper.     They  take  the  Initiative  and  It  Is  now 
"up  to  you"  to  make  the  next  move  in  the  process   which    Is   to    make    livelier   business    and 

better  times  for  us  all. 

BLJY     IMO\A/^ 

19C 


HORTICULTURE 


March  2,  1918 


LILY  BULBS 

FALL    SHIPMENT 

(]lrBnC«um,    Form^aaim,     RabraiB, 

UuUlllorum.         Ilxnlflruni,         AanUnm, 

Album,   Mrlpotnrnr,   Kl*, 

Sblpmroti  (lutrlbutfd  from  Ntw  Tork, 
CbleiKo,  I'bllndelpblt,  UinTer,  I>«o(loo 
(Ont). 

Writ*  for  IMPORT  pricei.  •Utiiif  ««tn- 
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Own   Root*  or  (irufted 

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cImI    \arlrtir«.      llrnllliy    atock. 

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Rrsdx   for   Immediate   Salefl 

Size  Pot  100 

ASPARAGUS    SprrncrrI 2Vi-la.  $3.00 

ASrARAOl'S     Sprrntrrl 3     -In.  6.00 

S.MILAX    2Vi-ln.  3.00 

"iKM)    FOK   C.\TAI,OGl"E 

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When  writingto  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


March  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


197 


Rose  Growing 
Under  Glass 


Supply  of   Potting  Soil 

See  that  the  supi)ly  of  potting  soil  is  not  allowed  to 
run  low,  and  have  a  few  loads  brought  in  every  time 
there  is  opportunity  to  do  so.  Try  to  have  it  run  as 
even  as  possible  so  there  will  be  no  danger  of  the  differ- 
ent lots  of  plants  behaving  differently,  making  it  much 
more  difficult  to  handle  them.  Avoid  fresh  manure  of 
any  kind  in  the  soil.  If  the  soil  has  to  be  made,  dig  up 
some  old  decayed  manure  somewhere  and  mix  about 
one-quarter  manure  and  soil  allowing  this  to  lie  at  least 
a  week  before  it  is  used.  Have  the  soil  screened  as  soon 
as  dry  enough  and  put  away  in  the  bins  ready  for  use. 
The  coarse  pieces  that  are  left  will  come  in  handy  as 
crock  for  the  larger  pots  later. 

Temperatures  in  Rose  Houses 

This  unusually  severe  winter  has  taken  much  more 
coal  than  was  ever  expected.  For  this  reason  many 
growers  were  forced  to  run  their  houses  only  warm 
enough  to  keep  the  plants  healthy.  Now,  however,  with 
the  coming  of  the  warmer  weather  the  temperature 
should  be  pushed  up  to  normal  again,  and  plenty  of  air 
used  even  if  a  little  extra  coal  has  to  be  burned.  It 
will  all  come  back  when  the  plants  begin  to  bear  again 
and  with  many  places  either  not  running  or  else  de- 
voted to  vegetables,  the  market  for  stock  should  prove 
to  be  good.  As  soon  as  the  plants  begin  to  grow  the 
temperature  can  be  raised  to  as  much  as  64  nights,  keep- 
ing this  up  until  they  are  getting  into  crop  when  the 
temperature  should  be  reduced  in  order  to  get  real  large 
heads  on  the  stems.  Houses  that  have  had  sufficient 
heat  all  winter  can  be  run  a  little  warmer  now,  too,  and 
the  air  allowed  to  remain  on  a  little  longer  in  the 
evening.  The  latter  is  important  for  if  coal  saving  is 
carried  too  far  mildew  is  likely  to  follow  and  spread 
very  rapidly  for  it  likes  nothing  better  than  a  damp, 
stagnant  air,  a  whif  of  which  will  be  sufficient  to  warn 
the  experienced  grower.  Watch  for  the  cloudy,  foggy 
days  that  are  bound  to  come  and  keep  the  temperature 
where  it  should  be,  with  sufficient  ventilation  to  keep 
the  air  in  the  houses  pure.  It  will  also  be  well  to  run 
the  houses  a  little  warmer  after  each  watering  or 
svrinirinfr. 


CONDL'CTED  BY 


'■lny(US^i^-y^^^^^'^^^ 


Qufestions  by  our  readers  in  line  witb  any  of  the  topics  pre- 
sented on  this  page  will  lie  coidiiilly  received  nnd  promptly 
ansnu'red  hv  Mr.  Ku/.icka.  Such  conininiiiciitions  should 
invariably  be  addressed  to  the  office  of  HOKTICULTUUE. 


Lime 

It  will  do  the  plants  a  heap  of  good  to  get  a  dose  of 
lime  now.  This  will  help  digest  some  of  the  bone,  etc., 
that  was  applied  since  last  fall  and  still  lies  unused  in 
the  soil  or  on  the  surface.  Use  fresh  air-slaked  lime 
free  from  lumps  right  after  a  crop,  just  before  the 
plants  are  started  with  heavy  water  again,  or,  better 
still,  use  bydrated  lime,  which,  however,  is  more  expen- 
sive. It  will  be  best  to  go  over  the  benches  and  rub  the 
lime  in  sligiitly  before  it  is  watered  so  that  it  will  have 
a  better  chance  to  mix  with  the  soil.  Do  not  use  lime 
on  benches  that  have  just  received  a  dose  of  either 
manure  or  other  feed  such  as  bone  or  tankage  as  the 
lime  would  dissolve  the  latter  too  fast  for  the  plants  to 
take  it.  Also  a  lot  of  ammonia  would  be  freed  suddenly 
which  would  likely  prove  harmful  to  the  plants. 
Drainage 

It  will  be  very  important  to  have  aU  drain  pipes 
working,  all  catch  basins  clean  and  to  see  that  no 
sewer  openings  are  stopped  up,  for  when  the  thaw  comes, 
unless  the  water  is  properly  drained  off  it  will  fill  in 
somewhere  and  do  a  lot  of  damage.  See  also  that  there 
are  no  puddles  under  the  benches.  Whenever  water  in- 
sists on  collecting,  open  a  ditch  or  else  have  a  tile  laid 
to  take  care  of  it.  This  should  be  done  before  the 
warmer  nights  of  spring  come  so  that  the  air  can  be 
kept  dry  and  sweet.  Nothing  will  polute  the  air  more 
quickly  than  a  lot  of  smelly  stagnant  water  lying  heie 
and  there.  With  a  little  digging  these  places  can  be 
easily  drained. 

Conserving  the  Place 

Now  with  cost  of  all  materials  away  up,  repairs  and 
rebuilding  will  be  an  expensive  pastime.  Growers  who 
built  right  in  the  first  place  will  have  occasion  to  re- 
joice, but  that  does  not  help  the  grower  whose  houses 
are  not  in  good  repair.  Begin  at  once  and  save  as 
much  wear  and  tear  as  possible,  and  even  if  labor,  paint, 
etc.,  should  be  very  high,  prepare  to  take  care  of  the 
place  right.  Even  if  the  whole  place  is  not  overhauled 
at  least  the  most  needed  repairs  can  be  attended  to. 
After  this  last  winter  many  growers  will  see  the  neces- 
sity of  tightening  up  leaks  big  and  little,  and  should 
they  fail  to  do  so  the  receivers  will  likely  do  it  for  them 
for  there  are  still  places  here  and  there  that  need  a  little 
cold  water  to  wake  them  up.  If  possible,  order  every- 
thintr  now. 


TO  ENLARGE  THE  U.  S.  BOTANIC 
GARDEN. 
We  received  from  \Vm.  F.  Gude,  who 
Is  evidently  on  guard  as  usual,  the 
following  copy  of  an  amendment  pro- 
posed by  Mr.  Gallinger  to  the  bill  (H. 
R.  9867)  making  appropriations  to  sup- 
ply urgent  deficiencies  in  appropria- 
tions for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
30,  1918,  and  prior  fiscal  years,  on  ac- 
count of  war  expenses,  and  for  other 
purposes,  viz.:  On  page  50,  after  line 
4,  insert  the  following: 


Provided,  That  within  two  years 
after  the  conclusion  of  the  existing 
war  the  buildings  provided  for  in  this 
paragraph  shall  be  removed,  and  the 
parcels  of  land  known  as  East  Seaton 
Park  and  West  Seaton  Park,  lying  be- 
tween Third  street  on  the  east.  Sixth 
street  on  the  west.  Missouri  avenue  on 
the  north,  and  Maine  avenue  on  the 
south,  shall  be  attached  to  and  become 
a  part  of  the  United  States  Botanic 
Garden,  and  available  for  the  purposes 
thereof:      Provided    further.   That  the 


location  of  conservatories  and  other 
improvements  of  a  permanent  charac- 
ter which  may  be  built  within  said 
parcels  shall  be  confined  to  areas  not 
intended  as  the  sites  for  future  public 
buildings  and  driveways  as  provided 
in  the  plan  for  that  vicinity  prepared 
by  tlie  park  commission. 


"Don't  forget  that  the  man  behind 
the  man  behind  the  gun  is  a  reader 
of  the  technical  papers  in  his  field." 
— CUiss. 


1!»S 


HORTICULTURE 


.March 


1918 


HORTICULTURt: 

VOL   XXVIl  MARCH  2.   1918 NO.  9 

ri'iii.i>iiiKi)  WKFKI.V  nv 

HORTICULTURE     PUBLISHING    CO. 

147    Summer    Street.     Boston,    Mass. 

\\\l.     J.    .STKMAUT.    Killlnr   niul    M..i...i..r 
Trlrpliiinr,   llrarta   V.i: 

i  I  i<t>ron<l-clnss  iiiiiltor  Dooemhor  8.  IIKK.  n(  llii"  Pout  (llllce 

n.  Mnsa.,  unilor  tlie  Art  of  Cunirri'BB  of  Mjirrli  S,  18TU. 

CONTENTS  Pase 

fOVKIl  ILLrSTUATlO.N  — Sweet  Pea  Burpee's  Early- 
Flowerinc  Spencer  Siiow.«torm 

UOSK  GROWING  UNDER  GLASS— Supply  of  Potting 
Soil— Temperatures  in  Rose  Houses — Lime— Draln- 
ase — Consorvins  the  Place — Arthur  C.  liuzicka 197 

TO  ENLARGE  THE  U.  S.  BOTANIC  GARDEN 197 

READJIST.MENT— /■;.  IV.  lined 199 

KREESIAS  FOR    PROFIT— (/urfe  Bros.  Co 199 

CLrns  AND  SOCIETIES— Connecticut  Nur.serymen's 
Association — .Meetings  Next  Week — Westchester  and 
Fairfield  Horticultural  Society — American  Glailiolus 
Society— American  Rose  Society 200-201 

SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  FLORISTS— Meeting  of  Cat- 
alogue Men — The  Publicity  Campaign 202 

THE  EXHIBITIONS— International  Flower  Show- 
Boston  Spring  Flower  Show 202 

OBITUARY— J.  F.  Anderson— David  D.  Winkworth — 
Jacob  I'hl — John  G.  Graham — Emil  A.  Loewnau 202 

SEED  trade;— Embargo  Lifted  on  Seeds  and  Nursery 
Stock — Chicago  Seed  Notes — The  Vegetable  Market..   204 
Notes    203 

OF  INTEREST  *-'0  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

Are  You  Doing  Vour  Part? — Ilcnry  Pinn 206 

Growth  of  the  F.  T.  D.— Dollar  for  Dollar 207 

New  Flower   Stores   211 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston.  Chicago,  Clevelami,  New  York,   Philadelphia  209 
Pittsburgh.  Rochester.  St.  Louis 211 

LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   NEWS: 
Chicago.  Boston.  Rochester,  Cleveland,  Philadelphia, 
Pittsburgh,   New  York    212-213 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Gladiolus    Panama — Illustration    201 

Important  Bill  Introduced  in  New  Jersey 203 

A  Peerless  Sweet  Pea 203 

New   Corporation — Visitors'    Register 211 

"To  Catalogue  Men"— News  Notes 213 

To  Restrict  Use  of  Fuel  in  Producing  Window  Glass  213 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 213 

Catalogues   Iteceived    214 

The  New   York  Herald   merits   a  big 

"Say  it         white  mark  to  its  credit  for  its  splendid 

with  flowers"    timely  article  published  on   Thursday, 

February  21,  calling  upon  the  public  to 

substitute  fre.sh  flowers  for  lace  paper  and  cardboard 

Valentine'.s  Day  frifts.     It  is  mcst  refresliinn;  in   tliese 

days  of  uncharitable  hypercriticism  and  frequent  dis- 

paratjement   of   the   "Say    it   with    flowers"   sentiment. 

when  a  big  influential  newspaper  comes  to  the  front  in 

so  conspicuous  and  outspoken  a  manner  on  behalf  of  the 

flowers  which,  a.s  R.   M.  Saltonstall  so  eloquently  lias 

said  "should  be  the  last  of  all  lu.xurics  to  he  forced  out 

by  stress  of  war." 

Just  as  we  are  about  to  go  to  ])ress 

The  tlie  news  comes  from  Washington  that 

farmers'  seeds    (lie    bill    introduced    in    Congress    by 

Hepre.sentative  Baer  of  North  Dakota 

to  i>uy  .seeds  far  farmers  has  virtually  failed,  the  House 

agricultural  committee  having  voted  on  Wednesday  of 

this  week,  by  a  majority  of  one,  not  to  report  the  bill 

to  the  House.    This  decision  seems  eminently  just  and 

proper.     No  pressing  reason  has  yet  been  forthcoming 

to  justify  the  action  proposed.     The  farmer  is  not  now 

in  need  of  charity.     Ho  is  the  automobile  manufactur- 


ers' best  customer,  they  tell  us.  Wiiy  interfeie  with  his 
buying  and  paying  for  his  seeds  in  a  legitimate  man- 
ner ? 

Many  llower  growers  will,  we  l)elieve,  iind 
Freesias      (h,.  method  of  freesia   forcing  so  interest- 
ad  lib.        ingly   explained    by    Messrs.   Gude   in    this 
week's    issue   of    lioitTici'i.TUUK   somewhat 
ot  a  surprise  and   very  suggestive  of  new   possibilities 
in  the  culti\alion  of  this  cii-arming  flower.     We  have 
seen  some  of  the  jjroduct  as  grown  by  Messrs.  Gude 
and   can   say    truthfully,  that  the   flowers  giown   from 
luilbs   left   undisturlicd   continuously    in    the   bench   for 
four  vears  are  e(pial  to  the  best  we  luive  seen  produced 
from  fresh  bullis,  witli  long  stems  freely  branched  and 
huge  trusses  of  excellent  flowers.     This  is  just  one  of 
those  oft-recurring  incidents  which  seem  to  e.x|)lode  all 
accepted  theories  and  remind  us  that  none  of  us  yet 
kn<>w  it  all. 

The  White  Plains,  N.  V..  Hcord  of 
Neighborly  Saturday,  February  !),  did.  a  very  neigh- 
borly and  generous  service  not  only  for 
the  dealers  interested  but  for  the  jjublic  within  their 
zone  of  influence,  in  pul)lishing  editorially  a  list  of  deal- 
ers in  plants  for  garden  purposes,  adding  that  if  there 
are  any  others  doing  business  in  Westchester  (Jounty 
whoi;e  names  are  omitted  they  will  be  glad  to  add  them 
to  the  list.  Altogether,  si.xteen  addresses  are  given. 
We  presume  this  somewhat  unusual  gratuitous  action  on 
the  part  of  a  newspaper  is  prompted  mainly  by  a  patri- 
otic desire  to  encourage  home  garden  work  and  to 
arouse  the  people  to  immediate  activity  and  early  pur- 
chase of  their  spring  seeds  and  plants,  but,  nevertheless 
it  is  a  favor  of  no  small  proportions  for  the  florists, 
which  they  should  and  unquestionably  will  do  their  best 
to  gratefully  reciprocate  in  a  practical  way  whenever 
they  can. 

Our  columns   this   week   are   quite   well 
Don't  supplied  with  "newsy"  matter  of  more 

miss  a  line  than  transient  interest  to  our  readers. 
We  call  attention,  fi,ist,  to  the  tidings 
from  New  Jersey  that  the  long-standing  reproach  of 
secret  commissions  and  gratuities  to  gardeners  and 
others  is  up  for  decisive  and  drastic  legislative  action. 
We  liope  the  proposed  refonn  will  be  accomplished  and 
not  only  in  New  Jer.sey  but  eventually  in  every  other 
State  in  the  Union,  and  we  lielieve  that  every  self- 
resiiecting  gardener  will  in  his  heart  wish  likewise. 
.\nother  matter  of  vital  importance  to  the  great  majority 
of  our  readers  is  the  action  taken  by  the  catalogue  men 
at  their  session  in  New  York  last  week.  The  question 
tiu)y  tackled  is  a  many-sided  one  but  after  the  enor- 
mous losses  sullered  by  shippers  during  the  past  winter, 
due  to  transportation  conditions  and  the  difficulties  in 
])lacing  responsibility — a  situation  which  has  brought 
certain  lines  of  horticultural  trade  almost  to  a  stand- 
still, compelled  a  reduction  of  working  forces  and 
turned  profltable  establishments  into  losing  proposi- 
tions— it  is  not  surprising  that  aggressive  steps  are 
being  taken  to  fi.x  some  basis  for  a  common  under- 
standing and  procedure,  to  the  end  that  the  harrassing 
experiences  of  this  season  may  never  again  be  possible. 
The  ])roiiosition  to  save  the  hi.storic  Botanic  Garden  in 
Washington  from  ravage,  to  enlarge  its  area  and  ex- 
pand its  scope  on  lines  of  .highest  utility,  is  another 
inter(!sting  ]iiece  of  news — one  which  will  rejoice  the 
liearts  of  many,  especially  the  numerous  friends  and  ad- 
mirers of  the  late  William  R.  Smith  who  devoted  half 
a  century  of  his  life  to  the  establishment  and  develop- 
ment of  this  intere.'ting  garden. 


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199 


The  Boston  newspapers  have  had  cousider- 
Sowing  able  to  say  within  the  past  few  days  con- 
discord  cerning  the  doings  of  the  Boston  Park  Com- 
jnissiou.  Imaginative  reporters  in  their 
efforts  at  sensationalism,  have  given  currency  to  much 
that  is  unfounded.  Several  weeks  ago  they  built  up 
quite  a  story  about  -John  H.  Dillon  being  demoted  from 
the  chairmanship  of  the  Commission  which  they  later 
found  it  necessary  to  retract.  In  a  more  recent  imag- 
inative outburst  they  have  the  Commission  adroitly 
preparing  a  place  of  safety  for  Mr.  Dillon  in  anticipa- 
tion of  action  by  the  Mayor  in  his  case;  and  the 
recent  suspension  of  Luke  Doogue  is  instanced  as  a 
move  in  this  alleged  parpose.  We  understand 
on  excellent  authority  that  the  Commission  has 
found  it  necessary  to  make  some  discharges  for  the 
good  of  the  service  and  to  shift  some  of  the  foremen. 
The  suspension  of  Luke  Doogue,  however,  was  on  a 
different  basis.  Mr.  Doogue  had  been  employed  by 
Mayor  Curley  in  promoting  war  gardens  last  year 
under  the  Public  Safety  Committee.  This  work  was 
terminated  on  January  31  and  left  several  persons  who 
had  been  carrying  it  on  without  further  employment, 
among  these  being  Mr.  Doogue.  It  is  explained  to  us 
that  he  had  not  been  doing  the  regular  work  of  the 
Department,  in  which  there  was  at  the  time  no  avail- 
able opening  nor  any  funds  for  salary,  hence  his  sus- 
pension. Contra.ry  to  insinuations  made  in  the  news- 
paper .reports,  the  action  of  the  Park  and  Eecreation 
Committee  has  not  been  secretive  in  any  way  but  has 
been  frankly  open  and,  we  are  told,  in  full  accord  with 
the  policy  and  instructions  of  the  Mayor  to  keep  down 
expenses.  


the  future  has  greater  possibilities  in  store  for  us  than 
we  have  enjoyed  in  the  past  and  those  who  prepare  for 
such  conditions  will  be  the  winners. 


Readjustment 


As  we  stand  upon  the  threshold  of  a  new  year  we  find 
it  necessary  to  readjust  our  business  affairs  in  order  to 
meet  the  existing  conditions.  We  each  have  our  own 
methods  and  our  own  type  of  business,  but,  we  must 
build  anew  as  befits  our  own  individual  case. 

In  the  past  we  have  followed  the  lines  of  least  re- 
sistance, procured  our  supplies  from  whatever  section 
of  the  globe  that  seemed  most  favorable  and  have  had 
little  thought  that  we  should  have  to  change  this 
method. 

Since  the  outbreak  of  the  war  the  industrial  world 
has  found  it  necessary  to  be  more  independent  of  other 
countries  in  the  production  of  their  goods.  This  con- 
dition has  also  become  necessary  for  us  as  horticul- 
turists. By  this  I  do  not  mean  that  each  one  of  us 
shall  produce  everything  that  we  sell,  but  we  should 
try  to  accomplish  this  in  purpose  through  cooperation 
or  exchange.  We  must  become  producers  in  every  sense 
of  the  word.  Conservation  has  been  preached  inces- 
santly, but  with  the  high  cost  of  supplies  this  is  being 
automatically  regulated. 

The  great  problem  for  us,  if  engaged  in  growing 
plants  for  food,  is  to  grow  them  in  larger  quantities, 
or,  if  growing  them  for  pleasure,  to  grow  them  of  better 
quality,  also  to  endeavor  to  grow  some  of  the  varieties 
that  we  have  been  importing,  viz.,  roses,  rhododendrons 
and  azaleas  and  even  seeds  and  bulbs  of  tlic  choicer 
sorts. 

The  help  question  naturally  looms  u])  and  the  idea 
of  greater  production  with  less  labor  makes  it  seem  well 
nigh  impossible,  but  greater  cflicioncy,  a  more  strict 
accounting  and  a  weeding  out  of  uiipidti table  stock 
will  help  solve  the  problem. 

We  are  entering  upon  a  new  era  in  horticulture.  It 
is  therefore  our  diitv  to  take  courage  and  believe  that 


VVmUm,  Mass.  C_<<^^.  /  O-' 


.-^   O  n 


Freesias  for  Profit 

Our  methods  of  growing  freesia  are  perhaps  different 
from  most  growers,  but  we  have  found  them  to  obtain 
results  far  beyond  the  average  expectation,  and  it  is  a 
pleasure  to  give  others  the  benefit  of  our  experience 
with  these  charming  and  useful  flowers. 

The  soil  in  which  we  grow  freesia  is  old  rose  soil 
removed  from  benches  and  usually  given  a  season's  rest 
with  winter  freezing  to  renovate.  We  rarely  plant 
new  bulbs  as  we  find  the  old  ones  give  us  better  results 
according  to  our  methods.  They  are  planted  in  dif- 
ferent locations,  early  in  August,  and  are  arranged  to 
give  us  a  constant  supply  of  flowers  during  the  winter 
season.  For  our  first  cutting,  early  in  January,  we 
have  them  in  a  bench  in  a  rose  house,  and  as  thei5e  are 
nearly  through,  the  next  bench  is  ready  in  a  carnation 
house  and  these  in  turn  are  followed  by  a  bench  in  a 
cooler  carnation  house.  As  to  quality  of  flowers  from 
the  various  temperatures  we  do  not  find  much  differ- 
ence, although  those  from  the  cooler  conditions  have  a 
slight  advantage  as  to  size  and  finish. 

These  bulbs  are  spaced  about  two  inches  in  rows 
which  are  six  inches  apart  running  crosswise  of  the 
liench  and  are  covered  to  a  depth  of  one  and  one-half 
Indies,  well  watered  at  first,  then  carefully,  until  good 
root  action  has  developed,  and  as  growth  appears  we 
give  a  more  liberal  supply,  gradually  increasing  such 
with  growth.  When  it  is  evident  from  appearances 
that  the  buds  have  set,  we  give  liberal  amounts  of  good 
manure  water  made  from  well  decayed  stable  manure. 
Toward  the  end  of  the  fiowcring  period  we  gradually 
reduce  the  water  siqiply  and  when  through  just  enough 
is  given  to  keep  the  bulbs  in  growing  condition  for 
about  another  month,  when  watering  is  stopped  and  the 
bulbs  allowed  to  dry  and  rest. 

About  this  time,  we  have  need  of  much  space  for 
Easter  stock,  so  a  temporary  bench  is  erected  overhead 
of  the  freesias,  and  as  far  as  possible  on  these  we  place 
plants  in  larger  pots  not  requiring  water  so  often,  so 
as  to  prevent  moisture  on  the  bulbs,  which  gradually 
dry  up.  When  all  foliage  is  dead  and  dry  it  is  re- 
moved, .surface  soil  worked  lightly  and  all  is  ready  for 
another  yea.r. 

We  do  not  lift  or  disturb  these  bulbs  in  any  way,  but 
start  them  again  where  they  are,  early  in  August.  This 
practice  is  continued  for  a  period  of  four  years  and 
when  finally  taken  up  to  renew  the  soil,  we  find  that 
where  we  planted  a  thousand  originally,  we  now  have 
several  thousand  good  bullis,  to  say  nothing  of  count- 
less small  bulblets  wliich  can  be  grown  on  for  future 
use. 

For  support  of  the  flower  stems,  we  stretch  wires  six 
iiiibes  a]iart  lengthwise  of  the  bench  and  run  string 
across,  same  as  for  carnations.  Grown  in  this  manner, 
\vi>  have  found  freesias  interestingly  useful  and 
iirontablc. 


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HORTICULTURE 


ATarch  2,  1918 


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CLUBS  AND  SOCIPTIES 


CONNECTICUT     NURSERYMEN'S 
ASSOCIATION. 

The  Twelfth  Aiiiiiial  Meeting  ot  the 
Connecticut  Nurserymen's  Association 
was  held  at  the  Garde  Hotel,  Hartford. 
Conn.,  February  10.  1!US.  Reports  and 
routine  business  having  been  duly  at- 
tended to.  W.  A.  Wright  and  C.  S. 
Franklin  were  elected  members  of  the 
Association  and  the  following  were 
elected  as  honorary  members:  F.  B. 
Kelley,  Princeton,  N.  J.:  Harold  At- 
water,  of  Agawam,  Mass.;  Walter 
Adams  and  Charles  Adams,  Spring- 
field. Mass. 

Election  of  officers  resulted  as  fol- 
lows: President.  F.  S.  Baker.  Ches- 
hire. Conn.:  vice-president.  C.  F.  Brain- 
erd,  Thonipsonvllle,  Conn.;  secretary, 
P.  L.  Thomas.  Meriden.  Conn.;  treas- 
urer, W.  W.  Hunt.  Hartford,  Conn. 

At  the  afternoon  session  President 
Baker  appointed  committees  for  1918 
as  follows: 

Legislative — C.  F.  Brainerd  (chair- 
man), Thompsonville,  Conn.;  Stephen 
Hoyt,  New  Canaan,  Conn.;  John  R. 
Barnes,   Yalesville,  Conn. 

Executive — W.  W.  McCartney  (chair- 
man). New  Haven,  Conn.;  ,Iohn  R. 
Barnes.  Yalesville.  Conn.;  W.  W.  Hunt, 
Hartford,  Conn. 

Entertainment  —  P.  M.  Hubbard 
(chairman),  Bristol,  Conn.;  W.  E. 
Campbell,  New  Haven,  Conn.;  E.  A. 
Brassill,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Publicity— W.  E.  Campbell  (chair- 
man). New  Haven,  Conn.;  H.  W.  Gott- 
schaik,  Manchester,  Conn.;  G.  H.  Hol- 
Uster,  Hartford.  Conn. 

Dr.  W.  E.  Rritton,  State  Entomolo- 
gist, gave  us  a  very  instructive  talk 
on  "Bugs  and  Insects."  illustrating 
same  with  pictures  and  specimens. 
W.  W.  McCartney  read  a  paper  on 
"Labor  Saving  Devices."  and  it  was 
suggested  that  the  secretary  write  to 
the  secretary  of  the  American  Nur- 
serymen's Association  and  advise 
that  they,  the  American  Association, 
establish  a  Department  of  Nursery  Im- 
plements, for  the  purpose  of  securing 
from  its  members  suggestions  as  to 
improvements  in  present  machinery, 
new  machinery  and  labor  saving  de- 
vices— to  pick  out  the  practical  sug- 
gestions and  have  same  published  in 
"Trade  Papers"  and,  in  case  of  new 
machinery,  to  secure  a  reliable  manu- 
facturer for  its  building. 

John  R.  Barnes  spoke  on  "Food 
Crops  That  We  Can  Grow,"  and  an- 
swered many  questions  regarding 
same.  W.  O.  Filley.  State  Forester, 
spoke  on  "Some  Experiences"  and 
other  items  of  interest,  particularly 
"The  Blister  Rust."  R.  Scoville,  State 
Federal  Food  Administrator,  had  sig- 
nified his  intention  to  be  present  and 
speak  on  "Curtailing  the  Growing  of 
Ornamental  Nursery  Stock,"  but  failed 
to  appear.  This  subject  was  dis- 
cussed and  the  secretary  directed  to 
write  Mr.  Scoville  that  the  members 
of  this  Association  expected  to  grow 
more  food  products  this  year  than  ever 
before. 

F.   B.   Kelley   read   a  paper   on   the 


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Meetings  Next  Week 


Monday,   M.irch  4. 
IlfriiiirtlHvlMi'       Iliirl  ii-iiltiirnl       Sn- 
rlt'tv,    llurtk-ultur:il    llnll,    ItenmrdH- 
vli:,..  .\.  .1. 

KIberoii  Ilnrtlrullural  Society,  I''lro 
Hull.   KllxTun,  N.  J. 

Houston    KlorlHta'    Clul),    ClininluT 
!    of  CoiniiKTce  KooiiiH,  lIotiNton.  'Vox. 
I        Moiitrciil    Cnrili'iH'rH'   iiiiil    Florlsls' 
I   Chill.  .M.mtrwil.  Oiiiail;i. 
fj       Nfw     ItcMlforil     lluitlculturnl     So- 
'   cli'ty.  New   UcUford,  Muss. 
l]        WiiHliliiKtoii    FlorlBlB'  Club,  WnHh- 
'1    Inntou,  D.  C. 

(.■li'Vfliind  Florists'  Clul<,  Clc'vc- 
laiKl,  O. 

Tuesday,    March   5. 
Florists'    1111(1    Gardeners'    Club    of 
V    Ilolvidxe  and   Nortliainpton,  Mass. 
/[        Lake  Genera  Gardeners'  and   Fore- 
;||    nieii'.s       Association,        Horticultural 

Hall.    Lake  Geneva,   Wis. 
J!l        I,ns   Angeles   County    Horticultural 
Society,   Los  Angeles.  Cal. 

raterson  Floricultural  Society,  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  lildg..   raterson,  N.  .1. 

Florl.sts'  Club  of  Pliiladclpliin, 
Philadelphia.  l"a. 

Plttslinrgh  Florists'  and  Garden- 
ers' Club.  Fort  Pitt  Hotel,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

Wednesday,  March  6 
Tuxedo        llortliiiltural        Society, 
Tuxedo  Park,  .N.  Y. 

Thursday,   March  7. 
Albany      Florists'      Club,      Alliany, 
N.  Y. 

Reading  (Pa.)  Florists'  Associa- 
tion,  Reading,  Pa. 

.Southampton  Hortloultnral  So- 
ciety, Odd  Fellows  Hall,  Southamp- 
ton, N.  Y. 

Friday,  March  8. 
Connecticut    Horticultural    Society, 
County   Building,  Harlford.  Conn. 

Westchester  and  Fairfield  Horti- 
cultural Society,  Dorans  Hall, 
Greenwich,  Conn. 

Saturday,  March  9. 
Ill       Dobbs    Ferrv    Gardeners'   Assocla- 
I   tlon.  Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y. 


subject  of  "Market  Development  by 
Subscription  and  the  National  Co-oper- 
ative Campaign  to  Create  New,  and 
Greater,  Business  for  Nurserymen." 
The  Association  then  voted  to  con- 
tribute the  sum  of  $50.00,  for  one  year, 
to  this  publicity  campaign,  and  that 
the  members  present  do,  individually, 
announce  their  intention,  and  pledge 
themselves  to  support  such  campaign. 

The  question  of  Prohibiting  the  Im- 
portation of  Nursery  Stock  was  dis- 
cussed and  the  secretary  directed  to 
write  the  Connecticut  Representatives 
to  Congress  that  the  Connecticut  Nur- 
seryraens'  Association  do  not  approve 
of  the  "Weeks  Bill"  for  the  Prohibit- 
ing of  the  Importation  of  Nursery 
Stock,  and  wish  them  to  use  their  in- 
fluence in  Congress  to  prevent  its 
passage.  A  letter  of  thanks  was  voted 
to  Secretary  Smith,  of  the  American 
Association,  on  the  good  work  he  had 
done  in  connection  with  the  Transpor- 
tation Problem. 

W.  O.  Filley  invited  the  Associa- 
tion to  hold  its  summer  outing  at  one 
of  the  Foresters'  Camps.  The  matter 
of  time  and  place,  however,  was  left 
in  the  hands  of  the  Entertainment 
Committee. 

F.  L.  Thomas,  Secy. 

MeWden,  Conn. 


WESTCHESTER     AND     FAIRFIELD 
HORTICULTURAL    SOCIETY. 

I  he  monthly  meeting  was  held 
Feb.  8.  President  Popp  announced 
the  receipt  of  seventy-five  dollars  from 
different  seed  firms  to  be  used  for 
monthly  prizes.  The  following  awards 
were  made:  Eucharis  amazonica,  from 
W.  Morrow,  1st  prize;  Cineraria  stel- 
lata,  from  W.  Graham,  highly  com- 
mended; I3uddleia  asiatica,  from  James 
Stuart,  highly  commended;  Primula 
nialacoides,  from  Tom.  Atcheson, 
highly  commended;  lupines  and  sweet 
peas,  from  A.  Fadenhagen,  the  thanks 
of  the  Society.  After  some  other 
minor  business  the  meeting  took  on 
the  form  of  a  social  entertainment, 
one  of  the  best  In  the  history  of  this 
society.  The  seed  and  nursery  firms 
from  New  York  and  surrounding  dis- 
tricts were  represented.  Refresh- 
ments were  served. 

J.    K.    M.    U    Farquhar,   of   Boston, 
made    an    Interesting   address   on    the 
present   situation   and    outlook   In   tho 
seed  trade.    He  called  attention  to  the 
fact  that  the  United  States  had  here- 
tofore depended  on  Europe  for  at  least 
one-half    of    her    supply    of    vegetable 
seeds  and  three-fourths  or  more  of  her 
flower   seeds;      that   Germany,    which 
before  the  war  had  furnished  half  of 
the  seed  imports,  had  been  completely 
cut  off;  that  France  this  year  was  able 
only  to  send  less  than  one-third  of  her 
former  quota,  and  that  Holland,  Den- 
mark and  England  had  placed  embar- 
goes  on   seed    exports.    He   urged    the 
vital    necessity    of    Immediate    efforts 
towards  the  production  of  supplies  of 
seeds  in  this  country  and  pointed   to 
the  agricultural  colleges  of  the  various 
states  as  agencies  through  which  this 
important   work   should   be  promoted. 
He  suggested   to  the   Society  that  its 
members  should  visit  the  Arnold  Ar- 
boretum  during  next  June   that  they 
might  see  the  numerous  hardy  shrub 
and  tree  introductions  of  E.  H.  Wilson 
which   will   then   be   in   bloom   and   of 
which    there    are    already    over    1,500 
new  to  cultivation.     He  also  spoke  of 
the  many  Chinese  shrubs  which  flower 
later   in   the   summer   when   we   have 
few  in  bloom.     He  said  that  Mr.  Wil- 
son had  just  returned   to  Japan  from 
Korea,  where  he  had  found  many  ne'w 
plants  and  that  he  was  about  to  start 
for    Formosa,   which    contrary    to    the 
popular  idea  of  that  Island  has  in  Its 
higher  altitudes  a  temperate  or  almost 
frigid   climate   which    Mr.    Wilson   ex- 
pects   will    yield     many    new    plants 
which   it    is    to   be    hoped    will    prove 
hardy    in    the    north    temperate    zone. 
Arthur    Herrington    spoke    about    the 
forthcoming  flower  show  in  New  York 
and    short    speeches   were    also   made 
by  Charles  H.  Totty  and  Messrs.  Col- 
lins,  Scott,   Sealey,   Carlstrom,   Cobb, 
John  Shore,  Harry  Wild,  Jos.  Manda, 
Patrick    Fay    and    R.    J.    Irwin.      The 
meeting  broke   up   about   midnight   to 
the  strains  of  the  Star  Spangled  Ban- 
ner. J.  CoNROY,  Cor.  Sec. 


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AMERICAN  GLADIOLUS  SOCIETY 
Launches  Big  Spring  Drive. 
On  February  1st,  The  American 
Gladiolus  Society  at  the  direction  of 
President  Kunderd,  launched  a  five- 
months'  campaign  for  membership. 
The  present  increase  in  garden  inter- 
est manifesting  itself  as  a  result  of 
the  nation's  call  for  food  production 
to  tillers  of  the  soil,  increased  the 
number  of  amateur  gardeners  in  this 
country  over  600  per  cent.  The  next 
step  in  our  gardening  enthusiasm  will 
be  the  taking  up  of  "Flower  Growing 
as  a  Hobby  and  Relaxation  from  the 
Stress  of  War." 

The  American  Gladiolus  Society  has 
long  been  active  in  fostering  intelli- 
gent garden  activity  along  proper 
lines,  and  this  campaign  will  be  not 
alone  a  membership  campaign  in  the 
sense  of  having  for  its  sole  object  the 
increase  of  members,  but  will  as  well 
undertake  the  fostering  of  increased 
gladiolus  growing  on  the  part  of  the 
Americaa  public. 

The  campaign  will  be  in  able  hands. 
Joseph  J.  Lane,  of  Garden  Magazine 
and  Country  Life  will  lead  the  mem- 
bership committee  in  their  activity. 
Mr.  Lane  is  known  throughout  the 
country  among  garden  lovers  through 
his  connection  with  The  Garden  Maga- 
zine, and  his  active  association  with  a 
number  of  horticultural  societies  and 
floral  bodies.  He  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  The  American  Dahlia  Society, 
and  its  first  secretary.  His  aggressive 
methods  in  the  early  days  of  this  or- 
ganization did  much  to  establish  it  on 
the  solid  footing  on  which  it  exists 
today. 

A  committee  is  being  appointed  com- 
prising a  large  number  of  the  leading 
gladiolus  dealers  throughout  the  coun- 
try, and  all  interested  are  invited  to 
get  in  touch  with  the  chairman,  or 
write  to  President  Kunderd.  Detail 
plans  will  be  promulgated  through 
bulletins  issued  from  time  to  time,  and 
results  of  the  campaign  announced  as 
It  progresses.  The  Executive  Commit- 
tee have  authorized  the  waiving  of  the 
membership  fee  for  the  period  of  the 
campaign,  which  is  until  June  1st. 
Anybody  joining  in  that  time  need  not 
pay  the  initiation  fee,  but  simply  the 
annual  dues  of  $2.00  per  year. 

Arrangements  have  been  made  with 
Madison  Cooper,  of  Calcium,  New  York, 
who  is  treasurer  of  the  Society,  to 
mail  his  paper  the  "Flower  Grower" 
to  all  members  during  the  life  of  their 
membership.  This  publication,  for- 
merly The  Modern  Gladiolus  Grower 
has  been  enlarged  in  size,  and  broad- 
ened in  contents  so  as  to  become  ex- 
lover,  particularly  to  those  who  are  in- 
terested in  the  culture  of  the  gladiolus. 
Profesoor  A.  C.  Beal,  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, is  secretary  of  the  Society, 
and  is  undertaking  to  carry  on  an  ex- 
tensive drive  for  members  from  his 
office,  inl  has  already  produced  a 
splendid  Increase. 

President  Kunderd  wishes  it  to  he 
understool  that  he  believes  this  year 
to  be  a  most  logical  one  for  intensify- 
ing the  work  of  all  floral  societies,  be- 
cause of  the  conditions  facini?  our 
country  at  the  present  time.  Flower 
lovers  are  people  of  sentiment  as  well 
as  action.  Those  who  remain  at  home 
will  need  to  continue  their  flower  gar- 
dening as  well  as  increase  their  vegeta- 
able  and  food  stuff  plantings  for  the 


Gladiolus  Panama 
Still  One  of  the  Best 


poise  that  the  occupation  will  bring  to 
them. 


AMERICAN    ROSE   SOCIETY 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the 
American  Rose  Society  held  its  meet- 
ing at  Hotel  Collingwood,  New  York 
City,  February  21.  It  was  decided 
that  the  American  Rose  Society  co- 
operate with  the  International  Flower 
Show  Committee  in  holding  its  spring 
exhibition  in  New  York,  the  Interna- 
tional Flower  Show  Committee  guar- 
anteeing to  provide  suitable  space  for 
the  exhibits,  the  premium  lists  and 
the  general  direction  of  setting  up  the 
exhibits.  The  American  Rose  Society 
is  to  name  the  judges.  W.  R.  Pierson 
and  Robert  Simpson  were  appointed 
to  look  after  the  interests  of  the  Amer- 
ican Rose  Society  in  connection  with 
the  exhibition  of  the  International 
Flower  Show.  Judges  were  appointed 
for  plant  and  cut  flower  exhibits. 
Robert  Pyle  of  West  Grove,  Pa.,  was 
appointed  on  the  Central  Committee 
of  Rose  Test  Gardens. 


An  application  for  lite  membership 
•was  received  from  Mrs.  Charles  Fred- 
erick Hoffman,  president  of  the  Inter- 
national Garden  Club,  which  received 
favorable  action.  The  secretary  re- 
ported 56  life  members,  and  998  an- 
nual members  whose  dues  are  paid 
for  1918.  All  members  whose  dues 
are  paid  for  1918  will  be  given  en- 
trance tickets  to  the  International 
Flower  Show  at  any  time  during  the 
period  from  March  14  to  March  21. 
E.  A.  White,  Secy. 


The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  The 
Florists'  Club  of  Philadelphia  will  be 
held  in  the  Grand  Fraternity  Building, 
1626  Arch  street,  on  Tuesday  evening, 
March  5,  1918  at  8  o'clock.  The  Essay 
Committee  has  been  fortunate  in 
securing  for  this  evening  Past  Presi- 
dent J.  Otto  Thilow,  who  will  deliver 
his  wonderful  and  interesting  illus- 
trated lecture  on  "Life  and  Vegetation 
of  the  Hawaiian  Islands."  This  Is 
such  a  splendid  lecture  that  it  was  de- 
cided to  make  it  an  Open  Night. 
Ladies  invited. 


L'O:.' 


11  OUTI  CULTURE 


March  2,  1918 


MEETING  OF   CATALOGUE   MEN. 

A  UxT-o  and  eiitliuslnstic  nicetlnR  of 
publishers  of  hortkultnrnl  ratnloRuea 
was  hold  nt  the  new  National  Head- 
quarters of  the  Society.  1170  nroad- 
wav.  New  York,  on  Thursday.  Febru- 
ary 21,  at  2  p.  m..  to  consider  the 
question  of  llaMlity  attachinK  to  a 
proper  delivery  of  plants  to  purchas- 
ers. The  subject  was  discussed  from 
all  standpoints,  and  the  experiences  of 
many  of  those  present  were  related. 
It  seemed  to  be  tlie  consensus  of  opin- 
ion that  when  plants  were  properly 
packed  accordlnR  to  standard  meth- 
ods, and  delivered  to  the  transporta- 
tion company,  the  responsibility  of  the 
shipper  censed,  and  the  shipment 
while  in  transit  was  at  the  risk  of  the 
purchaser.  The  following  resolution 
resulted,  the  vote  on  the  same  being 
unanimous: 

"Resolved,  that  all  wholesale  ship- 
ments of  perishable  nursery  and  grjen- 
house  stock,  also  seeds  and  bulbs. 
shall  hereafter  travel  at  the  purchas- 
er's risk,  and  it  is  recommended  that 
this  rule  be  adopted  by  all  shippers." 

The  action  taken  was  considered 
necessary  owing  to  existing  conditions 
In  express  service  at  the  present  time. 
It  was  also  decided  by  unanimous  vote 
that  the  matter  be  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Tariff  and  Lesrislation 
of  the  S.  A.  F..  Wm.  F.  Gude.  chair- 
man. Washington.  D.  C.  with  the  re- 
quest that  all  claims  be  filed  in  a 
block,  placed  in  the  hands  of  an  attor- 
ney, and  that  the  Committee  confer 
with  the  counsel  of  the  .-Xmerican 
Nurserymen's  Association,  and  that 
the  Committee  bring  to  the  notice  of 
the  transportation  companies  some 
facts  as  to  the  larve  anio\int  of  busi- 
ness being  transacted  by  Parcels  Post. 

It  was  also  suggested  that  when 
damaee  to  a  shipment  is  visible  or  sus- 
pected, the  consignee  accept  the  ship- 
ment subject  to  examination  by  the 
express  agent  and  the  filing  of  a  claim 
to  cover  the  damage  to  be  determined. 
It  is  a  matter  between  the  consignee 
and  the  express  company,  which  com- 
pany has  already  signed  for  the  ship- 
ment as  in  good  condition,  and  it  is 
Impossible  for  the  consignor  to  make 
the  adjustment  necessary  in  the  cir- 
cumstances. 

The  gathering  was  a  thoroughly 
representative  one,  and  included  dele- 
gates from  some  of  the  largest  ship- 
pine  concerns  in  the  country. 

John  Yoinc,  Secy. 


THE  PUBLICITY  CAMPAIGN. 
Judging  from  the  newspaper  clip- 
pings being  received  by  the  Promotion 
Bureau,  there  was  a  large  and  general 
response  from  retail  florists  to  the  sug- 
gestions made  that  they  make  individ- 
ual effort  to  draw  to  their  own  estab- 
lishments the  benefit  of  the  publicity 
accruing  from  the  page  advertisement 
In  the  Saturday  Evening  Post.  In 
many  cases  a  large  co-operative  adver- 
tisement was  used,  the  copy  covering 
a  whole  page.  The  electrotypes  sup- 
plied by  the  Promotion  Bureau  were 
very  generally  used  and  the  advertise- 
ments stood  out  prominently,  so  that 


i1k.\  ...iild  hiirdly  f"ll  to  allrail  at- 
tention. 

Those  who  have  sent  In  orders  for 
window  and  door  transfers,  and  glass 
signs  will  please  take  notice  that  de- 
livery of  all  has  been  promised  In  a 
few  days,  and  all  orders  will  be  filled 
within  a  day  following  the  receipt  of 
the  material. 

The  stock  of  electrotypes  provided 
for  Easter  and  Mothers'  Pay,  and  other 
occasions  Is  now  at  hand,  and  all 
orders  for  the  whole  set,  or  single 
electros,  are  now  fullilled. 

The  Wliolesale  Florists'  Association 
of  St.  Louis  have  come  across  hand- 
somely by  a  contribution  of  $2.5.00 
eacli  member.  Chairman  George  Asmus 
of  the  Publicity  Finance  Coniniillee 
reports  the  following  additional  sub- 
scriptions: 

Aiiniiiilly  for  4  yours— A.  Weaver.  Mnesll- 
loii.  Oliht.  S-Zi\  \V.  ,1.  Mvptiden.  Wllliiinsport. 
r«..  $.">;  C  H.  Jolinson.  Wolmni.  M;is8..  ?I0; 
Ciiscy  Florist  Cu..  .Mulrosc.  .Mnss..  $10; 
IVIrc*'  HroH..  Walthiini.  Miikh..  ^'l'i\  V.  I. 
Dnik.'  &  Co..  I'iltsllel.I.  Miiss..  $r> :  II.  J. 
liall.  Wfst  Herby.  Vt.,  $5;  IIprlxTl  S|i;ivlii8. 
Ml.  Kisto.  X.  v..  $.1;  .John  ,1.  Coiiuolly  Es- 
tate. Uosi'iiiont.  I'll..  $."i;  Itlc'lmril  D.  Klni- 
liMll.  W:il>an.  Muss..  .$4:  R.  I*.  I'eterson, 
KrainliiBliam.  Mass..  $5:  Hiico  JI.  de  Wlldt. 
I'rovlili-me.  R.  I..  S.") ;  Kent  Flower  Store. 
Newark.  O..  *5 :  Bruno  Ilenker.  White 
rialiis.  X.  Y.,  JB;  .Stephen  Mortoiisen, 
Southampton,  X.  Y.,  J.'jO:  Van  LIndley  Co., 
(Jreenslioro.  N.  C.  (seconil  HUhseriptioii), 
i''>:  .\lkliler  Hros.  Co.,  Lexin);ton,  Ky..  $.'5; 
Haunicarten  Florist.  Inc.,  Jlilwaukee,  Wis., 
W:  IIv.  f.'.  Bernint'.  St.  Louis,  %->T,\  C.  A. 
Kuehn.  St.  Louis.  Mo..  $25;  Wui.  C.  Smith 
Wholesale  Florist  Co.,  St.  Louis,  $25;  Wind- 
ier Wholesale  Florist  Co.,  St.  Louis.  $25; 
The  Ileepe  Co.,  Akron,  O.,  $15:  F.  J.  1111- 
rieh  Co..  Tlffen.  f)..  $5:  K.  R.  Asnius,  Clos- 
ter,  N.  .T..  %S>0:  W.  II.  Krnest.  WashinRton. 
1>.  C.,  $5;  C.  .1.  Swltzi'n.  Montceello.  Ind.. 
$5:  Ansel  n.  Carpenter.  Cohoes.  N.  Y.,  $25. 

Total,  $4.10.  Previously  reported  from  all 
sources,  $.'!0.inS.     Grand  total.  $.'iO,0,37. 

INTERNATIONAL    FLOWER    SHOW. 

Tlicre  was  a  meeting  of  tlie  riched- 
ule  Committee  on  Saturday  last,  at 
the  office  of  the  Secretary,  1170  Broad- 
way, N.  Y.,  at  which  the  preliminary 
schedule  of  prizes  was  revised  prepara- 
tory to  the  publication  of  the  final 
schedule,  copies  of  which  may  be  bad 
upon  application  to  the  Secretary. 

The  .Xmerican  Rose  Society  has 
agreed  to  waive  the  ruling  as  to  one 
pinch  (inly  being  allowed  in  the  classes 
for  10(1  Roses,  and  in  the  classes  cover- 
ing Rose  displays.  In  all  other  classes 
the  rules  of  the  Society  prevail.  It  is 
also  announced  that  the  Society  will 
offer  its  gold  and  silver  medals  under 
the  rulings  usually  applying.  A 
special  prize  of  $50  has  been  offered 
by  Mrs.  Hobart  Warren  for  the  best 
red   Rose  not  yet  disseminated. 

The  early  ordering  of  trade  tickets 
Is  urged.  The  prices  are:  for  100  or 
more  20c.  each,  less  quantities  25c. 
each.  No  names  will  be  printed  on 
the  tickets  this  year,  but  purchasers 
may  rubber  stamp  their  names  on  the 
backs,   if  desired.     John  Young,  Secy. 


Prof.  Hugh  Findlay,  a  former 
teacher  or  horticulture  and  botany  at 
the  Morrisville  State  Agricultural 
School,  for  something  like  three  years 
a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Agri- 
cultural College  at  Syracuse  Univer- 
sity, has  been  appointed  to  a  position 
in  the  federal  department  of  agricul- 
ture at  a  salary  of  $2,000. 


Obituary 


J.  F.  Anderson. 
.1.  F.  Anderson,  siiperinlendont  of 
the  Hammond  estate.  Hurnardsvlllc. 
N.  J.,  passed  uway  suddenly  Feb.  loth. 
Me  was  well  known  as  a  dahlia  spe- 
clallst,  and  was  the  originator  of  tho 
now  variety,  Red  Cross. 


David  D.  Winkworth. 
David  I).  Winkworlli,  proprietor  of 
till'  Michigan  .Nursery,  Monroe,  .Mich., 
died  recently  at  the  age  of  72  years. 
Me  was  at  one  time  connected  with  the 
nursery  firm  of  Smiths  &  Powdl, 
fJcddes,  N.  Y.,  but  moved  to  Monroe 
thirty  years  ago.  Six  sisters  and  a 
brother  survive  him. 


We  regret  to  announce  the  death  at 
St.  Louis  of  Emil  A.  Loewnau,  husband 
of  liabara  Loewnau  and  father  of  Wil- 
liam Frederick  and  Edward  Loewnau, 
on  Saturday,  Feb.  23rd.  Ills  green- 
houses are  at  6100  Vermont  avenue, 
l-^ineral  took  place  Tuesday,  Feb.  26, 
at  St.   Paul's  Cemetery. 


Jacob  Uhl 
Jacob  Uhl,  nurseryman,  of  Dans- 
vllle,  N.  Y'.,  passed  away  on  Feb.  8th, 
aged  73  years.  Mr.  I'hl  came  to  this 
country  from  Germany  at  the  age  ol 
six  years,  and  entered  the  nursery 
business  in  18B6.  Mr.  Uhl  was  a  vet- 
eran of  the  Civil  War.  He  is  survived 
by  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 


John  O.  Graham 
John  O.  Graham,  florist.  Little  Falls, 
.v.  Y.,  died  of  paralysis  Feb.  1st,  aged 
r)6  years.  Mr.  Graham  was  born  in 
Glasgow.  Scotland  and  came  to  this 
country  in  1880.  entering  the  florists' 
business  with  his  brother-in-law  at 
Binghamton.  N.  Y.  He  later  removed 
to  Little  Falls.  He  is  survived  by  his 
wife    and    three   children. 

BOSTON  SPRING  FLOWER  SHOW. 
The  Massachusetts  Horticultural  So- 
ciety's decision  to  devote  the  proceeds 
of  the  Spring  p-lower  Show,  March  13 
(o  17.  to  aid  the  Red  Cross  In  its  work. 
Ilirough  the  Boston  Metropolitan  Chap- 
ter, has  won  generous  approval,  and 
many  of  the  leading  private  and  com- 
mercial growers  have  promised  to 
make  special  displays  of  fruits  and 
vegetables,  despite  the  difficulties 
forced  upon  them  by  the  unusual  cold 
and  the  fuel  shortage.  R.  &  J.  Far- 
quhar  &  Co..  Thomas  Roland,  Mt. 
Desert  Nurseries,  W.  W.  Edgar  &  Co., 
Henry  Penn  and  others  prominent  In 
the  florist  trade  have  responded  favor- 
ably to  the  appeal  made  by  the  officers 
of  the  Horticultural  Society  and  will 
do  their  part  to  make  the  affair  a 
success. 


Mons.  and  Mme.  Eugene  Schaettel 
announce  the  marriage  of  their  daugh- 
ter. Mile  Yvonne  Schaettel  to  Mons. 
Louis  Nassoy,  Captain  of  30eme  regi- 
ment de  Infanterie,  on  Monday,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1918,  at  I'Eglise  de  Notre 
Dame  de  la  Mlsercorde,  Paris.  Mr. 
Schaettel  is  one  of  the  firm  of  Vil- 
morin,  Andrieux  &  Cie,  and  having  vis- 
ited this  country  frequently  has  many 
friends  here. 


March  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


203 


CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO. 

See   Classified  Advertisement    


IMPORTANT  BILL  INTRODUCED  IN 

NEW    JERSEY 
Assembly,  No.  310. — Introduced  by  Mr. 

Vreeland — Referred  to  Committee  on 

Agriculture. 
A  Supplement  to  an  act  entitled  "An 

act    for    the    punislinient    of   crimes 

(Revision   of   1898)"   approved   June 

14,  1898. 

1.  No  person  or  corporation  en- 
gaged in  the  business  of  building 
greenhouse  structures,  selling  fertiliz- 
ers, insecticides,  coal,  soil,  flower  pots, 
trees,  shrubs,  bulbs,  plants,  garden 
and  farm  implements,  seeds  or  any 
other  commodities  necessary  for  the 
formation  and  maintenance  of  public 
parks  and  grounds,  cemeteries,  base- 
ball and  athletic  club  grounds,  golf 
club  grounds,  country  club  grounds, 
hotel  grounds  and  country  estates, 
shall  pay,  or  cause  to  be  paid,  either 
directly  or  indirectly,  to  any  super- 
intendent, manager,  gardener,  foreman 
of  other  employee,  money  or  other 
consideration  whatsoever  as  a  present, 
reward,  inducement,  bonus  or  com- 
mission on  any  bill  for  purchase  of 
the  foregoing  commodities,  which  are 
to  be  used  in  the  formation  or  main- 
tenance of  parks,  grounds  and  estates 
designated  herein,  and  no  superintend- 
ent, manager,  gardener,  foreman  or 
other  employee  shall  ask  for,  demand, 
exact,  require,  accept  or  receive,  either 
directly  or  indirectly,  from  any  person 
or  corporation  engaged  in  the  busi- 
ness of  building  greenhouse  structures, 
selling  fertilizers,  insecticides,  coal, 
soil,  flower  pots,  trees,  shrubs,  bulbs, 
plants,  garden  and  farm  implements, 
seeds  or  any  other  commodities  neces- 
sary for  the  formation  and  mainte- 
nance of  public  parks  and  .grounds, 
cemeteries,  baseball  and  athletic  club 
grounds,  golf  club  grounds,  country 
club  grounds,  hotel  grounds  and  coun- 
try estates,  any  money  or  other  con- 
sideration whatsoever  on  any  bill  for 
purchase  of  any  of  the  before  men- 
tioned commodities. 

2.  Any  person  or  corporation  vio- 
lating any  of  the  provisions  of  section 
one  of  this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  two  hundred  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  for  a 
period  not  exceeding  six  months,  or 
both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

3.  Any  and  all  acts  and  parts  of 
acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  shall 
be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  imme- 
diately. 


A   PEERLESS   SWEET   PEA. 

The  Burpee's  Early  Snowstorm  mag- 
nificent pure  white  sweet  pea  illustrat- 
ed on  our  title  page  this  week  Is 
claimed   to  be  the   best  of  the  white- 


GLADIOLI 


Ist  Size 
1000 

America    S20.00 

Ilia    Van     SO.OO 

Independence    16. OO 

Mrs.  Francis    King 18.00 

Mrs.   Frank    Pendleton.   50.00 

Navajo    00.00 

Exhibition    Mixed 30.00 

Garden   Mixed    16.00 


2d  Size 
lOUO 
$15.00 
40.00 
12.00 
14.00 
35.00 
40.00 
15.00 
12.00 


CAN  N  AS 


Home  Grown 

Fresh  Cut 
Duz.  100 


Beacon    $0.75 

.60 
.50 
.60 
.75 
.60 
.60 


H  angaria    

Kate   F.   Deemer.... 

Meteor    

Olympic    

Kichiird     Wallace.... 
"W'intzer's    Colossal.. 

Well  graded,  cicsn,  healtly  stcck 

BRECK-ROBINSON   NURSERY  COMPANY 

[LEXINGTON,    MASSACHUSETTS 


$6.00 
500 
3.00 
5.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.00 


IF  YOU   MEAN   TO 
S/VY     IT     \A/ITIH      F-L.0\A/E:RS 

Then  secure  your  wants  throujh 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,    -    NEW  YORK 

51    ISarclay    Street  —  Or  —  P.    O.    Box    752. 


VIBURNUM  PLICATUM 

Also     Berberis     Thunbergii,     Hydrangea 

Paniculata,    AVeigela,   Spireas.   etc. 

Ask   for  complete    list   of 

OAK    BRANU    SHRUBS. 

The  r<ONARD  &  r^\  WEST  GROVE 
VJONESCO.I  5ff  I  PENN.U.S.A. 


Robeil  P;lc,  Pres. 


Anloine  WfDtzer,  Vlce-Pref 


seeded,  early-flowering  Spencers  yet 
introduced.  The  flowers  are  of  great 
size  and  substance,  beautifully  waved, 
and  are  borne  in  great  profusion.  The 
stems  are  long,  usually  carrying 
three  or  four  flowers  which  are  well 
placed.  Snowstorm  is  an  appropriate 
name,  as  the  plants  become  a  perfect 
mass  of  snow-white  flowers,  coming  to 
bloom  very  early  and  continuing 
through  a  long  season. 


SEED   TRADE    NOTES. 

The  Philadelphia  seed  houses  report 
that  the  volume  of  business  so  tar 
this  season  compares  very  favorably 
with  last  year.  All  those  seen  report 
an  increase  notwithstanding  the  se- 
vere weather.  On  Feb.  21  Mr.  Burpee 
reported  that  his  house  was  running 
30  to  40  per  cent,  ahead  of  the  same 
days  of  1917. 


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ADDISONIA 

A  quarterly  Journal  containing 
beaatiful  colored  illustrations  and 
popular    descriptionn    of    plants. 

Published  by  the  New  York  Botan- 
ical   Garden,   Bronx    Park. 

Supported  by  the  income  of  a  be- 
quest by  the  late  Jud^e  Addison 
Brown,  aided    by    subscriptions. 

The  second  volume  has  recently 
been  completed ;  tlie  third  volume 
will  be  issued  during  1918;  each 
volume  contains  40  fulUpage  colored 
illuNtratlons. 

Additional  subscriptions,  for  the 
whole  work  only,  are  Invited  at  $30, 
being  $10  per  volume.  Sample  parts 
will  be  mailefl  on   re<iuest. 

N[W  YORK  BOTANICAL  GARDEN 
Bronx  Park  New  York  City 


The  Canadian  Seed  Growers'  Asso- 
ciation's 13th  Annual  Report,  for  the 
year  ending  March  31,  1917,  contains 
the  minutes  of  the  Annual  Meeting, 
also  some  instructive  contributions  on 
seed  selection  and  purity.  Accom 
panying  the  report  is  a  pamphlet  ex- 
plaining some  of  the  methods  an1 
aims  of  the  association.  The  b"ad- 
quarfors  of  the  association  is  Canadian 
Building,  Ottawa.  Jas.  W.  Robinson 
is  president  and  L.  H.  Newman,  sec- 
retary-treasurer. 


National  Nurseryman 

Tbe  oldest  and  beat  eatabllataed 
journal  for  Duraerytncn.  Clrcula- 
tlnn  among  the  trade  only.  P»b- 
llehed  montbly.  SuhHrrlptlon  pr1c«, 
$1.60  per  year.  Fnrelsn  aahncrlp- 
t1o;is.  f^.OO  per  year.  In  advance. 
Sample  copy  free  opoD  application 
fr'>m  those  In  the  trade  encloalng 
their   hnslnesa  card. 

National  Nurseryman  Pub.  Co.,i!!i 

HATBORO,  PA. 


Mayflower  Verbenas 

Large   flowered,   pink,  fragrant,   vigor 

ous  grower,   healthy   stock. 

2i/o    inch    pots,   $5.00   per    100. 

E.  W.  BREED,  ^iirsT" 


204 


HORTICULTURE 


March  2,  1918 


SEED  TRADE 


EMBARGOES     LIFTED     ON      SEEDS 

AND    NURSERY    STOCK. 

Oritors    luivi-    beon    Issiu'il    relea^i  i 

nursory  slock  and  aveds  from  present 

and  futuro  pnibarKoes.  as  follows: 

January  10,  1918.  ReKlonal  Director 
Eastern  Railroads— Seeds. 

January  26,  liUS.  Regional  Director 
Western  Railroads — Seeds. 

January  30.  1918.  Regional  Director 
Eastern  Railroads— Seeds  and  nursery 
stock. 

January  30.  1918.  Regional  Director 
Southern  Railroads  — Seeds. 

February  2.  1918.  Regional  Director 
Western  Railroads— Nursery  stock. 

February  11,  1918.  Director  General 
Railroads— All  railroads  and  water 
carriers  connected  with  railroads — 
Seeds;  and  by  definite  agreement  with 
counsel  for  the  seed  and  nursery  trade 
associations  of  February  16,  supple- 
mentary order  will  be  issued  as  a  rou- 
tine matter  including  nursery  stock  in 
General  Order  No.  1  of  February  11, 
REr.roN.\L  Divisions  of  Railroads 
AND  Regional  Dirkctohs— General  Or- 
der No.  4,  issued  January  18,  1918,  for 
the  purpose  of  operating  the  railroads 
of  the  United  States  classiPes  rail- 
roads as  Eastern,  Southern  and  West- 
em  railroads,  as  follows: 

KASTKRN  BAILROADS:  Tlie  rnllroads 
In  that  portion  of  the  United  St.ites  north 
of  tlie  Olilo  am)  I'otoiunc  rivers  nnd  enst  of 
Lnke  Mlcbleun  iind  the  Iniliiina-IlUnola 
state  line;  also  those  railroads  In  Illinois 
extendlntr  Into  tlint  state  from  points  east 
of  the  Indlannllllnols  state  line;  also  those 
railroads  In  Illinois  extending  Into  that 
state  from  points  enst  of  the  Indiana-Illi- 
nois state  line:  nlso  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio, 
the  Norfolk  &  Western,  and  the  Virglulaa 
rallwav.s. 

SOVTHERN  RAILROADS:  All  railroads 
In  that  portion  of  the  United  States  south 
of  the  Ohio  nnd  Potomac  rivers  and  east  ot 
the  Mississippi  river,  except  the  Chesapeake 
&  Ohio,  Norfolk  &  Western,  and  the  Vlr- 
(tlnlan  railways,  nnd  also  those  railroads 
In  Illinois  and  IniUana  extending  into  those 
states  from  points  soutli  of  the  Ohio  river. 

WKSTKRN  RAILROADS:  All  railroads 
not  Included  In  the  above  delinitlons  nnd 
broadly  speaking,  all  rnllroads  In  the  ter- 
ritory west  ot  Lnke  Michigan  and  of  the 
Indiana-Illinois  state  line  to  the  Ohio  river 
nnd  west  of  the  Mississippi  river  from  the 
Ohio  rlvr  to  the  Cm  f  of  M..xifci  <.xr..ptlne 
those  railroads  In  Illinois  Included  In  east- 
ern territory  and  those  railroads  In  Illinois 
and  Indiana  Included  In  southern  territory, 
as  above  stated. 

Regional  Directors. 
A.  H.  Smith,  president  of  the  New 
York  Central,  is  appointed  regional  di- 
rector with  office  at  Room  3627  Grand 
Central  Terminal,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  in 
charge  of  the  operation  ot  eastern  rail- 
roads. 

C.  H.  Markham,  president  of  the 
Illinois  Central,  is  appointed  regional 
director,  with  office  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  In 
charge  ot  operation  of  southern  rail- 
roads. 

R.  H.  Aishton.  president  of  the  Chi- 
cago &  North  Western,  is  appointed 
regional  director  with  office  at  Chi- 
cago, 226  West  Jackson  Boulevard,  In 
charge  of  the  operation  of  western 
railroads. 

Orders  Issued  by  the  gentlemen 
named  In  their  capacity  as  regional  di- 
rectors will  he  issued  by  authority  of 
the  Director  General,  and  will  be  re- 
spected accordingly. 

Curtis  Nye  Smith, 

■Counsel,  American  Seed  Trade  Asso., 
and  American  Asso.  Nurserymen. 


Flower  Seeds,  Cannas,  American 
Grown  Gladioli,  Etc. 

WHOLESALE    CATALOG;  NOW    READY 

tivtnur  c.  jJbo^Dinoton  doV,  line. 

128  CHAMBERS  ST.,  NEW  YORK  CITY 


Send  for  our  >yholepnle 
FlurlBt  Cataioeue  Now 
Heady. 


Lily  of  the  Valley  Pips 

^      .,:    FOR  EARLY  FLOWERING  •-;;: 

Kvery  florist  should   have  a  few  of  these  dainty   flowers 
for  their  Easter  trade:     100,  »:1.U0:   lOOU,  »'.:8.U0. 


Double-FIowcrlng— .Salmon.  Keep  Rose,  Scarlet,  Crim- 
son, White.  Vellciw,  Orange,  Copper-Bronze,  Mixed: 
lOu,  $^I..'%U;   lUUU,  :M3.S0. 

SinRle-FlourrinK  Delicate  Pink,  Deep  Rose.  Scarlet, 
Crimson.  While,  Yellow,  Orange,  Salujou.  Mixed: 
100,  «14.0U;    lUOU.  $38.00. 

FOrTLER,  FISKE,  RAWSON  CO. 


The   Seed   .Store 


12   Bud    13   I'unruil    Hull    Si|..    noaton 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,   Raynes 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  XLS  1 LD  oLLUo^  Idc.,  coMi>erc«  BidiTBoaon,  Mt». 


CHICAGO  SEED  NOTES 
The  Leonard  Seed  Co.  are  in  the 
midst  of  a  very  heavy  shipping  sea- 
son. While  an  extreme  shortage  ex- 
ists in  a  general  way,  yet  many  small 
lots  of  seeds  are  frequently  cropping 
out  in  unexpected  places  and  some- 
times even  large  lots  will  be  offered, 
the  existence  ot  which  had  not  been 
dreamed  ot.  This  makes  the  market 
seem  very  erratic  at  times  and  certain 
seeds  will  have  a  widely  fluctuating 
value.  There  Is  no  question  as  to  the 
scarcity  of  beans  and  peas.  In  the 
former,  the  scarcity  is  often  in  certain 
varieties  only  and  the  average  supply 
is  not  so  far  below  normal  as  seemed 
inevitable  last  fall.  Corn  is  showing 
poorly  in  germinating  tests  as  was 
expected  from  the  early  frosts  o?  last 
season,  often  70  per  cent  having  to  be 
discarded. 

The  cabbage  situation  Is  bad  be- 
cause of  the  inability  to  get  seeds  from 
across  the  water  as  formerly.  The 
attempt  to  grow  the  cabbage  seeds  in 
this  country  had  a  severe  set-back  on 
account  of  unfavorable  weather  last 
year  which  makes  it  almost  certain 
that  next  year  will  see  conditions 
worse  than  now  for  growers  of  this 
vegetable.  Tomato  seeds  for  another 
year  are  in  the  hands  of  the  farmer — 
"if  he  will  he  will  and  it  he  won't  he 
won't."  Onion  sets  often  suffer  much 
from  delay  in  transportation  but  start 
out  in  good  condition  and  are  just  now 
quoted  as  follows:  white  $5.00  per 
bushel.,  red  $3.50  and  yellow  $3.00. 


The  State  Council  of  Defense  Is  or- 
ganizing a  campaign  for  a  much 
greater  garden  movement  than  that  of 
last  year,  when  so  many  people  spaded 
up  the  back  yard  or  the  city  plowed  up 
the  vacant  lots  and  gardening  became 
the  fad  of  the  hour.  This  year  a  much 
larger  area  will  be  use3,  many  hold- 
ers ot  large  tracts  ot  land  placing  them 
at  the  disposal  of  those  inclined  to 
make  use  ot  them.  Committees  will 
handle  the  purchase  of  seeds  in  large 
lots,  and  now  when  seed  supply  Is 
limited  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  less  will 
be  wasted  than   before. 


THE  VEGETABLE  MARKET. 

The  bean  situation  shows  increasing 
strength.  In  the  producing  sections, 
Xew  York  pea  beans,  mediums,  yellow 
eyes  and  red  kidneys  advanced  $1  to 
basis  of  $12  per  cwt.,  in  bulk,  from 
w-agons  at  western  New  York  shipping 
points,  and  Michigan  Navys  in  bulk, 
ranged  $11  2.'>  $11.75,  cash  to  growers, 
and  sold  $13  sacked,  f.o.b.  Michigan 
shipping  centers. 

Potato  values  are  still  declining,  and 
sales  to  jobbers  in  the  leading  market 
centers  range  generally  lower.  The 
cabbage  market  is  weaker  and  onions 
are  dull  and  lower.  .  Lettuce  in  fair 
demand. 

LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (?.nO  per  case) }.'.'' '«i  per  tliouxaad 

S/10  (2J.'>  per  case) sn.nn    " 

9/10  (2(10   per  case) 100.00     "  " 

Complfle   I.l-t  of  Flnrl.tti"  Cholcr  HrrAt. 

A    poHtal   rard    ufll    brlnr   our   mtaloKue. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

1004  Lincoln  Bide..     PBILADELPHIA,  PA. 


March  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


205 


ORDER  SEEDS 
EARLY ! 


Our  1918  Garden  Annual  is  now 
ready.   Write  for  a  copy. 


R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO. 

6  So.  Market  St. 
BOSTON 


ASTERS 

CREGO.      White,    P.lue,    Shell     rink, 

Rose       Pink,       Purple,       Lavender. 

Tr.ule     pkt.,     30e. ;     .fl.SO     per     oz. 

Mixeil    Color.s.      Trade    pkt.,    30c.; 

?1.:;5  per  oz. 
SEMPLE'S        LATE        BRANCHING. 

Sep.irate  Colors.     Traile  pkt.,  :!0c. ; 

$l.".'.j  per  oz.    Choice  ilixeil.    Trade 

pkt.,   30c. ;   .$1.00   per  oz. 
EAJtl.T         ROV.AL         IJRANCHING. 

Sep.irate  Colors.     Trade  pkt.,  40c.; 

JJ.L'o  per  oz.     Choice  Mi.xed.     Trade 

pkt.,  40c. :  ?2.00  per  oz. 

Send  for  Wholesale  Price  List 
ofTering:  everything  required  by  the 
proKressive    florist. 

HENRY  F.  MIGHELL  C9. 


518  Market  St., 


PHILA. 


Choice   Flower  Seeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

CINEBAKIA — I'riir     alralns,     mixed 

Tttll  nnd    8rinl-ilwarf. 

ALViSNUM — l.ltllr     Gem. 

CALENDULA — Orunice  Kins,   Lemon 

tjliern. 

SNArHRAGON— Silver    IMnk. 

HKIiON  I.A — \  rrlKin. 

DELPHINC'M     NEWPORT     ROSE — 

Finest    Pink    Larkspur   at   8Uc.    per 

oz.,  S3.25  per  %   lb. 

J.  M.  THORBURN  &  CO. 

EKtalillslied    IKU3. 

53  Barclay  Street.     NEW  YORK 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  UB  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    CO. 

l-,U  W.  Wabsab  Ave.  CHICAGO,  ILL. 


108   West   28lh   St.,  NEW   YORK 
CHOICE    FLOHI.sTS-    FLOWER    !tEED8 

Aspnrncua  I'liiniunun  Nanui — 1000  ■eeds, 
t3.!M:   KOOO  Seeds.  (Ifi.no. 

AsparnKus  Sprengerl — lOOO  Seeds,  $1.00. 

Salvia  Bonfire — '4,   oi.,  SOo.j    1   oi.,  US. 00. 

Salvia   Zurich — 'A,   oi.,   l.-ic. :    I    oi.,  »4.CK). 

Stuck.  itcHuljr  of  Mee,  -r,7r  Doulile  Floirer* 
— .shell  Pink.  Itrlitbl  I'lnk.  Purple,  White 
— Tr.   Pkt.,  $1.IH):    %  OI.,  K.OO;    1   ox.,  »5.00. 

Snapdraron,  Petunlaa,   Wrbenas,  etc 
SJiiMD    FOB    CATALOUDE. 


\A/ 


R    &     DON 


Choice  Seeds  for  Florists  for  Present  Sowing 


MIGNONETTE 

•■W,   &    D.'b   Aldon"    far   outclaBHeB   any 
other  struiu    for  uinrketliii;.     Tr.  pkt., 
50c.;  %  oz..  $1.00;  oz..  »(1.0O. 
ANTHIRRHINL'M 

W.  ft  D.'s  Imp.  Glant-FluH-erlnic.  Pure 
Wliite,  Pink.  Fuir.v  Qiieeu.  Corn!  Red, 
Hose,  Scarlet,  Striped  Venus,  aud 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  2i>c. ;  oz.,  75c. 

Nclruse.     Pkt.,  25c. 


ALTSSUM 
Little  Gem.     Tr.  pkt.,   lOc. ;  oi!.,  30c. 
Odoratiim.     Tr.  pkt.,  lOc. ;  ox.,  15c. 

SALVIA 

Splendena.     Tr.  pkt..  20c.;  o«.,  H.25. 
Uontlre.     Tr.   pkt..  20c.;   ox.,  $2.50. 

VERBENA 

Mammoth.     Scarlet,  Pink.  Purple.  White, 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c. ;  oz.,  $1.0<). 


WEEBER  &  DON,    114  Chambers  St.,    NEW  YORK 


30-32    BARCLW  STREET 


U 


NEW  YORK 


i-EioiM/viRD's    se:e:d3 

Land     SEED     SERVIOE 

FOR     SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  III. 


JACK    FROST 


For  Cold  Frames 

l-2Doz.$16;IDoz.$30 


WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importers  am^  Qrow«r*  ^f 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chimbers  Street.  New  York 


THOMAS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS.     Bl'LBS     A.N'II     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    A.ND    BETALL. 
Beselected  Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved   styles   In   Implemente. 

Catalocoe    upon   appUemtlea. 

16  So.  Market  Street 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

I-'or     Ininieiiiate     or     future     delivery 
prices   qnoted    on    application. 

JOSEPH  BRECK  &  SONS'  CORP- 

41-54    North    Market    St..   Boston,   Mass. 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    for    Special    Prices,    Spot   or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


tSS  W.^3rd    St.,     NEW  YORK 

J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Seed  Distribu- 
tors for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Market   (iiirilenem  iinil    Florists 
Pratt  and  L.ght  Si».,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 

GARDEN  SEED 

I'.IKT.  CAKKOT.  P.\RSNII',  KADI.Sn  and 
(;.Al;l)i:.\  I-KA  SKKD  in  vurlcty:  also  other 
ItcMis  of  the  short  crop  of  this  luist  season, 
n«  ivcll  as  a  full  Hue  of  Garden  Seeds,  wUl 
be  quoted   you   uiioii  npiillcatlou   to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Der  St.,  NEW  YORK  and  GRANGE,  CONN 


20C 


HORTICULTURE 


March  2,  1918 


ALEX.    McCONNELL 

611    FIFTH   AVENUE 
NEW   YORK  CITY 

T^l^traphtr  or<lrr»  forwartUd  to  any 
r^rt  of  llii-  I  oil"!  »l«t>-«.  <  »n»J».  •■<1 
All  prlnrl|i«l  rin*-*  of  HurtHn*.  I»rder» 
irmn*rrrr«-4l  nr  lnlrii"lr«i  li>  llir  IrmJ*  t4» 
•  or  •rlrrlloo  for  drlUrry  on  •lr«ni«hlp» 
•r  •!•«•«•  h»r»   rMwlv*   aprclBl  «ll»nll»tt. 

Cm  .•'  CnHimt    h.'rrirn   ntlhtriri 

B*frr^t»r<«    or    «m»h    muat   »rromp»ny    bII 
•rdf>rs     from     anknowo     roriYapoDdcoi*. 

Ohlr    A<ldrr».    A  I.KXC'ON  N  BI.U 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Member  of  Florlin"  Telejriph  Delliery 

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IM 


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TrantftT   Your  Order*  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
Member  Florlat*'  Telecr»ph  DcIlTarj 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

I>«liTer  orders  Imm  any  P«n  oi  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Wrtt«  vr  ruamrm^tt 
1139-2141   Broadway,  New  York 

KOTTMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49lh  St.,  New 

York.      Alio  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Telephone,    Murray     Hill    7H3 

Ont-of-town     ()ril<T«     Solicited.       Location 

Ceiitrnl.      Personnl    Attentlou. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 


FLORIST 

BANGOR.  ME. 

IVe  Cooer  all  Poinh  in  Maine 


32  NEWBURY 

STREET. 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING   FLORISTS 

38   Dorrance  Street 

Member    Florlate'    Telecraph    UellTary 


Of   Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 

ARE    YOU    DOING    YOUR    PART? 

.Now  Uiiil  uiir  I'uhlklty  ('iimi):iiKn  Is 
w(>ll  on  Its  way,  may  we  not  i-xpfct 
further  oneouranemenl  for  still  Rrealer 
results  In  this  Kood  work  for  the  bet- 
terment of  better  and  bljjuer  business 
from  those  who  have  not  as  yet  sub- 
scribed to  our  fund? 

Your  ollUers  of  the  S.  A.  F.  and 
members  of  Publicity  and  Finance 
Committees  and  their  auxiliary  coni- 
mittees  of  the  various  districts  and 
states  are  giving  of  their  time  and 
money  towards  this  new  movement, 
but  the  response  Is  not  up  to  the 
mark. 

Show  your  appreciation  in  this  good 
work  for  greater  sales  of  flowers  by 
sending  in  your  donation  now,  there- 
by not  only  increasing  your  own  sales, 
but  by  also  helping  every  branch  of 
the  florists'  business. 

Will  you  be  satisfied  by  allowing 
your  neighbor  to  contribute  to  our 
Publicity  Fund,  and  not  do  your  bit? 
Show  your  liberality  by  coming  across 
now,  without  any  solicitation  on  the 
part  of  any  one,  and  make  this,  our 
first  campaign,  a  big  success. 

Get  the  thought  now  in  the  minds 
of  the  public  for  the  need  of  more 
flowers  and  take  advantage  yourselves 
by  tying  up  to  our  Publicity  move- 
ment in  your  own  town  through  the 
daily  press,  and  watch  the  results. 
For  every  dollar  spent  now,  it  will 
come  back  ten  for  one,  Jn  the  near 
future. 

We  are  out  to  raise  fifty  thousand 
dollars  (?50.O00)  for  our  first  cam- 
paign. We  have  raised  thirty  thou- 
sand dollars  ($3H,onn)  now.  Let's  go 
over  the  top,  and  you'll  feel  better  for 
doing  your  duty  in  this  fine  noble  work 
which  the  S.  A.  F.  has  undertaken. 

Send  your  checks  to  John  Young. 
Secretary,  1170  Broadway,  New  York 
City,  N.  Y. 

('li:iirinan. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  yoor  aerTlce  to  deliver  Flower* 
or  Dealgna  on  Order  by  Telo- 
Kraph  or  otherwlae.  Trompt 
KellHble  Service. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connertlcut    Ave.   and    I..   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


CatabUakad   U74 

D  A.  I^  D  S 

Fl'OBIST 

ft  E.  C«r.  44  St.  k  MtdiMo  Aveaie,  N.  T.  Cty 

(  Member  Floriia'  Teler'»P*'  Delrvery  Ai»o.  ) 
Flowers  thipp«d  on  &il  Stc&jncrt  Speci&l  Correspond- 
•ncc  m  &JI  the  l&rsc  citici  of  Eurocc  and  tSc  Bntith 
Q^mie'  TclcariiD>^  &n<l  Cftbic  uJdress  Dftrdi^or. 
We  ■hoald  sit  ■trirtly  Adhere  to  the  r»- 
qnest  of  the  United  State*  Food  AdmlnU- 
trmtloD' 


lOHN  BREITMEYER'S 
=— SONS— 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
Hi|li  Grade  Gut  Blooms 

Vi'«  rever  kII  Mlrhlgmn  poleta  Ul4  g—d 
•r#tlon«  of  Ohio,  latHan*  WkMd  <■  —  <■ 
Mflonttera     FlorUta'     Trirsrspb      l>ell«*ry 


CCO£    liHOS  CO 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Member  Florists  7rlc{}raph    Dellfetr 


Orders    for    NEW    ¥ORB.. 
Write  or   I'bone  to 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 


Best     Florlete     tn     the    8t*tee    •• 
Beferenoee. 

EUROPEAN  ORDERS  EXECUTED 

ftfembere   of    Che    Florlete' 
TeloKr^ph    Delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 
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FLOWER  OEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICINITY 

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Q.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Menbir  FItrists'  Telegraph  Delnery  hsi. 

YOlG  &  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Mambera   Floriata'    Telegraph    DeliTer^ 

aTTTTunyard 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madiaon  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Alao  Newport,  R.   I. 

I   OCARANTKE   BATISFACTIOW 


March  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


207 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member    Florists'  Telegraph 
Deiivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Deliverj 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 


ilClIf  VnDV  56^  Fl**h  Ave. 
nCffff    I  UltlV  Vanderbllt  Hotel 

DAQTnil    ^  '*>''l<  street 
DUO  I  UH  799  Boylston  Street 

Dilmrios  to  Steamers  lod  ell  Eastern  PoioU 

Ordere    Filled    Day    or    Night    for 

O  L.  E  V  E:  I- AIM  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

Complete  s^tork.      Regular  dlHCOunt  to  Trftde. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

1896    W.    S6th    St.,    Cleveland,    O. 
Members    FlorlstH'  Telegraph  Delivery  Ass'B. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  gocd  care  of  your  orders 

Members  of  F.  T.  D,  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

Racbanei  Phone  506.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  s/Si 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDERSON     service    meaos    fresh,    stnrdr 
Stock  and   prompt  deliveries  In   BDFFAL,0, 
LOCKPORT,        NIAGARA        FAXX8        aBd 
WK8TERN    NEW    YORK 
Members    of    Florists'    Telecrapb    DeUvsrr. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 
THOMAS  ROLAND,      Nahant.  Mast. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

ELARRT  I.  RANDALL.,  Proprietor. 

Ifember  Florists'   Telegraph  Delivery. 


DOLLAR    FOR    DOLLAR. 

A  savings  bank  in  a  New  York  vil- 
lage of  five  thousand  people  figured 
up  business  tor  1917. 

"In  spite  of!"  echoed  the  secre- 
have  gained  $250,000  in  deposits  over 
1916,"  exclaimed  a  trustee  to  the  sec- 
retary.   "I  call  it  marvelous." 

"In  spite  of  it!"  echoed  the  secre- 
tary. "You  are  dead  wrong.  It  is 
because  of  the  Liberty  Loans  that  we 
got  most  of  that  $250,000.  It  repre- 
sents mainly  new  accounts." 

"For  the  last  eight  months  people 
who  never  saw  the  inside  of  a  savings 
bank  have  been  walking  In  here  and 
planking  down  a  dollar  a  week  to  buy 
$50  bonds." 

"And  a  dollar  a  week  for  their  ac- 
count, eh?"  inquired  the  trustee. 

"You  have  guessed  it,"  the  secretary 
told  him. — y<ir  Ytirk  Siui. 

"Now,  here  is  the  same  problem  re- 
versed to  fit  our  case,"  says  Henry 
Penn.  chairman  of  the  Publicity  Cam- 
paign. "For  every  dollar  expended  In 
our  Publicity  Campaign,  it  will  return 
ten,  providing  we  tie  our  own  local 
advertising  to  the  magazine  advertise- 
ments, and  thereby  bring  before  the 
people's  minds  the  effect  of  the  na- 
tional advertisement." 

So,  send  in  your  subscriptions  to 
John  Young,  Secretary,  1170  Broad- 
way. New  York  City.  N.  Y.,  who  will 
acknowledge  same  through  the  trade 
press. 


GROWTH  OF  THE  F.  T.  D. 

New  additions  to  the  F.  T.  D.  mem- 
bership list  are  as  follows: 

IliniiinKliinii,  Ala.— Kraser  Nursery  Co., 
.Mdiilcvallo  Koad  anil  Ave.  F;  Tutwiler 
Flower  Shop,  Tutwiler  Hotel ;  Empire 
I'linvi'i-  Shop,   ICnipire  Building. 

Cleveland,  Ohio.— Westman  &  Getz,  .'5923 
Kuelid    Ave. 

luiiliam.   N.   C— .T.  J.   Fallon. 

K.iMsas  City,  Mo.— W.  J.  Barnes,  SSth 
;ind    Kuelid   Ave. 

L.vneliliur;;,  Vn.— J.  J.  Fallon.  1009  Main 
St.  ' 

I'rovineetown.  Mass. — William  C.  Newton, 
-V2  Commereial  St, 

Statesville.  X.  C. — Barriiiger's  Green- 
liouses.  ."illi  Center  St. 

Vaneiiuvei-.  B.  C— James  Brand  &  Co., 
is:  Itohsou  St. 

Wauki'slia.  Wis.— Waukesha  Floral  Co.. 
41)11  .Main   St. 

Wallace  Idaho.— Robert  G.  Lowe  r.l.j  OtU 
St. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 

FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON.    -    N.  Y. 
YALE!    YALE! 

And    AH    New  Haren   Neighborhood 

FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 
Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapel  St  ,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Mtmber  Florists    Telegraph  \DeIivery    AsiociaHfin 
MO  TICE  INITIA  LS.     We  have  one  store  onlf 

THE  I.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEYELANft 

Euclid  Avonuo 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mail    or    tel«Krapb    orricr    to* 
any   occasion,  in  any  part  of  tbe  Domlaloa. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  Bt.    -    TORONTO,  ONT. 


AXBANT,  N.  Y. 


Flowera   or  Design  Work 

ubl,iveri<:d  in  ai.hany  and  \  iciniti 
on  tei.roraphic  order 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largest  cut  Dower  Ntore  in  America. 
Orders  for  tbe  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Nortbwestern  points  clven  prompt  ai- 
tentloD 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MIkN. 

^"^  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    FlorUti'    Telecraph    Delivery. 

DENVER,  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 

HOUSTON,  TEXAS 


The  FI*rU«       M»»>«r  W.  T.  ». 


HORTICULTURE 


March  2,  1918 


ROOTED 

CARNATION  CUTTINGS 

C.  W.  Ward,     The^o,      A.  Roper.     Matchless, 

Beacon,  Waahburn,    O.  P.  Bassett,    Alice 

Supreme,    Thenaiithoa,    Enchantress 

We  hiivt'  a  large  supply  of  thoin   ready  for  Im- 
mediate sliipmont. 

Special  prices  in    lOOO  lots 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


Seasonable  Florists'  Supplies 

We   Call    Special    Attention   at    Present   to 
Our  Excellent  Line  of 

CKKTR    FI.UWKKS:      DalilluH,    'MuiiiH,   Carnatlonn,   etc. 

CKKI'K  I'AI'KK.  Ill   rolls,  for  ICH8t(-r  iilniitH  and  all  season- 
iiblo  work  — very  ccouoiulcul. 

CVCAS    LKAVE8:      Mnenolla    U-nvi'M   and   others. 

F,\.N<Y   riN8  for  Corsage  work. 

IM)\KS:      .\ii    c.vc.'ptldhally    fliii'    liil    at     riMinoiinhle    prices. 

MARTIN  REUKAUF,  433  Callowhill  St.,  PHILA. 

WIIOLKS.ALK    FLOKIST8'    SUPrLIES 

3H  ><-iirN   In    lln-   )>n>>lnrHN.     II    will   piiy  you   to  nrlte. 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLEISALE   FLORIST 

1619-21    Raoilctd  St.,    Philadrlphit,    Pa. 

CHOICE  BEAUriE),  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
and  all  Seasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

i  Si.  M]le  St.,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.  G.HILL  CO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

RI^HIIVION^.      IIMC3. 

M.as«  BieaUaa  H»rtt«altnr«  when   wrltinc 


MICHIGIVN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

Con.lsam^ii*.  Bollclted 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT,  MICH. 

The  Hiute  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.    PA. 


POEHLMANN  BROS.  CO 

I         Supply  of  Be^t  Cut  Flowers  all  the   Year  Jtround 
72-74  EAST  RANDOLPH  ST.,  -      CHICAGO. 


If      InttTf-tf-tl. 


urnri      n»     jnxir 


anri    »df1r«>«N    fnr    ntir    w^rklv     pricr    11*1 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson  &   Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Ordert    RifA    f» 

IHEIMF9V     IVI.     ROBIIMSOrJ     &     OO. 

2  WInthrop  Square  and  32  Oils  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


TRADE 


PRICES -P«r  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


ROSM 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

•'  *'         Fancy  and  Extra.    . 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls...  • 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadlcy 

Aienberg,  Hoosiet  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunbur&t,  HilUngdon.. 

C«rn  atioB* ' 

Cattle^M 

Dendrobium  formoram 

Liliea.  Lonsiflorum < 

Lilies,  Speciosum    

C.llas 

Uly  of  the  Valley 

SnaDdragon 

Violet. 

Freesia    

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulipa ■ 

DaModilt 

Cftlendula ■ 

Mitfnonette 

Sweet    Peas 

MareueriteS' 

Gardenias   

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparaffiu  Plumoaua.  A.  Spren. 


BOSTON 

Feb.  38 


ST.  LOUIS 

Feb.  18 


PHILA. 

Feb. iB 


35.00 
15.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3-00 
3.00 

l.CO 

35,00 


8.00 
6.00 
19.00 

5.00 

6.00 

.35 

1.00 
1.00 
1. 00 

3.00 

1. 00 

1. 00 
3.00 

•50 

I  00 
15.00 


50.00  I 

15.00  i 

H.oo 
la.oo 
la.oo 
10.00 

B.oc 
10.00 
la.oo 

a. 00 
50.00 
50.00 
10.00 

8.00 
16.00 


40  00 

20.00 

5.00 

8.00 


3.00 
4.00 
5.00 
1.50 
50.00 


to       8 


to 
to 


ao.oo 

(100  Bchs.) I  35.00 


00 

to. 00 

.50 

9. CO 

9.00 

300 ! 

4. to 

4.00 
3.00  ; 
4.00 
1.00  . 

9. CO 

35.0c 

95. CX} 
50.00 


50.00 

30.10 

15.00 
33.00 


10.00 

IO.CX> 

15-00 

3.00 
75.0c 

n  50 

la.cx) 
8.00 

.40 
3.C0 
3.00 


4.<x>     to       5.00 


.40     to       1.50 


13   50 

9  ,.00 


to 
to 


l.CO 

15  00 
50.00 


60.00 
a  5. 00 
5.00 
6  00 
6.00 
500 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
•  00 
ao.oo 


to  75.00 
to  60. o* 
to     ao.oo 


35. to 
■0.00 
15.00 

6.00 
19.00 
1500 

4.00 
50.00 


10. (x>     to     I  a. 00 


10. oc 

5-00 
3.00 

as 

9  00 
9  00 
a. CO 
4.00 

1.50 

9-00 

•SO 

.50 
5,00 

1.50 

15. oc 
93.00 


to 
to  . 
to 
to 


19  00 

to.oo 

15. CO 

1  00 

5.00 

30» 
3  00 
6. CO 

4.  CO 

400 
9  00 
9.00 
9500 
a  00 

90.C0 

60.00 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


ris-ts 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.A.BUOL0NG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 
ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE 


CUT  FLOWERS 


March  2,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


205) 


Flower  Market  Reports 

Tlie   middle  of  the   week 

BOSTON  finds  the  market  very 
slow  although  the  earlier 
days  were  fairly  satisfactory.  The 
stock  coming  in  is  quite  heavy  and  its 
accumulation  has  had  the  effect  of  flat- 
tening out  market  values  on  practical- 
ly every  item.  The  outlook  is  for  a 
continuance  of  this  downward  tenden- 
cy but  it  will  be  influenced  more  or 
less  by  weather  conditions.  The  rose 
crop  is  again  on  the  increase  and  it  is 
now  evident  from  the  surplus  dis- 
played on  wholesale  tables,  that  the 
pinch  on  short  sizes  is  over  for  good 
and  the  dealer  who  is  looking  for  low- 
price  stock  will  be  accommodated  with 
pleasure  and  due  alacrity.  The  bul- 
bous section  continues  dominant  with 
a  superabundance  of  all  the  narcissus 
tribe  and  a  noticeable  advance  in 
quality,  quantity  and  variety  of  tulips. 
Many  hyacinths  of  the  small  flowering 
Dutch  or  "Italian"  are  in  evidence,  ap 
pftrently  having  been  substituted  by 
some  of  the  growers  for  the  "Romans" 
and  the  flowers  are  pleasingly  more 
impressive.  Violets  are  grand  but  too 
many  for  the  weak  call. 

Good  stock,    fine  weath- 

CHICAGO  er  and  better  shipping 
facilities  have  all  tend- 
ed to  fielp  the  trade  from  all  angles 
this  week.  All  kinds  of  stock  are 
offered  In  first-class  quality  as  well 
as  in  medium  grades.  Roses  are  re- 
sponding to  the  warmth  and  sunshine 
and  are  coming  in  much  larger  quan- 
tities. It  present  conditions  continue 
the  shortage  will  soon  be  over.  Car- 
nations and  spring  flowers  form  the 
bulk  of  the  rest  of  the  stock  though 
there  is  a  good  variety  of  miscellane- 
ous flowers  to  tempt  the  buyers.  The 
coal  situation  is  not  so  tense  and  as 
Easter  looms  up  only  a  few  weeks 
ahead,  growers  are  able  to  keep  their 
houses  at  a  little  higher  temperature. 
Shipments  are  going  out  with  but 
few  complaints  of  delay  or  injury  from 
customers. 

Demand  continues 

CLEVELAND  in  satisfactory  vol- 
ume, according  t  o 
wholesale  houses,  and  supplies  are 
ample  for  all  requirements.  The  sale 
of  carnations  and  violets  is  dragging  a 
little  according  to  some  dealers.  One 
dealer  is  featuring  extraordinarily  fine 
pansies  which  are  selling  at  $2  a  hun- 
dred wholesale.  They  measure  on 
an  average  three  inches  in  diameter. 
The  grower  has  been  cutting  them 
since  early  in  December. 

The    progress   of    the 

NEW  YORK  season  is  having  its 
usual  and  natural  re- 
sult, in  the  decided  increase  of  dally 
receipts  in  the  wholesale  flower  estab- 
lishments with  a  corresponding  weak- 
ening of  values  and  more  critical  man- 
ner of  buyers.  Crops  are  heavy  on 
roses,  carnations,  lilies,  violets,  sweet 
peas  and  all  bulbous  material  and 
sales  in  quantity  on  all  these  things 
are  negotiated  at  prices  decidedly  low- 
er than  for  some  time  past.  The 
scarcity  in  the  medium  and  lower 
grades  of  roses  no  longer  exists,  so  the 
street  dealers  only  await  the  arrival 
of  balmy  weather  to  get  busy  as  there 
Is  an  abundance  to  be  had  of  every- 
thing he  wants.     Quality  is  gpod  gen- 


SWEET  PEAS 

Choice,  even  cboieer  tlum  tlie.v  li.Tve 
been  :it  any  time  this  season,  in  quantiiy, 
all  leuKtlus,  in  all  colors,  several  of  tlie 
newer  shades. 

Extra    long S2.50     S3.00 

I.oHB    1.50       2.00 

Jledium     1.00 

Short    50  .75 

m^^^^m^mm    ^'^  ^"®  °*  ^""^  Specials 

^K \      ^^^^^^mm^^KiH^^^I  lu  '°ts  of  SOO  or  assorted  colors; 

^t'  ^^BT  ^EPifl^^Hk.^S       01'"     selection;     all     long     stems;     best 

V-^H^  ^i^^^^Bb^l       quality ;  at  $1.50  per  100. 

?7^^^^^^^B  SWEET    PEA   SPECIAL.  NO.   2 

yi  -tB  In  lots  of  500  or  over;  assorted  colors; 

regular  $1.50  value ;  at  $1.00  per  100. 

Everything    in    Cut    Flowers,    Plants, 
Greens,  Ribbons  and  Supplies. 

S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 

The  ^t?i?r«n'/of  Philadelphia 

NEW  YORK  PHILADELPHIA  BA.LTIMORE 

llTW.aSthSt.  1 608- 1620  Ludlow  St  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  Sts, 

WASHINGTON.  1  2  1 S  H.  St.  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


Rotet 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "        Fancy  and  Extra 

"  "         No.  I  and  culls 

Rtissell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Waid 

Killarney ,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Carnation* 

Cattleyas 

Dendrobium  formosum 

Lilies,  Longif loTum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdragon 

Violets 

Freesia 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulips 

^  DatfodiU 

'  Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peaa 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

A«paraguaPla.&Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINN 

Feb 


ATI 


TRADE  PRICES -Per  100 
TO  DEALERS  ONL> 

BUFFALO      I    PITTSBURG 

Feb.  25 P^b-  4  _ 


35.00 
25.00 
10.00 
8.00 
8.00 
6.00 
4.00 
4.00 
6.00 

2. CO 


40.00 
30.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
12.00 
10.00 
10.00 

15.^0 

4.00 

75.00 


I      CHICAGO 

I  Feb.  25 

60.00 


10.00     to     ta.oo 


4.00 
•75 
3.00 
2.00 
3-to 
4.00 


2.00 

4.00 

•75 


25.00     to 


10.00 
6.00 
8.CO 

I. CO 

4.00 
3.00 
4.00 
6.00 

4.00 
6. CO 
2.C0 


1.00 
15.00 
3«;.oo 


50.00 

40.00 
so. 00 

5.00 
400 

4.00 
4.00 
4.00 

1.50 
35-00 

8.0c 

8.00 
4.00 
8.00 

.50 

2.00 

2.1  O 
2. 00 
3. CO 

2.00 
2. CO 

4.00 

.75 

12.00 

1.00 
15.00 
25.00 


50.00 
30.00 
25.00 

35.0c 
12.00 
12.00 
12. CO 
4.00 
50.00 

12.00 

12.00 
6.00 
I2.CC 

•75 
4.C0 
3.C0 
3.C0 
5.  o 
4.00 
^.00 
6  00 


20.00 

125 

20.00 

50.00 


40.00 

25.00 
5.00 
6.00 
5-00 
5.00 
4.00 
4  00 
5. CO 


5c. 00  to 
to 

8.00  to 

4.00  to 

10.00  to 

8. CO  to 

4.00  to 

.63  to 

2. CO  to 

2.00  to 

3.00  to 

3.00  to 

I. CO  to 

I  .CO  to 

2. 00  to 

1.00  to 


1. 00 
15.00 

25.00 


50.00 
3500 

15.0c 

13. 00 
lO.CO 

10.00 
6.CO 

10.00 

12.00 
4.00 

60.00 

I2.00 

6.00 
15.00 

10.00 
8.0c 

■75 

4.CO 

3  c<^ 

3.C0 

5.00 

3.(0 

3.00 
5  to 
2.(0 

1.50 
1.25 

20.00 
50. CO 


10.00 

8.00 


6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
2.00 
40.00 

10.00 
4. CO 


50.00 

3500 

15-00 
35.00 


13. 00 

13.00 

I3.O0 

4.0c 
60.00 

13. 00 

800 


4.00 

•35 
4.00 
2.00 
2.00 
4  00 


to  . 

to  . 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 


•75 
6.00 
3.00 

4.C0 
6.00 


3.00 

to  . 
to 

'  6.00 

2.00 

to 

5.00 

•75 

to 

3.00 

1. 00 

to 
to  . 

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1.CO 

15.00 

35CO 


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60.00 


erally  although  on  carnations  this 
statement  will  stand  qualification,  as 
there  is  quite  a  lot  ot  bursted  and 
otherwise  undesirable  stuff  coming  in. 
Cattleyas  are  still  overabundant  for 
the  daily  needs  and  are  inclined  to 
accumulate.  Sweet  peas  are  seen  in 
all  grades  of  good  and  bad  and  are  en- 
tirely too  plentiful. 

There  is  very 
PHILADELPHIA     little    change    in 

the  rose  market 
this  week.  The  shorts  still  have  the 
call  on  account  of  the  crops  running 


mostly  to  long  stems.  In  carnations, 
prices  remain  unchanged.  They  must 
be  very  fine  quality  indeed  to  bring 
top  quotations.  The  leaders  at  pres- 
ent seem  to  be  Mrs.  Ward  and  Pink 
Delight.  When  you  hear  the  boys 
shouting  on  Chestnut  and  Market 
streets,  "Fine  carnations  ten  cents  a 
bunch!"  you  can  bet  there  are  lots 
going  at  the  wind-up  for  a  quarter- 
cent  and  less.  Cattleyas  are  still  slow; 
Trianae  will  be  over  by  Easter: 
Schroederae  is  later  but  that  is  liable 

(Continutd  on  faze  2Il) 


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1129  Arch  St.  PHILADE&.PHIA,  PA. 

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H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholemale     L-ommitsion    Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flower* 

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Tataphaai-a:        tto*    tt«l.   Msfllaon  Hgl 


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WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

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CUT     FLOWERS 

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Coiigan   Ilullillng 

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READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

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Stork  In  Ainerlcn.  Write  fur  Illugtriited 
Catulos  of  Greena  and  Florists'  Suppllea. 
119  W.  28lh  St.,    -    -    NEW  YORK 


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Brooklyn'a  Foramoat  and  Best 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Tint  CUm  Mwk.t  t.r  all  CUT  FLOWERS 

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MAI  KICK    L.    nl.A8B,   Treannrer 


NEW    YORK   QUOTATIONS   PER    100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


American  Beauty,  Special 

"  *•  Fancy  and  Evtra. 

"  '*  No.  I  and  culU.    . 

RuMell.  Euler,  Mock-  

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamer.  Radiance.  Taf t 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hiltingdoa 

Key 

CarnatioDa 


Ust  Part  of  Wiik 

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1111 

•  5.00  to  3SOO 

10,00  to  ao.oo 

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3. CO  to  1000 

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3  00        to        13  00 

a  1.0      to      I  >.oo 
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First  Pirt  if  ffiik 

kiftiilii  Fik.  25 

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■  0.00     to  so. 00 

3.00     to  6.00 

3 .00     to  1  s  00 

3.00     to  50.00 

3.00       to  10.00 

a  00     to  8  00 

a  00     to  B.oo 

t.oo     to  It. 00 

a. 00     to  I  a. 00 

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WHOLLSALE   FLORISTS 

129  West  28th  Street 

E.  J.  VAN   REYPER,  Mgr. 


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WILTER  F.  SHERIDAH 

Vt'bolesale  CommlsHlon  Dealrr  In 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

133  West  28th  Street,  New  York 
TelephoDf— -SS.'Z-SRSa  MsilUon  "qimrs 


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ChariM   ««ka 


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WHOLESALE   FLOKIMT 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

51    W.   2Sth    Street,    New    York 

T*W»haaM.    4ZO-4Zl-4n    Mad.    Hq. 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENCK 

V^Kolesale    Florists 
411  Stk  knnt.  Mtwiii  26tll  h4  27tt  :ts..  Niw  TM 

TeUpbones:      7B7,  7BS,  7M   Farracat 
CxDslKDiueQts  Solicited 

HERMAN   WEISS 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

Can  handle  atilpiiienta  of  growera'  prodaci 
siitlfirut'Iiirll}'.  Would  like  to  bear  fraoi 
(irifwera  uf  SnapilraKooa  and  Sweat  PaAft, 
etc..  for  tbe  New  York  trade. 

ISO  Weat  28th  Street,  TeL  Farracat  «•«, 

VBW  TOBK. 


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Flower  Market  Reports 

(,Cortimued  Irofn  page  2oq) 

to  miss  too,  and  it  looks  as  if  it  might 
be  a  good  idea  for  the  growers  to  hold 
back  a  little.  There  is  everything  to 
gain  and  nothing  to  lose.  Sweet  peas 
hold  their  own  very  well  as  they  have 
done  the  whole  season.  They  keep 
coming  in  very  large  supply  but  no 
matter  how  many  the  market  never 
gets  swamped.  They  all  find  a  buyer 
at  fair  and  very  steady  prices.  As  to 
the  quality,  if  we  were  not  so  used  to 
its  splendid  superiority  we  would  be 
shouting  loud  in  a  major  key.  There 
seems  to  be  a  reasonable  supply  of 
lilies,  yet  the  prices  are  rather  above 
normal.  Gardenias  are  draggy.  Daf- 
fodils and  other  bulbous  stock  very 
much  in  evidence.  White  lilac  is  still 
plentiful  although  the  supply  will 
dwindle  from  now  on.  Acacia  pubes- 
cens  and  wallflower  are  to  be  noted 
among  the  new  arrivals. 

Business    has    been 

PITTSBURGH  slow  this  week,  ex- 
cept for  a  tempo- 
rary "spurt"  for  Washington's  Birth- 
day. With  the  exception  of  roses  of 
all  grades,  there  is  no  shortage  of  any 
seasonable  stock.  Roses  are  holding 
their  own  as  to  prices,  but  carnations 
and  daffodils,  paper  white  narcissus, 
hyacinths,  tulips — in  fact  bulb  stock 
of  all'  kinds  are  low.  After  an  un- 
usually long  vacation,  the  milder 
weather  again  sees  the  street  fakers 
in  full  evidence. 

The   market   is   well 

ROCHESTER  stocked,  especially 
with  bulbous  mate- 
rial. Trade  has  been  quite  uneven, 
but  for  Washington's  Birthday  the  de- 
mand was  fairly  good.  Roses  continue 
of  excellent  quality.  Large  cuts  of 
carnations  are  seen  and  they  are  con- 
siderably cheaper.  Whites  and  En- 
chantress selling  best.  There  is  a 
good  call  for  freesia  of  the  better  qual- 
ity. Daffodils  and  other  narcissi  sell 
well,  but  the  market  is  glutted  with 
them.  Violets  are  selling  better,  but 
prices  are  low.  Exceptionally  good 
sweet  peas  reach  us  and  sell  nicely. 
Many  of  the  large  potted  hyacinths  In 
baskets  are  being  used  as  funeral 
pieces,  this  end  of  the  business  hold- 
ing up  remarkably  well. 

Transient  trade  consid- 

ST.  LOUIS  erably  improved.  Roses 
continue  scarce  while 
carnations  are  more  plentiful.  Violets 
are  not  quite  as  abundant  and  blooms 
are  getting  smaller.  Sweet  peas  sell 
out  quickly.  Yellow  daffodils  are  in 
from  the  south  and  influence  the  home- 
grown stock. 


NEW   FLOWER   STORES. 

Bainbridge.  Ga. — W.  A.  Dole. 

New  York,  N.  Y.— M.  A.  Savaid^s. 
757  Sixth  avenue. 

Bridgeport,  Ct. — New  York  Klov/or 
Si  ore.  Main  street. 

Milwaukee,  Wis.— Caspers,  Florist, 
Burrum  &  Locust  streets. 

Birmingham,  Ala. — Scott,  the  Flor- 
ist, succeeding  Kelly  the  Florist.  I 


NEW   CORPORATION. 
Norfolk,    Va.— Grandy,    the     Florist, 
capital    stock,   $15,000.     Incorporators, 
J.  E.  Grandy,  Jr.,  and  W.  G.  Fearing. 


K. 


IM 


A  LEADER  IN   THE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTY  YEAB8 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.   Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 

118  West  28th  St.      IME:\A/  VORK    ^„i:^^\V^''T^\^r. 


NEW   lORK  QDOTATIONS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleyu 

Dendrobium  fomnotum- 

Lilies.  Longiflorum 

Lilies.  Speciosum ' 

CalU 


Lily  of  the  Valley 
Snapdragon-        •  • • 

ir 


ns 

VioleU 

Freesias    

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulips 

Daf lodils 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias. 

Adiantum 

Smilax ^*  "  V  *\*' 

AaparsfFua  Plumosus.  &  So»'en  doo  bunches). 


Ust  Part  of  Week 

First  Part  of  Week 

ending  Feb.  23 

beginning  Feb.  25 

1918 

1918 

15.00 

10 

3S0O 

1500 

to 

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to 

50.00 

to 

50.00 

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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerous  cllentnjre  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  demand  ex- 
eee^n  our  diipply.  This  l»  especially  true  of  Roees.  We  have  every  facility  tod 
abundant  means  and   best  returns  are  aasured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 


Adtlress  Your  Shipments  to 


UNITED    CUT    FLOWER 

111    W.   28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


CO.    Inc. 

D,  J.  Pappai,  Pre*. 


J.    J.     OOA.IM,     Inc. 

High  Class  Product  of  the  Lead  ng  Growers 

NOVELTIES   A   SPECIALTY. 

Consiguors   Please  Call  or  Write. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

Telephones,    Farragut  5413   or  S891. 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

347-357    CambrldEC   St.,  BoatoB 

Heailquarterg  for 

CXCAS,     BASKETS,     WIRE     DESIGNS 

and    \VA.\    FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  lUt  If  you  bave  not  re- 
ceived one. 


VISITORS'    REGISTER 

Rochester,  N.  Y.  — C.  J.  Ford,  of 
Herrmann  &  Co.,  New  York;  L/.  J. 
Hartwell,  Boston,  Mass. 


Philadelphia — Mr.  Hopkins,  rep.  W. 
.1.  Newton  estate,  Norfolk,  Va.;  J.  F. 
Sullivan,  Detroit,  Mich. 


Chicago  —  A.  E.  Kunderd.  Goshen, 
Ind.;  C.  D.  Mills,  Jacksonville,  Fla.; 
Ernest  Sullivan,  Detroit,  Mich. 


Boston  —  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew 
Meikle,  Newport,  R.  I.;  Mrs.  Carl 
Cropp,  Chicago,  111;  Robt.  Greenlaw, 
repr.  S.  S.  Pennock  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 


Pittsburgh — John  Bachmann,  repre- 
senting H.  F.  Michell  Co.,  Phila.; 
A.  Colyn,  C.  Colyn  &  Sons,  Voorhort, 
Holland;  Mr.  Aull,  Manila  Flower 
Boxes,  Dayton,  Ohio;  J.  J.  Goudy,  rep- 
resenting Henry  A.  Dreer,  Phila. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS 

SUPPLY 

COMPANY, 

Inc. 

103  W,  28th  Street, 

NEW  YORK 

EVERVTHINO    FOR    THE    FLORIST    1 

FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  hnve  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
sies,  Violets.  Carnations  and  all  other  stock 
of  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SUIIMIM,  Jr. 

66  and  67  W.  26tb  Street.  NEW  YOBV 

^CED  (SL  KCLLER 

12«  West  25tli  St.,  New  Tork 

Florists'    Supplies 

We   manufiirture  all   our 

Altai  Designs,  Baskets,  Wire  Wirk  &  Novelties 

and   lire  dealers  lu 

Decorative  Gla§8ware.   Growers  and 

Florl§tH'   R«quiNlteH 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Importer*  and    Or«w#rs   mt 

HII 


OBt    Flo  war*  •!  All   th«   LMdiBC   \m*itM— 
IB  their  gi<««»B. 

THOMAS   YOUNG,   Jr.,    ProprUtor 
nocND   mtOOK.  N.  J 


Wired  Toothpicks 

Bfannfaetarvd   by 

W.J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000. .  .$2.00       50.000.  .  .$8.;">       Sample  free. 
For  sale  by   dealers. 


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HORTICULTURE 


March  2,  1918 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


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CHICAGO. 
Tho    youngost    wholosiilo    linuse    In 
llu-   tnido    In    CIiIcoko   la    WlllRren   & 
Frori'.a   which  wiis  Just  one  your  old. 
Fob.  19th. 

GoorKi"  J.  Kn.spar.  of  tho  niitavia 
Grt'i'nhouso  Co..  had  an  unwelcome 
visitor  In  the  shape  of  a  burglar  who 
got  away  with  a  considerable  amount 
of  Jewelry. 

Another  firm  has  been  organized  to 
handle  fertilizers.  John  Tlplady  and 
Frank  .Moore  have  an  office  at  819  Ex- 
change avenue  and  will  no  doubt  be 
glad  to  see  their  friends  there. 

Mrs.  Henry  Wehrman,  wife  of  one 
of  .Maywood's  prominent  growers,  had 
the  misfortune  to  fall  and  fracture  one 
of  her  limbs  recently.  Her  friends 
trust  the  accident  will  not  permanent- 
ly disable  her 

Mr,  and  .Mrs.  J.  F.  Kldwell  are  visit- 
ing their  sons.  J.  F.,  Jr.,  and  Thomas, 
In  Houston,  Tex.,  where  they  have 
been  In  training  since  last  October. 
Another  son.  Arthur,  is  with  the  Avia- 
tion Corps,  in  South  Carolina. 

James  Morton,  2636  Warren  avenue, 
for  many  years  connected  with  the 
trade  In  various  ways,  has  the  sympa- 
thy of  many  friends  In  the  death  of 
his  wife  on  Feb.  18th.  Mrs.  Morton 
has  been  111  for  a  long  time. 

Schiller  the  Florist,  is  so  well  satis- 
fied with  the  five  years  on  the  north 
side  that  a  new  20-year  lease  has  been 
taken  out.  The  location  at  4509  Broad- 
way is  an  ideal  one,  the  store  being 
In  the  form  of  a  triangle  and  having 
large  display  windows  on  two  sides. 

F.  O.  Franzer,  who  has  a  store  at 
5319  N.  Clark  street  and  greenhouses 
also  on  the  north  side,  has  been  con- 
fined to  his  bed  for  several  months 
and  unable  to  keep  things  running 
successfully.  A  branch  store  at  90O 
Belmont  avenue  has  been  given  up  and 
the  landlord  will  dispose  of  it  If  pos- 
sible. 

So  far.  Chicago  has  not  had  the 
usual  amount  of  long-distance  stock 
shipped  in  this  winter.  The  cold 
weather  in  the  south  cut  the  daffodil 
supply  so  home-grown  stock  has  had 
the  market  to  itself  and  until  a  few 
days  ago  California  has  failed  to  fur- 
nish anything.  At  present  some  good 
heather  is  being  sold  to  our  retailers 
by  firms  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

The  Chicago  Wholesale  Cut  Flower 
Association  has  become  a  successful 
organization  whose  influence  is  felt 
In  all  large  matters  of  interest  to  local 
flori-sts.  On  Feb.  14th  a  banquet  was 
held  at  the  Hotel  Sherman  and  fol- 
lowing officers  elected:  President,  Au- 
gust Poehlman;  vice-president.  Paul 
Klingspom:  treasurer,  Philip  C. 
Schupp;  secretary,  A.  C.  Kohlbrand. 

.BOSTON. 
Dr.  Donald  Reddick,  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, read  a  paper  prepared  by  L.  M. 
Massey.  of  Ithaca,  X.  Y.,  before  the 
Masachusetts  Horticultural  Society 
last  Saturday  on  "The  Diseases  of 
Roses."  It  was  profusely  illustrated 
with  lantern  slides.     Dr.   Reddick  ob- 


served that  the  rose  easily  leads  In 
value  all  others  In  fragrance  and  orna- 
mentation. "It  Is  susceptible,  how- 
ever," he  said,  "to  many  diseases,  par- 
ticularly the  hybrids  and  of  those 
diseases  the  'Black  Spot'  is  the  most 
comtnon  and  destructive.  This  disease 
Is  caused  by  a  fungus  and  the  best 
known  and  most  effective  remedy  Is 
a  solution  of  90  parts  of  ground  sul- 
phur and  10  parts  arsenated  lead." 


ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 

Charles  Sliarp  is  confined  to  his 
home  with  the  grip. 

A  round  bed  of  hyacinths  forms  an 
effective  window  display  of  the  Roch- 
ester Floral  Co. 

James  Vick's  Sons  will  occupy  the 
location  at  23  to  25  Stone  street  about 
March  6.  The  buildings  have  been  re- 
modeled and  decorated  especially  for 
thoni. 

Prank  Pursell,  of  Irondequoit,  is  cut- 
ting some  very  fine  White  Klllarney 
and  Ophelia  roses.  The  crop  is  not  as 
large  as  last  year  owing  to  the  severe 
weather. 

Douglas  M.  White,  in  charge  of  Wil- 
son's greenhouses,  is  well  pleased  with 
the  advanced  condition  of  his  rambler 
roses  for  the  Easter  trade.  Spirea 
and  azaleas  will  be  very  scarce  this 
year. 

Charlie  Gow,  formerly  employed  at 
H.  E.  Wilson's,  who  has  been  in  the 
trenches  for  fourteen  months,,  was 
among  the  first  to  acknowledge  his  box 
which  was  sent  by  the  Rochester  Flor- 
ists' Association.  It  arrived  in  first- 
class  condition. 

J.  B.  Keller  Sons'  George  Washing- 
ton window  display  was  a  large  por- 
trait surrounded  by  a  magnolia  wreath 
and  clusters  of  American  flags,  a  huge 
vase  of  lilies  crowning  the  top  with 
miniature  cherry  trees  and  white 
boxes  tied  with  patriotic  ribbon  In  the 
foreground. 


CLEVELAND. 

William  Krusen,  of  Smith  &  Fetters, 
downtown  florists,  is  recovering  from 
his  recent  illness. 

Timothy  Smith,  formerly  of  Smith 
&  Fetters,  now  in  business  under  his 
own  name  at  the  East  46th  street 
market,  is  back  after  an  illness  of  sev- 
eral weeks. 

The  Cleveland  Florists'  Exchange, 
of  which  G.  W.  Smith  is  president,  con- 
tinues for  sale.  In  the  meantime  it  is 
being  operated  as  before.  Mr.  Smith 
is  interested  elsewhere  and  desires  to 
put  his  time  on  other  Interests  than 
the  florist  business. 

The  forcing  of  winter  vegetables  In 
greenhouses  is  a  constantly  growing 
industry  in  the  vicinity  of  Cleveland. 
Tomato  plants  are  well  under  w^ay  In 
greenhouses  throughout  the  county. 
John  G.  Fisher,  fonner  county  commis- 
sioner, is  sponsor  for  the  statement 
that  most  of  the  winter  vegetables  con- 
sumed in  Cleveland  are  grown  in 
Cuyahoga  County  and  that  the  indus- 
try is  increasing  rapidly. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

Prominent  In  ihc  market  now  are  Iris 
tlngitana  and  I.  nilfolla,  wallflower, 
myoaotiB,  and  Purity  freesta.  If  these 
are  not  exactly  novelties  they  are  at 
least  cutting  something  of  a  figure. 
Tho  snapdragon  has  also  come  up 
from  below  the  surface,  and  Is  now 
very  fine.  The  lowly  and  modest 
Bwcct  pea  Is  not  so  lowly  any  more 
but  from  all  appearances  seems  to 
hold  Its  own  over  even  the  hardy  and 
triumphant  rose  and  carnation.  In- 
creased quantities,  splendid  quality, 
and  move  off  in  great  shape. 

The  glass,  piping  and  fixtures  of  the 
Edgely  greenhouses  at  Edgely,  Pa., 
are  being  sold  off.  This  plant  consists 
of  about  500,000  sq.  ft.  of  glass,  and 
was  built  some  twenty-flve  years  ago. 
It  is  thought  that  the  big  ship  build- 
ing operations  on  the  upper  Delawore, 
near  Philadelphia,  have  led  to  new 
housing  projects  calling  for  large 
blocks  of  real  estate.  The  place  was 
originally  owned  by  the  Morwitz  es- 
tate, and  was  later  acquired  by 
Chester  E.  Arnold  and  associates. 

D.  T.  Connor,  of  the  Lord  &  Burn- 
ham  Co.,  reports  business  fairly  good 
in  a  subsidiary  way,  but  as  usual  he 
Is  keen  to  hear  of  somebody  wishing 
to  "start  something,"  He  would  even 
be  willing  to  consider  favorably  the 
construction  of  a  conservatory  on  the 
top  of  the  S.  S.  Pennock  Co.  building 
at  16th  and  Ludlow  to  produce  those 
wonderful  obconicas — "blooms  as  big 
as  a  dollar" — which  their  plant  de- 
partment is  making  quite  a  drive  on 
at  present.  The  liead  of  the  corpora- 
tion smiled  and  said  nothing.  But  one 
never  can  tell.  Dennis  Is  not  easily 
discouraged. 


PITTSBURGH. 
Edward  Earl  Ludwig  expects  to  re- 
turn home   on   a  furlough  from  Camp 
Hancock  on  March  15. 

Pasquale  Fabbozzl,  who  was  former- 
ly with  Joseph  C.  Trees,  now  has  su- 
pervision of  the  magnificent  "Grey- 
stone"  grounds  and  greenhouse  of 
Michael  b.  Benedum,  Fifth  and  High- 
land avenues, 

William  R.  Wamples  has  returned 
from  a  trip  through  West  Virginia  for 
the  Pittsburgh  Cut  Flower  Company 
and  reports  the  business  outlook  on 
the  whole  most  promising.  Two  Mor- 
gantown  firms— the  J.  J.  Watts  Com- 
pany and  the  South  Park  Greenhouses 
— both  of  which  were  entirely  frozen 
out  a  few  weeks  ago,  are  arranging  to 
resume  operations  in  the  early  spring. 

Hundreds  of  high  school  boys  are 
shortly  to  take  a  two  months'  training 
course  at  State  College  preliminary  to 
relieving  the  shortage  of  farm  labor 
during  the  summer.  Advanced  stu- 
dents in  the  School  of  Agriculture  will 
supervise  the  training,  following  which 
they  will  be  placed  in  charge  of  farm 
camps.  Twenty-tour  boys,  a  camp 
leader  and  a  cook  will  compose  each 
unit. 


jfarch  2,  1918 


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THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  DiecoontB  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  aod  Eastern  States  Territory 


NEW    YORK. 

A  thoughtful  article  on  "The  War's 
Effect  on  Horticulture  in  America" 
appeared  in  the  Newark,  N.  J.,  Sunday 
Call,  February  24,  by  W.  A.  Jlanda.  An 
excellent  portrait  of  Mr.  Manda  was 
given. 

Arrangements  have  been  completed 
for  the  annual  dinner  and  dance  of  the 
New  York  Florists'  Club  to  be  held  at 
the  Hotel  McAlpin,  34th  street  and 
Broadway,  Saturday,  March  16,  1918, 
at  7.30  o'clock.  It  is  hoped  to  make 
this  the  most  successful  dinner  on 
record.  The  committee  will  provide  a 
good  dinner  and  excellent  music. 
Tables  seating  eight  and  ten  persons 
may  be  reserved.  Tickets  $5.  Philip 
F.  Kessler,  Patrick  J.  Smith  and 
Walter  _F.  Sheridan  compose  the  din- 
ner committee. 


NEWS    NOTES. 


Osnaburg,  O. — M.  Weirich  has  sold 
his  greenhouse  range  to  John  S.  Delap 

Springfield,  Mo. — David  Wiseman 
has  sold  his  range  of  greenhouses  to 
Mrs.  R.  H.  Stokes. 

Columbus,  O. — J.  C.  Martin  has 
bought  the  greenhouses  of  Winters  & 
Cramer,   North   Broadway. 

Griffin,  Ga. — James  F.  Whatley  has 
purchased  the  greenhouse  range  of  C. 
A.  Britton,  Atlanta,  and  will  move 
them  to  Griffin. 


"TO  CATALOGUE  MEN." 
This  is  the  title  of  a  pamphlet  sent 
out  by  the  Horticultural  Department, 
H.  A.  Bunyard,  manager,  of  the  Ni- 
trate Agencies.  102  Pearl  street,  New 
York.  It  exploits  the  new  idea  of  Fer- 
tilizers and  Insecticides  on  large  and 
small  saleable  units,  so  that  the  cata- 
logue man  may  readily  accommodate 
the  mail  order  trade  which  comes  in 
for  fertilizers  put  up  in  handy  form 
and  sizes  to  suit  all,  thus  fUling  a 
"long  felt  want."  The  pamphlet  lists 
the  various  products  of  the  Nitrate 
Agencies  Company  in  bulk  and  in 
packages. 

FOR  SALE 

FOR  SALE.— Property  consistinc  of 
greenliouse  nml  residence  loc.nted  on  Asb- 
land  Street,  Koslind.nle.  near  Calvnry  Ceme- 
tery. A  Hne  opportunity  for  investment. 
Address  L.  Pfennig,  3S0  Asliland  St..  Kos- 
llndale,  Mass. 

GREENHOUSES   FOR   SAl>E. 

Two  15  X  no  ft. :  one  1.')  x  7.T  ft ;  one  17  x  04 
ft. ;  stocked  witli  violets  and  one  small 
l*ropagat!ng  House.  Three  acres  oliolce 
land.  House  of  8  roonis  antl  l>iith.  Electric 
lights,  city  water,  hot  water  heat  for  all. 
Price  $.'5,500,  worth  $.S,000.  Located  at 
Westboro.  12  miles  from  Worcester.  Mass., 
on  electric  line.  Apply  to  ARTUUIl 
GEOUGE,  Florist,  Westboro,  Mass. 


TO     RESTRICT    USE    OF    FUEL     IN 
PRODUCING  WINDOW  GLASS. 

After  nearly  three  months  of  inves- 
tigation and  discussion  with  the  inter- 
ests involved,  Fuel  Administrator 
Harry  A.  Garfield  has  issued  an  order 
limiting  the  use  of  fuel  for  the  pro- 
duction of  common  window  glass  to  50 
per  cent  of  the  amount  manufactured 
in  1917. 

A  survey  of  the  field  indicated  that 
not  more  than  5,000,000  boxes  of  win- 
dow glass  would  be  used  in  1918  and 
that  competitive  conditions  were  like- 
ly to  result  in  an  overmanufacture  of 
this  material  by  at  least  two  or  three 
million  boxes,  probably  more.  Each 
manufacturer  was  willing  in  the  gen- 
eral interest  to  reduce  his  output  to 
the  extent  mentioned,  if  assured  that 
his  competitors  would  be  bound  by  the 
same  restrictions. 


Representatives  of  the  workmen 
have  taken  part  in  the  discussion  and 
have  agreed  to  make  their  part  of  the 
sacrifice.  The  order  was  delayed  until 
this  patriotic  agreement  had  been 
made  practically  100  per  cent  com- 
plete. 


GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR  CON- 
TEMPLATED. 


-Barnes    Bros.,    one 
-Samuel   Hirt,   one 


Yalesville,    Ct.- 

house. 

Strongsville,    O.- 
house.  completed. 

Providence,  R.  I. — T.  C.  Coderre, 
Richland  street,  one  house. 

Wooster,  O.  —  Henry  Hofaeker, 
North  River  street,  one  house. 

Boonviile,  Mo.  —  Vineclad  Green- 
houses, E.  C.  Stammerjohn,  proprietor, 
rebuilding  in  the  spring. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


ALYSSCM    VAR.    BAUDISCHI. 

A  very  pretty  plant  with  beautiful  varie- 
gated foliage.  Very  valuable  as  pot  and 
Ueiidiug  plant.  Uut  of  2  lu.,  $5.U0  per  lUO, 
$y5.00  per  lUUO ;  rooted  cuttings,  f^.M  per 
IIK),  JIS.UO  per  lOUU.  C'aslj  with  order. 
EMIL  U.  BAUniSCU,  753  Hamilton  Ave., 
^oi'tli  Bergen,  N.  J.      

BULBS 

C.    KEUR   &,   SONS.   lilLLEOOM,   Holland. 

liulbs  u(  all  descrlptluus.     Write  for  prices. 

NEW   VUUK  BKaNCU.  8-lU  BrlUce  Ut. 

CAKMATIUN   STAPLES 

Spilt  carnations  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  PIllBbury's  Carnatloo 
Staple,  lOUU  for  35c.;  »UUU  (or  (l.UU  pust- 
palil.      I.    I..    PILl.SHURY.  Galeaburg.  IIL 

CURYSANTHEMUMS 

GOOD   RETURNS   WITHOUT   THE   COST 
OF  COAL. 
WITUIN   THE    REACH   OP   EVERY 
GROWER. 
PLANT  EARLY  CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Such    as    will    mature    before    the    last    of 
October.      We   are    booklug    orders   fur    de- 
livery   now    or   later  as   desired.     Complete 
list   of   the   best  early,    both    Pompons   and 
large   tlowerlng   supplied   upon   request,     if 
our   VM!>   Traile   List   has   not   reached   you, 
ask   for  It. 
ELMER  U.  SAHTH  &  CO.,       Adrian,  Mich. 


DAULL&S 

Peony   Dahlia    Mrs.   Frederick  Grlnnell. 

Stuck  For  Sale. 

JOHN   P.  ROU.NEY.  Nevr   Bedford,  Mass. 


Orders  booked  at  any  time  tor  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Kelall. 
Send  (or  Catalog.  NOKTIIUOKO  DAULIA 
*  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moora, 
I'rop.,  Nurtbboro,  Muss. 

Now  I'Heiinv  Dahlia — Jobn  Wanamaker, 
Newest,  nandsotneat.  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  bablt  of  growth.  Big  stuck 
u(  Uesi  cul-lluwer  varleiles.  Send  list  of 
wauls  lo  PbACUCK.  DAULIA  WAUUM, 
Berlin,  N.  J. 


GLADIOLI. 

SEND  FOR  MY  SPECIAL  TRADE  LIST 
OP  GLADIOLI.  ALL  THE  LEADING  VA- 
RIETIES IN  DIFFERENT  SIZES. 

CENTRAL  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS. 
JELLE  ROOS,  MILTON,  MASS. 


ULA8S 

Greenhouse  glass,  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
STON  GLASS  CO..   Uartfvird  CUy.  1d<L 

ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Soutbgate,  Loudon,  Eugluud.  Cutt- 
leyas  and  Luelio-Cattleyus  our  specialty. 
Uue    trial    uriler    solcited. 


rEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  colleetloa, 
12U0  sorts  Send  for  list.  C  BETSCUKU, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  A.S'D  SHRURS. 

THE  CONARD  &   JONES  COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  I'A. 

tiPHAONUM    MUMS 

Live  SpbagQum  moss,  orcbtd  psat  and 
orcbid  baskets  always  OD  band.  L^QBB 
.«   HrRKELL,  Summit,  N.  J. 


STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry  Plants.  Money  making  va- 
rieties. Catalogue  Free.  BASIL  PEKBSf, 
Georgetown,  Delaware. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Fullage  Vines,  ebolcs 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tab 
grown  (or  liuuiedlate  elTect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  II.  TROY.  Mount  Ulssarllk  Nnr- 
•*Mry.    New    Hocbelle.   N.   V. 

«VIBK   WORK 

WILLIAM  B.  HEILSCHKR'B  WIRB 
WORKS,  2S4  Bandolpb   St..  DatrsU.  Mlak. 


214 


HORTICULTURE 


March  2,  1918 


Sn%r  your  (tiatiii  aotl  Urr%  Just  tbe 
thtiii;  for  trri-*'ntiiMi«F  rimI  uu(<totir  uie. 
n«*atrovii  Mrfily  Mug,  llmwD  bikI  Wblte 
Srm\f.  'Thrl|».  Red  SpliU-r.  Klurk  niul 
Orifii  y\y,  Mlli'i.  Aiiis,  ell'.,  nllliuut 
Injury  lo  plniili  niiil  nltliiuit  oilor. 
I'lpil  iiernriniiii  tu  illri'Clliiii.  iiur  ■liiuil- 
■  nl  Inin'rllclilr  n  III  prevent  ruvugi-*  on 
j-iiur  rrnpp  l.y  limtTtn. 

Nunpolannuun  nml  liBrrnlpiis  to  user 
and  plunt.  Lrnillns  Soi-ilauicn  ami 
KliirlHta  bare  UJvd  It  wllb  wonderful 
rewulta. 

t>e»tro.Ta  I. Ice  In  Toullry  Houaea. 
Plena  on  Poga  and  all  Dnineallc  Tela. 
Kxrellent  na  n  trniili  fur  dog»  and  other 
auliiinla.  Uellevea  niuuge.  Dilute  witb 
wiuer  'to  to  T*>  pnrca. 

V»   rinl,  »^.:   rinl,  ROe.:  Ounrt,  90c.; 

H  (iailnn.  H.r.a;   (inlliin.  fi.MI:  A  (iHl- 

lon   Clin.  >IODU;    to  tmllun  Cko,  fZO.UO. 

llirectlonK   on    piirknae. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

Iipt  S.       420  W.  Liilnitio  SI.  Biltinori.  Ui 


Th«    Rewxnltrd    Btaodaird    lna««tt«ld*. 

A  apray  remedy  for  (re«n,  black,  wblta  Bj. 
thrlpa  and   aoft  acale. 

Qiukrt,  fl.OOi     Oalloa,  ttJ». 

FUNQINE 

For  mildew,   mat   and   olber   bllgbU 
lq#  flrirera.  frnlta  and  Tegetablea. 
QuKTt,  (I.OOi    Oklloo,  M-M. 


VERMINE 


tat    Mkm 


For    •«!    worma.    angle    worma 
worma  working   In  tba  aoll. 

QoBrt,  tl.OOi     OkIIob.  n.M. 

SOLD   BT    PEALEIIS. 

Aphine    Mant  f acturing    Co 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


Use  N.  A.  C.  Products  for 
more  profitable  results.  Send 
for  prices  on  our  complete 
list  of  Fertilizers  and  Insecti- 
cides. 

HOBTICCtTUnAL  DKPT., 
ll&rry   A.   BanjHrd,   Hgr. 

NITRATE  AGENCIES  CO. 

106  Pearl  St.,  New  York 


When    wiling    to    advertisert  kindly 
mention  HORTICULTURE. 


CATALOGUES   RECEIVED. 

Nlles  Nursery  Company,  NIlea,  MliTi. 
— Special  Trade  IJst  of  Dahlias  and 
Hoses. 

I'urrle  Ilros.  Co.,  Milwauktc,  WIs.^ 
Farm  and  (Jardcn  Annual,  SprInK,  1918. 
lliuiftratcd. 

1).  Hill  .Nursery  Co..  Inc..  Uundoe, 
111.— Wholesale  Trade  Ust  of  Ever- 
Kreons,  etc. 

Wayside  Gardens  Co..  Mentor,  Ohio. 
—Spring  Trade  List  of  Hardy  Plants 
and  Hulbs,  I'.llS. 

I'oth  &  UuKKiin,  New  York- 1918 
Descriplivi'  Calalogue  of  Vegetable 
and   Flower  Seed. 

F.  C.  nurns,  San  Rafael,  Gal,— 
Dahlias  for  1918.  A  special  list  of 
novelties  and  choice  selections. 

N.  A.  Hallauer.  Ontario,  N.  Y.— Se- 
lect List  of  Gladioli,  Dahlias,  Roses, 
Hardy  Plants  and  Shrubs,  1918. 

F.  H.  DeWitt  &  Co.,  Wooster,  Ohio. 

Wholesale  List  of  Florists'  Plants. 
Colored  portrait  of  Fancy  Pelargonium 
Wurtembergia. 

Williams  Seed  Co.,  Norfolk,  Va.— 
1918  Annual  Catalogue  of  Garden, 
Field  and  Flower  Seeds.  A  strong  bid 
for  the  'War  Garden"  planters. 

Jelle  Rods,  .Milton,  Mass.— Price  list 
of  the  product  of  Central  Gladiolus 
Gardens.  An  artistic  cover  in  colors 
and  nice  clean  makeup  entitle  this 
pamphlet  to  special  attention. 

W.  Atlee  Burpee  &  Co.,  Philadelphia 
—Burpee's  Annual.  "The  Plain  Truth 
About  Seeds  That  Grow,  1918."  26 
pages  of  flower  and  vegetable  pictures 
in  color.  An  enticing  list  of  novelties 
included. 

Thos.  J.  Grey  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.— 
1918  General  Catalogue.  A  neat  108- 
page,  meaty  catalogue,  covering  the 
full  range  of  vegetable  and  flower 
seeds,  hardy  perennial  plants,  shrubs, 
small  fruits  and  implements. 

Eurnott  Brothers,  New  York— An- 
nual Catalogue  of  Seeds,  Bulbs,  Plants 
and  Implements  for  1918.  An  attrac- 
tive publication,  quite  up-to-date  and 
listing  an  excellent  line  of  novelties 
and  specialties  in  vegetable  seeds. 

Wni.  Henry  Maule,  Inc.,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.— Maule  Seed  Book  for  1918. 
Early  Scarlet  Radish  on  front  cover 
and  large  flowering  Antirrhinums  on 
back  cover  make  a  glowing  exterior 
dress  for  this,  the  41st  annual  cata- 
logue of  this  well-known  seed  house. 
It  contains  17G  pages  of  good  things, 
profusely  illustrated. 

Weeber  &  Don,  New  York— "Sturdy 
Seeds  for  Garden,  Lawn  and  Farm," 
being  not  far  from  the  oOth  annual 
spring  greeting  of  this  representative 
house.  It  is  a  creditable  production, 
with  covers  Illustrated  in  colors  and 
an  interesting  novelty  list.  Special  at- 
tention is  given  to  seeds  for  school 
and  community  gardens. 


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It  will  pHj  you  to  get  tbem.  We  carry 
the  largest  alock  of  Specially  Selected 
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supply  any  qudntlty  from  a  boi  to  a 
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Kina  Greenhouses 


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■trenetb  wltliout  the  need  of  heavy  shadow  casting  supports,  these  houses  are 
so  warm  and  sunny  that  they  are  filled  with  a  riot  of  bloom  and  fruit  when 
Jack  Frost  has  stripped  the  garden  of  Its  beauty. 

The  ventilating  and   heating  systems  are  the  result  of  years  of  experience 
In  building  for  professional  growers.    Things  Just  have  to  grow  in  a  King. 
Ask  lis  for  any  of  the  following:     Catalogue  showing  Commercial  Type  Green- 
houses. Catalogue  showing  Greenhouses  for  private  estates.  Catalogue  showing 
Garden  Frames  and   Sash  for  private  estates. 

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side.  Can't  twist  and  break 
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greenhouse,  or  it  can  be  taken  apart 
and  re-erected  elsewhere  if  necessary. 

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dence or  garage,  or  put  up  as  a  separatt 
detached  house.  Has  2  glass  ends  and 
doors.  Equipped  with  2  plant  benches 
ventilating  arrangement  both  sides. 
Has  plenty  of  headroom  and  wide  walk 
This  same  house  can  easily  be  mad* 
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made,  exact  fitting  units. 

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and  sizes  and  go  anywhere  in  the  United 
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hard  nnd  brittle.  Broken  glass  more  easllj 
removed  without  breaking  of  other  glass 
as  occurs  witb  hard  puttj.  Lasts  longer 
than  pattr      Basy  to  apply. 


The  FlorlRts  Ilall  AHSoclation  rate  of  In- 
saranre  from  Nov.  let,  1916  to  Nov.  iNt, 
1917  will  b©  twenty  crntu  per  luindred 
square  feet  of  fllnf?le  thick  fclaHs  and  pleht 
cents  per  hundred  Hqnare  feet  of  double 
thick  flaan.  For  partleolarn,  address. 
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FI: 


01 


New  Canna-Burpee's  "Fiery  Cross" 


OF  the  huDflrefla  of  new  vnriotles  of  Sweet  Pens  tliat  it  lins  been  our  pleasure  to  Introduce,  none  bavc  become 
so  niipubir  :is  BURPKE'8  "FIERY  CROSS."     This  Sweet    Pea    bore    tbe    distinction    of    being    the    highest 
priced  Sweet  Pea  that  the  world  lias  ever  known.     We  paid  the  Introducer  S1.40  a  seed  for  every  seed  that 
was  In  existence  at  that  time.     "FIERY  CROSS"  has  been    the   ultimate   In   the   Sweet   Pea   world,   and    thig   has 

led  us  to  name  iJurpec'H  New  Cannu  "FIEKY  CRO.sS."  ..  ■     »,.     t,        .  „ 

"FIERY  CROSS"  in  the  Cnnna  world  stands  for  Just  as  much  as  "FIERY'  CROSS"  in  the  Sweet  Pea  world. 
"FIERY  CROSS"  Canua  is  In  a  class  by  Itself.  The  Famous  ••I'MrebIrd"  Canna,  which  was  an  extremely  high- 
priced  novelty.  Is  one  of  the  parent  flowers,  and  In  tbe  fields  of  the  originator  "FIERY  CROSS"  was  Isnown  as 

"Firebird"  Seedling  No.  10.  ,..„,,      .w      a  ,  ,   ..  .  .  tit     .    . 

Never  before  has  there  been  a  Canna  of  equal  merit  olTered  to  the  flower-lovers  of  this  country.  We  feel 
sure  that  "FIERY  CROSS"  will  fill  a  place  in  the  Canna  beds  that  has  never  yet  been  attained  by  any  red  Canna. 
It  grows  to  a  height  of  four  to  four  and  one-half  feet;  flower  stems  grow  from  a  foot  to  eighteen  Inches  taller, 
making  the  total  height  approximately  five  to  six  feet.  The  flower-licails  are  lifteen  to  eighteen  Inches  In  length, 
and  carrv  from  fifteen  to  twenty  open  flowers  of  a  vivid  scarlet  shading  to  crimson.  So  Arm  are  the  glistening 
petals  tb'ey  do  not  wilt  in  the'brightest  sun.  The  foliage  is  a  beautiful  lustrous  blue-greeu.  It  is  entirely 
free  from    blight   and   disease.      Flowers  continuously   from  tbe  latter  part  of  .Tune  until  frost. 

We  deem  it  a  rare  privilege  to  introduce  such  a  wonderful  New  Canna.  As  an  Individual  plant  or  In  beds 
this  peerless  flower  will  take  Urst  rank.     Stock  Is  necessarily  limited. 

ORDER  ""jy  Y  DIVISIONS  ?2.00  E.\CH;  $20.00  .\  DOZEN. 


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1918 


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Dreer*s  Grand  New  Cannas  for  1918 


Ten  truly  marvelous  .icqulsitlons,  Introducing 
new  tones  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment In  form  and  habit. 

r\ll>lINE  HEAI'TV.  Dopp  tirlRht  carmine  flowers  freely 
proiluml  hlRh  aboTc  the  hesry  <lark-Krooii  follnRp 
wlilcli  liiii  «  narrow  red  niarRln.  Tlie  flowers  while  not 
n»  Inrce  as  those  of  Olympic  arc  of  a  much  lirlKhtcr  nnil 
more  plenslnt;  tone.    4Mi  ft-    "5  cts.  each;  JT.BO  per  do«. 

CHKKRFTI.NESS.  No  more  appropriate  name  coulil  be 
Blvrn  to  this  tirllllnnt  novelty.  Its  beautlfnl  brlRht  flre- 
n^l  or  deep  ornnire  lloworn  appear  early  and  continue 
without  Interruption  until  frost.  Adil  to  the  prevailing 
color  a  (tolilen  border  and  centre  with  each  petal  flaked 
carmine-crimson  and  you  may  form  some  conception  of 
tills  fascinating  variety  with  Us  erect  stems  always 
topped  with  clusters  of  cheerful  color  held  high  above 
the  foliage.    3 Mi  ft.    35  cts.  each ;  $3.50  per  doz. 

CI.OTH  OF  GOLD.  A  very  attractive  dwarf,  compact- 
growing  free-flowering  golden  yellow.  3  ft.  40  cts. 
wich  :  J-I.OO  per  doz. 

r>.\ZZl.ER.  Time  and  again  the  past  season  the  dark 
green  foliage  of  this  variety  has  been  bidden  beneath  the 
mass  of  clusters  of  deep  flre-red  flowers.  The  intensity 
of  coloring  and  freedom  of  blooming  coupled  with 
compact  habit,  make  this  variety  the  peer  of  the  best 
for  bedding  purposes.  3Mi  ft.  35  cts.  each ;  $3.50  per 
doz. 

GOLDEN  EAGI^.  A  wonderfully  intense  golden-ycllow. 
Very  free  upright  grower.  The  large  flowers  arc  pro- 
uccd  In  great  clusters  well  above  the  foliage.  4%  ft. 
50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

HARMONY.  Great  clusters  of  good-sized,  well-formed 
Geranium-red  flowers  are  arranged  on  good  stems  In 
such  a  manner  as  to  give  the  trusses  an  almost  globu- 
lar appearance.  Altogether  a  dignified  harmonious 
combination.    3%  fL    50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

rOPPy.  Intense  poppy-red.  Large  perfect  florets  in 
good  trusses  over  greenish-bronzy  foliage.  Rich  and 
effective.    5  ft.  50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

SALMON  CJtIEEN.  An  entirely  new  color  in  Cannas.  Rosy 
salmon-scarlet,  blending  to  a  rosy-carmine  toward  the 
centre.  The  large  substantial  flowers  are  freely  pro- 
duced In  great  clusters  high  above  heavy  green  foliage. 
Very  effective  In  bedding.  5  ft  40  cts.  each ;  $4.00  per 
doz. 

SENSATION.  To  get  a  sensational  color-tone  In  a  pink 
Canna.  Is  particularly  noteworthy.  Our  first  Impulse 
was  to  call  It  "La  Prance,"  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  La  France  Rose,  but  the  tone  Is  even  cleaner 
and  purer:  It  being. a  lovely  pale-rose.  The  foliage  Is 
a  beautiful  glaucous-green;  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact. One  of  the  most  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
In  recent  years.    3  ft.    75  cts.  each. 


TYPE  OF  NEWER  CANNAS 

SUPERB.  This  variety  is  unique  In  color  and  truly  su 
perb;  having  large,  clean  bright  oran,;oscarlet  blos- 
soms of  good  substance,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
with  glnucous-bronzy  foliage  giving  a  most  pleasing 
•  fTcct.    5  ft.    40  ctH.  each;  $4.00  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  above  Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 

New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several   years'   trial,    have    proven   themselves   worthy    of   out 

commendation. 


CLEOPATRA.  A  striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  surmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
bronze  foliage.  This  variety  stands  out  strongly  In 
effectiveness.    4  ft.    50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

DRAGON.  An  Incessant  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  until  cut  down  by  frost.  Dark 
ox-blood  red.    3  ft.    15  cts.  each;  $1.50  per  doz. 

FLAG  OF  TRUCE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  Is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Eureka  but  quite 
distinct  and  valuable.   4  ft.   35  cts.  each;  $3.50  per  doz. 

GAIETY.  Reddish-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  Is  yellow  and  densely 
spotted  with  carmine.    4',4ft,    15  cts.  each;  $1.50  per  doz. 

LAFAYETTE.  In  some  respecta  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor,"  but  the  flowers  are  not  quite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  the  plant  grows  taller.  6  ft.  30  cts. 
each  ;  $3.00  per  doz. 


POCAHONTAS  (Hronzcd-Ieaved  Olympic).     Large  orlen 
tal-red  flowers  borne  on  Arm  upright  stems,  just  high 
enough  above  the  foliage  to  sbow  the  entire  head.    The 
foliage  Is  a  dark  bronze-green  with  emerald  shadings; 
the  ribs  a  darker  bronze;  one  of  the  best  recent  Intro 
ductlons.    4  ft.    30  cts.  each ;  $3.00  per  doz. 

SAN  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  Persian-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  for  substance  which 
enables  them  to  withstand  the  hot  summer  sun  without 
wilting.  Another  charm  lies  In  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronze  foli- 
age.   4  ft.    15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

VAROCNA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  all  times  the  bright  orange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  Its 
flowers  well  above  the  plant.  4%  ft.  25  cts.  each ; 
$2.50  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  $2.00 

HENRY    A.  DREER, 

714    and    716    Chestnut    Street,     Philadelphia,    Pa. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


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GERANIUMS 


Extra  good  strong  two  and  three-lncK  plants.  The  3-ln.  are 
mostly  all  fall  propagated  that  have  been  topped  and  are  now 
branching.  They  will  make  extra  fine  4-in.  stock  for  Easter  if 
potted  at  once.  We  can  furnish  them  In  the  leading  standard 
sorts,  and  many  of  the  newer  popular  varieties  and  we  have  as  many  as  you  want,  if  it's  500,000.  We  are  ready  to  make 
immediate  shipment.     3-iii.,  $3.50  per  100,  $30.00  per  1.000 ;  10,000  for  $275.00.     2-in.,  $2.50  per  100,   $22.60  per  1,000 ;   6,000  for  $100.00. 

^"  ■  ■  ^^,  ^^M  ^»  I  M^  ^»  Extra  heavy  summer-propagated  3-in.  branching  stuff,  needing  a  shift  in  4-in.  Some- 
"  ^^  ^^  ^^  ^3  I  ^^  ^^  thing  fine  for  Decoration  Day.  Black  Prince,  Minnesota,  Souv  De  H.  Henkel. 
(Bronze  Foliage.)     3-in.,  $3.00  per  100.     2-in.,  $2.00  per  100. 


GOIMI 


S        Gracilis   Rosea,   Erfordi   and    Vernon   type  in  splendid  shape.     2-iii.,  $2.00  per  100. 
3-in.,  $3.00  per  100. 

CUPHEA,     CODECS,    AGEBATUM,    LANTANA,    LEMON     VERBENA,    SWAINSONA,    FARLOB    IVY,    HABDY    CHBTSAN- 

THEMVMS.     2-ln.,  $2.00  per  100.     3-ln.,  $3.00  per  100. 

^^VIHL.IiBi  B<^L_BS.  Order  now  for  Spring  Delivery.     WHOI.E  FIEED  CLUMPS.     $5.00  per  100  to  $1.00  each. 


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ORCHIDS 

We  grow  and  sell  nothing  bat  OBOHID^. 
If  yon  are  In  the  market  for  this  ebui*  a( 
plants  we  reapectfnlly  solicit  your  inqolrlet 
and  ordera.     Special  lists  on  appUeattoa. 

LAGER  &  miWMELL,  Summit,  N.J^ 


For    stalling    lilies    and    other    flowers.  Ready    for    Immediate    siilpment    from    our 
warehouse.  Bound  Brook.  N.  J. 

5/6  feet.   Natural $«.00  per  bale  1000 

6/6      "            "        16.00  "          2000 

8      "            "        13.00  "          1000 

5      "      Green 10.00  "          1000 

K      "          "      18.00  "          2000 

RALPH  M.  WARD  &  CO.,  The  Lily  House,  71  Murray  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


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/(.'cV^Vr^oiv,    LIL.  GIGANTEUM,  7-9  (300  bulbs  per  case),  $60  per  lOOO 
i,  ^^^  ^f    LILY  OF  THE  VALLEY,  Best  Quality,  30  per  lOOO 

CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO., 


90-92  W.    BROADWAY 
NEW  YORK 


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kins     220 

Boddington,       A. 
T 228 

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Brock  -  Kobinson 

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Carter's      Tested 

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Cottage    Gardens 

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Dreer,  H.  A 

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Dysart,    R.......220 

Edwards  Folding 

Box    Co 232 

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Eyres  231 

Farquhar,     K.    & 

J.  Co 229 

Fenrich,  Jos.  S..234 

Ford,    M.    C 234 

Ford.  W.  P 234 

Fraraingham  Nur- 
series     220 

Froment.  H.  E..234 
Galvin.  Thos.  F..2.51 
Gardeners' 

Chronicle    236 


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Graham  &  Son,A.2.31 
Gude  Bros.  Co... 230 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 229 

Growers      Cut 

Flower  Co 234 

Hail  Association. 239 
Hammond's  Paint 
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Hart,  Geo.  B....232 
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Hili  Co.,  E.  G...232 
Hill,    D.  Nursery 

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Co 220 

Meconi,  Paul 234 

Meehan,  Chas.  E.232 
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terial  Co 239 

Miehell,  H.  F.  Co.229 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower   Ex 232 

Millang,  Chas.... 234 
Millang,    Frank.. 234 
Murray,  Samuel.. 230 
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man      227 

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Garden   227 

N.      T.      Florists' 

Supply    Co 235 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.23S 
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Co 2.38 

Ouwerkerk,  P 220 

Palmer,  W.  J.  & 

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Park  Floral  Co.. '2.31 
Parshelsky  Bros.239 
Penn  the  Florist.'230 
Pennock,      S.      S. 

Co 233 

Pfaltzgraff     Pot- 
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&   Co 235 

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&  Co 229 

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11  0  irr  1  C  U  LTUKE 


•.".'  1 


Vegetable    Culture 


Questions  l).v  our  reaik-rs  iu  line  with  any  of  the  topics  preseuted 
on  tliis  p:is;o  will  lie  eoi'ilially  received  anil  promptly  answered 
liv  Mr.  Johnson.  Snch  eoninninications  should  invariably  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  office  of  HORTICULTL'KE. 


Early  Peas 

This  excellent  vegetable  never  comes  to  tlie  talile  too 
early  iu  the  season.  As  an  article  of  food  peas  possess 
exceptional  merit,  being  delicioiisly  \vholesouie  and  high- 
ly nutritious.  It  sliould,  therefore,  be  the  aim  of  every 
gardener  to  do  wiiat  lie  can  to  p.rolong  tlie  season  of 
production.  This  is  witliiii  the  power  nf  cultivators 
with  even  a  limited  amount  of  glass,  and  to  tiiis  end  a 
few  seeds  should  now  be  staited.  The  surest  and  sim- 
[ilest  method  is  to  first  provide  a  stock  of  lioxes  four 
inches  square  at  the  ends,  i.  c,  4  inches  wide  and  4 
inches  dee])  and  of  a  length  convenient  for  handling, 
say  about  3  feet.  The  bottom  slat  is  left  loose,  being 
licld  in  position  by  merely  binding  a  strand  of  wire 
around  each  end  of  the  bo^.  'J'his  detachable  liottom 
is  readily  removed  and  thns  greatly  facilitates  the  work 
of  later  transplanting.  Peas  of  the  dwarf  kind  are  gen- 
erally-more amenable  and  to  be  preferred  for  this 
method  of  cultivation.  In  this  class  we  now  have  the 
wrinkled  as  well  as  the  round-seeded  varieties  from 
which  to  select  for  the  earliest  crops.  Sow  the  seed 
rather  thickly  and  place  the  boxes  in  the  coolest  section 
of  the  greenhouse  rememliering  that  a  sliort  sturdy  plant 
is  wanted.  Water  sparingly  at  first  and  at  all  times 
judiciously,  air  freely,  and  protect  from  vermin.  .\ 
dusting  of  dry  lime  or  soot  may  be  occasionally  given 
to  render  the  plants  unpalatable  to  vermin  and  insect 
pests,  but  not  sntficiently  heavy  to  injure  tlie  young 
leaves.  Another  method  is  to  sow  the  seed  in  four  incli 
pots  and  later  with  the  aid  of  a  trowel  transplant  the 
peas  from  these  jjots  in  clusters  a  foot  apart  in  the  row. 
Avoi<l  breaking  tlie  ball  of  earth  attached  to  the  roots. 
and  stick  the  rows  immediately  after  planting  to  pro- 
vide support  and  shelter  for  the  plants.  If  there  is  a 
secret  in  thus  growing  peas  to  ])erfection,  it  lies  in  the 
avoidance  of  "forcing"  at  any  stage  of  growth  and  un- 
less the  grower  wishes  to  have  the  proverbial  "^More  haste 
less  speed"  definitely  oxeni[dificd.  be  will  bear  this  in 
mind. 

Celery 

'I'iie  jiiesent  is  a  siiitaljlc  time 
main  early  supply  even  tlioiigii 
sown  duriii<r  February.  The  dwarf  varieties  are  best 
for  this  early  sowing;  we  know  of  none  better  than  the 
Oolden  Self  Rlancliiinr.  If  .sown  too  early  celery  often 
give-'   tionble   by   "boltiu/"   prematurely,   in    wliich   ca<i' 


to  .sow  ce!eiy  for  the 
a   iiincli   of  seed   was 


tlie  fault  more  often  lies  with  tiie  cultivator  than  with 
citiier  tile  .seed  or  the  weather.  Early  celery  in  par- 
ticiibii-.  w  ben  once  started,  should  be  kept  growing  free- 
ly until  finally  transplanted  into  permanent  quarters. 
Casual  observance  teaches  that  a  clieck  to  growth  witl 
liasten  the  flowering  of  almost  any  kind  of  plant  and  it 
is  not  unusual  for  celery  to  suffer  starvation  and  crowd- 
ing when  started  too  early  in  the  season.  It  should  then 
be  understood  that  early  .sowing  necessitates  early  plant- 
in<r,  and  if  the  plants  cannot  be  given  generous  treat- 
ment from  the  beginning  it  is  better  to  defer  sowings 
until  siieb  provision  can  be  made. 

Onions 

(liiKJiis  intended  for  exhiliition  pur[ioses  require  very 
careful  management  from  the  start.  A  temperature  of 
'>')  degrees  to  60  degrees  by  night  is  necessary  to  pro- 
mote uninterrupted  growth.  It  is  a  matter  of  consid- 
erable importance  to  give  extra  ea.re  in  transplanting 
seedlings  whether  from  the  seed  pan  into  small  pots  or 
into  "flats."  The  primary  root  of  the  onion  descends 
to  a  greater  depth  than  the  top  growth  woidd  suggest 
and  as  this  root  is  the  sole  support  of  the  young  plant 
it  is  obviously  important  to  keep  it  intact  during  the 
process  of  pricking  off.  Select  only  the  stroi>gest  seed- 
lings. Lightly  spray  the  young  plants  with  water  early 
on  bright  days,  admit  air  when  weather  permits,  but 
s.void  cold  draughts,  ilaintain  a  buoyant  atmosphere, 
keep  the  plants  near  the  glass  and  free  from  crowding 
one  another.  Leeks  intended  for  a  like  jiurpose  should 
lie  given  similar  treatment. 

Brussels  Sprouts 

■fbest'  rank  as  the  finest  autumiuil  green  vegetables, 
and  details  of  culture  deservedly  command  the  atterdion 
of  all  who  would  grow  them  well.  That  this  truly  ex- 
cellent \('getable  cannot  be  said  to  eoni])ete  with  the 
cabliage  iu  public  demand,  is  due  to  the  fact  that  it  is 
seldom  well  grown.  One  of  the  main  reasons  for  this 
is  that  many  growers  either  fail  to  appreciate  or  else 
(111  not  recognize  the  ini]iortance  of  a  long  growing  sea- 
son. 'J'o  get  the  best  out  of  this  crop  .sow  early,  the 
earlier  in  March  the  better.  Keep  the  plants  stocky 
by  cool  treatment  and  frequent  shifts  before  the  final 
idaiiting.  Mere  length  of  stem  is  not  desirable  in  the 
early  stage  of  growth,  therefore,  avoid  crow'ding  these 
|p!:int>. 


PUBLICATION    RECEIVED. 

illlMI-;    Vll.l'l  AMr,l:s    AM)    SMAM,    F1!I    [|.s. 

Their  Ccltihi-:  .v.vii  Puk.sekv.\tio.n,  By 
Frances  Duncan. — Last  season  we  had 
the  pleasure  of  calling  the  attention 
of  our  readers  to  a  very  meritorious 
and  timely  volume.  "The  Joyous  Art 
of  Gardening."  The  new  book  now  re- 
viewed is  by  the  same  author  and  its 
chapters  are  characterized  by  the  same 
ardent  enthusiasm,  completeness  of 
detail  and  wealth  of  practical  instruc- 
tion    which     emphasized     the     earlier 


volume  and  makes  this  latest  addition 
Id  our  popular  garden  literature  es- 
pecially valuable  at  the  present  time. 
The  author  l.'elieves  that  while  doubt- 
less much  of  the  prevalent  epidemic 
of  garden  thrift  is  ephemeral,  yet  it 
is  destined  to  leave  its  mark  perma- 
nently on  our  gardening  tastes  and 
methods.  Gardening  in  America  has 
definitely  and  seriously  turned  over  a 
new  leaf,  thrift  has  unexpectedly  be- 
come popular  with  all  classes  and  the 
enthusiasm  now  well  started  has  come 
to  stay. 


This  is  a  book  which  every  seed 
house  especially  should  have  on  sale 
as  providing  a  full  and  lucid  reply  to 
one  and  all  of  the  myriad  queries  prO' 
pounded  "ever  and  anon"  to  the  over: 
worked  salesman  by  the  customers  at 
a  season  when  his  moments  are  most 
precious.  There  are  seventeen  general 
chapters,  illustrated  by  thirty-six  cuts 
and  exhaustively  indexed.  It  Is  pub- 
lished by  Charles  Scribner's  Sons  at 
$1.40  net.  Copies  can  be  supplied  by 
HoiiTirci.TCRK  Publishing  Company  at 
publishers"  price. 


2'i'i 


11  O  UT  1  V  V  1.  r  I'  I{  K 


Miircli  9,  1918 


HORTICULTURt: 

VOL   XXVII  MARCH  9,  1918  NO.    10 

11  111  1>111   11    \»  KFKI.V    IIY 

HORTICULTURE     PUBLISHING     CO. 
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Cr  crnl  ;   mix  nionlha   (26  llmr>),  iO  p«T  c»nl.;  onr  yrar   (52  tlmM), 
p*r   cent. 
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•  I   KoatoD.  MoB»..  under  tbe  Act  of  CooRress  of  March  3.  1870. 

CONTENTS Pase 

COVER  ILLISTRATION  —  View  in  the  Botanical 
Garden  at   Uuitenzorj;,  Java 

VEGETABLE  CULTURE— Early  Peas— Celery— Onions 
— Brussels  Sprouts — John   Johnson 221 

NURSERYMEN.  ATTENTION— Nurserymen's  Market 
Development  Fund— New  England  Nurserymen's  As- 
sociation    223-224 

OBITUARY  — Michael  J.  Vielbig  — John  Lynch  —  Mrs. 
John  Charlton— Thomas  Greaves— William  F.  Harkett  224 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— Gardeners'  Conference  in 
New  York- R.  I.  Horticultural  Society  —  Holyoke- 
Northampton  Florists'  and  Gardeners'  Club— Lan- 
caster County  Florists'  Association — Meetings  Next 
Week— Income  Tax  Reiwrts— Society  of  American 
Florists— Notes 225-226 

SEED  TRADE— Production  of  Bermuda  Onion  Seed  in 
Southwest — Notes — •'Acorns"    228 

OF   INTEREST  TO   RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

New  Flower  Stores 230 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS; 

Boston,  Chicago.  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Rochester  233 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL   NEWS: 
Chicago,   New  York.   Rochester,  Boston 236-237 

miscella>:eous: 

Publication  Received   221 

Rose  Tausendschoen  in  Bar  Harbor,  Me.— Illustration  224 

M.  A.  C.  Flower  Show 224 

News   Notes    230-231 

Visitors'  Register   231 

A  New  Semi-Monthly  Publication 235 

Cover   Illustration    235 

New  Corporation  235 

Catalogues  Received    238 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 238 


Wliu  i.-  not   -lad  that  Marcli  is  here? 
"Cometh  .March  with  wind  and  rain; 
Cometh  March  with  sun  and  shine; 
Cometh  March  the  bold  again- 
Weather  sombre;  weather  fine." 

Nobody  loves  March  weather  but  at  its  worst  it  cauiiot 
equal  what  we  have  fjoiie  through  for  the  past  three 
months  and  whether  it  displays  the  fury  of  a  lion  or 
tlie  gentleness  of  a  lamb  it  is  in  either  case  the  welcome 
prelude  to  a  spring  looked  forward  to  by  the  majority 
of  our  readers  with  a  yearning  unprecedented.  From 
almost  every  standpoint  the  winter  now  taking  its  last 
fling  at  us  has  been  for  the  horticulturist  a  time  of 
desperate  struggle,  uncompromising  in  its  exactions  and 
at  times  almost  hopeless  in  its  outlook.  But,  glory  be, 
its  pitiless  clutch  is  at  last  weakening  and  it  will  soon 
be  but  an  odious  memory.  May  we  never  experience 
another  like  it.     One  such  in  a  lifetime  is  sufficient. 


Spring 
<n  sight 


.Now  tliiit  Ihinyc  lire  commencing  to 
What'*  iiiaw  out.  tiic  iiurser}'niaii  and  gardou 
the  damage?  vMnkcr  will  lie  wistfully  rectmnoitcring 
among  his  plants,  shrubs  and  trees  to 
a!^certuill  what  dist ruction  ha.s  been  worked  among 
them  by  the  severe  weather  to  which  tliey  liavc  liecii 
exposed.  It  is  rather  early  yet  to  form  any  liiit  the  nujsl 
general  conclusions,  for  the  full  elTivt  of  their  exposure 
will  not  lie  disclosed  for  some  time  and  we  iiave  still 
to  pass  througii  a  most  treacherous  period  with  jiossi- 
liilities  of  mischief  fully  as  great  as  in  the  midwinter 
frieze.  ]'!n(jugh  is  already  in  plain  evidence  of  dis- 
heartening havoc  among  siibjecls  hithe.ito  n^garded  as 
tiiistworthy.  Yet  jt  is  (piite  [lossible  that  some  thiiigr 
reputed  to  be  unreliable  may  turn  out  to  have  stood  tlie 
ordeal  far  better  than  one  would  dare  to  hojie  for  under 
tire  circumstances,  the  why  and  wherefore  of  which  no 
man  can  yet  readily  account  for. 

We  have  ])cruse(l  with  interest  the  call  for 
Do  a  "gardeners'  conference"  to  be  held  in  New 
it  now  York  City  on  Marcli  1.5,  "to  establish  the 
]irofession  of  gardening  in  the  public  eye  on 
the  same  liigh  plane  as  other  sciences."  Certainly  a 
roost  laudable  purpo.se  and  one  which  we  ardently  hope 
may  be  well  advanc-ed  on  the  way  to  fulfilment  by  the 
dtliberations  at  the  coming  meeting.  We  hardly  need 
to  specify  one  imputation  which  lias  done  much  to  re- 
duce the  gardener  in  the  employers'  respect  to  the  level 
of  the  menial.  We  made  ])articular  comment  last  week 
on  the  impending  legislation  in  the  State  of  New  Jer- 
sey prohibiting  the  offering  to  or  accepting  by  an  em- 
ployee anything  in  the  nature  of  a  'tip"  or  gratuity  as 
a  comniL«sion  on  orders,  etc.  We  submit  that  the  gar- 
dener, so  far  as  this  may  apply  to  him,  should  not  wait 
fur  the  jiassage  of  any  such  restrictive  legislation  but 
on  his  own  initiative,  come  out  scpiarely  and  unecpiivo- 
cally  in  denunciation  of  these  disoreditod  practices.  If 
the  |)ioposed  conference  can  but  l)ring  this  about,  now. 
as  a  voluntary  act.  one  of  the  worst  impediments  to  the 
advancement  of  the  gardener  towards  the  same  high 
phme  accorded  to  "otlior  scipiicps"  will  have  been  I'dci^- 
tiially  removed. 

"It's   all   wrong,   this   idea    that    in   order   to 
Fallacious      finance  the  war  we  nnisl  deprive  ourselves 

ideas  °f  ^"  ''"'  ^^^  '^'"'^  necessities.     For  if  you 

deny  luxuries  to  those  who  can  afford  them 
you  automatically  deprive  the  less  fortunate 
and  less  skilled  of  bread,  raiment  and  shelter.  No  com- 
munity ever  got  rich  by  limiting  its  people  to  the  bare 
necessities  of  life.  All  progress,  all  civilization,  all  wealth 
beyond  the  bare  needs  of  the  moment  are  the  direct  result" 
of  the  production  and  sale  of  luxuries." 

Thus  reasoned  one  of  the  speakers  at  the  opening  of 
ilie  big  automobile  show  in  Boston  this  week.  His  argu- 
ment fits  well  into  IIorticitlture's  creed  as  applying 
to  the  horticultural  industries,  often  expres.sed  in  these 
columns  ever  since  the  time  last  summer  when  narrow- 
minded,  short-sighted  people  began  to  broadcast  the 
jicrnicious  doctrine  that  the  public  should  abandon  to 
their  fate  all  non-essential  indu.slries,  especially  that 
of  the  florist.  The  delusion  is  dying  a  hard  death  but 
die  it  must  and  sentiments  such  as  are  above  quoted, 
and  on  such  an  occasion,  cannot  but  help  very  materi- 
iilly  to  that  end.  Florists,  nurserymen,  gardeners,  park 
and  landscape  men — all  should  take  a  re-solute  stand 
and  speak  up  at  every  opportunity  on  this  principle 
which  so  vitally  affects  not  only  their  own  sustenance 
but  also  in  a  great  degree  the  prosperity  of  tbe  entire 
community. 


March  9,  1918 


H  0  K  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


223 


NURSERYMEN,  ATTENTION ! 


"Market  Development"  is  the  word. 
Please  keep  your  eye  on  it.  There 
are  many  bye-roads  of  discussion,  but 
let  us  travel  steadily  on  the  main 
road  toward  our  real  objective  "Mar- 
ket Development." 

It  is  a  fine  thing  to  know  where 
you  are  going  before  you  start.  I  re- 
call once  driving  from  Southern  Penn- 
sylvania to  the  City  of  Washington. 
It  was  before  the  days  of  the  automo- 
bile. Of  course  the  man  who  engaged 
me  to  go  provided  the  funds  and 
equipment.  They  were  essential  as 
they  always  are.  The  road  was  en- 
tirely strange  to  me;  I  was  a  mere 
lad,  but  it  was  easy  because  I  knew 
where  I  was  going. 

Some  fifty  nursery  firms  already 
have  promised  to  provide  a  share  of 
the  funds  for  this  man-size  journey 
or  job  of  "Market  Development"  for 
us,  Nurserymen.  A  glance  over  the 
list  will  show  the  substantial  char- 
acter of  those  who  favor  this  move. 
The  list  is  itself  an  index  to  firms  who 
see  where  we  are  going  and  what  we 
expect. to  get;  but  there  are  1,000 
Nurserymen  in  the  country  and  more 
than  a  1,000  evidently  who  are  not  yet 
aware  of  what  is  proposed.  They  may 
or  may  not  have  read  the  able  state- 
ments already  made;  they  may  be 
considering  the  subject  and  intend  to 
speak  soon,  and  it  is  possible  even 
that  some  "from  Missouri"  or  not, 
still  want  to  be  shown  "where  we  are 
going." 

Increase  in  Net  Profits  in  the  nurs- 
ery business  is  a  need  that  all  Nurs- 
erymen will  recognize.  The  increase, 
of  course,  results  from  expenses  cut  or 
income  increased.  In  the  face  of  pres- 
ent increased  cost  of  labor  and  mater- 
ial, with  no  sign  of  decreased  selling 
expenses,  there  are  small  hopes  of 
cutting  expenses  without  curtailing 
output.  On  the  other  hand,  there  is 
always  the  possibility — even  in  war 
time — of  raising  the  price  or  increas- 
ing the  volume  of  sales.  This  is  just 
what  is  proposed  by  Forward-looking 
Nurserymen.  They  are  not  trying  to 
evade  the  fact  that  our  country  is  at 
war.  It  is  more  than  a  temporary 
condition  in  the  nursery  business 
that  we  are  facing.  They  believe  that 
our  Country  needs  our  business;  but 
it  needs  healthy  industry.  An  indus- 
try in  which  50%  of  its  firms  are  not 
showing  a  decent  profit,  is  not  in 
healthy  condition.  "Increased  Net 
Profits"  for  every  Nurseryman  is  the 
objective  back  of  the  Market  Devel- 
opment Campaign.  Much  beside  ad- 
vertising may  need  to  be  done  for  our 
own  good — such  as  standardizing  our 
methods  for  example,  but  can  any  sub- 
scriber of  nouTicrr.TruK  suggest  a  bet- 
ter way  to  increase  Net  Profits  than 
by  Market  Development  of  the  vol- 
umes and  quality  of  our  sales?  We 
believe  that  this  can  be  done  if  we  co- 
operate at  a  cost  small  in  proportion 
to  the  increase.  It  seems  unnecessary 
here  to  repeat  that  the  work  of  this 
campaign  Is  counting  for  its  support 
upon  no  less  than  every  National,  sec- 
tional  and   State    Nurserymen's   Asso- 


ciation and  every  individual  Nursery- 
man in  the  United  States  of  America. 
It  is  proposed  that  the  subscribers 
shall  themselves  organize  to  direct  the 
campaign — the  undersigned  committee 
are  to  raise   funds  only. 

After  that  will  begin  the  real  work. 
Let  us  realize  that  for  every  actual 
user  of  nursery  stock  in  America  to- 
day there  are,  we  believe,  at  least  five 
times  as  many  possible  consumers. 
That  these  four  latent  consumers  to- 
day do  not  use  our  products  is  largely 
because  they  have  not  yet  learned  to 
know  them,  and  to  appreciate  the  pro- 
fit and  pleasure  in  store  for  them. 

To  educate  and  inspire  them  to 
want  our  goods;  to  instruct  and  dem- 
onstrate their  use  nationally  is  a  big 
job  and  must  be  done  in  a  big  way. 
Co-operation  alone  will  do  it. 

Nurserymen  should  lead  the  way. 
No  other  group  will  benefit  more;  but 
we  believe  they  will  find  willing  co- 
operators  in  such  a  campaign  among 
many  notable  groups  outside  our 
ranks. 

The  Press  is  eager  for  what  their 
readers  want  and  need  to  know  horti- 
culturally.  Moving  pictures  will  glad- 
ly lend  us  a  hand.  The  schools  and 
school  garden  movement  in  two  years 
should  be  ready  to  get  higher  than 
underground  crops,  and  the  state  and 
national  horticultural  agencies  are  al- 
ready tools  to  our  hands  for  a  cjise 
that  will  prove  a  boom  and  a  blessing 
fo  the  people. 

Join  the  Ranks  today.  Your  coun- 
try needs  you.  Address  any  of  the 
following  Committee:  F.  L.  Atkins, 
president;  E.  S.  Welche,  treasurer; 
John  Watson,  secretary;  J.  Edward 
Moon,  Robert  Pyle,  Henry  B.  Chase. 
Paul  C.  Stark. 

NURSERYMEN'S     MARKET    DEVEL- 
OPMENT   FUND. 

Early  in  January  a  few  nursery- 
men decided  to  make  a  canvass  of  the 
trade  to  ascertain  how  many  firms 
would  give  financial  support  to  a  cam- 
paign, national  in  its  scope  and  educa- 
tional in  character,  to  develop  the 
market  for  nursery  products  and  en- 
courage their  more  general  and  gener- 
ous use.  A  committee  was  dratted  to 
correspond  with  the  trade  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ascertaining  the  sentiment  to- 
wards such  a  movement.  The  re- 
sponse has  been  prompt  and  generous 
as  indicated  by  the  list  of  subscribers 
already  secured. 

The  committee  have  limited  them- 
selves to  a  bare  statement  of  the  gen- 
eral proposition;  they  have  not  tried 
to  present  any  plan  or  to  work  out 
any  details  in  advance,  recognizing 
that  a  cut-anddried  hand-me-down  plan 
of  campaign  would  be  without  any 
merit.  It  should  be  the  privilege  of 
all  the  subscribers  to  such  a  fund  to 
help  prepare  their  campaign  or  to  pass 
upon  it.  And  it  is  further  recognized 
that  the  plan  must  follow  a  careful 
study  of  the  needs  of  the  subscribers, 
their  identity,  their  location  and  their 
equipment  with  relation  to  the  entire 
field.     Obviously   the    plan   cannot   be 


made  until  it  is  determined  whom  it 
is  for.  A  tailor  might  as  well  attempt 
to  cut  out  a  suit  of  clothes  for  a  man 
he  had  never  seen  and  with  whose  size 
and  shape  he  was  unacquainted;  nor 
would  any  publicity  man  nor  merchan- 
dizing expert  of  any  standing  attempt 
to  map  out  a  plan  for  clients  unknown. 
The  problem  of  the  nurserymen  is 
not  so  simple  as  that  of  the  florists 
who  use  large  displays  in  advertising 
for  immediate  results;  the  work  of  the 
nurserymen  must  necessarily  be  along 
the  lines  of  educational  publicity  or 
propaganda,  cumulative  in  effect  and 
without  expectation  of  immediate  re- 
sults. It  is  not  hoped  that  the  nur- 
serymen's campaign  can  be  started  in- 
side of  a  year  at  best  and  conditions 
other  than  present  ones  must  be  care- 
fully considered.  The  nurserymen 
may  be  said  to  be  looking  ahead  some 
years. 

The  list  of  subscribers  to  the  Market 
Development    Fund    up   to   date   is   as 
'  follows: 

•    Amount   per   year   for   Ave   years — J.   W. 
Adams  Nursery  Co.,  Sprincfleld,  Mass.,  $100; 
American    Nurseryman.    Rochester.    N.    Y., 
.$10:  Andorra  Nurseries.  Chestnut  Hill,  Pa., 
$250;  B.  F.  Barr,  Lancaster,  Pa.,  $25:  E.  P. 
Bernardin,   Parsons.   Kan,,  $50;   Bobbink  & 
Atkins.     Rutherford,     N.     .T..    $250;     James 
Brandley.  Walpole,  Mass.,  $25;  E.  W.  Breed, 
Clinton.  Mass..  $25;  Chase  Nur.  Co.,  Chase, 
Ala.,    ,?2,50;     Conard     &    Jones     Co.,    West 
Grove.    Pa.,    $250;    F.    &    F.    Nur..    Spring- 
field, N.  J.,  $250;  B.  H.   Farr,  Wyomissing, 
Pa.,  $25;   Praminghnm    Nur.,    Framingham, 
Mass.,  $500;  J.  G.  Harrison  &  Sons,  Berlin, 
Md.,  $,500;   Harrison    Nur.   Co..    York,   Neb.. 
$50;   Julius   Heurlin.   So.    Braintree,   Mass., 
$50;   Isaac  Hicks  &   Son,   Westbury,   N.   Y., 
$250;  C.  M.  Hobbs  &  Sons,  Bridgeport,  Ind., 
$100;  Holsinger  Bros.,  Rosedale,  Kan.,  $50; 
Hoope.s,  Bro.  &  Thomas  Co.,  West  Chester, 
Pa..   $250;    W.    W.    Hunt    &    Co.,    Hartford, 
Conn.,    $25;    I.    E.    Ilgenfritz    &    Sons    Co.. 
Monroe,    Mich.,    $2.50:    .Tackson    &    Perkins 
Co.,  Newark,  N.  Y.,  $250;  Harlan  P.  KeLsey. 
Siilem,  Mass.,  $100;  Keystone  State  Nur.  Co., 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  $25;   Littlefield  &  Wvman, 
No.  Ablngton,  Mass.,  $20;  J.  T.  Loyett,  Lit- 
tle   Silver.    N.    J.,   $100;    Marshall    Brothers 
Co..   Arlington,   Neb.,  $50;   McColgan   Nur.. 
Red    Bank,    N.    J.,    $10;    J.    J.    MeCormaek. 
Lowell.    Mass.,    $25;    J.    Horace    McFarland 
Co.,  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  $2,50;  Thomas  B.  Mee- 
han  Co..  Dresher,  Pa.,  $2.50;  Wm.  H.  Moon 
Co.,    Morrisville.    Pa.,    $250;    Mount    Arbor 
Nur.,    Shenandoah,    la.,    .$2.50;    Mount    Hope 
Nur,,    I^awrence,    Kan.,    .1:50;    Adolf    Muller, 
Norrlstown,    Pa.,    $50;    Massachusetts    Nur- 
serymen's   Asso.,    $100;    C.    Momm's    Sons, 
Irvlngton,    N.    J.,    $10;    National    Nursery- 
man. Hatboro,  Pa.,  $50:  New  Englanil  Nur. 
Co.,    Bedford,    Mass.,    $25;    Plainfleld    Nur., 
Scotch    Plains,   N.    J..  $25;    Princeton    Nur.. 
Princeton.    N.    J.,    $250;    W.    C,    Reed.    Vln- 
cennos,   Ind.,  $50;  Julius  Roehrs  Co..  Ruth 
erford,    N.   J..  $100;  J.   W.    Root,   Manhelm. 
Pa..  $10;  Shenandoah  Nur.,  Shenandoah,  la., 
$2,50;    Sherman    Nursery    Co.,    Charles   City, 
la.,  $100;  H.  M.  Simpson  &  Sons,  Vincennes. 
Ind,,  .$20;  W.  &  T.  Smith  Co.,  Geneva,  N.  Y.. 
$2.50;  Storrs  &  Harrison  Co..  rnlnesvllle.  O.. 
$1.50;  SondercKger  Nur,,  Beatrice,  Ncl>.,  $50; 
Stark    Brothers,    Louisiana,   Mo..  $250;   Geo, 
K.  Stein,  Wriglitsville,  Pa,,  $5;  T.  C.  Thur- 
low's  Sons.  W.  Newbury.  Mas.M,.  .$100;  Texas 
Nursery  Co..   Sherman,  Tex.,  $2,50;  Jos.  W, 
Thomas  &    Son.   KIng-of-Prussla.    Pa.,  $25; 
U.   S.    Nursery    Co.,    Roscacres,    Miss.,   $100; 
V.  .■\.  Vanlcek,  Newport,  R,  I.,  $100;  Waxa- 
hachle     Nursery     Co..     Waxahachie.     Tex., 
$100;    E.    S.    Welch.    Shenandoah,    la.,   $250; 
H.  J.  Weher  &  Sons  Nur.  Co.,  Nursery,  Mo., 
$50:   Westover  Nur.  Co..  Clayton,  Mo.,  $50; 

A,  K,   Wohlert,    Narberth.   Pa.,  $25;   George 

B.  Wright,  Chelmsford,  Mass..  $25;  Naper- 
TlUe  Nur.,  Nnpervllle.  III.,  $50;  Corn  Belt 
Nur.  &  For.  Aes'n..  Bloomlngton.  III.,  $50; 
Sadrller  Bros.,  Bloomlngton,  HI..  $50;  Lees- 
ley  Bros..  Chicago,  111,,  $50;  Swain  Nelson 
&  Sons  Co.,  Chicago,  111..  iM;  A.  Bryant  & 


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NEW      ENGLAND      NURSERYMEN'S 
ASSOCIATION, 

The  followliiK  icsolulioii  wa.s  passed 
by  the  New  lOnglund  .Siirser.viiien's  As- 
sociation In  their  annual  inpellng,  Jan 
uary  SO,  liilS,  and  copies  are  being 
widely  distributed  by  Secretary  U.  M. 
Wyman : 

Whereas  it  has  seemed  wise  to  in- 
auRiirale  a  movement  to  raise  funds 
with  which  to  launch  a  publicity  cam- 
paign throughout  the  I'nited  States, 
the  New  Kniiland  Nurserymen,  in  their 
annual  mtetins;,  being  represented  by 
firms  whose  gross  sales  for  the  last 
year  aggregated  more  than  one  mil- 
lion dollars,  beg  lief  to  suggest  to  the 
committee  in  charge  of  this  movement 
that  they  are  in  hearty  accord  with  it 
if  it  can  be  carried  out  in  a  large  way. 
It  is  our  conviction  that  such  a  cam- 
paign should  not  be  inaugurated  until 
a  sum  of  about  $100,000.0(1  is  provided. 
It  is  our  belief  that  this  amount  can  be 
raised  mo.st  equitably  by  the  voluntary 
assessment  of  one-half  of  one  per  cent. 
of  the  gross  business  of  each  and 
every  nursery  firm  in  the  United 
States.  It  is  estimated  that  at  least 
twenty  million  dollars  of  gross  busi- 
ness was  done  last  year  and  that  one- 
half  of  one  per  cent,  would  yield  at 
least  $100,000.00. 

Therefore  be  it  resolved,  That  when 
such  time  comes,  and  not  until  then, 
the  Nurserymen  of  New  England  will 
assess  themselves  and  pay,  for  the 
support  of  such  a  campaign,  the  an- 
nual sum  of  at  least  $,t,oOO.OO  for  a 
term  of  five  years,  with  the  under- 
standing that  New  England  shall  be 
adequately  represented  on  the  board 
having  to  do  with  the  expenditure  of 
funds  thus  raised. 

(Signed)  W.  H.  Wyman,  A.  E.  Rob- 
inson, C.  IL  Fish,  C.  R.  Burr,  ,1.  A. 
Kirkegaard,  special  committee. 

A  letter  from  Secretary  Wyman  to 
the  members  of  the  temporary  Com- 
mittee of  the  National  Association  on 
Market  Development,  in  connection 
with  the  foregoing  resolution,  states 
that  this  resolution  was  thoroughly 
threshed  out  and  action  was  not  taken 
until  the  final  session.  Therefore,  it 
is  evident  that  this  action  that  was 
taken  was  not  in  haste. 

The  majority  of  the  members  pres- 
ent were  opposed  to  spending  any 
money  for  publicity.  The  discussion 
ended  with  a  very  large  majority  in 
favor  of  it  as  outlined  in  the  resolu- 
tion. 

A  partial  statement  of  the  gross  nur- 
sery business  transacted  by  the  mem- 
bers   of    the    Association    in    1917,    in- 


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eluding  twenty-nine  firms,  gave  a  total 
of  $1,052,000.  Twenty-five  of  these 
twenty-nine  members  by  test  vole 
agreed  that  if  the  conditions  of  the 
resolution  were  fulfilled  they  would 
voluntarily  assess  themselves  one-half 
of  one  per  cent,  of  their  total  gross 
business  per  year  for  the  period  of  five 
years. 

M,  A,  C.   FLOWER   SHOW, 

The  Annual  Flower  Sliow  of  the  l)c- 
I  artment  of  Floriculture  Massachusetts 
.\griculure  College  is  to  be  staged 
.March  14  and  15.  Although  in  pre- 
vious years  a  flower  show  has  been 
staged  in  Farmers'  Week,  the  Depart- 
ment's big  show  has  usually  been  in 
the  Fall.  This  year  the  lateness  of 
the  opening  of  the  college  made  it 
necessary  to  postpone  the  usual  Fall 
show. 

The  department  is  working  on  the 
|)rogram  and  will  have  the  final  pro- 
gram ready  in  a  few  days.  Dutch 
bulbs  will  be  most  prominent  this  year, 
and  it  is  believed  the  attendance  will 
be  large. 

One  of  the  big  features  is  to  be  a 
complete  set  of  wedding  decorations. 
Wa.v  figures  have  been  furnished 
through  the  courtesy  of  McAuslan  & 
Wakelin  of  Holyoke.  and  A.  T.  Gallup. 
Inc..  of  Holyoke.  The  wedding  canopy 
is  to  be  of  smilax  and  white  carna- 
tions. Orchids,  lily  of  valley  and 
maidenhair  fern  with  a  shower  of  rib- 
bon and  lily  of  the  valley  will  maKe 
a  most  aristocratic  bridal  shower  bou 
quet.  Then  there  are  to  be  maid-of- 
honor  bouquets,  bridesmaids'  bouquets 
and  flower  girl's  basket — all  made  up 
of  the  most  exquisite  material.  A 
lirides  dinner  table  and  a  bride's 
luncheon  table  will  complete  the  wed- 
ding floral  decorations.  There  will 
also  be  an  exhibit  of  stationery  and 
printed  matter  connected  with  the 
wedding  details  furnished  by  the 
Samuel  Ward  Mfg.  Co.,  of  Boston. 

As  in  previous  years,  there  are  to 
be  a  number  of  table  decorations. 
Easter  tables,  St.  Patrick's  Day  tables, 
and  patriotic  tables  will  be  featured, 
also  a  varied  display  of  bouquets  and 
flower  gifts  together  with  several 
feature  bouquets.  Flower  baskets, 
box  and  vase  arrangements,  accesso- 
ries, and  many  other  things  will  help 
in  teaching  the  public  to  "say  it  with 
flowers." 


Obituary 


Michael  J.  Vielbig. 
.Michael  ,1.  Vielbig,  a  florist  in 
Brooklyn  and  Kockaway  Beach  for 
fifteen  years,  died  from  Bright's  di- 
sease on  Wednesday  at  his  home  In 
Elizabeth,   N.  J. 


Mrs,  John  Charlton. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Charlton,  widow  of  John 
Charlton  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  aged  76, 
died  on  l-'eb.  27,  after  a  short  illness. 
She  leaves  two  sons,  John  A,  and 
Joseph  M.  Charlton,  and  two  daugh- 
ters, Mrs.  W.  B.  Kerr  and  Miss  Mar- 
garet Charlton. 


John  Lynch. 
John  Lyncli,  emiiloyed  as  a  sales- 
man by  Norris  F.  Comley  at  the  Bos- 
ton Co-operative  Flower  Market,  died 
at  his  home  in  Charlestown,  on  Feb- 
ruary 28,  from  quick  consumption. 
His  age  was  24  years.  He  was  a 
clever  and   popular  young  man. 


Thomas  Greaves, 
Thomas  Greaves,  for  many  years  a 
highly  esteemed  gardener  at  North 
Easton.  Mass.,  died  from  heart  disease 
at  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital, 
Boston,  on  March  1.  He  was  sixty- 
eight  years  of  age.  He  leaves  a  wid- 
ow and  step-son,  John  McFarland  of 
North  Easton. 


William  F.  Harkett. 
Willian)  F.  Harkett,  second  son  of 
W.  A.  Harkett,  died  Sunday  morning, 
February  17,  at  the  family  residence. 
173  Hill  street,  Dubuque.  la.  A  sev- 
eral months'  illness  preceded  his  death, 
but  he  was  not  seriously  ill  until  the 
l-ast  few  weeks.  Mr.  Harkett  was  born 
September  8,  1875.  He  was  educated 
in  the  local  schools  and  since  complet- 
ing his  studies  has  been  associated 
with  his  father,  the  well  known  florist. 
Besides  his  parents,  Mr.  Harkett  is 
survived  by  one  sister,  Miss  Flora,  and 
two  brothers,  Arthur  and  Charles,  all 
of  Dubuque.  Mr.  Harkett  was  a  popu- 
lar young  business  man,  whose  efforts 
were  most  helpful  in  the  upbuilding 
of  the  Harkett  nurseries.  He  was  es- 
teemed by  friends  without  number. 


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THE    RIBBON    HOUSE 


SCHLOSS  BROS.  RIBBONS,  Inc. 


IJirOKTERS  ANU  MAJiUFACTUREKS    OF 

RIBBONS 

31  and  33  East  28th  Street 

ANNOUNCEMENT 


New  York 


EMIL  SCHLOSS  has  purchased  the  firm  of  Schloss  Bros.  Ribbons.,  Inc., 
and   will   continue  business   at  the  same  address. 

The  same  careful  attention  to  your  wants  will  be  at  all  times  assured, 
as  for  the  past  23  years. 

Thanking  you  for  past  favors  and   hoping  to  receive  your  valued  orders, 
I   remain 

Yours  very  truly, 

SCHLOSS  BROS.  RIBBONS,  INC. 

EMIL  SCHLOSS. 

HEADQUARTERS 
For  Florists'   Ribbons,  Chiffons  and   Novelties 


Clubs  and  Societies 


GARDENERS'  CONFERENCE  IN 
NEW  YORK. 

A  gardeners'  conference,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  National  Association 
of  Gardeners  will  be  held  at  the  Mur- 
ray Hill  Hotel,  Park  Ave.  and  41st  St., 
New  York  City,  on  Friday  afternoon, 
March  15th.  The  session  will  be  called 
to  order  promptly  at  two  o'clock.  A 
number  of  speakers,  prominent  in  the 
•liorticultural  activities  throughout  the 
country  will  address  the  meeting  on 
subjects  pertaining  to  the  gardening 
profession,  and  there  will  be  a  gen- 
eral discussion  of  the  national  asso- 
ciation's policy  in  relation  to  its  co- 
operative endeavor  with  the  gardeners' 
local  societies  and  clubs;  also  of  its 
proposed  campaign  to  estalilish  the 
profession  of  gardening  in  the  public 
eye  on  the  same  high  plane  as  other 
sciences.  AH  interested  in  the  prog- 
ress of  professional  gardening  are  in- 
vited to  attend  the  conference. 

President  Robert  Weeks  of  the  na- 
tional association  has  called  a  meeting 
of  the  trustees  and  board  of  directors 
for  Friday  morning,  March  l.^th,  at 
eleven  o'clock  at  the  Murray  Hill 
Hotel,  New  York. 

M.  C.  Ebf.i,,  Secy. 


R.   1.   HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETY. 

The  first  of  a  series  of  lectures  on 

"War  Gardens"  was  given  on  Feb.  If) 

at  the  monthly  meeting  of  the  Rhode 

Island    Horticultural    Society    in    the 


Providence   Public   Library,   when   Dr. 

Burt  L.  Hartwell,  director  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Experiment  Station, 
talked  on  "Fertilizers."  The  society 
has  decided  that  its  lecture  work  for 
the  season  will  be  entirely  dtvoted  to 
the  subject  of  the  necessity  of  gardens 
in  war  time.  A  series  of  lectures  will 
be  given  monthly,  some  of  the  sub- 
jects being  as  follows:  March.  "Plan- 
ning the  Garden;"  April.  "Insect  Pests 
and  Blights;"  May,  "Tillage;"  June. 
"Canning."  During  July  and  August 
experts  will  be  sent  to  different  neigh- 
borhoods where  there  are  many  small 
gardens  to  offer  advice  to  those  who 
plant.  The  September  meeting  will 
probably  be  devoted  to  a  lecture  on 
"Storage,"  and  the  late  fall  m;etings 
will  probably  be  given  over  to  studies 
of  late  fall  fruits.  The  chairman  of 
the  lecture  committee  is  Willard  Hall. 

HOLYOKE-NORTHAMPTON  FLOR- 
•  ISTS'  AND  GARDENERS'  CLUB. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Holyiike 
and  Northampton  Florists'  and  Gar- 
deners' Club  was  held  at  French  Hall, 
Massachusetts  Agricultural  College. 
February  19.  This  was  Carnation 
Night.  .  S.  .1.  Goddard,  of  Framingham, 
read  a  paper  on  Carnations,  and  was 
listened  to  with  great  interest.  His 
vase  of  Laddie  was  certainly  the  finest 
thing  the  club  has  ever  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  seeing.  Butler  &  Ullman,  of 
Northampton,  won  1st  for  the  best  25 
carnations. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  with  Presi- 
dent H.  K.  Downer  at  Smith  College 
greenhouses,  when  Wra.  Sim  is  ex- 
pectefl  to  be  present. 

R.  S.  C.vHY,  Cor.  Secy. 


LANCASTER  COUNTY   FLORISTS' 
ASSOCIATION 

On  our  visiting  trip,  on  Feb.  21,  in 
frigid  weather,  we  learned  some 
things,  and  here  they  are.  First,  at 
Amos  Rohrer's  the  conservation  of 
space  was  strongly  evidenced  by  the 
flats  of  young  carnation  and  other 
plants  put  up  on  shelving  where  they 
did  little  damage  to  the  crop  under- 
neath, and  from  the  looks  of  the  young 
carnations  they  certainly  liked  their 
roo.st  up  near  the  glass  better  than  if 
they  had  been  down  on  the  regular 
benches.  Mr.  Rohrer  has  spt;cially 
good  results  from  White  Wonder, 
Belle  Washburn  and  Miss  Then. 

At  Chas.  B.  Hcrr's  Merry  Christ- 
mas has  been  something  of  a  disap- 
pointment, the  result  of  about  20  per 
cent  of  diseased  cuttings  and  its  ten- 
dency to  have  a  crooked  neck.  The 
flowers  bunched,  however,  made  a  fine 
showing  and  with  a  little  selection 
will  no  doubt  come  up  to  expectations. 
.Mr.  Herr  is  up  against  a  coal  proposi- 
tion that  is  anything  but  pleasant,  al- 
though he  has  never  been  as  close  to 
freezing  up  as  some  ot  the  rest 
of   us. 

J.  Wade  Galey  is  a  comparatively 
new  man  in  the  business  but  has  been 
observant  and  today  it  can  be  said 
without  exaggeration  that  he  has  the 
best  two  house  of  carnations  in  Lan- 
caster County.  His  plants  are  going 
to  exceed  the  fourteen  flowers  per 
plant  that  was  considered  by  the  Car- 
nation Society  a  very  liberal  estimate, 
and  I  fully  believe  he  is  going  to 
double  the  fourteen  per  plant,  with 
■  the  exception  of  Albert  Roper,  which 


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March  9.  1918 


CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO. 


See  Claaaified   Advertisement 


Is   mil   iiruiliic'liiK    MTV   liiiivy   and   lia 
quite   a    few   ofToolort'd    Mowers.      Tin 
cuttings  lire  selected   with   care   eacli 
year  and  srown  in  paper  pots. 

With  the  party  we  hud  some  real 
visitors  In  the  shape  of  W.  J.  Mutli. 
LansUowne,  .losset  Goetter,  Walling 
ford,  and  James  Brown,  Coatsville,  Pa. 
In  the  discussion  at  the  evening 
meeting  it  was  brought  out  that  the 
1,S("»  plants  of  Beacon  produced  1,4U0 
blooms  for  Christmas  and  that  1,400 
plants  of  Alice  produced  1,800  blooms 
for  Christmas  and  this  without  any 
forcing  of  the  plants.  It  was  also 
brought  out  that  Mrs.  C.  W.  Ward 
always  brings  a  belter  price  than  any 
of  the  other  varieties  but  will  not  pro- 
duce as  much  per  square  foot  of  space. 
The  necessity  of  careful  selection  in 
taking  cuttings  was  dwelt  upon  and  in- 
stances were  shown  where  the  results 
fully  justified  any  extra  time  that  was 
used  for  such  selection.  Another 
feature  of  interest  to  the  outside 
world  was  the  method  employed  by 
B.  F.  Barr  to  have  a  continuous  sup- 
ply of  good  carnations  for  the  store. 
He  plants  about  two-thirds  of  them  on 
raised  benches  and  the  other  third  on 
solid  beds,  the  latter  coming  in  heavy 
with  bloom  in  the  spring  and  early 
summer  when  the  benches  are  on  the 
decline. 

Criticisms  were  offered  on  the  car- 
nation Albert  Roper  which  produced 
one  perfect  flower  in  four,  on  Cottage 
Maid  which  was  without  any  deflnite 
color  and  should  be  placed  in  the 
variegated  class  and  in  a  separate 
class  for  bursting  its  calyx.  Merry 
Christmas  seemed  to  have  a  serious 
affliction  of  the  neck  and  it  was  doubt- 
ed if  anything  could  be  done  to  over- 
come this  defect.  Old  Gold  was  up- 
to-date  not  considered  worthy  of  an 
opinion. 

Plans  for  a  series  of  Ladies'  nights 
are  under  way. 

Albert  M.  Hebb. 


INCOME  TAX   REPORTS. 

This  timely  and  important  subject 
will  be  thoroughly  analyzed  and  ex- 
plained at  the  next  meeting  of  the 
N.  Y.  &  N.  J.  Association  of  Plant 
Growers  which  will  be  held  in  Room 
110,  Breslin  Hotel,  Broadway  cor. 
29th  St..  New  York  City,  Monday, 
March  11th,  1918.  at  4  p.  m.  sharp. 

Wm.  H.  Siebrecht,  Jr.,  who  as  the 
florists'  attorney  has  made  an  exten- 
sive study  of  the  Income  Tax  Laws, 
will  give  an  instructive  talk  on  how 
the  law  affects  you  and  how  to  fill  out 
your  report. 

All  members  of  the  trade  are  cor- 
dially invited  to  attend. 

A.  L.  MiLUEB,  Pres. 


Meetings  Next  Week 


Monday,   March    11. 

(..irth'inT.s'  iiikI  KlurlhlK'  C'luli  of 
lialthiuirt',  I'liirlHtH'  KxcliuiiKi'  ll^ll. 
llalliiiiuri>.    Mil. 

Ni-w  York  KlorlHls'  Clul).  (iruiiil 
Opira    House,   Nuw    Vork  City. 

Korlii'Hlur  KlorUtH'  AHKotiiition, 
95    Main    St..    Ka»l    Uoclii'Blcr,    N.    V. 

Ciiicliiiiatl  KlorlstH'  Suclcty,  Hotel 
Uibsoii,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Tuesday,  March  12. 

Newport  Ilorlli'Ulliiral  Society. 
Newporl,   K.   I. 

Wednesday,  March  13. 

ij^       Cincinnati   Klorlsts'   Society,   Jahez 

!     Elliott  Klower  Market,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Dutchess       County       llorticulttirul 

Society,    Kallklll    liklg.,    I'ouglikei-p- 

sle,  N.   Y. 

I.enox  Horticultural  Society,  Leno.x, 
Miss. 

.Morris   Connty    Florists'    and   Gar- 
deners' Society,  MaillRon,  N.  J. 
ill        Nassau    County    Horticultural    So- 
ciety,    Penil)roke     Hall,     (ilen     Cove. 
N.   V. 

Thursday,    March    14. 

Menlo    Park    Horticultural   Society.  ;' 
Menio  I'nrk.  Calif. 

New  London  Horticultural  Soci- 
ety, Municipal  BIdg.,  New  London, 
Conn. 

Friday,   March  15. 

North  Sliore  Ilorticiiltnral  Society. 
Manchester,  Ma.ss.  :i 


SOCIETY   OF   AMERICAN    FLORISTS 
AND  ORNAMENTAL  HORTICUL- 
TURISTS. 

To  Publishers  of  Catalogues. 

Provision  has  been  made  in  the 
equipment  of  the  Society's  offices  at 
1170  Broadway,  New  York,  for  the 
filing  of  catalogues  of  firms  and  per- 
sons engaged  in  the  production  and 
sale  of  plants  and  plant  stock,  seeds, 
bulbs,  greenhouse  supplies  and  acces- 
sories, and  goods  used  by  florists  in 
all  branches  of  the  trade. 

All  issuing  catalogues  are  invited  to 
file  copies  with  the  secretary,  that  ac- 
cess may  be  had  to  them  at  any  time 
by  all  who  may  wish  to  avail  them- 
selves of  this  service. 

John  Youno,  Secy. 

1170  Broadway,  New  York. 


The  Publicity  Campaign. 
At  the  request  of  Chairman  Henry 
Penn  of  the  Publicity  Committee,  con- 
curred in  by  Chairman  George  Asmus 
of  the  Publicity  Finance  Committee, 
President  Totty  has  ordered  that  a 
meeting  of  the  joint  committee  be 
called  for  Saturday.  March  16th,  next, 
to  be  held  at  the  offices  of  the  Society, 
1170  Broadway,  New  York,  at  2  p.  m. 
John  Young,  Secy. 


CLUB  AND  SOCIETY  NOTES, 
'i'he  Pennsylvania  Horticultural  So- 
1  ii'ly  has  Issued  an  liiteresting  resume 
of  the  circumstances  ieadliiK  up  to  the 
Introduction  of  the  lOngll.'-h  sjiarrow 
Into  tills  country  and  saying  a  timely 
good  word  for  this  much  abused  feath- 
ered friend  of  mankind. 

The  Massachusetts  Nurserymen's 
.Association  at  Its  recent  meeting  Id 
Boston  elected  officers  for  the  en- 
suing year  as  follows:  President,  John 
Kirkegaard,  Bedford,  .Mass.;  vice-presi- 
dent, George  C.  Thurlow,  West  New- 
bury, Mass.;  secretary-treasurer.  Win- 
Ihrop  H.  Thurlow;  executive  commit- 
tee, Julius  Heurlin,  South  Hralntree, 
E.  W.  Breed,  Clinton,  Walter  Adams, 
Springfield,  and  Richard  Wyman,  So. 
Franiingham,  Mass. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Hamilton  (Ont.) 
Horticultural  Society,  February  19,  the 
first  ground  was  broken  for  this  city's 
increased  vegetable  production  cam- 
paign by  the  president,  .lohn  A.  Web- 
ber, when  he  announced  that  Instead 
of  the  usual  supply  of  bulbs  and 
flowers,  members  of  the  society  would 
be  furnished  with  vegetable  seeds  and 
plants  during  the  coming  spring.  After 
reminding  his  hearers  of  the  acute- 
ness  of  the  present  world  food  short- 
age, Mr.  Webber  earnestly  urged  the 
members  to  substitute  vegetables  for 
flowers  and  to  devote  the  time  previ- 
ously used  in  the  cultivation  of  the 
latter  to  the  raising  of  the  former. 
(Had  advice— Ed.)  Prof.  J.  W.  Crow, 
of  Guelph,  gave  an  illustrated  talk  on 
successful  backyard  gardening. 


One  of  the  largest  gatherings  of  the 
season,  in  Music  Hall,  Tuesday  even- 
ing, February  26,  attended  the  meeting  • 
of  the  Newport  Horticultural  Society, 
at  which  M.  L.  Davey,  general  manager 
of  the  Davey  Tree  Expert  Company  of 
Kent,  Ohio,  pave  an  address  wide  in  Its 
scope  and  interest.  Mr.  Davey  arrived 
in  Newport  just  in  time  for  a  dinner 
arranged  by  some  of  his  friends 
among  the  members  of  the  society,  at 
which  Mayor  Burdick  and  Mr.  Davey 
shared  the  post  of  honor.  President 
Carter  of  the  society  acted  as  host, 
while  the  general  feeling  was  one  of 
good  fellowship.  Following  the  dinner 
the  guests  and  the  speaker  of  the 
evening  adjourned  to  Music  hall  for 
the  entertainment.  Mr.  Davey's  ad- 
dress was  very  patriotic  in  character. 
He  told  how  his  company  had  been 
hit  by  the  war,  fully  a  third  of  the 
young  men  employed  (it  takes  men 
between  20  and  30  to  do  the  real  tree 
work)  being  taken  by  the  draft  or 
having  volunteered,  which  has  left 
only  a  small  working  force  to  fill  the 
next  season's  contracts. 


March  9,  1918 


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JI-VIA. 


ROSALIND  (A  glorified  Ophelia).  The  particular  value  of  this  variety  lies  in  its  exquisite  coloring,  which  is 
entirely  different  from  Ophelia.  When  the  buds  first  show  color  they  are  bright  coral,  changing  as  they  develop 
to  apricot-pink,  and  when  fully  developed  they  are  a  most  beautiful  shell-pink.  The  flower  is  much  more 
double  than  Ophelia,  having  at  least  one-third  more  petals.  It  is  also  delightfully  fragrant.  In  habit  of  growth 
it  is  identical  with  Ophjlia,  from  which  it  is  a  sport.  Rosalind  originated  with  us  two  years  ago.  and,  grown 
side  by  side  with  Ophelia,  is  far  superior  to  that  variety. 

Awarded  first  prize  at  International  Flower  Show,  New  York,  March,  1917,  for  best  new  rose. 

Awarded  additional  silver  medal  at  same  show  for  display  of  Rosalind. 

Awarded   silver   medal   by   the  Horticultural   Society  of  New  York. 

Awarded   silver  medal  by  the  Tarrytown   Horticultural  Society.      Also  numerous  certificates. 

SILVIA  (Yellow  Ophelia).  Another  beautiful  sport  of  Ophelia,  originating  with  us.  The  buds  are  long  and 
pointed,  beautiful  sulphur-yellow,  changing  to  creamy  yellow  as  the  flower  opens,  and  when  fully  developed,  pure 
waxy  white.  It  is  an  unusual  rose  when  fully  expanded,  five  inches  in  diameter,  and  resembles  the  popular 
hardy  climber  Silver  Moon,  showing  the  same  pronounced  cluster  of  yellow  stamens  in  the  center.  Exquisite 
in  bud  and  unusually  distinct  and  unique  in  the  open  flower. 

Prices  of  above  two  varieties,  strong  plants,  2i4-in.  pots,  $25.00  per  100,  $225.00  per  1,000;    225  plants  for 
$60.00.  Will  be  disseminated  Spring  of  1918 

We  have  a  fine  stock  of  the  fancy  varieties  of  Nephrolepis,  in  extra  fine  shape,  for 
'     immediate  shipment.    We  offer  the  following: 
Elegantissima    compacta    and    Smithii,   3%-in.   pots,  25c.  and  35c.  each. 
Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and   Superbissima,  6-in.  pans,  50c.  and  75c.  each. 
Smithii,  5-in.  pots,  50c.  and  75c.  each.  Smithii,  6-in.  pans,  75c.  and  $1.00  each. 

Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and  Superbissima,  8-in.  pans,  $1.00  and  $1.50  each. 
Harrisii,  8-in.  pans,  $1.50  and  $2.00  each.  Elegantissima,  10-in.  pans,  $3.00  and  $3.50  each. 

Shipments  in  pots  at  maximum  prices  only. 


FRN 


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IM.     V. 


GLADIOLI 

Ist  Size  2d  Size 

1000  lUOO 

Amerira    $30.00  $15.00 

Ida     Van     60.00  40.00 

InilrpFnilence    16.00  12  IK) 

Mr».    Francis    KinE 18.00  14.00 

Mm.   Frank    Tendleton.   50.00  35.00 

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Ex  hi  hit  ion    Mixed 20.00  15.00 

Garden   Mixed    16.00  12.00 


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What  Is  That  Plant? 

A  (lifllcult  question  to  nnswer  usually 
unlos.s  tlowors  nro  present,  because  the 
onllniiry  .Manuals  make  use  of  flower 
and  fruit  characters.  It  may  be 
answered  easily  for  over  1000  trees  and 
shrubs,  ineludinff  those  most  commonly 
planted  in  tlip  eastern  States  and  In 
northern  Europe,  from  foliage  only,  by 
aid  of  the  liOO-pajie  book,  "Plant  Ma- 
teri;ils  of  Decorative  Gardening,"  by 
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which  may  be  had  of  the  UOUTICHL- 
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ADDISONIA 

A  quarterly  Journal  containing 
beautiful  colored  ill  uHt  rat  ions  and 
popular    descriptioHH    of    plants. 

PublUhed  by  the  New  York  Botan- 
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Supported  by  the  income  of  a  be- 
qncBt  by  the  late  Jud^e  AddUon 
Brown,   aided    by    subscriptions. 

The  second  volume  has  recently 
been  completed;  the  tbird  volume 
will  be  issued  during  1918;  each 
volume  contains  40  full-page  colored 
illUHtrations. 

Additional  sabscriptions,  for  the 
whole  work  only,  are  Invited  at  f30, 
being  $10  per  volume.  Sample  parts 
will  be  mailed  on   request. 

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Production  of  Bermud.i  Onion  Seed   In 
Souttiwcst. 

IC.  liHK   Ihal    AiniTlran   seed 

icrow  iiil   supply   ili''   liiime   df- 

niniiil  lor  lii-rimidii  onion  seed,  tli' 
ITnllfd  States  Dopartnicnt  of  Agn 
c-ulturo  slaKs  tluit  It  may  lie  protllalil 
ftrown  In  cortaln  rt-Klons  of  the  aouti 
western  United  States. 

In  1916  the  I'nlled  States  Importe  1 
from  Tt-nerllTe.  Canary  Islands,  about 
(."■.iioO  pounds  of  Hermuda  onion  seed 
The  usual  retail  price  is  from  $2  to 
ILVTiO  a  pound.  thouKh  in  years  of  scar- 
elty  the  priee  has  gone  as  high  as  $5 
a  iiound.  ITntll  reeently  this  country 
produced  no  Bermuda  onion  seed  at 
all;  and  thouxh  Rood  yields  of  the 
seed  have  been  obtained  at  Laredo. 
Tex.,  the  yield  lias  not  been  wholly  de 
pendable  from  year  to  year.     While  In 

1916  and  the  past  year  considerable 
("alifornia-prown  Heniiuda  seed  has 
been  offered  to  the  trade,  the  Impor- 
tance of  producing  a  supply  of  seed 
from  carefully  selected  mother  bulbs 
was  given  special  prominence  by  the 
results  obtained  throu.eh  work  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  begun  at 
Sacaton.  Ariz.,  in  191;}  and  1914. 

A  few  years  ago  the  Bureau  of  Plant 
Industry  co-operated  with  the  Office  of 
Indian  Affairs  in  an  experimental 
growing  of  Bermuda  onion  seed  on 
the  Pima  Indian  Reservation  at  Saca- 
ton, Ariz.,  and  the  results  show  that 
there,  and  in  similar  localities,  re- 
liable supplies  of  onion  seed,  equal  to 
the  best  importe:!  from  Teneriffe.  can 
be  grown.  It  is  further  stated  by  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  tliat  seed 
from  carefully  selected  stock  has  been 
uniformly  superior  to  the  run  of  im- 
ported Bermuda  seed,  since  onion 
growers  in  the  Coachella  Valley  of  Cal- 
ifornia have  achieved  results  similar 
(o  those  at  Sacaton. 

The  department  states  that  it  feels 
justifierl  in  saying  that  the  American 
demand  can  soon  be  supplied  with 
home-grown  seed.  Furthermore,  the 
home  seed  when  grown  from  mother 
bulbs  of  carefully  selecterl  strains 
promises  a  25  per  cent  better  yield 
than  that  from  the  imported  seed.     In 

1917  the  Bermuda  onion  crop  of  the 
United  States,  largely  from  Texas, 
was  nearly  three  million  crates.  An 
fncrease  of  one-fourth  means,  there- 
fore, says  the  department,  that  the  In- 
centive for  a  home-grown  seed  Indus 
try  goes  far  beyond  the  mere  question 
of  replacing  the  volume  of  imported 
seed  with  an  equal  quantity  raised  at 
home. 


Notes. 
W.  .1.  Donovan,  who  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  seed  business  in 
Springfield,  Mass.,  for  the  past  20  years, 
has  been  engaged  by  the  Carlisle  hard- 
ware company  as  manager  of  its  seed 
and  implement  business,  which  has 
been  constantly  on  the  increase  and 
which  has  been  enlarged  from  time  to 
time. 


^    Flower  Seeds,  Cannas,  American 
r?;  Grown  Gladioli,  Etc. 

b:      WHOLESALE    CATALOG     NOW     READY 

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128  CHAMBERS  ST..  NEW  YORK  CITY 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our    trial    {^rounds,    Raynes 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

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master  General  Burleson,  effective 
.March  15.  as  follows:  "Packages  when 
mailed  in  the  first  or  second  zones  for 
delivery  in  the  first,  second  or  third 
zones  may  thereafter  be  as  heavy  as 
seventy  pounds."  They  now  are  re- 
stricted to  fifty.  The  weight  limit  for 
all  other  zones  was  increased  from 
twenty  to  fifty  pounds.  This  will  go  a 
long  way  to  relieve  the  express  con- 
gestion and  will  be  a  great  benefit  to 
seedsmen. 

Numerous  inquiries  are  being  re- 
ceived concerning  the  fixing  of  prices 
on  clover  seed  and  seed  corn,  and  on 
beans,  peas,  and  other  seed  crops, 
commonly  used  as  food  crops.  Thus 
tar  the  cnly  commodity  in  the  same 
category  v.ith  the  aforementioned  ones 
upon  which  a  price  has  been  fixed  is 
wheat,  and  in  the  case  of  wheat  the 
restricti-ms  in  the  matter  of  handling 
seed  th-it  apply  to  the  licensed  ele- 
vators and  warehousemen  do  not 
aiiply  to  seedsmen,  for  it  is  recognized 
that  seedsmen  from  the  very  nature  of 
their  '.insiness  in  being  compelled  to 
pay  premiums  for  choice  lots  of  wheat, 
in  shrinkage  resulting  from  recleaning 
and  in  ;,arceling  out  their  stocks  in 
smaller  t-uantities  cannot  work  on  so 
.aniail  a  margin  of  profit  as  elevators 
can.  The  Food  Administration  has 
announced  its  intention  to  act  in  the 
matter  of  regulating  prices  or  in  re- 
stricting seedsmen  as  to  profits  or 
practices  only  upon  the  recommenda- 
tion of  tha  Department  of  Agriculture. 


Our  attention  is  called  by  Chairman 
Therkild.son  of  the  A.  S.  T.  Postal 
I.aws  Committee  to  a  ruling  of  Post- 


ACORNS 

Being  the  Little  Beginnings  of  Some 
Worthy  Timber. 
As  this  department  is  devoted  to  the 
evolution  of  big  things  from  little,  with 
jiarticular  reference  to  the  fostering 
earth,  what  more  fitting  than  that  we 
should  speak  today  of  one  who  by 
grubbing  in  the  soil  early  and  late  ac- 
complished his  own  large  develop- 
ment ?  Our  hero,  whose  name  is  How- 
artr,  was  born  on  .lune  22.  18*19.  For  a 
while,  but  not  for  long,  he  busied  him 
self  with  schooibooks.  When  he  q'jit 
this  to  go  to  work  he  was  still  youn^; 
enough  to  be  satisfied  with  a  wage  of 
$4  per  week.  That's  what  W.  Atb  ■ 
Burpee  &  Co.  paid  him  to  make  fires, 
clean  windows  and  run   errands.  Dur- 


ing the  summer  he  "kicked"  a  Gordon 
press,  at  which  he  was  expected  to  gel 
off  8  000  impressions  a  day.  Just  after 
the  blizzard  of  '88  he  went  to  Ford- 
hook  Farms,  near  Doylestown,  and  be- 
gan his  real  apprenticeship  in  the  busi- 
ness which  became  his  lifework.  For 
$t;  a  week  he  cleaned  seed  direct  from 
the  field,  hand-weeded  until  his  finger- 
nails were  worn  to  the  quick,  spread 
manure  and  fought  most  of  the  400,000 
varieties  of  insects  scientists  tell  us 
there  are  in  the  world.  For  many 
years  he  toiled  from  sixteen  to  eigh- 
teen hours  a  day,  plus  about  ten 
hours  Sunday  and  holidays,  and  elimi- 
nated vacation  altogether.  All  this 
was  to  inoculate  himself  with  a 
complete  knowledge  of  seed  produc- 
tion. The  inoculation  took.  In  191.? 
liis  boss  sent  him  to  Europe  to  observe 
methods  practiced  there,  and,  incident- 
ally, to  locate  any  vegetable  or  flower 
novelties  being  perpetrated  In  those 
parts.  Hut  several  years  before  that 
he  had  traveled  about  among  the  grow- 
ing crops  in  New  Y'ork  and  Canada. 
There  he  spent  his  days  In  the  fields 
and  devoted  his  nights  to  the  study  of 
the  printed  works  of  noted  horticultur- 
ists, and  of  the  horticultural  and  agri- 
cultural press.  Never  believe  that  his 
boss  was  a  slave  driver;  indeed,  he 
was  always  one  of  the  kindliest  and 
most  considerate  men  in  the  world, 
for  our  hero  planned  himself  this  line 
of  active  work.  In  time  he  became  the 
lirm's  business  manager,  and  recently, 
because  of  the  increase  in  the  volume 
of  business,  production  manager.  We 
haven't  room  here  to  mention  all  the 
agri  and-horticultural  associations  of 
which  he  is  a  valued  member,  but 
without  fear  of  successful  contradic- 
tion, ladies  and  gentlemen,  we  present 
Howard  M.  Earl,  premier  expert  seeds- 
man of  these  here  United  States! 
—  Tom  Daly  in  Phila.  livening  Ledger. 
Feb.  15,  "18. 


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f'omptple   I.Kt  of   FlnrUtM*   f'holr^  ffpedt. 

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March  9,   1918 


H  0  K  Tl  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


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BOSTON 


ASTERS 

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Mixpil    Colors.      Trade    pkt.,    30c.; 

$l.i;3  per  oz. 
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SepMnitc  Colors.     Trade  pkt.,  ?.0c. ; 

$1.'J.j  per  oz.     Choice  Mi.\ed.     Trade 

pkt..  30e. ;  $1.00   per  oz. 
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S*'|i.irate  Colors.     Trade  pkt..  40c.: 

$'J.'Jo  per  oz.     Choice  Mixed.     Trade 

pkt.,  40c. ;  $2.00  per  oz. 

Send  for  Wholesale  Price  List 
offerinjt  exerything  required  b.v  tbe 
|ir(>a:rpssive    ilorist. 

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FOR    FLORISTS 

CINER.^KIA — Prize      scrain",      mixed 

Trtll   Hnd    Seml-dv\rtrf. 

AI.VSSUM — l-iltle     (ieni. 

CALENKULA— OranKB  Kins.   Lemon 

<iueen. 

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llK«i<)NI.A— Vernon. 

DELPHINPM     NEWPORT     ROSE— 

Finest    I'inli    Larkspur   at    8Uc.    per 

oz.,  Si. -'5  per  '/4  lb. 

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CHOICE   FLORISTS'    FLOWER   SEEDS 

A.paruKuft  PliiinoHUfl  Nanus — lUOO  Br«d0, 
(S.ftO:  6000  Seeds,  tIS.OO, 

Aspnrafcns  SprenKeri — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00. 

SaUIn   llonflrf — V*.   or.,  60e.;    1  oi.,  KMK). 

Salt  la    X.nrleh — 'A   nz.,   7,'ic. :    I    oz.,   HMO. 

Stuck.  Kfauly  of  Nice,  l.'irl-  l*oul>le  Flowers 
— >liell  Pink,  ItrlKht  i'lnk,  Piirple,  While 
— Tr.   Pkt.,  Jl.OO;    Vi  ot.,  »i.(H);    1   oz.,  tS.OO. 

Snapdragon,   I'etnnias,   \>rbenaM,  etc. 
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\a/e:e:ber   &    doine 

Choice  Seeds  for  Florists  for  Present  Sowing 

MKiNONETTE 

"W,    &    D.'a    Alilon"    far   outclasses   any 
other  strain    t'^r   niarkctinj;.     Tr.   pkt., 
50c.;  >^  oz..  If  1.00;  oz.,  .$l..OO. 
ANTIIIRKHINCM 

W.  *   D.'s   Imp.  (iiant-Klouerini!;.     Pure 
White.  Pink,   Kair.v  tjneuu.  Coral  Ked, 
Hose,     Scarlet,     Striped     Venus,     and 
Yellow,     Tr.  pkt.,  "JDc. ;  oz.,  75c. 

Nelrose.      put.,  L'Dc. 

ALYSSCM 
Little  Gem.     Tr.  pkt.,   lOc. ;  oz.,  SOc, 
Odoratum.     Tr.   pkt.,  lOc. ;  oz.,  15c. 

SALVIA 

Splendens,     Tr.  pkt.,  2llc. ;  oz.,  $1.25. 
Hontlre.     Tr.   pkt..  25c.:   oz.,  $2.50. 

VERBENA 

Mammoth.     Scarlet.  Pink,  Purple.  White, 
Yellow.     Tr.   pkt.,  25c.;  oz.,  $1.00. 

WEEBER  &  DON,    114  Chambers  St.,    NEW  YORK 

30-32    BARCLAY  STREET 


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Improved   styles  In   iDipleoients. 

Catalogue    ap»n   appllMltl«B. 

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LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop    Now    On    Hand 

I'o-:     Immediate     or     future     delivery 
prices   f|Mored    on    npplicadon. 

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WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Miirkft   CinrcleiuTH   iind    FlorUtn 
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GARDEN  SEED 

VV.V.T.  CAIUtOT.  r'AR.SNir.  UAOISn  and 
GAICDRN  I'KA  SKK.n  in  vnriety:  niso  other 
IriMiis  of  the  fliiort  rri)p  of  this  pnst  f)ei)fli>n, 
ns  welt  1)8  n  full  line  of  T'lir-ilcn  Seeds,  will 
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Florists 

NEW   FLOWER  STORES. 
Hot    Springs.    Ark.-MlBs    C'burlotte 
llyriuv 

St.  Louis,  Mo.— CliarU'!!  Ilecht,  6600 
l>(  liiiar  .Vvo. 

Chicago.  III.  Williiiiii  Wolf.  7  West 
Monripi'   St 

Newark,  N.  J.— William  Zois,  Broad 
Si    and  Centra!  Av 


NEWS   NOTES. 

Sulphur  Springs,  Tex.  —Harlow  the 
Klurist  has  sold  his  greenhouses  to 
W.  W.  Williamson. 

New  Haven,  Ind. — The  New  Haven 
Floral  Co.  has  purchased  the  store  of 
Markey  Bros,  on  Harrison  street,  also 
their  range  of  greenhouses. 

Libertyvilie,  III.— The  Meredith 
Flower  &  Vegetable  Company  has 
been  ordered  sold  by  order  of  the  cir- 
cuit court  to  satisfy  a  $10,000  claim. 


Elmira,  N.  V. — A  fire  originating  in 
an  overheated  smoke  stack  did  several 
hundred  dollars'  damage  to  the  green- 
house and  stock  of  Mrs.  Mary  Orvis 
on  February  13. 

Farmington,  Conn. — Mrs.  ,1.  C.  Ha- 
warth  has  rented  her  greenhouses  and 
property  to  Mr.  Becker  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  who  will  take  possession  March 
15,  and  conduct  the  business. 


Buffalo. — Henry  H.  Elbers,  director 
of  the  Buffalo  Botanic  Garden,  and  re- 
tiring president  of  the  Buffalo  Florist 
Club,  has  left  for  a  si.x  weeks'  tour  of 
California  where  he  will  make  various 
studies  of  plant  life. 


New  Bedford,  Mass. — Albert  Macom- 
licr  Williams  closed  out  a  paying  flor- 
ist business  in  order  to  volunteer  as 
a  bugler  in  Battery  D,  which  is  now 
stationed  at  Fort  Banks.  Mr.  Williams 
is  nineteen  years  old,  son  of  Lewis 
S.  Williams. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  nrrvlce  to  Hellvrr  Floweri 
or  I>piilcn«  on  Order  by  Tele- 
irraph  or  otherwlae.  Prompt 
Rrlinble  Service. 

CEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connr<-tlrut    Ave.   and    L   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


EstabllabMl    1*74 

r>  A.  le  J3 

FLOHIMT 

N.  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  Madiioo  Arenne,  N.  T.  CUj 

(  Member  Florutj  Telegraph  Delivery  Atso,  ) 
RoNveri  shipped  on  kll  Sie«men  SpecifcJ  Correspond' 
cpcc  in  rll  (he  lu'ge  cities  of  Europe  and  (he  Brinih 
^Ifinie'  "^elearfcph  and  Cable  *ddreii  OKfdtflor. 
We  abould  mil  strict  I  j  adhrre  to  the  re- 
queiit  of  the  Uplted  State*  Food  Admlnla- 
tr»tlon. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
— =SONS^— 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

M>  r.«sr    all    Mlrhlcmn    polats   aa4    0as4 

•  r.lloos    el    llhlo.    lu'llaaa    aad     " -■- 

Muabars     riorlsia'     Trlesrapta      Itallsarr 
Aasfirlatloa. 


Gout:  liHOS  CO 


GUDE    BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Member  Florins  Teleursph   Dellrsry 


Orders    for    NEW    TOBK. 
Write  or   Phone  to 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fiftti  Ave. 


BmI     FlorUta     In     the    8t»t«s    m 
Refereneea. 

BCROPEAN  ORDERS  EXEGCTBO 

Members   of   the    Florlats' 
Teleffr*ph   Delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 

FLOWER  DEUVERJES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VlCINmf 

Members  Florisu'  TeleKrapb  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Assi. 

youngXnugent 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Member*    Florists'    Telegraph    Delivery 

A.lrT  BUN  YARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Also  Newport,  R    1. 

I   OCABANTEK   8ATI8rACTIOir 


March  9,  1918 


H  0  H  'I'  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


831' 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Orders  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   Florists'  Telegraph 
Delivery  AssociatioD 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delivery 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 


ir4^. 


561  Fifth  Ave. 
Vanderbilt  Hotel 


NEW  YORK 

n ACTA  11    1'  ''"'k  street 
DUO  I  U II  799  Boylston  Street 

Dilniries  te  Stiaoers  ud  all  bsteni  PoIdU 


Orders    Fllird    Day    or    Nisbt   for 

O  I- E  V  E:  U  AIM  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

Complete  »tock.      Kegular  discount  to  Trade. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

1896    W.    35th    St.,    Cleveland,    O. 
Members    Florists'  Telegraph  Dellrery  Ass'n. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  of  F.  T.  D.  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
28  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

iUchastei  Phono  506.  Long  Dist.  BoU  Fhono  tl&, 

Mambeis  Florists  Telegraph  Dolivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDERHON     service    means    fresh,    stardj 
Stock  and   prompt  deliveries  In   BDFFAJLO, 
LOCKPORT,        NIAGARA        FAJLLg        and 
ITBSTERN    NEW    YORK 
Members    of    Florists'    Telecrapb    DeUrsry. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.     Nahant.  Matt. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARBT  I.  RANDALL,  Proprietor. 

Uemier  Florists'   Telegraph  Belivery. 


VISITORS'     REGISTER. 

Lancaster,    Mass. — Thomas    Proctor, 
Lenox,  Mass. 


Philadelphia— Chas.  P.  Guelf,  repr. 
Jerome  B.  Rice  Co.,  Cambridge,  N.  Y.; 
H.  L.  Holmes,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


Chicago — Miss  Ella  Kaber,  of  La 
Porte,  Ind.;  Sam  Seligman,  New  York; 
Paul  Berkowitz,  of  Bayersdorfer  &  Co., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  E.  B.  Washburn, 
Pasadena,  Calif. 


Boston — Junichi  R.  Ikegami,  Yoko- 
hama, Japan;  Ernest  Saunders,  Lewis- 
ton,  Mass.;  C.  S.  Stront,  Biddeford,  Me.; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Thatcher,  Bar  Har- 
bor, Me.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo.  L.  Mahoney, 
Auburn.  Me.;  J.  J.  Karius,  repr.  H.  A. 
Dreer,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  H.  C.  Neu- 
brand.  Middletowu,  Conn.;  Walter 
Gott,  repr.  Sander  &  Son,  St.  Albans, 
Eng. 


NEWS  NOTES. 


Lenox,  Mass.— Mrs.  Alfred  Gwynn 
Vanderbilt  has  again  made  the  offer 
of  use  of  ten  acres  of  land  at  Erskine 
Park  for  people  who  wish  to  cultivate 
war  gardens. 


Dalton,  Mass. — When  the  will  of 
Zenas  Crane,  late  of  Dalton,  was  of- 
fered for  probate  it  contained  a 
bequest  of  his  half-interest  in  Pine 
Grove  Park  to  the  town  of  Dalton. 
Ex-Senator  W.  Murray  Crane  has  now 
transferred  to  the  town  by  deed  his 
half-interest  in  the  park.  This  gift  of 
several  acres  of  land  Includes  a 
grove,  athletic  field  and  recreation 
grounds. 


Augusta,  Ga. — P.  J.  Berckmans  Com- 
pany report  that  they  have  been  fear- 
fully busy  this  spring  and  find  it  sim- 
ply impossible  to  handle  shipments 
with  any  degree  of  promptness,  ow- 
ing to  shortage  of  labor.  For  the  past 
two  years  they  have  been  short  at 
least  forty  or  fifty  hands,  and  it  is 
absolutely  impossible  to  secure  help. 
The  labor  proposition  in  this  section 
is  "something  fierce."  This  has  been 
the  warmest  February  here  for 
twenty-six  years.  We  have  jumped 
from  winter  to  summer. 

H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

DeliverieH    to    all    points    in    New    England. 
r,i5,000    Square   Feet   of   GIa§8. 

Member   Florists'   Tolegraph   Delivery 
Association. 

YALE!    YALE! 

And    All    New  Haven   Neighborhood 

FLOWER    AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapel  St  ,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Itimbtr   Florists    Telegraph  [Delivery    Association 
NOTICE  INITIALS.     We  have  one  store  only 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEfELANI 

Euclid  Avenue 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Df llvered    on    mall    or    telegraph    nrder    for 
any    otMunioD,  in   any   part  of   th«  Domlnlom. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO.  ONT. 


ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

OELIVKKKU   IN    AI.BA.W  AM>  \  K'lNITT 
ON    TKLBORAPHIC    OHIIKR 

106  STATE  STREET,         ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  larsest  cut  flower  Htore  In  Anierlc*. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  slveD  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  Incorporat.<l 
ST.  PAUL,  MInN. 


^■"  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.    E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists'     Telesraph     Delivery. 

DENVER.  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 

HOUSTON.  TEXAS 


Tta.  Florist       Membor  W.  T.  D.  AmmIsMM 


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OAFRDEIMIAS 

'                       The  Best.  $20  per  100 
Exlra.             15  per  100 
Good.             10  per  100 

This  is  a   low   price  considering  the  quality  ol 
our  Gardenias 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  CO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 

EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21    R.o.ltid  St  .    Pbil«dflphi»,    P«. 

CHOICE  BEAUIIE5,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
and  all  Seasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 

CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale   Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

5  Sa.  Mile  SL,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St„  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

m^lHIN/IOIMO.      IIM^. 

rl«au   BCBtl^B    Horltcoltnre    wbeD    nrrltlnc. 


MICHIG<KN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

Conslcmmeoti  Solicited 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specially 

264  RANDOLPH  ST..      DETROIT,  MICH. 

The  Haute  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

J^~We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURBRS 

PHILADELPHIA,     PA. 


POEHLMANN  BROS.  CO. 

I         Supply  of  Be^t  Cut  Flowers  all  the   Year  Jtround         \ 
72-74  EAST  RANDOLPH  ST.,  CHICAGO. 

If     Intrrfoted.     a«>nd      a*     ynar     nmmm^     and    «r1f1re«a    for    niir    werkW     prtrr    lUt  I 


ARTIN  REUKAUF 

Everything  the  Best  in  riorlsts'  Supplies 


433  Callowhill  Street, 


Philadelphia 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ™^'^"'"'^"-/o'deXler3  only 


Roses  

Am.  Beauty,  Speaal 35  «w 

"  "        Fancy  and  Extra ■  •  •  i  1 5  .oo 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 4.00 

Russell,  Eulcr,  Mock 2.00 

Hadley .'.oo 

Arcnberg,  Hoosiei  Beauty z.cxs 

Ward a  .00 

Killarocy,  Radiance.  Taft 2.00 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 7.00 

Carn  stioiis 1  .co 

Cattleyas 35.00 

Dendrohium  formosum 

Lilies.  LonKifloruni 6  00 

Lilies,  Speciosum    6.00 

Callas 10.00 

Lily  of  the  ValleT - 5. 00 

SnapdrasoD 6.00 

Violets 

Freesia      I 

Narcis,  Paper  White i 

Roman  Hyacinths t 

Tulips a 

Daffodils I 

Calendula. i 

Mignonette 

Sweet    Peas 

Marsuerites 

Gardesias  

Adiantum 

Smilax 

\sparaKUS  Plumosus.  &  Spren.  ( 100  Bchs. ) . . . . 


BOSTON 

March  6 


ST. 

M: 


LOUIS 


35  W 
00  to 
00     to 


3  00     to 
.50     to 


15.00     to 


50.00  I 

25.0c 
U.oo 

13.00 

1 3.00 

8.00  ' 
8.0c 

B.oo 
13.00  ^ 

3.00 
50.00  \ 
50.00  ■ 

8.00 

8.00 
15.00 

8.00 

10.00 

.75 

3. CO 

3.00 

9. 00 

4.CO 

3.00 

3. 00 

4.00 

1. 00 

3. CO 

35-00 

•1.35 

35.00 

50.00 


40  00 
15.00 
3  00 
6.00 

8. CO 

3  00 
3.00 
4.00 
4.00 

I. CO 


50.00 

9u.lO 
5.00 

aS'O 

10.(0 

4  00 
6.00 
6.00 

I3.00 

300 

50,0c 

10,00 


to 
to 


I. CO 

3.00 

.30 

1,00 


10.00 
8.00 

.40 
3.C0 
300 

3. 00 
5.00 
3. CO 
3. CO 


to 
to 


to 

13  50       to 
3i.OO       to 


1,00 
3. 00 


15  00 

35.00 


50,00 
4^.00 

6,(x> 
6  00 
500 
4,00 
4.00 
3.00 

4  00 

I  SO 

30.00 
50  »  O 

lO.CM 
4.00 
8.00 
6.00 
3.00 
.30 
:.oo 
1.50 
».co 
3  00 
1.50 
i.«o 
3.00 

.40 

•75 
5.00 
I  00 
1500 


PHUJL 

March  4 

6s  50 


50. (X) 

ao.oo 
30. CO 
15  00 
1 3.00 
S.oo 
10,0c 

13. 00 

300 

50,0c 

60. CO 

13. 0« 

0.00 

I3O0 

XO.OO 

13. CO 

.50 

4.00 

B.OO 

300 

5. CO 

3. CO 

3.CO 
3.00 
I  50 
'53 
ao.oo 
«  50 

30,00 

6o,co 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 

\A/Holosale    F-|orls-bs 

568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET    •     BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.A.BUDLONG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

,os«  v..uev ..,    ,««.  jjyj  FLOWERS 


CARNATIONS 

A  Specialty 


March  ;t,  1918 


H  0  H  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


•^33 


Flower  Market  Reports 

While  it  cannot  be  trutli- 
EOSTON  lully  said  that  trade  is 
brisk  yet  it  has  occa- 
sional spells  of  activity  which  are  very 
encouraging  and  at  such  times  the 
amount  of  material  disposed  of  in  the 
markets  and  wholesale  houses  is  very 
large.  A  dull  day  or  two  intervenes 
and  then  there  are  unwieldy  accumu- 
lations which  the  salesmen  unload 
only  with  great  difficulty  and  at  "job 
lot"  figures.  Roses  are  on  the  decline 
as  to  crop  and  quality  with  many 
growers  but  there  are  still  some  fine 
ones  coming  in  and  these  have  held 
their  value  quite  well,  while  the  prices 
on  under-grade  stock  have  declined. 
Carnations  continue  to  he  over  plenti- 
ful for  the  demand  with  much  of  the 
;8tock  showing  split  caly.xes  and  other 
ibiemishes,  due  undoubtely  to  low 
growing  temperature  in  the  houses. 
Lilies  are  showing  the  result  of  cold 
quarters  also,  and  the  majority  of  the 
flowers  seen  are  very  inferior.  Bul- 
bous material  is  still  coming  in  strong, 
quality  excellent  and  sales  pretty  good. 
Callas  are  particularly  good,  and  so 
also  are  the  single  violets. 

A  large  sup].ly  of  all 
CHtCAGO     kinds  of  flowers  fills  the 

Chicago  market  at  this 
time.  -  The  intrease  has  been  gradual 
for  the  past  month  and  now  there  is 
all  that  can  lie  used  to  advantage. 
Just  at  this  time  the  curtailing  of  the 
number  of  trains  going  out  of  Cliicago 
restricts  the  out-of-town  trade  till  out- 
side florists  become  familiar  with  the 
new  conditions  and  place  orders  early 
Beginning  March  4  there  are  but  two 
express  trains  daily  to  St.  Louis  when 
formerly  there  were  six,  affecting  all 
south  and  southwest  shipments.  A 
large  number  of  sweet  peas  are  com- 
ing now.  Carnations  are  so  plentiful 
that  prices  have  dropped.  Roses  too 
are  fully  equal  to  demand  and  spring 
flowers  are  far  too  much  in  evidence. 
Signs  are  displayed  offering  shamrock 
plants  to  the  prudent  buyer  who  places 
his  order  early. 

Trade  is  fairly 
PHILADELPHIA  good  here  and 
cleaned  up  pretty 
well  but  at  low  prices.  The  overstock 
is  mostly  in  carnations,  sweet  peas 
and  bulbous  flowers.  Roses  are  still 
on  the  scarce  list.  Gardenias  and  or- 
chids are  draggy.  Freeslas  go  well 
but  are  lower  in  price  on  account  of 
increased  supplies.  I^ilies  are  in  good 
siipply.  Lily  of  the  valley  scarce.  In 
the  greens  market  there  is  a  marked 
increase  in  the  supply  of  asparagus 
plumosus  and  prices  are  much  easier 
on   that  item. 

Trade  has  been  very 
good.  Roses  are 
fairly  plentiful. 
Ophelia,  Sunburst, 
White  and  Pink  Killarney  and  Shaw- 
yer  being  most  in  demand.  Carnations 
are  very  plentiful  but  weak  slemmed. 
Violets  are  abundant  and  denuind  ir- 
regular. Very  fine  sweet  peas  arc  seen. 
Freesia  is  very  popular  this  year. 
Lilies,  callas,  tulips  and  all  the  nar- 
cissi in  abundant  supply.  Week  end 
sales  of  bulbous  stock  are  seen  in 
about  all  stores.  Asparagus  plumosus 
is  very  scarce. 


ROCHESTER, 
N.  Y. 


SWEET  PEAS 

Choice,  even  choicer  than  they 
have  been  at  any  time  this  season, 
in  quantity,  all  lengths,  in  all  colors, 
several  of  the  newer  shades. 

—100— 
Extra    Long    .  .  $2.00 

Long     $1.00,      1.50 

Medium     .75 

Short    40,       .50 

Kvor.TthiDB    in    Cut    Flowers,    Plants, 
(ireens.  Ribbons  and  Supplies. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


The  ^t^^?r«l'/of  Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1  1 7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1 608- 1  620  Ludlow  St.  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  Sts. 

WASHINGTON.  1  2 1  6  H.  St..  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


R(M«t 

Am,  Beauty ,  Special 

"  "         Fancy  and  Elxtra 

*'  "         No.  1  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward ^.. 

Killamcy,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Camationa 

Cattleraa 

Dendrobium  fonnotum 

Lilies.  Lonffiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdragon 

Violets 

Freesia   

Narcis.  Paper  While 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulips  

Daffodils 

Calendula 

Mignonette .... 

Swe^t  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

\tparaffus  Plu.  &  Spren.  (looBhs,) 


CINCINNATI 

March  4 


TRADE  PRICES -Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ON»  > 

PITTSBURG 

Feb.  4 


40.00 
25.00 
JO. 00 
8.00 
8,00 
6.00 
4.00 
4.00 
6.00 
2. CO 


10.00 


8.00 
5.00 
4.00 

•50 

2.00 
a. 00 
2. CO 
3  00 
3,00 
3,00 
4.00 
■  75 


as. 00     to 


50.00 
35  00 
15.00 
15.00 
1500 
10.00 
8  00 
10.00 

I2.I.O 
4.00 

60  GO 

IS. 00 

10.00 
6.00 
8.00 

■  75 
4.00 
3.00 
300 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
6. CO 

3.(0 
1. 00 

1. 00 

15.00 

3';.oo 


I      CHICAGO 

I  Feb.  25 

60.00 
50.00 
30.00 
25.00 


BUFFALO 

March  4 


50.00 

40.00 

90.00 

5.00 

4  00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
1.50 
35-00 


aj.oc 
12.00 

I:/. 00 
12. CO 
4.00 

50,00 


6.0c     to     1 2.0c 


8.00 
4.00 
8.00 

•50 
2  03 
2.<  O 
2.00 
3. CO 
2.00 
2. CO 
4.00 

•75 

12.00 

1.00 

15.00 

25.00 


12.00 
6.00 

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■75 
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4.03 
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6  00 

2.(  O 

20.00 

I  25 

20.00 

50.00 


40.00 

25.00 
15.00 
6.00 
5  00 
5.00 
4.00 
4  00 
5. CO 


5c. CO  to 

to 

8.00  to 

4.00  to 

8.00  to 

8. CO  to 

4.00  to 

.50  to 

2.CO  to 

2. 00  to 

2.0C  to 

2.CO  to 

a. CO  to 

t.oo  to 

2.00  to 

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6.CO 
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6.00 
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10.00 

8.00 


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to 

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to 

to 

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to 

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to 

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to 

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to 

3.00 

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15.00 

tc 

30.00 

15  CO 

»r 

60.00 

This  111  a  r  k  e  t  pulls 
NEW   YORK     aloiis  at   a  .somewhat 

uneven  gait,  at  times 
(iiscouraginsly  .slow  with  enormous 
quantities  of  unsold  flowers  piled  high 
in  the  wholesale  establishments  and 
at  other  times  developing  a  lively  pace 
on  one  or  the  other  line,  which  brings 
a  promising  array  of  buyers'  autos 
into  the  wholesale  district  and,  for 
the  time  being  puts  a  bit  of  "pep"  into 
the  situation.  Sales  in  fjuantity  often 
run  at  low  figures  to  unload,  espefially 


on  bulbous  flowers,  sweet  peas  and 
carnations.  Violets,  too,  have  found  a 
vtry  unappreciative  market  most  of 
the  time  but  roses  have  made  a  fairly 
good  and  uninterrupted  record  with 
market  values  tending  downward  but 
yet  sustaining  no  demoralizing  break. 
There  are  plenty  of  lilies  but  many  of 
them  are  little  better  than  rags, 
('alias,  on  the  other  hand,  average 
good  in  quality.  Cattleyas  are  still  in 
abundant  supply  with  prices  moderate. 
Oneidiunis  are  fine  but  are  hard  to 
move  at   any   lii;\iro. 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.  PHILADELPHrA,  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New    Show    Rooms    Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOtSE  Of  AMERICA 


234 


11  o  u  r  1 1'  r  i/r  u  h  e 


Miirch  »,  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholfrtale     Commistion    Florut 
Choice  Cut  Floweri 


T*l«ph*»«x 


Kl   Weal  mth   HI  .     NEW  TUKI 

do*   rNl.  HxlUon  Hqamrs. 


— WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  21th  Street.  NEW  YORK 

Telf-phouf    .Vl3'».    I'nrrat: Ill- 
Call  antl  Innprct  tbe  Bc§t  EatnbllahmeDt 

In    th^    \V  hntf  milp    Kli>\v*»r    l>i«»rlct- 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

$3  WEST  28tli  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

CoMignrntntt  Selicited 
Phon*  Fkmrat  4IM 


FRANK  MILLANG 

WhiilriusiF   rnnimlsKlnn    Ii.-.iirr    In 

CUT    FLOWERS 

53   and   (17  Wf»«   SOth    St..   New    York 

CooKBD   Building 

Tel.,  209  Farraeut        Conslpuments  Solicited 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28th      ST.    NEW   YORK. 


GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

"0"'tS5  '"■"«"      NEW  YORK 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Freab   Cut   Decorative  Eversreeni. 

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Stork  Id  America.  Write  for  Illualrated 
Caulog  of  Greeoa  and  Florlata'  Suppllea. 
119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.  KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'a  Foramoit  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

4  Fir»t  CUu  Muk.t  tor  .11  I.UT  FLOWERS 

:a  Waionghby  St,        BrooUya.  N.  f 


M.  C.  FORD 

121  Wast  28th  St.,       NEW  YORK 

rilE  ROSES.  riKC!  CIIRIAIIOIS 

A    Full    I.lnr    nf    AI.I.    CTT    Fl.OWKBS. 
Telephone    U70   FarrKcat. 


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A    full    llnr   of   Choir*   Cut    niiwer   Htork    for    all    R.rpoeM. 

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HAVK  TIMK  ANI>  MONKY   BY    HENDINO   TOCB  OBnCKS  TO  CS    


Pricea  Risht. 

Conai^nmenta  Solicited. 

Teleph 

Dne  ConnectioD 

Centrally  Located,  Tbe  Hab  oi  the  Flower  Market  Sectioii 

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BS-B7    \A/as«    aetiht 

Telephone.,  13 — 8&10  Madlnon   hqu.re 

MAI'KICR    I..    OI.AB8.    Tr 

OF  NEW  YORK 

'L.ORISTS 

Coneltninenta  B»llrt*.t 
Mtanrer 

NEW  YORK  QUOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


i^mwican  Beauty,  Special 

*'  '•         Fancy  and  Enra. 

*'  "  No.  I  and  culls.   . 

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Killamey.  Radiance,  Tsft 

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to 

10  00 

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10 

8.00 

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to 

8  00 

a  00 

to 

la  00 

a. CO 

to 

13.00 

2. CO 

to 

3  00 

Rnt  Part  if  fftik 

bifiMiit  Mar.  4 

111! 


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WHOLESALE   FLORISTS 

129  West  28th  Street  t..  ; gui ,  p.„.„. 

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Wholesale  Comnilht^lon  Il*iilcr  in 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

l;(:t   W?st  28th  street,  New   York 
Telephone. — M33-35.S3  MadlHOn  Square 


Chmrlee    (teheiuk 


JOSEPH    S.    FENRICH 

WHOLESALE   Fl.ORIST 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

SI   W.  28th   Straat.   Naw  York 

T.WyksM.,   Ua-itl-ta    Mad.    8q. 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

MTKoIesale    Florists 

436  6tk  (vengi.  Betwcii  26tb  ari  27tli  Sts.,  Niw  TnI 

Telephonea:     797,  7»S,  7M  Fanmc** 

CuDSlgntuenta  Solicited 

HERMAN  WEISS 

WUOLE8ALE    FXOBIRT 

Can  handle  thlpmeDta  of  growera'  prntl—l 
aatlafactorlly.      WoDid     Ilk*    to    bear 
Growera  of  Snapdragooa   and   Sweat 
etc.,  for  tbe  New  York  trmd*. 

ISO  Weat  28th  Street,  TeL  ) 

HKW  TOBK. 


March  y,  1918 


HOKTl CULTURE 


235 


CLUB   AND   SOCIETY    NOTES. 

The  New  England  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation held  its  annual  meeting  and 
dinner  at  Young's  Hotel,  Boston, 
with  about  30  present.  Daniel  Thur- 
ber  of  Prcvidence,  the  retiring  presi- 
dent, presided.  H.  C.  McLeod  of  To- 
ronto, Oat.,  and  Edgar  King  of  Spring- 
field spoke.  These  officers  were 
elected:  E.  C.  Smith,  Manchester,  N. 
H.,  president;  Leonard  Ross,  Boston, 
vice-president;  H.  A.  Derry,  Everett, 
secretary  and  treasurer. 


The  Massachusetts  Fruit  Growers' 
Association  held  its  24th  annual  con- 
vention in  Worcester,  last  week.  Offi- 
cers were  chosen  as  follows:  Presi- 
dent, 'Willard  A.  Munson  of  Walpole; 
vice-presidents,  Albert  R.  Jenks  of 
Springfield,  Archer  N.  Tuttle  of  War- 
ren, John  W.  Howes  of  Ashfleld  and 
C.  W.  Mann  of  Methuen;  secretary- 
treasurer,  F.  Howard  Brown  of  Marl- 
boro; auditor,  H.  Ward  Moore  of 
■Worcester. 


The  Lenox  (Mass.)  Horticultural 
Society  has  voted  not  to  give  its  an- 
nual ball  this  year.  This  vote  was 
taken  after  a  discussion  of  the  general 
conditions  in  Lenox  and  the  country, 
and  is  a  step  toward  conservation  of 
energy  and  money.  It  will  be  the  first 
year  in  the  history  of  the  society  that 
It  has  not  given  a  ball,  which  always 
has  been  a  leading  entertainment  in 
village  life.  Moreover,  the  horticul- 
tural society  will  not  hold  its  annual 
shows  in  1918. 


A    NEW    SEMI-MONTHLY    PUBLICA- 
TION. 

The  Southern  Farmer  will  begin  its 
career  in  the  interest  of  Livestock, 
Agriculture.  Horticulture, and  Poultry, 
on  March  10,  1918,  at  Poteau,  Okla- 
homa, the  home  town  of  its  editor, 
J.  E.  Fleming. 

We  are  pleased  to  welcome  the 
Southern  Farmer  to  the  growing  fam- 
ily of  agricultural  publications  and  to 
extend  our  best  wishes  for  its  success. 


COVER    ILLUSTRATION. 

We  take  pleasure  in  presenting  one 
more  picture  in  the  series  of  views  in 
famous  horticultural  places  in  the  far 
east  collected  by  R.  M.  Ward  in  his 
recent  tour.  The  illustration  speaks 
for  itself  and  its  features  of  interest 
will  be  at  once  apparent  to  the  plants- 
man. 


NEW    CORPORATION. 

Austin,  Tex. — Potter  Floral  &  Con- 
fectionery Company,  capital  stock, 
$75,000.  Incorporators,  Herbert  L.  and 
Jennie  A.  Potter,  W.  D.  Wise  and  M. 
Jackson. 


Ben  Hammond,  of  Beacon,  N.  Y.,  is 
nothing  it  not  original.  His  latest  is 
his  wonderful  calendar  for  1918.  It 
is  not  pictorial  but  for  information 
about  things  people  want  to  know, 
for  hundreds  of  things  we  hunt  around 
for  and  waste  time  on,  it  Is  a  jewel. 
G«t  one  if  he  han  anv  left. 

G.  C.  W. 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson  &  Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your  Orders    With   Um 

MEIIMRY     IVI.     ROBIIMSOIM     A     CCD. 

2  Winthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


J-    K. 


N 


A  LEADER  IN  THE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTY  YEABS 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.    Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 


118  West  28th  St.      IMEINA/ 


RK 


TELEPHONES 
Farraiciit   167  and  ansa 


NEW  iORK  QUOTATIONS  PER  100 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleyat  

Dendrobium  formoBuni' 

Lilies,  Lonsiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum ' 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdraffoo 

Iri. 


VioleU 

Freesiaa    

N  »Tcim.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Tulips 

Daffodils 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeniasi 

Adiantum 

Sroilax 

Asparagus  Plumosus.  &  Spren  (loo  bunches) . 


To  Dealers  Only 

Ust  Part  of  Wiek 

First  Part  ilWei* 

•ndiag  Mar.  2 

btKinaiii  Mar.  4 

1911 

1911 

15.00 

to 

40.00 

15.00 

to 

40.00 

to 

50.00 

to 

50.0C 

4.00 

to 

8.00 

4.00 

to 

8.00 

3.00 

to 

8.00 

3.00 

to 

8.0c 

10.00 

to 

1 3.00 

10.00 

to 

12.00 

a. 00 

to 

5.00 

a. 00 

to 

50c 

s.oo 

to 

lo.oo 

2.00 

to 

10.00 

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to 

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8.00 

to 

la.oo 

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to 

.40 

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to 

.40 

1. 00 

to 

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to 

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to 

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to 

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to 

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to 

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to 

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to 

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to 

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.50 

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to 

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8.00 

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to 

:  6.00 

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to 

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35.00 

to 

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to 

50  .CO 

WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerouB  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyer*  and  the  demand  ex- 
ceed, oor  supply.  This  Is  especially  true  of  Rosea.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abundant  meana  and  best  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 

Address  Yoar  Shipments  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 

Ill    V/.   28th   St.,    NETW  YORK  D.  J.  Pappas,  Pres. 


J.    J.     COAIM,     Inc. 

High  Class  Product  of  the  Lead  ng  Growers 

NOVELTIES  A   SPECIALTY. 

Consignors  Please  Call  or  Write. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

Telephones,    Farragut   5413   or   6891. 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Commision  Florists 

SSand  57  West  26th  Street 

Telephone      No. 
FarntRiit 


NEW  YORK 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

347-367   CambrldKe   8t.,  Boston 

He.Tilqiinrters  for 

CYCA8,     IIASKKT8.     WIRE     DESIGNS 

and    WAX    FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  list  If  you  have  not  re- 
ceived one. 


Wired  Toothpicks 


U»naf»«tarc4l  by 


WsJsCOWEE,  Berlin,  NsY. 

10,000.  ..$2.00       60.000... t8.7S       Sample  free. 
ITor  sale  by  dealers. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

EVEBYTHINO    FOR    THE    FLORIST 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  have  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
sies,  Violets,  Carnatlous  and  all  other  atoc} 
of  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SI-IIMIM,  Jr. 

r>5  anil   57   W.  2fith   Street.  NEW   YOB» 


RCED  (SL  KCLLER 

in   Went    2.">th   St..   Ken    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

We   maniifrt*  turf   nil    our 

«*tal  Designs,  Baskets,  Wire  Wirk  &  Novelties 

and    iin-    lie-ili-rs    In 

Ofcoratlve  (ilaNHware,  Growers   and 

Florists'    KeauiHlteH 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Importer*   aJid    Otow^tb    of 

OROHIOS 

Oat    Flowers  sf   AU   the   LeMlInc    Varlettes 
In   their    BeaaOB. 

THOMAS  YOUMG,   Jr.,    Proprietor 

BOVMD    BBOOK.  M.  J 


v;u; 


II  ()  HI  I  (  r  I,  r  V  n  ic 


Murch  9,  1918 


Local  and  General 

News 


CHICAGO 

I{.  J.  Miilir.  rcpcnlly  with  A.  l^iitii'. 
Ih  now  ill  rliiir»:(<  of  tin'  plant  (leimrt- 
nient  iit  (he  A.  L.  Randall  store. 

After  a  number  of  nionDis  In  the 
suburbs  Herbert  Stone  is  ai;;iin  with 
A.  Lanpc  uml  says  he  lik—^  ili-  ■Iimii. 
stores"  best. 

Wm.  Wolf,  who  has  liicii  uir  iii:ui> 
years  with  A.  Laiipe  as  one  Of  the 
heail  sale.«nien.  hasi  left  to  go  into 
business  for  himself.  His  many 
friends  wish  him  success  in  his  under- 
taking: 

The  weather  bureau  loiilirins  the 
opinion  of  Chicaso  people  that  they 
have  had  "some  snow"  this  winter,  by 
statiii.K  in  the  February  summary  that 
to  date  the  snow  fall  has  been  02.7 
inches,  exceeding  all  r.revioiis  records. 

An  accident,  while  practicing  avia- 
tion at  Ft.  Worth.  Texas,  where  he  is 
a  first  lieutenant,  has  siveii  George 
Anderson,  formerly  a  cashier  at  Pohl- 
mann's .  a  vacation.  He  will  go  to 
France  as  soon  as  he  recovers  from  a 
broken  collar  bone. 

This  week  the  Fleischmaii  Floral 
Co..  has  a  large  mirror  in  the  floor  of 
their  display  window,  back  of  which 
are  32  i.halanopsis  plants  whose  long 
sprays  of  flowers  droop  over  and  are 
reflected  in  it.  Close  to  the  edge  are 
clusters  of  cattleyas  and  the  whole 
effect  is  fine. 

C.  L.  Washburn  had  a  niiicli  appre 
ciated  visit  from  his  son.  E.  B.  Wash 
burn  of  Pasadena.  Calif.,  who  was  on 
his  way  to  Columbus.  O..  lor  aviation 
training.  Mr.  Washburn  has  been  sev 
eral  years  in  California,  where  he  has 
entirely  recovered  his  health  and  now 
is  able  to  serve  his  country  in  her 
time  of  need. 

Wm.  Graham,  for  two  years  man- 
ager of  the  Fleischman  Floral  Co.. 
E.  Jackson  Boul..  severed  his  connec- 
tion there  on  March  1st.  .Mr.  Graham 
will  return  to  Philadelphia  where  he 
will  represent  the  .-\.  L.  Randall  Co.  in 
the  city  of  brotherly  love.  Edwin 
.Mallinson,  who  has  also  been  with  the 
Fleischmans  two  years  will  succeed 
Mr.  Graham  as  manager. 

The  late  arrival  of  lily  bulbs  has 
made  special  care  necessary  in  order 
to  have  the  flowers  in  for  Easter.  It 
is  an  unusual  fact  that  while  some  of 
the  growers  are  having  their  difficul- 
ties in  getting  the  plants  along  fast 
enough,  others  are  workin.g  just  as 
hard  to  hold  theirs  back.  What  causes 
the  difference  is  hard  to  determine, 
for  it  is  evident  that  it  is  not  in  the 
temperature. 

Poehlmann  Bros,  orchid  range  never 
has  produced  so  large  a  crop  before 
in  its  history,  and  Chicago  retailers 
have  taken  this  opportunity  to  make 
this  choice  flower  a  special  feature  in 
window  displays.  Last  week  Geo. 
Wienhoeber  had  a  window  of  phalaen- 


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ing of  flowers,  fruits  and  vcgcl.iMcs  arc  precise  and  practical  and 
do  not  leave  the  reader  in  doul)l  on  methods  of  procedure, 
i  he  contributed  articles  arc  from  the  pens  of  the  foremost  gardeners  in 
.America,  while  its  digest?  arc  from  llic  leading  American  and  European 
horticultural  periodicals. 

The  Gardeners'  Chronicle  provides  a  fund  of  helpful  knowledge  each 
month  Tor  all  interested  in  gardening  and  is  creating  among  its  readers 
a  real  gardening  spirit. 

SOME  OPINIONS  ON  GARDENERS'  CHRONICLE'S  MERITS 

"TIk'  Willi)  i.s  mill  h  iiili-i<'>l>  <1  in  I'Mililiu  your  J->tii  iKil  lui-  it  [.i1,l>s 
liliii  liiKk  I"  till'  iliiyH  wlifii  111'  rwiil  cvi-ry  Hik-  in  "riii'  (iarilcn," 
•■(Jiiriii'iii'rH'  ('hriiiilcli'  ( I.iiiiiluiil"  "tJiirilcn  iiiiil  Kiiri-Kl,"  I'lc,  etc. 
It  Ih  II  pli-iiKiirc  III  ri'iiil  ii  Jiiiiriiiil  nt  vmir  cliiirm-liT."--  A.  H..  I'hilii., 
I'll.,  ll-i:!-!". 

"I  mil  lint  II  Ciirili'iuT.  lint  I'liipl'iy  two.  iiiiil  Kiilisorflie  to  your 
paiK-r.  .Mwiiys  liml  Hiiiiu-tliliiK  liiHtniclivi'  anil  liiii'r"s(lii>;  In  it. 
Voiir  .'ii'li'i'lliii:  intiTcsiliu;  arllili's  rrnni  "ItiiT  inililiiatiMiiH  Ih  a 
K'iimI  iili'ii  for  llii'ii  vniir  rt'iiiUTs  tu'liloin  iuIhh  a  yuml  ttilnic." — 
\V.  C.  K..  HlKlilanil   I'ark.  III.,  !I-:;(1-1(J. 

i  rt-ail  your  iiiai.'a/.iiii'  friini  cover  to  cover.  It  1b  practical  and 
llio  infnrination  roiilaliied  Is  lu-lpfiil  to  inc."— Mph,  K.  K..  Ni-wark, 
N.  .T..  -I-S-IT. 

•i  tliink  all  |H'0|ile  inti-rrxtcil  nIioiiIiI  njipret'lutp  tills  woiKlorful 
iiiaKii/.liio  which  I  think  inK.M,.'— .T.  I'.  W..  Youiigstown.  Ohio, 
M-i:t-17. 

"1  valm-  yiiiir  iiunrazlno  a«  one  of  the  HKST  publlcationB  I  receive 
on  (lanleiiiiiK.  "     \V.  .7.  1?.,  Knglewooil.  N.  J..  :\-'£\\~. 
"I  am  iireatlv  iiitereHled  In  your  iiiaKaiiine  and  would  not  he  with- 
out II.'— .1.  i..  K..  Denver.  Colo,.  ;!-j:;i7. 

"I    think  the  last   iiiiiiilier  of  the  Chronicle  is  excellent  anil    I    am 
lecoinineii'lliit;    it    to   evervoii"   as    liei"g   t'-e    tiest    purely    ;;»rden 
liaper."— H.   !>..   New   York  City,  N.   Y.,  .3-:tO-17. 

"Knelosed   llnd    renewal.     Be  sure  and   Bcnd   the  Oetolier  copy.     I 

don't   want  to  iiiIsb  a  Hingle  niiinlier." — L.   N.  B..   Nokesvlllc.   Va., 

1()-17-17. 

"Hneloseil    llnd    NiiliHeriplion.      I    used   to   take   your   niaKar.ine   but 

droppeil    out    whieh    was   a    mlRtake." — Mrs.    E.   J.    K..    Oskaloosii, 

la..  4  t-17. 

As  an  introductory  offer  the  Gardeners'  Chronicle  will  be  sent  to  you  for 

the  remaining  months  of   1918,  if  you  will   forward  your  address  and 

$1.00  to 


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286  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York 


opsis    plants    In    full    bloom    and    on 

March  4th  boxes  containing  700  cat- 
tleyas and  phaelenopsis  was  a  beauti- 
ful sight.  The  next  day  not  a  blossom 
lemaincd.  all  being  used  in  sprays, 
wreaths  and  baskets  for  a  large 
funeral.  Those  who  are  seeing  the 
future  of  the  florists'  business  with 
i:essimistic  eyes  should  receive  cheer 
ironi  the  knowledge  that  the  family 
order  alone  was  for  $l,,50n. 

NEW   YORK. 

The  new  membership  list  of  the 
.New  York  Florists;  Club  which  has 
just  been  sent  out  by  Secretary  John 
Young,  shows  a  total  of  411  members 
of  whom  eleven  are  in  the  service  of 
their   country. 

Emil  Schloss  has  acquired  the  busi- 
ness of  Schloss  Bros.  Ribbons,  Inc. 
Mr.  Schloss  is  deservedly  the  most 
popular  man  in  the  florists"  ribbon 
bu.'iiness  in  New  York  and  we  wish 
him   continued   prosperity. 

The  International  Flower  Show  is 
a  leading  topic  now  among  the  trade 
and  will  so  continue  with  increasing 
intensity  until  the  opening  day,  Thurs- 
day, March  14.     All  arrangements  now 


completed  indicate  that  the  show  will 

compare  favorably  with  the  shows 
that  have  been  held  previously.  There 
will  be  Rose  Gardens,  Rock  Gardens, 
Dutch  Bulb  Gardens,  and  many  new 
sensational  attractions.  The  Ameri- 
can Rose  Society  will  participate  In 
the  affair  and  some  noteworthy  ex- 
hibits of  rose  novelties  are  assured. 
The  trade  booths  already  engaged  are 
many  and  there  will  be  plenty  to  In- 
terest and  enlighten  trade  visitors,  of 
whom  a  large  attendance  is  looked 
for. 

Anton  Schultheis,  of  College  Point, 
who  was  one  of  the  speakers  at  Ithaca, 
in  "Farmers'  Week,"  made  quite  a  hit 
with  his  paper  on  "How  the  Agricul- 
tural Colleges  can  serve  the  Florist 
and  the  Plant  Grower.''  He  empha- 
sized the  great  need  for  quantities  of 
well-grown  spring  vegetable  plants  un- 
der glass  and  the  florists'  patriotic 
duty  in  producing  such,  and  gave  cul- 
tural suggestions  based  upon  his  ex- 
perience. In  closing,  he  said:  "Get 
busy  as  quickly  as  posfeiblo  and  use 
your  utmost  influence  at  Washington 
with    the    fuel    administration   to   give 


March  9,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


237 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 


For  Catalogues  and  Discounts  address 


AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,'  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


us  coal  to  enable  us  to  raise  vegeta- 
bles which  must  be  planted  early  out- 
doors. This  will  help  the  small  man 
and  the  farmer  to  get  enough  plants 
to  plant  out  next  spring  and  to  save 
this  country  from  food  shortage.  If 
anyone  is  able  to  do  important  work 
to  save  the  country  and  win  the  war. 
it  is  the  greenhouse  man  by  raising 
a  great  surplus  of  all  kinds  of  young 
cabbage,  salad  and  tomato  plants. 
Even  it  the  plants  must  be  distributed 
free  to  poor  people,  it  is  the  florists' 
duty  to  perform." 


ROCHESTER,    N.    Y. 

George  Pringle  returned  to  business 
on  March  third,  after  an  absence  of 
two  and  one  half  months. 

The  bankruptcy  stock  of  F.  R. 
Bohnke  was  purchased  by  his  mother. 
Mr.  Bohnke  will  again  take  up  busi- 
ness at  the  same  stand. 

George  M.  Keller  of  Brighton  is 
erecting  two  greenhouses  20  x  75.  Paul 
Thoman,  who  has  been  confined  to  his 
home  for  sometime  with  a  broken 
ankle,  is  back  to  business. 

J.  H.  West,  grower  of  Irondequoit, 
suffered  a  loss  of  $2,000  on  February 
26th  by  his  chimney  being  blown  over, 
damaging  two  greenhouses,  30  by  180 
feet,  breaking  the  glass  at  both  ends 
and   freezing  the  plants. 

At  Highland  Park  the  outdoor  work 
is  progressing  —  pruning  trees  and 
shrubs  and  transplanting  evergreens 
and  mulching.  At  the  Lamberton 
Conservatories  the  winter  display  is 
In  full  bloom  consisting  of  azaleas, 
rhododendrons,  acacias  and  bulb  stock. 

HELP  WANTED 


\A/ A.  NT-ED 

A    iniin     for    geii»Tttl    Kre(>^nliousf    m  ork,    one 

who    has   hud    »ionie)   experience    with 

fAUNATIONS 

WARBURTON,    ■    FLORIST 

38   North    Main    St..  Fall   River,  Mass. 

FOR  SALE 


FOR  SALE.— Property  consisting  of 
greenhouse  anil  residence  located  on  Ash- 
land Street,  Rosllndale.  near  Calvary  Ceme- 
tery. A  tine  opportunity  for  investment. 
Address  I..  Pfennig,  .ISO  Ashland  St..  Kos- 
lindale,  Mass. 

OREENHOISKS   FOR   S.VI-K. 

Two  !.">  X  no  ft. ;  one  l.'j  x  75  ft. ;  one  17  x  64 
ft. ;  stoelied  with  violets  and  one  small 
Propagating  House.  Three  acres  choice 
land.  House  of  S  rooms  and  bath.  Electric 
lights,  city  water,  hot  water  heat  for  all. 
Price  $.'5..500.  worth  .$8,000.  Located  at 
Westboro.  12  miles  from  Worcester.  Mass., 
on  electric  line.  Apply  to  ARTHUR 
UEOUUK,   Klorist,   Westboro,   Mass. 


BOSTON.  I 

Minot  H.  Carter,  formerly  with  the 
Wakefield  Conservatories,  will  conduct 
the  flower  store  at  394  Main  street, 
Wakefield,   under  his  own   name. 

Ed.  J.  Welch,  son  of  Patrick  Welch, 
who  has  been  in  San  Francisco  and 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  for  the  past  two 
years  has  returned  and  taken  up  his 
old  position  with  Welch  Bros.  Co. 

We  understand  it  has  been  finally 
settled  that  E.  H.  Wilson  will  con- 
tinue his  plant  explorations  in  China 
and  Formosa  for  the  Arnold  Arbore- 
tum for  another  year  before  returning 
to  this  country. 

Miss  Annie  Simmons,  of  Hitchings 
&  Company's  Boston  office,  in  the  in- 
terests of  an  educational  campaign, 
spoke  at   Beverly   last   Tuesday    even- 


ng  before  members  of  the  Agricul- 
tural Division  of  the  United  Shoe 
Machinery  Company  and  their  friends. 
The  lecture  was  illustrated  with  excel- 
lent lantern  slides  showing  exterior 
and  interior  views  and  the  construc- 
tion of  both  private  and  commercial 
greenhouses  as  well  as  garden  frames. 
Methods  of  growing  under  glass  were 
also  shown  and  described. 

Both  the  Boston  Co-operative  Flow- 
er Market  and  the  Boston  Flower  Ex- 
change have,  for  the  past  number  of 
years,  opened  the  markets  tor  the 
trade  at  6  a,  m.  and  closed  at  5  p.  m. 
During  the  past  few  months  of  1917 
and  1918,  at  the  request  of  the  United 
States  Fuel  Commission,  the  markets 
have  been  opened  to  the  trade  at  7 
a.  m.  and  closed  at  4  p.  m.     In  view 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


BULBS 

C.   KKUR  *   SONS,  HILLEQOM,   Hollaod. 

Bulbs  of  all  descriptions.    Write  for  prices. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH.  8-10  Bridge  St. 


CARNATION  8TAPr.E8 

Split  carnations  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plllsbury's  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  35c.;  300O  for  »1.00  post- 
pald.     I.   L.  PILLSBURY.  Qalesburt.  IlL 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

GOOD    RETURNS   WITHOUT   THE   COST 
OP  COAL. 
WITHIN   THE    REACH   OP   EVERY 
GROWER. 
PLANT  EARLY  CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Such    as    will    mature    before    the    last    of 
October.      We   are    booking    orders   for    de- 
livery   now   or   later  as   desired.     Complete 
list  of  the   best  early,   both    Pompons  and 
large   flowering   supplied    upon   request.     If 
our  191s  Trade   List   has   not   reached   you. 
ask  for  it. 
ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,       Adrian,  Mich. 


DAHLIAS 

Peony  Dahlia  Mrs.  Frederick  OrtnneU. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONEY,  New  Bedford,  Mail. 


Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  RetalL 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBOBO  DAHLIA 
&  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS,  J.  U  Ueon, 
Prop.,  Northboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia— John  Wanamaker, 
Newest,  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut- flower  rarletles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLLA  FABUB, 
Berlin,  N.  J. 


GLADIOLI. 

SEND  FOR  MY  SPECIAL  TRADE  LIST 
OF  GLADIOLI.  ALL  THE  LEADING  VA- 
RIETIES IN  DIFFERENT  SIZES. 

CENTRAL  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS. 
JELLE  ROOS,  MILTON,  MASS. 


GOLD  FISH 

Gold  fish,  aquarium  plants,  snails,  cas- 
tles, globes,  aquarium,  flsh  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  BARRETT, 
Breeder,  4815  D  St.,  Olney,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Send 
for  price  list. 


Greenhouse  glass,  lowest  price*.  JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO„  Hartford  City,  lad. 

ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas    and    Laelio-Cattleyas    our    specialty. 

One   trial   order   solcited. 

P.4rER    POTS 

Paper  Pots  and  Dirt  Bands.  Send  for 
Samples  and  Prices.  P.  W.  ROCUELLE 
&  SUNS.  Bo.\  65,  Chester,  N.  J. 


PEONLEB 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  eolIecUon. 
1200  aorta  Send  for  Uat.  C.  BKTBCHBa, 
Canal  DoTer,  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 
THE   CONARD   &   JONES   COMPANY, 
WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

BPHAGNUH  IfOIB 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  band.  LAOMl 
»  IHIRRBLL.  Summit.  N.  J. 


STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry  Plants.  Money  making  va- 
rieties. Catalogue  Free.  BASIL  PERRY, 
Georgetown,  Delaware. 

VINEa 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  eholoe 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tab 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  alio  CUmblas 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Monnt  Hiaaarllk  Nmr- 
sery.  New  Rocbelle,  N.  T. 


WIBK  WOKK 

WILLIAM      B.      HBILSCHSB'I      WI 
W0BK8,  264  Bandolpb  Bt,  D«tr«U. 


238 


HORTICULTURE 


March  9,  1918 


SOW   BUGS  versus  SLUG  SHOT 

After  roadlng  the  article  headed 
"An  Army  of  Sow  DugB,"  In  the 
Review  for  May  10,  It  occurred 
to  me  that  the  growers  whose 
stocks  have  been  attacked  by 
Sow  Hugs  might  be  Interested  In 
tlie  remedy  I  used  successful- 
ly   In    exterminating    these    pests 

some  time  ago.  I  had  a  good  crop  of  Sow  Hugs  In  my 
Carnation  house  and  asked  Mr.  Henjamln  Hammond,  of 
Beacon,  N.  Y.,  for  a  good  exterminator.  Mr.  Hammond 
recommended  one  of  his  preparations— SLUG  SHOT— and  told  mo  to 
dust  It  between  the  plants,  under  tlie  benches  and  along  the  walks.  I 
did  so  and  the  results  were  gratifying.  The  bugs  were  cleaned  out 
In  short  order,  and  I  certainly  recommend  SLUG  SHOT  to  every  Florist 
who  flnds  these  bugs  in  his  house!.  ALEXANDER  A.  LAUB,  Florist. 
.Now   Hamburg,  N.    Y..  May,   1917. 

lilllHOND'S  HUG  SHOT  wis  first  listed  ifiinst  SOW  BUGS  it  Nrack.  N.  T  .  In  1885.  ni  it  holds  (ccd 

HAMMOND'S  PAINT  AND  SLUG  SHOT  WORKS 

Beacon,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 
SOLD   BY    SEED    DEAIXRS    OF    AMERICA 


CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


Cattle  Manure 

PalTMiscd 

Sheep    Manure 

The  Flonjts*  standard  o(  UDifnrin 
high  quality  for  orer  ten  yean. 
SpccUy  :     WIZARD    BRAND  in 

your  Supply  House  order,  or  write 
Ui  direct  t'  r  prices   and   treiRht   rites. 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO- 
14   ralaa   ■»•»>    T»r«.   ntaUow* 


Does  a  Clean  Job — 
Saves  a  Lot  of  Work 

^  That's  the  story  of'SCALECIDE,*'  the 
.^F  premier  dormant  spray.  It  will  abso- 
lutely clean  up  San  Jose  scale — will  also 
control  apple  canker,  collar  rot,  bud 
moth, case  bearer,  aphis,  pear  psylla, 
etc.  No  other  spray  will  oo  all  this, 
"SCALECIDE"  can  be  put  on  in  one- 
half  the  usual  timt* — a 
grent  »avin(r  in  labor 
an'i  you  KPt  through  on 
time,  Hk-ftsnnttn  han- 
dlf  Sold  on  Monoy 
Back  Basis.  IMW^JL^fJ   ■ '     .. i/ ^/\ 

Sndioday  farhookltt 

B.C.  PRATT  CO., 

M'f'g  Chemists 
50  Church   Street 
DepL  12      NewYork^ 


NIKOTEEN 

For  Sprayinc 

APHIS  PLTNK 

For  Fif  minatint 
Aak  Your  DmW  he*  h. 

RHXmSE  MFG.  CO. 


111  tlie  good  results  obtained  during 
these  hours.  It  Is  the  desire  of  many 
of  the  growers  to  petition  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  both  markets  to  con- 
tinue opening  at  7  a.  m.  and  closing 
at  4  p.  m.  However,  the  market  is  to 
be  open  from  six  to  seven  in  the  morn- 
ing to  the  growers  or  their  shipments 
of  goods — the  doors  to  remain  closed 
to  the  trade  until  7  o'clock.  This 
seems  advisable  because  the  grower 
and  the  salesman  will  have  an  oppor- 
tunity to  nil  his  orders  for  the  day 
and  also  it  gives  him  ample  time  to 
arrange  his  flowers  in  a  salable  condi- 
tion. There  are  at  the  present  time 
in  the  Co-operative  Flower  Market  a 
list  of  fifty  growers,  in  the  Flower  Ex- 
change thirty  growers,  making  a  total 
of  eighty,  who  are  interested  and  in 
favor  of  this  change.  It  is,  however, 
necessary,  in  order  that  any  action 
may  be  taken  by  the  Board  of  Direct- 
ors, to  have  at  least  a  majority  in 
favor,  and  to  that  end  the  committee 
of  growers  are  working  industriously. 


CATALOGUES    RECEIVED. 

D.  Hill  Nursery  Co.,  Dundee,  111. — 
Wholesale  Trade  List,  1918,  for  Nur- 
serymen. Florists,  Seedsmen  and  Deal- 
ers. 

J.  Bolgiano  &  Son,  Baltimore,  Md.^ 
Bolgiano's  "Big  Crop"  Seeds;  Whole- 
sale Prices  for  Market  Gardeners. 
Spring  1918. 

Peter  Henderson  &  Co.,  New  York 
City — Henderson's  Farmers'  Manual 
for  1918.  Fills  its  mission  as  indicated 
by  its  title  and  a  very  valuable  publi- 
cation at  this  critical  time.  Fully 
illustrated. 


GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR  CON- 
TEMPLATED. 

South  Auburn,  Neb. — C.  G.  Milam, 
140  ft.  addition. 

Temple,  Tex. — S  chroeder  Floral 
Company,  two  houses  each  34  x  200. 


We  are  very  sorry  to  learn  of  an 
accident  which  befell  J.  F.  Huss  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  whereby  he  had  the 
misfortune  to  break  his  wrist  in  a 
fall  down  the  cellar  stairs. 


*£  INSECTICIDE^- 

Bare  yonr  plinta  iDd  trrra.  Jnit  tb« 
(Iilng  for  crpoiitiDiii^  and  outdoor  uae. 
Di'itroyn  Moiily  Hug,  Hrown  and  Wblte 
Scale.  Tlirlin.  Itiil  Spider.  Blark  and 
(irrou  Kly.  Mltri.  Anta,  etc.,  witliout 
Injury  to  plniita  iind  without  odor, 
faed  accordlni:  to  direction,  our  atand- 
nnl  Inacctlcldo  will  prevent  ravagra  on 
yoiir  crniia  liy  Inaccta. 

Non-polaoQouB  and  harmleaa  to  uaer 
and  plant.  Leading  Seedamen  and 
FlorlRta  hare  uaed  It  -with  wonderful 
rcBUlta. 

Deatroya  Lice  In  Poultry  Itouaea, 
Fleaa  on  Doga  end  all  Doineatlc  I'eta. 
Excellent  aa  a  waali  for  doga  and  other 
animala.  Kellerea  mange.  Dilute  wltb 
water  .'lO  to  W)  pnrta. 

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greenhouse,  or  It  can  be  taken  apart 
and  reerected  elsewhere  If  necessary. 

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wide  by  12  ft.  long.  It  is  made  of  Gnlf 
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dence or  garage,  or  put  up  as  a  separate 
detached  house.  Has  2  glass  ends  and 
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ventilating  arrangement  both  sides. 
Has  plenty  of  headroom  and  wide  walk. 
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1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
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cents  per  bnndred  square  feet  of  doable 
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■a 


New  Canna— Burpee's  "Fiery  Cross" 


OF  tile  hundreds  of  new  varieties  of  Sweet  I'eai  that  it  has  been  our  pleasure  to  Introduce,  none  have  become 
so  popular  as  BCRPEE'8  "FIERY  CKOS8."  This  Sweet  Pea  bore  the  distinction  of  beinR  the  highest 
priced  Sweet  Pea  that  the  world  has  ever  known.  We  paid  the  introducer  $1.40  a  seed  for  every  seed  that 
was  In  existence  at  that  time.  "FIERY  CROSS"  has  been  the  ultimate  in  the  Sweet  Pea  world,  and  this  has 
led  us  to  name  Burpee's  New  Cannu  "FIERY  CROSS." 

"FIERY  CROSS"  in  the  Canna  world  stands  for  Just  as  much  as  "FIERY  CROSS"  In  the  Sweet  Pea  world. 
"FIERY  CROSS"  Canna  is  in  a  class  by  itself.  The  Famous  "Firebird"  Cauna,  which  was  an  extremely  high- 
priced  novelty  is  one  of  the  parent  flowers,  and  In  the  llelds  of  the  originator  "FIEBY  CROSS"  was  known  as 
"Firebird"  Seediinc  No.  10. 

Never  before  li:is  there  been  a  Canna  of  equal  merit  offered  to  the  flower-lovers  of  this  country.  We  feel 
sure  that  "FIERY  CROSS"  will  All  a  place  In  the  Canna  beds  that  has  never  yet  been  attained  by  any  red  Canna. 
It  grows  to  a  height  of  four  to  four  and  one-half  feet;  flower  stems  grow  from  a  foot  to  eighteen  inches  taller, 
making  the  total  height  approximately  five  to  six  feet.  The  flower-heads  are  fifteen  to  eighteen  Inches  in  length, 
and  carry  from  fifteen  to  twenty  open  flowers  of  a  vivid  scarlet  shading  to  crimson.  So  flrm  arc  the  glistening 
petals  they  do  not  wilt  In  the  brightest  sun.  The  foliage  is  a  beautiful  lustrous  blue-green.  It  is  entirely 
free  from   blight  and   disease.     Flowers  continuously  from  the  latter  part  of  .Tune  until  frost. 

We  deem  it  a  rare  privilege  to  introduce  such  a  wonderful  New  Canna.  As  an  individual  plant  or  In  beds 
this  peerless  flower  will  take  first  rank.     Stock  is  necessarily  limited. 

ORDER  EABLY.  DIVISIONS  52.00  EACH;  J20.00  A  DOZEN. 

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SEED    GROWERS 


PHILADELPHIA 


1 


Vol.  XXVII 
No.  11 

MARCH  16 
1918 


HOKTICULTURE 


Boston  Spring  Show 

View  in   Main  Hall 


Published  Every  Saturday  at  147  Summer  Street,   Boston,  Mass. 

Subscription  $1.00 


245 


II  (HrrU'ULTVRE 


Miirrh  16.  1918 


Dreer^s  Grand  New  Cannas  for  1918 


Ten  truly  marvelous  acquisitions,  Introducing 
new  tones  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment In  form  and  habit. 

CARMINF  HKAl"TV.  Deep  brlRlit  oriiiln*  fliiwiTH  froely 
proiluri^l  high  sboTf  the  heaiy  dark-Rnvn  follugc 
»Thlrh  has  n  narrow  red  innrKln.  The  nowcrs  while  iiol 
na  larKe  aa  thtiae  of  Olympic  are  of  n  much  tirlKhtcr  niid 
moro  pli-naInK  tone.    4V,  ft.     75  eta.  each;  IT.fiO  per  iloi. 

CIIKF.RFri.NK88.  No  more  appropriate  name  could  be 
Riven  to  thia  hrllllnnt  noTolty.  Ita  beautiful  lirlfthl  flre- 
re<l  or  deep  orange  (lowera  appeiir  early  ami  continue 
without  Interruption  until  frost.  A(I<1  to  the  prevatllnK 
color  a  golden  border  antl  centre  wltli  eneh  petal  llaked 
.  ariniri.-  crlmaon  and  you  may  form  aiune  conce|)tloh  of 
'IiIh  r  iHi-lnatlng  variety  with  Ita  erect  ateina  nlwaya 
f. .[.[..■, I  u-lth  cluBtera  of  cheerful  color  hehl  high  above 
Ilie  f.dliige.     3Vj  ft.     35  eta.  each;  t^.fiO  per  don. 

ri.OTII  OF  GOI.I).  A  very  attractive  dwarf,  compact- 
growing  free- flowering  golden  yellow.  3  ft.  40  eta. 
eiich  ;  f-t.OO  per  doz. 

I>.\7./.I.KK.  Time  and  again  the  past  season  the  dark 
green  foliage  of  thla  variety  has  been  bidden  beneath  the 
maaa  of  tlualera  of  deep  lire  red  Bowers.  The  Intenalty 
of  coloring  and  freedom  of  blooming  coupled  with 
compact  habit,  make  this  variety  the  peer  of  the  best 
for  bedding  purposes.  3%  ft.  3S  cts.  each ;  $3.00  per 
doz. 

CiOLDEN  EAGLE.  A  wonderfully  Intense  golden-yellow. 
Very  free  upright  grower.  The  large  flowers  are  pro- 
uced  In  great  clusters  well  above  the  foliage.  4^4  ft. 
M  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

HARMONY.  Great  clusters  of  good-sized,  well-formed 
Geranium-red  flowera  are  arranged  on  good  stems  In 
such  a  manner  aa  to  give  the  trusses  an  almost  globu- 
lar appearance.  Altogether  a  dignlfled  harmonious 
combination.     3^4  ft.     50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

POPPY.  Intense  poppy-red.  Large  perfect  florets  In 
good  trusses  over  greenish-bronzy  foliage.  Rich  and 
effective.     5  ft.  50  cts.  each  ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

SALMON  qrEEN.  An  entirely  new  color  In  Cannas.  Rosy 
salmon-scarlet,  blending  to  a  rosy-carmlne  toward  the 
centre.  The  large  substantial  flowers  are  frt^ly  pro- 
duced In  great  clusters  high  above  heavy  green  foliage. 
Very  effective  In  bedding.  5  ft.  40  cts.  each;  $4.00  per 
doz. 

SENSATION.  To  get  a  sensational  color-tone  In  a  pink 
Cnnna.  Is  particularly  noteworthy.  Our  first  Impulse 
was  to  call  It  "La  France,"  becauae  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  La  France  Rose,  but  the  tone  Is  even  cleaner 
and  purer;  It  being  a  lovely  pale- rose.  The  foliage  Is 
a  beautiful  glaucous-green;  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact. One  of  the  most  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
In  recent  years.    3  ft.    75  cts.  each. 


TYPE  OF  NEWEB  CANNAS 

SUPERB.  This  variety  Is  unique  In  color  and  truly  su- 
perb; having  large,  clean  bright  orange-scarlet  blos- 
soms of  good  substance,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
with  gliiucous-hronzy  foliage  giving  a  most  pleasing 
effect.     5  ft.    40  cts.  each  ;  $4.00  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  above  Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 

New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several  years'   trial,    have    proven   themselves   worthy   of   our 

commendation. 


CLEOPATRA.  A  striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  surmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
bronze  foliage.  This  variety  stanils  out  strongly  In 
effectiveness.    4  ft.     50  cts.  each  ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

DRAGON.  An  Incessant  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  until  cut  down  by  frost.  Dark 
ox-blood  red.     3  ft.     15  cts.  each  ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

FLAG  OF  TRICE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  Is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Eureka  hut  quite 
distinct  and  valuable.    4  ft.    35  cts.  each;  $.'5.50  per  doz. 

GAIETY'.  Reddish-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  Is  yellow  and  densely 
spotted  with  carmine.    4 ",4  ft.     15  cts.  each  ;  $1..'>0  per  doz. 

LAFAYETTE.  In  some  respects  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor,"  but  the  flov\-ers  are  not  quite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  the  plant  grows  taller.  6  ft.  30  cts. 
each  ;  $3.00  per  doz. 


I'OCAIIONTAS  (Uronzcd -leaved  Olympic).  Large  orien- 
tal-red flowers  home  on  Arm  upright  stems,  just  high 
enouch  above  the  foliage  to  show  'he  entire  head.  The 
foliage  Is  a  dark  bronze-green  with  emerald  shadings; 
the  rlhs  a  darker  bronze;  one  of  the  best  recent  Intro- 
ductions.   4  ft.    30  cts.  each;  $3.00  per  doz. 

SAN  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  Persian-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  for  substance  which 
enables  them  to  withstand  the  hot  summer  sun  without 
wilting.  Another  charm  lies  In  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronze  toll- 
age.     4  ft.     15  cts.  each  ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

VAROITNA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  all  times  the  bright  orange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  Its 
flowers  well  above  the  plant.  4<^  ft.  25  cts.  each ; 
$2.50  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  $2.00 

HENRY    A.  DREER, 

714    and    716    Chestnut    Street,     Philadelphia,    Pa. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


March  16,  1918 


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243 


GERANIUIVIS 

We  are  still  well  stocked  on  most  of  our  varieties.  Have  thousands  of  popular  standard  sorts.  Alpha.  Ricard,  Beaute 
I'oitevine,  S.  A.  Nutt,  Jean  Viaud,  General  Orant,  Abbie  Sehaffer.  Rdniond  Blane,  .Alliance,  Mad.  Bnchner.  Bertha  de  Fressilv, 
etc.  2-in.,  ¥3.,'>0  per  100;  S';.,-i()  per  I,«(K):  5,000  for  $100.00.  3-in.,  >fX.nO  per  KM);  $30.04  per  1,000;  10,000  for  S3".5.00.  4-in., 
$8.00  per  100;   assorted   i(d<ir>    in   bud  and    bloom. 


:^or4i4\2 


(iraeilis    Rose,    Erfordi    and    \>rn«n.      3-in.,   SS.on  per  UH),  extra  good  stocli. 


<  I  I'llKA,    COI.KI  S.    LK.MOX    VERBEN.4S,    S«AINSON.\,    I'.\K1.0K    IVV.    POMl'OX    tHRYS.\XTIIEMl  MS.  EXtiLISlI   IVV 

>  INfW    V.VRlE<i.\T.\.     2-in.,  S2.00   per   100.      .'J-in.,  Sl:i.00  per  10«. 

P'E^IMS       ^^T      ^F^^'N^/N       Boston   and   Scottii.     .5-in.,  S2.5.IHI  per   100.     6-in.,  $3.5.00   per  100. 

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4-in..    $.5.00    per    doz.;    $4(1.00    per    1(10.      .".-in..    "r>e.    each;    .S9.W<(    per    do/, 
li-in.,  $1.00  each;   $IJ.0O  per  doz. 


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S/6      "            "        15.00  "          2000 

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.T.   Co 245 

Fenrich,  Jos.  S..266 

Ford,   M.   C 266 

Ford,  W.  P 266 

Fottler,    F  i  s  Ic  e, 

Itawson    Co 200 

Franiingliam  Nur- 


D  V 


Page 

series    245 

Froment.  H.  E..-266 
Galvin,  Thos.  F..263 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M..263 

Gott,  Walter 258 

Graham  &  Son,  A.263 
Gude  Bros.  Co..  .262 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 201 

Growers    Cut 

Flower   Co 266 

Hail    Association. 270 

Hart,   Geo.    B 264 

Hews  &  Co.,  A.  H.268 
Hill  Co.,  E.  G...264 
Hill,   D.    Nursery 

Co 245 

Holm  &  Olson..  .26:3 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue     271 

Irwin,  R.  J 261 

.Johnston  Bros... 262 
Kasting.     W.     F. 

Co 264 

Keller  .Sons,  J.  B.2G3 
Kelway  &  Son..  .261 
Kerr  tlie  Florist. 26^3 

Kervan  Co 260 

King      Construc- 
tion Co 271 

Knoble  Bros 263 

Kottmiller    262 

Kroeschell  Bros. 271 
Kuebler,  W.  II.. 266 
I.ango.  II.  F.  Co. 263 
Lemon    Oil    Co... 270 


Page 
Leonard  Seed  Co.2(n. 
Marshall,    W.    E. 

Co 261 

McConnell,  Alex. 262 
McHutchisou      & 

Co 244 

Meconi.  Paul 260 

Meelian,  Clias.  E.204 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial Co 271 

Michell,  II.  F.  Co.'.'Ol 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower  Ex 264 

Millang,   Chas 266 

Millang,    Frank.. '260 
Mt.    Desert    Nur- 
series     272 

Murray,  Samuel.  .262 
Nat'l        Nursery- 
man     "245 

N.     Y.     Botanical 

Garden    '245 

N.      Y.      Florists' 

Supply  (Jo 207 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.'-'7() 
Niessen,  Leo  Co. 204 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 270 

Ouwerlterlj,  P 244 

Palmer,   W.  J.   & 

Son    203 

Pari;  Floral  Co.. 263 
Parshelsliv    Bros. 271 
Penn  the  Florist. 2(i2 
Pennock,      S.      S. 
Co '263 


Page 
Pfaltzgraff      Pot- 
tery  Co 269 

Pierce  Co.,   F.   0.271 

Pierson.  A.  N 244 

Piersou.  F.   R 263 

Pulverized       Ma- 
nure  Co 270 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop   263 

Reed  &  Keller.. 207 
Reidel    &    Mever.266 

Reid.  Kdw 204 

Reuk:uif.  Martin. 264 
Robinson,    Henry 

M.  Co ".266 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&   Co 204 

Roehrs.  J.  Co... 272 
Rohind,  Thomas. 263 
R  o  I  k  e  r,    A.    & 

Sons    244 

Roserv,    The 262 

Sander   258 

Scliling,  Max 262 

Schloss   Bros 246 

Scliwake,       Chas. 

Co 243 

Sekenger,  Adam. .262 
Sheridan,  W.  F..20(! 
Seibrecht.  Geo.  C.266 
Siggers     &     Slg- 

gers  271 

Skidelsky,    S.     S. 

&  Co 261 

Sllnn.  B.  S..  Jr.. 267 
Smith.  P.  J 260 


Page 
Smith,    Elmer    D. 

&   Co 258 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 244 

Smith  &  Fetters.263 
Smyth,  Wm.  J... 263 
Stearns      Lumber 

Co.,  A.  T 271 

Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.262 
Stnnipp  &  Walter 

Co 261 

Thorhurn,    J.    M. 

&   Co 261 

Totty.  Chas.  H...244 
Traendly      & 

Schenck   260 

Lnited  Cut  Flow- 
er  Co 267 

Vincent.    R.,    Jr., 

&   Sons  Co -243 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc 269 

Ward,    R.    M.    & 

Co 243 

Weber,    F.   C 263 

Weeber  &  Don... 261 
Weiss.  Herman.. 206 
Welch  Bros.  Co.. 2.57 

Wood    Bros 244 

Woodruff,    S.    D. 

&    Son    261 

Young.   A.   L 266 

Young,   John 266 

Young,  Thos..  Jr.267 
Young  &  Nugent.262 
Zeih  &   .Mann 264 


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HORTICULTURE 


March  16,  191» 


LILY  BULBS 

FALL    SHIPMENT 

Olr*nt«ain.    F«rin»««ix,     Babrona. 

Mulllflorum,         MArnlfloom,         Avnaam. 

Album,    Mftlpomeor,    Et«. 

Bblpmrnti  (Jlttrltuitnl  from  N«w  York, 
Cblrago.  rblUdtlpblt,  UtDTcr.  Leaden 
(Ont). 

Writ*  for  IMTORT  prl(-««,  lUtluf  t«»n 
tity.     TirlftT     «nd     ill*. 

McHUTCHISON  &  CO.,  ^'fiLu.7'' 

M    CHAMBKKN    ST.,    NKW    YORK 


AI^L  THE    rOrULAK    VARIETIES 

Own   Roots  or   Gn&fUMl 

O  A  FR  IM  ATI  O  IM  S 

BouirJ    Cuttlnca   of  all    the    bf^it  conuner- 
Olftl    tBrlrtlf-B.      llralthj    itock. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PLANTS 

Rrady    for    Immediate   8alel 

Size   Pot  100 

ASPARAOrs    Bprenjerl 2Vi-ln.  J3.00 

ASrARAtil'S     Sprrnterl 3     -In.  6.00 

RMIUAX     2Vi-lD.  3.00 

KKM)    lOK   C.AT.ALOOUE 

WOOD  BROTHERS,  Fishkill, JU. 

A.N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

CROMWELL,  CONN. 

Bedding  Plants  and  Roses 


NURSERY  STOCK 

Fruit    und     Ornainentul     Treeb,     Shrubs, 

Small    FruitH,    Clematis,    Evergreens 

and    ICoNeH. 

Write  for  Triidp  List. 

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Wr  arc  siihsorilitrs  to  the   Nur^icrynien'e 
rnnd   for  Markot  DevflopiiiL'ut. 


BOBBINK  &  ATKINS 

NURSERYMEN,  FLORISTS.  PLANTERS 

RUTHERFORD,    NEW  JERSEY 

Wp  Hre  KobwrriberH  to  the  Nurserymen*8 
Fund  for  Market  De\eIopmcnt,  uIko  "Say 
It    With    Flowers"    l*ublieity    Cunipaig^D. 


CHARLES  H.  TOTTY 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
IVIADISOIM,  IM.  J. 


EF^rMS     from   2   1-4   Inch   Pott 
BOSTON^ — *S  per  100.  $40  per  1000. 
WHIT.MAMI    IMPROVED — (S    per   100,   f40 

per    1000. 
WHITMANII    COMPACTA— W   per    100,  »40 

per    lotto. 
ROOSEVELTS — W   per   100.  MO  per   1000. 
TEDIIY,  JR. — M  per   100.  «4S  per   1000. 
2A0  at    tfaoDRBnd    rates. 

H.H.BARROWS&SON.Whitman.Mass. 

A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS.  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per  1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


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i.'i.iioo  h:aHter  I,llle»   (pliiiits  run  from  fuur  budH  eiicli,  up) 

Spi'cliil   Hilortod,  li'ic.  per  l>U(l  or  bloom 

FirHt  (jnidr,  l'2V^r.  per  !)Ud  or  bloom 

Si-cond  Bnidc.  10c  por  bud  or  bloom 
l.ixnt  Kiinibler  RoHex,  fil.OO,  $12.00,  $1S.0(),  $24.00  per  6.07.i-u 
1.0<K1  ll.vbrld   Rosen.  SI  00,  $12.00,  $18.00  per  dozen 
l,.%flu  French  llvdnuiKriiN,  T5c'.  to  $2.50  each 

i:.\tni  sp.'iiiii,  $;t..'i0  to  $«.oo 

.'>,IHHI  tieruniuiiiH,  In   bloom,  '.^Vj  IikIi   pots.  $12.00  per  hundred 

TullpK,  ll.vucintliH  nuil  OnlTodilH,  8-lncli  pans,  $7.20  per  dozen 

TuIipN.  itiiruln,  10-lncli  pans,  $18.00  per  dozen 

TaiiHendM'hon  Koxeii   (line  lot),  $3.00  to  $.5.00  eacb 

Mines,  .i;l.n()  to  .ViOO.      rink  anil   While    r.-.irl    Rbndndenilron«,  $2  to   Jlfi 

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All   mall  orders  will   have  careful  attention. 

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MASS. 


CYBOTIUM    SCHIEDEI 

6  and  7  Inch  pots,  4  to  5  ft.  spread,  J4  and  J5  each 

POT  GROWN  BOSTON  AND   ROOSEVELT  FERNS 

9  and  10  inch  pots  $2  to  f4  each 

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4  Inch  50  cents;   4%  inch  75  cents;   5  inch  Jl.OO.     A  few  specimen 
7  Inch  at  $2.50  each 


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Ameiira     $20.00  $1S.00 

Ida    Van     60.00  40.00 

Independence    16.00  12.00 

Mm.   Francis    Klnit Ift.OO  14.00 

Mrs.   Frank    Pendleton.   60.00  36.00 

Narajo    60.00  40.00 

Exhibition    Mixed 20.00  16.00 

Garden   Mixed    16.00  12.00 


CAN  N  AS 


Home  Grown 

Freeh  Cat 
Dox.  100 


neacon    

IlunKaria    

Kate   F.   Deemer. . . 

Meteor    

Oiymplo    

Richard    Wallace... 
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$0.76 
.60 
.60 
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.•J6 
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6.00 
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6.00 

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unless  flowers  are  present,  because  the 
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shrubs,  including  those  most  commonly 
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I00<)   Hop  trees   4  -  5  ft.  1000 

10000  Laurel-leaved    Willows.    .  .1  -  S  ft.  1000 

1000  Golden-barked    Willows... 'J  -5ft.  500 

500  Pyrus  baccata 4  -5  ft.  .500 

3000  Cornus  siblrica   3  -  4  ft.  1000 

.5000  Cornus  sericea   3  -  4  ft.  3IKM> 

.5000  Cornus  sanguinea 3  —  4  ft. 

"000  Genista    scoparia 3  yrs.  500 

1000  Genista   tinctoria 3  yrs.  500 

3000  Rhamnus   catharticus 3  -4  ft. 

lOOO  Rhamnus   frangula 3  -4  ft.  1000 

.1000  Cephalanthus  occidentalis.lV—  2  ft.  500 


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L.veiuni    barbarum 3  yrs. 

Prunus  pumila   2     -3  ft. 

Spiraea    salicifolia 3  ft. 

Spiraea  tomentosum %V^        ft. 

Viburnum  opulus   3     -  4  ft. 

Symphoricarpus   vulgaris. 2  ft. 

Cela»«trus    panloulata    and 

scandens  3  yrs. 

.Vmorpha  f rtiticosa 4  ft. 

Philadelphus       dianthiflo- 

rus   (heavy) .  .2Vi        ft. 

I^hiladelphus  coronarius.  .3  ft. 

Riisa   Hiawatha    3  jrs. 


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FLORISTS  and  GARDENERS 

of  NEW  ENGLAND 

Wliat  will  it  mean  to  you  if  the  nursery  stock  which 
you  need  for  the  coming  season  arrives  one  or  two 
months  late  and  in  a  worthless  condition  due  to  de- 
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and  Novelties  will  be  displayed  at  the  New  York 
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us  there  or  at  our  store.  Our  usual  prompt  and 
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LETTERS  FROM  AN  OLD  TO  A  YOUNG  CtARDENER 

Breeding  Sweet  Corn 


Zoa  saceliiuiiia  ov  sweet  corn,  is  supposed  to  have 
first  come  to  tlie  notice  of  white  nieu  at  Plymoutli; 
Massacluisetts,  tlie  seed  having  been  obtained  from 
American  Indians  in  the  Susquehanna  country. 
Although  a  gardener  is  not  much  interested  in  growing 
any  other  variety,  1  want  to  begin  with  a  few  words 
about  a  reform  needed  in  breeding,  growing  and  mar- 
keting field  corn.  A  farmer  shonld  be  able  to  buy  the 
seed  with  a  certificate  giving  its  chemical  com[iosition. 
He  should  be  able  to  find 
a  market  for  varieties 
adapted  to  .special  purposes, 
of  w-hich  a  few  examples 
are  here  mentioned.  For 
a  glucose  factory  it  should 
contain  little  protein,  more 
starch  and  oil.  The  latter 
brings  the  highest  price 
per  pound.  As  a  food  for 
horses  the  amount  of  ]iro- 
tein  should  be  large,  for 
this  is  the  tissue  building 
element,  and  the  starch  and 
oil  less,  to  avoid  undue  fat- 
tening. For  pigs,,  where  we 
want  fat,  the  starch  and  oil 
should  be  abundant. 

In  trying  to  improve 
sweet  corn  for  table  use  we 
may  employ  selection  alone, 
or  hybridization  followed 
by  continual  selection.  Se- 
lection to  improve  and  keep 
up  quality  is  generally 
thought  to  l>e  a  quite  mod- 
ern idea.  It  was  known 
and  used  by  tlie  Romans, 
as  shown  by  the  following 
quotation  from  a  book  by 
P.  H..  entitled,  Roman 
FaiTH  Management,  being 
a  translation  from  the 
Latin  of  Cato  and  X'aiio. 
and  moreover  a  most  inter- 
esting work  to  anyone  who 
loves  the  land — "I  jiave 
seen  those  seeds  on  whose 
selection     much     lime    ami 

lalior  had  Ixvii  s|)erit,  ne\crlheless  degenerate  if  man 
did  Hill  e\ery  yeai'  vigorously  separate  b\  band 
the  largest  specimens."  !Most  varieties  of  sweet 
corn  are  eithei'  mutants  or  obtained  by  simple  selec- 
tion. Any  field  offers  (i])portunities  for  selection, 
for  no  two  plants  are  exactly  alike.  This  was  well 
shown  in  my  attempts  to  select  seed  to  use  in  hybridiz- 
ing. One  of  those  chosen  was  a  yellow  variety,  which 
came  to  me  from  Derry,  New  Hampshire,  under  the 
name  Odlden   Sweet,  about  thirty  years  ago.     T^nfortii- 


FiSiiio  1 


nately  this  .-ecd  and  its  hybrids  were  lost  in  an  early' 
White  Mountain  freeze,  and  no  more  could  be  obtained. 
Ill  testing  for  a  substitute,  seed  from  plants  that  grew 
I  rom  seed  obtained  under  the  name  of  Golden  Bantam 
was  ehosen.  The  different  lots  of  Golden  Bantam  seed 
produced  plants  that  varied  greatly.  Evidently  at  that 
tinu'  dealers  were  .selling  more  than  one  strain  under 
this  name  and  the  seed  from  each  dealer  was  mixed. 
Siiuie   plants   were  .seven   feet  high,  others  four.     The 

number  of  ears  on  a  plant 
and  their  size  varied.  I 
found  yellow,  wdiite  and 
blue  kernels  on  some  cobs. 
The  ears  also  varied  greatly 
in  sweetness.  So  far  as  my 
experience  goes,  the  right 
way  to  begin  an  experiment 
to  breed  a  better  strain  of 
sweet  corn  for  home  use, 
would  be  to  test  all  the 
kinds  advertised  iu  the  seed 
catalogues  as  exti'a  sweet, 
buying  the  seed  from  a 
considerable  number  of 
sources.  Though  coming 
to  you  under  the  same 
name  you  will  find,  as  I 
did,  that  the  seed  will  pro- 
duce plants  different  iu 
many  ways.  \Vlien  the  ears 
are  in  the  milk,  strip  back 
tlic  husl<s  carefully  and 
taste  the  kernels.  Replace 
the  husks  ajid  mark  those 
tliat  seem  superior,  keejuug 
a  record  of  them.  When 
the  seed  is  ripe  .select  the 
best  from  the  two  most  sat- 
isfactory ears  and  use  them 
for  the  next  crop.  Do  this 
for  several  years  until  you 
get  two  fine  strains  that 
breed  fairly  true,  of  course 
growing  them  in  fields  wide 
apart.  Then  the  next  year 
begin  the  crossing  to  break 
the  types,  hoping  to  get  a 
superior  strain.  This  was 
till-  plan  1  Idljiiued  with  satisfaction,  our  guests  re- 
mark in 'i'  during  tlie  last  three  autumns  on  the 
sweetness  and  flavor  of  the  corn  on  the  table,  T^nfor- 
tunatcly  1  may  need  to  begin  again,  for  everybody  in  our 
neighborhood  lost  corn,  beans,  melons  and  squashes  by 
freezing.  The  corn  was  in  the  milk  and  did  not  fill. 
The  beans  split  in  drying,  I  tried  to  protect  a  few 
]»lants  of  hybrid  co.rn  and  melons  but  the  results  are  in 
doubt,     .\11  uncovered   plants   froze  stiff. 

Corn,  or  more  properly  maize,  is  the  easiest  plant  in 


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the  world  to  oros-  ami  tluMvfore  liiic  for  ln-^'iiimTs. 
Ilaviiif;  pot  our  two  strains  to  breed  fairly  true.  \\v 
U'niii  the  oxiMTiiiu'iit.  Iiv  selecting  tlio  middle  ;.'ruiiis 
from  Uie  l»est  ears  of  eaili  kind,  and  still  further  selwi 
ing  the  finest  from  among  the  lot.  The  next  year, 
when  |>lantin<;  time  arrives,  and  with  it  liujie  and  thai 
youthful  feeling;  so  dear  to  an  old  man,  we  slmiild  |>]a<i- 
the  seed  that  is  to  |>roduoe  the  plants  to  he  used  u 
fejnaloti  in  hills,  eaiii  of  wliieh  will  have  four  surround 
inp  hills,  containing  seed  from  which  jihints  will  grow. 
to  be  used  as  nuiles,  the  ohjeet  being  to  supply  the  plant- 
to  be  used  as  females  with  plenty  of  pollen  from  tli. 
surrounding  males.  Hcfore  the  plants  attain  their  full 
height,  the  huds  which  w  ill  form  the  male  flowers  emergi 
a*  a  bunch  from  the  leaves  at  the  toj)  of  the  plant,  n- 
shown  in  Figure  1.  When  in  this  stage  tho.se  on  tlic 
plants  to  be  used  as  females  must  be  removed.  This  is 
easily  done  by  grasping  the  Imnch  and  pulling  gently  and 
(irmly  toward  the  sky.  breaking  the  stem  but  not  inju.i- 
ing  the  growth  of  the  ])lant.  When  the  plants  to  be 
used  as  males  are  fully  grown  in  height,  the  male  flow- 
ers are  at  the  top  and  terminate  the  plant.  They  are 
shown  oi)en  in  Figure  2.  life  size.  Notice  how  abun- 
dant they  are,  more  than  a  hundred  on  a  plant.  Each 
flower  reveals,  on  expanding,  little  bag-s,  well  displayed 
in  the  half-tone  illustration.  Each  is  tightly  packed 
with  rough,  spherical  grains  of  pollen,  the  male  fertiliz- 
ing agents.  When  rii)e  they  become  detached  from  the 
inside  of  the  sacks,  which  open  at  thetr  lower  ends  to 
allow  them  to  escape.  ^Mien  vievred  in  cross-section 
the  sacks  resemble  a  figure  S.  and  thi^  tonn  taken  in 
connection  with  the  fine  hair-like 'ttifeads  from  wliicli 
they  are  suspended,  allows  the  genii'  -i  luvath  of  air  to 
impart  to  them  a  trembling  motion;  very  pleasing' to 
watch  in  a  hot  and  breathless  day...  Scott  wrote  of  the 
"trembling  aspen,"  yet  its  leaves  a«e  immobile  in  com- 


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Figure  2 

■])arison.  By  the  way  did  you  ever  examine  the  stem  of 
an  a.sj)en  leaf  to  leani  why  it  is  set  in  motion  by  a  gentle 
breeze? 

Figure  3  is  a  photomicrograph  fif  the  lower  end  of 
one  of  these  little  pollen  sacks,  in  the  stage  when  the 
pollen  is  ripe,  tlie  sack  open,  some  of  the  pollen  escaped, 
and  others  ready  to  fall  out  with  the  next  breeze.  We 
appear  to  be  looking  at  the  spheres  of  pollen  through 
an  open  net.  This  is  an  optical  delusion.  We  are  ob- 
serving them  through  a  continuous  transparent  tissue 
made  up  of  many  rells  who.se  walls  give  the  appearance 
"f  a  net. 

Female  Flowers — Tliese  are  located  on  the  cob,  each 
developing  into  a  kernel  of  com,  if  fertilized  by  a  pollen 
sphere.  From  the  tip  of  each  arises  a  long  transparent 
tlireail.  When  these  emerge  from  the  bunch  of  leaves 
that  will  fonn  the  husk;  they  collectively  form  the  silk, 
shown  in  this  stage  in  Figure  4.  There  are  some  odd 
features  about  this.  In  other  common  flowers,  the 
corresponding  organ  is  much  shorter  in  proportion  to 
other    jiarts,    and    thickened   at   the    base;    while   each 


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stand  of  corn  silk  at  its  point  of  attachment  is  reduced 
to  the  diameter  of  a  fine  human  hair.  How  wonderful 
is  a  well  filled  ear  of  corn,  when  yo\:  consider  that  no 
corn  flower  can  develop  into  a  perfect  kernel,  unless 
pollen  from  the  male  flowers  comes  in  contact  with  its 
own  particular  strand  of  silk,  extending  its  life-giving 
force  down  the  whole  length,  a  distance  of  several  inches 
in  the  case  of  the  lower  flowers. 

Figure  5  shows  a  group  of  female  flowers,  each  witli 
its  strand  of  silk.  In  Figure  6  some  strands  have  been 
removed,  to  show  more  distinctly  in  others  the  hair-like 
narrowing  at  the  base.  Another  curious  feature  is  that 
the  first  strands  to  emerge  from  the  husk  have  the 
longest  distance  to  travel,  as  they  belong  to  the  flowers 
near  the  base  of  the  cob.  We  see  then  that  as  all  the 
fibres  of  silk  do  not  come  out  of  the  husk  at  the  same 
period  they  are  not  simultaneously  ready  to  receive  the 
pollen.  This  is  the  reason  for  so 
many  male  flowers,  and  why  they 
open  and  shed  pollen  over  a  consid- 
erable amount  of  time.  Corn  jiollen 
is  usually  sul|iluir  ye!low  iu  the  sweet- 
est kinds.  This  color  contrasting 
with  that  of  the  silk  enables  us  to 
see  it  when  they  come  in  contact,  if 


many  charms  when 
"good  and  dead"  if 
examined  with  this 
instrument.  When 
the  male  flowers 
reach  the  stage 
shown  in  Figure  1 
liend  over  the  stalks, 
shaking  the  pollen 
into  a  paper  and 
spilling  it  onto  the 
silk  of  the  plants  se- 
lected as  females, 
^ever  let  a  feeble 
plant  open  its  flow- 
ers, and  never  save 
seed  from    a  feeble 


Figure  C 


Figure  5 

we  use  a  hand  magni- 
fier. Its  "subsequent 
proceedings"  while 
most  interesting,  tan 
only  be  followed  by 
using  a  microscope. 
They  are  now  so  good 
and  cheap,  open  such 
a  world  of  beauty  and 
are  so  easy  to  handle 
that  a  gardener  who 
does  not  employ  one 
loses  much  pleasure. 
Even  the  hateful  bugs, 
fungi  and  bacteria, 
that  makes  gardening 
one  long  battle,  have         Boston. 


Figure  4 

plant.     In  deciding  which  of  the  fer- 
tilized   ears    to    save   for    seed,    strip 
back  the  husk  when  the  corn  is  in  the 
milk,    and   with    a   small   and    sharp 
gouge    remove    a    few    unimportant 
kernels,    carefully    placing    the    husk 
and   making   it   weather   ]iroof   by   a 
light  rubber  band.    The  scientific  way 
to  test  for  sweetness  would  be  by  the  methods  used  with 
sugar  beets,  but  this  would  tell  nothing  of  flavor,  there- 
tore  test  for  both  by  carefully  chewing  the  raw  kernels. 
Mark  each  tested  ear  that  seems  promising  and  keep  a 
record.     If  you  happen  to  get  a  variety  to  suit  you  and 
live  in  Northern   New  England,  you  may  find  "there 
comes  a  killing  frost,  and  when  you  think,  good  easy 
nuiii,   your   greatness   is   a   ripening,  nips   your   root." 
Then  you  can  have  your  fuu  all  over  again,  trying  to 
combine  quality   with  extreme  earliness.     I  wish  j'ou 
luck,  and  however  scientifically  a  plant  breeding  experi- 
ment is  conducted  with  garden  varieties,  their  ancestry 
is  so  complicated  and  unknown  that  luck  will  play  a 
groat  jiart. 


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MARCH    It;,    I91S 


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HORTICULTURE     PUBLISHING     CO. 

147    Summer    Street,     Boston,    Mass. 

\\  M.   J.   STKUAKT.    I  illlor  niitl    Manncrr 
Trirpbunr.  Ilfiuh  tBi 

EDlrn-  ^  innttpr  Dm-rohrr  8.  1U04,  at  till  •' 

■I  II  ler  thp  Art  of  Congreai  of  March  :i,  isiv. 

C  6  N  T  E.  N  T  S  plg^ 

COVER  ILLlSTKATIOX-^Cencral  View  in  Boston 
Sprinn   Show    

LKTTKHS  FROM  AN  OLD  TO  A  YOUNG  GARDE.V- 
KR— Ureedlns  Sweet  Corn— William  iJo»fns— Illus- 
trated     ' 247 

BOSTO.N  Sl'RING   SHOW— Illustrated 251 

IN  ORUKR  TO  STIMILATE  OUR  PUBLICITY  CAM- 
PAIGN—//.nrj/  Pcnn    252 

SOCIETY  OF  .AMERICAN   FLORISTS: 
The   Publicity  Campaicn — Next  Year's  Allowance  of 
Coal    253 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES  —  Worcester  County  Horti- 
cultural Society — Massachusetts  Horticultural  So- 
ciety— Meetings  Next  Week — W.  J.  Kcimel.  Presi- 
dent-elect of  Illinois  State  Florists'  Association,  por- 
trait— Westchester  and  Fairfield  Horticultural  So- 
ciety—  Florists'     Club     of    Washington  —  American 

Sweet  Pea  Society 254 

New  York  Florists'  Club — New  York  Federation  of 
Horticultural  Societies  and  Floral  Clubs — Gardeners' 
and  Florists'  Club  of  Boston  255 

OBITUARY  — Raymond  M.  Hendberg  — Matthew  H. 
Dunn — Oscar  Heile — Oscar  Young — August  Nadler — 
James  Goodall   ; 255 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 
Cleveland,  Rochester,  Pittsburgh,  New  York,  Chicago, 
St.  Louis,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Lancaster,  Mass. 256-258 

SEED  TRADE— Cucumber  Leaf   Spot   Disease 260 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 
Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery — New  Flower  Store....  262 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston.    Chicago,    Cincinnati,   Cleveland,    New   York, 

Philadelphia    265 

Pittsburgh,   Rochester,   St.   Louis 267 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

The  Fuel   Question— Poetry 252 

At  the  .Market  in  Dairen,  Korea — Illustration 255 

N.  Y.  State  Fair  Flower  Department 259 

Personal    259 

Catalogues    Received    260 

New  Corporation — Business  Troubles 262 

Visitors'  Register  263 

Loyalty  in  Little  Things  263 

Salesmen  Off  the  Road?— Advertise 268 

Setting  the  People  Right— B.  A.  Chipman 268 

When   Spring  Comes  Back— Poetry 268 

Hydroyanic  Acid  Gas  as  a  Greenhouse  Insecticide...   269 

The  Insecticide  Situation — George  H.  Lamson 270 

A  War  Garden  Talk 270 

tienaior  Fiederick   Hale  ul'  Maine 
A  noble  hag   introduced  a   l)ill    to   change 

public  benefaction  tile  name  of  Sieiir  de  Monts  Na- 
tional Monument,  accupying  the 
boldest  and  most  picturesque  portion  of  Mt.  Desert  island, 
to  the  Sieur  de  Monts  National  Park.  This  notable  public 
reservation  with  its  wonderfully  impressive  scenery  is 
the  first  national  park  east  of  Colorado  devoted  to  recre- 
ative purposes.  It  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  only 
national  park  which  offers  the  ocean  as  part  of  its  at- 
tractions and  in  many  other  respects,  such  as  its  near- 
ness to  the  region  of  densest  city  population,  it  is  unique. 
The  change  of  designation  from  "monument"  to  "park" 
will  add  nothing  to  its  natural  beauty  but  will  more 
clearly  indicate  its  character  and  purpose  and  convey  to 
the  public  mind  what  it  is  and  what  it  stands  for  and 
S("'ia*^or    HnV  hns   done   wisely    in    proposinsr  a    nnme 


which  will  thus  do  justice  to  this  great  public  domain. 
To  tieorgc  H.  Dorr,  who  first  coiic-eived  and  for  years 
worki'd  unceasingly  for  the  establi.Klimenl  of  this  reserva- 
tion and  most  generously  contributed  to  its  accomplish- 
ment the  .Viiiiriciiii  pr<i|ile  owe  a  supreme  debt  of 
gratitude. 

.\t  the  request  of  Chnrlrs  A.  Diirds  of  the 

Thrift         Xatidiial  War  Savings  ('(immittec  of  the 

Stamp  D.iy     jlorists'   trade  of  riicater   New   York  we 

give  sjiace  this  week  to  an  a|tpeal  for  the 
cooperation  au<l  active  assistance  of  the  florists'  trade 
in  the  patriotic  enterprise  in  which  the  committee  is 
engaged.  The  national  committee  has  allotted  to  the 
Greater  New  York  florists  .?200,(tOO  as  their  share  in 
this  work.  Tlii!  amount  looks  large  i»ut  we  exjiect  to  see 
it  covered  in  due  time  for  there  is  no  shirking  among  the 
florists  when  their  patriotism  is  put  to  the  lest  and  no 
limit  to  their  willingness  to  help  the  Government  win 
this  war.  The  diligent  cooperation  of  every  reader  of 
HoHTicuLTUiiE  is  earnestly  solicited,  to  help  make 
Thrift  Stamp  Day  a  glorious  success. 

A  subscriber  to   IIorticii-tuiie  sends 

Free  ug   a   clipping   from   the    Philadelphia 

seeds  again?     North   American   containing   comment 

by  a  Lewistown  correspondent  upon 
the  industry  displayed  by  Congressman  Benny  Focht  in 
the  matter  of  free  seed  distribution,  this  gentleman 
■'with  political  necessity  upon  him"  being  keener  than 
ever  in  the  business  of  passing  out  free  government 
seeds  for  the  purpose  of  gathering  in  votes  next  fall. 
Our  correspondent  calls  attention  to  the  flagrant  abuse 
of  this  seed  privilege  and  expresses  the  hope  that  by 
continual  agitation  the  abatement  of  this  notorious  po- 
litical jiractice  may  yet  be  consummated.  Since  the 
receipt  of  the  letter  referred  to  we  have  been  informed 
that  the  U.  S.  Senate  has  voted  adversely  on  the  con- 
tinuance of  the  free  seed  appropiiation  for  this  season. 
This  is  encouraging  but,  as  we  remember  it,  the  Senate 
has  so  acted  before  but  the  House  of  Representatives  has 
been  uncompromisingly  obdurate.  Let  us  hope  that 
they  may  now  "turn  over  a  new  leaf"  and  that  we  have 
seen  the  last  of  the  odious  "free  seed  graft." 

The   next   issue   of   Horticulturb, 
Easter  flate   March   23,   will   be  the   annual 

trade  publicity  Easter  number.  Besides  much  time- 
ly news  matter  and  valuable  cultural 
notes  this  issue  will  contain  a  full  and  complete  account 
of  the  great  International  Flower  Show  in  New  York, 
the  most  extensive  and  ambitious  enterprise  among  the 
horticultural  activities  of  the  year.  We  know  that  all 
who  read  these  lines  will  join  with  us  in  wishing  the 
hardworking  promoters  of  the  show  a  notable  success. 
We  shall  tell  all  about  the  winners  in  the  hundreds  of 
schedule  classes  and  the  number  of  readers  of  Horti- 
ctJLTUiiE  on  this  occasion  will  be  largely  increased  so 
that  the  publicity  value  of  the  issue  of  March  23  will  be 
materially  enhanced.  The  representative  quality  of  the 
people  inthe  trade  who  look  to  Hokticdlture  for  the 
most  reliable  news  and  interesting  c-omment  on  the  im- 
portant issues  of  the  day  is  well-known  and  widely 
recognized  and  we  can  safely  promise  those  who  make 
enterprising  use  of  our  advertising  columns  at  this  time 
a  fruitful  return  for  their  investment.  For  those  who 
have  Easter  plants,  flowers  or  other  material  to  offer  to 
the  trade  the  volume  of  business  will  be  largely  what 
they  individually  make  it  and  there  can  be  no  more 
effectual  means  of  l)uilding  it  up  than  forceful  up-to- 
the-times  publicity  among  the  class  of  trade  which 
TToijTTrrTTrin"  serves. 


March  16,  1918 


HOKTICOLTUEE 


2ol 


Partial  View  of  Acacia  Tea  Garue.n,  by  Thomas  Roland 


Greater  Boston's  gardeners  and  flor- 
ists outdid  themselves  on  this  occasion 
and  put  up  the  most  elaborate  and  im- 
pressive show  that  has  been  seen  here 
since  the  notable  National  Flower 
Show  years  ago.  Every  available  foot 
of  floor  space  in  the  horticultural 
building  was  occupied  with  exhibits 
and  the  scene  was  gorgeous  in  the  ex- 
treme. The  attendance  on  the  after- 
noon of  the  opening  day  was  very 
good  and  it  is  hoped  that  before  the 
close  of  the  show  Sunday  evening  the 
attendance  will  have  eclipsed  all 
Iirevioiis  records. 

The  lecture  hall  was  turned  into  an 
Acacia  Tea  Garden  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Boston  Metropolitan  Chapter  of 
the  American  Red  Cross.  '  The  tables 
were  arranged  in  a  veritable  forest  of 
flowering  acacias  supplied  by  Thomas 
Roland,  there  being  no  less  than  two 
hundred  and  fifty  plants  in  some 
thirty  species.  The  effect  of  this 
unique  feature  was  entrancingly  beau- 
tiful. It  was  a  triumph  for  Thomas 
Roland. 


Another  impressive  exhibit  was  the 
"War  Garden,"  arranged  by  R.  &  J. 
Farquhar  &  Co.,  filling  the  entire  west 
end  of  the  large  exhibition  hall.  The 
arrangement  was  charmingly  simple 
and  artistically  one  of  the  best  of  the 
many  big  exhibits  that  Mr.  Farquhar 
has  imt  up.  A  marble  statue  of  Lib- 
erty holding  a  light  aloft  in  one  hand 
and  an  American  Flag  in  the  other 
was  the  central  figure.  The  formal 
courtyard  was  flanked  on  either  side 
with  brilliant  banks  of  Azalea  Kaemp- 
feri,  genistas  and  lilies.  Here  one  of 
the  bands  played,  another  one  occupy- 
ing the  stage  in  the  lecture  hall. 

The  most  of  the  large  plant  groups 
were  composed  of  miscellaneous  spring 
flowering  plants  and  bulbous  stock. 
There  were  some  grand  groups  of 
Olivias  and  imantophyllums,  cycla- 
men*, etc.,  and  the  number  of  Belgian 
a/.aleas  shown  was  surprisingly  large. 
W.  W.  Edgar  Company  put  up  a  vast 
plant  group  arranged  with  consum- 
mate good  taste.  Other  than  this  and 
Mr.  Roland's  acacia  display  there  were 


no  plant  groups  of  any  extent  from 
commercial  growers  but  the  gardeners 
from  the  leading  private  estates  in  and 
about  Boston  made  a  most  remarkable 
showing.  The  orchid  groups  from  E. 
B.  Dane  and  A.  C.  Barrage  were  the 
great  center  of  attraction  for  the  real 
connoiseurs.  Included  in  the  Burrage 
srou])  were  some  splendid  specimens 
of  Cattleya  Trianw  in  great  variety, 
also  two  very  striking  forms  of  Laelio- 
Cattleya  luminosa  and  a  handsome 
plant  of  Cymbidium  Gottianum  which 
proved  a  prime  attraction.  Cypripe- 
diums  were  also  exhibited  in  great 
variety.  The  whole  group  was  a  most 
pleasing  and  clever  display,  grandly 
arranged  and  exquisitively  beautiful. 
Mr.  Dane's  contribution  was  the 
usual  artistically  arranged  group, 
and  was  quite  up  to  the  great  displays 
which  we  are  accustomed  to  seeing 
from  this  well  known  estate.  Per- 
haps the  most  attractive  was  the  speci- 
men Odontioda  BradshawiiE  with  its 
four  beautiful  spikes  of  scarlet  blooms. 
Cattleyas  and  Lsello-Cattleyas  were  in 


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March  IC,  1918 


Kreut  profusion  iiiiil  the  Cypript'dliimH 
wi»r(>  rpiilly  wonilorfiil.  tlu>  liesl  probii- 
Mv  Im'Iiii;  tlie  new  niul  ilisllnot  Cyprl- 
I',  li  im  Hhcliiis.  Oiiclciluins  and  Cyin- 
hi.lii;iiis  iiuulf  nil  (?X(|ulsltlve  bnck- 
>;ri)un(l  and  the  profiisoly  flowered 
C"oolii>,Tnen  made  up  a  group,  the 
ecjual  of  whirh  Is  niroly  seen. 

As  no  cnHh  prizes  were  to  be  award- 
ed and  the  entire  proceeds  were  to  be 
Klven  to  the  Red  Cross,  competition 
on  the  schedule  classes  was  very  llRht, 
most  of  the  exhibitors  beinfi  content 
to  del  their  best  regardless  of  the  com- 
petitive Idea.  On  the  200  sq.  ft.  plant 
group  class,  Ist  prize  was  awarded  to 
Mrs.  ('.  G.  Weld,  gard.  W.  C.  Rust;  2nd 
to  K.  S.  Webster,  gard.  Peter  Arnott. 
Hoth  arrangements  were  su|)erb.  as 
was  also  that  of  Weld  Farm,  gardener 
Duncan  rinlayson.  Miss  C.  Warren 
figured  strong  In  the  azalea,  cytlssus 
ami  hard-wooded  greenhouse  plant 
classes,  and  William  Whitman  on  the 
bulbous  classes  as  usual.  Miss  Mar- 
garet A.  Rand  was  a  successful  com- 
petitor in  the  amateur  classes.  H.  T. 
Haywood,  of  Franklin.  Mass.,  an  ex- 
hibitor for  the  first  time,  made  a  fine 
record  in  the  hyacinth  and  hydrangea 
classes. 

Up  to  time  of  going  to  press,  special 
prizes  had  been  awarded  in  the  plant 
section  as  follows:  Gold  medals  to  A, 
C.  Burrage.  Beverly  Farms,  for  or- 
chids; E.  B.  Dane,  Brookline,  gard. 
Donald  McKenzie,  for  orchids.  Silver 
medals  to  C.  S.  Sargent,  gard.  Charles 
Sander,  for  display  of  Clivia  niiniata; 
Lester  Leiand,  gard.  E.  H.  Wetterlow, 
Manchester,  for  cyclamen.  Certificate 
of  merit  to  F.  W.  Fletcher  for  seedling 
freesias.  Cultural  certificates  to  Fred'k 
Ayer-,  gard.  George  Page,  for  Erica 
melanthera:  John  Barr  for  mignonette 
in  pots;  Mrs.  Bayard  Thayer,  gard. 
William  Anderson,  for  Mahernia  odo- 
rata:  William  Whitman,  gard.  M.  Sul- 
livan, for  spring  flowering  plants 
Honorable  mention  to  R.  &  J.  Farquhar 
&  Co..  for  hybrid  azalea  (A.  Kaempferi 
X  A.  ledifolia) ;  Mt.  Desert  Nurseries 
for  amaryllis  hybrids.  Vote  of  thanks 
to  Hemenway  Estate.  Hcadville.  for 
plant  group;  T.  E.  Proctor.  Topsfield, 
for  Adiantum  Farleyense  Gloriosa; 
Faulkner  Farms,  gard.  W.  X.  Craig, 
for  flowering  plants  and  Laelia  super- 
biens;  W.  W.  Edgar  Company,  Waver- 
le.v,  for  plant  group.  Otlier  awards 
not  yet  made  or  inadvertently  omitted 
in  this  somewhat  hasty  report  will  be 
made  note  of  in  our  next  week's  issue. 

The  Boston  retail  florists  came  out 
in  a  most  enterprising  manner  and 
creditable  spirit  with  baskets,  vases, 
and  other  tasteful,  quaint  and  original 
arrangements  of  flowers  and  plants 
for  various  requirements,  and  they 
attracted  much  attention  and  interest 
on  the  part  of  the  visiting  public. 
Among  the  contributors  were  Penn 
the  Florist.  Boston  Cut  P^lower  Com- 
pany (silver  medal).  H.  R.  Comley 
(silver  medal).  Caplan  the  Florist 
(silver  medal),  .Julius  Zinn,  .John  J. 
O'Brien  and  Houghton-Gorney  Co.,  the 
latter  having  a  rustic  booth. 

In  the  cut  flower  department  there 
were  some  beautiful  displays  of  car- 
nations, notably  that  by  S.  .T.  Goddard. 
which  was  arranged  with  splendid 
effect.  Awards  were  made  as  fol- 
lows: Silver  medal  to  S.  ,J.  Goddard 
for  display;  1st  prize  to  .John  Barr  in 
many  classes,  several  to  W.  .1.  Clem- 


son:  hiinorabit'  mention  to  I'eter  KIkIi- 
er  for  carnation  Red  Cross;  vote  of 
thanks  to  William  Sim  and  M.  A.  Put- 
ten.  The  finest  oxhiblls  of  cninelliaH 
we  have  over  seen  w<  re  made  by  Mrs. 
Hayard  Thayer  and  W.  It.  Coe  (silver 
medal). 


"IN    ORDER     TO     STIMULATE     OUR 
PUBLICITY   CAMPAIGN." 

I  um  somewhat  reinindi'd  of  the 
train  that  parted  in  the  middle,  and 
the  communication-cord  snapped  also, 
the  end  of  it  striking  an  old  lady  on 
the  bonnet.  "What  Is  the  matter?" 
she  exclaimed.  "Oh,  the  train  has 
broken  in  two,"  replied  a  gentleman 
who  sat  in  the  next  seat.  "I  should 
say  so,"  responded  the  old  lady,  look- 
ing at  the  broken  cord.  "Did  they 
suppose  a  thin  piece  of  string  like  that 
would  hold  the  train  together?" 

.lust  so  with  our  Campaign — unless 
we  get  co-operation  in  every  sense, 
that  is — more  funds  and  more  florists 
to  tie  up  to  our  Magazine  Advertising 
Campaign,  in  order  to  get  united 
strength  for  the  ultimate  result,  and 
the  use  ot  more  flowers,  we  will  be 
likened  to  the  communicating-cord, — 
too  thin  to  get  results.  Unless  we  get 
our  $.50,000  together,  and  also  take  ad- 
vantage and  use  our  local  papers, 
our  money  spent  in  magazines,  etc.. 
is  90  per  cent,  waste.  Make  it  profit- 
able by  getting  on  the  band-wagon, 
and  get  100  per  cent,  results. 

Gordon  Selfridge.  who  runs  the  larg- 
est department  store  in  London,  re- 
fused to  lose  his  head  when  the  war 
broke  out.  refused  to  cut  salaries,  re- 
fused to  believe  the  world  had  come 
to  an  end,  paid  the  English  Govern- 
ment $200,000  as  an  excess  profit  tax. 
When  the  war  broke  out.  Mr.  Selfridge 
told  George  T.  Bye,  of  the  "Nation's 
Business."  it  was  the  general  opinion 
that  the  end  had  come  for  business. 
Many  merchants  reduced  staffs  and 
cut  wages.  "The  second  or  third  day 
of  tlie  war.  1  was  waited  upon  by  a 
conunittce  of  our  buyers,  who  in- 
formed me  that  they  were  sure  of 
heavy  losses,  and  that  they  wished  to 
see  it  through  with  me  on  a  half-sal- 
ary basis. 

"But  I  wasn't  sure  business  was  go- 
ing to  be  bad  and  with  thanks  for  their 
loyalty  and  good  spirit,  I  told  everyone 
in  the  house  that  Selfridge's  would 
make  no  changes  for  the  present.  To 
that  stand  we  owe  something  ot  our 
present  prosperity. 

"By  keeping  on  our  brightest  face, 
spending  more  money  for  advertising, 
and  serving  out  patrons  with  greater 
attention,  we  have  increased  our  busi- 
ness to  a  volume  of  over  $1.5,000,000, 
a  gain  of  over  $2,500,000  in  one  year, 
and  that  during  a  period  of  war." 

Ot  course,  Mr.  Selfridge  took  advan- 
tage of  every  twist  in  the  war  situa 
tion.  He  advertised  that  every  "per- 
son in  his  store,  during  a  German  aero- 
plane attack  was  insured  free,  without 
preliminary  registration,  to  the  amount 
of  $5,000  for  death  resulting  directly 
from  the  raid.  The  result  was  to  make 
every  woman  turn  to  his  store  as  a 
safe  place  to  shop  and  lunch,  and  to 


direct  public  attention  to  its  Holld 
concTele  construction.  Ho  hag  con- 
sistently sold  "War  Broad"  a  cent  or 
two  lower  than  anyone  else  In  I>ondoii, 
— another  great  trade  attraction. 

Till'  luxuries  of  the  rich  early  censed 
Id  b<-  a  factor  In  his  tra<le  as  social 
life  diminishi'd;  but  the  luxuries  ot 
the  poor,  like  inexpensive  i>lanos,  jew- 
ilry,  etc.,  have  rapidly  grown  more 
important  as  the  wages  of  the  work- 
ers have  risen  undiT  the  gri'uter  de- 
mand, so,  it  behooves  us  to  take  ad- 
vantage In  our  business,  of  like  condi- 
tions, to  grow  and  sell  flowers  as  are 
in  iKipular  demand,  and  at  prices  to 
meet  the  demands.  Summed  up  In  a 
nutshell,  according  to  the  above,  take 
advantage  of  present  conditions,  ad- 
vertise more  and  carry  flowers  that 
will  make  for  popular  favor,  and  our 
business  will  forge  ahead. 

This  reminds  me  of  an  old  story  I've 
told  before,  entitled,  "When  It  Would 
Not  Pay  to  Advertise;"  An  old  negro 
approached  a  white  man  in  a  southern 
town,  and  asked,  "Marse  Tom,  you 
ain't  seed  anything  of  that  old  mule  ot 
mine.  Is  you?" 

"Why  no,  Henry,  I  haven't  seen  that 
mule.     Have  you  lost   it?" 

"Well,  ah  don't  know  ef  I  lost  him 
or  not,  but  he  is  sure  nuff  gone." 

"Henry,  I  spect  the  best  way  to  find 
tliat  mule  would  he  to  put  In  a  "want 
ad"  in  the  paper  for  him." 

"Shucks,  dat  wouldn't  do  no  good, 
Marse  Tom.'' 

"Why  not?" 

"You  know,  dat  mule  can't  read." 

The  active  buying  public  has 
changed.  Our  professional  classes 
are  curtailing  expenditures.  Our 
skilled  mechanics  and  workers  are 
spending  their  increased  wages,  tor 
many  things  which  were  previously  out 
of  their  reach,  but  now  it  is  up  to  us 
to  reach  them  through  "Printer's  Ink" 
— and  otherwise. 

Chairman  i  ublicity  Campaign. 


THE    FUEL    QUESTION. 

By    //.    //.    Sufici-.    JJiiUas,    Tcias,    in 

Southern  Florist. 

When  the  mercury  stands  at  zero 

And  lump  coal  is  ten  above, 
Tl-'*   :iv"r:i!;"    !t'>ri«»'s    nop'cpthnnk. 

To  protect  the  flowers  we  love. 
We  are  forced  to  ITooverlze 

Anil   sulislitute  Instead 
The  fuel  of  the  forest 

To  w.irm  the  floral  bed. 

Wlien  cord  wood  wns  a  cord 
Eight  feet  lone,  four  feet  high, 

Anfl  fully  four  feet  broad. 

The  price  wna  In  reach  of  all. 

Three  "bucks  secured  a  cord 

Eight  feet  long,  four  feet  high 
And  fully  four  feet  broad. 

Times  have  changed  since  that  good  day, 

ford  ivood    h:is  ehanire'I   so'no.   too. 
Prom  eight  feet  long  eight  sticks  are  made 

Tlie.v  arc  counted  out  to  you. 
It  h.Ts  no  height,  has  lost  its  breadth, 

Today  there  is  no  cord 

KiL'''t  fe-'t  long,  f-inr  fi^^t  high 

And  fully  four  feet  broad. 

Then  if  the  cord  is  not  so  bro.Td 

And   Its   height  to   all   Is   lost, 
These  little  sticks  leave  us  betwixt 

The  counting  and  the  cost. 
We  need  a  well-filled  pocket  book, 

The  poor,  the  rich,  the  lord. 
Eight  fnot   long,  four  fi-et   high 

And  fully  four  feet  broad. 


March  16,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


253 


Very  encouraging  reports  have  heen 
received  as  to  the  St.  Valentine's  Day 
business  resultant  from  the  full-page 
advertisement  which  appeared  in  the 
Saturday  Evening  Post.  These  reports 
came  in  chiefly  from  those  in  the 
trade,  who,  through  their  individual 
efforts,  and  the  service  supplied  by 
our  Promotion  Bureau,  linked  up  with 
the  national  advertising.  Some  of 
these  efforts  took  the  form  of  co-op- 
erative advertisements  in  the  news- 
papers, large  spaces  being  used.  We 
have  on  file  clippings  of  some  of  these 
advertisements,  among  them  the  fol- 
lowing: 

A  large  space  in  the  "Lexington  (Ky.) 
Leader,"  inserted  by  Micliler  Bros.  Co., 
John  A.  Keller  Co.,  and  Keller-Florist. 

A  half-page  advertisement  in  the  "Post" 
and  "Bridgeport  Morning  Telegram"  of 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  subscribed  to  by  the 
Retail  Florists  of  Bridgeport,  under  the 
leadership  of  Carl  Reck. 

A  page  advertisement  in  the  "Post 
Standard,"  Syracuse.  N.  Y.,  subscribed  to 
by  W.  j;.  Day  Co.,  P.  K.  Quinlan,  Morris 
Zogg  Floral  Co.,  Bultmann,  and  Wheadon 
&  Johnston. 

A  half-page  advertisement  in  the  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  "Times,"  subscribed  to  by 
Gude  Bros.  Co.,  Geo.  C.  Shaffer,  Geo.  H. 
Cooke,  Z.  D.  Blackistone,  and  Oehmler 
Floral  Co. 

A  quarter-page  advertisement  in  the 
"Post."  Houston.  Texas,  subscribed  to  by 
Kerr  the  Florist,  Boyle  &  Pendarvis,  Kuhl- 
mann   Floral  Co.,  Inc.,  and  Carroll   Florist. 

A  half-page  space  in  the  Omaha.  Nebr. 
"News."  including  large  advertisement  of 
Hess  &  Swoboda,  John  H.  Bath,  Rogers, 
Lee  L.  Larmon,  Brandeis,  and  Alfred 
Donaghue. 

The  "New  York  Herald"  carried  about 
three  columns  of  florist  advertising  and 
arranged  it  under  a  story  supplied  by  the 
Bureau.  The  advertisers  were :  C.  A. 
Dards,  J.  H.  Small  &  Sons,  G.  E.  M. 
Stumpp,  A.  T.  Bunyard,  Max  Schling, 
Warendorf,  Alex.  McConnell,  M.  A.  Bowe, 
Hession,  Young  &  Nugent.  Kottmiller,  N. 
Christiitos,  and  Malandre  Bros. 

The  Cleveland  Florists  made  their  usual 
generous  display :  and  Henry  Penn,  of 
Boston,  reproduced  in  his  advertising  the 
national   advertisement  full  size. 

Ten  live  retail  florists  in  Cincinnati  used 
a  large  advertisement  in  the  "Post." 

Hundreds    of    other    florists    throughout 


the  country  made  direct  appeals  through 
their  newspaper  columns,  as  evidenced  in 
the  pile  of  clippings  preserved  in  the 
Bureau. 

No  wonder  that  the  St.  Valentine's 
Day  business  was  good,  and  eclipsed 
all  records.  The  money  used  in  the 
national  magazine  advertising  is  well 
spent,  when  florists  can,  with  a  little 
enterprise  on  their  own  part,  draw 
huge  chunks  of  benefit  from  it  to  them- 
selves. The  benefit  is  large  and  will 
stand  an  enormous  call  upon  it.  Flor- 
ists who  have  not  realized  this  will  do 
well  to  get  in  touch  with  our  Promo- 
tion Bureau,  and  learn  of  the  "helps" 
provided  to  do  for  themselves  what  no 
other  power  can — reach  out  and  bring 
in  the  results  of  plans  well  thought 
out  and  equally  well  executed.  There 
should  be  no  "slackers"  in  the  conduct 
of  this  campaign.  •  The  results  so  far 
secured  are  quite  sufficient  to  assure 
the  most  pessimistic  that  a  continua- 
tion of  our  campaign  is  justified,  and 
that  the  efforts  of  those  who  have  been 
far-sighted  enough  to  anticipate  such 
results  and  furnish  the  wherewithal  to 
accomplish  them,  should  be  backed  up 
with  contributions  for  "carrying  on" 
from  all  who  have  "just  waited"  to  see. 

The  Publicity  Committee  and  the 
Publicity  Finance  Committee  are  to 
meet  in  joint  session  at  the  Society's 
oflices  in  New  York  on  Saturday, 
March  16th,  where  further  plans  for 
publicity  will  doubtless  be  devised. 

Copies  of  the  booklet  in  colors, 
"Say  It  With  Flowers"  are  now  avail- 
able, and  are  supplied  at  the  following 
rates:  Lots  of  250,  $8.50;  500,  $15.00, 
and  1,000,  $28.00.  These  prices  include 
the  purchasers'  imprints.  These  book- 
lets should  prove  to  be  valuable  sales 
helps. 

The  transfer  signs,  and  the  glass 
signs  are  now  on  the  way  to  those  who 
have  ordered  them.  Existing  condi- 
tions, the  tnanufacturers  say,  have 
been  responsible  for  the  delay,  the 
trouble  in  getting  supplies  of  material 
hampering  them  greatly. 

The  big  demand  for  newspaper  elec- 


trotypes linking  individual  advertising 
with  that  of  the  magazine  advertising 
has  been  satisfactorily  met.  Anyone 
anticipating  using  the  Easter  Electro- 
type should  send  in  his  order  at  once, 
as  parcels  post  mail  is  not  quite  as 
efflcient  as  in  normal  times. 

Chairman  George  Asmus  of  the  Pub- 
licity Finance  Committee  announces 
the  following  additional  subscriptions: 

Annually  for  four  years:  Frank  D.  Sie- 
hert.  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  $5;  John  Eitel  & 
Son,  Greencastle,  Ind.,  $.3;  Louis  B.  West- 
holdv,  Evanston,  Wyo.,  $5;  John  A.  Andre, 
Doyl'estown,  Pa.,  $50;  J.  V.  Wilson,  Belling- 
ham.  Wash.,  ?5;  Geutemann  Bros.,  Quincy, 
III.,  $10;  K.  Pederson,  Ltd..  St.  John,  N.  B., 
$.3;  Harold  A.  Ryap,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  $5; 
Caspar  Floral  Co.,  Caspar,  Wyo.,  $10:  Klce 
Bros.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  $20;  The  Camp- 
bell Floral  Co.,  Calgary,  Alta.,  $5;  C.  D. 
Otis,  Lake  Charles,  La.,  $5;  Alois  Frey, 
Crown  Point,  Ind.,  $25;  H.  L.  Crandall, 
Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.,  $5;  Roselawn  Green- 
houses. Moscow,  Idaho,  $5;  G.  Bosler, 
I'.'ridsreport,  Conn..  $10;  W.  H.  Siebrecht, 
Chappaqua,  N.  Y'.,  $25;  John  Scott,  Hunts- 
ville,  Ala.,  .$5;  Lewis  Flower  Shop,  Lock- 
port.  N.  Y.,  $5:  Selah  Van  Kiper,  East 
Paterson.  N.  J.,  $10:  John  Cbnnon  Co..  Ltd., 
Hamilton,  Ont..  $10;  Frank  J.  Dolansky, 
Lvnn,  Mass.,  $25;  Chas.  W.  Pflomm,  Bridge- 
port. Conn.,  $10;  G.  F.  Heithal,  Bridgeport, 
Conn..  $10;  John  Reck  &  Son,  Bridgeport, 
Conn..  .$25;  George  Pflomm.  Bridgeport, 
Conn..  $10;  James  Horan  &  Son,  Bridge- 
port. Conn.,  $25:  The  Park  Gardens,  Bridge- 
port. Conn.,  $25;  Frank  C.  Foehrenbach, 
Briilegport.  Conn.,  $5;  Fred  C.  Kolb, 
F.ridseport,  Conn.,  $5;  The  Engelmann 
Greenhouses,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  $5;  George 
J.  Ball,  Glen  Ellyn,  III.,  $10;  McDonald  & 
C.]..  Crawfordsville,  Ind.,  $5;  Aubrey  A. 
Pembroke.  Beverly,  Mass.,  $10;  Walter  R. 
Thomas,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J..  $5;  Lawrence 
M.  Kresken,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  $10;  The 
Montgogmerv.,  Co.,  Hadley.  Mass..  $50;  B. 
Katzwinkle,  Mendota,  111.,  $5;  C.  M.  Wag- 
ner. Cleveland,  Ohio,  $25;  J.  J.  Hellenthal, 
Columbus,  Ohio,  $10:  Fred  A.  Danker,  Al- 
bany. N.  Y.,  $25;  Wni.  H.  Graham,  Man- 
chester. Vt.,  $3;  Ed.  J.  Taylor,  Green 
Farms.  Conn.,  $10;  Frank  H.  Ford,  High 
Point,  N.  C,  $5;  W.  H.  &  J.  C.  Ryder, 
Wantagh,  N.  Y..  .$5;  W.  F.  Denteman,  Ben- 
sonville,  111.,  $20. 

For  one  year :  Gardeners'  &  Florists' 
Club  of  Boston.  $50. 

Total,  .$619.  Previously  reported  from  all 
sources,  $30,637.     Grand  Total,  $31,256. 

John   Young,  Secy. 
1170  Broadway,  New  York. 
March  9,  1918. 


NEXT  YEARNS  ALLOWANCE  OF  COAL 


The  following  oHieial  coiiiiminiration 
received  by  W.  F.  Gude,  Washington 
representative  of  the  Society  of  Amer- 
ican Florists  in  reference  to  tlie  coal 
situation  for  the  florists  for  the  com- 
ing season  should  have  the  widest  pub- 
licity and  careful  consideration  so  that 
the  florists  can  prepare  themselves 
for  the  next  season: 
Mr.  Wm.  Gude, 

Florists'  Assn., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Dear  Sir: — It  is  now  so  late  in  the 
season  that  the  question  of  fuel  for 
florists  will  not  be  taken  up  for  this 
season.     Some   time  during  the   sum- 


mer the  l''ut'I  .\dniiiiistration  will  call 
on  you  lor  further  discussion  of  the 
matter  involving  the  amount  of  fuel  to 
be  supplied  to  you  and  your  associates 
during  the  winter  of  1918-1919. 

I  am,  writing  to  keep  you  posted  as 
to  the  probabilities  as  they  stand  to- 
day. It  is  entirely  likely  that  the  flor- 
ists next  season  will  be  restricted  to 
50  per  cent,  of  their  normal  consump- 
tion, but  of  course  this  is  not  settled. 
We  shall  soon  be  issuing  a  circular 
to  all  industries  as  to  stocking  up  dur- 
ing the  summer  months  of  coal  re- 
serves for  the  winter  and  in  it  non- 
war  industries  will  be  notified  of  the 


percentage  of  fuel  they  will  be  per- 
mitted to  take  in  for  the  winter  sup- 
l)ly.  On  this  list  florists  will  appear 
in  the  50  per  cent,  class. 

Your  people  should  understand  that 
this  does  not  necessarily  imply  that 
they  will  be  restricted  to  50  per  cent 
hut  it  is  intended  to  represent  the 
maximum  amount  the  government  is 
willing  that  they  should  arrange  for  in 
advance.  If  conditions  change  later 
tliis  proportion  will  be  changed  ac- 
cordingly. Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)      United  St.\tes  F^el 
Adminstr.\rion. 
P.  n.  Noyes,  Director  of  Conservation. 


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HORTICULTURE 


March  16.  1918 


CLUBS  AND  SCWZIETIES 


WORCESTER  COUNTY  HORTICUL 
TURAL  SOCIETY. 
The  SprliiK  Slmw  of  llu'  Woricstor 
County  Horticultural  Society  opened 
on  Thursday.  March  "Ih,  with  one  of 
the  be.st  displays  seen  In  many  years. 
A  portion  of  the  main  hall  was  trans- 
formed Into  a  formal  parden.  the  cen- 
tral being  staged  by  Kdward  \V.  Breed, 
chairman  of  the  rommiltee  of  Ar- 
rangements, his  collection  consisting  of 
well  grown  specimens  of  Primula  mal- 
acoldcs.  Primula  obconica  and  Cycla- 
men with  a  group  of  Golden  Spur  nar- 
cissus on  either  end.  boxwoods  being 
used  in  the  corners. 

On  either  side  of  this  group  was  a 
long  bed  of  flowering  plants  from  Iris- 
fhorpe,  Allan  .1,  Jenkins,  gardener. 
The  stage  was  beautifully  set  off  with 
decorative  plants,  roses  in  baskets 
and  sweet  peas  from  the  Randall 
Flower  Shop.  H.  F.  A.  Lange  had  a 
display  of  Blue  Ware  with  pink  sweet 
peas  and  Eastern  Star  carnations. 
Groups  of  primulas  in  variety  were 
made  on  circular  tables  by  Edward  W. 
Breed.  Iristhorpe,  Charles  Potter  and 
Allyne  W.  Hixon. 

The  classes  of  carnations,  cut  flow- 
ers and  plants  were  well  filled.  Charles 
Potter  of  West  Boylston  showed  ciner- 
arias of  unusual  vigor,  also,  cut  flow- 
ers of  Nemesia  strumosa.  Alfred  H. 
Knight  had  a  table  of  Begonia  Gloire 
de  Chatelaine  in  addition  to  his  first 
premium  carnations.  A  display  of  or- 
chids from  the  Whitins  Conservatories 
William  McAllister,  gardener,  attract- 
ed much  attention.  The  Hadley  Rose 
Company  sent  a  large  vase  of  their 
Rose  "Boston."  which  was  awarded  a 
certificate  of  merit. 

The  display  of  fruit  and  vegetables 
in  the  Library  attracted  much  atten- 
tion. Apples  were  shown  by  Everett 
F.  Adams.  Fred  L.  Chamberlain.  Benn 
M.  Chamberlain  and  Mrs.  William  A. 
Green.  In  the  vegetable  section  Sec- 
retary Herbert  R.  Kinney  had  an  at- 
tractive showing  of  forced  rhubarb 
and  dried  vegetables.  Mushrooms,  let- 
tuce, celery,  squashes,  beets,  carrots 
and  turnips  were  also  shown. 

An  invitation  was  extended  to  the 
students  of  the  Agricultural  class  in 
Worcester  high  schools  to  visit  the  ex- 
hibition. They  drew  plans  of  the  hall 
arrangements,  marking  the  names  of 
the  various  plants  as  shown.  They 
were  also  instructed  by  Secretary  Kin 
ney  and  with  note  books  in  hand  they 
jotted  down  considerable  concerning 
the  fruits  and  vegetables.  The  Ban- 
croft orchestra  furnished  music. 


MASSACHUSETTS       HORTICUL- 
TURAL    SOCIETY. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  members  of 
the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  Socie- 
ty will  be  held  at  Horticultural  Hall. 
Boston,  on  Wednesday,  the  20th  day  of 
March.  1918,  at  3  o'clock,  p.  m.  This 
meeting  is  called  pursuant  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  required  number  of  mem- 
bers, as  provided  for  In  the  by-laws, 
who  have  stated  in  their  request  that 


Meetings  Next  Week 

Monday,  March  18. 

Urtrull    KI.irlHls'   Cliili,   Ik'Uilj    I'Ui 
ral   Hull,   Di-tniit,  Mlrh. 

Ilniiatoii  Florists'  Club,  Cliniiilicr 
of  CoiiimiTce    Kuniiia,    llountou,   Tex. 

Nt'W  .lerscy  Klorlculturiil  Suclety, 
OraiiKr,  N.  J. 

Ni'w    York    Krili-nitloii    of    llortl- 
cultiinil    .Socli'tlea   iiiiil    Kloriil    (.'lubs, 
1170  Uroailvvay.   .New   Vork  City. 
Tuesday,   March   19. 

GnrdeiiiTB'  ami  KlorlsLs'  Club  of 
noKton.  Horticultural  Hull,  Hoston, 
Mass. 

Gardeners'  oiid  Florists'  Club  of 
Ontario,  St.  George's  Uall,  Toronto, 
Can. 

Minnesota  State  Florists'  Associa- 
tion.  .Minncaiiolis,   Minn. 

Pennsylvania      Horticultural      So- 
ciety. GrlllUI]   Mall,  I'hlladolplila,  Pa. 
Wednesday,  March  20. 

Rhode  Island  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, Public  Library,  Providence, 
R.  1. 

Tarrytown  Horticultural  Society, 
Tarrytown,  N.  V. 

Thursday,  March  21. 

Essex  County  Florists'  Club, 
KreuRer-Auditorlum.    Newark.    N.    .T. 

New  Orleans  Horticultural  Society, 
Association  of  Commerce  lilUg.,  New 
Orleans.  La. 

Nortli  Westchester  County  Horti- 
cultural Society,  Mt.  Klsco.  N.  Y. 

Tacoma  Florists'  Association,  Mac- 
cabee  Hall,  Tacoma.  Wash. 
Friday,   March  22, 

Connecticut  Horticultural  Society, 
County   Bills.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

lloninouth  County  Horticultural 
Society.  Red  Bank    N.  J. 

Pasadena  Horticultural  Society. 
Pnsadona.  Calif. 

People's    Park    Cnttapo    Gardeners' 
Association.  Pateraon.  N.  .T. 
Saturday,  March  23. 

Dobbs  Ferry  Gardeners'  Associa- 
tion. Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y. 


it  is.  "to  consider  the  matter  of  ex- 
hibitions, prizes  and  appropriations 
tor  the  year  1918." 

Wii.  P.  Ricu,  Secy. 


^   1ii 


WESTCHESTER    AND    FAIRFIELD 
HORTICULTURAL     SOCIETY. 

The  monthly  ini'cling  was  held  In 
llul)bard's  Hall,  Greenwich,  Conn., 
.March  8,  with  a  fine  attendance, 
.lames  Stuart  read  a  letter  from  F.  R. 
.Vewbold,  treasurer  of  the  New  York 
Horticultural  Society,  thanking  this 
society  for  check  of  $100  towards 
planting  fruit  trees  In  the  devastated 
districts  of  France,  Mr.  Stuart  read 
a  very  interesting  essay  on  "Co- 
operation," which  brought  up  a  lot  of 
discussion.  The  judges,  W.  Morrow, 
W.  Whitlon  and  J.  McAllister,  made 
the  following  awards:  Specimen  Cy- 
clamen from  .James  Stuart.  Ist  prize, 
also  cultural  certificate.  Carnations 
from  W.  Graham,  2nd  and  cultural 
certiflcate.  Primula  from  Tom  Atche- 
son,  3rd.  Roses  from  W.  Graham 
highly  commended.  Vegetables  from 
.lames  Stuart.  1st;  Robert  Allen,  2nd. 
It  was  decided  that  we  hold  two  flower 
shows  for  the  benefit  of  the  Red  Cross, 
the  summer  show  to  be  held  In  Ma- 
maroneck,  N.  Y.,  and  the  fall  show  in 
Greenwich,  Conn.  There  will  be 
classes  for  home  baking. 

J.\civ  Co.MioT,  Cor.  Secy. 


FLORISTS'      CLUB      OF      WASHING- 
TON,  D.  C. 

.\(  the  aiunial  meeting  of  the  Flor- 
ists' Club  of  Washington  last  week. 
Z.  D.  Blackistone  was  elected  presi- 
dent; Harry  B.  Davis,  vice-president; 
William  F.  Gude.  treasurer,  and  direct- 
or.s  Adolpli  Gude,  George  Field,  Theo- 
dore Died  rich  George  H.  Cooke,  David 
Bisset  and  William  H.  Ernest.  Clar- 
ence L.  Linz  was  elected  temporary 
secretary.  A.  resolution  was  adopted 
pledging  members  to  subscribe  suffic- 
ient to  put  the  organization  into  the 
Thousand  Dollar  War  Savings  Club. 
A  few  of  the  members  immediately 
pledged  more  than  the  required 
amount  and  second  and  third  thous- 
and-dollar clubs  are  to  be  formed. 
The  !)ledges  are  additional  to  pur- 
•  hases  to  be  made  by  the  members 
through  other  channels. 


W.  J.  Keimel 

President-elect,   Illinois   State   Florists' 
Association. 


AMERICAN  SWEET  PEA  SOCIETY. 
Having  failed  to  come  to  a  satisfac- 
tory agreement  with  the  New  York 
Horticultural  Society  the  American 
Sweet  Pea  Society  has  made  arrange- 
ments with  the  John  Wanamaker  store 
'n  hold  their  next  summer's  Sweet 
Tea  Show  in  the  Greek  Hall  of  their 
store  in  Philadelphia.  The  Pennsyl- 
vania Horticultural  Society  will  co- 
operate, holding  their  Sweet  Pea  Show 
in  conjunction  with  the  National  or- 
ganization and  it  is  hoped  that  a  first- 
class  exhibition  will  be  the  result.  The 
dates  fixed  are  June  2.5th  and  26th. 
Philadelphia  can  unquestionably  put 
up  a  good  exhibition  of  sweet  peas. 


March  16,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


255 


NEW   YORK    FLORISTS'   CLUB. 

The  club  meeting  on  Monday  night, 
March  11,  was  a  "corker,"  and  full  of 
virility  and  enthusiasm,  about  one 
hundred  members  being  present.  All 
special  and  regular  committees  had 
encouraging  reports  to  present,  those 
having  to  do  with  the  big  flower  show 
being  especially  hopeful.  It  was  voted 
to  admit  free  to  the  show  all  soldiers 
in  uniform.  Professor  Lippman  gave 
an  instructive  address  on  the  subject 
of  Fertilizers,  giving  some  valuable 
information  on  the  sources  of  potash, 
etc.,  in  the  United  States  and  describ- 
ing the  work  of  development  now  be- 
ing done  by  the  government.  John 
Watson  also  spoke  entertainingly  on 
publicity  topics.  Among  the  exhibits 
were  some  fine  sweet  peas  from  S.  Van 
Ryper,  Dundee  Lake  (highly  com- 
mended); antirrhinums  from  J.  Ebb 
Weir  &  Son,  Jamesport  (cultural  cer- 
tificate) ;  seedling  antirrhinum.  "Ruth 
Brewster,"  from  J.  Raffezeder,  Teaneck 
(preliminary  certificate). 


AT    THE     MARKET     IN     DAIREN,    KOREA. 


NEW   YORK    FEDERATION   OF   HOR- 
TICULTURAL   SOCIETIES    AND 
FLORAL  CLUBS. 

A  business  meeting  of  the  .\'ew  York 
Federation  of  Horticultural  Societies 
and  Floral  Clubs  will  be  held  in  the 
office  of  Secretary  Young,  1170  Broad- 
way,. New  York  City,  on  Monday, 
March  18,  at  4  p.  m.  It  is  hoped  that 
it  may  be  possible  for  each  organiza- 
tion to  have  delegates  present  at  that 
meeting  for  matters  of  importance  in 
connection  with  the  Federation  of  Ag- 
riculture of  New  York  State  are  to  be 
discussed. 

E.  A.  White,  Secy. 


Increased     Food 
Production 


The  Gardeners'  and  Florists' 
Club   of  Boston 

will  hold  a  meeting  in  Horticul- 
tural Hall,  Boston,  on  Tuesday 
March  19,  1918  to  stimulate  in- 
creased  food  production. 

WILFRID  WHEELER,  Sec- 
retary of  the  State  Board  of 
Agriculture,  will  speak  on  the 
imperative  need  of  largely  in- 
creased plantings  of  vegetables. 

W.  N.  CRAIG,  Faulkner  Farm. 
Brookiine,  will  speak  on  the  im- 
portant vegetables  to  grow  in 
quantity  this  year. 

There  will  be  other  speakers 
on  this  important  subject. 
AN  EXHIBIT  OF  GREENHOUSE 
VEGETABLES  WILL  BE  MADE 
A  cordial  invitation  is  extended 
to  the  general  public  to  attend 
this  meeting.  Questions  will  be 
cheerfully    answered. 


Food]Will  Win  the  War 
Produce  It ! 


In  these  market  stalls  lily  bulbs  are  sold  for  eating  purposes.  The  va- 
rieties are  largely  tigrinum  and  Brownei.  Ralph  M.  Ward,  E.  H.  Wilson  and 
Inosuke  Arai  appear  in  the  picture. 


Obituary 


Raymond   M.   Hendberg 

Raymond  M.  Hendberg,  aged  23 
years,  son  of  Wm.  M.  Hendberg,  retail 
florist,  died  at  his  home  in  Hoboken, 
N.  J.,  on  February  26. 


Matthew  H.  Dunn. 

Matthew  H.  Dunn,  superintendent 
of  paries  of  Alameda,  Cal.,  tor  nine 
years,  died  in  a  hospital  in  San  Fran- 
cisco on  February  26.  He  was  born 
in  Cornwall,  England,  and  was  58 
years  of  age.  He  is  survived  by  his 
widow  and  two  sons. 


dents  of  Rutherford,  locating  there  for- 
ty-nine years  ago.  He  was  a  florist  and 
gardener  and  laid  out  many  of  the 
landscape  gardens  in  Rutherford,  in- 
cluding those  on  the  property  sur- 
rounding the  Ivison  estate  and  the 
former  Koster  country  home.  In  1871 
Mr.  Nadler  established  himself  in  the 
florist  business  in  Woodward  avenue, 
which  he  conducted  ever  since,  open- 
ing a  bales  store  in  Park  avenue  many 
years  ago.  Mr.  Nadler  was  public 
spirited  at  all  times,  and  content  to 
do  his  bit  for  the  town  in  a  quiet, 
unostentatious  manner.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  wife,  three  daughters  and 
two  sons. 


Oscar  Heile 

We  regret  to  announce  the  death  of 
Oscar  Heile  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  which 
took  place  after  a  lingering  illness, 
on  the  5th  of  March.  He  kept  store 
for  many  years  on  the  1500  block  on 
South  Broadway.  He  leaves  a  widow 
and  one  son,  who  will  carry  on  the 
business. 


Oscar  Young. 
Oscar  Young,  a  well-known  carna- 
tion grower  at  McKinley,  near  Phila- 
delphia, died  on  March  9,  in  his  52n(i 
year.  Up  to  ten  years  ago  he  was  a 
general  florist  in  the  southern  part  of 
Philadelphia  and  also  superintendent 
of  a  nearby  cemetery.  He  was  a  uian 
highly  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 
He  built  a  range  of  glass  at  McKinley 
near  Jenkintown  and  established  quite 
a  reputation  as  a  good  grower  of  car- 
nations during  the  past  ten  years. 


August  Nadler. 
August  Nadler,  aged  71  years,  died 
at  his  home,  Rutherford,  N.  J.,  on 
March  2.  He  had  been  an  invalid  for 
four  years,  suffering  with  hardening 
of  the  arteries.  Since  last  December 
he  was  confined  to  his  bed. 

Mr.  Nadler  was  one  of  the  oldest  resi- 


James   Goodall. 

.James  M.  Goodall.  aged  83.  who  for 
twenty  years  was  general  superinten- 
dent of  the  Toronto  Park  Department, 
making  drives  and  designing  other  im- 
provements in  High  Park,  Exhibition 
and  other  parks,  and  who  later  be- 
came city  forester  of  Toronto,  died 
Friday.  JIarch  8.  following  a  brief  ill- 
ness. During  the  twenty  seven  years 
in  which  he  served  he  added  to  the 
beautifying  of  the  city  by  having  near- 
ly forty  thousand  trees  planted  in 
streets  and  parks. 

The  late  Mr.  Goodall  was  born  in 
I.onhert,  County  of  Stirling  Scotland. 
He  was  educated  in  England  and  Scot- 
land with  a  view  to  entering  the  minis- 
try but  his  tastes  ran  along  the  line 
of  landscape  architecture  and  he  made 
that  his  profession.  He  came  to  Can- 
ada about  40  years  ago.  One  of  his 
early  achievements  bore  was  the  de- 
signing and  superintending  of  the 
making  of  Geneva  Park.  I^ake  Cou- 
(liiching,  for  the  Northern  Railway 
Company.  He  made  it  out  of  the  pri- 
meval forest.  Another  undertaking 
\\;is  the  laying  out  of  the  original 
Mount  Pleasant  cemetery  for  the  late 
George  Leslie,  who  held  the  contract. 
He  leaves  one  son  and  three  duaghters 
all  of  Toronto;  also  five  grandchildren 
and  three  great-grandchildren. 


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11  O  HT  1(J  U  L  T  U  K  E 


March  16,  1918 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


^ 


CLEVELAND. 

Tht!  Cleveland  {■lirysiiiiihoiiumi  Club 
Is  planning  a  tlaiu-e  U>  be  hold  Wed- 
II.  >il.i.v  ,\iimi>:.  April  10.  I.ovliiK  cups 
will  be  Klveii  to  (lie  best  one-step 
dancers. 

It  Is  too  eurly  as  yet  to  estimate 
how  Miuny  Kreenliouse  men  will  give 
\il>  llowers  next  winter  In  favor  of 
veKetal>lis  but  a  number  are  already 
considering  the  matter  and  it  Is  pos- 
sible a  large  pcrcenlaKe  of  them  will 
no  Into  the  winter  vegetable  business 
on  a  large  scale. 

War  conditions  are  given  as  the  rea- 
sons for  the  closing  of  the  store  of 
W.  R.  Parker,  in  tlie  .lames  Muilding, 
.Market  street,  Sandusky.  O..  March  1. 
.Mr.  Parker  mentioned  the  high  prices 
of  llowers  and  the  Inability  of  the  ex- 
press companies  to  get  his  shipments 
through  on  time. 

The  .\merican  Peony  Society  is 
planning  to  hold  its  annual  meeting  In 
Cleveland  In  June,  according  to  word 
received  here  from  A.  P.  Saunders, 
secretary.  Arrangements  are  also  be- 
ing made  for  a  convention  of  the  Flor- 
ists' Telegraph  Delivery  Association 
in  Cleveland  in  October. 

.\nother  Cleveland  retail  shop  to  go 
out  of  business  is  the  Carlrose  Flower 
Shoppe.  1456  Addison  road.  Action 
against  this  shop  was  taken  March  12 
by  the  Wholesale  Florists'  Credit  As- 
sociation of  Cleveland.  The  business 
was  founded  originally  by  Carl  and 
Rose  Snitzer,  but  more  recently  has 
been  under  charge  of  William  F.  Hall, 
florist.    The  assets  are  few. 

J.  W.  Wokral,  proprietor  of  a  green- 
house at  4277  E.  96th  street,  and  a 
flower  store  at  8305  Quincy  avenue, 
has  sold  out  his  ntire  interests  after 
being  drafted  into  the  army.  He  is 
now  in  training  with  other  Ohio  troops 
at  Chillicothe.  O.  The  greenhouse  has 
been  purchased  by  Martin  Corban, 
and  the  store  by  Martin  Janoch.  Mr. 
Janoch  also  has  a  flower  shop  at  5804 
Broadway. 

Members  of  the  Cleveland  Florists' 
Club  are  preparing  to  take  an  impor- 
tant part  in  the  war  garden  movement 
this  summer  and  a  committee  has 
been  appointed  to  co-operate  with  the 
war  garden  committee  of  the  city. 
People  of  Cleveland  have  been  asked 
to  send  bulbs  to  the  Ohio  boys  at 
Camp  Sherman,  the  National  Army 
cantonment  at  Chillicothe.  0.,  where 
the  soldiers  expect  to  do  some  exten- 
sive and  intensive  planting  so  that 
their  camp  may  blossom  as  the  rose. 
The  attention  of  the  American  soldier 
to  flowers  is  a  remarkable  commen- 
tary on  his  humanity  and  civilization. 

March  12  was  named  for  the  first 
meeting  of  creditors  of  the  T.  .T,  Kegg 
Co.,  florists,  of  7908  Euclid  avenue, 
who  were  adjudicated  bankrupt  De- 
cember 27  on  a  petition  filed  by  the 
Cleveland  Cut  Flower  Co.  Assets 
amounted  to  $600,  made  up  mostly  of 
cash  on  hand  and  open  accounts,  and 
liabilities  to  $.3,407,  for  which  $3,396 
were  unsecured  claims.  The  lack  of 
stock  and  fixtures  in  the  bill  of  assets 


....     ...i.    Ui  the   Kit  I    Ui,.;    ;.,.    . ..,,,, 

WHS  In  the  hands  of  Its  creditors  for 
a  short  time  before  It  was  brought  In- 
to bankruptcy  court,  and  the  tixtures 
and  a  one-ton  delivery  truck  were 
sold.  .About  twenty-live  flower  and 
sup|)ly  lirms  In  various  parts  of  the 
country  were  represented  In  the  Hat 
of  creditors. 

Having  survived  the  present  winter 
greenhouse  men  In  Cleveland  and 
.Northern  Ohio  look  forward  with  op- 
timism to  next  winter  In  spite  of  un- 
forseen  contingencies  which  may  arise 
on  account  of  the  war.  They  consider 
that  if  they  can  survive  conditions 
like  those  of  the  season  just  passed 
they  are  ready  for  anything  the  future 
may  have  in  store  for  them.  Next 
winter  it  is  figured  both  the  railroads 
and  coal  distribution  through  the 
pools  will  be  so  well  organized  that 
everyone  will  get  an  ample  supply  for 
his  needs  and  no  section  of  the  coun- 
try will  be  allowed  to  grab  all  it  can 
while  other  sections  freeze.  This  year 
the  fuel  administration  is  not  taking 
any  chances  with  a  hard  winter.  The 
advice  now  is  to  "Lay  up  your  coal 
early."  and  greenhouse  men  in  this 
section  are  preparing  to  follow  this 
advice  without  delay. 


ROCHESTER,   N.  Y. 

Miss  Tessie  Whitman  has  left  the 
employment  of  H.  E.  Wilson. 

Felix  Alberts  has  returned  from 
liuffalo  to  take  charge  of  H.  P.  Neun 
(lower  store. 

Xowack  the  Florist,  of  Batavia,  is 
growing  a  few  bulbous  plants,  but  the 
greater  part  of  his  range  is  closed. 

Walter  Stroh,  of  Batavia,  N.  Y..  is 
growing  good  carnations  but  has 
closed  a  number  of  his  houses  on  ac- 
count of  the  coal  shortage. 

H.  R.  Wilson  Co.  had  the  decoration 
for  the  spring  opening  at  Duffy  Pow- 
ers department  store,  in  which  350 
flowering  plants  and  palms  were  used 
with  bark  boxes  of  spring  flowers. 

Private  Charles  Gow.  of  Co.  C.  4th 
Canadian  Mounted  Rifles,  in  France, 
in  a  letter  to  Charles  E.  Sharp,  of 
Rochester  Floral  Co.,  wTites  that  at 
Christmas  the  bushes  were  white  with 
pussy  willow^s  and  buds  had  formed 
on  the  trees,  and  in  the  middle  of  De- 
cember roses  were  in  bloom  outside. 

The  first  order  received  for  Easter 
flowers  by  tlie  Rochester  Floral  Co. 
came  from  "over  there,"  evidently 
written  from  the  mud-soaked  trench. 
It  ordered  a  large  bouquet  of  flowers 
to  the  Sammy's  best  girl  here  in  Roch- 
ester on  Easter  morning.  For  years 
the  flowers  have  been  sent  to  the  lady, 
but  this  year  it  is  safe  to  say  their 
mesage  will  be  a  bit  more  potent  than 
those  of  former  Easters. 


NEW  YORK. 

The  Greek-American  Florists'  ball 
on  February  27  was,  as  usual  a  huge 
success,  creditable  to  all  concerned. 

Arthur  Schloss,  formerly  of  Schloss 
Bros.,  has  opened  under  the  title  of 
Arthur  Schloss  &  Co.,  at  22-26  West 
32nd  street. 


PITTSBURGH. 

Councllmen  (  Innid  llohinunn  and 
Charles  H.  Howe  have  been  appointed 
the  committee  on  the  .McKeesport  war 
gardens  for  the  coming  season. 

.lohn  Conomon,  formerly  with  P. 
Glukas,  New  York  City,  has  succeeded 
Norbert  Hutllnger  at  the  M.  Kronls' 
Alpha  Flower  Shop,  East  Liberty. 

■\.  Krongold,  proprietor  of  the  Vic- 
toria Flower  Shop,  has  opened  an  ad- 
ditional large  store  room  on  Liberty 
avenue  for  a  special  Easter  display. 

William  A.  Clarke,  of  the  Pittsburgh 
<-Ut  Flower  Co.,  who  has  been  sojourn- 
ing at  the  Battle  Creek  (.Mich.)  Sani- 
tarium for  several  weeks,  expects  to 
return  home  in  a  few  days. 

John  P.  Kuntz,  assisted  by  Joseph 
Fineberg,  formerly  at  the  Victoria 
Flower  Shop,  is  proprietor  of  an  at- 
tractive little  shop  in  the  new  Davis 
Grand  Opera  House  lobby. 

Albert  Niggel  has  resigned  his  posi- 
tion with  George  E.  Hallam  and 
severed  his  connection  with  the  floral 
trade  to  enter  the  employ  of  the 
Pressed  Steel  Car  Company. 

The  wind  storm  of  last  Sunday 
morning  caused  the  breakage  of  the 
plate  glass  front  of  the  Empire  Build- 
ing Flower  Shop  and  the  freezing  of 
between  sixty  and  seventy  dollars' 
worth  of  flowers. 

Henry  L.  Blind,  formerly  manager 
of  the  McCallum  Company,  has  asso- 
ciated himself  as  firm  manager  of  the 
Arcade  Flower  Shop  In  the  Jankins 
Arcade.  Carl  Doeker,  head  salesman 
for  the  same  firm,  expects  to  leave  for 
military  duty  ere  long. 

At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Horti- 
cultural Society  of  Western  Pa.  and 
the  Pittsburgh  Florists'  and  Garden- 
ers' Club,  Thomas  Edward  Tyler  gave 
an  interesting  talk  on  the  culture  of 
cyclamens.  Mr.  Tyler  has  charge  of 
the  Charles  D.  Armstrong  conserva- 
tory. 

Merlin  Harris,  wiio  for  some  years 
past  has  had  charge  of  Dr.  John  Fre- 
mont Shaffer's  orchid  house,  has  ac- 
cepted a  similar  position  at  Bakers- 
town  with  the  Pittsburgh  Cut  Flower 
plant,  owing  to  the  Shaffer  orchids 
having  been  donated  to  the  Phipps 
conservatory.  He  succeeds  Mr.  Har- 
rison, who  has  taken  up  independent 
farming. 

Oliver  H.  Langhans.  who  recently 
enlisted  in  government  work,  has  just 
been  commissioned  a  corporal.  He  Is 
located  with  the  spruce  pine  produc- 
tion squadron  for  aeroplane  service  in 
the  timber  country  above  Portland, 
Oregon.  Young  .Mr.  Langhans  is  the 
only  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theodore  P. 
Langhans  and  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Agricultural  Department  of  State  Col- 
lege.   

Cincinnati. — The  regular  meeting  of 
the  Cincinnati  Florists'  Society  was 
held  last  Monday  evening.  The  at- 
tendance was  good.  Only  routine 
business  was  transacted. 

T.  Ben.  George,  Jr..  has  joined  the 
colors  and  gone  to  Texas  for  training. 
His  brother,  Arlington,  was  home  last 
week  on  a  furlough. 


March  16,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


257' 


WELCH    BROS.  CO 


PATRICK  WELCH,  President 


F.  J.  REYNOLDS,  Manager 


FOR   EASTER 

Large  Line  of  Plants  and  Cut  Flowers  from  the  Best  Growers  in  New  England 


EASTER  LILIES  in  pots,  25  plants  to  crate. 

AZALEAS,  GENISTAS,  HYDRANGEAS,  etc.,  all 
packed  well  and  shipped  to  any  address. 

CARNATIONS. '  All  leading  varieties,  including 
Benora,  Pink  Delight,  Ward,  Matchless,  Fenn, 
Beacon  and  others. 


ROSES.  Russell,  Stanley,  Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hadley, 
Montrose,  Shawyer,  and  many  more  varieties. 

BULBOUS  STOCK  of  all  varieties. 

We  will  have  an  extra  fine  line  of  Lily  of  the  Valley 
and  Cattleyas,  Adiantum,  Plumosus,  Sprengeri  and 
Smilax. 


Flowers  and  Plants  travel  at  risk  of  Purchaser 

Get  our  Price  List  and  save  money.       Satisfaction  guaranteed.      Why  not  give  us  a  trial? 

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CHICAGO. 
A  new  flower  store  was  opened  Sat- 
urday   at    2226    N.    California   avenue 
and  is  known  as  tlie  Lvndale  Flower 
Shop. 

At  J.  A.  Budlong's,  where  shipping 
trade  is  good  if  it  is  good  anywhere, 
all  the  best  varieties  of  roses  now  on 
the  market  are  offered  to  the  buyers. 
This  year  their  entire  range  has  been 
devoted  to  roses  with  the  result  that 
they  have  a  large  stock  to  draw  from 
of  their  own  and  their  many  growers 
keep  the  supply  of  other  stock  com- 
plete. 

Mr.  Phillips,  of  the  Phillips  Flower 
Store,  2852  Armitage  avenue,  has 
opened  a  temporary  store  for  the 
Easter  and  spring  trade  at  9.57  Bel- 
mont avenue.  Mr.  Phillips  has  three 
fine  sons  all  devoting  their  live.s  to 
the  defense  of  their  country,  and  their 
pictures  with  the  names  of  their  com- 
panies form  a  part  of  a  very  unique 
business  card. 

The  newest  of  Chicago's  wholesale 
flower  stores  closed  its  doors  at  the 
expiration  of  the  first  year's  business. 
■Wiltgen    &    Freres    as   a    firm    are   no 


more.  Wiltgen  expects  to  go  to  war 
soon  while  Freres  has  taken  a  position 
with  Zech  &  Mann.  Both  young  men 
are  energetic  and  business-like  and 
their  failure  in  no  way  reflects  dis- 
credit upon  them. 

August  Juergens,  for  many  years  a 
grower  in  Chicago,  tried  the  experi- 
ment of  growing  bulbous  stock  in 
Mississippi  and  shipping  the  flowers 
home  to  this  market.  The  narcissus 
now  are  arriving  at  the  Chicago  Flow- 
er Growers'  Association  and  are  large, 
strong  stock  that  compares  favorably 
with  the  home-grown  flowers.  They 
sell  for  $1.00  per  100  or  $7.50  per  1,000. 

The  Poehlmann  Bros',  greenhouses 
are  as  usual  filled  with  Easter  stock. 
Though  a  considerable  part  has  been 
kept  just  above  freezing  point  in  the 
desire  to  conserve  coal,  there  is  still 
an  extra  large  crop  of  roses,  carna- 
tions and  lilies  to  meet  the  Easter  de- 
mands. 40,000  pot  plants  of  lilies  are 
just  at  their  best  and  the  i)lants 
grown  for  cutting  are  expected  to 
yield  50,000  or  more  of  blooms.  O. 
Freese,  manager  of  the  sales  depart- 
ment says  it  is  the  first  time  in  this 


history  that  the  orchid  houses  have 
had  such  an  immense  crop.  There  will 
still  be  a  large  quantity  for  Easter. 


ST.    LOUIS. 

Shaw's  Garden  has  a  display  of 
Magnolia  grandiflora  and  some  beauti- 
ful cinerarias  at  present. 

The  publicity  meeting  on  the  5th 
at  S.  A.  F.  headquarters  was  a  suc- 
cess. Members  and  money  were 
brought  in. 

The  son  of  Bill  Edward,  Kirkwood, 
who  enlisted  in  the  navy  last  June, 
surprised  his  family  last  Sunday,  com- 
ing home  on  a  furlough  for  15  days. 

.John  Walther,  florist,  3645  Iowa  ave- 
nue, had  a  customer  wearing  the  uni- 
form of  a  soldier  order  a  wreath  sent 
and  received  $4  in  change  on  a  worth- 
less check. 

O.  B.  Nicholson,  president  of  the 
Nicholson  Printing  Co.,  who  for  many 
years  has  had  his  hobby  with  orchids, 
has  donated  these  orchids  to  the  Mis- 
souri Botanical  Garden. 


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Wholesale  Growers  of  Cut  Flowers  and  Plants 

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BOSTON. 

Frank  Connolly  formerly  head  man 
with  D.  &  E.  Welch,  is  now  with  13.  A. 
Snyder  Co.  Frank's  perpetual  genial 
smile  is  a  big  asset  wherever  he  iii-.y 
link  up. 

Herman  Hackel,  one  of  the  knights 
of  the  road  of  Henry  M.  Robinson  & 
Co.,  is  now  a  corporal  in  the  301st  at 
Camp  Devens  and  has  been  assigned 
to  the  officers'  quarters. 

Members  of  the  Gardeners'  and  Flor- 
ists' Club  of  Boston  will  have  a  field 
day  at  Waverley  on  invitation  of  W. 
W.  Edgar  Company.  The  party  starts 
from  Boston  at  1.30  p.  m.,  Saturday, 
March  16. 

There  will  be  a  meeting  in  the  in- 
terest of  Increased  Food  Production  in 
Horticultural  Hall  on  Tuesday,  March 
19.  The  first  speaker  will  be  Wilfrid 
Wheeler,  secretary  of  the  State  Board 
of  Agriculture.  W.  N.  Craig  will  give 
a  talk  on  the  best  varieties  to  plant 
and  their  culture. 

Corporal  Frank  E.  Hurley,  of  the 
101st  Infantry,  has  been  decorated 
with  the  French  Cross  de  Guerre  for 
bravery.  Corp.  Hurley  was  formerly 
in  the  employ  of  R.  &  J.  Farquhar  & 
Co.  U.  S.  Naval  Aviation  Cadet  Frank 
P.  Stead,  for  many  years  a  bookkeeper 
in  the  employ  of  the  same  firm,  was 
in  Boston  last  Saturday  on  furlough 
before  leaving  for  further  training  In 
Ireland,  where  he  hopes  to  gain  the 
commission  of  lieutenant.  Byron  C. 
Grant,  also  a  former  employe,  has  en- 
listed in  the  U.  S.  Naval  Radio  School. 
In  all,  eighteen  members  of  this  firm 
have  joined  the  army  and  two  have 
been  drafted. 

On  Monday  evening.  March  11,  a 
banquet  was  given  to  Samuel  Trock- 
man,  recently  employed  by  Henry  JJ. 
Robinson  &  Co.,  at  the  Elks'  Chib  by 
his  late  employers,  fellow  employees 
and  other  friends  in  the  flower  mar- 
ket, on  the  eve  of  his  departure  for 


the  Naval  Magazine  at  Hinghaiii,  Mass. 
W.J.Kennedy  was  toastniaster  and  also 
spokesman  in  the  presentation  of  a 
wrist  watch,  cigar  case,  and  a  kit  con- 
taining a  purse  of  %2h.  Among  the 
speakers  were  Lieutenant  Applebauni, 
Chief  Yeoman  Marnell,  H.  M.  Robin- 
son, Jr.,  Charles  Robinson,  and  others. 
The  committee  in  charge  comprised 
Maurice  Hambro,  J.  M.  Cohen,  Victor 
Hartford,  Jack  Feldman  and  Max 
Trockman.  Artists  from  the  various 
theatres  came  in  during  the  evening 
and  furnished  a  very  entertaining 
amusement  program.  The  festivities 
were  closed  with  the  singing  of  "Auld 
Lang  Syne." 


sides  really  benefited  in  the  lon^;  run. 
Let's  encourage  that  spirit  among  the 
big  dress-goods  people.  It  will  help 
everybody. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

The  Pennsylvania  Horticultural  So- 
ciety has  had  printed  and  is  distribut- 
ing W.  N.  Craig's  paper  on  "Vegeta- 
bles for  the  Home  Garden,"  delivered 
before  that  body  Jan.  17th,  last. 

We  had  a  pleasant  visit  recently 
from  our  old  townsman,  Wm.  Graham, 
who  is  now  representing  the  A.  L. 
Randall  Co.,  Chicago.  He  sells  every- 
thing in  florists'  supplies  from  a 
needle  to  an  anchor.  We  all  wish  him 
well  and  I  would  like  to  suggest  the 
motto — when  you  are  in  need  or  in 
trouble — 

"Fear  God 
Follow  Roosevelt 
Consult  Bill  Graham." 

He  is  a  past  master  and  will  show 
you  the  straight  path  to  wisdom  and 
prosperity. 

From  little  things  spring  great  re- 
sults sometimes.  Just  because  a  new 
ladies'  dress  goods  store  opened  on 
Market  street  on  Tuesday  and  as  the 
owners,  as  a  draw,  offered  a  rose  free 
to  every  customer  the  wholesale  mar- 
ket stiffened  and  every  one  of  the 
hundreds  of  flower  shops  in  the  city 
had  to  pay  more  money  for  what  they 
happened  to  want.  Anathemas  from 
the  retailers.  Hurrahs  from  the  grow- 
ers.    But  philosophically  viewed  both 


LANCASTER,     MASS. 

One  of  the  jirettiest  things  we  have 
seen  this  sea.son  is  a  large  spreading 
plant  of  Cherokee  rose  at  the  con- 
servatory of  the  Bayard  Thayer  estate 
in  Lancaster,  Mass.  It  has  been  a 
veritable  sheet  of  bloom  for  several 
weeks.  The  Cherokee  is  well  entitled 
to  a  place  among  the  choicest  com- 
mercial florists'  products.  Another 
lovely  spectacle  is  some  superb  plants 
in  full  bloom  of  that  showy  subject, 
Nemesia  strumosa  Suttoni.  This  also 
would  create  a  sensation  in  the  florist 
trade  if  presented  in  such  well-grown 
specimens  as  Mr.  Anderson  has  to 
show.  Pots  of  Lilium  regale  are  well 
started  for  early  blooming.  Half  a 
dozen  large  bulbs  are  set  deep  in  the 
pot  and  then  three  or  four  small  sized 
bulbs  above  them,  the  effect  of  this  ar- 
rangement when  in  bloom  being  very 
graceful.  Rhododendrons  in  Lancaster 
present  a  very  much  battered  and  for- 
lorn appearance  this  spring  and  it  is 
evident  that  the  severe  winter  has 
tested  them  very  close  to  their  limit 
of  survival.  Plenty  of  snow  has  been 
a  considerable  help  to  them.  Not  the 
least  interesting  of  the  many  attrac- 
tions of  this  progressive  place  are  the 
propagating  houses  where  myriads  of 
new  lilies,  pines,  etc.,  from  seed  sent 
last  fall  from  Korea  by  E.  H.  Wilson 
are  now  germinating.  William  Ander- 
son in  his  ability  to  handle  these 
things  seem  to  have  inherited  an 
ample  portion  of  Jackson  Dawson's 
mantle.  While  the  greenhouses  on 
some  of  the  Lancaster  estates  have 
been  partially  closed  up  this  season  the 
range  on  the  Bayard  "Thayer  place  has 
been  kept  running  but  with  all  pos- 
sible fuel  economy  and  very  lowest 
temperature  so  that  this  valuable  col- 
lection of  plants  has  been  wisely  pre- 
served. 


March  16,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


25i) 


N.    Y.    STATE     FAIR     FLOWER     DE- 
PARTMENT. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  New  York  State 
Fair  Commission  held  recently,  the 
date  of  the  Fair  was  set  for  September 
9-14,  1918.  Professor  D.  Lumsden,  of 
the  New  York  State  College  of  Agri- 
culture at  Cornell  University,  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.,  was  again  appointed  superin- 
tendent of  the  Department  of  Flowers. 
Several  new  classes  have  been  added 
to  the  premium  list,  prominent  among 
these  being  premiums  for  collections 
of  roses  in  the  professional  and  ama- 
teur classes.  Additional  premiums 
are  offered  for  gladiolus,  and  the  sec- 
tions containing  premiums  for  potted 
plants  and  miscellaneous  flowers  have 
been  materially  increased. 

A  novel  feature  will  be  the  premiums 
offered  for  a  collection  of  cut  flowers. 
Annuals  grovm  in  a  war  garden,  25 
vases  named.  Arrangement  of  exhibit 
will  be  taken  into  consideration  when 
the  premiums  are  awarded.  The  pre- 
miums for  this  exhibit  will  be:  1st, 
$25;  2nd,  $15;  3rd,  $7.  An  affidavit 
must  accompany  the  entry  for  this  ex- 
hibition stating  that  the  flowers  were 
grown  by  the  exhibitor  in  a  garden  de- 
signed and  planted  to  assist  in  the 
production  of  home  food  during  the 
period  of  the  war. 

Another  novel  feature  will  be  the 
awarding  of  premiums  for  the  best 
vase  of  25  pink  asters,  late-flowering, 
branching  type.  1st  premium,  silver 
cup  valued  at  $25;  second,  silver  cup 
valued  at  $10;  3rd,  silver  cup,  $5. 
This  class  will  be  open  to  any  boy  or 
girl  under  sixteen  years  tf  age,  resid- 
ing in  the  State  of  New  York.  Seeds 
for  those  premiums  will  be  donated  by 
leading  seedsmen  in  the  state,  and 
will  be  obtainable  by  writing  to  D. 
Lumsden,  New  York  State  College  of 
Agriculture  at  Cornell  University, 
Ithaca.  N.  Y. 

I-t  will  be  gratifying  to  the  florists 
of  New  York  State  to  learn  that  lib- 
eral increases  in  the  appropriation 
for  the  Department  of  Flowers  have 
been  made  by  the  Honorable  C.  S.  Wil- 
son, Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  who 
is  an  ardent  worker  for  both  the  agri- 
cultural and  horticultural  interests  of 
the  state. 

The  increase  in  premiums  for  flow- 
ers will  be  much  welcomed  at  this 
time,  explaining  as  it  does  that  al- 
though we  are  engaged  in  a  war  of 
colossal  proportions  and  our  bounden 
duty  should  be  to  assist  with  every 
means  in  our  power  the  production 
and  conservation  of  food,  the  immense 
benefits  to  be  derived  from  the  culti- 
vation and  usages  of  flowers  must  not 
be  forgotten.  Flowers  play  an  import- 
ant part  in  moulding  the  lives  and 
characters  of  individuals  and  commu- 
nities and  aid  in  developing  a  cleaner, 
higher  and  more  noble  citizenship. 


PERSONAL. 


Fred  \V.  Cowperthwaite.  formerly  of 
Philadelphia,  has  been  appointed  as- 
sistant manager  of  the  seed  depart- 
ment of  the  Macniff  Horticultural  Co- 
New  York. 

John  S.  Doig  has  changed  hla 
address  from  Southboro,  Mass.,  to 
Barrington,  R.  I.,  where  he  takes 
the  position  of  superintendent  on  the 
estate  of  Frederick  S.  Peck. 


COLDWELL'S 

Walk-Type   Motor    Mower 

Labor  Saving  Mower  for  Private 
Estates  and  Parks 

One  man  using  this  rapid  machine  will 
mow  as  much  as  two  men  with  two 
horse  mowers.  It  does  all  the  work  of 
cutting  and  rolling  the  lawn — all  you 
do  is  follow  and  guide.  Geared  up  to 
4  miles  an  hour,  climbs  any  grade  up 
to  25  % .  Low  upkeep,  long  wear,  fault- 
less cutting.  Two  sizes,  30"  and  35" 
cutters.  A  strong,  well  built  and  dur- 
able machine. 

COLDWELL'S   MOTOR  MOWER 

MODEL  "J"  is  the  latest  ride-type 
machine.  Weighs  1  1 00  lbs.  on  the  rol- 
ler, 40"  cut,  4  cylinder  Continental 
engine,  Cleveland  worm  drive.  Mayo 
radiator. 

COLDWELL'S  "BIG  ONE",  Combin- 
ation Tractor  and  Triple  Gang  Mower, 
87"  width  of  cut,  the  most  economical 
mower  ever  made.  The  cutter  part 
(our  latest  improved  sulky-type  Three- 
some) can  be  easily  detached  from  the 
tractor  and  changed  to  horse-drawn 
type  if  desired. 

Write  for  full  particulars  on  these  and 
our  regular  line  of  horse  and  hand 
mowers. 

COLDWELL  LAWN  MOWER  CO. 

FACTORY  AND  OFFICE  AT  NEWBURCH.  NEW  YORK 
CHICAGO  OFFICE.  62  E.  LAKE  STREET.  CHICAGO.  ILL. 


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HORTI CULTURE 


March  16,  1818 


SEED  TRADE 


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Cucumber  Leaf   Spot   Disease. 

Tests  uinilo  during  tbo  pnsl  two 
years  bavo  proved  that  the  angular 
leaf  spot  disease  o(  cucumbers  and 
probably  antbracnose  ns  well  are  In- 
troduced Into  new  flelda  on  the  seed, 
says  the  United  States  Department  of 
Agriculture.  Dipping  the  seed  in  a 
1/1000  mercuric  chloride  (corrosive 
sublimate)  solution  for  Ave  minutes 
renders  the  seed  disease-free  and  has 
no  injurious  effect  on  germination. 
Since  both  diseases  overwinter  in  the 
soil  of  diseased  fields,  however,  it  is 
highly  important  not  to  plant  in  fields 
which  were  in  cucumbers  the  preced- 
ing season. 

Treatment  of  cucumber  seed  is  a 
relatively  simple  operation  and  can  be 
easily  done  in  the  storage  houses  it 
running  water  is  at  hand.  Metal  con- 
tainers cannot  be  used  for  the  mer- 
curic chloride  solution.  The  highly 
poisonous  nature  of  this  substance 
should  be  kept  in  mind.  Purchase 
mercuric  chloride  on  the  basis  of  one 
pound  to  every  500  pounds  of  seed  to 
be  treated.  Make  up  a  concentrated 
stock  solution  of  a  strength  of  1/20 
by  dissolving  one  pound  in  two  and 
one-halt  gallons  of  water.  This  stock 
solution  is  diluted  to  1/1000  by  adding 
one  quart  to  twelve  and  one-quarter 
gallons  of  water.  Stir  thoroughly. 
For  the  treatment  use  .a  barrel, 
wooden  tub,  or  large  crock. 
How  to  Treat  Seed 

Place  the  seed  in  burlap  or  cheese- 
cloth bags,  fifty  pounds  in  each  bag. 
The  bags  should  not  be  over  three- 
quarters  full  to  allow  for  swelling  of 
the  seed  and  to  facilitate  stirring. 
Immerse  the  bag  of  seed  in  twelve 
and  one-half  gallons  of  the  1/1000 
bichloride  solution  and  agitate  vigor- 
ously with  a  stick  to  secure  thorough 
wetting  of  the  seed.  Remove  the  bag 
promptly  at  the  end  of  five  minutes. 
Immerse  at  once  in  a  barrel  of  run- 
ning water  and  stir  thoroughly.  Wash 
about  fifteen  minutes.  Dry  the  seed 
as  rapidly  as  possible.  Forced  drying 
by  a  centrifugal  machine  or  an  air 
blast  is  much  to  be  desired.  The 
bichloride  solution  should  be  used 
only  once,  since  its  strength  is  greatly 
decreased.  Make  up  a  fresh  dilution 
from  the  stock  solution  for  every  bag 
of  seed. 

To  treat  seed  in  smaller  quantities 
dissolve  one  tablet  of  mercuric  chlo- 
ride in  one  pint  of  water  for  each  halt 
pound  of  seed. 

Growers  should  not  plant  cucumbers 
in  the  same  fields  used  in  1917  for 
cucumbers,  watermelons,  or  cante- 
loupes,  or  on  land  immediately  ad- 
jacent to  such  fields. 

Guard  against  reinfection  of  the 
treated  seed.  Bags  to  be  used  for 
treated  seed  should  be  soaked  in  the 
1/000  bichloride  solution  for  at  least 
five  minutes,  rinsed  and  dried.  Solu- 
tion used  once  for  seed  may  be  used 
tor  this  purpose. 


Flower  Seeds,  Cannas,  American 
Grown  Gladioli,  Etc. 


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Wholesale  catalog;  now   ready    | 

Tiitbuv  XL,  16o^^inoton  Co.,  Unc. 


JK? 


128  CHAMBERS  ST.,  NEW  YORK  CITY  S 


Send  for  our  Wholesale 
Florist  CataJoffQe  Now 
Ready, 


Lily  of  the  Valley  Pips 

IFQRJEARLY  FLOWERING 

Kvcry  Horist  aliuiiM    have  a   fiw  irf  ili.  si-  Mnlnty   flowers 
for  tbclr  KiiHtir  trailo:     lou,  fi.W;  louo,  «2«.0O. 

liouhlr-Flowerlnic — Sulnion,  Deep  Rose,  Scarlet,  Crlm- 
Bon,  White,  Yellow.  Orange,  Copper-Bronie.  Mixed: 
IINI,  fA.M;    1000,  »4'.!.S0. 

SInBlo-FlowiTlnB     Uelliate    Pink,     Deep     Rose,    Scarlet, 

L'riiiisori,    Whlti'.    Vi'llow,    Orange,    Salmon.      Mixed: 

100,   SI.(M(;    lOOII,   »3».«0. 

FOTTLER,  FISKE,  RAWSON  CO. 

The   Se«d   Slurp  1'^   and    13   Funeull    Hall   8q.,    Botton 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

TlhorcMJghly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,    Raynes 

Park,  Londort,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

GARTERS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc.,  c..m.».Biat.,B"t.>,  m».. 


CATALOGUES   RECEIVED. 

John  Connon  Co.,  Hamilton,  Ont. — 
Wholesale  Price  List  for  Spring  1918. 

J.  .1.  Wilson  Seed  Co.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
—Seed  Annual  tor  1918.  Title  page  in 
colors. 

Vaughan's  Seed  Store,  Chicago  and 
New  York— 1918  Illustrated  Catalogue 
of  Seeds,  Plants  and  Implements. 

Fraser  Nursery  Company,  Inc., 
Huntsville,  Ind. — Surplus  List,  Febru- 
ary 22,  for  Nurserymen  and  Dealers 
only. 

Ozark  Seed  &  Plant  Company,  Nash- 
ville, Ark.— Catalogue  for  1918.  Makes 
a  specialty  of  Mail  Order  Seeds  and 
Plants. 

Heatherhome  Seed  &  Nursery  Co., 
New  Y'ork— "The  War-Time  Flower 
Garden."  A  comprehensive  list  of 
choice  flower  seeds  and  plants. 

Alexander  Forbes  &  Co.,  Newark. 
N.  J.— Vegetable  and  Flower  Seeds 
and  all  Garden  Requisites.  Also  Mar- 
ket Gardeners'  Catalogue  for  1918. 

Mrs.  George  Sheffield,  Burton,  Wash. 
— List  of  Dahlia  offers  for  1918.  An 
excellent  list  including  a  number  of 
home  introductions  in  the  various 
classes. 

Henry  M.  Robinson  &  Co..  Boston — 
Wholesale  Catalogue  of  Florists'  Sup- 
plies, Greens,  Flowers,  Baskets,  etc. 
A  very  comprehensive  list,  fully  illus- 
trated, 86  pages. 

Nitrate  Agencies  Company,  New 
York   City — The  "New  Idea"  Fertilizers 


and  Insecticides,  in  large  and  small 
salable  units.  Very  useful  and  inter- 
esting for  the  Catalogue  man. 

Holm  &  Olson,  Inc.,  Saint  Paul, 
Minn. — "Creating  Your  Landscape."  A 
Ijeautiful  publication,  listing  trees, 
shrubs,  hardy  border  plants  and  other 
ornamental  material  for  the  garden 
or  park,  with  fine  illustrations  of  land- 
scape and  garden  planting.  Several 
plates  in  natural  colors.  A  model  cata- 
logue. 

Griffith  &  Turner  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
— 1918  Catalogue  of  Farm  and  Garden 
Supplies.  A  big  catalogue,  comprising 
260  pages — the  most  complete  list  of 
farm  and  garden  tools  and  requisites 
we  have  seen  this  season.  A  splendid 
reference  book.  Everything  illustrated. 
The  seed  and  plant  department  fills 
72  pages,  the  vegetable  section  lead- 
ing, and  moderate  prices  prevail 
throughout. 


The  bean  growers  of  Monroe  County, 
New  Y'ork,  met  at  Rochester  Chamber 
of  Commerce  on  Mar.  2nd,  and  were 
addressed  by  P.  W.  Kimball  of  the 
Hoover  Food  Administration,  who  ex- 
plained the  necessity  for  increased 
bean  production  and  the  steps  being 
taken  by  the  Government  toward  this 
end.  The  recent  state  agricultural 
census  indicates  that  the  planting  of 
beans  in  this  county  in  1918  would  be 
5,000  acres  short  of  last  season.  Bad 
weather  conditions  last  year  influenced 
the  farmer  toward  the  planting  of 
other  crops  this  season.  In  a  majority 
of  cases  the  bean  crop  was  almost  a 
total  failure. 


March  IC,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


261 


Asparagus 

Plumosus  Nanus 

Northern    Oreenhouse    Grown    Seed 

100  Seed,    $  .501  5,000  Seed,  $15.50 
1,000  Seed,      3.50 1 10,000  Seed,  30.00 
25,000  Seeds.  $72.50 

Also   all   Other   Seasonable   Seeds,  Bulbs 
and  Supplies. 

AVHOLESALE    PRICE    LIST    FREE. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

.-)18   .Miirkft    St.,  Phila.,   Pa. 


Choice   Flower  ^eeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

CINEBABIA — Prize     strains,     mixed 

Tall  and   Semi-dwarf. 

ALT88UM— LIttIp     (i<-m. 

CALJBNDCL^A — Orange  Kins,  Lemon 

Queen. 

BNAPDBAGON— Silver    Pink. 

BEOONIA— V^rnnn. 

DEiPHINUM     NEWPORT    ROSE;— 

Finest    Pink     Lurt-spur    uc    6uc.    por 

oi.,  $2.25  per  %   lb. 

J.M.THORBURN&CO. 

Established  1802. 
53  Barclay  Street,     ^tW  YORK 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 


Write 


fo 


r  price 


AMERICAN    BULB    CO. 

110  W.  Waba«h  Ave.  CHICAGO,  IlXu 


^^CWI^VIM     J.     IRW^IIM 

10«  West  2«th  St.,  NEW  YORK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Asparagus  Plumosus  Nanns — 1000  seeds, 
(3.S0:   5000  Seeds,  $16.00. 

Asparagus  Hprengeri — lOOO  Seeds,  $1.00. 

Salvia  Bonflre — M,  oz.,  50c.;  1  oe.,  $2.00. 

Salvia  Znrich — %  o».,  76c.:   1  oi.,  $4.00. 

Stocks  Beauty  of  Nice,  75%  Double  Flower* 
— SheU  Pink,  Bright  Pink.  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  $1.00;  Vt  OS.,  $2.00;   1  oi.,  $6.00. 

Snapdragon,  Petnntas,  Verbenas,  etc. 
8BND    FOR    CATALOGUE. 

Burpee's  Seeds 

phila.de:lphia 

BLUE    LIST    OF    WHOLESALE     PRICES 

HAILED  ONLY  TO  THOSE  WHO  PLANT 

FOR    PROFIT 

LILIUM  GIGANTEW 

7/9     (300  per  caae) $66.00  per  thouund 

8/10  (225  per  case) 80.00     "  " 

9/10  (200  per  case) 100.00     "  " 

Complete  LiNt  of  Florists'  Choice  Seeds. 

A   postal  card   will  bring  our  catalogae. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

10O4  Lincoln   BIdg.,     PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

RoeeRT  dYsart 

OBRTIFieD  PUBUC  ACCOUNTANT 

Simple  methods  of  correct  accoanting 

eepeclaily     adapted     for    florists'     ns*. 

BOOKS      BALANCBD      AND      AUJCSTEV 

4«  »TATE  8T.      -      •      -      -      BOSTOh 
Talepbooe   Ifaia   H. 


\A/£ 


R    &     DON 


Choice  Seeds  for  Florists  for  Present  Sowing 


MIGNONETTE 

"W.   «   D.'g  Aldon"   far  outclassea  any 
other  strain  tor  marketing.     Tr.  pkt., 
50c.;  hi  oz.,  $1.00;  oz.,  $6.00. 
ANTHIBRHINCM 

W.  a  D.'s  Imp.  Giant-Flowering.  Pure 
White,  Pink,  Fairy  Queen,  Coral  Ked. 
Rose,  Scarlet,  Striped  Venus,  and 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c. ;  oz.,  75c. 

Nelroso.     Pkt.,  25c. 


ALT88UM 

Little  Gem.     Tr.  pkt.,   10c. ;  OE.,  SOe. 
Odoratum.     Tr.  pkt.,  10c. ;  oi.,  IBc. 

SALVIA 

Splendens.     Tr.  pkt.,  20c.;  oi.,  $1.26. 
Bonflre.     Tr.   pkL,  26c.;   oi.,  $2.60. 

VERBENA 

Mammoth.     Scarlet,  Pink.  Purple.  Whit«, 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c.;  or.,  $1.00. 


WEEBER  &  DON,    114  Chambers  St.,    NEW  YORK 


30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


NEW  YORK 


l-EIOIMARD'S 

S 

EIEIDS 

^and     SEEID     SE 

RVICE^ 

FOR     SALE     BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY, 

Chicago,  III. 

JACK!  FROST 


For  Cold  Frames 

l-2Doz.$l6;IDoz.$30 


WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Impartcrs  and  Or««er«  •! 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chambers  Streit,  Naw  Koik 

THOMAS^.  GREVlOMPflNY 

SEEDS,    BULBS     AND    IMPLEMBNTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    BBTAIL. 

Beseleoted  Strains  in  Seeds. 

Improved  styles  in   Implemesta. 

Catalogue    upon  appUeatlaa. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
^^STC3fM.  IV1A.SS. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop    Now   On    Hand 

For     immefli.ite     or     future     delivery 
prices   quoted   on   application. 

JOSEPH  BRECK  &  SONS'  CORP. 

47-64   North   Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    for    Special    Prices,    Spot    or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AK3  BULBS 
Horiicuitura!  Sundries 

t6«W.  23rd   St.,     NEW  YORK 


J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Grovirers  and  Seed  Distribu> 
tors  for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Market  Gardeners  and    Florists 
Pratt  and  Light  St«.,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 

GARDEN  SEED 

HKET.  CAKUOT,  PARSNIP,  RAHISII  and 
CARDEN  PEA  SEED  In  variety;  also  othsr 
Items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  past  season, 
ns  well  ng  a  full  llns  of  Oanlen  Seeds,  will 
be  quoted  you  upon  application  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Dot  St.,  NEW  YORK  snd  ORANGE,  CONN 


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HOKTl CULTURE 


March  16,  1918 


ALEX.  McDonnell 

611    FIFTH   AVENUE 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

T»l*crttpblc    orders    forward«>d    i«    IU17 

^ATt      of     th^      I    DlU»d      HlAt<>S.     CftOAd*.     KBd 

&i)  prltirtt»al  cUlr«  of  Kuropr.  <krd#r« 
ftrmnaff-rrrd  ur  tnlru«l«-«l  tiy  th*  Ci-»d#  to 
•  ar   •«*lrrClun    for   drlltrry    oa   mtrmn\mh\p» 

}fu,f  .*/  /..',*.ij7 

K^lcri^ttci'  or  r»ab  must  R^'oompkaj  ftJI 
»rd<>rs     from     anknowo     corrvspoodanla 

C»hU    Addrvas.    ALEXCONNKLX.. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Member  of   FlorilM'  Telegraph  Deliterj 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

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FOB 

KANSAS  CITY 

TranBfer   Your  Orderi  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 

Member  Florlet*'  Telerrmpb  DwHtott 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

D«liTer  orders  from  any  part  of  the  couotrp  to 

New  York  City 

Write  m  TalacT*^ 
ai3S-2141  BromdwuT,  New  York 


KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Msdieon  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      Also  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Telephone,    Murray    Hill    783 

Ont-of-towD     Orrtpr*     Solicited.       Location 

fVntral.     Pernonal    Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

BANGOR,  ME. 

yVe  Cover  all  Poinis  in  Maine 


32  NEWBURY 

STREET 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38   Dorrance  Street 

M^mb^r    Klorlata'    Trieirrmph    I>MlT»ry 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH  DELIVERY 
Soirctiiry  I'ocliclDn  ha.-i  jiisl  Issin'il  a 
ni'w  unil  coiiiplelp  list  of  tlii>  Horiil 
concerns  represented  In  the  K.  T.  I). 
membership  In  which  Is  also  given 
Ihe  loialion  of  the  various  military 
camps,  naval  stations,  aviation  fields, 
etc.,  with  reference  to  the  nearest 
towns  in  which  iiiemhers  of  the  F.  T. 
D.  do  business.  Ry  use  of  this  list  a 
considerable  special  business  can  un- 
doubtedly be  developed. 


NEW   FLOWER   STORES. 
Poison,   Mont.— .1.  J.  Matulys. 


Peoria,  III.— Rurre  Hros.,  succeeding 
D.  V.  AuKspurger  &  Sons. 


Chicago,   III. — The    Lyndale    Flower 
Shop,  2226  N.  California  Ave. 


NEW    CORPORATION. 

Greenville,  S.  C. Maulding  Floral 
Co..  growers  and  retailers,  capital 
stock,  ?20,000.  Incorporators,  Thomas 
S.  Maulding,  Chas.  F.  Ward  and  li.  H. 
Towne. 


BUSINESS  TROUBLES. 

Charlevoix,  Mich. — Babcock  &  Son, 
growers,  have  made  an  assignment  for 
the  benefit  of  their  creditors. 


New  Haven,  Ct. — M.  R.  Farquharson, 
florist,  12?,  Church  street,  voluntary  pe- 
tition in  bankruptcy:  assets,  $627.79. 
liabilities,  $2,104.52. 


Williamsbridge,  N.  V. — Isadore  A. 
Fif-'ht  has  filed  a  petition  in  bank- 
ruptcy, individually  and  as  a  copartner 
in  the  Anglin  &  Walsh  Co.,  seedsmen, 
Williamsburg,  N.  Y.,  with  liabilities  of 
the  firm  given  as  $3,346  and  assets 
$3,147. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  aprTlce  to  drilver  now«>r» 
or  OPBlg^na  on  i>rdf>r  bj  Trlo- 
rraph      or      oth«rwl«e.        Prompt 

Rplluble   Service. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

ConDertlrut   Are.  and    L   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


KetsbUekMl    1474 

D  A.  1^  r> 

N.  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  Maditoo  Arcnve,  N.  T.  CU7 

(  Member  Rorinj   Telegraph  Delivery  Asso.  ) 
Flowers    shipped    on    all    Sieamen       SpeciaJ  Correspond- 

Se  m  ^11   the  large   cities   of   Europe    and    chc     bnosh 
onie'       TelearM>h     and    Cable      sddress        Dh/<kf\or. 
We    aboald    all    atiietly    »dbrr«    to    tbe    r*- 
qoeat    of    the    United    f9t&te«    Food    Admlala- 
trHtl«B,  ,fjf^ 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
=^SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Ava*. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
Hi|li  Grade  Gut  Blooms 

He  r«>«r    all    Mlrhlcui    pelau  aa4   (*•< 

•erlloai    »l    (Ihla.    lodl^oa    aatf    Canada. 

Membera     riarlati'     Trieirapb     DaUTerF 

Aeeoelatlea. 


CnD£    UKOS  CO 

I2l-»l    »Tfw 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Memher  Floriiti  Telegraph    DebvarT 


Orders   for    NEW    TOBK. 
Writ*  or  PtaoD*  t« 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fiftli  Ave. 


Best    Florlata     Id     tha    8t»4M    m 
HefereDoea. 

EUROPEAN  ORDERS  BXEGCTBD 

Membera   mt   the    Florlste' 
Telerrmph   OallTeiTe 


THE  ROSERY 

23  8TEUBEN    8T. 
AI-BANY.    N.   Y. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICDflTY 

Memberf  Floruu'  TeiegTApb  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUIMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

ViBbcr  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asst. 

YM  &  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Member*    Floriata'    Telegraph    Deliverj* 

aTTTTunyard 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madieon  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Al»o  Newport,  R    1. 

I    OCABANTBB   aATlarACTTIOH 


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HORTICULTURE 


263 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Orders  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   Flori«ts'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Deliveiy 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

•ICIIf  VADIf  561  Fifth  Ave. 
HCwT    lUlflV  VanderblltHotel 

nnCTnil    ^  '*"''l<  street 
DUO  I  UH  799  Boylston  Street 

lilniriu  tt  Stianers  and  all  Eastarn  Poiits 


Orders    Filled    Day    er    Mltht    tot 


CL-EVE 

and  State  of  Ohio 

Osmpleite  8tock.      Regular  dUcoont  to  Trad*. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

1»B«    W.    ;6th    St.,    ClevflaDd,    O. 
Members   Florists'  Telesrspb  Delivery  Ass'K. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  GO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  of  F.  T.  D.  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
2B  CNnton  Avenue,  N. 

Rachsstar  Fhone  506.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phose  S/S( 

Memberg  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

AKDERSON    service    means    fresb,    stardy 
■toek  and   prompt  deliveries  In    BCFFAX,0, 
liOCKPORT,        NIAGARA        FA1X8        aad 
WK8TBRN    NEW    YORK 
IfCDibars    of    Florists'    Telegraph    DeUvsry. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  UST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.     Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARRY  I.   BAMDALL,  Proprietor. 

tfrmhe-r-    Flnrht<!'    Trlrnrnrh     DrJirrry 


Boston— George  E.  Baldwin,  Mama- 
roneck,  N.  Y.;  Harry  Baldwin,  Mama- 
roneclc,  N.  Y.;  W.  H.  Ritter,  Fitchburg, 
Mass. 

Pittsburgh — A.  Colyn,  Vorhout,  Hol- 
land; Milton  Alexander,  New  York 
City;  Saul  M.  Rosenfeld,  New  York 
City;  Mr.  Price,  rep.  S.  S.  Pennock 
Co.,  Phila. 

Cincinnati  —  John  A.  Evans,  Rich- 
mond, Ind.;  Fred  Rupp,  Laurenceburg, 
Ind.;  G.  A.  Beekman,  Middletown, 
Ohio;  Wm.  Rodgers,  Dayton,  Ohio; 
Miss  Harbison,  Danville,  Ky.;  Mrs.  J. 
J.  Lampert,  Xenia,  Ohio. 

Cleveland,  Ohio — L.  M.  Lamborn.  Al- 
liance, O.;  George  McCallum,  Pitts- 
burgh; Milton  Alexander,  New  York; 
Mr.  Bradshaw  of  Ove  Gnatt  Co.,  La 
Porte,  Ind.;  Paul  Berkowitz  of  H. 
Bayersdorfer  Co.,  Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia— Samuel  H.  M.  Clem- 
ents, Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  T.  F.  Bolger  and 
T.  Bolger,  Jr.,  Charleston,  S.  C;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  B.  B.  Carpenter,  Pittston, 
Pa.;  J.  E.  Way,  of  Yeatman  & 
Way,  Kennett  square,  Pa.;  Wm.  Gra- 
ham, A.  U  Randall  Co.,  Chicago,  111. 


LOYALTY  IN  LITTLE  THINGS 

The  whole  great  problem  of 
winning  the  war  rests  primarily 
on  one  thing,  the  loyalty  and 
sacrifice  of  the  American  people 
in  the  matter  of  food.  If  we  are 
selfish  or  even  careless,  we  are 
disloyal;  we  are  the  enemy  at 
home.  Now  is  the  hour  of  our 
testing. 

— TJ.  S.  Food  Administration. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 

FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON,    -    N.Y. 

HTrXTANGl 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to    all    points    in    New    England. 
125,000    Square   Feet   of   Glass. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph  Delivery 
Association. 

YALE!    YALE!' 

And   All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 
FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

Everything  Firet-CIass 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapel  St  .  New   Haven.  Ccnn. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Memilr   Florists    Telegrafk\Delivery    Asiociatitn- 
HO  TICS  INITIA  LS.     IVe  have  one  store  only 

THE  J.  M.  GA8SER  COMPANY, 

CLlEfELMft 

Euclid  Avenn* 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    t^ecraph    #»rd«r    ff«« 
any   oceanlon.  In  any  part  of  the  DomlaloA. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TOBOMTO,  ONT. 


AXBANT,  N.  T. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DKLJVEKKI>   IN   ALHANV  AND  VICINITl 
ON    TRI.RORAPHIC    ORDER 

106  STATE  STREET,         ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

Tbe  lar^evt  cut  flower  store  In  America 
Orders  for  tbe  TWIN  CIT1B6  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  glftn  prompt  a*- 
teoClon 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  Incorpor.f* 
ST.  PAUL,  MIftN. 


^«  Park  Floral  Co, 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists'    Telegraph    Dollrary. 

DENVER.  COLORAD 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 

HOUSTON,  TEXAS 

Th»   Florl.l        IM-mhrr  F   T   O.  A..»«tB*1a* 


264 


HORTICULTURE 


March  16.  1918 


RDEINI 

The  Be»t.  $20  per   100 
Extra.  15  per   100 

Good.  10  per   100 

This  is  a  low   price  considering  the  quality  of 
our  Gardenias 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  CO. 

N.    W.    Corner    12th    and    Race    Street* 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You     Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21    Ruftetd  St.,    Pkilidtlpkia,    Pa. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS.  VALLEY,  ROSES 
iDd  all  Siasonabli  Vanities  of  Cut  Flowirs 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale   Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,   etc. 


5  So.  Mole  St., 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGEB.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

E.  G.HILL  CO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

fVI^IHIVIOlM^,      IIM^. 

riMM*  Beatlaa  Hvrltcaltan  irbeB   writing. 

MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

•  C*a.lKmineBU  BoUelt«d 

Hardv  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Hoate  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

|^~We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


^ 

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L 

CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 

EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA. 

1 

-► 

MARTIN  REUKAUF 

Everything  the  Bast  in  Florists'  Supplies 

433  Callowhill  Street,  Philadelphia 


IF  You    Want    Anything    fronn    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &  Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Orders    With    t/» 

IHEIMF9Y     IVI.     F70BINS0I>J     &     OO. 

2  Mfinthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ™^""*="-/o"demxrs  only 


Rose*                                                                                   I  _ 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 35. 

"           "         Fancy  and  Extra 15. 

"          "        No.  1  and  culls 4. 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock t. 

Hadley 2 , 

Areoberg,  Hoosier  Hcauty 3. 

Ward J. 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 2. 

riphclia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 2, 

C&rnatioiu i , 

Cattl«raa a  5. 

Dendrohium  formonun 

Lilie*.  Lontfiflorum • 6 

Lilieft,  Spcciosum    6 

Callaj 10, 

Lily  of  the  Valler 5 

SnapdragoD 6, 

Violets 

Frcesia 1. 

Narcis,  Paper  White i, 

Roman  Hyacinths 1. 

Daffodils I, 

Tulipi. '3. 

Calendula- ■  j, 

Misnonette 3 

Sweet    Peas 

Marguerite* i 

Gardeaias  15 

Adiantum i 

Smilax ao 

Asparaffos  Plumonu.  A  Spren.  ( 100  Bchs, ) 35 


BOSTON       I 

March  13        | 


ST.  LOUIS 

Mardi  11 


PHOA. 

March  it 


35     to 


50,00 

35,00 

8.00 

12.00 

Ifl.OO 

8.00 
8.0c 

8.00 
12.00 

2.00 
50.00 
50.00 

8.00 
8.00 
15.00 
8.00 

10.00 
•75 
a. CO 
3.00 
a. 00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 
1. 00 

3. CO 

15.00 

>a5 

35,00 

50.00 


4000 

10 

50,00 

1500 

to 

ao.co 

1.00 

10 

6.00 

6.00 

10 

SS'OO 

6.00 

10 

I, .00 

a. 00 

to 

4.00 

3.00 

to 

5.00 

s.oo 

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6.00 

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10.00 

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3.00 

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50.00 

to 

lO.CK. 

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to 

12.50 

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10.00 

6.00 

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to 

8.00 



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■  30 



to 

4.00 

to 

3.00 

1.00 

to 

a. 00 

1.00 

to 

2. CO 

3.00 

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5.00 

1.00 

to 

to 

3.00 

.30 

to 

•  75 

1. 00 

to 
to 

a. 00 

to 

I.O* 

19.50 

to 

15.00 

33.00 

to 

50,00 

50.00 

•5.00 

i.oo 

4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
1-50 

35.00 
50.  to 
10.00 
4.00 

8.0c 
4.00 
3.00 

.30 
t.oo 
9.00 
3.00 

1.50 

3.00 
1. 00 
3.00 
.40 
.50 
5.00 

t.oo 
<5oo 

35.00 


6b.5« 
40.0* 

■0.00 
35-00 
to  .00 
I  t.oo 

6.00 
10.00 
It. 00 

4.00 
50.00 
60.00 
l«.00 

6.00 

10.00 

8.00 

Il.CO 

•so 

3.00 

3.00 
3^oo 
1.00 

4.00 
3.00 
4  00 
a. 00 
«.5* 
■0.00 
t.50 

30.00 
50.00 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


\A/Holosale    Rl* 

568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


rists 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.a.BDDLONG 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A  Specialty 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  of 


CUT  FLOWERS 


March  16,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


265 


Flower  Market  Reports 

A  considerable  stn-tioa  of 
BOSTON  the  bottom  seems  to  have 
dropped  out  of  the  flower 
■business  this  weel;.  Crops  are  gener- 
ally heavy  and  there  are  large  quanti- 
ties of  flowers  stocked  up  in  wholesale 
market  hands.  Quality  is  very  supe- 
rior as  a  rule,  with  the  exception  of 
lilies,  many  of  which  are  decidedly 
poor.  Sweet  peas  are  coming  in  very 
heavily.  Easter  outlook  is  for  an 
abundance  of  everything.  The  Meyer 
funeral  on  Tuesday  of  this  week 
brought  a  considerable  amount  of  busi- 
ness to  the  retail  florists  of  Boston 
and  some  very  handsome  pieces  of 
floral  work  were  executed  in  the  lead- 
ing establishments. 

The  Chicago  market  is 
CHICAGO  feeling  the  spring  influ- 
ence these  days.  Stock 
continues  to  come  and  it  looks  very 
much  as  If  a  glut  in  some  varieties 
is  inevitable.  Prices  are  displayed  at 
all  the  smaller  stores  that  rival  those 
of  the  wholesalers.  Some  extra  fine 
roses,  carnations,  sweet  peas  and 
bulbous  stock  are  coming  each  day 
and  sales  are  being  made  at  a  low 
price  in  order  to  clean  up.  Those 
who  have  a  good  shipping  trade  are 
fortunate  for  the  local  demand  is  not 
strong.  Orders  are  being  booked  for 
Easter  and  it  has  often  been  demon- 
strated that  this  is  a  wise  thing  to  do. 
There  is  no  difficulty  now  in  getting 
prompt  service  in  shipping  and  this 
with  the  coal  vexations  over  takes 
another  burden  off  the  florist. 

Stock  is  plentiful 
CINCINNATI  while  the  market  is 
somewhat  weak.  As 
a  result  prices  are  rather  low  and 
different  kinds  of  stock  have  crowded 
up  in  the  wholesale  establishments. 
Shipping  business  in  supplies  is  good 
but  in  other  lines  is  only  fair.  Roses 
are  plentiful  and  carnations  are  in 
such  a  heavy  supply  that  they  are  al- 
most in  a  glut.  Lilies  and  callas  and 
all  bulbous  stock  are  very  plentiful. 
Sweet  peas,  too.  Excellent  lily  of 
the  valley,  orchids  and  single  violets 
are  offered,  also  calendulas,  prim- 
roses and  forget-me-not. 

The  supply  of  flow 
CLEVELAND  ers  at  present  ex- 
ceeds the  demand  in 
the  Cleveland  market,  although  not 
to  any  serious  degree.  Business  is 
satisfactory  in  general,  but  in  the 
words  of  one  wholesaler,  "could  be 
better."  Prices  are  correspondingly 
weak.  Daffodils  are  especially  plenti- 
ful and  are  selling  at  less  than  the 
cost  of  the  bulbs.  Long  sweet  peas 
are  among  the  best  sellers.  Cleveland 
greenhouses  in  general  have  survived 
the  winter  well. 

Business  continues  be- 
NEW  YORK  low  the  average  for 
the  season  and  prices 
have  kept  on  sagging.  This  does  not 
appear  so  much  In  small  sales  but 
when  large  quantities  are  disjiosed  of 
the  question  of  price  is  a  very  elastic 
one.  Flowers  are  good  as  a  rule. 
There  are  many  poor  lilies,  however, 
and  violets  are  below  the  average  of 
quality.  Bulbous  stock  is  greatly  over- 
done and  there  are  accumulations  in 
inany  wholesale  stores.  Roses  are  not 
•much   overstocked   but  carnations  are 


PUSSY 
WILLOW 

Some  long,  some  medium,  some 
short,  wonderfully  choice  qual- 
ity at  25c.  50C,  75c  and  $1.00 
per  bunch.  Special  prices  in 
quantity. 


EVERYTHING    IN    PLANTS,    CUT 
FLOWERS,    GREENS,    RIB- 
BONS   AND    SUPPLIES. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


The  ^t?i?rsn'.^f  Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1 1  7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1  SOS- 1  620  Ludlow  SL  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  St«. 

WASHINGTON,  1 2  1 S  H.  St.,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  -  trade  prices -j>^r^.oo^^^^^ 

PITTSBURG 

Feb.  4 


Rosea 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

*'  **         Fancy  and  Ejctra 

*'         "        No.  1  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arcnberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey ,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HiUiogdon 

Camatioiu 

Cattleyaa 

Dendrobium  f ormosum 

Lilies,  Lon^florum 

Lilies.  Speciosum 

Callas- ■ 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdragon 

Violets 

Freesia 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daffodils 

Tulips  

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeniaa 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus  Flu.  &  Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

March  ii 


I      CHICAGO 

I  March  ii 


BUFFALO 

March  1 1 


40.00 
25.00 
10.00 
8.00 
8.00 
6.00 
4.00 
4.00 
5.00 
3. CO 


50.00 
3500 
I5-00 

15-00 
I5-00 

13. 00 

10,00 
8.00 

15.CO 
3.00 

60.00 


10.00    to     19.00 


4.00 
■50 

a. 00 
2.00 
2. CO 

a  00 
3  00 
2.00 
4.00 
■75 


to 

to 

to 

to 

2$.00       to 


10. CO 

6.00 
8.00 

■75 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
4.00 
4.00 
3.00 
6.00 
2.C0 
1. 00 


1. 00 
15.00 
3«;.oo 


40.00 

30.CO 

15.00 

5-00 

4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
1. 00 
35.00 

8.0c 

6.00 
4.00 
6.00 
.25 
2.00 

2.<.0 
2. 00 
1. 00 
2. CO 
2.00 
3.00 
.50 

12.00 

15.00 

25.00 


to 
to 
to 
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40.00 
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10.00 
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13. 00 

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■75 
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3.00 
3.00 
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6.00 

1.50 

20.00 

1. 00 

30.00 

50.00 


40.00 
25.00 

3.00 
4.00 

5.00 

5.00 

3.00 

3.00 

4.00 


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to 

8.00  to 

3.00  to 


6.00 

4.00 
■50 

3. CO 

2.00 
3.00 
9.00 
3.00 
3.00 

3. 00 

.50 

1.00 

30.C0 

1. 00 
15.00 

35.00 


50.00 

3500 

10.0c 
12.00 

I2.CO 

12.00 
6.CO 

8.00 

10.00 

3-00 

50.00 

12.00 
6.00  ' 

8.00 
8.00 

•75 
3. CO 
3. CO 
3-Co 

3.C0 
4.00 
3.00 

5-<-0 

2. CO 

J. 50 

25.00 

■  ■>5 

30.00 

50.00 


40.00 

30.L0 

to. 00 
8.00 


6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
a.oo 
40.00 

10.00 
4.00 


to 

-  to 

to 

4.00  to 

•35  to 

4.00  to 

2.00  to 

2.00  to 


4.00 

3.00 

3. CO 

•  75 
1.00 

I. CO 

15.00 

35.CO 


.  to 
to 


50.00 

35^oo 
15.00 
25.00 


12.00 
12.00 
12.00 

4.00 

60.00 

13.00 
8.00 


8.00 

•75 
6.CO 

3.00 
4.C0 

6.00 
6.00 
5.00 

3.00 
3.C0 

1.33 

20.00 
60.00 


and  so  also  are  sweet  peas,  of  which 
there  are  all  grades  of  quality. 

American  Beauty 
PHILADELPHIA  has  been  com- 
ing a  little  more 
freely  and  with  slightly  improved  mar- 
ket conditions  has  moved  off  pretty 
well.  Next  in  order  in  popular  favor 
is  the  Russell  which  remains  of  fine 
quality  and  a  fair  supply.  Other  roses 
are  still  rather  short  crop  with  the  ex- 


ception of  pink  Killarney.  The  lower 
grades  of  the  latter  come  in  very 
abundantly.  Carnations  are  plentiful 
and  fine  although  not  quite  so  many 
as  last  week.  Stocks  in  general  seem 
to  be  later  than  last  year— probably 
because  of  being  grown  cool  on  ac- 
count of  the  hard  winter  and  the  coal 
scarcity.  This  condition  is  especially 
noticeable  just  now  in  the  sweet  pea 

(Coniinueti  on  p'lgi'  -'i>7) 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New   Show    Rooms   Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE  0#  AMERICA 


?ti(> 


U  O  11 T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


March  16.  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholesale     Commution    Florist 
Choice  Cut  Rowers 

■  <w  AddrMs,  Ut  WmI  IXIb  Ht..   NEW  TURK 
T*l«pb*»Mi     t*M.  tMI.  MBdl*oB  Bqaar*. 

— WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

Telrphone    M35.    KarrnRMt 

Call  and  lD«pi'Ct  the  Best  Establtahment 

In   thr  WholcBslc  Flower  DUfrlct. 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

S3  WEST  28ik  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

Phono  Farrarat  4$S6 

FRANK  MILLANG^ 

«  llMlraiilr    (  i>in  Til  I  x«ln  n    Ki'iiler    In 

CUT     FLOWERS 

M  ■nd  67  Wfpt  26th  St.,  »w  York 

Coogan  Building 

Tel..  299  Farragnt        Conalgnments  Solicited 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   2Bth      ST.    NEW    YORK. 

GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIONMENTS  SOLICITED 

rHOM  ■  *o» .  ,4jj^(j„      f^E^  YORK 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Freih    Cot   Droorstlve  Evercreena. 

BIgbeat  Standard  of  Quality.  Largeat 
Stork  In  America.  Write  for  Illustrated 
Catalog  of  Oreeni  and  Florlets'  Supplies. 

119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.   KUEBLER 

Brooklyn's  Foramoat  and  Beat 

iNHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

4  nr«t  Cl»».  Markat  t.r  ali  (  UT  FLOWERS 

'i%  WUlou«hby  SL.        BrooklyB.  N.  1 


.  C.  FORD 

121  W*st  28th  St.,       NEW  YO«K 

riiE  ROSES,  rmcy  ihriiiiiiiis 

*    Fnll    Lln»    of    AM,    Crx    FI.O 
Telephone   »g70   Farrmc.t. 


1*.  J.   «iVinrti 

WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST  ^^^^^T'efS^^^" 

A    full    Itnr   of   Cliotre   (^ut    t~1t)Wf«r   HtocA    for   ftU   parpo«c«. 

TiufHOSi ;  iJli  !  f AiUQCT    131    West  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

aLbanV  cut  flower'  'exchange 

;"orL"J""''""-   611  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

MAVK  TIMK  AND  HONKV   HV    HK.NIMNO   TOIIB  ORDERH  TO  CS  

Prices  Riffht.         Consignments  Solicited.        Telephone  Connection 


Centrally  Located,  The 

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SS  and 

RL-E 

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87  W.  26th 

T.l« 

S     IVIIl-l-i 

BsmI*      F-loris-t 
Street,                           NEW 

pkoB*  2483  Farraiut 

ANO 

YORK 

ORCHIDS  -  -  GARDENIAS 

HEADQUARTERS  f'""  tl>e  oiiiire  oiitimt   uf  the 
BEECHWOOD  HEIGHTS  NURSERIES,  of  Bound  Brook,  N.J. 

PAUL  MECONI Wholesale  Florist NEW   YORK 

Telpplionp    Nos.    :!S(VI    nml    MM    MRilisutl     Sriii;irp  67    WFST   2fl(h    .XTKEET 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 

SS-B7     NA/os-fc     ae-tlt     S-troo^ 

Talephone*.  13 — 8610  MadlaoD  Square  Conalvnraeata  8.U«Ato4 

MAITRICB    L.    OLJIB8.   Treaanrer 


NEW  YORK  QDOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


American  Beauty,  Special 

*'  '*         Fancy  and  Extra* 

"  *'         No.  I  and  culls.   . 

Rouell.  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Aresbersi  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunbunt,  Hillingdon. 

Key..-_ 

Camatioiu 


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GROWERS'  CUT 

FLOWER 

COMPANY 

WHOLESALE   FLORISTS 

129  West  28th  Street 

T«'  1  flea  !  f^"""""' 

E.  J.  VAN 

REYPER,  Mgr. 

"■-:  I  r»nk    H.    Traendly 


CharlM   Sohoick 


WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

\yiioIe>taIe  ConinilH-icii  l>rul»r  In 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

133  Wsst  28tb  Street,  Mew  York 
Telephone— Sfi32-3S33  Msdioon  Square 


JOSEPH   S.    FENRICH 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

SI   W.  28th   Street,   New  York 

T.WphaaM,   4M-4n-tn   Mad.    Bq. 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

MTholesale    Florists 
436  Etk  ««im,  Bitwiii  2ltt  nt  27tk  Sti.,  Niw  TmI 

Telephones:      187,  1««,  7W   FarracBt 
Cooalgomenti  Solicited 

HERMAN   WEISS 

WHOLESALE   FLOBUT 

Can  handle  shipments  of  growers'  pro4< 
satisfactorily.  Would  Ilka  to  bear  b 
Qrowers  of  Snapdragona  and  8wa«C  Pi 
etc.,  for  the  New  York  trad*. 

ISO  Weat  28th  Street,  T»L  : 

wsw  TOmK. 


March  16,  1918 


HORTICULTUEE 


367 


Flower  Market  Reports 

'.Cofidinued  from  page  2bf) 

crop  which  is  heautif\illy  hardened  off 
with  splendid  substance  and  bears 
shipping  much  better  than  usual. 

The  market  keeps 
PITTSBURGH     active    through    the 

agencies  of  the  sea- 
son department  store  openings  requir- 
ing quantities  of  foliage  plants  and 
cut  blooms.  The  opening  of  the  mil- 
lion dollar  Grand  Opera  House  was 
also  the  inspiration  last  week  for  deco- 
rative floral  work  and  congratulation 
bouquets  and  formal  pieces  on  a  scale 
never  before  experienced  in  theatrical 
circles  in  the  city.  Lilies  are  coming 
in  more  plentifully.  Exceptionally  fine 
sweet  peas,  too,  are  on  the  increase, 
and  meet  a  fair  demand.  There  are 
also  more  carnations,  as  well  as  quan- 
tities of  tulips  which,  however,  have 
only  a  fair  market.  Roses  remain 
scarce. 

Business  has 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.     not  been  very 

brisk,  but  the 
forepart  is  good.  Bulbous  stock  is 
very  plentiful,  necessitating  special 
sales.  Carnations  are  crowding  but 
good  in  quality.  Roses  of  all  kinds  are 
fine,  especially  Ophelia  and  Scott  Key. 
Lilies  are  selling  well,  but  the  supply 
is  meagre.  Violets  are  still  coming 
in  very  plentiful,  as  are  sweet  peas, 
freesia,  yellow  marguerites,  migno- 
nette and  Narcisis  poeticus.  Pussy 
Willows  are  being  used  very  exten- 
sively in  baskets. 

Carnations  are  cleaning 
ST.  LOUIS     up     satisfactorily,     also 

roses  at  fair  figures.  On 
"clean-up"  lots  of  carnations  $10  per 
1000  has  been  the  prevailing  prices. 
Short  stem  roses  sell  at  $2.00  per  100 
in  all  varieties.  Violets  are  getting 
smaller  with  prospects  of  but  few  for 
Easter.  Sweet  peas  are  coming  in 
nicely. 


J.    K- 


N 


CLUB    AND    SOCIETY    NOTES. 

The  Reading,  Pa.,  Florists'  Associa- 
tion held  its  monthly  meeting  Thurs- 
day, March  7,  at  the  home  of  J.  C. 
Bauder,  with  a  full  attendance.  All 
made  a  report  of  the  stock  they  have 
on  hand  and  the  outlook  for  the  Easter 
trade.  The  growers  reported  that 
lilies  would  be  plentiful.  The  princi- 
pal discussion  of  the  evening  was  re- 
garding better  co-operation.  The  new 
idea  is  for  each  member  to  specialize 
on  one  or  a  few  plants  or  flowers.  In 
that  manner  the  dealers  can  raise 
their  quota  to  supply  the  demand. 


A  LEADER  IN  THE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTY  YEAR» 

Shippers  of  good  flowers  can  find  here  a  steady  market  for  their  product, 
with  good  returns  and  prompt  payments.    Make  a  start  now  for  the  New  Year. 

118  West  28th  St.      IME^A^  YORK 


TELEPHONES 

Farrasut  167  and  SOS*^ 


The  monthly  meeting  of  the  Pater- 
son  (N.  J.)  Floricultural  Society  was 
held  at  Y.  M.  C.  A.  hall,  Tuesday 
night,  March  5.  It  was  decided  to  do- 
nate the  proceeds  of  the  .lune  rose 
show  to  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  recreation 
fund  and  the  proceeds  of  the  fall 
dahlia  show  to  the  Red  Cross.  In  the 
monthly  competition  Edward  Vander- 
cliff,  gardener  to  Mrs.  A.  T.  Leonhard, 
of  Haledon,  was  awarded  the  follow- 
ing points  for  a  splendid  exhibit;  Car- 
nations, 75  points;  narcissus,  6.5  points, 
and  snapdragons,  75  points. 


NEW  YORK  QUOTATIONS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleyas 

Dendrobium  formoaum* 

Lilies,  Lonsiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callat 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

SnapdragoD  •       

Iris* 


VioleU 

FreesiBS  ■ 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daflodils 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeniasi-  •■ 

Adiantum 

Smilax • • * • 

Aaparagiu  Plumosus.  A  Spren  (loo  bunches) . 


Last  Part  of  Wiik 

endiOK  Mar.  9 

1911 


15.. 


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8.00 

.30 

1. 00 
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1. 00 
2.00 
1. 00 

2. 00 

2.00 
.50 
1. 00 

8.00 

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12.00 

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50. CO 


WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  haTe  a  numerouB  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyera  and  the  demand  ex- 
oeede  onr  sopply.  This  Is  eepeolally  true  of  Botes.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abundant  means  and  best  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 

Address  Your  Shipments  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER 

111    Wr.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


CO.    Inc. 

D.  J.  Pappas,  Pres. 


J.    J.     OO.AIM,     Inc. 

High  Class  Product  of  the  Lead  Rg  Growers 

NOVELTIES  A  SPECIALTY. 

Consignors  Please  Call  or  Write. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

Telephones,    Farragut  5413  or  5891. 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

S47-S67  Cambridge  St.,  Boston 

Headquarters  for 

CYCAS,     BASKETS,     WIBE     DESIGNS 

and    WAX   FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  list  If  you  bave  not  re- 
ceived one. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

KVEBYTHINO    FOR    THE    FLORIST 


Webster,  Mass. — The  Webster  Flo- 
ral Co.  have  had  all  they  could  do  to 
keep  their  houses  going  this  winter, 
with  the  extreme  cold  and  fuel  short- 
age. The  firm  is  composed  of  Mr,  Mar- 
tins and  Mr.  Gustafson,  formerly  book- 
keeper and  grower,  respectively,  at 
the  A.  N.  Pierson  place  in  Oomwell, 
Conn.  They  bought  the  old  F.  C. 
Riebe  place  here  last  fall  and  found 
the  heating  apparatus  inadequate  and 
out  of  repair  but  are  hoping  to  get  the 
place  into  good  shape  this  season. 
They  are  planning  for  a  large  bedding 
plant  business  for  this  spring.  One 
house  of  lettuce  is  coming  along  fine. 

One  of  the  oldest  established  florists 
in  this  section  is  Paul  Klaber,  who,  in 
addition  to  his  greenhouse  business, 
fills  the  position  in  charge  of  the  parks 
and  street  trees  of  Webster.  He  also 
has  suffered  from  the  fuel  shortage  and 
closed  down  two  of  his  houses,  which 
he  is  now  preparing  to  put  into  com- 
mission again. 


FLOWER  GROWERS 

I  have  a  good  wholesale  market  for  Pan- 
sies,  Violets,  Carnations  and  all  other  atoci' 
of  quality. 

Regular  Shipments  Solicited 

B.  S.  SI-INN,  Jr. 

66  and  67  W.  zeth  Street.  NEW  YOB* 

^CED  01  KCLLER 

123    West    25th    St.,    New    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

We    nmnnriirt lire   nil    our 

«ital  Designs,  Baskets,  Wire  Work  &  Noveltiis 

and   ;irt'   ile.ilers    lu 

Decorative  GlaHHuare,  Orowera  anil 

Florist  A*   KeaiiiHites 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurseriet 

Importers  and    Grower*  of 

OROMIDS 

Omt    Flowers  •(   AU    the    tMKllnc    VnrlHIsi 
In  tkelr   Beaaaa. 

THOMAS   YOUNG.   Jr.,    Proprietor 

■MtrWD    RROOK.    M.    J 


Wired  Toothpicks 


Manafa«tar«d  by 


W.  J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000. .  .fZ.OO       60,000...  W.75       Sample  fre»>. 
For  sale  by  dealers. 


•?G8 


HORTICULTURE 


March  16,  1918 


SALESMEN    OFF    THE    ROAD?— AD- 
VERTISE! 
Ily  JiM-1  \V     in.  klii-1.11   ill  "I'lnss." 

lessened  trndo  in  those  lines  affect- 
ed by  war  coiulllioiis,  and  temporary 
complete  cossutiiin  of  trade  in  some 
lines,  due  to  the  dimculty  of  obtaininn 
deliveries,  lack  of  raw  materials,  etc., 
has  caused  many  sales  managers  to  re- 
duce their  forces.  In  a  number  of 
lines  traveling  saltsinen  have  been  re- 
called to  the  home  ollice. 

Under  such  circumstances  some 
sales  managers  have  questioned  the 
advisability  of  advertising,  wlien  there 
was  "no  business."  The  advertising 
manager  who  finds  this  attitude  pre- 
vailing, in  spite  of  his  well-grounded 
belief  In  correct  advertising  principles, 
oftentimes  Is  allowed  to  continue  his 
trade  paper  schedules  under  protest, 
with  the  possibility  constantly  present 
that  cancellation  of  advertising  con- 
tracts will  be  ordered  at  any  moment, 
even  though  he  should  advise 
against  It.     In  such  a  situation  it  may 


The  1st  of  May 
Thrift  Stamp  Day 
In  The   U.  S.  A. 

The  Active  Co-operation  of 
Every  Reader  of 

HORTICULTURE 

Is   Urgently    Requested    To 
Make   It   A   Success 

May  1st,  1(118,  will  be  observed 
tbruu):haut  the  United  States  as 
Tlirift  Stamp  Day!  On  that  day  re- 
tail stores  everywhere  in  every  line 
of  business  will  asl^  customers  to 
take  part  of  tlieir  ciianiee  in  Thrift 
Stanipit!  It  will  be  patriotic  for 
every  man.  woman  and  child  to  ac- 
cept at  least  one  Thrift  Stamp  as 
change  on  every  purchase  made  that 
day — and  to  make  as  many  pur- 
chases as  possible  on  May  lat. 

Here  is  a  big,  praetkal  way  of 
gettinc  millions  of  Thrift  Stami)s 
into  the  hands  of  the  people  of  the 
TJnited  States,  and  of  iusuiing  the 
success  of  the  Government's  War 
Savings  Stamps  campaign.  Thrift 
Stamp  Day  will  help  evrryonr.  It 
will  prove  a  tremendous  boost  to 
business.  On  May  1st,  1918,  the  na- 
tion should  do  the  biggest  total  re- 
tall  business  of  any  single  day  in 
our  history  '.  The  beneficial  habit  of 
'Phrift  will  be  sown  broadcast  among 
the  citizens  of  the  U.  S.  A."  Most 
important  of  all.  Uncle  Sam  will  be 
furnished  with  the  sinews  of  War 
and    Victory! 

American  buslni'ss  must  go  "over 
the  top"  at  once  in  a  quick  drive  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  an  over- 
whelminc  success.  Ton  wholesalers, 
you  Jobbers,  you  salesmen,  must 
talli  Thrift  Stamp  Day  among  your 
tnide.  arouse  the  enthusiasm  of  the 
retailers,  the  storekeepers,  the  clerks 
behind  the  counters.  Uncle  Sam 
needs  your  help.  A  practical  plan 
has  been  prei)ared  showing  how  each 
one  of  yon  can  "do  your  !>it"  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  a  red  letter 
day  in  American  business  annals. 
Write  for  this  plan  tnda.v  without 
fail.  Uemember.  in  helping  Uncle 
Sam  you  are  helping  business  and 
helping  yourselves.  Address  Mr.  W. 
Ward  Smith,  National  War  Savings 
Committee,  51  Chambers  St.,  New 
York  City. 

NIkTIONAl  ;WAR  SAVINGS   COMMITTEE 

SI    Cbambert  Street,  New  York  Cil7 


well  be  contended,  and  with  good  rea-' 
son.   that    business   conditions   of  this 
kind    make   the   continuation   of   trade 
paper    advertising    even    more    neces- 
sary than  usual. 

Take,  for  example,  the  case  of  a 
large  and  well  known  company  manu- 
facturing beating  boilers,  which  ha.s 
been  taken  over  by  the  (iovernment 
Under  normal  conditions  architects 
and  contractors  would  be  constantly 
reminded  of  this  line  of  boilers,  at 
times  when  estimates  were  being 
figured  and  heating  problems  dis- 
cussed. 

The  output  of  this  concern  is  tem- 
porarily off  the  market,  and  heating 
contractors  favoring  this  equipment 
are  not  pushing  the  line.  Under  the 
circumstances  it  no  longer  receives 
the  valuable  selling  publicity'  It  for- 
merly was  given  through  these  chan- 
nels. In  tact,  substitute  lines  are  be- 
ing discussed,  and  the  advantages  of 
any  particular  substitute  may  be 
rather  forcefully  presented,  to  its 
great  and  iiermanent  advantage.  Un- 
der these  conditions  it  could  hardly  be 
too  strongly  urged  that  normal  pub- 
licity in  trade  and  architectural  papers 
Is  more  than  ordinarily  necessary. 

Another  example  might  be  cited  of 
certain  lines  of  specialty  hardware 
whose  delivery  possibilities  are  so 
limited  that  salesmen  are  not  making 
their  regular  calls  on  the  trade.  Ad- 
vertising the  line  in  hardware  papers 
is  an  excellent  method  of  keeping  the 
product  before  the  trade,  and  advertis- 
ing of  this  kind  is  certainly  necessary 
under  the  circumstances. 

A  variety  of  examples  of  similar 
character  might  be  drawn  from  exist- 
ing conditions  to  prove  the  advisa- 
bility and  the  dollars-and-cents  value, 
in  the  long  run,  of  depending  more  on 
your  advertising  to  Ifeep  your  name 
and  line  before  your  customers  in  the 
absence  of  regular  calls  or  fewer  call? 
of  your  salesmen,  even  though  the 
general  situation  is  devoid  of  imme- 
diate sales  possibilities. 


SETTING   THE   PEOPLE    RIGHT. 

The  following  letter  by  E.  A.  Chip- 
man  which  appeared  in  the  Woon- 
socket,  R.  I..  Call,  on  January  18.  is 
a  good  example  of  bow  all  florists 
should  try  to  inform  and  educate  the 
public  so  that  a  proper  estimate  of  the 
florists'  business  and  its  place  in  the 
community  may  be  inculcated. 
Pity  the  Florists. 

To  the  Kdltor  of  The  Woonsocket  Call. 

Dear  Sir:  At  this  time  when  all  are  be- 
ing deprived  to  a  greater  or  less  extent  of 
the  luxuries  of  life,  and  even  the  necessi- 
ties, each  and  every  man  is  inclined  to  look 
about  him  and  see  if  Ills  neighbor  Is  In- 
dulging in  luxuries  which  he.  himself,  has 
cut  off.  While  the  Food  and  Fuel  Admin- 
istrations have  matters  largely  in  their  own 
hands,  public  opinion  Is  the  real  and  final 
arbiter,  and  while  these  ofliclals  must  and 
do  reach  a  knowledge  of  the  conditions  of 
all  cases  so  far  as  possible,  the  public 
would  spare  them  much  unjust  criticism 
If  it  would   study  the  real  conditions. 

As  a  florist.  I  wish  to  ask  the  public  con- 
sideration for  our  business,  more  especially 
In  this  city.  Compared  with  the  florist 
business  In  other  cities  ours  is  a  feeble 
one.  and  by  many  considered  a  business 
of  luxury.  We  find  by  looking  around  that 
some  two  score  people,  or  more,  gain  their 
daily  bread  by  this  occupation  in  or  near 
our  city.  To  the  unthinking  person  this 
business  Is  considered  unnecessary  and  a 
luxury.  It  may  be.  So,  also,  it  Is  an  un- 
necessary thing  and  a  luxury  to  wash  one's 


face.  Tlic  water  costs  money.  Where  shall 
wo  draw  the  line? 

There  Is  lltth-  (jui-Bllon  as  to  the  neces- 
sity of  early  veitelable  plants  grown  by  the 
llortsts.  The  hiiinlreds  of  llioiiMaiids  grown 
and  sold  In  this  city  speak  for  themselves. 
The  lime  for  sowing  of  these  seeds  la 
iiearlv  at  hand.  With  eiiiply  coal  bins, 
scarcity  of  labor,  the  lilk-li  cost  of  living. 
It  riiiulres  great  dctenriliiatloii  and  cour- 
age to  do  that  which  will  best  serve  the 
pnbllc  III   these  iiiatlers. 

Miinv  tlKMisands  of  dollum  are  Invested 
by  IhiVlsIs  ill  bnlldliig,  stock,  etc.  A  few 
hoiir.s  without  coal  on  a  cold  night  would 
mean    nilii-total    loss   of    plant    stock    thBt 

could     not    be    repla I    without    years    of 

lalKir.  A  few  may  !"■  sacrlllced  for  the 
many,  but  can  the  roimiiuiilly  afford  to 
lose  these  pioneers  in  I  Ills  imliislry?  And 
right  here  let  me  suugest  that  uh  ninny  as 
poBsllile  make  IheniBelves  nc(|iialnled  with 
the  various  greenliouseB  In  and  near  Woon- 
socket. Learn  what  they  arc  doing,  their 
struBgles;  compare  with  the  needs  of  the 
public,  and  decide  for  themselves  whether 
this  Infant  industry  shall  be  fostered  or 
crushed.  Everyone  will  llnd.  without  ex- 
cejitlon,  that  tlie  proprietors  of  greenhouses 
and  florists'  stores,  will  explain  full  de- 
tails and  methods  of  their  liuslness.  It 
would  be  a  revelation  to  nearly  alt  who 
would  do  this.  They  would  then  ascertain 
the  conditions  which  make  possible  the 
flowers  they  give  to  make  their  loved  ones 
happy,  the  floral  offerings  liy  which  they 
express  regard  for  those  deceased,  their 
hours  brightened  by  plants  and  flowers, 
and  their  tables  supplied  with  early  vege- 

W'les. 

The  florist  cannot  close  up  for  a  vaca- 
tion of  n  month  or  two  weeks,  not  even  In 
the  summer.  His  work  covers  mi  days  In 
a  year.  From  November  till  April  he  can 
have  no  coalless  days.  Although  his  table 
inav  be  wheatless  and  meatless  he  cannot 
suspend  business  a  day.  nor  even  an  hour. 

Perhaps  no  Industrial  class  has  been  so 
hard  hit  by  the  coal  situation  as  the  florist. 
Many  of  them  have  been  forced  out  of 
business.  We  could  go  on  to  tell  of  sleep- 
less nlehts  spent  in  stoking,  the  conserva- 
tion of  fuel  to  the  point  where  profit  Is 
eliminated  and  plants  barely  kept  alive. 
We  could  tell  of  a  florist  scurrying  about 
from  place  to  place  trying  to  get  a  ton  of 
coal  which  would  last  possibly  two  nights, 
but  perhaps  we  have  said  enough.  No  coal, 
no  plants.  ^     .      _ 

E.  A.  Chipman. 

Woonsocket,  R.  I. 


WHEN    SPRING    COMES    BACK. 
When     Spring     comes     back— old     dreams 

come,  too. 
Across  the  starlight  and  the  dew. 
From  vanished   years  and   illstant  ways 
Through    many,  many   yesterdays — 
Dreams  that  In  winters  sweep  of  snow 

We  thought  had   passed  forever   by. 
But  when  the  south  wind  whispers  low 

And  <iod's  blue  gets  back  n  the  sky. 
Where  bud  and  bloom  crown  vale  and  hill 
We  find  them  waiting  for  us  still. 
They  seek   us   in   the  morning   sun — 
They    follow    still    when    day    Is    done— 
In  song  or  blossom  or  the  mist 

Of  rain  that  gathers  from  the  hills— 
Grav   shadows   beckon    to   the   tryst 

That  waits   beyond    rock -fretted  rills. 
Until,  like  vagabonds  adrift. 

We  wander  back  across  the  ways 
To  seek  again  the  vanished  shift 

Of  Life  in  Love's  dim  yesterdays. 

— OrantJand   Rirr,   in   Songs   of   the 
Stalwart. 


E»t«b.  no.'i 


1904 


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Sizes  on  Order 


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Cambridge,  Mass. 


March  16,  1918 


HOKTICULTURE 


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Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  aod  Discoants  address 

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HYDROCYANIC-ACID      GAS      AS      A 
GREENHOUSE     INSECTICIDE 

By  the  carel'ul  use  of  hydrocyanic- 
acid  gas,  practically  all  insects  infest- 
ing the  foliage  of  ornamental  plants  in 
greenhouses  may  be  controlled  more 
cheaply  and  effectively  than  by  any 
other  means,  according  to  a  bulletin 
just  issued  by  the  United  States  De- 
partment of  Agriculture,  "Fumigation 
of  Ornamental  Greenhouse  Plants  with 
Hydrocyanic-Acid  Gas,"  by  E.  R. 
Lasscer  and  A.  D.  Borden.  It  is 
pointed  out,  however,  that  in  fumigat- 
ing a  greenhouse  containing  a  large 
variety  of  plants,  even  when  using  the 
correct  quantity  and  under  just  the 
right  conditions,  there  is  risk  that  the 
tender  growth  of  some  plants  may  be 
injured.  This  injury  is  not  perma- 
nent, however,  and  such  plants  will 
show  new  vigorous  growth  in  a  short 
time.  The  growth  of  many  plants  is 
stimulated  by   hydrocyanic-acid   gas. 

The  chemicals  required  for  the  fumi- 
gation are  sodium  cyanid  containing 
not  less  than  51  per  cent,  cyanogen, 
or  potassium  cyanid  containing  not 
less  than  38.4  per  cent,  cyanogen,  sul- 
phuric acid  93  per  cent,  pure  and 
water.  Cyanid  for  fumigation  pur- 
poses should  be  practically  free  from 
chlorin. 

PHECAUTIONS   TO  BE  TAKEN. 

Fumigation  should  not  be  attempted 
in  daylight,  or  when  the  temperature 
in  the  house  is  below  50  degrees  F.  or 
above  70  degrees  F.  Cyanid  Is  one 
of  the  most  poisonous  substances 
known  and  extreme  care  must  be  used 
In  its  handling.  The  chemicals  must 
not  be  within  reach  of  those  unac- 
quainted with  their  nature,  and  must 
always  be  plainly  labeled.  Among 
other  measures  of  care  are  the  follow- 
ing: Chemicals  should  be  handled 
preferably  with  old  gloves  used  for  no 
other  purpose;  the  acid  must  not 
touch  clothes  or  skin.  The  water  must 
not  be  poured  on  the  acid;  put  the 
water  in  the  generator  first  and  then 
the  acid.  The  person  who  places  the 
cyanid   In   the   water   and   acid    must 

FOR  SALE 

FOn  SALE.— Property  consisting  of 
greenhouse  nnd  residence  located  on  Ash- 
land Street,  Roslindale.  near  Calvary  Ceme- 
tery. A  fine  opportunity  for  investment. 
Address  I..  Pfennig,  380  Ashland  St.,  Ros- 
lindale, Mass, 

GREENHOUSES  FOR   SALE. 

Two  15  X  flO  ft. ;  one  15  x  75  ft. ;  one  17  x  64 
ft.;  stocked  with  violets  and  one  small 
Propagating  House.  Three  acres  choice 
land.  House  of  8  rooms  and  liath.  Electric 
lights,  cltv  water,  hot  water  heat  for  all. 
Price  $.5,500,  worth  $8,000.  Located  at 
Westboro,  12  miles  from  Worcester,  Mass., 
on  electric  line.  Apply  to  ARTHUR 
GEORGE,   Florist,   Westboro,  Mass. 


DREEIR'S  "Riverton  Special"  Plant    Tubs 

No.  Dlam.  Ea.     Doz.     100 
10    20  In.  $2.75  $30.00  $2:i0.U0 
20     18  In.     2.25    24.00    100.00 
30    16  In.     1.75    lU.OO    152.00 
i  to    14  In.     1.50    17.00   135.00 
M     12  In.     1.00    11.00     88.00 
I  liO     10  in.       .70      7.75     62.00 
_         ^70      8  In.       .55     6.50     50.00 
The   Rlvertun   Tub   is  Bold  exclusively    by   u»,  and   is  the  best  ever  introduced. 
The  neatest,  lightest  and  cheapest.     Painted  green  and  bound  with  electric-welded 
hoops.     The  four  largest  sizes  are  equipped  with   drop  handles. 

HENRY  A.  DREER,  s»e<s.  punts,  buius,  ami  sofptes,  714.716  chestHUt  St.,  P1iiladelpliia,Pa. 


leave  the  greenhouse  immediately, 
and  persons  must  never  enter  a  fumi- 
gated house  until  it  is  thoroughly 
aired.  To  insure  this,  some  arrange- 
ment must  be  provided  by  which  the 
ventilators  can  be  opened  from  the 
outside.  Danger  signs  must  be  posted 
at  all  entrances,  and  the  house  tightly 
closed  before  the  fumigation  begins, 
and  a  greenhouse  adjoining  a  dwelling 
should  not  be  fumigated  without  pre- 


viously notifying  the  residents  of  the 
dwelling. 

These  precautions  and  others,  to- 
gether with  a  fumigation  table  which 
tells  the  quantities  of  chemicals  to  be 
used  for  various  insects  on  a  great  va- 
riety of  plants,  are  given  in  Farmers' 
Bulletin  880,  which  will  be  sent  free 
on  request  from  the  United  States  De- 
partment of  Agriculture  at  Washing- 
ton. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


BULBS 

C.   KEUR   A   SONS.    UILLEQOM,   Holland. 

Bulbs  of  all  descrlptluui.     Write  tor  price*. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH,  8-10  Brid(e  St. 

CARNATION   STAPLES 

Split  carnatluus  quickly,  eailly  and 
cheaply  mended.  PUlBbury'i  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  35c.;  30OO  for  $1.00  post- 
paid.    L   L.   PILLSBURY.  Galeabart.  IlL 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

GOOD    RETURNS    WITHOUT    THE   COST 
OF  COAL. 
WITHIN   THE    BEACH   OF   EVERY 
GROWER. 
PLANT  EARLY  CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Such    as    will    mature    before    the    last    of 
October.      We   are    booking    orders   fur    de- 
livery  now   or   later  as   desired.     Complete 
list   of  the    best   early,    both    Pompons   and 
large   flowering   supplied   upon   request.     If 
our   191s   Trade   List   has   not   reached   you, 

ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,       Adrian,  Mich. 


DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dahlia   Mrs.   Frederick  OrlnnaU. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROON KY.  New   Bedford.  Maaa. 

Order!  booked  at  any  time  for  Vail  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
*  GLADIOLUS  OARDBNS,  J.  U  lleon. 
Prop..  Northboro.  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — John  Wanamakar, 
Newest,  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  naw 
form  and  new  habit  of  frrowtb.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut-flnwer  varieties.  Send  list  of 
wanta  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FARUS. 
Berlin.  N.  J 

New  and  rare  Cactus  and  Peony  Dahlias, 
100  named  varieties,  many  unobtainable 
elsewhere.  Correspondence  only.  No  cat- 
alogue. Mixed  lot.  identity  lost,  .lOc,  $3.00 
doz.  F.  E.  TAYLOR,  121  WUdwood  Ave., 
Upper  Montclair,  N.  J. 


GLASS 

Qreenhonse  glass,  lowest  prices.     JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO..  Hartford  City.  Ind. 


GLADIOLI. 

SEND  FOR  MY  SPECIAL  TRADE  LIST 
OF  GLADIOLI.  ALL  THE  LEADING  VA- 
RIETIES IN  DIFFERENT  SIZES. 

CENTRAL  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS. 
JELLE  RODS,  MILTON,  MASS. 


ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  Loudon,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One   trial   order   solcited. 

PAPER    POTS 

Paper  Pots  and  Dirt  Bands.  Send  for 
Samples  and  Prices.  P.  W.  ROCHELLE 
&  SONS,  Box  65,  Chester,  N.  J. 


PEONIES 

Peonlea.  The  world's  greatest  colleetlon. 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTSCHBB, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 

ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND   SHRUBS. 

THE   CONARD   &    JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

SPHAGNUM   MOSS 

Live  Sphagnnm  moss,  orchid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  hand.  LAOBS 
&   HI'RRKLL.  Summit.  N.  J. 

STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry  Plants.  Money  making  va- 
rieties. Catalogue  Free.  BASIL  PERRY, 
Georgetown,  Delaware. 


VINB8 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vlnea,  ehole* 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tnb 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Mount  HlssarlU  Nor- 
sery,  New  Rocbelle.  N.  Y. 

WIRE   WORK 

WILLIAM  E.  HEII-SCUKR'i  WIUB 
WOBKS,  264   Randolph   St..   Uetralt,  Mtak. 


i:t> 


THE    INSECTICIDE    SITUATION. 

II  luiH  bi'fu  cmphaslzftl  ilurliiR  tlu- 
la«l  few  yt'iirs  moro  I  ban  I'VtT  bofori- 
Ibat  wi'  buvo  omi  of  two  allornatlvos; 
pitbor  nnlictpatiun  or  consttTiiatlon. 
Just  as  IbiTi"  bas  bi'i-n  trouble  witn 
cOal.  siiKur.  Rralii  and  fertilizer,  so  we 
cnn  see  that  trouble  in  t;titlnK  InsectI 
cliles  may  be  added  to  tbe  list,  for 
there  IB  already  a  short  ape  In  arscnle. 
the  basis  of  many  of  our  Insecticides. 

The  source  of  arsenic  for  Insecti- 
cides is  white  arsenic,  and  arsenicus 
oxide  produced  from  the  roasting  of  ar- 
senical ores.  Imports  upon  which  we 
have  depended  for  a  ureat  deal  of  the 
arsenical  ores,  has  be<'n  cut  off.  The 
price  of  arsenic  has  consequently  ■i'^- 
en  and  there  is  a  conseQuent  rise  In 
the  prices  of  most  of  the  arsenical  in- 
secticides. The  advance  in  the  fall  of 
1917  was  approximately  ten  per  cent, 
over  the  prices  quoted  in  the  early 
summer  and  these  prices  seem  to  be 
holding  up  to  the  present  time. 

There  Is  a  shortage  of  sulphur,  as 
well,  owing  to  the  lack  of  suitable 
sources  in  this  country,  hence,  thef. 
has  been  a  corresponding  advance  in 
price  of  material  for  the  making  of 
lime-sulphur   solution. 

Tbe  tobacco  insecticides  have  re- 
mained about  the  same  since  1911, 
and  there  Is  no  anticipation  ot  any 
change  in  tbe  near  future. 

The  Government  will  shortly  fix  the 
price  of  insecticides.  This  will  give 
further  stability  to  the  price  and 
should  ease  the  minds  of  buyers  on 
this  point,  although  it  seems  that  in 
secticide  companies  have  played  fair 
In  this  matter,  moving  up  their  prices 


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PalTcrlspd 

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The  Ronsts'  standard  ol  uniform 
high  qualitT  (or  over  tea  years. 
Speciiy  :  WIZARD  BRAND  in 
your  Supply  House  order,  or  write 
Ul  direct  for  prices  and  freight   rates. 

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NIKOTEEN 

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APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumigating 
A.>k  Your  Dealar  hot  It 

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IT    LOUIS 


Tbe  Floiiata  Rail  Aaaoclatioo  rate  of  in- 
^arancc  from  Not.  1st,  1916  to  Nov.  1st, 
1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
square  feet  of  sinicle  thick  elans  and  eight 
cents  per  hundred  square  feet  of  dooble 
tblok  glass.  For  particulars,  address. 
JOHN  O.  ESLBB,  See.,  Saddle  BlTer,  N.  J 


II  n  i:ti  c  L  LT  U  HI:; 

only    In    accordance    with    the   rise    In 
the  price  of  raw  materials. 

The  problem  of  transportation  and 
distribulion  Is  one  of  great  impor- 
tance and  di'alers  and  growers  will  do 
well  to  make  early  i)lans  for  another 
year,  ordering  supplies  well  In  ad- 
vance of  their  need,  particularly  for 
those  Insecticides  containing  arsenic 
which  are  sure  to  be  needed  for  the 
protection  of  staple  crops.  It  is  hoped 
that  organizations  will  co-operate  to 
the  extent  of  buying  carload  lots  from 
the  manufacturer  since  Ibis  makes 
for  economy  and  quick  delivery. 

Arsenal*!  of  lead  powder  can  De 
stored  in  any  dry  room  Arsenate  of 
Lead  pa.ste  must  be  stored  In  a  warm 
room;   most  cellars  are  suitable. 

Growers  should  either  make  plans 
for  buying  now,  or  find  out  the  condi- 
tion ot  the  market  at  an  early  date 
from  those  from  whom  they  are  ac- 
customed to  buy.  Dealers  should  an- 
ticipate the  demand  instead  of  waiting 
until  the  insects  have  taken  more  than 
their  usual  ten  per  cent  of  the  profits 
before  attempting  to  secure  a  supply 
from    the   manufacturer. 

Let  us  not  be  caught  next  year  as 
many  were  caught  last  summer  when 
the  potato  plant  lice  increased  in 
number  and  did  such  destructive 
work.  Many  dealers  were  unable  to 
supply  the  fanner's  demands  and  few 
farmers  had  a  sufficient  stock  on 
hand.  It  may  be  the  potato  beetle 
next  year,  or  it  may  be  plant  lice 
again.  Let  us  be  a  "move"  ahead  In- 
stead of  a  "movie"  behind. 

Gb»rge  H.  Lamson. 

Conn.  Agri.  Col. 


March  16,  1918 


A   WAR   GARDEN   TALK 

"We  must  have  three  times  as 
many  gardens  this  year  as  last,"  de- 
clared Mrs.  .John  D.  Mackay  of  Quincy, 
chairman  of  the  conservation  commit- 
tee of  the  Massachusetts  Federation 
of  Women's  Clubs,  which  opened  a 
conference  at  Horticultural  Hall  on 
.lanuary  11.  "We  must  make  up  a  tre- 
mendous shortage  by  what  we  raise, 
and  by  what  we  can  save." 

"Home  gardens  are  a  vital  neces- 
sity," said  William  N.  Craig,  superin- 
tendent of  the  Faulkner  farm,  "but  in 
these  so-called  war  gardens  do  not  bar 
flowers.  Nothing  is  more  helpful  than 
flowers  to  our  invalided  soldiers  upon 
their  return  from  the  battle  front."  He 
recommended  commencing  work  on 
gardens  as  early  as  possible,  scouted 
the  idea  that  it  was  more  expensive  to 
buy  seeds  than  the  products,  and 
urged  placing  early  orders  for  seeds, 
as  a  scarcity  might  be  experienced 
owing  to  the  stoppage  of  importation. 

In  his  talk  he  gave  a,  planting  sched- 
ule including  lists  and  dates  of  the 
better  varieties  of  vegetables,  and 
warned  against  last  year's  mistake  of 
not  planting  sufficient  quantities  of 
the  so-called  winter  vegetables,  con- 
sisting of  potatoes,  carrots,  beans, 
sweet  corn,  squash  and  cabbage.  The 
ground  should  never  be  left  vacant, 
but  as  soon  as  one  crop  was  up  an 
other  should  be  put  in. 

A  practical  demonstration  of  prun- 
ing and  grafting  was  given  and  ex- 
plained by  W.  A.  Miinson  of  the  Wal- 
pole  Agricultural  school.  Harris  A. 
Reynolds  of  the  Massachusetts  For- 
estry Association  spoke  on  the  "Pine 


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.^INSECTICIDE  ^-».<. 

Bare  joar  plants  and  trees.  Jast  tba 
thing  for  grceulinuae  and  outdoor  uae, 
Ilratroya  Menly  Kiig,  Urown  and  Wblt* 
Brale,  Thrlpa,  HimI  Spider,  Black  and 
<;rcen  Fly,  MUea,  Anta,  etr.,  without 
Injury  to  nlunta  iind  without  odor, 
I'aed  according  to  dlrecllon,  our  aland- 
ord  Inaectlclde  will  prevent  ravage*  on 
your  cropa  hy  Inacrta. 

Noo-polaonoua  and  barroleaa  to  user 
and  plant.  treading  Scedamen  and 
KInrlBta  bare  ujcd  It  with  wonderful 
rt'Hulta. 

Deatroya  Lice  In  Poultry  Houaea, 
l*"li-as  on  Dnga  «nd  nil  Dnmeatlc  I'eta. 
Kxc«'llent  sa  n  wauli  for  dogs  and  other 
animala.  Ilcltcvoa  rimnge.  Dilute  with 
wnter  .'U)  to  TiO  parts. 

H  Pint,  sue.:   rint,  sn«. ;   Quart,  Mo.; 

H  Callon,  tl.SO;  Gallon,  $2.S0;  6  Oai- 

loB  Can,  tl0.90;    lOtiallon  Cbji,  fZO.OO. 

Directions  on  package. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

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Ths  BMOgnlsed   •tsadai-a   laaia«li«i«. 

A.  apray  remedy  for  greao,  blaek,  wblto  ty, 
thrlpa  and  aoft  acale. 

Qnmrt,  (I.OOi     OallM,  ttM. 

FUNCINE 

For  mlldaw,   mat  and  etbar  bllgkU 
In^  trwara,  frolta  and  Tegatablaa. 
Ooart,  tl.OOi    0«lloB,  ••.••. 

VERMINE 

Tor    Ml    worma,    angle    wormi    imt 
wormi  working  In  tha  lolL 

Ousrt,  (1.00 1    OalloB,  STO*. 

■OLD  BT  BUALMmm. 

A^phkie    MaDufacturing    Co. 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


Use  N.  A.  C.  Products  for 
more  profltable  results.  Send 
for  prices  on  our  complete 
list  of  Fertilizers  and  Insecti- 
cides. 

HOBTICCLTCBAL  DEPT., 
Harry  A.  Banyard,  Mgr. 

NrTR\TE  AGENCIES  CO. 

106  Pearl  St.,  New  York 


Blister  Rust"  and  explained  the  cam- 
paign to  save  the  white  pine  in  Mas- 
sachusetts. 


March   16,  1»18 


HORTICULTURE 


2tl 


KROESCHELL    BOILERS 

IF  YOU  NEED  A   BOILER  IN  A  HURRY 

Telephone    or   Telegraph   At   Our   Expense. 

SEND  FOR  CATALOG 

Kroeschell  Bros.  Co.,  466W.  Erie  St.,  Chicago. 


KING    CONSTRUCTION    COMPANY,   North  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 

GREENHOUSES 
We   Claim    Maximum    Strength    and    Minimum   Shadow.      Investigate 


BOSTON   OFFICE:     113  State  Street.  NEW  TOBK  OFFICE:     1476  Broadway.  SCBANTON,  PA.,   307  IrTing  Avenue. 

FHILAUELFHIA  OFFICE:     Harrison  Building,  ISth  and  Market  Streets. 


CYPRESS  GREENHOUSE  STOCK 

PECKY  CYPRESS  STOCK 
HOT  BED  SASH 

Ask  for  Circular  D  and  Prices 

THE  A.  T.  STEARNS  LUMBER  COMPANY 

NEPONSET,  BOSTON 


GREENHOUSES ALL  KINDS 


We  go  anywbere  In  (he  (1.  S.  lo  subrrit  plans  itii  prices 

tMetrojaoh  fai)Ma  ferial  (S 

1297-1325  Flushing  Ave.,  Brooklyn.  N.Y. 


Mastica  Is  elastic  and  tenacloas,  admits  of 
expansion  and  contraction.  Pottj  becomes 
bard  and  brittle.  Broken  glass  more  easily 
removed  wltboat  breaking  of  other  glaH 
as  occurs  witb  bard  patty.  I«sts  longer 
tban  patt,      Bas7  to  applT. 


SASH  OPERATING 
DEVICES  and  GREEN- 
HOUSE  FITTINGS  are 

neat,  saving  and  dur- 
able. 


OLASS 


HOT-BED    SASHES 

Our  prices  can  b«  bad  bj  mall,  and 
It  will  pay  yon  to  get  tbem.  We  carry 
tbe  largest  stock  of  Specially  Selected 
Olass  In  Oreater  New  Tork  and  can 
supply  any  quantity  from  a  box  to  a 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Rock  Bottom  Price*. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

tlft-tl7    Havemerer   8t.,  Brookirs.   V.  T. 


Our  prices,  our  service 
and  the  quality  o£  our 
materials  will  always 
appeal   to  you. 

Write  us  for  one  ot  our 
catalogues. 

Advance  Co. 

Richmond,  Ind. 


Difficult  and  rejected  cases  spMl- 
ally  solicited.  No  misleading  la- 
dnoements  made  to  secure  buslneas. 
Over  SO  years'  active  practice.  Bx- 
perleL'ced.  personal,  ronsdcntloiai 
nervlce.  Write  for  terms. 
Address, 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGERS 

PATBNT    LAWYERS 

Box   »,  Nstiooml   Onion   BalldiBc 
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THE 

HORTICULTURAL 
CATALOG 

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WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 
FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

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THE  HORTICULTURAL  CATALOG 


LOS    \N(.i:i,i:s. 


(AI.IIOKM.V 


In  Writing  to  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


HORTICU  LTURE 


March  16.  1918 


FOR  EASTER  DELIVERY 

In  fine  shape,  prices  on  application 

Lilacs;  Genistas;  Hydrangeas,  blue  and  pink; 
Erica  cupressina;  Erica  persoluta  alba;  Erica 
persoluta  rosea;  Rhododendron  Pink  Pearl; 
Roses  Tausendschoen  and  Hiawatha;  Hj-acinths 
4,  4>4  and  5  inch  pots. 

JULIUS   ROEHRS   COMPANY 

Nurserymen,  Plantsmen  and  Landscape  Contractors 
RUTHERFORD,  N.  J. 


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MOUNT  DESERT  NURSERIES 


Aconitums 
Fall  Asters 
Wilson  s  Senecios 
Hybrid  Astilbes 


Delphiniums 
Phlox 
Paeonies 
Montbretias 


We  Make  a  Great  Specialty  of  Plants  for  Rock  and 

Wall  Gardening 


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Best 


The  high  quaHty  of  our  Tarrytown  and  Scarborough 
products  has  been  repeatedly  proven.  Never  more  con- 
vincingly than  at  the  great  International  Flow^er  Show  in 
Nevv^  York  during  the  past  w^eek.  Our  Rose  Garden  v/on 
a  Gold  Medal.     Our  Exhibit  of  Cut  Roses  vv^on  the 

GRAND  FIRST  PRIZE  OF  $500. 

Our  Border  Planting  Display  v^on  also  the  Grand  First 
Prize  of  $500.  On  Ferns  we  v^ere  1st  in  every  class  in 
vv^hich  we  competed.  Our  Exhibit  of  Nephrolepis  has 
never  been  equalled  anyw^here.  1st  Aw^ards  on  Pink 
Killarney,  Francis  Scott  Key,  Richmond,  Sunburst, 
Hoosier  Beauty  and  other  Roses. 

The  New  Forcing  Roses  Rosalind  and  Silvia  were  the 
sensation  w^ith  the  visitors,  v/ho  crow^ded  about  them  all 
day  long. 

All  the  foregoing  is  to  remind  you  that  if  you  want 
"America's  Best"  you  can  get  it  here. 

FOR  SPECIAL  SPRING  PLANTING 

A  complete  line  of  the  most  reliable  Conifers, 
Rhododendrons,  Flow^ering  Shrubs,  Hardy  Roses,  Bulbs, 
Herbaceous  Plants,  and  elegant  Alpine  Plants  for  Rock 
Garden  Planting. 

Send  for  Catalogue  Now 


F.  R.  Pierson  Company 

TARRYTOWN,  N.  Y. 


March  23,  1918 


HORTICULTUEE 


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FR  A  IM  I  U  IVI  S 


We  are  still  well  stocked  on  most  of  our  varieties.  Have  thousands  of  popular  standard  sorts.  Alpha.  RicarU,  Beaute 
Poitevine,  S.  A.  Nutt,  Jean  Viaud,  General  Grant,  .-Ibbie  Schafifer.  Edmond  Blanc,  Alliance,  Mad.  Buchner,  Bertha  de  Pressily, 
etc.  3-in.,  $2.50  per  100;  $22.50  per  1,000;  6,000  for  $100.00.  3-in.,  S3..tO  per  100;  $30.00  per  1,000;  10,000  for  $275.00.  4-in., 
$8.00  per  100;  assorted  colors  in  bud  and  bloom.  Nc^ 


>IMIi 


Gracilis    Rose,  Erfordi   and   Vernon.     3-in.,  $3.00  per  100,  extra  good  stocl;. 


CUPIIE.A,    COLEl  S,    tEMON    VERBEX.4S,    SWAlNSOJfA.    PARLOR    IVY,    POMPON   CHRTSA>'THEMUMS.  ENGLISH  IVY, 

MNCA    V.AKIEOAT.A.     2-in.,  $3.00  per  100.     3-in.,  $3.00  per  100. 

p-EF9I^S       F>^T      ^F^^'XA/I^      Boston  and  Scottii.     5-in.,  .$25.00  per  100.     6-in.,  $35.00  per  100. 

i<E:iM-rixk,    ^E:i_iviop«E:iEkiM 

^^VIH^I^K      F9^^TS     Whole  Field  Clumps.     $5.00  per  doz.,  up  to  $1.00  each 


4-in.,   $5.00   per   doz.;    $40.00  per   100.     5-in.,   75c.   each;    $9.00  per    doz. 
6-in.,  $1.00  each;   $12.00  per  doz. 


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CASH  WITH  ORDERS 


R.  VINCENT,  Jr^  &  SONS   CO., 


WHITE  MARSH, 
MD. 


STAR  BRAND  ROSES 


"American     Pillar"    and     nearly    every 
other  good   hardy  climber. 

Send    for    our    list. 
The  r«ONARD  & 

Cjonesco. 

Robert  Prl«.  P"*-  Anloine  Winner,  Vioe-Prea. 

We  arr  iubscribirs  to  thr  Nurarymen  s  Fund 
for  Market  Development 


H  WEST  GROVE 
PENN.,U.S.A. 


For    staking    lilies    and    other    flowers.  Ready    for    Immediate    shipment    from    our 
warehouse.   Bound   Brook,  N.  J. 

S/6  feet,    Natural $8.00  per  bale  1000 

6/6      "             "         15.00  ■■           2000 

8      "             "         18.00  "           1000 

5      ••       Green 10.00  "          1000 

5      "           "       18.00  ■•           2000 

RALPH  M.  WARD  &  CO.,  The  Lily  House,  71  Murray  St.,  New  York,  N. 


r->> 


IVI 


ll{^f^^^^^h:  LIL.  GIGANTEUM,  7-9  (300  bulbs  per  case),  $60  per  lOOO 


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'^^^-^■ 


LILY  OF  THE  VALLEY,  Best  Quality, 
CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO., 


30  per  1 000 


90-92  W.   BROADWAY 
NEW  YORK 


Pagre 

Advance  Co 307 

Albany       Cut 

Flower  Ex 302 

Allen,  J.  K..,...303 
American    Bulb 

Co 297 

Anderson,  S.  A.  .299 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co.. 306 
Barrows  &  Son.. 276 
Baversdorfer,    H. 

Co 301 

Bay     State    Nur- 
series     278 

Beechwood      Hts. 

Nurseries    303 

Bobbink      &    At- 
kins   276 

Boddington,       A. 

T 296 

Bolgiano  &  Son..2!>7 
Boston     Floral 

Supply   Co 303 

Breck.  J.  &  Sons. 297 
Breck  -  Robinson 

Nur.   Co 276 

Breitmeyer's,      J. 

Sons    298 

Budlong,  J.  A... 

293-300 
Bunyard,  A.  T...29S 

Burnett    Bros 297 

Burpee,  W.  A.  & 

Co 297-308 

Carter's       Tested 

Seeds,    Ine 20« 

Clarke's,  D.  Sons.29.S 
Champion   &  Co., 

J.  N -299 


I  STT      G 

Page 
Chicago       Flower 

Growers'   As:«i.293 
C  h  i  1  d  s.    John 

Lewis    276 

Coan.  J.  J SO.') 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 276 

Cooke.  tJeo.  H...29S 

Cowee.  W.   J 303 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries    276 

Dards    298 

Davenport,  A.  M.276 
Dreer,  H.  A..277-.307 
Dunlop.  John  H.299 

Dvsart.   R '297 

Edgar  Co..  W.  W.276 
Edwards  Folding 

Box  Co 300 

Elliott.     Wm.     & 

Sons    .297 

Esler.  J.  G :«)7 

Eyres    299 

Farqnhar.     R.    & 

J.  Co 278 

Fenrich.  Jos.  S..302 

Ford.   M.   C 302 

Ford,  W.  P 302 

Framingbam  Nur- 
series     278 

Froment.  H.  E.  .302 
Galvin,  Thos.  P.. 

•.iyO-299 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M.299 

Gloeckner    298 

Gott,  Walter 286 

Graham  &  .Son.  A.299 
Gude  Bros.  Co. . . 

289-298 


D  \i 


Thos. 


P:lKO 
J. 


Grey, 

Co 297 

Growers    Cut 

Flower   Co 302 

Hail    Association.307 
Hammond     Paint 
&      Slug      Shot 

Works    306 

Hart.  Geo.  B .300 

Hentz  &  Nash. .  ..■i03 
Hews  &  Co..  A.  H.305 
Hill  Co.,  E.  G...300 
Hill,   D.    Nursery 

Co 278 

Holland    Nur- 
series     27fi 

Holm  &  Olson... 299 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue     .307 

Irwin.  R.  J 297 

Johnston  Bros... 298 
Kasting.     W.     P. 

Co 30O 

Keller  Sons,  J.  B.299 
Kelwav  &  Son... 297 
Kerr  the  Florist. 299 

Kervan  Co 302 

Kessler,  P.  F 295 

King      Construc- 
tion Co .•i07 

Knoble    Bros 299 

Kottmiller    298 

Kroeschell  Bros.  .307 
Kuebler,  W.  H...302 
Lager  &  Hurrell.275 
Lange,  H.  F.  Co. 299 
Lemon  Oil  Co.... .306 
Leonard  Seed  Co.297 


Page 
Marshall,    W.    E. 

Co -297 

McConnell,    Ales. 

288-298 
McHutchison       & 

Co 276 

Meconi,   Paul 302 

Meehan.  Chas.  E..300 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial Co 307 

Michell.  H.  P.  Co.297 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower  Ex 300 

Millang,  Chas.... 302 
Millang,  Frank.. 302 
Moninger   Co.,   J. 

C 307 

Murray,  Samuel.. 

291-298 
Nat'l        Nursery- 
man     278 

New  England  Nur- 
series Co 278 

N.     Y.     Botanical 

Garden   278 

N.      y.      Florists' 

Supply   Co 303 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.306 
Niessen,  Leo  Co.. .300 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 306 

Ouwerkerk,  P 276 

Palmer,   W.   J.    & 

Son    299 

Park  Floral  Co.. 2.99 
Parshelskv  Bros..'i07 
Penn  the  Plorlst.292 
Pennock,      S.      S. 
Co 301 


I 

Page 
Pfaltzgraff      Pot- 
tery Co 30.5 

Pierce  Co.,  P.  O.307 

Pierson,  A.  N 276 

Pierson.  F.   R...  .274 
Pratt  Co.,  B.  G..306 
Pulverized       Ma- 
nure  Co 306 

Randall's    Flower 

Shop   299 

Reed  &  Keller. .  ..3a3 
Reidel  &  Mover.  .302 

Reid.   Edw 300 

Reukauf.  Martin. 300 
Robinson,    Henrv 

M.    Co .302 

Robinson,   H.   M. 

&    Co 294-300 

Roehrs.  J.  Co 2S5 

Roland.    Thomas. 

287-299 
R  0  1  k  e  r,     A.     & 

Sons    276 

Rosery.    The 298 

Sanders    286 

Scheepers,       Inc., 

John    284 

Schling.  Max '298 

Scholzel.         Her- 
man     284 

Schwake.       Chas. 

Co 275 

Sekenger.  Adam. 298 
Sheridan,  W.  P.. .302 
Siebreclit,  Geo.  C.302 
Siggers     &     Sig- 

gers   307 

Sliidelskv,     S.     S. 
&    Co 297 


Page 

Smith,  P.  J 302 

Smith,   Elmer   D. 

&  Co 286 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co.... 276 
Smith  &  Fetters. 299 
Smvth.  Wm.  J... 299 
Snyder  &  Co.,  B. 

A 295 

Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.298 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co 297 

Thorburn,    J.    M. 

&   Co 297 

Totty.  Chas.  H...287 
Traendly       & 

Schenck  ...295-302 
United  Cut  Flow- 
er Co 303 

Vincent,    R.,    Jr., 

&  Sons  Co 275 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc 305 

Ward,    R.    M.    & 

Co 275 

Weber,  F.  C 299 

Weeber  &  Don... 297 
Weiss,   Herman.. 302 

Wood    Bros 276 

Woodruff,    S.     D. 

&  Son  297 

Young,  A.  L 302 

Young,   John 302 

Young,  Thos.,  Jr..303 
Young  &  Nugent. 298 

Zech  &   Mann 300 

Zlnn.  Julius 289 


(PR  ANK"  I  IP  foragoodrun  of  SPRING  TRADE  withanadver- 
^'^-^^^'^  ^*  tisement  in  next  week's  issue  of  HORTICUL- 
TURE. Send  copv  to  reach  us  b3^Tuesda3%  QX  ADTTUIKJr'CVr\W 
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HOBTICULTDRE 


March  23.  1918 


LILY  BULBS 

FALL    SHIPMENT 

01rmat«mm.    F«rm*«aim.     Kakra^ 

Mulllflorum.         Mxninfrun,         Aarmtam, 

Albaro.    Melpompor,    Kt«. 

Bhlpmroti  dUtrltuited  from  N»w  Tork, 
Cbtcaco,  rhlU<l»lphl»,  D»BT»r,  I>«BdeD 
(Ont). 

Writ*  for  mrOKT  pricai.  itatlnf  «aaB 
tltT.     Tirletj     anil     ilM. 

McHUTCHlSON  &  CO.,  tS'iL-:-'* 

M    CIIAMBEK8    8T.,    NEW    TOKK 


ALL   THE    rOfULAB    VARIETIES 
Own   Koota  or  Grafted 

O  A.  R  r^  ^KTI  ^  IM  s 

Ronffil    <  nttlncs   of  all    th«   bett   commer- 
cial   \nrlr(li*B.      Ilrnltlij    Itook. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PLANTS 

Uruiij    for    Immrdliitc*   Balea 

Size  Pot  100 

ABPARACrs     8pren»»rl 2Vi-ln.  J3-00 

A8PARAOII8    Sprenceri 3     -In.  8.00 

8MII.AX    2y4-ln.  3.00 

SF.NI)    FOR   CATALOGUE 

WOOD  BROTHERS,  Fishkill,  N.Y. 

A.N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

CROMWELL,  CONN. 

Bedding  Plants  and  Roses 


NURSERY   STOCK 

Fruit     untl     Oniiinifulal     TrecB,     Shrubs, 

SmAil    Fruit H,    Clemuti».    £vergreenH 

and    Kos^B. 

Write  for  Trude  List. 

W.  &  T.  SMITH  COMPANY,  Geneva,  N.  T. 

W«'  arc  su)iscril"Ts  tu  the  Nursorymen'a 
FuihI  for  Mark'-t  Uovt-lopiiifnt. 


BOBBINK  &  ATKINS 

NURSERYMEN.  FLORISTS,  PLANTERS 

RUTHERFORD.    NEW  JERSEY 

We  are  Mulf^rrlhtTN  to  the  Nurserymen's 
Fund  for  Market  I)e\eIopment,  also  "Say 
It    With    Fittwers"    Tubllcity    Campaigrn. 


CHARLES  H.  TOTTY 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
IVIADISOIM,  IM.  J. 


F'EF9IMS     from    2   1-4   inch    Pots 
BOSTONS — *S  ppr   100,  $40  per  1000. 
WHITM.AMl    IMPROVF-D — $5    per    100,   »40 

prr    1000. 
WHITMAMI    COMPACTA— »5    per    100,   $40 

per   10(10. 
R008EVELT8— $8   per   100,  $40  per   1000. 
TEDDY.  JR. — M  per   100,  $46  per   1000. 
'^50  at    thouHand    rates. 

II.H.BARROWS&SON.Whitinan.Mass. 

A  Gladiolns  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRSa  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per  1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

FlOwerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


GLORIOUS  EASTER  STOCK 

There   is  yet  time  to  secure  some  of    it    if   you   move 
quickly.     We  have  a  special  lot  of 

Lilacs  in  Bloom.  $i.oo  to  $5.00 

Rhododendrons  Pink  Pearl  and  White  Pearl. 

$2. 00  to  $1  ^.00  each 

Superb  pl.ints  in  bud  and  bloom. 

Hybrid  Roses  and  Ramblers,  $9.00  per  dozen  up. 

Tausendschoen  Trained  Plants,  $3.00  to  $^.00  each. 

Also  a  few  otbcr  good  things.     Call  out  your  wants. 

We  cordially   invite  you  to  visit  our  greenhouses. 
All   mail  orders  will   have  careful  attention. 

TERMS    CASH    OR    SATISFACTORY    REFERENCES. 


WILLIAM  W.  EDGAR  CO., 


WAVERLEY, 
MASS.  '" 


CYBOTtUM    SCHIEDEI 

6  and  7  Inch  pots,  4  to  5  ft.  spread,  $4  and  $5  each 

POT  GROWN  BOSTON  AND   ROOSEVELT  FERNS 

9  and  10  inch  pots  $2  to  $4  each 

BIRE3S'     IMES"r     F'ERI^S 

4  inch  60  cents;  4Vi  inch  75  cents;   5  inch  $1.00.     A  few  apacimen 


7  Inch  at  $2.50  each 


A.  M.  DAVENPORT, 


GLADIOLI 


Ist  8lze  2d  8iz« 

1000  1000 

America    $20.00  »1S.00 

Ida    Van    80.00  40.00 

Independence    16.00  12.00 

Mr».   Francis    KlnB 18.00  14.00 

Mrs.   FranU    Pendleton.   50.00  SS.OO 

Navajo    60.00  40.00 

Exhibition    MUed 20.00  IS.OO 

Garden   Mixed    16.00  12.00 


CANNAS 


Home  Grown 

Fresh  Cot 
Doz.  100 


Beacon    

Huogaria    

Kate   F.   Deemer. . 

Meteor     

Olympic    

Richard    Wallace.  . 
Wintzer's   Colossal 


$0.76 
.60 
.SO 
.60 
.78 
.60 
.60 


$4.00 
8.00 
S.0« 

8.00 

e.oo 

8.0* 
6.00 


Well  graded,  clean,  healthy  slock 

BRECK-ROBINSON    NURSERY   COMPANY 

LEXINGTON,     MASSACHUSETTS 


1835  ^'V^E    ARE    READY    NOW  1918 

to  book  orders  for  future  delivery  plants,  bulbs,  seeds;   we  se- 
cured the  needed  import  license.      Are  you   ready? 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,    -    NEW  YORK 

51     Harcla.v    Street  —  Or  —  P.    O.    Box    762. 


Specialists  in  Specimen  Stock  for 
Landscape  Work 

Harrty  Rhsdodendrons,  Asaleets,  Baxwaoda, 
Hollies  and  a  Complete  Line  of  Oonlfarvas 
BTerrreens. 

WBITK   FOB   PBICE« 

G>ttage   Gardeoc  Nurserie$,   Inc. 

I     BUBBKA  t  I  OAXjrOKjriA 


HOLLAND  NURSERIES 

BEST  BABDT  BHODODBNDBON8, 
AZALEAS.  CONIFKB8.  CLKMATIS, 
H.  P.  B08K8,  BHBUBB  AMD  HEB- 
BA0EOC8  FLAMTa. 


P.  OUWERKERK, 


l\l  iui  n.  Wirtiwtn  lil|H> 
P  0.  Ma  I.  Rtkikii  N   I. 


March  23,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


277 


Dreer's  Grand  New  Cannas  for  1918 


Ten  truly  marvelous  acquisitions,  Introducing 
new  tones  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment In  form  and  habit. 

CARMINE  BEAUTY.  Deep  bright  carmine  flowers  freely 
produced  high  aboTe  the  heary  dark-green  foliage 
which  bai  a  narrow  red  margin.  The  flowers  while  not 
as  large  as  those  of  Olympic  are  of  a  much  brighter  and 
more  pleasing  tone.    4i^  ft.    75  cts.  each ;  J7.50  per  doz. 

CHEERFULNESS.  No  more  appropriate  name  could  be 
given  to  this  brilliant  novelty.  Its  beautiful  bright  fire- 
red  or  deep  orange  flowers  appear  early  and  continue 
without  Interruption  until  frost.  Add  to  the  prevailing 
color  a  golden  border  and  centre  with  each  petal  flaked 
carmine-crimson  and  you  may  form  some  conception  of 
this  fascinating  variety  with  its  erect  stems  always 
topped  with  clusters  of  cheerful  color  held  high  above 
the  foliage.    3^.  ft.    35  cts.  each ;  $3.60  per  doz. 

CL.OTH  OF  GOLD.  A  very  attractive  dwarf,  compact- 
growing  free-flowering  golden  yellow.  3  ft.  40  cts. 
each ;  S^t.OO  per  doz. 

DAZZLER.  Time  and  again  the  past  season  the  dark 
green  foliage  of  this  variety  has  been  hidden  beneath  the 
mass  of  clusters  of  deep  fire-red  flowers.  The  intensity 
of  coloring  and  freedom  of  blooming  coupled  with 
compact  habit,  make  this  variety  the  peer  of  the  best 
for  bedding  purposes.  SM:  ft.  35  cts.  each;  $3.50  per 
doz. 

GOLDEN  EAGLE.  A  wonderfully  intense  golden-yellow. 
Very  free  upright  grower.  The  large  flowers  are  pro- 
uced  In  great  clusters  well  above  the  foliage.  4%  ft. 
50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

HARMONY.     Great   clusters   of  good-sized,   well-formed 

-  Geranium-red  flowers  are  arranged  on  good  stems  In 
such  a  manner  as  to  give  the  trusses  an  almost  globu- 
lar appearance.  Altogether  a  dignified  harmonious 
combination.     3%  ft.     50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

POPPY.  Intense  poppy-red.  Large  perfect  florets  In 
good  trusses  over  greenish-bronzy  foliage.  Rich  and 
effective.    5  ft.  50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

SALMON  QUEEN.  An  entirely  new  color  In  Cannas.  Rosy 
salmon-scarlet,  blending  to  a  rosy-carmine  toward  the 
centre.  The  large  substantial  fiowers  are  freely  pro- 
duced In  great  clusters  high  above  heavy  green  foliage. 
Very  effective  In  bedding.  5  ft.  40  cts.  each;  $4.00  per 
doz. 

SENSATION.  To  get  a  sensational  color-tone  In  a  pink 
Canna.  is  particularly  noteworthy.  Our  first  Impulse 
was  to  call  it  "La  France,"  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  La  France  Rose,  but  the  tone  Is  even  cleaner 
and  purer;  It  being  a  lovely  pale-rose.  The  foliage  Is 
a  beautiful  glaucous-green  :  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact. One  of  the  moat  noteworthy  additions  to  Cannas 
in  recent  years.     3  ft.     75  cts.  each. 


TYPE  OF  NEWER  CANNAS 

SUPERB.  This  variety  Is  unique  In  color  and  truly  su- 
perb; having  large,  clean  bright  orange-scarlet  blos- 
soms of  good  substance,  produced  on  strong  stalks 
with  glaucous-bronzy  foliage  giving  a  most  pleasing 
effect.     5  ft.    40  cts.  each  ;  $4.00  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  above  Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 

New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several  years'   trial,    have    proven   themselves   worthy    of   out 

commendation. 


CLEOPATRA.  A  Striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mine-crimson flowers  surmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
bronze  foliage.  This  variety  stands  out  strongly  in 
effectiveness.    4  ft.    50  cts.  each ;  $5.00  per  doz. 

DBAOON.  An  incessant  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalks  of  flowers  until  cut  down  by  frost.  Dark 
ox-blood  red.    3  ft.     15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

FLAG  OF  TRUCE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dots  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  is 
white.  Not  as  white  nor  as  tall  as  Eureka  but  quite 
distinct  and  valuable.    4  ft.    35  cts.  each  ;  $3.50  per  doz. 

GAIETY.  Reddish-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  la  yellow  and  densely 
spotted  with  carmine.    iM;  ft.     15  cts.  each  ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

LAFAYETTE.  In  Some  respects  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor,"  but  the  flowers  are  not  quite  as  dark,  stand 
more  erect  and  the  plant  grows  taller.  5  ft.  30  cts. 
each ;  $3.00  per  doz. 


POCAHONTAS  (Bronzed-leaved  Olympic).  Large  orien- 
tal-red flowers  borne  on  firm  upright  stems.  Just  high 
enough  above  the  foliage  to  show  the  entire  head.  The 
foliage  is  a  dark  bronze-green  with  emerald  shadings; 
the  ribs  a  darker  bronze;  one  of  the  best  recent  intro- 
ductions.   4  ft.    30  cts.  each  ;  $3.00  per  doz. 

SAN  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  Persian-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  for  substance  which 
enables  them  to  withstand  the  hot  summer  sun  without 
wilting.  Another  charm  lies  In  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronze  foli- 
age.   4  ft.    15  cts.  each ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

VAROUNA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  years 
and  at  all  times  the  bright  orange-scarlet  flowers,  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  has  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  its 
flowers  well  above  the  plant.  iVi  ft.  25  cts.  each ; 
$2. .'SO  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  $2.00 

HENRY    A.  DREER, 

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Questions  by  our  readers  in  line  with  any  of  the  topics  presented 
on  this  page  will  be  cordially  received  and  promptly  answered 
by  Mr  Johnson.  Such  communications  should  invariably  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  office  of  HORTICULTUBE. 


Lima  Beans 

(Jood  liiiiii?  are  the  pride  of  every  garden.  To  ensure 
a  full  crop  of  this,  the  most  desirable  of  all  legaimes,  it 
becomes  a  necessity  in  northern  districts  to  prolong  the 
season  of  growth  by  starting  the  seed  under  glass.  This 
method  is  particularly  commendable  in  the  case  of  pole 
limas.  The  same  conditions  of  temperature  and  of 
atmospheric  moisture  suited  to  egg  plants,  peppers  and 
tomatoes  answer  well  the  requirements  of  the  lima  beau, 
although,  of  course,  the  former  are  usually  started  a 
month"  or  two  in  advance.  A  compost  containing  a 
goodly  jjroportion  of  humus  is  needed  in  which  to  start 
the  seed.  Well-decayed  manure  similar  to  that  of  a 
last  year's  hot-bed  should  be  freely  incorporated  with 
the  soil,  say  to  the  amount  of  about  one-third  if  the  soil 
is  poor.  The  plants  make  rapid  gi-owth  and  for  this 
reason  it  is  not  advisable  to  liegin  too  early.  The  end 
of  April  is  a- good  time  to  start.  Use  six-inch  pots  and 
plant  five  seeds  in  each  pot  and  give  a  right  temperature 
of  60  degrees.  Planted  in  this  way  each  seed  may  be 
lightly  pressed  into  the  surface  soil  and  covered  an  inch 
deep.  Water  sparingly  in  the  early  stages;  in  fact,  if 
the  compost  is  damp  at  the  time  of  planting,  water 
should  be  withheld  for  a  day  or  two.  As  the  rough 
leaves  develop  ventilate  and  water  more  freely  but  al- 
ways judiciously,  and  avoid  cold  draughts  and  sogginess. 
^faintain  a  bouyant  atmosphere  by  occasionally  damp- 
ing between  the  pots  on  bright  days.  Gradually  inure 
to  cooler  treatment  as  growth  becomes  rampant,  and  to 
avoid  entanglement  loosely  tie  the  straggling  growing 
points  to  any  light  support.  If  weather  conditions  war- 
rant, the  end  of  May  will  be  a  good  time  to  transplant 
into  permanent  quarters. 

A  warm,  well-drained  fertile  soil  suits  this  ci'op.  It 
is  generally  advisable,  therefore,  to  incorporate  a  liberal 
quantity  of  well  rotted  manure  prior  to  planting;  if  a 
sprinkling  of  wood  ashes  can  be  afforded  and  lightly 
worked  into  the  surface  soil,  so  much  the  better.   Assum- 


ing the  ground  has  been  thus  prepared  and  tlie  pole^ 
placed  four  feet  apart  each  way,  transplant  from  the 
pots  with  the  ball  of  earth  intact.  Secure  the  runners 
to  the  poles  at  the  time  of  planting  and  water  if  neces- 
sary to  give  the  plants  a  start. 

In  districts  where  weather  conditions  are  more  favor- 
able but  wliere  cut  worms  might  be  troublesome,' a  good 
plan  is  to  start  the  seed  in  either  pots  or  "flats"  at  about 
the  usual  time  for  outside  planting.  Plants  thus  raised 
may  be  transferred  to  the  open  ground  when  rough 
leaves  begin  to  show.  If  planted  in  favorable  weather 
the  seedlings  .suffer -little  or  no  check  even  when  trans- 
planted from  flats  and  while  little  may  be  gained  by 
way  of  earliness,  this  simple  practice  obviates  the  cut- 
worm nuisance.  The  writer  has  practised  both  meth- 
ods in  different  latitudes  with  equal  success. 

Bush  limas,  particularly  those  of  the  Sieva  type,  are 
quicker  to  mature  than  climbing  varieties.  Henderson's 
IBush  Lima  is  an  improved  Sieva  and  although  small- 
Ijodded  is  reputed  hardier  as  well  as  earlier  than  the 
large-podded  varieties.  If  our  con-espondent  has  not 
yet  tried  this  variety  his  difficulties  might  be  lessened 
by  a  trial  this  coming  season.  The  variety  is  listed  in 
the  catalogs  of  numerous  seedsmen. 
Asparagus 

Remove  the  covering  on  asparagus  as  soon  as  frost  is 
out  of  the  ground  and  lightly  fork  between  the  rows. 
Avoid  injury  by  merely  loosening  the  soil  near  the 
crowns.  Well-decayed  manure  should  be  dug  under  or 
else  a  dressing  of  commercial  fertilizer  applied  to  com- 
plete the  operation  of  cleaning  up. 
Rhubarb 

Rhubarb  should  have  similar  treatment.  Select  a  few 
of  the  strongest  crowns  and  cover  them  with  empty 
boxes  or  barrels  and  heap  horse  manure  around  these  to 
promote  early  growth.  It  is  necessary  to  take  advant- 
age of  solar  heat  by  removing  the  barrels  on  warm  days, 
otherwise  little  will  be  gained  by  way  of  earliness  as 
the  result  of  the  covering. 


PATRIOTIC    BOYCOTTING. 

If  You  C.\x  Afford  Luxltries  Do  Not' 

Deny  Yourself. 

Students  of  economics  are  realizing 
that  "patriotic  boycotting"  of  certain 
luxuries  tliat  are  separate  industries 
and  not  inter-related  with  actual  war 
activities  is  a  dangerous  program  and 
after  all   unpatriotic. 

The  cutting  down  or  eliminating, 
by  those  who  have  surplus  means,  of 
certain  types  of  luxuries,  is  hurting 
things  rather  than  helping.  If  people 
have  the  money  and  suspend  support 
to  those  whose  livlihood  depends  on 
luxury-producing  they  do  ill.  The 
woman  who  can  afford  silk  stockings 
should  continue  to  buy  them  and  not 
reduce  the  sujiply  of  cotton  stockings 
to  those  who  must  buy  cotton. 

The  flower  growing-and-selling  in- 
dustry, for  instance,  is  doing  its  full 
share   in    furnishing  men   and   money 


for  the  war,  but  as  a  trade  it  must 
continue  to  earn  money  and  the  fath- 
ers, mothers  and  sisters  of  the  boys 
who  go  to  the  front,  take  up  the 
burden  of  livelihood  and  merit  contin- 
ued support. 

The  florists,  during  the  present  coal 
and  transportation  situation,  have 
bent  every  energy  to  give  the  public 
the  benefits  of  their  efforts  and  are 
sellin.g  their  products  at  Prices  nn 
higher  than  before  the  war.  In  many 
instances,  it  would  have  been  better 
from  the  standpoint  of  dollars  and 
cents  to  shut  down  greenhouses  and 
cease  distribution.  But  instead,  they 
are  striving  to  do  better  than  ever — 
look  at  the  florist's  windows  about 
town  and  your  thoughts  will  6e  an  in- 
spiration. 

Even  if  you  can't  afford  it,  don't 
stint  on  advertising  flowers.  It  is  im- 
portant   to    conserve    the    best    ideals 


and  higher  thoughts.  Don't  bring  on 
a  famine  of  the  sweetest  things  of  life, 
thoughtlessly,  by  overlooking  one  of 
the  most  important  methods  of  getting 
it  before  the  buying  public,  that  of  put- 
ting over  our  new  slogan  "Say  it  with 
Flowers."  Tie  up  to  our  Campaign, 
both  with  your  money  and  home  town 
papers 

Chairman,  Publicity  Committee. 

The  Buffalo  Florist  Club  held  its 
annual  banquet  and  election  of  offi- 
cers at  the  Statler  Hotel  on  March  .5th. 
Over  a  hundred  florists  were  present 
and  speeches  were  made  by  Chief  of 
Police  Gervin,  Wm.  J.  Palmer,  Mr. 
Slattery  and  others. 


X'MI 


UOKTICDLTUKK 


March  23,  1918 


horticulture: 


VOL.   XXVll 


MARCH  23,  1918 


NO.  12 


ri  KI.ISilKI)    WKEKLY   BY 

HORTICULTURE     PUBLISHING     CO. 

147    Suinmer    Street,    Boston,    Mass. 

\VM.  J.  STIvWAKT.  Editor  and  Mknacer 

TelrphoD«,  Bettch  t9t 

Rotered  as  sccond-clois  matter  December  8.  1904,  at  tbe  Poit  Office 
at  BoitoD,  Maaa.,  under  tbe  Act  of  Congresa  of  Marcb  3.  1870. 

CONTENTS  Page 

Page 

<'()VKR    I LLISTUATIOX— Boston    Spring    Show 

VKUKTAULK  CULTURE— Lima  Beans— AsparaKus— 
Rhubiirl>— ./o/iH   Johimoii    279 

PATIUOTIC    BOYCOTTING— « en »•!/   Penn 279 

NEW  YORK  SPRING  FLOWER  SHOW— Illustrated— 
List   of  Awards— List  of  Trade  Booths 281-283 

BOSTON    SPRING    SHOW 284 

AMERICAN  ROSE  SOCIETY— President  Hammond's 
Report  —  Secretary  and  Treasurer's  Reports  —  Por- 
traits  285-289 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— New  York  Federation  of 
Horticultural  Societies  and  Floral  Clubs;  F.  R. 
Pierson.  portrait — New  York  Florists'  Club  Banquet 
— National  Association  of  Gardeners — Chicago  I?ior- 
ists'  Club — Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of  Boston 
—  Nassau  County  Horticultural  Society  —  Meetings 
Next  Week— Rhode  Island  Horticultural  Society. 290-294 

OBITUARY  —  .Iosei)li  Heacock,  portrait  —  A.  Robeson 
Sargent — "Chris"    Donovans-Harry    Sharp 296 

OF    INTEREST   TO    RETAIL   FLORISTS: 

New    Flower    Stores 298 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston.   Chicago.   Cincinnati,   New    York,   Pittsburgh  301 
Rochester,    St.    Louis 303 

LOCAL  AND   GENERAL  NEWS: 

Boston,     Philadelphia,     Chicago,     Cincinnati,     Pitts- 
burgh,  Rochester.   New    York 304-306 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

A  Visit  to  Waverley 284 

News   Notes    284-303 

Greenhouses    Building   or   Contemplated 296 

New  Corporations    296 

Visitors'    Register    " 298 

Massachusetts    Agricultural    College 303 

Business    Troubles     3(1f, 


Nothing    but    tlie    heartiest    apjiroval 
Flower  js   (hie   the   managers   of   the  big  ex- 

show  policies  liibitions  of  the  year  in  New  York 
and  elsewhere  for  their  decision  to 
refrain  from  soliciting,  as  in  former  years,  sjjecial 
prizes  to  excite  interest  and  at  the  same  time  relieve 
the  management  of  a  portion  of  its  financial  obligations. 
There  was  a  time  when  the  latter  was  almost  unavoid- 
able, so  great  was  the  risk  and  probability  of  financial 
loss  in  the  conduct  of  a  flower  show.  But  we  have  now 
learned  better  how  to  carry  these  enterprises  to  success 
and  a  successful  outcome  is  nowadays  more  of  a  rule 
than  an  exception.  A  friendly  spirit  towards  the  flori- 
cultural  people,  professional  and  amateur,  is  a  first 
requisite  for  popular  success  and  under  the  exceptional 
pconomic  conditions  now  existing  it  may  be  fairly 
assumed  that  the  attitude  of  generous  tradesmen  and 
amateur  patrons  of  horticulture  might  have  been  •(ery 
unfavorably  affected  by  any  solicitation  for  prize  dona- 
tions. So  the  decision  to  "go  it  alone"  without  outside 
assistance  when  funds  are  so  much  needed  for  humane 
purposes  was  not  only  commendably  patriotic  but  good 
|X)licy  with  a  wise  regard  to  the  future.  As  an  exam- 
ple of  rare  liberality  and  jiatriotism  the  Boston  spring 


sbiiw  must  lu'  aicordcil  a  marked  distinction,  for  tho 
.MH^sai-hu.M'tts  lliirticultural  Society  and  all  its  ex- 
hiliiluis.  coniMU'rcial  a.s  well  as  private,  turned  over  llu- 
entire  proceed.s  U>  the  Hed  Cross. 

.\     writer     to     the     New     York 

Barbarism  l-;\cniMg  Sun.  who  seems  not  to 

versus  Americanism       li,iv(.  Iind  the  courage  to  sign  his 

name,  expresses  his  views  that 
lluwers  and  jilaiits  for  decorative  and  aesthetic  purpose.n 
are  "among  the  typical  luxuries"  and  asks,  "why  not 
divert  a  large  percentage  of  the  florists  and  their  em- 
ployees from  their  usual  work  and  turn  them  to  the 
pniductioii  of  food  stuffs?"  The  knowledge  and  skill 
of  the  florists  he  thinks,  "should  become  an  asset  in 
tlic-^e  times."  Tiiey  die  hard,  these  busybodys,  but 
tlic  public  are  imt  taking  as  much  stock  in  their  illogi- 
cal thciirios  as  they  once  did  and  they  will  take  still  lees 
stock  as  time  goes  on  and  better  economic  sense  pre- 
vails. The  size,  (juality  and  enthusiasm  of  the  public 
iittcn(hincc  at  tlic  two  elaborate  exhibitions  just  closed 
in  Boston  and  Xcw  York  shows  thtt  tcnipor  of  the  peoph- 
and  gives  the  best  answer  to  the  narrow-minded  critics 
who  would  abolish  all  these  rich  displays  of  Nature's 
jiageantry,  exquisite  in  form  and  sweet  of  perfume, 
with  their  soul-elevating  and  civilizing  influences,  un- 
make the  slow  development  of  the  ages  and  turn  back 
and  downward  tbe  course  of  humanity  in  its  evolution 
upward.  How  much  more  reasonable  ajid  human  than 
this  reactionary  propaganda  is  the  position  taken  by 
President  ITammond  in  his  address  to  the  Americaji 
Rose  Society  that  "the  appreciation  and  sentiment  in 
favor  of  nice  things  is  the  difference  between  barliarism 
and  .Americanism  !" 

Kaster.  the  joyous  floral  festival,  with  its 
Easter     iiis])ii-ing   consciousness    of   awakening   life, 

is  now  close  upon  us  and  what  a  relief  it 
lirings  to  tbe  worried  and  distracted  florist  after  the 
jirivatiims  be  has  had  to  contend  with  during  the  win- 
ter now  haii])ily  gone.  But  while  Nature  is  thus  doing 
her  best  to  smootli  over  the  scars  of  the  conflict  the 
situation  for  the  florist  is  still  far  from  normal  or 
encouraging,  as  every  one  who  lias  occasion  to  send  or  to 
receive  the  i)cri.shable  products  from  any  considerable 
distance  knows  by  bitter  experience.  We  learned,  a 
few  days  ago,  of  a  shipment  of  flowers  delivered  in  New 
"S'ork  City  seven  days  after  its  start  from  Rahway, 
N.  J.,  just  19  miles  distant.  This  is  an  exceptional 
case,  of  course,  but  such  is  the  present  uncertainty  with 
regard  to  transportation  and  delivery  either  by  express 
or  parcel  post  that  plant  growers  do  not  dare  to  entrust 
their  goods  to  the  chances  of  delivery  at  any  great  dis- 
tance. Hence  the  big  plant  establishments  that  in  the 
|iast  sought  a  wide  territory  for  the  distribution  of  their 
jiroduct  are  forced  to  look  for  a  local  outlet  and  buyers, 
likewise,  are  pretty  closely  limited  to  their  local  sources 
of  supply  for  needed  st/jck.  It  is  to  be  expected  that 
the  Easter  now  approaching  w'ill  take  on  some  unex- 
jiected  peculiarities,  for  the  reason  above  alluded  to  as 
well  as  on  account  of  the  absence  from  the  market  of  a 
considerable  part  of  the  material  heretofore  grown  ex- 
tensively for  the  Easter  demand  and  because  of  the 
scarcity  and  inferiority  of  the  lily  ci'op,  which  is  now 
pretty  well  realized.  There  is  no  reason  to  doubt  the 
attitude  of  the  public  on  the  Easter  plant  and  flower 
custom  but  every  precaution  should  be  taken  to  fore- 
stall tbe  interruptions  and  irregularities  which  are 
lialile  to  interfere  with  established  l)usiness  methods. 


March  23.  1918 


HORTICULTUEE 


?S1 


NEW  YORK  SPRING  FLOWER  SHOW 


The  International  Flower  Show 
which  closed  on  Thursday  night, 
March  21,  after  a  successful  run  of 
eight  days  at  the  Grand  Central  Pal- 
ace, was  a  splendid  demonstration  of 
the  skill  of  the  growers  in  the  face  of 
many  difficulties,  of  the  courage  and 
perseverance  of  those  who  were  in- 
trusted with  its  responsibilities,  and 
of  the  loyalty  of  the  public  in  the  mat- 
ter of  flower  shows.  As  compared 
with  the  recent  automobile  show,  for 
example,  the  flower  show  was  propor- 
tionately a  much  more  conspicuous 
success,  which  speaks  well  for  the 
spirit  of  the  people  towards  Nature's 
"non-essentials"  which  cannot  be 
eaten  and  cannot  be  used  in  munition 
manufacture  but,  for  all  that,  have  a 
large  place  to  fill  as  soul-food  in  this 
war-torn  world  and  are  today  needed 
more  than  ever  before. 

It  is  not  yet  known  just  what  the 
financial  balance  will  show  but  it  is 
quite  certain  that  there  will  be  no  de- 
ficit and  that  should  satisfy  every- 
body, considering  the  uninviting  out- 
look and  the  prognostications  of  fail- 
ure which  confronted  its  supporters 
a  few  weeks  ago.  It  was  a  big  and  se- 
rious undertaking  and  so  its  success 
is  all  the  more  glorious. 

In  general  effect  this  show  far  out- 
classed all  its  predecessors.  The 
quantity  of  material  was  greatly  re- 
duced as  compared  with  last  year, 
when  there  was  far  too  much  stuff  and 
exhibits  were  crowded  together  in  a 
confused     jumble.     The     arrangement 


Bulb  Garden  Exhibit  bt  John  Scheepers. 

this  year  was  open  and  pleasing,  with 
impressive  vistas  and  abundant  room 
for  visitors  to  move  around.  Favorable 
comment  on  this  line  was  heard  on  all 
sides.  There  were  many  ofRcials  and 
others  who  gave  their  time  and  effort 
unceasingly  in  the  performance  of  the 
manifold  duties  that  attach  to  such  an 
affair.  We  cannot  mention  them  all 
but  we  may  be  pardoned  for  mention- 
ing individually  two  gentlemen  to 
whom  unstinted  praise  is  due  for  their 
fidelity  and  efficiency — Manager  Her- 
rington  and  Chairman  of  .ludges  Totty. 
The  daily  newspapers  performed  their 
part  well.  The  number  of  trade  visit- 
ors from  distant  points  was  unexpect- 
edly large  and  for  this  the 'American 
Rose  Society  with  its  annual  meeting 
and  active  participation  in  the  exhibi- 
tion schedule  was  largely  responsible. 
The  list  of  visitors  from  points  out- 
side of  about  a  25-mile  radius  appears 
in  another  column. 


The  rival  Rose  Gardens  arranged 
each  year  heretofore  by  F.  R.  Pierson 
Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  and  A.  N.  Pierson. 
Cromwell,  Conn.,  have  always  been 
"high  liners,"  and  this  time,  although 
the  competitive  idea  was  al)andoned 
and  a  special  gold  medal  was  awarded 
to  each,  they  both  were  if  anything, 
better  than  ever  before.  F.  R.  Pier- 
son's  creation  was  truly  wonderful,  a 
gorgeous  symphony  of  rose  tints,  re- 
markable for  luxuriance  and  finish. 
A.  N.  Pierson's  garden  was  enclosed 
by  a  rustic   fence   over   which    trailed 


his  new  hardy  rambler  Rosiere.  There 
was  a  neat  simplicity  in  the  arrange- 
ment and  planting  of  the  beds  of  poly- 
anthas  that   was  very  pleasing. 

There  would  have  been  a  big  gap 
in  the  exhibition  if  the  colossal  groups 
(if  palms,  and  other  foliage  and  flower- 
ing plants  contributed  by  the  park  de- 
partments of  Manhattan  and  Brook- 
lyn had  been  left  out.  They  were 
splendid  features  and  full  of  interest 
because  of  the  great  variety  of  un- 
common plants  included  in  the  groups. 
.\nother  big  feature  which  helped  im- 
mensely in  giving  body  to  the  show 
was  the  groups  of  large  plants  by  the 
Secaucus  Exotic  Nursery,  M.  Mutillod, 
proprietor.  The  group  by  the  Brook- 
lyn Botanic  Garden  was  most  com- 
mendable and  instructive  by  reason  of 
the  clear  labelling  of  every  plant 
shewn. 

The  big  flowering  plant  groups  ar- 
ranged in  |)icturesque  grotto  form  with 
rocks  and  pools,  by  .1.  W.  Smith  of 
Ridgefield,  Conn.,  and  P.  W.  Popp  of 
Mamaroneck,  were  very  effective 
features,  elaborate  in  construction  and 
imposing  in  extent.  An  arrangement 
of  crotons,  dracaenas  and  other  decor- 
ative foliage  plants  in  open  formation 
on  a  moss  floor  was  commented  upon 
by  many  as  one  of  the  most  pleasing 
features  of  the  show.  This  was  the 
work  of  R.  M.  .lohnston  of  Yonkers, 
N.  Y. 

We  have  never  seen  anything  more 
chaste  and  charming  in  the  way  of 
dinner     table     adornment     than      the 


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11  0  11 T  1  C  U  L  T  U  H  K 


March  23,  1918 


brM:il    t:thl.'    i-»lill)li    l).v    Alfrod    Bun- 

llowprs   were   used 

.oy   liicliidod   double 

.  Ii,    liyiK-iiiiliH,   riuiiclllos, 

iiiips  and  Adlaiitum  Ktr- 

;  .,   iirtlstlc  Hklll 

II   in   the  Hotel 

.•I.-  ilocoratloii  com- 

.liodcons,  St.  Hrldgld 

.,:,.  of  the  valley. 

T)  lilts  were  aa  always 

a    \.  .itrartlon,   especially 

Uic  i:roui>K  hy  Julius  Roehrs 

Co  .  r  &  llurrcll.    The  former 

WB8  urrauKed  on  raised  tables  sur- 
roundlHK  n  central  trroup  and  flanked 
by  low  rock  garden  groups.  Lager  & 
HurroU's  display,  which  waa  awarded 
Slid  prize,  was  very  skillfully  arranscd 
with  hero  and  there  n  little  bird  or 
butterfly  such  as  frequent  the  cat- 
tleyas  In  their  homo. 

K.  R.  Plerson's  extensive  exhibit  of 
border  |>lantlnK  with  evererecns.  forced 
shrubs,  spring  flowering  herbaceous 
plants,  bulbs  and  alpine  rockery 
gems  waa  a  beautiful  feature  and 
greatly  admired.  It  won  the  $500 
priie.  The  Bobblnk  &  Atkins  exhibit 
In  the  same  class,  winning  the  2nd 
prize.  $300,  was  arranged  on  the  op- 
posite side  of  the  wide  aisle  and  the 
two  exhibits  made  a  fine  combination. 

The  Scheepers  bulb  garden  was  one 
of  the  sensations  of  the  show.  With 
this  display  there  was  a  windmill  and 
small  white  Summer  houses,  with  a 
little  Dutch  girl  as  housekeeper.  The 
garden  was  surrounded  by  a  white 
picket  fence  and  in  the  centre  of  the 
inclosure  was  a  drinking  basin  for 
birds.  All  the  plots  were  closely  filled 
with  bright  colored  tulips  and  in- 
closed by  box  borders. 

A  most  potent  attraction  was  the 
■"war  garden"  shown  by  George  J. 
Gould,  of  Lakewood.  N.  J.  It  was  a 
practical  object  lesson  in  vegetable 
gardening.  The  garden  was  25  x  36 
ft.,  and  with  the  exception  of  the  nar- 
row gravel  walks  was  filled  with 
young  growing  plants  in  hills  and 
drills.  Including  twenty-seven  varieties 
of  vegetables,  the  whole  surrounded 
by  a  picket  fence. 

F.  R.  Plerson's  entry  which  won  the 
$500  prize  on  Monday,  March  18.  for 
the  ;argedt  and  best  display  of  cut 
roses,  comprised  one  thousand  superb 
blooms  in  tall  vases,  arranged  with 
great  skill  and  included  Rosalind, 
Silvia,  Ophelia.  White  Killarney,  Kil- 
larney  Brilliant,  American  Beauty, 
Francis  Scott  Key,  Hoosier  Beauty 
and  Mrs.  Charles  Russell. 

The  display  of  Nephrolepis  varieties 
by  F.  R.  Pierson  was  a  wonderful  ex- 
hibit of  specimen  plants,  unquestion- 
ably the  most  comprehensive  and  im- 
pressive collection  of  its  class  ever 
staged.  Among  the  novelties  included 
was  the  new  variety  Victory,  with 
crested  and  fantailed  fronds  quite 
different  from  any   heretofore  shown. 

Carl  Hagenburger  came  in  late  with 
a  group  of  his  sterling  novelties 
Solanums  Cleveland  anrt  Orange  Queen, 
the  former  bearing  red  fruit  and  the 
latter  golden  orange.  They  attracted 
much  notice. 

A.  N.  Pierson  put  up  a  collection  of 
stove  plants  of  higli  character,  em- 
bracing a  particularly  beautiful  lot  of 
big  plants  of  the  Adiantum  Farley- 
ense  type. 


LIST  OF  AWARDS. 
Below   u  !i<-  list  ot  awanlH  In 

the   varlii  privnti'  and  com 

uierclal.      w  IK  r>-    not  olhcrwlHi'  spcci 
lied,    Ist   prlri'   Is  to   In-   understood   a-^ 
having  bi'cn  awarded  In  I'ach  inslani"'. 
Private  Growera'  Section. 

Pl.A>TS  IN   FliOWKK. 

SppclinPli  AcDcl«— l»l.  Mm.  K.  A.  Con- 
•talilp,  Mnmnronc-ck,  N.  Y..  giird.  Jnan-a 
Stunrl:  IM.  Mr*.  It.  Diirllntrtoii,  Mninnro 
u<vk.  N.    v.,  KUtil.  I'.  W.   I'lipii. 

TWfiily  Uvf   AnmryllU— Mm.    K.   A.   Ci>ii 
■lublp. 

Twelve  Ainaryllln  -lul.  Mm.  K.  A.  dm 
miilili-;  '.'(I.  .Mm.  t;iiiH'ni-  S.  Me.vor,  Mt. 
Kliico,  N.  Y.,  BurJ.  Alrx.  TIioiiihdii  ;  ;iil.  MrH. 
flioB.  Urndli'y,  ("iinvcnl  Ktntloii,  N.  .1.. 
curd.    Diivid    I'rnnrlii. 

Spi-rtmnn    AzhUmi— Jnme*    A.    MricDciniilil. 
riimhliii;,  N.   Y..  Kurtl.  K.  Iluicbeii. 

Twi'nly-llvc      Cycliiini'n— K.       E.       Lewlii. 
HltlRi'lU-hl,  Conn.,  irnrd.  J.  W.  Smith. 


l.\    TIIK   Uin  II    G.\l:iil -N. 

Twelve  Cyclamen— F.  E.  Lewis. 

Specimen  Chorlzema — F.  E.  Lewis. 

Specimen  Erica— F.  E.  Lewis. 

Group  of  Primulas— iRt,  Mrs.  Payne 
Whitney.  M.inbnsiiCt,  N.  Y..  gard.  George 
Fcr;.'U8on ;  2d.  Col.  H.  IL  Uogers,  Tuxedo 
J'nrk.  .\.   y.,  gard.  .Tas.  Vcntale. 

.Six  AstlllK — I!.  H.  Borden,  Oceanic,  N.  J., 
giird.  Win.  Turner. 

Flowering  plants  and  bulbs  covering  400 
aq.  ft.,  ag-anged  as  a  garden — Mrs.  H. 
Darlington. 

P.\LMS   AND   FOUAGE   PLANT.S. 

Specimen  Areca  lutescens — Mrs.  F.  A. 
Constable. 

Twelve  Crotons — F.  E.  Lewis. 

Specimen  Kentla  Forstcrlana — Mrs.  F.  A. 
Con9tat)le. 

Phoenix  Roebelenli — Mrs.  F.  A.  Con- 
stable. 

Specluien  Palm,  single  or  bushy — Mrs.  F. 
A.  Constable. 

Group  of  flowering  and  foliage  plants. 
100  sq.  ft.— F.  E.  Lewis. 

Ferns. 

Specinirn  Adiantum — James  A.  MncDon 
aid.  Klushins.  N.  Y. 

Specimen  Clbotlum  Schledll— Mrs.  I".  A 
Const.Tble. 

Fern,  any  other  variety- let.  Col.  H.  H 
Rogers;  2d,  Mrs.  Payne  Whitney. 

BuTjjocs  Plants. 

Lilies,  12  pots— Mrs.  F.  A.  Constable. 

Bulbs  In  bloom,  arranged  as  a  garden. 
200  sq.  ft.— 1st,  Mrs.  Payne  Whitney;  2d, 
Mrs.  LI.  Darlington. 

Bulbs    in    bloom,    100    sq.    ft.— Ist.    Mr;^. 


Piiviie  Whitney;  I'd,  Mm.  II.  Dnrllnglon. 

Bulbil  In  litooui.  M)  ail  ft.— lit,  Mrs. 
Payne  WUllii.y;  Vd.  li.  II.  itorden. 

I'liu  of  Darwin  lulliiii.  "Prof.  Kowon- 
hoir'— lut,  Mr».  Payne  Whitney;  2d,  Percy 
Chubb.  Olen  Cove,  N.  V.,  gard.  llobort 
Jones. 

Pan  of  liarivln  tulips,  "Sir  Trevor  Lsw- 
ri-nce"— Percy  Chubh. 

OlICIIIII     Pl.A.VT.'i. 

Group,  100  sq.  ft..  nrniUKed  for  elTeot — 
Arthur  N.  Cooley,  Pltlnlleld,  M»k«.,  gard. 
Oliver  Lines. 

Group.  2fi  Bq.  fl  -lut.  Mm.  F.  A.  Conata- 
bl.-;  2d.  Col  II.  II.   Uogem. 

Six  plunm-Cid.   II.  II.   Uogem. 

Three  plants-  Col.  II.  II.  ItoKem. 

Cultleya,  Luellii  or  Ijiella-Cattleya  Hy- 
brids—lat,  Col.  U.  H.  Rogers ;  20,  F.  B. 
Lewis. 

Specimen  -let,  Col.  11.  H.  Uogers;  2d,  B. 
II.  lltirden 

MiscKi.i.ANBous  Cut  Fixjwebs. 

Twenty-nve  spikes  AntlrrbloDiD — Percy 
Chubb.  Olen  Cove,  N.  Y. 

Twelve  spikes  Mignonette— Ist.  Percy 
Chubb;  2d,  .Mrs.  M.  K.  IMant,  Oroton,  Ct., 
gard.    K.   RoblnHnn. 

Twelve  splkiB  Sliirks  Iht,  Percy  Chubb; 
L.I.  Coi.  II.  II.   Knuirn. 

Two  hundred  VIciIi'Ih  Ist.  Percy  Cbubb; 
2cl.  Peter  Ilnuck.  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Twelve  spikes  Walltiower— 1st,  Percy 
Chubb;  2d,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Meyer. 

Cut  Roses. 

Eighteen  Iladley— Mrs.  F.  A.  Constable. 

ICIuhtetn   Kadianee— Jns.  A.   MacDonald. 

Elgbli'en  Ophelia— Mrs.  F.  A.  Constable. 

Vase  of  2.'j  Roses — 1st.  Joseph  E.  WIdener, 
ogont/,.  Pa.,  gard.  Wni.  Kieinheinz;  2d, 
Mrw.  P.  Boeitger.  Klvi-rdale.  .\.  Y.  gard. 
Hans  Scbrosey. 

Cabnations. 

Twenlv-dve  wlilte— Mrs.  F.  A.  ConsUble, 
wUli  .Mafchi.NF;  2d.  Mrs.  M.  F.  Plant. 

Twentv-llvi.  Il.sh  pink  Ist,  H.  II.  Bor- 
den; 2d.  .Mrs.  M,  F.  Plant. 

Twenty  live  light  pink— Ist,  Mrs.  F.  A. 
<onstjible.  with  Good  Cheer;  2d,  Peter 
llriiiek. 

Twenty-Dvc dark  pink— 1st,  Percy  Cbubb; 
I'll.  B.  II.  Borden. 

Twenty-flve  red— Ist,  J.  D.  Crlmmlns 
Estate,  Noroton.  Ct.,  gard.  A.  P.  Wezel; 
2d.  B.  H.  Borden. 

Twenty-five  crimson — 1st,  Mrs.  E.  8. 
Meyer;  2d.  B.   H.  Borden. 

Twenty -five  white  variegated — 1st,  Mrs. 
Ch.'is.  Bradley.  Convent,  N.  J.,  gard.  David 
francis;  2d,  Mrs.  M.  F.  Plant. 

Twenty-live  j'eilow — Mrs.  Payne  Whitney. 

Twentv-live  nnv  other  color — Ist,  Mrs.  M. 
F.  Plant;  2d,  Mrs.  Payne  Whitney. 

Vase  of  carnations.  l.">0  hlooms — Ist  Percy 
Chubb;  2d,  Mrs.  Payne  Whitney. 

TAni£  Decorations. 

Dinner  table  decoration  of  orchids  staged 
.~;:iturday.  March  10— 1st,  Thos.  AltchlsoD, 
Mamaroneck.  N.  Y. ;  2d,  Mrs.  P.  Boettger. 
I'.oth  beautiful  examples  of  reQned  taste  In 
arrangement. 

Basket  of  flowers,  for  Max  Schllng  med- 
als—Ist.  Mrs.  M.  F.  Plant;  2d,  Mrs.  H. 
Darlington. 

Table  Decorations  staged  Tuesday.  March 
10.  There  were  seven  entries  In  this  com- 
petition. All  were  meritorious  and  the 
judges  had  a  close  call.  Tbey  were  as  fol- 
lows : 

Thomas  Aitcbison.  Mamaroneck.  N.  Y.,  a 
very  graceful  and  delicate  arrangement  of 
.Streptosolon  Jamesonll  and  nasturtlQms, 
Ist;  R.  J.  Carey.  Florham  Farms,  Madison, 
N.  J.,  Ophelia  roses  and  Adiantum  Far- 
leycnae,  2d;  Dans  Schrosey,  Rlverdale,  N. 
Y.,  nasturtiums  only;  George  Ferguson, 
Manhnsset,  annual  larkspurs,  very  simple 
and  dalnt.v;  Sam.  Goldring,  gard.  for  Mrs. 
Ridley  Watts,  Morristown.  N.  J.,  pink 
roses;  P.  W.  Popp.  Mamaroneck,  N.  Y., 
Acacia  pubescens  and  ranunculuses;  David 
Francis,  Convent  Station,  N.  J.,  anemones. 

Sweet  Peas. 

Staged  Wednesday,  March  20tb. 

Display,  25  sq.  ft.-^lst.  F.  E.  Lewis;  2d, 
W.  R.  Coe,  Oyster  Bay,  N.  Y. 

Collection,  six  varieties — Ist,  F.  E.  Lewis; 
2d.  W.  R.  Coe. 

One  hundred  sprays- Ist,  W.  R.  Coe; 
2d,   Peter  Ilauck. 

Dinner  Table  Decorations. 

Staged  Wednesday,  March  20th. 
Dinner  table,  sweet  peas — 1st,  R.  J.  Carey, 
Madison,    N.    J.;    2d,    Mrs.    Cbas.    Bradley, 
Convent,     N.     J.;      3d,      Thos.      Altchlson, 
Mamaroneck,  N.  Y. 


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Commercial   Growers'  Section. 
Plants  in  Flower. 

Collection  of  Hydrangeas,  150  sq.  ft. — 
Fred  H.  Dressel,  Weehawken,  N.  J. 

Six  Hydrangeas— Fred  H.  Dressel. 

Six  Marguerites — Madsen  &  Christensen, 
Wood  Kidge,  N.  J. 

Specimen  Marguerite — 1st,  Madsen  & 
Christensen,  Wood  Ridge,  N.  J.;  2d,  Bob- 
bink  &  Atkins,  Rutherford,  N.  J. 

Flowering  and  foliage,  stove  and  green- 
house plants,  300  sq.  ft,  arranged  for  effect 
— A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell.  Ct. 

Borden  planting.  Evergreens,  Forced 
shrubs.  Herbaceous  plants.  Bulbs  or  any 
other  hardy  stock,  10x40  ft.  (1st  prize,  $500, 
2d  prize  $300) — Ist,  F.  R.  Pierson,  Tarry- 
town,  N.  y. ;  2d,  Bobbink  &  Atkins. 

Rock  garden,  10x30  ft.,  Bobbink  &  At- 
kins. 

Palms  and  Foliage  Plants. 

Specimen  Kentia  Belmoreana — 1st  and  2d, 
M.  Mutillod,  Secaucus,  N.  J. 

Kentia  Forsterlana— 1st,  Julius  Roehrs 
Co.,  Rutherford,  N.  J. ;  2d,  M.  Mutillod. 

Phoenix  Roebelinli— 1st  and  2d,  M.  Mut- 
illod. 

Other  specimen  Palm— M.  Mutillod. 

Trained  Ivies — Bobbink  &  Atkins. 

Feens. 

Six  Adiantum  Parleyense  or  its  types — 
A.  N.   Pierson.   Inc. 

Specimen  Adiantum  Farleyense — A.  N. 
Pierson,  Inc. 

Specimen  Adiantum  cuneatum  or  Its 
types — F.  R.   Pierson. 

Specimen  Nephrolepis  exaltata  Bostonien- 
sis — F.  R.  Pierson. 

Specimen  Cibotium  Schiedii — F.  R.  Pier- 
son. 

Specimen  Nephrolepis,  any  other  variety 
— F.    R.    Pierson. 

Nephrolepis  in  variety — F.  R.  Pierson. 

Specimen  Fern — P.  R.  Pierson. 

Bulbous  Plants. 

Ten  pans  Lily  of  the  Valley— Wm.  H.  Sie- 
brecht,  Astoria,  L.  I. 

Bulb  garden,  500  sq.  ft.  (Special  open 
class) — John  Scheepers  &  Co.,  New  York 
City. 

Orchids. 

Group,  200  sq.  ft.,  arranged  for  effect — 
1st,  Julius  Roehrs  Co.;  2d,  Lager  &  Hur- 
rell.  Summit.  N.  J. 

Cut  Orchids,  50  sq.  ft. — Joseph  A.  Manda, 
West  Orange,  N.  J. 

Cut  Roses. 

One  hundred  American  Beauty — 1st,  L.  A. 
Noe,  Madison,  N.  J.;  2d,  F.  R.  Pierson  Co., 
Tarrytown.  N.  Y. 

One  hundred  Mrs.  Charles  Russell — Ist, 
Duckham-Pierson  Co.,  Madison,  N.  J.;  2d, 
F.   R.  Pierson  Co. 

One  hundred  Ophelia — 1st,  Duckham-Pier- 
son Co.;  2d,  A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell, 
Ct. 

One  hundred  Mrs.  George  Shawyer — ^A.  N. 
Pierson,  Inc. 

One  hundred  Francis  Scott  Key — F.  R. 
Pierson  Co. 

One  hundred  Pink  Klilarney — Ist,  F.  R. 
Pierson  Co. ;  2d,  A.  N.  I'ierson,  Inc. 

One  hundred  White  Killarney — 1st,  A.  N. 
Pierson,  Inc. ;  2d,  F.  R.  Pierson  Co. 

One  hundred  Hadley — Joseph  Heacock 
Co.,  Wyncote,  Pa. 

One  hundred  Richmond — F.  R.  Pierson  Co. 

One  hundred  Sunburst — F.  R.  Pierson  Co. 

One  hundred  Hoosier  Beauty — 1st,  F.  R. 
Pierson  Co.;  2d,  Duckham-Pierson  Co. 

Fifty  Mrs.  Aaron  Ward — 1st,  Duckham- 
Pierson  Co. ;  2d,  A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

Fifty  any  other  pink -1st  L.  B.  Codding- 
ton,  Murray  Hill,  N.  J. ;  2d,  A.  N.  Pierson, 
Inc. 

Fifty  any  other  yellow — A.  N.  Pierson, 
Inc. 

Fifty  Lady  Alice  Stanley— 1st,  Albert 
Jackson,  West  Summit,  N.  J. ;  2d,  John 
Welsh  Young,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Twenty-five  any  undissenilnated  variety — • 
E.  G.  Hill  Co.,  Richmond,  Ind..  silver 
medal  for  Columbia,  exhibited  by  Chas.  H. 
Totty. 

Fifty  red  rose,  not  yet  disseminated — A, 
N.  Pierson.  Inc. 

C.Ui.NATIONS. 

One  hundred  white— Chas.  H.  Totty, 
Madison,  N.  J,,  with  Matchless. 

One  hundred  flesh  pink — Ist,  Gude  Bros. 
Co.,  Washington.  D.  C,  with  Cottage  Maid; 
2d,  Chas.  H.  Totty. 


Chas.  H.  Totty,  Madison,  N.  J.,  dis- 
(play  of  samples,  booth  beautifiully 
decked  with  cut  flowers. 

Julius  Roehrs  Co.,  Rutherford,  N.  J., 
fine    collection    of    plant    samples. 

Max  Schling,  Inc.,  New  York,  wed- 
ding bower  ot  hyacinths  and  roses; 
also  an  extensive  display  of  floral 
baskets,  sprays,  etc.,  in  a  glass  front 
enclosure. 

Isaac  Hicks  &  Son,  Westbury,  N.  Y., 
miniature  garden  estate. 

Schloss  Bros.,  Ribbons,  New  York,  a 
brilliant  display  of  ribbons  and  chif- 
fons. 

Bobbink  &  Atkins.  Rutherford,  N.  J., 
large  booth  with  their  plant  special- 
ties. 

Mathews  Garden  Craft,  New  York, 
an  elaborate  display  of  garden  furni- 
ture. 

Arthur  Cowee,  Berlin,  N.  Y.,  gladi- 
olus bulbs. 

Wm.  F.  Leary,  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y., 
spravs  and  spraying  outfit. 

Arthur  Schloss  &  Co.,  New  York, 
florists'   ribbons  and  chiffons. 

Bon  Arbor  Chemical  Co.,  Paterson, 
N.  J.,  fertilizer  specialties. 

S.  P.  Townsend  &  Co.,  Orange,  N.  J., 
lawn  mowers. 

Alphano  Humus  Co.,  New  York, 
samples  of  their  products. 

C.  W.  Maredydd  Harrison,  New 
York,  photographs  of  landscape  de- 
sign and  rock  work. 

F.  R.  Pierson  Co.,  Tarrytown,  N.  Y., 
ferns,  roses  and  choice  flower  vases, 
etc.;  one  of  the  most  extensive  and 
elaborate  booths  in  the  show. 

King  Construction  Co.,  North  Tona- 
wanda,  N.  Y.,  section  of  King  green- 
house. 

Hitchings  &  Co.,  New  York,  office 
and  display  of  photographs. 

Fulper  Pottery  Co.,  Flemington,  N. 
J.,  large  display  of  their  potterj^ 
specialties. 

Doubleday,  Page  &  Co.,  Garden  City, 
N.  Y.,  books  and  magazines. 

W.  G.  Kelly,  New  York,  official 
photographer. 

A.  T.  De  La  Mare  Co.,  New  York, 
books   and   magazines. 

Shawnee  Mower  Co.,  lawn  mowers. 

Davey  Tree  Expert  Co.,  Kent,  Ohio, 


One  hundred  dark  pink— Ist,  Chas.  H. 
Totty,  with  Good  Cheer;  2d,  G.  F.  Neipp, 
Chatham,  N.  .1. 

One  hundred  red— 1st,  Chas.  H.  Totty, 
with  Belle  Washburn;  2d,  'M.  Matheron, 
Hempstead,  N.  Y. 

One  hundred  white  variegated — 1st,  Chas. 
II.  Tottv,  with  sport  from  Miller;  2d,  Scott 
Bros..  Elnisford.  N.  Y. 

One  hundred  yellow— Chas.  H.  Totty, 
with  Yellow  Prince. 

Fiftv  any  new  variety  not  in  commerce — 
1st,  Gude  Bros.  Co.,  with  flesh  pink  seed- 
ling; 2d.  Sam  J.  Goddard,  Framlngham, 
Mass..  with  Laddie. 

Table  Decorations. 

Table  Decoration.  Competition  limited  to 
hotel  men  only,  staged  Friday,  March  15th, 
and  renewed  dally,  Hotel  Chatham,  New 
York,  silver  cup.  Arranged  by  Alfred 
Itunyard. 

Sweet  Peas. 
Staged  Wednesday,  March  20th. 
One  hundred   sprays  bicolor — 1st,  S.  Van 
Riper,   Dundee  Lake,   N.   J. ;  2d,  M.  Mathe- 
ron.   Mt'Ilipstend.    N.   Y. 


exhibit  and  demonstration  of  their 
tree  work. 

Patterson,  Sinclair  &  Miller,  New 
York,  seeds,  fertilizers  etc. 

Hartmann-Sanders  Co.,  New  York, 
pergolas  and  garden  furniture. 

Hodgson  portable  houses.  New  York. 

Coldwell  Lawn  Mower  Co.,  New- 
burgh,  N.  Y.,  exhibit  of  Coldwell 
mowers,  hand,  horse  and  power. 

Mountain  Community,  Inc.,  New 
York,  art  wares. 

A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell,  Ct., 
a  large  and  elaborately  decorated 
booth  arranged  under  a  pergola,  dis- 
playing their  plant  specialties. 

R.  J.  Irwin,  New  York,  samples  of 
trade  plants. 

American  Seed  Tape  Co..  Newark, 
N.  J.,  an  interesting  exhibit  of  the 
process  of  making  their  seed  tape 
specialties. 

Weeber  &  Don,  New  York,  special- 
ties in  seeds  and  bulbs.  Booth  elabor- 
ately decorated   with  bulbous   flowers. 

J.  C.  Kraus  Cast  Stone  Works,  New 
York,  a  very  large  exhibit  of  stone 
art  work. 

Lager  &  Hurrell,  Summit,  N.  J., 
orchid  specialists. 

A.  T.  Boddington,  New  York,  seeds 
and  sundries.  Booth  attractively 
decorated  with  floral  arches. 

Fritz  Dressel,  Weehawken,  N.  J., 
ferns  and  other  plants. 

Skinner  Irrigation  Co.,  Troy,  O.  and 
The  Cloche  Co.,  New  York,  exhibit  of 
their  specialties. 

Benjamin  Hammond,  Beacon,  N.  Y., 
a  full  exhibit  of  his  insecticide  and 
other  specialties. 

Vaughan's  Seeds,  Chicago  and  New 
York,  seeds  and  bulbs. 

Consolidated  Gas  and  Gasolene 
Engine  Co.,  New  York,  power  machin- 
ery. 

Stringham,  Bees,  Glen  Cove,  N.  Y., 
exhibit  of  honey,  etc. 

In  addition  to  the  trade  booths  there 
were  several  enclosures  devoted  to  the 
War  Saving  Stamp  campaign  and  work 
of  the  War  Gardening.  Also  a  booth 
showing  the  work  of  the  Children's 
School  Farm  of  the  Department  of 
Parks. 


100  white— 1st,  Clarence  Sllnn,  New  York ; 
2d.  M.  Matheron. 

100  lavender— 1st,  S.  Van  Riper;  2d,  M. 
Graff,  Elmsford,  N.  Y. 

100  pink— 1st.  John  H.  Thompson,  Ken- 
nett   Sq.,   Pa.;  2d,   S.  Van  Itiper. 

Display.  100  sq.  ft.,  arranged  for  effect— 
W.  Atlee"  Burpee  Co. 

Special  prizes  not  provided  for  in 
the  schedule  were  awarded  by  the 
judges  as  follows: 

Gold  medals  to  W.  B.  Thompson,  Yonk- 
crs.  N.  Y.,  gard.  R.  M.  Johnston,  for  dis- 
play of  crotons;  Arthur  N.  Cooley.  Pitts- 
Held,  Mass.,  gard.  Oliver  Lines,  for  Cattleya 
Olvmpus,  Laelia-cattleya  Mrs.  Temple, 
Itrasso-cattleya  Cllftonii.  Cattleya  Gen. 
Mauile  and  Hrasso-Cattleya  Lemauii ;  Wm. 
U.  Siebrecht,  Chappaqua,  N.  Y.,  Acacia 
pubescens  arranged  as  a  bower  by  Kott- 
mlller;  Julius  Roehrs  Co.,  Rutherford. 
N.  J.,  for  group  of  •lO  plants  of  Cypripe- 
dinra  Maucliae  magnlflca ;  George  Gould, 
I.akewood,  N.  J.,  for  model  vegetable  gar- 
den ;  John  Scheepers.  New  York,  for  dis- 
play of  flowering  bulbs;  M.  Mutillod,  Se- 
caucus, N.  J.r  for  pair  of  specimen  Acubaa. 


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There  is  a  Great  Scarcity  of 

GLOXINIAS 

Wc  have  ready  for  immediate  shipment  a  limited  qiianiity  of  our  celebrated  Exhibition 
Strain  in  68  various  shades.     Extra  Large.  Sound  Tubers.   $i   each.   $io  per  dozen. 

JOHN   SCHEEPERS,    Inc. 

Flower  Bulb  Specialists 

2     stone     Street                           New     York     City 

.^ilviT  medals  lu  -Mrx  lOugene  Meyer,  Mt 
KlKco,  N.  Y.,  gnrd.  Alox.  Tlioinson,  for 
GvrhiTa  Jnnidiouil  hybrldB;  Krpd  11.  Dres 
»i>l,  Weehawkon,  N.  J.,  for  group  of  new 
forn  rreslJi-nt  Wllgon:  A.  N.  I'lerson, 
Cromwell.  Conn.,  for  new  fern  .\(lliintuni 
Glory  of  I.i'iuke.sll.  also  for  Double 
White  Klllarnoy  roses;  Mrs.  M.  G.  Plant, 
Groton.  Conn.,  gard.  James  Ventale,  for 
basket  of  callns;  A.  S.  ("ooley.  I'ltlsllelil. 
Mass.,  for  Cattleya  Snow  Queen :  Valentine 
Burgevln.  Kingston,  N.  Y.,  for  speelmen 
pelurgonlum ;  Julius  Roehrs  Co.,  Ruther- 
ford. .N.  J.,  for  new  hybrid  Cynibldiuius 
Gottlanum.  rauwelsianum,  Alexandria  and 
.Schelegclll. 

.Silver  cup  to  M.  Mutlllod.  Secnueus. 
>i.  J.,  for  group  of  miscellaneous  plants. 

Certllleate  of  merit  to  Joseph  A.  Manda, 
South  Orange,  N.  .T..  for  Cattleya  Schro. 
derae  Mrs.   II.   Lutcher. 

First  prizes  to  Bobblnk  &  Atkins,  Ruther- 
ford. N.  J.,  for  standard  pyramldnl  and 
columnar  bay  trees;  Harold  A.  Ryan,  Cam- 
brldire,  .Mass.,  for  Strelitzia  roglna,  and 
Miss  Charlotte  Trlmm,  New  York,  for  Afri- 
can  Illy. 

International  Garden  Club  Sweepstakes 
Cup,  awarded  to  Jobn  Schceperg  for  "most 
meritorious  exhibit." 


A    VISIT   TO    W/AVERLEY. 

The  members  and  friends  of  the 
Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of  Bos- 
ton, to  the  number  of  sixty,  enjoyed 
their  customary  annual  visit  to  the 
W.  W.  Edgar  Company  greenhouses 
at  Waverley,  .Mass.,  on  .March  16.  The 
number  participating  was  not  as  large 
as  on  some  former  occasions  but  there 
were  a  good  many  ladies  in  the  party, 
so  they  made  up  in  quality  for  the 
lack  in  numbers.  All  were  well  repaid 
for  the  trip  for  tliey  were  hospitably 
entertained  at  luncheon  and  they  saw 
a  most  beautiful  display  of  the  Easter 
plants  in  the  culture  of  which  Mr. 
Bartsch  has  no  superior.  Especially 
handsome  were  the  lilacs — stock  wliich 
was  received  from  the  S.  S.  N'ieuw 
Am.'iterdam  on  February  28th  and  was 
already  in  luxuriant  bloom  I  Rhodo- 
dendron Pink  Pearl,  Tausendschoen 
roses  and  tlie  finest  lot  of  hybrid  roses 
in  flower  ever  seen  in  this  neighbor- 
hood  were  among  the  other  attractions. 

Brief  remarks  were  made  by  Presi- 
dent Rogers,  Ex-President  Methven 
and  Secretary  Craig  of  the  Florists' 
Club,  Robert  Comeron  and  others. 


Lincoln,  Va.  —  Among  those  who 
have  suffered  heavy  damages  as  a  re- 
sult of  the  fuel  shortage  is  F.  B. 
Davis,  who  lost  the  contents  of  all  his 
greenhouses.  At  a  critical  time  he 
was  unable  to  get  fuel  of  any  kind  and 
the  loss,  aggregating  $3.0(10  or  more 
resulted.  He  has  now  planted  early 
vegetables  in  some  of  the  houses. 


We  Kavp  a  pretty  full  aicounl  of 
this  splendid  exhibition  in  our  issue 
of  last  week.  The  I'oUov/ing  notes, 
however,  about  the  prize  awards  may 
be  of  interest  to  many  of  our  readers. 
In  the  various  plant  classes  for  azaleas, 
cinerarias,  genistas,  cyclamens,  hy- 
drangeas, bulbous  plants,  foliage 
I)lants,  roses,  etc.,  the  principal  ribbon 
winners  were  Mrs.  J.  L.  Gardner,  Miss 
Cornelia  Warren.  H.  T.  Hayward,  Wm. 
Whitman,  Mrs.  t'Vederick  Ayer,  K.  A. 
Clark,  Mrs.  C.  G.  Weld,  E.  S.  'Webster 
and  A.  W.  Preston.  M.  Van  Waveren 
&  Sons  won  the  special  f;old  medal  for 
flowering  bulbs.  In  the  carnation 
classes  W.  D.  Howard,  John  Barr,  Mrs. 
Frederick  Ayer.  E.  A.  Clark,  A.  "W. 
Preston  and  W.  .1.  Clemson  were  high 
liners.  Violets,  Edward  Bingham.  A 
gold  medal  was  given  Thomas  Roland 
for  acacias.  Silver  medals  to  Mrs. 
Lester  Leland  for  cyclamen ;  C.  S.  Sar- 
gent for  clivias;  S.  .1.  Goddard,  display 
of  carnations;  W.  R.  Coe,  camellias; 
J.  J.  O'Brien,  cut  flowers;  .Julius  Zinn. 
Caplan  the  Florist.  Boston  Cut  Flower 
Company.  Penn  the  Florist  and  H.  R. 
Comley  for  displays  of  floral  art. 
First-class  certificate  of  merit  to  F.  W. 
Fletcher,  seedling  freesias;    C.  S.  Sar- 


L;.-nt.  si-edling  azalea.  .Milda   Hi-adlund. 

Cultural  Certificate— .Mrs.  Bayard 
rhayer,  .Mabernia  odorata;  James 
W'arr,  mignonette  in  pots;  Lyman  es- 
tate. Azalea  Fielder's  White;  William 
Whitman,  display  of  spring  flowering 
plants;  E.  S.  Webster,  display  of  cyc- 
lamen; Mrs.  Frederick  Ayer.  Erica 
nielanthera. 

The  exhibition  was  a  financial  as 
well  as  a  horticultural  success,  the 
uuiount  to  the  credit  of  the  Red  Cross 
being  something  over  nine  thousand 
dollars.  The  Massachusetts  Horticul- 
tural Society  and  the  Red  Cross  Chap- 
ter have  issued  the  following  state- 
ment of  thanks: 

"The  Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society  and  the  Boston  Metropolitan 
Chapter  of  the  American  Red  Cross 
desire  to  express  their  sincere  appre- 
ciation of  the  patriotic  spirit  in  which 
the  members  of  both  organizations, 
and  all  others,  have  cooperated  In 
every  way  to  make  the  Red  Cross 
Flower  Show  an  artistic  and  financial 
success.  The  society  and  chapter  are 
under  particular  obligations  to  the  ex- 
hibitors, who,  despite  the  severe 
winter  and  shortage  of  fuel,  have 
made  unusual  efforts  to  excel  their 
past  displays." 


Plants  for  Easter 

And   Every  Day   In  The  Year 

A  fine  stock  of  Lilies,  Azaleas,  Ferns,  Pot  Roses  in  variety, 
Hydrangeas,    Genistas,     Daisies,     Dracaenas, 
Palms  Grown   From  Seed. 
VISITORS  From  New  Voik.  take  Hudson  Tube  to  Hoboken. 

CORDIALLY  from   Hoboken,  take  Hackensack  Plank  Road  or 

INVITED.  Paterson  Plank   Road  Cars. 

HERMANN  SCHOLZEL 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

NORTH  BERGEN,  N.  J. 


TKl.KI-IIO.NE: 
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LAST  CALL  FOR  EASTER! 

Those  who  saw  our  flow^ering  plants  and  shrubs 
at  the  New^  York  show  need  no  reminder  of  the 
quaHty  of  the  Roehrs  products.  We  can  still  supply 
Lilacs,  Pink  Pearl  Rhododendrons,  Tausendschoen 
Roses,  Ericas,  Hydrangeas  and  Genistas  in  desirable 
sizes. 

They  are  selling  fast.     Don't  delay. 

Our  Orchid  Group  at  the  Exhibition  captured  the 
big  prize  of  $500  in  addition  to  a  gold  and  a  silver 
medal.     Read  the  report  of  the  aw^ards  in  this  paper. 

Roehrs  Quality  is  What  You  Want 

Julius  Roehrs  Company 

RUTHERFORD,  N.J. 


The  Nineteenth  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  American  Rose  Society  was  held 
in  Grand  Central  Palace,  New  York, 
March  15th,  1918,  at  3  p.  m. 

The  following  officers  were  elected 
tor  the  ensuing  year:  President,  Benj. 
Hammond,  Beacon,  N.  Y. ;  vice-presi- 
dent, W.  J.  Keimel,  Elmhurst,  III.; 
secretary,  E.  A.  White,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.; 
treasurer,  Harry  O.  May,  Summit,  N. 
J.;  executive  committee  for  three 
years,  Robert  Simpson,  Clifton,  N.  J., 
W.  R.  Pierson,  Cromwell,  Conn.,  John 
H.  Dunlop,  Richmond  Hill.  Ont. 

The  reports  of  the  officers  follows: 

President   Hammond's   Report. 
To  the  Members  of  the  American  Rose 

Society  and  Others: 

The  past  twelve  months  has  been  a 
period  of  most  uncommon  conditions, 
that  have  upset  the  routine  of  affair.s 
generally,  and  no  one  has  felt  this 
more  than  commercial  flower  growers. 
The  American  Rose  Society  has  a 
membership  which  extends  from 
ocean  to  ocean,  and  comes  in  touch 
with  hundreds  of  homes  and  from  the 
interest  manifested  by  our  amateur 
membership  it  is  evident  that  the  rose 
is  a  flower  which,  through  all  the 
trouble  of  the  day,  holds  its  own  in 
the  hearts  of  the  people.  It  is  a  gen- 
eral service,  this  bringing  together  of 
communities    large    and    small    to    a 


flower  show,  because  with  all  the  de- 
mand upon  time  and  purse  for  war 
duties  and  sacrifices  that  are  now 
paramount,  the  appreciation  and  sen- 
timent in  favor  of  nice  things  is  the 
difference  between  barbarism  and 
Americanism. 

The  past  year,  to  meet  the  increased 
cost  of  this  Society,  it  was  deemed  ad- 
visable to  make  a  change  in  the  rates 
of  membership  dues,  and  thereby 
changing  the  original  form  from  ac- 
tive and  amateur  members  at  two  dis- 
tinct rates  to  one  common  sum  of  two 
dollars  instead  of  the  three  dollar  and 
one  dollar  rate.  This  action  was  rati- 
fied at  the  fall  meeting  held  in  the 
city  of  Cleveland  during  the  flower 
show  last  November,  and  has  been  re- 
ceived with  general  favor  by  the  ama- 
teur and  commercial  membership. 
This  membership  represents  not  com- 
mercial growers  alone,  but  the  senti- 
ment of  people  who  help  to  create  a 
demand  for  roses  by  their  interest  and 
example  in  beautifying  their  home 
yards. 

The  incentive  which  has  greatly 
caused  the  increased  amateur  mem- 
bership is  the  new  .\nnual,  a  book  of 
record  and  desertation  pertaining  to 
growth  and  culture  of  roses,  national 
in  scope  and  admirably  illustrated, -- 
a  copy  of  which  goes  to  each  member 
of  the  Society.  Mr.  .1.  Horace  McFar- 
land  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  is  the  editor. 


We  have  issued  the  book  for  two  years 
past,  and  the  edition  covering  the  last 
year  is  about  ready  to  be  mailed,  mak- 
ing three  years  of  notable  record. 

At  the  last  annual  meeting  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  was  formally  in- 
creased in  size,  from  six  members  to 
nine,  so  as  to  afford  a  fitting  repre- 
sentavion  of  amateur  membership. 
This  committee  now  is  able  to  have 
representatives  from  United  States 
and  Canada,  from  ocean  to  ocean. 

The  test  gardens  which  began  In 
Elizabeth  Park  at  Hartford,  Conn., 
have  become  a  most  interesting  ad- 
junct to  rose  growing.  These  gardens 
under  recognition  of  the  American 
Rose  Society  are  Hartford,  Conn., 
Washington,  D.  C,  Ithaca,  N.  Y., 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  Portland,  Ore. 
In  each  of  these  the  effect  of  climate 
on  rose  bushes  is  carefully  watched 
to  determine  the  ability  of  varieties 
to  stand  the  weather,  and  note  the 
thrift  or  otherwise  of  the  rose  plants 
in  the  section  in  which  the  garden  Is 
situated.  These  rose  gardens  are  prov- 
ing of  great  public  Interest.  Applica- 
tion has  been  made  from  Texas  and 
from  Bellingham  and  Tacoma,  Wash., 
but  the  Society  could  not  -go  too  fast 
in  authorizing  new  gardens,  because 
of  the  necessity  of  securing  a  goodly 
number  of  plants  for  the  test  and  these 
plants  have  been  furnished  by  home 
growers,  and  contributions  have  also 
come  from  Ireland  and  Holland,  free. 
An  important  piece  of  work  has  been 
done  in  setting  forth  the  correct  and 
plain  naming  of  roses,  so  as  to  have 
and  hold  a  definite  plan  and  system 
of  acknowledged  correctness  In  nomen- 
clature and   advising  the  selection   of 


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names  that  a  wayfaring  man  may 
understand.  F\irthermore  much  work 
has  been  done  toward  bringing  to  com- 
pletion a  list  of  all  roses  originated 
in  the  United  States  or  Canada. 

There  is  one  thing  that  I  would  like 
to  impress  upon  all  firms  who  are  com- 
mercial rose  plant  growers;  that  is. 
one  and  all  of  this  class  of  men  should 
become  life  members  of  the  American 
Rose  Society. 

Regarding  the  registration  of  new 
roses,  there  have  been  some  registered 
with  the  Society  of  American  Florists, 
and  as  the  American  Rose  Society  has 
grown,  more  have  come  direct  for 
official  registration.  At  the  Executive 
Committee  meeting  of  the  S.  A.  F.  & 
O.  H.,  held  in  January  last,  at  St. 
Louis,  a  resolution  was  then  passed 
directing  that,  hereafter,  all  new  roses 
should  be  registered  with  the  Ameri- 
can Rose  Society,  In  this  wise  secur- 
ing a  permanent  record  of  authorita- 
tive value. 

In  rose  cultivation  the  National  Rose 
Society  of  England  has  been  an  inspir- 
ing example,  particularly  the  last  few- 
years,  to  the  American  Rose  Society, 
and  has  formally  recognized  with  much 
courtesy,  our  Society,  and  such  action 
tends  to  hasten  the  coming  day  of 
Peace  on  Earth  and  Good  Will  to  Men. 

We  expect  next  June  to  have  at 
Hartford  an  open  air  show  in  the 
Rose  Garden  at  Ellzal)€th  Park,  of 
more  than  ordinary  interest.  The 
Park  Department  and  others  have 
planned  in  advance  for  this  public  ex- 
hibition to  which  we  look  forward 
with  much  pleasure. 

The  detail  working  of  the  Society 
will  be  more  fully  shown  In  the  re- 
ports of  our  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
and  the  American  Rose  Society  with 
its  large  and  growing  membership 
stands  for  Americanism — which  Is 
Fidelity,  Patience.  Industry,  and  Fear- 
lessness, first,  last  and  all  the  time, 
and  "A  Rose  For  Every  Home,  A 
Bush  For  Every  Garden." 


Report   of   Secretary    E.  A.   White. 

As  your  secretary  has  been  in  office 
but  nine  months  a  report  of  the  period 
must  of  necessity  be  brief.  In  the 
seventeenth  report  of  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Society  two  years  ago,  Sec- 
retary Hammond  stated  a  paid-up 
membership  of  194  active  and  51  asso- 


Ben.i.    Hammond 
President  American  Rose  Society. 

elate  members.  -At  the  Cleveland  meet- 
ing in  November,  1917,  the  Society 
voted  to  so  change  the  Constitution 
and  By-L>aws  as  to  establish  a  uniform 
membership  fee  of  two  dollars  a  year, 
and  since  that  date  1,114  paid  member- 
ships have  been  received  with  895 
memberships  paid  in  1917  yet  to  be 
heard  from.  The  life  memberships 
now  number  fifty-eight,  two  new  mem- 
bers having  been  added  since  July  1, 
1917,  F.  R.  Pierson  of  Tarrytown.  New 


V(jrk  and  Mrs.  Charles  Frederick  Hoff- 
man, president  of  the  International 
Garden  Club,  New  York  City. 

The  wonderful  growth  has  been  due 
in  no  small  measure  to  the  active  In- 
terest in  the  work  of  the  organization 
and  especially  from  the  amateur  view- 
point, taken  by  the  editor  of  the 
American  Rose  Annual,  Mr.  J.  Horace 
McFarland,  of  Harrlsburg,  Pa.  Through 
liis  love  of  roses,  his  wide  acquaintance 
as  president  of  the  American  Civic 
Association  and  hia  keen  Interest  In 
the  success  of  the  American  Rose  An- 
nual he  has  brought  the  rose  indeed 
near  to  everyone's  home  and  garden. 

But  In  this  period  of  the  Socletjr's 
success  we  must  not  forget  that  there 
have  been  years  of  adversity  and  a 
complete  history  of  the  American  Ros« 
Society  would  show  that  but  for  the 
self-sacrifice  of  a  few  men  who  had  an 
insight  Into  the  value  which  the  or- 
ganization might  become,  the  Ameri- 
can Rose  Society  probably  would  not 
now  be  rn  existence.  Among  the  early 
workers  to  whom  much  credit  should 
he  given,  no  name  stands  out  more 
prominently  than  does  that  of  our 
president,  Benjamin  Hammond.  He 
served  thia  Society  faithfully  for  many 
years,  gave  both  his  time  and  money 
to  support  the  organization  and  he  Is 
now  entitled  to  all  the  honors  the  So- 
ciety can  bestow.  To  the  earnest  etforta 
also  of  Messrs.  Pennock.  Pierson, 
Farenwald  and  the  other  eight  ex- 
presidents,  the  success  of  the  society 
to-day  may  be  directly  attributed. 
The  rose  may  well  be  taken  as  a  sym- 
bol of  health  and  longevity,  as  but  two 
of  the  former  presidents  have  died  dur- 
ing the  nineteen  years  of  the  Society's 
history. 

The  funds  of  the  Society  are  now 
on  a  firm  basis,  but  It  must  not  be  for- 
gotten that  the  running  expenses  of 
the  Society  have  increased  many  fold 
in  the  last  two  years.  Financing  the 
Annual  is  not  as  simple  a  matter  as 
it    was    and    with    an    increased    cost 


March  23,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


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'IVIUIVI 


For  fifteen  years  this  slogan  has  been  ''Over  the  Top,"  of  our  ads  and  means 
that  as  usual,  TOTTY'S  'MUMS,  will  be  in  the  first  line  of  "trenches"  as  regards 
quality  and  condition. 

We  have  several  hundred  thousand  plants  in  all  the  Standard  varieties,  ready  for 
immediate  delivery  and  our  stock  was  never  cleaner  or  in  better  shape. 

Two  fine  Commercial  Novelties  are: 


BRONZE  UNAKA 

The  bronze  sport  of  Unaka.  the  earliest  and  best  bronze. 

_YELLOW  SMITH'S  ADVANCE 

Don't  forget  Connie  Dick  (The  Yellow  Doty j,  the  finest  Pompon 
,..,,  we  ever  distributed 

Price:  2  !4-inch  pots,  $150.00  per  1000. 

Early  sorts  always  make  money  for  the  grower  and  you  will  make  no 
mistake  with  these  varieties. 

All   of  the  best   Novelties  of  course,  in  Large,  Single  and   Hardy  Types. 

All  the  Standards  ready  and  in  splendid  condition.  Wm.  Turner, 
Early    Frost,    Marigold,    Chrysolora   and  100  other  varieties. 

-     STOCK  RIGHT!      PRICES  RIGHT!      ALL  RIGHT! 


ROSES 

Own  Root — 3  inch 
Ready  Now 
We  never  in  our 
history  had  such  fine 
own  root  stock  ready 
at  this  season: 

Ophelia  Baby  Doll 

Sunburst         Cecil 
Collette  Brunner 

Martinette  Primrose 

$100.00  per  1000 


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MADISON, 
NEW  JERSEY 


along  all  lines  of  publication  and  a  de- 
crease in  advertising  because  of  the 
war  conditions,  the  Increase  in  mem- 
bership fees  does  not  insure  a  wide 
margin  of  profit  for  the  Society. 
Again,  the  postage  on  Annuals,  no- 
tices of  membership  dues  and  receipts 
for  the  same,  amounts  to  no  small 
item. 

"Progress  and  Service''  has  been  the 
watchword  of  the  Society  during  the 
year  past.  We  must  look  forward  to 
greater  service  in  the  year  to  come. 
The  Society  must  do  more  than  furn- 
ish tickets  for  exhibitions,  and  the 
Rose  Annual,  if  it  is  to  satisfy  its 
members,  especially  the  amateurs.  In 
1917  arrangements  were  made  with 
Cornell  University  to  frank  copies  of 
Dr.  A.  C.  Beal's  Reading  Course  Bul- 
letin on  the  Culture  of  Garden  Roses, 
to  all   members,   and   plans   are   now 


made  with  the  Bureau  of  Plant  Indus- 
try at  Washington,  D.  C,  to  frank  a 
similar  bulletin  written  by  Mr.  F.  L. 
Mulford.  It  ought  to  be  possible  for 
the  Society  to  publish  a  "Manual  of 
Rose  Culture,"  which  should  go  to 
every  member.  The  Editor  of  the  Rose 
Annual  and  Mr.  C.  B.  E.  Gersdorff  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  are  preparing  a 
catalogue  of  Roses  in  American  Com- 
merce which  the  Society  should  pub- 
lish for  the  benefit  of  the  members. 

One  or  two  events  of  progress  stand 
out  prominently  during  the  year.  Our 
English  friends  have  been  drawn  into 
closer  relationship  with  us  by  an  ex- 
change of  honorary  memberships.  In 
December,  1917,  the  Hon.  Courtney 
Page,  Secretary  of  the  National  Rose 
Society  of  England,  wrote  offering  hon- 
orary membership  in  the  National 
Rose  Society  of  England  to  the  presi- 


dent, secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
-American  Rose  Society  and  to  the  edi- 
tor of  the  American  Rose  Annual,  in 
exchange  for  honorary  membership  in 
the  American  Rose  Society  for  the 
president,  vice-president,  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  National  Rose 
Society  of  England.  The  Executive 
Committee  felt  justified  in  accepting 
the  proposal  and  extended  to  our  ally, 
the  appreciation  of  the  Society  for 
the  honors. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  because 
of  lack  of  funds  due  to  the  war  con- 
ditions, the  Rose  Disease  work  had  to 
be  given  up.  Dr.  L.  M.  Massey  had 
but  just  begun  to  get  results  along 
the  line  of  a  valuable  piece  of  work. 
It  is  hoped  that  as  soon  as  the  war  is 
over  the  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  at 
Washington,  D.  C.  will  find  it  possible 
to   take   up   the   investigation   in   co- 


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HEATHS,  BOUGAINVILLEAS,  BORONIAS,  FERNS,  CROTONS, 
ACACIAS,  CAMELLIAS,  etc.,  just   right   for   your   EASTER    trade. 

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HORTICULTURE 


March  23.  1918 


Alexander  McConnell 

611  Fifth  Avenue,   Corricr  of  49th  Street 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

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operation  with  the  American  Rose  So- 
ciety. The  scope  of  the  work  is  too 
broad  to  be  financed  by  private  indi- 
viduals and  it  should  be  a  part  of  Gov- 
ernmental Research. 

In   the   year   before   us   two   import- 


E.  A.  White 
Secretary   AmeHcan    Rose   Society. 

ant  meetin.cs  are  scheduled.  The  first 
will  be  in  Hartford.  Conn.,  during  the 
last  of  June,  at  a  date  yet  to  be  defin- 
itely decided  upon.  This  event  should 
be  an  important  one  in  the  history  of 
the     Society,     for     Hartford     was     a 


pioneer  in  rose  test  sarden  work  and 
tlie  results  of  the  added  years  of  ex- 
perience should  bring  much  of  value 
to  every  rosarian.  There  should  bo 
a  large  attendance. 

An  invitation  has  been  accepted  by 
the  Executive  Committee  for  the  So- 
ciety  to  hold  its  fall  meeting  with  the 
I'ittsburgh  Florists'  and  Gardeners' 
.\ssociation  in  connection  with  tlieir 
tlower  show.  The  Society  has  not 
been  to  Pittsburgh  for  a  number  of 
years  and  this  should  bring  a  large 
number  of  members  together.  Pitts- 
burgh is  noted  for  its  hospitality. 

The  last  year  has  been  one  of  prog- 
ress, but  it  is  hoped  that  the  coming 
year  may  witness  even  better  things 
for  the  American  Rose  Society.  Tlie 
Society  aims  to  be  of  service  to  its 
members  in  every  way  possible  and 
I  mi'  of  the  greatest  aims  at  the  present 
time  should  be  to  so  strengthen  and 
cheer  our  American  people  in  the 
period  of  National  stress,  that  we 
sliall  all  be  inspired  to  greater  deter- 
mination to  win  the  war.  Can  any- 
thing make  us  more  physically  fit  than 
working  among  our  roses?  Can  any- 
thing be  more  inspiring  than  the 
beauty  and  freshness  of  a  rose?  We 
have  been  told  by  our  Government  to 
"work  hard,  pray  hard,  play  hard. 
We  have  a  victory  to  win."  Victory 
will  never  come  to  a  work-worn  na- 
tion; success  will  not  come  to  the 
physically  worn-out  man.  There  must 
be  periods  of  recreation  and  let  us 
keep  ourselves  physically  fit  among 
the  natural  pleasures  and  beauties 
God  has  intended  for  us. 

Reports  of  progress  in  the  various 
Rose  Test  Gardens  were  made  by  Mr. 
Robert   Pyle    for   the    Washington,   D. 


C.  garden,  and  the  I'ortland,  Oregon 
garden.  Dr.  A.  C.  Real  for  the  Cor- 
nell garden  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.  and  W. 
R.  Pierson  for  tlie  Hartford,  Conn., 
garden.  Detailed  reports  of  the  work 
of  these  gardens  will  be  printed  in 
The  American  Rose  Annual,  which  Is 


Hahhy  O.  Mat 
Treasurer  American   Rose   Society. 

soon  to  be  issued.  Mr.  J.  Horace  Mc- 
Farland  of  Harrisburg.  made  a  strong 
plea  for  co-ordination  in  the  Annual 
report  of  the  test  gardens,  and  the 
opinion  was  expressed  that  the  chair- 
man of  each  garden  should  constitute 
the  personnel  of  the  Central  Rose  Test 
Garden  Committee.    It  was  moved  and 


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IN  THE  NATIONAL  CAPITAL 

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surrounding  country. 

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WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Members  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Association 


carried  that  the  President  nominate 
members  of  the  various  Rose  Test 
Garden  Committees  and  that  this  list 
be  submitted  to  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee for  adoption. 

Dr.  A.  C.  Beal,  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  exhibition  of 


garden  roses  read  a  detailed  report 
which  was  referred  to  the  Executive 
Committee  with  power. 

Mr.  Robert  Pyle  for  the  Committee 
on  regulations  reported  favorably  on 
the   registration    of   the   following: 

Mrs.  Edward  T.  Stotesbury,  request- 
ed by  Edward  Towill,  Roslyn,  Pa.  Vic- 


Why 


9 


Park  St.,  Boston 

Because  Satisfaction 
Is  Guaranteed! 


Usual  Trade  Discount 


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tory    and    Freedom    by    Reinhold    Un- 
dritz,   West  New  Brighton,   N.  Y. 

A  committee  consisting  of  F.  L..  At- 
kins, Rutherford,  N.  J.,  Robert  Chase, 
Chase,  Ala.,  and  John  Dayton,  Paines- 
ville.  Ohio,  was  appointed  to  increase 
the  interest  in  the  work  of  the  Ameri- 
can Rose  Society  and  to  solicit  mem- 
berships among  nursery  men. 

Treasurer  May's  Annual   Report. 
For  Vcar  Knding;  March  t4th,  1918. 

RECEIPTS 

Cash    on    Hand *1,8.54.70 

From   Secretary  and   other  sources  6,314.,')2 
Interest  on  Mortgage  certiflcates. . .      150.00 

"     Permanent    Fund    18.89 

"     General   Account    29.52 

$8,.'!67.6,'? 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

Rose   Annual   and    printing $2,366.3.'? 

Oeneral    expenses    4,217.45 

Deposit  Permanent  Fund '  50.00 

To    Balance     1.733.&'5 

$8,367.63 
Permanent  Fund. 

Westchester  &  Bronx  Title  &  Mort- 
gage   Guaranty    Co. 

Three    Mortgage   certiflcates.  .$3,000.00 

Summit  Trust  Company. 

Permanent    Fund    300.00 

Hubhard    Medal    Fund    250.00 

We  are  very  sorry  to  learn  of  the  In- 
tirmity  which  has  come  upon  our  ven- 
(^rable  friend,  Rev.  C.  S.  Harrison.  Mr. 
Harrison  has  just  returned  to  his 
home  in  York.  Neb.,  from  California, 
where  he  spent  the  winter,  suffering 
from  spinal  neuralgia  and  almost 
blind  with  a  cataract.  There  Is  some 
hope  of  having  the  cataract  removed. 


II  <•  i;  r  I  (•  I  i/r  r  i;  i-: 


March  23.  IDl^ 


PARIS 


"OVER  THERE" 


EASTER     DELIVERIES 

IN  BOSTON  AND  NEW  YORK 


We  are  prepared  to  deliver  flowers,  plants  or  made  up 
work  as  ordered.  Florists  at  a  distance  may  transfer  their 
orders  by  mail,  telegram  or  phone  to  us  with  the  cer- 
tainty of  prompt  and  careful  attention 


Thomas  F.  Galvin,  Inc. 


1  Park  Street 


Boylston  and  Fairfield  Streets 


Galvin   Building,  561 


THE  NEW  YORK  FEDERATION  OF 

HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETIES 

AND  FLORAL  CLUBS. 

A  meeting  of  the  {•''ediTation  was 
held  in  John  Young's  office.  New  York. 
Monday,  March  18th.  with  President  F. 
R.  Pierson.  presiding.  .-V  report  of 
progress  regarding  the  Horticultural 
Building  at  the  State  Fair  Grounds  in 
Syracuse  was  heard.  The  race  track 
and  grand  stand  have  been  moved  and 
a  splendid  site  for  the  building  is  now 
available.  The  State  Fair  (Commission- 
ers have  expressed  themselves  as  of 
the  opinion  that  the  building  will  be 
the  next  erected  and  plans  for  its  con- 
struction are  now  being  formulated  in 
the  State  Architect's  office. 

The  fuel  situation  was  discussed 
and  it  was  the  opinion  that  any  artiv 
campaign  for  the  florists'  winter  sup 
ply  should  be  postponed  until  the  fall 
meeting  In  Syracuse.  A  fuel  commit 
tee  consisting  of  F.  R.  Pierson.  of 
Tarrytown.  W.  J.  Palmer  of  Buffalo, 
and  Robert  Simpson  of  Clifton.  N.  J., 
was  appointed  to  keep  in  touch  with 
the  fuel  commissioner  and  if  neces- 
sary to  lend  its  aid  In  getting  a  supply 
of  fuel  for  any  florist  in  difficulty.  A 
committee  on  affiliation  of  the  Pedera 
tion  with  the  New  "V'ork  Federation  of 
.\griculture  was  appointed.  This  com- 
mittee consisted  of  Dr.  Erl  Bates  of 
Syracuse.  F.  A.  Danker  of  .Mhany.  and 
C.  H.  Vick,  of  Rochester.  The  follow- 
ing resolution  was  unanimously  adopt- 
ed; 

Wherf.^s.  the  splendid  success  of 
the  International  Flower  Show  has 
demonstrated  conclusively  that  the 
American  people  in  these  times  of 
stress  seek  relaxation  and  comfort  In 
the  cheering  message  expressed  by  the 
bright  blooms,  and 


\Vjimci:.\.><,  the  Floricultural  inter- 
ests of  our  people  are  important  eco- 
nomic factors  in  the  life  of  our  peo- 
ple, therefore  be  it 

Ui,-.oi\iiJ.    tlint     \vp.    ttio     Xi'W    York 


F.    R.    PiKHSON 

I're8ident    New   York    KediTation    of   Horti- 
cultural  Societies  and   Floral   Clubs. 

Federation  of  Horticultural  Societies 
and  Floral  Clubs,  while  we  shall  give 
our  energy  as  patriotic  Americans  to 
increasing  the  conserving  food  sup- 
plies, nevertheless  believe  there 
should  be  an  even  larger  cultivation 
of  flowers  and  we  pledge  our  united 
efforts  towards  this  end. 

E.  A.  White.  Secy. 


NEW  YORK  FLORISTS'  CLUB 
BANQUET. 

The  31st  annual  dinner  of  the  New 
York  Florists'  Club  was  held  at  the 
Hotel  .McAlpin  on  Saturday  evening. 
.March  16th.  About  180  ladiesi  and 
Ljentlemen  were  present  and  the  af- 
fair was  in  every  respect  a  brilliant 
social  and  most  enjoyable  success. 
There  were  many  visitors  present  who 
had  been  in  attendance  at  the  Inter- 
national Flower  Show  at  the  Grand 
Central  Palace.  President  Charles 
Schenck  presided  and  when  the  time 
lor  speeches  had  arrived  made  a  very 
hojteful  and  congratulatory  address. 
He  especially  applauded  the  fact  that 
the  club  had  not  cut  out  their  annual 
entei  tainment  which  had  always  been 
-so  enjoyable,  but  had  decided  to  keep 
.i^oing  on  as  usual  and  that  principle 
he  believed  should  govern  all  the  work 
of  the  members  as  well  as  the  official 
acts  of  the  club.  Upon  the  conclusion 
1)1'  his  speech  the  entire  audience 
stood  and  sung  the  "Star  Spangled 
Banner."  A  toast  was  then  given  to 
President  Wilson  and  the  orchestra 
played  "Over  There"  in  which  the 
guests  joined.  Charles  H.  Totty,  pres- 
ident of  the  Society  of  American 
Florists,  was  the  next  speaker.  He 
spoke  of  the  splendid  public  support 
of  the  flower  show  in  progress  at  the 
Grand  Central  Palace  and  was  en- 
thusiastic as  to  the  hearing  of  this 
public  attitude  towards  the  so-called 
non-industry  of  plants  and  flowers  on 
the  New  York  Florists'  Club  and  the 
big  things  which  it  presaged  in  the 
work  of  the  Society  of  American 
Florists.  Major  O'Keefe  of  Boston 
spoke  briefly,  and  was  followed  by  W. 
F.  Gude  of  Washington,  who  was  ac- 
corded   a    most    enthusiastic    greeting. 


March  23.  1918 


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The  Leading  Flower  Establishment  of 

KANSAS  CITY 


Will  arrange  and  deliver  orders  from  the  trade  for  flowers, 

plants  or  design  work 

ANYWHERE  IN  THE  MIDDLE  WEST 

All  Goods  and  Service  Strictly  First- Class 

Samuel  Murray 

1017  Grand  Avenue,         KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 

MEMBER  OF  FLORISTS'  TELEGRAPH  DELIVERY 


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11  OKTI  CULTURE 


March  23.  191S 


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Henry  Penn's  Easter  Message 

Never  did  anything  in  my  entire  career  that  gave  me 
so  much  pleasure  as  accepting  the  job  of  Chairman 
of  our  PubHcity  Campaign.  The  letters  that  1 
receive  daily  from  the  long-headed  florists  who  are 
tying  up  to  the  National  Campaign,  and  the  results 
they  are  getting  by  so  doing,  has  been  a  source  of 
great  satisfaction,  not  only  to  me,  but  to  the  entire 
committee.  Keep  it  up  boys.  We  have  the  greatest 
committee.  Keep  it  up  boys.  We  have  the 
greatest  product  on  earth  to  sell.    Just  tell  them  to 

•'SAY  IT  WITH   FLOWERS." 


He  spoke  of  the  great  value  of  flowers 
in  hospital  work  and  said  that  it  liad 
been  recognized  that  they  are  fully 
as  useful  as  medicine.  He  believed 
that  the  prosperity  of  the  so-called 
luxury  industries  was  a  necessity  to 
the  full  dinner  pail  and  the  economic 
precedence  of  America  in  the  markets 
of  tlie  world.  His  talk  was  most  patri- 
otic and  full  of  inspiration.  Henry 
Penn  of  Boston  being  called  uiwn  con- 
gratulated the  club  on  its  courage  in 
not  passing  up  the  banquet  and  told 
how  in  his  work  in  the  capacity  of 
chairman  of  the  publicity  committee 
of  the  florists'  trade  he  looks  to  New 
York  for  his  best  inspiration.  Herman 
P.  Knoble  of  Cleveland  spoke  for  his 
home  city  In  a  most  keen  and  delight- 
ful vein.  Fred  Lautenschlager  brought 
greetings  from  Chicago  and  made 
hopeful  reference  to  the  |)rogress  be- 
ing made  in  publicity  work.  Then 
came  the  presentation  of  a  sterling 
silver  tea  service  to  retiring  president 
G.  E.  M.  Stumpp,  the  presentation 
speech  being  made  by  Joseph  Manda 
in  a  humorous  and  appreciative  vein. 
Following  this  the  floor  was  cleared 
for  dancing  and  the  young  people  kept 
things  going  lively  until  long  past  the 
midnight  hour.  W.  F.  Sheridan, 
Philip  F.  Kessler  and  P.  J.  Smith 
were  the  members  of  the  dinner  com- 
mittee who  arranged  this  most  ex- 
cellent entertainment. 


The  St.  Louis  Florist  Club  met  at 
H.  G.  Berning's  store  on  Thursday, 
March  14th.  Ex-President  Pilcher  took 
the  chair,  President  Bourdet  being  ab- 
sent on  a  hunting  trip.  .\  discussion 
took  place  on  fertilizers.  The  next 
meeting  in  April  will  take  place  at 
Shaw's  Botanical  Garden. 


NATIONAL    ASSOCIATION    OF    GAR 
DENERS. 

The  first  of  a  series  of  conferences 
to  be  held  under  the  auspices  of  the 
National  Association  of  Gardeners, 
took  place  at  the  Murray  Hill  Hotel, 
New  York  City,  on  Friday  afternoon, 
March  lii.  The  well  attended  meeting 
of  gardeners  was  presided  over  by 
Vice-President  P.  W.  Popp  of  the  na- 
tional association  who  introduced 
President  Robert  Weeks,  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  as  the  first  speaker.  President 
Weeks  spoke  of  the  aims  of  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Gardeners  and 
the  benefits  of  co-operation  and  great- 
er unity  among  the  men  composing 
the  gardening  profession. 

Charles  H.  Totty,  of  Madison,  N.  J., 
president  of  the  Society  of  American 
Florists  and  Ornamental  Horticultur- 
ists, was  next  introduced.  He  urged 
closer  co-operation  between  the  pro- 
fessional gardeners  and  the  commer- 
cial interests  in  the  crisis  horticul- 
ture is  facing  due  to  the  war,  saying 
that  the  interests  of  both  branches  re- 
ferred to  are  as  one  in  the  situation 
that  Is  confronting  them. 

W.  F.  Gude.  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
was  the  next  speaker.  He  referred  to 
Mr.  Totty's  remarks  and  called  atten- 
tion to  some  of  the  legislative  acts 
which  have  recently  been  introduced 
in  Congress  and  which  he  said  If 
passed  would  result  in  disaster  to 
many  liorticultural  interests.  He  also 
spoke  of  the  coal  situation  as  it  af- 
fected the  florists  and  promised  his 
aid  when  the  gardeners  appeared  in 
Washington  to  present  their  cause  on 
the  fuel  question,  which  the  directors 
of  the  National  .\ssociation  of  Garden- 


ers had  decided  to  do  at  their  meet- 
ing held  earlier  in  the  day.  Mr.  Gude 
urged  that  it  was  up  to  the  gardeners 
to  aid  the  florists  in  convincing  the 
Administration  that  flowers  were  not 
non-essentials   in   war  time. 

W.  A.  Manda,  of  South  Orange,  N. 
J.,  was  to  address  the  meeting  on  "The 
I'Siture  of  American  Horticulture"  but 
was  prevented  from  attending  owing 
to  a  sudden  illness  which  overtook 
him.  John  Shore,  of  Harrison,  N.  Y., 
probably  the  oldest  gardener  in  active 
service  today  in  the  United  States, 
followed  with  a  paper  on  "The  Oppor- 
tunities of  the  Gardener."  Martin  L. 
Davey,  of  Kent,  Ohio,  spoke  on  the 
advantages  of  unity,  and  co-operation 
between  the  gardeners  Interest  and 
alst  spoke  on  the  war  and  its  effects 
on  business.  He  urged  that  those  not 
.ictually  engaged  in  it  as  in  the  manu- 
facture of  essentials  for  It  should  con- 
duct their  business  affairs  as  In  nor- 
mal times  so  that  when  our  soldiers 
return  they  will  flnd  that  the  country 
has  not  gone  backwards,  but  that  It 
has  progressed  even  in  the  days  of  ita 
conflict. 

Norman  Taylor,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
editor  of  the  Journal  of  the  Interna- 
tional Garden  Club,  spoke  of  the  pur- 
poses of  the  Journal  he  represented 
and  invited  the  gardeners  to  contrl- 
liute  practical  articles  to  it.  Arthur 
Smith,  of  Glen  Cove,  N.  Y.,  read  a 
paper  on  "The  Beneflts  of  Co-opera- 
tlon." 

After  the  speakers'  program,  It  was 
found  that  too  little  time  had  been 
left  for  a  general  discussion  which 
was  to  be  an  important  part  of  the 
meeting,  and  which  must  be  provided 
for  at  future  conferences.  Ernest 
Westlake,  of  Glen  Head,  N.  Y.,  chair- 


March  23.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


293 


All  shipments  are  going  through  promptly  now.    If  you 
want  Good  Stock  for  Easter,  send  your  orders  to  us  for 

Lilies,  Roses,  Carnations,  Valley,  Peas,  Violets,  C  alias.  Narcissi,  Jonquils,  Calendulas,  Snapdragons, 
Freesia,  Stocks,  Tulips,  Mignonette,  Daisies,  Pansies,  Feverfew,  and  all  other  seasonable  stock. 
Also  Greens,  such  as  Ferns,  Asparagus  Sprengeri,  Green  and  Bronze  Galax,  Leucothoe  Sprays,  Adian- 
tum,  Mexican  Ivy  and  Boxwood.  We  have  home-grown  Asparagus — hence  never  a  shortage.  Also 
Blue  Ribbon  Valley. 

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orders  sent  us  receiving  such  benefits 


man  of  the  local  co-operation  commit- 
tee of  the  Nassau  County,  N.  Y.,  Horti- 
cultural Society,  spoke  of  the  resolu- 
tion adopted  by  his  society  several 
years  ago  and  which  was  likewise 
adopted  by  other  local  societies 
throughout  the  country  on  accepting 
members  from  one  local  society  into 
another  on  presentation  of  proper 
credentials  and  asked  that  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Gardeners  again 
direct  attention  to  this  resolution  that 
gardeners  moving  from  one  district 
to  another  may  take  advantage  of  it. 
The  association  agreed  to  send  out 
another  notice  to  local  societies  on  the 
matter. 

The  conference  endorsed  the  action 
taken  by  the  directors  earlier  in  the 
day,  on  a  communication  received  from 
a  local  society  w-ith  copy  of  a  legisla- 
tive bill  introduced  in  the  state  of  New 
Jersey  against  the  payment  of  commis- 
sions, gratuities,  etc.,  etc.,  to  refer  the 
communication  to  the  next  annual  con- 
vention to  take  action  thereon. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  trustees  and 
board  of  directors  held  in  the  fore- 
noon, the  secretary  was  instructed  to 
take  such   action  as  was  necessary  to 


learn  from  the  B\iel  Administrator  at 
Washington  what  his  attitude  would 
be  towards  the  private  greenhouse 
next  winter  and  to  endeavor  to  have 
the  Fuel  Administrator  permit  private 
houses  to  secure  coal  reserve  during 
the  summer  months.  The  directors 
endorsed  the  plans  of  the  service 
bureau  of  the  association  to  bring  it 
to  the  attention  of  country  estate 
owners  to  secure  their  co-operation  in 
more  firmly  establishing  it.  The 
directors  decided  on  St.  Louis  as  the 
next  meeting  place  of  the  executive 
board,  to  be  held  in  August.  St.  Louis 
members  of  the  association  also  asked 
that  a  conference  be  held  In  that  city 
at  the  same  time. 

A  letter  was  read  from  Secretary 
Young,  of  the  Society  of  American 
Florists  and  Ornamental  Horticultur- 
ists advising  that  President  llobert 
Weeks  had  been  appointed  a  director 
of  that  society.  The  directors  voted 
to  invest  $1,000  of  its  treasury  funds 
in  the  next  call  for  Liberty  Bonds. 

The  next  conference  will  be  held 
in  Boston  the  latter  part  of  April,  the 
exact  date  to  be  announced  later. 

M.  C.  BBKI-.  Secy. 


CHICAGO  FLORISTS'  CLUB. 
The  Chicago  Florists'  Club  met  at 
the  usual  place,  March  7th,  with  a 
large  number  in  attendance.  Morris  S. 
Smith,  231  W.  Madison  street,  and  Vic- 
tor Bergman,  617  Cornelia  avenue,  were 
elected  to  membership.  The  report  of 
the  publicity  committee  was  read  by 
the  chairman,  Fred  Lautenschlager, 
and  showed  that  the  committee  had 
received  to  date  for  stamps,  posters, 
etc.,  for  use  in  advertising  the  florists 
special  days,  particularly  St.  Valen- 
tine's Day,  $1,413.29,  with  disburse- 
ments of  $596.09,  leaving  a  balance  of 
$817.20,  some  of  which  is  still  to  be 
collected.  There  were  several  exhibits, 
including  the  new  pink  snapdragon  St 
Louis,  grown  by  \V.  A.  Rowe  Floral 
Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  for  which  certificate 
of  merit  was  recommended.  A  display 
of  novelty  vases  suitable  for  St.  Pat- 
rick's Day,  by  A.  L.  Randall  Co.,  re- 
ceived a  vote  of  thanks.  Columbia 
sweet  peas,  white  and  pink,  by  George 
Ball,  Glen  Ellyn,  111.,  and  warranted 
100  per  cent,  true,  was  recommended 
lor  a  certificate  of  merit.  Poehlmann 
Bros.  Co.  showed  some  American-made 


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As  we  handle  the  stock  of  over  one  hundred  of  the  best  growers  in  New  England,  we  are  pre- 
pared to  fill  all  orders  promptly  and  satisfactorily.  Wc  have  hundreds  of  satisfied  customers, 
and  we  feel  certain  that  we  can  please  you.  We  can  supply  the  following  varieties  of  flowers 
in  best  qualities  at  lowest  prices: 


American  Beauty,  Sunburst,  Ward, 
Ophelia,  Hoosier  Beauty,  Hadley, 
Black  Beauty,  Richmond,  Scott  Key, 

Milady,    Maryland,    Stanley,    Pink   Killamey,    White   Killar- 

ney,    Russell,    Mock,    Montrose. 


ROSES 


CARNATIONS — Ward,    Matchless,    Enchantress,  Enchantress  Supreme,  Pink  Delight,  Benora, 

Beacon,   Harry   Fenn,   Rosette,   Morning  Glow. 
VIOLETS — SWEET     PEAS — Valley;      Orchids     Primroses    (polyanthus);    Gardenias;    Wall 

Flowers;   Mignonette;   Marguerites;   Pansies. 
JONQUILS  (Single  and  Double).     TULIPS — La  Reine;     Murillo;     Paper    White     Narcissus; 

Callas;  Snapdragon;  Cornflower. 
GREENS — Asparagus  Sprengeri;    Adiantum;    Smilax;  Wild  Smilax. 


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green  dye  which  T.  Waters  has  experi- 
mented with  until  it  Is  as  nearly  per- 
fect as  can  well  be.  It  was  highly 
recommended  by  the  judges. 

After    the    business    was    over    the 
members  enjoyed  a  game  of  cards. 


GARDENERS'  AND  FLORISTS'  CLUB 
OF  BOSTON. 
.-Vl  the  monthly  meeting  of  this 
Club  held  at  Horticultural  Hall,  Bos- 
ton, on  Tuesday  evening,  March  19, 
the  subject  of  the  evening  was  "In- 
creased Food  Production."  Wilfrid 
Wheeler,  secretary  of  the  State  Board 
of  Agriculture,  talked  on  the  necessity 
of  greatly  increasing  food  supplies  the 
coming  season,  and  W.  N.  Craig  spoke 
on  the  important  vegetable  crops 
which  should  be  grown  in  increased 
quantities  during  the  present  year. 
On  account  of  the  national  importance 
of  this  subject  and  the  great  Interest 
being  taken  in  it,  the  general  public 
•were  invited  and  quite  a  few  people 
were  present  outside  of  the  regular 
club  members.  Mr.  Wheeler  spoke  for 
the  market  growing  and  farmer  inter- 
ests and,  as  such,  did  not  regard  the 
home-gardening  campaign  with  any 
degree  of  enthusiasm.  Mr.  Craig  took 
the  other  side,  vigorously  advocating 
the  encouragement  of  home-gardening 
and  community  plots  and  giving  val- 
uable directions  for  the  proper  culture 
and  care  of  the  many  varieties  of  veg- 
etables that  should  be  grown.  Turn- 
ing to  the  ornamental  garden  subject 
he  said,  "Flowers  are  just  as  necessary 
to  the  soul  as  vegetables  are  to  the 
body,  and  we  should  not  heed  the  ad- 
vice of  those  who  tell  us  to  root  up 


our  roses  and  flower  beds  to  plant 
vegetables.  Flowers  have  an  import- 
ant mission  in  the  plant  world  and 
should  not  be  neglected." 

Fred  E.  Palmer  of  Brookline  spoke 
on  "Potato  Culture."  An  Interesting 
display  of  greenhouse  forced  veget- 
ables was  shown  and  cultural  awards 
were  given  to  the  growers. 

At  the  .April  meeting  E.  W.  Breed 
of  Clinton  will  lecture  on  "Horticul- 
tural Problems  of  Today." 


NASSAU  COUNTY  HORTICUL- 
TURAL SOCIETY. 
The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the 
above  society  was  held  in  Glen  Cove, 
N.  Y.,  March  13th.  It  was  decided  to 
hold  the  Dahlia  and  Chrysanthemum 
Show  in  the  fall,  as  usual.  The  Treas- 
urer was  ordered  to  purchase  a  service 
flag  to  commemorate  the  members  in 


MEETINGS    NEXT    WEEK. 
Monday,   March   25. 

Florists'  ond  Gardeners'  Club  of 
Rbode  IslnDd,  Sw.nrtz  Hall,  Provi- 
dence. R.  I. 

Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of 
Baltimore,  Florists'  Exchange  Hall, 
Baltimore,  Md. 

Tuesday,  March  26. 

Newport  Horticultural  Society, 
Newport.  R.  I. 

Tarrytown  Horticultural  Society, 
Tarrytown,  N.  Y. 

Wednesday,  Vlarch  27. 

Oyster  Bay  Horticultural  Society, 
Oyster  Bay,  N.  Y. 


the  service.  Awards  were  made  as 
follows:  1st  to  Robt.  Jones  for  tulips 
Prof.  Rowenhoff,  Ist  to  Joe  Mastroaini 
for  lettuce.  An  essay  entitled  "The 
Gardener's  Interest,  Duty  and  Value 
in  Public  Park  Service,''  written  by 
Theodore  Wirth,  Minn.,  was  read  by 
Ernest  Westlake.  A  letter  of  thanks 
was  sent  the  author.  A  letter  of  sym- 
pathy was  ordered  sent  to  the  family 
on  the  recent  death  of  one  of  our 
lionorary  members,  Mrs.  Double- 
day.  Competition  for  our  next  monthly 
meeting,  April  10th,  will  be  on  60 
single  violets,  12  mixed  antirrhinums 
and  a  vase  of  out-door  flowering 
shrubs. 

Habrt  Goodband,  Cor.  Secy. 


RHODE    ISLAND    HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Society 
will  be  postponed  from  March  20th  to 
March  25th.  The  meeting  will  be 
held  in  the  Classical  High  School,  in 
co-operation  with  the  State  Board  of 
Agriculture  and  the  Extension  Service 
of  the  R.  I.  State  College.  W.  N. 
Craig,  Faulkner  Farm,  Brookline, 
Mass.,  will  speak  on  "The  Planning 
and  Planting  of  the  Home  Vegetable 
Garden."  This  is  one  of  a  series  of 
lectures  on  gardening  to  be  held  in 
different  parts  of  the  State  during 
the  next  few  weeks.  Lecture  at  7.45 
p    m.  E.  K.  Thomas,  Secy. 


Marion,  Ind.— Paul  Moore  has  pur- 
cliased  the  greenhouses  of  Henry  C. 
Pease. 


March  23,  1918  HORTICULTURE  295 


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HORTICULTURE 


March  23,  1918 


Obituary 


Joseph  Hc.-icock. 
A  lilglily  n-Kiifcli'd  and  widely 
kDown  I'liiladi'lplilan  passed  away 
KUddenly  on  ilie  ISili  of  March  and 
the  news  will  cause  a  ilirlll  of  sadness 
throuKh  the  horticultural  world,  for 
Joseph  Heacock  was  loved  and  es- 
teemed by  countless  personal  friends 
all  over  the  country.  Mr.  Hea<ock  was 
73  years  of  age.  having  been  born 
In  1845.  and  came  of  distlnRiilshed 
Quaker  llneaRe,  his  ancestors  comlnK 
from  Kngland  to  Pennsylvania  In  1711. 
Me  was  educated  at  the  AbinRton 
Friends  School.  AbinKton,  Pa.,  and 
the  FVIends  Central  HlKh  School. 
Philadelphia.  Pa.,  and  married  Eliza- 
beth Walker  of  Treddyfrln.  Ches- 
ter County.  Pa.  His  wife  and 
three  children.  Esther.  PrisciUa  and 
James,  survive.  He  took  a  lively 
Interest  In  public  affairs,  local,  state 
and  national  and  from  1910  to  1914 
represented  his  community  as  State 
Senator.  He  was  an  ex-president  of 
the  Florists'  Club  of  Philadelphia  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the  S.  A.  F.  and 
kindred  trade  bodies.  In  horticulture 
he  first  achieved  distinction  as  a  palm 
and  rose  grower  at  Wyncote.  near 
Philadelphia,  where  he  built  an  exten- 
sive range  of  glass  on  his  home  estate. 
Later  he  built  another  big  establish- 
ment further  out  ,at  Roeloffs,  Pa.,  de- 
voted more  exclusively  to  rose  grow- 
ing. The  quality  of  his  products  has 
always  been  of  a  high  order  and  con- 
stituted a  leading  feature  of  the  Phila- 
delphia and  other  markets.  Personal- 
ly Mr.  Heacock  was  a  man  of  the  most 
sterling  character  and  of  a  very  genial 
and  lovable  disposition.  He  had  all 
the  Inherited  Quaker  dislike  for  fight- 
ing but  for  all  that  he  could  put  up  a 
good  fight  in  any  controversy  where 
right  and  principle  were  involved.  A 
real  man  was  .Joseph  Heacock.  The 
writer  speaks  from  30  years  of  close 
personal  acquaintance  and  feels  that 
to  have  known  so  fine  a  personality 
was  a  privilege  and  an  experience  to 
be  proud  of  and  thankful  for. 

George  C.  Watson. 


One  of  the  saddest  things  I've  heard 
for  a  long  time  was  the  telephone  mes- 
sage 1  received  yesterday  saying  my 
dear  friend  Joseph  Heacock  had 
passed  away. 

In  him,  not  only  the  trade  but  each 
one  individually  loses  one  of  the  best 
friends  they  ever  had.  a  man  always  to 
be  admired  and  looked  up  to.  with  a 
business  integrity  of  the  very  highest 
caliber.  Personally  I  consider  it  an 
honor  to  have  been  numbered  as  one 
of  his  friends,  one  I  could  always  go  to 
for  help  and  receive  it  with  the  great- 
est of  willingness,  no  matter  how  busy 
he  was.  A  genial,  likeable  disposition 
that  you  knew  was  sincere.  A  ca- 
lamity to  the  community,  his  passing 
away,   very   very  regretable. 

Samuki-  S,  Pennock. 


I   feel  that  by  the  death  of  Joseph 
Heacock  the  florist   trade.  Pennsylva- 
nia   Horticultural    Society    and    many 
kindred    organizations,   have   lost   one 
of  their  most  efficient   and  best  work- 


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Grown  Gladioli,  Etc. 

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ers.  We  who  knew  him  well  always 
found  him  steadfast  and  true;  willing 
to  do  his  full  share  of  work  at  all 
times  for  the  best  Interests  of  horti- 
culture and  the  elevation  of  our  busi- 
ness.    We  shall  miss  him. 

Jim.N  Westcott. 

A.  Robeson  Sargent. 
A.  itobeson  Sargent,  a  landscape  ar- 
chitect   associated    with    Cluy    Lowell. 


Joseph   Heacock 

died  suddenly  at  French  Lick.  Ind.. 
where  he  went  a  week  ago  to  recuper- 
ate after  an  attack  of  pneumonia.  Mr, 
Sargent  was  stricken  about  a  month 
ago,  but  recovered  sufficiently  to  make 
the  trip  to  Indiana.  It  is  believed  that 
his  heart  was  weakened  by  over-exer- 
tion. He  was  the  son  of  Professor 
Charles  Sprague  Sargent  of  The  Ar- 
nold Arboretum  and  lived  at  Holm 
Lea,  the  Sargent  estate  in  Brookline 
and  .Jamaica  Plain.  He  was  a  well- 
known  Harvard  athlete,  playing  on 
the  football  team  and  being  active  in 
other  branches  of  athletics.  He  was 
graduated  from  Harvard  in  1900.  He 
married  Maria  de  Acosta  of  Xew  York 
and  has  one  son.  Ignatius  Sargent, 
three  years  old.    He  is  survived  by  Ms 


wife,  his  father  and  two  sisters,  Misfl 
Alice  Sargent  and  .Mrs.  Guy  I^owell. 
He  was  associated  with  Ouy  Lowell  Id 
the  practice  of  his  profession. 


"Chris"   Donovan 

"Chris"  Donovan,  one  of  the  best 
known  figures  in  the  wholesale  flor- 
ist business  in  Boston,  died  suddenly 
on  .March  1.5  while  engaged  in  filliDg 
an  order  in  the  basement  of  his  place 
of  business.  2ri6  Devonshire  street. 

.\Ir.  Donovan  was  4ii  years  old.  and 
a  long-time  resident  of  Maverick 
street.  East  Boston,  and  Is  survived 
by  a  widow,  five  brothers  and  a  sister. 
He  had  been  in  the  wholesale  flower 
business  for  more  than  20  years.  The 
medical  examiner  declared  death  due 
to  heart  failure. 


Harry  Sharp. 

Harry  Sharp,  a  florist,  of  926  Broad- 
way, Camden,  N.  J.,  was  found  dead  In 
bed,  Sunday  morning,  March  17.  by 
his  sister.  He  was  ^5  years  old  and 
had  been  ailing  with  an  affection  of 
the  heart.  He  had  been  long  in  the 
florist  business  in  Canulcn. 


GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR  CON- 
TEMPLATED. 

South  Chariestown,  O. — James  M. 
Lixlil.  line  house. 

Hartford,  Conn. —  A.  Montano,  25 
Kdgpwoort  street,  one  house. 

Wichita.  Kan.— Menger  Greenhouse 
(■(1.  sixMdiiinmT  houses  each  35x300. 

NEW  CORPORATION. 
Morgan  Hill.  Cal.  Leonard  Coates 
Nursery  Co.;  capital  stock,  $75,000, 
Incorporators.  Leonard  and  M.  C. 
Coates.  Warren  Lane,  E.  P.  Heal  and 
E.  H.  Stearns. 


Tlie  weekly  market  review  for  the 
period  March  12th  to  19th  shows  an 
improvement  in  the  potato  market, 
prices  recovering  sharply  from  the 
record  low  prices  of  the  early  part  of 
the  week.  The  cabbage  market  was 
lower  and  the  onion  situation  fairly 
steady.  Beans  were  slightly  lower  and 
showing  a  weaker  trend,  being  less 
dominated  l>y  recent  government  pur- 
chases. The  lettuce  market  was  strong- 
er but  southern  vegetables  generally 
tending  lower. 


March  23,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


297 


Asparagus 

Plumosus  Nanus 

Northern    (Ireenhouse    Grown    Seed 

100  Seed,    $  .501  5,000  Seed,  $15.50 
1,000  Seed,      3.50|  10,000  Seed,  30.00 
25,000  Seeds,  $72.50 

Also   all   Other   Seasonable   Seeds,  Bulbs 
and  Supplies. 

WHOLESALE   PRICE    LIST    FREE. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Market   St.,  Phila.,  Pa. 


Choice   Flower  Seeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

CINERARIA — PrU«     strslni,     mixed 

Tall  and   Semi-dwarf. 

ALT8BUM— Little    Gem. 

OAIiBNDCL,A — Orance  Klnc,  L«moD 

Queen. 

BNAPDRAOON— SIlTer    Pink. 

BEGONIA — Vernon. 

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Finest    Pink    Larkspur   at   Hue.    per 

oz.,  $2.25  per  %   lb. 

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Established    1802. 
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Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

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CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Aeparacot  Plamoans  Nanna — 1000  seeds, 
(S.SO;  6000  Seeds,  »1S.OO. 

Aeparacae  Sprencerl — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00. 

BalTia  Bonfire— 1^  ex.,  60c.;  1  ox.,  $2.00. 

Salvia  Zorich — >4  ox.,  76e. ;   1   ox.,  Ci.00. 

Btosks  Beauty  of  NMce,  76%  Double  Flower* 
— Shell  Pink,  Bright  Pink,  Purple,  White 
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■aapdraffon.  Petunias,  Verbenas,  etc. 
SEND    FOR    CATALOGUE. 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHII,A.D£.LPHIA. 


BLUE    LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

HAILED  ONLY  TO  THOSE  WHO  PLANT 

FOR   PROFIT 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/0     (SOO  per  ca.so) .$00.00  per  tliousand 

8/10  ^T^5  per  case) 80.00    " 

9/10  (200  per  case) 100.00    " 

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MIGNONETTE 

"W.   &   D.'s  Aldon"   far  oatclasses  any 
other  strain  for  marketing.     Tr.  pkt., 
50c.;  H  oz..  $1.00;  oz.,  $6.00. 
ANTHIBRHINUM 

W.  *  D.'s  Imp.  Glant-Flowerlng.     Pure 
White,  Pink,  Fairy  Queen,  Coral  Red, 
Rose,     Scarlet,     Striped     Venus,     and 
Yellow.    Tr.  pkt.,  25c. ;  oz.,  7Sc. 

Nelrose.     Pkt.,  25c. 

AI.TSSUH 
Little  Gem.     Tr.  pkt.,  10c. ;  o».,  SOc. 
Odoratnm.     Tr.  pkt.,  10c. ;  o«.,  16c. 

SAI>VIA 

Splendens.     Tr.  pkt..  20c.;  o».,  $1.26. 
Bonfire.     Tr.   pkL,  26c.;   ex.,  $2.60. 

VERBENA 
Mammoth.    Scarlet,  Pink,  Purple,  White, 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt,  25e.;  ex.,  $1.00. 

WEEBER  &  DON,    114  Chambers  St.,    NEW  YORK 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


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Improved  styles  In   Implements. 

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16  So.  Market  Street 
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LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop    Now   On    Hand 

Foi-     immediate     or     future     delivery 
prices    quoted    on    application. 

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47-S4   North   Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


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(personally  selected  straiDs) 

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Write    for    Special    Prices,    Spot    or 
Forward 

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Horticultural  Sundries 


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WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To  Market  Gardeners  and    FlorlBts 
Pratt  and  Light  Si..,  BALTIMCRE.  MD. 

GARDEN  SEED 

hi:kt.  carrot,  parsnip.  RADISU  and 

GARDEN  PKA  SEKD  in  variety;  also  other 
items  of  the  slinrt  crop  of  this  past  season, 
as  well  as  a  full  Hue  of  Garrton  Seeds,  will 
be  quoted   you   upon  application  to 

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ALEX.    McCONNELL 

611   FIFTH   AVENUI 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

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DELIVERY 

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TADY and  contiguous  points, 
write   or  telegraph 

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Florists 


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Pocatello,  Ida.  —  Miihi-l  G.  Atkins. 
\Vi>8t  ("('ntcr  strt'ct. 

Baltlftiore,  Md.  -Golden  &  Kirsh 
liaiini.  KniiTson  Hotel. 

Cleveland.  O.  —  Martin  Janoch. 
CJiilncy  avenue.;  succeeding  Joseph 
\V.   Wokral. 

Adrian,  Mich.  —  Watson  Flower 
Shop.  East  Maumee  street;  succeed- 
ing Oakwood  Flower  Shop. 

Chicago.  III.— Coluinhus  Park  Flower 
Shop.  ,5920  Madison  street,  Mllford 
HiTK,  proprietor;  Gust.  Economopoltis. 
UMl   .Milwaukee  avenue. 


VISITORS'  REGISTER. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.— Julius  Berg.  New 
York;  Morris  Cohen  of  Arthur  Schloss 
&  Co.,  New  York. 

Philadelphia  —  George  H.  Cooke. 
Washington,  D.  C;  Douglas  Earl,  Au- 
gusta. Ga.;  C.  B.  Cole,  D.  M.  Ferry  & 
Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.;  Fred.  Lauten- 
schlager,  Chicago,   111. 

Cincinnati— Miss  White,  Lexington, 
Ky..  Miss  Coles.  Kokomo.  Ind.;  Mr. 
aiid  Mrs.  G.  A.  Becknian,  Middletown. 
Ohio;  Mr.  Blackshaw,  Hammond. 
Ind.;  Jos.  Hill,  Richmond,  Ind.;  H.  .1 
Vanderhurst.  St.  Marys.  Ohio. 

Chicago — E.  H.  Mazey,  Minneapolis. 
Minn.;  E.  C.  Gullett,  Lincoln,  111.: 
Philip  Breitmeyer,  Detroit,  Mich.;  C. 
C.  Polhvorth,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  J.  W. 
Thompson,  Mt.  Pleasant,  la.;  J.  Al- 
dons.  Iowa  City,  la.;  A.  Schutz,  Ham- 
mond, Ind.;'  J.  G.  Gammage,  London. 
Ont.;  Peter  Rorris  of  ObTiipia  Candy 
Co.,  Sioux  City,  la.;  R.  Williams, 
South  Bend,  Ind.;  E.  J.  Fancourt,  rep. 
S.  S.  Pennock  Co.,  Phila.;  R.  E.  Jones, 
Advance    Co.,    Richmond,    Ind.;    John 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  yoar  •errlc*  to  deliver  Flower* 
or  DeslffD*  on  Order  by  Telo- 
craph  or  othenvUe.  Prompt 
Reliable  Serrlce. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connecticut  Ave.  and   1,  St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


BstabUeked   U74 

r>  iv  1^  i>  s 

VXOBUT 
R.  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  MaditoD  ATcaae,  N.  T.  Oty 

(  Member  Ronsts'  Telegrfcph  Delivery  Atso.  ) 
Rowerf  shipped  on  all  Sieuncrt.  SpectaJ  Correspond' 
qpce  01  »ll  the  large  citi«  of  Europe  and  the  British 
Colonic  Telcfiraph  and  C^ble  addreii  Dardiflor. 
We  ihoald  all  vtrlotiy  adbero  t«  the  r»- 
queat  of  tbe  CiiJt«d  8t*t««  Food  AdmlaU- 
trmtlon< 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
=— SONS=^ 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  At**. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Gut  Blooms 

We  eeier   all    Mlehlcma    p.lato  aa4   ■»»4 

•Mtleaa    ef    OhI.,    ladlaaa  aa«    0«—<« 

M«Mkwa    rUrisU'    TelavTaph     DeUvaer 

Aaaaatetlea. 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Member  Florlili  Telegraph    DchTery 


Orders   far    NEW    TOBK. 
WriU  ar  Fhoae  ta 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 


BmS     FlorlsU     In     tho    BtatM    M 
R«femieo«. 

BDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXBCDTBD 

■fembers   ef   the    Florist*' 
Telegraph   DellTery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN   ST. 
A.I-B.ANY.    N.    Y. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICffnTY 

Membcri  Floriju*  Telegraph  Delirory 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Mtaber  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivinr  Asm. 

YOliNG^&  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Mamber*   Florists'    Telegraph    Deli¥ary 

/Tt.  bunyard 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Also  Newport,  R.  I. 

I   OUABAKTKE   aATlBWAOTUOt 


March  23,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


299 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member    FloritU'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Ai«ociation 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31si  Street 


Prompt  Auto  DeliTesf 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 


IIM^. 


S61  Fifth  Ave. 
Vanderbllt  Hotel 


NEW  YORK 

BnCTflll    1  '*«rk  Street 
DUO  I  UH  799  Boylston  Street 

lilifiriij  ti  StiMirs  ani  ill  Eistern  Polite 


Order!    Filled    Day    er   Ml(ht   fer 

o  1- e:  V  e:  I-.  AIM  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

CMBpleie  Stock.      B«ralar  dlscoant  («  Tnul« 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

ItM    W.    iSth    St.,   CleTcUnd,   O. 
Meoibere  Florlsta'  Telegraph  DeUverr  A*«'B 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  of  F.  T.  D.  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
28  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

Racbutar  Phone  sa6.  Long  Disl.  Bell  Phone  1/S( 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  D«liverj 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDERSON    gerrlce    meana    fresh,    itardr 
Stock  and   prompt  dellvertea  in   BCFFAL,0, 
LOOKPOBT,       NIAGARA       FAXX«       aad 
WESTERN    NEW    YORK 
Mambers    of    Flortata'    Telesraph    DeUrery. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.      Nahant.  Mau. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

BABBT   I.   RANDAL,!.,  Froprletor. 

Uember  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery. 


Bergstrom,  with  H.  W.  Buckbee, 
Roclvford,  111.;  D.  Geides,  St.  Louis 
Wholesale  Cut  Flower  Co.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.;  Vincent  Gorley,  of  Grimm  &  Gor- 
ley,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Julius  Dilloff, 
repr.  Arthur  Schloss  &  Co.,  N.   Y. 

New  York — R.  Vincent,  Jr.,  White 
Marsh,  Md.;  Robert  Kift,  Philadelphia; 
A.  N.  Pierson,  W.  R.  Pierson  and  R. 
Karlstrom,  Cromwell,  Conn.;  E.  G. 
Hill,  Richmond,  Ind.;  P.  Welch,  E.  Al- 
lan Pierce,  Wm.  J.  Stewart,  Henry  M. 
Robinson  and  W.  A.  McAlpine,  Boston, 
Mass.;  Profs.  E.  A.  White,  A.  C.  Beal 
and  D.  Lumsden,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.;  Prof. 
A.  C.  Hecht,  Amherst,  Mass.;  Walter 
Mott,  Fishkill,  N.  Y.;  H.  C.  Newbrand, 
Middletown,  Conn.;  Geo.  W.  Hess,  W. 
F.  Gude,  Adolph  Gude  with  three  of 
the  younger  generation  of  Gudes  in 
service  uniform,  of  Washington.  D.  C; 
Henry  Penn  and  Major  O'Keefe,  Bos- 
ton; G.  L.  Stillman,  Westerly,  R.  I.; 
George  Asmus  and  Fred.  Lauten- 
schlager,  Chicago;  H.  P.  Knoble  and 
Robert  Weeks,  Cleveland,  O.;  Donald 
McKenzie.  Brookline,  Mass.;  A.  W. 
Mackintosh,  Southampton,  N.  Y.;  S.  S. 
Pennock,  Philadelphia;  F.  J.  Dolansky, 
Lynn,  Mass.;  George  Burton,  Philadel- 
phia; Alex.  Montgomery,  Hadley, 
Mass.;  George  Thompson  and  Mrs. 
Thompson,  E.  J.  Norman  and  Mrs. 
Norman  and  A.  J.  Loveless,  of  Lenox, 
Mass.;  Oliver  Lines  and  Frank  Nash, 
Pittsfield,  Mass.;  Robert  Shoch,  Phila- 
delphia; Martin  L.  Davey,  Kent,  Ohio; 
Carl  Hagenburger,  West  Mentor,  Ohio; 
T.  J.  Nolan.  Philadelphia:  Wm.  Cold- 
well  and  Ed.  Ross,  Newburgh,  N.  Y.; 
M.  Vinson.  Cleveland.  O.;  E.  S.  Miller, 
Wading  River,  N.  Y.;  F.  C  Schleichert, 
Bridgeport,  Conn.:  J.  W.  Smith,  Ridge- 
field.  Conn.;  John  Dunbar,  Rochester, 
N.  Y.;  B.  Hammond  Tracy  and  Mrs. 
Tracy.  Wenham,  Mass.;  W.  C.  Gloeck- 
ner,  Albany,  N.  Y.;  John  H.  Dodds, 
Jenkintown,  Pa.;  Arthur  Cowee,  Ber- 
lin, N.  Y.;  W.  J.  Collins  and  F.  N.  San- 
born, Boston. 


Secretary  Pochelon  has  sent  out  an- 
other very  valuable  bulletin,  giving 
lists  of  hospitals  and  schools  for  use 
of  members  of  the  Florists'  Telegraph 
Delivery.  The  list  covers  the  country 
in  a  general  way  and  will  be  a  great 
convenience  in  the  retail  florist  trade. 


H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveriex    to    all    points    in    New    England. 
135,000   Square  Feet  of  Glass. 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 
Association. 

YALE!    YALeTi 

And   All   New  Haven  Neighborhood 

FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 
Everythini4  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapel  St  ,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


8T.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Mtwtbtr  Florists   Telegraph  \Delivery  Association 
KO  TICS  INITIA  LS.     We  have  oni  store  only 

THE  I.  M.  CASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEfELANB 

Euclid  Avenue 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

DellTcrcd    on    mall    or    telegraph    order    f«* 
any   occastoD.  in  any  part  of  the  DodbIbIok. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  OXT. 


AX,BAMT,  N.  T. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DBUVERED  IN  ALBANY  AND  VICINITl 
ON    TEI.BORAPHIC    ORDER 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

Tbe  largest  cut  floner  store  Id  Amerioa. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  aU 
Northwestern  points  glren  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


^«  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florist*'    Telegraph    DallTcrr. 

DENVER,  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TBXAI 

HOUSTON,  TEXAS 


Tha  Florist       Member  W.  T.  B.  Am* 


300 


HORTICULTURE 


March  23,  1918 


Ready  for  Delivery  Durinj*  April 

A  large  Quantity  of 

Beauty  and  Shawyer 
ROSE  PLANTS 

If  interested  let  us  quote 
you  prices 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streett 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking   Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You     Did    So    And 
They'll   Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21    Ruttcid  St.    Pkilxiflpbim,    Pi. 

CHOKE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY.  ROSES 
and  all  Seasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 

CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plartts,    Greens,    etc. 


5  So.  Male  St., 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St..  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 
ivi^iHivior^^.    ir<iD. 

n»s»«   BCBtloa   H»rltCBltar«   when    wrltln*. 

MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

CcBilrsment*  Bollelted 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Oar  Specially 

m  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Houte  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

I^^We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 

rioHiH^^I 

CUT  FIOWER  BOXES 

^ 

EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURKRB 

PHILADELPHIA,     PA. 

'* 

/► 

ARTIN  REUKAUF 

Everything  the  Best  in  Florists'  Supplies 

433  Callowhill  Street,  Philadelphia 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.   Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Orderi    lAfith    Ui 

IHEIMF9Y     IVI.     F90BIIMS0IM     &     <30. 

2  Wlnthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ™^""«="-/o'de°Xi^  only 


35-00 
15.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 


Rocet 

Am.  Beauty*  Special 

"  "        FaDcy  and  Extra 

'*  "        No.  I  and  culls.. 

Russell,  Eulcr,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty. ... 

Ward 

Killarncy,  Radiance,  Taft 4.00 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HillingdoD ...       4.00 

CATnatioiu 2 .00 

Cftttlejru 25.00 

Dendrohium  fonnonim ■  •  - 

Lilies.  Longifloruin 10.00 

Lilies,  Specioaum  •  •  -  • 

Callaj 

Lilyof  the  Valley ■•.. 

SnapdrasoD 

Violet* 

Freesia    

Narcis.  Paper  White 
Roman  Hyacinths- •• 

Daffodils 

Tulipi. 

Calendula 

Micnonette 

Sweet   Peas 


BOSTON 

March  21 


ST.  LOUIS 

March  iB 


PHILA. 

March  il 


50.00 

4000 

25.00 

15.00 

B.oo 

1.0O 

I3.00 

5.00 

15.00 

5. CO 

8.00 

3.00 

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3.00 

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2.00 

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4.00 
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10.00  I 


6.00 

13. 00 

5.0c 
6.00 

•35 
1. 00 
1. 00 
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a. 00 


300 

50 

Marsuerites 100 

Gardenias 15.00 

Adiantum 1.00 

Smilax 20.00 

Asparaffns  Plumosiu.  &  Spren.  (100  Bchs.) 35'Oo 


50.00 
50.00 
la.oo 

8.00 
15.00 

8.00 
10.00 

•75 
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3.00 
a. 00 
3.00 
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3.00 
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25.00 

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William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


\A/Holo«ale    F"! 

568-570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


ris-fcs 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.a.BUDL©NG 


ROSES.  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A  Specialty 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  of 


CUT  FLOWERS 


March  23,  1918 


H  O  K  T  J  C  U  L  T  D  K  E 


301 


Flower  Market  Reports 

For  more  tlian  a  week,  in 
BOSTON  fact  ever  since  the  com- 
ing of  bright.  1)  a  1  m  y 
spring  days,  there  has  been  a  good 
steady  business  in  this  marlcet.  While 
there  is  no  great  pressure,  stock 
moves  off  nicely  each  day  and  prices 
have  held  about  even  on  most  things. 
There  is  a  serious  shortage  of  Easter 
lilies  and  the  prospect  is  that  many 
buyers  will  be  unable  to  get  any.  oth- 
ers will  be  disappointed  in  the  quality 
and  all  will  have  to  pay  the  highest 
prices  that  have  been  paid  in  recent 
years.  Roses  and  carnations  are  of  ex- 
cellent quality,  with  values  showing  a 
tendency  to  stiffen  up.  They  will  ad- 
vance materially  towards  Easter. 
Callas  will  unquestionably  have  a  re- 
served seat  in  the  Easter  performance 
and  prices  will  soar  accordingly.  There 
is  an  abundance  of  all  bulbous  mate- 
rial, also  sweet  peas  and  violets,  al- 
though the  latter  are  likely  to  dwin- 
dle in  both  quantity  and  quality  should 
the  present  sunny  weather  continue  a 
few  days  longer.  Altogether  the  situa- 
tion looks  favorable  for  the  grower 
who  has  anything  good  coming  on  for 
Easter  consumption.  And.  we  might 
add — he  needs  it. 

The  wholesalers  who 
CHfCAGO  '  have  a  good  shipping 
trade  are  finding  the 
market  in  a  very  satisfactory  condi- 
tion this  week.  Pine  stock  is  coming 
in  and  the  demand  is  brisk  enough  to 
use  it  all  to  advantage.  Roses  are 
more  nearly  equal  to  demand  than  at 
any  previous  time  this  season  and 
from  now  on  are  expected  to  be  in 
sufficient  supply  to  fill  all  orders.  Car- 
nations are  still  too  plentiful,  especial- 
ly in  the  lower  grades,  and  very  low 
prices  are  made  to  the  buyer  of  large 
quantities.  '  Bulb  stock  apparently  has 
no  limit  and  there  is  quite  a  wide 
range  in  quality.  Sweet  peas  are  be- 
ing hurried  on  by  the  warm  weather 
which  just  now  is  almost  of  summer 
temperature.  Cattleyas  are  still  in 
large  supply.  There  is  little  lily  of 
the  valley  in  the  market  and  no  spe- 
cial call  for  it. 

Easter  business 
CINCINNATI      promises  to  be  good. 

.Judging  from  pres- 
ent reports  the  supply  will  be  large 
while  even  at  this  date  many  orders 
for  stock  are  being  placed  by  the  re- 
tailers. I^ast  week's  business  turned 
out  better  than  had  been  anticipated 
owing  to  a  heavy  demand  occasioned 
hy  openings  and  St.  Patrick's  day. 
Roses,  carnations,  lilies,  callas  are  In 
a  fair  supply  also  bulbous  stock  of  all 
Ivinds.  The  cut  of  sweet  peas  is  large 
and  sells  fairly  well. 

The  market  took  an 
NEW  'VORK     unexpected    and    very 

welcome  turn  up- 
wards on  Monday  and  Tuesday  of  this 
week,  Tuesday  particularly  showing  a 
most  inspiriting  activity  in  buying  and 
all  the  wholesalers  enjoyed  a  clean-up 
such  as  they  have  not  experienced  in 
many  a  day.  Everything  seemed  to 
find  favor  with  the  buyers  but  the 
strongest  demand  was  on  roses,  free- 
sias.  callas  and  violets.  The  poor 
quality  and  scarcity  of  lilies  has  sent 


VALLEY 

For  Easter  some  very  choice 

^^HH^E/'Sl^^^^^IBI^BF 

\  alley,  which  we  can  supply 

in  quantity  at 

$6  and  $8  per  100 

EVERYTHING    IN    PLANTS,    CUT 

FLOWERS,    GREENS,    RIB- 

[^n|0»^^J|IIM '  ^d|to .  J^B 

BONS    AND    SUPPLIES. 

S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 

The  "'S?i;S'."'o,  Philadelphia 

NEW  YORK                         PHILADELPHIA                              BALTIMORE 
117  W.  28th  St.             1 60S- 1620  Ludlow  St.           Franklin  &  St.  Paul  St». 
WASHINGTON.  1 2  1 6  H.  St..  N.  W. 

WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


TRADE  PRICES 


RoftM 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  *'         Fancy  and  Extra 

*'  "         No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadlcy 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HilHngdon 

Camatiotu 

Cattleyas 

Dendrobium  formotum •••• 

Ulie8,  Lon^iflonini 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdrason 

Violets 

Freesia   

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

DaffodiU    

Tulips 

Calendula 

Mignonette . .. . 

Sweet  Pe&s 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Ajparasua  Pla.  &  Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINN 

March 


ATI 

i8 


I      CHICAGO 

I  March  1 1 


BUFFALO 

March   18 


50.00 

35-00 

10.00 

8.00 

8.00 

6,00 

4.00 

4.00 

5.00 

4.00 

60.00 


60.00 
40.00 
25.00 
15.00 
15.00 
I  a. 00 
10.00 
10.00 
15. CO 
6.00 


4.00 
1. 00 
2.00 

2. 00 
2.00 
3  00 

3  00 

3.00 

4. GO 
I   00 


to     15.00 

to 

to  15.00 
to  6.00 
I  coo 

1.50 

3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4  00 
6.00 
2.C0 
1. 00 


I  5.00 
^5.00 


1. 00 
70,00 
50.00 


40.00 

30.00 

15.00 

5.00 

4.00 

4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
1. 00 
35.00 

8.0c 

6.00 
4.00 
6.00 

•»5 
2. OS 
2.(.0 
2.00 
1. 00 
2. CO 
2.00 
3.00 

.50 

12.00 
15.00 

'5>oo 


50.00 
40.00 
25.00 
25.00 

I3.0C 
12.00 

10.00 

12.00 

3.00 

50.00 


12.00 

6.00 
10. CO 

•75 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 

3-03 

3-  o 
3.00 
6.00 
1.50 

20.00 
1.00 

30.CX> 
50.00 


40.00 

25.CX) 
3.00 
4.00 
5.00 
5.00 
3.00 
3  00 
4.00 


-Per  100 
TO  DEALERS  OWi  > 

PITTSBURC 

March  i8_ 

50.0G 
30.00 
12.00 
15.00 


4c. 00  to 

to 

B.oo  to 

3.00  to 


6.00 

4.00 

.50 

2. CO 

2.00 

3.0c 

3. 00 

3.00 

2,00 

2. 00 

-50 

1. 00 

30. CO 

1. 00 

15.00 

35-00 


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35  00 
lo.cx; 
12.00 

IS.CO 
1 3. 00 

6.CO 
8.00 

10.00 
3-00 

50.00 

12.00 
6.00 

8.00 
8.00 

•75 
3.C0 
3. CO 
3.C0 
3.C0 
3.00 
3^oo 
S-co 

3. CO 

1.50 

25.00 

1^25 
30.00 
50.00 


40.00 
20. (.0 
4.CX3 

6-00 


4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
3.00 
60.00 

10.00 

3.00 


10. oe 

I3.CX1 
13.O0 

4.00 
75.00 
40.00 
19. 00 

6.00 


to 

•  •  *  *  ' 



to 

6.00 

•  50 

to 

•75 

B.oo 

10 

to  . 
to 

4.00 

2.00 

to 

4.C0 

2  00 

to 

4.00 

to 

t.oo 

to 

4.00 

•50 

to 

1.50 

2.00 

to 
to  . 

3.00 

I. CO 

15.00 
4C.OO 


l.«3 

90,00 
75.CO 


the  Easter  quotations  ou  that  specialty 
upwards  and  the  callas  are  followiiiK 
in  sympathy.  Callas  will  be  "a  good 
thing"  this  Easter.  Daffodils  are  very 
plentiful  and  prices  are  low  but  there 
was  a  good  unloading  of  these  also, 
probably  under  the  incitement  of 
warm,  springlike  weather.  Prices  on 
carnations  doubled  up  in  short  order 
and  buyers  acted  as  though  heart- 
failure  was  imminent  but  the  dealers 
were   obdurate   and    prospects   are   for 


good   prices   from  now  on   until   after 
Easter. 

Business  conditions 
PITTSBURGH  continue  most  satis- 
factory, each  day's 
retail  trade  readily  absorbing  practi- 
cally all  available  products.  Tulips 
are.  however,  not  very  good  and  are 
hanging  fire  a  little.  Otherwise,  all 
other  stock  is  well  up  in  quality  and 
the    results    quite    all    that    one   could 

'Continued  I'n  /^i'''  J^{i 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.  PHILADELPHIA.  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New    Show    Rooms    Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE  Of  AMERICA 


MYi 


II  'M;  I  M  r  i.TURE 


MHroli   23,   1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Whole»ale     Commisaion     Flori»t 
Choice  Cut  Flower* 

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T«l«pb»>M:      IIM.  rNl.  MxlUon  8qmmr«. 

— WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

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CaII  ami  Inspect  tli«  IteHt  EHtabMabmeDt 

In    thf    W  hoIi'HTilf    KIow.T    HlMtrl'^r 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 


53  WEST  28lh  STREET 


NEW  YORK  CITY 

CoHiifnmentM  Solicited 
Phone  FWrrkffot  4SM 


FRANK  MILLANG 


"ion    l)i  iiirr    In 


CUT     FLOWERS 

55  and   67   Went  20th   St.,   New   York 

Coogan   Bulldlog 

Tel.,  299  Farra^t       Consignments  Solicited 

RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Gommission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

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WHOLESALE  FLORIST 

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CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

rBOM'*o»;r*KKiGCT       NEW   YORK 


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Brooklyn's  Foramott  and  Best 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   HOUSE 

<  Finl  CUu  Mark.t  tor  .U  I  UT  FLOWERS 

^  WUlooghby  St.        BrooUyi.  N.  T 

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ri  m&.  WW  mmm 

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Ceni 

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of  the  Flower   Market  Section 

o 

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lo      F"lor-ist; 

AIMO 

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and  57  W.  26th  Straet,                           NEW 

Telepboa.  2483  F.rr.Kut 

YORK 

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HEADQUARTERS  '    ■■    '!"■   '-ntire    oiitpul    .,f   II,.. 

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Telephones,  I!l — 8510  .MadlKon  Square 

.MAl'KICK    L.    (iUABB.    Tr 

OF  NEW  YORK 

Conslinments  Bellattotf 
eAflurer 

NEW  YORK   QDOTATIONS  PER    100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


List  Pari  ol  Wiik 

indlng  Mir   16 

1911 


Fint  Pirt  If  Will 

betlnoiDi  Mir.  iS 

Itll 


American  Beauty,  Special 

**  Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  •'  No.  1  and  culls.    . 

Rusaell.  Euler,  Mock 

Hadler 

Arenbers,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburat,  HilUngdoo, ■ 

Key... 

Caroatioiu 


•5.00 

lO.OO 
3. DO 

3.00 

300 

3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

300 

3. CO 

3.00 


35.00 

ao.oo 
6.00 
ao.oo 
40.00 
10.00 
B.oo 
8.00 
la  00 
1 3. 00 
4.00 


30.00 
xo.oo 
4.00 
4,00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 

4  00 

4.00 
4.00 


to 
to 


40.00 
*5>oo 

6.00 
so.oo 
40.00 
to.oo 

6.00 
10.00 
15.00 
I  a. 00 


GROWERS'   CUT 

FLOWER 

COMPANY 

WHOLESALE   FLORISTS 

129  West  28th  Street 

'  *'   '  3563  \  ""^'S"* 

E.  J.  VAN 

REYPER,  Mgr. 

WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

\^'llok'^«ale  (  uiniiilNslon  Dealer  iii 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

WVA  Wwt  28th  Street,  New  York 
Telephone— W32-35:^:i  Ma^IlMon  Stiuart 


Frank    H.    Tra^ndly 


Ch&rlea   gcbenek 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

MTholesale    Florists 

43S  6tk  tvingi,  Betwno  2(tk  ni  27tk  Sti.,  Niw  TNt 

Telephones:      11*7,  7Sg,  7W   Fwnrmvat 
L'nDSlKnnients  Sollcttei] 


JOSEPH    S.    FENRICH 

\VHOI.K8AI-K   FI.OKIST 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

SI   W.  28th    Street,   New  York 
Tek*h«BM,    4t«-4n-«Xt   KUd.    Bq. 


HERMAN  WEISS 

WHOLESALE    FI.OBIBT 

Can  handle  shipments  of  (rowers'  prodasc 
satlsfactorll;.      Wonld    Ilka    to    bear    ' 
Qrowers   of   Snapdragons   and    Sweat 
etc..  for  the  New  York  trade. 

ISO  West  2Bth  Street,  T«L 

TEW  TOBK. 


March  23,  1918 


H  0  1!  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  E  E 


303 


Flower  Market  Reports 

iClfndinued  /rem  page  }<>I] 

expect.  Seedsmen  hereabouts  are  too 
much  occupied  with  their  spring  trade 
to  report  anything  but  "work,  work, 
work."  which  probably  sizes  up  the 
situation  more  pertinently  than  a  de- 
tailed account. 

Trade  condi- 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.  tions  have 
been  pretty 
good.  Funeral  and  wedding  work 
have  kept  things  lively.  There  is  an 
abundant  supply  of  all  bulbous  stock, 
with  tulips  and  hyacinths  leading. 
Roses  are  excellent  and  the  supply  is 
sufficient.  Carnations  are  plentiful 
with  whites  in  demand.  Violets,  sweet 
peas,  callas  and  snapdragon  are  all 
good  and  plentiful  and  sell  well. 

Spring  weather  and 
ST.  LOUIS  flowers  plentiful.  Vio- 
lets are  over  and  sweet 
peas  are  now  in  fashion  for  corsages. 
Carnations  and  roses  are  abundant 
and  clean-up  sales  are  made  at  low 
prices.  The  outlook  for  Easter  prom- 
ises plenty  of  everything. 


MASSACHUSETTS    AGRICULTURAL 
COLLEGE. 

The  annual  flower  show  of  the  De- 
partment of  Floriculture  held  last 
week  was  said  to  be  one  of  the  best 
ever  held  here.  "The  quality  of  the 
workmanship  of  the  students  was  not 
amateur  but  professional,"  said  one 
Boston  florist.  The  greater  portion  of 
the  work  was  done  by  the  students. 
Numerous  corsages  of  excellent  work- 
manship, some  flower  baskets,  and 
■wedding  bouquets  were  exhibited. 
While  dinner  table  decorations  were 
not  featured  as  much  as  in  former 
years,  there  were  several  good  tables. 
The  wedding  room  was  the  center  of 
the  greatest  interest.  A  canopy  was 
constructed  of  smilax  and  carnations. 
Wax  figures  were  used  to  represent  a 
military  wedding.  The  background 
was  banked  with  genistas  and  the 
walls  hung  with  southern  smilax.  The 
bride  carried  a  shower  bouquet  of  or- 
chids and  valley.  At  one  end  of  the 
room  was  a  table  with  wedding  sta- 
tionery, at  the  other  end  a  table 
with  bridesmaids'  bouquets  and  flower 
girls'  baskets.  At  the  front  of  the 
room  was  a  bride's  dinner  table  and 
a  bride's  luncheon  table.  Spring  bulbs 
formed  the  basis  of  the  show.  These 
were  used  in  borders  around  the  halls 
and  rooms.  At  each  end  of  the  build- 
ing was  a  garden  per.gola  decorated 
with  southern  smilax  and  banked  in 
front  with  red  tulips  and  pteris. 
Garden  benches  in  the  hall  added  to 
the  garden  effect. 


NEWS  NOTES. 

Providence,  R.  I. — Fire  apparatus 
was  called  to  the  greenhouses  of  John 
Marshall  on  High  Service  avenue  in 
Centredale,  March  9,  where  a  small 
blaze  was  in  progress.  The  fire  was 
easily  extinguished  and  the  damage 
will  not  exceed  $100.  The  cause  of 
the  fire  is  unknown. 

Clen  Cove,  N.  \. — Henry  Gaut.  one- 


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'•A  LE4DER  IM  TBE  WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  TR.ADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTI  YEARS" 

Hmc  n   tlrnuniii   for  wore   th<in   I  can  .vi/p/)?//.     Rosr   Oruicers   Call  or  Write- 

TELEPHONES 
Farrocut   167  and  30SS 


118  West  28th  St. 


IMEINA/  YORK 


NEW    YORK  QDOTATIOINS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 
MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleyaa 

DcDclrobium  formosum* 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas  - 


Lilyof  the  VaUey. 
SnapdrsKOD-  ■ ■  • 
Ir 


Violets 

Freesios - 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daffodils 

Tulips 

Calendula ■ 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus  Plumosus.  &  Spren  (loo  buDches). 


Ust  Part  of  Week 

First  Part  of  Weeir 

ending  Mar.  16 

becioninK  Mar  IS 

1911 

1SI8 

15.00 

to 

40.00 

15.00 

to 

so.oo 

to 

50.00 

to 

50.0c 

4.00 

to 

8.00 

6.00 

10 

to.oo 

3.00 

to 

8.00 

3.00 

to 

8.0c 

10.00 

to 

1 2. CO 

10.00 

to 

16.00 

3.00 

to 

5.00 

2.00 

to 

5.00 

3.00 

to 

10.00 

2.00 

to 

XO.OO 

8.00 

to 

12.00 

8.00 

to 

12.0Q 

■30 

to 

.40 

■50 

to 

■75 

1. 00 

to 

2.00 

1.00 

to 

3.00 

■75 

to 

1.50 

.75 

to 

1.50 

1. 00 

to 

2.00 

1. 00 

to 

3.00 

1. 00 

!.• 

3.00 

1,00 

to 

J.oo 

x.oo 

to 

300 

I. CO 

to 

4.00 

1. 00 

to 

3.00 

1. 00 

to 

3.0B 

a. 00 

to 

4.00 

2.00 

to 

4.00 

.50 

to 

1.50 

■          -50 

to 

1.50 

1.00 

to 

3.00 

1. 00 

to 

3.00 

8.00 

to 

30.00 

8.00 

to 

30.00 

.50 

to 

1. 00 

•50 

to 

1. 00 

I3.00 

10 

:  6,00 

12.00 

to 

16.00 

25.00 

to 

50.00 

25.00 

to 

50.CO 

WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

We  have  a  numerous  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  demand  ex- 
ceeds onr  supply.  This  Is  especially  true  of  Roses.  We  bare  every  facility  and 
abundant  mesne  and   best  returns  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 


Address  Tour  Shipments  to 


UNITED    CUT    FLOWER 

1 1  1    W^.   28th   St.,    NEW  YORK 


CO.     Inc. 

D.  J.  Pappac,  Pres. 


J.    J.     C20A.IM,     Inc. 

High  Claf  s  Product  of  the  Lead  Rg  Growers 

NOVELTIES   A    SPECIALTY. 

Consignors   Please  Call  or  Write. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

TelephoneB,    Farragut  5413   or  6891. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

EVEKyTlIING     FOR    THE    FLORIST 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

347-367   CambridEe   St.,  Boston 

Headquarters  for 

CyCAS,     BASKETS,     WIRE      DESIGNS 

and    WAX    FLOWERS 

Send   for   price  list   If  you   have  not   re 
celved  one. 


time  president  of  the  Nassau  County 
Horticultural  Society,  and  who  for 
many  years  has  been  superintendent 
of  the  estate  of  Herbert  Lee  Pratt,  has 
enlisted  in  the  Engineer  Corps  and  has 
reported  for  duty  at  Fort  Slocum.  He 
has  secured  a  leave  of  obsence  from 
Mr.  Pratt,  who,  it  is  understood,  was 
very  glad  to  have  Mr.  Gaut  enter  the 
service.  Mr.  Pratt  himself  is  to  serve 
abroad  in   .\riny  canteen  work. 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.  -Seated  at  a  table 
15  feet  long  and  beautifully  decorated, 
the  florists  of  Syracuse  gathered  at 
Uhrig's  restaurant  in  Manlius  street, 
Monday  evening.  March  11,  for  their 
annual  dinner.  The  centerpiece  was  a 
triumph  of  the  decorator's  art  and  rep- 
resented a  sunken  garden.  The  ladies 
wore  corsage  bouquets  of  violets  and 
orchids  as  favors.  The  decorations 
were  done  by  Werner  Bultmann.  who 
was  in  general  charge  of  the  arrange 
ments. 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

WtiDlesale  Commision  Florists 

SSand  57  West  26th  Street 

"^"""iaTraBur      '■"'"'  ^EW    YORK 


RCED  (^  HOLLER 

122    West    2.JI11    .St.,    New    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

\W    mn  niif'H'l  II  rf   all    our 

lital  Designs,  Baskets,  Wire  Wtrk  &  Noveitias- 

and    .irr    iIm.i  ivis    in 

Ueroralive  GluhHw  jirc.    (irowerK    mi<i 

FloriNtH*    KtMiniNit«>H 


Beechwood  Heights  Niirserie» 

Importers    and    Growers    of 

OROHIDS 

Ont    Flowers    of    All    the    I>«ftdlnv    TArl««iM- 
In   their    Be*<*OB. 

THOMAS   YOUNG,   Jr.,    Proprietor 

ROITND    UROOK.  M.  t. 


Mfired  Toothpicks 


MAtiaf»etnro4   by 


W.J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10.000.  .  .$2.00       60.000. .  .98.75       Sample  fr»«i. 
For  sale  by  dealers. 


:«i4 


II  ()  in   I  ('  11  i-T  II  HK 


Miirch  -Si.  1918 


B  U  S  T  i  ■  N 

M.iyur  I'lUTii  .iiiiioiiiu  t'K  ilial  an 
soon  aa  tho  wcutlu-r  |M>rinit8  ii  KimI 
Cross  flower  bed  will  be  arrniiKed  In 
the  l»ubllc  Garden,  near  the  ArllnRton 
street  entrance.  II  will  consist  of  a 
Red  Cross  on  a  white  backKround. 
with  the  words  'iielp  the  Red  Cross" 
over  the  cross. 

I'ndor  the  authority  of  the  Committee 
on  A>;rlculnire  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives and  of  the  State  Commis- 
sioner of  Kdiicatlon.  a  referendum  of 
the  school  children  of  the  Common- 
wealth has  been  ordered  to  determine 
their  choice  of  a  flower  wiiich,  It  la 
understood,  the  LeKlslature  will  after- 
ward duly  designate  as  the  emblem  of 
Massachusetts. 

The  special  meeting  of  the  members 
of  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society  held  at  Horticultural  Hall. 
Boston,  on  Wednesday,  March  20th, 
"to  consider  the  matter  of  exhibitions, 
prizes  and  appropriations  for  the  year 
1918."  drew  an  attendance  of  nearly 
one  hundred  members.  After  a  lengthy 
discussion  in  wiilch  mutual  conces- 
sions were  made  In  the  matter  in  con- 
troversy it  was  voted  by  a  large  ma 
jority  to  uphold  the  trustees  In  their 
action  eliminating  cash  prizes  in 
the  exhibitions  for  1918. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

One  of  the  leading  department 
stores  had  a  free  distribution  of  sham- 
rock plants,  which  attracted  a  record 
crowd.  A  banjo  orchestra  played  pop- 
ular Irish  and  American  patriotic  mu- 
sic during  the  hours  of  distribution. 

Corporal  Douglas  Earl,  son  of 
Howard  M.  Earl  of  Burpee's,  arrived 
in  Philadelphia  on  March  14th  on  a 
week's  furlough  from  the  training 
camp  at  Augusta,  Georgia.  He  looks 
fine  and  says  he  has  gained  twenty 
pounds  in  the  last  six  months. 

Quite  a  number  of  the  members  of 
the  trade  went  from  Philadelphia  to 
attend  the  New  York  show.  An  im- 
portant event  of  this  kind  demands 
wide  recognition  and  notwithstanding 
adverse  conditions  we  are  glad  to  re- 
port a  very  good  response,  all  things 
considered. 

Charles  Sim,  our  well-known  land- 
scape contractor,  writes  from  Havana, 
Cuba,  under  date  of  March  12th,  that 
he  has  enjoyed  a  very  pleasant  holi- 
day month  or  two  in  the  Isle  of  I*lnes 
and  is  now  on  his  way  home  via  Key 
West  and  Jacksonville  to  Philadelphia 
which  he  hopes  to  reach  by  March 
25th. 

The  sweet  little  Shamrock  of  Ire- 
land was  just  as  much  In  evidence 
this  year  as  ever  and  everybody  had 
to  have  a  pot  of  it  to  do  honor  to  the 
immortal  memory  of  St.  Patrick.  We 
all  felt  like  echoing  the  poetic  license 
and   hailing  it  as 

"The  plant  that  blooms  forever 
With  the  rose  oomhlned 
Ami    the   thistle   twined 
Defy  the  strenRth   of  foes  to  sever. 
Firm  be  the  triple  leasiie  they  form. 

Despite  all  change  of  weather; 
in  sunshine,  darkness,  calm  or  storm 
Still  may  they  fondly  grow  together." 


CHICAGO 


Tile  K'""""U  dye  had  a  lurm-r  buIi- 
llian  ever  and  plenty  of  the  colored 
llowers  wen-  noticed. 

The  Kraiik  Kloral  Co.,  wiiose  green- 
houses and  store  are  at  11616  S.  Hal- 
sled  street,  has  now  opened  a  now 
store  at   5.16  W.   120th  street. 

Kred  Lautenschlager  left  for  New 
York.  Mar.  12th.  where  he  will  discuss 
the  merits  of  the  Kroeschcll  llollcrs 
in  various  parts  of  the  east,  as  is  his 
annual   custom. 

The  spring  opening  of  Marshall 
Field's  store  called  for  the  use  of 
thousands  of  decorative  plants.  Whili- 
few  cut  flowers  were  used  the  plants 
I'an  easily  come  up  to  the  four  figure 
mark. 

A  check  was  put  upon  the  sales  of 
the  green  hats  and  some  other  St.  Pat- 
rick's Day  notions  by  the  admonitions 
of  the  priests,  that  the  people  refrain 
from  purchasing  anything  that  tended 
to  ridicule  the  Irish  people. 

The  little  shamrock  plants  enjoyed 
an  enormous  sale  this  year.  The  de- 
mand each  year  steadily  increases. 
.More  of  the  2-inch  pots  are  used  and 
stock  carries  over  in  the  stores  much 
better  than  in  the  thumb  size. 

At  Poehlmann  Bros,  it  is  stated 
that  the  amount  of  green  dye  sold 
this  year  is  greater  than  that  of  any 
previous  year.  Some  very  attractive 
and  original  flower  accessories  were 
seen  here,  to  be  used  in  the  celebra- 
tion of  St.  Patrick's  Day  and  sales 
were  followed  by   repeat  orders. 

A  large  number  of  the  trade  at- 
tended the  funeral  of  Arthur  Luedtke 
of  Maywood.  wiiose  death  occurred  at 
Houston.  Texas,  wiiere  he  was  In 
training.  This  is  the  flrst  of  the  boys 
in  the  trade  here  to  give  up  his  life 
for  his  country.  The  funeral  was 
March  12th.  A  ten-foot  heart  with 
the  American  flag  in  the  center  was 
given  by  the  Maywood  florists. 

The  use  of  live  plants  in  the  State 
street  store  windows  is  encouraging 
this  year  wiien  every  good  influence  i.s 
needed  to  keep  the  public  alive  to  the 
benefits  of  flower  and  plants.  In  the 
twelve  large  windows  of  Marshall 
Field's  there  are  seen,  in  beautiful 
setting,  large  azaleas  covered  with 
bloom  and  relieved  with  primroses, 
making  a  strong  appeal  to  lovers  of 
the  beautiful  in  nature.  They  were  for 
decoration  only  and  not  for  sale.. 

The  seedsmen  are  receiving  the 
benefit  again  of  the  free  advertising 
given  their  business  by  the  newspapers 
in  their  appeals  to  plant  gardens.  .lohn 
Degnan.  of  Wintcrson's  Seed  Store, 
says  this  year,  however,  he  notices 
this  difference,  that  ornamentals  are 
a  part  of  the  orders  in  much  larger 
proportion  than  they  were  last  year. 
The  retail  seedsmen  notice  also  that 
they  are  selling  seeds  in  larger  quan- 
tities than  formerly,  no  doubt  owing  to 
the  general  knowledge  that  seeds  are 
scarce. 

St.  Patrick's  Day  saw  the  shamrock 


The  1st  of  May 
Thrift  Stamp  Day 
In   The    U.  S.  A. 

The  Active  Co-optTation  of 
Every  Keii<ii-r  <if 

HORTICULTURE 

Ih   Urdentty    KequcHtcd    To 
Make   It    A    ^uccesH 

Mii>-  1h(,  UMH,  will  lio  otiBenrpd 
(hrout:tH>ut  tlu'  t'lillrtl  SUitm  ■■ 
Thrift  Slniiip  Uiiy  !  Ou  ttitit  <htjr  ro- 
tull    Htort-fl    rvory wliort'    In    t-vrry    line 

(•f      hUHllM'HH      will       HKk       CtlHtUIIlfrH      tO 

liikc  part  «*f  thfir  rhancv  In  Thrift 
Ht&mpft!  It  will  tu'  iiiitrlotlc  for 
every  luuti.  woiiuiu  iirxt  child  to  ftc- 
ocpt  nt  leu8t  one  Thrift  Htiimp  na 
chnnDre  on  every  purrhiiHf  inude  that 
day — nnd  to  ninkt*  an  iniiDy  pur- 
chnseB  ns  pOHHlhle  on  Mny  Ist. 

Here  Ih  n  Mn.  prnctlcftl  way  of 
^'ettlnK  nillllonn  of  Thrift  Stiimpa 
into  the  hands  of  the  people  of  the 
I'nited  KluteH,  und  of  Insuring  the 
HUcceRH  of  the  (Jovcrnuient'B  War 
SavlMfCB  Stampa  ciiinpalffn.  Thrift 
Stamp  Day  will  help  fvrryonn.  It 
will  prove  n  tri'incndouH  hooHt  to 
husinesB.  On  May  iKt.  11(18,  the  na- 
tion Khould  do  the  lilKt;t*at  total  re- 
tail liuainoBa  of  any  alnf^le  day  In 
our  history  I  The  benellclal  bahit  of 
Tlirift  will  be  aown  brondcaat  ainonf: 
the  citizens  of  the  U.  S.  A.!  Most 
important  of  all,  Uncle  Sam  will  be 
furniHhed  with  the  sinews  of  War 
an<l    Victory ! 

American  husiucHs  must  go  "over 
the  top"  at  once  In  a  quhk  drive  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  an  over- 
wbelmihf;  Huccess.  You  wholesalers, 
you .  Jobbers,  you  salesmfn.  must 
talk  Thrift  Stamp  Day  aniont;  your 
trade,  arouse  the  enthuslaHm  of  the 
retailers,  the  storeket'pers.  the  clerks 
behind  the  counters.  Uncle  Sam 
needs  your  help.  A  practical  plan 
has  been  prepared  showing  bow  each 
one  of  you  can  "do  your  bit"  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  a  red  letter 
day  in  American  buslneHs  annals. 
Write  for  thla  plan  today  wllhoat 
fall.  Kemember.  in  helping-  Uncle 
Sam  you  nre  lielping-  businesK  and 
helping  yourselves.  Aibiress  Mr.  W. 
Ward  Smith,  National  War  Savings 
ronimlttce.  T.l  Cluiinbcrs  St.,  N<'W 
■^■..rk   cirv 

NATIONAL  WAR  SAVINGS  COMMITTEE 

51   Chambers  Street,  New  Yoric  City 


and  the  colored  carnation  as  great  fa- 
vorites as  ever.  It  is  probable  that 
100,000  or  more  of  the  shamrock  plants 
were  grown  in  and  about  Chicago  this 
year,  the  1%  inch  pots  being  most  In 
favor  In  the  market.  The  wholesale 
price  here  was  $.'!.flO  per  100  or  $25.00 
per  1,000.  One  large  department  store 
ordered  38,000  of  the  shamrock  plants 
in  1  in.  pots  and  sold  them  at  cost 
using  this  means  of  drawing  trade  to 
other  lines.  The  flower  stores  sold 
more  than  ever  before  on  account  of 
the  ease  in  handling  the  plants  in  the 
special  shipping  boxes.  While  there 
were  many  shamrock  plants  left  un- 
sold with  some  of  the  growers,  the 
sales  as  a  whole  were  the  largest  in 
the  history  of  the  little  Irish  plant. 


Cincinnati— P.  J.  dinger  is  making 
arrangements  to  move  to  a  storeroom 
directly  across  the  street  from  his 
present  location. 

J.  A.  Peterson  of  .1.  A.  Peterson  & 
Sons,  went  to  Pittsburgh  on  a  busi- 
ness trip  the  early  part  of  this  week. 


March  23,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


305. 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  Discounts  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  State*  Territory 


PITTSBURGH. 

Howard  Blind,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Edward  H.  Blind,  the  latter  manager 
of  the  Blind  Floral  Company,  is  se- 
riously ill  with  pneumonia. 

Donald  Fowler,  for  a  long  time 
associated  with  Scobie  &  Parker, 
seedsmen,  staff  has  gone  to  Camp 
Hancock,  Atlanta.  Ga.,  as  a  motor  me- 
chanic. 

Robert  G.  Orr  is  an  addition  to  the 
floor  staff  of  the  Pittsburgh  Cut  Flow- 
er Co.  William  A.  Clarke  has  returned 
from  a  several  weeks'  sojourn  at  the 
Battle  Creek,  (Mich.),  Sanitarium, 
much  improved  in  health. 

Nearly  five  hundred  lovers  of  birds 
attended  the  joint  dinner  of  the 
Sewickley  Valley  and  Western  Penn- 
sylvania Audubon  societies  at  the  Fort 
Pitt  Hotel  on  last  Friday  evening. 
President  Charles  B.  Horton  of  the 
Western  Pennsylvania  Audubon  Socie- 
ty, presided. 

As  the  outcome  of  a  recent  advertis- 
ing campaign  of  the  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania retail  florists,  the  organization 
of  the  Pittsburgh  Retail  Florists'  Asso- 
ciation was  effected  on  Tuesday  of  last 
week  at  a  luncheon  at  the  Seventh 
Avenue  Hotel,  where  similar  enter- 
tainment-meetings will  be  held  until 
permanent  headquarters  are  decided 
upon.  Ira  Harper,  with  the  A.  W. 
Smith  Co.,  was  elected  president,  and 
Orville  Crissman,  manager  of  the  Ar- 
cadia Flower  Shop,  secretary  of  the 
new  organization. 

The  A.  W.  Smith  Company  has  just 
begun  operations  on  an  elaborate 
scale  for  the  improvement  of  two  big 
estates  under  the  direction  of  John  B. 
Strayer,  who  succeeded  Ralph  F.  Pin- 
ner upon  the  latter's  departure  for 
Camp  Hancock.  Sergeant  Pinner 
writes  that  he  is  about  to  sail  for 
Franco  in  the  ambulance  service.  Two 
other  former  attaches  of  the  Smith 
landscape  department,  Howard  B.  An- 
drews with  the  signal  corps  and  E. 
Clarke  Styles  with  an  engineer- 
ing regiment,  have  already  arrived 
"somewhere"  on  the  other  side  of  the 
water. 


FOR  SALE 


FOR  SALE. — Property  consIstInK  of 
greenhouse  and  resilience  located  on  Ash- 
land Street,  RoRllnrtale.  near  Calvary  Ceme- 
tery. A  tine  opportunity  for  Invostinent. 
Address  T,.  Pfennig,  380  Ashland  St.,  Kos- 
Undale,  Mass. 

GREENHOUSES  FOR   SAUE. 

Two  m  X  no  ft. :  one  15  X  75  ft. ;  one  17  x  64 
ft.;  stocked  with  violets  and  one  small 
PropiiBiitinB  House.  Three  acres  choice 
land.  House  of  8  rooms  and  bath.  Electric 
IlBhts,  citv  water,  hot  water  heat  for  all. 
Price  $5..'ino.  worth  $S,000.  Located  at 
Westhoro.  12  miles  from  Worcester,  Mass., 
on  electric  line.  Apply  to  ARTHUR 
GEORGE,   Florist,   Westboro,   Mass. 


ROCHESTERj  N.  Y. 

H.  P.  Neun  has  a  pretty  window 
decoration  of  baskets  of  wallflowers 
and   pussywillows. 

Salter  Bros,  are  having  a  lot  of 
birch  bark  boxes  made  for  Easter 
trade  in  various  sizes  and  designs. 

A  meeting  of  the  Rochester  Florists' 
Association  was  held  March  11th. 
Charles  M.  Vick  spoke  on  the  seed 
shortage  for  the  coming  season.  There 
is  hardly  a  variety  of  seed  of  which 
we  are  not  very  short.  Cabbage  seed 
is  very  scarce  and  the  germinating 
quality  of  much  of  the  corn  is  very 
doubtful.  Rye,  oats,  barley,  corn  and 
peas  are  all  under  the  ban  as  far  as 
exporting  is  concerned.  The  failure 
of  the  bean  crop  is  also  a  very  serious 
problem.  The  flower  seed  question  is 
a  difficult  one,  and  it  is  up  to  every 
amateur  and  professional  to  save  as 
much  seed  as  possible  from  his  gar- 
den   for    another    year.      Nasturtiums 


Cambridge 


New  York 


WORLD'S    OLDEST   and    LARGEST 

Manufacturers  of  ALL  STYLES  and 

SIZES   of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


and  many  other  popular  flowers  will 
be  greatly  missed  otherwise.  Mr. 
Vick  spoke  also  on  the  Flower  Show, 
which  will  be  held  in  September  at 
Exposition  Park.  Among  those  who- 
have  donated  silver  cups  are  Mayor 
Edgerton,  William  Bausch  and  George 
B.    Hart. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisement*  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


BCLBS 

C.   KKUR   *    SONS,    UlLLEGOM,    Holland. 

Bulbs  of  all  descriptions.     Write  for  prices. 

NEW   YORK  BRANCH,  8-10  Brldce  St, 


CARNATION   STAPLES 

Split  carnations  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Pillsbury's  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  35c.;  30O0  for  »1.00  post- 
paid.    I.   L.   PILLSHURY,  Gaiesbort.  IlL 

CHKYSANTHEMUMS 

GOOD  RETURNS  WITHOUT  THE  COST 

OF  COAL. 
WITHIN  THE  BEACH  OP  EVERY 

GROWER. 
PLANT  EARLY  CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Such    as    will    mature    before    the    last    of 
October.      We   are    booliing    orders   for    de- 
livery   now   or   later   as    desired.     Complete 
list   of   the   best   early,    both    Pompons   aud 
large   flowering   supplied   upon   request.     If 
our   lUls   Trade   List  has   not   reached  you, 
ask  for  It. 
ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO..      Adrian,  Mich. 


DAHLIAS 

Peony    Dahlia    Mrs.    Frederick  Orlnnall. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN   P.   ROONEY,   New   Bedford.  Mass. 


Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
A  GLADIOLUS  GARDBN8,  J.  L.  Moor*. 
Prop..  Northboro.  Mass.  

New  Paei.ny  Dahlia — John  Wanamaker, 
Newest.  Handsomest.  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stork 
of  best  cut-flower  Tsrletles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLLA  FABIIS. 
Berlin.  N.  J. 

OLA  Ha 

Greenhonse  glsss.  lowest  prlees.  JOHN- 
STON  OT,A.«lf«   CO      Hsrtford   Pity.   Tad 


GOLD   FISH 

Gold  flsh,  aqnnrlnni  plants,  snails,  cas- 
tles, glolies.  aquarium,  fish  poods,  nets, 
etc..  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  BARRETT, 
Breeder,  4,115  D  St..  Olney.  Philadelphia. 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Send 
for  price  list. 


GLADIOLI. 

SEND  FOR  MY  SPECIAL  TRADE  LIST- 
OP  GLADIOLI.  ALL  THE  LEADING  VA- 
RIETIES IN  DIFFERENT  SIZES. 

CENTRAL  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS. 
JELLE  ROOS,  MILTON,  MASS. 


ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattieyas  our  specialty. 
One  trial  order   solcited. 


PAPER   POTS 

Paper  Pots  and  Dirt  Bands.  Send  for- 
.Samples  and  Prices.  F.  W.  ROCHELLE 
&  SONS,  Box  65,  Chester,  N.  J. 


PEOMISa 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  eoIleeUon, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTBCHBB, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

TlIK    CONARD    .V    .lONES   COMPANY, 
\\i:s|-  CKOVE.  PA. 


SPUAONITU    MOSS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orcbld  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  band.  LAOU 
A  HURRKLL.  Summit.  N.  J 


STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry  Plants.  Money  making  va- 
rieties. Catalogue  Free.  BASIL  PEBBX,. 
Georgetown,  Delaware. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  cbolea 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tub 
grown  for  Immediate  effect:  also  Cllmhinf 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY.  Monnt  Blssarltk  Nur- 
sery, New   Rochelle.   N.   Y. 


WIBR   WORK 

WILLIAM      E.      HBILSCHKH'B      WTKI 
WORKS.   M4   Randolph    IC.    Detralt  UUk. 


30G 


H  0  H  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  H  !•: 


Miirili    J:!.    liMS 


SOW  BUGS  versus  SLUG  SHOT 

After   roudlug    the   article   UoaduJ 

"An   Army  of  Sow   Uurs."   In   the 

Hevlew    for    Miiy    10.    II   occurred 

10    me    that    the    growers    whoso 

stocks     hiive     been     atliickod     by 

Sow  Uugs  might  be  Interested  In 

the    reniody     1     used    successful- 
ly   In    exterminating    these    pests 

some  lime  ago.     1  had  u  pood  crop  of  Suw   l!uj;s  In  my 

Carnation  house  and  asked  Mr.  Henjamln  Hammond,  of 
,  ,,,^  ^.^  Beacon.  N.  Y.,  for  a  good  exterminator.  Mr.  Hammond 
recommended  one  of  his  preparations— SLUG  SHOT— and  told  me  to 
dust  It  between  the  plants,  under  tlie  benches  and  along  the  walks  I 
did  so  and  the  results  were  gratifying.  The  bugs  were  cleaned  out 
In  short  order,  and  1  certainly  reco:iimend  SLIG  SHOT  to  every  Florist 
who  nnds  those  bugs  In  his  house.     ALEXANDER  A.  LAUB.  Florist. 

New   Hamburg.   N.   Y..  May.  1917. 
liMMOND  S  HOC  SHOT  wis  Tint  tistid  a|iinst  SOW  BOCS  it  N|ick.  N.  T  .  Ii  I88S.  ind  II  holds  (ltd 

HAMMOND*S  PAINT  AND  SLUG  SHOT  WORKS 

Beacon.  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 

SOLD    BY    SEED    DEALERS    OF    AMERICA 


A  aprmir  rvmedj  for  trftcn,  bliek,  wtiltc  tj 
tbnpi  and  loft  (cal*. 

Qomrt.  tl.OOi     OkII**.  •l.M 

FUN':iNE 

For   mlldaw.    ruit   lod    other    bllfht«    ttmrx 
l%r  trv«r*.  trolti  tod  Tr(rUbl«i 
Quart.  11.00:     OkIIos.  U.M 

VERMINE 

Tor    Ml    woran.    infl*    worm»    ■■<     «t*»i 
woriDi  worklof  In  tb«  •oil. 

Qa&rt.  (l.OOi    OsIIbs.  Ct.**. 

SOLD   BT    DKALBBa. 

Aphme    MaaufacturtQg    Cu. 


MADISON.  N.  J. 


NEW  YORK. 

\V.  A.  Manda  ha.s  bcfn  ill  with  acute 
indigestion  for  a  week  but  is  now  rap 
Idly  convalescing. 

R.  M.  Ward  &  Co.  will  remove  on 
April  1st  from  71  to  25  Murray  street 
■where  they  will  have  four  large  floors 
for  their  business  needs. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Dean  of  Free- 
port  were  surprised  by  members  of 
their  family  and  intimate  friends  who 
gathered  to  help  them  celebrate  their 
golden  wedding  anniversiiry  on  Feb- 
ruary IC. 


Free! 


A  50-Kal!on  barrel 
uf  Scalccide  free  to 
any  any  one  who 
will  su^ecst  n  fairer 
gunranlee  than  that 
given  bflov.-, 

^     "SCALECIDE" 

As  proofofour  confidence  and  lostreni^th- 
cn  yours,  we  vvill  make  the  followinK 
proposition  to  any  fruitgrower  ot  average 
honesty  and  veracity: 

Divide  your  orrhard  in  half,  nomntlrr  now  Inrjrc 
or  Rmall.  Spray  onf-hnlf  uilh  "SCAI.KCiDi:". 
and  theofnt-r  with  Limf-Sullur  for  thrvc-  y<-ar«. 
cvcrythintt  flnehfinn  c-qiuil.  If  at  the  end  of  that 
time,  three  disinlcrc-^tt-H  fruit jtrowcnt  nay  that 
the  part  spruyod  with  "SCALKflDK"  in  not  in 
every  way  bttt.T  than  that  spmyt-dwilh  Limc- 
Sulfor,  we  will  r«^inm  you  the  roont-y  you  paid 
a*  for  the  "SCALfclflDt". 

Send  for  nw  froe  bookl.  t. 

"lYofitain  f-nll  Snra\iri,;   '. 

B.  G.  Pratt  Co.,  M'f  g  Chemists 
SOCburchSt.     Dcpt.l2  New  York 


NIKOTEEN 

For  Spraying 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  FumigAtinc 
A«k  Your  Deakir  ho*  k. 

HHXmSE  HFC  CO 

!>T.  LOUIS 


BUSINESS    TROUBLES. 

.lustice  of  the  Peace  Anthony 
Grippo  of  Kenilworth.  X.  J.,  has  grant- 
ed a  judgment  of  $24  and  costs  to 
Charles  Frost,  the  pansy  grower,  in  an 
action  against  Henry  H.  and  .John  J. 
Berk  of  Roselle  Park.  The  action  was 
brought  by  Frost  to  recover  on  a  book 
account. 

.Justice  Prown  of  the  Superior  Court 
at  Providence,  on  March  12.  appointed 
Herbert  W.  Rathbun  of  Westerly  tem- 
porary receiver  of  the  goods  and  ef- 
fects of  S.  .1.  Renter  &  Son.  Incorpor- 
ated, a  florist  concern  in  Westerly.  R. 
I.  The  action  was  taken  upon  the  pe- 
tition of  Mrs.  S.  .loseph  Reuter.  Mrs. 
Barbara  Lueck  and  Miss  .Mary  Reuter. 
holders  of  a  majority  of  the  stock  of 
the  company,  which  was  alleged  to  be 
Insolvent.  The  receiver  was  ordered 
to  give  bond  in  the  sum  of  $.5,000.  The 
Reuter  company  is  one  of  the  largest 
greenhouse  concerns  in  the  state. 
It  was  stated  at  the  hearing  that  the 
liabilities  were  about  $40,000.  with 
about  $.30,000  secured  claims.  The  as- 
sets under  present  conditions  are  not 
figured  to  be  worth  this  amount.  Hear- 
ing on  the  appointment  of  a  perma- 
nent receiver  will  come  up  at  the  Su- 
perior Court  House,  South  Kingston, 
on  ,\pril  15. 


St.  Louis  —A  new  plant,  seed  and 
flower  store  will  open  in  a  few  days  at 
409  X.  7th  St. 

Arthur  Wors.  son  of  C.  W.  Wors.  is 
now  with  his  regiment  in  the  Canadian 
army  at  the  front. 


8aTf>  joQr  plant!  aod  trera.  Jnat  tbe 
tiling  for  Kr4M>nli(iuar  and  ouMour  uaf. 
Iteatruva  Menly  Huff.  HmwD  ami  Wblt« 
Scale.  ThrlpB.  It.-il  SpUler.  Hlack  anil 
ItTfen  Kly,  Mitea.  Anta,  rt<\.  without 
Injtiry  to  pliiuta  ami  without  oilor. 
('ae<l  acrf)r(llni;  to  dlrertlon.  our  atatid- 
anl  Inaectlrlile  nil!  prevent  ravagea  OD 
your  crops  hy   liiaccta. 

Nnn  polannotin  nml  hnniileea  to  uaer 
and  plant.  I.enrlluK  Seeilnruen  and 
Klorlata  hare  ujed  It  with  wonderful 
reautta. 

ppBtroya  I-lc*  In  Poultry  Ilounoa, 
Plena  on  Duga  iind  all  Domeattc  I'eta. 
Kxrellent  tta  n  waah  for  doga  and  olh«r 
anlinaln.  U<>ni>vi'n  miinge.  Dilute  wltb 
water  riO  to  TiO  piirta. 

H    IMnt,   »«>e.:    IMnl.   (lOc. ;    Qnnrt,  90c.; 

H  Oallon.  Sl.ftO;    <mll<in.  S'-i.AO;   A  Uul- 

lon  <'■!!.  ilOIM);    10  CfiUlun  Can.  t:0.00. 

IMref-tlonH    on    pnekm(e. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

OiyL  t.       411  W.  liilnitoi  SI.  laltlain.  la. 


".  BKflNbVV 

CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


l'ul»ert»^^  •r  Whrr-f|d#*d 

Cattle  Manure 
Sheep    Manure 

The  nonsts*  slaodaril  o(  uiulnrtn 
high  quality  (or  over  tco  year*. 
Speedy  :  WIZARD  BRAND  >d 
your  Supp^y  House  ordei.  or  write 
ui  direct  for  pnce«  and  (reighl   ratei. 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO. 


Use  N.  A.  C.  Products  for 
more  profitable  results.  Send 
for  prices  on  our  complete 
list  of  Fertilizers  and  Insecti- 
cides. 

HOKTICCI-TCBAI^  DKPT., 
Wmrrj   A.  BoBTKrd.  Mr'. 

NITRATE  AGENCIES  CO. 

106  Pearl  St.,  New  York 


When  writing  to  advertiterM    kindly 
lention  HORTICULTURE. 


March  23,   1918 


H  0  li  TI  C  U  L  T  U  E  E 


307 


JOMIM     O. 

IVIOIMIIMG 

ER 

O 

O. 

EVERYTHING  FOR    THE  GREENHOUSE 

922     Bl^lcU:Ha^A/^lc 

St.,          .        .         .        _ 

CHic 

agro 

.     III. 

^*- 


CAN  SHIP  ANY  SIZE  AT  ONCE 

Telephone  or  Telegraph  Order 


at  Our  Expense 


KROESCHELL  BROS.  CO., 


466  W.  Erie  Street. 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


A  STIC  A 

PorGuanliause 
Glazing 

USE  IT  NOW 

F.  0.  PtEfiOE  CO 

12  W.  UOtDWAr 

H£«  TOM 

Maatica  tii  elastic  and  teDacloaa,  admits  of 
expanslo'o  and  contraction.  Potty  become* 
hard  nod  brittle.  Broken  glaaa  more  easllj 
removed  without  breaking  of  other  glan 
as  occurs  with  bard  patty.  Laat«  longer 
than  patty      Kagy  to  apply. 


HOT-BED    SASHES 

Our  prices  can  b«  had  by  mall,  and 
It  will  pay  yon  to  get  them.  We  carry 
the  largest  stock  of  Specially  Selected 
Glass  In  Oreater  New  York  and  can 
supply  any  quantity  from  a  box  to  a 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Rock  Bottom  Price*. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

tlS-!11    HBTemayer   St.,   BrooUxB.   N.   T. 


DREER'S 

FLORIST     SPECIALTIES 

New  Br«B<l  New  Styl* 

"RiVBRTON"   BOSE 

Furnished  in  lengths  up 
to  coo  ft,  without  seam  or 
joint. 

Tha  HOSE  fir  the  FLORIST 

K-inch,  per  ft.,  17  c. 
Reel  of  500  ft.  "  i6Jic. 
2  Reels,  1000ft.  "  x6  c. 
54-inch,  "     15    c. 

Reels,  500  ft.,     '•     i4j^c. 
Couplings  furnished 

HENRY  A.  DREER 

7M"7i6  Chestnut  St., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


GET  OUR  CATALOGUE 

On  Ventilating  Apparatus  and  Green- 
house Fittings 

ADVANCE  CO.,     RICHMOND,  IND. 


)reer's  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Points 

For  Greenhouses 

Drive  easy  and  ime,  because 
both  bevels  are  on  the  same 
«ide.  Can't  twist  and  break 
the  glass  in  Iriving.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  not  rust, 
rights  or  lefts 

The  Peerless  Glazinc  Poin 
is  patented.    No  others  like 
it.  Order  from  your  dealejy* 
or  direct  from  us. 
1000,75c.  postpaid. 
Samples  free. 
HENRT  A.  DREER.I 
714  Cheatoot  Street^ 
PhlladelpbU. 


No 


tint 


and   Cop5rright»  ^^^^ 

Dlfflcalt  and  rejected  cases  gpttd 
ally  solicited.  No  misleading  !■ 
dneements  made  to  secure  baslness 
Over  30  years'  actlTe  practice.  Ex- 
peiieL'ced.  personal,  conadentlova 
service.  Write  for  terms. 
Address. 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGfRS 

PATENT    LAWYERS 

Box    8,    NBtlonal    Union    Bolldlnt 
W—hlngten,  D.  C 


Little  Ads.  That  Bring 
Big  Returns 


utile  Ads.  In  oar  CUusUled  Bayers'  Dlree- 
tory  brine  big  returns  to  both  advertiser 
Anything  wanted  by  florists,  gardeners, 
park  and  oemetery  superintendents,  eta., 
ean  be  sold  tbrougb  this  medium. 
Don't  (ail  to  read  over  these  Ads.  in  aseta 
Issue  and  yon  may  And  ona  or  mora  that 
wllj  proTe  profitable  to  yon. 


He  fi  ainrbere  la  the  II.  S.  It  sutnlt  plans  tii  pilces 
1297-1325  Flushing  Ave.,  Brooklyn.  N.Y. 


Kirij 

grei:nh( 


)USES 

i  SENDPOerj- 


Kinb  Construction  Co. 

NORTH  TONAWANDA  N  Y. 


NEW   YORK,   1476   Broadway. 
BOSTON.  113  State  Street. 
SCRANTON,  307  Irving  Avenue. 
PHILADELPHIA,  Harrison  BIdg.,  16th  aBd 
Market   Streets. 


TH|E 

HORTICULTURAL 
CATALOG 

\       ■MONTHLY       M.\ti.\ZINE       FOR 

WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 
FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

Contains      alphabetical      llHtlngs      of 

available   surplus   stock,  etc. 

$1.00    per    year.  I<ir.>lKii    Jl.SO 

THE  HORTICULTURAL  CATALOG 

LOS    .tNGELES,  CALIFORNIA 


The  Florists  Hall  Association  rate  of  In- 
surance from  Not.  1st,  1916  to  Nov.  1st, 
1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
square  feet  of  single  thicl<  glass  and  eight 
cents  per  hundred  square  feet  of  double 
thiek  glass.  For  particulars,  address. 
JOHN   O.   ERLKR.   8m..   Nndrile   Klv.r.   N.  J 


In  Writing  to  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


308 


HORTICLLTURE 


March  23,  191H 


rTTTTTll 


^IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHI"^^ 


iM'Minii 


New  Canna— Burpee's  "Fiery  Cross" 


OF  tlie  hundreds  of  new  varieties  of  Sweet  Pens  that  It  hns  been  our  pleasure  to  Introduce,  none  have  become 
BO  popular  ns  BUKPEE'8  "FIERY  CROSS."  This  Sweet  Pea  bore  the  distinction  of  being  the  highest 
priced  Sweet  Pea  that  the  world  has  ever  known.  We  paid  the  Introducer  S1.40  n  seed  for  every  seed  that 
was  In  existence  at  that  time.  "FIERY  CRO.ss"  has  been  the  ultimate  In  the  Sweet  Pea  world,  and  this  has 
led  us  to  TiMMw  Burpee's  New  Canna  "FIEKY  CROSS." 

"FIERY  CROSS"  In  the  Canna  world  stands  for  Just  as  much  as  "FIERY'  CROSS"  In  the  Sweet  Pea  world. 
"FIERY  CROSS"  Canna  Is  In  a  class  by  Itself.  The  Famous  "Firebird'  Canna.  which  was  an  extremely  high- 
priced  noveltv.  Is  one  of  the  parent  flowers,  and  In  the  fields  of  the  originator  "FIEBY  CROSS"  was  known  as 
"Firebird"  Seedling  No.  10. 

Never  before  lias  there  been  a  Canna  of  equal  merit  offered  to  the  flower-lovers  of  this  country.  We  feel 
sure  that  "FIERY  CROSS"  will  All  a  place  In  the  Canna  beds  that  has  never  yet  been  attained  by  any  red  Canna. 
It  grows  to  a  height  of  four  to  four  and  one-half  feet;  (lower  stems  grow  from  a  foot  to  eighteen  Inches  taller, 
making  the  total  height  approximately  five  to  six  feet.  The  flower-heads  are  fifleen  to  eighteen  Inches  In  length, 
and  carry  from  fifteen  to  twenty  open  flowers  of  a  vivid  scarlet  shading  to  crimson.  So  firm  are  the  glistening 
petals  they  do  not  wilt  In  the  brightest  sun.  The  foliage  Is  a  beautiful  lustrous  blue-green.  It  Is  entirely 
free  from    blight   and    disease.      Flowers  continuously   from  the  hitter  part  of  June  until   frost. 

We  deem  It  a  rare  privilege  to  Introduce  such  a  wonderful  New  Canna.  As  an  Individual  plant  or  In  beds 
this  peerless  flower  will  take  flrst  rank.     Stock  is  necessarily  limited. 

ORDER  EARLY'.  DIVISIONS  t2.00  EACH;  $20.00  A  DOZEN. 

W.  Atlee  Burpee  Co. 


SEED    GROWERS 


PHILADELPHIA 


V3 


la 


Vol.  XXVII 

No.  13 

MARCH  39 

1918 


HORTICULTURE 


Boston  Spring  Show 

The  "Liberty  Garden"  by  R.  &  J.  Farqubar  &  Co. 


Published  Every  Saturday  at  147  Summer  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Subscription  $1.00 


310 


HO RTI CD  LTD  RE 


March  30,  1918 


HENDERSON'S 

^^  Everything  for  the  Garden 


f> 


l_A\A/IM     A.IMD     F-A.RIVI 

And  the  Best  of  Everything 

Founded  ^- ~Z — ~-^  Establishid 


"-;ir^ 


We  specialize  in  high-class  Vegetable  Seeds,  and  at  this 

time  these  are  essential  to  Florists. 
MARKET  GARDENERS'  AND   FLORISTS'  CATALOGUE 

Free  on  application  to  those  who  grow  for  sale. 

PETER  HENDERSON  &  CO. 

35  and  37  Cortlandt  Street,  New  York 


LILY  BULBS 

FALL    SHIPMENT 

(llCRnt«am,     F«rin*««m,     BabraM. 

Mulllflortim,         Msvnlflvunk.         Aarmiam. 

Album,    M'lponieo^,    Ct«. 

Rhlpnirnl*    iJlulrltnitrrt    from    N»w    York, 
I'lilrigo.    I'blladclphU,   UaaTcr.    I>«Bdoii 

(Unii 

Writ*  for  IMI'OKT  prlraa,  autliif  «ain 
tItT.     'arUtj     and     •!•«. 

McHUTCHISON  &  CO.,  ^S-.L^" 

H    CIlAMItEUM    HT.,    NKW     TOUK 


AI,1.  TUP.    I'OITI.AIl    VAKIKTIK8 

<»\vn    Kuotii   or   <>mrt4^l 

O  A  R  rJ  AT  I C5  IM  S 

Root«'(l    Cuttlnca   of  all    th«   bc«t   oumm*r- 
ol»l   vurlrtlra.      Ilrnlthy   •to«k. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PLANTS 

Krnilj     fur    Iniiiifdlnte    Hnira 

Slle    I'Ot  100 

ASPAKAOl'H     Hprmrrrl 2V4-ln.  V>.00 

ASrARACii:H     Hprroirrl 3      -In.  fl.OO 

SMII^X    2>,4-ln.  S.OO 

SEND   FOK   CATALOGUE 

WOOD  BROTHERS,  Fishkiil,  N.Y. 

A.N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

CROMWELL,  CONN. 

Bedding  Plants  and  Roses 


NURSERY  STOCK 

Fruit     unti     Orniinii'ntal     Tree-H.     Hlirubd, 

Small     FruitH,    Clt'mutlH,    Evcrg^rr^nd 

iinil    KuMfH. 

W.  &  T.  SMl'llf  COMPANr  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

We  aro  Huhscribers  to  the  Nurserymen's 
Kunii  for  Market  Development. 


BOBBINK  &  ATKINS 

NURSERYMEN,  FLORISTS,  PLANTERS 

RUTHERFORD.    NEW  JERSEY 

We  are  KuhsrrlhcrN  to  the  NurBprymen*9 
Fund  for  Mark<»t  I)o\plopnirnt.  bIho  "Kay 
It    With    FluwerH"    I'ubllclty    Campaign. 


CHARLES  H.  TOTTY 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
IVIADISOIM,  IM.  J. 


F-EI9IMS     from    2   1-4   inch    Pot* 
J08T0NS — M  per   100,  (40  per   1000. 
S-lllTMA.NIl    IMI'BOVKD— »6    per    100,   UO 

ppr    1000. 
.VHITMA.MI    COMI'ACTA— »5    per    100,   (40 

per  IO(K). 
1008EVELT8 — (S   p<T  100,  (40  per   1000. 
?EDDV,  JR. — (6  P'r   100.  (4S  per  1000. 
250  at   tbounaod    ratea. 

1.H.BARR0WS&S0N.Whitnian,Mass. 

A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS.  Fa  PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per   1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


March  30,  1918 


HORTICULTUBE 


311 


O  E  FR  A  IM  I  U  IVI 


We  uie  still  well  stocked  on  most  of  our  varieties.  Have  thuiisands  of  popular  standard  sorts.  Alpha.  Bicard,  Beaut« 
Poitevine,  S.  A.  Nutt,  Jean  Viand,  General  Grant,  Abbie  Schaffer.  Edinoud  ISIanc,  Alliance,  Mad.  Bnchner.  Bertha  de  FreBBily, 
etc.  2-in..  $2.50  per  100;  $22.50  per  1,000:  5,000  for  $100.00.  3-in.,  $3..50  per  KM);  $30.00  per  1,000;  10,000  for  $275.00.  4-ln.. 
$8.00  per  100;  assorted  colors  in  bud  and  bloom. 


:<50i>ji.4Vi 


Gracilis    Kose,   Erfordi    and    Vernon.     3-ui.,  $3.00  per  loo,  extra  good  stock. 


CUPHEA,    fOI.ElS,    I.EMON    VERBENAS,    SW.AINSON.A,    P.ARLOR    IVY,    POMPON    CHRTS.ANTHEMUMS,  ENGLISH  IVY, 

MN<  .V  VARIEGATA.     2-in.,  $2.00  per  100.     3-in.,  $3.00  per  100. 


1^1^^      l^^>*¥'      ^Sf^^yyj^l^      Boston  and  Scottii.     5-in.,  $25.00  per  lUO.     6-ln.,  $35.00  per  100. 

:r>4-rtJBk.    ^ei_i>/iof9EA,im 

kl-l^li^      IR^^TS     >Vhole  Field  Clumps.     $5.00  per  doz.,  up  to  $1.00  each. 

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE  SEND  FOR  DAHLIA  LIST  CASH  WITH  ORDERS 


4-in.,   SS.OO   per   doz.;    $10.00  per   100.     6-in.,   75c.   each;   $9.00  per   doz. 
8-ln.,  $1.00  each;   $12.00  per  doz. 


R.  VINCENT,   Jr.,  &  SONS   CO., 


WHITE  MARSH, 
MD. 


ORCHIDS 

We  grow  and  •cU  nothing  bnt  ORCHIDS. 
If  yon  are  In  the  market  for  thlB  class  oi 
plants  we  respectfully  solicit  your  Inqalrle* 
and  ordera.     Special   lists  on  application. 

LAGER  &  HURieELL,  Summit,  N.>. 


H^rs^sKi^^   Brand   Beimb^^   C^n^s 

For    staking;    lilies    and    other    flowers.  Ready    for    Immediate    shipment    from    our 
warehouse.   Bound   Brook,  N.  J. 

5/6  feet,    Nattiral..: $8.00  per  bale  1000 

6/6      "              "         16.00  "           2000 

8      "             "         13.00  "           1000 

6      "      Green 10.00  "          1000 

K      "           "       18.00  "           200O 

RALPH  M.  WARD  &  CO.,  The  Lily  House,  71  Murray  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


i''tV'^0(^o:V.'(  LIL.  GIGANTEUM,  7-9  (300  bulbs  per  case),  $60  per  lOOO 
i.    Z^T-   ^/    LILY  OF  THE  VALLEY,  Best  Quality,  30  per  lOOO 

^%^-^  CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO..     *°^\^i,^'»°fJ»'^'^^ 


CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO., 


NEW  YORK 


I'aL'p 

Advance    Co 3'ili 

Albany       Cut 

Flower  Ex 32R 

Allen,    J.    K 327 

American    Bulb 

Co 321 

Anderson.  S.  A.. 323 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co.. 3.30 
Barrows  &  Son.. 310 
Bayersdorfer,    II. 

Co 325 

Bay  State  Nur- 
series   3in 

Beechwood     Hts. 

Nurseries    327 

Bobbink  &  At- 
kins     310 

Boddington,       A. 

T 320 

Boigiano  &  Son.  ..32) 
Boston    Floral 

Supply  Co 327 

Breck.  .T.  &  Sons.321 
Breck  -  Robinson 

Nur.    Co 31!t 

Breitmeyer's,     J. 

Sons     .322 

Budlong.  .T.  A.. 324 
Bunyard.  A.  T...322 

Burnett    Bros 321 

Burpee,  W.  A.  & 

Co 321 

Carter's      Tested 

Seeds.    Inc 320 

Clarkc'.s,  1).  .■<..iis,:'.Jl' 


yci 


PagL- 
hampion  &  Co.. 

J.    N.. .323 

C  h  i  1  d  s,   .1  o  h  u 

Lewis     310 

Coan.    J.    J 327 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 31!i 

Cooke,   Geo.   H...322 

Cowee,    W.    J 327 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries    310 

Dards     322 

Davenport.  A.  M.319 
Dreer.  H.  A.. 331-332 
Dunlop,  John  H.323 

Dysart,   R 317 

Edwards  Folding 

Box    Co 324 

Elliott.     Wm.     & 

Sons    ..321 

Esler.    J.    G 331 

Eyres    323 

Farquhar,     R.    & 

J.     Co 312 

Fenrich.  Jos.  S...32B 

Ford.    M.    C .328 

Ford.    W.    P 32B 

Pottler.        Piske. 

Uawson   Co 320 

Framinghara  Nur- 

sorios    312 

Froment.  H.  E..32G 
Galvin.  Thos.  F.323 
Oasser  Co..  J.  M. 323 
i;Mtt,  Walter ".I'.i 


Page 
Graham  &  Son,  A.323 
Gude  Bros.  Co.  ..322 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 321 

Growers   Cut 

Flower  Co ,326 

Hail  Association. 3."1 
Hart,  Geo.  B....324 
Henderson  &  Co.. 

Peter    310 

Hews  &  Co..  A.  H.329 
Hill  Co.,  E.  G...324 
Hill,   D.    Nursery 

Co 312 

Holland   Nur- 
series    31i) 

Holm  &  Olson... 323 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue    .331 

Irwin,    R.    J .321 

Johnston  Bros..  322 
Kasting,    W.    F. 

Co ....324 

Keller  Sous,  J.  B.323 
Kelway  &  Son... 321 
Kerr  the  Florist. 323 

Kervan    Co 32(5 

King      Construc- 
tion  Co 331 

Knoble    Bros.    ..323 

Kottmiller   322 

Kroeschell  Bros. 331 
Kuehler.  \V.  II.. 32(1 
Lager  iV  Hnrrell.311 
Langp.  II.  I'.  <'...:',j:'. 


VERT 

rage 
Lemon  Oil  Co... 330 
Leonard  Seed  Co. 321 
Marshall,    W.    E. 

Co 321 

McConnell.  Alex.322 
McHutchison       & 

Co 310 

Meconi,    Paul 32G 

Meehan.  Chas.  E.324 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial Co 331 

Michell,  H.  F.  Co.321 
Michigan  Cut 
Flower  Ex.   . .  .324 

Millang.  Chas .326 

Millang.    Frank.. 32U 
Murray.    Samuel. 322 
N  a  t  i  o  n  al  Nur- 
seryman   312 

New        England 

Nurseries  Co. ..312 
N.     Y.    Botanical 

Garden     312 

N.      Y.      Florists' 

Supply  Co.  . .  .327 
Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.330 
N lessen,  Leo  Co. 324 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 3.30 

Ouwerkerk.  P...31SI 
Palmer,  W.   J.  & 

Son     32;! 

Park  Floral  Co.. 323 
Parsholsky  Bros. 331 
I't-nn  tho  I''l(irist.322 


I  S  E  R 

Page 
Pennoek.     S.     S. 

Co 325 

PfaltzgrafE     Pot- 
tery   Co 329 

Pierce  Co..   F.  0.331 
Pierson.   A.    N...310 
Pierson,    F.   R...3'23 
Pulverized       Ma- 
nure Co 330 

Randall's  Flower 

Shop     323 

Reed  &  Keller. .  ..■!27 
Reidel  .'i:  Meyer.. 320 

Reid,  Edw 324 

Reukauf.  Martin.324 
Robinson,   Henry 

M.    Co 326 

Robinson,   H.   M. 

&    Co 324 

Roehrs,  J.  Co 312 

Roland,  Thomas.323 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.     & 

Sons    319-3'29 

Rosery,   The 322 

Sanders    .319 

Schling,    Max 322 

Schwake.      Chas. 

Co 311 

Sekengcr.  Adam.3'22 
Sheridan.  W.  F..326 
Siebrecht.  Geo.  C.320 
Siggers     &     Sig- 

gers     331 

Skidelsky.     S.     S. 
,V:    Co :v.'l 


Page 

Smith,    P.   J 326 

Smith,   Elmer  D. 

&    Co 319 

Smith.    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co.  ...310 
Smith  &  Fetters.323 
Smyth.  Wm.  J... 323 
Stearns     Lumber 

Co.,  A.  T....331 
Stumpp.  G.  E.  M.322 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co 321 

Thorburn,    J.    M. 

&  Co 3'21 

Totty,  Chas.  H..310 
Traendly      & 

Schenck   326 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er   Co 327 

Vincent.    R.,    J^-.    , 

&    Sons    Co 311 

Wants.  For  Sale 

etc 329 

•W'ard,    R.    M.    & 

Co     311 

Weber.  F.  C....323 
Weeber  &  Don.. 321 
Weiss.  Herman.  .3'-b 

Wood    Bros 310 

Woodrufr.    S.    D. 

&   Son    321 

Young.  A.   1 326 

Young.  John.... 326 
Young.  Thos..  Jr.32i 
Yomig  .V  Xugent.322 
■/I'c'h   .*i    Mann.    .  .324 


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March  30,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


313 


Creating  More    Wealth 

Every  Saturday,  millions  of  dollars  are  taken  out  of 
our  banks  and  spent.  By  the  next  Friday,  the  whole  of 
that  money  is  back  in  the  banks  again.  In  that  short 
interval  it  has  performed  a  miracle.  It  has  kept  a 
nation  hard  at  work,  producing  food,  clothes,  munitions, 
furniture,  Howers,  and  what  not.  The  nation  is  richer 
by  all  this  wealth,  created  by  raw  materials,  and  not 
one  dollar  of  the  money  has  been  lost.  It  is  all  back 
in  the  banks  again,  ready  to  be  paid  out  once  more. 
Part  of  the  goods  it  has  produced  we  consume.  The 
rest  remains  in  the  shape  of  wealth,  iloney  is  not 
wealth — it  is  the  symbol  of  wealth. 

But  suppose  we  were  to  slow  up  the  process.  Sup- 
pose, instead  of  paying  out  the  money  every  Saturday 
and  getting  it  back  within  a  week,  we  were  to  pay  it 
out  on  the  first  of  every  month  and  get  it  back  by  the 
end  of  the  month.  In  that  case,  it  would  circulate  only 
twelve  times  during  the  year,  instead  of  fifty-two,  and 
the  wealth  it  w-ould  produce  would  be  e.xactly  forty 
times  less  than  the  wealth  now  being  produced.  In  other 
words,  the  products  of  the  labor  of  the  nation  would  be 
the  same  as  though  the  nation  only  worked  for  twelve 
weeks,  instead  of  fifty-two.  That,  of  course,  would 
mean  nothing  but  stark  poverty.  Yet  they  tell  us  to 
stop  spending  money  on  anything  but  the  barest  neces- 
sities of  life  and  keep  that  money  in  the  banks  doing 
nothing.  Xo  more  new  clothes  should  be  bought,  we 
should  wear  the  old  ones  till  they  are  in  rags;  no  new- 
shoes — we  should  patch  the  old  ones,  as  long  as  they 
will  hold  together.  Don't  buy  flow-ers,  we  can  do  with- 
out, and  so  on,  down  the  line.  We  should  save  the 
money,  keep  it  out  of  circulation,  and  stop  the  nation's 
turning  out  raw  materials  in  wealth  by  means  of  labor. 

In  that  case,  we  should  have  to  pay  for  the  war  out 
of  accumulated  savings,  and  if  we  attemjjted  to  do  that, 
w^e  should  soon  be  bankrupt.  What  we  have  to  kee])  in 
our  minds  is  that  the  only  way  in  which  we  can  pay 
for  the  war  and  preserve  our  prosperity  as  a  people,  is 
by  bringing  our  productive  capacity  up  to  the  highest 
possible  standard,  and  the  way  to  keep  the  lalior  and 
machinery  of  the  country  at  its  highest  producing 
capacity  is  to  keep  our  money  in  circulation,  instead  of 
hoarding  it.  The  more  often  our  money  is  circulated, 
the  harder  people  work,  the  greater  will  be  the  surplus 
wealth  we  shall  produce.  Every  day  sees  us  a  richer 
nation.  Every  day  sees  us  able  to  take  a  bigger  part  in 
paying  for  the  war  out  of  newly  created  wealth. 

Xow,  there  is  one  way  to  kill  this  present  prosperity, 
and  that  is  to  stop  spending  our  money  and  keep  it 
locked  up.  Keep  your  money  from  working  and  you 
stop  an  equal  proportion  of  labor  and  machineiy  from 
producing  the  wealth  out  of  which  the  cost  of  the  war 
must  liP  paid.  The  less  you  s[iend  on  other  people's 
products,  the  less  other  people  can  spend  on  yours,  and 
so  we,  in  the  flower  business,  must  keep  the  wheels 
moving,  doing  everything  possible  to  keep  up  the  qual- 
ity and  volume,  so  as  to  be  able  to  say  that  we  have  done 
our  share  in  the  world's  work,  and  who  among  us  here 
can  say  that  the  florists  have  shirked  in  doing  their  duty 
by  being  contributors  to  the  Red  Cross,  Liberty  Loan, 
Y.  M.  ('.  A.,  Red  Tiiangle,  and  similar  worthy  object^s? 

Xow  we  have  started  our  first  ]iul)licity  eampaign — 
do  your  share  toward  it  and  \vc  will  ultimately  get 
our  returns  ten  for  everv  dollar  we  have  put  into  it. 


Ranunculus 


:.  '^^ 

,  1  ■■>■■, — i_!!^S 

UKHAi 
NEW  YO 


RA.NUNClI.rs     Atd.Ml  [KOMI'S     I  I.ORK    I'I.ENO. 

The  few  garden  species  of  the  genus  Ranunculus, 
commonly  called  crow-foot  ar  buttercup,  listed  in 
American  trade  catalogues  so  far  remain  conspicuous  by 
their  absence  in  our  gardens.  Not  that  they  lack  in 
attractiveness  nor  that  under  congenial  treatment  they 
are  hard  to  succeed  with.  The  bulbous  section,  for  the 
jn-incipal  part  natives  of  Asia,  when  planted  during 
February  and  early  March  in  a  sandy  loam  mixed  with 
some  leaf  mould  or  peat  enriched  by  well  decayed  cow 
manure  amply  compensate  our  care  by  freely  producing 
beautiful  single  and  double  flowers  in  white,  red  and 
yellow  shades.  In  European  gardens  we  see  the  Per- 
sian, Turban  and  French  mixed  hybrids  of  bulbous 
ranunculus  frequently  grown  in  pots  or  for  cutting 
[ilanted  out  in  cold  frames. 

The  perennial  species — Ranunculus  amplexicaulis, 
gramineus,  alpestris,  repens  fl.  pi.,  and  the  very  showy 
double  white  form  of  Ranunculus  aconitifolius  depicted 
by  the  accompanying  illustration  are  most  desirable 
acquisitions  for  the  rock  garden.  All,  however,  prefer 
more  or  less  moist  situations  and  may  be  used  to  ad- 
vantage near  running  water  courses  or  close  to  the  edge 
of  pond  and  pool.  The  European  home-ground  owner  is 
fully  awa.re  of  the  great  po-ssibilities  for  choice  orna- 
mental garden  effects  in  connection  with  the  natural 
spring  rivulet  and  brook.  He  knows  the  wide  scope  at 
hand  for  the  emi)loyment  of  a  wonderful  variety  in 
plant  material  distinguished  by  luxuriant  foliage  and 
beautiful  flowers.  He  has  learned  to  appreciate  the 
longevity  of  senecios,  funkias  and  Spiraea  Aruncus. 
He  enjoys  the  incomparable  mass-effect  of  Japanese 
and  Siberian  iris  and  to  him  the  gracefulness  of  st-fitely 
spikes  of  tbe  new  astilbes  in  white,  pink  and  lavender 
hues  .seem  outright  indispensable.  As  soon  as  wo  have 
the  American  home-ground  owner  and  garden  amateur 
educated  up  to  that  ]ioint  the  demand  and  space  for  the 
garden  forms  of  ranunculus  will  also  be  there. 

South  of  the  New  England  States  I  would  advise  for 
plantations  of  both  the  bulbous  and  perennial  kinds, 
partial  shade.  For  winter  protection  leaf-covering  is 
])ieferable  to  straw  and  manure.  The  bulbous  class 
sliould  be  covered  thick  enough  to  keep  the  roots  under 
<;round  entirely  out  of  danger  of  frost. 


Boston. 


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H  0  l{  'r  1  C  U  L  T  U  H  E 


Marcli  30.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


VOL.  UVII 


MARCH  30,   I91S 


NO.  13 


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HORTICULTURE     PUBLISHING     CO. 

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UM.   J     MTKUAIIT.    K.lllor  aiul    Mamtcrr 
Trirphonr.   IU>iM-h   i*J-i 

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Onr     \oiir.     In     >tiltiinrr,     Jl.mi;     To     FiirrlKn     <'olltit  rlvn.     *'.MNt;      T«» 

faniidii,   tl.AO. 

AI>VKRTI8IN0   RATES: 

P»r  lli«h,  M  InchtK    to   paxv flJU 

Dtsronnt  on   Contmrta  for  conRorullte   ln*ertlona.  «■  followa; 

Onf   month    («    (Itiiral,  B   prr  crnl.;    Ihrr»   monllm    (13  tlmri),   10 

Cr  rrnt.  ;    aIx   montlia   <20  times).  '.;0  prr  crnl.;   onr  yrar   (62  times), 
prr  c^-nl. 

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Entered  «■  ■ccnnd-claM  matter  December  8,  1904.  at  the  Poat  Office 
at  BoatoD.  Maaa.,  under  the  Act  of  Congreaa  of  Marcb  3,  1879. 

CONTENTS  Page 

COVER  ILLUSTRATION  The  -Liberty  Garden,"  at 
Boston    SpriuK    Show 

CREATING  MORE  WEALTH— ifenrj/  Penn 313 

RANUNCULUS— fiirftard  /i'o//ie— Illustrated 313 

THE  PUBLICITY  CAMPAIGN 315 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— Lancaster  County  Florists' 
Association — Meetings  Next  Weeli- Florists'  Club  of 
Philadelphia— Florists'  Hail  Association — Pot  Mak- 
ers'   Credit   Association 316 

OBITUARY— J.  Harrison  Dick,  portrait— Tony  Evert— 
Mrs.  William  Winterson— M.  T.  Keenan 317 

SEED  TRADE— About  Beans— Seeds  at  Fair  Prices- 
Curtailing   Imports — Transportation    318 

OF  INTEREST     TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

New  Flower  Stores 322 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston.  Chicago.  New  York.  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh  325 
St.  Louis,  Rochester   327 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Boston.    Pittsburgh.    Chicago,    St.    Louis,    Worcester, 
Rochester    328-329 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Flowers  in  War  Time 315 

Sweet  Peas  of  High  Degree 317 

Flowers  for  Sick  Soldiers 317 

We  Need  a  Few  More  Optimists,  poetry 317 

Catalogues  Received    320 

Insect  Powder  from  Japan 320 

New  Corporations — Business  Troubles 322 

Two  of  Uncle  Sam's  Boys,  portraits 323 

Visitors'    Register    327 

A  Simple  Device  for  Scaring  Birds 329 

Publications    Received    330 


We   are    informed    that   the    Dutfh    Bulb 
An  Export   Association  has   advanced   prices 

ill-advised     and    established    minimum    market   rates 
move  for  this  year  ranging  from  10  to  20  per 

cent  over  last  year's  prices.  This  means,  we 
feel  quite  sure,  that  the  Hollanders  will  get  less  money 
out  of  the  United  States  than  would  have  been  the  case  if 
they  had  been  more  moderate.  The  American  people 
have  been  paying  high  enough  for  their  Dutch  liulbs  :ind 
will  be  likely  to  do  without  them  now  rather  than  be 
imposed  upon.  That  is  the  American  spirit.  The 
best  test  of  this  tendency  is  the  fact  that  the  inevitable 
advance  in  market  value  of  seeds,  through  actual  scarc- 
ity, has  induced  many  buyers  to  curtail  their  orders  and 
if  this  be  true  in  the  matter  of  seed  buying  how  much 
more  likely  it  is  that  it  will  be  exercised  with  bulbs 
which,  unlike  seeds,  are  decidedly  in  the  dispensable 
cla.ss.  From  our  viewpoint  it  seems  that  our  Holland 
friends  would  get  more  money  out  of  this  country  at 


the  present  juncture  if  they  were  to  hold  their  prices 
down  to  the  level  of  bust  year,  which  we  believe  wu.« 
about  the  maximum  which  Americuii  flower  loverB  will 
be  di.sposed  to  pay  at  present  to  gratify  their  taste  for 
(he  flowers  of  spring. 

The  Gardeners'  Chronicle  in  a  recent 
*  issue  suggested  that  the  useful  rule  in 

suggestion  for  'J'ljg  Bagatelle  fOSe  trials  which  re- 
improvement  quires  that  when  new  varieties  are 
entered  for  trial  the  jiarciitage  must 
lie  stated  might  be  wortli  consideration  by  the  .American 
lloi^e  Society,  which  apfiears  to  have  made  no  provision 
to  that  effect.  The  suggestion  is  an  excellent  one  and 
we  should  like  to  see  the  Hose  Society  and  the  Carnation 
and  other  societies  as  well,  carry  the  idea  still  farther 
by  insisting  upon  such  information  being  given  in  con- 
nection with  the  exhibiting  of  new  varieties  for  certifica- 
tion or  other  recognition.  In  the  rules  for  registration 
of  new  roses  it  is  stipulated  that  the  "pedigree"  be  sup- 
plied in  each  instance  but  this  is  not  always  done,  inso- 
far as  the  published  registration  reports  would  indicate. 
If  an  exhiijitor  does  not  know  the  parentage  of  a  nov- 
elty, as  sometimes  appears  to  be  the  case,  that  fact  might 
be  also  stated,  ;\gain  we  think  that  exhibitors  in  the 
color  classes,  so  called,  for  "the  best  white,"  "l)est  red," 
etc.,  should  be  required  to  attach  the  names  of  the  varie- 
ties entered  in  competition  in  such  a  way  as  to  be  easily 
read  by  the  show  visitors  and  that  the  judges  in  report- 
ing awards  on  such  entries  sliould  invariably  add  the 
names  of  the  varieties  to  the  awards  given.  Other- 
wise, e.specially  from  a  trade  standpoint,  the  color 
classes  have  little  significance  or  value  other  than  as  a 
display.  In  the  carnation  competition  at  the  recent 
New  York  show  we  noticed  only  one  of  the  conspicuous 
e.vhibitors  who  had  taken  the  trouble  to  attach  names  tc 
all  his  varieties. 

The   suggestion   comes   from    S.   D. 
Special  Dysinger    of    Holm    &    Olson,    St. 

window  displays  Paul,  ]\[inn.,  that  it  would  be  a  cap- 
ital idea  for  all  members  of  the 
J-'lori.st.s"  Telcgrajih  Deliver}-  to  have  a  special  window 
display  featuring  Mothers'  Day  a  short  time  before 
that  day  and  that  the  F.  T.  D.  or  perhaps  the  publicity 
committee  of  the  Society  of  American  Florists  might 
ofler  cash  prizes  for  the  best  window  displays  for  the 
occasion,  which  would  be  an  added  incentive  to  not 
only  the  members  of  the  F.  T.  D.  but  to  all  retail 
florists  to  do  their  best  in  featuring  such  a  timely  dis- 
play and  also  a  great  advertisement  for  all  the  trade. 
In  a  general  way  the  idea  is  an  excellent  one  but  in 
siich  a  proposition  the  competition  as  well  as  the  pro- 
viding of  the  prizes  would  have  to  be  local  for  reasons 
that  are  obvious  as  the  appointment  of  a  single  com- 
mittee to  award  {irizes  of  this  nature  in  widely  separ- 
ated localities  would  be  manifestly  impossible.  Mr. 
Dysinger  also  .suggests  that  photographs  of  the  prize- 
winning  windows  could  be  published  in  the  trade  papers 
as  soon  as  the  awards  should  be  made  but  anyone  who 
ever  attempted  to  photograph  window  displays  from 
outside,  through  the  glass  knows  how  impracticable  it 
is  to  get  anything  satisfactory,  because  of  the  reflection. 
Special  window  decorations  for  occasions  in  which  the 
public  are  interested  are  surely  among  the  best  adver- 
tising mediums  that  any  store  can  employ  and  the 
custom  should  be  much  more  generally  followed  but, 
unfortunately,  photographs  of  such  objects  are  very 
rarely  successful  and  so  the  trade  papers,  however  ready 
and  willing,  are  precluded  from  giving  pictorial  pub- 
licity to  such. 


March  30.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


315 


The  Publicity  Committee  and  the 
Publicity  Finance  Committee  met  in 
joint  session  at  the  Administration 
Offices  of  the  Society,  1170  Broadway, 
New  York,  on  Saturday,  March  16,  at 
2  p.  m.,  and  the  meeting  lasted  several 
hours.  The  following  members  were 
present:  Henry  Penn.  Boston,  chair- 
man of  the  Publicity  Committee: 
George  Asmus,  Chicago,  chairman  of 
the  Publicity  Finance  Committee; 
President  C.  H.  Totty  of  the  S.  A.  F., 
Madison,  N.  J.;  Herman  P.  Knoble, 
Cleveland,  O.;  Wallace  R.  Pierson, 
Cromwell,  Conn.;  F.  L.  Atkins,  Ruther- 
ford, N.  J.;  and  John  Young,  secretary. 
New  York  There  were  also  present: 
Patrick  Welch,  Boston;  Fred  Lau*en- 
schlager,  president  Chicago  Florists' 
Club;  G.  E.  M.  Stumpp.  New  York; 
Max  Schling,  New  York;  and  Major 
O'Keefe,  Boston.  The  accounts  cov- 
ering the  first  period  of  advertising 
were  examined  and  finally  approved . 
The  plans  for  the  next  period  of  the 
campaign  were  discussed,  but  no  defi- 
nite action  was  taken. 

The  work  of  the  Promotion  Bureau 
was  approved  and  its  exact  scopp  de- 
termined. The  urgency  of  obtaining 
more  subscriptions  to  the  camraign 
fund  was  discussed  at  length.  While 
well  pleased,  the  committees  did  not 
think  that  the  response  to  the  call  for 
subscriptions  was  as  large  as  it  should 
be,  especially  when  the  great  value  of 
the  campaign  to  everyone  in  the  busi- 
ness was  considered.  Ways  and  means 
for  accelerating  contributions  were 
considered  from  all  points  of  view,  and 
ultimately  the  secretary  was  author- 
ized and  instructed  to  make  tours 
among  the  trade,  with  the  idea  of  pro- 
moting a  proper  reciprocative  spirit 
and  making  the  campaign  a  real  one  in 
every  way. 

All  florists'  clubs  and  societies  hold- 
ing regular  meetings  are  requested  to 
notify  the  secretary  of  their  d=ites  for 
after-Easter,  as,  if  at  all  possible,  ar- 
rangements might  be  made  to  permit 
of  his  attendance  some  time  during  the 
season. 


That  the  publicity  campaign  is  mak- 
ing good  headway,  and  that  it  is  pro- 
ducing beneficial  results  is  no  longer 
a  matter  of  question.  Reports  from  all 
sections  are  to  the  effect  that  the  cam- 
paign, so  far,  has  stirred  up  business 
and  increased  the  demand  for  plants 
and  flowers.  This  result  speaks  vol- 
umes of  praise  for  those  through  whose 
efforts  the  campaign  was  made  possi- 
ble, as  well  as  those  who  have  so 
nobly  contributed  to  the  fund  neces- 
sary to  inaugurate  and  carry  it  on. 

But  florists  who  have  not  yet  sub 
scribed  should  not  get  the  idea  that 
the  campaign  is  coming  to  a  close. 
The  point  aimed  for,  and  necessary  of 
attainment  is  $50,000  per  year  for  four 
years.  What  has  been  accomplished  is 
of  an  initial  character.  Thousands  of 
florists  are  getting  the  initial  benefit 
without  contributing  one  cent  to  the 
cause.  Many  such  have  taken  advan- 
tage of  the  service  of  our  Promotion 
Bureau,  which  has  linked  their  individ- 


ual businesses  with  the  national  maga- 
zine advertising  at  no  further  expense 
than  the  actual  cost  of  the  material 
furnished  to  them.  The  Promotion  Bu- 
reau feels  sure  that  they  did  not  Intend 
to  be  "slackers." 


FLOWERS    IN    WAR   TIME. 

FOOD  will  win  the  war,  but 
food  is  not  the  goal.  It  is 
only  ammunition.  This  war  is 
for  the  souls  of  people  and  of 
peoples.  And  while  we  raise  po- 
tatoes and  cabbages  to  feed  the 
flesh,  the  spirit  must  not  be 
forced  to  wait  till  the  second 
table.  The  soul  should  sit  at 
meat  along  with  the  body. 

Shall  we  banish  flowers  from 
our  gardens?  Can  we  afford  to 
cut  music  out  of  our  war  pro- 
gram? Cabbages  are  of  the  rank 
and  file  of  the  fighting  forces, 
but  poppies  are  the  regimental 
band.  Flowers  are  for  solace  in 
the  serious  business  of  hoeing 
cabbages  and  killing  the  worms 
thereon.  Potatoes  we  need  for 
food,  but  pansies  we  must  have 
for   thoughts. 

It  would  be  to  Germanize  our 
land,  if  we  cut  gay  color  out  of 
our  war  gardens,  and  left  the 
gardener  only  the  drub  business 
of  serving  tables.  The  won- 
drous structure  of  the  cabbage 
may  be  worth  long  meditation; 
but  we  do  not  meditate  upon  it. 
The  rose  compels  meditation. 
Flowers  on  the  mantel  are  in- 
cense offered  to  the  soul  of  the 
house — the  Home.  If  Germany 
had  thoroughly  subdued  Amer- 
ica a  home  would  not  be  needed. 
A  house  and  a  cabbage  patch 
would  be  sufficient. 

War  is  a  sad  business,  but  it 
needs  no  professional  landscape 
crepe-hangers.  Dots  and  dashes, 
belts  and  splashes  of  color  are 
needed  in  our  landscape  more 
than  ever.  We  owe  a  whole  sea- 
son of  garden  cheer  to  the  eye 
of  the  passer-by  in  our  neighbor- 
hood. Dooryard  color  is  Red 
Cross  bounty.  It  is  first  aid  to 
the  warsick  mind  and  the  broken 
spirit.  By  taking  thought  the 
householder  can  have  a  succes- 
sion of  color  growing  about  his 
house  from  spring  frost  to  au- 
tumn frost,  and  this  without  sub- 
tracting at  all  from  the  time  he 
should  give  to  the  food  garden. 
The  heart  will  find  spare  mo- 
ments for  flower  culture.  Keep 
the  home  gardens  blooming. 
— Minnciipolis  Journal,  Mar.  /7. 


The  demand  for  flowers  today  is  get- 
ting an  impetus  it  never  had  before — 
not  through  the  efforts  of  any  one 
man,  but  through  the  combined  efforts 
of  many  hundreds,  "Why  was  this 
thing  not  done  before?"  is  a  question 


many  are  asking.  The  answer  is  plain 
— we  had  not  the  nerve!  Now  we  do 
have  it,  let  us  keep  it.  That  will  re- 
quire money,  but  how  little,  if  we  were 
to  consider  it  pro-rata  among  the 
members  of  the  trade  to  be  benefited 
by  increased  business. 

It  should  not  be  considered  as 
money  just  handed  out.  It  is  quite  as 
essential  as  insurance,  and  should  go 
into  the  overhead  charges  of  any  es- 
tablishment. Never  was  the  truth  of 
the  old  text  better  exemplified:  "Cast 
your  bread  upon  the  waters  and  it 
shall  return  to  you  after  many  days." 
Your  money  comes  back  to  you  with- 
out fail,  multiplied  a  hundredfold. 

The  man  of  fable  who  stood  upon 
London  Bridge  for  hours  offering  real 
gold  sovereigns  at  a  penny  each  and 
found  no  customers  was  much  in  the 
same  position  as  that  in  which  we  find 
ourselves  as  a  Society  today.  We  are 
appealing  to  skeptical  florists  to  reach 
forth  and  take  the  dollars  we  offer 
them  for  their  pennies,  and  they  make 
no  mistake — they  get  a  sure  thing. 

This  campaign  should  be  kept  up  for 
twenty-four  years  instead  of  four.  It 
should  be  an  elixir  of  life  for  the 
florist  trade,  and  we  should  all  pay  for 
the  medicine,  each  and  every  one  his 
part.  Just  glance  over  the  following 
list  of  additional  subscriptions  report- 
ed by  Chairman  Asmus  of  the  Finance 
Publicity  Committee,  many  of  them 
secured  through  the  hard  work  of  lo- 
cal committees,  and  if  you  who  read 
this  have  not  subscribed,  see  to  it  that 
your  name  appears  in  the  next  list 
published: 

Aunu.illv  for  four  years:  Ernest  Ashley, 
AUentown,  P:i.,  $15;  N.  M.  Silverman,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  $10;  John  W.  Vogt,  Sturgls, 
Mich.,  $10;  H.  W.  Cade,  Cairo,  III.,  $10; 
Fred  A.  Heftner,  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  $5;  ,Tohn 
E.  Lapes,  Cedar  Rapids.  la.,  $10;  Chas. 
Weber,  Lynbrook,  N.  Y.,  $15;  John  C.  Lind- 
heim.  Providence.  R.  I.,  $5;  W.  C.  Cross- 
lev.  Mansfield,  Pa.,  $10;  Edw.  C.  Stroh, 
Buffalo  N.  Y.,  $10;  Wollager  Bros.,  Johns- 
town, N.  y.,  $5;  Connolly  &  Plunkett,  New- 
ark, N.  J.,  $5;  Wm.  F.  Hennlg,  Blue  Island, 
111.,  $10;  Walker  Bros.,  Salt  I,ake  City, 
lifiih,  $10;  Rodman  &  Sons,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
$10;  John  Ralph's  Greenhouses.  Saratoga 
Sprlni-'S,  N.  Y.,  $5;  G.  W.  Pfaltzgraff.  York. 
Pa.,  !f.:^:  Jas.  A.  Henry,  Tulsa,  Okla.  $5; 
Chas.  P.  Hughes.  Hillsdale,  Mich.,  $5;  A. 
nonogbue,  Jr.,  Omaha,  Neb.,  $25;  Wm.  A. 
McAlplne,  Boston.  Mass,,  .$25;  J.  Frank  Ed- 
gar. WaviTly,  Mass.,  $25;  B^ltz  Bahr.  High- 
land Park,  111.,  $10;  Berpstermann  Floral 
Co..  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  $25;  J.  J.  Von  Reider, 
Dover,  Del.,  $5:  It.  J.  Orr,  Vineland,  N.  J., 
$."10;  M.  A.  Barlok,  Seymour.  Ind.,  $5;  D.  T. 
Connor,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  $5;  Davis  Floral 
Co.,  Davenport,  la.,  $10;  The  Heiss  Co.. 
Dayton,  O.,  $25;  M.  Anderson,  Dayton,  O., 
*10';  Geo.  W.  Frisch  &  Son,  Dayton,  O..  $10; 
Chas.  A.  Bower,  Dayton,  O.,  $10;  Abbey 
Ave.  Greenhouses,  Dnvton,  O..  $15;  Mrs.  L. 
D.  Johnson,  Dayton.  O.,  $10;  E.  W.  Jenkins, 
Davton,  ().,  $10;  Coombs  The  Florist.  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  $125;  Welch,  The  Florist, 
Hartford.  Conn.,  $50;  Carl  Peterson.  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  $5;  Volz  Floral  Co.,  Hartford, 
Conn.,  $10;  Robt.  Marchant  &  Son.  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  $5;  Spear  &  McManus,  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  $.10;  V.  Dorval  &  Sons,  Wood- 
aide,  N.  Y.,  $10;  Everett  E.  Cummings, 
Woburn,  Mass.,  $5;  Chicago  Florists'  Club 
— .account  Valentine  Day  and  Mothers' 
Dav  Stamp  Account,  $100;  Wm.  Schray  & 
Soiis.   St.   Louis,   Mo.,  $25. 

Total,  $1,120.  Previously  reported  from 
all  .sources,  $31,256.     Grand  total,  $32,376. 

John  Young,  Secy. 


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March  :!ii,   lOlt* 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


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LANCASTER  COUNTY  FLORISTS' 
ASSOCIATION. 

Thursduy,  March  iMst  was  not  an 
Ideal  day  for  a  visltinR  trip  hut  twenty- 
one  of  us  started  out  with  the  nrst 
slop  at  John  Shreiner's  where  we 
found  some  eighty-four  varieties  of 
sweet  peas  of  Iiigh  srade  quality.  Thi- 
Easter  bulbs  here  will  be  Just  right 
for  the  buyer.  Mr.  Shrelner  also  grows 
vegetable  plants  almost  by  the  million 

At  Ira  l.andis'  besides  the  usual  as 
sort  mom  of  carnations  we  found  a  bi^ 
crop  of  freesias  with  tomatoes  and  po' 
carnations  between  the  rows  and  ixia 
along  the  edges  of  the  carnation  beds. 
In  a  number  of  houses  that  were  run 
cold  on  account  of  the  fuel  rulings 
buttercups  are  being  tried  out  on  a 
large  scale. 

M.  J.  Brinton  at  Christiana  is  the 
largest  grower  of  Easter  lilies  in  the 
state.  They  are  almost  a  failure  thi-; 
year,  due  he  thinks  to  poor  bulbs,  as 
they  are  in  the  same  house  that  pro- 
duced such  wonderful  results  last  sea- 
son and  with  the  same  temperatures 
and  the  same  treatment  all  the  way 
through.  Magnificum  lilies  are  just  the 
opposite  and  he  is  cutting  them  in  im- 
mense quantities.  He  stales  that  nev- 
er in  his  experience  has  his  carnations 
produced  such  a  continuous  crop  of 
good  flowers  as  they  did  this  past  win- 
ter. At  Ira  Ranck's  carnations  and 
sweet  peas  are  the  main  crop  with  a 
batch  of  Godfrey  calla  in  pots  for  cut 
flowers.  Mr.  Ranck  is  uncertain  about 
running  the  houses  next  winter  unless 
conditions  change. 

Walter  Denlinger  does  not  have  a 
large  place  but  manages  to  get  a  good 
deal  out  of  his  glass  with  carnations, 
narcissus,  calendula  and  vegetable 
plants.  His  water  system  froze  up  for 
him  and  he  is  getting  his  supply  from 
a  well  and  gasoline  engine  rou'e.  Rut 
ter  Ness  at  the  Gap  has  carnations  a' 
the  main  product.  White  Enchantress 
is  preferred  to  Matchless  as  a  white. 
A  by-product  here  along  the  carnation 
beds  is  parsley  and  they  cut  it  by  the 
barrel.  Merry  Christmas  looked  bet- 
ter here  than  in  any  other  place  In  the 
country. 

Elmer  Weaver  showed  us  the  finest 
bed  of  Benora  I  ever  saw.  Miss  Theo 
was  a  mass  of  buds  and  bloom  and  of 
good  color  but  rather  under  size.  Avia- 
tor was  far  and  away  the  best  red  we 
saw  anywhere  from  a  money  making 
point  of  view,  with  Washburn  perhaps 
just  a  little  better  flower.  Rosalia  was 
in  fine  shape  and  is  going  to  be  large- 
ly grown.  Outside  of  Cottage  Maid 
all  the  carnations  looked  fine  and  i^ll 
art'  in  solid  beds.  A  house  of  sweet 
peas  had  enough  flowers  on  one  side 
of  the  long  rows  to  Veep  a  man  busy 
cutting  all  day.  He  is  growing  his  own 
sweet  pea  seed.  Chas.  M.  Weaver  Is  thi' 
largest  grower  of  sweet  peas  in  this 
section.  A  house  of  mignonette  is  in 
full  crop  and  here  ayain  we  find  him 
growing  his  own  seed. 

One   particular   feature   of  this   trip 


Meetings    Next  Week 


Monday,   April    1. 

llirriiirilHvilli-  Iliirtli-iilliinil  Sii 
<-li-t.v.  Iliirlli-iilluriil  Hull.  lli-riiiinlH 
VIII...    .\.  .1. 

KIImtiiii  llortl.iiltiinil  Siirli'Iv.  Dr.- 
Hull.    Kllii-riiii.    .N     .1. 

lliHiHl(ii)    l''liirlsi.M'    CMtilt,    riiiintlH'r 

of    <'ittllllM'rfi'     ICoollls.    MntlHliiII,    'l'('\, 

.M<iiitrr:il  iiartlt'in'r.^'  am!  I•'lurlHI^' 
(.'lull.    Miililrcal.   t'aiiiichl. 

XfW  Hcilfni-.l  Il.irtl.nlturjil  So 
cli'l.v.    New    Ili'iiriird,    .MasH. 

WashliiK'lim   KlorlBtB'  <:iiili,   Waidi- 
I  -l.iii.    1).    C. 

I  l.vclaiiil     KldflBtx'     Clnl).     I'lcvc 

Tuesday,    April   2. 

Kliiiitils'  ami  c;anliiicT.s'  Cliili  nf 
Unlyoke    ami    .Vurthaiiiptiiii.    MasN. 

I.,ake  tlfiM'va  (ianit'iiiTs'  am!  !''iirf- 
llu'll's  AsH<M-ia(l(iii.  Ilortlctlltlirai 
IIiill.    Laki'    (;i-iii-va.   \Vi*. 

I,f»s  Aimcles  <'fMiii(y  Horticultural 
Socict.v.   !,os  .\nj;el»*s.  Cal. 

I'atiTsiin  I'lorii'iilturjil  Society.  Y. 
M.   C.   A.    HI.!);.,    I'aterson.    N.   .J. 

Florists'  Clul)  of  I'hiladi-lpliia. 
IMiila.li-lplila.    I'll. 

IMttstiurgli  Florists'  anil  Cianleii 
crs'  ("lull.  Kort  I'itt  Hole!,  IMtts 
liur^^h.    i*a. 

Wednesday,  April  3. 

Tuxedo  llorlii  iiltmal  Sociifv. 
Tuxedo   I'ark.   .\     V 

Thursday,  April  4. 

All)any  Florists'  Cluli.  Albany, 
N.    Y. 

Urailliit'  (Pa.)  Florists'  Associa- 
tion,   Itcailing.    I'a. 

Soiitliaiiipton  Horticultural  So- 
ciety. Oili!  Fellows  Hall.  Souttiaiiip- 
ton,    .\.  Y. 

Friday,   April  5. 

N'ortli  Shore  Horticultural  Society, 
MancliestrT.    Mass. 

North  Shore  Horticultural  Society. 
Lake   l''orest.    111. 

Pasadena  Ilorticiiltura!  .^ociety, 
Pasadena,  Pal. 

People's  Park  Cotta.':-  Cariieneis' 
Association,   Paterson.    N'.    J. 

Y'onkers  Horticultural  Society. 
Y'onkers,   N.  Y. 

Saturday.  April  6. 

I'acilic  Coa.st  Horiii'iiliiir:'l  Society. 


was  the  number  of  miles  we  paral- 
leled the  railroad  and  the  number  of 
loaded  coal  cars  that  were  side- 
tracked, hundreds  of  them  and  some 
of  them  that  have  been  there  for 
weeks  without  being  moved,  and  yet 
when  the  judge  of  our  county  court 
wanted  a  ton  of  coal  this  morning. 
.March  23d,  he  could  not  locate  any 
and  had  to  be  satisfied  with  a  quarter 
of  a  ton! 

Harry  Haverstack  was  to  have  given 
us  a  paper  in  the  evening  on  beddins; 
plants  but  reported  being  unable  to 
prepare  it  so  there  was  no  paper  for 
the  meeting  and  .Mrs.  A.  M.  Herr  who 
had  a  Parent  Teachers'  meeting  at  the 
High  School  with  an  illustrated  lec- 
ture on  School  Gardens,  invited  us  to 
come  there  after  the  business  of  the 
club  was  through,  an  invitation  that 
was  accepted  by  a  number.  M.  L. 
Buch  and  .M.  A.  Eisman,  representa- 
tives of  the  Pearline,  a  boiler  prepara- 
tion, visited  the  dub  and  were  given 
an  opportunity  to  talk  on  their  product. 
Albert  M.  Herr. 


FLORISTS'      CLUB      OF      PHILADEL 
PHIA. 

A  .s|.tcial  meeling  of  The  Florists' 
Club  ol  Philadelphia  was  held  on  the 
19lh  inst.  on  the  call  of  the  president, 
Adoljih  Farenwald,  to  take  action  on 
the  passing  away  of  .loseph  Heacock, 
at  whici:  a  committee  was  appointed 
and  presented  the  following  resolu- 
tions whicli  were  unanimously  passed. 

Ricsei.vKi).  That  the  Florists'  Club 
of  Philadelphia  hereby  expresses  Its 
deep  sense  of  loss  in  the  death  of 
Joseph  Heacock,  whose  long  and 
faithful  service  In  every  phase  of  the 
Club's  activity,  social,  business  and 
executive,  has  always  been  highly 
conspicuous  and  deeply  apiireclated 
by  all  the  members  and 

Rksoi.vki).  That  we  hereby  put  on 
record  the  universal  feeling  of  the 
horticultural  world  in  general  for  his 
high  character,  sterling  business  in- 
tegrity and  genial  helpful  disposition 
for  every  progressive  movement.  He 
was  outspoken,  honest  and  fearless, 
but  with  malice  in  his  heart  towards 
none,  and  we  all  delighted  in  his  well- 
doing and  success,  and  feel  deeply 
that  in  losing  him  we  have  lost  a 
friend   indeed,  and  furtlier 

Rksoived.  That  this  little  rosebud 
to  his  memory  be  duly  enshrined  In 
the  annals  of  the  Club  and  that  we  all 
hereby  bind  ourselves  to  Iteep  same 
everlastingly  green  and  fragrant  In 
our  hearts. 

S\Ml'EL     S.     PENNOCK,     R/)nEHT     KlKT. 

GtxntiiE  C.  Watson,  Committee. 


POT  MAKERS'  CREDIT  ASSOCIA- 
TION. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopt- 
ed by  the  Pot  .Makers'  Credit  Associa- 
tion upon  the  death  of  Mrs.  L. 
Breitschwerth,  proprietor  of  the  Syra- 
cuse Pottery  Co.,  Syracuse.  New  York: 

Whereas  our  Ion;:  thiie  business  friend 
and  fellow  member  has  lieen  suildenly  taken 
rroin   us. — 

Re  it  resolved  that  the  following  ininutes 
he  entereil  upon  the  reconls  <if  the  Pol 
Makers'  Credit  Association  in  sincere  ap- 
nreiiatlon  of  her  hi2h  character  and  as  a 
testinion.i.-il  of  our  jrreat  loss; 

\Vp.  the  D'lici'is  ami  inein''ers  of  tills  As- 
sociation deplore  the  ruthless  fate  wlilch 
has  so  smlfleiilv  eiirled  her  exeepii^in-illy 
UHi^ful  career  and  has  deprived  us  of  the 
benefits  of  her  unnagcing  Interest  In  the 
conduct   of  this  association.  % 

We  shall  honor  her  niemory  by  ever 
^trlvlnj;  to  be  true  to  her  prlnr-lples  and 
her  daily  example  and  the  IiIl'Ii  standard  of 
honor    which    she    consistently    maintained. 

I!e  It  further  ord'Ted  that  a  eopv  of 
these  resolutions,  suitably  engrossed  be 
sent  to  her  devoted  family  with  the  deep 
and  fervent  sympathy  of  this  association 
and  hope  that  the  tender  memories  of  her 
helpful  life  will  serve  as  a  sol.ice  and  In 
spiratlon  In  the  years  to  come. 

.March    20.    WIS. 


FLORISTS'  HAIL  ASSOCIATION. 

I'resident  E.  G.  Hill  has  designated 
Wednesday,  August  21,  1918,  at  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  as  the  time  and  place  for 
the  Florists'  Hail  Association  annual 
meeting  and  has  appointed  James  W. 
Heacock  treasurer  ol"  the  Association 
to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of  Joseph 
Heacock,  deceased. 

John  G.   Esi.er,  Secy. 


March  30,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


3n 


Obituary 


had  also  three  brothers  and  five  sisters, 
all  connected  with  the  trade.  The  sym- 
pathy of  the  trade  is  extended. 


J.   Harrison    Dick. 

It  is  a  grevious  shock  to  us  to  learn 
of  the  sudden  death  of  J.  Harrison 
Dick,  editor  of  our  New  York  contem- 
porary. In  the  few  years  since  Mr. 
Dick  came  to  make  his  home  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic  and  "do  his  bit" 
toward  the  advancement  of  horticulture 
in  America  we  have  learned  to  regard 
him  highly  as  a  fellow-worker  and 
personal  friend  and  we  extend  to  the 
Florists'  Exchange  our  sincere  sym- 
pathy in  the  loss  of  a  man  so  industri- 
ous and  faithful  and  to  the  American 
Dahlia  Society,  which  in  the  passing 
away  of  Mr.  Dick  loses  an  efficient 
secretary. 

Mr.  Dick  was  operated  on  for  ap- 
pendicitis on  Sunday,  March  24th; 
grip  set  in  and  he  died  on  Tuesday 
morning,  March  26th.  The  funeral 
took  iilace  on  Friday  and  was  attended 
by  many  representatives  of  the  trade, 
notwithstanding  the  demands  of  the 
Easter  business  on  their  time.  There 
were  many  beautiful  floral  tributes. 

We  extract  the  following  notes  on 
Mr.  Dick's  career,  from  the  Florists' 
Exchange  of  May  24,  1913. 

Mr.  Dick  was  born  in  Edinboro, 
Scotland,  Oct.  13,  1877,  in  the  district 
of  Morningside.  When  about  four 
years  of  age  he  went  for  a  time  to 
Aberdeen.  His  father  being  appointed 
head  gardener  to  Lieut.-General  Henry 
C.  B.  at  the  Pavilion  Melrose,  the  fam- 
ily returned  to  Edinboro  district.  In 
due  cc.iirse  he  started  as  apprentice 
gardener  under  his  father,  and  in  No- 
vember, 1893,  he  went  to  Morton  Hall. 
Diberton,  as  outside  journeyman.  His 
next  [dace  was  Trinity  Grove,  Edin- 
boro, close  to  the  Botanical  Gardens, 
at  which  latter  place  he  obtained  per- 
mission to  attend  the  classes  in  botany, 
physics,  chemistry  and  also  landscape 
gardening  lectures.  In  1898,  he  went 
to  Veitch's  Nursery,  Chelsea,  and  a 
little  later  to  Nostell  Priory,  Wakefield. 
In  April,  1899,  he  joined  the  Garden- 
ing World  as  a  reporter.  He  was  ap- 
pointed sub-editor  of  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture  in  1901,  and  took  over 
the  editorial  chair  in  November,  1911. 
In  the  early  part  of  1913  he  came  to 
this  country  and  assumed  the  position 
of  editor  of  the  Florists'  Exchange. 
During  his  five  years  at  Edinboro  Mr. 
Dick  gained  certificates  and  prizes  for 
proficiency  in  such  subjects  useful  to 
a  gardener  as  botany,  organic  chemis- 
try, entomology,  surveying  and  men- 
suration. He  studied  wash  drawing 
and  seme  of  his  illustrations  have  ap- 
peared in  the  Journal  of  Horticulture. 
Mr.  Dick  is  a  member  of  several 
British  horticultural  societies. 


Tony  Evart. 
On  March  IT.  Tony  Evart  of  Chicago 
made  the  fatal  mistake  of  drinking 
nicofume  instead  of  medicine  whicli 
had  been  formerly  kept  in  the  same 
place.  He  was  at  the  greenhouses 
when  the  mistake  occurred  and  at  once 
went  to  his  home,  2059  Devon  avenue, 
as  fast  as  he  was  able  l)Ut  fell  dead 
as  he  reached  it.  His  death  brought  a 
great  sorrow  to  his  family.  His  father 
was  the  late  Matthew  Evart;  his  moth- 
er Anna  Kinn  Evart  survives  him.    He 


IVlrs.  William  Winterson. 

The  sympathy  of  tlie  trade  is  ex- 
tended to  William  Winterson  and  fam- 
ily in  the  death  of  the  wife  and 
mother,  Mrs.  Annie  W'interson,  which 
occurred  at  the  home  of  her  son,  Ed- 
gar T.,  422  S.  Huron  avenue,  March 
23.  Mrs.  W'interson  was  82  years  of 
age  and  had  been  married  59  years  to 
William  Winterson,  founder  of  the 
Winterson  Seed  Co.  in  1868.  The  fu- 
neral occurred  March  26  from  her 
home    and    interment    was    at    Forest 

Home.  

M.  T.   Keenan. 

M.  T.  Keenan.  a  well  known  retail 
florist   doing    business    at    406   Myrtle 


J.  H.\RRisoN   Dick. 


avenue,  Brooklyn,  X.  Y..  died  on  March 
18,  aged  fifty  years. 

SWEET    PEAS    OF    HIGH    DEGREE. 

At  the  New  York  International  Exhi- 
bition, on  Wednesday,  March  20,  which 
was  Sweet  Pea  Day,  W.  Atlee  Burpee 
&  Co.,  were  also  awarded  certificates 
of  merit  for  Cherry  Ripe,  a  soft  shade 
of  cherry-salmon.  True  Blue,  a  fine 
clear  W'edgwood  blue  color.  Exquisite, 
a  marvelous  cream  self  with  picotee 
edging  of  rose-pink,  and  Snowstorm 
wliich  in  Mr.  Kerr's  opinion  is  tlie  fin- 
est pure  white  now  in  cultivation. 

In  the  display  covering  100  sq.  ft. 
which  won  the  first  prize,  the  out- 
standing varieties  were:  Cherry  Ripe, 
Rosebud,  True  Blue.  Fantasy,  Dainti- 
ness, Maroon  Prince.  Carmine  Beauty, 
Orange  Beauty.  Pink  Beauty,  Sweet 
Briar,  Exquisite,  Loveliness,  Canary 
Bird.  Enchantress.  Blue  Bird.  Zephyr, 
Rosy  Morn.  Lustre.  Princess.  Empress. 
Fordhook  Sankey.  Daybreak.  Prim- 
rose Beauty.  Snowstorm.  Splendour. 
Lavender  King.  Mauve  Beauty,  Ford- 
hook  Pink  and  White.  Sunburst,  and 
Fordhook  Rose,  all  of  the  Early  sec- 
tion and  all  the  result  of  Mr.  Kerr's 
crosses  at  Fordhook  during  the  past 
nine  years. 


FLOWERS    FOR    SICK    SOLDIERS. 

Wounded  soldiers  brought  back 
from  France  to  hospitals  in  the  Dis- 
trict or  sick  from  the  camps  about  the 
Capital  are  to  be  cheered  by  flowers, 
with  the  compliments  of  tlie  Florists' 
Association  of  Washington.  The  as- 
sociation has  decided  that  it  can  aid 
the  Red  Cross  most  by  making  the 
hospital  wards  cheerful  with  flowers. 
William  F.  Gude.  president  of  the 
Florists'  Club,  has  been  a  leader  in 
the  movement.  When  the  number  of 
patients  is  increased  in  the  hospitals 
the  florists  have  made  preparations  to 
increase  their  gifts  and  keep  the 
wards  brightened  with  the  choicest  of 
their  products. 

(The  foregoing  is  clipped  from  the 
Washington  Post.  It  is  quite  possible 
that  seme  of  the  croakers  against 
"non-essential"  flower  production  may 
yet  have  pathetic  cause  to  reverse 
their  views  as  to  the  need  for  flowers 
in  war  time.  The  truth  may  come 
home  to  them  in  a  way  never  to  be 
forgotten. — Ed.) 


PERSONAL. 


Joseph  F.  Madden,  recently  at 
Marion,  Mass.,  has  now  taken  charge 
of  the  estate  of  C.  E.  Cotting  at  West 
Manchester,   Mass. 

George  Farquhar  has  resigned  as 
superintendent  at  the  estate  of  F.  S. 
Peck,  Harrington,  R.  I.,  and  takes  the 
position  of  gardener  at  Courtlands, 
the  estate  of  Mrs.  Courtland  Hopkin 
at  Pom  fret.  Conn.,  made  vacant  by  the 
death  of  his  brother-in-law,  Robert 
Rust. 


WE    NEED   A    FEW    MORE    OPTI- 
MISTS. 
By   Edg.ir  A,  Guest 
We  need  a  few   more  optimists, 
The  kind  that  double  up  tlieir  fiats 
And   set   their  jaws  determiued-like 
A  blow  at  infamy  to  strike. 
Not  smilinp  men.  wlio  drift  along 
.\nd  ecimpromise  witli  every  wrong; 
Not   grinning  optimists   who  cry 
Thai  rij:ht  was  never  horn  to  die, 
Hut  optimists  who'll  fight  to  give 
The  truth  an  honest  chance  to  live. 

We  need  a  few  more  optimists 
For  places  in  our  fighting  lists, 
The  kind  of  hopeful  men  who  make 
Heal  sacrifice  for  freedom's  sake; 
The  optimist,  with   purpose  strong, 
Who  stands  to  battle  ever.v  wrong, 
Takes  off  his  coat,  and  buckles  in 
The  better  joys  of  earth  to  win  I 
The  optimist  who  worries  lest 
The  vile  should  overthrow  the  best. 

We  iKM'd  a  few  more  optimists 

The   brave  of  heart  that  long  resists 

The  force  of  Hate  and  Greed  and   Lust 

.\Md   keeps  in  God  and  man  his  trust, 

lielievinji,  as  he  makes  his  fight. 

That  I'verythlng  will  end  all  right. 

Vet  til  rough  the  dreary  days  and  nights 

fnfalteringly  serves  and   fights. 

.\nd  helps  to  gain  the  joys  which  he 

Believes  are  some  day   sure  to  be. 

We  need  a  few  more  optimists 
Of  iron  hearts  and  sturdy  wrists. 
Not  optimists  who  smugly  smile 
And  preach  that  in  a  little  while 
The  clouds  will  fade  before  the  sun; 
Itut  cheerful  meu  who'll  bear  a  gun. 
And   lio[ieful   men,   of  courage  stout. 
Who'll   see  disaster  round   about 
And  yet  will  keep  their  faith,  and  flght. 
And  gain  the  victory  for  right. 

ROBERT  DYSART 

OBRTIFieD  PUBUC  ACCOUNTANT 

•impU  iii«tli*da  of  •orrevt  ••««aaUjis 

e«p«cUUlT     B^aptcd     tor    lorlits'     ■•«. 

•OOKS      BALANCBD      AND      ADJUSTS* 

<•  »TATK  67.      -      •      -      •      B08T0M 
TdavlMM    MbIb   M. 


;tis 


HORTICULTURE 


March  30,  1918 


n 


SEED  TRADE 


ameru:a>  seed  tkauk  vssociation 

ORlcvr* — rrr«lilpnt,  F.  \V.  linlflano, 
W«>hlnil<in.  DC:  riril  \  Ir-i-  I'rr^Ulrat, 
Mm.  It  Hiarlrlt.  Italtlmnrr.  SH.;  Kt-rvDd 
\  Irr-I'rraldrnl.  I>«>l<l  lltjr|M«,  I'hllMlcl- 
plilA.  r«.;  KrrrrtNry-Trr^jiurer,  O.  B. 
kendrl.   l'lr<rlaotl,  U. 


About  Beans. 
Navy  Beiak  Seed. 

Because  of  the  early  frost  of  1917 
and  the  weather  during  October  and 
November  which  was  not  good  for  dry- 
ing, a  large  portion  of  the  navy  bean 
crop  in  Michigan  and  New  York  con- 
tains an  excessive  amount  of  moisture. 
This  fact  has  been  fully  recognized  by 
elevator  and  warehouse  men  as  well 
ag  by  the  United  States  Food  Adminis- 
tration. 

While  It  is  known  that  considerable 
quantities  of  beans  matured  before  the 
frost,  it  is  not  known  what  percentage 
of  the  general  market  crop  was  suffi- 
ciently mature  to  withstand  the  subse- 
quent severe  weather,  and  consequent- 
ly it  is  impossible  at  this  time  to  say 
how  much  navy  bean  seed  of  satisfac- 
tory germination  will  be  available  for 
planting.  The  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture wishes  to  urge  every  seedsman, 
elevator  man  and  warehouseman  who 
Is  handling  beans  for  seed  purposes, 
whether  in  large  or  small  quantities, 
to  make  a  germination  test  of  his 
stock  at  once  and  sell  the  beans  ac- 
companied by  a  tag  showing  the  per- 
centage of  germination  upon  a  given 
date,  together  with  the  name  of  the 
State  where  the  beans  were  grown. 
The  Department  further  believes  that 
It  is  desirable  that  all  seedsmen,  ele- 
vator men,  and  warehousemen  urge 
the  farmers  with  whom  they  come  in 
contact  to  make  germination  tests  of 
any  navy  beans  that  they  are  holding 
for  seed. 

Seed  Velvet  Beans. 
Owing  to  the  higher  price  being  paid 
by  the  mills  for  beans  in  the  pod,  and 
the  Increased  cost  of  bags  and  labor, 
seed  beans  of  the  Alabama  and 
Georgia  varieties  (known  locally  as 
"  Early  Speckled,"  "  Hundred-day 
Speckled."  "Early  Ninety-day,"  etc.) 
are  selling  at  this  time  at  $1.65  to  $2.00 
per  bushel,  f.  o.  b.  shipping  point.  This 
is  40  cents  to  75  cents  per  bushel  high- 
er than  was  being  received  by  ship- 
pers at  a  corresponding  time  last  sea- 
son. The  Osceola  variety  is  selling  at 
$3.00  per  bushel  f.  o.  b.  shipping  point, 
which  is  about  the  same  as  last  sea- 
son's price  at  this  time.  Although 
there  is  an  increased  quantity  of  this 
variety  available  for  seed,  there  has 
been  a  corresponding  increase  in  de- 
mand which  has  served  to  stabilize 
prices.  Shipments  of  seed  velvet 
beans  up  to  this  time  are  about  the 
same  as  for  last  season  and  a  much 
heavier  movement  is  anticipated  dur- 
ing March  and  April  as  the  planting 
season  approaches. 

— Seed  Reporter. 


Seed  at  Fair  Prices. 
The  following  extracts  from  a  state- 
ment issued  last  week  jointly  by  the 
U.   S.   Department   of  .-^CTiculture  and 


the  Food  .AdmlnlHtration  hIiow  the  at- 
titude of  the  federal  government  in 
the  niutli-r  of  the  nation's  seed  slocks 
and  prevailing  prices. 

lliiiii  PitK  fx  FoMTKK  Use  of  Pook  Seed. 
"The  need  for  increased  crop  pro- 
duction Is  obvious  and  without  ade- 
quate distribution  of  seed  at  reason- 
able prices,  there  is  danger  that  acre- 
age will  be  lessened  and  that  seed  of 
poor  quality  will  frequently  be  used." 

Pbicks  Inckease  in  Some  Caseb  May 
Be  W  a  khan  ted. 
"The  supply  of  many  kinds  of  seeds 
Is  not  as  large  as  is  desirable  and  in 
view  of  this  fact  as  well  as  because  of 
the  increased  cost  of  conducting  busi- 
ness, some  increase  In  the  price  of  cer- 
tain seeds  may  be  warranted.  This, 
however,  does  not  Justify  anyone  in 
taking  selfisli  advantage  of  the  oppor- 
tunity to  the  detriment  of  the  coun- 
try." 

WiLF.  Deal  With  SrEccLATOBS. 
"Speculators  in  seed  stocks  Is  es- 
pecially to  be  deprecated  in  this  hour 
of  need  and  if  participated  In  l)y  deal- 
ers under  federal  license  for  the  con- 
duct of  their  business  will  be  dealt 
with  accordingly." 

Dealers  Now  Unde:b  License. 
"All  wholesale  seed  dealers  and 
those  retail  dealers  in  seeds  doing  an- 
nual business  of  $100,000  or  over,  who 
handle  peas,  beans,  cottonseed  and 
corn  are  now  operating  under  license 
from  the  Food  Administration." 

WiLi.  Investioate  Extortionate 
Prices. 
"Instances  have  been  cited  to  the 
Department  where  others  have  been 
taking  advantage  of  the  present  situa- 
tion by  charging  exorbitant  prices  for 
seed.  Upon  receipt  of  specific  infor- 
mation of  extortionate  prices  being 
charged  for  seeds,  such  cases  will  be 
investigated  and  recommendations 
made  for  such  action  as  the  conditions 
require." 

Commends  Those  Pi'ttinq  Patriotism 
Before  Price. 
"Several  State  seed  growers'  asso- 
ciations have  voluntarily  agreed  to 
handle  their  seed  with  due  regard  to 
the  public  welfare  by  charging  only  a 
reasonable  price  for  them,  although 
doubtless  the  demand  for  seeds  would 
permit  much  higher  prices.  Such  pa- 
triotic action  Is  to  be  commended." 

American  Seed  Trade  Association 
Co-operates. 

"The  War  Service  Committee  of  the 
American  Seed  Trade  Association  also 
has  passed  a  resolution  in  which  this 
committee  agrees  to  'co-operate  in  de- 
nouncing unreasonable  and  excessive 
profits  or  in  taking  other  necessary 
steps.'  " 

Farmers  Agree  to  $5.00  Seed  Corn. 

An  example  of  the  spirit  which  will 
go  far  toward  insuring  a  bountiful  har- 
vest is  the  action  of  the  Missouri  Corn 
Growers'  Association.  The  members 
unanimously  pledged  themselves  to 
test  every  ear  planted  for  the  1918  crop 
and  not  to  ask  more  than  $5.00  per 
bushel  for  selected  tested  seed  corn. 
Although  many  of  the  men  who  voted 
for  this  resolution  had  been  offered  as 
high  as  $10  per  bushel  for  tested  seed. 


they  declared  that  $5  a  bushi-l  shall  be 
considered  a  Just  and  equitable  price 
for  pure  bred  seed  corn  of  standard 
strains.  The  resolution  does  not  ap 
ply  to  specially  bred  varieties. 

Seed  Corn   Situation  IIeqardeu  with 
Alarm. 

At  the  same  time  the  seed  corn  sit- 
uation in  Oliio  looms  up  with  Increase 
Ing  gravity,  humlreds  of  reports 
reaching  the  Agricultural  College  Ex- 
tension Service  at  Colujubus  from  all 
parts  of  the  state  showing  that  corn 
of  the  1917  crop  Is  failing  to  germinate 
satisfactorily,  and  that  old  corn  is 
scarce.  An  average  of  the  4.500  tests 
conducted  by  the  pupils  and  school 
teachers  in  all  parts  of  the  state  shows 
that  but  31  per  cent  of  the  corn  will 
germinate.  Much  of  this  corn  even  is 
held  to  be  better  than  the  average,  as 
most  of  the  pupils  selected  the  very 
best  samples  obtainable  for  testing, 
rather  than  the  average. 


Curtailing  Imports. 
The  daily  papers  give  notice  of  the 
prohibition  issued  by  the  War  Trade 
Hoard  on  March  22d  against  some 
eighty-two  commodities,  among  them 
"All  plants,  trees,  shrubs,  vines."  This 
revokes  automatically  any  previously 
granted  license  and  presumably  the 
last  foreign  shipments  allowed  to  come 
In  will  be  those  that  left  previous  to 
.\pril  15th.  In  how  far  this  edict  may 
be  later  on  modified  is  hard  to  foresee. 
It  will  not  be  surprising  if  all  flower- 
ing bulbs  should  be  added  very  soon. 


Transportation. 
The  Director  General  has  issued  an 
order  No.  C.  C.  l.\  on  March  25th  ex- 
empting seeds  and  nursery  stock  un- 
der certain  conditions  from  embnr- 
goes  and  directing  that  no  embargoes 
shall  be  made  by  the  carriers  except 
and  until  expressly  authorized  by  the 


Horticultural    Books 

lor    Suh-    by 
IIORTICl  LTIUE    riKLISHING    CO. 

C'liryHanthenium    Munuul.      Elmer 

D  Smltli    90.50 

The     C  h  ry  Bant  hem  um.       Herrtufif- 

ton    JW 

Commercial      Carnation      Culture. 

Dirk    1.60 

Commerrlnl  Rose  Culture. 

UohiHS    1.50 

Violet  Culture.     Galloway 1.50 

<;r('eiilii>UHe  Cnuht  ruction.  Taft..  1.50 
^uc^-t  I'l'iis  u|>  to  Dftte.  Korr...  1.60 
I '1)1  lit      rropHRiitlnn,     (ireenhouHe 

anil    Niirnt-ry   I'nu'tice.      KaiDS..      1.50 

riiint    I'runinc.      Ka[n8 1.50 

Itook  of  (mrilcn  IMans.     Ilamblln.     2  00 

l.4in<Jhcape  I>eHif;n.     Iliihbard 6.00 

The   Art    of   Outtloor   KoHe   Grow- 

ing.     Tliomaa 4.00 

The      Home      Vegetable      Garden, 

Knihin    I.OO 

\  eeelable       Gardening'  R.       L. 

WattH     1.75 

I'urhonH   on   The   Rose 1.00 

J'rincIpU'N  of  I-loricnlture.      E.   A. 

WMt»'     1.75 

FoiinflatioHN    of    .American    Grape 

<  niturt'.      Munaon 2.00 

1'liint      .MnlcrialH     of      DeeoratiTe 

<)unleniiiK.      Trelease 1.00 

Ari)i*to<'ratH    of   the   Garden.      Wll- 

Hon    5.00 

Bailey 'h  Cyclopedia  of  Horticul- 
ture. 6  volumes 36.00 


March  30,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


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SANDERS 

ST.    ALBANS,    ENGLAND 


LARGEST  ORCHID  GROWERS  IN  THE  WORLD 


HYBRIDS  A  SPECIALTY 

Apply   for   IlluBtxatod    Catalogae  to 

MR.    WALTER    GOTT 

McAlpin  Hotel  -  -  New  York  City 


CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO. 

See  Clasaif  ied   Advertisement    


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Awartlvil    Certldcate   of    Merit    at    S.    A. 

F.  &  O.  n.  NVw   York  Conveutlun.     And 

100  otber  nntalile  kinds.    Always  aak  for 

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The  r«ONARD   &  |"J^|  WEST  GROVE 
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IVe  arf  subscrib  rs  to  the  A  urscrymtft  s  Fund 
for  Market  Development 


Specialists  in  Specimen  Stock  for 
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BEST  HAKDT  RHODODENDRONS, 
AZALEAS,  CONIFERS,  CLEMATIS, 
H.  P.  ROSES,  SHRUBS  AND  HER- 
BACEOUS  PLANTS. 


CYBOTIUM    SCHIEDEI 

6  and  7  Inch  pots,  4  to  5  ft.  spread,  X\   and  $5  each 

POT  GROWN  BOSTON  AND   ROOSEVELT  FERNS 

9  and  10  Inch  pots  $2  to  {4  each 

BIRDS'     NEST*     F'ERNS 

4  Inch  50  cents;   4%  Inch  75  cents;   6  Inch  Jl.OO.     A  few  specimen 


7  inch  at  $2.50  each 


A.  M.  DAVENPORT, 


P.  OUWERKERK, 


2IC  luni  Street.  Weibawkeii  Relilils 
P.  0.  Ho.  I.  Hoboken.  N.  I 


Utile  Ads.  That  Bring 
Big  Returns 


Unie  Ada.  In  onr  ClAaslfled  Bayers'  Dlre«- 
tory  brtnc  bic  r«tarna  to  both  ftdvertlser 
▲Dythlnv  wftnt«d  by  florlsta*  vardenera, 
park  and  <»«inet«ry  aaperlnteDdenta,  «t«., 
can  br  sold  thronsh  thla  modlam. 
DoBt  fall  to  read  over  these  Ada.  In  eaoh 
laaor  and  yoa  may  And  one  or  more  that 
will  prove  profitable  to  yon. 


GLADIOLI 

1st  size  2d  Size 

1000  1000 

America    S20.00  SIS.OO 

Ida    Van    60.00  40.00 

Independence    16.00  12.00 

Mrs.  Francis    King 18.00  14.00 

Mrs.  Frank    Pendleton.  60.00  S6.00 

Navajo    60.00  40.00 

Exhibition    Mixed 20.00  16.00 

Garden   Mixed    16.00  12.00 


CAN  N  AS 


Home  Grown 
Fresh  tot 

Doz.  100 

Beacon    *0.75         f«.00 

H  angaria    60  5.00 

KatF    F.   Deemer 60  J.OO 

Meteor    60  6.00 

Olympie    16  6.00 

Richard    Wallace 60  6.00 

Wintzer's   Colossal 60  6.00 


Well  craded,  elean,  healtiiy  stock 

BRECK-ROBINSON   NURSERY  COMPANY 

I  LEXINGTON,    MASSACHUSETTS 


183S  EMBARGO  ON  ALL  PLANTS 


1918 


TREES,  SHRUBS  and  VINES,  Issued  M:inb  22d,  beginning  with  April  ISth's 
foreign  sailings,  revokes  previous  licenses  :ind  makes  further  importing  Im- 
possible. SIuill  arrange  to  supply  the  trade  with  reliable  home-grown  stock 
when  apprised  of  wants. 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,    -    NEW  YORK 

51    Ilarclay    Street  —  Or  —  P.    O.    Box    752. 


IF  in  need  of  RELIABLE  NURSERY  STOCK 

that  is  well  grown,  well  dug  and  well  packed 
Send  to  the    BAY    STATE    NURSERIES 

WAo/e»a/e  and  Retail  NORTH    ABINGTON,  MASS. 


n  0  irn  c  u  L  t  u  it  e 


March  30,  1918 


Dlroclor  i;«'iuriil  Uii  Man  li  19.  1918. 
all  till-  RoKloniil  DIrtilors  were  dlrei-t- 
ed  to  Rive  uppi'lal  allt-nilon  to  the 
movoment  of  less  limn  nir-lol  ship- 
invnls  of  seeds  and  ruirsi-ry  stock. 


CATALOGUES   RECEIVED. 

Alex   Kiirbos  *ir   ici,  .Newiirk.  N.  J.— 
Market   Cardenors"   CatuloKue. 


Wayshle  Cardens  Co.  Mentor.  Ohio. 
Hard.v    riants  ami   lUilbs;    also   Oah- 
lla.s 

Harlan  1'.  Kelsey.  Sali'iii.  Mass.— 
List  of  Hardy  American  Plants.  Rho- 
dodendrons, .Azaleas  and  Specimen 
Evergreens. 

F.  &  F.  Nurseries,  Sprinj;tleld,  N.  J. 
— Trade  List  of  Nursery  Stock  for 
Spring.  1918.  Department  of  the 
American    Nursery    Co. 


Breck-Robinson  Nursery  Co..  l^x- 
iuKton.  Mass.— Wholesale  Price  List  of 
Trees.  Shrubs.  Herbaceous  Border 
Plants,  etc.,  season  of  1918. 


New  England  Nurseries  Co.,  Hed- 
ford,  .Mass.--1918  Price  List  of  "Hardy 
Trees,  Shrubs,  Vines  and  Plants  that 
Satisfy."  Close  printed,  pocket-width 
form  and  useful. 

Framingham  Nurseries.  Framing- 
ham.  Mass. — Trade  Price  List.  Spring. 
1918.  for  Nurserymen,  Dealers,  Flor- 
ists and  Landscape  Architects  Only. 
An  excellent  list  of  desirable  ornamen- 
tal deciduous  and  evergreen  shrubs 
and  trees  and  small  fruits. 


Stumpp  &  Walter  Co.,  New  York, 
N.  V. — Annual  Seed,  Bulb,  Plant  and 
Implement  Catalogue  for  1918;  140 
pages.  A  very  complete  and  finely  il- 
lustrated publication.  They  offer  a 
tempting  list  of  Specialties  in  Pedi- 
greed Vegetable  Seeds  which  the  dis- 
criminating buyer  will  find  interesting. 
A  group  of  beautiful  Scabiosas  in 
color  adorns  the  title  page. 

Elm  City  Nursery  Co..  Edgewood. 
New  Haven.  Conn. — Prico  List  of 
Choice  Trees.  Shrubs.  Rosp.s.  Etc.  This 
establishment  is  preparing  to  move 
its  business  to  new  nurseries  at  Wood- 
mont  and  in  the  meantime  is  offering 
stock  at  Edgewood  at  special  reduced 
rates.  The  list  now  published  has. 
therefore,  a  particular  interest.  The 
system  of  giving  the  correct  botanical 
name  in  connection  with  plants  listed 
as  here  followed  is  very  commendable. 


Vilmorin-Andrieux  &  Co..  Paris. 
France. —  General  Catalogue  for  1918 
Messrs.  Vilmorin  apoligize  to  their 
American  friends  for  the  paper  and 
make-up  of  this  edition  but  call  atten- 
tion to  the  present  and  increasing 
scarcity  of  paper  there  and  for  this 
reason  they  have  requested  their  cus- 
tomers to  keep  this  season's  copy  for 
eventual  use  next  season  in  case  they 
should  not  be  able  to  procure  paper 
for  a  1919  edition.  They  also  state  the 
great  difficulty  experienced  in  having 
seeds  grown,  the  decreasing  number 
of  growers  who  are  able  or  willing  to 
do  so  and  the  unavoidable  scarcity  and 


Flower  Seeds,  Cannas,  American 
Grown  Gladioli,  Etc. 

WHOLESALE     CATALOG     NOW     READY 

Hrthur  C.  jI3o^^inl3ton  Co.,  line. 


128  CHAMBERS  ST.,  NEW  YORK  CITY 


ms^mi^mmMwm^ 


Send  for  our  \Vholeffal« 
FlorlHt  CataJogue  Now 
Keadj. 


Lily  of  the  Valley   Pips 

FOR, EARLY  FLOWERING 

ICverv  llorlHt  Hhould  liave  n  few  of  tlH'Hc  dainty  IlowerH 
"for   tlii'lr   i::iHi<-r   truilc:     100.  »:t.00i   1000,  r^a.OO. 

^  E  o  or>j  I  .4V  s 

l)oulile-Flo«erliiii~.Siilim>ii.  Duip  K118C,  Scarlet,  Crlm- 
»ou.  White,  Vellow.  Orange,  Cupper- UroDze.  Mixed: 
101).  »r,.:,u;   iiHHi,  yno.oo. 

81nKlr-Flowerinir  DelU-nto  Pink.  Deep  Rofle.  Scarlet. 
Crimson.    \\'lilto.    Vellow,    Orange.    S.-ilmoD.      Mixed; 

KHI.    SI  :.'>:     IIMMI.   )(I.->.IN). 

FOTTLER,  FISKE.  RAWSON  CO. 

The   SmI    Storp  1'^   and    13    Funrull    Hall    Kq..    BotloD 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,    Rayne* 

Park,  London,  Elngland.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc.,  c.»«K.Bidf..Bo'.tr..  m>u. 


higher  price.s  of  this  .season  with  pros- 
pects of  still  further  advances.  We 
shall  all  hope  that  the  teriftic  struggle 
now  going  on  in  France  may  be  hap- 
pily ended  and  normal  conditions  be 
restored  before  catalogue  making  for 
1919  is  in  order. 


INSECT   POWDER   FROM  JAPAN. 

Insect  powder  which  is  shipped  from 
.Japan  is  r>iade  from  ground  pyrethrum 
flowers,  usually  exported  under  that 
name  or  as  "pyrethrum  insect  powd- 
er." As  the  seeds  from  which  the 
plants  were  originally  grown  came 
from  Dalmatia,  it  is  probable  that  this 
powder  is.  sometimes  sold  In  the 
United  States  under  the  name  of  "Dal- 
matian powder."  but  neither  the  name 
"Dalmatian  pov/der"  nor  that  of  "Per- 
sian insect  powder"  is  ever  used  in 
.Japan  in  connection  with  ground 
pyrethrum  flowers  which  are  produced 
within  Ilia  country.  On  account  of  the 
difficulties  of  the  language  and  the 
fact  that  some  firms  do  not  have  the 
facilities  for  conducting  an  export 
business,  insect  powder  heretofore  has 
been  shipped  entirely  ')y  comniissio;) 
houses  in  Kob6  and  Osaka. 

The  i<yrethrum-flower  crop  in  1917 
has  been  estimated  at  more  than  4.000 
tons,  an  increase  of  100  per  cent,  over 
the  crop  cf  1916.  In  spite  of  the  large 
crop,  however,  the  prices  of  both  the 
flowers  and  the  powder  have  remained 


rather  high,  as  the  producers  have 
been  holding  on  to  their  supplies  in 
the  hope  of  a  large  demand  from 
America  and  Europe.  The  ruling 
prices  since  September  have  been: 
Flowers.  ?25  per  loo  kin  (133  pounds) ; 
powder,  X27.50  |)er  HHJ  pounds.  While 
these  are  market  prices,  some  flower 
srowers  and  powder  manufacturers 
recently  have  been  forced  to  sell  at 
considerably  lower  prices  in  order  to 
obtain  funds  with  which  to  meet  their 
obligations.  Consequently  deals  have 
been  made  lately  at  $17  per  100  kin  for 
flowers  and  $19.50  per  100  |>ounds  for 
powder.  In  view  of  the  great  increase 
in  the  supply  and  the  comparatively 
lax  demand  from  abroad,  the  powder 
buyers  have  been  waiting  for  still 
better  terms,  expecting  the  price  to 
fall  to  $18.50  or  $19  per  100  pounds 
in  the  near  future.  These  prices  rep- 
resent !he  first  cost  only  and  do  not 
include  ccmmissions  or  other  charges. 
Lists  cf  manufacturers  of  insect 
powder  and  of  exporters  of  that 
product  in  Japan  may  be  obtained 
from  the  Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Do- 
mestic Commerce,  its  district  or  co- 
operative offices.  Refer  to  file  No. 
96674. 


A  recent  letter  from  Paris  states 
that  the  son  of  Mr.  Kugene  Schaeftel 
of  Vilmorin-Andrieux  &  Cie..  who  was 
first  to  go  to  the  army  in  Salonica 
writes  that  he  may  have  to  go  to  Ar- 
menia as  cadet  in  an  Armenian  battal- 
ion. Mr.  Schaettel's  son-in-law.  Capt. 
Nassoy  is  at  the  Officers'  School  at 
St.  Cyr.  pending  complete  recovery 
from  his  wounds. 


March  30,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


321 


MICHELL'S    SPECIALS 

Force   them    for    Decoration    Day 

DIELVTKA      SI'ECTABILIIS      (Bleedini; 

Heart).  Always  a  quirk  seller  at  lii-- 
piicfs.  Fine  clumps,  »1.5U  per  I'i; 
per  IW),  $10.00. 
SPIRAK.A  PRINCESS  MART  (New  I. 
The  liufst  of  all — Pure  pink — Quickly 
forceil.  Larfte  clumps,  1JS2.75  per  13; 
per  lUO,  $15.00. 
I-ILIl'M   .-VlRATrM.      Extra    Fine. 

I'er  IL'         Per  100      Per  lIKlii 

8x    U    Sl.-IO  $-.30  $6-.5(l 

0x11    1.60  ll.,50  105.00 

I.ILIl'.U   .ALBIM    (Praeeox) 

Sx    !(    1.30  lO.IHI  92.30 

il  X  11    2.00  14.00  135.l«i 

LILIV.M   RIBRIM  or  RO.SKl'.M 

Sx    y    1..S0  7.75  72.30 

9x11    1.73  10.00  107  30 

Send  for  Wholesale  I*rice  List 
oflTerinff  everytliing  required  by 
the   proKres.^i\e  florist. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Market  St.  PH  II  ADEI  PHI  A 


Choice   Flower  Seeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

CINEBAKIA — Prize     ■tralni,     mixed 

Tall  and   (Semi-dwarf. 

ALySSl'M— Little     Uem. 

CALENDUI.A — Orange  Kins,   Lemon 

Queen, 

BNAPDRAOON— Sliver     Pink. 

BEGONLA^Vernon. 

DELPHINtTM     NEWPORT     R08B:— 

Finest    Pink    Larkspur   at    80c    per 

oi.,  »2.25   per   Vi   lb. 

J.M.THORBURN&CO. 

Established    1802. 
53  Barclay  Street,     NEW  YORK 


Paper    White    Narcissus 
Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Wrife  u»  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    CO. 

170  W.  Wabaah  Aye.  CHICAGO,  LLL. 


10«  Weet  tSth  St.,  NEW   TOBK 
CHOICE   FLORI8TS-   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Aaparagae  Plamotne  Nanus — 1000  seeds 
n.SO:  &000  Seeds,  (16.00.  ' 

Asparaxn*  Hprenteri — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00. 

Salvia  Bonfire— 14  om.,  60c.  j  1  o«.,  n.OO. 

Salvia  Zurlcb — %  01.,  76e.:  1  o«.,  »4.00. 

Stooks  Beauty  of  Nlee,  75%  Double  riowers 
— Hhell  Pink,  Brlgbt  Pink.  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  »1.00;   Vi  o».,  »2.00;   I  «.,  (6.00. 

Snapdragon,  Petunia*,  Verbenas,  etc. 
SEND    FOB    CATALOGUE. 


Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 


BLUE    LIST    OF    WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED  ONLY  TO  THOSE  WHO  PLANT 

FOB    PROFIT 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (300  per  case) .?00.00  per  thousand 

8/10  (2V!5  per  case) 80.00     " 

9/10  (200  per  case) 100.00     "  " 

Complete  List  of  Florists'  (  tiolee  Seeds. 

A  postal  card   will  bring  our  eatalogue. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

1004  Lincoln  Bide,     PHIL.ADBLFBIA,  PA. 


\A/ 


BEIFR    A     DON 


Choice  Seeds  for  Florists  for  Present  Sowing 


MIGNONETTE 
**W.    A    D.'s    Aldon"    far   outclaflsea   any 
other  strain   for  marketing.     Tr.  pkt., 
50c. ;   %   oz..  $1.00;  oz.,  $6.00. 

anthirrhini;m 

W.  &  D.'b  Imp.  Giant-FlowerluE.  Pure 
White,  Pink.  Fairy  Queen,  Coral  Red, 
Rose,  Scarlet,  Striped  Venus,  and 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c. ;  oz.,  75c. 

Nelruse.      Pkt.,  25c. 


ALTSSCM 
Little   Gem.     Tr.  pkt.,  10c. ;  oa.,  80c. 
Odoratum.     Tr.   pkt.,  10c.;  01.,  ISc. 

SALVIA 

Splendens.     Tr.  pkt.,  20c.;  o«.,  $1.26. 
Bonfire.     Tr.   pkt,  26c.;   01.,  $2.60. 

VERBENA 

Mammoth.     Scarlet,  Pink,  Purple,  White 
Yellow.     Tr.  pkt.,  25c.;  or.,  $1.00. 


WEEBER  &  DON,    114  Chambers  St.,    NEW  YORK 


30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


NEW  YORK 


i-e:oimafrd'3    see 

and     SEED     SERVIOE 

FOR    SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  III. 


JACK    FROST 


For  Cold  Frames 

l-2Doz.$16;IDoz.$30 

WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chanrinrs  StrMt,  Haw  Yirk 


THOMAS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS,     BULBS     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL. 
Beseleoted  Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved  styles  In  ImpleaaeBta. 

Catalogue   upon  appUeatlaa. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
^O^TOIM,  l\/IA.SS. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

Fol      Immediate     or     future      delivery 
prices    qnoted    on    application, 

JOSEPH   BRECK   &   SONS'  CORP 

47-64   Nortb   Market   St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


KELWAY  &  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    for    Special    Prices,    Spot   or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  En*. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 

te«  W.  23rd   St.,     NEW  YORK 


J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Seed  Diilribu- 
tors  for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Market  Gardeners  and   Florists 
Pratt  and  Lighl^Sts.,   BALTIMORE,  MD. 

GARDEN  SEED 

PEET.  CARROT,  PARSNIP,  RADISH  and 
GARDEN  PEA  SEED  In  variety;  also  other 
Items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  past  season, 
as  well  as  s  full  line  of  Garden  Seeds,  will 
be  quoted   you  upon   application  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Dey  St..  NEW  YORK  and  ORANG£,  CONN. 


332 


ALEX.    McCONNELL 

611  FIFTH  AVENUK 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Trircrapbic  ordfri  forw»rdi><l  to  B117 
r*n  of  Ihr  I  nlUd  Htmtr*.  CanxlK.  kad 
mil  prtarlpal  clltp*  of  Karop*.  t)rd#r» 
tomnifrrrrd  ur  Inlruitrd  b;  Ibfi  Irsd*  to 
•■r  •(•IrclloD  for  d<»M%erj  on  atMunftblp* 
•r   rlmfmhrrr   r^^r*!**   •pp«l»l  »tt«Btl*B. 

Cut  ct  CitHiHt    Ffriiiyi  I^rlirtritt 
Mutt  tr  freftid 

K^torenor    or    c»«b    must   Mwomptuir    ^1 
•rdrr*     from     onkDowD     corr»ip»»d»nt». 

C«bl.    Addr».».    AUKXCONNKU. 


"The  Telegraph  Florist" 

Member  o(    Florliu'  TeUjriph  Dellt»ry 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


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KANSAS  CITY 

Trantf^T  your  Order*  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 

Member  FIorlit»'  Telerrwph  D»II»«»T 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Delivttr  orderi  trom  any  part  ol  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

1139-2141  Broadway,  New  York 


KOHMILLER,   Florist 

426  M«di»on  Ave.  and  49lh  St.,  New 

York.      Al»o  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Trlrphone.    Murray     Htll    783 

Ont-of-town     Order*     Soltclted.       Location 

Centml.      Personal   Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  A»bo. 


ADAM  SERENGER 

FLORIST 

SZNEWBURY^^      BANGOR,  ME. 

Wc  Cooer  all  Points  in  Maine 


HORTICULTURE 

Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


March  30,  1918 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING   FLORISTS 

38  Dorrance  Street 

Member   Florlete'    Telecraph    DallTarr 


NEW    FLOWER    STORES 

Cleveland,   O.     Albert   R.   WUhelray, 
L'ao,-)  (.'lark  Ave. 


Milwaukee.    Wis.— Mrs.   K.   F.    Kuin- 
iiuT,   i:;04  Ci'iiler  St. 


NEW  CORPORATIONS. 

Danbury,  Conn. — A  certificate  ol  in 
corporation  of  the  Cornell  Flower 
Company,  of  Danbury,  has  been  filed 
in  the  oHlce  of  the  secretary  of  state 
at  Hartford.  The  capital  stock  is  $10,- 
000,  of  which  $1,000  has  been  Issued. 
The  incorporators  are  .Joseph  E.  Cor- 
nell, William  F.  Barnett  and  Henry  G. 
Cornell. 


BUSINESS  TROUBLES. 
William  J.  Dooguo,  who  conducted  a 
florist's  store  at  Asylum  and  Ann 
streets,  Hartford,  Conn.,  has  filed  a  pe- 
tition in  bankruptcy  in  the  United 
States  district  court  showing  liabili- 
ties of  $14,672.25,  and  assets  of 
$2,642.94.  The  largest  claims  against 
the  bankrupt  are  J.  H.  ClarKin, 
$3,339.64;  and  A.  D.  Doogue.  $5,000. 
The  assets  listed  are  cash,  $1,847.94; 
notes,  etc.,  $320;  stock  in  trade,  $125; 
auto,  $300;  claim  against  express  com- 
pany, $50. 


There  has  been  talk  of  eliminating 
non-essential  industries  for  some  time, 
but  this  has  caused  such  a  protest 
that  it  has  been  abandoned.  It  is  now 
proposed  to  regulate  raw  materials  so 
that  non-essential  industries  will  re- 
ceive only  enough  to  keep  them  going. 
This  is  also  considered  dangerous 
since  the  belief  prevails  that  no  indus- 
try is  non-essential,  at  least  to  the 
prosperity  of  the  country,  and  our  war 
success  is  dependent  upon  the  main- 
tenance of  our  prosperity. 

— American  Industry  in  War  Time. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  Toor  eerrlce  to  dellrer  Flower* 
or  De«l«n»  on  Order  by  Tele- 
(raph  or  otherwlee.  Prompt 
Sellable  Berrlce. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connertlcat  Ave.  and   I>  St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Batabllahad  IK* 

r>  A.  i^  D 

nX>BIST 

It  E.  Cor.  44  St.  A  Madiwn  ATcnae,  N.  T.  dkj 

(  Member  Rorisn'  Tele»r«ph  Delivery  Alio.  ) 
Floweri  shipped  on  ^11  Sieuners  Sp«ci»l  CorremDnd- 
cnce  in  'll  ihe  l»rje  cities  of  Europe  Mid  *«  Bnnih 
Colcrue-  Tekar«>h  »™l  C»We  address  Dirdlflor. 
We  (bonld  all  etrletly  adhere  to  the  re- 
qneet  of  the  Colted  State*  Food  Admlnl*- 
tratleo. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
^— SONS— = 


Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Atm. 
DETROIT,  MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
Higli  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

We  e«««r   all    Mlehlima    yelaU  aad   >••« 

•••tloa*    of    Ohio,    iadlaaa    aad    C«aa<« 

M««b«r*     Florlete'     Tele(rapb     DoUearr 

Aeeoeiallea. 


Gru£  uBos  CO 

11U.I    ftTI«* 
W*»nD<tTOIl  IK 


GUDE    BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Member  Florins  Teletraph   Debrery 


Order*  far  NBW   TOKK. 
Write  er  Phoae  to 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fiftli  Ave. 

B**«    riorlet*    Id    the    State*    aa 
Bofereneea. 

BDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXBCDTBD 

Members   of   the    Florleta' 
Telerrapb   DellTery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 
A.L.BAIMY,    N.    Y 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICINITY 

Membetl  Florists'  Telegrsph  Deli»ery 


G.E.M.STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Htnber  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Assi. 

YOUNGXNUGOit 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Mbntbera    Florut*'    Telegraph    DMftjt 

/rTTBUNYARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madi*on  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Also  Newport,  R.   I. 

I    orABAJTTBB   ■ATIgBAOTIOB 


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HORTICULTURE 


323 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member    Florist*'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Aa*ociation 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delivery 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 


iri^. 


MEW  YORK ''' '"''  ""'■ 


Vanderbllt  Hotel 


anOTflll   1  '**''><  street 
DUO  I  UH  799  Boylston  Street 

lilhirtis  ti  StMwrs  mi  ill  Eutin  PoliU 


Order*    Filled    Dax    ar    NIsht   (m 

CI-EVEl-AND 

and  State  of  Ohio 

OMnplete  Stock.      Re(nlar  dlicoant  t*  Trad*. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

UM   W.   S6th   St.,  aeTClaad,  O. 
Member*   Florist*'  Telegrapb  DellTerr  A**'>. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  GO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Memhers  of  F.  T.  D,  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
2S  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

Rach**tar  Phone  jo6.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  uts. 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

AlfDBRSON    serrtcs    mean*    fresh,    *tardy' 
Stock  and   prompt  dellverle*  In   BDFFAlrO, 
LOCKFOBT,       NIAGARA       FAJ^8       aad 
WB8TBRN    NEW    YORK 
Meoibers    of    FlorUts'    Telesraph    DeilTsry, 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 
THOMAS  ROLAND.      Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARRT   I.    RANDALL,   Proprietor. 

Ifemfter   Florists'   Telegraph  Deliver!/- 


TWO   OF   UNCLE   SAM'S   BOYS. 

Here  we  have  two  young  men, 
brothers,  sons  of  Edward  Kirk,  land- 
scape gardener  and  florist,  ot  Bar 
Harbor,  Me.,  both  in  the  service  of 
Uncle  Sam.     The  one  on  the  right  of 


the  picture  is  a  first-class  quarter- 
master in  the  Naval  Reserve.  The 
other  one  Is  lieutenant  in  the  Regular 
Army  and  is  now  in  France  "doing  his 
bit."  These  two  boys  left  college  to 
serve  their  country. 


The  annual  Flower  Show  of  the 
Town  Improvement  Association  was 
held  at  the  greenhouses  ot  Julius 
Roehrs  Co.  at  Rutherford,  on  Sunday, 
March  24.  The  proceeds  were  for  the 
benefit  ot  the  Rutherford  Hospital 
fund. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 

FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWNONHUDSON,    -   N.Y. 

H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to    all    points    In    New    England. 
125,000  Square  Feet  of  Glass. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph  Delivery 
AsBocIatioD. 

YALE!    YALE! 

And   All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 
FLOWER   AND  PLANT  DELIVERIES 

■   Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapel  St  ,  New  Haven,  Con 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Mimiir  Florists   Teltgraph  {Delivery   Aneciatian 
NOTICE  INITIALS.     We  have  one  store  ontf 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEflELANl 

Euclid  Avenue 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or   telecraph    nrdsr   fa* 
any  occasion.  In  any  part  of  the  OemlalOB. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

S-IO  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TOBOMTO,  OKT. 


AI.BANT,  N.  T. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DBLdVEREI)   IN   ALHANV  AMI  VICINITV 
ON    TRLRORAPHIC    ORDRR 

106  STATE  STREET.         ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largest  cut  fluner  store  In  Amerloft. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  given  prompt  Mi- 
centlon 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MImN. 


^«  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists'    Telesraph    Delivery. 

DENVER.  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 

HOU&T ON,  TEXAS 


The  Florist        Member  F.  T.  B.  Asa* 


HORTICULTURE 


March  30.  1918 


Ready  for  Delivery  Durinji  April 

A   larjje  Quantity  of 

Beauty  and  Shawyer 
ROSE  PLANTS 

If  interested  let  us  quote 
you  prices 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Street* 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

URST 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21    RMfte.d  St,    Phil.aflpki».    P». 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
tsi  all  Siasooabli  Vanities  of  Cut  Flowars 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

5  S3.  Male  St.,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

Ptaaa,  B«aU*B  BMiMmltare  wbeo   wrltloc 

MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT.  MIGH. 


The  Houte  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

l^-We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA^^ 


MARTIN  REUKAUF 

Everything  the  Best  in  Florists'  Supplies 

433  Callowhill  Street,  Philadelphia 


IF  You    'Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Order*    H'if^    V» 

IHErsiF^Y     IVI.     F90BIIMS0IM     &     CO. 

2    Winthrop   Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON.  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


Roaaa 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "         FaDcy  and  Extra. 

No.  I  and  culls. 


35.00 

as. 00 

8.00 

Russell,  Eulcr,  Mock 4  oo 

H  adiey 4  oo 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 4-oo 

Ward 4  -oo 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 4.00 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HillingdoD ...  4.00 

Carnation* 3  00 

Cattleya* »5-<» 

Dendrobium  formosum • ■ 

Lilies.  Longiflorum 12.00 

Lilies,  Speciosum    6.00 

Callas »o.oo 

Lily  oi  the  Valley 500 

Snapdragon 8.00 

Violets 75 

Freesia      i.oo 

Narcis.  Paper  White 1.00 

Roman  Hyacinths i  .00 

Daffodils 1.00 

Tulips. 2.00 

Calendula 1. 00 

Minnonette 3.00 

Sweet   Peas i.oo 

Marsuerites a  00 

Gardesias   15.00 

Adiantum i  .00 

Smilax ao.oo 

^paraffos  Plumosos.  Sl  Spren.  (100  Bchs.) 35.00 


TRADE  PRICES -Per  100 
TO  DEALER3  ONLY 

PHILA. 

March  25 

to     60.0a 


BOSTON 

March  36 


ST.  LOUIS      I 

March  S5         | 


60.00 
30.00 
12.00 
12.00 
15.00 
16.00 
16.0c 

19. 00 
16.00 

6.00 
50.00 
50.00 
30.00 

8.00 
35.00 

8.00 
It.OO 

<-75 
a. CO 
3.00 
2.00 
3.00 
4.00 

3. 00 

4.00 

3.00 

3. CO 

25.00 

1.95 

35.00 

50.00 


40  00 

10 

50.00 

1 

15.00 

to 

90.t0 

3.00 

10 

6.00 

5.00 

CO 

15.00 

5.00 

10 

lo.co 

a. 00 

10 

4.00 

a. 00 

to 

5.00 

2.00 

to 

4.00 

3.00 

to 

10.00 

I.oo 

to 
to 
10 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 

a. 00 
50.00 

la.50 

10.00 
6.00 

4.00 
•30 

a. 00 

to 
to 

3.00 
3.00 

t.co 

to 

9.00 

I.oo 

to 

3.00 

3.00 

to 

5.00 

I.oo 

to 

to 

a. 00 

.90 

to 
to 

to 
to 

■  75 

.75 

I.O* 

ia.50 

to 

15.00 

90.00 

to 

35.50 

50.00 

35.00 

10.00 

1.00 

6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 

8.00 

3  00 
75.00 

la.oo 
5.00 


40.00 
ao.oo 
35.c« 
to  ta.oe 
to  ia.oo 
to  1  a.oo 
to  is.oo 
to  15.00 
to  5-00 
to   ico.oo 

to 

to     1500 

to      10.00 

15.00     to     ao.oo 

6.00 

to 


to 


6.00 

.50 

a.oo 
9.00 
3. 00 
3.00 
8.00 
1.00 
2.00 
I.oo 

I. CO 

ao.oo 


10. CO 

I  00 

3.00 
3.oa 
3.00 
4.00 
5.00 
a.oe 
3-0* 
3  00 
1.50 
30.0a 

l.CO 

95.00 
50.00 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 

\AAHolosalo   F-lorls-fcs 

568-570  WASHINGTON  STREET     -      BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.A.BCOLONG 


ROSES,  VAU.EY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  Of 


GUT  FLOWERS 


March  30,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


325 


Flower  Market  Reports 

As  we  close  our  forms  for 

BOSTON  this  week's  issue  tlie 
wholesale  flower  market 
is  in  a  very  healthy  condition  with  all 
Indicating  a  successful  Easter  trade, 
with  good  but  not  too  much  inflated 
prices  and  no  embarrassing  overstock 
in  sight.  The  shipping  trade  is  excep- 
tionally good  with  the  wholesalers,  the 
only  snag  thus  far  being  a  shortage  of 
lilies.  This  has  put  the  market  value 
of  lilies  up  to  a  higher  mark  than  for 
a  number  of  years  back.  The  retail 
stores  are  giving  their  main  attention 
to  tlie  plant  trade  but  have  placed  cut 
flower  orders  quite  liberally  for  Satur- 
day and  Sunday.  The  great  banks  of 
azaleas  that  have  been  so  conspicuous 
in  former  years  are,  of  course,  miss- 
ing, but  there  is  plenty  of  color  in  the 
masses  of  hydrangeas,  rambler  roses, 
primulas,  genistas,  forced  bulbs,  etc., 
whicl!  the  growers  have  been  able  to 
bring  to  perfection  despite  the  winter 
fuel  exigencies.  Altogether  the  situa- 
tion three  days  before  the  great  floral 
festival  seems  to  fully  justify  the  op- 
timistic feeling  which  dominates  the 
market. 

As  Lent  nears   its  close 

CH4CAGO  there  is  no  cessation  to 
the  steady,  if  not  large, 
demand  for  flowers  and  blooming 
plants.  Even  with  the  greatest  of  the 
florists'  special  days  just  ahead,  the 
past  week  has  been  a  busy  one,  when 
usually  that  titne  is  a  particularly 
quiet  one.  Stock  continues  all  that 
could  be  desired,  with  roses  a  little 
more  plentiful,  practically  all  the 
varieties  being  better  than  at  any  other 
time  since  the  holidays.  Carnations 
still  are  in  excess  of  demand  to  an  ex- 
tent that  makes  the  price  moderate. 
Shipping  for  Easter  is  now  on  and 
Easter  prices  went  into  effect  on  Mon- 
day, Mar.  25th.  Books  show  a  good 
number  of  out-of-town  orders  and  so 
far  all  indications  are  for  a  good  East- 
er business. 

Market  conditions,  at 

NEW  YORK  time  of  writing  these 
notes,  are  of  interest 
only  as  a  matter  of  "prospect,"  but  by 
the  time  this  reaches  the  eye  of  our 
readers  the  prospects  will  have  lost  all 
their  value  as  such  and  we  shall  all 
know  the  outcome  of  the  Easter  busi- 
ness when  we  confidently  expect  the 
verdict  to  be,  as  now  appears  likely, 
that  stock  of  all  kinds  was  in  sufficient 
abundance  for  all  needs  except  in  the 
case  ol  Easter  lilies  which  seem  to  be 
in  scanty  supply  in  almost  every  part 
of  the  country.  Prices  are  up  to 
twenty  cents  at  present  and  this  takes 
the  market  value  of  callas  along  with 
it  in  a  substantial  advance.  Trade  has 
been  generally  qiiiet  Imt  the  accumu- 
lation of  unsold  material  has  not  been 
so  excessive  as  to  demoralize  the  mar- 
ket seriously.  The  Easter  plant  trade 
has  been  very  lively,  the  growers  be- 
ing wei;  cleaned  up  on  all  stock  of  de- 
sirable quality.  Mayflowers  are  being 
received  in  quantity  from  southern 
points. 

The    tone   of    the 

PHILADELPHIA      market  at  end  of 

last    week    was 

distinctly  cheering — just  as  it  was  the 


BEAUTIES 

Are  now  much  more  plenti- 
ful, and  of  -vvonderful  qual- 
ity, in  all  lengths,  at 


Specials 

$40.00 

Fancy 

30.00 

Extra 

20.00 

Firsts 

15.00 

Seconds 

10.00 

EVERYTHING    IN    PLANTS,    CUT 
FLOWERS,    GREENS,    RIB- 
BONS  AND   SUPPLIES. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


The  ^t?i??.l!rof  Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1  1  7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1608-1620  Ludlow  St.  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  Sts. 

WASHINGTON.  1 2  1 6  H.  SL,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


Rosea 

Am.  Beauty ,  Special 

**  "         Fancy  and  Extra 

"  "         No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadlcy 

Arcnbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarncy,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HiUingdon 

Camatioiu 

Cattleyaa 

Dendrobium  fonnotum 

Lilies.  LonKifloruni 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Callas-' 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdragon 

Violets 

Freesia  

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daffodils    - 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Mignonette 

Swe^tPeaa 

V  arguerites 

C*rdeniaa 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

\sparaffus Plu.  A  Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

March  25 


TRADE  PRICES  -  Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONt> 

I      CHICAGO      I      BUFFALO      |    PITTSBURG 

1  March  2  5        |  March  25        |         March    25 


50.00 

35.00 

10.00 

8.00 

8.00 

6.00 

4.00 

4.00 

5.00 

4. CO 

60.00 


60.00 
40.00 
35.00 
15-00 
15,00 

13. 00 
10.00 
10.00 

6.00 


12. CO 

6.00 
4.00 
1.00 


2.00 
300 

3  00 

3.00 
4.00 

I. GO 


to 

to     75.00 

to 

to     15.00 

to 

13.00 

7.00 

10.00 

1.50 

3.00 
3.00 

3.00 

4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
6.00 

2, CO 

1. 00 


15.00 
J5.00 


to 
to 
to 


1,00 
20.00 
50.00 


75.00 

50.00 

35.00 
6.00 

5.00 
5.00 

5.00 

5.00 

3. 00 
50.00 


90.00 
75.00 

35-00 
25.00 

20.0c 

30.00 
20.00 
20.00 
5.00 
75.00 


6.00     to     15.00 


10.00 

5.00 

10.00 

2. 00 

2.00 
2.00 
3.00 

2.00 
4.00 

■75 
1. 00 

15,00 

1. 00 

15.00 

25.00 


to 


13. 00 
8.00 

i5.ro 

■75 
3.00 

3. CO 
4.00 
6.  o 
3.00 

12.00 
1.50 
3.00 

25.00 
1.35 

30.00 

50.00 


40.00 
25.00 
3.00 
4.00 
5.00 
5.00 
3.00 
4  00 
5.00 
2.  "> 
6c. 00 

10.00 
4.00 

10. lo 
6  00 
4.00 
.60 
3. CO 
2. 00 
3.00 
3.00 
3  00 
2.00 
3.00 

■75 

T  .00 

25. CO 
1. 00 

t5.(X> 
35.00 


to  5°-<^ 

to  35  c» 

to  10. ex: 

to  15-00 

to  I3.CO 

to  15-00 

to  6.00 

to  8.00 

to  15 .00 

to  5.CX} 

to  73.00 

to 

to  15.00 

to  b.OO 

to  1^.00 

to  8.00 

to  8.00 

to  .75 

to  3.00 

to  3. CO 

to  3. CO 

to  3. CO 

to  300 

to  3.00 

to  6.(0 

to  a.co 

to  I. CO 

to  35  00 


30.CO 
6.00 


50.00 
40.00 
35.00 


.  to 
to 


15.00 


8.00       to       1 3.1 


to 
to 

■  to 


..  to 
..  to 


iS.os 
15.00 

6.00 

75.00 

15.00 


....  to 
....  to 
.75    W> 


3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
4  00 

2.00 

5-  o 
1. 00 

3.00 


20.00    to 

50.00    »o 


1.00 
4. CO 
3.00 

5.00 

4.C0 
5.00 
3.00 
6.00 
3.50 

4.00 

t.co 
20.00 
50.00 


week  before — and  if  the  good  weather 
keeps  up  as  the  prophets  say  it  will 
during  Easter  week,  there  will  be  a 
very  p,ood  tale  to  tell  for  the  opening 
of  Spring.  1918.  The  plant  men  are 
well  told  up  a  week  ahead,  and  the 
cut  flower  men  are  in  shorter  crop 
than  over  before  so  that  the  situation 
all  along  the  line  is  in  a  very  healthy 
condition,  and  while  prices  are  not  as 
high  as  tlie  growers  would  like  neither 


are  they  so  disastrous  as  they  might 
he  if  bad  weather  conditions  should 
prevail. 

If  present  prospects 
PITTSBURGH     materialize      Easter 

business  will  be 
quite  up  to  the  mark,  which  means 
practically  everything,  especially  for 
those  depending  on  the  fashionable 
clientele   for  their  financial  returns. 

'Cotttifined  on  page  327 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.  PHILADEt.PHIA,  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New    Show    Room*    Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE  OV  AMERICA 


326 


HORTICULTURE 


March  30.  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholesale     L.ommi»«ion    FIori»l 
Choice  Cut  Flower* 

■  «w  Atf^rMi.  I«l  Wmi  laih  K(..    NEW  VURK 

— WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  21th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

Tf  li-pholi.-    .Via"..     Kn  rrnitilt. 

Cell  lod  Inaprct  the  Brit  KstnbllibmeDl 

In    thr   Wholpniilr   Flower    Olntrlct. 


1*.    J.     J^JVXITH 

WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST 

A    riill    llnr    o(    Clioir*   Cut    n«»ar   HI<K>k    for    all    rar»M<a. 

TBurHO!ii ;  iJJL  I  f ABKAOOT   131   West  28th  St.,  NEW   YORK  CITY 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

$3  WEST  28tb  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

C^nttf^fn/ntt  ScluitfJ 
PhoD*  r&rrmsat  4SM 

FRANK  MILLANG 

\\  hoifaalf*   C'nmmlaNlon    Ureler   In 

CUT    FLOWERS 

6S  and  S7  Writ   tSlh   St.,    New   York 

Coogao   Llullillng 

TeL.  299  PamKUt        CoDalgamenti  Solicited 

RIEDEL  S  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28tli      ST.    NEW    YORK. 

GEO.  C7  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

NEW  YORK 


PBORI    *0«    FARIAQCT 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Freflh   Cot   DeeoratiTe  Ererfrecos. 

HIgbeit  SUndtrd  of  Quality.  I.argeat 
Btock  Id  America.  Write  for  Illuitrated 
CaUloK  of  Oreenaand  Florlata'  Supplies. 

119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.   KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'.  Foramoat  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Tinl  CUj*  Muk.t  f.r  .U  CUT  FLOWERS 

^  WiUooghby  St.       BrooUy.  N.  T 

M.  C.  FORD 

121  W«st  28th  St.,       NEW  YOlHt 

riiE  im.  \\m  wmm 

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LARGEST  GROWERS 


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. KA\E  TIMF.  AMI   MONEY   HV    NKNDINO    TOUR  ORIIKKS  TO  CS  — 

Prices  Rixht.         Conaignment*  Solicited.         Telephone  ConnectioD 


Centrally  Located,  The 

Hob 

of  the  Flower  Market  Section                 j 

o 

\A/l-tol< 

S5  and  87  W.  26th 

T.I. 

S     IVII 

»•■>!•      F-|o 
Street, 

pk...  2483  F.rr.iul 

Lal^ai 
NEW 

AIMO 

YORK 

ORCHIDS  -  -  GARDENIAS 

HC^OQUARTERS  f'T   "'i*  fxtlre   output   of   the 
BEECHWOOD  HEIGHTS  NURSERIES,  of  Bound  Brook,  N.  J. 

PAUL  MECONI Wholesale  Florist NEW  YOR 


IVb'iilinne    NoH.    :ts<t4    nnil    K\M    MudUcin    S(jii:ire 


87    WEMT   2fllh    HTKKIIT 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 

SS-S7     ^A/as'k     xe«K     ^-ti-oat 

T.lepbonM,  13 — 8SI0  MadlaoD  Square  Canal(iunenta  Sillalt.* 

M.AUHICK    L.    OI.A88.   Treuorer 


NEW  lORK  QUOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


\jnaricui  Beauty.  Special 

**  "  Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  ••         No.  I  and  culls.   - 

Riiaaell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadler 

Areoberg,  Hootier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance.  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon, 

Key 

CaraatioBs 


iisi  Piit  ii  WMk  ; 

uliai  Ma 

.  23      1 

1911 

•  S.oo 

to 

35.00 

lo.oo 

to 

so. 00 

3.00 

to 

6.00 

3  00 

to 

30.00 

300 

to 

40.00 

3.00 

to 

10.00 

3  00 

to 

8.00 

3  °«> 

10 

6.00 

3  00 

10 

13  00 

3.C0 

to 

1 3.00 

3.00 

to 

5.00 

nm  hit  It  ffNk 

tlllMliI  Mir.  25 
1911 


40.00 
10.00 
4.00 
4.00 
6.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4  00 
4  00 
4.00 
3.00 


5000 

•S'OO 

6.00 

ao.oo 

40.00 

10,00 

S.oo 

to.oo 

15.00 

IS  00 

6.00 


GROWERS'  CUT    FLOWER   COMPANY 
WHOLESALE   FLORISTS 

1 2  9  West  2  8th  Street  t"  )  %%%l  \  r— 

E.  J.  VAN   REYPER,  Mgr. 


WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  CommlBNlKn  Dealer  in 

CHOICE   CUT   FLOWERS 

13S  West  !8th  Street,  New  York 
Telepbone— SCS2-3B33  Ma<llBOD  Square 


I  rank    H.    TrseDdly 


OhsrlM   8ek' 


JOSEPH    S.    FENRICH 

WHOLESALE  FLOBIHT 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

51   W.  28th    Street,   New  Yortc 
T.I»»ki»M.    «M-m-4Zt   Ma4.    8q. 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENCK 

AVKolesale   Florist* 
431  ttk  tviiii,  htwui  2Stk  Hi  2711  id.,  Niw  Ttrt 

Telephone.:     1»7,  1M.  7M  Fanmcvt 

CooalgnmeDta  SoUdtad 

HERMAN   WEISS 

WHOLESALE    FXCRMT 

Can  bandle  ablpmenta  of  (row.n*  ►»!— t 
•atlafactorily.      Wonld    Ilk.    to    kaar    ' 
Grower,  of   Snapdrafooa   aad   8w..t 
etc.,  for  the  New  York  trad*. 

ISO  We.t  28th  Street,  T«(.  ] 

WRW  TORK. 


March  30,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


327 


Flower  MaHcet  Reports 

I.Coniittued  from  page  325 ) 

The  past  week  had  a 
ST.  LOUIS  crowded  market.  Car- 
nations were  especial- 
ly plentiful  and  sold  at  low  prices. 
Two  dozen  carnations  for  25c.  was  ad- 
vertised by  the  retail  establishments 
down  town.  Roses  also  were  lower, 
especially  the  white  and  pink  Killar- 
ney.  Violets  are  over  and  sweet  peas 
are  daily  becoming  more  plentiful. 

The  market  con- 
ROCHESTER     tinues  well   supplied 

but  the  demand  for 
flowers  has  not  been  very  brisk  the 
past  few  days.  There  is  a  surplus  of 
bulbous  stock,  especially  in  jonquils 
which  are  being  offered  at  low  prices 
to  clear.  Carnations  are  also  in  over- 
supply.  Sweetpeas  are  of  excellent 
quality  and  sell  well.  Forgetmenots, 
bachelor  buttons  and  other  small 
flowers  sell  well  for  basketwork  and 
corsapes.  Roses  are  very  plentiful 
and  Easter  lilies  are  scarce.  Violets 
are  flooding  the  markets  and  the  only 
means  of  moving  them  is  the  street 
vendors.  Calendulas  sell  at  sight. 
Orchids  are  good  but  have  no  demand. 
Primula  malacoides  is  being  put  to 
good  use  as  cut  flowers  but  as  a  pot 
plant  individually  they  do  not  sell. 
Mixed-  in  basket  arrangements  they 
are,  however,  excellent.  Good  supplies 
of  asparagus  plumosus  and  smilax 
are  on  the  market. 


Cymbidium  Gottianum,  which  was 
one  of  the  gems  in  the  Roehrs'  orchid 
display  in  New  York  last  week,  is  one 
of  the  longest  keeping  orchids,  the 
blooms  lasting  in  perfection  for  fully 
six  weeks  and  as  the  plants  can  be 
flowered  in  succession  for  a  consider- 
able time  it  is  possible  to  have  this 
handsome  flower  for  decorative  use  all 
the  time  from  Christmas  until  Easter. 

TREES,  SHRUBS,  VINES  and 
HERBACEOUS  PERENNIALS 

By    JOHN    KIRKEOAABD 

Formerly  AsBlstnnt  to  Director  of  th»  Royal 
Botiinlcal  Gnnlens.  CopeDbagen,  Denmark. 
Liitterly  Twenty  Yeara  In  American  For- 
estry and  Botanical  Work. 

AsaUted   by  DR.   H.  T.  KEBNALJ). 

Professor  of  Entomology  Maaaacboaettl 
AKrIcultaral  College  and  EntomoloRlat, 
MasaacbuRetta  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station, 

and    PROF.   E.  A.    WHITE, 

Professor  of  Florlcnltnre.  New  Tork  State 
College  of  Agriculture  at  Cornell  Onlrer- 
Blfy. 

A  Great  Book  A  Beaatiful  Boot 

A  GomprehensiTe  Book 

A  Practical    Book    By    Practical   Men 

There  Is  No  Other  Book  Like  It 

New  Edition 

BEACTIFTTLLT   BOUND   IN   CLOTH 

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Price,  &2.71.      IVloney-Back 

Guarantee 

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•"A  LEADER  H  THE  WB0LES4LB  COM-MISSIOS  TRADE   FOR  OVER  THIKTI  TEARS" 

Have  a  demand  for  more  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write. 

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MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattieyu  . 

Dendrobiuzn  fonnoaum 

Lilies,  Loofriflorucn 

Lilie*.  Speciosum 

Callai 

Lily  of  the  Vmlley 

Snapdragoo  • 

In. 

Violeu 

Freeaias    

N  arcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daf  lodiU 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Mignonette - 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias, 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

A.«paragus  Plumosus.  A  Spren  f  loo  bunches) . 


list  Part  of  Week 

•oiling  Mar.  23 

1911 


35.00     to 


4.00 
3.00 
10.00 
3.00 
9.00 

B.oo 

•  30 
1.00 

.75 
1. 00 
1. 00 
1. 00 
1. 00 
9.00 

.50 

1. 00 

15.00 

.50 

I3.00 

95.00 


50,00 
50.00 

1     .00 

8  00 

13. CO 

5.00 

10,00 

1 3.00 

.40 

3.00 

1.50 

3.00 

300 

3-00 
3.00 
4.00 

3.00 
30.00 

1. 00 
:  6.00 
50.00 


First  Part  of  Week 

begiDDiai  Mar.  2S 

t9l8 


30.00     to 


10.00 
3.00 

13.00 
3.00 
3. 00 
8.00 

1. 00 

•75 
1.00 
I  00 
1.00 
1. 00 
3.00 

•50 

1,00 

so.oo 

■50 

19.00 

35.00 


50,00 

50,00 

90,00 

8.0c 

3C.OO 

5.00 

zo.oo 
I9.00 

•75 

3.00 

'■50 

9.00 

3.00 

4.0a 

3.oe 

4.00 

1. 5* 

3.00 

35-O0 

1. 00 

16.00 

50,00 


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Send  for  price  llat  If  you  baTe  not  re- 
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Chicago.  111.;  R.  E.  Blackshaw  of  Ove 
Gnatt  Co.,  La  Porte,  Ind.;  T.  T.  Fryer, 
Tajinii  Co.,  New  York;  James  P.  Boyle, 

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Mich.;  Walter  G.  Taepke,  Detroit, 
Mich.;  R.  A..  Peterson,  Westwood  Cin- 
cinnati, O.;  Rolf  Zetlitz,  Lima,  O. ; 
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Grossman,  Petoskey,  Mich.;  H.  Junge 
and  Mrs.  Junge,  Indianapolis,  Ind.; 
T.  J.  Ludwig,  Columbus,  O. 


Philadelphia  — H.  E.  Hildebrand, 
Pa.;  H.  A.  Miller,  Williamstown,  Pa.; 
Mrs.  Deiany,  Mt.  Carniel,  Pa.;  Geo.  H. 
Berke  and  Walter  Thoms,  Atlantic 
City,  N.  J.;  C.  E.  Smith,  son  and 
dau.sjhtor,  York,  Pa.;  Austin  Canfield, 
Shenandoah,  Va.;  E.  L.  Tanner.  Rich- 
mond, Va.;  Chas.  L.  Schmidt,  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.;  A.  W.  B.  Bauer,  Wilkes- 
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U  O  HT  I  CV  I.TU  R  R 


March  30.  1918 


BOSTON. 

Henry  I'onn.  ct'k'bratfil  his  forty- 
flrsi  blrlhday  iinniversary  on  March 
27. 

Clarence  T.  Kernalil.  chairman  of 
the  Melrose  Park  I'oniini.sslon  since 
Its  organization,  whose  work  has  been 
largely  responsible  for  the  growth  of 
the  parks  anil  playgrounds  and  who 
prepared  plans  for  them  without  ex- 
pense to  the  city,  has  resigned  on  ac- 
count of  poor  health.  Andrew  F. 
Evers  has  been  appointed  his  succes- 
sor. 

State  Forester  Rane  Is  inaugurating 
a  campaign  of  reforestration  of  the 
waste  lands  of  Massachusetts.  For  this 
purpose  the  week  of  April  8  has  been 
set  apart  for  a  canvass  of  the  entire 
state  in  the  interest  of  the  scheme. 
The  governor  and  council  have  ap- 
proved selling  from  the  state  nurseries 
not  over  lO.ODO  nor  less  than  1.000  to 
any  one  person  of  four-year  trans- 
plants at  $7  a  thousand.  The  trees 
are  to  be  shipped  express  collect,  but 
no  charge  for  packing  will  be  made. 

The  funeral  of  Andrew  Robeson  Sar- 
gent ol  Brookline.  son  of  Prof.  Charles 
S.  Sarpent  of  the  Arnold  Arboretum 
took  place  on  March  22  at  the  Kmmaii- 
uel  Church,  on  Newbury  street.  Mr. 
Sargent  was  prominent  socially  and  as 
a  landscape  gardener,  in  which  profes- 
sion he  had  been  associated  with  Guy 
Lowell.  Among  the  more  than  200 
former  friends  and  associates  who  at- 
tended the  services  were  many  promi- 
nent in  every  field  of  activity.  Men 
from  the  office  of  Mr.  Sargent  attended 
in  a  body.  Two  pews  were  occupied 
by  a  delegation  from  New  York. 


PITTSBURGH. 

Frank  Stendl.  a  former  bookkeeper 
for  G.  P.  Weaklen  &  Co..  is  now  in 
Texas  In  government  employ. 

Oliver  J.  Parker  of  the  Scobie  & 
Parker  Co..  and  family  have  gone  to 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  to  stay  until  Octo- 
ber. 

Alfred  Reineman.  recently  with  B. 
H.  Farr.  Wyomissing.  is  a  recent  addi- 
tion to  the  landscape  department  of 
the  A.  W.  Smith  Co. 

Harry  Manke.  who  for  some  time 
has  been  with  the  Liberty  Florists. 
East  Liberty,  has  clianged  to  the  es- 
tablishment of  Harry  .1.  Hamm.  Home- 
wood. 

After  a  several  days'  furlough  Wil- 
liam J.  Ferguson  returns  to  Camp 
Hancock.  Atlanta.  Georgia,  where  he  is 
a  commissioned  mess  sergeant.  Prior 
to  entering  government  service.  Mr. 
Ferguson  was  engaged  in  landscape 
work  in  Cleveland.  Ohio. 

Spiro  Kapps.  who  has  l]>en  a  patient 
at  the  Columbia  Hospital.  Wilkinsburg. 
has  sufficiently  recovered  to  return 
home.  Mr.  Kapps  is  manager  of  M. 
Kronis'  flower  shop.  East  Liberty  sta- 
tion. Here  Samuel  Cononion  has  just 
been  transferred  from  Die  same  pro- 
prietor's Alpha  Flower  Shop. 


CHICAGO. 

If  the  plantsmcn  did  not  have  a  go  nl 
Faster  business  it  was  not  because  of 
lack  of  customers.  Everything  was 
sold  out  clean  days  before. 

Ed  Hunt,  of  the  Chicago  Flower 
Growers'  Association,  has  been  ac- 
cepted and  expects  soon  to  be  called 
to  train  for  the  great  war. 

"Billy"  Wolf  has  in  his  new  store 
on  Monroe  street  a  very  attractive 
little  place.  He  was  several  years 
with  A.  Lange  and  has  many  friends 
In  the  trade. 

Fred  J.  Walfram.  a  Chicago  young 
man  but  lor  the  past  six  months  with 
the  .\l|iha  Floral  Co.  of  Kansas  City. 
Mo.,  is  in  the  city  on  his  way  to  De- 
troit, where  he  expects  to  locate. 

The  umbrella-shaped  rose  plants  are 
shown  in  some  of  the  retailers'  win- 
dows with  trunks  twined  with  rib- 
bon ai'.d  festoons  hanging  from  the 
branches.  They  give  the  effect  of  a 
shower  bouquet. 

Aug.  Koch,  of  the  West  Side  Parks, 
has  been  invited  to  si.eaU  before  the 
Chicago  Women's  Club  this  week  on 
the  subject  of  Harvesting  and  Stowing 
the  crops.  This  club  is  one  of  the 
largost  in  the  city. 

Fritz  Bahr.  well-known  florist  of 
Hiirliland  Park,  was  summoned  to 
appear  before  a  federal  investigator  to 
answer  to  the  charge  of  rejoicing  over 
the  capture  of  12.000  British  troops 
during  the  German  drive  last  week. 

The  stock  of  rhododendrons  and 
oth-jr  plants  which  reached  New  York 
on  the  Nieuw  Amsterdam  a  month  ago 
included  many  lor  Chicago.  Some  ar- 
rived ;.  week  ago  and  some  are  just 
now  coming,  having  been  all  this  time 
in  transit  between  here  and  New  York. 

The  plant  situation  here  differed 
from  that  of  previous  Easters  in  the 
two  important  items.  Azalea  indica 
and  lilies.  The  stock  of  Azalea  indica 
consisted  of  plants  carried  over  from 
last  year  and  their  size  and  perfect 
flowering  was  noticeable.  The  small- 
flowering  Japanese  varieties  sold  bet- 
ter this  year  because  of  the  scarcity 
of  the  indica.  They  were  well  flow- 
ered and  attractive,  but  not  to  be 
compared  with  the  other.  Lily  grow- 
ers have  liad  much  to  contend  with 
and  the  general  result  is  lilies  too 
early  and  too  late,  lilies  short  and 
lilies  tall  and  prices  distinctly  corres- 
ponding. All  fancy  lilies  whether  cut 
or  on  plants  are  selling  for  12y2  and 
15  cents  while  the  shorts  sell  at  6 
cents. 

Rhododendrons  were  in  the  same 
class  as  azaleas,  the  only  stock  being 
a  limited  supply  from  Cottage  Gar- 
dens, but  the  quality  was  very  fine  in- 
deed. In  rose  plants,  the  Tausend- 
scoen.  Lady  Gay  and  Dorothy  Per- 
kins, in  large  sizes  and  trained  in 
fancy  shapes,  were  in  fairly  good  sup- 
ply  and   there  was   also  a   good   stock 


The  1st  of  May 
Thrift  Stamp  Day 
In    The    U.   S.  A. 

The  Active  Co-opcriilion  of 
Every   Keiuler  of 

HORTICULTURE 

In    Ur^enlly    Ke<|ucsled    To 
Make    It   A    Success 

Miiy  l8t.  1018.  will  be  obsiTvoil 
tlirouBhout  the  UiiltocI  Stati'n  ab 
Tlirlft  .Slump  Diiy!  On  lliHt  ilay  re- 
tail HtorcH  t'viTywIiert'  In  every  line 
of  busincHM  will  anft  ciihIuhuth  to 
tiikc  part  of  their  rlianice  in  Thrift 
HUimpn!  It  will  he  piitrlotlc  for 
every  man.  woiuau  aiul  elilM  to  ac- 
cept at  lenst  one  Tbrlft  Stamp  as 
change  on  every  purchase  miule  that 
(lay — and  to  miike  as  many  pur- 
cliuBes  ae   poHHihle  on  May   Ist. 

Here  Is  a  big.  practical  way  of 
getthiK  millions  of  Thrift  Stamps 
Into  the  hands  of  the  people  of  the 
United  States,  and  of  Insuring  the 
success  of  the  Government's  War 
SavhiKS  Stamps  campalKii.  Thrift 
Stamp  Day  will  help  everyone.  It 
will  prove  a  tremendous  boost  to 
business.  On  May  1st,  1UI8,  the  na- 
tion should  do  the  biggest  total  re- 
tall  business  of  any  single  day  In 
our  history!  The  beneUclul  habit  of 
Thrift  will  be  sown  broadcast  among 
the  citizens  of  the  U.  S.  A.!  Most 
Important  of  all.  Uncle  Sam  will  be 
furnished  with  t«he  sinews  of  War 
and    Victory  I 

American  business  must  go  "over 
the  top"  at  once  in  a  quick  drive  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  an  over- 
whelming success.  Vou  wholesalers, 
you  Jobi)era.  you  salesmen,  must 
talk  Thrift  Stamp  Day  among  your 
trade,  arouse  the  enthusiasm  of  the 
retiillers,  the  storekeepers,  the  clerks 
behind  the  counters.  Uncle  .Sam 
needs  your  help.  A  practical  plan 
h.is  been  prepared  showing  how  each 
one  of  you  can  "do  your  bit"  to 
make  Thrift  stamp  Day  a  red  letter 
day  In  American  bUHiness  annals. 
Write  for  this  plan  tx>day  without 
fall.  Kemember.  In  helping  Uncle 
Sam  you  are  helping  busliiesH  and 
helplnj;  yourselves.  Address  Mr.  W. 
Ward  Smith,  National  War  Savings 
Committee,  51  Chambers  St.,  New 
York  city. 

NATIONAL  WAR  SAVINGS  C0»«MITTEE 

.'(1   ('hiinil>t'r»«  Str*M'l,  New  York  fil.v 


of  the  Haby  Rambler  types.  The  hy- 
drangeas made  up  in  quality  what 
they  lacked  in  quantity.  Bulbous 
plants  were  pretty  well  through.  The 
sensation-  of  the  year  is  the  yellow 
calla.  It  is  sold  quickly.  Genistas 
and  marguerites  in  small  and  speci- 
men plants  were  prominent  and  there 
were  many  Primula  obconica  and 
malacoides.  Plant  growers  sold  out 
early. 


ST.   LOUIS. 

Otto  Sander  has  opened  up  a  seed 
shrub  and  plant  department  in  con- 
nection with  his  cut  flower  store. 

Marion  Uhlschmidt,  manager  at 
(Irlmm  &  Gorley's  store  on  the  other 
side  of  the  river,  departed  prepared. 
as  he  stated,  to  take  a  position  with 
Randall  of  Chicago.  His  books  showed 
irregularities  in  the  stock  handled  be- 
tween the  two  stores,  according  to  re- 
ports furnished  by  the  firm,  through 
the  newspapers. 


March  30,  191S 


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329 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  Discounts  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 
Charles  Walters,  of  West  Roxbury. 
Mass.,  has  been  appointed  assistant 
director  of  the  Worcester  parks  and 
playgrounds  by  the  commission.  Mr. 
Walters  was  formerly  employed  in  the 
Boston  parks.  He  will  have  charge 
of  the  parks  here  as  assistant  to 
Thomas  E.  Holland,  who  will  give  his 
attention  chiefly  to  the  playgrounds. 
Herman  Adams,  connected  with  the 
Worcester  parks  for  nine  years,  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  tree  work  as 
successor  to  City  Forester  Harold  J. 
Neale. 

Early  In  the  season  H.  P.  A,  Lange 
closed  down  a  large  range  of  green- 
houses on  account  of  the  fuel  scar- 
city. What  then  appeared  to  be  a 
most  regrettable  state  of  affairs  has 
turned  out  to  be  a  "blessing  in 
disguise,"  for  the  weekly  saving  in 
labor  and  coal  during  the  winter  has 
aggregated  a  very  large  amount,  far 
exceeding  what  it  has  cost  to  keep 
their  big  flower  store  amply  supplied 
from  the  wholesale  markets  with  all 
the  flowers  needed.  The  greenhouses 
are  now  to  be  opened  for  the  produc- 
tion of  young  vegetable  plants  for 
spring  sales. 


ROCHESTER,    N.   Y. 

The  Aster  Flower  Shop  has  an  East- 
er annex  at  Main  and  Franklin  streets. 

Joe  Werdein,  who  had  been  with  H. 
E.  Wilson  for  six  years,  has  accepted 
a  position  with  the  Semington  Co.,  to 
"do  his  bit"  in  the  ammunition  factory. 


Farmingtotx,  Conn. — Leon  Becker, 
who  is  to  have  charge  of  the  Hawortn 
greenhouses,  has  moved  his  family 
from  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  John  Ward, 
who  recently  accepted  a  position  as 
gardener  in  Windsor,  will  move  to 
that  town  April  1. 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  Etc. 


FOR  SALE 


OKEENHOUSES  FOB  SALE. 

Two  15  X  00  ft. ;  one  15  x  75  ft. ;  one  17  x  04 
ft.;  stocked  with  violets  and  one  small 
PropuBiitlni;  House.  Three  acres  choice 
land.  House  of  8  rooms  and  b:ith.  Electric 
lights,  city  water,  hot  water  heat  for  all. 
Price  $5.5U0,  worth  $S,UUU.  Locateil  ut 
Westboro,  12  miles  from  Worcester,  .Mass., 
on  electric  line.  Apply  to  ARTHUR 
GEOKUE.    Florist.   Westlioro.    Ma.is. 


HELP  WANTED 


WANTED— An  assistant  Orchid  grower. 
State  experience  and  wages  in  application. 
W.  J.  &  M.   S.   VBSEY,   Fort   Wayne,   Ind. 


A    SIIVIPLE     DEVICE    FOR    SCARING 
BIRDS. 

A  relative  of  mine  who  was  a  very 
keen  naturalist  always  used  a  simple 
but  little-known  device  for  keeping 
birds  away  from  peas,  etc.  Suspend  a 
length  of  crimson  worsted  along  each 
row,  fastened  to  a  small  stake  at 
either  end,  and  no  bird  will  venture 
near.  Many  gardeners  rig  up  elabo- 
rate devices  of  paper  or  rags,  or 
thread  intricate  patterns  with  twine 
over  their  seeds.  Let  them  try  this 
dodge,  which  is  just  as  effectual  and 
much  less  trouble.  The  color  is  the 
point;  birds  dislike  it. 

— T.  W.  H.  in  The  Garden. 


Cambridge 


New  York 


WORLD'S    OLDEST   and   LARGEST 

Manufacturers  of  ALL  STYLES  and 

SIZES  of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


The  American  Institute  of  the  City 
of  New  York,  and  The  American  Dah- 
lia Society  will  hold  an  exhibition  of 
Dahlias.  September  24th  to  26th,  1918. 
Also,  The  American  Institute  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  and  The  Chrysan- 
themum Society  of  America  will  hold 


an  exhibition  of  Chrysanthemums,  No- 
vember 6th  to  8th,  1918.  Both  shows 
will  be  held  in  the  Engineering  Socie- 
ty Building,  No.  25  to  33  West  39th 
Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.  For  schedule 
of  prizes  address  to  W.  A.  Eagleson, 
Secretary,  Board  of  Managers,  324 
West  23rd  St.,  N.  Y. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

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BULBS 

C.   KEUK  4   SONS.    UlLLEGOM.   Holland. 

Bulba  of  all  descrlptloD*.     Write  for  pr1c«l. 

NEW   VORK  BRANCH,  8-10  Bridse  8L 


CARNATION  8TAPUES 

Split  carnation*  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plilibury'i  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  36c.;  3000  for  Jl.OO  post- 
paid.    I.   L.  PILL8UURV.  Oaleabors,  111. 

CURTSANTHEMCMS 

GOOD   RETURNS    WITHOUT   THE   COST 
OP  COAL. 
WITHIN    THE    BEACH   OP   EVERY 
GROWKR. 
PLANT  EARLY  CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Such    as    will    mature    before    the    last    of 
October.      We   are    booking    orders    for    de- 
livery   now   or    later  as   desired.     Complete 
list   of   the    best   early,    both    Pompons  and 
large   flowering  supplied    upon    request.     If 
our  101»  Trade   List   has   not   reached   you, 
ask   for  it. 
ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,       Adrian.  Mich. 


GLADIOLI. 

SEND  FOR  MY  SPECIAL  TRADE  LIST 
OP  GLADIOLI.  ALL  THE  LEADING  VA- 
RIETIES IN  DIFFERENT  SIZES. 

CENTRAL  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS. 
JELLE  ROOS,  MILTON,  MASS. 

ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  Loudon,  England.  Catt- 
leyas    and    Laelio-Cattleyas    our    specialty. 

One   trial   order   solcited. 


DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dahlia    Mr».   Frederick  Ortnnea 

Stock   For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONEY.  New  Bedford,  Mali. 

Ordera  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTH UORO  DAHLIA 
ft  GLADIOLUS  OARDBNS,  1.  L.  Moor*. 
Prop.,  Nortbboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — Jobn  Wanamaker, 
Ne*v»fBi.  iittuiisouieai,  itesl.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stuck 
of  best  cutllower  Tsrieties.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FAUMI. 
Herlln.  N.  J. 

OLA8B 

Oreenbonae  class,  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO_  Hartford  City,  Ib4. 


PAPER   POTS 

Paper  Pots  and  Dirt  Hands.  Send  for 
Samples  and  Prices.  F.  W.  ROCHELLE 
&  SONS,  Boi  05,  Chester,  N.  J. 

PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTSCBBB. 
Caual  Dover.  O. 

ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  SHRURS. 

THE   CONARD   &    JONIOS   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

SPHAGNUM   MOSS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orcbid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  band.  LAOBK 
A   HI'RKEI.L.  Summit.  N.  J. 

STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry  Plants,  Money  making  va- 
rieties. Catalogue  I'ree.  BASIL  PERRY, 
Georgetown,   Delaware. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  etaolee 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Ttib 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H  TROY.  Mount  Ulaaarllk  Nar- 
sery,  New  Rocbelle,  N.  Y. 


WIRE   WORK 

WILLIAM      E.      HEILSCHKR'B      WIU 
WOKKS.  3M   Raodolpk    St,   D«tr«U,   ifUk. 


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March  80,  1918 


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fUre  ynar  plant!  ■od  trr^s.  Jnit  the 
(tiliig  for  yr^f'ulinuBe  aixt  uutiloiir  uie. 
IVatruyt  Mr«ly  Hue,  Browu  anil  White 
Scale.  Tlirlpa,  Itfil  SpliU-r,  DIai'k  ami 
Gr<TD  Kljr,  Mlii-a,  Aiita,  ••ti-..  Hlthnut 
Injury  to  pliinla  nn<l  wllliout  oilor. 
I'aeil  arrnrilliii;  i<i  dlrfrllun,  our  aland 
arij  InaiTilcldc  ulll  pruveut  ravuifea  OD 
j'our  cri'pB  li.v  luaiTla. 

NoO'polauuuua  and  harmloas  to  u«*r 
and  plant.  I.padlnK  Sm-dsiuen  and 
Kliirlma  hare  UJed  It  with  wonderful 
r*>iiiilta. 

Peatroya  I.lce  In  Poultry  Tlouaea. 
Fl.-aa  on  Dm;!  and  nil  DonieatIc  Peta. 
ExrellpDt  aa  a  wash  for  doga  and  other 
aniniala.  n.'II.Tp«  mange.  Dilute  with 
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PUBLICATIONS  RECEIVED 
The  Dullelin  of  the  Uahlla  Society 
of  California,  \'ol.  1.  No.  3,  contains  a 
full  text  of  the  members,  also  some 
very  Interesting  culturnl  anil  news' 
notes.  K.  C.  Burns,  San  Rafael,  Cal.,  Is 
the  secretary. 

The  Massachusetts  AKrlcullural  lO.v- 
periniont  Station  has  ilistrlbuted  an 
elaborate  Bulletin  (No.  179)  on  the 
Greenhouse  lleil  Spider  attacking  Cu- 
cumbers and  Methods  for  Its  Control, 
by  Stuart  C.  \'inal.  Hequest.s  for  bul- 
letins should  bo  addressed  to  the  Agri- 
cultural E.xperiinent  Station,  Amherst, 
Mass. 


We  have  received  through  the  cour- 
tesy of  J.  R.  Ikagainl,  San  Francisco. 
Cal..  a  copy  of  a  valuable  report  on 
the  Advancement  of  .Japanese  Horti- 
culture between  1818  and  1913.  Contrib- 
utors to  this  historical  volume  are  Dr. 
K.  Tamare,  M.  A.  C.  Haritsuka,  Dr.  T. 
Ouda.  Dr.  K.  Takahashi,  Dr.  Shirai, 
K.  Ogewa,  Dr.  T.  Minami,  Dr.  K.  Haga, 
Dr.  Kagami  and  others  active  in  the 
development  of  horticulture  in  .Japan. 
There  are  upwards  of  fifty  superb  full- 
page  halt-tone  illustrations  depic  ing 
garden.^,  scenery  and  horticultural 
products,  which  certainly  are  eye-open- 
ers for  anyone  who  has  never  been 
privileged  to  visit  the  Flowery  King- 
dom The  book,  which  contains  650 
pages,  is  published  by  the  Japanese 
Horticulture  Invested  Society  in  To- 
kio,  .Japan. 


The  .Journal  of  the  International 
Garden  Club,  Vol.  II.  No.  1,  for  March. 
1918,  is  a  most  noteworthy  and  in- 
structive volume  of  IGU  pages  and  the 
series  of  which  it  is  a  part  cannot  fail 
to  exercise  a  wide  and  salutary  influ- 
ence upon  horticultural  development 
in  America.  There  are  chapters  on 
the  following  topics:  Lilies  by  Arthur 
Ilerrington;  Growing  Vegetables  for 
the  French  Army:  Medicinal  Herlis  by 
li.  M.  Holmes;  The  Propagation  of 
Medicinal  Plants  by  Fred.  A.  Miller; 
Notes  on  Cotoneaster  by  John  Dun- 
bar; Why  a  Garden?  by  Ralph  Rodney 
Root;  Artificial  Manures  for  Roses,  by 
Richard  W.  Woosnam;  Rose  Perfumes, 
by  Rev.  Joseph  H.  Pemberton;  Forc- 
ing .Native  Plants  by  H.Ernest  Downer: 
Two  Letters  from  E.  H.  Wilson  on  the 
Vegetation  of  Korea;  Prairie  Plants 
for  the  Garden,  by  H.  S.  Conard.  Many 
fine  illustrations  are  given  in  connec- 
tion with  the  text  matter. 


Home  Vegetable  Gardening  from  A 
to  Z,  by  Adoliih  Kruhm  of  the  Garden 
Magazine.  Published  by  Doiibleday 
Page  &  Co.  A  book  primarily  for  the 
amateur  but  not  to  be  overlooked  by 
the  professional  growers  who  can  find 
much  of  technical  value  in  its  well 
writtin  chapters.  "No  expense  has 
been  spared,"  the  publishers  tell  us. 
"to  make  this  book  in  every  way  the 
last  word  for  the  millions  who  want  to 
make  this  year's  garden  a  bigger, 
surer  patriotic  success."  Mr.  Kruhm 
has  filled  the  bill  to  perfection  with  a 
wor'riy  and  very  timely  volume.  The 
upper  half  of  most  of  the  pages  is  de- 
voted to  pictures  illustrating  the  text 
and  showing  how  the  various  garden 
operations  should  be  done,  from  photo- 
graphs taken  by  the  author  during  the 
past  ten  years.  There  are  also  thirty- 
two  full-page  pictures  in  color  showing 


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materially  to  the  attractions  of  the 
book,  which  as  predicted  by  the  puD- 
Ushers,  "will  sell  like  a  novel"  and 
shoald  be  carried  in  stock  by  every 
seed  house  dealing  with  the  public. 
Price,  $1.25  net.  Can  be  ordered 
through  HoitTicuLTUliE. 


Augusta,  Ga. — Louis  A. '  Bercknians 
and  P.  J.  A.  Berckmans,  Jr.,  announce 
their  retirement  from  a  generation  of 
relation  to  the  nursery  business  to  en- 
gage as  consulting  horticulturists  to 
all  who  need  expert  advice  in  rela- 
tion to  the  cultivation  and  upkeep  of 
orchards,  private  grounds  and  parks. 
They  are  also  prepared  to  discuss 
pruning,  spraying,  the  control  of  plant 
diseases  and  kindred  subjects  from 
the  standpoint  of  long  and  successful 
practice. 

In  cci.nection  with  the  foregoing  we 
are  in  receipt  of  a  notice  to  the  effect 
that  P.  J.  Berckmans  Company,  incor- 
porated, have  applied  for  a  receiver- 
shi|)  on  account  of  the  ex|)iration  of 
their  charter,  which  would  occur  Tues- 
day, March  12th,  and  L.  A.  Berckmans 
has  been  appointed  receiver  ot  the 
company.  The  receivership  is,  of 
course,  not  due  to  the  result  of  any 
insolvency  whatever,  but  is  a  legal 
actioii  made  necessary  by  circum- 
stances surrounding  the  organization 
of  the  corporation  at  this  time,  and 
the  receivership  will  be  empowered  to 
close  out  the  business  and  distribute 
the  assets  among  the  stockholders  of 
the  company,  composed  of  Mrs.  Edith 
P.  Berckmans,  P.  J.  A.  Bercknians,  L. 
A.  Berckmans  and  R.  C.  Berckmans. 
The  whole  proceedings  are  designed  to 
ximply  technically  handle  all  the  de- 
tails connected  with  the  distributing 
of  the  interests  of  the  stockholders. 

The  P.  J.  Berckmans  Company  was 
for  about  forty  years  operated  by  Mr. 
P.  J.  Bercknians  himself,  and  twenty 
years  ago  it  was  incorporated. 


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HORTICULTURE 


March  30,  1918 


Dreer's  Grand  New  Cannas  for  1918 


Ten  truly  marvelous  acquisitions,  Introducing 
new  tones  of  color  and  showing  the  highest  de- 
velopment in  form  and  habit. 

CAHMINK  nKAl'TY.  Deep  brlRlit  carmine  floweri  freely 
proiluieil  tilBli  ulioTe  the  hi-ary  darV-Kreon  follnire 
wlilcli  hat  n  nnrrow  red  mnrK'n-  The  flowera  while  not 
a«  larRO  aa  thoac  of  Olympic  nre  of  a  much  hrlclitcr  and 
more  plenalnK  tone.    4Mi  "•    75  eta.  each  ;  $7.50  per  doi. 

rilFKUFl'I.NKSS.  No  more  appropriate  name  ronld  be 
Klveu  to  thla  brilllnnt  novelty.  Ita  beautiful  hrlifht  flre- 
red  or  di-ep  ornnc"'  llowera  appear  early  and  continue 
without  liitirruplinn  until  froat.  Add  to  the  prevalllns; 
color  a  golden  border  and  centre  with  each  petal  flaked 
cnrmlne-crlmaon  and  you  may  form  aome  conception  of 
thla  faaclnatlnc  variety  with  Ita  erect  atema  always 
toppe<I  with  cluatera  of  cheerful  color  held  high  above 
the  foliage.     3Mi  ft.     35  eta.  each;  J.3.50  per  doz. 

n.OTll  OF  OOI.I).  A  very  attractive  dwarf,  compact- 
growing  free- flowering  golden  yellow.  3  ft.  40  eta. 
eiieli ;  J4.00  per  doz. 

V.\7.7A.F.R.  Time  anil  again  the  past  aeaaon  the  dark 
preen  fiillnge  of  thla  variety  haa  been  hidden  beneath  the 
masB  of  .-luatera  of  deep  fire  red  flowera.  The  Intenalty 
of  coloring  and  freedom  of  blooming  coupled  with 
compact  habit,  make  thla  variety  the  peer  of  the  beat 
for  bedding  purpoaca.  Zhi  ft.  35  eta.  each ;  $3.00  per 
doz. 

r.OI,l>KN  EAOI.E.  A  wonderfully  Intenae  golden-yellow. 
Very  free  upright  grower.  The  large  flowera  are  pro- 
uced  In  great  clustera  well  above  the  foliage.  4V4  ft. 
.in  rfa.  each  ;  $.1.00  per  do/.. 

ll.AKMONY.  Great  cluitera  of  good-alzed,  well-formed 
Geranium-red  flowera  are  arranged  on  good  stema  in 
audi  a  m.nnner  as  to  give  the  truaaea  an  almoat  globu- 
lar appearance.  Altogether  a  dlgnlfled  harmoniona 
combination.     Z\^  ft.     50  eta.  each;  $0.00  per  doz. 

POPI'Y.  Intenae  poppy-red.  Large  perfect  florets  in 
pood  truaaea  over  greenlah-bronzy  foliage.  Rich  and 
ifTiMtlve.     5  ft.  50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

s AI.MON  CII'EF.N.  An  entirely  new  color  in  Cannaa.  Rosy 
Bnlmon-scnrlet.  blendlnp  to  a  rosy-cnrralne  toward  the 
centre.  The  Inrpe  suliBfantlal  flowers  are  freely  pro- 
duced In  great  clustera  high  above  heavy  green  fnllnge. 
Very  effective  In  bedding.  5  ft  40  cts.  each;  $4.00  per 
doz. 

SKN  RATION.  To  get  a  seDaatlonal  color-tone  In  a  pink 
Canna.  la  particularly  noteworthy.  Our  first  Impulse 
was  to  call  It  "I.a  Frnnc-e,"  because  the  color  called  to 
mind  the  I.a  France  Hnae.  hut  the  tone  ia  even  cleaner 
and  purer:  It  being  a  lovely  pale-rose.  The  foliage  is 
a  beautiful  plaucona-green  ;  the  plant  dwarf  and  com- 
pact. One  of  the  most  noteworthy  additlona  to  Cannaa 
In  recent  yeara.     3  ft      '^'^  "*■    »»"»■ 


TYI'K  OF  NEWER  CANNAS 

HurERB.  Thla  variety  Is  unique  In  color  and  truly  au- 
perb;  having  large,  clean  bright  orangc-acarlet  bloa- 
sonis  of  good  substance,  produced  on  strong  atalka 
with  glaucoufl- bronzy  foliage  giving  a  moat  pleaalng 
effect.     5  ft.    40  eta.  each  ;  $4.00  per  doz. 


5  eta.  each. 
"  -SOne  each  of  the  above  Ten  Novelties  for  $4.00 

New  Cannas  From  Other  Sources 

We  offer  here  eight  new  varieties  which,  after  several  years'   trial,    have    proven   themselves    worthy    of   our 


commendation. 


CLEOPATRA.  A  striking  beauty.  Wonderful  deep  car- 
mlne-crlniann  floviers  surmounting  the  dark  glaucous- 
bronze  foliage.  ThlR  variety  stands  out  atrongly  in 
cfTectlveneBS.    4  ft.     50  cts.  each;  $5.00  per  doz. 

OR.AOON.  An  Inceaannt  bloomer,  continuing  to  produce 
new  stalka  of  flowers  until  cut  down  by  froat.  Dark 
ox-blood  red.     3  ft.     15  cts.  each;  $1.50  per  doz. 

ri,AG  OF  TRl'CE.  A  large  flowered  creamy-white,  with 
faint  pink  dota  on  each  petal.  The  general  effect  is 
white.  Not  aa  white  nor  as  tall  aa  Eureka  but  quite 
dlstlmt  and  valuable.    4  ft.    35  cts.  each;  $3..'>0  per  doz. 

G*IF.TY.  ReddlBh-orange  mottled  with  carmine  and 
edged  with  yellow.  The  tongue  la  yellow  and  densely 
spotted  with  carmine.    4V4  ft     15  eta.  each  ;  $1.50  per  doz. 

L.AF.XYETTE.  In  aome  respects  resembles  the  variety 
"Meteor."  but  the  llowera  are  not  quite  as  dark,  atand 
more  ereet  and  the  plant  growa  taller.  0  ft  30  cts. 
each  :  $3.00  per  doz. 


POCAHONTAS  (Itronzed-leaved  Olympic).  Large  orien- 
tal-red flowera  borne  on  firm  upright  stems.  Just  high 
enough  above  the  foliage  to  show  the  entire  head.  The 
foliage  ia  a  dark  bronze-green  with  emerald  ahadlngs; 
the  ribs  a  darker  bronze;  one  of  the  beat  recent  intro- 
ductions.    4  ft     30  cts.  each;  $3.00  per  doz. 

SAN  DIEGO.  Chinese-orange  or  r»rslan-yellow.  The 
crimped  petals  are  remarkable  for  aubstance  which 
ennblea  them  to  withatand  the  hot  aumnier  aun  without 
wilting.  Another  charm  Ilea  In  the  dark  bronze  color 
of  the  buds  which  harmonize  with  the  rich  bronze  foli- 
age.   4  ft.    15  cts.  each;  $1.50  per  doz. 

VAKOUNA.  We  have  tried  this  variety  for  several  yeara 
and  at  all  times  the  bright  oriinge-acarlet  flowera.  com- 
bined with  the  good  bronze  foliage,  haa  won  our  ad- 
miration. A  free  luxuriant  grower,  producing  ita 
flowers  well  above  the  plant.  4Vi  ft.  25  eta.  each : 
$2.f)0  per  doz. 


One  each  of  the  Eight  Varieties  for  $2.00 

HENRY    A.  DREER, 

714    and    716    Chestnut    Street,     Philadelphia,    Pa. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only 


Vol.  XXVII 

No.  14 

APRIL  6 

1918 


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HOKTICULTURE 


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A  Sample  Rock  Garden 

On  the  Grounds  of  the  Glenslde  Hardy  Flower  Gardens  In  Glenslde,  Pa. 


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\r^     r^^\A/     bc^^l^lr^gr     orders     -For-     our 


NA/o   Ne\A/  Roses 


ROSA.l_IIMC3     and      Sll-\/I.A 

ROSALIND  (A  glorified  Ophelia).  Tin-  imrllculur  vuluir  of  Ibis  vurlely  Ik-H  ill  ita  exijulsltP  colorlllK.  which  Is 
ontlroly  ilKTrreiit  fniin  C)|ihellu.  When  the  biuls  llrst  show  color  tht-y  lire  brlRht  conil,  chan);inK  an  Ihey  ilevolop 
to  aprlcot-pluk,  ami  h  lieu  fully  developed  they  are  a  most  beautiful  shelliiink.  The  flower  Ik  much  more 
double  than  Ophelia,  having  at  least  one-third  more  petals.  It  is  also  delight  fully  fragrant.  In  habit  of  growth 
it  is  identical  with  Ophelia,  from  which  it  is  a  sport.  Rosalind  originated  with  us  two  years  ago,  and,  grown 
side  by   side  with  Ophelia,  is  far  superior  to  that   variety. 

Awarded  llrst  prize  at  International  Flower  Show.  New  York,  March,  I'.ilT,  for  best  new  rose. 

Awarded  additional  silver  medal  at  same  show  for  display  of  Uosaiind. 

Awarded   silver   medal   by   the   Horticultural   Socit-ly  of  New  York. 

Awarded   silver  medal  by   the  Tarrytown   Horticultural  Society.      Also  numerous  certificates. 

SILVIA  (Yellow  Ophelia).  Another  beautiful  sport  of  Ophelia,  originating  with  us.  The  buds  are  long  and 
pointed,  beautiful  sulphur-yellow,  changing  to  creamy  yellow  as  the  flower  opens,  and  when  fully  developed,  pure 
waxy  while.  It  is  an  unusual  rose  when  fully  expanded,  five  inches  in  diameter,  and  resembles  the  popular 
hardy  climber  Silver  Moon,  showing  the  same  pronounced  cluster  of  yellow  stamens  in  the  center.  Exquisite 
in  bud  and  unusually  distinct  and  unique  in  the  open  flower. 

Prices  of  above  two  varieties,  strong  plants.  2'4-in.   pots.  $25.00  per  100,  $225.00  per  1,000;    225  plants  for 
$60.00.  Will  be  disseminated  Spring  of  1918 

We  have  a  fine  stock  of  the  fancy  varieties  of  Nephrolepis,  in  extra  fine  shape,  for 

immediate  shipment.    We  offer  the  following: 
Elegantissima    compacta   and    Smithil,   3%-in.   pots,  2.Sc.  and  35c.  each. 
Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and   Superbissima,  6-ln.  pans,  50c.  and  75c.  eacb. 
Smithil,  r>-in.  pots.  50c.  and  75c.  each.  Smithll,  6-in.  pans,  75c.  and  $1.00  each. 

Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and   Superbissima,  Sin.  pans,  $1.00  and  $1.50  each. 
Harrisii,  8-in.  pans,  $1.50  and  $2.00  each.  Elegantissima,  lO-in.  pans,  $3.00  and  $3.50  each. 

Shipments  in  pots  at  maximum  prices  nnlv 


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1008EVELT8 — H  per  100,  t40  per  1000. 
'EDUY,  JB.— »S  per  100,  (4S  per  1000. 
2A0  at  thooflttnd   rates. 

H.H.BARROWS&SON,Whitnian,Mass. 


When  writing  Advetisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


April  6,  1918 


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335 


R  A  N  I  U  IVI  S 


We  are  still  well  stocked  on  mo3t  of  our  varieties.  Have  thousands  of  popular  standard  sorts.  Alpha.  Rioard,  Brante 
Poltevine,  S.  A.  Nuft,  Jean  Viaud,  General  Grant,  Abble  Schaffer,  Edmond  Blanc.  Alliance,  Mad.  Bucbner,  Bertha  de  PreBBlly, 
etc.  3-ln.,  $2.50  per  100;  $22.50  per  1,000;  6.000  for  $100.00.  3-in.,  $3.50  per  100;  $30.00  per  1,000;  10,000  tor  $275.00.  4-ln., 
$8.00  per  100:  assorted  colors  in  bud  and  bloom. 


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Gracilis    Rose,   Erfordi   and    Vernon.     3-in.,  $3.00  per  100,  extra  good  stock. 


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^E^IMS      ^^T      ^R^>A^IM      Boston  and  Scottil.    5-in.,  $25.00  per  100.     6-ln.,  $35.00  per  100. 

KEIMTI^K      BEL_^/I^F9Ei^l^.^     4-in.,  $5.00  per   doz.;   $40.00  per   lOO.     6-ln„  76«.  each;   $9.00  per  doz. 

6-ln.,  $1.00  each;  $12.00  per  doz. 

^■AH  ^1^      ^^^TS     Whole  Field  Clunips.    $8.00  per  doz.,  up  to  $1.00  each. 

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Albany       Cut 

Flower  Ex 350 

Allen.  J.   K 351 

American    Bulb 

Co.  345 

Anderson.  S.  A.. 347 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co..:»4 
Barrows  &  Son.  .334 
Ba'-orsiiorfer,    H. 

Co.  34!t 

Bay     State    Nur- 
series    336 

Beechwood      Hts. 

Nurseries   350 

Bobhink     &     At- 
kins      33fi 

Boddington,       A. 

T 345 

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Boston    Floral 

Supply   Co 351 

Breck,  J.  &  Sons. 345 
Breck  •  Robinson 

Nur.  Co 336 

Breltmeyer's.      J. 

Sons    346 

Budlong.  J.  A... 348 
Bunyard,  A.  T.  ..346 

Burnett    Bros 345 

Burpee,  \V.  A.  & 

Co 345 

Carter's       Tested 
Seeds,  Inc 344 


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Clarke's.  D.  Sons,346 
Champion  &   Co., 

J.  N 347 

C  h  i  1  d  s.    .John 

Lewis    343 

Coan,  J.  .T 350 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 335 

Cooke,  Geo.  H...346 

Co  wee,    W.    J 350 

Cottage     Gardens 

Nurseries    336 

Dards    346 

Davenport.  A.  M.334 

Dreer,  H.  A 355 

Dunlop,  John  II..347 

Dysart.   R 34S 

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Box    Co 348 

Elliott,      Wm.     & 

Sons    345 

Esler,   J.   G 355 

Eyres    347 

Fairfax    Farms 

Co 343 

Farquhar,     R.    & 

J.  Co 343 

Fenricb,  Jos.   S..350 

Ford,    M.   C .350 

Ford.  W.  P 350 

Framingham  Nur- 
series     '336 

Froment.  II.  E...350 
Galvin,  Thos.  F..347 


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Gasser  Co..  J.  M.347 

Gott.  Walter .336 

Graham  &  Son,  A.347 
Gude  Bros.  Co.  ..346 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 345 

Hail  Association. 355 

Hart,  Geo.  B 348 

Hentz  &  Nash.  ..350 
Hews  &  Co.,  A.  H.3.53 
Hill  Co.,  E.  G....348 
Hill,    D.    Nursery 

Co 356 

Holland    Nur- 
series     336 

Holm  &  Olson... 347 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue     355 

Irwin,  R.  J 345 

Johnston  Bros... 346 
Kasting,     W.     F. 

Co 348 

Keller  Sons,  J.  B.347 
Kelway  &  Son... .345 
Kerr  the  Florist. .347 

Kervan  Co 350 

King      Construc- 
tion Co 355 

Knoble  Bros 347 

Kottmiller    :346 

Kroeschell  Bros. .355 
Kuebler.  W.  H..350 
Lange,  H.  F.  Co. 347 
Lemon  Oil  Co.... 354 


Page 
Leonard  Seed  Co.345 
Marshall,    W.    E. 

Co 345 

JlcConnell.  Alex... 346 
Meehan.  Chas.  E.34S 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial Co .3.'i5 

Michell.  H.  F.  Co.344 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower  Ex 348 

Millang,  Chas 350 

Millang,  Frank... 350 
Murray,  Samuel. .346 
N  a  t  i  o  n  al  Nur- 
seryman    336 

N.     Y.     Botanical 

Garden   343 

N.      Y.      Florists' 

Supply  Co 350 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.3.54 
Niessen,  Leo  Co. .348 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 354 

Ouwerkerk,  P.... 336 
Palmer,   W.   J.  & 

Son    .347 

Park  Floral  Co.. 347 
Parshelsk.v  Bros.3.5."i 
Penn  the  Florist. .346 
Pennock,      S.      S. 

Co 3-lit 

Pfaltzgraff     Pot- 
tery  Co 353 

Pierce  Co.,  P.  0.355 


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Pierson,  A.  N...334 
Piersou.  F.  R...3.34 
Pratt  Co.,  B.  G..354 
Pulverized  Ma- 
nure  Co 354 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop   347 

Reed  &  Keller. .  .351 
Reidel  &  Meyer.. 350 

Reid.   Edw 34S 

Reukauf.  Martin.348 
Robinson,   Henrv 

M.   Co ".350 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&  Co 348 

Roehrs,  J.  Co 3.34 

Roland.  Thomas. 347 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.     & 

Sons   353 

Roserv,    The 346 

Sanders    3.36 

Schllng,    Max 346 

Sohwake,       Chas. 

Co 335 

Sekenger,  Adam. 346 
Sheridan,  W.  F..350 
Slebrecht.  Geo.  C.350 
Siggors     &     Slg- 

gers    355 

Skidelsky,    S.    S. 

&  Co 345 

Smith,   P.  J 350 


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Smith,    Elmer   D. 

&  Co 336 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 336 

Smith  &  Fetters. 347 
Smyth.  Wm.  J... 347 
Stumpp.  G.  E.  M.346 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co 345 

Thorbum,    J.    M. 

&  Co 345 

Totty.  Chas.  H..334 
Traendly       & 

Schenck    350 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er Co 351 

Vincent,    R.,    Jr., 

&   Sons  Co 335 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc 353 

Ward,    R.    M.    & 

Co 333 

Weber,  F.  C 347 

Weeber  &   Don.. 345 

Wood    Bros 334 

Woodruff,    S.    D. 

&  Son 345 

Young,  A.  L 350 

Young,  John 350 

Young.  Thos.,  Jr.350 
Y'oung  &  Nugent.348 
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HOIITICULTURE 


337. 


Vegetable    Culture 


Questions  by  our  readers  In  line  with  any  of  the  topics  presented 
on  this  page  will  be  cordially  received  and  promptly  answered 
by  Mr.  Johnson.  Such  communications  should  Inyariably  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  office  of  HORTiCULTUKE. 


Crop  Rotation 

1-Jotatioii  of  crops  is  deemed  by  the  best  authorities  as 
highly  important  in  vegetable  gardening;  but  just  why 
this  becomes  a  necessity  is  perhaps  more  difficult  to  ex- 
plain than  to  urge  the  advisability  of  the  practice.  For 
is  it  not  possible  to  have  two  distinct  plants  varying  but 
little  in  chemical  constitution  and  yet  one  might  fail  on 
ground  where  the  other  would  thrive?  The  subject 
then  at  once  presents  complications  beyond  ordinary 
comprehension,  and  yet  it  is  a  well  acknowledged  fact 
among  gardeners  that  plants  of  the  same  natural  order 
should  not  be  repeatedly  planted  on  the  same  ground 
year  after  year.  Potatoes  and  cabbage,  for  instance,  two 
of  the  most  important  crops,  rarely  do  well  planted  on 
the  same  ground  in  successive  years  unless  interposed 
l>y  a  cover  crop  or  some  other  crop  occupying  the  ground 
for  a  short  time  but  by  which  the  soil  is  taxed  for  dif- 
ferent elements.  A  safe  system  to  adopt  is  one  which 
includes  both  chemical  and  mechanical  changes,  i.  e.,  to 
alternate  as  far  as  possible  tap  roots  with  vegetables 
of  a  surface  rooting  nature.  Crops  which  occupy  the 
ground  during  spring  and  early  summer  should  be  fol- 
lowed by  later  kinds.  Ground  now  destined  to  carry 
peas,  early  beets,  spinach,  lettuce,  etc.,  may  be  later 
planted  to  celery,  late  cabbage,  cauliflower  or  rutabagas. 
To  get  the  very  best  out  of  the  garden  requires  careful 
planning  and  forethought  but  it  is  safe  to  say  that  in 
all  well-ordered  gardens  there  is  seldom  a  vacant  plot 
during  the  growing  season. 

Cabbage 

On  account  of  its  very  accommodating  nature  this 
vegetable  vies  with  potato  for  pre-eminence  in  public 
demand.  Although  of  greater  importance  perhaps  as  a 
crop  for  putting  in  storage  for  use  during  winter,  it  also 
has  claim  to  a  place  among  the  earliest  of  green  vege- 
tables and  if  the  supply  should  prove  greater  than  the 
demand  for  table  use  two  or  three  courses  are  always 
open  for  the  disposal  of  surplus  stock.  Either  sell, 
give,  feed  to  chickens  or  pigs,  or  else  dig  the  stuff  under 
to  make  manure  for  the  next  crop.  Plants  raised  from 
.sowings  made  in  February  or  early  March  should  now 
be  in  cold  frames  hardening  otf  prior  to  planting  in  the 
open  ground  when  the  weather  becomes  settled.  Even 
though,  it  may  be  admitted  that  the  cabbage  will  grow 
almost  anywhere  and  in  any  soil,  the  crop  always  repays 
a  little  care  in  cultivation.  A  good  rich  soil  is  neces- 
sary to  promote  a  quick  growth  and  this  is  particularly 
essential  in  the  case  of  spring  plantations.  If  grown 
steadily  in  the  early  stages  and  properly  hardened  be- 
fore transplanting  to  the  open  ground  young  plants 
withstand  several  degrees  of  frost  without  injury,  while 
the  soft  growth  of  plants  grown  in  a  too  high  tempera- 
ature  readily  suifers  the  result  of  a  cold  snap.  ('\n]>- 
root  is  the  worst  disease  of  the  brassica  family  and  while 
there  is  no  direct  remedy  or  preventive  known,  the 
|iiaguc  may  i)e  fought  indirectly.  Change  of  ground, 
immediate  destruction  of  all  alTected  plants  by  burning, 
deep  plowing,  liberal  manuring,  and  a  dressing  of  lime 
applied  at  the  rate  of  from  50  to  75  bushels  per  acre 
on  soils  known  to  be  affected  will  do  much  toward  a 


remedy.  Lime  not  only  acts  as  a  deterrent  of  the  dis- 
ease but  almost  invariably  improves  fertility.  The  most 
virulent  insect  pest  is  the  cabbage  root  maggot.  This 
maggot  is  the  larva  of  a  fly  which  strongly  resembles 
the  common  house  fly  and  usually  appears  early  in  May. 
The  female  fly  deposits  her  eggs  in  the  soil  near  the 
stem  of  the  plant  and  in  a  few  days  the  eggs  hatch  and 
the  resultant  maggots  feeding  upon  the  root  of  the  plant 
soon  kill  it.  Frequent  dreuchings  of  tobacco  water  to 
the  roots  during  the  brief  hatching  season  is  the  best 
remedy  we  know  of.  Seed  beds  affected  with  this  pest 
may  be  treated  with  carbon-bisulphide.  A  thimbleful  of 
this  valatile  poison  pottred  into  holes  a  foot  apart  each 
way  over  affected  areas  will  make  short  work  of  the 
maggots.  The  holes  must  be  closed  as  soon  as  the 
injection  of  poison  is  made. 

Cauliflower 

The  demand  for  this  excellent  vegetable  is  always 
equal  to  the  supply,  and  while  not  generally  so  hardy  as 
the  cabbage,  cauliflower  nevertheless  revels  in  cool  treat- 
ment. Young  plants  require  to  be  grown  on  uninter- 
ruptedly and  when  strong  enough  should  be  planted  on 
ground  in  a  state  of  highest  cultivation.  Half-rotten 
manure  rich  in  manurial  properties  is  far  better  than 
that  which  is  so  far  decayed  as  to  present  the  appear- 
ance of  humus.  From  the  middle  of  April  onward  ie 
the  time  to  start  outside  planting  but  in  northern  dis- 
tricts planting  this  early  should  not  be  attempted  un- 
less protection  can  be  given.  Inverted  six-inch  pote 
afford  a  cheap  and  ready  means  of  protection  during 
spells  of  frost  and  cutting  winds. 


A  Sample  Rock   Garden   in 
Glenside^  Pa. 

The  cover  illustration  of  this  issue  gives  a  partial 
view  of  an  attempt  of  Richard  Eothe  to  demonstrate 
the  character  and  the  beauty  of  a  rockery  to  the  general 
public  within  his  locality.  In  full  view  of  a  lively 
traffic  on  two  leading  highways  it  is  needless  to  say  that, 
particularly  during  the  height  of  its  vernal  glory,  this 
exhibition  of  a  coming  feature  on  many  American  home- 
irnmuds  attracts  considerable  attention.  Mr.  Eothe  is 
well  known  to  the  readers  of  Horticoltdre  as  an  ar- 
dent advocate  and  a  firm  believer  in  rock  gardens. 
Our  picture  conveys  his  idea  and  the  effect  of  his  object 
ulicn  built  on  a  slope  of  moderate  grade.  Object  les- 
.-jons  of  this  kind  for  the  purpose  of  educating  ingenious 
and  self-active  amateurs  is  what  is  needed  at  the  present 
time.  The  rock  garden  abroad  at  its  very  best  fre- 
quently being  the  personal  affair  of  its  owner,  the 
studio  of  the  nature  and  plant  lover — indications  point 
to  similar  developments  at  home.  Early  gtiidance  by 
the  professional  craftsman  will  prevent  many  disap- 
pciintments  apt  to  check  the  enthusiasm  of  the  prospec- 
tive beginner.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  so  far,  the  majority 
111'  rock  garden  enthusiasts  calling  at  Glenside,  Pa.,  were 
amateurs  looking  for  information  with  a  view  of  evpntu- 
:i]iy  venturing  into  rockery  building  themselves. 


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HORTICULTURE 


April  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


VOL  XXVII 


APRIL  6,  1>I8 


NO.  14 


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at  Boaton.  Maea.,  under  tbe  Act  of  Congreat  of  March  3,  1879. 


CONTENTS  Page 

COVER    ILLUSTRATION  — A    Sample    Rock    Garden 
VEGETABLE    CULTURE— Crop    Rotation— Cabbage- 
Cauliflower — John  Johnson 337 

A  SAMPLE  ROCK  GARDEN  IN  GLENSIDE,  Pa 337 

LETTERS  FROM  AN  OLD  TO  A  YOUNG  GARDENER 
— Co-operation  in  Horticultural  Experiments — Wil- 
liam Rollins  339 

A  CALL  TO  ACTION— Joseph  J.  Lane 339 

AMERICAN   ROSE   SOCIETY 340 

THE  PUBLICITY  CAMPAIGN 341 

THE  DETROIT  CONVENTION  GARDEN 341 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— Chicago  Florists'  Club 341 

Meetings     Next     Week  —  National     Association     of 

Gardeners    342-343 

THINGS  TIMELY  AND  IMPORTANT— G.  H.  Bramm  342 
OBITUARY  — Samuel      L.      Allen  —  George      Golding 

Kennedy   *. 342 

SEED    TRADE  —  Some    Encouragement  —  Connecticut 

Seed  Corn   Should   be  Certified 344 

THE  VALUE  OF  ORGANIZATION— P.  C.  O'Mara 344 

OF  INTEREST  TO   RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

One  "Why"  of  the  Easter  Success — Henry  Penn 346 

New  Flower  Stores 347 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston.  Chicago,  Cincinnati 349 

New  York,  Philadelphia,  Rochester,  St.  Louis 351 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Boston,  New  York,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Rochester...   352 
MISCELLANEOUS: 

A  Greenhouse  at  Tsingtau — Illustration 340 

Lilium  candidum  as  a  Woodland  Feature — Illustrated  342 

News  Notes    343 

New  Corporations    347 

Visitors'  Register  351 

May  Cancel  All  Coal  Delivery  Contracts 353 

Publications   Received — Catalogues   Received 354 

.\  Beauty  Sp6t   in  Georgia 354 


111    the    multitudinous    fe(ieral    and 

Unfortunate         state  bulletins  and  other  agricultural 

and  misleading     publications  this  spring  farmers  are 

being  admonished  to  test  for  germi- 
nation before  sowing,  all  seeds  of  their  own  saving  and 
to  buy  no  seeds  that  do  not  carry  a  certificate  of  having 
been  so  tested.  This  i.>  good  advice,  of  course,  but  when 
coupled,  as  it  is  in  many  instances,  with  a  warning 
against  the  seedsmen  as  likely  to  impose  upon  the  farmer 
by  giving  him  seed  several  years  old  or  otherwise  of 
inferior  quality,  it  conveys  an  insinuation  which  is  most 
unfortunate,  to  say  the  least,  in  that  it  tends  to  beget  a 
nation-wide  distrust  of  the  seed  trade  in  genera!. 

There  is  much  that  might  jirofitably  be  imparted  to 
the  farmer  and  the  gardening  public  in  the  way  of  in 


fonMiition  as  to  seed  production  and  the  true  basis  of 
seed  value,  of  wliich  germinating  qualities  constitute 
but  a  part,  and  it  is  in  the  province  of  the  government 
bureaus  and  educational  iiiiititutions  to  disseminate  this 
much  needed  instruction,  but  this  does  not  carry  with 
it  the  duty  or  the  right  of  sowing  the  seeds  of  vilifica- 
tion and  suspicion  against  the  men  who  arc  engagc'd  in 
this  most  vital  of  all  the  world's  industries  and  who,  as 
a  rule  are  the  jicers  in  probity  and  business  moral- 
ity jf  those  employed  in  any  other  work. 

No  seedsman  can  hope  to  continue  lung 
The  bases  j,,  business  if  he  is  not  selling  good  seeds, 
of  quality  'J'q  Jq  otherwise  is  to  court  business  ruin. 
The  seedsniiin  is  not  unlike  the  physician; 
good  le.-ults  must  follow  his  efforts  or  he  will  soon  bo- 
come  di.scrediled  and  lose  his  clients — and  he  knows  it. 
It  should  be  borne  in  mind  by  those  who  are  ever  watch- 
ing for  some  iniquity  to  fasten  upon  the  seedsman,  that 
the  seedsman  does  not  manufacture  seeds  but  must  take 
them  as  they  are  produced  by  the  joint  agency  of  the 
grower  and  Nature's  unseen  and  intricate  processes, 
and  can  no  more  give  assurance  as  to  their  eventual 
attainments  under  cultivation  good  or  bad,  than  the 
doctor  can  guarantee  that  a  twelve-pound  baby  will  or 
will  not  develop  into  as  robust  physical  manhood  or  in- 
tellectual superiority  as  a  nine-pound  youngster.  Innate 
characteristics  are  beyond  his  ken  and  neitiier  the  cul- 
tu'al  care  nor  ultimate  results  are  within  his  control. 
it  is  not  necessary  to  remind  most  of  the  readers  of 
Horticulture  that  high  germinative  power  does  not 
go  very  far  as  a  factor  in  desirable  seed  quality  of  many 
of  the  most  important  crops,  but  one  might  infer  from 
some  of  the  literature  that  has  come  to  our  attention 
thiit  this  quality  overtopped  all  other  considerations, 
while  every  seedsman  has  learned  that  viability  is  quite 
li'<ely  to  run  in  inverse  ratio  to  quality  and  indicate  a 
reversion  from  highly  bred  strains.  We  might  instance 
Italian  cauliflower  seed  which  is  decidedly  superior  in 
color,  shape  and  weight,  as  well  as  of  somewhat  higher 
vitality,  as  compared  with  the  Danish  seed,  but  the  latter 
will  give  ninety  to  one  hundred  per  cent  of  heads  while 
the  Italian  may  |)roduce  perhaps  ten  to  fifteen  per  cent. 
Golden  Self  Blaiu.hing  celery  from  seed  produced  in 
Fr.^nce,  compared  with  that  from  California-grown  seed, 
is  white,  solid  and  high  flavored  while  the  latter  is  apt 
to  be  largely  green,  hollow-stemmed  and  stringy,  yet  the 
French  .seed  is  of  much  weaker  vitality.  Onion  seed 
grown  successively  for  a  few  years  in  California  loses  its 
high  standard  of  quality  and  the  seed  grow'.Ts  then 
have  got  to  come  back  cast,  periodically,  to  get  stock 
from  which  to  regenerate  their  own.  The  AgricTiltural 
Department  has  found  it  necessary  to  import  from  the 
country  of  the  Black  Sea  the  hard  flinty  wheats  to  rein- 
vigorate  the  stock  of  the  farmers  in  the  Dakota?  and 
other  great  wheat  producing  areas  of  our  country — and 
so  we  might  go  on,  multiplying  examples.  The  seed 
trade  lias  its  .job  cut  out  for  it  this  year,  with  the  em- 
barrassing shortage,  insatiable  demand  for  many  essen- 
tial things  and  chaotic  condition  as  to  market  values, 
but  as  we  clo.«e  these  lines  a  letter  comes  to  us 
from  one  of  the  leading  seed  houses  of  this  coun- 
try in  which  the  writer  says,  ".^s  .seedsmen  we  are 
having  our  troubles  but  how  slight  they  are  as  com- 
pared with  tho.se  good  souls,  men  and  boys,  who  are 
doing  so  much  more  for  their  country  than  we  are." 
"Last  year  we  became  a  nation  of  gardeners,"  it  is  said 
with  considerable  truth.  The  seedsman  is  doing  his 
level  best  under  the  circumstances  and  it  would  be  only 
fair  to  accord  to  him  the  consideration  and  recognition 
which  is  his  due. 


April  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


339 


Letters  From  an  Old  to  a  Young  Gardener 

Co-operation  in  Horticultural  Experiments 


I  suggest  that  you  form  a  Society  for  Cooperation  in 
Horticultural  Experiments.  This  year  gardeners  on 
private  estates  will  be  expected  to  plant  more  vegetable 
seeds  to  increase  the  supply  of  food  for  home  use.  These 
men  must  be  acute  observers  or  they  would  lose  their 
positions.  Therefore  if  they  would  cooperate  in  trying 
the  same  experiments,  we  should  have  a  large  body  of 
trained  men  whose  results  if  published  each  fall  in  Hor- 
TiCDLTURE^  would  funiish  data  that  when  coordinated 
would  be  of  first-class  value  in  horticulture.  For  this 
season  I  suggest  two  experiments,  both  of  which  have 
ono  object  in  common,  namely,  to  discover  means  of 
shortening  the  period  of  infancy,  as  this  is  the  time 
when  plants  are  most  subject  to  malign  influences.  The 
importance  of  the  matter  has  been  well  shown  in  the 
celebrated  Swedisli  experiments  made  with  grains  to 
hu'Ty  them  through  the  period  when  the  attacks  of  the 
frit  fly  are  fatal.  The  first  experiment  is  to  test  the 
value  of  soaking  seeds  in  a  weak  solution  of  nitrate  of 
soda.    .The  second,  to  determine  whether  it  is  desirable 


to  add  to  the  natural  radioactivity  of  soil  by  the  use  of 
radioactive  substances.  The  experiments  of  this  kmd 
are  not  numerous  and  the  results  arc  contradictory. 
Thorium  oxide  could  be  used  or  finely  ground  carnotite 
tiefore  being  treated  to  remove  the  radium.  1  found 
tliis  mineral  after  such  treatment  useless  in  my  garden 
though  highly  recommended.  I  suggest  taking  a  small 
part  of  each  kind  of  seed  that  will  be  planted  in  tlw 
garden  and  dividing  it  into  three  parts.  Soak  two  of 
them  in  the  nitrate  solution,  planting  one  part  in  the 
ordinary  garden  soil,  the  other  in  the  radioactive  earth. 
Place  the  third  lot,  untreated,  in  radioactive  earth. 
The  controls  in  each  case  will  be  furnished  by  the  main 
plantings. 


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llliavwKoUiu^ 


A  CALL  TO  ACTION 


By  J-oseph  J.  Lane,  of  Garden    Magazine  and  Country   Life 


In  a  rfceiit  issue  ol  Huki  icultcre 
It  was  a  pleasure  for  the  writer  to  pre- 
sent some  thoughts  under  the  head- 
ing "Concrete  Suggestions  for  a  Na- 
tional Co-operative  Business  Building 
Campaign  for  Nurserymen."  It  is  grati- 
fying to  report  now,  that  a  body  of 
nurserymen  elected  themselves  to  car- 
ry out  the  plan  suggested  in  outline 
under  the  title  of  "A  Co-operative 
Campaign  to  Create  New  Business  for 
Nurserymen." 

Let  us  give  thanks. 

And  then^let  us  proceed  to  further 
suggestions,  for  I  believe  that  the 
time  is  right  here  for  us  all  to  put  our 
shoulders  to  the  wheel  that  the  big 
broad  plan  of  creating  more  business 
for  all,  by  co-operating  individually  to 
the  fullest  extent  of  our  abilities,  be 
furthered  with  the  greatest  degree  of 
success  and  rapidity. 

Time  is  short.  Life  is  only  a  span 
of  years.  Today  is  the  only  time  we 
have — these  twenty-tour  hours  which 
God  has  given  us  to  use  to  the  fullest. 
Let  us  be  active.    Let  us  not  delay. 

You  are  a  partner  in  any  plan  that 
means  bigger  business  for  nurserymen 
— because  bigger  business  tor  nursery- 
men means  bigger  business  for  you. 
I'll  tell  you  how. 

Let  us  assume  the  present  campaign 
for  funds  rolls  up  a  working  capital 
sufficient  to  start  the  work  of  broaden- 
ing the  appreciation  of  the  general 
public  of  things  horticultural.  Maga- 
zines and  newspapers  begin  to  look 
upon  nurserymen  as  real  live  busi- 
ness men,  progressive  and  agresslve. 
The  bulletins  to  the  press  preachin'^ 
the  gospel  of  an  "America  Beautiful" 
have  begun  to  appear  in  publications 
of  broad  circulation,  and  advertise- 
ments of  nurserymen  keep  pace  with 


the  endeavor  to  cultivate  a  desire  for 
gardens  and  grounds  of  individual 
beauty  and  naturalness.  And — more 
of  the  same  sort.  Advertisements 
over  the  name  of^he  subscribers  to 
the  fund  appear  in  class  publications 
preaching  the  value  of  factory  plant- 
ing, the  restful  and  iinancial  values 
of  a  real  planting  around  the  home, 
the  need  and  results  of  fruit  planting 
on  the  home  grounds,  etc.,  etc. 

What  is  the  result?  First,  the  nur- 
serymen themselves  by  collectively 
appealing  to  the  public  in  a  propa- 
ganda to  foster  a  deeper  and  finer 
appreciation  of  horticulture,  are  en- 
nobled and  drawn  together  for  the 
common  good.  Trade  differences,  nar- 
rowness and  selfish  competition  give 
way  to  the  millennium  of  ceaseless 
co-operation  and  unified  effort  along 
constructive  and  creative  lines  that 
all  may  be  benefited.  And  let  me 
say  here,  that  if  no  other  benefit  than 
this  came  from  the  expenditure,  it 
would  repay  every  participant  a  thou- 
sand fold. 

The  public  begins  to  sense  the  need 
of  nature  in  their  lives.  The  inherent 
desire  for  beauty  and  soul-strength 
that  lives  in  all  of  us  is  brought  to  a 
point  of  action.  By  creating  a  deeper 
appreciation  in  the  public  mind  of  the 
service  nurserymen  render,  nursery- 
men as  a  group  gain  confidence  in 
their  occupation  and  pride  in  their 
calling.  Instead  of  remaining  individ- 
ual enthusiasts,  they  become  a  group 
having  a  noble  ideal—the  creation  of 
an  "America  Beautiful."  And  in- 
creased business  begins  to  come  to 
each  of  them.  Mass  publicity  has  ef- 
fectiveness that  individual  propa- 
ganda never  dreamt  of. 

The    National    Campaign    of    Public 


Education  of  the  value  of  natural 
beauty  in  the  lives  of  our  people  gath- 
ers momentum,  and  lectures  begin  to 
spread  the  gospel  under  associated  di- 
rection. People  hitherto  prone  to 
scorn  a  salesman  of  flowers  or  nur- 
sery products,  find  invitations  in  their 
morning's  mail  to  come  and  help 
clients  prepare  planting  lists. 

And  if  you  do  business  in  allied 
lines,  here  is  where  you  come  in.  In- 
creasing planting  of  nursery  products 
has  as  its  fundamental  thought  the 
creation  of  a  greater  appreciation  on 
the  part  of  the  American  public  of  the 
benefits  of  garden  activity.  Every  new 
enthusiast  for  gardens  means  a  cus- 
tomer for  you.  Fertilizer,  Insecticides, 
spraying  machinery,  tools,  implements, 
tractors,  greenhouses,  etc.,  without  end. 

Every  branch  of  the  horticultural  In- 
dustry will  be  benefited.  Will  you 
help  in  securing  the  result?  The  nur- 
serymen's fund  is  the  means.  You  are 
invited  to  participate. 

We  want  $50,000  a  year  for  five 
years,  subscribed  by  May  1. 

Talk  has  been  used — words  have 
been  spent.  Now  is  the  time  for  you 
to  act.  Money  is  needed.  Ideas  are 
needed.     One  gives  birth  to  the  other. 

You  have  read  the  announcements 
in  your  trade  papers  and  letters  to  you 
from  the  committee  of  nurserymen 
who  have  set  about  gathering  the  fund. 
Let  this  be  your  call  to  action.  You 
are  elected  to  share  in  the  benefits. 
Why  not  share  in  the  program  that 
will  gain  those  benefits?  As  we  con- 
tribute to  the  fund  individually,  Just 
in  that  proportion  will  results  of  a  sat- 
isfying nature  Individually  be  achieved 
collectively. 

This  Is  our  call.  Are  you  willing  to 
do  your  share?    Speak  up.     Now. 


:;iu 


UOHTICULTURB 


April  6,.l»l» 


w  orK  I'll  ir.f  1  iPin  ■111  iiiii  Ciiiriiill  ill 
Kliziibetli  I'lirk,  Hiirtford.  Conn.,  Is 
now.  well  undtT  wiiy.  Tlio  beds  which 
wiTO  propurod  liisl  fall  :iro  now  in  per- 
fect condition  for  planlinK.  The  first 
appeal  of  the  committee  made  al  that 
time  brought  out  numerous  exhibits, 
and  sutllclont  material  is  available  to 
plant  fully  two-thirds  of  the  space  now 
allotted. 

The  Convention  Garden  will  be  lo- 
cated at  the  south  end  of  Hartford's 
famous  Rose  Garden,  and  is  laid  out  to 
form  a  permanent  wiuR  of  the  original 
plan.  If  sunicienl  material  will  be 
available,  this  section  can  be  dupli- 
cated at  tlie  nortli  end  of  the  Rose 
Garden,  thus  doubling  the  available 
area  and  forming  a  greatly  enlarged 
and  perfectly  balanced  rose  garden 
which  will  not  only  reflect  credit  on 
the  American  Rose  Society,  as  a  body. 
for  years  to  come,  but  one  which  the 
city  of  Hartford  will  maintain  with 
added  pride. 

The  Hartford  Rose  Garden  has  done 
much  in  establishing  the  rose  as  "A 
Bush  for  Every  Garden"  in  the  Ameri- 
can home,  and  it  is  doubtful  if  better 
culture  is  obtained  in  any  public  gar- 
den. Kxhibitors  may  rest  assured  that 
their  stock  will  receive  careful  atten- 
tion and  that  a  creditable  showing 
will  result. 

A  Final  Appeal! 

Rose  Growers,  Members  of  the  Ameri- 
can Rose  Society,  and  All  Rose 
Ijovers: 

Let  us  unite  to  make  this  Conven- 
tion Garden  one  of  the  big  events  in 
the  annals  of  this  society.  Let  us 
make  this  contribution  to  the  Eliza- 
beth Park  Rose  Garden  one  that  will 
convince  Hartford  and  its  thousands 
of  visiting  rose  lovers  that  this  society 
Is  a  live  one  and  is  accomplishing  real 
good  in  the  advance  of  the  culture  of 
the  rose.  If  you  are  a  grower  or  a 
dealer,  send  enough  plants  of  any  new- 
rose,  be  it  Climber,  Baby  Rambler. 
Hybrid  Perpetual.  Hybrid  Tea.  or  any 
bush  rose,  to  complete  a  bed.  Inas- 
much as  the  original  Rose  Garden  is 
devoted  largely  to  Hybrid  Perpetual 
roses,  good  Hybrid  Tea  varieties,  old 
or  new,  can  be  planted  most  exten- 
sively, but  space  will  be  allotted  to 
roses  of  any  type.  Members  of  the 
American  Rose  Society  or  any  rose 
lover  may  be  represented  by  securing 
enough  stock  of  a  favorite  variety  to 
complete  a  bed.  Conditions  under 
which  varieties  are  planted  are  as  fol- 
lows: 

The  Department  of  Public  Parks, 
Hartford,  will  provide  space  and  take 
charge  of  exhibits  without  charge. 
The  donors'  names  will  appear  on  uni- 
form signs  furnished  by  the  Park  Dp 
partment  and  will  remain  there  for 
two  years.  After  that,  the  stock  will 
be  at  the  disposal  of  the  Park  Depart- 
ment— -to  remain  as  planted  or  to  be 
disposed  of,  if  not  fully  desirable. 
This  means  good  advertising  for  the 
exhibitor  and  for  the  new^  garden  on 
the  whole,  and  a  big  boost  in  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  rose. 

The  committee  will  be  glad  to  hear 
from    prospective    donors,    sending    a 


list    of    what    Viirictii  s    ami    'i 
are     available,     and     space     will     be 
promptly     reserved.       Address     Alex. 
Cumming.  Jr.,  Cromwell,  Conn. 

Committee:  Wallace  R.  Pierson, 
Cromwell,  Conn.;  John  F.  Hubs,  Hart- 
ford, Conn.;  Alex.  Cumming.  Jr.. 
Cromwell,  Conn. 

Rose  Registrations. 

The  following  requests  have  been  re- 
ceived for  registration  of  roses  and 
these  have  been  approved  by  the  Rose 
Registration  Committee.  Unless  ob- 
jections are  received  within  three 
weeks  from  the  date  of  this  publica- 
tion, the  registrations  will  be  perma- 
nently accepted: 

Name.  "Victory:"  Class.  Hybrid 
Wichuraiana;  parentage.  Dr.  \Vm. 
VanFleet  X  .Mad.  Jules  Grolez. 

Description:  Habit  of  plant- 
climbing;  character  of  foliage — Dr. 
W'm.  VanFleet  foliage;  freedom  of 
growth — very  vigorous:  liardiness  — 
perfectly  hardy;  flower — double.  3V4" 
in  .diameter;  color — deep  pink,  darker 
in  centre;  form — centre  projecting, 
medium  long,  round;  fragrance — quite 
fragrant ;  bud — pointed  but  raiher 
round;  petalage — 48  petals,  curved, 
stiff;  freedom  of  bloom — very  profuse 
in  June;  may  bloom  later;  Lastini^ 
(;ua!ity — on  bush  one  week;  v;hen  cut 
buds-  retain  shape  until  faded. 

The  rose  is  similar  to  Mad.  Jules 
Grolez  and  Dr.  \Vm.  VanFleet  but  is 
different  in  color,  fragrance  and  petol- 
age  and  superior  for  the  following  rea- 
son: 

To  VanFleet.  (1)  color  is  darker: 
(2)  rose  is  more  double;  (3)  petals  are 
stiffer:    (4)   rose  lasts  much  longer. 

To  Mad.  Jules  Crolez:  (1)  mor ' 
vigorous  grower;  (2)  free  from  dis- 
ease; (3)  longer  stems  for  cut  flowers; 
f4)  glossy  foliage  all  summer. 

(Signed)) 

FliFniEKTCK   R.    M.    UXDRITZ. 


Name  "Freedom"  (The  Climbing 
White  American  Beauty);  class — Hy- 
brid \Vl<-hurulana;  parentage — Silver 
Moon  X  Kalserln  Augusta  Victoria. 

Description:  Habit  of  plant — climb- 
ing; character  of  follagi> — Sliver  Moon 
foliage;  freedom  of  growth— very  vig- 
orous; hardiness — perfectly  hardy; 
flower — very  double,  over  4"  In  diame- 
ter; color — w-hlte,  base  petals  tinted 
cream,  centre  yellow;  form  -centre 
projecting;  medium  long;  fragrance — 
Silver  .Moon  fragrance;  bud — pointed 
and  Arm;  petalage— 75  petals,  curved, 
stiff  and  erect;  freedom  of  bloom — pro- 
fuse In  June;  may  bloom  later;  last- 
ing Quality  on  bush  about  eight  days. 

The  rose  Is  similar  to  Kalserln  Au- 
gusta Victoria  but  is  different  In  petal- 
age  and  form  and  superior  for  the  fol- 
lowing reasons:  (1)  more  hardy;  (2) 
disease-resistant;  (3)  the  rose  lasts 
longer;  (4)  more  vigorous  grower;  (5) 
much  better  bloomer. 

Belter  than  Silver  Moon  because: 
(1)  it  is  much  more  double;  (2)  bet- 
ter cut  flower  (1  flower  to  a  branch); 
(3)  typical  climbing  White  American 
Beauty. 

(Signed) 

PnEDEaiicK  R.  M.  Undbitz. 

Names— "Mrs.  E.  T.  Stotesbury." 
Class — Hybrid  Tea.  Parentage — seed- 
ling of  .los.  Hill  and  Maryland  crossed 
on   Milady. 

Description:  Habit — throws  off  lat- 
eral shoots  from  the  bud  ranging  from 
12"  to  18";  character  of  foliage — large, 
dark,  glossy  foliage;  freedom  of 
growth  and  hardiness — very  free, 
strong  and  vigorous;  flower — large, 
does  not  bruise;  color — light  pink, 
shaded  in  darker  pink;  form — large, 
full  flower,  opening  wide;  fragrance 
and  bud — spicy  fragrance,  long  bud; 
petalage — 32  petal  average;  freedom 
of  bloom  and  lasting  quality — very 
free;   good  keeper. 

The  rose  is  similar  to  Shawyer,  but 
is  different  in  color,  foliage  and 
growth  and  superior  for  the  following 
reasons;  it  is  more  tree,  stronger  and 
has  a  heavier  flower. 

(Signed)     Edward  Towill, 
B.  A.  WniTK.  Secy. 


A  GREENHOUSE   AT  TSINGTAU 


Tsingtau  is  in  a  province  of  China  at  present  under  Japanese  protection. 
The  Japanese  are  reported  to  be  exercising  not  only  military,  but  civil  au- 
thointy  in  the  town,  a  course  which  has  aroused  considerable  resentment  and. 
disorder  there, 


April  G,  1918 


H  0  i;  'I"  I  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


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The  Promotion  Bureau  feels  some- 
what elated  over  the  manner  in  which 
florists  throughout  the  country  have 
co-operated  with  the  Bureau  service  in 
the  effort  to  direct  the  publicity  se- 
cured through  the  national  magazine 
advertising  to  their  own  establish- 
ments. Hundreds  of  electrotyped 
newspaper  advertisements  appealing 
lor  Easter  trade  have  been  sent  out. 
and  their  use,  as  evidenced  by  the 
clippings  received,  has  been  timely, 
and  well  planned.  The  electrotypes 
featured  as  nearly  as  possible  the 
magazine  Easter  advertisements  ap- 
pearing in  the  Woman's  Home  Com- 
panion and  Literary  Digest,  which  to- 
gether reach  nearly  two  million  homes 
suggesting  flower  buying  expectancies. 
The  Promotion  Bureau  can  do  a  great 
deal  for  the  many,  but  it  is  quite  ob- 
vious that  the  individual  must,  either 
through  direct  advertising  or  newspa- 
per aid,  look  out  for  himself  if  he 
wants  the  maximum  benefit  of  this 
publicity.  That  is  why  this  electro- 
type service  was  instituted — it  identi- 
fies an  'establishment  with  this  nat- 
ional publicity,  and  links  up  his  local 
effort  with  the  national  effort. 

For   "Movie"   Service. 

The  Bureau  has  received  a  good 
many  inquiries  for  a  service  of  lantern 
slides  for  projection  in  moving  picture 
theatres,  and  in  response  to  this  de- 
mand it  has  produced  a  set  of  four,  in 


colors,  which  feature  as  nearly  as  pos- 
sible the  magazine  advertisements, 
and  each  slide  carries  the  name  and 
address  of  the  florist  projecting  it. 
These  slides  are  to  be  sent  out  at  the 
price  of  $2.00  for  the  set,  postpaid  and 
safe  arrival  guaranteed.  The  titles  are; 
"Mother's  Day,"  "Beautifying  the 
Home,"  "On  Her  Birthday,"  and  "The 
Wedding,"  and  their  issue  is  concur- 
rent with  the  appearance  of  the  ad- 
vertisements in  the  magazines. 

Glass    Signs    and    Transfer    Signs. 

All  orders  received  so  far  for  the 
glass  sign  "Say  It  With  Flowers" 
have  been  filled,  as  well  as  the  decal- 
comanie  signs  of  the  same  slogan.  Or- 
ders for  decalcomanie  signs  can  now 
be  filled  from  stock  on  hand.  The  man- 
ufacturers of  all  these  signs  have  been 
seriously  handicapped  in  the  fulfil- 
ment of  orders  through  conditions  now 
generally  prevailing,  but  the  Bureau 
has  made  the  best  deliveries  possible 
under  the  circumstances. 

Stickers  in   Colors 

The  Bureau  has  arranged  to  supply 
gummed  labels,  or  "stickers,"  which 
are  miniature  reproductions,  in  colors, 
of  the  slogan,  "Say  It  With  Flowers." 
These  are  for  use  on  boxes,  package^; 
stationery,  and  in  other  ways  to  keep 
the  slogan  before  the  public.  They 
will  be  available  in  sizes,  2,  4  and  6 
inches  long. 


The  Subscription  List. 

Probably  due  to  the  Easter  rush, 
subscriptions  have  been  rather  slow 
in  the  last  ten  days.  The  Bureau  has 
published  in  booklet  form  a  list  of  the 
subscribers  to  the  Publicity  Campaign 
Fund  arranged  by  States,  and  it  fur- 
nishes some  interesting  statistics.  The 
following  is  a  synopsis: 

S.  A.  F.  &  O.  H.,  $5,000.  Florists'  Tele- 
graph Delivery  Association,  $2..500.  Ala- 
bama, 2,  $;iO;  Arkansas,  1,  $5;  California,  5, 
$296;  Canada,  B,  $183;  Colorado,  27.  $.-!21; 
Connecticut,  35,  $2,070;  District  of  Colum- 
Ilia.  3,  $130;  Delaware,  1.  $5;  Florida.  2, 
$60;  Georgia,  11,  $95;  Kansas,  5.  $50.50; 
Kentucky,  2.  $7;  Idaho,  1.  $5;  Illinois.  84, 
$3,073.50;  Indiana.  23,  $.323;  Iowa,  19,  $270; 
Louisiana,  5.  $25;  M.iryland,  22,  $.388; 
Maine,  4,  $45;  Montana,  3,  $7;  Massachu- 
setts, 35,  $1,222;  Michigan,  23,  $1,076  50; 
Minnesota,  9,  $95;  Missouri,  29,  $1,095; 
Nebraska,  14,  $447.50;  New  Hampshire,  2, 
$20;  New  Jersey,  32,  $1,281;  New  York,  135, 
$6.50G;  North  Dakota,  3.  $25;  North  Caro- 
lina, 0.  $148;  Ohio,  49.  $1,387;  Oklahoma,  6, 
$90;  Ores-'on,  1,'),  $117.50;  Pennsylvania,  60, 
$3,119;  Rhode  Island,  3,  $13;  South  Caro- 
lina, 3,  $55;  South  Dakota,  3,  $20;  Tennes- 
see, 2,  $75;  Texas,  24,  $395;  Utah,  3.  $45; 
Vermont,  3,  $13;  Virginia,  3,  $40;  Wash- 
ington, 12,  $100;  West  Virginia,  5,  $125; 
Wisconsin,  11,  $238;  Wyoming,  2,  $15. 

It  is  obvious  that  the  local  commit- 
tees in  some  of  the  States  have  done 
some  active  work.  But  why  wait  for 
approaches  by  local  organizations? 
The  fund  is  wide  open;  can  anyone  in- 
terested in  his  own  welfare  afford  to 
stand  aloof? 

JoH.\  YoiTNG,  Secy. 

1170  Broadway,  New  York. 


THE  DETROIT  CONVENTION 
GARDEN. 

The  principal  reason  for  selecting 
the  Convention  City  for  our  National 
Society  two  years  in  advance  is  to 
gain  the  time  necessary  to  prepare  and 
plant  the  Convention  Garden  and  to 
give  the  hardy  plant  exhibits  two  sea- 
sons' growth  before  the  Convention. 

Detroit,  our  1919  Convention  City, 
offers  great  inducements  for  a  success- 
ful Convention  Garden.  Arrangements 
have  been  made  with  the  Fair  Ground 
authorities  for  the  necessary  grounds 
next  to  the  Convention  and  Trade  Ex- 
hibition buildings,  and  the  Garden 
will  be  under  the  competent  manage- 
ment and  supervision  of  William  Dil- 
ger,  former  superintendent  of  Belle 
Isle  Park.  In  order  to  enable  the  com- 
mittee and  management  to  prepare 
plans  and  grounds  it  is  necessary  for 
us  to  know  how  many  growers  will 
avail  themselves  of  the  opportunity  to 
place  exhibits  in  this  Garden. 

The  price  of  space  rental  will  be 
governed  by  the  total  space  taken,  and 
will  not  exceed  ten  cents  per  square 
foot  for  bedding  plants  to  be  planted 
in  the  spring  of  1919,  and  five  cents 
per  square  foot  lor  hardy  plants,  trees. 
shrubs,  evergreens,  perennials,  etc.,  to 
be  planted  this  spring  and  fall.  Tli« 
rental  price  may  be  less  and  will  be 
established  by  the  Executive  Board 
of  the  Society  at  its  next  meeting. 
Blanks  have  been  provided  which  in- 
tending   exhibitors    are    requested    to 


fill  out  and  return,  giving  information 
as  to  the  character  of  their  exhibits 
and  the  approximate  space  required. 
The  information  so  received  from  all 
growers  will  be  compiled  and  a  plan 
prepared  and  sent  to  all  applicants, 
giving  further  detail  information  as  to 
space  available,  conditions  and  price. 
The  object  of  this  preliminary  inquiry 
is  to  find  out  the  number  of  exhibitors 
and  the  approximate  space  required. 
Prompt  replies  will  guide  us.  facilitate 
our  work  and  assure  success  in  this 
undertaking. 

TllKODORE     WiRTH,     PhILIP     BrEITMKYER, 

Clarence    L.    Brock,    Committee    on 
Convention  Garden. 


CHICAGO   FLORISTS'  CLUB. 

.iDVERTISING    COMMITTEE. 

The  great  success  of  the  co-opera- 
tive Mother's  Day  advertising  cam- 
paign, conducted  by  this  organization, 
brought  many  requests  from  the  flor- 
ists of  this  country,  and  in  response 
same  will  be  again  undertaken  this 
year  upon  a  national  scale  for  the 
welfare  of  the  trade  at  large. 

Stamps  and  posters  will  be  offered 
at  last  season's  prices.  In  case  any 
profits  are  derived  from  the  sale  of 
these  stamps  and  posters,  the  Chicago 
Florists'  Club  will  immediately  trans- 
fer fifty  per  cent,  of  the  net  proceeds 
to  the  Society  of  American  Florists  as 
a  country-wide  contribution  to  the 
National  Publicity  Campaign  for  Flow- 
ers, and  the  remainder  will  be  re-, 
served   for   future   publicity   purposes. 


Buy  a  quantity  of  these  stamps  and 
posters  at  once.  Combine  your  order 
with  your  neighbor  florists  and  obtain 
the  quantity  rate.  This  will  reduce 
the  cost,  and  thereby  also  insure  an 
organized  campaign  of  advertising  for 
your  entire  community. 

Send  names  and  addresses  and  list 
of  stamps  and  posters  wanted  by  every 
florist  in  your  city,  and  we  will  make 
delivery  direct  without  extra  charge. 
Get  busy,  telephone  your  brother  flor- 
ists: it  will  help  your  business  and 
theirs. 

The  stamps  can  be  used  to  very 
good  advantage  by  florists  on  their 
April  and  May  statements,  and  many 
other  uses  for  same  are  suggested  on 
our  circular  and  price  list. 

Everyone  in  the  trade  will  use  these 
stamps  and  posters  this  season.  Do 
likewise.  This  is  your  opportunity.  It 
will  identify  your  business  with  the 
National  Campaign  at  small  cost,  and 
with  the  benefits  obtained  you  will 
hf  well  rewarded. 

F.  Lautenschlager, 

Chairman. 
Geo.  Asmus, 

MlCHAHX   BaBKER, 

Committee. 


Hudson,  N.  Y.— William  Allen,  ■whd" 
was  for  some  years  head  florist  at  the' 
Allen  greenhouses  in  this  city,  and 
who  now  has  charge  ol  the  large 
greenhouses  on  the  Emmons  Farms  at 
Oneonta,  has  enlisted  in  a  Canadian 
regiment. 


342 


HORTICULTURE 


April  6.  1918 


THINGS  TIMELY  AND  IMPORTANT. 

By  li    11.  Hrnnim.  BrI.tol.  Tcnn.,  bfforc  th« 

TroD«M««  Stntr  Klorl«l»"  A«»ocliillon,  nt 

Nnslitillr.  Tcun, 

•  Bulijcct  Klven  iiio  wns  "ThliiKS 
V  and  Important.'  Now,  Bomo 
arc  RuylnK  thiit  the  times  are  out  of 
Joint.  onU  things  are  all  "out  of 
whack,"  but  I  determlneil  thai  I  would 
leave  war  talk  and  the  abomlnahlo 
weather  tut  of  this  talk  entirely  and 
gav  a  word  or  two  on  "Cooperation 
and  Individual  Concentrated  Kffort." 
To  mv  mind,  one  of  the  Kreatost  as- 
sets wo  have  today  is  cooperation. 
There  Is  no  line  of  business  which 
admits  of  a  wider  range  of  improve- 
ment; Tiore  study,  or  has  a  wider  hor- 
izon than  the  business  represented 
hero  today,  and  no  man  can  afford  to 
set  at  naught  the  opportunity  of  im- 
proving his  prospects  by  rubbing  up 
against  his  fellow  florists  and  getting 
and  giving  as  much  as  possible.  I 
am  happy  Indeed  to  meet  with  my  fel- 
low florists  and  hope  to  get  and  give 
something  In  the  hours  we  spend  to- 
gether. We  may  cooperate  in  many 
ways;  some  united  work  is  already  In 
hand 

This  annual  convention  is  one  of  the 
means  of  getting  us  all  in  touch  so 
that  we  can  teach  and  learn  from 
each  other  to  the  continued  better- 
ment of  the  florist  trade  in  our  state. 
We  can  cooperate  by  showing  the  ut- 
most courtesy  to  the  visits  of  other 
florists  to  our  places  of  business,  and 
to  their  inquiries  tor  informaticn  by 
mail.  We  can  even  offer  a  suggestion 
to  our  neighboring  florists  as  to  tlie 
best  uiethods  we  have  found  in  some 
particular  thing  and  we  c;ui  cut  out 
any  pe'ty  jealousy  which  we  may  have 
imhilic  J  and  become  broadminded  and 
act  broau  with  our  fellows,  fov  we  can 
easily  :irove  that  such  policy  will  be- 
get belter  business  for  ouiselves,  and 
we  will  in  return  gain  much  more 
than  we  can  possibly  give  out.  We 
are  now  cooperating  along  the  lines 
of  the  F.  T.  D.,  and  the  move  for  a 
National  Advertising  Campaign  is  ad- 
mirable and  should  get  the  hearty 
support  of  everybody. 

A  better  day  is  coming  when  we, 
through  our  annual  gatherings,  can  be 
brought  together  for  a  more  thorough 
interchange  of  thoughts  and  working 
methods  than  any  we  have  yet  under- 
taken, .vhere  experts  will  confer  with 
us  on  all-important  subjects  relating 
to  our  trade.  Could  we  have  time  we 
might  go  into  details  about  Improved 
store  methods,  city  delivery  and  ship- 
ping facilities.  The  best  credit  and 
bookkeeping  plans,  the  best  construc- 
tion and  effective  shipping  and  work- 
ing houses,  the  legal  side,  safe  and 
economical  insurance  and  many  other 
things  which  can  best  be  worked  out 
by  the  large  number  interested,  rather 
than  the  individual,  and  save  time, 
labor  and  expense,  and  increase  the 
efficiency  of  our  forces  immensely. 
But  the  concentrated  Individual  ef- 
fort is  what  is  also  necessary  to  in- 
sure business.  That  florist  who  can 
cut  out  war  talks,  be  neither  a  pro- 
nounced optimist  nor  pessimist,  but 
just  plod  along  keeping  his  eyes  open 
and  his  mouth  shut — that  is,  trying 
to  see  everything  which  will  make  for 
the  advantage  of  the  trade  and   not 


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LiUUM    CAKDIDUM    AS    A    WOODLAND    FEATUBB,    Mt.    DESEBT    NlKHKKIES. 


prophesying  nor  complaining;  he  will 
give  his  best  to  bis  business  and  his 
business  shall  literally  "Blossom  as 
the  Rose."  If  things  look  a  little  dark 
for  us  we  must  not  worry  nor  stop  our 
efforts.  It  Is  well  to  ponder  the  say- 
ing that  "A  good  hen  never  stops 
scratching  because  worms  are  scarce." 
Now  is  a  good  time  for  all  to  pull  to- 
gether for  better  things  and  for  each 
to  look  carefully  at  his  own  business 
to  mark  the  weak  spots  and  make 
them  strong  again. 


Meetings  Next  Week 

Monday,  April  8. 

Gnrdeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of 
B.Tltlniorc.  Florists'  ICxelinngc  Hnll. 
Hiiltliiiori'.  M(l. 

Ni-w  York  Florists'  Club,  Grand 
Opi>rn  nniiac.  New  York  City. 

UorlipsttT  Florl.'fts'  Association, 
0.1  Main  .St..   Kast   ItocliPStpr.  N.  Y. 

Cincinnati    I-'Iorists'    Society,    Hotel  I 
Gibson,  Cincinnati.  (I. 

Tuesday,  April   9. 

Newport  Horticultural  Society, 
Newport,  R.  I. 

Wednesday,  April   10. 

Cincinnati  Florists'  .Snclety.  Jabez 
Elliott  Flower  Market,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Dntoliesa  County  Horticultural 
Societv,  Fallkill  Hldg.,  I'ouglikecp- 
sle.  N.  Y. 

Lenox  Horticultural  Society,  Lenox, 
Mass. 

Morris  County  Florists'  and  Gar- 
deners' .Society,  Madison,   N.  J. 

Nassau  County  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, Pembroke  Hall,  Glen  Cove, 
N.  Y. 

Thursday,   April   11. 

Menio  I'ark  HorU<  nitnral  Society, 
Meiilo  I'ark.  Calif. 

New  London  Horticultural  Soci- 
ety. Municipal  Bldg.,  New  London, 
Conn. 

Friday,    April    12. 

Connecticut  Horticultural  Society, 
County  nulUllnB.  Hartford,  Conn. 

Westchester  and  Falrlleld  Horti- 
cultural Society,  Dorans  Hall, 
Greenwich.  Conn. 

Saturday,  April    13. 

Dohbs    Ferry    Gardeners'    Assocla- 

tinn,    Pfihl."    Ff-rry     V     V 


Obituary 

Samuel  L.  Allen. 
Samuel  L.  Allen,  founder  and  senior 
])artner  of  S.  L.  Allen  &  Co.,  manufac- 
turers of  farm  and  garden  imple- 
ments, died  in  Miami,  I-Torlda,  of  lieart 
trouble,  in  his  seventy-seventh  year. 
As  inventer  and  manufacturer  of  agri- 
cultural implements  he  had  a  world- 
wide reputation.  He  was  a  prominent 
iiiomber  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  trus- 
tee of  Haverford  College,  one  of  the 
managers  of  the  Frankford  Asylum 
and  a  contributor  to  many  charities. 
Mr.  Allen's  home  was  In  Moorestown, 
N.  J.,  and  he  is  survived  by  a  widow, 
three  daughters  and  a  son. 


George  Golding  Kennedy 
George  Golden  Kennedy,  who  of  late 
years  had  become  widely  known  as  a 
New  England  botanist,  died  Surday 
night,  .March  31,  at  his  home,  lilue  Hill 
avenue,  Milton,  Mass.,  in  his  seventy- 
seventh  year.  Mr.  Kennedy  was  born 
in  Roxbury.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  had  devoted  his  time  to  botanical 
research,  being  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  New  England  Botanical  Club.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  visiting  commit- 
tee of  Gray's  Herbarium  at  Harvard. 
Last  year  he  presented  to  Harvard  an 
herbarium,  to  the  collection  of  which 
he  had  devoted  a  long  time. 


John  Jensen,  grower  and  retailer  in 
West  Philadelphia,  says  he  had  a  splen- 
did Easter  and  while  short  of  some 
items  others  sold  so  well  that  there 
was  nothing  left  finally.  The  volume 
was  perhaps  not  as  large  as  last  year 
liiit  there  was  no  losses.  Flamingo  and 
Prosperity  were  two  of  the  best  sellers 
in  the  tulip  family.  These  are  high 
priced  sorts  but  it  pays  to  grow  them. 
Make  a  note  of  this  in  placing  your 
orders  for  next   season. 


April  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


343 


FARQUHAR'S    HARDY    PERENNIALS 

For    Spring    j^lanting 

Write  for  a  eopy  of  our  Catalogue  before  ordering 

R.   &  J.   FARQUHAR  &  CO. 

6  South.  Market  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


NATIONAL      ASSOCIATION 
GARDENERS. 


OF 


The  next  gardeners'  conference  un- 
der the  auspices  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Gardeners  will  be  held  in 
Boston  on  Thursday  afternoon,  April 
18th.  The  program  is  now  being 
worked  out  by  the  local  committee  and 
will  be  announced  shortly. 

At  the  request  of  the  Nassau  Coun- 
ty, N.  Y.,  Horticultural  Society,  atten 
tion  is  a^ain  directed  to  the  following 
resolution  introduced  by  it: 

"A  member  of  a  horticultural  society, 
removing  to  another  locality,  and  being 
desirous  of  associating  himself  with  the 
horticultural  society  in  the  locality  to 
which  he  hna  gone,  should  become  eligible 
to  full  membership  therein  if  he  is  in  good 
standing,  without  the  payment  of  dues  to 
the  enil  of  the  Hscal  year,  and  vice  versa. 
In  other  words  he  would  simply  be  trans- 
ferred from  oue  society  to  another  with- 
out any  extra  monetary  charge  whatso- 
ever." 

The  following  societies  adopted  this 
resolution  at  the  time  it  was  submit- 
ted and  it  is  now  operative  between 
them: 

Nassau  County,  N.  Y.,  Oyster  Bay. 
N.  Y.,  Southampton,  N.  Y.,  Dutchess 
County,  N.  Y.,  Tuxedo,  N.  Y.,  West- 
chester and  Fairfield,  Morris  County, 
N.  J.,  Connecticut,  Rhode  Island. 
Ne\vport,  Los  Angeles,  County,  and 
Menlo  Park,  Cal.,  Horticultural  so- 
cieties; North  Westchester,  N.  Y., 
Agricultural  and  Horticultural  Socie- 
ty; New  Jersey  Floricultural  Society: 
Paterson,  N.  J.,  Floricultural  Society; 
Florists'  and  Gardeners'  Club  of  Rhode 
Island;  Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club 
of  Boston  (adopted  by  it  without  voting 
power  until  dues  are  paid  in  club),  and 
Cincinnati  Florists'  Society. 

Societies  favoring  this  resolution, 
but  who  have  not  yet  adopted  It,  can 
do  so  now,  and  advise  the  undersigned 
accordingly. 

National  Co-Operative  Committee, 
National  Association  of  Gardeners,  M. 
0.  Ebel,  Sec'y,  Madison,  N.  J. 


NEWS    NOTES 


Reading,  Pa.— The  Mt.  Penn  Floral 
Company  opened  a  special  Easter 
salesroom  for  their  plants  and  flowers 
at  244  North  Ninth  street. 


Manchester,  N.  H.— William  H.  Mc- 
Quade,  state  forestry  inspector,  has 
been  appointed  a  member  of  the  parks 
and  playgrounds  commission.  His 
term  begins  April  1  and  is  for  a  period 
of  five  years. 


KALMIA    LATIFOLIA 

Collected    Clumps,     1    foot    to    3    feet,    bushy 

Write    for   Prices 

FAIRFAX    FARMS    CO.,   Inc. 

R.   F.   D.   No.   3  FAIRFAX,   VA. 


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illustrations. 

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What  Is  That  Plant? 

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unless  ttowers  are  present,  because  the 
ordinary  Manuals  make  use  of  Dower 
and  fruit  characters.  It  may  be 
answered  easily  for  over  1000  trees  and 
shrubs,  Inrluding  those  most  commonly 
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SEED  TRADE 


AMERICAN  SEED  TRADE  ASSOCIATION 

(iniorra — I'rrililrnt.  F.  \V.  BoIcIboo, 
\\»hlnKl»n.  I>.  C;  Flr«t  Vlc«-Prr«l€l«»t, 
Wm.  «»  hrarlrll.  llAlllinorr.  \H.:  HKrond 
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plil».  I'*.;  (.iTrrH«r)r-TrT»»urer,  C.  K. 
K«Dd»l,  CUvclaiid,  O. 


Some  Encouragement. 

We  have  received  through  a  inisi- 
worthy  medium  some  reassuring  in- 
formation concerning  the  purpose  and 
proposed  carrying-out  of  the  recently 
declared  embargoes  on  various  horti- 
cultural imports,  such  as  plants, 
shrubs  and  vines.  It  is  stated  thai 
the  problem  of  the  War  Trade  Board 
and  the  Shipping  Board  is  one  of  ton- 
nage, and  of  doing  everything  possible 
to  further  the  successful  prosecution 
of  the  war  and  it  is  on  account  of  these 
paramount  considerations  that  in 
many  cases  it  has  become  necessary 
to  take  the  action  in  question.  At  the 
present  time  it  seems  probable  there 
will  be  available  cargo  space  from  the 
principal  French  and  English  ports, 
from  time  to  time,  but  the  question  of 
tonnage  from  Holland  is  more  proble- 
matical. The  limitation  of  importa- 
tions from  Europe  is  based  only  on  the 
emergency  of  the  tonnage  situation 
and  no  unnecessary  interference  with 
the  nursery  stocks  is  intended.  So  it 
is  quite  likely  that  as  to  French  goods 
import  licenses  may  be  secured  for 
shipments  from  convenient  ports  like 
Bordeaux,  when  loaded  without  delay, 
and  other  important  French  and 
English  ports.  We  are  also  advised 
that  for  the  present  palmseeds  will  be 
considered  to  be  on  the  restricted  list 
as  palm  nuts,  under  classification  of 
"Nuts." 


Connecticut  Seed  Corn  Should  Be 
Certified 

Buyers  of  Connecticut  grown  seed 
corn  have  been  warned  by  officials 
of  the  College  of  Agriculture  of 
that  state  that  unless  the  seed  stock 
Is  accompanied  by  a  certified  germi- 
nation test,  it  cannot  be  depended 
upon.  They  have  written  K.  C.  Hatch 
of  Wisconsin  Agriculture  Extension 
that  tests  have  been  conducted  on  a 
large  number  of  seed  samples  and,  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  the  corn  in  that 
state  was  fully  mature  last  fall  and  In 
fairly  good  condition,  only  20  per  cent, 
of  the  corn  will  germinate  85  per  cent, 
or  better. 


New  York — The  huge  Nungesser- 
Dickinson  seed  establishment  at 
Twelfth  and  Hudson  streets,  Hoboken. 
has  been  taken  over  by  the  govern- 
ment at  a  price  said  to  be  approxi- 
mately $900.0no.  The  business  is  ons 
of  the  largest  in  Hoboken,  and  is  the 
biggest  of  its  kind  along  the  entire  At- 
lantic seaboard.  It  is  not  thought  that 
there  will  be  any  change  in  manage- 
ment or  in  the  conduct  of  affairs  at  the 
plant.  Machinery  and  products  will 
most  likely  bo  lined  up  to  help  the 
government  in  its  program  of  in- 
creased food  crops.  The  Nungesser- 
Dickinson  firm  is  prepared  to  help 
make  effective  the  slogan  that  "Food 
will  win  the  war." 


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THE   VALUE   OF   ORGANIZATION. 

From  the  Remarks  of  P.  C.  O'Mara  at  tbc 
F.   T.    D.    Meeting   in   Detroit. 

No  man  can  succeed  by  himself; 
nothing  in  nature  operates  alone;  even 
the  snowdrops  co-operate  and  help  one 
another. 

The   snowdrop   ne.stlinpr   In    Its   fleecy    bed 
On  the  liills  would  quickly  melt; 
Hut  "I'll  help  you  and  you  help  me 
Then  sec  what  a  great  white  drift  there'll 
be." 

Gentlemen,  that  is  the  message  to 
you  this  morning  from  old  Mother 
Nature,  whose  laws  no  man  can  vio- 
late with  impunity  and  not  receive  a 
penalty. 

One  thought,  and  then  I  am  through. 
The  value  of  organization  is  empha- 
sized in  this  story  of  a  colored  man. 
By  the  way,  some  of  our  colored 
brothers  are  wonderful  natural  phil- 
osophers. A  philosopher  is  one  who 
studies  effects  by  their  causes.  Did 
the  gentleman  that  produced  this 
magnificent  rose  attain  it  by  giving 
himself  a  hypodermic  injection  and 
going  to  bed  and  wishing?  (Applause.) 
No;  but  he  was  willing  to  spend  his 
money,  he  was  willing  to  spend  that 
which  no  money  can  get,  his  personal 
power  and  sacrifice,  to  even  with- 
stand the  ridicule  of  his  friends  who 
stood  by  and  said,  "Well,  Hiram,  I 
don't  believe  it  can  be  did."  Hut  we 
wake  up  some  fine  morning  and  we 
are  surprised  to  see  the  man  who  did 
it.  Well,  gentlemen,  this  colored  man 
was  driving  a  traveler  down  the  road 
one  day  in  Arkansas,  and  he  had  a 
long  whip  with  a  lash  on  the  end  of 
it.  He  was  very  expert  with  it.  The 
traveler  saw  a  bee  upon  a  flower,  and 
said,  "Rastus,  can  you  hit  that  bee?" 
"Yass,  Boss.  1  can  hit  it" — and  he  did. 
They  drove  along  a  little  further  and 
they  -saw  two  more  bees.  The  trav- 
eler said.  "Rastus,  can  you  hit  both 
of  them?"  "Yass,  Ross,  I  can  do  that," 
—  and  he  did  it.  They  drove  along  a 
little    further,    and    the    traveler    said, 


"Rastus!  "  "Yass,  Boss";  and  the 
traveler  said,  "Rastus,  what  is  that?" 
Rastus  said,  "Boss,  that  is  a  wasp 
nest,"  "Can  you  hit  that,  Nigger?" 
"Yass,  Boss,  I  can— I  can  hit  it— but 
I  am  not  monkeying  with  that;  that's 
organized."     tl^ughter.) 


THE  OFFICIAL  U.  S.  BULLETIN. 

Owing  to  the  enormous  increase  of 
government  war  work  the  government- 
al departments  at  Washington  are  be- 
ing flooded  with  letters  of  inquiry  on 
every  conceivable  subject  concerning 
the  war,  and  it  has  been  found  a  physi- 
cal impossibility  for  the  clerks,  though 
they  number  an  army  in  themselves 
now,  to  give  many  of  these  letters 
proper  attention  and  reply.  There  Is 
published  daily  at  Washington,  a  gov- 
ernment newspaper — The  Official  U. 
S.  Bulletin.  This  newspaper  prints 
every  day  all  of  the  more  important 
rulings,  decisions,  regulations,  procla- 
mations, orders,  etc.,  etc.,  as  they  are 
promulgated  by  the  several  depart- 
ments and  the  many  special  commit- 
tees and  agencies  now  in  operation  at 
the  National  Capital.  This  official 
journal  is  posted  daily  in  every  post- 
office  in  the  United  States,  more  than 
.'ie.OOO  in  number,  and  may  also  be 
found  on  file  at  all  libraries,  boards  of 
trade  and  chambers  of  commerce,  the 
offices  of  mayors,  governors,  and  oth- 
er federal  officials.  By  consulting  these 
files  most  questions  will  be  found 
readily  answered;  there  will  be  little 
necessity  for  letter  writing;  the  un- 
necessary congestion  of  the  mails  will 
be  appreciably  relieved;  the  railroads 
will  be  called  upon  to  move  fewer  cor- 
respondence sacks,  and  the  mass  of 
business  that  is  piling  up  in  the  gov- 
ernment departments  will  be  eased 
considerably.  Hundreds  of  clerks  now 
answering  correspondence  will  be  en- 
abled to  give  their  time  to  essential 
important  war  work,  and  the  public 
will  have  performed  a  patriotic  serv- 
ice. 


April  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


345 


WEEBER  &  DON 


114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
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Choice   Flower  Seeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

CINEBAKIA — Prize     atrsliis,     mixed 

Tail   lind    8eml-(l warf. 

ALV88L'M— Little     (iem. 

CALENDULA— Orange   King,   Lemon 

Uueen. 

BNArnRAC.O.N— Sliver    Pink. 

BF.<iONL\— >  ernon. 

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Asparagus  Sprengeri — 1000  Se^ds,  SI .00. 

Salvia  Bonfire — M,  om.,  SOc. ;  1  oz.,  $2.00. 

Salvia   Zurirh — V<.  oz.,  7Sc. ;    1   oz.,  $4.00, 

Stocks  Beautj  of  Nice,  75%  Double  Flowers 
— shell  Pink.  Bright  IMnk,  Purple,  White 
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HKKT.  CARROT.  rAUSNir.  RADISn  and 
CiAliPKN  I'KA  SKEI>  In  vflrlcty:  «lso  oth.r 
ItpiMS  of  the  shnrl  rrop  of  ilila  pnst  ipaaiiD, 
ns  wpll  n.  a  fiill  line  of  finnli-n  Sperta.  will 

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H  O  KT 1  C  U  LT  U  KE 


April  6,  1918 


ALEX.   McGONNELL 

611    FIFTH   AVENUE 

l>JI^\A/     YOFRK    C5ITV 

1  •■IrKriipliU-  tiriliT-  f«rw iinli-tl  to  any 
luirl  <if  llir  I  n  Ird  Miiu-M,  Ctiiuiihi.  iinti 
l-urrlKii  I  «nin!rirf..  OrtUTN  frdiii  lln« 
Irnilr  tttr  ilrlhrr.f  In  N**\v  \arW  iinil  vi- 
cinity  rcH*rl\r  Nprclul  nttrntlun. 

Cost  ol  Cablinij  t'i>rci!)n  Deliv- 
eries Must  be  Prepaid.  Heference 
or  rash  viust  accomiHiiui  all  orders 
from  unkiioun  eorresi)oiidciits. 

Culilr  Aihlrroa.  Al.KXrON  N KI.I>. 


"The  Telegraph  Florist" 

Member  o(   Florltd'  Tcle|{rap(i  Dellrcry 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

N 


roB 

KANSAS  CITY 

Tranifer   Your  Order*  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
Member  FlorUte'  Teleffimph  I>«UT«ry 


DAVIU  CLARKE'S  SONS 

DvliTcr  orders  fmm  any  part  of  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  •€   T«le«Tmpta 

2139-2141   Broadway,  New  York 


KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      Also  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Triephfine,     Murray     Hill     783 

Ont-of-towD     Orders     Solicited.       Location 

Ontrsl.      Personal   Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


4DAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

32NEWBURY^^      BANGOR.   ME. 

IVe  Cooer  all  Points  in  Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38  Dorrance  Street 

Monbsr   Fl»rlsU'   Tstssrapk    DsllTsry 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 

ONE  "WHY'  OF  THE  EASTER 

SUCCESS. 

Did  You  Have  an  Easter  Rush 

How  iiiuiiy  of  us,  ill  all  .sinterily,  can 
fall  to  realize  the  importance  our  Pub- 
licity C'nnipalKn  has  had.  in  stimulat- 
ing more  sales  this  ICaster  than  ever 
before.  notwithstandinK  the  fact  that 
we  are  having  the  greatest  world's 
war  ever  chronicled?  Those  of  us 
who  have  had  the  far-sightedness  to 
conceive  the  benefits  by  tying  up  lo- 
cally to  our  slogan  "Say  It  With 
Klowers,"  must  have  reaped  a  full 
harvest  as  never  before,  and  all  this 
in  a  most  trying  period  of  depression 
against  so-called  luxuries. 

Centrally  located  as  we  are,  here  In 
Boston,  it  gives  me  an  exceptional  op- 
I)orl unity  to  study  conditions  apper- 
taining to  our  l)uslness,  and  1  can  see 
innumerable  new  faces  continually, 
which  proves  the  necessity  of  more 
publicity  to  create  new  buyers  for  the 
sale  of  more  flowers.  I  am  convinced, 
beyond  a  sliadow  of  doubt,  that  the 
more  use  made  of  local  advertising  in 
connection  with  our  National  Cam- 
paign, the  more  new  business  will 
come  to  those  live-wires  who  are  op- 
timistic onougli  to  take  up  with  it  and 
that  their  volume  of  business  will  ac- 
cumulate beyond  expectation.  As  for 
myself,  Easter  was  the  largest  wo 
have  ever  experienced  and  must  con- 
fess that  the  two  most  important  rea- 
sons were:  Confidence  and  securing 
plenty  of  choicest  available  stock  in 
anticipation  of  the  biggest  Easter,  an  1 
secondly,  buying  plenty  of  advertising 
space  telling  the  people  of  Boston  and 
New  England  that  we  hart  it,  which 
proves  that  our  Publicity  Campaign 
has  been  a  stimulus,  and  that  we  be- 
lieve in  taking  the  same  kind  of  med- 
icine we  are  handing  out  to  our 
friends,  as  evidence  of  its  -worth. 

What    pride    and    pleasure    it    must 


IN    THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  •rrvlee  to  deliver  Flower* 
•r  Deslfffia  on  Order  by  Tele- 
graph or  otherwise.  Prompt 
Reliable  Herrlce. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connei-tlrat   Ave.   and    L   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


IM4 

D  A.  Ii^  13  S 

FLOBIST 

N.  E.  Car.  44  St.  k  Madisoa  At«*,  N.  T.  Otj 

(  Member  Rorifts'  Tdccrftph  Delivery  Auo.  ) 
Flowers  shipped  on  aU  Sleuncrs  Speci*J  Corrcaparxi- 
•pec  tfi  »ll  [he  l&rgc  atics  of  Europe  &nd  the  Bnaih 
ColarttC  TeLnraph  arwl  Cable  adcireu  Dardiflor 
We  eboold  all  MrieCly  adhere  t«  the  r»- 
qoeet  of  the  CniUd  State*  Teed  AdulmU- 
trMleiL 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
—SONS— 


Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Av^a. 
DETROIT,  MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Gut  Biooms 

W«  rev«r    all    Mlrhlsau    polete   amrf    vee^ 

•  eei1«ns    of    Ohio,     Indiana    aad    raaa^e 

Menbore     Florlata'     T«>lfl>srapb      DetWery 

Aasoelatloa. 


GnD£   BROS  CO 
■  Xk«r  »T^w 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Menber  Florists  Teietlrspli   DellTary 


Orders    (or    NEW    TOBK. 
Writ*  ar   Phoaa  la 

IMAX  SCHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 


Beat     Florlata     Id     the    Staiee    ae 

Kefereoeee. 

BCROPEAN  ORDERS  EXECUTED 

Uembera    of    the    Florlete' 
Telegraph   Delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICINITY 

Members  Floriita'  Telegraph  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  FJftti  Avi. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Assi. 

YOUNG  &  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Maaabera   Floriata'    Telegrsiph    D»hr»rf 

A.  T.  BUNYA^D 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48lh  Street 

Also  Newport,  R     I. 

I   OCABAKTKK   ■ATMrAOTUUT 


AprU  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


34T 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member    Florittt'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delivery 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 


irm^. 


set  Fifth  Ave. 
Vanderbllt  Hotel 


NEW  YORK 

nnCTnil    ^  "'^'^^^  street 
DUO  I  Un   799  Boylston  Street 

lilhiriss  tt  Stianarj  ui  ill  Eistani  PoliU 


Ordera    Filled    Duj    sr    tilght   fr 

oi-eve:i-and 

and  State  of  Ohio 

n»nipl«te  ;iturk.      Rrgnlar  dlacsunt  to  Trad*. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

18»«    W.    iStb    8t.,   Cleveland,    O. 
Members   Florists'  TeloKrsph  DeUverr  Ass's. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

73S  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

As  GRAHAM  &  SON 

S523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  of  F,  T.  D,  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  Clinton  Avenue*  N. 

Racbesior  Phono  506,  Long  Dist.  Boll  Phone  a/8( 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Oelivecy 

S.A.ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ANDERHON     service    means    fresh,    sturdy 
Stock  and   prompt  deliveries  In   BDFFAL,0, 
I/OCKPORT,        NIAGARA        FAU.8        aad 
WB8TERN    MEW    YORK 
Monbers    of   Florists'    Tel«sr»ph    DeUrerr. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  UST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.      Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HABBT  I.  KAMDALX.,  Proprietor. 

Utmter  FlorisW  Telegraph  Delivery. 


give  to  those  who  have  contributed  to 
our  National  Fund,  to  feel  that  in  the 
short  two  months  in  which  our  pub- 
licity copy  has  appeared  we  have  been 
able  to  show  such  wonderful  progress 
as  to  cause  favorable  comment  the 
country  over. 

To  those  who  have  as  yet  not  re- 
sponded to  our  appeal,  may  I  add  that 
you  are  missing  something,  that  some- 
thing which  makes  better  and  bigger 
men,  by  contributing  to  a  cause  that 
helps  all  connected,  and  getting  re- 
turns tenfold  in  the  long  run. 


Chairman  Nat.  Pub.  Campaign. 


NEW  CORPORATIONS. 
Winchester,    Va. — Winchester    Seed 
Co..    capital    stock,    $10,000.     Incorpor- 
ators: H.  H.  Baker  and  F.  H.  Bowly. 


Towson,  Md.  —  Towson  Nurseries, 
capital  stock.  $30,000.  Incorporators: 
Wm.  W.  Harper,  Wm.  C.  Price  and 
Jas.  R.  Clark. 


Houston,  Tex. — Robert  C.  Kerr  Co., 
growers  and  retailers,  capital  stock. 
$25,000.  Incorporators:  R.  C.  Kerr, 
E.  W.  Eichling  and  M.  C.  Walker. 


Philadelphia,  Pa. — National  Flower 
Stores  Co.,  capital  stock,  $500,000.  In- 
corporators: F.  R.  Hansen,  J.  Varnon 
Pimm  and  S.  C.  Seymour,  Camden, 
N.  J. 


NEW   FLOWER  STORES. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.— Otto  Sander.  407  N. 
7th  street. 

Hamilton,  Ont. — Miss  Downs.  77  N. 
James  street. 

Newport,  Ky.  —  David  Klein,  635 
Monmouth  street. 


IVIilford,  Conn.  —  The  Dewhurst 
greenhouses  supplied  all  of  the  Easter 
flowers  for  all  Milford  churches  this 
year — a  patriotic  testimonial  to  the 
proprietor,  Thomas  Dewhurst,  who  is 
"Over  There,"  and  to  his  mother  who 
Is  conducting  his  business  "Over 
Here." 

H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

DellverleH    to    all    points    in    New    England. 
12S,000    Siioare    Feet   of  Glass. 

Member  Florlsta'  Telecraph  Delivery 
ABSoclatloD. 

YALE!    YALE! 

And   All    New  HaTen   Neighborhood 

FLOWER  AND  PLANT  DELIVERIES 
EverythlnB  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chspel  St  ,  Nsw  Haven,  Con 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Ittmitr   Florists    TeUgrafh  \Delivery    AtiociatUtt- 
ItOTJCE  miTIALS.     We  have  one  Uori  only 

THE  J.  M.  GA8SER  COMPANY, 

CLEflElAKI 

Euclid  Avanue 


The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telegraph    nrdar    tss 
any  ocraalon.  In  any  part  of  the  DomlHloa. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

i-IO   West  Adelaide  8t.    -    TORONTO.  OMT. 


ALBANY,  N.  T. 


Flowers    or  Design   Work 

OBLJVKKEU   IN   ALUA.W  AM>  VICINITl 
l>\    TFLRORAI-HIC    ORDKR 

106  STATE  STREET,         ALBANY,  N.  Y.. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  iHrKPiit  ceil  Hotver  store  In  America. 
Urdero  fur  tlie  TWIN  CITIR8  and  for  all 
NorthweHtern  points  given  prompt  at- 
lenlliin 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MIaN. 

""  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.    E.  GILLIS.    President. 

E.  P.   NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member     Florists'     Telegraph     Dellvsry. 


DENVER. 


COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAI 


HO  USTON,  TEXAS 


The  rlortst       !*»■>»  W.  *.  ». 


:M8 


11  o  in- 1  C  U  L  T  U  U  E 


Alirll  6.  1918 


Reatly  for  Delivery  During  April 

A   larRC  Quantity   of 

Beauty  and  Shawyer 
ROSE  PLANTS 

If  interested  let  us  quote 
you  prices 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  CO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Street* 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIRST 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21    R.nilfid  St.    Pbil»delpbi»,    P». 

CHOICE  BEAUIIE5.  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
ind  all  Seasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 


MARTIN  REUKAUF 

Everything  the  Best  in  Florists'  Supplies 


433  Callowhill  Street, 


Philadelphia 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 


5  Sd.  Male  St., 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


IF   You    W^ant    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry   M.   Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Order*    W/ith   Vt 

MEIMRV      IVI.     ROBIIMSOI>J      &      CO. 

2    Winthrop   Square  and   32   Otis   Street,   BOSTON,   MASS. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

MI^I-lfsnOIMD,      IIMD. 

n*»«   BieatlaB    HcrlUnltBrr   when    »rltlD( 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  CO.VIMISSION   FLORISTS 

C«a>l(«ll>«>>>*   Bollrltod 
Hardv  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Houte  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

ig~We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUrACTURKRS 

PHILADELPHIA.    PA. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


"  "        No.  I  and  culU 

RusseU,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arcnberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Rillarncy,  Radiance,  Tait 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HilhngdoD 
CarDatioDB 
CattUy&s 
Lilies.  L^oimiflorum 
Lilies,  bpeciosum    ■ 
ris 
Call 

Lily  of  the  Valley 
SnapdracoD 
Gltdioli 
Pons'Ct 
Freetia 

Narcii.  Paper  White 
Roman    Hyacinths 
Daffodil* 
Tulip" 
Ualendula 
Stock 

Wall  Flowers 
Miunonette 
Sweel    Peas 
Mamuerites 
Gardeaias 
Adiantum 
Smtlax-    ■ 
\sparasus  Plumosus,  A  Sprea.  {ion  Bchs.^ 


TRADE  PRICES -Per  100 

TO  DEAIJJIS  ONLY 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 

\A/^Holosale    F'lorls-ts 

568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET     -      BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.fl.BUOL©NG 

184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

CUT  FLOWERS 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


WHOLESALE 
GROWER  Ot 


April  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


34& 


Flower  Market  Reports 

Never  in  the  history  of 
BOSTON     Easter   have   the    florists 

of  this  section  had  great- 
er cause  for  thankfulness  than  on  this 
occasion.  A  whole  week  of  delightful 
weather  conducive  to  the  best  results 
in  plant  and  flower  crops  culminated 
on  Friday,  Saturday  and  Sunday  in  a 
condition  of  spring  atmosphere  which 
brought  out  the  public  in  swarms, 
crowded  the  flower  stores  to  the  limit 
and  made  plant  and  flower  deliveries 
simple  and  expeditious.  On  Sunday 
the  thermometer  registered  64  degrees 
and  a  more  perfect  Easter  day  has 
never  been  seen.  Jlarch,  for  once, 
"went  out  like  a  lamb"  and  April  has 
come  in  as  if  to  joyously  celebrate  "the 
bridal  of  the  earth  and  sky."  The 
wholesalers  did  a  big  shipping  trade, 
the  estimate  of  one  of  the  wholesalers 
that  fully  seventy  per  cent,  of  the 
Easter  cut  flower  product  had  been 
sent  away  by  Thursday  night,  being 
not  far  from  the  truth.  The  rush  in 
the  wholesale  markets  was  a  forecast 
of  the  general  results  in  the  retail 
stores,  which  at  the  windup  were  com- 
pletely dismantled  of  the  immense 
stock  they  had  secured.  Lilies  were 
cleaned  up  early  and  many  would-be 
buyers  had  to  go  without.  Lily  prices 
were  much  higher  than  at  any  recent 
Easter.  Among  the  rather  unusual 
things  offered  in  cut  flowers  were  cor- 
eopsis, renunculus,  anemones,  ixias 
and  the  pink  petunia  known  as  Bar 
Harbor  Beauty.  Bicolor  Victoria  nar- 
cissi were  superb  and  lots  of  them. 
There  were  plenty  of  good  roses  but 
they  were  all  needed. 

The  condition  of  the  market  three 
days  after  Easter  presents  an  entirely 
dilferent  aspect.  The  usual  reaction 
after  a  flower  holiday  set  in  with  a 
vengeance  and  on  Wednesday  the  bot- 
tom fell  completely  out.  The  values 
quoted  in  our  flower  price  tables  mean 
very  little  at  present  for  almost  noth- 
ing can  be  disposed  of  at  any  price. 
Stock  is  piled  high  in  the  wholesale 
places  but  5t  is  not  wanted  and  half- 
price  or  quarter-price  would  make  no 
difference,  although  quality  runs  high. 
Business  is  dead  for  the  time  being. 
In  addition  to  the  usual  standard  as- 
sortment there  are  large  quantities  of 
Mrs.  Sander  marguerites,  English 
primroses,  anemones,  ranunculuses 
and  the  finest  long-stemmed  pansies 
ever  offered  in  the  cut  flower  market. 

Trade  was  very  good 
CHICAGO     all     Easter     week,     the 

demand  though  not  ex- 
tremely large  being  steady  enough  to 
keep  all  in  good  spirits.  As  soon  as 
Easter  shipping  began  there  was  no 
stock  left  over  each  night,  except 
spring  flowers  and  carnations.  Orders 
from  out-of-town  were  reported  as 
equal  to  those  of  former  years  and  if 
any  one  was  disappointed  in  their 
shipping  trade  they  have  not  made  It 
known.  Home  trade  was  heavier  each 
day  as  the  week  end  drew  near.  The 
wholesalers  cleaned  up  on  everything 


SWEET  PEAS 

In  all  colors,  whites,  lavenders, 
pinks,  both  the  delicate  pinks  and 
the  pink  and  white,  quite  a  few  of 
the  newer  shades,  a  splendid  crop 
on 

Long  $2.00 

Medium  $1.00     1.50 
Short  .50       .75 


EVERYTHING    IN    PLANTS,    CUT 
FLOWERS,    GREENS,    RIB- 
BONS  AND   SUPPLIES. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 

The  ^t?iir,^«of  Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1  1 7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA 
1608-1620  Ludlow  St. 
WASHINCTON.  1 2 1 6  H.  St.,  N.  W 


BALTIMORE 
Franklin  &  St.  Paul  Sts. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  -  ^"^^ 


PRICES— Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONL> 


Roses 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls... 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadtey 

Arenbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killaniey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hilltngdon. 

Carnations 

Cattleyaa 

Lilies,  LonKiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 


Callas 

Lilr  of  the  Valley ••••• 

Snapdrsgon 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Freesia 

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinth* 

Daf fodil«. 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks.    

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias -- 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus Pla.  A  Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

April  I 


CHICAGO 

April  I 


BUFFALO 

April  I 


PITTSBURG 

April    I 


40,00 

25.00 
10.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.tx) 
4.00 
4.00 
5.00 

9. CO 

6d,oo 
10.00 


5.00 

6  00 


2.00 

3. 00 
2, CO 
3  00 
3  00 
2. 00 
9.00 


4.00 

.  -SO 

I|0O 


15.00 
J5.00 


50.00 
35-00 
30.00 

I5-00 
15.00 

13. 00 
10.00 

e.oo 

lO.CO 

4.00 

75.00 

12.00 


10.00 
6.00 

13.00 


3.00 
3.00 
3.00 

4.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 

6.00 
1.50 
1.50 

1.00 
30.00 

50.00 


50.00 

to 

60.00 

40.00 

30.00 

to 

40.CO 

25.00 

10.00 

to 

30.00 

5.00 

4.00 

to 

30.00 

5.00 

to 

5. 00 

4.00 

to 

la.oo 

5.00 

4.00 

to 

10.00 

3.00 

4.00 

to 

10.00 

3.00 

4.00 

to 

10.00 

5.00 

1.00 

to 

3.00 

a.   "> 

40.00 

to 

50,00 

4c. 00 

8.0c 

to 

12. CO 

8. CO 

6.00 
8.CO 
5,00 
3.00 


4.00 
2.00 


3.00 

•35 


15-00 
25,00 


15.00 
13.00 
6.00 
6.00 


3.00 

4.00 
3.00 
5.'0 
3.00 


6.00 

1.50 

20.00 

1.00 
20.00 
50.00 


ID 

to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 

4.00 


lO.CO 

6. CO 
4.00 

•50 

3.00 
3.00 
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3. 00 

3.00 
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12.00 

8.00 
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3.CO 

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3.00 

4.00 

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1.25 

20.00 
50.CO 


35  00 
30. CO 
6.00 
10.00 


6.00 
4.00 
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60.00 


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to  30.00 
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except  carnations,  which  had  been  kept 
too  long  by  the  growers,  and  conse- 
quently were  passed  by.  The  retail 
trade  has  become  too  familiar  with  the 
over-ripe  carnation  to  offer  them  to 
their  customers.  That  there  were  some 
picked  right  is  true  and  they  were 
the  ones  that  sold.  There  was  a  big 
sujiply  of  orchids  that  sold  well.     Mon- 


day after  Easter  found  plenty  of  buy- 
ers down  town  showing  that  the  retail- 
ers sold  out  on  Sunday. 

The    Easter    demand 
CINCINNATI     was     very      satisfac- 
tory    and     took     up 
everything  that  came  into  the  market 
on    time    and    was    good.     Lilies    were- 

'  Cnnttnurd  cr.-  page  j>/> 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 

Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Spring    Novelties    Now    On    Display  New    Show    Rooms    Added 

THE  LEADING  FLORISTS'  SUPPLY  HOUSE  Of  AMERICA 


350 


H  0  K  T  1  C  U  L  r  U  R  E 


April  6.  1118 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Whole»ale     Coinmi««ion     Flori»t 
Choice  Cut  Flower* 

■  «w  A4dr«».  I4>  WMt  tMh  Ml..    NBW  TUKK 
T*l«ph«BM:       na*.  mi.  Mxll>oo  •«Bar*. 

, WM.  P.  FORD 1 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

Trlfphoiic    M3."],    FnrrnKlit. 

Call  anil  Innprcl  thr  Brtt   Kxlnbllabment 

In    till-   Wholpnal^    Kl.i«.T    nUfrlot 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

$3  WEST  28ik  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

Cifttt^fntnts  Solicittd 

PboD«  Fl^rrarot  4SM 

FRANK  MILLANG 

\\  holeuUp   Cnrnmlnfilon    l><>aler   In 

CUT    FLOWERS 

SS  and  SI  Wmt  2nih  St..  New  York 

CooKSD   lluilillng 

Tel..  209  FnrraKut        Conglcninenta  Solicited 


RIEDEL  S  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28tli      ST.    NEW    YORK. 

GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

rBOSi»08    pAERAGCT  NEW     YORK 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Fr.«ta    Cot   De«oratlTe  Erer^reena. 

Hltbeat  Standard  of  Quality.  I.arfreat 
Stork  In  Amrrlra.  Write  for  Illiiitrated 
Catalog  of  Greenaand  FloHstB'  Suppllea. 

119  W.  28th  St..    -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.   KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'.  Foramoat  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Pint  Clu*  Mark.t  t.r  all  CUT  FLOWERS 

28  WiUooshby  St.       Brooklya.  N.  T 


M.  C.  FORD 

121  Wast  28th  St.,       NEW  YOftK 

11  \m.  mw  wmm 

k    Full    LlDe    of    ALL    CFT    FXQWRBS. 
TrIephoDe   U70    Farr»f  al. 


F».    J.     ^JVHTTH 

WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST  "-a^^^^^^^^^St 

A    full    line   of   Chnlr*   Cnl    Klowv   HIerk    far   all    p.rpaaM. 

TiurHoiti :  JJJi  !  f AtiiouT    131    West  28th   St..  NRW   YORK  CITY 

aLbany  m  FLOWER  'exchange 

SlSS?i;;:S"  ■""    6"  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

K  ANt>  MONET   BT    BKNDINO   1 

Conaiffnments  Solicited. 


WHOLESALE  ONLY 

^ HA\  K  TIMK  ANt>  MONET   BT    BKNDINO   TOIIB  OBDBKa  TO  OB 


Prices  Right. 


Telephone  ConnectioD 


Centrslly  Located,  The  Hab  oi  the  Flower  Market  Section 

IH.ARL.es     IVIIL.L-A.N 


^A/»-tol•s•l•      P'lorls-t 
SS  and  S7  W.  26th  Straat,  NEW   YORK 

T.Upkaa.  2483  Farraaut 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 


\A/MOI 


BB-B7      >A^9a«      a«'tK 


Talepboaea,  IS — SftIO  .Madison  Square 

MArKirn    v..    OI.ABB.    Treaanrwr 


Conalsnmeata   B. 


NfiW    KORk  OUOTAllOlNS  PER   lUU.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


Amaric«n  Beauty,  Special 

'•  "         Fancy  and  Enra. 

•'  "  No.  I  and  culU .    . 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

H.dley 

Areoberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

KillarDey,  Radiance.  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HilUngdon. ' 

Key 

Camatioaa 


Lisl  Pill  il  Wiik    ! 

ii^lni  Ml 

.  30 

1911 

■5.00 

10 

60.00 

10.00 

to 

30.00 

3.00 

to 

6.00 

3  00 

to 

ao.oo 

3  00 

to 

60.00  ' 

3. CO 

to 

10  00 

3  00 

to 

8.00 

300 

to 

B.oo 

3  00 

to 

30  00 

3.to 

to 

I3.00 

3.00 

10 

4  00 

nm  Piit  II  ffnl 

tifliiiai  Ayr.  I 

llil 


B].00 

W 

35  00 

10.00 

to 

BO. 00 

3  00 

1* 

6.00 

300 

to 

IJ.OO 

3  00 

■• 

3<.oo 

3  00 

10 

8.00 

3.00 

to 

«.oo 

300 

to 

B.OO 

3  00 

to 

1 9.00 

3.00 

to 

10.00 

J.OO 

to 

3.00 

WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wholenale  C'oniniUhlun  Ueiiler  (ti 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

\X.\   \V?»t  iHtli  Street.  New   York 
Tele|<l>iin> — jaSZ-.^.WS  Maill-<in  ""quftre 


JOSEPH    S.    FENRICH 

WHOLESALE   ri.OBIHT 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

51    W.  28th    street.   New  York 

TaUphaaM.    4t*-lZl-tXt    Mad.    Sq. 


J.    J.     C^A,IM,     Inc. 

High  Clats  Product  of  the  Lead  ng  Growers 

NOVELTIES   A    SPECIALTY. 

ConBlgnora   Please  Call  or  Write. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

Telephonea,  Farrarnt  MIS  or  58S1. 


l-'rank    U.    Traendly 


Oharlao  s«ka 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

WKolesale    Florista 
431  Itk  lt«iMi,  Bitwiii  26tl  \ti  27a  Its..  N*  TM 

Telepbonea:      7»7,  7M,  7M   rw 
Cooalgnmenta  Solldtad 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Commision  Florists 

SSand  5  7  West  2  6th  Street 

■^"""rrra.u;'    '•"•"■  NEW  YORK 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

KVEKYTHINO    FOB    THE    FLOBI8T 


Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Impnrt«>r«    ajid     OT«w^r«    af 

OROHIDS 

Oat    riowara   af    All    tko    Loa4la«    VarlaMa* 
la  tte»lr   ggaoaa. 

THOMAS   YOUNO,   Jr.,    Proprlator 
nnrwn  nmooK.  «.  J 

mfirad  Toothpicks 

M*ODf»«t«r«4   by 

«f.J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000.  .  .*2.00        SO,0OO...Stl.7B        Sampla 
For  aala  b7  dcaiara. 


April  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


351 


Pbwer  Market  Reports 

iCott^iHtted  from  ^fe  34Q] 

somewhat  short  of  requirements.  Since 
Easter  business  has  been  fair  and 
supply  is  good.  Roses  are  rather  light 
but  the  few  that  are  coming  in  are  of 
good  quality.  Carnations  are  in  a 
heavy  supply.  Outdoor  bulbous  stock 
is  now  coming  in  and  taking  the 
place  of  the  forced  stock.  Excellent 
lily  of  the  valley  and  orchids  may  be 
had  and  both  of  these  sold  very  well 
tor  Easter.  Sweet  peas  generally  find 
a  good  market.  Other  offerings  are 
snapdragon,  mignonette  and  pansies. 

This  market  was  ful- 
NEW  YORK     ly    supplied    with 

about  everything  in 
the  cut  flower  line  for  the  Easter  de- 
mand with  the  exception  of  lilies 
which,  as  had  been  foreseen  for  some 
time,  were  far  short  of  requirements. 
'Callas,  on  account  of  the  lily  scarcity 
sold  clean  at  advanced  prices.  The 
sales  earlier  in  the  week  were  very 
moderate  even  the  expected  call  for 
white  and  red  roses  for  Holy  Thursday 
being  quite  insignificant  and,  with  the 
warm  weather  pushing  things  along 
the  supply  accumulated  for  the  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  business  was  lieavy  on 
everything  except  the  lilies  as  already 
stated.  Stock  in  general  was  of  ex- 
cellent quality,  prices  were  advanced 
but  little  and  a  tremendous  business 
was  done  in  every  section  of  the  city 
and  suburbs.  The  fine  variety  of 
sweet  peas  offered  was  especially 
notable.  Carnations  were  somewhat 
in  excess  and  there  were  quite  a 
few  of  the  lower  grades  left  over  to 
be  sold  for  a  song  on  Monday  or 
thrown  away.  Altogether  both  retail- 
ers and  wholesalers  were  agreeably 
surprised  at  tlie  lively  demand  and 
enormous  quantity  of  flowers  disposed 
of  and  all  express  much  satisfac'ion. 
Ideal  weather  and  more  hopeful  news 
from  the  theatre  of  war  were  influenc- 
ing factors  in  malting  this  a  generally 
■satisfactory  Easter  for  the  florist.  The 
retailer  was  inclined  to  be  conserva- 
tive in  his  buying  but  evidently  be- 
came aware  that  the  public  wanted 
■flowers  and  bought  quite  liberally. 
Roses  were  in  good  demand.  Beauties. 
Hadleys  and  Ophelias  especially,  but 
nearly  all  the  good  roses  found  an 
outlet  and  for  the  best  grades  a  satis- 
factory price  prevailed.  Beauties  sell- 
ing around  60  cents  for  the  longest, 
with  Hadley  as  an  equal  favorite  and 
it  is  reported  that  this  rose  brought 
more  than  the  Beauty,  where  flower 
and  stem  was  of  top  grade.  Some  es- 
pecially fine  stock  of  Ophelia  realized 
25  cents.  Orchids  and  gardenias  were 
in  good  demand  but  probably  the  most 
popular  flowers  were  sweet  peas,  all 
first-class  stock  of  which  cleaned  up. 
Snapdragon  was  not  desired  and  much 
•of  it  was  left  over.  A  ready  sale  was 
found  for  desirable  colors  in  iris. 
Daisies,  pansies  and  other  small  flow- 
ers sold  only  fairly  well.  Bulbous 
stock  cleaned  up  and  good  tulips  and 
Victoria,  Spur  and  Emperor  dafodils 
were  In  demand  late  in  the  (-ay, 
though  they  had  been  dragging  all 
the  week  long.  All  Easter  plants  sold 
well   and   at    good    prices.     Thf    plant 


K. 


IM 


"A  LEADER  H  TSB  WH9LeSlLB  OMVIISSIOI  TKADB  FOR  OVER  TBIRTI  TEARS" 

Have  a  demand  for  viore  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write. 

TELEPHONES 
Farrasut  161  and  SOU 


118  West  28th  St.      IME:\A/  YORK 


NEW   YORK  QUOTATIONS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


CattleTaa     ■  •   • 

Lilieft,  Longiflorum'  •   

Lilies,  Specioium 

Iri* 

Calla. 

LUy  of  the  Valley 

Snapdragoo 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Freesia        

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daffodils  

Tulips 

Calendula 

5tockft 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Sw^eet  Peas 

Marinierites 

Gardeniast 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus  Plumosus.  A  Spren  (loo  bunches) . 


Last  Part  •( 

Will 

First  Pirt  il  Wiol 

aadint  Mar 

3U 

htinnliii  >pr.  1 

1911 

1911 

40.00 

10 

50.00 

30.00 

to 

50.00 

la.oo 

to 

ao.oo 

to 

50.00 

3.00 

to 

8.00 

3.00 

to 

8.00 

xo.oo 

to 

15.00 

8  00 

to 

10.0c 

10.00 

to 

30. CO 

1 3.00 

to 

30.00 

a. 00 

to 

5.00 

a.oo 

to 

s.oo 

a.oo 

to 

to  ■ 
to  , 

10.00 

a.oo 

to 
to 
to 

fo.oo 

1.00 

to 

2.00 

1. 00 

to 

a.oo 

.75 

to 

I. so 

■75 

to 

i.S* 

1.00 

to 

a.oo 

l.oo 

to 

a.o* 

1. 00 

10 

300 

1  00 

to 

300 

1.00 

to 

3.00 

1.00 

to 

3.00 

1.00 

to 
to  . 
to  . 

3.00 

1.00 

to 
to 

to 

JO* 

s.oo 

to 

4.00 

a.oo 

to 

4.00 

1.00 

to 

..00 

.50 

to 

i.5» 

x.oo 

to 

,.00 

1. 00 

to 

3.00 

15.00 

to 

30.00 

ao.oo 

to 

35.00 

•50 

to 

t.oo 

.50 

to 

t.oo 

I3.00 

to 

.6.00 

la.oo 

to 

16.00 

95.00 

to 

50.00 

35.00 

to 

50.00 

WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

W*  bare  a  Dumernui  clIrataKe  of  New  York  City  buyers  and  the  deniKBd  es- 
eeed*  oor  aupply.  This  Is  eapreUIIy  tme  of  Rotei.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abDDdaDt  meana  and  beat  returoa  are  aiaured  for  atock  conalKned  to  ua. 


UNITED 


Addreas  Tear  Sblpmenta  to 

CUT    FLOWER 


1 1 1    W.  28th  St.,    NEAV  YORK 


CO.    Inc. 

D.  J.  Pappaa,  Prea. 


Bosfon  Floral  Supply  Co. 

341-S£7  Cambrldee  6t.,  Bostoa 

HeiKlquartera  for 

CTCA8,     BASKETS,     WIRE     DESIGNS 

and    WA.X    FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  Mat   If  you  bave  not  re- 
ceived one. 


growers  were  completely  cleaned  out 
on  everything  salable  early  in  the 
week  and  very  jubilant  in  consequence 
but  we  are  sorry  to  say  that  many  of 
them  lost  heavily  by  not  being  able  to 
have  their  stock  far  enough  advanced. 

The  Easter  trade 
PHILADELPHIA     in    this    city   was 

better  than  the 
most  hopeful  of  us  could  have  expect- 
ed. This  was  largely  owing — not  to 
increased  demand,  but  on  account  of 
the  fine  weather.  Supplies  in  every 
line  were  smaller  for  two  reasons — 
namely,  the  war  conditions  and  the 
very  severe  winter.  So  that,  while  the 
trade  was  not  so  enormous  as  in  or- 
dinary seasons,  it  was  enough  to 
clean  up  everything  in  sight.  There 
were  no  big  profits,  neither  were  there 
any  big  losses.  The  weather  gods 
were  certainly  kind  to  us  for  once. 
This  sunmiing  up  applies  to  both  cut 
flowers  and  plants. 

Easter  trade  was 
ROCHESTER     extra    good.      Roses 

were  very  scarce,  so 
much  so  that  it  was  necessary  to  sub- 
stitute other  flowers.  Fine  weather 
brought  a  great  demand  for  flowers, 
but    the. supply   was  insufficient      Car- 


RCED  (SL  KELLER 

123    West   25th    St..   New    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

We   manufiH-turf  nil    our 

««tal  DssiEns,  Baskets,  Wire  Werk  &  Novelties 

and    itn-   de.ilers   iu 

Ueooratlve  Glassware,   tirowors   ftn«l 

FlorietN'   KtHjuiNiteN 


nations  were  very  good,  also  violets 
and  freesia.  The  fuelless  days  in.  the 
winter  are  largely  to  blame  for  the 
scarcity  of  lilies  and  callas.  both  of 
which  brought  high  prices.  Azaleas 
were  very  scarce,  but  tulips,  hya- 
cinths, daffodils  and  cinnerarias  were 
plentiful. 

With  real  spring  weath- 
ST.  LOUIS     er  Easter  business  was 

good,  wholesalers  and 
retailers  agree.  Lilies  were  scarce. 
Sweet  peas  were  short  also.  Greens 
sold  well  and  blooming  plants  had  a 
heavy  call. 


VISITORS'    REGISTER 

Albany,  N.  Y.— Patrick  Welch,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

Philadelphia— Albert  Seidewitz,  Bal- 
timore, Md.;  Wm.  Comfort,  Grosse  Pt., 
Mich. 

Chicago — Ralph  Roth,  So.  Pasadena. 
Calif.;  A.  L.  Glaser,  Dubuque,  Iowa; 
D.  Vogt,  Coldwater,  Mich.;  .Tames  Mc- 
Hutchison  and  Mrs.  McHutchisoin,  New 
York  City,  and  Miss  Emily  Edgar, 
Waverley.  Mass. 


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11  U  H  'V  1  C  L'  1.  T  U  H  F'- 


Aprll  6,  191S 


BOSTON. 
Tin-    Ilortlciillurul    Clul)    of    Boston 
liold  lis  last  iiu'otiiiK  or  t)u-  soasoii  at 
the  Pnrkor  House  on  Wodncsdny  fven- 
InK.  April  .1. 

E.  Allan  I'elrce  Is  tlio  llrsl  norist 
here  to  adorn  his  delivery  auto  with 
the  motto.  "Say  it  with  flowers,"  on  a 
biuc  and  Kold  panel — a  replica  of  tlie 
glass  siRns  furnished  by  the  Publicity 
Bureau. 

R.  &  J.  Farquhar  &  Co..  have  issued 
a  special  cirenlar  list  willi  prices  of 
the  famous  "Veitch  of  London"  collec- 
tion of  lilacs.  These  are  the  original 
plants,  comprising  close  to  forty  varie- 
ties of  the  choicest  selection. 

Henry  Penn's  bank  checks  now  car- 
ry the  legend  "Say  it  with  Flowers," 
as  being  proclaimed  by  a  little  trum- 
peter. The  idea  is  a  good  one  and 
might  be  adopted  to  advantage  by 
every  flower  grower  or  dealer  in  the 
country. 

Mayor  Peters  has  accepted  the  resig- 
nation of  John  H.  Dillon,  chairman  of 
the   Park   and    Recreation   Committee. 

which  was  conveyed  to  His  Honor  by 
letter.  Until  a  new  chairman  is  ap- 
pointed. Deputy  Commissioner  .James 
B.  Shea  will  act  as  chairman. 

On  one  of  the  warm  spring  mornings 
last  week  the  bugs  peeped  out  of  their 
nests,  a  la  ground-hog,  to  see  how  veg- 
etation was  coming  on.  The  first 
thing  they  beheld  was  the  shadow  of 
Walter  Mott,  advance  courier  for 
Benj.  Hammond's  insect  annihilators, 
just  arrived  in  town,  and  they  drew 
back   in  terror. 

Samuel  Quint  had  a  lively  few  min- 
utes at  his  flower  store  in  AUston 
when  a  cow  and  calf  that  broke  loose 
from  a  herd  being  driven  to  the 
abattoir  smashed  into  the  store,  de- 
vouring Easter  lilies,  ferns  and  any 
other  vegetation  within  reach,  doing 
considerable  damage  before  they  could 
be  driven  out. 


NEW  YORK. 

Herman  Mammitsch  succeeds  Geo 
T.  Schuneman  at  Baldwin's.  L.  I.  The 
place  is  noted  for  its  sweet  peas.  Mr. 
Mammitsch  was  formerlv  at  Clifton. 
N.  J. 

The  annual  Flower  Show  at  the 
Prospect  Park  greenhouses  opened  on 
Easter  morning  and  drew  admiring 
crowds.  The  main  exhibit  is  a  wealth 
of  gorgeous  color,  arranged  by  the 
hand  of  an  artist.  The  floor  is  massed 
with  hyacintlis,  tulips,  daffodils,  heath 
and  hydrangeas,  the  strong  accents  se- 
cured by  the  use  of  the  taller  and 
more  brilliant  azaleas,  magnolias  and 
bottle  brush  Metrosidero.s.  From  this 
rises  an  immense  cross  of  Raster  lilies, 
lying  upon  a  bed  of  yellow  genista. 
The  sides  of  the  walks  are  banked  with 
the  choicest  plants  of  many  varieties, 
a  riot  of  color  and  beauty. 


CHICAGO. 

One  of  the  largo  department  stui' 
closed  out  12.00i»  plants  some  lime  I) 
fore  the  closing  hour.  Several  of  these  | 
stores   did   a   largo   business  and   gen- 
erally   sales    were    made    below    cost, 
using  the  plants  for  an  advertisement. 

The  flower  store  of  Fred  C.  Morris, 
of  Hinsdale,  111.,  was  entered  by  bur- 
glars, one  night  last  week,  who  got 
in  by  removing  a  panel  out  of  the 
door.  l<'ortunately  the  cash  drawer 
contained  but  $12.  so  the  loss  was 
light. 

The  Leonard  Seed  Co.  had  forced 
uiKin  them  the  slight  regard  which 
some  people  hold  for  the  property  of 
others  when  they  brought  to  trial  a 
man  who  entered  one  of  their  build- 
ings and  removed  the  lead  pipe.  i'"or 
the  gain  of  a  few  dollars  hundreds 
were  sacrificed. 

The  Frerers-Windler  Co.,  wholesale 
commission  house  for  several  years 
in  the  Atlas  Block,  have  sold  out  to 
Louis  Finnerman.  formerly  with  A, 
Henderson  Co..  and  Morris  Goldberg. 
They  are  enterprising  young  men  and 
have  the  best  wishes  of  their  friends 
for  their  success. 

The  proprietors  of  the  loop  retail 
flower  stores  fairly  outdid  themselves 
in  their  beautiful  window  decorations 
before  Easter.  The  rhododendrons 
made  the  scarcity  of  azaleas  go  un- 
noticed, so  beautiful  did  they  appear, 
and  even  more  attractive  than  the 
azaleas  on  account  of  the  foliage 
among  the  flowers. 

The  ribbon  salesmen  must  have  been 
delighted  at  the  profuse  use  of  that  ac- 
cessory for  Easter.  Never  before  has 
the  specimen  plant  been  so  draped 
and  bow  adorned  as  now.  and  whether 
a  red  standard  rose  has  Its  beauty 
enhanced  l)y  having  its  stem  and 
branches  bedecked  with  yards  of  wide 
blue  satin  ribbon  or  not  and  whether 
it  be  artistic  or  not,  yet  the  public 
looked  and  bouglit.  The  genistas  with 
the  gold  colored  ribbons  on  the  hamp- 
ers were  all  that  could  be  desired. 

The  suspense  that  makes  the  florist 
so  anxious  as  the  Easter  approaches 
was  more  nerve-racking  than  ever  this 
year.  With  conditions  so  different  it 
was  hard  to  know  what  to  prepare  for. 
It  was  a  question  whether  money 
would  be  spent  for  flowers  when  our 
country  was  at  war.  The  chief  differ- 
ence, however,  proved  to  be  in  the 
spirit  of  the  purchasers.  There  was  a 
seriousness  about  the  buying  and  it 
was  evident  that  with  sad  hearts  they 
did  the  giving,  but  they  did  buy  and 
so  freely  that  when  the  records  for 
the  week  are  all  footed  up  it  is  prob- 
able that  it  will  show  one  of  the  best 
Easters  in  the  history  of  the  flower 
business  here. 

PERSONAL. 

ftobert  Ancill.  for  the  past  five  years 
head  gardener  for  the  late  Mrs.  Quincy 
Shaw,  of  Brookline.  Mass.,  is  now  em- 
ployed as  head  gardener  to  .John  S. 
I^wrence,  at  Lawrence  Farm.  Tops- 
field.  Mass. 


The  1st  of  May 
Thrift  Stamp  Day 
In   The    U.  S.  A. 

The  Active  Co'Dperalion  of 
Every   Ki-aili-r  of 

HORTICULTURE 

Ih   Urgently    KequeHted    To 
Make   It   A   huccchs 

May  lit,  1!II8,  will  t>c  olincrroil 
tliniUKliout  tlio  I'liltcil  Suics  ■■ 
Thrift  .Slaiiip  I>iiy!  On  Hint  iliiy  ro- 
tiiil   Hton-H   fvcry wliert?   Id   I'vtTjr    lln© 

ut     ttUHlllCHM      will      llHk      ClJHtuintTH     to 

tnko  part  uf  llirir  rbjinK«  In  Thrift 
8tampii!  It  will  lip  iiiitrlotlc  for 
evory  uiun.  woiiiuu  niid  cliiiti  to  uc- 
ci'pt  lit  leant  one  Tlirlft  Stump  tt« 
chiince  on  every  purcliuHe  luaile  tbat 
day — uiul  to  make  uh  niuuy  pur- 
cbases  ns  posHlble  on  .May  iBt. 

Here  Is  a  liig.  pnirtical  way  of 
crettln^  mlllionH  of  Tlirift  Stumpti 
Into  tbo  liundB  of  the  people  of  the 
United  Stntea,  and  of  insuring  the 
BUCceBH  of  the  Government'B  War 
Snvinf^B  Sttimpfl  cnmptiiKn.  Thrift 
Stump  Day  will  help  everjooe.  It 
will  prove  a  tremendoUB  houBt  to 
businesB.  On  May  iHt,  l'J18,  the  na- 
tion shoulil  do  the  lil^'KeBt  total  re- 
tall  buBineBB  of  any  Hinfrle  day  In 
our  biBtory!  The  lienellciul  babit  of 
Thrift  will  be  sown  hroadcaBt  among 
the  citizens  of  the  U.  S.  A.!  Most 
importjint  of  all,  Uucle  Sain  will  be 
furnished  with  tdie  sinews  of  War 
and    Victory! 

American  bustnoss  must  go  "over 
tbe  top"  at  oDce  in  a  qulik  drive  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  an  over- 
whelminB  Huccess.  You  'wholesalers, 
you  JobberB,  you  salesmen,  must 
talk  Thrift  Stamp  Day  among  yonr 
trade.  arouBe  tbe  Anthunlasni  of  the 
retailers,  the  storekeepers,  the  clerks 
behind  the  counters.  Uncle  Sam 
needs  your  help.  A  practical  plan 
bas  been  prepared  showing  bow  each 
one  of  you  can  "do  your  bit"  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  a  red  letter 
day  In  American  business  annals. 
Write  for  this  plan  today  without 
fall.  Kemember.  In  helping  Uncle 
Sam  you  are  helping  busluesa  and 
helping  yourselves.  Address  Mr.  W. 
Ward  Smith,  National  War  Savings 
Committee,  SI  Chambers  St.,  New 
York  City. 

NATIONAL  WAR:SAyiKes:CCirMniEE 

51  ChaniberH  Street,  New  York  City 


ST.    LOUIS. 

The  growers  hold  their  meeting  this 
week. 

Shaw's  Garden  made  a  very  elabo- 
rate Easter  display  of  primroses,  aza- 
leas and-  other  plants. 

George  Behrner.  proprietor  of  'Wolf- 
Wilson  Floral  Department,  will  occupy 
headquarters  at  7th  and  Washington 
streets  shortly. 

The  wholesalers  liave  been  retjuest- 
ed  to  stop  deliveries  to  the  retailers 
and  give  tliat  expense  monthly  to  the 
Publicity  Fund  for  advertising  pur- 
poses. 


ROCHESTER,    N.    Y. 

The  conservatory  at  mghiand  Park 
is  exhibiting  handsome  groups  of  lilies, 
genistas,  cinerarias,  roses  and  acacias. 

Edwin  C.  Kaelber.  stationed  in  a 
government  position,  is  here  on  a  fur- 
lough and  will  soon  be  located  In 
Syracuse. 

Schuyler  Arnold,  who  is  with  the  air 
squadron  in  France,  has  been  commis- 
sioned to  grow  vegetables  tor  the 
United  States  troops. 


April  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


353 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  Discounts  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


MAY  CANCEL  ALL  COAL  DELIVERY 
CONTRACTS. 

The  United  States  Fuel  Administra- 
tion is  considering  recommendations 
that  all  contracts  for  the  delivery  of 
coal  by  producers  be  cancelled  as  of 
April  1.  Throughout  the  past  winter 
the  Fuel  Administration  has  allowed 
all  coal  contracts  to  stand,  although 
the  administration  has  the  authority 
to  invalidate  the  agreements. 

Despite  the  fact  that  with  practical- 
ly the  entire  output  under  contract 
the  Fuel  Administration  found  it  diffi- 
cult during  the  winter  to  secure  "free" 
coal  for  general  distribution,  the  con- 
tracts were  not  canceled. 

It  was  felt  that  the  Fuel  Adminis- 
tration should  allow  the  contracts  to 
continue  pending  the  organization  of 
a  complete  Federal  plan  of  distribu- 
tion, which  has  now  been  developed 
and  which  will  become  effective  April 
1. 

By  far  the  larger  percentage  of  the 
contracts  now  outstanding  will  expire 
with  the  beginning  of  the  new  coal 
year  on  April  1.  The  small  percentage 
remaining  affects  but  a  small  part  of 
the  country's  coal  output.  A  part  of 
these  will  be  automatically  canceled 
by  the  limitations  placed  on  the  move- 
ment of  coal  by  the  new  zone  system 
of  distribution  of  bituminous  coal. 

The  cancellation  of  these  contracts 
would  place  the  entire  coal  output  of 
the  country  directly  under  the  control 
of  the  Fuel  Administration.  Under 
regulations  already  issued  by  the  Fuel 
Administration  all  new  contracts  for 
the  delivery  of  coal  must  be  made  at 
the  prices  prescribed  by  the  Govern- 
ment. Many  of  the  contracts  now  in 
force  were  made  at  a  time  when  prices 
were  abnormally  high.  The  cancella- 
tion of  these  old  contracts  would  bring 
the  whole  coal  production  into  the 
market  at  the  Government  prices  and 
under  governmental  regulations  of  dis- 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  Etc. 


HELP  WANTED 


WANTED — Young  man  who  understands 
pottinfr  and  gi^nt'ral  greenhouse  work.  Good 
opportunitv  to  progress.  Permanent  phice 
for  the  right  man.  AENOLD-FISHEK 
COMPAXy,  .58  Wyman   St.,  Woburu.  .Mass. 

WANTED— .\  grower  capable  of  handling 
see! ion  work  in   eouinierclal  greenhouse  es- 
tablishment ;  one  with  knowledge  of  (■lir,\  s 
anthemnms.     sweet     peas     and     earnations. 
Address  A.  V..  eare  HORTICULTURE. 

WANTED:  A  gardi'uer  as  second  man 
lo  work  in  a  commercial  place.  Hours. 
7.:!0-5.0O.  Wages,  .fJi.OO  per  day.  Half-d;i.v 
off  Saturdav  in  summer  months.  E.  J'-. 
PALMER,  INC.,  220  Washington  St.,  Brook 
line,  Mass. 


tribution — would    eliminate    all    high- 
price  coal. 


Buffalo — Arthur  L.  Norton  has  been 
taken  into  the  firm  of  W.  E.  Harries 
&  A.  V,  Hall,  as  associate  landscape 
architect  since  the  appointment  of  W. 
E.  Harries  as  superintendent  of  the 
Buffalo  park  system.  Jlr.  Norton  has 
been  in  charge  Df  the  design  and  su- 
pervision of  the  work  of  Warren  H. 
Manning,  landscape  designer,  of  Bos- 
ton, for  several  years,  and  has  had  ex- 
perience in  handling  some  of  the  larg- 
est public  and  private  development 
work  in  this  country.  Mr.  Norton  is 
the  son  of  M.  H.  Norton,  long  connect- 
ed with  the  florist  trade  of  Boston. 


Cambridge 


New  York 


WORLD'S    OLDEST   and   LARGEST 

Manufacturers  of  ALL  STYLES  and 

SIZES   of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


BULBS 

C.    KEUR   A    SONS.   HILLEGOM.    Holland. 

Bulbs  of  all  descrlpti'^nB.     Writo  for  pHoes. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH.  8-10  Bridge  St. 


CARNATION  STAFI.Ea 

Split  carnations  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  PllUbory'i  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  S-lc. ;  .SOOO  for  $1.00  poit- 
paid.     I.  L.  PILLSBURT,  Gale§bur«,  lU. 


CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

GOOD  RETURNS  WITHOUT  THE  COST 

OF  COAL. 
WITHIN  THE  RE.^rH  OF  EVERY 

GROWER. 
PLANT  EARLY  CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Such    as    will    mature    before    the    last    of 
October.     We   are   booking   orders   for   de- 
livery  now   or   later  as   desired.     Complete 
list  of  the   best  early,   both    Pompons  and 
large   flowering   supplied   upon   request.     If 
our  131S  Trade  List  has  not  reached  you, 
ask  for  it. 
ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,       Adrian,  Mich. 

DAHI,IA8 

Peony  Dablla   Mri.  Frederick  OrlnneU. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  RODNEY.  New  Bedford.  Mail. 


Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
SprlDjr  delivery.  Wholepale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
k  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moore. 
Prop.,  Northboro,  Masi, 

New  Paeony  Dablla — Jobn  Wanamaker. 
Neweat,  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut-flower  Tarietles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FAKMI, 
Berlin.  N.  J. 


GOLD   FISH 

Gold  flsh,  aquarium  plants,  snails,  cas- 
tles, globes,  aquarium,  fish  goods,  n(*ts. 
etc..  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  BARRETT, 
Breeder,  481.5  D  St.,  OIney.  Philadelphia. 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Send 
for  price  list. 


GLABB 

Greenhouse  glass,  lowest  prices.     JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO..  Hartford  aty,  lat. 


GLADIOLI. 
SEND  FOR  MY  SPECIAL  TRADE  LIST 
OF  GLADIOLI.     ALL  THE  LEADING  VA- 
RIETIES IN  DIFFERENT  SIZES. 

CENTRAL  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS. 
JELLE  HOOS,  MILTON,  MASS. 

ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO..  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One   trial   order   solcited. 

PAPER   POTS 

Paper  Pots  and  Dirt  Bands.  Send  for 
Samples  and  Prices.  F.  W.  ROCHELLE 
&  SONS,  Box  65,  Chester,  N.  J. 


PEONTB8 

Peonies.  The  world's  freatest  colleetlon, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTSCHBB. 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES.  CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

THE   CONARD   &   JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

8PHAONUH  MOBS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  hand.  LAQHB 
&  HURRELL,  Summit,  N.  J. 


STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry    Plants.      Monev    making    va- 
rieties.    Catalogue   Free.     BASIL    PERKY. 

c. .  1  L'.'i""ii,  Delaware. 


VKGET.4BLE    PL.4NTS 

Tomato    Plants— Comet.    2i(i     inch,    $2.00 
per  100.    FRANK  LEITH  &  SON,  Haverhill, 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  ebolee 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tnb 
grown  for  Immediate  effect:  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Monnt  Hlssarllk  Nar- 
■ery.   New   Rochelle.   N.  Y. 

WIRE  WORK 

WILLIAM  B.  HKILSCHBB'B  WTKB 
WORKS.   2M    Randolpk    Bt..   Detrelt.   Wtok, 


354 


HORTl CULTURE 


April  6,  1018 


ElNSECTICIDE 


Bar*  joDr  plinti  •nil  Irr««.  Jait  tbe 
thing  for  crK-uliouif  aiil  outdoor  ut«. 
I>r«troy*  Mf«lj  Huf.  HrowD  (ml  White 
Bo»l»  Thrlpi.  Re<l  Snider.  Black  and 
OrM>n  Kljr.  Mltra.  Anla.  etc.,  without 
Injury  to  planta  and  without  odor. 
I'ard  accordlni:  to  direction,  our  atand- 
ard  Inarctlclde  will  prevent  ravage!  on 
your  cropa  l>y  Inaecta. 

Non-polaonoua  ami  harnileaa  to  uaer 
and  plant.  Leading  Seedauien  and 
Klorlata  hare  U3ed  It  with  wonderful 
reaulta.  „ 

Deatroya  Lie*  In  Poultry  Houaea, 
Fleaa  on  Poga  and  all  Domeatic  Tela. 
Excellent  aa  a  waah  for  doga  and  other 
animala.  Rellevea  mange.  Dilute  with 
water  ."tO  to  50  parta. 

Vi  I'Int,  tOc.;  Tint,  SOc. ;  Quart,  90c.: 
%  flalloD,  fl.SO;  Onllnn.  t3.M:  S  Oal- 
lon  VtLB.  tlO.OO;  10  Gallon  Cui,  $20.00. 
l>lrr«tlont   on   pnokase. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

DifL  S.       420  W.  leilntton  St.  liltingri,  Ui. 


".  BKflNli ..V 

CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


Cattle  Manure 
SHeep    Manure 

The    Horists'   standard   ol    uniform 
hiah    quality    for    over    ten    years. 


lity 
Specify:     WIZARD    BRA^ 
jrour     Suppty    Hous«    ot-W,  or   write 
ui  direct  for  pncci  and  trcighl   rates. 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO. 

I'al««     •«*«*b     T«r4      r>hlM»v.> 


PUBLICATIONS    RECEIVED. 
Till'  AiiiPrlinii  Uoso  Annual  for  191  *< 
bus  Jiist  bot-n  rci'olviMl  nnd  in  ccrtiiln 
ly  a  most  fiisclnalInK  book.     It  will  bi 
Jovouslv  welcomed   by  I  he  rose  lovers 
and  wlil  be  one  of  tlie  best  read  pub- 
lloationx    (if   I  be   year.      Its  contents   - 
nearly    two    hundred     pages    of    close 
printed.     InspirluK.     practical     matter, 
written   by   tbe   most    proRresslve   and 
tbouRhtfui   devotees   of  tbe   Queen   of 
Flowers— lover    the    field    tboroufihly 
and  the  book  Is  a  credit  to  tbe  Amer- 
ican  Rose   Society   and   an    Impressive 
manifestation  of  zeal  and  dillRence  on 
the  part   of  its  editor.  J.   Horace   Me- 
Farland.      Hoin  ii  i  i.riiii:    Is    especially 
pleased   with   the   symposium    on    the 
growiuK    of    roses    in    war    lime    with 
whicli  llie  book  starts  and  In  which  all 
tbe   contributors   take   a   strong;   stand 
on    the    grounds    which    HouTU  tltukk 
has  unceasiuBly  advocated  ever  since 
tbe    first    foolish    hysterical    paroxysm 
against    "non-essentials"    brought    dis 
may  to  the  garden  lover.     One  of  the 
most   timely  and   valuable   sections  Is 
in  the  chapters  devoted  to  a  review  of 
rose   behavior   made   by   Capt.   George 
C.  Thomas.  .Ir..   under  the  caption   of 
••Roses  Retained  and  Discarded."    The 
lists  given  and  the  reasons  for  the  se- 
lections   made    are    notable    first-hand 
material,    the    results    of    painstaking 
observation.    The  data  presented  with 
respect  to  combatting  two  of  the  most 
destructive  rose  enemies  Is  also  orij; 
inal    and    indeed    the    product    of    thi 
work  instituted  by  the  American  Rose 
Society.      There    Is    some    significant 
material  with  relation  to  the  increas- 
ing   demand    for    municipal    rose    gar- 
dens and  this  is  accompanied  by  sug- 
gestive diagrams  of  the  layout  of  sev- 
eral of  the  gardens  of  this  character 
already  existing. 

Membership  In  the  American  Rose 
Society  carries  with  it  a  copy  of  the 
.\nnual.      The    secretary's    address    is 


Tbe  F.  T.  n.  Handy  Book.  This 
latest  publication  by  Secretary  Pocbe- 
lon  is  a  fiO-page  book  of  the  same  pag  ■ 
size  as  Hoitrici  ltike.  It  gives  a  com- 
plete list  of  the  florists  connected  with 
the  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery,  ar- 
ranged alphabetically  as  to  towns  and 
giving  reference  to  the  nearest  F.  T. 
D.  member  to  towns  where  there  is 
no  member.  It  also  includes  the  re- 
cently published  service  for  .\rmy  and 
.\avy  and  service  for  Hospitals  and 
Schools.  It  looks  like  a  prolific  busi- 
ness promoter. 


Illus- 


Ise  N.  A.  C.  I'roclucts  fur  uioi'l- 
profitable  results.  Send  for 
prices  on  our  complete  list  of 
Fertilizers  and  Insecticides. 

HORTICCI-TlRj\X  DEPT. 
Harrj-  A.  Bun.vard,  Mgr. 

N  »tpat£/^B-Agencies 

'  — ■ — — .  I  V~"J_".    '  -  — '^ 


106  Pearl  St.,  New  York 

When    writing   to   adverttteri    kindly 
mentinn  HORTICULTURE. 


CATALOGUES   RECEIVED. 

T.    <".     Tluirlows     Sons.     Inc.,    West 
Xewlmry,  Mass.— Catalogue  and  Price 
List   of   Cherry   Hill  Nurseries, 
trated. 


A  apray  rtmady  for  graan.  black,  wblta  ly 
tbrlpa  and  aoft  irala. 

Uuart.  II. 00 1     Omilaa.  VtJ*. 

FUNCINE 

ror   ralldaw.   mat  and   othar  bllgku  mMtm 
Inr  trvara.  (rolta  and  Tocatablaa. 
Qoart.  1 1.00  I     (tellea.  n.M. 

VERMINE 

Tor    aal     worma.    angla    worma    aa*    **hm 
wortna  working  In  tba  aoll. 

aoKrt.  (1.00 1    0*I1*B.  (•.••. 
SOLD   BT    P«>I  ■■■. 

Aphine    Manufacturing    Cu 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


For  Codlinfl  Moth 
And  Scab 

SULFOCIDE 

and 

CAL-ARSENATE 

-a  new  comhin.-ition  winch  biil«  f/iir 
to  replace  the  old  Lime  Sulphur- Ar»e- 
natc of  !^ead  and  Bordc.iu x-Leod  ml x- 
tures.in  both  orchard  and  garden. 
It  is  more  powerful  ard  m  -ch  less  ex- 
pensive. 1  gallon  and  3  lbs.  makes 
ISU  gallons  of  spray. 

Send  for  circular 
B.  G.  PRATT  CO.,  M0<.  C/ie/ni.'.f  > 

50  Church  Si.     Depl.     12     New  York 


Palisades  Nurseries,  Sparkill.  X.  Y. 
—Palisades  Popular  Perennials.  A 
beautiful  production,  artistic  and  very 
attractive  in  dress  and  general  make- 
up. Different  from  the  average  run  of 
catalogues  and  advantageously  so. 
Profusely  illustrated. 


NIKOTEEIS 

For  Spraying 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  FuniiBatiDt 
Ask  Your  DaaUr  hoi  U. 

NICOTIDE  HIKL  CO 

*T     I.CrtlW 


A   BEAUTY    SPOT    IN    GEORGIA. 

We  are  In  receipt  of  an  Interesting 
letter  from  J.  F.  Wilson,  editor  of  "The 
Nut  Grower."  Waycross,  Ua.,  giving 
details  of  a  proposed  visit  of  a  party 
of  Interested  people  to  the  heart  of  the 
Okenofeke  Swamp,  a  hitherto  unex- 
plored territory  of  over  halt  a  million 
acresi  with  islands  and  lakes  of  sur- 
passing beauty.  It  is  hoped  to  develop 
an  interest  in  having  the  Government 
take  over  this  territory  as  a  public 
reservation  so  as  to  save  something 
of  its  virgin  beauty  for  future  genera- 
tions as  well  as  to  furnish  a  semi 
tropical  horticultural  museum  for  ed- 
ucational and  scientific  uses. 


Cottage  Gardens  Nurseries,  Inc.,  Eu- 
reka, Cal.— Special  Price  List  1917-18, 
for  the  Trade  Only.  J.  McHutchison 
&  Co..  New  York  City,  U.  S.  selling 
agents  for  all  territory  east  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains.  Eureka  grown 
Bulbs,  Azaleas,  Rhododendrons. 


Wilmington,  Del.— Flower  markets 
were  held  every  day  during  Easter 
week,  at  the  corners  of  Fifth  and  Mar- 
ket streets.  Fifth  and  King  streets, 
on  the  east  side  of  King  street,  be- 
tween Fifth  and  Seventh,  and  on  the 
north  side  of  Sixth  street,  between 
Market  and  King  streets.  No  wagons 
were  allowed  to  stand  along  the 
streets,  where  the  stands  were  located. 
The  venders  had  to  clean  up  the  street 
in  front  of  the  stands  each  night. 


April  6,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


355 


kind  Greenhouses 


KEEP  SUMMER  WITH  YOU  THE  WHOLE  YEAR  ROUND 

On  account  of  their  sturdy  special  construction  which  permits  of  great 
strength  without  the  need  of  heavy  shadow  casting  supports,  these  houses  are 
BO  warm  and  sunny  that  they  are  filled  with  a  riot  or  bloom  and  fruit  when 
Jack  Frost  has  stripped  the  garden  of  Its  beauty. 

The  Tentilating  and   heating  systems  are  the  result  of  years  of  experience 
In  building  for  professional  growers.     Things  just  have  to  grow  In  a  King. 
Ask  us  for  any  of  the  following:     Catalogue  showing  Commercial  Type  Green- 
bouses,  Catalogue  showing  Greenhouses  for  private  estates,  Catalogue  showing 
Garden  Frames  anil   Sash  for  private  estates. 

KING  CONSTRUCTION  COMPANY,  28  King's  Roid,  North  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 

All   the   Sunlislit.  All    Day   Houses. 


v: 


8II>NCH  OFFICES : 


New  york.  M7E  Broadway        Boston,  113  Stale  Stteel        Scranlon.  307  Irving  lirenue 
Phllalelphla,  Harrison  Bulldln:,  IStli  and  Market  Streets 


GREENHOUSES ALL  KINDS 


We  go  anywtere  In  the  II.  S.  to  submit  plans  and  prices 
1297-1325  Fliuhing  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 


f^LASS 


HOT-BED    SASHES 

Our  prlcei  can  b«  had  by  mall,  ana 
It  win  pay  yon  to  get  them.  We  carry 
the  largest  stock  of  Specially  Selected 
Glass  In  Greater  New  York  and  can 
supply  any  quantity  from  a  box  to  a 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Rock   Bottom  Price*. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

S15-217   Havcmeyer  St.,  Brooklyn.  H.  T. 


)fet*- 


CAN  SHIP  ANY  SIZE  AT  ONCE 

Telephone  or  Telegraph  Order 
at  Our  Expense 

KROESCHELL  BROS.  CO., 


466  W.  Er.e  Street. 
"CHICAGO,  ILL. 


DREER'S 

riORIST     SPECIALTIES 

New  Brand  New  StyU 

•■RIVERTON"   HOSE 

Furnished  in  lengths  up 
to  too  ft.  without  seam  or 
joint. 

Thi  HOSE  far  the  FLORIST 

Y^AncYi,  per  ft.,  17  c. 
Reel  of  500  ft.  *'  i654c. 
2  Reels,  1000  ft.  "  j6  c. 
!4-inch,  *'     15     c. 

Reels,  500  ft.,     •*     i45^c. 
Couplings  furnished 

HENRY  A.  DREER 

714-716  Chestnut  St., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


THE 

HORTICULTURAL 
CATALOG 

A       MONTHLY       MAGAZINE       FOR 

WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 
FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

Contains      alphabetical      llitlngs      of 

available   §urpluB  stock,  et«. 

$1.00    per   year.  Foreign  $1.60 

THE  HORTICULTURAL  CATALUS 


LOS   .\N(il;LKS, 


CALIFORNIA 


)reer'8  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Points 

For  Greenhouses 

Drive  easy  and  true,  because 
both  beveU  are  on  tbe  same 
tide.  Can't  twist  and  break 
the  glass  in  Iriving.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  not  rust.  No 
rights  or  lefts 

The  Peerless  Glazing  Poit 
is  patented.    No  others  llke^ 
it.  Order  from  your  deale^ 
or  direct  from  us. 
1000,75c.  postpaid. 
Samples  free. 
HENRT  A.  DREEE.I 
714  ChcBtnut  Streets 
Philadelphia. 


DifflcQlt  and  rejected  case*  bp«c1 
ally  tollclted.  No  mlileadliii^  !■- 
dncementa  made  to  aecnre  baslnMS 
Over  80  yeara*  actWe  practice.  Br- 
perlecced,  peraooal,  tronaclentlova 
service.  Write  for  terma. 
Addreea. 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGERS 

patent  lavvvkrs 
B4>z    0,    NAtlonml    Union    Batldlns 


Tl  C  A 

ForGteenhouse 
GIsing 

USE  IT  NOW 

F.  0.  PIERC£  CO. 

12  W.  BSOMIWAr 

NEW  YORK 

Maatica  U  elastic  and  tenacloas,  admlu  ol 
expansion  and  contraction.  Patty  becomes 
hnrrt  Bnd  brittle.  Broken  glasa  more  easily 
removed  wltboat  breaking  of  other  glasa 
na  occurs  wltb  bard  patty.  Uists  loncrw 
tban  patty      Elasy  to  apply. 

GET  OUR  CATALOGUE 

On  Ventilating  Apparatus  and  Green- 
house Fittings 

ADVANCE  CO.,     RICHMOND,  IND. 


The  FlortdtB  Hall  AHBCMlatlon  rate  of  In- 
Nurance  from  Nov.  1st,  1916  to  Nov.  Ist, 
1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
square  feet  of  slnsle  thick  ^lans  and  eleht 
cents  per  hundred  square  feet  of  double 
thick  RlasB,  For  particulars,  address. 
JOHN   O.  K8I.KR.  Re«..  Raddle  River.  N.  J 


When     writing    to    advertiaera  bindfy 
men  tion  HOR  TICUL  TV  RE. 


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H  0  R  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


April  C.  1918 


HILL'S   EVERGREENS 

And  Other  Choice  Nursery  Stock 

SINCE  1855 


II.  nil. I. 
The  Evtnrecn  SpeclallKC 
Slucf  the  days  when  1  usi-tl  to  Jig 
and  pack  every  order  myscU,  my 
boslDPSB  has  grown,  but  my  pollcj 
remnlng  the  same — "Give  every  cus- 
tomer complete  satisfaction." 

HILL'S  EVLRGREENS 


For  over  half  a  century  our  main  business  has  been  to  give 
satisfaction. 

Many  florists  arc  pushing  the  Landscape  feature  of  their 
business  with  increasingly  profitable  results. 
As  this  branch  of  your  business  develops  draw  on  us  for 
your  requirements  in  choice  ornamental  Evergreens  and 
other  Nursery  Stock,  either  developed  specimens  for  im- 
mediate results  or  small  plants  for  lining  out. 
Send  us  your  want  list  for  pricing.  Ask  any  questions  you 
want.  Make  up  your  order  now  and  send  it  in  at  once. 
Planting  season  is  near  at  hand.    Please  note  the  following. 

,    DECIDUOUS  TREES  AND  SHRUBS 


.\blptt    ISuNaiiipn     (ItillNnni     Fir) 

lU  100  IU« 

$1,411  j:i.uo 

1.70  IL'.OO 

CanadenHls     (lleniliirk) 


lU'li:  Inch 
12-lS      •■ 

.\bles     Thuku 

6-10  inch 
10-12      •• 

3-4  reel    B  4:  B 


$1.3t( 
l.CU  . 
20.00 


$8.00 
12.00 


Concolor     (Sliver    Fir) 

J2.00  $12.00 

10.00 


$l..'iO 
12.5IJ 


(Colo.     DonghiH     Fir) 


Abies 

4-8  Incb 
10-12    •• 

2-.'5  feet  B  &  B 
Abies      DouelaNHl 

4-«  Inch 
12-lS     ■■  $1.70 

18-24     •■  2..')0 

.1-4  feet  B  it  B     1.-..00 
Junlperus    Communis*    (EnRliHli    Jun^) 

3-0  Inch 

fi-10     ••  .       $2.00 

Junlperus    Ilibprnlea    (IriNh    Jun.) 

0-  8  Incn 


$2.00 
12.00 
20.00 


$2.50 
l.l.OO 


$.i..'>U 


$12.00 


$15.00 


$30.00 

Juniperus    VIrelnlana    (Red    Cedar) 
2-4  Inch  SeedlluK  $1.50  $9.00 

0-12     "  $1.40  9.00  80.00 

12-18     "  230  18.00 

ricea   .\lba    (White   Spruce) 
4-8  Inch  ScedllDR  $1.85  $14.00 

12-18     •'  $1.40  II.OO 

18-24     '•  1.70  12.00 

ricea  Canadensis  (Black  Hill  Spruce) 
Excellent      hushv      type     from      Black 
Hills,  S.  D. 

fi-10  Inch  $1.30  $8.00 

10-12     "  1.50  10.00 

Picea  Excelsa    (Norway    Spruce) 
4-8  Inch  Seedling  $1.75  $9.00 

6-10     '•  "  2.00  12.00 

12-18     "  $1.10  0.00 

18-24     •■  l.'iO  10.00 

Plc»   PuDEenn    (Colorado   Blue   Spruce) 
3-0  Inch  Seedling  $2.50  $15.00 

6-10     ••  $1..'>0  10.00 

10-12     "  2.50  20.00 

12-18     "  3.50  30.00 


I'inuf.    .\UNtriiK-u    (.VuNtriiiii    I'iiK'i 

Id  lull  IIHHi 

12-lS  iiieli  $2.00         $11.(XI 

lS-24     ■■  2.50  16.00 

Pinus   MukIio    (Dwarf  Mountain   Plnel 
ii-10  Inch  Seedling  $2.25  $15.00 

810     ••  $2.40  15.00 

10-12     ••       XX  3.0(1  2n.(:(i 

12-18     ■•       XX  3.50  25.00 

Pinus    Keslnosa    (Red    or    Norwii.v     I'iiic) 
18-24  Inch  $2.50        $16.00 

2-3  feet  3.20  22.00 

Pinus    Sylvestrls    (Scotch    Pine) 
6-12. Inch  $1.75  $12.i)ii 

12-18     "  $1.7U  S.OII 

18-24     ••  2.10  12.00 

Ketinospora   Plumosa 

6-8  inch  $3..-.(i 

Sequoia  OlRantea 
1-3  Inch  Seedling  $l..'iO  $10.00 

Taxus  Canadensis  (American  Yew) 
6-12  inch  $s.ou  $li5.r;() 

12-18    ••  12(Ki 

TaxuH    KiKTHta    (EnRiisli    Yew) 
6-10  Inch  $7.50  $65.00 

Tnxus   Cuspldnta   (.liiimnese  Yew) 
6-10  inch  $l..'jO        SliiiKI 

Thuya   Biota   Orientalls 


Strong,  clean   thrifty   young   plants   suit- 
able for  lining  out. 

100  lOOU 

.Veer    StiffbHrurn    (lliird    Maple) 

12-24  Inch  $2  25  $13..'iU 

2-  3  feet  3.00  20.00 

CnitaeKiiH    CniN    iiallt 
6-12  Inch  $2.00  $14.00 

CrntueKii..    .Mollis 

6-12  inch  $2.25  $18  iHi 

JuglanH    .Mem    (itriirk    Walnut) 

12-18  Inch  $1.75  $151X1 

Mains    Cnninuriim     (Wild    Crab) 

6-12  inch  $2..".(l  $20.00 

ITImuB  Americunii    (.XiniTlcan   While  Kim) 

12-24  inch  ;;i  .'.n  $6.ni) 

2-  3  feet  1.7.-I  9.IKP 

Berberis  Thunliereil    (.liipanrse  Barberry) 

0-15  inch  $l.."i(i  $.i.ihi 

12-24     ••  2.-.0  16.r.o 

F«»rN\tIiiii    Fiirtunel 

6-15  inch  $_MIO  $16.50 

ForN.<klliiii    liileriiiediu 
0-15  inch  $2im  $16.i»ii 


3-  6  Inch  Seedling  $2.oo 

6-12     "  ■•  2.50  160,1 

12-18     "  $1.70  12.00 

18-24     ••  1.90  14.00 

Thuya    Occldentaiis    (American    .\rhor 

Vltae) 

4-8  Inch  Seedling  $2.00         $12.(Ki 

C-10    "  $1.10  6.00  .5000 

10-12     "  1.30  8.00  70.00 

12-18     "  1.60  11.00 

Thuya  Compacta   (Compact   Arbor   Vltae) 

6-8  Inch  $:i.50 

Thuya  Globosa  (Globe  Arbor  Vlta«) 

4-6  Inch  $4.00 

Thuya      i'yrninlilalis      (Pyramidal      Arbor 

Vltae) 

4-6  Inch  $3..50  $,30.00 

6-8     "  375  .3.5.00 

Thuya    M'arcana    SIbrica 
4-6  inch  $3.00 


$111)11     I.iEUstrum       Amurenxe       (.%maor       River- 


6-12  inch 
12-18     " 


North) 


$2.00  $15, (HI 

2.25  18.0(1 


IilKUslrum   Ibola    (Ibola  Privet) 
6-12  inch  $1.25  $10.oi) 

Lonicera  Morrowii 
8-15  incn  $2  00  $15.00 

Pachysandra   Termlnalis 
4-8  Inch  $2.50  $20.00 

Rosa  Seticera 
4-8  Inch  $1.75  $15.00 

Rosa   M  u  It  i  flora 
0-12  inch  $1,75  $12,0(1 

Spirea    Van    Houttel    (Bridal    Wreath) 
0-15  inch  $1.75  $15.00 

SjTnpborirarpus  .Alba    (.Snowberry) 
0-15  inch  $1.75  $15.00 

Syringa    VulearlH    (Purple    I.ilac) 
0-15  inch  $1..50  $1200 


Complete  Wholesale  Price  List  on  Demand 

THE  D.  HILL  NURSERY  CO.,  INC. 

EVERGREEN  SPECIALISTS-  LARGEST  GROWERS  IN  AMERICA 

Box  415  DUNDEE,  ILLINOIS 

THE    AISOVK    I'KK  KS    ARE    IXTE    MIFD    FOR     THE    TRADE    (I.M.V 


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No.  15 

APRIL  13 

1918 


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Developing  a  New  American  Industry 

Part  of  a  House  of  10,000  Azalea  Indlca  at  Eureka,  Calif. 


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April  13,  1918 


COCOS  WEDDELIANA 
SEEDS 

New    Crop— Just   Arrived 

Js.lT)  pyr  lOiiii 
F.O.B.NewYork.   Cash  with  order 

McHUTCHISON   &  CO. 

95  Chambers  St..  NEW  YORK 


ALL  THE    I'OriLAU    \  AKIETIE8 
Own   Root*  or  ilmfUMl 

C  A  F^  N  A.  1- 1 0  IM  S 

Root4>d    CuCtlnc*   of  all    the   best   commer- 
cial   \arlrtlr>.      Urallliy    •tuck. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PLANTS 

H«mJ7    for   InimrdlJ&tv    ^9ale• 

Size  Pot  100 

ASPARAOrs     8pr»n»frl 2Vi-la.  J3.00 

ASI'AKAlitS     8prrD(rrl 3      -In.  6.00 

BMIIJiX    2y4-ln.  S.00 

8END   FOR  CATALOGUE 

WOOD  BROTHERS,  FUhkiii,  N.v. 

A.N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

CROMWELL,  CONN. 

Bedding  Plants  and  Roses 


St-iow      Qu^^r-k       ^SkT^n^ 

Awartled    Certldcate    of    Merit    at    S.    A. 

F.  &  O.  n.  New   York  Conveution.     And 

100  other  notsble  kinds.    Always  ask  for 

SWASTIKA     BRAND     CANNAS. 

Ther<ONAKD   &  |"r=-|  WEST  GROVE 
V/JONESCO.  I  31  I  PENN, U.S.A. 

Kolterl  PyU.  Fraa.  Amoine  VV'inlier,  Tloe-PrM. 

H'e  ore  subscribtrs  to  the  i^unerytuttt  s  Fund 
fcr  Ma-rk/t  DeztUpmint 


HILL'S  EVERGREENS 

BEST  FOB  OTKR  HALF  A  CKMTIBI. 

Small,  medlaiD  and  large  ilxc*  capplted. 
Prlc*  Hat  D*w  ready. 

THE  D.  HILL  NURSERY  CO. 

■TerslAan  BpaciaUBts.     Largeat  Orowcra  u 
/  AaaarUs. 

BOX   411.    DUNDBR.  ILL. 


ADDISONIA 

A  qnarterly  Joarnal  contain  I  ng 
bcttDtlful  coloif^  lUuntratlont  and 
pop  alar    drticrlptlonii    of    plant». 

PnblUhrd  by  the  New  York  Botan- 
ical   Garden,   Bronx    I'ark. 

Supported  by  the  income  of  a  be- 
qnest  by  the  late  Judce  Addison 
Brown,   aided    by    subBcriptlons. 

The  second  volume  huH  recently 
been  comnleted ;  the  third  volume 
will  be  lanned  during  191R;  each 
Tolume  containii  40  fall-paKe  colored 
lllafltrfitlons. 

Additional  subHcriptlonR.  for  the 
whole  work  only,  are  Invited  at  $30, 
belnr  $10  per  volnme.  Sample  parts 
will   b*  mejled  on   request. 


NEW  YORK 
Bronx  Park 


BOTANICAL  GARDEN 
New  York  City 


Just  Arrived  from  Holland 

A  shipment  of  Double  and  Single  Tuberous  Rooted 

Begonias  in  Prime  Condition. 
We  Offer: 


Double  RED 

"  ROSE 

"  WHITE 

"  YELLOW 

"  CRIMSON 

"  MIXED:     $5.00  per  100;  $45.00  per  1000 

Single  WHITE 

"  ROSE 

"  RED 

"  YELLOW 

"  CRIMSON 

"  ORANGE 

"  MIXED:     $3.50  per  100;  $32.50  per  1000 


$5.50  per  100 
$50.00  per  1000 


$4.00  per  100 
$35.00  per  1000 


714-716 


HENRY    A.    DREER,    chestnut   street 

PHILADELPHIA.   PA. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only. 


CIBOTIU 


SCHIEDEI 


6  and  7  Inch  pots,  4  to  5  tt.  spread,  $4  and  $5  each 

POT  GROWN  BOSTON  AND   ROOSEVELT  FERNS 

9  and  10  inch  pots  J2  to  $4  each 
BIRC3S'     IMEIST     F'EF^IMS 

4  Inch  60  cents;   4%  Inch  75  cents;   5  inch  $1.00.     A  few  specimen 


7  Inch  at  ?2.50  each 


A.  M.  DAVENPORT, 


IVIeiss. 


Julius   R^^Kirs   Oompariy 
F»  I- A IM  TS IVI E IM 

Orchids,  Conservatory  Plants,  Novelties,  Begonias,  Garden 

Perennials 

Fines/  Siock.  in  America  for  Trade  or  Private  Requirements 

RUTHERFORD,  NEW  JERSEY 


CHARLES  H.  TOTTY 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
IVI^^ISOIM,  IM.  J. 


='EF9r>JS     from    2   1-4   inch    Pota 

I08TONS — M  Pfr  100,  (40  per  1000. 
i»HITMANIl    IMPROVED— »S    per   100,   «40 

per   l<M)0. 
iVMITMANII    COMPACTA— tS   per    100.   MO 

per  1000. 
S008EVELT8 — $8   per   100,  $40  per   1000. 
"EDDY,  JR. — »S  per  100.  »46  per  1000. 
250  at  thoDsand   rates. 


^ H.H.BARROWS&lON.Wtiitman.  Mass. 

Wberwriting  Advetisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


April  13,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


359 


GERAIMIUIVIS 

We  are  Btill  well  stocked  on  most  of  our  varieties.  Have  thousands  of  popular  standard  sorts.  Alpha.  Rlrard,  Braote 
Poitevine,  S.  A.  Nutt,  Jean  Vinud,  General  Grant.  .4bbie  Schaffer,  Edmond  Blanc,  Alliance,  Mad.  Buchner.  Bertha  de  Pres«lly, 
etc.  2-in.,  $2.50  per  100;  $23.50  per  1,000;  5.000  for  $100.00.  3-in.,  $3.50  per  100;  $30.00  per  1,000;  10,000  for  $27S.OO.  4-lll., 
$8.00  per  100;  assorted  colors  in  hud  and  hloom. 


:^oiMiia^i 


Gracilis    Rose,   Erfordi    and    Vernon.     3-in.,  $3.00  per  100,  extra  good  stock. 


CUFHEA,    COLEUS,    LEMON    VERBENAS,    SWAINSONA.    PARLOR    IVY,    POMPON    CHRTSANTHEMTMS,  ENGLISH  IVY, 

\INCA  VARIEGATA.     2-in.,  $2.00  per  100.     S-ln.,  $3.00  per  100. 

^E^IMS      ^^T      ^F9^'\A^I^      Boston  and  Scottii.    5-in.,  $35.00  per  100.    6-iji.,  $35.00  per  100. 

KEI^TIi^      BEI_IVI^I9  e^kl^.^     '*~>°-'  ^'"^  P^'   ■l"^-:   $40.00  per   lOO.     s-ln.,  ;So.   each;   $9.00  per  doz. 

6-tn.,  $1.00  each;  $12.00  per  doz. 

^^^H  ^'^      Pi^^TS     Whole  Field  Clumps.     $6.00  per  doz.,  np  to  $1.00  each. 

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE  SEND  FOR  DAHLIA  LIST  CASH  WITH  ORDERS 


R.  VINCENT,  Jr.,  &  SONS  CO., 


WHITE  MARSH, 
MD. 


ORCHIDS 

We  crow  and  sell  nothing  bnt  ORCHIDS, 
[f  yoa  are  In  the  market  for  this  olaee  at 
plants  we  respectfully  solicit  your  Inquiries 
and  ordera.     Special  lists  on  application. 

LAGER  &  HUiRRELL,  Stimmit,  N.J'. 


IH^rs^sKi^^   Oreiricl    Bamb^c*   Oari^s 

For    stakiner    lilies    and    other    flowers.  Ready    for    Immediate  shipment    from    our 
warehouse.   Bound    Brook,  N.  J. 

6/6  feet.    Natural $8.00  per  bale  1000 

6/6      "             "         IS.OO  "           2000 

8      "              "         13.00  "           1000 

5      "      Green lO.OO  "          1000 

"      "           "       18.00  ■■           2000 

RALPH  Ms  WARD  &  CO.,  The  Lily  House,  25  Murray  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


PK.^-^^ 


ROIVI     OOL.D 


;?''AL-C^^O(^.i;V.    LIL.  GIGANTEUM,  7-9  (300  bulbs  per  case),  $60  per  lOOO 
i\^    '^^^'    /    LILY  OF  THE  VALLEY,  Best  Quality,  30  per  lOOO 


■^Sl' 


CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO., 


90-92  W.   BROADWAY 
NEW  YORK 


Page 

Advance  Co 379 

Albany       Cut 

Flower  Ex 374 

Allen.  J.  K 375 

American    Bulb 

Co 369 

Anderson.  S.  A.. 371 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co..37S 
Atteaux,  F.   E.  & 

Co 37S 

Barrows  &  Son.. 358 
Bayersdorfer,    H. 

Co 367 

Bay     State    Nur- 
series   360 

Beechwood     Hts. 

Nurseries    374 

Bobbink     &     At- 
kins    360 

Boddington,       A. 

T 368 

Bolgiano  &  Son.. 369 
Boston    Floral 

Supply   Co .'575 

Breck,  J.  &  Sons. 369 
Breck  -  Robinson 

Nur.  Co 360 

Breitmeyer's,      J. 

Sons    370 

Budlong,  J.  A... 372 
Bunyard.  A.  T....370 

Burnett  Bros 369 

Burpee,   \V.   A.  & 

Co .369 

Clarke's,  D.  Sons.370 


1ST     O 

Page 
Carter's       Tested 

Seeds.  Inc 368 

Cbampion   &   Co., 

J.  N 371 

Child  s,    John 

Lewis   369 

Coan.  J.  J 374 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 35.S 

Cooke.  Geo.  H.  ..370 

Cowee,  W.  J 374 

Cottage     Gardens 

Nurseries    360 

Dards    370 

gavenport,  A.  M.358 
avev    Tree    Ex- 
pert  Co 380 

Dreer,  H.  A...^'i8-37n 
Dunlop,  John  H..371 

Dysart,   E 365 

Ebel,  M.  C 376 

Edwards  Folding 

Box  Co 372 

Elliott,     Wm.     & 

Sons    369 

Esler.  J.  G 379 

Eyres    371 

Farquhar,     K.    & 

J.  Co 360 

Fenrich.  Jos.   S..374 

Ford,  M.  C .374 

Ford,  W.  P 374 

Fottler,    F  i  s  k  e, 

Rawson    Co 369 

Froment,  H.  E...374 


V  E  RT  I 


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Framingham  Nur- 
series     360 

Galvin,  Thos.  F.  .371 
Gasser  Co..  J.  M.371 
Graham  &  Son,  A.371 
Gude  Bros.  Co... 370 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 369 

Hail  Association. .379 

Hart,  Geo.  B 372 

Hews  &  Co.,  A.  H.377 
Hill  Co.,  E.  G....372 
Hill,   D.    Nursery 

Co 358 

Holland    Nur- 
series     360 

Holm  &  Olson... 371 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue     379 

Irwin,  R.  J .■W9 

Johnston  Bros... 370 
Kn  sting,     W.     F. 

Co 372 

Keller  Sons.  J.  B.37] 
Kelway  &  .Son.  ..369 
Kerr  the  Florist.. 371 

Kervan  Co 374 

King      Construc- 
tion Co 379 

Knoble  Bros .371 

Kottmiller    370 

Kroeschell  Bros.. 379 
Kuebler,  W.  H.  .374 
Lager  &  Hurrell..359 
Lange,  H.  F.  Co. 371 


Png.- 

Lemon  Oil  Co 378 

Leonard  Seed  Co.369 
Marshall,    W.    E. 

Co 369 

McConnell,  Alex.. 370 
McHutchison      & 

Co 358 

Meehan,  Chas.  E.372 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial Co 379 

Michell.  H.  F.  Co.368 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower  Ex 372 

Millang.  Chas 374 

Millang,  Frank..  ..374 
Murray,  Samuel. .370 
Nat'l      Asso.      of 

Gardeners    376 

N  a  t  i  o  n  al  Nur- 
seryman     360 

N.     Y.    Botanical 

Garden  358 

N.      Y.      Florists 

Supply   Co 374 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.37S 
Niessen,  Leo  Co.  .372 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 378 

Ouwerkerk,  P 360 

Palmer,   W.   J.   & 

Son    371 

Park  Floral  Co.. 371 
Parshelsky  Bros. 379 
Penn  the  Florist.390 


Page 
Pennock,     S.      S. 

Co 373 

Pfaltzgraff     Pot- 
tery  Co 377 

Pierce  Co..  F.  0.379 
Pierson,   A.    N..  .358 
Plerson,    P.    R...371 
Pulverized       Ma- 
nure  Co 378 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop   371 

Reed  &  Keller... 374 
Rcidel  &  Meyer.. 374 

Reid.  Edw 372 

Reukauf.  Martin. 372 
Robinson,    Henry 

M.  Co 374 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&  Co 372 

Roehrs,  J.  Co 358 

Roland.  Thomas. 371 
R  n  1  k  e  r,     A.     & 

Sons    377 

Roserv.  The 370 

Schling.  Max 370 

Schwake,       Chas. 

Co 359 

Sekenger,  Adam. 370 
Shi-ridan,  W.  P.. 374 
Sii'brecht.  Geo.  C.374 
Siggors     &     Sig- 

gers    379 

Skidelsky,     S.     S. 

&  Co 369 

Smith,   P.  J 374 


Page 
Smith,    Elmer   D. 

&   Co 360 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 360 

Smith  &  Fetters. 371 
Smyth,  Wm.  J... 371 
Stearns     Lumber 

Co.,  A.  T 379 

Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.370 
Stunipp  &  Walter 

Co 369 

Thorburn,    J.    M. 

&   Co 369 

Totty,  Chas.  H..358 
Traendly      & 

Schenck   374 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er Co 375 

Vincent,    R.,    Jr., 

&  Sons  Co 359 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc 377 

Ward,    R.    M.    & 

Co.   359 

Weber.  F.   C 371 

Weeber   &   Don.. 369 

Wood  Bros 358 

Woodruff,    S.    D. 

&  Son .369 

Young.  A.  L 374 

Young.   John 374 

Young.  Thos.,  Jr.374 
Young  &  Nugent.370 
Zech  &  Mann 372 


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April  13.  1918 


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FLORISTS  and  GARDENERS 

of  NEW  ENGLAND 

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you  need  for  the  coming  season  arrives  one  or  two 
months  late  and  in  a  worthless  condition  due  to  de- 
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Independence    16.00  12.00 

Mrs.   Francis    King 18.00  14.00 

Mrs.   Frank    lendleton.   GO.OV  S8.00 

Narajo    60.00  40.00 

Exhibition    Mixed 20.00  IS.OO 

Oarden  Mixed   16.00  12.00 


CAN N AS 


Heme  Orewa 

Freah  Cot 
Dos.  106 


Beaoon    tO.li 

Ilunsarla    CO 

Kate    F.    Deemer 50 

Meteor    60 

Olympic    76 

Richard     Wallace 60 

Wlotzer's   Colossal 60 


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AiJril  13,  191S 


HORTICULTURE 


;?()l 


RESTRICTION  ON  IMPORTS 
With  Reference  to  Plants  and  Plant  Material 


On  February  14,  1918,  the  President 
of  the  United  States  issued  a  procla- 
mation which  required  an  import 
license  for  all  articles  from  all  coun- 
tries. The  object  of  this  action  is  to 
more  clearly  supervise  commerce  and 
trade  during  the  period  of  the  war. 
The  administration  of  the  work  de- 
volves upon  the  War  Trade  Board. 
For  some  time  the  Bureau  of  Imports 
of  the  War  Trade  Board  has  been  giv- 
ing attention  to  the  manner  in  which 
the  work  of  restriction  should  be 
carried  out.  There  has  recently  been 
published  by  the  War  Trade  Board  a 
list  of  restricted  imports.  This  list 
(No.  1)  contains  eighty-two  items,  one 
of  which  (Item  61)  includes  "plants, 
trees,  shrubs,  and  vines."  While 
plants,  trees,  shrubs,  and  vines  are  on 
the  restricted  list,  they  are  not  pro- 
hibited entry.  A  license  will  be  re- 
quired for  each  shipment  of  plants, 
trees,  shrubs,  and  vines  from  a  Euro- 
pean port.  No  shipments  will  be  al- 
allowed  from  Asiatic  ports.  Accord- 
ing to  a  recent  circular  issued  by  the 
War  Trade  Board,  applicants  for 
license  must  show  certain  facts; 

"III  tlie  case  of  shipments  from  European 
points,  the  most  satisfactory  evidence  will 
be  proof  that  shipping  space  has  been  actu- 
ally engaged.  The  present  form  of  appli- 
cation for  import  license  will  generally  be 
found  adequate  tor  this  purpose  and  where 
this  is  not  found  to  be  the  case,  a  letter 
setting  forth  the  additional  facts  should 
accompany  such  application. 

The  United  States  Consuls  have  been  in- 
structed not  to  issue  consular  invoices  on 
and  after  April  15,  191S,  for  the  articles 
mentioned  in  the  list  without  lirst  being 
furnished  with  the  number  of  the  import 
license  or  being  given  other  evidence  of  the 
issuance  of  such  license.  Shipping  agencies 
are  also  advised  not  to  accept  for  shipment 
consignments  of  the  articles  mentioned  in 
the  list  without  similar  evidence  of  the 
issuance  of  the  import  license. 

It  will  devolve  upon  importers,  there- 
fore, to  advise  their  shipper  abroad  by 
letter  or  cable,  of  the  numlier  of  their  im- 
port license  so  that  such  shipper  will  be 
able  to  furnish  the  same  to  the  consuls 
and  the  shipping  agencies.  This  will  mean 
that  importers  must  be  diligent  in  apply- 
ing: for  import  licenses  a  sufficient  time  in 
advance  of  the  shipment  so  that  the  num- 
ber of  the  import  license  may  be  communl- 
cateil   abroad  in  ample  time." 

To  summarize — trees,  shrubs,  and 
vines,  including  fruit  tree  stocks  and 
seedlings,  may  be  imported  from 
Europe,  but  not  from  the  Orient, 
upon  filing  an  "Application  tor  Im- 
port License."  The  War  Trade  Board 
has  issued  the  following  instructions 
regarding  the  securing  and  filling  out 
of  application  for  license: 

(a)  A  separate  application  must  be 
made  for  each  importation.  Each  applica- 
tion should  refer  only  to  articles  of  the 
same  general  nature  as  hides,  mica,  leather, 
rui)i)er,    wool,    sugar,    etc.      Observance    of 


this     requirement     will     facilitate     prompt 
action  upon  application. 

(b)  Applicants  are  requested,  in  case  of 
further  communication  to  refer  to  their  own 
reference  number  and  date  as  well  as  to 
the  reference  number  of  the  Bureau  of  Im- 
ports if  known,  and  to  refer  to  each  appli 
cation  in  a  separate  letter. 

(c)  Tile  statement  in  regard  to  the  quan- 
tity should  be  made  in  definite  units  of 
net  weight  or  measure  as  required  by  cus- 
toms authorities,  such  as  pounds,  bushels, 
gallons,  etc.,  as  well  as  in  such  terms  as 
boxes,  cases,  sacks,  etc.  Values  must  be 
In  dollars. 

(d)  Applicants  are  advised  to  forward 
their  applications  as  long  as  possible  in 
advance  of  the  date  of  arrival.  If  shipment 
does  not  arrive  before  expiration  date  of 
license    and    an    extensioa    ia    desired,    the 


Spade  and  Hoe 


TO      BEFRIEND     THE      RIFLE 
AND    THE    BAYONET. 

(From  a  statemetit  by  the 
British  Ministry  of  Food.) 
War  is  making  bare  the 
world's  cupboards;  the  gran- 
aries are  being  emptied,  the 
flocks  thinned,  the  herds  butch- 
ered, the  mines  scraped.  War  is 
making  everything  dear  except 
human  lite;  the  destructive 
monster  is  consuming  more  food 
essentials  than  it  is  producing. 
Want  follows  hard  in  the  wake 
of  the  chariot  wheels  of  Mars, 
and  the  whole  world  is  threat- 
ened with  hunger,  the  menace 
of  which  will  become  greater 
with  the  prolongation  of  hostil- 
ities. Victory  will  go  to  the 
combatants  who  are  best  fed  and 
nourished.  The  food  question  is 
now  paramount.  Food  produc- 
tion is  as  essential  to  victory  as 
food  saving.  *  •  *  •  *  The 
spade  and  the  hoe  must  befriend 
the  rifle  and  the  bayonet. 


original  application  and  license  must  be 
returned  with  the  request  for  extension, 
setting  forth  the  reasons  therefor. 

(e)  This  application  should  be  for- 
warded to  the  Bureau  of  Imports,  Wash 
ington,  D.  C. 

(f)  Copies  uf  all  forms  may  be  secured 
from  the  Bureau  of  Imports.  Washington, 
n.  ('.,  or  from  any  branch  of  that  Bureau. 
Branch  ofliceB  are  located  at: 

Boston,  Mass ISOC  Customhouse 

Chicago.  Ill not)  Monadnock  Block 

Detroit.  Mich 22.5  Post  Ottice  Bldg. 

Eagle  I'asB,  Tex.,  Eirst  National  Bank  Bldg. 

El  Paso.  Tex Federal  Bldg. 

Galveston.    Tex Federal  Bldg. 

Laredo.  Tex 20fi  Federal  Bldg. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  International  Bank  Bldg. 

Mobile.   Ala Customhouse 

New  Orleans,  La Canal   Bank  Bldg. 

New  York,  N.  Y -IS  Broadway 

Nogales,  Ariz Bowman  Hotel  Bldg. 

Philadelphia,  Pa 305  Lafayette  Bldg. 


Portland,   Ore 748  Morgan    Bldg. 

St.  Louis,  Mo., 

1305  Federal  lleserve  Bank  Bldg. 

San  Francisco,  Cal 212  Customhouse 

Savannah,  Ga,, 

Savannah  Bank  &  Trust  Co.  Bldg. 
Seattle,  Wash 825  Henry  Bldg. 

A   WORTHY   CAUSE. 

"There  is  not  a  single  selfish  ele- 
ment, so  far  as  I  can  see,  in  the  cause 
we  are  fighting  for.  We  are  fighting 
for  what  we  believe  and  wish  to  be  the 
rights  of  mankind  and  for  the  future 
peace  and  security  of  the  world.  To 
do  this  great  thing  worthily,  success- 
fully, we  must  devote  ourselves  to  the 
service  without  regard  to  profit  or  ma- 
terial advantage,  and  with  an  energy 
and  intelligence  that  will  rise  to  the 
level  of  the  enterprise  itself." 

WooDROw  Wilson, 
President  of  the  United  States. 

Does  not  this  inspiring  message  of 
our  President  also  express  the  senti- 
ments of  all  those  who  have  unselfishly 
contributed  to  our  Publicity  Campaign 
Fund?  Note  the  comparison!  Those 
who  have  given  will  have  the  full 
knowledge  and  satisfaction  that  the 
cause  is  worthy  and  that  we  are  rais- 
ing and  elevating  our  own  standards 
to  such  a  high  plane  that  they  will  not 
only  reap  the  benefits  but  also  the 
thanks  of  the  entire  flora!  craft  for  the 
beginning  of  what  we  hope  in  later 
years  will  be  one  of  the  best  efforts 
since  the  origin  of  the  S.  A.  F.,  The 
Publicity  Campaign. 

Now,  to  those  who  have  as  yet  not 
contributed:  Can  you  afford  to  stay- 
out  of  this  unselfish  movement  which 
is  for  the  general  good  of  the  entire 
trade?  Send  in  your  contribution  now, 
so  that  our  Publicity  Finance  Commit- 
tee, under  so  able  a  leadership  as  our 
good  friend.  Chairman  George  Asmus, 
might  feel  that  the  members  of  the  S. 
.\.  F.  are  doing  their  full  duty,  and  ap- 
preciate the  efforts  given. 

Henry  Pen.n.  Chairman, 
National   Publicity   Campaign. 


A  PROMISING  NEW  ROSE. 
At  the  New  York  Spring  Show 
blooms  of  a  new  seedling  rose  from 
.lohn  Cook  of  Baltimore  were  received 
too  late  for  the  judging  on  Friday.  On 
Monday  a  special  committee  was  se- 
lected to  judge  them  and  the  award 
was  88  points,  together  with  the  Rose 
Society's  silver  medal,  a  high  achiev- 
ment,  considering  that  the  flowers 
had  then  been  five  days  cut.  The 
rose  is  a  cross  between  Frau  Karl 
Druschki  and  Mrs.  Charles  Russell. 
Mr.  Cook  intends  to  send  it  out  next 
winter  if  the  war  should  be  then  "-"r. 


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April  13,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


VOL  XXVII 


APRIL  13,   1918 


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CONTENTS  Page 

COVER  ILLUSTRATION  I'art  ot  a  House  of  10,000 
Azaloa    indica   at    Eureka.    Cal 

RESTRICTIOX    ON    IMPORTS 361 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— New  York  Florists'  Club- 
Stamford  Horticultural  Society  —  Meetings  Next 
Week  —  Cliicago  Florists'  Club  —  Gardeners'  Boston 
Conference — Notes    363 

HIPFE.VSTRUM    (Amar.vllis)    364 

OBITUARY  —  James  MacGregor,  portrait  —  William 
Just — John   James  Nugent 365 

PRACTICE  ANTD  THEORY  IN  HORTICULTURE— 
Prof.   E.  A.   White 366 

SEED  TRADE— Reports  on  Seed  Corn— The  British 
Way  —  Field  and  Garden  Seed  Exempt  from  Em- 
bargoes— Chicago   Seed  Trade — Notes 368 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

How   About   That   Subscription?    Henry   Penn — New 
Flower   Stores    " 370-371 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 
Boston,  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  New  York,  Philadelphia, 

Pittsburgh   373 

Rochester,  St.  Louis   375 

ixx:al  a.nd  general  NEWS: 

Rochester,  Cincinnati   375 

Boston,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh,  Chicago, 

St.    Louis    376-378 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Spade  and  Hoe — A  Promising  New  Rose 361 

A   Worthy   Cause — Henry  Penn 361 

Pittsburgh  Easter  Show — The  Volunteer,  poetry....  364 

Publication   Received — Catalogue  Received 365 

For   Next   Christmas— Illustration 367 

A  Promising  Season   South 367 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 367 

New  Corporation    371 

Personal — Visitors'    Register 375 


In   calling   attention   to   the   announcement 

A  of  the  operation  of  the  Service  Bureau  of  the 

worthy      National   Association   of    Gardeners    which 

purpose     appears  in  this  issue  and  which  has  already 

appeared  in  the  Journal  of  the  International 
Garden  Club  we  are  pleased  to  express  cordial  approval 
of  the  project  and  hope  it  may  accomplish  in  the  fullest 
sense  the  purpose  for  which  the  movement  has  been 
inaugurated.  We  are  advised  by  Secretary  Ebel  that 
the  functions  of  the  Service  Bureau  are  intended  to  be 
educational  as  well  as  serviceable  and  it  does  not  con- 
fine its  energies  merely  to  procuring  positions  for 
members  who  may  apply  to  it,  but  it  is  also  bringing  to 
the  attention  of  those  requiring  the  services  of  garden- 
ers that  simply  because  a  man  may  term  himself  a  gar- 
dener, he  does  not  necessarily  possess  the  qualifications 
to  entitle  him  to  that  calling^that  efficiency  in  garden- 
ing is  only  acquired  through  a  thorough  training  and 
that  the  cheapest  man  is  by  no  means  the  most  eco- 
nomical and  rarely  a  truly  capable  gardener,  and  that 
the  proficient  in  gardening,  as  in  all  other  acquired  voca- 
tions, arc  entitled  to  and  are  learning  to  demand  proper 
consideration.  It  is  one  of  the  avowed  aims  of  the  asso- 
ciation, through  a  systematic  organization  of  its  Service 
Bureau,  to  weed  out  the  interlopers  of  the  profes.sion 
who  pass  under  the  guise  of  gardeners  without  the 
proper  knowledge  to  fit  them  as  such.  All  tme  friends 
of  the  gardener  and  his  profession  will  snrclv  sav 
"amen." 


The  returns  from  the  Easter  business 
A  Mif  all  in  now  and  they  are  uniform- 

master  stroke  ly  cheering  from  every  part  of  the 
country,  far  more  so  than  many  dared 
111  hojic  for.  The  much  harrassed  florist  trade,  "so 
weary  with  disasters,  tugged  with  fortune,"  will  now 
fresh  courage  take,  full  of  confidence  that  the  worst  is 
past  and  that  for  the  prudent  industrious  man  the 
future  holds  nothing  to  cause  dejection.  The  splendid 
success  achieved  is  variously  accounted  for  in  the  trade 
—the  good  weather,  the  publicity  drive,  a  rational  reac- 
tion in  public  sentiment,  and  various  other  things — 
and  it  is  no  doubt  true  that  all  these  influences  had  a 
share  in  the  grand  total.  It  certainly  must  be  very 
gratifying  not  only  to  the  plant  and  flower  growers  and 
retail  dealers  themselves  but  also  to  all  the  varied  indus- 
tries which  depend  more  or  less  upon  the  florist  trade 
as  an  auxiliary  for  their  own  jirosperity.  Following 
the  distressing  inflictions  which  the  flower  producers 
have  had  to  bear  during  the  past  six  months,  even 
Nature,  herself,  .seems  to  have  finally  taken  pity  on  the 
victims  and,  in  sheer  admiration  and  approval  of  the 
aggressive  courage  displayed,  has  done  her  very  best  to 
heal  the  wounds  with  abundant  sunshine  and  every 
other  possible  amelioration  and  assistance  in  the  work 
of  providing  for  and  facilitating  the  tran-saction  of  the 
Easter  business.  It  is  an  inspiring  tale  that  the  empty 
plant  house  benches  unfold — an  inspiration  that  will 
engender  assurance  and  strengthen  faith  as  to  the 
future.  Easter  1918  is  one  of  the  best  things  that  has 
iiaiipened  to  the  florist  and  his  allies  in  many  years. 

It    is    said,    and    with    much    truth,    that 
Mat<e  "difficulties   show    what   men    are."     The 

every  day  business  standing  of  those  who  by  dint  of 
a  big  day  frugality,  tenacity  and  self-sacrifice  shall 
have  surmounted  their  difficulties  and 
come  through  intact  after  the  supreme  ordeal  of  the 
])ast  year  should  and  unquestionably  will,  be  materially 
advanced  by  their  achievement.  It  docs  appear  that, 
thus  far.  everything  considered,  the  "ornamental  hor- 
ticulture" industries,  as  a  whole,  have  made  about  as 
good  a  showing  of  stability,  proportionately,  as  have 
most  other  lines  of  commercial  enterprise,  and  this,  be 
it  remembered,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  flower  and 
nursery  industries,  "asleep  in  the  lap  of  legends  old," 
have  but  just  begun  to  awaken  to  the  essentialities  of 
modern  success  in  business  building.  Like  a  man 
aroused  from  deep  slumber,  opening  his  eyes  for  a 
moment  and  closing  them  again,  a  convulsive  effort  waa 
again  made  for  Easter  business  this  year  and  the  next 
spasm  will  be  for  Mothers'  Day,  and  then  Memorial 
Day,  the  interim  being  seemingly  left  to  luck.  Firms 
that  launched  into  more  or- less  newspayier  publicity  for 
big  Easter  business,  now  evidently  absorlied  in  con- 
tented retrospect  of  their  success,  apparently  view  with 
indifference  the  opportunities  offered  by  the  overloaded 
wiiolesale  market  during  the  past  week  and  the  feeble 
demand,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  there  should  be 
flowers  continuously  in  every  home,  that  every  day  in 
tlie  year  is  the  birthday  anniversary  of  tens  of  thousands 
of  niotliers,  fathers,  wives  and  sweethearts,  as  well  as 
flower  gift  day  for  friends  sick  or  lonely — all  of  which 
the  i)ublic  should  be  constantly  coached  to  regard  as 
lesritimate  objectives  for  the  use  of  flowers  until  it  has 
become  an  universal  habit.  Who  can  doubt  that  the 
lagging  trade  since  Easter  might  have  been  spurred  into 
consuniin?  much  of  the  present  abundant  surplus  or 
that  the  future  arowth  of  the  business  will  depend  very 
lartrely  upon  the  way  in  which  those  engaged  in  it  line 
lip  for  modem  progressive  methods  and  ideals  wiiich 
would  mean  a  big  day  even-  day  in  the  year? 


April  13,  1918 


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363 


NEW  YORK   FLORISTS'  CLUB. 


An  unusually  large  number  of  mem- 
bers filled  the  club  room  to  repletion 
at  the  meeting  of  the  New  York  Flor- 
ists' Club  last  Monday  evening.  Talks 
had  been  promised  by  W.  H.  Elliott 
of  Madbury,  N.  H.,  on  "Greenhouse 
Business  in  War  Time,"  and  Kenneth 
Glllett  of  Southwick,  Mass.,  on  "Native 
Plants,"  but  Mr.  Elliott  was  prevented 
from  appearing  by  a  death  in  the 
family  and  Mr.  Gillett  asked  to  have 
his  lecture  assigned  to  a  later  date. 
There  was  no  lack  of  interest,  how- 
ever, and  a  variety  of  timely  topics, 
together  with  an  uncommon  epidemic 
of  volubility  kept  things  moving  lively 
antil  a  very  late  hour.  The  usual 
series  of  reports  of  various  officials 
and  committees  were  made,  the  most 
significant  one  being  that  on  the  re- 
cent flower  show,  by  Secretary  John 
Young,  to  the  effect  that  receipts  were 
ahead  of  expenses.  "Publicity"  was  a 
fruitful  subject  for  remarks,  but  the 
Liberty  Bond  Issue  and  the  part  that 
floriculture  and  the  Club  members 
should  take  in  making  it  a  success 
overshadowed  all  other  topics.  The 
headquarters  tor  the  local  florists' 
activities  has  been  established  at  the 
office  of  Lord  &  Burnham  Co.,  .30  Bast 
42nd  street,  and  part  of  the  expense 
of  same  is  to  be  paid  by  the  Club,  the 
balance  by  other  co-operating  socie- 
ties. Subscriptions  of  $24,500  by  the 
wholesale  interests  were  reported  by 
President  Traendly  of  the  Wholesale 
Florists'  Association  and  the  amounts 
already  subscribed  by  other  Club 
members  totalled  nearly  $20,000  more. 
Many  members  present  volunteered 
their  services  as  bond  salesmen  to 
visit  the  trade  in  their  territory.  The 
Retail  Florists'  Association,  New  York 
and  New  Jersey  Association  of  Plant 
Growers  and  sister  organizations  are 
all  holding  special  meetings  in  the  in- 
terest of  Liberty  Bond  promotion. 

A.  T.  Delamare,  Charles  H.  Totty 
and  A.  Herrington  we^e  appointed  a 
committee  on  resolutions  relative  to 
the  death  of  J.  Harrison  Dick.  The 
new  flower  show  committee  was  con- 
stituted as  follows:  A.  L.  Miller, 
chairman:  William  Duckham,  Chas. 
H.  Totty,  Ed.  Sceery,  W.  R.  Pierson, 
Geo.  E.  M.  Stumpp,  Max  Schling, 
Charles  Schenck,  P.  W.  Popp  and  F.  H. 
Traendly. 

Exhibits  of  the  evening  were  An- 
tirrhinum "Wier's  White"  by  J.  Ebb 
Wler  &  Sons,  Jamesport,  L.  I.  (highly 
commended),  and  freesias  by  E.  Far- 
del, Great  Neck,  L.  I.  (vote  of  thanks). 


STAMFORD      HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 

At  the  monthly  meeting,  April  5th, 
at  the  home  of  Miss  Helen  W.  Smith, 
more  than   50  members  were  present 


Meetings  Next  Week 


Monday,  April   15. 

Detroit  Floriste'  Club,  Bemb  Flo- 
ral Hall,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Houston  Florists'  Club,  Chamber 
of  Commerce  Rooms,  Houston,  Tex. 

New  Jersey  Florieultural  Society, 
Orange,  N.  J. 

New  York  Federation  of  Horti- 
cultural Societies  and  Floral  Clubs, 
1170  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Tuesday,  April  16. 

Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  ot  I 
Boston,  Horticultural  Hall,  Boston,  | 
Mass. 

Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of 
Ontario,  St.  George's  Hall,  Toronto, 
Can. 

Minnesota  State  Florists'  Associa- 
tion, Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Pennsylvania  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, Griffith  Hall,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wednesday,  April  17. 

Rhode  Island  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, Public  Library,  Providence, 
R.  1. 

Tarrytown  Horticultural  Society, 
Tarrytown,  N.  Y'. 

Thursday,  April  18.  | 

Essex  County  Florists'  Club, 
Kreuger-Auditorium,   Newark,   N.   J. 

New  Orleans  Horticultural  Society, 
Association  of  Commerce  Bldg.,  New 
Orle;ins,   La. 

North  Westchester  County  Horti- 
cultural Society,  Mt.  Kisco,  N.  Y. 

Tacoma  Florists'  Association,  Mac- 
cabee  Hall,  Tacoma,  Wash. 

Friday,  April  19. 

North  Shore  Horticultural  Society, 
Manchester,  Mass. 


and,  thanks  to  the  hospitality  of  the 
hostess,  a  most  enjoyable  time  was 
had.  A  very  creditable  display  of  cut- 
flowers  and  plants  were  before  the 
judges. 

The  awards  were  as  follows:  Cul- 
tural certificates  to  A.  Alius,  Stamford, 
Conn.,  tor  Cattleya  Mossiae;  Hy- 
drangea Otaksa,  Amaryllis  vittata 
hybrida  and  carnations  Princess  Dag- 
mar,  highly  commended;  cultural  cer- 
tificates to  A.  Bieschke,  Noroton.  Conn., 
for  specimen  French  hydrangeas;  W. 
Morrow  Stamford  for  Amaryllis  vittata 
hybrida;  James  Foster,  Stamford 
Conn.,  honorable  mention  for  carna- 
tions; A.  P.  Wezel  received  an  honor- 
able mention  for  display  including  car- 
nations Belle  Washburn,  sweet  peas. 
Narcissus  Peter  Barr,  and  Narcissus 
poeticus  Red  Beacon. 

President  Henry  Wild  gave  a  short 
lecture  on  "Fruit  Trees  and  Vines  for 
Small  Gardens,"  a  very  timely  topic. 
It  was  voted  that  members  of  other 
societies,  who  wish  to  resign  and  are 
in  good  standing,  may  become  mem- 
bers of  our  society  without  any  ex- 
pense to  them  the  first  year.  It  is 
hoped  that  this  will  also  be  adopted 
by  other  societies  all  over  the  country 
for  the  benefit  of  all  concerned  and 
horticulture  at  large.  Discussions  had 
necessarily  to  be  brief  to  allow  for  the 
social  features  arranged  for  by  Miss 
Smith,  which  were  thoroughly  enjoyed 
by  all  until  midnight. 

A.  P.  Wezel.  Cor.  Secy. 

Noroton,  Conn. 


CHICAGO   FLORISTS'  CLUB. 

The  Chicago  Florists'  Club  met  April 
4th  at  the  Bismark  Hotel,  corner  Ran- 
dolph and  Wells  streets,  in  their  new 
club  rooms.  The  coal  committee  of  the 
Club,  C.  L.  Washburn,  Aug.  Poehlmann 
and  Peter  Reinberg,  had  invited  E.  T. 
Mohr  and  Geo.  F.  Stamer  of  the  Fort 
Dearborn  Coal  Co.  to  speak  on  the  coal 
question.  All  florists  were  advised  to 
order  their  supply  within  sixty  days, 
as  the  price  is  fixed  by  the  government 
and  there  is  nothing  to  gain  by  wait- 
ing, while  delay  may  be  dangerous. 
The  advertising  committee  reported 
a  big  drive  for  Mothers'  Day  under 
way.  New  and  attractive  posters  have 
been  mailed  to  every  florist  in  Chicago 
and  to  the  leading  florists  in  the  coun- 
try. Chairman  Lautenschlager  an- 
nounced that  while  in  the  East  re- 
cently he  had  disposed  of  more  than 
30,000  of  the  Mothers'  Day  stamps  and 
rosters. 

The  meeting  was  known  as  the  S.  A. 
P.  night  and  the  good-of-the-club  com- 
mittee had  arranged  for  the  presenta- 
tion of  an  operetta  written  especially 
for  the  club,  known  as  "The  Garden  of 
the  Allies."  Quite  a  number  of  ladies 
and  children  were  present  as  guests  of 
the  club,  and  all  enjoyed  the  entertain- 
ment. 


GARDENERS'  BOSTON  CONFER- 
ENCE. 
The  Gardeners'  Conference  to  be 
held  in  Boston  under  the  auspices  of 
the  National  Association  ot  Gardeners, 
will  meet  in  Horticultural  Hall  on 
Thursday  afternoon,  April  18th,  at  6.30 
o'clock.  The  hour  named  has  been  se- 
lected as  the  most  convenient  time  of 
the  day  for  horticulturists  to  come  to- 
gether at  this  season  of  the  year. 
W.  N.  Craig  will  preside  as  chairman, 
and  an  interesting  program  is  being 
arranged.  All  gardeners  and  those  in- 
terested in  their  profession  are  in- 
vited to  attend. 

M.  0.  Ebex,  Secy. 


CLUB  AND  SOCIETY  NOTES. 
The  Royal  Horticultural  Society  of 
London  has  awarded  a  flrst-class  certl^ 
ficate  to  Cattleya  Clotha  var.  General 
Pershing  (C.  Enid  X  C.  Trianae  Grand 
Monarch). — A  beautiful  form,  one  of 
the  best,  from  the  florists'  standpoint, 
ever  raised.  The  sepals  and  petals  of 
soft  lilac  tone,  the  lip  crimson.  Shown 
bv  Messrs.  Charlesworth  and  Co. 


The  Paterson  Florieultural  Society 
entertained  a  delegation  from  the 
Tuxedo  Gardeners'  Association  Satur- 
day night  in  Cedar  Cliff  hall,  Haledon, 
N.  J.  The  hall  was  prettily  decorated 
with  carnations,  antirrhinums,  sweet 
peas,  roses  and  standard  geraniums 
from  the  greenhouses  of  Mrs.  A.  F. 
Leonard,  Haledon,  and  Dr.  D.  T. 
Millspaughs,  Totowa.  Thomas  Wilson, 
of  Tuxedo,  and  Professor  David  Miller, 
ot  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  made  inter- 
esting addresses.  Refreshments  were 
served,  and  there  was  an  enjoyable 
musical  program. 


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April  13,  1918 


HIPPEASTRUM  (Amaryllis). 
■|'he  (levelopnieiil  of  this  wfll-kiiown 
Keiiu.s  covers  a  coiisiiloruble  period  of 
activity  on  the  part  of  the  enthusiast 
and  hybridist.  It  was  well  known  In 
gardens  before  the  Linnean  period,  and 
the  old  name  Amaryllis  suKgests  that 
it  was  named  for  the  sweetheart  of  the 
Roman  poet  Virgil.  SUcnibcrpia  hilca 
was  described  by  John  Gerard  under 
the  name  \arcissus  aulumnalis  major. 
Parkinson  figured  the  same  plant  in 
his  "Paradlsus,"  as  well  as  a  red-flow- 
ered type.  Narcissus  indicus,  which  is 
popularly  known  at  the  present  time 
as  Amartillis  formosissima,  native  of 
Mexico  and  Guatemala.  It  was  prob- 
ably introduced  into  Spain  previou.s  to 
1693. 

In  1822  Dean  Herbert  published 
"The  Production  of  Hybrid  Vegetables" 
in  the  Transactions  of  the  Royal  Horti- 
cultural Society.  Under  this  somewhat 
eccentric  title  he  devised  a  complete 
systematic  classification  of  the  known 
species  of  Amaryllis.  The  greater  part 
of  Herbert's  life  was  devoted  to  the 
classification  of  the  order  and  the  cul- 
tivation of  all  the  known  amaryllls, 
numerous  hybrids  being  raised.  In  a 
subsequent  treatise  the  genus  was  sep- 
arated, probably  through  the  sugges- 
tions of  Linnaeus,  into  Hippeastrum 
and  Amaryllis,  Aviarj/Uis  Belladonna, 
Indigenous  to  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 
being  the  only  remaining  representa- 
tive, while  the  western  group  embraced 
many  species.  The  separation  was  not 
entirely  geographical,  however,  but 
founded  on  minute  botanical  charact- 
ers. Up  to  this  period  tlie  genus  had 
been  named  successively  Narcissus, 
Lillo  Narcissus,  and  Amaryllis,  which, 
however,  are  readily  differentiated. 
The  liliums  have  a  leafy  stem  without 
spathes.  while  the  amaryllis  produce 
naked  flower  stems  with  buds  inclosed 
In  spathes. 

IVIany  Species 

There  are  upwards  of  70  described 
species  of  Hippeastrum,  a  number  of 
which  have  been  used  in  the  produc- 
tion of  the  thousands  of  variable  pres- 
ent-day hybrids.  The  most  prominent 
species,  Hippeastrum  Reoinae.  a  native 
of  South  America,  was  introduced  and 
flowered  by  Fairchild  of  Hoxton,  Eng- 
land, in  1728,  under  the  name  Lilium 
Reginae.  It  was  figured  in  the  Botan- 
ical Magazine,  1799,  the  flower  being  a 
short  funnel-form  variety,  crimson  in 
color.  Hippeastrum  vittatum,  native 
of  Peru,  was  imported  into  Europe  in 
1769,  having  white  fiowers  prominently 
overlaid  with  red  stripes,  with  a  white 
keel.  Hippeastrum  reliculatum,  native 
of  Brazil,  was  introduced  into  England 
by  Dr.  Gray,  in  1777,  and  was  de- 
scribed in  tlie  Botanical  Magazine,  in 
1803.  The  flowers  of  this  species  are 
mauve  or  purple-red.  with  cross  lines 
and  bars  of  crimson.  Hippeastrum, 
eguestre.  of  tropical  America,  dates 
back  to  1698,  and  is  probably  one  of 
the  earliest  parents  used  in  breeding. 
Its  flowers  are  bright  rod  with  green 
at  the  base.  Other  imported  species 
used  are  Hippeastrum  aulieum.  intro- 
duced from  Brazil  in  1819,  H.  psittaci- 
nuvi,  introduced  from  Brazil  in  1820, 
H.  solandriflorum  from  Brazil,  H. 
pardinum  from  Peru,  and  //.  Leopoldii. 


II.  Jiiliiisiiiiii,  the  first  recorded  hybrid, 
was  rnised,  in  1799,  by  an  Kngllsli 
watchnuiker  named  Johnson,  who 
crossed  //.  Un.iinar  and  //.  vittatum. 

Cultivation. 

The  development  of  Hippeastrum 
hybrids  was  taken  up  commercially  by 
Veltch  &  Sons,  of  Chelsea,  Kngland, 
about  187(1,  resulting  In  a  more  open, 
regular  flower.  Large  groups  of  these 
hybrids  were  exhibited  at  the  annual 
shows  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  So- 
ciety of  I>ondon.  The  work  of  im- 
provement was  later  taken  up  by  the 
Belgians.  Dutch,  and  Germans.  .At  the 
present  time  thousands  of  hybrids  are 
raised  annually  in  this  country. 

There  are  two  methods  by  which 
hip|)eastrums  may  be  cultivated,  (1) 
l)lanting  outside  for  the  summer 
months,  and  (2)  greenliouse  or  pot  cul- 
ture. The  first  method  involves  the 
planting  out  of  bulbs  in  rows,  during 
the  month  of  May.  in  a  well-drained 
border  and  top  dressing  with  cow 
manure.  During  summer  plenty  of 
water  and  destruction  of  weeds  are  es- 
sential. In  October  the  bulbs  should 
be  lifted  and  either  potted,  or  stored  in 
the  bulb  house  and  potted  two  or  three 
weeks  before  the  starting  i)eriod.  One 
objection  to  this  method  is  the  unavoid- 
able breaking  of  the  numerous  thick, 
fleshy  roots,  which  occurs  in  the  proc- 
ess of  lifting  and  potting,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  future  flowers.  It  is  ad- 
vocated, however,  for  the  increase  of 
stock,  through  the  agency  of  side 
growtlis  which  are  produced  more 
freely  outside.  Greenhouse  or  pot  cul- 
ture is  without  doubt  more  satisfactory 
when  tlie  production  of  perfect  flowers 
Is  the  object.  The  plants  should  be 
transplanted  before  the  starting  peri- 
od, usually  January,  or  top  dressed, 
depending  upon  their  condition.  A 
good  heavy  soil  should  be  selected, 
adding  leaf  mold  and  sand  in  propor- 
tion, and  enriching  it  by  applying  bone 
meal  or  cow  manure.  Water  should  be 
given  sparingly  until  the  plants  are 
well  rooted.  It  is  not  necessary  to 
transplant  annually,  but  top  dressing 
in  alternate  years,  combined  with  feed- 
ing with  liquid  cow  manure  and  soot- 
water,  is  desirable.  After  growth  is 
completed,  usually  by  the  end  of  Octo- 
ber, the  water  should  be  withheld  grad- 
ually, and  the  temperature  reduced 
from  60  to  45°  F.  for  the  resting 
period. 

Mealy  bug  and  thrips  are  the  two 
chief  insect  pests,  the  former  inhabit- 
ing the  under  side  of  the  scales,  the 
latter  puncturing  the  epidermis  of  the 
succulent  leaves.  The  mealy  bug  may 
be  kept  under  control  by  forcible 
spraying,  or,  when  badly  Infested,  by 
brushing  the  bulbs  with  50  per  cent 
alcohol.  Nicotine  solution  will  control 
thrips. 

Hippeastrums  are  easily  raised  from 
seeds,  producing  flowering  bulbs  with- 
in 4  years.  Seeds  should  be  sown  im- 
mediately after  ripening,  as  they  soon 
lose  their  vitality.  The  best  method 
Is  to  sow  in  sandy  soil  in  flats,  placing 
the  seeds  about  2  inches  apart  to  elim- 
inate early  transplanting.  If  properly 
grown,  bulbs  1  inch  in  diameter  may 
easily  be  obtained  by  the  end  of  the 
first  year,  when  they  should  be  trans- 
planted into  3-inch  pots  or  set  outside 
during  the  summer  for  further  devel- 
opment. — Mo.  Bot.  Gard.  Bulletin. 


PITTSBURGH    EASTER    SHOWS. 

The  annual  Kasler  Flower  Show  of 
the  Phlpps  Conservatory,  Schenley 
Park,  observed  the  twonly-flflh  anni- 
versary of  the  Institution  and.  Inci- 
dentally, the  most  severe  and  trying 
year  in  lis  history.  The  attendance 
exceeded  that  of  any  previous  year, 
which  was  probably  due  to  the  Ideal 
weather  prevailing  during  the  week. 
The  exhibits  of  roses  and  lilies  have 
never  been  excelled,  the  Victoria 
House  in  Schenley  Park,  with  Its 
Easter  lilies  surrounding  a  center  of 
Crimson  Ramblers,  l)eing  especially 
noteworthy.  Through  the  agency  of 
Mr.  Burke,  the  "Kalserskroon"  and 
"Prince  of  Austria"  tulips  have  reap- 
peared this  year  respectively  as  "Field 
Marshal  Haig"  and  "General  Persh- 
ing." Foreman  Jones  says,  "We  might 
have  been  mobbed  had  we  let  them  go 
by  their  old  names." 

.\  hyacinth  representation  of  crossed 
American  flags  is  one  of  the  many  at- 
tractions arranged  by  Superintendent 
A.  A.  Leach  for  the  private  Greenlawn 
conservatories,  where  the  annual  show 
always  rivals  those  of  its  municipal 
neighbors.  The  chief  ensemble  of  the 
exhibition  is  in  the  show  room  in 
sunken  garden  effect. 


THE    VOLUNTEER. 

Ivi'  buriiod  my  bridges,  I've  done  tlie  deed 

.\iid  liamliMl  In  my  name 

Ivp  Joined  the  V.  S.  Naval  Reserve 

To  play  In  tlie  great  war  game. 

Yea.   I'm    tired   of   being  a   "stay-at-home," 

.\nd  all  that  tlie  term  may  be, 

If  there's   room   "on  the  sbtps"  for  all  my 

pals. 
Then  there  la  room  "on  the  Bhlps"  for  me. 

To  how  many  pals  did  I  say  good-bye, 

As  tliey  swung   through   town  to  the  boat, 

Only  to  turn  away  with  a  tear 

And  a  sob  that  tore  my  throat. 

Some  of  them  now  are  guarding  our  coast. 

And  some  are  over  the  sea, 

Kach  of  them   answered   his  name  In  turn, 

So  I  thought  It  was  up  to  me. 

I  said  "Not  yet, — Don't  be  In  haste, 

There  is  time  enough  for  me," 

So  I  harked  to  the  call  of  a  softer  voice. 

Than  the  roar  of  the  deep  blue  sea. 

But  I'm   breaking  the  bonds  that  bind  me 

here 
Whatever  those  bonds  may  be. 
If  they  need  ten  thousand  seamen, 
Then  they  surely  must  need  me. 

Perhaps  'twas  the  sound  of  the  bugle  note, 
That  called  from   the  old  town  hall, 
Perhap."!   'twas   the   sentence   that   blazoned 

forth. 
In   the  writing  on  the  wall. 
But  whether  the  blare  of  the  bugle, 
Or  the  poster's  passioned  plea, 
I  suddenly  woke  to  the  salient  fact. 
That  their  message  was  meant  for  me. 

So  I  walked  In  where  the  open  gate 

Seems  to  beckon  to  half  the  town, 

I  walked  in  Thomas  Brown,  Ksquire, 

But  I  walked  out  Seaman  Brown. 

The  Ensign  was  counting  one  hundred  aDd 

one, 
One  hundred   and   two,  and   three, 
"You  mav  make  it  one  hundred  and  four," 

said  I. 
.\nd  one  hundred  and  four  was  me. 

So  I've  burned  my  bridges,  I've  done  the 

deed. 
And  handed   In  my  nanie, 
I'm  down   on   America's  team   to  play 
In  liberty's  great  war  game. 
I'll  don  the  sailor's  clothes  of  blue 
To  fight  In   the  fight  of  the  free, 
And    I    thank    my    God    that   the   call   that 

came 
Found  an  answering  voice  In  me. 

John  J.  Murpht. 
With    apologies    to    the    author   of   "The 
New  Recruit." 


April  13,  1918 


H  0  K  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


365 


Obituary 


James    MacGregor. 

James  MacGregor.  gardener  for  Miss 
Thayer,  DubUn,  N.  H.,  passed  awav  on 
Saturday,  March  31,  after  an  illness  of 
about  a  year,  aged  seventy  years  and 
three  months.  Mr.  MacGregor  was 
born  in  Bankfoot,  Perthshire,  Scotland, 
and  came  to  this  country  as  a  young 
man,  his  first  position  being  on  the  es- 
tate of  J.  H.  White,  Brookline.  Mass. 
From  there  he  started  in  business  for 
himself  as  flroist  and  landscape  gar- 
dener but  after  about  ten  years  re- 
turned to  his  vocation  as  private  gar- 
dener, in  charge  of  the  estate  of  the 
late  Robert  C.  Winthrop  in  Brookline. 
where  he  remained  after  Mr.  Win- 
throp's  death  in  the  service  of  Miss 
Thayer,  who  succeeded  to  the  property. 
Later  he  took  charge  of  Miss  Thayer's 
estate  in  Manchester-by-the-Sea,  where 
he  was  foremost  in  the  activities  of  the 
horticultural  fraternity  and  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  North  Shore 
Horticultural  Society  and  one  of  its 
first  presidents.  Four  years  ago  he 
left  Manchester  to  look  after  the  estate 
of  Miss  Thayer  at  Dublin,  N.  H. 

James  MacGregor  was  a  man  in 
whom  himian  sympathy  and  kindness 
was  higHly  developed.  His  was  a  most 
lovable  personality,  and  this  fact  to- 
gether with  his  cultural  abilities  made 
for  him  many  deep  and  enduring 
friendships  wherever  he  became  known. 
For  the  North  Shore  Horticultural 
Society  in  its  infancy  he  was  an  inde- 
fatiguable  worker  and  in  everything 
appertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the 
craft  he  was  ever  zealous.  He  leaves 
a  widow  and  two  daughters.  Burial 
was  in  Manchester,  Mass. 


William   Just. 

William    Just,    of   132    York    street, 
Brooklyn,   N.   Y.,   a   tree   trimmer   for 


Horticultural    Books 

For  Sale  by 

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Greenhouse  Construction.  Taft..  1.50 
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Watts    1.78 

Parsons  on  The  Rose 1.00 

Principles  of  Floriculture.     E.  A. 

White    1.75 

Foundations    of    American    Grape 

Culture.     Munson 2.00 

Plant      Materials      of     DecoratlTO 

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the  department  of  parks,  was  killed  in 
a  peculiar  manner  while  at  work  on  a 
tree  in  front  of  896  Willoughby  avenue. 
A  rope  tied  to  the  tree  stretched  across 
the  street  and  was  fastened  to  another 
tree.  An  automobile  hit  the  rope, 
causing  the  tree  to  fall  and  Just  to 
land  on  his  head.  His  skull  was 
broken. 


Jame.s    M.vcGrecor. 


John  James  Nugent. 

Jolin  James  Nugent,  of  133A  Quincy 
street.  Brooklyn,  a  retired  florist,  for- 
merly of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  died  on 
Monday  of  stomach  trouble.  Mr.  Nu- 
gent was  born  on  Staten  Island,  in 
1848.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  three 
daughters  and  two  sons. 


PUBLICATION    RECEIVED 

Proceedings  of  the  Thirty-third  An- 
nual Convention  of  the  Society  of 
American  Florists  and  Ornamental 
Horticulturists,  for  the  year  1917. — 
This  is  as  usual  a  valuable  publica- 
tion, full  of  information  as  to  the  ac- 
tivities of  the  trade  in  all  sections  of 
the  country  and  the  details  of  the 
work  being  done  by  the  great  national 
organization  through  its  manifold  de- 
partments and  allied  bodies.  Full  re- 
port is  given  of  the  sessions  at  the  an- 
nual convention  and  trade  exhibition 
in  New  York  City,  also  the  proceedings 
in  full  of  the  Florists'  Telegraph  De- 
livery Association  and  Florists'  Hail 
Association  of  America.  The  list  of 
members,  both  life  and  annual,  shows 
a  substantial  increase.  The  book  con- 
tains 430  pages  and  an  excellent  por- 
trait of  Past  President  R.  C.  Kerr  ap- 
pears as  a  frontispiece.  Secretary 
Young  has  given  us  a  very  creditable 
piece  of  work  in  this  carefully  edited 
and  useful  volume. 


CATALOGUE     RECEIVED. 

Elm  City  Nursery  Co.,  Edgewood, 
New  Haven,  Conn. — 1918.  Price  List 
of  Choice  Trees,  Evergreens,  shrubs, 
Vines,  Roses,  etc.,  an  extensive  and 
well  arranged  catalogue,  without  pic- 
tures. 


The  1st  of  May 
Thrift  Stamp  Day 
In  The   U.  S.  A. 

The  Active  Co-operation  of 
Every  Reader  of 

HORTICULTURE 

Is    Urgently    Requested   To 
Make   It   A   bucce&s 

May  let,  1918,  will  be  observed 
throughout  the  United  States  aa 
Thrift  Stamp  Day!  On  that  day  re- 
tall  stores  everywhere  In  every  line 
of  business  will  ask  customers  to 
take  part  of  their  change  in  Thrift 
Stamps!  It  will  be  patriotic  for 
every  man.  woman  and  child  to  ac- 
cept at  least  one  Thrift  Stamp  as 
change  on  every  purchase  made  that 
day — and  to  make  as  many  pur- 
chases as  possible  on  May  1st. 

Here  is  a  big,  practical  way  of 
getting  millions  of  Thrift  Stamps 
into  the  hands  of  the  people  of  the 
United  States,  and  of  Insuring  the 
success  of  the  Government's  War 
Savings  Stamps  campaign.  Thrift 
Stamp  Day  will  help  everyone.  It 
will  prove  a  tremendous  boost  to 
business.  On  May  1st,  1918,  the  na- 
tion should  do  the  biggest  total  re- 
tall  business  of  any  single  day  in 
our  history!  The  beneflcial  habit  of 
Thrift  will  be  sown  broadcast  among 
the  citizens  of  the  U.  S.  A. !  Moat 
important  of  all.  Uncle  Sam  will  be 
furnished  with  *he  sinews  of  War 
and    Victory! 

American  business  must  go  "over 
the  top"  at  once  In  a  quick  drive  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  an  over- 
whelming success.  You  wholesalers, 
you  Jobbers,  you  salesmen,  must 
talk  Thrift  Stamp  Day  among  yonr 
trade,  arouse  the  enthusiasm  of  the 
retailers,  the  storekeepers,  the  clerk* 
behind  the  counters.  Uncle  Sam 
needs  your  help.  A  practical  plan 
has  been  prepared  showing  how  each 
one  of  you  can  "do  your  bit"  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  a  red  letter 
day  In  American  business  annals. 
Write  for  this  plan  today  withoot 
faU.  Remember,  in  helping  Uncle 
Sam  you  are  helping  business  and 
helping  yourselves.  Address  Mr.  W. 
Ward  Smith,  National  War  Savings 
Committee,  51  Chambers  St.,  New 
York  City. 

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What  Is  That  Plant? 

A  difficult  question  to  answer  usually 
unless  flowers  are  present,  because  the 
ordinary  Manuals  make  use  of  flower 
and  fruit  characters.  it  may  be 
answered  easily  for  over  1000  trees  and 
shrubs,  including  those  most  commonly 
planted  in  the  eastern  States  and  In 
northern  Europe,  from  foliage  only  by 
aid  of  the  200-page  book,  "Plant  Ma- 
terials of  Decorative  Gardening,"  by 
William  Trelease,  convenient  for  hand- 
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April  13.  1918 


•PRACTICE   AND  THEORY   IN   HOR- 
TICULTURE." 

An   Illualrnti'il   I..iiiirf  by    frofpssor  E.  A. 

White.    Corii.'ll    rnlv.Tnlly.    Dollvorod 

Before  the  llutTulo  KlorlBt  Clul> 

•'Under  the  conditions  of  yesterday 
It  was  possll'lo  for  tlie  machine  man, 
the  ruleof-thnnil)  horticulturist,  to 
turn  out  his  third  class  products  and 
market  them  for  a  fourth-class  price, 
and  yet  live.  Today,  with  the  vastly 
Increased  difUculties  confronting  the 
Oorist  and  the  orchardist  this  slip-shod 
road  to  success  is  barred.  Insects  new 
to  the  gardener,  diseases  that  were  not 
beard  of  a  year  or  two  ago  are  contin- 
ually presenting  new  difficulties  to  the 
florist  and  vegetable  grower  on  the  one 
hand,  while  the  competition  in  an  In- 
creasingly critical  market  is  growing 
sharper  every  day.  While  difficulties 
seem  to  have  conspired  to  complicate 
the  cares  of  the  horticulturist,  we 
must  not  forget  that  he  has  shared 
In  the  general  scientific  progress  of 
the  times,  and  that  his  work,  like  that 
of  other  industries  had  increased  its 
total  content  of  practical  knowledge 
as  a  result  of  the  accumulation  of  the 
experience  which  practical  gardeners 
have  added  to  the  complex  body  of 
facts  which  a  gardener  must  master 
before  he  can  lay  claim  to  any  practi- 
cal efficiency. 

The  new  man.  the  modern  horticul- 
turist, feels  the  need  of  science  to  aid 
him  in  the  practical  work  of  his  green- 
house range  or  nursery.  This  does  not 
mean  that  science  can  take  the  place 
of  practice  or  that  theory  can  some- 
how^  enable  one  to  escape  hard  work, 
as  some  persons  seem  to  suppose. 
Science  is  nothing  more  than  an  as- 
sembly of  practical  experience  so  or- 
ganized and  classified  that  general 
truths  may  bo  drawn  therefrom.  It 
is  a  truth  often  commented  upon  that 
rractical  men  lack  science  and  scien- 
tific men  are  not  practical,  and  no  one 
in  his  senses  would  deny  that  if  it 
were  possible  to  have  only  one  of  these 
types  of  training,  the  practical  would 
get  him  farther  in  the  work  of  the 
world.  The  right  attitude,  and  the 
one  best  calculated  to  bring  on  the 
progress  of  any  department  of  work, 
Is  for  the  practical  man  to  have  as  his 
goal  an  ever  increasing  knowledge  of 
science,  and  for  the  theorist  to  bear 
ever  in  mind  that  his  theory  is  worse 
than  valueless  if  it  cannot  be  applied 
in  a  practical  way.  It  sometimes 
happens  that  the  work  of  a  scientist  Is 
of  such  an  abstract  nature  that  Its 
usefulness  is  hard  to  see.  yet  we  are 
startled  every  day  by  some  practical 
application  of  a  science  hitherto 
thought  far  beyond  the  realm  of  every- 
day use.  An  example  of  this  is  the 
work  of  Father  Mendel  in  the  field  of 
genetics.  He  had,  in  all  probability, 
not  the  faintest  knowledge  of  the  ex- 
tent to  which  his  purely  theoretical 
work  with  the  breeding  of  garden  peas 
would  some  day  influence  the  horti- 
cultural  world. 

I  can  furnish  numerous  examples  of 
young  men  who  have  made  good  with 
the  help  of  a  college  training  in  horti- 


culture. Whether  they  would  have 
ilono  substantially  as  well  without  it. 
It  is  of  course  impossible  to  say;  but 
it  may  be  safely  asscrtc<l  thai  the  suc- 
cess is  much  more  uniform  among 
those  thus  trained  than  among  an 
equal  number  of  men  who  have  not 
had  tills  adviuitage.  We  can  take  a 
man  of  quite  limited  brains  and.  with 
systematic  training,  turn  out  a  result 
that  Is  really  suri)ri8lng.  One  must 
always  remember  that  the  number  of 
practical  men  who  succeed  in  propor- 
tion to  the  number  of  those  who  at- 
tempt is  small,  and  for  one  who  makes 
good  there  are  many  who  fall  by  the 
waysl'.le.  We  occasionally  meet  with 
those  who  are  broad-minded  enough 
to  see  the  advantage  of  the  training 
we  have  to  offer,  even  though  success 
without  it  apparently  lies  before  them. 
.\  young  man  once  came  to  me  who 
had  just  received  a  most  attractive 
offer  to  manage  a  hortloiltural  estab- 
lishment. He  felt,  howes'er,  that  he 
was  not  well  enough  qualified  to 
render  worthy  service  to  his  employ- 
ers and.  therefore,  wished  to  take  a 
course  in  horticulture  to  supplement 
his  practical  knowledge.  (The  writer 
is  here  constrained  to  observe  that  it 
is  a  pity  that  this  attitude  is  not  more 
wide-spread,  for  in  his  observance 
most  park  superintendents  never 
question  their  ability  to  cope  with  any 
condition  that  comes  along  and  hold 
any  position  without  the  slightest 
practical  knowledge  of  horticulture 
or  landscape  work.) 

Our  instructional  work  is  divided 
into  a  number  of  main  divisions  and 
the  fundamental  preparation  is  given 
the  student  in  the  various  departments 
of  the  University  dealing  with  sciences 
bearing  upon  horticulture  such  as 
chemistry,  soil  techbology,  botany, 
plant  breeding,  plant  pathology  and 
plant  physiology.  I  shall  briefly  out- 
line the  way  in  which  the  work  of 
these  colateral  sciences  co-operates  to 
aid  in  a  thorough  basic  knowledge  of 
the  work  of  horticulture. 

By  a  study  of  the  functions  of  the 
plant,  the  activities  of  the  cell,  and 
the  processes  of  growth,  respiration, 
assimilation,  and  reproduction  gained 
through  the  study  of  plant  physiology. 
Apparatus  designed  to  so  control  the 
environment  of  plants  that  the  effect 
of  a  single  growth  factor  may  be 
measured,  are  used  to  study  the  in- 
fluence of  various  types  of  environ- 
ment upon  the  living  plant.  The  trans- 
pirograph  is  an  instrument  for  deter- 
mining the  rate  at  which  a  plant 
transpires  or  gives  off  moisture.  This 
is  shown  to  be  at  a  varying  rate  de- 
pendent upon  whether  the  plant  is 
tested  in  a  humid  or  dry  atmosphere. 
A  considerable  amount  of  very  promis- 
ing work  has  been  done  at  Cornell 
along  the  line  of  the  etherization  of 
plants  to  intensify  the  rest-period  and 
force  them  into  growth  and  cause  them 
to  produce  flowers  in  mid-winter.  A 
box.  tightly  lided  is  used  to  hold  the 
plants  which  are  placed  therein  in 
dr)'  sand  in  early  winter.  The  clumps 
are  best  handled  rather  dry  for  the 
ether  like  all  other  gases  is  absorbed 
by  water.  Ether  in  specific  quantity 
is  then  introduced  into  the  boxes  and 
the  plant  is  thus  treated  for  24  hours. 
It  is  then  removed,  watered,  and 
given  suitable  greenhouse  culture.  In 
this  way  lilacs,  astllbes,  and  deutzias 


arc  brought  into  bloom  in  midwinter. 
It  is  not  yei  certain  whether  this 
method  would  be  practical  for  the 
commercial  florist,  but  it  la  worthy  of 
investigation,  for  the  flowers  and  foli- 
age develoi>cd  under  these  treatments 
is  superior  to  that  of  plants  forced 
without  etherization. 

In  the  study  of  the  soil,  plants  are 
grown  with  various  nutrlant  solutioDB 
to  determine   what  are   the  essentials 
in  plant   fertility.     A   Bcries  of  plants 
Is  grown  with  a  nutrlant  solution  from 
which  a  single    (different)   element  Is 
omitted  in  each  case.     Uy  this  experi- 
ment, it  Is  possible  to  determine  the 
effect  of  the  absence  of  calcium  phos- 
phate,   magnesium    sul|ihate,    sodium 
nitrate,  feric  chloride  (iron),  or  potas- 
ium    upon     the    plant.     A    chemical 
analysis  of  the  soil  can  tell  the  horti- 
culturist nothing;    for  the  availability 
of  plant-food   is  the  all-important  fea- 
ture of  fertilty.     A  quantity  of  plant- 
food  far  loo  small   to  be  detected   by 
the   most   accurate   chemical  analysis, 
is  capable  of  doubling  the  yield  of  a 
given  soil,  on  the  one  hand,  while  no 
amount  of  unavailable  fertilizer,  how- 
ever large,  could  increase  the  yield  of 
the  soil.    There  is  no  chemical  method 
of   ascertaining    whether    or    not    the 
constituents  of  a  soil  comprise  avail- 
able   or    unavailable     plant-food,     the 
plant   alone   can   tell   you    this.     It   is 
by    the    mechanical    analysis    of    soils 
that  we  can  get  a  line  on  what  they 
are   through   the   work  of   the   labora- 
tory.    All  soils   are   made   up  of   four 
component   parts  -clay    (the   particles 
of  which  are  the  finest),  silt  (the  next 
coarser),    sand,    and    gravel.      It    we 
know  the  percentage  of  these  consti- 
tuents, we  can  predict  to  some  extent 
the  properties  of  the  soil,  and  recom- 
mend   methods    for    handling    it.      A 
New  England  rose-grower  in  locating 
his   range,   procured   samples   of   sand 
from   various   parts   of    New    England 
with    a    view    to    determining    which 
locality   furnished  the  type  of  soil  he 
was    looking    for.      When    he    finally 
selected  his  location  based  upon  these 
investigations,   the   remark   was   made 
by  one  in  touch  with  his  work  that  he 
had    "a    veritable    gold    mine    in    his 
soil." 

Another  science  subserving  horti- 
culture is  that  of  genetics.  The  plant- 
breeder  has  done  much  to  give  the 
horticulturist  plants  that  are  of  finer 
beauty,  better  flavor,  hardier,  and  bet- 
ter able  to  withstand  the  conditions 
of  various  environments.  The  work 
of  Mendel  has  led  to  the  scientific 
study  of  the  definite  mathematical 
laws  of  heredity  whereby  the  results 
of  hybridization  can  be  predicted,  and 
a  definite  goal  worked  tor  in  the  de- 
veloping of  a  strain,  or  variety.  We 
have  but  to  look  at  a  specimen  of 
Chrysanthemum  indicum  recently 
brought  out  by  Dr.  Bailey  from  China 
to  realize  that  the  work  of  plant-breed- 
ing is  a  very  important  part  in  the 
development  of  our  florists  and  other 
crops. 

Finally  let  me  not  fail  to  mention 
the  great  progress  that  has  come  as 
a  result  of  the  spendid  development 
of  the  modern  greenhouse.  Compare  It 
with  the  little  dark  structure  of  yes- 
terday, and  realize  what  a  tremen- 
dous advantage  we  have  over  our 
predecessors  in  the  work. 


April  13,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


367 


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FOR    NEXT   CHRISTMAS. 

As  timely  subjects  for  advance  atten- 
tion we  present  pictures  of  two  useful 
plants  for  the  Christmas  trade  which 
should  now  be  going  through  their  pre- 
paratory stages  for  next  season's  holi-. 
days.  Of  Otaheite  oranges,  well  grown 
and  with  fruit  nicely  colored  there  are 
never  too  many  for  the  plant  trade  de- 
mand. After  their  required  period  of 
rest  in  the  winter  the  little  trees 
should  now  have  careful  attention  to 
produce  perfect  foliage  and  abundant 
flowers  early  in  the  season  so  that  fruit 
may  have  full  time  to  mature  and 
ripen  up.  Oranges  should  not  be  over- 
potted  and  a  carnation  house  tempera- 
ture is  as  high  as  they  should  go. 
Mealy  bug  and  scale  are  their  princi- 
pal enemies  and  must  be  constantly 
followed  up. 

Manettia  bicolor  is  a  well-known 
graceful  twining  plant,  with  pretty 
scarlet  and  yellow  tubular  blossoms, 
easily  grown  but  not  grown  as  much 
as  it  deserves  for  the  holiday  trade. 
Cuttings  from  the  young  growths  root 


Otaheite  Obange. 

readily  and  it  is  a  rapid  grower.  Look 
out  for  red  spider  and  mealy  bug  and 
do  not  allow  the  Manettia  to  get  pot- 
bound. 

The  photographs  which  we  reproduce 
were  kindly  supplied  by  A.  L.  Miller. 
The  Manettia  shown  is  in  an  8-inch  pot 
and  the  Orange  in  a  5%-inch  pot. 


A    PROMISING  SEASON   SOUTH. 

Reports  from  the  South  are  very 
cheering  as  to  the  spring  outlook.  The 
peach  crop  in  Georgia  promises  to  be 
very  heavy.    The  trees  are  overloaded. 


VEGSr\3UE     FORCING 

By   Prof.   B.  L.   Watts 

Which  has  Just  come  from  the  press. 
This  book  was  produced  In  response  to 
noniherless  Inquiries  for  a  practical  up- 
to-date  volume  on  the  forcing  of  vege- 
tables. In  our  judgment  it  is  the  most 
complete,  final  and  authoratative  work  on 
forcing  ever  Issued.  The  author  of  this 
intensely  practical  book  has  had  a  large 
experience  in  growing  crops  under  glass. 
He  gives  clearly  and  concisely,  complete 
Instructions  covering  Greenhouse  Con- 
struction, Soil,  Preparation,  Insects, 
Diseases,  Marketing,  Cropping  System, 
and  the  growing  of  all  of  the  most  im- 
portant Vegetable  Forcing  Crops.  The 
book  will  be  found  equally  valuable  to 
amateurs  and  experienced  gardeners. 
Price  Net  S2.00.  For  Sale  by 
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The  spring  weather  has  been  remark- 
able and  rarely  has  there  been  such  a 
profusion  of  bloom  on  both  cultivated 
and  wild  plants  and  trees  as  is  seen 
this  year. 


GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR 
CONTEMPLATED. 

Opelika,    Fla. — Opelika    Floral    Co.. 
four  houses. 


Much  of  the  acreage  formerly  al- 
lotted to  melon  growing  in  Italy  will 
be  put  under  wheat  this  year,  accord- 
ing to  reports  received  by  the  U.  S. 
Food  Administration.  Native  supplies 
of  wheat  In  Italy  are  light.  Japan  is 
also  making  efforts  to  increase  her 
wheat  acreage  greatly;  also  to  build 
ships  for  carrying  Japanese  and  Aus- 
tralian wheat  in  the  Pacific  trade. 


Fall  River,  Mass.  —  Walter  Chase 
has  commenced  his  duties  as  land- 
scape gardener   on   the  Parkes   estate 


at  Warren's  Point.  Frank  Brown  has 
charge  of  the  Rathbun  estate  this 
season. 


THE  PRACTICAL  BOOK 


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by 
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Report  on  Seed  Corn. 
The  seriousness  ol  the  seeil  corn  sit- 
uation in  the  central  and  north  central 
corn  producing:  areas  warrants  making 
every  possible  effort,  not  only  to  con- 
serve supplies,  but  to  make  provision 
for  an  adequate  and  economic  distribu- 
tion of  all  seed  corn  that  is  suitable 
and  available  for  planting  this  spring. 
Various  agencies  are  assisting  in  the 
present  seed  corn  situation,  but  the 
obstacles  have  been  many  and  the 
progress  made  has  not  seemed  to  meet 
wholly  the  situation  that  prevails. 

The  Bureau  of  Markets  Seed  Report- 
ing Service  is  planning  to  issue  special 
weekly  reports  on  seed  corn  beginning 
April  6  and  ending  June  8,  1918,  in 
the  central  and  north  central  corn 
producing  areas.  The  areas  of  serious 
seed  corn  shortage  practically  com- 
prise seed  reporting  divisions  numbers 
4.  5.  and  6.  which  included  Illinois, 
Indiana.  Ohio,  Lower  Michigan,  and 
Kentucky  in  Division  4;  North  Dakota. 
South  Dakota.  Minnesota.  Upper 
Michigan,  and  Wisconsin  in  Division 
5;  and  Nebraska,  Kansas,  Iowa  and 
Missouri  in  Division  6.  The  head- 
quarters of  these  divisions  are  respec- 
tively: Chicago,  111..  Minneapolis. 
Minn.,  and  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Every  grower  or  dealer  who  handles 
seed  com  in  a  commercial  way,  or  who 
has  on  hand  approximately  50  bushels 
or  more  of  seed  corn,  at  any  time  dur- 
ing the  period  indicated  above,  is  re- 
quired by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
under  authority  conferred  upon  him  by 
the  food  production  Act  (Public  No.  40, 
65th  Congress),  to  report  regularly  to 
the  branch  office  of  the  Seed  Reporting 
Service  of  his  division  on  forms  pro- 
vided for  this  purpose.  The  informa- 
tion requested  covers  quantity,  varie- 
ties, prices,  and  germination  of  all 
stocks  of  corn  held  for  seed  or  offered 
for  sale  as  seed  corn  by  growers  and 
dealers.  The  reports  are  to  be  mailed 
to  the  branch  office  on  Wednesday  of 
each  week:  the  data  will  then  be  tabu- 
lated and  the  summary  of  these  data 
mailed  from  the  branch  office  of  the 
division  on  Saturday  of  the  same  week 
to  all  who  make  reports  of  stocks  or 
holdings,  and  to  any  others  who  may 
request  that  they  be  put  upon  the  mail- 
ing list  to  receive  this  service. 

In  addition  to  the  periodical  weekly 
reports  which  will  be  raallerl  from  the 
branch  office,  the  information  received 
will  be  kept  on  file  and  used  for  furn- 


ishing spedtlc  Information  to  answer 
special  Inquiries  that  may  come  to  the 
oflice  from  either  buyers  or  sellers  of 
seed  corn.  An  endeavor  will  be  made 
to  render  every  possible  assistance  in 
order  that  every  bushel  of  the  avail- 
able, limited  supplies  of  seed  corn  In 
this  area  may  be  put  to  the  best  pos- 
sible use,  and  not  a  bushel  of  good  seed 
left  unused  at  the  end  of  the  planting 
season. 

Any  one  wishing  to  receive  the  re- 
ports as  issued  should  address  the 
branch  office  of  the  Seed  Rei)ortlng 
Service  of  the  division  in  which  he  is 
located.  The  addresses  of  these  olli.  ■ 
are  as  follows:  for  Division  4.  :•'.' 
Board  of  Trade  Building,  Chicago, 
111.;  for  Division  5,  320  Flour  Ex- 
change Building,  Minneai:olis,  Minn.; 
and  for  Division  6,  222  Produce  Ex- 
change Building.  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

The  mailing  lists  of  the  Department 
contain  llie  names  and  addresses  of 
practically  all  regular  dealers  and 
growers  of  seed  corn,  but  in  the  pres- 
ent emergency  there  are  many  who  are 
handling  seed  corn,  or  who  may  have 
stock  on  hand  who  would  not  regu- 
larly be  included  in  these  lists.  There- 
fore it  is  requested  that  every  one  who 
is  engaged  in  the  seed  corn  business 
at  this  time  in  any  way  makes  appli- 
cation to  the  branch  office  of  the 
division  in  which  he  is  located  for 
blanks  upon  which  to  make  weekly 
reports. 


The   British    Way 

I  had  an  opiiortiinity  the  other  day 
of  going  through  a  busy  seed-testing 
establishment — not  the  new  Govern- 
ment station,  but  a  place  of  great  im- 
portance to  the  seed-trade  for  all  that. 
It  was  an  education  as  to  the  real  im- 
port of  the  new  seed-testing  order, 
which,  naturally,  has  brought  about  a 
vast  increase  in  the  work  handled.  The 
simple  test  of  germination  is  but  a 
mere  item  in  the  whole  programme, 
for  one  finds  the  analysis  of  seeds,  de- 
tection of  weeds,  especially  in  grasses 
and  clovers,  and  the  microscojiic  ex- 
amination of  many  seeds  that  are 
liable  to  infestation  of  fungoid  or  other 
diseases  are  dealt  with  with  extreme 
care  and  precision,  and  to  see  the  re- 
sults of  such  examination  of  samples 
which  upon  a  casual  glance  appeared 
to  be  very  good,  leads  one  to  realize 
that  irksome  though  new  regulations 
may  be.  the  seed  testing  or<ler  is  calcu- 
lated to  be  of  considerable  advantage 
to  the  trade. — Hort.  Trade  Journal. 


Field  and  Garden  Seed  Exempt  from 
Embargoes 
Field  and  garden  seed  will  be  uncon- 
ditionally exempted  from  all  em- 
bargoes, according  to  an  announcement 
from  the  United  States  Department  of 
Agriculture  following  a  conlerence  be- 
tween Edward  Chambers,  director  of 
traffic  for  the  United  States  Railroad 
Administration;  Clarence  Ousley,  As- 
sistant Secretary  of  Agriculture:  and 
other   members   of  the   Department   of 


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Mlxeil    Culors.      Triiile    pkt..    30c.; 

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SepiirMtc  (''4)IorH.     Trinli-  pkt..  :u>('. ; 

$1,'J.'>  |n-r  o/.     (Miolce  .Mixed.     Trmle 

pkt..  .10c. :  $l.no  per  oz. 

K\RI-V  KOy.\I,         llK.\NCllIN<i. 

.Sepiiriile  Ci>lorH.     Trade  pkt.,  40o. ; 
$2.25  per  oz.     Choice  Mixed.     Trade 
pkt.,  40c. ;  $2.00  per  oz. 
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Agriculture.  Instructions  will  be  is- 
sued to  all  railroads  in  the  United 
States  by  the  director  of  traffic  to  do 
everything  possible  to  expedite  the 
movement  of  field  and  garden  seed. 


Chicago  Seed  Trade 
The  Winterson  Seed  Co.  report  sales 
in  the  retail  department  as  the  largest 
Saturday  for  the  season  in  their  his- 
tory. John  Degnan  says  so  thoroughly 
have  the  newspapers  prepared  the 
public  for  the  advance  in  prices, 
owing  to  scarcity  of  seed,  that  seldom 
does  a  customer  even  remark  about 
it,  also  that  the  demand  this  season 
for  ornamental  stock  has  swung  back 
almost  to  normal  again  and  that  the 
call  for  small  fruits,  as  currants,  etc., 
is  noticeably  increasing. 

Notes. 
Flower  seeds  are  selling  much  better 
than  anticipated  this  spring,  according 
to  the  leading  seed  dealers.  Informa- 
tion from  Europe  is  also  to  the  effect 
that  the  flower  seed  business  has  in- 
creased during  the  past  year. 


Consul  General  W.  Henry  Robertson 
reports  from  Buenos  Aires,  Argentina, 
that  numerous  inquiries  have  been 
made  for  flower  and  garden  seeds  and 
nursery  stock,  and  suggests  that  Amer- 
ican exporters  in  this  line  send  their 
catalogues  for  the  file  of  the  consulate 
general. 


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Thorougtily    tested    at    our  trial    grounds,   Raynea 

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HORTICULTURE 


369 


WEEBER  &  DON 


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NEW    YORK 


Choice   Flower  Seeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

CINEBABIA — Prize     (traloa,     mixed 

Tall  and   Heml-dnarr. 

ALYBHUM— Little     Uem. 

OAUCMUUL^ — Orange  Kloc,   Lemon 

Queen. 

■  NAFDRAUUN— Silver     Pink. 

BEOON  lA— Vernon. 

DELPHINCM     NEWPORT     ROSE — 

Finest    Pink    Larkspur   at   80c.   per 

oz.p  $'i,2&  per  ^  lb. 

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Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

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CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FLOWER   SEEDS 

Asparacas     Plomosus      Nanas — 1000     seeds 

tS.60;  SOOO  Seeds,  flG.OO. 
Asparacus  Sprencerl — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00. 
Salvia  Bonflre— ^  o«.,  60c.;  1  o».,  n.OO. 
Salvia  Zurich — H  oi.,  TSc;   1   ol.,  $4-00. 
Siooks  Beauty  of  Nloe,  76%  Double  Flowers 
— SheU    Pink.  Bright  Pink,   Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  $1.00;   Vi  OS.,  $2.00;   1  or.,  $6.00. 
Snapdragon,  Petnnlas,  Verbenas,  etc. 
SEND    FOB    CATALOGUE. 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 


BLUE    LIST    OF    WHOLESALE    PRICES 

ILAILED  ONLY   TO  THOSE   WHO  PLANT 

FOB    PROFIT 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (.300  per  case) $60.00  per  thousand 

8/10  (L'J5  per  case) 80.00     "  " 

»/10  (200  per  case) 100.00     "  " 

Complete  List  of  Florists'  Choice  Seeds. 

A   postal  card   will  bring  our  catalogue. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

in04   t.lncolB  Bldg.,     PHILADELPHIA.  PA. 

A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Crow 

MRS.  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per   1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

FlowerfieJd,  L.  I.,  N,  Y. 


Send  for  onr  Wholesale 
Florist  Catalogue  Now 
Ready. 


Lily  of  the  Valley  Pips 

FOJl  EARLY  FLOWERING 

Ever.v  florist  should  have  a  few  of  these  dainty  flowers 
for  their  Easter  trade:     100,  $3.00;   1000,  $28.00. 

B  e:  <5  ^N  I  ^\  ^ 

Double-Flowering— Salmon,  Deep  Rose,  Scarlet,  Crim- 
son, White,  Yellow,  Orange,  Copper-Bronze.  Mixed : 
100,  $6.50:   1000,  .wo.OO. 

Single-Flowering— Delicate  Pinlc,  Deep  Rose,  Scarlet, 
Crimson,  White,  Yellow,  Orange,  Salmon.  Mixed: 
lOO,  ¥4.73;   1000.  $43.00. 

FOTTLER,  FISKE,  RAWSON  CO. 

12  and   13  Faneull   Hall   Sq.,   Boston 


The  Seed   Store 


30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


NEW  YORK 


i-e:oimaird'3 

S 

EEDS 

and     SEED     SE 

RVICE 

FOR     SALE     BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY, 

Chicago,  IIL 

JACK    FROST 


IN/I. 

For  Cold  Frames 

l-2Doz.$l6;IDoz.$30 

WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Impartcrs  and  Orcwera  af 

SEEDS,  BIH.BS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  ClunriiMS  Stmt,  N«w  York 

THOMflS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS,     BULBS     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL. 

R«>spIeoted  Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved  styles  In  Impleasenia. 

Catalogue  npon  appUeatlaa. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
^OSTOIM,  IVIA.SS. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop    Now   On    Hand 

For      immetliate      or      future      dflivcry 
pricoP    qnoted    on    application. 

JOSEPH  BRECK  &  SONS'  CORP 

47-64  Nortb   Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

( perionally  selected  straiDs) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    for    SpecisI    Prices,    Spot   or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


166  W.  23rd    St..     NEW  YORK 


J.  BOLGiANO  i  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Seed  Dislribu* 
tors  for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Market  Gardeners  and    Florists 
Pratt  and  Light  Sts.,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 

GARDEN  SEED 

BEET.  CARROT,  PARS.MI".  RADISU  SDd 
GARDEN  PEA  SEED  In  vsrlety  :  also  othsr 
Items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  past  season 
as  well  as  a  full  llns  of  Oardan  Seeds,  will 
be  (|uoted   jou   upon  sppllratlon  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  DeySt.,  NEW  YORK  and  ORANGE,  CONN 


;»7o 


H  0  U  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


April  13,  1918 


ALEX.   McCONNELL 


IMI 


611   FIFTH  AVENUE 
:\A/    VOF^K    C51TV 


Trl^vrmplilc  orilrra  rnrwRrdrd  to  Any 
part  uf  thr  t'niic'tl  >(MtrN,  ('tin»4la,  and 
KorrlKn  tounlrlr*.  Ordrri.  from  tll« 
lru<lr  for  dpll\rry  In  Nf«  \<(rk  luid  ▼!- 
clnlty    rrrrl^r   ntirclnl  ntlriitlon. 

Coi<  0/  CablitKj  Furcign  Deliv- 
eries Uust  be  Prepaid.  Reference 
or  cash  viust  accomptiny  all  orders 
from  uuknotcn  corrcsponrtrnts. 

Ciililc  .\ddrr«».  All  \<  iiNM  I.I.. 


"The  Telegraph  Florist" 

Member  of    Florliis'  Telegraph  Delivery 

124  TREMONT  ST. 


roB 

KANSAS  CITY 

Transfer    Your  Orders  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 

MMnber  Flortstt'  T«l«vr*pta   D«Uvu7 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

DeltTBT   orders  tnm  any  part  of  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  ar  Tl»»i«p> 

ilSB-2141   Broadway,  New  York 

Trt«p>»a»    IIW  IIW   fMsBhM 

KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      Also  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Trlrphon*.    Murray     Rill    783 

Oot-of-towD     Ordpri     Soltcltpd.       Location 

C'Otrsl.      Personal    Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

BANGOR,  MB. 

IVe  Cover  all  Points  in  Maine 


32  NEWBURY 

STREET, 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38  Dorrance  Street 

Itimber    Flsrlsta'    Tdecraph    DallTavy 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


HOW      ABOUT     THAT      SUBSCRIP 
TI0N7 

Have  yon  felt  the  pulse  of  our  Pub- 
licity Campaign  yet,  to  the  extent  of 
better  bii.siness  than  you  had  hoped 
for  before  our  CampalKn  started?  We 
hear  glowing  reports  all  along  the  line 
from  Kast  to  West  and  North  to  South 
about  the  best  Easter  business,  etc., 
and  may  not  the  National  Publicity 
Campaign  for  flowers,  have  been  part- 
ly the  cause? 

Pretty  good  fellows  get  on  the  wrong 
Bide  once  in  a  while  and  we  feel  it  is 
merely  carelessness  on  their  part  in 
not  getting  on  the  band-wagon  with 
their  subscriptions  to  lielp  this  cam- 
paign of  ours  go  "over  the  lop"  so  that 
every  florist,  grower  and  retailer  alike, 
will  eventually  benefit  from  the  propa- 
ganda. 

Don't  overlook  your  duty  in  this 
campaign,  when  by  sending  your  check 
to  the  Secretary,  John  Young,  New 
York,  you  will  have  met  your  obliga- 
tion to  this  fund  and  made  this  co- 
operation plan  of  ours  a  big  success. 

We  know  there  are  plenty  of  broad- 
minded  florists  who  do  not  feel  that  it 
is  riglit  to  see  the  other  fellow  give 
up  and  sidestep  any  issue  that  is  for 
the  general  upbuilding  of  the  craft  as 
a  whole,  but  who  were  in  the  past  un- 
able to  sjiare  the  money,  but  now  that 
Easter  is  over  can  feel  like  doing  their 
share  towards  our  campaign  fund 

Boys!  tliis  work  of  ours,  while  only 
in  its  infancy,  if  continued  will  lie  the 
be.st  insurance  you  ever  paid  for. 
Look  back  and  think  of  the  difference 
in  the  minds  of  the  florists,  as  regards 
their  feelings  about  the  business  now 
and  six  months  ago.  Don't  you  think 
the  optimism  of  some  of  your  leaders 
last  year  has  helped  a  bit?  If  you  do 
think  so  just  send  a  contribution  com- 
mensurate with  the  advantages  and 
benefits  which  you  are  receiving. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  yonr  sorylce  to  deliver  Flowers 
or  DfsIkos  on  Order  by  Tele- 
graph or  otherwise.  Prompt 
Reliable  Serrlce. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connertlcat   Ave.  and    L.   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  0. 


BatabUskad    U14 

D  A.  K^  13  S 

ft  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  Maditoo  ATcnoe,  N.  T.  Gtj 

(  Member  Ronsts'  Telegraph  Delivery  Auo.  ) 
Flowers  shipped  on  &1)  Steuners  SpectaJ  Correspond' 
mce  m  »ll  the  Itrgc  cities  of  Europe  and  the  ormsh 
w^lonie'  Teievaph  and  Cable  address  Dardiflor. 
We  ahGDld  aU  «tr1etl7  adhf>r«  t«  th*  r*- 
qae«t  of  th«  United  Btatos  Fo*4  AdmlaU- 
tr^tloD. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
— SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,  MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Out  Blooms 

We  ••<•■   all    MIehlcaa    pelata  aa^   »as« 

sOTtUas    •(    OhU.    ladlaaa    aa4    ■" 

lieiMbars     Flarlsta'     Tele^rapb     Dettvery 
AsssetaUea. 


1 

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^^^^ 

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^^;.   ..tjiiiT^ 

GrD£   BHOS  CO 

111.*!    ftT».w 
.•*»m*'  Tnn  DC 

GUDE     BROS. 

CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D 

.c. 

DebretT 

(Member  Florins  Teieflraph 

1 

Orders    for    NEW    ¥OBK. 
Write  or  Phoae  ta 

JVIAX  SCHLING 

785  Fiftit  Ave. 


B»tt     FlorUU     In     tho    8t«too     m 
R«ferrDee«. 

BCROPEAN  ORDERS  EXBGUTBD 

Membfira   of   the    Florlste* 
T«l«vr»ph   Dellvory. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN   ST. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 

AND  viciNrnr 

Memberi  Floruu'  Telegraph  DeliTery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 

NEW  YORK  CITY 

MMbir  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asss. 

YK  &  NUGDit 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Mamber*   Floriata'    Telegraph    DeUvMy 

ArTTBUNYARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Also  Newport,  R     1. 

I   OCABANTKS    •ATISVAOTUMr 


April  13,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


371- 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   Florists'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delivery 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

llCUf  VflDV  set  Fifth  Ave. 
nCfff    I  UniV  VanderblltHotel 

■mOTnil   ^  '*o''k  street 
DUO  I  UH  799  Boylston  Street 

lilinriit  ti  StiMirs  aoi  all  Eistini  Points 

Order*    Flllrd    Day    ar    Nl(bt    f*r 


CL-EVE 

and  State  of  Ohio 

0*aiplet«  Htock.      Resular  dlROoant  to  Trmd*. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

liM    W.    3ftth    St.,   Cleveland.   O. 
McBab«r«    Florists'  Telesrapb  DellT«r7  Abs'b. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  GO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Metrtbers  of  F,  T,  D,  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
28  Clinton  AvenuOf  N. 

iUcboster  Phone  306.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  f/8i 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  V. 

UrDBRSON     service    mean*    freeb,    (tDrdr 
■toek  snd  prompt  dellverle*  In   BDFFAXO, 
LOCKPOBT,       NIAGARA       ThXXA       aad 
WS8TBKN    NEW    VORK 
Members    of    FlorUt*'    Tele(r»ph    DcUrary. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

niOMAS  ROLAND.     Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARBT   I.  BANDALL,   Proprietor. 

Utviber  Florists'   Telegraph  Delivery. 


There  will  be  a  book  published 
shortly  of  all  who  have  contributed. 
Can   you  afford  to   be  out  ot  it? 

Help  the  cause,  and  thereby  help 
yourself.  Make  the  S.  A.  F.  proud  of 
the  best  movement  that  ever  was  put 
over  for  the  general  good  of  all  con- 
cerned and  show  them  you  are  in  full 
accord  with  the  work  by  doing  your 
share. 

Chairman 
National  Publicity  Campaign. 


NEW   FLOWER   STORES 

Des  Moines,  la.  —  Shops,  Florists, 
804  Walnut  street. 

Harvard,  III.  — Mrs.  E.  A.  Moore, 
Wellington  Building. 

New  York,  N.  Y.  —  Park  Florist, 
26  East  S5th  street. 

Fort  Dodge,  la.  —  Olympia  Sweet 
Shop,  Nick  Mosco,  manager. 


NEW    CORPORATION. 

Articles  of  incorporation  have  been 
filed  at  the  office  ot  the  secretary  of 
state  by  the  Barker  Marble  Farms  of 
Exeter,  N.  H.  The  capital  stock  is 
$25,000,  and  the  object  carrying  on  the 
business  of  agriculture  and  horticul- 
ture in  all  their  branches.  The  incor- 
porators are  Ernest  G.  Marble  and 
Annie  N.  Marble  of  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
John  A.  Perkins  of  Methuen,  Mass., 
Charles  W.  Barker  and  Maude  B. 
Barker  of  Exeter. 


Chairman  F.  0.  W.  Brown  of  the  F. 
T.  D.  Emblem  Committee,  Cleveland, 
informs  us  that  the  time  of  competi- 
tion for  the  design  has  been  extended 
to  May  1.  The  liberal  prize  offered 
ought  to  bring  out  many  competitors. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 

FIORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWNONHUDSON,    -    N.Y. 

H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to   all    points    In    New    England. 
126,000   Square   F»«t   of  Gl«8*. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph   Delivery 
ASBOclatlon. 

YALE!    YALE! 

And   All   New  Haven  Neighborhood 
FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapel  St  .  New  Hnven.  C  en 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Mtmbtr  Florists   Telegraph  \Delivery  Associaticn 
MO  TICS  INITIA  LS.     We  have  one  store  only 

THE  J.  M.  CA8SER  COMPANY, 

CLEfELMB 

Euclid  Avanu* 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    od    mall    or    teles rapb    f»rder    f«« 
any   occaiiloD,  in  any  part  of  the  DomlsloB. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TOBONTO,  ONI. 


ALBANY.  N.  T. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DBL,lt  EKUO   IN    ALBAN  V  AN  l>  V  ICINITV 
OV    TRLRORAPHIC    ORI»ER 

106  STATE  STREET,         ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  larfcest  cut  flower  store  In  Amerle*. 
Ordem  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  tivmn  prompt  •*• 
tentlon 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  Incorporat.<> 
ST.  PAUL,  IMImN. 


^«  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  N  El  MAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florlats'     Telecraph     DallTary. 

DENVER,  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDEKSFORTEXAI 


HOUSTON.  TEXAS 

Th«   Florl.t        Member  F.  T.  V.  AMMteMrx 


:{7-.' 


H  0  H  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


April    IJ.   I<.M8 


Ready  for  Delivery  Durinji  April 

A  large  Quantity  of 

Beauty  and  Shawyer 
ROSE  PLANTS 

If  interested  let  us  quote 
you  prices 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streett 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking   Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll   Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619  -  21    Rinrteid  St  ,    PhiUdelphii,    Pi. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
aid  all  Seasonabli  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 

CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 


i  Sd.  Mole  St., 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

E.  G.HILL  CO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

MI^I-lfS/IOIMD,      IIMiS. 

rtMM  BsatUa  Hcrttemlttir*  when  wrlUot. 


iMICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

readrmmeDU  Ballelted 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

m  RANDOLPH  ST.,      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Hoawe  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

l^—We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesile  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


1 

V 

CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 

EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA,     PA. 

~4 

\                                               /     k 

ARTIN  REUKAUF 

Everything  the  Best  in  Florists'  Supplies 

433  Callowhill  Street,  Philadelphia 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.   Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Orderi    \^ith    Ut 

IHEIMF9Y     IVI.     F^^BIIMSOIM     &     CO. 

2  Winthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ^"^"^ '•'"^^  /o'dealers  only 


RotM 

Am.  Beauty,  Spcaal. .    

"  "        Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls.*  >  • 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

ArcpWrg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

MiUarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon-. 

Caroatioiu 

CAttlerw-  •  ■ •  ■ 

Lilies.  Lonsiflorum 

Lilies,  Specioeum 

Ir 


BOSTON 

April  II 


ST.  LOUIS 

April  S 


PHILA. 
April  8 


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Uly  of  the  VaUey 

SnapdraffOD 

Gladioli 

PaDSies 

Freesia 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman   Hyacinths 

Daffodil. 

Tulips. 

Calendula ■ 

Stocks  

Wall  Flow ers •  • 

Mignonette 

Sweet   Peas 

Marsuerites 

GardeniaA  

Adiantum 

Smilaz 

Asparacus  Plumosus,  A  Spren.  (loo  Bchs.) . 


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William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


\A/Holosalo    F-|< 

568570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.a.BlIOL©NG 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  of 


CUT  FLOWERS 


April  13,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


373 


Flower  Market  Reports 

The  wholesale  market 
BOSTON     here  is  In  a  condition  of 

slumbrous  inactivity  and 
should  the  proposed  campaign  to  draft 
the  unemployed  reach  into  the  flower 
market  this  week  a  good  string  of 
victims  would  surely  be  bagged.  Sel- 
dom at  this  season  has  the  market 
been  so  depressed.  There  are  heaps  of 
callas,  carnations,  sweet  peas,  daffodils 
and  calendulas,  crate  upon  crate  of 
roses  and  no  end  of  miscellaneous  ma- 
terial, most  of  it  excellent  as  to  qual- 
ity for  which  there  appears  to  be  no 
sale,  and,  for  which,  as  it  looks  to  the 
eye  of  the  inquisitive  and  reflective  ob- 
server no  special  effort  is  being  exerted 
to  force  a  market.  It  is  all  very  nice 
stuff  but  it  doesn't  pay  any  labor  or 
coal  bills  or  buy  a  frock  for  the  young- 
ster until  it  is  turned  into  money.  If 
this  is  to  be  accomplished  at  such  a 
period  as  the  present  the  flower  trade 
will  have  to  do  something  more  than 
hang  a  "Say  it  with  Flowers"  sign  in 
the  show  window. 

After  the  splendid  busi- 
CHICAGO     ness   of   Easter   week   it 

was  to  be  expected  that 
trade  would  drop  oft  and  this  is  what 
occurred.  After  the  middle  of  the 
week  buyers  became  less  frequent  and 
both  wholesaler  and  retailer  found  the 
last  of  the  week  very  quiet  compared 
with  the  previous  one.  Even  Saturday 
was  quiet.  Stock  is  fine  and  customers 
have  everything  to  choose  from.  Ship- 
ping trade  also  is  slow,  the  same  con- 
ditions prevailing  outside  as  exist  here. 

Business  is  fair.  The 
CINCINNATI     supply     of     stock     is 

large  and,  while  the 
demand  is  steady,  it  is  not  large 
enough  to  take  up  all  the  receipts  and 
prices  have  dropped  considerably.  Im- 
mediately after  Easter  the  cuts  of 
roses  became  heavier  than  previously 
until  now  the  supply  is  more  than 
enough.  Sweet  peas  are  very  plentiful 
and  the  same  is  true  of  carnations. 
Lilies  and  callas  are  also  in  a  good 
supply.  Outdoor  narcissus  and  tulips 
are  coming  into  the  market. 

In  common  with  the 
NEW  YORK  rest  of  the  country 
and  perhaps  to  a 
greater  degree  this  market  is  enduring 
the  customary  period  of  dessuetude 
following  a  special  flower  holiday. 
Ever  since  Easter  the  flower  trade  has 
been  hibernating  most  of. the  time  but 
the  stock  keeps  pouring  in  just  as  if 
there  was  a  call  for  it  all.  Accumula- 
tions are  inevitable  under  such  condi- 
tions and  there  is  just  one  alternative 
— bulk  sales  to  speculative  purchasers 
at  mere  nominal  prices.  Thus  much  of 
the  material  is  sent  adrift  just  now. 
We  cannot  truthfully  say  that  any- 
thing is  really  scarce  or  that  there  is 
any  present  or  prospective  active  de- 
mand for  any  particular  goods.   There 


BEAUTIES 


are  coming  in  better  than  ever, 
splendid  quality  they  are,  in  all 
lengths  and  in  any  quantity  from 
the  specials  to  the  shorts,  at 


Doz. 

100 

Special 

$4.00 

$30.00 

Fancy 

3.00 

20.00 

Extra 

2.00 

12.50 

First 

1.50 

10.00 

Short 

1.00 

5.00 

EVERYTHING  IN  CUT  FLOWERS, 

PLANTS,   GREENS,    RIBBONS 

AND     SUPPLIES. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


The  "'t?i;r.'i%,  Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1  1  7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1 608- 1  620  Ludlow  St.  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  Sts. 

WASHINGTON.  1  2  1  6  H.  St.,  N.  W. 


WBOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


Rcwet 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

'*  "         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls. . . 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon. 

Camatioiu *   

Cattleras 

Lilies,  Longifloruni 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Ir 


CINCINNATI 
April  I 


Callas 

Lily  of  the  VaUey 

Snaodrason 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Freesia 

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daffodil*. 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Swe-^t  Peas 

Marguerites 

G  araenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax      ■  ■  •  •  

\sparaffus Plu.  &  Spren.  (looBhs.) 


40.00 

25.00 
8.00 
6.00 
6.00 
4.00 
4.00 
3,00 
4.00 
3.00 
50.00 
to.oo 


6.00 

6.00 


9.00 

2. 00 
9.00 


4.00 
.50 

I. GO 


15.00 
J5.OO 


50.00 
35.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
10.00 
8.00 
6.00 
lO.CO 

3.00 
60.00 


10.00 
6.00 
10.00 

t.oo 
3.00 
3,00 

300 

3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3,00 

6. CO 
1.50 
1.50 

1. 00 
20.00 
50.00 


TRADE  PRICES -Per  100 
TO  DEALERS  ONL\ 

I      CHICAGO      I     BUFFALO      I    PITTSBURG 

I  April  8         I  April  8  |  April   8_ 

50.00 
23.00 
15.00 
ao.oo- 


I  40.00 

30.00 

'    8.00 

5-00 

3.00 
4.00 
4.00 
5.00 
1. 00 
40.00 
8.0c 


5.00 
8.00 
5.00 
6.00 


to 


50.00 

40.00 
15.00 

25.00 

ao.oc 

10.00 
10.00 
12.00 
3.00 
60.00 
10  00 


la.oo 
6.00 


to     15.00 
to 

to         1 .00 
to 


3.00 
2.00 
2.00 


3.00 

I.CO 

•75 

15.00 

1. 00 

12.00 

35.00 


5.00 
5.  o 

3.00 


6.00 

1.50 

1. 00 
25.00 

1.50 

20.00 
50.00 


40.00  to 

25.00  to 

5.00  to 

5.00  to 

5.00  IC 

5.00  to 

3.00  to 

3.00  to 

5.00  to 

a.   1  to 

4c. 00  to 

8.00  to 

4.00  to 

to 

lO.tO  to 

6.00  to 

4,00  to 

to 

.50  to 

2. CO  to 

3.00  to 

3.00  to 

3.00  to 

2.00  to 

2.00  to 

3.00  o 

x.oo  to 

3.00  10 

.50  to 

1.00  to 

30,C0  to 

1 .00  to 


25.00     to 


50.00 
30  00 
10.0c 

lO.OQ 

15.00 

5. CO 
6.00 

10.00 

3,00 

50.00 

ICV*CO 

6.00 

12.00 
8.00 
10.00 

I.CO 

3.00 
3.C0 
3.C0 

3.C0 

3.00 

3.00 

4.00 

3.00 
5.C0 

2. CO 

a.oo 
»5.oo 

'■25 
20.00 

50. CO 


30  00  IC 

ao.LO  to 

lo.co  to 

8.00  to 

to 

to 

to 


to 


4.00 

4 .00      to 

4.00 

3  00 
60.00 
12.00 


12. O* 

J3.00 

is.oo 
to  4.00 
to    75.00 

500 


to 


6.00  to 

13. CO  to 

6. CO  to 

8.00  to 

to 

to 


lO.(  o 

15.00 


9.00     to 


1. 00 
3  00 

I.CO 


.50     to 
2.00     to 


.75 

50.00 


1.00 
,  4.00 
3.00 

4.00 

3.00 

4. CO 

2.50 
3-<» 

J. 50 

20.00 

75.0* 


should  be,  we  all  feel,  but  there  Is 
something  lacking  it  would  seem. 
And  summer  is  not  far  away. 

As  is  usual  in 
PHILADELPHIA     an    after    Easter 

week,  trade  fell 
off  a  little  and  there  was  a  consider- 
able increase  in  supplies  of  cut  flow- 
ers consequent  on  the  advancing  sea- 
son and  fine  weather.  Roses  were 
probably  the  worst  sufferers  although 
there  was  more  than  plenty  all  along 
the  line.  Carnations  went  fairly  well 
with  the  exception  of  the  light  pinks. 
Sweet  peas  also  moved  oft  as  well  as 
could  be  expected.  Daffodils  and  sim- 
ilar items  were  far  too  plentiful.  The 
Liberty  Loan  started  on  Saturday  and 
according  to  the  experts  that  hurt  the 
usual  week-end  clean-up. 


Both  the  city  and 
PITTSBU  RGH     suburban    Easter 

business  surpassed 
the  anticipation  of  the  most  sanguine, 
being  one  if  not  the  most  satisfactory 
in  the  record  of  years'  experience. 
This,  too,  in  the  face  of  the  fact  that 
express  congestion  delayed  until  too 
late  many  shipments.  Lilies  were 
scarce,  and  the  entire  stock  was  ex- 
hausted three  days  before.  Roses,  also, 
were  on  the  short  side,  but  fine  as  to 
quality.  Sweet  peas  were  plentiful, 
but,  inferior  to  those  of  the  winter  sea- 
son. With  the  exception  of  Easter  lil- 
ies, all  bulb  stock  was  plentiful.  Busi- 
ness has  continued  remarkably  good 
during  the  week  following.  Funeral 
work  has  largely- compensated  for  the 
dearth  of  social  entertaining. 

'^Conttnued  on  Page  37s) 


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H  0  K  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  H  E 


April  13,  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholesale     (.x>inini»«ion     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flowert 

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1 WW,  p. 

FORD j 

Wholesal 

e    Florist 

107  W.2Bth  Street,  NEW  YORK 

T»lephone    R3,Vi.     Fnrrnnit 

Cull  «n.1  Iniprcl   the 

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In    th»   Wholmilr 

Klowrr   Plmrlrt 

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WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

«J  WEST  28lk  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

Fhonv  Farrmsat  4SM 


FRANK  MILLANG 

W  hn|<>ukl(>   rninnila«lon    IlrAirr   In 

CUT     FLOWERS 

&&  and  t7   Wpat   teib   8t..   Noir  fork 

Congao    Kullding 

Tel..  290  ParraKOt        ConslKiiiupnta  Solicited 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28th      ST.    NEW    YORK. 

GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
torn   \A/KS-r  aa«K  s-r 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

raoRi   *«  PAB»AOCT       ^EW   YORK 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Fro«b    Cot   D«oor»tlTe  ETerrr««na. 

Rl(b»t  SUDilard  of  Quality.  I.arreat 
Stork  Id  America.  Wiitr  tor  Illuatrated 
CataloK  of  Orccoa  and  Floiiits'  Suppllea. 

119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.  KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'a  Foramoit  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Tint  Clua  Mark.t  f.r  aO  CUT  FLOWERS 

28  WilIoiisU)y  St.       Brooklya.  N.  T 

M.  C.  PORD 

121  W«st  28th  St.,       NEW  YORK 

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Telepbon.   t87e   Farrmcat. 


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WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST  'i5^^T'gR"^^^" 

A    (nil    llnr    of    <'l>olr«    OdI    rlowv    Hlar*    far    all    r.rr..«. 

TiLirHO!*! ;  iSSi  ;  lAiiiouT    131    West   28th   St.,    NKW    YORK   CITY 

ALBANY  CUT  FLOWER  EXCHANGE 

THOMAS  Ti«ACEY.M.r.    6||  Broadwav,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

WHOLESALE  ONLY  wii      ~iw-  j,  y 

F.   AND   MUNKV    BY    aENDIIIO 

ContiffnmenU  Solicited. 


WHOLESALE  OrO-Y 

HAVE  TIMF.   AND   MUNKV    BY    8ENDIIIO   TOTK  OmUEKa  TO  D* 


Price*  Right. 


Telephone  ConnectioD 


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IVII 


NO 


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T.Upkaa.  2483  Farrarul 


NEW   YORK 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 


\A/MOI 


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MATRICB    L.    OLABa.   TrMaarar 


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NEW    YORK   QUOTATIONS   PER    100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


Usl  Pill  If  «iik 
ii<ll|  Apr    i 

1911 


rial  Piit  It  f  Nk 
tiflaiai  Ifi.  I 

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Amwican  Baautr,  Special 

"  Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  **         No.  I  and  culU.   . 

Riuaell.  Euler,  Mock'        

Hadler 

Araobera.  Hooiier  Beauty 

Wan! 

Killamey,  Radiance.  Taft 

(Jphelia,  Suobunt,  Hillingdon 

Key 

Caraatioa. 


■  5-00 

to 

40.00 

95.00 

to 

3C.OC 

lO.OO 

to 

90,00 

10.00 

to 

•0.00 

3.00 

to 

6.00 

300 

l« 

6.0c 

■  00 

to 

10.00 

a. 00 

to 

B.oe 

300 

to 

40.00 

*.oo 

t« 

35.0c 

9.00 

to 

6.00 

a. 00 

to 

6.00 

3.00 

to 

6.00 

9.00 

to 

6. OB 

3  00 

to 

B.oo 

9  00 

to 

6.00 

3.00 

to 

10  00 

>.oo 

to 

8.00 

3.CO 

to 

10.00 

a. 00 

to 

8.0c 

9. 00 

to 

3.00 

1 .00 

to 

3.00 

WALTER  Fa  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  ConuntHHlon  Dealer  In 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

133  West  28tli  Street,  New  York 
Telephone— MS2-3S33  MadUon  Square 


JOSEPH   S.    FENRICH 

WUOL,KBAL,E  FLORIST 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

SI   W.  28th    Stre«t,   New  Yorti 

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Telephones,    Farracut  M13   or   &891. 


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COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

KVEBYTIIINO    FOB    THK    FLOBIST 


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10,000.  ..12.00       60,000... M.IS       Bampla  traa. 
For  aaJe  by  daal.ra. 


April  13,  191* 


HORTICULTURE 


375 


FbwBT  Market  Reports 

t.C*ftiit*ued  /rem  fagt  Jjy) 

Business  was 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.     very  Kood  the 

week  after 
EJaster.  Flowers  are  very  plentiful 
and  a  lot  of  bulbous  stock  is  still  on 
the  market.  There  is  a  very  large  crop 
of  sweet  peas  but  carnations  and  lil- 
ies are  still  scarce.  Roses  and  callas 
are  very  plentiful  and  good.  Violets 
are  getting  poorer  each  day  and  the 
supply  will  soon  be  at  an  end.  Daisies, 
mignonette,  bachelor  buttons  and  for- 
gefmenots  are  offered  in  abundance. 

Roses  and  carnations 
ST.  LOUIS  are  in  fair  supply,  the 
scarcity  in  dark  colored 
carnations  being  the  most  noticeable. 
Smilax  is  scarce.  Sweet  pea  supply  has 
greatly  decreased.  Southern  aspara 
gus  has  in  many  instances  arrived  in 
poor  condition. 


PERSONAL. 
Walter     H.     Stampfli,     gardener     at 
Tannenbaum  Garden,  Willoughby,  Ohio, 
has  enlisted  and  will  go  to  C?mp  Sher- 
man at  Chilicothe  on  April  26. 


William  Edward  Henderson,  a  gar- 
dener on  the  estate  of  Andrew  Car- 
negie at  Lenox,  Mass.,  accompanied  by 
his  wife,  went  to  the  British-Canadian 
recruiting  offices  in  Boston  Friday  and 
enlisted  in  the  Canadian  artillery.  Mrs. 
Henderson  will  be  left  to  care  for 
seven  children,  three  of  whom,  how- 
ever, earn  some  money.  With  the  al- 
lowance from  the  Canadian  govern- 
ment, she  believes  she  can  get  along 
but,  if  necessary,  will  go  to  work.  One 
son  is  already  serving  with  the  Cana- 
dians. Henderson  served  12  years  in 
the  British  army  in  India,  China  and 
South  Africa.     He  is  a  native  of  Cork. 


ROCHESTER,    N.    Y. 

George  Cramer  is  enjoying  his  usual 
spring  fishing  trip. 

James  Vick's  Sons  have  moved  Into 
their  new  quarters  on  Stone  street. 

Dewey  Lester,  has  been  appointed 
official  bugler  for  his  company  at 
Corpus  Christi,  Texas. 

H.  H.  Salmon  has  returned  from 
California  where  he  has  spent  several 
months  but  expects  to  go  back  there. 

Fertilizer  will  be  sold  at  cost  in 
carload  lots  to  farmers,  according  to 
word  just  received  at  the  Monroe 
County  farm  bureau,  from  the  ferti- 
lizer supply  department  at  Albany. 

The  window  of  the  Park  Department 
office  in  Municipal  Bid.  contained  a 
display  of  Easter  lilies  and  cinerarias 
backed  with  maidenhair  ferns.  The 
idea  originated  with  Park  Commis- 
sioner Wm.  S.  Riley  and  is  tempting 
many  persons  to  make  the  trip  to  the 
park  conservatory  to  enjoy  the  larger 
display. 


J.    K. 


IM 


"A  LEADER  INTBE  WHOLESiLB   GOMMIJSIOM  TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTI  TEARS" 

Have  a  demand  for  more  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write- 


118  West  28th  St.      IME\A/  YORK 


TELEPHONES 

Farracut  167  and  SOM 


NEW    YORK  QUOTATIONS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


last  Part  of  *••' 

aidiBi  Apr.  G 

1911 


Cattlaru     .,00 

Lilies.  Longiflorum ^^qo 

Lities.  Speciosum ^oo 

Jr«i bIoo 

Calla* • 10.00 

Lily  of  the  Vmllej |       ^qq 

Snapdragon ,00 

Gladioli ..;.., 

Pansies 50 

Freesia       j.oo 

Narci*,  Paper  White ,^5 

Roman  Hyacinths j,oo 

Daf lodiU  1 .00 

Tulips    ■ 1 .00 

Calendula 1,00 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers ,.co 

Mignonette - 1.00 

Sweet  Peas i.oo 

Marguerites 1,00 

Gardeniast ,     15.00 

Adiantum - !         .50 

Smilax I     1 3,00 

Aaparagus  Plumosus.  &  Spren  (100  bunches) 25.00 


50.00 

I  a. 00 
8.00 

12.00 

15.00 
5.00 

10.00 

1.00 
2.00 
1.50 
2.00 

3. 00 
3.00 

■  .00 

3.00 

4.00 
2.0c 
2.00 

30.00 
I.OO 

So, 00 

50.00 


First  Part  if  Wiik 

ki|iBM|  Apr.  8 

IStI 


25.00 

6.00 
2.00 
8.00 
8.00 
3.00 

4. to 

.50 

•75 
1.00 

t  00 
I.oo 
1.00 
I.oo 

I.oo 
I.oo 

.50 

1.00 

»o,oo 
■7i 

3C.OO 
25.00 


50.00 
8.00 

6.0C 

13. 00 

-;  a. 00 

5.0c 

I0.03 

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W«  h«Te  ■  DDmeroua  cIlFntage  of  New  York  City  buyers  auil  the  dsmuid  em- 
e<«da  onr  aapply.  Thia  la  eapoolally  true  of  Roara.  We  have  every  facility  and 
aboDdaDt  meana  and   beat  returua  are  aaaured  for  atock  consigned  to  ua. 

Addreaa  Tear  Sblpmenta  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.     Inc. 


H  1    W.  28th  St.,    NEAV  YORK 


D.  J.  Pappaa,  Prea. 


Philadelphia  —  T.  B.  McClintock, 
Scranton,  Pa.;  Antoine  Leiithy,  Ros- 
lindale,  Mass. 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Go. 

347-S67   Cambridge   Ht.,  Boatoa 

Heartquartera  for 

CTCA8,     BASKETS,     WIRE      DESIGNS 

and    WAX    FLOWERS 

Send   for   price  Hat   If  you   bare  not   re 
celved  one. 


Pittsburgh — J.  A.  Peterson,  Cincin- 
nati, O. ;  Mr.  Bergmann,  repr.  Berg- 
mann  Bros.,  Holland;  E.  J.  Fancourt, 
the  S.  S.  Pennock  Co.,  Phila.,  Pa.;  J.  J. 
Goudy,  repr.  Henry  A.  Dreer  Co.,  Phila. 


Cincinnati — Julius  Dilloff,  repr.  Ar- 
thur Schloss  &  Co.,  New  York;  S.  M. 
Rosenfeld,  New  York;  Ed.  J.  Fan- 
court,  repr.  S.  S.  Pennock  Co.,  Phila.; 
C.  P.  Dietrich,  Maysville,  Ky.;  Mrs. 
Wm.  Gerlach,  Jr.,  Piqua,  0. 


Boston— R.  M.  Ward,  New  York 
City;  Robert  Shoe,  repr.  M.  Rice  Co., 
Phila.,  Pa.;  W.  A.  Manda,  South 
Orange,  N.  J.;  J.  A.  Vandervoort.  repr, 
C.  J.  Speelman  &  Sons,  Sassenheim, 
Holland;  C.  L.  Linz  and  Mrs.  Llnz, 
Washington,  D.  C;  H.  Wilden,  repr. 
Warnaar  &  Co.,  Sassenheim,  Holland. 


CINCINNATI. 

P.  J.  Olinger  has  moved  to  his  new 
storeroom  at  135  East  Third  street. 

Dave  Klein  has  purchased  the  New- 
port store  of  Jas.  Tiernan  at  639  Mon- 
moth  street.  Newport,  Ky. 

Since  Chas.  Garvey  left  for  Camp 
Sherman,  a  fortniglit  ago,  Peter  Didier 
has  taken  charge  of  Peter  Weiland's 
wholesale  place. 

The  engagement  of  Miss  Matilda 
Garges  to  Deward  Morrow  is  an- 
nounced. Miss  Garges  has  been  asso- 
ciated with  her  mother,  Mrs.  Anna 
Garges  in  her  flower  store  on  Central 
avenue. 


The  Cottage  Gardens  Nurseries, 
Inc.,  of  Eureka,  Cal.,  are  offering  for 
sale  stock  to  the  amount  of  $85,000  to 
the  florists  and  nurserymen  as  an  in- 
vestment. 


A  new  feature  of  tlie  garden  move- 
ment is  under  way  now  in  Chicago. 
President  of  the  County  Board,  Peter 
Reinberg,  favors  using  county  prison- 
ers for  making  gardens  at  Oak  Forest 
inlirmary  and  he  is  backed  by  Chief 
Justice  Olson  of  the  Municipal  Court 
and  others  who  are  going  into  the  legal 
phases  of  the  plan.  An  advisory  gar- 
den committee  from  the  Chicago  Flor- 
ists' Club  offers  its  assistance  to  any- 
one. Oscar  Friedman,  Carl  Cropp, 
Herman  Schiller  and  Geo.  Sykes  are 
the  committee. 


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Local  and  General 
News 


BOSTON. 
SinillnK   KobiTt    Sliooli,  of   the   liuf 
Co.,  Is  at  the  Parker  House  this  week 
wUh  a  sample  room  filled  with  Memor- 
ial Day  florists'  poods. 

Al  Hutson.  salesman  for  Wm.  H 
Elliott,  was  seriously  injured  in  an 
accident  last  week  and  a  reiMjpt  was 
current  in  the  flower  market  that  it 
had  resulted  fatally  but  this  fortu- 
nately proved  not  to  he  true. 

Warren  H.  Manning  and  J.  Wood- 
ward Manninc  have  pooled  their  inter- 
ests and  will  follow  landscape  design- 
ing and  gardening,  with  headquarters 
for  the  present  at  Billerica,  Mass.. 
where  Warren  H.  Manning  has  been 
located  for  several  years. 

There  will  be  a  mass  meeting  of  the 
poultrymen  of  New  England  to  organ- 
ize the  New  England  Poultry  Growers' 
Exchange  and  to  take  such  action  as 
is  necessary  to  conserve  and  promote 
the  poultry  industry  of  the  East.  The 
meeting  will  be  held  Tuesday,  April  16, 
at  ten  o'clock  a.  m.,  in  Boston  at  the 
State  House  Auditorium,  East  Wing. 

Luke  J.  Doogue  has  again  been  ap- 
pointed to  boom  home  gardening,  par- 
ticularly among  the  school  children 
This  year  Mr.  Doogue  will  work  in  con- 
junction with  the  committee  on  public 
safety.  There  will  be  illustrated  gar- 
den talks  by  him  in  Boston  schools, 
and  he  will  personally  visit  the  back- 
yard gardens  all  over  the  city  and  ad- 
vise their  owners. 

The  school  children  of  Massachu- 
setts have  indicated  their  choice  of  the 
trailing  arbutus  as  the  state  floral  em- 
blem. This  flower  received  107,617 
votes,  or  49,499  more  than  its  nearest 
rival,  the  water  lily.  The  number  of 
children  who  voted  was  241,864.  The 
canvass  was  made  under  the  direction 
of  the  State  Board  of  Education  of  the 
Legislative  Committee  on  Agriculture. 

Although  the  committee  is  not  for- 
mally bound  to  abide  hy  the  decision 
of  the  children,  it  is  probable  that  It 
will  do  so  and  report  to  the  Legislature 
a  bill  designating  the  Mayflower  as 
the  official  floral  emblem  of  the  state. 


NEW  YORK. 
Anthony  J.  Manda  has  taken  a  posi- 
tion  with   his  brother,  W.   A.   Manda, 
at  South  Orange,  N.  J.,  as  manager  in 
the  greenhouses. 

Plans  are  progressing  for  the  erec- 
tion of  the  central  display  greenhouse 
and  the  orchid  greenhouse  in  the  New 
York  Botanical  Garden,  Bronx  Park, 
the  new  structures  having  been  made 
possible  by  a  $100,000  donation  from 
Daniel  and  Murry  Guggenheim.  The 
designs  have  been  executed  by  Brlnley 
&  Bird  and  the  work  will  be  done  by 
the  King  Construction  Co.    The  Avery 


Of    Interest   to 

CoLintrv  Estate 

O  w  n  e  r  s 


€o^>, 


The  National  Association  of  GartfetTers  takes  this  opportunity  to 
introduce  its  Service  Bureau  to  the  owners  of  country  estates  and  to 
pl.ice  it  at  their  disposal  when  requiring  thoroughly  competent 
gardeners — in  the  capacities  of  superintendents,  head  gardeners  or 
assistant  gardeners— thoroughly  qualified  in  every  particular  to  as- 
sume the  responsibilities  the  positions  call  for. 

The  Association  seeks  the  cooperation  of  every  country  estate 
owner  in  its  endeavor  to  establish  a  reliable  source  to  which  they 
can  apply  with  every  confidence  to  secure  the  services  of  gardeners 
truly  efficient  in  their  profession. 

This  Bureau  is  maintained  entirely  at  the  expense  of  the  associa- 
tion and  makes  no  charge  to  the  employer  it  may  serve,  or  to  the 
gardener  it  may  benefit. 

Those  desiring  to  avail  themselves  of  the  services  of  this  Bureau 
may  apply  to — 

M.    C.     EBEL,  SECRF.T.\RY 

National  Association  of  Gardeners 

MADISON,  N.  J. 


Architectural  Library  of  Columbia 
University  is  exhibiting,  and  will  con- 
tinue to  exhibit  throughout  April,  a 
series  of  water-color  paintings  repre- 
senting these  designs  and  designs  for 
other  structures  planned.  Amounts 
donated  for  the  additional  buildings 
include  gifts  for  the  garden  school 
shelter  by  Mrs.  Frederick  F.  Thompson 
and  for  the  rose  garden  stairway  by 
Mrs.  Robert  F.  Westcott. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

Rubrum  lilies  seem  to  have  been 
selling  better  for  cut  flowers  these  last 
few  years.  The  material  works  in  very 
nicely  on  memorial  work  and  at  the 
lower  prices  as  compared  with  white 
lilies  the  thrifty  ones  have  been  quick 
to  take  advantage.  , 

We    were    surprised     to    see    that 


George  C.  Thomas  in  his  article  in  the 
new  rose  annual  for  1918  had  dis- 
carded Mrs.  Chas.  Russell.  On  asking 
Ex-president  S.  S.  Pennock,  he  laughed 
at  our  ignorance!  Wonderful  rose  for 
indoors;  no  good  for  the  garden.  Get 
that  new  rose  annual  if  you  want  to 
keep  up  to  date. 

Alphonse  Pericat,  orchid  specialist, 
was  awarded  $4,500  in  his  claim  for 
$15,000  against  the  Delaware  County 
Gas  Co.  for  damages  incident  to  a 
broken  main  opposite  his  greenhouses 
at  Collingdale.  The  suit  was  tried  be- 
fore a  jury  at  the  County  Court  House 
at  Media  on  April  2nd,  3rd  and  4th, 
and  testimony  was  given  by  Julius 
Wolff,  Samuel  S.  Pennock,  and  other 
experts.  The  case  has  excited  consid- 
erable Interest  among  the  growers  in 
this  locality. 


April  13,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


377 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Peins,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalognes  and  DiscountB  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


PITTSBURGH. 

E.  J.  Weimer  of  John  A.  Weimer  6 
Sons  of  Verona,  has  eliminated  his 
greenhouse  business. 

Miss  Florence  Hood  has  succeeded 
Miss  Mary  Jane  Keller  in  the  sales- 
room of  Albert  Brigg  on  Federal 
street,  North  Side. 

The  Tarentum  Floral  Company  of 
Tarentum,  Pa.,  has  such  a  heavy  pro- 
duction that  it  is  disposing  of  the 
same  through  wholesale  houses,  as 
well  as  at  retail. 

Foreman  John  W.  Jones  of  the 
Phipps  Conservatory,  exhibited  some 
of  his  Easter  tulip  collection  at  the 
Pittsburgh  Florists'  and  Gardeners' 
Club  last  week.  H.  Rapp  showed  a 
splendid  schizanthus. 

Joseph  Gravde,  formerly  with  the 
Michigan  Cut  Flower  Co.  of  Detroit, 
has  become  a  salesman  for  the  Grand 
Opera  House  lobby  flower  shop.  He 
succeeds  Joseph  Feinberg,  who  has  en- 
tered the  government  service  at  Camp 
Lee,  Richmond. 

Edward  Earl  Ludwig  has  returned 
to  Camp  Hancock,  after  spending  an 
Easter  furlough  with  his  parents  on 
the  North  Side.  He  was  accompanied 
home  by  his  brother,  DeForrest  W. 
Ludwig  and  Mrs.  Ludwig,  who  have 
been  spending  the  past  two  months  at 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

An  active  campaign  leading  up  to 
Mothers'  Day  business  was  inaugurat- 
ed at  the  session  of  the  Retail  Flor- 
ists'  Association   on   Tuesday   of   this 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  Etc. 


HELP  WANTED 


WANTED — Young  man  as  assistant  In 
park  garden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICULTURE. 

YOUNG  AMERICAN  wanted  as  assistant 
on  place  of  10.000  ft;  understand  carna- 
tions, pot  plants,  design  work,  etc.  $15.00 
per  week  to  start ;  good  board  and  room ; 
advance  quickly.  Address  I.  M.  RAYNER, 
Ko.\  !)00,  Greenport,  N.  Y. 

WANTED — Young  man  who  understands 
potting  and  general  greenhouse  work.  Good 
opportunity  to  progress.  Permanent  place 
for  the  right  man.  ARNOLD-FISHER 
COMPANY,  58  Wyman  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 

WANTED — A  grower  capable  of  handling 
section  work  in  commercial  greenhouse  es- 
tablishment; one  with  knowledge  of  chrys- 
anthemums, sweet  peas  and  c.irnatlons. 
Address  A.  F.,  care  HORTICULTURE. 

WANTED:  A  gardener  as  second  man 
to  work  in  a  commercial  place.  Hours, 
7.30-5.00.  Wages,  $3.00  per  day.  Half-day 
off  Saturday  in  summer  months.  F.  E. 
PALMER,  INC..  220  Washington  St.,  Brook- 
line.  Mass. 


week.  The  advertising  preparatory  to 
Easter  brought  satisfactory  results,  al- 
though five  "ads"  only  of  moderate 
space  were  inserted  in  local  papers. 

Two  brothers,  sons  of  Mr.  Griffith 
of  the  I.  S.  Crall  Greenhouse  Co.  of 
Monongahela,  Pa.,  are  serving  their 
country  in  warfare  against  the  Hun. 
Shelby  GrifBth,  who  was  formerly 
manager  of  both  the  Fox  and  Arcadia 
Flower  Shops  of  Pittsburgh,  is  already 
on  the  firing  line  with  the  Fifth  U.  S. 
Engineers,  while  Milton  Griffith  of 
the  Monessen  Flower  Shop  of  Mones- 
sen,  Pa.,  is  supposed  to  have  left  Camp 
Hancock,  Augusta,  Ga.,  for  the  other 
side. 


Cambridge 


New  York 


WORLD'S    OLDEST   and   I.ABOEST 

Manufaotnrers  of  ALL.  STYLES  and 

SIZES   of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


BULBS 

C.   KBUR   *   SONS.   HILLKGOM.   Holland. 

Bulbs  of  all  descriptions.    Write  for  price*. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH.  8-10  Brldc*  St. 


CARNATION  STAPLES 

Split  carnations  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plllshnry's  Csmstlon 
Staple,  1000  for  35c.;  3000  for  $1.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  PILLSBUBY,  Oalesbarf,  111. 


CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

GOOD  RETURNS  WITHOUT  THE  COST 

OF  COAL. 
WITHIN  THE  REACH  OF  EVERY 

GROWER. 
PLANT  EARLY  CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Such    as    will    mature    before    the    last    of 
October.     We  are   booking   orders   for   de- 
liyery   now  or  later  as  desired.     Complete 
list  of  the   best  early,   both    Pompons  and 
large  flowering  supplied   upon   request.     If 
our  191S  Trade  List  has   not  reached  you, 
ask  for  it. 
ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO.,      Adrian,  Mich. 


DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dahlia   Mrs.   Frederick  Oilnnell. 

Stock   For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONKY.  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  «r 
Sprlntr  delivery.  Wholenale  and  Retail. 
.Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
*  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moor*. 
Prop.,  Nortbboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — Jobn  Wanamaker, 
Newest.  Handsomest,  Kest.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  hahit  of  erowth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut -flower  TSrletles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  rAKlfl, 
Berlin,  N.  J. 


OLABB 

Oreenbonse  glass,  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
STON GI.ASS  CO..  Hartford  City.  Ib4. 

GLADIOLI 

GLADIOLUS— Mixed  flowering  bulbs,  1 
In.  to  2  In.,  only  $(!.50  per  1000.  Send  for 
catalog.  HOWARD  M.  GILLET,  Box  H, 
Lebanon  Springs,  N.  Y. 


GLADIOLL 
SEND  FOR  MY  SPECIAL  TRADE  LIST 
OF  GLADIOLI.    ALL  THE  LEADING  VA- 
RIETIES IN  DIFFERENT  SIZES. 

CENTRAL  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS. 
JELLE  ROOS,  MILTON,  MASS. 

ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  A  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One  trial  order  solcited. 


PAPER    POTS 

Paper  Pots  and  Dirt  Bands.  Send  for 
Samples  and  Prices.  F.  W.  ROCHELLE 
&  SONS,  Box  65,  Chester,  N.  J. 


PEONLBB 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatast  eelleetloa, 
120O  aorta  Send  for  lUt.  C.  BBT8CHBB, 
Canal  DoTer.  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

THE  CONARD  &    JONES  COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 


8PHAGNUH  MOBS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  hand.  LAOBS 
&  HURRBLL,  Summit.  N.  J. 


STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry  Plants.  Money  making  va- 
rletiea.  Catalogue  Free.  BASIL  PERRY, 
Georgetown,  Delaware. 

VEGETABLE   PLANTS 

Tomato  Plants— Comet.  2V,  Inch,  $2.00 
per  100.    FRANK  LEITH  &  SON,  Haverhill, 


VTNBS 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  ebata* 
collection.  Large  Specimen.  Pot  and  Tab 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  alio  nimMof 
Rosea.  J.  H.  TROY,  Monnt  Hlasarllk  Hsr- 
sery,  New  Rochella.  N.  T. 


WIRE  WOKK 

WILLIAM      B.      HBILSCHWH'B      WTKB 
WORKS.  364  KaBd»l«>   Bt^  DMratt.  UUk. 


378 


HORTICULTDBE 


April  18.  1918 


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INSECTICIDE^- 

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thing  for  (rrrutioufte  anil  outiluor  Di*. 
n<4tr«jr>  Mraljr  Hue.  UrowD  tiul  WhIU 
Boile,  Thrlpi.  Hrii  SplckT,  Black  and 
Qrf4>D  Kljr,  Mlti-a.  Aiita,  i-ti"..  vrltboul 
Injury  ti>  planla  nml  without  odor. 
Uspd  accordlnu  to  illrrctlon.  our  ataod- 
aril  hiarrilrlilf  nlll  prevvDt  ravagca  00 
jour  cropa  !>>■  Inai-cla. 

NoD-polauuouB  anil  hnrtnli^aa  to  uaer 
and  plant.  I.rmlUiK  Sn-ilBinon  and 
Florlala  hare  uaeJ  It  with  wonderful 
rraulla. 

DratroTa  Mm  In  I'oultry  Ilouaei, 
Flcaa  on  noga  and  all  Domeatic  Peta. 
Eicfllrnt  aa  a  waih  for  doga  and  other 
aniinala.  KellpTpa  mange.  Dilute  with 
water  .TO  to  W  parte. 

H  I'lnl.  «0c.:  I'Inl.  SOc.;  Quart,  90o.j 
H  G>llon,  tl.sO;  (inllon.  $2.S0:  n  Gal- 
lon Cmii.  flO.DO;  HI  (liUlon  Can, $20.00. 
Dlrr«tloDB  CD  pBokas*. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

lift  S.       m  W.  LiiJi(toa  SI.  BiltiBori.  Ml. 


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CONCENTRATED  PULVERIXED 

MANURE 


When    writing   to   aHveTtiitrt    kindly 
mention  HORTICULTURE. 


CHICAGO. 

nprnanl  WoIh.  roriiierly  with  A.  L. 
nuiidnll  Co.  Is  now  In  charKe  of  the 
supplloH  nl  the  American  Bulb  Co. 

J.  Dldler  has  sold  his  store  at  6973 
N.  (Murk  street  to  C.  Swanson  and  ex- 
pects to  take  down  his  greenhouses  at 
7r>39  Ridge  avenue  this  summer. 

The  trade  In  Kcneral  Is  Interested  In 
the  fact  that  the  Government  has  pur- 
chased L'O.ono  copies  of  the  May  num- 
ber of  the  Garden  .MaRazliie  for  free 
lUairibuilon  to  "those  Interested."  i 

Knthuslastic  work  for  the  third 
Liberty  Loan  Is  being  done  by  the 
tlorists.  Meetings  were  held  by  the 
wholesalers  and  growers  usually  found 
in  the  down-town  district  and  others 
Monday  and  Tuesday  and  all  are  work- 
ing hard  for  the  loan.  They  are  in- 
cluded in  the  19th  division  which 
.stands  pledged  for  $3,000,000.  August 
Poehlmann  is  among  those  most  active. 
The  retailers  are  working  as  a  sepa- 
rate group  and  Geo.  Asmns  and  A. 
Lange  have  rallied  some  good  workers 
to  their  assistance. 

The  calendula  loses  no  favor  aa  the 
spring  arrives.  For  many  months  the 
bright  gold  color  has  been  seen 
steadily  in  the  market  and  most  of  it 
finds  ready  sale.  At  Zech  &  Mann's 
where  the  Desplaines  Floral  Co.  con- 
sign their  product,  they  say  the  de- 
mand varies  little.  Allie  Zech  reports 
a  good  demand  for  all  kinds  of  stock 
and  does  not  expect  the  same  rush 
each  week  as  was  experienced  Easter 
week.  Good  stock  and  your  money's 
worth  every  time  has  been  the  motto 
upon  which  they  have  built  up  a  good 
business  at  home  and  for  shipping. 

The  American  Bulb  Co.  has  added 
another  bookkeeper  to  its  office  force 
to  help  keep  up  with  its  increasing 
business.  Just  now  the  sliipinents  of 
gladioli  are  ver>-  heavy  and  business 
in  general  is  rei)orted  as  good.  Cannas 
and  caladiums  are  all  sold  out.  Harry 
Goldstein,  one  of  the  new  directors 
of  the  company  and  formerly  proprie- 
tor of  two  department  stores,  left  on 
Friday  for  Vancouver,  where  he  will 
sail  on  the  Empress  of  Russia  for 
Japan.  The  American  Bulb  Co.  is 
planning  to  further  extend  their  busi- 
ness and  Mr.  Goldstein's  experience 
as  a  buyer  particularly  fits  him  to 
represent  his  firm  abroad. 

The  committee  of  the  publicity  cam- 
paign for  flowers  have  placed  their 
charts  in  conspicuous  places  in  the 
wholesale  houses.  These  charts  are 
interesting  reading,  as  they  show  the 
schedule  upon  which  each  florists' 
proportion  of  advertising  money  Is 
based.  For  example,  a  grower  should 
pay  one  dollar  for  every  one  thousand 
square  feet  of  glass  he  is  rising,  so 
the  man  with  a  place  of  100,000  square 
feet  should  pay  $100  annually  for  pub- 
Ucitv  to  help  sell  his  product  to  the 
best  advantage.  The  retail  florist's 
share  depends  upon  the  business  he 
Is  doing,  and  is  at  the  rate  of  three 
dollars  on  every  $1,000,  If  his  sales 
total  $1110,000  per  year  he  should  de- 
vote $300  to  publicity. 


Th*    R»«a(nla«d    BtM^im^t    Ib> 

A  apray  remxiy  for  graen.  blaek,  wkike  ty, 
thrlpa  and  aofr  arale. 

Quart.  II. Ml     Oallaa,  dJ*. 

FUNCINE 

For  rolldvw.   rnit   ■o<1    oth«r   b11fkt« 
Qu&rt.  II.CMtt     0«llo*.  H.M, 

VERMINE 

For    eel    wnrnia.    anal*    worma    amA 
worma  working  In   the  anil. 

Qoart.  tt.OOi     Oallam.  gTM. 

goi.n  BT  DBAi.aaa. 

Aphine    Manufacturing    G>. 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


I  IMP  SOAP  ^ 

Sure  Insect  Killer" 


THE  use  of  Imp  Soap  Spray  on  fruit 
trees,  garden  truck,  ornamental 
trees,  shrubs,  etc.,  will  positively 
destroy  all  insect  pests  and  larva  de- 
posits. Quite  harmless  to  vegetation. 
Used  in  country's  biggest  orchards 
and  estates.  Very  economical  -  one 
gal.  ImpSoap  Spray  makes  from  25  to 
40gals.  effective  sokition.  Directions 
on  can.  Qt.  55c.;  Gal.  $1.90;  5  Gala. 
$8.50.  F.O.  B.  Boaton.  Genuine  can 
has  Ivv  Leaf  trade  mark.  Your  money  back 
if  Imp  Soap  Spray  doesn't  do  as  claimed. 
Order  direct  if  your  dealer  can't  supply. 

F.  E.  ATTEAUX  &  CO..  Prop.. 

Eastern   Chemical  Co. 
''  BOSTON,  MASS. 


NIKOTEEIS 

For  Sprayinc 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumigating 
A>k  Your  IVealer  ^M  IL 

RICOTQE  MPG.  CO. 

*»•.  LOUIS 


ST.  LOUIS. 

The  -florists'  dance  on  April  17 
promises  to  be  a  great  affair. 

George  Waldbart  is  slowly  recover- 
ing from  his  severe  sickness  and 
hopes  to  visit  his  store  as  soon  as 
warm  weather  arrives. 

Wm.  C.  Smith  WTiolesale  Florist 
Co.  has  installed  another  large  re- 
frigerator to  take  care  of  increased 
shipments.  Ed.  Kern  has  been  added 
to  the  force. 

The  County  Growers  met  'Wednes- 
day, April  4,  and  W.  R.  Rowe,  presi- 
dent, started  up  a  new  system  getting 
the  growers  to  give  part  of  their  over- 
stock to  the  ho.spitals.  Sunday,  April 
8.  gifts  were  made  to  the  hospitals 
and  on  Monday  the  market  supply  in 
carnations  and  sweet  peas  was  light. 


April  13,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


379 


KROESCHELL    BOILERS 

IF  YOU  NEED  A    BOILER  IN  A  HURRY 
Telephone    or    Telegraph    At    Our    Expense. 
SEND  FOR  CATALOG 

Kroeschell  Bros.  Co.,  466  W.  Erie  St.,  Chicago 


CYPRESS  GREENHOUSE  STOCK 

PECKY  CYPRESS  STOCK 
HOT  BED  SASH 

Ask  for  Circular  D  and  Prices 

THE  A.  T.  STEARNS  LUMBER  COMPANY 

NEPONSET,  BOSTON 


DREER'S  *«Riverton  Special"  Plant    Tubs 


No.  Dlam.  Ea.     Doz.     100 
10    20  In.  $2.75  $30.00  $2:i0.00 
18  In.     2.25    24.00    100.00 

1.75 

1.50 


1.00    11.00 
.70 
.55 


19.00    152.00 

17.00    IJiS.OO 

88.00 

7.75     62.00 

6.50     50.00 


ILe  Klvertou  Tub  Is  sold  exclusively  by  us,  and  Is  the  best  ever  introduced. 
Th«  neatest,  lightest  and  cheapest.  Painted  green  and  bound  with  electric-welded 
hoops.     The  four  largest  sizes  are  equipped  with  drop  handles. 

HENRY  A.  DREER,  seeds.  Plants,  nuibs,  »a.i  suppniis,  714.716  chesttiut  St.,  Ptrilaihilpfiia.Pa. 


)reer'8  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Points 

For  Greenliouses 

Drive  eisy  and  true,  becaase 
both  bevels  are  on  the  same 
■tde.  Can't  iwist  and  break 
the  glass  in  Iriving.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  not  rust.  No 
rights  ot  lefts 

The  Peerless  Glazing  Poin 
is  patented.   Nootherslike 
iu  Order  from  your  deale^ 
or  direct  from  os. 
1000,75c.  postpaid,  ( 
Samples  free. 
HENRY  A.  DREEE,! 
714  Chestnut  Street^ 
Philadelphia. 


Dlfflcalt  and  rejected  caiee  flpMl- 
ally  Boltolted.  No  misleading  !■- 
dacemeDte  made  to  te<^re  baslneea. 
Over  SO  years'  active  practice.  Px- 
peiierced,  personal,  conscdeotlaaf 
service.  Write  for  terms. 
Addrees. 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGERS 

PATBNT    LAWVBRS 

Box    9,   Natlon&l    Union    Baildlac 
Wa«hlnffton«   D.  C     


The  FlorlHts  Hall  Aaaoclatlon  rate  of  In- 
saranc«  from  Not.  IbI.  1916  to  Nov.  Iftt, 
1017  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
aqaare  feet  of  single  thick  g\AHa  and  elehl 
cents  per  hondred  square  feet  of  double 
thick  flasa.  For  part  lea  lam,  address. 
JOHN  O.  E8LKB.  B«e..  Saddle  Blver,  N.  J 


Sash  Go  Up  and 
Down  Easier 

and  faster  when  an 
.\DV.\NCE  s.<>sh  operator 
is  attached  on  them. 
Get  our  catalog  on 

GREENHOUSE  FITTINGS 

AND 

OPER.VTIXG   DEVICES 

Advance  Co. 

Richmond,  Ind. 


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WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 
FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

ContainB      alphabet  ical      listings      of 

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THE  HORTICULTURAL  CATALOG 


LOS   ANGELES, 


CALIFORNIA 


When    writing   to   advertisers  kindly 
mentionHORTlCUL  TURE. 


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We  go  anywbire  In  the  U.  S.  to  submit  plins  md  prices 

iMetropt>lifai)Ma€erictl(S 

1 297-1 325  Fliuhing  Ave.,  Brooklyn.  N.Y. 


A.IMO 

HOT-BED    SASHES 

Our  prlcea  can  b«  bud  by  mall,  and 
It  will  pay  yon  to  get  them.  We  carry 
the  largest  «ock  of  Specially  Selected 
Glass  Id  Greater  New  York  and  can 
supply  any  quantity  from  a  box  to  a 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Rock  Bottom  Prlcea. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

tl5-«I1    HsTcmeyer  St.,  BrooklxB.  V.  T. 


TIC  A 


RorGuenhoiise 
Glazing 

USE  IT  NOW 

F.  0.  PIERCE  CO. 

12  w.  BKoniwiiy 

N£W  TORK 


Mastica  li  elastic  and  tenacioas,  admlta  o( 
expansion  and  contraction.  Patty  become! 
hard  and  brittle.  Broken  glass  more  eaally 
removed  wltboat  breaking  of  otber  glaaa 
AS  occurs  with  bard  patty.  Luta  loncat 
than  patty      Ulaiy  to  apply. 


Kind 


NEW  YORK,  1476  Broadway. 
BOSTON.  IIS  Stiite  Street. 
8CR.\.VTON,  .107   Irving   Avenue. 
PHILADELPHIA,  Ilarrinon  Bldg.,  ISth  and 
Market   Streets. 


380 


HORTICULTURE 


April  13,  1918 


Tribute  of  Wm.  Kleinheinz 
to  Davey  Tree  Surgery 

The  Davey  Tree  Expert  Co.,  Kent,  Ohio 

Gentlemen:  It  is  a  pleasure  at  this  time  to 
write  you  in  regard  to  the  satisfactory  character 
of  the  work  your  men  did  for  Mr.  Widener  in 
1914.  In  going  over  the  place  recently  I  noticed 
that  some  of  the  smaller  wounds  were  entirely 
healed  over  and  in  every  case  the  bark  line  has 
grown  over  the  fillings.  These  trees  are  now 
strong  structurally  and  healthy  physically.  I 
am  glad  to  recommend  your  methods  to  any 
tree  owner.  Wm.  Kleinheinz. 


The  saving  of  priceless  trees  is  a  matter  of 
fii-st  importance  on  every  estate. 

Davey  Tree  Surgery  is  a  fulfillment  of  the 
maximum  expectations  of  those  who  love  and 
value  trees.  A  careful  examination  of  your 
trees  will  be  made  by  appointment. 


Mr.  \Vm.  Kleinheinz,  Superintendent  of  the 
P.  A.  B.  Widenf^  Estate,  Ogontz,  Pa. 


Tree  Sunjery  is  never  "half 
good."  It  is  scientifically  accu- 
rate and  mechanically  perfect — 
or  else  it  violates  correct  scien- 
tific and  mechanical  laws.  Here 
is  an  example  of  perfect  tree 
surgery — Davey  Tree  Surgery. 
Note  the  beautiful  healing  of 
the  bark  over  the  cement  loorTc 


This  tree  had  a  dangerously  de- 
cayed crotch,  so  weakened  that 
a  severe  storm  would  soon  have 
torn  it  asunder.  Today,  thanks 
to  the  art  of  Davey  Tree  Sur- 
gery, the  tree  is  perfectly  sound 
and  healthy.  Xote  how  the 
•rotch  has  been  treated. 


^^^^^^Hf^nrv 

^MNHni 

In  this  tree  decay  had  eaten 
doivn  through  the  tree  from  the 
crotch  almost  to  the  base.  Scien- 
tific Davey  methods  stopped  the 
process  of  decay  and  saved  the 
tree  from  an  early  and  certain 
destruction. 


Davey  Tree  Surgeons 

THE  DAVEY  TREE  EXPERT  CO.,  Inc. 
1304  Elm  Street,  Kent,  Ohio 

Branch  Offices,  with  telephone  connection:     225  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York: 
2017    Land    Title    Bldg.,    Philadelphia;     450  McCormick  Bldg.,  Chicago. 


Permanent  representatives  located  at 
Boston,  Newport,  Lenox,  Bartford,  Stam- 
ford, .ilbany,  Poughkeepsie.  White  Plains, 
Jamaica,  L.  I.,  Newark,  N.  J.,  Philadel- 
phia. Harrisburg,  Baltimore,  Washington, 


^ffalo,  Pittsburgh,  Cleveland,  Detroit, 
Cincinnati,  Louisville,  Chicago,  Milwau- 
kee, Minneapolis,  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City. 
Canadian  Address:  22  Victoria  Square, 
Montreal. 


y 


Vol.  XXVII 
No.  16 

APRIL  20 
1918 


HORTICULTURE 


"^^^ 


Prize  Table  Decoration  with  Baby  Doll  Roses 


Published  Every  Saturday  at  147  Summer  Street,   Boston,  Mass. 

Subscription  $1.00 


388 


HORTICULTURE 


April  20.  1918 


Special 
Heather   Offer 

Young  Slock  for  Crowing  On 

KKII  AS \uKlriill«.      I.lK'lit      I'lllk: 

(  uprr>»lna,  riiik  ;  «'otloiniilc«  Vrll- 
rlill.  Willi.'.  lilobulnrlR  Miijur.  Dark 
rillk  ;  Mi-liinlhrril.  Whit.-;  MitlUrr- 
ranra.  I'liri.l.  :  rrri.oliitii  .Vlb», 
Wlilt.-;  rcr»oliiiii  l<t»ra,  l.iivoiiUcr; 
IVrsolufu    l*rrfrcl«. 

Long    TuhuUr    \«rlrllrii,    Fr»nch 
ll>l.rlil» 

KKICAS — rrr«lilrni    Titrnot,   Pink; 
<-(tiiilr  ilr   >  Inrciinri*.  I'ak'  i'lllk;  Ed- 
»i>ril    \  II.    Iiiirk    IMiik. 
fllOKI/l-  M  \    C'ordiita  (Tunrco  riant) 

oriin»:o-rcd. 
All     iiliiivf     airoiiK     rootoil     cuttings, 

$,"..110  |M>r   liKI;  $1.1.00  |)iT  lOlK). 
I'arcrl    I'ot    C'hnricr*    Extnu 

CIIOKI7.KM.\    Cordula 

:ii-.-in.    p. lid $20.00  per  100 

ERl'r.V    Krrnrh    llybrldii 

3111.     pois JJO.OO  per  100 

ERI('.\    Knrrrmlnans   t>\alB 

3  In.     puts Jl.-i.iX)  por  100 

Tlie  three  nhovc  Items — strung  line 
stock— tiy  express  only.  Casli  with 
order,  f.  o.   b.   Flushing,  N.   Y. 

HEATHERHOME     SEED     & 
NURSERr     CO.,     Inc. 

2S8  Fifth  ATcnot  New  Y.  rk  Cilr 


COCOS  WEDDELIANA 
SEEDS 

New    Crop— Just   Arrived 

$8.25  per  1000 
F.O.B  New  York.   Cash  with  order 

McMUTCHISON   &  CO. 

95  Chambars  St.,  NEW  YORK 


AI.1.  TIIK    FOI-II-.VK    \AHIETIE8 
Own    Uu.ilB  ur   OrvrtfHl 

C  A.  F9  f>4  ATI  O  IM  S 

Hovied    i'uitlDK*   t>(   all    ihr   be«t  oommer- 
•Ukl   t«rlPlle».      Ilealihy    stuck. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PLANTS 

Hr»d7    for    Iniiiirdbtte    bales 

Slie  Pot  ino 

ABPARAOTH     8prm«iTl ■i'tt-lu.  J3.00 

Anl'AK.VOLH     Blirragrrl 3       In.  8.00 

•MIl^X    2Vi-ln.  8.0U 

4END    FOR  CATALOGUE 

WOOD  BROTHERS,  Fuhkiii,  N^. 

otaheitYorange  plants 

Out  of  2',i    In.   pots,  at  ?10.00  per  hundred. 

CHORIZEMA   CORDATA 

Out  of  ■-'   Hi     p"ls,   ;i'    S^Hi.   p.  r    liiKi.lred. 
Bulb   excf|)li<tu.iily    Uiie   btoi  k. 

A.  L.  MILLER,  Jamaica,  N.Y. 

A.N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

CROMWELL,  CONN. 

Bedding  Plants  and  Roses 


Just  Arrived  from  Holland 

A  shipment  of  Double  and  Single  Tuberous  Rooted 

Begonias  in  Prime  Condition. 
We  Offer: 


Double  RED 

"  ROSE 

"  WHITE 

"  YELLOW 

"  CRIMSON 

"  MIXED:     $5.00  per  100;  $45.00  per  1000 

Single  WHITE 

"  ROSE 

"  RED 

"  YELLOW 

"  CRIMSON 

"  ORANGE 

"  MIXED:     $3.50  per  100;  $32.50  per  1000 


$5.50  per  100 
$50.00  per  1000 


$4.00  per  100 
$35.00  per  1000 


HENRY    A.    DREER,    chestnut   street 

PHILADELPHIA.    PA. 

The  above  prices  are  intended  for  the  trade  only. 


CIBOTIUM 

SCHIEDEI 

6  and  7  Inch  pots,  4  to  5  ft. 

spread.  $4  and  $5  e&cb 

POT  GROWN  BOSTON  AND  ROOSEVELT  FERNS        | 

9  and  10  Inch  pots 

$2  to  $4  each 

BIRC3S'     l>JES 

»T     F-ERNS 

4  Inch  60  cenU;  4%  inch  75  cents; 

5  inch  $1.00.     A  few  ■paclmen 

7  Inch  at  $2.50  each 

A.  M.  DAVENPORT,   ^".^V^r — 

l=>  I- A IM  T  S  IN/I  E IM 

Orchids,  Conservatory  Plants,  Novelties,  Begonias,  Garden 

Perennials 

Finest  Slock  in  America  for  Trade  or  Private  Requirements 

RUTHERFORD.  NEW  JERSEY 


CHARLES  H.  TOTTY 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
IVIAOISOIM,  N.J. 


100 
nOSTONS     $3.00 


:F9r4S     from    2    1-4    inch    PoU 

1000 
S4A0O 
45  00 
4.-1.00 
4.1.00 
43.00 


6.00 
6.00 
6.00 


KOO.SKVKl.T.S      

«  IIIT.MAMI     IMTKOVKn.  .  . 

^M^lT.>l.\^Il    (  o.mi-act.*.  . . 

TKDUV,    JK 6.00 

ZaO   at    Thousand    Rates. 

H.H.BARROWS&  SON,  Whitman,  Vass 


When  writing  Advetisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


April  20,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


383 


oe:raimiuivis 


Good  strong  2  and  3-inch  plants  in  good  range  of  color  and   variety,  including;   Ivy  leaved   sorts.     2-ln.  $2.50 
per  100;  $22.50  per  1000;  3-in.  $3.50  per  100,  $30.00  per  1000. 

LEMON  VERBENAS.  VINCA,  FUCHSIA,  SWAINSONA,  POMPON  CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

2  in.  $2.00   per   100,  3-in.  $3.00  per  100. 

F'EIRNS  —  Po-t     Oro'N^rn 

SCOTTI,  6-in.  $5.00  per  doz.,  $35.00  per  1000.  [ 

D  AMI-IAS 

Plants  2-ln.  $2.00  per  100  up  to  $3.00  each.     Whole  field  clumps  list  and  prices  on  application. 

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE  CASH  WITH  ORDERS 


R.  VINCENT,  Jr.,  &  SONS  CO., 


WHITE  MARSH. 
MD. 


STAR  BRAND  ROSES 

"AmerlcuD     IMIhir"     nnd     nearly     every 
other  good   linrtiy   cMmlier. 

Send    for    our    list. 

ThepONAJU)  &  |"T~1  WEST  GROVE 
LJONESCCJ  yC  I  PENN.,U.S.A. 

Rofccrt  PrU.  FrM.  Aalolae  tVlBtur,  Vioe-PrM. 

IVe  are  subicrib  rs  to  the  Sunerymcn  s  Fund 
for  Market  Derelofment 


HorsesKoe   Qrand   Bamboo   Oanos 

For    staking    lilies    and    other    Ho«eri<.   Ready    tor    Immediate    shipment    from    our 
warehoiine.    Hound    Urook,   N.  •!- 

6/B  feet,    Natnrml W.0*  pe'  bale  1000 

6/6      "            "        I&.00  "          «««0 

8      "             "        isno  "           lO** 

6      "      Oreen 10.00  "          HKK) 

(I      '•            "       li.llO  "            MOO 

RALPH  M.  WARD  &  CO.,  The  Lily  House,  25  Murray  St.,  New  York.  N.  Y. 


FK-"% 


IVI 


///j^..f5^  )V  LIL.  GIGANTEUM,  7-9  (300  bulbs  per  case),  $60  per  lOOO 
'S^,  ^'":^    l\:    LILY  OF  THE  VALLEY,  Best  Quality,  30  per  lOOO 

CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO., 


90-92  W.    BROADWAY 
NEW  YORK 


Pnse 

Advance  Co 403 

Altianv       Cut 

FlowHF  Ex .'^nS 

Allen.  J.  K 309 

American    Bulb 

Co .-ins 

Anderson.  S.  A...3!I5 
Aphlne  Mfg.  Co.. 402 
narrows  &  Son.. 382 
Bnversdorfer,    H. 

Co 391 

Bav     State     Nur- 
series     384 

Beechwood      Hts. 

Nurseries    393 

Bohhink     &     At- 
kins     384 

Boddlngton,       A. 

T .393 

Bolgiano  &  Son.. 393 
Boston     Floral 

Supply  Co..3S9-39fi 
Breek.  J.  &  Sons. 393 
Breck  -  Robinson 

Nur.  Co 384 

Breltmeyer's,      J. 

Sons    .^94 

BudlonK.  J.  A... 396 
Bunvnrd,  A.  T....394 

Burnett  Bros 393 

Burpee,   W.  A.  & 

Co 393 

Clarke's,  D.  Son8.394 
Carter's       Tested 
Seeds,  Inc 392 


I  s-r    c 

Page 
Champion   &   Co., 

.1.  \ .395 

C  b  1  1  il  s,    J  o  b  n 

Lewis   393 

Cnan.  .T.  J 398 

Coldwell     I,  a  w  n 

Mower  Co 404 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 383 

rooke.  Geo.   11... .394 

Cowee.  W.  .T 398 

Cottnce     Gardens 

Nurseries    384 

nards    394 

Davenport.  A.  M.382 
Davev    Tree    Ex- 
pert  Co .380 

Dreer.  H.  A.. 382-403 
Dunlop,  .Tobn   H.395 

Dysart.   R 391 

Eilwards  Folding 

Box  Co 396 

Elliott,     Wm.     & 

Sons    393 

Fsler.  J.  G 403 

E.vres    395 

Fairfax    Farms 

Co 384 

Farquliar,    R.    & 

J.  Co -392 

Fenrlcb,  Jos.  S..398 

Fnrd,  M.  C 398 

Ford.  W.  r 398 

Framlngham  Nur- 
series     3S4 


A  DV 


Page 
Froment.  H.  E...398 
Galviii,  Tbos.  F..39.-) 
Gasser  Co..  J.  M.39r) 
Grabani  &  Son,  A.39r) 
Gnde  l'.n>9.  Co... .394 
Grey,    Tbos.    J. 

Co .393 

Hail  Association. 403 

Hart.  Geo.  B 390 

Heatlierbome  Seed 

&  Nur.  Co 

382-384-302 
Hent!!  &  NMSb...390 
Hews  &  Co.,  A.  H.401 
Hill  Co.,  E.  G....396 
Hill.    D.    Nurser.v 

Co 384 

Holland    Nur- 
series     384 

Holm   &  Olson... .395 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue     393 

Irwin,  R.  J 393 

Johnston  Bros... 394 
Kastlng,     \V.     F. 

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Kelwav  &  Son... 393 
Kerr  the  Florist. .395 

Kervan  Co 398 

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tion Co 403 

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Kottmlller    304 

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T.enion  Oil  Co.... 402 
Leonard  Seed  Co.393 
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Co .393 

MrConnell.  Alex.. 394 
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&  Co .396 

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Rosery.  The 304 

Schllng.  Max 394 

Schwake,       Chas. 

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Sekenger,  Adam. .394 
Sheridan,  W.  F..398 
Slebrecht.  Geo.  C.398 
Slggers     &     Slg- 

gers    403 

Smith,  P.  J 398 


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on  tills  page  will  be  curdially  receiveil  anil  promptly  answered 
by  Mr.  Johnson.  Such  coiiiinunioatiuus  sliould  invariably  be  ad- 
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Potatoes 

The  potato  is  midoulitedly  pio-emineut  among  veg- 
etables. It  grows  on  diverse  soils  aud  under  extremely 
variable  conditions  ol'  climate  which  are  reasons  aul;- 
ficient  to  warrant  universal  cultivation.  To  meet  ordi- 
nary demands  planting  operations  may  begin  about  the 
third  weelc  in  April  and  continue  until  June.  While  an 
annual  change  of  ground  is  recommended  for  this  crop, 
it  often  happens  that  this  provision  cannot  be  made  and 
the  cultivator  must  therefore  adopt  ways  and  means  of 
securing  the  best  results  possible  by  careful  and  proper 
treatment  of  the  soil.  In  such  cases  a  cover  crop  sown 
at  the  time  of  harvesting  the  potatoes  will  not  only 
clarify  the  ground  but  will  supply  the  soil  with  valuable 
humus.  The  best  results  are  obtainable  on  newly  turned 
grass  land.  It  matters  httle  whether  the  ground  is 
plowed  in  tiie  fall  or  spring' if  liberally  manured  and 
preferably  with  horse  manure.  Tliere  is,  however,  al- 
ways some  waste  to  fall  manuring  as  valuable  properties 
are  lost  through  leaching  during  winter  and  early 
spring.  Some  gowcrs,  too,  object  to  barnyard  manun- 
and  claim  that  its  employment  on  potato  ground  in- 
duces scab  disease.  The  use  of  rank  animal  manure 
undoubtedly  has  a  bad  effect  where  the  disease  happens 
to  be  already  prevalent,  and  in  such  cases  we  do  not 
advise  this  form  of  enrichment.  We  also  know  that 
■'scab"  is  of  a  superficial  nature  and  not  to  be  dreaded 
to  any  great  extent,  since  it  neither  interferes  with  the 
keeping  or  edible  qualitv  of  the  tubers.  Where  success- 
si  ve  plantations  are  made  on  the  same  ground  year  after 
year  it  is  always  advisable,  if  not  absolutely  impera- 
tive, to  annually  plant  seed  from  another  source.  All 
seed  .should  be  treated  before 'planting.  Small  growers 
may  rub  the  tubers  in  flowers  of  sulphur,  but  a  safer 
remedy  and  a  quicker  method  of  treating  large  quan- 
tities is  to  plunge  the  seed  in  a  solution  of  commercial 
formalin,  1  pint  in  30  gallons  of  water.  Allow  them  to 
steep  two  hours  and  lav  them  out  to  dry  prior  to  planting. 

Leeks 

There  is  probably  no  vegetable  grown  which  will  suf- 
fer abuse  and  yet  retain  usefulness  in  being  of  the  same 
edible  quality  as  the  leek.  Whether  grown  to  a  size  no 
thicker  than  one's  finger  or  to  the  dimensions  of  those 
fine  specimens  seen  at  the  best  horticultural  shows,  leeks 
are  always  toothsome.  For  ordinary  garden  purposes  a 
sowing  sliould  be  made  now  on  a  well  prepared  seed  bed 
either  in  frames  or  else  in  a  sheltered  position  outdoors, 
and  be  sub.sequently  planted  either  on  the  level  or  in 
trenches  to  be  given  similar  treatment  to  celery.  Many 
cultivators  pride  themselves  in  producing  specimens  of 
the  largest  size  and  in  this  case  generous  treatment  be- 
comes a  necessity.  These  require  a  long  season  of 
growth  and  must  be  started  in  heat  early  in  the  year. 
Plants  from  these  early  sowiir.is  are  now  ready  for  trans- 
planting. Trenches  should  be  opened  a  foot  or  more 
deep  and  eighteen  inches  wide.  Loosen  the  lx)ttom  of 
the  trench  with  a  spading  fork  and  then  place  in  it  6 
inches  of  well  decayed  manure.  Over  the  manure  put  3 
inches  of  the  best  top  soil  previously  removed,  at  the 
same  time  adding  bone  meal  at  the  rate  of  50  lbs.  to 


every   lUU  feet  of  trcm/ii.     Bone  meal  suits  this  crop 
immensely. 

Choose  fine  weather  for  the  planting  operation 
and  if  after  planting  cold  winds  become  prevalent, 
protection  should  be  given  to  prevent  injury.  Planting 
must  be  done  firmly  and  with  the  least  possible  disturb- 
ani-i'  to  the  roots.  Before  planting  shorten  the  leaves 
a  liltle  but  only  a  very  little.  Apply  water  to  settle  the 
plants  and  give  overhead  sprayings  in  the  evening  of  all 
warm  days.  This  overhead  spray  may  be  given  through- 
out the  entire  growing  season.  To  obtain  really  fine 
s])ecimens  single  rows  are  best  and  the  plants  should  be 
set  at  least  a  foot  apart  in  the  row.  The  blanching  of 
leeks  begins  from  the  time  of  planting.  Every  two  or 
three  weeks  a  little  soil  should  be  carefully  drawn  up 
under  the  lower  leaves  because  if  the  plants  are  allowed 
to  become  "set"  before  blanching  commences  no  amount 
of  later  earthing  will  produce  the  length  of  stem  so 
necessary.  There  are  various  methods  of  blanching  as 
indeed  there  are  many  ways  of  growing  leeks,  but  for 
fancy  siiecimens  nothing  surpasses  paper  collars.  These 
are  made  of  heavy  white  paper  and  are  about  six  inches 
ill  depth.  One  should  be  placed  over  each  plant  and  be 
held  in  position  by  a  slender  stick  on  either  side;  the 
soil  is  then  drawn  u])  and  around  the  collars.  For  ex- 
hiliition  purposes,  and  when  we  mention  this  we  imply 
produce  of  the  highest  table  quality — paper  collars  offer 
one  or  two  advantages.  Not  only  do  they  prevent  soil 
from  falling  into  the  leaf  axils  but  the  grower  is  enabled 
to  produce  a  well-delined  blanch  which  is  important. 
There  is  without  doubt  much  diversity  of  opinion  as  to 
what  constitutes  an  ideal  leek.  The  standard  accepted 
by  the  best  authorities  is — very  briefly,  a  stem  not  more 
than  sixteen  inches  long,  a  well  marked  division  be- 
tween the  blanch  and  green,  straight  stem  free  from 
bulb,  and  what  is  always  important  in  most  vegetable 
exhibits,  uniformity,  solidity  and  freedom  from  blemish. 
As  a  crop  for  winter  use  the  leek  is  highly  important,  it 
withstands  the  severest  weather  without  injury  when 
matured  and  therefore  requires  little  or  no  provision  for 
storage.  At  the  time  of  writing  we  are  digging  per- 
fectly sound  specimens  which  have  wintered  where 
grown  without  protection. 

Sweet  Com 

Sweet  corn  never  comes  to  the  table  too  early  and 
wlierever  possible  a  small  batch  should  now  be  started 
in  five  or  six  inch  pots  with  a  view  to  later  transplanting 
in  tlie  o|)en.  If  ffreenhouse  S])ace  is  availahle  so  much 
the  better  but  failing  this  the  hot  bed  or  cold  frame  will 
greatly  facilitate  an  early  start.  Melons,  cucumbers, 
lima  beans  and  squash  may  be  similarly  dealt  with. 
Globe  Artichokes 

Olobe  artichokes  raised  either  from  suckers  or  seeds 
if  thoroughly  hardened  off  in  cold  frames  will  now  be 
fit  to  plant.  Unless  this  crop  can  be  thoroughly  well 
grown  it  is  better  left  alone.  Even  when  well  grown 
globe  artichokes  occupy  great  space  for  the  amount 
yielded.  Prepare  the  ground  in  advance  by  deep  dig- 
ging and  heavy  manuring.  Plant  three  feet,  apart  each 
way  as  soon  as  the  weather  is  settled  and  in  dry 
weatherwater  thorouuhlv  and  then  mulch  with  lonsj  litter. 


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IIOHTIC  i;  LTUHK 


April  20.  1918 


horticulture: 

TOL  XIVII APRII.  20,  1918 WO.  16 

ITIII.I^Iirn    WKKKIY    HY 

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CONTENTS  Page 

COVKK  ILUSTlLVriOX  —  Prize  Table  Deconillon 
with   Baby    lloll   Roses 

VEGKTABLB  CULTl'RE  —  Potatoes  —  Leeks  —  Sweet 
Corn — Globe    Artichokes — John  Johnson 385 

THE  PUBLICITY  CAMPAIGN 387 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES  — Gardeners'  and  Florists- 
Club  of  Boston — American  Dahlia  Society — Meetings 
Next  Week — Nassau  County  Horticultural  Society — 
Chrysanthemum  Society  of  America  —  Westchester 
and    Fairfield   Horticultural   Society— Notes 388-389 

OBITUARY— Harry  Michell— Edward  A.  Baker— Eliza 
McKinley  —  Peter  Barker  —  John  J.  Glenn  —  Mrs. 
George  A.  Smith — Joshua  Vose — Mrs.  A.  C.  Rapalje — 
Frank  K.  Lameraux 390 

SEED  TRADE— Public  Hearing  Regarding  Restric- 
tions on  Importations  of  Plants  and  Seeds — Philadel- 
phia  Seed    Trade 392 

Chicago  Seed  Trade  .Notes 402 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

Prize  Dinner  Table  Decoration — Illustrated 387 

Store  Window  Publicity — Henry  Penn 

New  Flower   Stores 394-395 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston,  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  New  York,  Philadelphia  397 
Pittsburgh,  Rochester,  St.  Louis,  Washington 399 

LOCAL  AND   GENERAL  NEWS: 
Philadelphia,  Fall  River,  Washington,  Chicago,  Pitts- 
burgh, St.  Louis,  Boston,  New  York 400 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Vegetables  Started  in  Flower  Pots 387 

Beware  of  This  Swindler 387 

Not  a   Bad   Idea 389 

Abutilon    Sieboldi,    illustrated 389 

Two  Big  Violet  Prizes— Personal 389 

Vegetables  or  Flowers   391 

The  Big  Gun,  poetry 391 

News  Notes    391 

Visitors'   Register— Business  Troubles 399 

P.  T.  D.  Emblem  Competition 399 

Sober  Facts    400 

The  Horticultural  Patriot 401 

Catalogues  Received    401 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 402 

^^'e   were   rather  surprised  to   find   in 
Short-sighted     one  of  our  widely  circulated  horticul- 
advlce  tural  exchanges  an  article  recommend- 

ing the  wild  "moccasin  flower,"  Cypri- 
pedium  acaule,  as  a  desirable  and  easily  managed  plant 
to  force  into  bloom  in  the  winter.  The  only  way  this 
plant  can  be  procured  is  by  robbing  the  woodlands 
where  it  grows  naturally  and  it  is  already  almost  ex- 
tinct in  many  localities  where  it  was  formerly  jjlentiful, 
mainly  through  the  wanton  picking  of  the  flowers, 
which  are  indispensable  to  its  reproduction  by  seed. 
This  lovely  wild  flower  will  disappear  rapidly  enough 
without  putting  new  ideas  into  people's  heads  whereby 
its  extermination  may  be  speeded  up  and,  since  there 
is  no  lack  of  attractive  and  easily-grown  subjects  for 
winter  culture,  why  not  let  it  alone?  It  is  much  too 
precious  to  be  recklessly  torn  up  and  its  gathering 
should  instead  be  discouraged  as  much  as  possible. 


'I'lie  businci^B  |)rospc<;t8  for  the  imme- 

Prospects         diiitc  future  of  tlie  horticultural   in- 

and  problems      dnstrics   genornlly   seem    not   any    too 

of  the  hour       bright.     It  is  a  widespread  belief  that 

the  coal  problem,  while  temporarily 
allayed,  is  by  no  means  overcome  and  the  labor  quea- 
tion  enters  into  all  phases  and  will  be  an  increasingly 
hard  nut  to  crack.  The  improiiability  as  regards  im- 
ports this  year  of  bulbs,  plants,  and  other  material 
which  always  figures  strongly  in  the  carrying-on  of  the 
business  in  this  country,  now  looms  up  seriously  with 
the  chances  decidedly  unfavorable,  judging  from  the 
present  outlook.  The  streak  of  micerlainty  in  this  mat- 
ter is  what  gives  to  it  its  most  disturbing  character.  If 
assured  bpyoml  any  doubt  that  foreign-grown  flower 
bulbs  would  under  no  circumstances  be  allowed  to  enter 
the  country  durinir  the  year  to  come,  the  trade  could  and 
undoubtedly  would  proceed  to  adapt  itself  to  those  con- 
ditions but  who  can  say  that,  notwithstanding  rulings 
that  may  have  been  made  to  the  contrary,  the  bars  will 
not  be  let  down  at  the  last  minute  next  fall  and,  as  has 
happened  before,  the  country  loaded  up  with  an  ava- 
lanche of  stuff  for  which  no  calculation  had  been  made 
and  which  by  its  presence  would  bring,  as  heretofore, 
more  or  less  demoralization  and  loss  to  all  who  had  tried 
to  adjust  their  business  to  accord  with  the  exclusion  of 
these  commodities. 

We  siiall  probably  see  quite  a  substantial 
Our  decrease  this  year  in  the  amount  of  glass 
first  duty  devoted  to  the  growing  of  ornamental  ma- 
terial. Very  few  new  greenhouses  will  be 
]iut  up  and  many  e.'.tablishnients  that  have  been  par- 
tially or  wholly  shut  down  the  past  season  will  liardly 
come  back  for  the  present,  while  there  are  probably  not 
a  few  others  that  will  follow  suit.  It  is,  however,  quite 
possible  that  the  inevitable  curtailing  of  production,  in- 
stead of  the  continual  increase  to  which  we  have  been 
long  accustomed,  may  have  a  bracing  elTect  on  the  flor- 
ist trade,  tending  to  more  substantial  and  regular  values 
and  thus  offsetting  somewhat  the  influence  of  the  more 
moderate  buying  by  the  public  which,  for  very  obvious 
reasons,  the  trade  now  accepts  as  a  factor  in  the  imme- 
diate business  future. 

It  is  most  encouraging  to  note  how  loyally  and  with- 
out murmur  the  trade  accepts  the  burden  which  is 
peculiarly  theirs.  They  take  the  attitude  that  no  sacri- 
fice can  be  too  great  if  necessary  to  the  winning  of  a 
decisive  and  permanent  peace  on  terms  that  will  con- 
serve all  that  we  hold  dear.  Whether  florists  or  farm- 
ers, seedsmen  or  nurserj'men,  it  is  their  whole-souled 
])urpose  to  so  adjust  their  economic  and  business  exis- 
tence to  conform  to  that  national  industrial  solidarity 
which  is  our  only  salvation  in  the  crisis  that  we  must 
now  face  and  make  an  end  of  forever.  From  what  we 
know  from  frequent  intercourse  with  the  people  in  the 
horticultural  industries  it  is  very  evident  that  they  will 
not  be  outdone  by  any  other  class  in  patriotic  effort  and 
in  willing  sacrifice  in  every  possible  way  that  may  help 
their  Country  in  this  life  and  death  grapple  between 
democracy  and  militarj'  autocracy.  It  is  impossi- 
ble to  go  through  such  a  titanic  struggle  with- 
out great  sacrifice  and  it  is  only  right  and 
just  that  we  who  stay  at  home  and  do  not  put 
our  life  blood  into  the  conflict  should  willingly  bear 
our  share  in  other  ways.  To  win  the  war  is  the  one 
[laramount  proposition  and  our  trade  uncertainties  and 
Inirdens  all  put  together  are  as  nothing  if  their  infliction 
onlv  contributes  towards  ultimate  victory  for  the  Cause. 


April  20,  1918 


HOETICULTUEE 


President  C.  H.  Totty  has  appointed 
S.  A.  Anderson,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  to  fill 
the  vacancy  on  the  Publicity  Commit- 
tee occasioned  through  the  death  of 
Joseph  Heacock. 

The  Promotion  Bureau  has  sent  out 
another  broadside  featuring  the  direct 
aid  publicity  service  provided  by 
means  of  newspaper  cuts,  glass  signs, 
transfer  signs,  lantern  slides  for  use 
in  the  "movies,"  the  booklet  "Say  It 
With  Flowers"  and  stickers  for  use  on 
envelopes,  boxes,  etc.  All  orders  for 
newspaper  electrotypes  are  filled  the 
same  day  as  received,  so  that  anyone 
requiring  the  electrotype  featuring 
the  Mother's  Day  advertisement  may 
by  ordering  immediately  be  assured  of 
recieving  it  in  ample  time  for  use. 

From  the  newspaper  clippings  reach- 
ing the  Promotion  Bureau  from  vari- 
ous sources  it  is  evident  that  the  news- 
paper electrotype  for  Easter  was  large- 
ly read,  thus  linking  up  splendidly 
with  the  campaign  advertisements  In 
the  Woman's  Home  Companion  and 
Literary    Digest,    which    together    go 


into  nearly  two  million  homes  of  the 
better  class.  Reports  from  florists  re- 
ceived from  many  sections  of  the 
country  indicate  that  the  good  influ- 
ence of  the  Campaign  advertising  was 
felt  in  the  Easter  business,  and  the 
committees  are  being  congratulated 
upon  the  general  excellence  of  their 
work.  "Keep  it  up"  is  the  general 
recommendation  of  the  trade,  and  with 
the  help  very  reasonably  expected  it 
will  be  kept  up. 

But  the  fund  must  be  kept  up,  too. 
The  ammunition  must  be  in  the  treas- 
ury— not  merely  on  paper.  Every  dol- 
lar is  judiciously  expended  on  the  ob- 
ject for  which  it  is  subscribed,  and 
there  is  use  for  twice  as  much  as  Is 
already  recorded,  and  more. 

The  Promotion  Bureau  has  publish- 
ed a  list  of  the  names  of  all  subscrib- 
ers to  the  Campaign  Fund,  with  the 
amounts  of  their  subscriptions.  Any 
florist  who  has  not  already  subscribed 
should  write  for  a  copy  and  see  what 
his  neighbor  is  doing — perhaps  the  ob- 
servation may  lead  to  his  determina- 
tion of  the  amount  he  would  like  to 
subscribe.  The  amounts  are  purely 
voluntary — there  is  no  dictation,  no 
criticism.  It  is  a  matter  of  what  one 
can  afford,  or  what  one's  business  will 


stand;  and,  as  has  been  pointed  out 
before,  a  subscription  is  really  an  in- 
vestment, and  should  be  considered  as 
such. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  it  is 
not  the  purpose  of  the  Publicity  Cam- 
paign to  merely  boom  business  for 
special  days.  While  special  days  are, 
of  course,  featured,  the  prime  object 
of  the  movement  is  to  increase  the 
daily  demand  for  flowers,  to  make 
their  use  general  rather  than  excep- 
tional, and  a  necessity  in  the  home. 

Many  wholesale  houses  have  or- 
dered small  stocks  of  the  glass  signs, 
which  they  will  distribute  in  their  dif- 
ferent sections  at  the  regular  cost — 
$1.50  each.  Every  retail  florist  in  the 
land  should  display  at  least  one  sign 
in  his  window.  Its  appeal,  "Say  It 
With  Flowers."  will  become  the 
stronger  the  more  it  is  used.  Many 
millions  of  people  every  day  will  be 
attracted  by  the  message  thus  gen- 
erally conveyed,  and  its  good  effect 
will  be  so  large  as  to  be  incalculable. 
The  design  of  the  slogan  is  readily 
connected  with  its  counterpart  in  the 
magazine  advertisements,  so  that  its 
purpose  is  instantly  brought  to  mind. 

1170  Broadway,  New  York. 

John  Young,  Sec, 


VEGETABLES      STARTED      IN 
FLOWER     POTS. 

Mr.  Editor. 

Dear  Sir: — You  surely  have  many 
a  reader  interested  in  the  raising  of 
vegetables  for  the  market,  truck  gar- 
deners, private  gardeners  and  others. 
We  should  like  to  ask  some  of  these 
experienced  people  whether  it  is  cor- 
rect that  vegetables  when  started  in 
flower  pots  before  being  set  into  the 
open,  or  into  the  forcing  bed,  will 
prove  of  stronger  constitution,  and 
as  such  more  proliflc  in  the  crops? 
To  us  it  will  be  of  interest  to  have 
a  correct  answer  to  this,  though  we 
are  aware  that  in  all  such  matters 
even  experts  are  apt  to  differ  some- 
what in  their  views.  If  you  will 
kindly  give  this  letter  publicity 
through  your  valued  columns,  we  will 
be  thankful. 

Yours  very  truly, 

W.  R.  S. 

New  York. 


PRIZE   DINNER  TABLE  DECORATION. 


BEWARE    OF   THIS    SWINDLER. 

A  man  representing  himself  as  "VV. 
H.  Ward,"  or  claiming  falsely  to  be 
a  relative  of  Ralph  M.  Ward,  of  New 
York,  has  been  operating  in  various 
places  in  New  England,  borrowing 
money  on  spurious  checks,  etc.  R.  M. 
Ward  has  had  a  nvmiber  of  anxious 
Inquiries  from  florists  who  have  been 
victimized  by  this  impostor.  Should 
he  make  application  to  any  of  the 
readers  of  this  notice,  they  should 
have  him  arrested. 


RoS.MJND     Ro.SKS     ,\ND     AdI.VNTUM     PaRLEYKNSE. 


The  accompanying  picture  shows  a 
very  tasteful  table  decoration  at  the 
recent  International  Flower  Show  in 
New  York  City.  It  was  the  work  of 
Alfred  T.  Bunyard,  whom  we  have 
had  frequent  occasion  to  commend 
for  his  excellent  taste  in  such  mat- 
ters.     The    only    material    used    was 


F.  R.  Pierson's  exquisite  new  Ophelia 
rose.  Rosalind,  with  Adiantum  Far- 
leyense.  These  two  gems  in  their 
respective  lines  made  an  ideal  com- 
bination. In  our  cover  illustration 
■this  week  appears  another  of  Mr. 
Bunyard's  masterpieces,  the  only  ma- 
terial used  in  this  instance  being  the 
dainty  little  pink  Baby  Doll  rose. 


388 


11  I)  UTICULTUHK 


April  20,  1918 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


GARDENERS' AND  FLORISTS' CLUB 
OF  BOSTON. 
One  of  tho  ln>st  i-luh  mectliiKB  of  the 
si'ason  wus  held  Tuesday  evening. 
April  16.  when  10.  \V.  Breed.  Clinton. 
Mn.ss..  lectured  on  "Some  Horticultural 

Proli' '  Today."    Mr.  Brood  1b  an 

ahl'  nil  and  very  proRress've 

horiiiiiimr.si  and  covered  almost 
every  field  In  the  professfon.  He 
pointed  out  how  we  should  make  every 
effort  to  keep  our  Kreenhouses  and 
every  part  of  our  estahlis^hmonls  grow- 
iuK.  and  Rive  all  aid  possil)lo  to  the 
National  Publicity  Campaign,  so  that 
when  the  war  ended  we  should  be 
ready  to  take  first  place  with  the  other 
businesses  throughout  the  country. 
He  spoke  on  the  great  problem  of 
skilled  labor,  urging  everybody  to 
hold  on  to  their  men  if  possible.  He 
also  spoke  of  the  cutting  off  of  Im- 
ports, and  poin'ed  out  where  there 
was  a  great  field  for  us  as  exporters 
in  the  future.  It  was  one  of  the  very 
best  lectures  ever  delivered  before 
the  club,  and  a  lively  discussion  fol- 
lowed Mr.  Breed's  remarks. 

The  awards  for  the  exhibits  of  the 
evening  were  as  follows:  Antirrhinum 
and  sweet  peas.  Walter  Golby.  vote  of 
thanks;  Schizanthus.  Walter  Golby. 
report  of  cultural  merit;  Verbena  Miss 
Willmott.  William  N.  Craig,  vote  of 
thanks;  Celsia  cretica.  Walter  Hunne- 
well  estate,  vote  of  thanks:  Antirrhi- 
num Rosalind.  F.  W.  Fletcher,  report 
of  merit;  hybrid  Freesias.  F.  W. 
Fletcher,  vote  of  thanks.  Brasso  cat- 
tleya  Maronae.  L.  B.  Towle.  Newton, 
honorable  mention. 

The  president  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  draft  resolutions  on  the  death 
of  Peter  Barker. 


THE   AMERICAN    DAHLIA  SOCIETY. 

On  Tlnirsilay.  .April  11.  the  executive 
committee  of  the  American  Dahlia  So- 
ciety held  a  meeting  at  the  Grand  Ho- 
tel. New  York  city,  at  which  the  fol- 
lowing were  present:  President.  R. 
Vincent,  .Jr..  George  W.  Kerr.  James 
Duthie.  George  S.  Stillman.  I.  S.  Hend- 
drlckson,  P.  W.  Popp,  Mr.  Phillips,  J. 
J  Lane,  .Tos.  11.  Sperry  and  .1.  Austin 
Shaw. 

Mr.  Vincent  presided,  and  Mr.  Lane 
w^as  appointed  secretary  pro  tem.  In 
very  touching  words  President  Vin- 
cent referred  to  the  passing  of  .1.  Har- 
rison Dick,  who  had  so  efficiently  been 
secretary  of  the  society  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death.  A  testimonial  was  read, 
and  it  was  duly  voted  that  suitable 
resolutions  be  transmitted  to  Mrs. 
Dick.  F.  R.  Austin,  treasurer,  report- 
ed the  current  balance,  which  was 
found  very  encouraging.  To  fill  the 
place  of  Mr.  Dick  as  secretary  for  the 
balance  of  the  term.  .Jasper  R.  Lewis, 
7.36  Riverside  Drive,  New  York  city, 
was  elected. 

A  letter  from  Fottler.  Fiske.  Rawson 
CO;  was  read  offering  a  prize  of  $10 
for  the  Boston  show,  and  Mr.  Phillips 
also  offered  $20  for  life  membership 
in   the   society     P.   W.    Popp   also   of- 


Meetings  Next  Week 


Monday,  April  22. 

I  |i>rlHlH'  mill  linrili'iiiTH'  I'liih  i'l 
Itliiiili.  IhIiiiuI.  Swiirtr.  Hull,  I'mM 
.1.. li.  1. 

HanliMi'TH'  mill  I'"lorlHlH'  ('lull  of 
i::iti  hitiiri',  KliirUtH'  ICxi'liiiiiiri'  Hull, 
llnllliiiiirc.   .Mil. 

Tuesday.  April   23. 

Ni'«  piirt  IlnrtlrlllHirill  .Smli'ly, 
Ni-«Iiiirl.  U.   I. 

Tarrylown  Iliirtlrillliiral  Socli'lv, 
Tiiriyliiwii.  X.   Y. 

Wednesday,  April  24. 

oysliT  lliiv  lliirllriillur:il  Si.il.-ly. 
(lyHtiT  I!:iy,  .V.   Y. 

Friday,  April  26. 

CnnniTtlfUt  llorlii-iiltiir:il  .Sui-lety. 
t'liiiiily  ItlilE.,  Iliirlfiini.  •■"iiii. 

.Mniiiiiniitli  <'iiiin(v  lliirttrultiirnl 
Snil.'ly.    KimI    Uniik.   .\,   .1. 

l':i.s:Ml4'nii  Mortiriiltiinil  Sncli'ty. 
I':isiiilt_'nii.  Ciilir. 

ri'oplc's  I'ark  L'liltiiBi-  OariliMir.s 
AsHiK'ialion.  I'atersoii   N.  .1. 

Saturday,  April  27. 
Ilohli.4     Ferry    (iariji-niTS'    AHHOcia- 
tlipii.  He. 111. s   r.-ny.   N.   Y. 


^ 


fered  a  prize  of  a  $5  cut  glass  vase  for 
a  vase  of  mixed  dahlias  of  any  or  all 
types. 

It  was  decided  to  hold  another  meet- 
ing of  the  executive  committee  on  May 
ir>,  the  second  anniversary  of  the 
founding  of  the  American  Dahlia  So- 
ciety. J.  R.  Lewis,  Sec. 


NASSAU    COUNTY    HORTICUL- 
TURAL    SOCIETY. 

The  monthly  meeting  of  this  so- 
ciety was  held  in  Glen  Cove,  N.  Y., 
.■\pril  10.  Awards  on  the  monthly 
competition  were  as  follows:  An- 
tirrhinum, 1st  to  Robt.  .lones;  out- 
door flowers,  1st  to  l-Yank  Petroccia; 
violets,  1st  to  Frank  Petroccia:  Cul- 
tural certificate  for  violets  to  Frank 
Petroccia.  Robert  .lones  gave  an  in- 
structive talk  on  his  method  of  grow- 
ing antirrhinums.  An  essay  was 
ably  read  by  S.  .1.  Trepess.  written  by 
L.  P.  Jensen,  Missouri,  entitled  "The 
Relation  of  the  Gardener  to  Civic 
Work."  Robert  Jones  offered  a  prize 
of  $.5  for  tulips,  to  be  competed  for 
at  our  next  meeting.  Wednesday.  May 
8.  Other  prizes  are  for  24  pansies, 
vase  of  bulbous  flowers,  grown  out- 
doors, and  pan  of  narcissus.  It  was 
unanimously  agreed  that  the  treasurer 
be  empowered  to  purchase  a  $500 
Third  Liberty  Loan  Bond  for  this 
society. 

Harry  Goonn.sxn.  Cor.  Sec. 


The  regular  meeting  of  the  I^nox 
(Mass.),  Horticultural  Society  was 
held  in  the  Town  Hall  on  Wednesday. 
April  lOtli.  After  the  usual  business 
had  been  dealt  with  members  dis- 
cussed the  subject  of  investing  some 
of  the  society's  funds  in  the  new  Lib- 
erty Loan  Bonds  and  it  was  unani- 
mously voted  to  appropriate  $2000  for 
this  purpose  and  that  two  bonds  of 
$1000  each  be  purchased. 

Henry  Hra-ntEMANs.  Secy. 


CHRYSANTHEMUtVI       SOCIETY      OF 
AMERICA. 
The      riltHburgh      OardenerH"      and 
KUirlhtK'   Club,   having  decided   not  to 
.hold   a   llouer  xhow   IhlH   full,   the  an- 
nual   exhibition    and    meet  lug    of   tho 
C.   S.  A.   has   been   transferred   to  tho 
American    Institute,    New    York,    Nov. 
(i-8,    11118.     Si.cclal    prizes   are   offered 
as  followm: 

•  'limii  A— •'.  .S.  A.  Hllvor  cup  for  llie  l)inl 
M'l-illliitr   i-lirysiiu(lieuiuiii    not    illHiU'iDiDiKcil 

six   liliiiiiiiH   one  vnrli'ty   uu    loiii;   Htv.iiH. 

t'UiKM  It-r.  .s;.  A.  sll»iT  I  up  lor  lliu  bent 
^i.v  vam-s  r<iiii|ioii  rhryKuuiltcMiiuuiii.  hIx 
\arii-lU'K,  iwi'lvi'  Hpruys  not  k'Hii  lliuii  15 
iiiclii'M  Ion;;   In  a   vaKe, 

CIU88  C— I'rcHlili'Ut'8  cup  for  tlic  best 
ten  liliioiiiH  ihryKauineniuuiK,  one  \urloty, 
any  color  on  lonK  steiuH.  Silver  cup 
..ITercil  hy  I'rceiileut  W.  W.  Vert,  (Jrceu- 
will),   Conn. 

Clans  U— Clinrica  U.  Totty  CompUDy 
prizes  r<ir  six  blooms  clirysunineuiuin.i,  vu- 
riely  .Mrs,  II.  S.  I'lrcsloue— 1st  Jl.'i.OU,  llrnl 
$10.io.  linrercil  liy  CliarleB  11.  Tutty  Com- 
pany,   .Maillsoii,   N,  .1. 

Class  i:  -Onirics  H.  Tolty  CooipaDy 
prizes  for  a  vase  of  iwclve  assorted  lilooms 
.Japanese  .\iiemoiie  chrysanthcinuinH — 1st 
tfold,  linil  silver,  .'Jd  bronze  nu-iJal.  UlTercil 
by  Cliurlcs  II.  Tolty  Company,  .Mailisou,  N. 
.1. 

Class  I''— K.  (J.  Hill  Company  prizes  for 
iwenty-llvc  blooms  of  chrysaDtlicuiums,  va- 
riety lti<limonil--lst  ?I.-).00,  linil  JIO.OO. 
nffcreil  by  'I'lie  !•;.  C.  Hill  Company,  Itlcli- 
iMond.  Iml. 

Class  U — Elmer  D,  Smith  &  Co.,  prizes 
fi.r  four  vases  disbnddi'd  I'ompoD  chrysan- 
themums, four  varieties  twelve  blooms 
.aeh.  Open  to  all.  1st  $10.00,  llnd  .<.'.  ni. 
iilTered  by  KImer  D.  Smith  A;  Co.,  Adrian. 
Mich. 

Class  II— A.  X.  Plcrson.  Inc.,  prizes  for 
ten  blooms  chrysanthemums,  varictv,  Bar- 
bara Davis.  1st  .$li)<)i).  \ind  ^j.(M).  OITercd 
l)y  A.   X.   I'icrson,   Inc.  Cromwell.  Cr,nn. 

Class  I— .\.  .\.  I'ierson.  Inc.,  prizis  for 
vase  of  twelve  sprays  single  chrysanthe- 
mums, variety  Kllzabetli  Klrestonc.  1st 
$.'i.OO.  '.'ml  $:i.0O.  oirered  by  A.  N.  I'ierson. 
Inc..  Cromwell,  Conn. 

Class  .I'-llenry  A.  Dreer  piize  for  the 
best  ton  blooms,  one  variety  of  clirysan- 
theinuui  ci'itilicatcd  bv  the  C.  S.  A.  season 
of  11117.  $1(1.(10  ofTcred  by  Henry  A.  Ulcer. 
Philadelphia.  Pa. 

Class  K — lliti'hings  Company  cup  for  the 
best  six  vases  of  single  chrysanthemums, 
six  varieties,  twelve  sprays  not  less  than 
eisliteen  in.  lies  lonj;  to  a  vase.  Silver  cup 
olTercd  bv  llitehin^s  *:  Company,  Klizab.  th. 
N.  J. 

Class  I.— Philip  J.  Foley  prize  for  the 
best  ten  blooms  chrysanthemums,  varlit.v 
.losephino  Foley— on  loot:  stems.  $10(10 
olTcred  by  Tho  I'oley  Manuf.ieturiog  Com- 
pany. Ciilcago,   III. 

Class  M— Stumpp  &  Walter  Co.  prize — 
silver  cup  for  the  best  twelve  lilooms. 
twelve  varieties  of  chrysanthemums  on 
short  stems.  Offered  bv  Stunipp  &  Wal- 
ter Co.,   Xew  York,   N.   Y. 

Class  X^II.  E.  Converse  prize — silver 
cup  for  the  best  ten  blooms  chrysnnthe- 
munis,  v.'iriety  Harry  E.  Converse.  Od.rcd 
by   II.   E.   Converse,  Marion,  Mass. 

CiiAS.  W.  Johnson,  Secy. 


WESTCHESTER     AND     FAIRFIELD 
HORTICULTURAL     SOCIETY. 

The  monthly  meeting  was  held  in 
Greenwich,  Conn.,  on  April  12.  James 
Scott,  from  Elmsford,  N.  Y.,  spoke  up- 
on the  Future  of  Horticulture  in  Amer- 
ica, giving  an  excellent  lecture.  Mr. 
Turner,  Mr.  Conine  and  Mr.  Foster 
also  spoke  on  the  same  subject.  The 
judges  made  the  following  awards: 
Cytissus     Andraeanum      from     James 


April  13,  1918 


H  0  K  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  E  E 


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BUY 
LIBhRTY 
BONDS 


Memorial  Day  Headquarters  Germany 

The  Kaiser  is  thi-  most  liiiital  beast  tor  all  time.  Kiinclv  liis  eyes  out  liy  imivliasiiig  Liberty  Bouds.  Presideut 
Wilsou  passeil  throiigli  v'reat  luuuiliation  and  siiftering:  in  the  hope  of  preventing  war,  but  the  German  beast  could  not  uti- 
ilerstand  Justice.     There  isn't   one  chance  in  a  billon  for  that    beast  to  beat  our  Glorious  America. 

"After  the  \var"  must  be  considered.  The  Boston  Floral  Suptily  Co.  is  preserving  f'yeas.  manufacturing  a  large  va- 
riety of  artificial  Flowers  and  Baskets.  These  commodities  are  manufactured  right  in  our  'own  premises.  Before  the  wat 
Uasiiets,  Cycas  and  Artilicial  Flowers  were  imported  from  Germany  .  In  less  than  three  years,  the  Boston  Floral  Supply 
I'o.  has  become  one  of  the  largest  manufacturing  houses  of  Florists'  Supplies  in  the  country.  Prompt  courteous  service 
.VI  goo:ls.  snuill  profits,  are  the  reasons  for  our  rapid  growth.  ' 

Now  is  the  time  to  give  us  youi  order  for  plain  wreaths  or  decorated  wreaths  or  spravs,  or  wax  designs  or  wire 
frames  or  Cycas,  etc.  On  account  of  many  embargoes,  and  the  times  in  general  being  very  .serious,  we  would  sincerely  ad- 
vise you  not  to  delay  giving  us  your  orders.     By  so  doing,  you  are  getting  the  best  gooils  in'  the  country  at  the  lowest  prices 


WAX    FLOWERS 

Per  1000 
WAX   ROSES   (3  sizes).  Pink, 
White,  Yellow,  Golden  Gate. 

Size  A    $12.50 

Size   B    16.00 

Size  C    ■ 22.00 

BUDS,  Pink  and  White ..      8.00 

CARNATIONS,     (large     size). 

Pink,  White,  Golden  Gate.  .    15.00 
SWEET    PEAS    I  very    beauti- 
ful).  Pink,  White.  Lavender     4.00 
Per  100 

EASTER    LILIES $  2.50 

CALLA   LILIES   (small) 2.25 

CALLA   LILIES    (large) 3.25 

We  handle  a  full  line  of 
CREPE  ROSES,  such  as 
Pijik,  White,  Golden  Gate, 
Russell  and  Yellow.  Per  M. $15.00 


MAGNOLIA   WREATHS 

Beautifully  decorated  with  roses, 
carnations,  sweet  peas,  lilies,  etc. 
Each  wreath  sceurely  packed  in  a 
separate,  full  telescope  box. 

Per  doz, 

10  inch  frame $  8.5D 

12    inch   frame 10  50 

14   inch   frame 13.50 


MAGNOLfA   WREATHS 
PLAIN 

Per  doz. 

10  Inch  frame $  4.80 

12  Inch  frame 6.00 

14  inch  frame 7.50 


BOSTON  FLORAL  SUPPLY  CO.,  Inc. 


SPRAYS 

Tin  foil  wrapped.  :\Iade  of 
roses,  carnations,  sweet 
peas,  or  Easter  lilies,  in- 
cluding full  telescope  box.  .$     .65 

Can  easily  be  retailed  for.  ...     1.50 

WAX    DESIGNS 

These  designs  come  in  wreaths, 
crosses,  crescents,  anchors,  hearts, 
etc. 

8  inch  frame $  .60 

10  inch  frame 85 

12  inch  frame 1.25 

These  are  the  most  beautiful  de- 
signs we  have  ever  made.  Give  us 
a  trial. 

347-57  CAMBRIDGE    STREET 

BOSTON,    MASS. 


Stuart,  1st  prize;  calceolarias  from 
W.  Graham,  2nd;  carnations  from 
R.  Williamson,  3rd.  The  following 
received  honorable  mention:  Lemon 
tree  from  S.  Duthrie;  Iris  Hispanica 
from  F.  Lagerstrom;  Iris  Holhtndia 
from  R.  'Williamson,  and  dahlias  from 
P.  W.  Popp.  Robert  Williamson  took 
1st  prize  with  a  fine  collection  of 
vegetables,  greenhouse  grown;  James 
Stuart,  2nd.  Pres.  Popp  celebrated 
the  advent  of  an  addition  to  his 
family  by  treating  the  members  to 
sandwiches  and  light  refreshments. 
J.\rK  CoNROY.  Cor.  Sec. 


ABUTILON    SIEBOLDI. 

Strange  to  say,  we  do  not  find  this 
desirable  abutilon  listed,  by  either 
Nicholson  or  Bailey.  All  the  abutilons 
are  attractive  and  popular,  and  few 
plants  are  more  easy  to  grow.  The 
variety  Sieboldi  is  a  favorite  one  for 
Christmas  sales  with  A.  L.  Miller,  of 


CLUB  AND  SOCIETY  NOTES. 
E.  A.  Smith,  the  local  florist,  ad- 
dressed the  New  London  (Conn.)  Hor- 
ticultural Society  at  its  monthly  meet- 
ing in  the  council  chamber,  Thursday 
ni,s?ht,  April  II.  His  subject  was  "War 
Gardens." 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Horticultural  Society  at  the  Public 
Library,  Providence,  on  Wednesday, 
April  17,  .1.  Curtis  Hopkins,  Chepachet, 
R.  I.,  lectured  on  the  control  of  In- 
sect Pests  and  Plant  Diseases  attack- 
ing garden  crops. 


TWO   BIG  VIOLET   PRIZES 

We  are  advised  that  Mrs.  Alfred  I. 
duPont,  Wilmington.  Del.,  has  made 
arrangements  for  the  management  of 
the  International  Flower  Show  of  New 
York  city  to  offer  two  prizes  for 
White  Violets,  which  is  her  favorite 
flower,  at  the  Spring  Show  of  1919. 
Growers  should  take  immediate  steps 
so  as  to  compete  for  the  following 
prizes: 

1st,  for  the  best  bunch  of  double 
White  Violets,  containing  150  or  more 
blooms,  prize  $50;  2nd,  for  the  best 
bunch  of  single  White  Violets,  con- 
taining 150  or  more  blooms,  prize  $50. 

Under  the  following  rule?:  Compe- 
tition open  to  all.  The  violets'  own 
foliage  to  be  used  only  for  green.  The 
flowers  to  be  judged  by  the  following 
distribution  of  points:  Size  and  per- 
fection of  flower,  GO  per  cent.;  fra- 
grance, 40  per  cent. 


NOT  A  BAD  IDEA. 
Fresh  flowers  to  be  placed  on  her 
grave  every  Sunday  for  10  years  are 
provided  for  in  the  will  of  Tillie 
Block,  of  Cincinnati.  She  provides  a 
fund  of  $2,500,  the  income  to  be  used 
to  buy  the  flowers.  The  remainder  of 
her  $25,000  estate  is  given  to  relatives. 


ABfTILON    SlEBOr-DI. 

.laniaica,  N.  V.,  who  supplied  our  pho- 
tograph. Cuttings  taken  now  will 
make  nice  holiday  stock  for  next  fall. 
Plants  require  some  pinching  back  to 
keep  them  in  compact  shape.  Florists 
can  unhesitatingly  recommend  the 
abutilons  to  their  customers  who  are 
looking  for  good  keeping  plants,  tor 
they  make  easy  subjects  for  house  cul- 
ture and  bloom  all  season  through. 


PERSONAL. 

Wilfred  Keller,  son  of  W.  L.  Keller, 
is  spending  a  few  days  with  his 
parents  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Marshall  Headle.  landscape  garden- 
er and  designer  of  the  Forest  Park 
rose  garden,  Springfield,  Mass.,  has 
received  his  commission  as  a  first 
lieutenant  after  training  in  the  Ameri- 
can Aviation  Camp  at  Issoudun, 
France.  Mr.  Headle  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  Col- 
lege. 


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11  ()  liT  1  C  ULTURE 


April  20,  1918 


Obituary 


Harry  Michell. 
Word  lias  been  received  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Frederick  J.  Michell,  of  Ridley 
Park,  Pa.,  of  the  death  of  their  son, 
Harry,  22  years  old,  a  member  of  the 
United  States  Engineers'  Corps,  In 
Prance. 

The  dispatch  from  Washington  did 
not  give  details  of  how  the  young 
engineer  met  his  death,  simply  stat- 
ing he  had  been  drowned  on  April  9. 
The  presumption  of  his  friends  is  that 
he  was  engaged  In  bridge  building  or 
similar  operation  at  the  time,  pos- 
sibly near  Xoyon. 

Harrv  Michell  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, jime  15,  1895.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  here.  For  the  past  two 
years  he  studied  scientific  agriculture 
at  the  State  College.  Last  July  he 
enlisted  in  the  engineers'  branch  of 
the  service,  entering  the  class  which 
5vas  then  receiving  instruction  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania. 

He  was  a  member  of  Company  D, 
19th  Railway  Engineers.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  father,  a  twin  brother, 
Frank  B.,  engaged  in  agricultural 
■work  on  his  father's  farm;  another 
brother,  Frederick  J.,  Jr.,  and  four 
sisters. 

He  wrote  home  regularly,  his  father 
receiving  the  last  letter  from  him  two 
weeks  ago.  in  which  he  expressed  op- 
timism regarding  the  war  and  con- 
cluded with  "we  are  going  over  the 
top  soon." 

The  above  item  is  from  the  Phila. 
Inquirer  of  April  11  and  is  more  cor- 
rectly put  than  most  of  the  other  ac- 
counts appearing  in  the  daily  press. 
Harry  Micbell  was  a  young  man  of 
most  engaging  personality  and  great 
promise.  He  was  well  known  to  the 
horticultural  trade,  having  been  more 
or  less  associated  in  the  business  of 
his  uncle,  H.  P.  Michell.  at  518  Mar- 
ket street.  We  extend  our  he->rtfeU 
sympathy  to  his  sorrowing  family. 

G.  C.  W. 


Edward  A.  Baker. 
Edward  A  Baker,  who  until  recent- 
ly conducted  a  greenhouse  on  Fast 
Main  street,  Ilion,  N.  Y.,  died  at  his 
home  on  Fr=day.  April  5.  He  had 
been  suffering  from  the  gripre  for 
several  weeks,  but  would  not  give  up 
and   was   out   as   usual.     On   Tuesday 


What  Is  That  Plant? 

A  illtllrult  qupBtlon  to  aniwer  utuallr 
unlpns  lliiwcrd  iire  prp«eul.  liwnuit-  the 
ordinary  .Mniiunis  uiake  use  of  flower 
anil  fruit  ili.i  meters.  It  may  hf 
angwereil  p:ibII.v  fur  over  1000  trees  and 
BliruliB.  Imlnillng  tlmae  moBt  commonly 
planted  In  the  eastern  St:ite«  and  In 
niirthern  Kumiie.  from  fnllajte  only,  tiy 
aid  of  the  ■.ihi  pau-e  book.  "I'lant  M«- 
terlnlB  of  Deroriitlve  GMrdenlnc."  hy 
William  TreleuHe.  conrenlent  for  hand- 
lliic  and  of  a  slr.e  to  Ht  the  pocket, 
wlilcli  mar  lie  had  of  the  HORTICL'L- 
TUKE  I'UBLISUINO  CO.,  for  Jl.OO— 
postpaid. 


pneumonia  developed.  He  had  suf- 
fered from  a  heart  ailment  for  some 
time,  which  was  a  great  handicap  In 
combating   the  disease. 

The  decease  was  one  of  the  beat 
known  young  men  of  the  village, 
where  he  was  known  by  everyone  and 
was  highly  respected.  He  was  born 
In  Thomastown,  Conn.,  38  years  ago 
and  came  to  lllon  with  his  parents  H5 
years  ago  and  had  always  lived  here. 
About  10  years  ago  he  purchased  the 
greenhouse  business  from  Hakes  & 
Son.  This  business  he  sold  to  Seward 
Hakes  only  a  short  time  ago.  His 
death  so  early  In  life  will  cause  pro- 
found sorrow  to  all  who  knew  him. 
Surviving  are  three  daughters,  Marion, 
Katherine  and  Martha  L.,  also  his 
father,  Edward  Baker. 


Glenn  had  become  caught  in  a  barbed 
wire  fence  and  was  terrll)ly  burned. 
Glenn  leaves  a  son  and  two  daughters. 


Eliza   McKinley. 

Miss  Eliza  McKinley,  daughter  of 
William  O.  and  the  late  Jane  Rahe 
McKinley,  died  on  Wednesday,  April 
10,  at  her  home  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
following  a  lingering  illness.  She 
was  one  of  the  best  known  and  re- 
spected women  in  floricultural  circles, 
having  been  associated  with  the  Ran- 
dolph &  McClements  staff  for  nearly 
twenty  years.  She  resigned  her  posi- 
tion last  July,  but  for  some  time  pre- 
vious had  been  coming  into  the  store 
only  a  few  hours  each  day,  owing  to 
her  failing  health.  Prior  to  taking  up 
floral  work.  Miss  McKinley  taught  for 
a  few  years.  She  is  survived  by  her 
father,  one  brother,  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.. 
and  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Clara  Carlin 
and  Mrs.  Margaret  Brooks,  of  Pitts- 
burgh. 


Peter  Barker- 
Peter  Barker,  foreman  of  Olmstead 
Park,  in  the  Boston  park  system,  died 
on  Monday,  April  15.  Mr.  Barker 
had  been  in  precarious  health  most 
of  the  winter.  About  two  months  ago 
he  was  laid  up  with  pneumonia  and 
this  was  followed  a  few  weeks  later 
by  a  relapse  due  to  exposure.  The 
cause  of  death  is  given  as  pleurisy 
and  pneumonia.  Peter  Barker  was 
born  in  Carrickfergus,  near  Belfast. 
Ireland,  fifty-one  years  ago.  He  came 
to  this  country  in  1887  and  located 
first  with  a  market  gardener  near 
Manchester,  N.  H.  Afterwards  he 
filled  several  private  and  commercial 
positions  near  Boston  and  then  went 
into  the  Boston  Park  Department. 
Mr.  Barker  was  an  efficient  and  al- 
ways dependable  employee  of  the  park 
department  for  many  years  and  his 
death  is  deplored.  He  leaves  one  son 
and  one  daughter,  also  a  brother, 
Micliael  Barker,  who  is  editor  of  the 
American  Florist  of  Chicago.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Gardeners'  and 
Florists'  Club  of  Boston. 


John   J.   Glenn. 

John  J.  Glenn.  72,  of  Park  avenue, 
superintendent  of  Mount  Pleasant  cem- 
etery, died  on  Monday  night,  April  15, 
of  injuries  received  in  a  fire  at  the 
cemetery  grounds.  Mr.  Glenn  was 
burning  leaves  and  sent  his  assistant, 
Spencer  Howland,  to  sound  an  alarm, 
as  the  fire  got  beyond  his  control. 
When     Howland     returned     he    found 


Mrs.   George   W.   Smith. 

Mrs.  Louise  M.  Smith,  wife  of 
George  W.  Smith  of  the  Cleveland 
Florists'  Exchange,  passed  away  at 
her  home  on  April  4th.  Mrs.  Smith 
was  the  first  president  of  the  Wom- 
en's Florist  Club  of  Cleveland,  and 
was  secretary  of  the  Ladles'  Society 
of  American  Florists  at  the  time  of 
her  death.  She  is  survived  by  her 
husband   and   three  boys. 


Joshua  Vose. 

Joshua  Vose.  veteran  in-rlet  gar- 
dener and  florist  of  Pont  lac,  R.  I., 
died  on  April  10,  at  his  home  on  May- 
field  avenue,  in  his  80th  year.  For 
45  years  Mr.  Vose  had  been  eneaged 
in  market  gardening  for  the  Provi- 
dence market.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Rhode  Island  Horticultural  So- 
ciety. He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and 
two   daughters. 


Mrs.  A.  C.  Rapalje. 

Sympathy  is  extended  to  A.  C.  Ra- 
palje of  Atlantic  avenue,  Rochester, 
N.  Y.  The  death  of  his  wife  on  Mon- 
day was  a  shock  to  his  many  friends. 
Mr.  Rapalje  is  a  well  known  Roches- 
ter florist  and  seedsman,  now  with 
the  Cushman  Co. 


Frank  K.  Lamereaux. 

Frank  K.  Lamereaux,  florist,,  do'ng 
business  at  14  Spring  street,  Port  Jer- 
vis,  N.  Y..  died  on  Monday  night.  April 
8.  after  taking  poison.  He  was  born 
in  Binghamton  but  snent  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  in  Port  Jervls.  He 
leaves  one  brother  and  one  sister. 


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Eminently  Fitting  and  Deservedly  Popular  are  our  Preserved  Magnolia  Leaves 
and  Cycas  Fronds.  Also  an  infinite  and  beautiful  variety  of  Wax  Flowers  and 
Wreaths  and  other  artificial  material  appropriate  for  the  occasion. 


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VEGETABLES  OR  FLOWERS? 

"The  war  garden,"  sings  the  New 
York  World,  "must  flourish  and  bloom 
in  that  beauty  which  is  service.  Its 
richness  must  be  vegetable,  not  floral." 
And  that  is  true  and  right  enough. 
It  is  the  doctrine  of  the  agricultural 
department,  of  food  conservationists 
and  war-winners  of  all  sorts  and 
affiliations.  We  may  accept  without 
argument  the  principle  that  it  is  vege- 
tables rather  than  flowers  that  ought 
to  be  raised  in  this  year  of  the  war 
lord,  in  order  that  the  lord  o£  peace 
may  come  soon.  The  vegetable  gar- 
den is  to  be  preferred  to  the  flower 
garden.  Dietetic  necessity  wins  over 
esthetic  indulgence. 

But  must  we  therefore  have  no 
flowers?  Far  be  it  from  any  com- 
munity or  any  individual  to  swallow 
this  food  gospel  with  such  grim  literal- 
ness  as  to  have  no  flowers  about  him 
this  year  save  the  dubious  blooms  of 
his  vegetable  beds.  Man  shall  not 
live  by  bread  alone,  nor  by  beans, 
peas,  tomatoes,  carrots  and  turnips. 
Along  with  things  to  feed  the  body 
there  must  be  also  food  for  the  soul. 
This  year  of  all  years,  we  need 
beauty  and  fragrance  to  soften  the 
hard  realities  of  life.  The  fierce  strug- 
gle, the  violence,  the  bloodshed,  the 
primitive  beastliness  that  war  has  re- 
vived on  so  vast  a  scale,  need  some 
antidote  to  make  us  remember  that 
they  are  not  the  normal  order  of 
things.  And  what  more  potent  anti- 
dote can  we  find  for  war's  ugliness 
than  flowers? 


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Let  us  have  some  flowers,  by  all 
means.  They  are  content  to  grow  on 
the  edges  of  vegetable  beds,  to  get 
along  with  odd  scraps  of  soil  and 
stray  bits  of   sunshine. 

We  may  even  go  further  and  admit 
the  propriety  of  occasional  plots 
where  flowers  take  precedence  of 
vegetables.  Suppose  you  have  a  gen- 
uine flower  garden,  filled  with  old- 
fashioned  perennials,  a  garden  which 
has     taken     years     to     develop,     and 


THE    BIG   GUN 

We've  made  us  a  gun,  a   giant  gun. 

That   never  the  world   has   known; 
Its  thuuder-flame  leaps  up  to  the  sun 

And  touches  the  highest  Throne, 
Mere    kings    and    crowns    are    blown 
from   its  path. 

To  uttermost  darkness  hurled — 
For    this    is    the   gun    of   a    people's 
wrath : 

Its  range  is  around  the  world ! 

We've  made  us  a  gun,  aglowing  gun, 

A   gun  of  the  steel  of  youth ; 
Its  bore  is  a  pit  the  bad  must  shun, 

Its  bed  is  the  rock  of  truth, 
Jehovah's   tingers  have  set   its  sight. 

To  carry  his  righteous  curse — 
For   this    is   the   gun    of   a    Nation's 
might! 

Its  arc  is  the  universe! 

We've  made  ua  a  gun,  a  master-gun. 
Whose  rumble  can  shake  the  earth 
Till    the   wolves    siiall    tlee    from    the 
held   they've  won — 
Their  litter  die  in  its  birth. 
It  makes  stars  tremble,  yet  they  re- 
joice 
In  sliivering  orbits  high — 
For    this    is    the   gun    of   a    people's 
voice 
And  evil  it  bids  to  die! 

All  cannon  voices  to  silence  fall. 
Whenever  its  word   begin — 

For   this    la   the   gun   of   a   Nation's 
call. 
And  ita  ahell  speaks  only   "Win!" 
— John    O'Keefe    in    the    New 

York  World. 


which  is  a  source  of  never-failing  joy 
to  your  whole  neighborhood.  Must 
you  give  cabbages  and  potatoes  the 
right  of  eminent  domain  in  that  gar- 
den? 

There's  a  nice  question  for  debate. 
But  in  such  a  case  public  opinion  in 
almost  any  community  will  probably 
say: 

"Keep  the  flowers.  They  will  help 
us  to  endure  the  war,  and  therefore 
to  win  the  war.  We'll  need  less  food 
if  we  have  flowers  on  the  table." — 
Erie  Despatch. 


NEWS   NOTES. 
Manchester,    Conn. — John    G.    Pent- 
land  will  open  a  new  flowerstore  in  a 
small  building  to  be  erected  near  the 
entrance  of  the  East  Cemetery. 


New  Bedford,  Mass. — Henry  Kranz- 
ler,  formerly  in  the  employ  of  E.  H. 
Chamberlain  for  twelve  years,  will 
open  a  retail  flower  store  at  610  Pleas- 
ant street 


Quidnick,  R.  \. — A  fire  at  the  Quid- 
nick  Greenhouses  on  April  5th  caused 
damage  approximating  $300  before  the 
Coventry  firemen  succeeded  in  extin- 
guishing the  blaze. 


Manchester,  N.  H. — Everett  W.  Web- 
ster of  Peterborough  has  been  chosen 
to  give  instruction  in  horticulture  and 
supervise  the  gardening  provided  by 
the  Manchester  Food  Committee.  He 
will  have  his  headquarters  in  the  office 
of  the  superintendent  of  schools  in  the 
City  Hall.  His  salary  for  the  first 
three  months  will  be  paid  by  the 
United  States  department  of  agricul- 
ture and  by  the  city  for  the  remaining 
three  months  of  his  term  and  should 
emergency  work  be  pressing  at  the  ex- 
piration of  six  months,  Mr.  Webster 
may  be  continued  by  the  national  gov- 
ernment as  an  assistant  county  agent 
in  Hillsborough  county.  Mr.  Webster 
was  born  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  He  at- 
tended the  Mechanic  Arts  High  school 
in  Boston,  the  Boston  Evening  High 
School  and  the  New  Hampshire  Col- 
lege of  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic 
Arts.  Since  leaving  Durham  he  has 
been  employed  by  the  N.  H.  Forestry 
commission  and  as  an  assistant  gar- 
dener on  the  large  estate  of  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam H.  Schofield,  Peterborough.  Dur- 
ing the  past  year  he  has  been  superin- 
tendent and  has  had  charge  of  vegeta- 
ble and  flower  gardens,  orchards, 
shrubbery,  lawns,  and  the  horticultural 
department  of  the  farm. 

ROBERT  DYSART 

CERTIFIED  PUB1.IC  ACXX)tJNTANBr 

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April  20.   1918 


SEED  TRADE 


AMERICAN  SEED  TRADE  ASSOCIATION 

omcrra — I'rr.l.lrnt.  F.  >V.  HolflBOO. 
Washington.  1>.  I'.;  Flr»t  Vlc«--rr<-.ld»»t, 
Wm.  O  (*i»i-lrlt.  Italtlniorr.  MH.^  ^•««>nd 
VIot'-l'rraldrnl.  I>n>l.l  lliirp««.  |-blU<l«l- 
phlm,  I'a. ;  hfcrrtnry -TrMMurcr,  C.  K. 
Kvndrl,    ClrtrlADtl,   O. 


Public  Hearing  Regarding  Restrictions 
on  Importation  of  Plants  and  Seeds 
The  Sot-ret iiiy  of  AKrieiillure  lia^  In 
formation  thai  injurious  plant  diseases 
and  insect  pests  new  to  and  not  here- 
tofore widely  prevalent  or  dis;ributeil 
within  and  throughout  the  United 
States  may  gain  entrance  into  this 
country  through  the  aReiuy  of  orna- 
mental and  other  plants  imported  willi 
earth  about  tlieir  roots. 

There  is  also  special  danger  from 
plants  imported  from  little-known  an  i 
little-explored  countries  of  the  world 
for  the  reason  that  the  lack  of  infor- 
mation as  to  the  insect  pests  or  plant 
diseases  of  such  countries  makes  it 
impossible  safely  to  pass  such  plants 
by  inspection  or  to  safeguard  them  by 
disinfection 

In  view  of  these  dangers,  it  becomes 
the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  Agricul- 
ture to  consider  the  advisability  of 
placing  such  restrictions  or  prohibi- 
tions on  the  importation  of  nursery 
stock  and  other  plants  and  seeds  from 
all  foreign  countries  and  localities  as 
shall  be  necessary  to  prevent  the  in- 
troduction into  the  United  States  of 
any  tree,  plant,  or  fruit  diseases,  or  of 
any  injurious  insects  new  to  or  not 
heretofore  widely  prevalent  or  dis- 
tributed within  and  throughout  the 
United  States. 

It  is  proposed,  in  connection  with 
the  general  discussion  of  the  subject 
of  the  hearing,  to  consider  the  ques- 
tion of  fixing  dates  for  the  enforce- 
ment of  any  restrictions  or  prohibi- 
tions recommended  as  a  result  of  the 
hearing  at  such  periods  in  the  future 
as  will  permit  the  readjustment  of  the 
trade  in  the  different  classes  of  plants 
with  relation  to  the  countries  in- 
volved. 

In  compliance  with  the  Plant  Quar- 
antine Act  of  August  20,  1912  (37 
Stat.,  315),  a  public  hearing  will  be 
held  at  the  Department  of  Agriculture, 
Room  11,  Federal  Horticultural  Board, 
Washington,  D.  C,  at  10  a.  m..  May 
28,  1918,  in  order  that  any  person  in- 
terested in  the  subject  of  such  pro- 
posed restrictions  or  prohibitions  may 
be  heard  either  in  person  or  by  at- 
torney. 

As  illustrating  the  dangers  referred 
to,  within  the  last  ten  years  there 
have  been  introduced  through  the 
agency  of  plants  imported  with  soil, 
the  European  mole  cricket  (Gryllo- 
talpa  gryllotalpa  L.),  the  European 
earwipc  (Forficularia  auricnlaria  L.), 
and  from  Japan  a  very  dangerous  leaf- 
feeding  beetle  (Bopillia  japonica  New- 
man). A  large  number  of  the  destruc- 
tive insect  pests  of  important  crops 
have  also  been  Introduced  in  earlier 
years  by  this  means,  among  which  are 
several  very  destructive  clover  and  al- 
falfa weevils.  On  the  other  hand, 
there  is  a  very  long  list  of  similar  in- 
sects which  have  not  yet  gained  en- 
trance.    This   list   includes  many   dif- 


Begonias 

Farquhar's  Tuberous-Rooted 

As  Uccklin^f  Plants  these  are  unsurpassed  for  bril- 
liancy and  richness  of  color. 

Single  Variety  in  six  colors,  $i  oo  per  dozen"; 
$7.50  per   100. 

Double  and  New  Frilled  Varieties.  Prices  on 
application. 

R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO., 

6  South  Market  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our    trial    grounds,    Kaynes 
Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Idc,  cooaicrcc  Bidt.rBouoo,  m»». 


ferent  kinds  of  destructive  beetles, 
such  as  wireworms,  leaf  -  feeding 
beetles  comparable  to  our  May 
beetles,  sawflies.  curculios,  such  as 
the  weevils  affecting  clover  and  al- 
falfa, root  maggots  of  various  kinds, 
cutworms  and  other  moth  larvae, 
plant  lice  and  plant-infesting  eel- 
worms.  The  possibilities  of  such  in- 
troductions are  indicated  more  in  de- 
tail in  a  publication  issued  in  1917  by 
the  Department  entitled,  "A  Manual 
of  Dangerous  Insects  1  ikely  to  b^  In- 
troduced into  the  Iinited  States 
Through  Importations." 

The  danger  from  plants  imported 
witli  earth  about  the  roots  comes  from 
the  impossibility  of  properly  inspect- 
ing such  plants,  and  the  equal  impos- 
sibility of  killing  the  insects  in  such 
moist  earth  by  any  known  means  of 
disinfection,  other  than  the  removal  of 
the  earth. 

The  risk  from  inportations  from 
countries  in  quarters  of  the  world 
where  the  insect  enemies  and  diseases 
of  plants  liave  been  very  meagerly 
studied,  is  illustrated  by  the  establisli- 
ment  in  this  country  from  such 
sources  of  many  of  our  most  important 
injurious  insect  pests  and  plait  dis 
eases.  Among  the  former  are  the  San 
.Jose  scale,  the  citrus  white  fly,  and 
the  oriental  peach  moth,  none  of 
which  were  known  prior  to  their  ap- 
pearance in  this  country,  and  there- 
fore could  not  have  been  looked  out 
for  and  guarded  against.  The  pencil 
moth  is,  furthermore,  an  illustration 
of  an  insect  which  it  is  apparently  im- 
possible to  kill  by  any  practicable 
fumigation  in  its  hiliernating  condi- 
tion. The  list  of  insects  introduced 
from  such  little-explored  countries  is 
already  very  large,  and  the  condition 
of  such  stock  now  coming  in  repre- 
sents a  constant  and  very  serioii 
menace. 

Among  plant  diseases  are  such  no- 
table examples  as  the  chestnut  blight, 
the  white  pine  blister  rust,  and  th" 
citrus  canker.  In  the  case  of  thos 
and  other  diseases,  a  toreknowledg" 
of  the  disease  is  apparently  essential 
to  its  detection,  and  even  then  the  dis- 
ease may  be  in  an  undeveloped  con- 
dition so  that  its  actual  determination 


can  not  be  made  until  the  plant  has 
l)een  planted  and  kept  under  observa- 
tion, sometimes  for  several  years.  It 
is  not  possible  in  the  case  of  these  and 
most  other  similar  plant  disease  to 
eradicate  the  disease  by  any  known 
me'.hod  of  disinfection. 


Philadelphia   Seed  Trade. 

There  is  great  activity  among  the 
seed  stores  at  present,  this  being  the 
heyday  of  the  counter  trade.  Every 
fine  day  customers  are  standing  six 
deep.  But  the  well  posted  men  in 
the  trade  say  that  they  are  making 
no  money.  High  cost  of  seed,  high 
overhead  charges,  and  lower  profits, 
all  along  the  line,  seem  to  be  the 
order  of  the  day.  So  that  for  all  the 
hurrah  they  are  making  less  than  in 
a  normal  season.  The  seedsmen  are 
distinctly  not  among  the  "profiteers" 
— notwithstanding  the  hysterical  out- 
siders. 


ivi  I  c:  i-i  E  I- 1-'^ 

ASTER    SEED 

CRKCO.      White,    Blue,    Sliell    Pink, 

Rose       Pink,       Purple.       LnrciidiT. 

Tnule     pkt..     .30c.;     Jl.SO     per     oz. 

Mixofi    Colors.      Trade    pkt.,    .tOc. ; 

$1.2.")  ner  oz. 
SEMPLE'S        LATE        BRANrHINO. 

Sepnratc  Colors.     Tnicli'  plit..  :!0c. ; 

$1  23  per  oz.     Choice  Mi.veil.    Tnule 

pkt..  30c.:  .$1.0n  per  oz. 
EARLY    ROYAL    nRANnilNO. 

Separate  Colors.     Tr.mle  [ikt..  40c.; 

$2.2.')  per  oz.    Choice  Mixed.    Trade 

pkt..  Wf. :  .?2.no  per  oz. 

Send  for  U'hnlcHole  Price  LUt 
ofTerinc  everytliinK  required  by  the 
proKr*'ssive    florist. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELLCO. 

5t8    'Market  St.,  PHIL*. 


TRY  THE 


HEATHERS 

BEST    CHR1STM.\S    AND    EASTER 
SELLERS 

Sec  Advertisement  of 
Heatherliome  Seed  &  Nursery  Co.,  page  382. 


April  20,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


393 


WEEBER  &  DON 


114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
NEW    YORK 


Choice   Flower  Seeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

OINKBAKIA — Prlxe     •trains,     mixed 

Tall  and   8rinl->l warf. 

ALVNHUM — Little     (irm. 

OAUEMUULA — OrmnKS  KIok,   L^mon 

Muren. 

■NAPDRAOON— 8llver    Pink. 

BEOONIA— Vi-rnon. 

DELPHINtIM     NEWPORT     ROSE — 

FlneHt    Pink    L^arkspur   at   80c.    per 

oz.,  $3.25   per  ^   lb. 

J.M.THORBURN&CO. 

Ektabllnhed    1802. 
53  Barclay  Street,      NEW  YORK 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 


Write 


e  us  for  price 


AMERICAN    BULB    GO. 

110  W.  Wabaab  Ave.  CHICAGO,  UX. 


^C3IVI4VIM     J.     l*9'\AXir4 

lOS   Wrat   28th   St.,   NEW    YORK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS'    FLOWER    SEEDS 

Aaparasua  Plumoftua  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
fS.SO;  6000  Seeds.  flG.OO. 

Asparagus  Sprenveri — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00. 

8al«la   Ronflrr — ^   oz.,  60c.;   1  oz.,  $2  00. 

Salvia   Zurich — Mi  oz.,  15c.;    I   oz.,  »4.0O. 

Stocks  BcautT  of  Nice,  15%  Ooublr  Flowers 
— shell  Pink.  Bright  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tr.   Pkt.,  $1.00;    Vi  oz..  $2.00;    1   oz.,  $6.00. 

Snapdragon,  Petnnlas,   WrbenaH,  etc. 
SEND    FOR    CATALOUCE. 


Burpee's  Seeds 

phila.de:lphia. 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

ILAILED  ONLY   TO   THOSE   WHO  PI.ANT 

FOR    PROFIT 


LIUUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (.■inn  per  c:i8e) .fWl.nO  pci-  thousand 

8/10   r.'jr>   per  <a«p) 80.00     "  •• 

0/10  (21K)   |)(T  cnae) 10(1.00     "  " 

Complete   List  of   Florlnts'  Choice  Seeds. 

A    poHtal  card   will  brluf  our  cMtnluKue. 

S.  S.  SKIOELSKY  &  CO. 

in«4   T.lnonin   Rlrir..     PHTT.ADET.PHIA.  PA. 

A  Gladialus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per   100,  $75.00  per   1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


&Jm^^(Uatief& 


SEEDS     /VIMI 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


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NEW  YORK 


l-e:oimard'S    seieds 

and     SEED     SERVICE 

FOR     SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  IIL 


LILY  OF   THE   VALLEY 
PIPS 

Get  these  for  Memorial  Day  and 
.Tune  Sales,  packed  2300  Pips  to  the 
case.  Lots  of  000  at  the  thousaud 
rate.  $3  per  100,  $21.50  per  1000, 
f.  o.  b.  Cold  Storage  New  York  City. 

CANNA    ROOTS 

III  all  loadhis  varieties  as  per  priees. 

ARTHUR  LBODDINGTONCOjnc. 

128  Chambers  St.,  New  York  City 


JACK    FROST 


For  Cold  Frames 

l-2Doz.$l6;IDoz.$30 


WM.  ELLIOTT  &  SONS 

42  Vesey  St.,  New  York 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importers   aod   <irower«   of 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  ChambHS  Street,  New  York 

THOMAS  J.  CREYCOMPANY 

SEEDS.     Uri.ItS     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL,. 

KeBelected   Strains  in   Seeds. 

Improved   styles  In   Implements. 

(^ataioKiie    upon   applle*tloB. 

16  So.  Market  Street 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

Foi      inimi'diate     or     future      delivery 
pricop    finoted    on    api>llcatinn. 

JOSEPH  BRECK  &  SONS'  CORP 

41-64   North   Market   St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    lor    Special    Prices,    Spot    or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AKS  BULBS 
Horficuliural  Sundries 


1G6W.  23rd    St.,     NEW  YORJt 


J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Seed  D i strife u- 
tors  for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   MurUet   GardenerH  and    FIttrlHts 
Pratt  and  Light  Sfrs.,  BALTIMORE.  MD. 

GARDEN  SEED 

IlEET.  CARUOT,  PAKSNIP.  UAPIsn  «nd 
GAltDEN  I'KA  SEKD  In  variety:  also  othar 
Items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  luist  season 
na  well  as  a  full  Hue  of  (Inrden  Seeds,  will 
be  quoted    yon   u[>on   aiiidlriitlon   to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  DeT  St..  NEW  YORK  end  OPANCF.CONN: 


HORTICULTURAL 
CATALOG 

A     MONTH  i.v     >i\(;a/imo     for 

WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 

FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

Contnins       iilphiiheticHl       lUtingB       of 

a\ailublc   Ktirplim  Htuck,  etc. 

$1.00   per   yenr.  Foreign  $1.60 

THE  HORTICULTURAL  CATALOG 


LOS   .\NtiKLKS, 


C.M.I  FOISNIA 


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April  20,  1918 


ALEX.   McGONNELL 


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611   FIFTH  AVENUE 
:\A/    VOF3K    C5ITV 


IVIrirrnphIc  ortlrrn  for«i*riIr4l  tit  Mny 
pttrl  iif  Ihr  I  iiifrd  .sltttrn,  i'ltniMlii,  iinil 
ForrlKn  ('ituiitrlrN.  OriltTN  frnin  the 
trMilr  fur  dpilvrry  In  New  York  and  vl- 
ctDttjr    rrvrlvc   uprrlitl   nttrnllun. 

Cost  of  Cablinij  Forcifin  Deliv- 
eries ilust  be  Prepaid.  Reference 
or  cash  n\ust  aecompani/  all  orders 
from  unknotcn  correspondctits. 

Cable  .\ddrr«».  AI  KXCONNKI.I.. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Member  of    f1ori»is'  TcUjJraph  DclUery 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

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FOB 

KANSAS  CITY 

Tranifer    Your  Order*  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 

lfMnb«r  Florltts'  T*l»rrmph  DcUTWy 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Deliver  orders  (mm  any  part  of  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  »t   TMscra#k 
il 39-21 41    Broadway,  New  York 


T«4«*lia 


lua-iaa   Cmtm^ttmm 


KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      Alto  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Tflephon*.     Murrny     llfll     783 

Ont-of-town     On!**rs     Sollcltpd.       Location 

C*»ntr«I.      Perflonnl    Attentlou. 

Member  F.   T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

S2NEWByRY^^      BANGOR,   ME. 

IVe  Cover  all  Poin's  in   Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38   Dorrance  Street 

Mambir    ElvrliU'    Tslacrapk    DWItott 


Of  Interest   to    Retail 
Florists 


STORE  WINDOW  PUBLICITY 
Mow  many  florists  tliruughoul  tin' 
lountry  nre  taking  advantage  of  our 
I'roniollon  Bureau  service  Insofar  as 
getting  interested  in  our  glass  signs 
for  window  display? 

You  are  losing  one  of  the  best 
means  for  tying  up  to  our  National 
t'ampaigM  by  not  having  tills  glass 
sign  tontlnually  displayed  In  your 
windows,  thereby  making  a  connect- 
ing link  with  our  campaign  in  keeping 
the  slogan  "Say  It  With  Flowers"  be- 
fore the  eyes  of  every  passerby.  Can 
you  imagine  the  cumulative  effect  this 
sign  would  have  if  every  florist  shop 
displayed  the  same  sign  and  slogan? 
Each  one  would  benefit  by  the  efforts 
of  the  other.  We  think  enough  of  it 
in  ijoston  to  keep  it  in  our  windows 
continuously. 

Xow,  just  to  illustrate  the  valuation 
of  store  windows  as  an  advertising 
feature  here  are  a  few  facts  you  can 
jot  down  in  your  memory. 

Tlie  following  valuations  include  a 
list  of  some  of  the  prices  stores  have 
asked  and  received  for  use  of  show 
windows  in  New  York  city  during  the 
past  year: 

Drug  store,  Broadway  near  Fulton 
street,  $7,5  per  week.  Drug  store, 
Uroadway  near  42nd  street,  $75  per 
week.  Drug  store,  Fourth  avenue  near 
2.3rd  street,  $G0  per  week.  A  hard- 
ware store  in  Grand  Central  Station 
charges  $100  per  month  for  a  window 
10x12.  A  store  on  Broadway  having 
24-foot  frontage  (window)  by  60  feet 
deep  (1200  square  feet)  pays  $7.0(10. 
whereas  an  adjoining  store  with  30 
feet  front  by  30  feet  deep  (only  9000 
square  feel)  pays  a  rental  of  $11,010. 
A  manufacturer  of  a  drug  specialty  re- 
ports having  contracts  with  numerous 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  nfrvlcr  to  dpllvrr  Flower* 
or  Umlcna  on  Orilrr  by  Trl»- 
craph      or      otherwise.        Prompt 

Krlinble   Hrrvice. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

ConiKK-tlrat   At«.  and    L   St. 
WA8UINOTON,  D.  O. 


EHtabiishrd    1874 

D  A.  H?  O  S 

FLORIST 

N.  E  Cor.  44  *^t.  &  Madison  Av*  .  N.  Y.  City 
( Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asso.) 
Flowers  sliippcd  on  all  Steamers.  Special 
CorrespondeiH  e  in  all  the  large  cities  of 
P^uropeand  the  British  Colonies.  Telegraph 
and  Cable  address,  Dardsllor. 

\\f  hhoiild  all  strictly  adhere  to  the  re- 
qu<*i>t  of  the  United  Stat«H  Food  AdminiH- 
t  rat  ion. 


lOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
— SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  At**. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Cut  Biooms 

W«  es.ar   all    Ul.hlcmo    yalau  aatf   »«»i 

•Mllani    «r    Ohia.     Indlsaa    mm*    ■" 

M«nt>«r>     FUrlala'     Trla(r*pb      DallaoT 
Aaaorlalloa. 


Cmji    liHOS  CO 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Member  Florlita  Telegraph    Delivery 


Ordera    for    NBW    TOKK. 
Write  or  PkoBo  t« 

MAX  SGHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 


Boat    FlorltU     Id     tho    8ta(M    m 
R«ferene«a. 

BDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXEGCTBD 

Mombera   of   the    Florist*' 
Tetefr»ph   Delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN   ST. 
AU-BAfMY.    IM.    Y. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICINITY 

Members  Floriirts'  Telegraph  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fiftti  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivenf  Assi. 

YOUNG  &  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Mamber*    Floriete'    Telegraph    Delivarji 

A7T.BUNYARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madieon  Ave.  at  4Slh  Straet 

Alto  Newport,  R    I. 

I    OCARANTKK   BATlarACTlOW 


April  20,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


395- 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   FlorisU'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Deliveir 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 
iiciif  vnoi^  56^  F'**if  Ave. 

HLff    I  UniV  Vanderbllt  Hotel 

Park  Street 
799  Boylston  Street 

lilifiiiis  ti  StiMan  u<  ill  Eistani  Poiits 


BOSTON  h 


Ordera    Filled    Day    or    NIcht    tn 

O  I- E:  V  E  L.  AIM  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

••■npletc  Stock.      Regnlar  dlacoant  to  Tmde. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

18M    W.    3Mh    St.,   Clevvland,   O. 
Member*    Florists'  Telecrapb  Delivery  Ass'B. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

73S  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Mfmbers  q/  F.  T,  D.  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

Rochester  Phone  306.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  S/8t 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.A.ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

AMDERMON     servlre    means    fresh,    sturdy 
■took   and    prompt   deliveries   In    BCFFAI.O, 
LOCKPORT,        NIAUARA        FAXX8        aad 
ITKSTERN     NEW     YORK 
Members    of    Florists'    Telecrapb    DellTery. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 
THOMAS  ROLAND.      Nahant.  Mast. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARBT   I.   BANDALL,  Proprietor. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph  Deliverv- 


small  dealers  who  agree  to  give  a  very 
small  display  in  their  windows  one 
day  each  week  for  $15  to  $25  per  year. 
A  Cincinnati  merchant  who  pays  $140 
per  month  rent,  charges  $100  to  win- 
dows and  $40  to  store. 

It  is  reported  that  one  of  the 
largest  chains  of  stores  in  the  United 
States  have  separated  their  windows 
from  their  stores,  their  windows  being 
capitalized  at  $300,000  for  their  gnO 
stores,  and  they  sell  these  windows  to 
themselves  or  others  using  approxi- 
mately $120,000  of  this  space  them- 
selves. This  shows  quite  conclusively 
that  windows  do  sell  merchandise. 

"Say  It  With  Flowers."  This  valu- 
able glass  sign  costs  you  only  $1.50. 
Inclose  check  to  Secretary  John 
Young's  office  and  you  will  greatly  ap- 
preciate the  effect  this  sign  will  have 
in  gradually  influencing  new  busi- 
ness. 

National  Publicity  Campaign. 


NEW   FLOWER  STORES. 

Steubenville,   O. — Adolph  Kneuffers. 

North     Platte,     Neb.— North     Platte 
Floral  Co. 

New  Bedford,  Mass. — Henry  Kranz- 
ler,  610  Pleasant  St. 

Manchester,  Conn. — John  G.  Pent- 
land,   East  Cemetery. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. — Mrs.  K.  Kopp,  re- 
moved to  Broadway  and  Marion  St. 

New  Haven,  Conn. — John  J.  McQuig- 
gan.   Floral    Shop,    123    Church   street. 

Denver,  Col. — Bargain  Flower  Store, 
Mr.  Benson,  proprietor,  succeeding 
Mrs.  W.  D.  Black 


Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVER,  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
in      FALL      KIVFK     and     contiguous 
territory. 


H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliverien    to    all    point h    In    New    Rng:land. 
125.000    Siiuare    Feet   of   Glass. 

Meml)er   FlorlstH'   Telecraph   Delivery 
Assoclutlun. 

YALE!    YALE! 

And   All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 
FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

102S  Chspel  St  ,  New  Haven.  Conn. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Mtmbir  Florists    Telegraph  \Delivery  AnociatUn- 
HO  TICE  INITIA  LS.     We  have  one  stort  cn/y 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEVELANl 

Euclid  Av*nu« 


The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telesrapb    nrdar    tarn 
•ny   ocraslon.  In  any  part  of  the  Daiiiljala& 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  OMT. 
ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

Flowerg   or  Design  Work 

DBLJVeKEI)   IN   ALBANY  ANI>  VICINITY 
ON    TRI.RnRAPHIC    ORKRR 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  Urxest  rut  flower  store  In  America. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  aU 
Northwestern  points  riven  prompt  ai- 
tent  Ion 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MIaN. 


^'  Park  Floral  Go. 

B.    E.   GILLIS,    President. 

E.  P.   NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member     Florists'     Telesrapb     Uellverj. 


DENVER. 


COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 


HO  LSTON,  TEXAS 

The  n*rta«       M sasks*  W.  T.  ». 


:>>m; 


II  ()  i;  I'  I  (•  I"  i/r  r  i{  K 


April   'JD.   1918 


Ready  for  Delivery  Durinii  April 

A  large  Quantity  of 

Beauty  and  Shaw^yer 
ROSE  PLANTS 

If  interested  let  us  quote 
you  prices 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

HRvST 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll   Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619  -  21    Raniteid  St.,    PhiUdelphii,    P». 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
iDd  all  Seasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

5  So.  MDle  St.,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGEB.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

nlOIHIVIC»IMO,      IIMI3. 

ri»mf  neatlcB  Hsrltcaltorc  when   wrltlns. 


MICHIG<VN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

CanslffBinents  Boliclted 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Oar  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST..      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Haate  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

I^^We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.    PA. 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.   Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   OrderM    Hi</i    Vi 

IHEIMF9Y     IVI.     F9C3BHMSOIM     &     C20. 

2   M^inthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ™^^ '••"^^ 


-Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


Ro««a 

Am.  Beautyt  Special .  •    

"  "        Fancy  and  Extra 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euter,  Mock 

Hadlcy a.oo 

Arenberg,  Hoosici  Beauty a.oo 

Ward 3.00 

Killarncy,  Radiance,  Taft 3.00 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon |  s.cxi 

Carnatioiu |  i  c>o 

CattleyoL* |  aS-oo 

Lilies,  Lonuiflorum [  4  «> 

Lilies,  Speciosum    4  00 

Iris     6.00 

Callas '  6.00 

Lily  of  the  Valley ,  6.00 


BOSTON 

April  18 

as  00 
li.oo 

3. 00 


ST.  LOUIS 

April  8 


PHU  A. 

Aptil  8 


to 


10       8 


SnapHrason- 

Gladioli 

Pans  es. 

Freesia      ■ 

Narcis.  Paper  White  • 
Roman   Hyacinths- ••  • 

D-Hodils 

Tulip*. 

Calendula 

?^tocl«B 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Sweet    Peas 

Marguerites ■ 

Gardeaias     

Adiantum 

Smilax- 


3.00     to 


.50 

1. 00 
1.00 
1.00 
1. 00 
t.oo 

.50 

1.00 
1. 00 

3. 00 

t  00 
15.00 

1. 00 
20.00 


AsparaKUs  Plumosus.  &  Spreo.  (100  Bchs.l ^s-oo 


50.00 

90.00 

6.00 

10.00 

10  00 

8.00 

8.0c 

.00 

8.00 

3.03 

50.00 

6.00 

6.0c 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

8.00 

t.oc 

3. CO 
3.00 

a. 00 
9.00 
3.C0 
2.00 
4. CO 

SCO 

4.00 

1. 00 

3. CO 

25'OC 

35.00 

50.00 


40  00 
15.00 
3  00 
5.00 
5. CO 
3. 00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 


.40    to 


13  CO 

35.00 


50.00 

30.10 

35.00 
15.00 

6.00 

3.00 

15. CO 

a  00 

lO.CO 

2.00 

400 

2.00 

10.00 

2.00 

6.00 

1. 00 

10.00 

3.00 

3.00 

1  00 

50.00 
15. ( 0 

30.00 

8.C0 

IZ.50 

2. 00 
8  03 

12  00 

8.00 

8.00 

30c 

4  00 

3. 00 

15.00 

■30 

3. CO 

X  00 

1. 00 

300 

3. 00 

4.CO 
5.00 

.50 
3.00 

3. CO 

.50 

I.OO 

3.00 

1.00 

■4'> 

.75 
1. 00 

500 

i.oe 

15  00 

1^.00 

35-  =  o 

3  $.00 

35  00 
ao.oe 
10.00 
35. ce 

It.OO 
lO.OC 

6.00 
10  00 
10.00 

3.00 
50.00 

IC.OO 

6.00 
10.00 
ir-.oo 
6  00 
8.00 


10 

•  0« 

to 

9.0a 

10 

to  . 

to 

3.00 

to 

3.00 

to 

so. 

to 
to 

3CO 

3.o« 
I  50 

•So 
l5.o» 

1.00 
30,00 
50.00 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


rlstis 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.H.BUDL0NG 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  of 


CUT  FLOWERS 


MARTIN  REUKAUF 

EVERYTIUNT,  THE  BEST  IN 
FLORISTS'  SUPPLIES 

433  Callowhi:!  Street,  Philadelphia 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Go. 

S47-3C7    rsmbridEC   Bt.,   UoatOB 

}Tpf)'U]uarter»  for 

CTCA8,     BASKKTS,     WIKE     nESIONB 

anil    WAX    FLOWERS 
Send  for  price  list   If  j-ou  bay*  not  re- 
ceived one. 


April  20,  1918 


H  0  II  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


397 


Flower  Market  Reports 

Business  is  not  bad  this 
BOSTON     week.     True,  there  is  no 

rush  but  there  is  a  fairly 
regular  run  of  trade  at  the  wholesale 
places,  and  this  would  not  be  possible 
if  the  retail  people  of  Greater  Boston 
were  not  busy.  There  is  a  big  over- 
load of  belated  Easter  lilies  and  more 
pansies,  calendulas  and  sweet  peas 
than  are  actually  needed,  but  roses 
and  carnations  are  fairly  well  bal- 
anced as  to  supply  and  demand,  and 
prices  hold  quite  well. 

Trade  still  continues  in- 
CHICAGO     active.     The    calm    that 

follows  the  Easter  rush 
remains  unbroken  so  far  as  local  sales 
are  concerned.  Shipping  trade  is  now 
encouraging  but  even  in  this  a  larger 
volume  of  business  could  readily  be 
taken  care  of.  There  is  an  abundance 
of  stock  of  all  seasonable  kinds  and 
the  prices  are  within  the  reach  of  all. 
All  kinds  of  roses  are  here  in  good 
supply  but  it  seems  as  it  that  very 
fact  makes  them  drag  in  comparison 
with  last  winter  when  they  were  so 
hard  to  get.  Southern  lilacs  are  about 
gone.  Jonquils  continue  to  come  and 
tulips,  both  of  which  have  had  a  run 
of  many  months.  Carnations  are  sold 
at  any   price. 

Business  is  fairly 
CINCINNATI     good.     The  supply  is 

not  large  and  this 
combined  with  a  steady  demand  has 
caused  receipts  to  clean  up  pretty 
well  and  has  given  a  firm  tone  to  the 
market.  Roses  are  in  a  fair  supply 
and  have  been  meeting  with  a  good 
demand.  Carnations  are  still  plenti- 
ful but,  as  a  whole,  are  not  as  good 
as  they  were  during  the  past  several 
months.  Lilies  and  callas  are  fairly 
plentiful.  Sweet  peas  are  abundant 
and  generally  prove  good  property. 
Darwin  tulips  are  coming  into  the 
market.  Orchids,  lily  of  the  valley, 
snafdragon,  calendulas,  Narcis.  poeti- 
cus  and  pansies  are  received  regularly. 

The  flower  trade  is 
NEW  YORK     just     emerging     from 

the  rebuff  of  last 
week  and  the  sorry  plight  into  which 
it  was  put  by  the  most  merciless 
spell  of  inclement  weather  experi- 
enced in  the  whole  season.  The  loss 
on  roses,  cattleyas,  lilies,  sweet  peas, 
gardenias  and  many  other  things 
which  were  coming  in  abundantly 
and  failed  of  sale  must  have  been  a 
discouraging  setback  for  many  grow- 
ers whose  crops  ori.s^inally  timed  for 
Easter  had  failed  by  reason  of  the 
winter  severity  and  coal  shortage  to 
mature  in  time  for  the  Easter  call. 
The  heaviest  part  of  the  crop  of 
some  of  these  things  is  already  off 
and  this  week's  receipts  are  moving 
somewhat  better.  The  improved  tone 
of  the  market  is  due  in  a  measure 
also  to  the  waning  crops  of  forced 
bulb  stock  which  had  been  something 
of  a  burden   for  several  weeks.     Vio- 


RUSSELL 

That  rose,  that  stands  at  the  head 
of  the  list  today  in  the  eyes  of  the 
rose  buying  pubhc.  Our  growers 
are  strong  with  good  cuts  at 

Special $20.00 

Fancy 15.00 

Extra    10.00 

First 8.00 

Second 6.00 

A  few  extra  choice  special  Russells 
at  $25.00 

EVERYTHING  IN  CUT  FLOWERS, 

PLANTS,   GREENS,    RIBBONS 

AND     SUPPLIES. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


TK^    Wholesale 
1  fits  Florists  of 


Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1  1  7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  ^  ^        Pi^^I' «°i?_^.i  =.. 

1 608- 1  620  Ludlow  St.  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  Sts. 

WASHINGTON.  1 2 1 S  H.  St.,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  - 


Roses 

Am,  Beauty,  Special 
"  "         Fancy  and  Extra 

"  "         No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock, 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 
Carnations 
Cattleyas 
Lilies,  Longinorum 
Lilies,  Speciosum 

Ins 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snaodrvgon 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Freesia ■ 

Narcis,  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daffodils 

Tulips-  -  ■  - 

Calendula 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Swe-^t  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

i\diantucn 

Smilax  ■  -  • 

\sparagusPla. &Spren.  (looBhs.) 


TRADE  PRICES  — Per  100 

iKAi^E.  riu^-no    ^^  DEALERS  ONLY 

PITTSBURG 

AprU  15 

ic  40.00 
to  25.00 
to  12,50 
to      35.0c 


to 

4.00 

to 

la.o* 

4.00 

to 

10.00 

4.00 

to 

la.oo 

to 

4.0c 

60  .CO 

to 

75. oe 

13. 00 

to 
to 

1 5.0c 

6.00 

to 

xo.i  0 

12.CO 

to 

iS-ct 

6. CO 

10 

8oe 

6.00 

to 
to 

12.00 

to 

1. 00 

2.00 

to 

4,00 

to 

VOO 

to 

2.00 

to 

3.C0 

3  00 

to 

4.00 

1. 00 

to 
to 

2.00 

1.00 

to 

3.00 

3.'0 

to 

4. CO 

.50 

to 

I -50 

2.00 

to 
to 

3.00 

1,00 

yo 

1.50 

2C.CO 

tr 

3500 

50.00 

to 

75.oe 

lets  also  are  finished,  except  for  some 
of  the  Gov.  Herriclv  variety,  which  do 
not  cut  much  of  a  figure  at  any  time. 
Lilies  are  seen  in  great  quantities 
still,  however,  and  the  quality,  in 
many  cases,  is  far  below  standard, 
many  of  them  being  almost  stemless. 
Among  the  fine  things  now  specially 
offered  are  the  Spanish  irises  in 
lovely  variety  and  Darwin  tulips  of 
high  degree.  There  is  a  good  sale 
for  both  of  these  things,  which  are 
achieving  greater  popularity  each 
year.  Buyers  for  the  high-class  stores 
are  on  the  watch  for  the  choice 
shades  of  color  in  the  Darwins  and 
clean  up  the  stock  quickly. 


The  fierce  nor'- 
PHILADELPHIA  easier  which  last- 
ed four  or  five 
(lays  had  its  effect  on  last  week's  mar- 
ket, but  Saturday  cleared  up  and  let 
the  boys  out  to  meet  the  throngs  so 
that  most  of  the  surplus  of  roses,  car- 
nations and  other  posey  subjects  found 
buyers  at  some  price  or  other.  Snap- 
dragon was  a  drug  and  the  average 
passerby  passed  them  by  as  they  had 
no  use  for  that  kind  of  a  posy  to 
please  the  good  lady  on  a  Saturday 
evening.  Sweet  peas  were  a  bit  soft 
on  account  of  the  lack  of  sunshine,  but 

'  Continued  on  page  3<jq) 


398 


II  0  H  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


April  20,  1918 


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HORTICULTURE 


399 


Flower  Maricet  Reports 

t.Coft^it*ued  from  page  ^Q-j) 

they  cleaned  up  pretty  well  for  all 
that.  Cattleya  Mossiae  is  the  bright 
particular  star  in  the  orchid  market, 
at  present  bringing  50  to  60  cents 
without  any  trouble.  Lilies  and  callas 
are  both  plentiful  and  prices  on  the 
easy  side.  Another  week  will  see  the 
after-Easter  flush  of  these  a  back  num- 
ber and  prices  will  revert  to  normal. 
Daffodils  and  tulips  are  a  strong  fea- 
ture, some  very  fine  stock  in  both  be- 
ing offered. 

Two    heavy    snow- 

PITTSBURGH  falls,  with  the  dark 
cloudy  weather  at- 
tendant for  several  days,  considerably 
retarded  the  development  of  blooms 
to  some  extent  last  week.  This  is 
especially  noticeable  in  the  Eastern 
Ohio  and  Western  Virginia  sections, 
where  business  otherwise  is  almost 
phenomenally  prosperous.  Business 
in  this  city  continues  good.  Warmer 
and  brighter  weather  now  gives 
promise  of  an  increased  supply  of 
material  of  all  kinds. 

Business     has     been 

ROCHESTER  fairly  good  through- 
out the  week.  The 
supply  of  roses  is  large  and  of  good 
quality.  Violets  are  still  on  the  mar- 
ket but  not  very  good.  Callas  and 
lilies  are  in  fair  supply,  also  snap- 
dragons. Stocks  in  various  shades 
sell  well.  Mignonette,  daisies  in  yel- 
low and  white,  and  bachelor  buttons 
are  seen.  Tulips,  daffodils  and  nar- 
cisus  are  being  cleaned  up.  Sweet 
peas  are  very  plentiful  and  in  good 
quality. 

With  the  curtailed 

ST-   LOUIS     supply    last    week, 
prices    stiffened,    espe- 
cially  on   carnations.     The   supply   of 
sweet  peas  is  not  so  heavy  as  it  was. 
Greens  are  selling  well. 

Business     fell     off 

WASHINGTON  last  week  to  an 
alarming  extent 
with  the  coming  of  weather  such  as 
had  not  been  seen  here  during  the 
second  week  in  April  for  many  years 
The  hail  beat  down  outdoor  flowers 
and  plants  and  the  snow,  heavy  and 
wet,  broke  glass  in  the  houses.  Wash- 
ington was  also  visited  by  an  earth- 
quake, but  no  damage  resulted.  The 
supply  of  flowers  slackened  as  a  re- 
sult of  the  weather  conditions,  al- 
though there  was  an  accumulation  of 
roses,  carnations  and  sweet  peas  at 
the  wholesale  houses.  The  business 
of  the  week  was  confined  very  largely 
to  funeral  work,  many  desirable  or- 
ders being  booked  by  the  retailers. 
White  roses  sold  best.  The  price  on 
sweet  peas  dropped.  Orchids  failed  to 
sell  and  mignonette  hung  fire.  Tulips 
are  still  offered  in  quantities.  Consid- 
erable business  is  expected  from  the 
D.  A.  R.,  whose  convention  is  being 
held  here. 


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1911 


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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

W«  hSTe  a  nnmerous  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyer*  and  the  damaBd  n- 
eeads  oar  sapply.  Thia  la  eaprclally  true  of  Boaea.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abundant  meana  and  beat  returna  are  aaaured  for  atock  conelgned  to  na. 

Addreaa  Todf  Shlpmenta  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 


1 1  1    W.  28th  St.,    NETW  YORK 


D.  J,  Pappaa,  Prea. 


Visitors^    Register 


Philadelphia — ,1.  J.  Fallon,  Lynch- 
burg, Va. 

Dallas,  Texas — .J.  H.  Troy,  New  Ro- 
chelle,  N.  Y. 

Cincinnati — A.  S.  Cohen,  New  York 
City;  Chas.  Lodder,  Hamilton,  Ohio; 
Mrs.  Emil  Uhl,  Greenfield,  Ohio; 
Warren  G.  Mathews,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Boston — H.  C.  Neubrand,  Middle- 
town,  Conn.;  F.  E.  Sealy,  repr.  Julius 
Roehrs  Co.,  Ruthford,  N.  J.;  Michael 
Barker,  Chicago;  Walter  Gott,  repr. 
Sanders',  St.  Albans,  Eng.;  O.  W. 
Cutler,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 

Washington,  D.  C. — Louis  J.  Reuter, 
Westerly.  R.  I.;  George  C.  Roeding. 
San  Francisco,  Cal.;  James  F.  Smith. 
Pliila.,  Pa.;  Charles  Niemann,  New 
York;  S.  S.  Pennock,  Phila.,  Pa.;  O.  F. 
Rattolia.  New  York;  Sidney  H.  Bayers- 
dorfer,  Phila.,  Pa. 

Chicago:  Mrs.  C.  B.  Tanner,  Hast- 
ings, Neb.;  A.  T.  Peterson,  Wheaton, 
111.;  Mrs.  Wm.  Otto,  Gary,  Ind.;  J.  L. 
Denmead,  Marshalltown,  la.;  R.  E. 
Jones,  of  The  Advance  Co.,  Richmond, 
Ind.;  Mr.  Bushong,  of  the  Gary  Floral 
Co.,  Gary,  Ind.;  Mrs.  Neal,  Salem, 
Ind.;  Swan  Peterson,  Rockford,  111.; 
K.  W.  McLellan,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Commision  Florists 

SSandSr  West  26th  Street 
'""'"Frra^ut-    "''  NEW  YORK 


F.  T.   D.    EMBLEM   COMPETITION. 

Referring  to  the  statement  pub- 
lished last  week  that  the  F.  T.  D. 
emblem  competition  had  been  ex- 
tended to  May  1,  it  is  now  announced 
that  date  closes  as  originally  planned, 
it  having  been  just  learned  that  it  is 
contrary  to  postal  law  to  extend  such 
a  competition.  This  revokation  is  Im- 
perative. 

P.  C.  W.  Brown.  Chairman. 


BUSINESS    TROUBLES. 

A  discharge  in  bankruptcy  has  been 
Kranted  to  Oscar  Hanschild,  104  West 
44th  street,  New  York. 


Poughkeepsie,     N.     Y. — The     Pough- 

kccpsie  Nurseries  Company  has 
charge  of  the  landscape  around  the 
new  station  of  the  New  York  Central 
Railroad,  and  has  made  extensive 
plans  for  carrying  out  a  comprehen- 
sive scheme  of  beautifying  the  sta- 
tion approaches.  Grading,  sodding, 
shade  trees  and  shrubs,  and  beds  of 
flowers  will  be  started  as  soon  as  the 
weather  is  propitious. 


ton 


II  •)  i;i  I  (  I   1.1'  1   i;  K 


April  2(r.  I'.ilR 


PHILADELPHIA. 
Ricliiiril  Koihe  of  c;icnsldf,  I'a..  ad- 
dressed tho  public  of  iioiirby  Jenkin- 
town  on  the  subject  of  "Hardy  Plants 
and  Perennial  Gardens."  with  stere- 
opticon  illustrations,  on  Saturday 
evening,  .\pril  13. 

Edward  H.  Flood,  mayor  of  Atco 
and  glass  niosul.  has  just  returned 
from  a  two  weeks'  sojourn  in  West 
Viruinia  and  other  imi  ortant  pro- 
duoinK  centers  for  the  glass  trade. 
He  finds  business  in  his  line  more 
normal  than  it  has  been  during  the 
past  three  years,  especially  in  regard 
to  European  demand,  but  the  South 
American  countries  are  still  at  high 
tension  and  all  hands  are  doins  their 
utmost  to  liU  requirements. 

Visitors  from  Washington,  naltimoro 
and  New  York  report  that  trade  con- 
ditions are  just  about  the  same  as 
they  are  here  in  Philadelphia — rather 
slow  with  more  crops  coming  in  tlian 
can  he  handled.  Of  course  the  Lib- 
erty Rond  drive  has  had  its  effect,  but 
the  general  situation  in  the  business 
would  have  been  largely  the  same. 
They  are  getting  a  dollar  a  dozen  for 
marguerites  in  thumb  pots  which 
sounds  ridiculous,  but  Frank  Ross 
(Old  Mahogany)  thinks  it's  all  right. 
His  idea  is  "any  old  price"  so  long  as 
you  can  get  it. 


FALL  RIVER. 
C.  Warburton  has  a  bench  of  a  seed- 
ling scarlet  carnation  which  promises 
to  be  a  useful  Christmas  favorite  and 
has  been  appropriately  named  Santa 
Claus.  It  is  one  of  the  most  robust 
of  carnations,  the  stout  stems  stand- 
ing 30  inches  high,  and  a  most  prolific 
bloomer.  An  old  favorite  carnation 
not  often  seen  now.  Philadelrhia,  is 
doing  finely  at  Warburton's,  this  sea- 
son. It  is  admirable  in  all  the  quali- 
ties of  flower,  stem  and  freedom.  The 
rose  Hoosier  Beauty  has  made  an  ex- 
cellent record  here,  producing  many 
more  blooms  than  Hadley  and  the 
stems  are  all  that  could  tie  desired. 
The  bright  pink  sport  of  My  Mary- 
land, W.  R.  Hearst,  which  originated 
here,  is  grown  in  quantity  at  Rud- 
long's.  Auburn,  R.  I.,  and  has  proved 
a  valuable  acquisition.  Mr.  Warbur- 
ton has  been  cutting  steadily  all  win- 
ter from  a  bench  of  gardenias  in  a 
rose  house.  The  plants  look  as  though 
they  were  in  a  congenial  situation, 
healthy  and  covered  with  buds.  They 
are  on  a  shallow  bench  and  in  their 
second  year. 


WASHINGTON,   D.   C. 

Robert  Murdock,  formerly  employed 
by  Gude  Bros.  Co..  writes  back  from 
Fort  Leavenworth,  Kas.,  to  the  boys 
of  the  store,  telling  them  of  the  fine 
time  he  is  having  as  a  radio  operator 
in  the  service  of  Uncle  Sam.  Before 
leaving  Washington,  young  Murdock 
attended  a  private  radio  school  here, 
fitting  himself  for  army  service. 


CHICAGO. 

kiiiKiiii  Swarze,  who  luis  li:nl 
charge  of  the  Harlem  avenue  branch 
of  F.  Oechslin's  greenhouses,  has  re- 
signed and  gone  to  Springfield.  111., 
where  he  will  go  into  business  for 
himself. 

R.  S.  Norkowski  has  moved  from 
917  Milwaukee  avenue  to  1007  same 
street. 

The  Liberty  Loan  bonds  are  being 
rapidly  taken  up  by  the  trade.  The 
entire  force  of  many  of  the  whole- 
salers are  buying  on  the  weekly  in- 
stallment plan  and  a  weekly  trip  to 
the  bank  takes  care  of  all.  The  flor- 
ists are  standing  by  and  showing 
themselves  as  patriotic  as  any  other 
class,  if  not  more  so. 


Sober   Facts 


VY/  1::  F.\fl-:  a  foe  hostile  to 
'»  American  ideals,  believ- 
ing that  between  nations  "there 
is  but  one  sort  of  right,  the 
right  of  the  stronger."  The 
Kaiser  says  he  will  "stand  no 
nonsense  from  America  after 
the  war.  '  The  Germans  admit 
that  they  seek  to  dominate  the 
seas.  "The  will  to  power"  is 
their  favorite  phrase. 

The  threat  is  against  us  and 
our  children.  The  attack  is  on 
our  commerce  and  our  institu- 
tions. Germany  intends  we  shill 
do  her  will,  not  our  own.  These 
are  sober  facts. 

Buying  Liberty  Bonds  makes 
our  homes  safer,  our  business 
more  secure,  helps  maintain 
America  against  enemie<;  who 
mock  at  our  power  and  think  us 
weak  because  we  respect  the 
rights  of  others. — William  C. 
RcdfieUl.  Secretarii  of  Com- 
merre. 


PITTSBURGH. 

Randolph  &  McClements  have  one 
of  the  cleverest  Liberty  Rond  window 
displays  in  the  city,  which  was  ar- 
ranged under  the  supervision  of  Wal- 
ter Rreitenstein. 

Abraham  Kleinberg  has  again  re- 
turned to  business  at  the  Alpha 
Flower  Shop  in  East  Liberty,  follow- 
ing a  several  day  detention,  owing  to 
an  attack  of  la  grippe.  Mr.  Kle-nberg 
expects  to  return  to  Xew  York  shortly 
and  enter  the  government  service. 

Adolrh  Kuppers.  who  for  a  time 
was  identiPed  with  Kaufmann  Broth- 
ers' floral  department,  together  with 
Walter  Barber,  has  opened  one  of  the 
most  attractive  flower  shops  at  106 
Fourth  street,  Steubenville,  Ohio.  It 
has  been  christened  the  Liberty 
i'"'lower  Shop. 

.John  Chisholm  has  severed  his  con- 
nection with  Arthur  Langhans  in 
Wheeling  to  affiliate  with  the  Hay- 
man  Greenhouse  Company's  staff  at 
Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 


ST.    LOUIS. 

.Several  thousand  blooming  plants 
was  the  Sunday  attraction  al  Shaw's 
Garden. 

Oscar  Killee.  u  popular  chauffeur 
at  Wm.  C.  Smith's,  resigned  and  ac- 
cepted a  position  with  the  United 
Railroad  Co. 

The  St.  Louis  Florist  Club  held  its 
monthly  meeting  .April  11  at  Missouri 
Botanical  Garden,  ihirty-five  members 
being  i  resent.  .Mr.  .Miller,  of  the  Chi- 
cago Plants  &  Rulb  Co.,  gave  an  in- 
teresting talk  on  the  coal  situation. 

We  regret  to  announce  the  death 
of  Robert  B.  Beyer,  beloved  husband 
of  Ida  Beyer,  father  of  Wilhelmina. 
Charles,  George  and  Robert  H.  Beyer, 
Jr.,  and  brother  of  Carl  Beyer.  He 
lived  at  the  residence  adjoining  the 
greenhouses  at  3619  South  Grand 
avenue.  Member  of  the  Florist  Club. 
Funeral  took  place  Friday,  April  12. 
Was  largely  attended.  The  active 
pallbearers  were  .1.  ,1.  Beneke.  F.  C. 
Weber,  P'rank  Fillmore,  Walter  Weber. 
C.  A.  Kuehn.  Theodore  Miller.  Floral 
offerings  numerous. 


BOSTON. 

With  the  enlistment  in  the  Naval 
Reserves  of  .Tosei  h  Shuman  of  Dor- 
chester, another  star  was  added  to 
the  service  flag  of  the  H.  M.  Robin- 
son Company.  When  he  entered  the 
navy,  young  Shuman  was  presented 
with  a  purse  of  gold  and  a  wrist 
watch  by  the  florists  of  Boston.  A 
committee  consisting  of  Maurice  H. 
Hanibro,  chairman,  .1.  M.  Cohen,  V. 
Hartford  and  M.  Trockman,  received 
subscriptions  from  the  florists.  A 
dinner  was  held  at  the  Elks'  Club, 
Monday  night,  .April  8,  and  Shuman 
was  presented  with  the  gifts. 


NEW   YORK. 

The  Rosary  Flower  Co.,  located  for 
many  years  on  34th  street,  will  re- 
move on  May  1  to  918  Park  Ave. 


THE  PRACTICAL  BOOK 


OF 


Outdoor  Rose  Growing 

by 
GEORGE   C.   THOMAS,   JR. 


Elnbnrately  Illustrated  with  »fl  Perfect 
KeproductioriN  In  Full  Tolor  of  All 
\  Uriel M'M  of  Ronos,  an<l  a  Few  Half- 
tone rifiteN.  Octavo,  llandNome  Cloth 
Hindins.  in  a  Slip  Case.  $4.00  net. 
I*ontai;e    F^xtra. 

\Ve  hav*'  Hold  many  copIeH  of  thl« 
Hterline  honk.  It  In  one  of  the  bent  of 
recent  hi>r(  icult  iirnl  iMihlicationft.  Every 
roKe   grower  should   pohhchh  s  copy. 


Order    From 


Horticulture  Publishing  Co. 


April  20,  1918 


HOETICULTURE 


401 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  Discounts  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


THE     HORTICULTURAL     PATRIOT. 

The  prize  food-raising  patriot  has 
been  found. 

He  called  up  a  war  garden  office 
somewhere  in  America,  and  the  fol- 
lowing conversation  ensued: 

"Will  the  war  garden  committee 
plow  lots  for  people  this  spring?" 

"Yes." 

"And  the  government  will  furnish 
free  seeds?" 

"Yes,  to  a  certain  extent." 

"Well.  I  want  you  to  send  a  man 
out  to  plow  my  lot,  and  have  one  of 
your  inspectors  do  the  planting;,  and 
take  care  of  it  for  me  this  summer." 

He  was  entirely  in  earnest  about  it. 

"The  city  has  plenty  of  money."  he 
insisted,  when  the  committee  tried  to 
explain  matters  to  him. 

"I  donl  see  why  you  can't  plant 
the  garden  and  look  after  it  for  me. 
I'm  perfectly  willing  to  furnish  the 
lot." 

Which  reminds  one  of  the  village 
borrower  who  decided  to  raise  a  brood 
of  chickens,  and  asked  the  loan  of  a 
dozen  eggs  from  one  neighbor  and  a 
setting  hen  from  another,  and  proudly 
announced  that  she  had  the  nest  her- 
self. 

If  there  is  any  man  in  this  city 
whose  patriotism  is  of  the  same 
brand  as  that  of  the  generous  citizen 
referred  to  above,  he  deserves  to 
have  the  city  start  a  garbage  plant 
or  a  gas  factory  in  his  back  yard. — 
Manchester  (N.  H.)  Mirror. 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  Etc. 


HELP  WANTED 


■WANTED — At  once,  a  sober,  reliable 
man  in  a  retnil  place  of  about  8,000  sq.  ft. 
of  glass.  Address  GEO.  E.  FELCH, 
Florist,  Ayer,  Mass. 


WANTED — Yonng  man  as  assistant  In 
park  carilen  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICULTURE. 


WANTED — Young  man  who  understands 
pottinjr  and  genera!  greenhouse  work.  Good 
opportunity  to  progress.  Permanent  place 
for  the  right  man.  ARNOLD-TISHER 
COMPANY,  5S  Wyman  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 


WANTED — A  grower  capable  of  handling 
section  work  in  commercial  greenhouse  es- 
tablishment; one  with  knowledge  of  chrys- 
antheiiiums,  sweet  peas  and  carnations. 
Address  A.  F.,  care  HORTICULTURE. 


WANTED :  A  gardener  as  second  man 
to  work  in  a  commercial  place.  Hours, 
T.no  .1.00.  Wages,  $.'i.00  per  day.  Half  day 
off  Saturdav  in  summer  months.  F.  E. 
^AL^^•;R.  inc.,  220  Washington  St..  Brook- 
ItMP.  Mass. 


CATALOGUES    RECEIVED. 
Conard  &  Jones  Co.,  West  Grove,  Pa. 
—Trade  Price  List  of  Cannas  for  1918. 


Julius  Roehrs  Company,  Rutherford, 
N.  J. — Catalogue  and  price  list  of  Fruit 
and  Ornamental  Trees,  Evergreens, 
Perennials.  Greenhouse  Plants,  etc., 
and  Special  Catalogue  of  Orchids  and 
Greenhouse  Plants.  Both  these  pub- 
lications are  beautifully  illustrated  on 
high-grade  paper,  many  of  the  pic- 
tures being  in  full  color.  Messrs. 
Roehrs  are  also  sending  out  a  Supple- 
mentary List  of  New  and  Rare  Per- 
rennials  and  Pot  Grown  Strawberries, 
which  will  be  found  very  interesting. 


Cambridge 


New  York 


WORI.D'9    OI-DEST   and    LARGEST 

Manufacturers  of  ALL  STYLES  and 

SIZES   of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  CenU  a  Lme,  Net 


BCLBS 

C    KEUR   *   SONS.   HILLEOOM.   Holland. 

Bulhi  of  all  desrrlptlnna.     Write  for  prlcM 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH.  8-10  Bride*  «t 


CABN.4TIONS 

LOOK!  A  BARGAIN! 
READY  TO  FIELD  IMMEDIATELY. 
From  2V.-inch  pots,  5,000  White  Enchan- 
tress, Enchantress  Supreme,  Matchless. 
Alice,  Beacon,  at  .$20.00  per  1.000.  Also 
.5.000  strong  rooted  cuttings,  the  same  fit 
to  field  at  once.  $15.00  per  1,000. 

ORDER   TODAY.         CASH. 

CAN  SHIP  AT  ONCE. 

I.  M.  RAYNER,  Box  906,  Greenport,  N.  Y. 


CARNATION  BTAPLE8 

Split  carnations  qnlckly.  eaitly  »n<l 
chpflply  mended.  PllUhnry't  Carnation 
Staple.  1000  for  We. :  SOOO  for  H.OO  poat- 
paid.     I.  L.  PILLSBURY.  Galeabnrf,  IlL 


DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dahlia   Mrs.   Frederick  Qrlnnall. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONEY,  New  Bedford,  Maai. 


Ordera  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholeaale  and  Retail. 
Spnd  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
k  GLADIOLTTS  GARDENS.  J.  L.  Moore, 
Prop..  Northhoro,  Maaa. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — John  Wanamakor, 
Neweat.  Handsomest.  Best.  New  color,  now 
form  and  new  habit  of  prowth.  Big  stock 
of  beat  cut-flower  rarletles.  Send  list  of 
wanta  to  PEACOCK  DABLLA  fAJUU. 
Berlin.  N.  J. 


OLABB 

Greenhouse  (laas.  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
STON GLAR8  CO..  Hartford  City.  Ia4L 

GLADIOLI 

GLADIOLUS— Mixed  flowering  bulbs,  1 
in.  to  2  In.,  only  $6.50  per  1000.  Send  for 
catalog.      HOWARD    M.    GILLET,    Box    H, 

Lebanon  Springs,  N.  Y. 

GLADIOLI. 
SEND  FOR  MY  SPECIAL  TRADE  LIST 
OF  GLADIOLI.     ALL  THE  LEADING  VA- 
RIETIES IN  DIFFERENT  SIZES. 

CENTRAL  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS. 
JELLE  ROOS,  MILTON,  MASS. 


COLD   FISH 

Gold  fish,  aquarium  plants,  bujIIb,  cas- 
tles, globes,  aquarium,  fish  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  llAltRETT, 
Ureeder.  4!<15  D  St.,  OIney.  Pliiladel|plila, 
Pa.     Large   breeding   pairs   for  sale.     Send 

fiir    nri,>p    Hot 

ORCHTnS 

HASSALL  &  CO..  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers.  Southgate.  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One   trial    order   solcited. 

P.ANSY  PLANTS 

200,000  large  stocky  September-trans- 
planted field-grown  blooming  pansy  plants. 

Superb  Strain,  all  salable  stock.  Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed.  .$1..S5  per  100.  $12.50  per 
lOOn.  Ready  about  April  20.  Cash  with 
order.  BRILL  CELERY  GARDENS,  Kala- 
mazoo, Mich. 


PAPER   POTS 

Paper  Pots  and  Dirt  Bands.  Rend  for 
Samples  and  Prices.  F.  W.  ROCHELLE 
&  SONS,  Box  65.  Chester,  N.  J. 


PEONIES 

Peonlea.  The  world's  greateat  collection, 
1200  sorts  Send  tor  list.  C.  BBTSCHBB. 
Canal  Dover.  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES.    CANNAS   AND   SHRFBS. 

THE   CONARD   &    JONES    COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

SPHAGNrM    MORS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  slwavs  on  hand.  LAGBB 
&  HIIRRELL.  Summit.  N.  J. 

STRAWBERRIES 

Strawberry  Plants.  Money  making  va- 
rieties. Catalogue  Free.  BASIL  PERRY, 
Georgetown,  Delaware. 

VEGETABLE  PL.4NTS 

Tomato  Plants— Comet,  2Vi  Inch,  $2.00 
per  100.    FRANK  LEITH  &  SON,  Haverhill, 


VIVKS 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vine*,  ehofe* 
collection.  Large  Specimen.  Pot  and  Tnb 
grown  for  Immediate  efTect :  also  ntmhlng 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY.  Monnt  Hisaarllk  Nar- 
•erv.   New  RocheDe.  N.  T^ 

WIRK   WORIt 

WILLIAM  E.  nRlI.RCHKR'S  WTRB 
WOKKB.   364   Randolpk    St..   Dotrolt.   lOak 


402 


HORTICULTURE 


April  20,  1918 


PINOLYPTOI 


TiiK  >i;uv   \K«i;sT    \Mi  <Mi<i«i''-r   mk.tiidh   oi-   i>i>Tm>vi\<;   h  kkks, 

CiU ASS    AM)    OTIII.II    I.UltW'lll    IN    <.\I(|)I.N     »\ M.Ks.    I.ITTKHS. 
TK.NM.S    (OIKTS.    IIKI\  l:\«  Ws.    KT«  . 

Tliln    fluid    nliRoliilcly    (ipxlrnyH    nil    wwiIh    iiii>I    ntlicr    kt'uvih    wlwrovpr    nniilli-<l 
mill    ItK  flTi'ct   111!   the  Kroiiiul    provt-ntu   the-    growtb  of  frc«li  onei  for  a  year  ami 
Hum  Kiivi'H  II  irrciit  <Iciil  of  time  iind  lulior,  uh  no  cultliiK.  Iioi-Iiik  or  liaiilliiir  iiwiij 
<»r  IIh'  wtfils  In   rcqiilroil. 
W Illlllflli-Iir..   111.     wtrniii.-r-st    lln.-   ..f   niSI  N'I'IVTA  NTS    ,,m    Hj,.    iiinrli.l 


WEED    KILLER  ^-^  <!><EMICU  CO.,  507-509  W.  ISIh  St,  New  York 


1  <(l(KI>l'l)\  111   \<  1;    sol.K  I  11  I). 


•  rnliMl    StBiidKr^    la»«a<ta<«a. 
A  tpraj  r*mril7  fnr  freaD,  black,  will**  ly 
thrlpa  and   inft  arala. 

QBKrt.  SI. Ml     Oalla«,  tSJ*. 

FUNCINE 

rer  nlldfw.   mat   antt   oihrr  hllfkU 
IM  IfVora    fralta  and  T»(Kahl»a 

Quart,  iioa,     OalloB.  MJ*. 

VERMINE 

For    aal    worma,    anclr    worma    tut    atko 
werma  wnrklni  In  th»  anil. 

Qamrt.   (1. 00 1     0«ll«B.  n.M. 
■  OLD    BT    DK^LBKa. 

Aphine    Manufacturiog    Co. 

MADISON.  N.  J. 


Use  N.  A.  C.  I'roiliicts  fnr  more 
prolitnlile  results.  Semi  fttr 
prli'i's  on  our  foiiiplete  list  of 
Fertilizers  and   Iiiaei  ticldes. 

HORTICII-Tl  K.\L    I)EI>T. 
llarry  A.  Uunyurd,  Slur. 

^^ 

106  Pearl  St.,  New  York 


B«BrtWtWtW? 


•  \ 

For  Codling  MoUi 
And  Scab     use 

SULFOCIDE 

and 

CAL-ARSENATE 

-a  nc\v  combination  %vhich  bids  fair 
to  replace  the  old  Lime  Sulphur-Arse- 
nate  of  Lead  and  Bordeaux-Lead  mix- 
tures, in  both  orchard  ar.d  garden. 
It  Is  more  powerful  and  m-'rh  less  ex- 
pensive. 1  gallon  and  3  lbs.  makes 
150  gallons  of  spray. 

Send  for  circular 

B.  G.  PRATT  CO.,  flfft.  Chemistn 

50  Church  St.      Dcpt.     12      New  York 


CHICAGO  SEED  TRADE  NOTES. 

Chicago  seed  trade  stores  are  dis- 
playing an  offer  made  Ijy  the  Oliver 
Typewriter  Co.  for  J.'JOO  in  prizes  for 
the  liest  war  gardens. 

The  scramble  for  garden  seeds 
this  year  is  much  less  to  date  than 
was  noted  a  year  ago  and  it  is  more 
than  probable  that  much  less  seed 
will  bo  wasted  than  was  the  case  be- 
fore. 

The  bottom  has  fallen  out  of  the 
onion  set  market  in  Chicas;o.  Tlie 
derartment  stores  are  offering  fancy 
white  sets  at  15c.  and  18c.  per  lb.  or 
quart.  Retailers  who  stocked  up  at 
a  high  figure  are  the  losers  just  now. 

A.  Henderson  reports  the  whole- 
sale seed  trade  as  having  been  verv 
satisfactory,  all  things  considered 
Caladiums  and  tuberoses  have  bern 
scarce,  apparently  because  the  grow- 
ers have  given  their  attention  to 
othpr  thines  more  profitable. 

The  Winterson's  Seed  Store  Is 
handing  its  patrons  a  verv  instruc- 
tive publication  called  "War  Vege- 
table C.nrdening  and  the  Home  Stor- 
age of  Vegetables."  It  is  published 
by  the  National  War  Garden  Com- 
mission at  Washinston,  D.  C,  and  if 
sturlied  will  no  doubt  prevent  many  of 
the  mistakes  and  disappointments  of 
last  yeir,  when  manv  did  not  get 
back  the  value  of  the  seeds  they 
planted. 


Washinaton,  D.  C.  —  Producers  or 
who'p'^.'lprs  of  flower  seeds  are  not 
incli'ded  in  the  preferential  list  of  in- 
dustries wbic'i  has  iust  been  prepared 
by  the  rriorities  division  of  the  War 
Industries  Bonrd.  althous'h  minufnc- 
turers  of  fertilizers,  insecticides  and 
funeicides  and  producers  or  whole- 
salers of  seeds  other  thin  flower 
seeds  are  in  the  list.  The  prefer- 
ential list,  which  will  be  increased 
from  time  to  time  as  other  industries 
are  found  to  be  properly  included 
therein,  is  to  be  used  as  the  basis  of 
P'-io'-ity  orders  for  coal,  coke,  etc., 
should  such  be  found  necessary.  The 
board  has  listed  industries  whose  op- 
eration is  of  exceptional  impo'-tanco, 
measured  by  the  extent  of  th^ir  direct 
or  indirect  contribution  either  toward 
winning  the  war  or  toward  promoting 
the  National  welfare.  The  same  plan 
will  be  followed  as  to  industries  and 
plants  in  the  transportation  of  raw 
material  and  supplies  required  by 
them  in  their  manufacturing  opera- 
tions. 


OR 


flor- 


GREENHOiiSFS     BUILDING 
CONTEMPLATED. 

Hackottstown,    N.    J. — Herrick, 
ist.  six  houses. 

W  0  o  s  t  e  r,     O. — Henry     Hefacker, 
North  Heaver  St.,  one  house. 


;^0W  oil  c 

.^NSECTICI 

■•▼•  year   planta  aod   Iraca.     J  oat  clic 

thilif  for  frri-uliuuae  ainl  uuldu.ir  ua«- 
Dralroyi  Mealj  Hug.  Hmwo  ami  Whli^ 
Bcala,  Tbrlpa,  Red  .><pldrr.  Black  an<l 
Ureeu  Klj,  Mltea,  Aula,  etc.,  without 
lii.iiir>  !<•  pliMila  Hinl  wltliiiut  otinr. 
raed  acrurdliiK  tn  direction,  our  ataiid 
ard  Innectlctde  will  preveot  ravagea  on 
your  critps  by  Inaecta. 

NoD-polaoDoua  and  barmleaa  to  uaer 
and  plant.  Leading  8«edaiiipn  and 
FlnrUta  bare  ujed  It  witb  wonderful 
reaiilta. 

Deatroya  I. Ice  In  Poultry  Houaea. 
Fleaa  on  Pnira  and  all  Pnnieatlc  1'eta. 
Excellent  aa  a  n-nih  for  dogs  and  oilier 
aiiliiiala.  ReMerea  mange.  Dilute  wItb 
Milter  10  tn  .VI  parta. 

H  IMni.  tiir.:   I'Ini,  SOe. :  Quart,  »0e.; 

H  (iailnn.  t.l.!M:  (Inllnn.  (Z.Atl:  A  <l>l- 

loB  Can.  tin.lNI;    in  OkIIoo  Ckh,  $ZO.0O. 

DlreetlnnN   oD   package. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

OifL  J.       420  W.  LiiinitoD  U,  liltimn.  M< 


".  BFflNb ..V 

CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


Cattle  Manure 


P0lTFnB«.d 


Sheep    Manure 


The  Mofi'tt'  standard  ol  unttorm 
high  quality  (or  over  icD  yean. 
Specify:  WIZARD  BRAND  10 
jrour  ^upp^y  Hou»«  ordo.  or  write 
ut  direct  for  prices  and  tretghl   raict. 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO. 

M    t'Blas    li««»a    tar«.    Ilkla^a* 


NDCOTEEl^ 

For  Sprajrnc 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumickting 
Aak  Your  D««lar  »w  h. 

HICOTIKE  MFC  Cfl 

*»■    LCMJIS 


When    writing  to  adverttaen    kindly 
mmntion  HORTlCULTUR£. 


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CAN  SHIP  ANY  SIZE  AT  ONCE 

Telephone  or  Telegraph  Order 
at  Our  K  xpense 

KROESCHELL  BROS.  CO., 


4_66  W.  Erie  Street. 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


KING    CONSTRUCTION    COMPANY,   North  Tonawanda.  N.  Y. 

GREENHOUSES 
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BUSTUN    OFFICIS! 


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DREER'S 

FLORIST     SPECIALTIES 

New  Braod  New  Stfia 

•'IUVEK10>"   HOSE 

Furnished  in  lengihs  up 
to  oo  h.  without  "^eam  or 
joint. 

The  HOSE  fir  the  FLORIST 

^-inch,  per  fi.,  17  c. 
Keel  of  500  ft.  "  injjc. 
3  Reels.  1000  ft.  "  16  c. 
H-iDch,  "     15    c. 

Reels,  500  ft.,     '■     mJ^c. 
Couplings  furnished 

HENRY  A.  DREER 

714-716  Chestnut  St.» 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


)reer'8  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Points 

For  Greenlioases 

Drive  easy  and  true,  because  ; 
both  bevels  are  on  the  same 
•Jdc.  Can't  twist  and  break 
the  glass  in  Iriving.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  cot  rust.  No 
tights  or  left! 

The  Peerless  Glazlns  Point 
U  patented.    No  others  like  ^ 
it.  Order  from  your  deale^ 
or  direct  from  us. 
1000,75c.  postpaid. 
Samples  free. 
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aumnce  fruin  Not.  Int.  1916  to  Nov.  Int. 
1917  will  b«  twfnty  rrntii  per  hundred 
aqusre  feet  of  ulnxle  thirk  claHti  and  elehl 
eentH  pvr  bund  red  Ktiitare  feel  of  doublf 
thlrk  KtM»m.  For  partlcalam.  addresa. 
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The  1st  of  May 
Thrift  Stamp  Day 
In  The   U.  S.  A. 

The  Active  Cooperation  of 
Every  Reader  of 

HORTICULTURE 

Is    Urgently    Requested   To 
Make  It   A   ituccess 


Mny  Ist,  1918,  'will  be  obterved 
thruucbuut  tlie  Uulted  Stjitei  as 
Tbrlft  Stamp  Uay !  On  that  day  re- 
tjill  8tures  everywhere  In  every  line 
of  buBiiiefls  will  auk  customers  to 
take  part  of  their  chanKe  in  Thrift 
Stampn!  It  will  be  putrlotic  for 
every  man,  woman  and  child  to  ac- 
cept at  least  one  Thrift  Stamp  as 
change  on  every  purchase  made  that 
day — aud  to  make  aa  many  pur- 
chases as  possible  on  May  Ist, 

Here  Is  a  big,  practical  way  of 
getting  millions  of  Thrift  Stamps 
into  the  hands  of  the  peuple  of  the 
United  States,  and  of  insuring  the 
success  of  the  Government's  War 
Savings  Stamps  campaign.  Thrift 
Stamp  Day  will  help  everyone.  It 
will  prove  a  tremendous  boost  to 
business.  On  May  1st,  1U18,  the  na- 
tion should  do  the  biggest  total  re- 
tail business  of  any  single  day  In 
our  history!  The  beneUcial  habit  of 
Thrift  will  be  sown  broadcast  among 
the  citizens  of  the  U.  S.  A.!  Most 
Important  of  all.  Uncle  Sam  will  be 
furnished  with  Ohe  sinews  of  War 
and    Victory! 

Amerk-un  buslnesi  must  go  "over 
the  top"  at  once  in  a  qulik  drive  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Uay  an  over- 
whelming success.  You  wholesalers, 
you  Jobbers,  you  salesmen,  must 
talk  Thrift  Stamp  Day  among  yonr 
trade,  arouse  the  enthuslatm  of  the 
rel.iilers.  the  storekeepers,  the  clerks 
betilntl  the  counters.  Uncle  Sam 
neetlM  your  help.  A  practical  plan 
h,iB  been  prepared  showing  how  each 
one  of  .vou  can  "do  your  bit"  to 
make  Thrift  .^tamp  Day  a  red  letter 
day  In  American  buslneBS  annals. 
Write  for  this  plan  today  without 
fail.  Uenn'nil,er,  In  helping  Uncle 
Sam  yi)U  are  helping  bualnesi  aud 
ht'lphi;;  yiiursflves.  Aitdress  Mr.  W. 
Ward  .Smith,  National  War  Savings 
Committee,  51  Chambers  St.,  New 
Vi.rk  City. 

NATIONAL  WAR  SAVINGS  COMMITTEE 

01  Clianibers  .Street,  New  York  City 


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pipanalon  and  contrsrtlon.  Patty  t>ecnmaa 
hiird  nnd  brittle  Bmken  glaaa  more  eaally 
remoTed  without  hrt-aklni^  of  other  flaM 
na  occurs  with  hard  putty.  Laata  lonrtf 
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This  is  COLDWELL'S 

"BIG  ONE" 

THE  LAWN  MUW  KK  tlial  tin-  I'ark  SiiiH-rinlcmlenlB 
liavc  l)i'fii  loiikin;:  for.  It  uill  <iil  twin"  as  inucli 
acreage  jut  day  as  am  oilier  make  or  type  of 
Lawn  Mower  ever  |iiit  on  I  In-  market. 

The  cutler  part  whicli  i^  our  latest  iin- 

in>\<<l   Siilkv   Tvpt-  Tlirersome   can  be 

asily  and  quiekly  de- 

iclicd  from  tlieTraetor 

and     elian<;ed    to     the 

Horse  Drawn  Type   if 

I'sirt'd. 


ffritc  for 
full  j)articulars 


COLDWELL   LAWN    MOWER   COMPANY 

The  Largest  Makers  of  Lawn  Mowers  in  the  World 


Western  Salesroom  ami  Warehouse,  62  East  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  111. 


Factory  and  Main  <  •(Tier,  rie«liur(;li,  N.  Y. 


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n^'NM/     b^^l^ing;    carders    fcDi 


NA/^o   Ne\A/  Roses 


ROS^Vl.lN[3     and 


II.VI/K 


ROSALIND  (A  glorified  Ophelia).  The  particular  value  of  this  variety  lies  in  its  exquisite  coloring,  which  is 
entirely  different  from  Ophelia.  When  the  buds  first  show  color  they  are  bright  coral,  changing  as  they  develop 
to  apricot-pink,  and  when  fully  developed  they  are  a  most  beautiful  shell-pink.  The  flower  is  much  more 
double  than  Ophelia,  having  at  least  one-third  more  petals.  It  is  also  delightfully  fragrant.  In  habit  of  growth 
it  is  identical  with  Ophelia,  from  which  it  is  a  sport.  Rosalind  originated  with  us  two  years  ago,  and,  grown 
side  by  side  with  Ophelia,  is  far  superior  to  that  variety.     See  Page  387,  this  issue. 

Awarded  first  prize  at  International  Flower  Show,  New  York,  March,  1917,  for  best  new  rose. 

Awarded  additional  silver  medal  at  same  show  for  display  of  Rosalind. 

Awarded   silver   medal   by  the   Horticultural   Society  of  New  York. 

Awarded  silver  medal  by  the  Tarrytown  Horticultural  Society.      Also  numerous  certificates. 

SILVIA  (Yellow  Ophelia).  Another  beautiful  sport  of  Ophelia,  originating  with  us.  The  buds  are  long  and 
pointed,  beautiful  sulphur-yellow,  changing  to  creamy  yellow  as  the  flower  opens,  and  when  fully  developed,  pure 
waxy  while.  It  is  an  unusual  rose  when  fully  expanded,  five  inches  in  diameter,  and  resembles  the  popular 
hardy  climber  Silver  Moon,  showing  the  same  pronounced  cluster  of  yellow  stamens  in  the  center.  Exquisite 
in  bud  and  unusually  distinct  and  unique  in  the  open  flower. 

Prices  of  above  two  varieties,  strong  plants,  2'/4-in.  pots,  $25.00  per  100,  $225.00  per  1,000;    225  plants  for 
J60.C0.  Will  be  disseminated  Spring  of  1918 

We  have  a  fine  stock  of  the  fancy  varieties  of  Nephrolepis,  liT extra  fine  shape,  tor 
'     immediate  shipment.    We  offer  the  following: 
Elegantissima   compacta    and   Smithll,   3%-in.   pots,  25c.  and  35c.  each. 
Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and  Superbissima,  6-in.  pans,  50c.  and  75c.  each. 
Smithii,  5-in.  pots,  50c.  and  75c.  each.  Smithii,  6-in.  pans,  75c.  and  $1.00  each. 

Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and  Superbissima,  8-in.  pans,  $1.00  and  $1.50  each. 
Harrisii,  8-in.  pans,  $1.50  and  $2.00  each.  Elegantissima,  10-in.  pans,  $3.00  and  $3.50  each. 

Shipments  in  pots  at  maximum  prices  only. 


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Vol.  XXVII  APRIL   27,    1 91 8  No.    17 


A  Remarkable  Orchid  Hybrid 

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April  27.  1918 


The     Memorial     Day    Drive 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME  TO  PREPARE 

For  the  Biggest    Memorial   Day    Business  in  the  History  of  the  Florists'    Trade 

Eminently  Fitting  and  Deservedly  Popular  are  our  Preserved  Magnolia  Leaves 
and  Cycas  Fronds.  Also  an  infinite  and  beautiful  variety  of  Wax  Flowers  and 
Wreaths  and  other  artificial  material  appropriate  for  the  occasion 

Get    Your  Order  In   NOW.  Catalogue  On  Request 


L 


M.     B/VYEF 

The  Floriifi'   Sapply   House  of  America 


RREIR     &     OO. 

1129  Arch  Street,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


The  1st  of  May 
Thrift  Stamp  Day 
In  The   U.  S.  A. 

The  Active  Co-operntion  of 
Every  Reader  of 

HORTICULTURE 

Is    Urgently    Requested   To 
Make   It   A   Success 


Uaj  lit,  1018,  will  be  observed 
throucbont  tbe  United  SUtei  ai 
Tbrltt  Stump  Uay  1  Od  tbtt  day  re- 
tall  atorea  everywhere  In  eyery  lloe 
of  buslneaa  will  ask  cuatomera  to 
take  part  of  their  rbaoKe  In  Ttuift 
StJunpa!  It  will  be  piitrlotlc  for 
every  man.  woman  and  child  to  ac- 
cept at  least  one  Tbrlft  Stamp  aa 
change  on  every  purchase  made  that 
day — and  to  make  as  many  pur- 
cbasea  aa  possible  on  May  1st. 

Here  Is  a  big,  practical  way  of 
getting  millions  of  Thrift  Stamps 
Into  tbe  bands  of  tbe  people  of  the 
United  States,  and  of  Insuring  tbe 
success  of  tbe  Uovernment's  War 
Savings  Stamps  campaign.  Tbrlft 
Stamp  Day  will  help  everyone.  It 
will  prove  a  treiuendoua  boost  to 
bualness.  On  May  lat,  1U18,  tbe  na- 
tion should  do  tbe  biggest  total  re- 
tall  business  of  any  single  day  In 
our  history;  The  beneUclal  habit  of 
Tbrlft  will  be  sown  broadcast  among 
tbe  citizens  of  tbe  U.  S.  A.  I  Most 
Importunt  of  all.  Uncle  Sam  will  be 
furnished  with  Mie  sinews  of  War 
and    Victory ! 

American  business  must  go  "over 
tbe  top"  ftt  OBC«  In  a  quick  drive  to 
make  Thrift  Stamp  Day  an  over- 
whelming success,  you  wholesalers, 
you  Jobbers,  you  salesmen,  must 
talk  Tbrlft  Stamp  Day  among  year 
trade,  arouse  the  cDthualssm  of  the 
ret.illers,  tbe  storekeepers,  the  clerks 
behind  the  counters.  I'ncle  Sam 
needs  your  help.  A  practical  plan 
has  been  prepared  showing  how  each 
one  of  you  can  "do  your  bit"  to 
make  Tbrlft  Stamp  Day  a  red  letter 
day  In  American  buslneHS  annals. 
Write  for  this  plan  today  without 
fall.  Remember,  In  helping  Uncle 
Sam  you  are  helping  business  and 
helping  yourselves.  Address  Mr.  W. 
Ward  Smith,  National  War  Savings 
Committee,  61  Cbambert  St.,  New 
York  City. 

NATIONAL  WAR  SAVINGS  COMMITTEE 

51  Chambers  Street,  New  York  City 


When    writing   to   advertittrm  kindly 
mmntionHOR  TICVL  TURE. 


CIBOTIU 


SCHIEDEI 


6  and  7  Inch  pots,  4  to  5  ft.  spread,  H   and  )5  each 

POT  GROWN  BOSTON  AND   ROOSEVELT  FERNS 

9  and  10  Inch  pots  J2  to  |4  each 

BIRDS'     IMElS-r     F-ERIMS 

4  inch  60  cents:   iyi  Inch  75  cents:   5  Inch  $1.00      A  few  tpeclmen 


7  Inch  at  J2.50  each 


A.  M.  DAVENPORT, 


\A/ es 't  ^  r 't  o  w  n  , 
n/1  ^sa. 


iJulius    Ro^Kirs   O^rr-ipany 
P  I- A IM  TS IVI E IM 

Orchids,  Conservatory  Plants,  Novelties,  Begonias,  Garden 

Perennials 

Finest  Stock  '"  America  for  Trade  or  Private  Requirements 

RUTHERFORD,  NEW  JERSEY 


ALL   THE    POI'CLAB    VARIETIES 
Own   Koots  or   Grafted 

O  A,  R  N  ^^-ri  O  IM  S 

Rooted    Cuttlnr*    of   all    th«    beat    oommer- 
olal    varieties.      Health/   atock. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PLANTS 

Heady    for   Immediate   Sales 

Size  Pot  100 

ASPARAOrs     Bprenserl 2V«-ln.  S3.00 

ASPARAOL'S     Bprenierl 3     -In.  6.00 

8.MIL,AX    2V4-ln.  S.OO 

SEND   FOR   CATALOOCE 

WOOD  BROTHERS,  Fishkiil,  N.V. 


COCOS  WEDDELIANA 
SEEDS 

Netv   Crop — Just   Arrived 

18.25  per  1000 
F.O.B. New  York.   Cash  with  order 

McHUTCHISCN   &  CO. 

95  Chambers  St.,  NEW  YORK 


CHARLES  H.  TOTTY 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 


IVI. 


.C3ISOIV,  N    J. 


OTAHEITE  ORANGE  PLANTS 


II    i.f   2',    in. 


lit   $10.00  per  hundred. 


IM! 


from    2    1-4    inch    Pott 


100  UKMI 

BOSTONS    »5.no  W.-i  mi 

ROOSEVELTS      5.00  4.100 

WHITMA.MI     IMfltOVKD...      5.00  45.00 

«IfIT.MAMI     CO.MI'ACTA...      S.OO  45.00 

TEDDY.    JR 5.00  45.00 


GHORIZEMA  GORDATA 

Out  of  -  In.  pots,  at  5S.O0  per  liuudrud. 
Botb  exceptionally  Hue  stock. 

A.  L  MILLER,  Jamaica,  N.Y. 

A.N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

CROMWELL.  CONN. 


2.>U   at    Thou  Hand    Rate».  AJJ*  l\l  X  ¥\ 

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April  27,  1918 


SOETICULTURE 


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GERAIMIUIVIS 


Good   strong  2  and  3-incli  plants  in  good  range  o£  color  and   variety,  including  Ivy  leaved   sorts.     2-in.  $2.50 
per  100;  $22.50  per  1000;  3-in.  $3.50  per  100,  $30.00  per  1000. 

LEMON  VERBENAS,  VINCA,  FUCHSIA,  SWAINSONA,  POMPON  CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

2  in.  $2.00   per   100,  3-in.  $3.00  per  100. 

F'ERNS-'F^o-fc     Gro'XM^n 

SCOTTI,  6-in.  $5.00  per  doz.,  $35.00  per  1000. 

DAMI-IAS 

Plants  2-in.  $2.00  per   100  up  to  $3.00  each.      Whole  field  clumps  list  and  prices  on  application. 


SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE 


CASH  WITH  ORDERS 


R.  VINCENT,   Jr.,  &  SONS   CO., 


WHITE  MARSH. 
MD. 


ORCHIDS 


We  srsw  and  sell  notblns  bat  OBCRID8. 
It  joa  >re  In  the  markei  for  this  el>s»  o< 
plant*  we  rnpectrsUy  solicit  your  inqolrie* 
>Bd  orders     Special  lists  on  appUcatlan. 

LAGER  &  HU^RRELL.  Summit,  N.J'. 


IH^rs^shi^^  Brand   Bamboo  Can^s 

For    BtaliinB    lilies    and    other    flowers.  Ready    (or    Immediate    shipment    from    oar 
warehouse.   Bound    Broois,  N.  J. 

6/6  feet,   NatarmI W.OO  per  bale  1000 

B/6      •'            •*        Ift.OO  ••          2000 

8      "            "        13.00  "           1000 

6     "      Oreen 10.00  "          1000 

R      "          ••      M.UO  "          iOOO 

RALPH  M.  WARD  &  CO.,  The  Lily  House,  25  Murray  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


RROIVI     OOL.D    STORAGE! 

LIL.  GIGANTEUM,  7-9  (300  bulbs  per  case),  $60  per  lOOO 
LILY  OF  THE  VALLEY,  Best  Quality,  30  per  lOOO 

CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO., 


90-92  W.   BROADWAY 
NEW  YORK 


1.    I 


Page 

Advance    Co 427 

Albany      Cut 

Flower    Ex 422 

Allen,  J.  K..;...423 
American    Bulb 

Co 417 

Anderson.  S.  A.. 419 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co.. 426 
Barrows  ic  Son..40B 
Bayersdorfer,    H. 

Co 4(Mi 

Bay  State  Nur- 
series      40S 

Beeehwood      Hts. 

Nurseries    422 

Bobbink     &     At 

kins     40S 

Boddlngton,       A. 

T 417 

Bolgiano  &  Son. .417 
Boston    Floral 

Supply  CO.420-42S 
Breck.  J.  &  Sons. 417 
Breck  -  Robinson 

Nur.    Co 4(ls 

Breitmeyer's.      .1. 

Sons     41.-. 

Budlong,  J.  A... 420 
Bunyard,   A.    T..41.S 

Burnett  Bros 417 

Burpee,    \V.  A.   & 

Co 417 

Clarke's,  D.  Sons.418 
Carter's       Tested 

Seeds.    Inc 41C 


Page 
Champion  &   Co., 

J.    N 419 

Child  s,   John 

Lewis    417 

Coan,   J.   J 422 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 408 

Cooke.  Geo.  H...418 

Cowee,   W.  J 422 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries     408 

Dards    418 

Davenport,  A.  J1.40G 

Dreer.  H.  A 427 

Dunlop.  John  11.419 

Dysart.  R 420 

Edwards  Folding 

Box   Co 420 

Elliott,     Wm.     & 

Sons    416 

Esler,  J.  G 427 

Eyres    419 

Fairfax    Far  ni  g 

Co 408 

Farquhar.     R.     & 

J.  Co 416 

Fenricli.  Jos.   S.  .422 

Fold.    M.   (' 422 

Ford.  W.  P 422 

Fottler,         l'"iske. 

Rawson  Co.... 416 
Framiufrliani  Nur- 
series     40S 

Fronieiit.  II.  i:...4'22 
<;Mlvili.    Tl  ns     !•■  .  till 


Page 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M.419 
Graham  &  Son.  A.419 
Gude  Bros.  Co.  ..418 
G  r  e  y,    Thoa.    J. 

Co 417 

Hail  Association. 427 

Hart.  Geo.  B 420 

Hews  &  Co..  A.  H.425 
Hill  Co.,  E.  G...420 
Hill,    D.    Nursery 

Co 408 

Holland    Nur- 
series     408 

Holm  &  Olson... 419 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue     417 

Irwin,    R.   J 417 

Johnston  Bros... 418 
Kastlug,     W.     F. 

Co 420 

Keller  Sons,  J.  B.419 
Kelway  &  Son... 417 
Kerr  the  Florist. 419 

Kervan    Co 422 

King      Construe- 

tloii    Co 427 

Knoble    Bros 419 

KottnilUer    418 

Kroeschell  Bros. 427 
Kuebler.  W.  H...422 
Lager  &  Hurrell.407 
Lange,  H.  F.  Co.419 
Lemon  Oil  Co... 426 
I.crMKird    Seed   C.i.417 


VERT 

Page 
Marshall.    W.    E. 

Co. 417 

McConnell,  AIex..418 
McHutchison       & 

Co 406 

Meehan.  Chaa.  E.42fl 
Metropolitan   Ma- 
terial   Co 427 

Michell,  H.  F.  Co.417 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower    Ex 420 

Millang.  Chas....422 
Millang,  Frank. ..422 

Miller,   A.    L 408 

Murray,    Samuel. 418 
National  Nur- 
seryman     408 

N.     Y.     Botanical 

Gardeij   408 

N.      Y.      Florists 

Supply  Co 422 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.426 
Niessen,  Leo  Co. 4*20 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 426 

Ouwerkerk,   P 408 

Palmer.   W.   J.   & 

Son    419 

Park  Floral  Co.. 419 
'   Parslielsky    Bros.427 
Penn  the  'Florist.41S 
Pennock,      S.      S. 

Co 421 

Pfaltzgraft      Pot- 
tery  Co 425 


Page 
Pierce  Co.,  F.  0.427 
Pierson,  A.  N...40e 
Pierson,  F.  R...419 
PL  Chemical  Co.426 
Pnlyerized  Ma- 
nure Co 426 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop    419 

Reed  &  Keller... 422 
Keidel  &  Meyer.. 422 

Reld.    Edw 420 

Robinson,    Henry 

M.    Co 422 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

&    Co ..420 

Roebrs,  J.  Co.... 406 
Roland,  Thomas. 419 
R  o  1  k  e  r,    A.    & 

Sons    4'25 

Rosery,    The 418 

Schling,    Max 418 

Sclnyake.       Chas. 

Co 407 

Sekenger,  Adam.,418 
Sheridan,  W.  F..422 
Siebreeht,  Geo.  C.422 
Siggers     &     Slg- 

gers    427 

Smith,   P.  J 422 

Skidelsky,     S.     S. 

&   Co 417 

Smith.    Elmer    D. 

&   Co 408 


Page 
Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co 408 

Smith  &  Fetters. 419 
Smyth,  Wm.  J.. 419 
Stearns     Lumber 

Co.,  A.   T 427 

Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.418 
Stummp  &  Walter 

Co 41' 

Thorburn,    J.    M. 

&   Co 416 

Totty,  Chas.  H..406 
Traendly       & 

Schenck    422 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er  Co 423 

Vincent,    R.,    Jr., 

&  Sons  Co 40" 

Wants,  For  Sale, 

etc 425 

Warburton   419 

Ward,    R.    M.    & 

Co 407 

Weber,  F.  C 419 

Weebcr  &   Don.. 417 

Wood    Bros 406 

Woodruff.    S.    D. 

&  Sons 417 

Young,  A.  L 422 

Young.   John 422 

Young,  Thos.,  Jr.422 
Young  &  Nugent.418 

Zech  &  Mann 420 

Zinn,    JuUus    A.. 419 


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HORTICULTURE 


409 


Vegetable    Culture 

Questions  by  our  readers  In  line  with  any  of  the  topics  presented 
on  this  page  will  be  conlially  received  and  promptly  answered 
by  Mr.  Johnson.  Such  cmiituiinicutions  should  Invariably  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  office  of  HOUTICULTUKE. 


CONDUCTEl»   BY 


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Tobacco  Powder 

Dear  Sir: 

In  a  recent  issue  of  Hokirlltuke,  you  spoke  of  the 
cabbage  root  maggot  and  of  drenchings  of  tobacco  water 
as  a  means  of  control.  Will  you  tell  me  what  tobacco  water 
is, — whether  you  mean  some  trade  tobacco  preparation  in 
liquid  form  or  a  liquid  made  from  tobacco  powder  or  wheth- 
er it  is  immaterial  as  far  as  effectiveness  is  concerned.         , 

G.  M.  W.     / 

Andover,  Conn. 

As  a  deterrent  to  the  cabbage  root  maggot  we  advise 
the  use  of  liquid  made  from  tobacco  powder  and  not  the 
commercial  preparations.  Put  the  powder  in  a  burlap 
or  cheese  cloth  bag  and  plunge  in  water.  Allow  one- 
half  pound  of  the  powder  to  each  gallon  of  water. 
There  is  little  danger  of  overdoing  the  strength  of  the 
solution  as  ordinary  tobacco  powder  or  tobacco  stems 
are  not  at  all  injurious  to  plants.  In  fact  they  contain 
manurial  properties  and  may  act  as  a  stimulant,  while 
some  commercial  preparations  may  prove  very  injurious 
to  the  roots  of  the  plants. 

Starting  Vegetable  Plants  in  Pots 

Dear  Sir: — You  surely  have  many  a  reader  interested 
in  the  raising  of  vegetables  for  the  market,  truck  garden- 
ers, private  gardeners  and  others.  We  should  like  to  ask 
some  of  these  experienced  people  whether  it  is  correct  that 
vegetables  when  started  in  flower  pots  before  being  set 
into  the  open,  or  into  the  forcing  bed,  will  prove  of  strong- 
er constitution  and  as  much  more  prolific  in  the  crops? 
To  us  it  will  be  of  interest  to  have  a  correct  answer  to  tliis, 
though  we  are  aware  that  in  all  such  matters  even  ex- 
perts are  apt  to  differ  somewhat  in  their  views.  If  you 
will  kindly  give  this  letter  publicity  through  your  valued 
columns,  we  will  be  thankful.  W.  R. 

The  question  presented  is  not  without  certain  per- 
plexities since  the  entire  race  of  edible  vegetables  at 
once  becomes  involved.  At  the  outset  we  are  bound  to 
observe  that  in  order  to  be  successful  in  vegetable  gar- 
dening the  cultivator  must  at  all  times  adapt  himself  to 
conditions  which  obtain.  Whether  vegetable  plants 
raised  in  flower  pots  will  prove  of  stronger  constitution 
and  be  more  productive  in  the  crops  depends  solely  upon 
the  method  of  handling,  climatic  conditions,  facilities 


at  hand,  as  well  as  personal  requirement  and  the  type 
of  vegetable  plants  to  be  grown.  We  suggest,  however, 
that  the  more  desiralile  kinds,  as  peas,  beans,  sweet  corn 
and  perhaps  cucumber  and  melon,  may  be  sown  in  pots 
under  glass  with  a  view  to  prolong  the  season  of  produc- 
tion, but  we  do  not  assume  that  these  plants  will  be 
either  of  stronger  constitution  or  more  productive  than 
tho.se  which  are  sown  outdoors  and  grown  under  natural 
conditions  throughout.  In  the  case  of  tomatoes,  egg 
[)lants  and  peppers  indoor  sowing  becomes  a  necessity 
and  it  is  obvious,  therefore,  that  such  plants  will  be  all 
the  better  for  being  handled  in  pots  for  at  least  some 
time  prior  to  final  planting.  Here  in  New  England  it 
is  impossible  to  secure  a  fall  crop  of  these  kinds  unless 
an  early  start  is  made.  The  simplest  method  of  dealing 
even  with  these  latter  kinds  is  to  first  sow  them  in 
"flats"  and  when  large  enough  to  handle  transplant  the 
seedlings  again  into  shallow  boxes.  As  soon  as  the 
plants  begin  to  crowd  it  is  then  a  good  plan  to  transfer 
them  to  pots  to  keep  them  stocky.  Avoid  crowding  al- 
ways, as  weak,  attenuated  plants  are  never  so  produc- 
tive as  those  of  sturdy  growth.  Another  point  to  be 
remembered  is  that  plants  grown  in  pots,  if  allowed  to 
become  root-bound,  will  require  greater  attention  in  the 
matter  of  watering  after  transplanting  in  order  to  get 
them  started  in  their  new  and  permanent  quarters  than 
would  be  the  case  with  plants  less  restricted  at  the  roots. 
Such  kinds  as  celery,  cabbage,  cauliflower,  lettuce,  beets 
and  onions  may  often  be  handled  to  better  advantage  if 
l)ricked  off  into  either  boxes  or  frames  and  will  thrive 
equally  well  as  those  which  are  pot-grown  providing 
they  are  lifted  with  care  and  receive  due  attention  dur- 
ing the  final  planting  operation.  It  will  be  apparent  to 
the  reader,  of  course,  that  the  last  named  kinds  may 
be  successfully  grown  by  now  sowing  them  on  a  well 
prepared  seed  bed  in  the  open  ground.  Dig  under  a 
liberal  quantity  of  well  decayed  manure  and  when  the 
soil  is  in  a  fairly  dry  and  friable  condition  prepare  the 
seed  bed.  The  only  requirement  then  will  be  to  sow 
thinly,  water  when  necessary,  transplant  early,  and  at 
all  times  keep  the  plants  free  from  weeds  by  frequent 
stirring  of  the  surface  soil. 


Quite  recently  it  was  my  good  fortune  to  visit  the 
extensive  greenhouses  of  C.  G.  Rocbling,  six  of  these 
devoted  entirely  to  orchids,  and  all  of  which  are  admir- 
ably cultivated  by  his  most  capable  superintendent 
James  Goodier,  who  has  managed  the  whole  estate  for 
the  past  thirteen  years,  during  which  time  he  has  made 
extensive  improvements  and  added  very  largely  to  the 
quality  and  variety  of  the  species  and  hybrids  com- 
prising this  famous  collection. 

Unlike  most  private  places  Mr.  Roebling  probably 
has  far  more  .species  of  orcliids  than  any  other  amateur 
in  the  country  and  hybrids  can  be  counted  by  the  tens 


'Or, 


'^Xo. 


of  thousands,  ilr.  Goodier's  method  of  raising  seed- 
lings is  an  entirely  new  and  novel  idea  which  has  given 
extraordinary  results  and  appears  to  be  perfection  itself. 
Cattleyas,  Laeha-cattleyas  and  Brasso-cattleyas  can  be 
seen  in  their  germinating  stage,  on  specially  prepared 
pots,  and  at  all  sizes  up  to  flowering.  Many  of  these 
were  in  flower  at  tlie  time  of  my  visit,  a  number  of 
them  showing  marked  improvement  on  the  parent 
plants.  Several  fine  forms  of  I^lia-cattleya  luminosa, 
the  famous  Trenton  strain,  were  in  bloom,  also  L.  C. 
Myra,  L.  C.  ITyeaiia  and  a  very  fine  hybrid — a  cross 
between  T-wlia  Tona  ;iiid  Cattleya  gigas:  also  in  the  same 


no 


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April  27.  1918 


house  was  a  very  fine  pinnt  of  the  pure  wliitc  Cattlcya 
spcciosissima  and  Cattlcya  Skinncrii  alba.  1  also  saw 
the  specially  fine  Cattlcya  Schrodera^  var.  .lames 
Goodier  which  is  very  exciuisite,  the  whole  flower  being 
slightly  sulTused  with  a  primrose  pink  and  of  line  shape 
and  texture. 

Almost  every  wlute  laltlcya  iu  cultivation  is  repre- 
sented by  one  or  more  specimens,  some  of  which  have 
been  in  this  collection  for  many  years.  Cattlcya 
Mossin'  Zion  IIo\ise  ^a^.,  is  to  be  .«een  growing  here  vig- 
orously and  this  plant  was  imported  from  luirope  to 
Trenton  well  over  twenty  years  ago.  Jlr.  h'oeliling  al- 
ways was  a  lover  of  I.!elia  anceps  and  its  varieties  and 
there  are  about  si.xtcen  distinct  named  varieties  grow- 
ing freely  here,  including  the  rare  and  beautiful 
Ho'blingiana.  In  tiio  same  house  is  the  old  natural 
hybrid  luelia  Fincheniana  Schroderiana  which  was  in 
flower  with  seven  pure  white  perfect  blooms. 

Cypripediums  are  another  great  feature  in  tliis  collec- 
tion and  all  the  best  and  well-known  varieties  are  to  be 
seen,  including  C.  Beryl,  Gaston  Bultel,  Germaine 
apoix,  Euryades  splendens,  Adrastus,  Hindeanum.  Ad- 
miral Jellicoe,  Lord  Walmcr,  Aeson  giganteum,  Wood- 
row  Wilson  and  a  host  of  others.  A  large  number  of 
Cypripedium  hybrids  have  been  raised  at  Trenton  and 
some  very  fine  forms  have  resulted. 

Botanical  species  are  also  of  special  interest  here  and 
there  is  an  endless  variety  of  them  including  Coelog\'nes, 
Cirrhopetalums.  Masdevallias,  Epidendrums,  Aerides, 
Phajus,  Oncidiums,  Lycastc.  Sobralias.  Scbomburg- 
kias,  etc.,  and  also  a  few  very  fine  plants  of  Zvgopetaluni 
Roeblingianum  which  is  now  very  rare.     This  was  in 


flower  and  looked  very  charming.  Cympidiums  are  also 
grown  here  in  great  variety  and  in  flower  was  the  rare 
natural  hybrid  Itoseiiin  an<l  a  line  variety  of  Lowianum 
eliiirneum.  In  the  1  tcndroliiuni  liousc  can  be  seen  end- 
less varieties,  both  hybrids  anil  sjiecics,  and  a  nuinlier  of 
which  were  idooniitig,  including  Mclunodiscus,  Hain- 
bow  and  the  fine  nobilc  var.  Ashwortbianum. 

Probably  nowhere  can  be  seen  such  wonderful  speci- 
nicn  ijlants  of  ]'2pidendrum  Boundii,  radicans  O'Brien- 
ianum,  etc.,  as  are  growing  here  to  perfection.  Miltonias 
also  thrive  and  grow  finely  and  are  here  in  almost  every 
known  variety.  Numerous  orchids  have  ijccn  named  in 
recognition  of  Mr.  ]{oei)ling,  one  of  the  best  being  the 
wonderful  Cattlcya  'J'rianaj  IJocblingeana. 

A  word  of  praise  should  be  given  to  Mr.  Ooodicr  for 
the  excellent  manner  in  which  he  cultivates  the  Phala;- 
nopsis.  They  are  certainly  grown  admirably  and  reflect 
great  credit  to  the  ))erfect  treatment  which  they  receive. 
They  were  in  full  idoom  and  gave  a  glorious  display. 
Over  100  sjieciniens  iirc  grown  here  in  all  the  well  known 
varieties.  The  wliole  collection  is  now  probably  the  old- 
est in  the  country  and  a  large  number  of  rare  species 
exists  here  which  are  otherwise  unknown.  Owing  to  the 
large  quantity  of  seedlings  and  dujilicates  which  have 
been  propagated  it  looks  as  if  Mr.  Koebling  will  soon 
have  to  take  over  more  houses  for  his  orchids  or  other- 
wise they  will  become  too  congested.  The  planta 
throughout  look  remarkably  well  grown  and  certainly 
will  repay  anyone  to  inspect. 


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HORTICULTURAL   PROBLEMS  OF  TODAY 

Synopsis  of  an  Address  by   E.  W.   Breed  of  Clinton,   Mass..    before   the   Gardeners'   &    Florists'   Club   of   Boston. 


We  are  confronted  today  with  prob- 
lems that  require  unusual  treatment. 
Conditions  have  arisen  that  we  never 
realized  could  exist  during  our  life- 
time. Tliese  conditions  make  neces- 
sary the  readjustment  of  our  business 
methods  as  well  as  our  methods  of 
cultivation.  It  is  a  time  when  we  have 
to   do   some    hard    thinking. 

The  European  conditions  make  Im- 
porting of  plants,  seeds  and  bulbs  a 
questionable  venture.  This  fact  will 
encourage  the  growing  of  these  sup- 
plies here,  which  is  already  beginning 
to  be  demonstrated  in  various  parts  of 
our  country,  particularly  in  California. 
where  it  seems  possible  that  we  shall 
soon  be  receiving  many  of  the  hard- 
wooded  plants  that  have  come  from 
Belgium,  also  bulbs  from  Holland  and 
seeds  in  even  greater  quantity  than 
have  already  been  grown  here.  Some 
of  the  leading  horticulturists,  in  view 
of  the  many  existing  conditions,  be- 
lieve the  time  is  not  far  distant  when 
we  shall  be  exporting  the  stock  that 
we  formerly  imported. 

Labor. 

The  labor  problem  is  the  most  seri- 
ous one  we  have  ever  encountered; 
both  quality  and  quantity  seem  to  be 
limited.  There  seems  to  be  an  In- 
equality in  the  wages  demanded  by 
day   laborers   and   that   which   is  paid 


skilled  hands.  While  we  may  account 
for  this  condition  it  is  beyond  our 
province  to  remedy  it.  We  are  obliged 
to  follow  the  example  of  other  coun- 
tries in  the  employment  of  women  and 
boys.  Concerning  the  former  there 
are  many  duties  which  they  can  per- 
form and  they  will  probably  be  a  great 
assistance  as  many  of  them  are  going 
out  under  organized  clubs  with  deter- 
mination to  be  of  service.  The  boys 
can  be  helpful  if  they  can  be  made  to 
realize  the  importance  of  their  work 
and  pay  strict  attention  to  the  duties 
assigned  them.  With  the  government 
asking  us  to  plant  more,  and  then  call- 
ing the  young  men  to  service  upon 
whom  we  are  dependent  for  labor  in 
growing  the  crops,  it  makes  the  prob- 
lem  rather  a  difficult  one. 

Fuel. 

Most  of  us  are  dependent  on  fuel 
for  the  winter  season  and  as  our 
plants  are  equipped  with  heating  ap- 
paratus for  coal  consumption,  it  seems 
to  me  that  it  is  best  tor  us  to  do  what 
we  can  with  what  coal  we  can  get. 
We  ought  to  know  and  probably  will 
before  long  how  much  coal  we  can  ex- 
pect the  coming  winter.  Nearly  every- 
one has  had  to  economize,  either  by 
maintaining  a  lower  temperature,  or, 
by  closing  a  portion  of  their  plants  in 
order  to  meet  the  conditions  The  sub- 
stitutes have  been  helpful  but  like  all 


other  substitutes  they  have  proved  ex- 
pensive. Many  have  been  able  to  use 
wood  and  wliere  near  at  hand  it  has 
been  useful.  Coal  briquettes  have  been 
used  in  limited  quantities.  There  is 
a  possibility  that  oil  may  be  used.  To 
some  the  shortage  of  coal  has  been  a 
blessing  in  disguise  because  their 
stock  has  been  better  grown,  showing 
they  formerly  maintained  a  too  high 
temperature.  It  is  very  important 
that  we  should  keep  the  greenhouse 
business  alive  not  only  for  Its  useful- 
ness at  the  present  time,  but,  also  for 
the  fact,  that  after  the  war  is  over 
we  want  to  be  able  to  furnish  employ- 
ment for  the  gardeners  who  have  been 
loyal  in  their  country's  service. 

Fertilizers. 

The  increased  cost  of  fertilizers  has 
made  It  necessary  for  us  to  utilize 
everything  at  hand.  Where  we  have 
sufficient  land  to  grow  green  crops  that 
can  be  heavily  fertilized  and  then 
plowed  in,  we  can  furnish  a  large 
amount  of  humus  in  the  most  avail- 
able form.  This  helps  the  mechanical 
condition  of  the  soil,  which  I  believe 
is  of  greater  Importance  than  the 
fertilizing  properties  supplied,  for, 
without  good  digestion  rich  food  is  of 
little  value.  This  necessitates  a  close 
study  of  the  plant  requirements  in 
order  to  supply  the  particular  plant 
food  required. 


April  27,  1918 


H  0  K  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


411 


Efficiency. 
We  must  count  tlie  cost  and  stop  all 
the  leaks  possible  in  our  business  and 
then  to  use  the  slogan  "we  must  speed 
up"  endeavoring  to  produce  the  maxi- 
mum of  results  with  the  minimum  of 
effort.  The  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture informs  us  that  the  average 
wheat  yield  is  fifteen  bushels  per  acre, 
whereas  the  maximum  is  one  hundred 
and  seventeen.  While  the  growing  of 
wheat  may  not  be  a  subject  with  which 
we  have  to  deal  it  simply  shows  that 
with  some  the  methods  are  not  as 
efficient  as  they  should  be  and  the 
question  which  comes  to  each  one  of 
us  is  are  we  measuring  up  to  the 
maximum  yield  of  our  efforts.  In  the 
matter  of  propagation  we  should  be 
cautious  and  not  over  produce,  neither 
should  we  propagate  stock  at  a  lower 
figure  than  we  can  afford  to  sell  it. 

Transportation. 

One  of  the  great  helps  at  the  present 
time  has  been  the  motor  truck  with 
which  personally  I  have  been  able  to 
do  a  very  large  proportion  of  my  busi- 
ness, making  prompt  deliveries.  Re- 
garding freight  and  express  much  has 
been  accomplished  recently.  Embar- 
goes have  been  lifted  on  seeds  and  on 
nursery  stock  and  embargoes  against 
nursery  stock  cannot  be  placed  by  an 
Individual  railroad  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  director  general.  The  ex- 
press companies  place  plants  and 
seeds  under  three  hundred  pounds 
weight  as  perishable  and  are  excluded 
from  embargoes. 

Publicity. 
The  Florists'  National  Publicity 
Campaign  and  the  Nurserymen's  Fund 
for  Market  Development  have  placed 
the  advertising  problem  on  a  new  and 
enlarged  basis  and  the  indications  are 
that  it  will  develop  a  greater  market 
on  a  grander  scale  under  a  more  effi- 
cient management  than  ever  before. 
The  planting  of  trees  and  shrubs  and 
the  growing  of  flowers  can  no  longer 
be  considered  a  non-essential,  but  are 
necessary   to   our   full   development. 

Standardization. 
The  subject  of  a  more  uniform  grad- 
ing of  nursery  plants,  whereby  a 
standard  method  can  be  adopted,  so 
that  a  purchaser  may  have  some  as- 
surance of  the  character  of  the  stock 
he  is  purchasing  by  the  catalogue 
description,  together  with  standard 
names  as  used  by  the  landscape  archi- 
tects, nurserymen,  florists,  seedsmen, 
foresters,  botanists,  druggists,  has 
been  the  subject  assigned  to  a  commit- 
tee from  the  American  Association  of 
Nurserymen  and  The  Ornamental 
Growers'  Association,  who  are  busily 
engaged  in  preparing  a  standard  code 
that  will  be  of  immense  value  to  all 
the  allied  trades  and  will  place  the 
horticultural  industry  upon  better 
business-like  methods. 

Evergreens. 
The  winter  effect  on  evergreens  con- 
tinues to  be  a  perennial  question  for 
discussion  due  to  a  variety  of  causes, 
principally,  from  lack  of  moisture  the 
preceding  season,  followed  with  the 
same  condition  after  a  severe  winter. 
Under  these  circumstances  there  will 
always  be  some  losses.  Could  we  have 
a  moist  summer  and  a  mild  winter  we 
could  anticipate  more  satisfactory  re- 
sults.  The  watering  of  evergreens  and 


ERICA    MELANTHERA 


Tbe  Popular  Christmas  Heather  in  4  i- 

evergreen  shrubs  when  it  is  dry  in  the 
fall  is  of  great  value.  Then  in  the  spring 
the  chief  point  with  evergreen  shrubs 
is  to  allow  the  frost  to  come  out  of  the 
ground  before  the  tops  are  uncovered, 
where  it  is  possible  to  do  so.  Much 
trouble  could  be  avoided  if  a  more 
careful  study  was  made  in  planting 
such  stock,  endeavoring  to  conform  to 
their  natural  requirements. 
Legislation. 

Several  bills  have  been  presented 
before  the  Legislature  which  if  passed 
would  have  very  serious  results  in  the 
horticultural  business.  The  Weeks  bill 
calling  for  the  exclusion  of  all  foreign 
plants  beginning  July  1st  on  the  plea 
of  reducing  insect  pests  was  so  radi- 
cal that  it  has  been  referred  to  the 
Federal  Horticultural  Board  and  will 
probably  be  modified,  as  it  can  well 
be  without  any  injurious  results.  A 
bill  to  eradicate  all  forms  of  Berberis 
vulgaris  (thunbergii  not  included)  on 
account  of  the  black-stem  wheat  rust 
has  shared  the  same  fate  as  the  pre- 
ceding bill.  Tlie  destruction  of  all 
currants  and  gooseberries  to  prevent 
the  spread  of  the  pine  blister  rust  and 
lastly  a  bill  presented  for  the  exclud- 
ing of  any  plant  that  might  act  as  a 
carrier  of  disease  to  be  left  to  the 
discretion  of  the  head  inspector.  This 
bill  will  be  modified  whereby  every 
person  interested  will  receive  a  letter 
announcing  a  hearing  two  weeks  in 
advance.  Legislation  has  its  value, 
but  our  law  makers  must  mingle  rea- 
son with  common  sense  in  the  enact- 
ment of  their  laws. 

Roses. 

Roses  for  garden  use  are  today  one 
of  the  most  popular  plants  grown  and 
in  view  of  the  conditions  on  the  other 
side  it  is  important  that  we  make 
preparations  to  grow  them  here.  For 
their  propagation  Japanese  multiflora 
has  been  the  most  highly  recommend- 
ed as  the  one  best  adapted  for  our  con- 
ditions. 

Vegetables. 

It  has  become  our  patriotic  duty  to 
grow  as  many  vegetables  and  vege- 
table plants  for  others  as  possible.  In 
this  connection    I   think   the  war  gar- 


i  h   lots.     Photo  by  A.  L.  Miller. 


den.s  have  done  much  towards  popular- 
izing horticulture  as  well  as  conserv- 
ing time.  It  will  be  a  great  factor  in 
increasing  the  interest  in  both  the 
cultivation  of  flowers  and  vegetables 
for  what  vegetable  garden  is  complete 
without  a  few  flowers.  The  seedsmen 
have  had  an  enormous  business,  which 
proves  that  great  quantities  will  be 
planted  and  let  us  hope  an  equally 
great  amount  harvested. 

It  is  fair  to  state  that  we  are  living 
in  an  age  of  horticulture  that  we  hope 
will  prove  to  be  as  great  in  the  annals 
of  history  as  the  ages  of  literature, 
music,  and  poetry  have  been  in  the 
past.  With  the  great  progress  in  the 
commercial  world,  horticulture  should 
receive  a  tremendous  impetus.  The 
horticultural  exhibitions  of  today  are 
an  index  of  the  rapid  strides,  which 
we  as  a  nation  are  making.  It  is  in- 
teresting to  note  that  in  spite  of  all 
of  their  suffering,  the  French,  while 
they  are  yet  In  the  midst  of  their 
agony,  are  still  holding  their  wonder- 
ful rose  show  each  year  at  La  Baga- 
telle and  the  French  women,  even  the 
poorest,  cherish  their  little  window- 
boxes  and  flower  borders  more  than 
ever. 

Our  calling  as  gardeners  is  a  divine- 
ly appointed  one,  being  the  duty  as- 
signed the  first  man  created,  and,  in 
this  noble  calling,  .our  efforts  are  to 
make  the  world  a  more  beautiful  one 
in  which  to  live.  We  are  not  all  mil- 
lionaires, but  we  are  able  to  bequeath 
a  greater  legacy  to  the  world  and  to 
those  who  come  after  us  than  can  be 
measured  in  dollars  and  cents.  The 
result  of  the  war  should  inspire  us  to 
fight  our  battles  manfully,  for  if  his- 
tory repeats  itself,  after  the  war  our 
industry  will  rise  to  higher  levels  than 
ever  before. 


Rochester,  N.  Y.— The  Park  Depart- 
ment is  seriously  disturbed  by  the 
menace  of  the  Flm-leaf  beetle  which 
for  a  year  or  two  past  has  become  ob- 
vious in  Pittsford  and  East  Rochester 
and  last  year  crept  into  the  city. 
Lantern  traps  to  be  hung  in  the  trees 
at  night  will  be  used  to  catch  large 
quantities  of  night  flying  moths. 


41-' 


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CONTENTS 

Page 
COVER  ILLUSTRATION'— A  Remarkable  Orchid  Hybrid 
VEGETABLE    CULTURE— Tobacco    Powder— Starting 

Vegetable   Plants  in   Pots — John  Johnson 409 

ORCHIDS  AT  TRENTO.V,  N.  J. —Walter  Gott 409 

HORTICULTURAL    PROBLEMS   OF   TODAY— £.    W. 

Breed    410 

THE    PUBLICITY    CAMPAIGN    413 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— Practical  Garden  Instruc- 
tion —  A  Remarkable  Sweet  Pea  Exhibit  —  Interna- 
tional Flower  Show — The  Gardeners'  Boston  Confer- 
ence —  Meetings  Next  Week  —  Lancaster  County 
Florists'    Association    414-415 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

Encouraging  the   Florist 413 

"Say  it  With  Flowers" — Henry  Penn 418 

New  Flower  Stores   419 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston,  Chicago.  Cincinnati,  New  York,  Philadelphia  421 
Pittsburgh,  Rochester,  St.  Louis,  Washington 423 

OBITUARY— James  B.  Henry- Mrs.  J.  F.  Sullivan- 
Mrs.   Johu    Poehlmann 423 

LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   NEWS: 

Chicago.  Washington,  Boston,  St.   Louis,  Pittsburgh, 
Philadelphia    424-426 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Erica  melanthera — Illustrated    411 

Personal  • 413 

Brooklyn   Botanic  Garden 414 

Iris  pallida  Dalmatica — Illustrated 415 

A  Remarkable  Orchid  Hybrid 415 

Publications    Received    416-426 

The  Toll  of  War— Patents  Granted 416 

Visitors'    Register — Business   Troubles 423 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 426 


The 


The     recent    meeting    of    gardeners    at 

Boston  and  the  proposal  to  continue  the 

gardener's     series    throughout   the    season    and    espe- 

place  eially    the    high    aspirations    which    were 

given  utterance  on  this  occasion  tends  to 

open  up  a  very  ho|)eful  outlook  for  tlie  advancement  of 

the   well-eijuipped   practitioner   in   gardening  art   to   a 

recognition  long  merited  but  very  tardily  accorded.    It 

is   very  evident  that  the  profession   of  gardening  in 

America  has  now  entered  upon  its  progressive  stage 

which  is  "a  consuniation  devoutly  to  be  wished,"  and 

the  signs  of  the  times  must  be  full  of  encouragement 

and  cheer  for  those  who  have  longed  for  and  worked 

patiently  and  faithfully  to  hasten  the  day. 


The    Mayflower,    or    Trailing    Arbii 
Protect  Jug      (Epig»a     rcpens)      has     been 

the  mayflower       (ielected   by    Vote  of  tlie  school  cliil- 

dren  of  Mas.sachusett8  and  the 
ilioice  legally  endorged  by  the  legislature  as  the  state 
llowur.  'i'his  sweetest  of  all  our  native  early  spring 
IpIos.soius  was  once  very  abundant  in  sections  from  which 
it  has  now  entirely  vanished,  its  beauty  of  flower  and 
delicious  fragrance  having  proved  its  undoing.  Now 
that  it  has  been  elevated  to  the  dignity  of  state 
emblem,  it  is  feared  that  the  destruction  by 
thouglitles,s  or  ignorant  gatherers  will  be  greatly  in- 
creasc'd  and  the  work  of  final  extinction  hastened.  We 
believe  that  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  some 
measure  of  protection  by  law  will  have  to  be  extended 
to  the  Mayflower,  such  as  forbidding  its  being  gathered 
tor  the  ])urpose  of  sale,  and  the  sooner  this  is  done  the 
better,  otherwise  it  will  not  be  long  before  its  existence 
other  than  as  an  emblem  will  come  to  an  end  in  Massa- 
chusetts. 


The 


It  is  very  pleasing  to  have  the  as- 
surance of  the  Department  of  Agri- 
barberry's  fate  (uilture  that  the  campaign  for  the 
extermination  of  the  barberry  be- 
cause of  its  essential  part  in  disseminating  the  danger- 
ous wheat  rust  applies  only  to  the  common  Berberis 
vulgaris  and  does  not  affect  the  Japanese  Berberis  Thun- 
bergii  which  has  proven  so  superior  as  a  reliable  hedge 
plant  in  a  large  section  of  this  country.  It  had  been 
feared  by  many  that  the  order  to  uproot  the  barberries 
(^overcd  the  genus  generally.  The  common  wild  species, 
which,  however,  is  not  a  native  but  presumably  was  in- 
troduced by  the  early  settlers,  is  a  very  beautiful  object 
whether  in  flower  or  bending  gracefully  under  its  rich 
burden  of  coral  berries  and  the  fruit  has,  moreover,  a 
considerable  food  value.  As  its  only  offending  is  its 
unfortunate  relation  to  the  wheat  crop  we  hope  it  may 
be  spared  from  destruction  in  those  sections  where 
wheat  is  not  grown.  It  would  be  sadly  missed  by  the 
country  people  throughout  New  England  who  prize  the 
liarl)('rrv  fruit  highly  as  a  preserve. 

Complaint  is  common  on  all  sides  of 

The  tim   scarcity   of   labor  in   the   various 

labor  problem     liorticultural     and     allied    industries. 

One  of  our  best  advertisers  in  the 
plant  trade  writes,  "We  are  very  short  on  the  most  ordi- 
nary labor,  as  you  can  realize.  So  is  everyone  else,  and 
it  will  take  some  manipulation  to  keep  up  with  the 
orders  that  come  along  in  the  natural  course  at  this 
season,  so  we  are  compelled  to  drop  out  from  all  trade 
advertising  for  the  present.  While  we  have  plenty  of 
material,  to  continue  at  the  present  moment  would  be 
simply  bunting  trouble."  In  many  establishments 
where  flowers  are  grown  for  cutting  it  has  been  found 
necessary  to  employ  female  help  for  weeding,  picking, 
grading  and  bunching  flowers  and  so  well  adapted  for 
such  work  have  the  women  proven  to  be  in  places  where 
hitherto  men  only  have  been  employed,  that  the  custom 
will  probably  become  permanent.  One  very  disturbing 
result  of  the  labor  situation  and  the  unprecedenterl 
wages  now  being  paid  in  the  shipyards  and  munition 
factories,  is  the  independent  attitude  of  the  workers, 
many  of  whom  apparently  look  upon  time  as  being  "the 
interval  between  pay  days,"  as  Life  puts  it  and  but 
little  else.  Until  the  end  of  the  world-war  the  nursery 
and  floral  industries  will  have  a  rather  difficult  road  to 
travel  and  the  labor  problem  will  not  be  the  least  of 
tbeir   perplexities.     "After  that    the    Deluge"? 


April  27,  1918 


HORTICULTUEE 


413 


The  Promotion  Bureau  is  calling  the 
attention  of  florists  to  the  fact  that 
there  will  appear  In  the  Saturday 
Evening  Post  and  The  Literary  Digest, 
Issues  of  May  4,  advertisements  featur- 
ing Mother's  Day,  which  is  Sunday, 
May  12.  A  good  many  florists  have 
already  provided  themselves  with  the 
electrotypes  furnished  by  the  Bureau's 
service,  in  order  that  they  may  use 
their  local  newspapers  to  link  up  with 
the  publicity  obtained  through  these 
national  magazines.  It  is  safe  to  say 
that  these  magazines  cover  a  large  per- 
centage of  the  population  in  every  sec- 
tion, especially  among  the  classes 
which  include  prospective  flower  buy- 
ers, so  it  goes  without  saying  that  the 
magazine  advertisement  is  easily  con- 
nected with  the  local  advertisement 
which  reproduces  it  in  its  main  par- 
ticulars. It  has  already  been  demon- 
strated that  this  particular  form  of  co- 
operation  is  most   profitable. 

Florists  who  use  the  moving  picture 
theatres  for  direct  appeals  to  the  pub- 
lic can  get  the  Bureau  service  of  four 
slides  which  also,  as  far  as  possible, 
feature  the  magazine  advertisements. 
Take  the  Mother's  Day  advertisement 
for  instance:  The  delighted  mother 
holding  the  bunch  of  carnations  In  her 
hands,  with  the  shadow  picture  un- 
derneath of  the  devoted  son  who  has 
remembered  Mother's  Day  is  a  picture 
calculated  to  stamp  itself  in  the  minds 
of  the  public  at  this  season,  and  it  is 


up  to  the  florists  to  push  the  Impres- 
sion along  and  cash  it  in  at  their  own 
establishments. 

The  secretary  has,  in  the  last  few 
days,  been  devoting  himself  to  the 
spreading  of  the  campaign  doctrine  in 
the  communities  adjacent  to  head- 
quarters, with  satisfactory  results.  He 
Is  arranging  an  itinerary  for  personal 
visits  which  will  embrace  a  wide  area 
of  territory  throughout  the  country, 
and  has  had  volunteered  to  him  the 
help  of  various  trade  organizations  to 
promote  meetings  of  florists  at  points 
covered  by  his  trip.  Florists'  clubs 
which  have  not  already  taken  this 
form  of  cooperation  into  consideration 
should  get  in  touch  with  the  secretary 
at  once,  so  that  his  itinerary  routing 
may  be  as  far  reaching  as  possible. 

The  financial  standing  of  the  Cam- 
paign, as  regards  the  support  so  far 
given  It,  is  well  shown  In  the  list  of 
subscribers  to  the  fund  just  published 
by  the  Promotion  Bureau.  Copies  of 
this  list  will  be  furnished  to  anyone 
making  request  of  the  Secretary  for 
same,  and  it  is  advised  that  any  who 
have  difliculty  in  determining  the 
amount  they  would  like  to  contribute 
to  the  Fund  apply  for  a  copy,  and  see 
for  themselves  what  their  brothers  In 
the  trade  are  doing.  All  contributions 
are  entirely  voluntary;  the  idea  is  that 
each  should  give  what  he  feels  he  can 
afford,  and  he  is  assured  beforehand 
that  there  will  be  no  criticism — the 
movement  has  got  beyond  anything  of 
this  sort.  , 

Through  clerical  errors  two  or  three 
Inaccuracies  crept  into  the  published 
list  of  subscribers,  which  the  Promo- 
tion Bureau  here  desires  to  correct. 
The  State  of  Ohio  is  credited  only  with 
subscriptions  amounting  to  $1,287. 
Added  to  those  enumerated  should  be 


the  following:  Cleveland  Cut  Flower 
Co.,  $100;  Cleveland  Florists'  Club, 
$200;  Mrs.  Mercer,  Cleveland,  $25;  C. 
Merkel  &  Son,  Mentor,  $50;  and  Fred 
Witthuhn,  Cleveland,  $25,  making  the 
total  $1,687.  Another  affects  the  pub- 
lished total  of  subscriptions  from  the 
State  of  Michigan.  The  L.  Bemb 
Floral  Co.  of  Detroit  subscribed  $100, 
while  their  subscription  is  printed  as 
$25.  The  total  subscription  from 
Michigan  therefore  should  read  as 
$1,151.50  instead  of  $1,076.50. 

It  is  encouraging  to  record  the  re- 
ceipt from  Cleveland  of  advice  from 
Herman  P.  Knoble  that  active  work 
in  the  Publicity  Campaign  is  only  just 
beginning  there,  and  that  the  State's 
total  will  speedily  be  doubled. 

The  following  additional  subscrip- 
tions to  the  Fund  have  been  recorded: 

Annually  for  Four  Years — Fred  H.  Meln- 
hardt.  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  $10;  W.  Rummler, 
Rutherford,  N.  J.,  $5;  Coles  Flower  Sbop, 
Kiikiimo,  Ind.,  $3;  C.  E.  Hubbard,  Topeka, 
Kans.,  $5;  Wm.  Blackman  Floral  Co., 
Kviiusville,  Ind..  $10;  Cbiekasha  Green- 
house, Chickasha,  Okla.,  $3;  Chas.  Schoen- 
hut.  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  $15;  E.  P.  Sawyer, 
Clinton,  Mass.,  $5;  Donnelly  Floral  Co., 
Wichita  Falls,  Tex.,  $10;  Corp.  of  Chas.  F. 
Meyer,  New  York,  $25;  H.  M.  Robinson  Co., 
Boston,  Mass.,  $100;  Morgan  Floral  Co., 
Fort  Morgan,  Colo.,  $5;  Paul  W.  A.  Gral- 
lert,  Oakland,  Calif.,  $10;  Jos.  Harris  & 
Bro.,  Shamokln,  Pa.,  $5;  K.  M.  Erdman  & 
Son,  Mt.  Carmel,  Pa.,  $5;  Robt.  H.  Haw- 
kins, Bridgeport.  Conn.,  $20:  O.  H.  Her- 
man. Council  Bluffs,  la..  $25;  Bonnet  & 
Blake,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  $15;  C.  E.  Russiti, 
Sunbury.  Pa.,  $5;  Louis  Menard,  Albany, 
N.  Y..  .$5;  M.  Wilson,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
$5;  Chas.  Abrams,  Brooklyn,  N,  Y.,  $15; 
Cleveland  Cut  Flower  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
$100;  Cleveland  Florists  Club,  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  $200;  Mrs.  Mercer,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
$25;  Fred  Witthuhn,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  $25; 
C.  Merkel  &  Son,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  $50. 
For  One  Year— Western  Pot  Mfrs.  Credit 
Ass'n,  New  Brighton,  Pa.,  $100;  C.  S.  Mac- 
nair.  Providence,  R.  L,  $5.  Total,  $S13. 
Previously  reported  from  all  sources, 
$32,37B.     Grand  total,  $33,189. 


ENCOURAGE   THE   FLORIST. 

"Flowers  are  always  fit  presents,  be- 
cause they  are  a  proud  assertion  that  a  ray 
of  beauty  outvalues  all  the  utilities  of  the 
world." — Emerson. 

A  man  with  plenty  of  money  was 
heard  to  say:  "Among  war  economies 
I  have  stopped  buying  flowers." 

That  is  a  foolish  war  economy. 
Flowers  are  to  the  spirit  what  heat 
is  to  the  body.  The  spirit  is  more  im- 
portant than  the  body — better  save 
some  coal  in  your  furnace  and  put  the 
money  into  flowers  that  will  make 
your  children  happy,  bring  spiritual 
light  into  your  household  and  give 
your  wife  one  fewer  cause  for  regret 
that  she  married  you. 

The  individual  quoted  did  not  say 
whether  he  had  ceased  sending  flow- 
ers to  his  wife  or  some  young  lady 
able  to  hit  high  C. 

Whoever  gets  the  flowers  as  a  pres- 
ent, as  Emerson  truly  says,  knows  that 
such  a  present  is  a  compliment,  since 
it  implies  that  the  one  to  whom  the 
present  is  given  appreciates  beauty. 
When  you  send  flowers.  Instead  of 
sending  something  that  will  last  long- 
er, you  say  with  your  gift,  "These 
flowers  are  sent  to  one  In   whom   the 


spirit  outweighs  the  body,"  and  that  Is 
a  compliment. 

In  a  Southern  city,  an  old  editor 
was  laid  up  in  a  hospital.  In  a  theatre 
nearby  Maude  Adams  was  acting.  She 
read  about  the  editor,  did  not  know 
him  from  any  other  bald  gentleman, 
but  felt  sorry  for  him  and  sent  him 
some  roses. 

The  editor's  secretary,  a  gay  young 
gentleman,  took  one  of  the  roses, 
pressed  it  carefully,  and  seemed  much 
delighted  to  have  it.  He  explained 
that  he  was  not  a  victim  of  footlight 
fascination.  "I  want  to  take  that  flow- 
er to  my  wife,"  said  he.  "She  would 
rather  have  me  bring  her  a  rose  that 
Maude  Adams  sent  than  anything  else 
I  could  bring  her." 

A  fine  compliment  to  Maude  Adams, 
one  that  ought  to  make  her  glad  she 
sent  the  flowers  to  the  old  man.  An 
actress  whose  rose,  given  in  charity, 
is  saved  by  a  dashing  young  man,  who 
gives  it  to  his  wife  because  the  wife 
so  greatly  admires  the  actress,  can 
truly  say  that  she  has  been  playing  the 
right  kind  of  parts  and  has  not  worked 
In  vain. 

Give  useful  presents,  of  course.  But 
also   give   flowers.     If  you   cannot   af- 


ford those  that  are  expensive,  give 
those  that  are  cheap.  There  are  all 
kinds.  The  florist  whose  beautiful 
shop  you  pass  is  to  the  soul  of  man 
and  woman  what  the  restaurant  keep- 
er is  to  the  stomach.  And  the  feeding 
of  the  soul  is  as  important  at  least  as 
any  other  kind  of  feeding. 

BUY  FLOWERS.      — A^.  Y.  Journal. 


PERSONAL. 

William  H.  Tarbox,  yclept,  the 
"dahlia  king,"  is  ill  at  his  home  at 
Tarbox  Corners,  East  Greenwich,  R.  I. 

Peter  Scott,  formerly  ii\  the  employ 
of  H.  T.  Hayward,  has  taken  charge 
of  the  estate  of  Mrs.  W.  H.  Hoffman, 
at  Rumstick  Point,  Barrington.  R.  I. 

James  Littlejohn.  recently  with  R. 
&  ,T.  Farquliar  &  Co.,  at  their  nursery 
on  Cape  Cod,  has  entered  the  employ 
of  P.  W.  Sprague  to  develop  a  model 
fruit  farm  at  Scarboro  Beach,  Me. 


President  C.  H.  Totly  has  appointed 
William  H.  Duckham,  Madison,  N.  J., 
a  member  of  the  National  Flower 
Show  Committee,  to  fill  the  unexpired 
term  of  William  P.  Craig,  Philadel- 
phia. Pa.,  resigned. 

John  Young,  Secretary. 


411 


II  OKTI  CULTURE 


April  27,  1918 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


PRACTICAL    GARDEN    INSTRUC- 
TION. 

In  Iho  tntorest  of  Increased  food 
production,  especially  In  homo  gard- 
ens, the  .Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society  announces  a  series  of  practical 
talks  and  demonstrations  on  this  sub- 
ject at  Horticultural  Mall.  Boston,  to 
continue  through   the  season. 

The  llrst  ineetinR  was  held  on  Thurs- 
day. April  2o.  at  7.30  p.  m..  when  the 
subject  of  the  preparation  of  the  soil 
and  fertilizers  was  discussed  by 
Wm.  N.  Crale.  Superintendent  of 
Faulkner  Farm.  BrooUline. 

On  Saturday  evenlne.  April  27. 
Messrs.  Duncan  Finlayson,  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Weld  Garden.  Jamaica 
Plain,  and  T.  D.  Hatfield.  Superintend- 
ent of  the  Hunnewell  Estate.  Welles- 
ley,  give  instruction  on  planting  seeds, 
with  a  real  plot  of  earth  for  practical 
Illustration. 

On  Tuesday,  May  2,  at  8  o'clock,  un- 
der the  auspices  of  the  United  States 
Food  Administration,  a  public  meeting 
will  be  held  at  which  prominent  speak- 
ers will  be  present  to  call  attention  to 
the  necessity  of  increased  food  produc- 
tion. 

All  these  meetings  will  be  free  to 
the  public  and  will  afford  opportunity 
to  acquire  valuable  information  as  to 
the  best  methods  of  home  gardening. 

As  the  season  progresses  other  meet- 
ings will  be  held  of  which  due  notice 
will  be  announced  later.  It  is  also 
planned  to  have  a  competent,  expert 
gardener  at  Horticultural  Hall  every 
day  to  give  information  and  to  answer 
questions  on   gardening  subjects. 

In  connection  with  these  meetings 
there  will  be  exhibits  of  gardening  im- 
plements, injurious  Insects  and  meth- 
ods of  control,  canning  and  drying 
vegetables,  beneficial  birds,  etc.  etc. 
Wm.    p.    Rich,   Secretary, 


INTERNATIONAL    FLOWER    SHOW. 

Cheques  for  the  premiums  awarded 
at  the  recent  Show  in  the  Grand  Cen- 
tral Palace  have  all  been  forwarded  to 
the  winners.  The  medals  awarded  are 
now  being  struck,  and  will  be  dis- 
tributed as  soon  as  received. 

President  Schenck  of  the  New  York 
Florists'  Club  has  appointed  the  fol- 
lowing as  a  committee  to  consult  and 
co-operate  with  a  similar  committee  to 
be  appointed  by  the  Horticultural  So- 
ciety of  New  York  as  to  arrangements 
and  conduct  of  the  1919  International 
Flower  Show: 

A.  L.  Miller,  Jamaica,  New  York. 
Chas.  Schenck,  436  6th  avenue,  New 

York. 
Edw.  Sceery,  Paterson,  N.  J. 
Wm.  H.  Duckham.  Madison.  N.  J. 
Chas.  H.  Totty,   Madison.   N.   J. 
Frank  H    Traendly,  436  6th  avenue, 

New   York. 
Wallace  R.  Pierson,  Cromwell,  Conn. 
Geo.  E.  M.  Stumpp,  761  oth  avenue. 

New  York. 
Max   Schling,   785  5th   avenue.   New 

York. 
P.   W.   Popp,  Mamaroneck.  N.  Y. 
John    Young,    1170    Broadway,    New 

York. 


Meetings  Next  Week 


Wednesday,    May   1.  \ 

liiv.'.l.)         Il.irlliiilluriil        Sorli'ty.  I 
Thx.-.I,.    IMrk.   N.   Y  r 

Thursday,    May   2.  ! 

Alliaiiy      I'lorlbls"     Clulj,     Albuii.v. 
"^     V. 

IliMiilliiK  (I'll.),  I'"lorl«t8"  Assoela 
I  Kin.   IIiMtlliiK.  I'a. 

.^iiiita.'iijL|iiiiii  llortli'Ulturnl  Su 
■  i.iv.  (Iild  Kclliiws  Mall.  iSouthnmp 
i..n.    .N.    V. 

Friday,    May   3. 

Norih  .Shore  Horticultural  Socli't.v, 
M  inrln'stcr,   Mass. 

.North  Shoro  llortkullural  Sml'iy 
Lake   Forest,    111. 

lasailcaa  Ilorllcultural  Si>.  l.t.v. 
I'Mvailena.    Cal.  , 

I'eoplf's    I'ark    Cottage   Oardencrs'  ;ii, 
\~soiiaticii,   I'aterson,   N.  J. 

^  linkers  llortleiilinral  Soelety. 
^>.|lkerrt.    .V.    Y. 

Saturday,    May   4. 

IMclll.'  ('nasi  Ilnrtl.nltural  Society. 


A  REMARKABLE  SWEET  PEA  EX- 
HIBIT. 

At  the  monthly  meeting  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Horticultural  Society  last 
week,  at  which  Prof.  Beal  delivered  a 
most  instructive  and  Interesting  lec- 
ture on  Roses,  W.  Atlee  Burpee  Co.  ex- 
hibited a  collection  of  early  flowering 
sweet  peas,  for  which  they  were 
awarded  a  special  silver  medal. 

The  varieties  of  special  note  appear- 
ing at  the  exhibit  were:  Early  Pink 
Beauty;  Early  Sweet  Briar;  Early  Ex- 
quisite; Early  Loveliness;  Early  Ca- 
nary Bird;  Early  Enchantress;  Early 
Blue  Bird;  Early  Zephyr;  Early  Rosy 
Morn;  Early  Lustre;  Early  Princess; 
Early  Empress;  Early  Fordhook  San- 
key;  Early  Daybreak;  Early  Dainti- 
ness; Early  Primrose  Beauty;  Early 
Snowstorm;  Early  Splendour;  Early 
Lavender  King;  Early  King;  Early 
Mauve  Beauty;  Fordhook  J'ink  and 
White;  Early  Sunburst;  Early  Ford- 
hook  Rose;  Early  Jack  Tar;  Carmine 
Beauty;  Early  Fantasy;  Maroon 
Prince.  All  seedlings  raised  by  Geo. 
W^  Kerr. 


BROOKLYN  BOTANIC  GARDEN. 

Win-The-W'ar  Garden  Lectures,  Sun- 
days at  4  o'clock.    Free  to  the  public. 

April  28.  Diseases  of  Garden  Crops 
and  How  to  Control  Them.  Dr.  Edgar 
W.  Olive,  Curator  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. 

May. 5.  Plant  Breeding  and  Increased 
Food  Production.  Dr.  Orland  E. 
White,   Curator  of  Plant   Breeding. 

May  12.  Bacteriology  and  the  War. 
Dr.  Ira  S.  Wile,  former  member  of  the 
Board   of  Education.   New   York    City. 

May  19.  Garden  Insects — Good  and 
Bad.  Dr.  E.  P.  Felt,  State  Entomolo- 
gist of  New  York. 

May  26.  Cultivation  of  Drug  Plants. 
Dr.  W.  W.  Stockberger,  in  charge  of 
drug  and  poisonous  plant  investiga- 
tions, U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture. 

These  lectures,  illustrated  by  lan- 
tern slides  and  otherwise,  will  be  given 
In  the  Lecture  Hall  of  the  Laboratory 
Building,  Brooklyn  Botanic  Garden. 


THE  GARDENERS'  BOSTON  CON- 
FERENCE. 

Tho  gardeners'  local  conference  held 
In  Horticultural  Hall.  Boston,  Thurs- 
day, April  18th,  under  the  auspices  of 
Iho  National  Association  of  Gardeners, 
was  well  attended  and  proved  of  more 
than  usual  Interest  to  those  present. 

W.  N.  Craig,  presiding  as  chairman 
of  the  meeting,  after  announcing  the 
purposes  of  the  gardeners'  conference, 
spoke  of  the  serious  situation  with 
which  the  country  Is  confronted  In  He 
problem  to  provide  food  products,  not 
alone  for  our  own  people  but  for  those 
of  the  allied  nations,  which  are  en- 
gaged In  the  struggle  for  world  de- 
mocracy, and  he  outlined  some  of  the 
ways  in  which  the  gardener  can  help, 
If  only  In  a  small  measure,  to  increase 
the  food  supply.  Mr.  Craig  also  re- 
ferred to  the  serious  loss  New  England 
has  suffered  this  spring  through  the 
winter  killing  of  evergreens,  and 
stated  that  while  many  theories  are 
being  advanced  there  is  some  doubt  as 
to  what  is  the  actual  cause  of  the  dam- 
age done. 

Wilfrid  Wheeler,  secretary  of  the 
Massachusetts  State  Board  of  Agricul- 
ture, after  being  Introduced,  referred 
to  a  trip  to  Washington,  from  which 
ho  had  just  returned,  with  rather  dis- 
couraging news  on  the  general  crop 
supply,  stating  he  learned  France  did 
not  have  enough  wheat  to  last  a  month, 
England  was  little  better  off,  while  In 
this  country  the  crop  is  only  suflBcient 
to  hold  out  until  June,  and  that  it  Is 
Imperative  that  France  get  our  supply, 
while  we  must  resort  to  substitutes 
for  wheat.  Mr.  Wheeler  said  New  Eng- 
land must  grow  greater  crops  to  sup- 
ply itself  and  thus  relieve  the  strain 
on  other  territories  to  which  she  now 
looks  as  her  source  of  supply — that 
more  Intensive  farming  must  be  prac- 
ticed so  as  to  obtain  greater  yields 
per  acre.  He  warned  against  the 
threatened  seed  shortage  which  this 
country  is  likely  to  face  for  the  next 
five  to  ten  years,  and  that  the  termina- 
tion of  the  war  will  not  bring  immed- 
iate relief  as  the  United  States  will 
have  to  be  the  producer  for  some  time 
to  come.  A  general  discussion  fol- 
lowed Mr.  Wheeler's  address  which 
brought  out  some  interesting  informa- 
tion on  crop  production  In  New  Eng- 
land and  neighboring  states. 

J.  K.  M.  L.  Farquhar,  who  required 
no  introduction  in  Horticultural  Hall, 
speaking  on  the  future  of  horticulture 
In  this  country,  said  that  it  Is  facing 
a  great  uncertainty,  owing  to  the  seed 
shortage,  and  that  even  now  Russia, 
Italy,  and  South  America  are  begging 
for  anything  they  can  get  in  seeds; ' 


April  27,  1918 


H  0  HTI  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


415 


that  France  has  made  tremendous 
sacrifices  to  share  with  us  even  more 
than  she  could  afford  to  spare  of  her 
seed  supply  the  last  year.  Germany 
produces  about  two-thirds  of  the  best 
flower  seeds,  but  with  its  expert  grow- 
ers gone  it  will  take  years  to  recover. 

Mr.  Farquhar  declared  that  our  agri- 
cultural colleges  should  instruct  how 
to  grow  seeds  that  this  industry  might 
be  increased  at  home.  He  also  strongly 
recommended  that  more  detailed  in- 
structions be  disseminated  among  the 
amateur  gardeners  on  how  and  when 
to  plant  particular  seeds  which  would 
help  to  avoid  much  of  the  present 
wastefulness   in   that  direction. 

Attention  was  also  directed  by  Mr. 
Farquhar  to  the  difficulty  of  getting 
plants  from  Europe,  owing  to  Govern- 
ment restrictions  and  frequent  em- 
bargoes placed  on  foreign  nursery 
stock,  that  on  the  other  hand  though 
Holland  threatens  a  shortage,  it  is  be- 
lieved that  the  Dutch  bulb  supply  will 
again  be  plentiful,  though  prices 
higher. 

In  the  discussion  that  followed  it 
was  proposed  that  witli  the  tendency 
In  this  country  drifting  towards  more 
natural  effects  in  gardening  there 
should  be  a  more  widespread  interest 
in  the  cultivation  of  our  native  plants, 
though  it  was  admitted  that  it  will 
take  several  generations  before  Amer- 
ica can  .even  attempt  to  compete  with 
some  of  the  fine  sorts  that  reach  us 
from  the  European  countries. 

Secretary  Ebel  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation was  present  to  furnish  any  de- 
sired information  on  the  activities  of 
the  organization  and  explained  the 
plans  to  develop  the  Service  Bureau. 
The  holding  of  local  conferences  among 
gardeners  was  generally  commended 
as  being  a  step  in  the  right  direction 
towards  building  up  the  profession. 
There  was  some  discussion  as  to  what 
properly  constitutes  the  functions  of 
a  gardener,  some  contending  he  should 
confine  himself  strictly  to  gardening, 
while  others  agreed  that  he  must  de- 
velope  his  scope  of  knowledge  so  that 
he  may  in  a  practical  way  be  prepared 
when  called  on  to  supervise  all  the  de- 
partments that  compose  a  modern 
country  estate  which  includes  the 
different  phases  of  agriculture  as  well 
as  horticulture.  Such  will  be  the  suc- 
cessful men  of  the  profession  in  the 
future,  for  if  the  gardener  will  not  pre- 
pare himself  to  undertake  these  respon- 
sibilities, he  will  have  to  accept  a  sub- 
ordinate position,  while  the  farm 
manager  will  do  the  supervising  as  is 
already  the  case  in  some  known  in- 
stances. The  profession  of  gardening 
has  entered  in  the  progressive  stage 
and  its  followers  must  keep  pace  with 
the  demands  of  the  constantly  chang- 
ing conditions  in  horticulture  as  in  all 
fields  of  endeavor. 

The  coal  problem  caused  quite  a  dis- 
cussion, but  it  was  the  consensus  of 
opinion  that  with  the  coal  situation 
shaping  as  it  now  is  with  the  prospects 
most  favorable  to  the  private  green- 
houses being  able  to  get  a  coal  supply, 
further  agitation  of  the  subject  would 
he  unwise,  at  this  time  at  least,  and 
that  the  matter  be  left  in  the  hands 
of  those  looking  after  the  floricultural 
Interests  in  general.  After  the  con- 
clusion of  the  meeting  it  was  pro- 
posed that  another  conference  bo  held 
In  Boston  some  time  during  the  sum- 
mer months. 


IRIS    PALLIDA     DALMATICA. 


Of  the  great  genus  of  Iris  there 
is  no  more  satisfactory  species  than 
the  well-known  Iris  pallida  in  its 
many  varieties  and,  among  the  latter, 
pallida  dalmatica  is  one  of  the  best. 
Of  exquisite  color,  delicious  fragrance. 


tall  and  robust,  it  is  deservedly  popu- 
lar and  extensively  planted  in  park, 
gardens  and  private  estates.  The  pic- 
ture herewith  shown  is  from  a  photo- 
graph taken  in  the  grounds  of  the 
Bayard  Thayer  estate,  Lancaster. 
Mass. 


LANCASTER     COUNTY     FLORISTS' 
ASSOCIATION. 

Thursday,  April  18th,  found  a  very 
worried  bunch  of  men  hanging 
around  the  Pennsylvania  depot  when 
Mr.  W.  F.  Therkildson  did  not  arrive, 
but  at  6.38  the  cloud  of  gloom  was 
dispelled  by  his  appearance  and 
Messrs.  H.  A.  Schroyer,  Harry  K. 
Rohrer,  B.  F.  Barr,  Elmer  Weaver, 
Frank  Kohr,  Willis  B.  Girvin,  J. 
Wade  Galey  and  Albert  M.  Herr  con- 
ducted him  to  the  Elk's  Club  and  had 
a  dinner  that  stretched  the  limits  of 
conservation. 

When  the  Club  was  called  to  order 
and  the  regular  routine  business 
transacted,  part  of  which  was  to  ar- 
range for  a  picnic,  B.  F.  Barr  kindly 
invited  the  Club  to  picnic  at  his  farm 
and  the  invitation  was  accepted  for  a 
date  in  Jvily  to  he  fixed  later  on. 

Mr.  Therkildson  then  gave  us  a  very 
Interesting  talk  on  seeds,  seei  raising 
and  horticulture  on  both  sides  of  the 
water,  as  well  as  some  very  interest- 
ing things  connected  with  his  firm. 
W.  Atlee  Burpee  &  Co.,  and  wound  up 
with  a  strong  appeal  for  the  support 
of  the  publicity  work  of  the  S.  A.  F. 
He  was  given  a  rising  vote  of  thanks 
and  as  this  had  been  designated  as 
Ladies'  Night,  refreshments  were 
served  and  a  social  hour  was  spent 
after  the  meeting. 

T.  J.  Nolan  was  with  us  and,  like 
the  true  scout  he  is,  stayed  with  the 
little  party  who  escorted  Mr.  Ther- 
kildson to  the  station  for  the  10.16 
p.   m.   train,   which   arrived   promptly 


at  12.15  a.  m.,  and  several  members 
reached  their  homes  in  the  morning 
hours,  but  well  satisfied  with  the 
evening's  work. 

Albert  M.  Herb. 


A    REMARKABLE   ORCHID    HYBRID. 

Brasso-cattleya  A.  W.  Preston,  a 
picture  of  which  appears  as  our  cover 
illustration  this  week,  is  a  hybrid  be- 
tween Brassavola  Digbyana  and  Cat- 
leya  Enid.  It  was  shown  on  December 
22,  1917,  before  the  Massachusetts 
Horticultural  Society,  at  Boston,  and 
was  awarded  a  gold  medal,  this  being 
the  first  time  that  a  single  brasso- 
cat'leya  had  ever  gained  that  award, 
and  it  is  believed  to  be  the  largest  and 
finest  brasso-cattleya  ever  exhibited. 
The  flower  measured  9  in.  across,  and 
9  in.  deep.  The  labellum  was  3%  In. 
across  and  4%  in.  deep.  The  color 
was  a  light  heliotrope  on  the  sepals 
and  petals;  the  lip  had  a  soft  yellow 
throat  with  dark  chocolate  markings, 
beautifully  fringed.  There  are  only 
two  of  this  variety  in  existence,  both 
of  which  are  in  Mr.  Preston's  collec- 
tion. The  plant  was  admirably  grown 
by  Mr.  J.  Smith,  superintendent  for 
A.  W.  Preston,  Beach  Bluff,  Swamp- 
scott,  Mass.  It  was  originally  Im- 
ported from  Sanders,  St.  Albans,  where 
the  seedling  was  raised. 


Scarsdale,  N.  Y. — George  A.  Relyea, 
formerly  foreman  for  John  C.  Hatcher, 
Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  has  leased  the 
greenhouses  of  Dr.  J.  F.  Goger  for  a 
term  of  years. 


in; 


11  (>  i;  r  I  (•  r  i/ni  u  v. 


April  -il.  1918 


SEED  TRADE 


AMERICAS  SEED  TKADE  ASSOCIATION 

UIBerr*— rrralilriit.  K.  W.  ll..l»l««o. 
Wa>hlD(l<>n.  I>.  f.;  Klr-I  \  Irr- |-rr.l.l»»t. 
Win  «>  M..rlflt.  IUUIiii..rr.  U->  .  »t««o»d 
Vlop-|-rr>l<lriit.  Kn.l^l  lliirp^,  rhllBd.l- 
phlm  I'm.;  Mrrrrl«rr-Tre»»ur«r,  C  ». 
Kcndcl.   ClixrUntI,  U. 


All  Embargoes  Lifted  on  Seed. 
Field  and  garden  seed  will  be  un- 
conditionally exempted  from  all  em- 
bargoes, accordinp  to  an  announce- 
ment from  the  Inlted  States  Depart- 
ment of  ARrlculture.  followinK  a  con- 
ference between  Kdward  Chambers, 
director  of  traffic  for  the  United 
States  Railroad  Administration:  Clar- 
ence Ousley,  Assistant  Secretary  of 
Agriculture;  and  other  members  of 
the  Department  of  Agriculture.  In- 
structions will  be  issued  to  all  rail- 
roads in  the  United  States  by  the  di- 
rector of  traffic  to  do  everything  pos- 
sible to  expedite  the  movement  of 
field  and  garden  seed. 

Notes. 
Exports  of  seed    from   Denmark   to 
the     United     States     decreased     from 
$.'?43.754   in   191C   to  $92,532   in   1917. 

Philadelphia. — The  seed  stores  are 
all  busy  this  weel<  but  there  does  -not 
seem  to  be  last  spring's  excitement 
about  onion  sets  and  potatoes.  The 
farmers  seem  to  have  been  holding 
back  for  hif;h  prices,  and  now  they 
are  unloading  too  late,  and  the  seed- 
men  who  laid  in  big  stocks  at  high 
prices  early  last  season  are  sufferine 
from  this  illtimed  avarice  on  the  part 
of  the  farmers.  The  seedmon  are  in- 
nocent enough;  but  they  have  to  suf- 
fer from  the  greedy  policy  of  the 
farmers  just  the  same.  Many  severe 
losses  are  reported. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.— Flower  seeds  are 
scarce  and  high.  There  are  plenty  of 
seeds  of  corn,  beans,  peas  and  other 
standbys  of  the  home  garden  but 
there  may  not  be  a  sufficient  quantity 
of  certain  varieties  of  these  seeds  so 
the  patriotic  gardener  must  make  up 
his  mind  to  try  some  other  variety. 
Vegetable  plants,  such  as  cabbage, 
rhubarb,  tomatoes  and  onion  sets 
will  be  little,  if  any,  higher  in  price 
than  last  year.  Spinach  seed  is  now 
$2.50  a  lb.  C.  H.  Vick  makes  the 
cheerful  prediction  that  in  another 
year  or  two  seeds  will  be  at  nearly 
the  old  level,  since  American  growers 
are  making  every  effort  to  stimulate 
home  production  in  this  country  and 
become  independent  of  the  European 
seed  trade  which  even  after  the  war 
will  be  unable  to  supply  the  jobbers 
here. 

PUBLICATIONS    RECEIVED. 

The  Backyard  Garden,  By  Edward 
I.  Farrington.— A  timely  book  by  a 
studious  and  observant  writer  who 
has  made  a  very  favorable  impression 
wherever  he  has  appeared  as  a  lectur- 
er and  who  possesses  a  most  captivat- 
ing style  and  manner  in  his  writings 
or  oral  efforts  to  advance  the  art  of 
gardening  as  a  popular,  useful  recrea- 
tion. The  incentive  for  the  present 
volume  is  the  indispensability  of  the 
"War  Garden"  as  a  factor  in  winning 
victory  in  the  great  world  conflict. 
The  volume  is  a  handbook  of  distinct 
value  for  the  amateur  garden-maker. 


Begonias 

Farquhar's  Tuberous-Rooted 

As  lit-diiinj,;  rianis  liicse  are  unsurpasst-tl  for  bril- 
liancy and  richness  of  color. 

Single  Variety  in  six  colors,  $i  oo  per  dozen; 
$7.50   per    100. 

Double  and  New  Frilled  Varieties  Prices  on 
application. 

R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO., 

6  South  Market  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


Brnd  for  oar  Wholesale 
Florist  CataloKue  Now 
Krady. 


Lily  of  the  Valley  Pips 

FOR  EARLY  FLOWERING 

I^vcry   floriat  sliould   hove  a  few  of  tlicse  dnlnty   flowers 
for  tliL-ir  truster  trade:     100,  S^I.OO:   looo,  $i».oo. 


Kouble-FloH-erlnit— Salmon,    Deep     Hose,    Scarlet,    Crlm- 

Biin,  Whlif.  Vcllow.  Orange,  Copper-llrouze.     Mixed: 

lUII,   $G..'>0;    1000,   »60.00. 
Slnglr-FloHerlnK     Delliate     Pink,     Deep     Rose,     Searlet, 

Ci'iiiisiiii.    White,    Vellow,    Urauge,    SuluiuD.      Mixed: 

100,  $4.7S;    1000,  (4S.00. 

FOTTLER,  FISKE.  RAWSON  CO. 

The  Se^d    Store  12  and    13    Funeull    Hall    Sij..    lioiton 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Tlioroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,   Rasoies 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc.,  cmerc.  Biai..B..t.V  Ma... 


its  chapters  are  instructive  on  strictly 
practical  lines,  and  its  topics  are  well 
selected  and  comprehensive.  It  is 
compact  and  completely  indexed  and 
the  binding  is  waterproof.  Published 
by  Laird  &  Lee,  Chicago,  at  $1.00. 
Copies  can   be   supplied   by   Hortkul- 

TlltK. 


The  prospecters  and  schedule  of 
premiums  for  the  seventy-eighth  an- 
nual New  York  State  Fair  to  be  held 
at  Syracuse  on  September  9-14,  1918, 
has  been  received.  Department  I,  un- 
der charge  of  David  Lumsden  of 
Ithaca,  as  superintendent,  is  devoted 
to  flowers  and  pot  plants  and  the 
prizes  are  very  liberal  for  both  com- 
mercial and  amateur  exhibitors, 
amounting  altogether  to  $2,749.50. 
Copies  of  the  schedule  may  be  obtained 
on  request  from  David  Lumsden, 
Cornell  Univ.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 


THE  TOLL  OF  WAR. 
Of  five  sons  of  Mr.  Leonard  Sutton, 
of  Sutton  &  Sons.  Reading,  England, 
who  joined  H.  M.  forces,  four  have 
laid  down  their  lives  for  their  coun- 
try, the  la.st  to  meet  death  in  Franco 
being  Lieut.  E.  M.  Sutton,  R.  E.,  who 
was  killed  in  action  in  the  recent 
battles. 


A  meeting  of  the  members  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Canadian 
Horticultural  Association,  with  whom 
were  some  invited  guests,  was  held  in 
Ottawa,  April  15th,  when  preliminary 
arrangements  for  the  1918  convention 
were  completed.  It  was  decide;!  to 
hold  a  four-day  convention,  August  13- 
16  inclusive.  This  date  will  be  abont 
a  week  later  than  usual.  After  the 
meeting  of  the  Executive  Monday  af- 
ternoon the  electric  cars  were  taken 
to  the  greenhouses  of  C.  Craig,  on 
Rideau  Terrace,  where  an  interesting 
visit  was  made,  and  later  a  trip  was 
made  to  the  Central  Experimental 
Farm. 


PATENT    GRANTED. 

1,261,025   Fertilizer.     John    N. 
New  York,  N.  Y. 


Hott. 


Choice   Flower  Seeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

OINKKABIA — Prlsa      strains,     mlxad 

Tall   and    8f>ml-<l warf. 

ALVSXL'M — l.ltllF     <iiin. 

OAL,KNt>l'LwA — Oranxs   Klo(,    Lnnan 

Uue^n. 

■MATDRAOON— HlUer     Pink. 

BEGUMA— Vrrnon. 

DELPHIM'M     NEWI'ORT     ROSE — 

Finest    rink    Larkspur   at    SOc    per 

Ol.,  $2.2B   por   Vt    lb. 

J.  M.THORBURN&CO. 

EstabllKbed    IKOZ. 
53  Barclay  Street,      NEW  YORK 


Wm. 

Elliott  &  Sons 

SEEDSMEN 

42 

\/es^y       S-tr^^-fc 

N 

OA/       VOWK 

April  27,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


417 


MICHELL'S 

PRIMULA  SEED 

PRIWULA  CHINENSIS 

(Chinese    Primrose) 

V2  tr.  pkt.  ti-.pkt. 
Mirhell's   Prize   Mixture.     An 

even  lilending  of  all  colors.$0.6f)  $1.00 

Alba     MasniHca.      White CO  1.01 

(hisnick    Red..    Brijiht    red.     .60  l.OU 
Duchess.  Wbite.  with  zone  of 

rn^iv   ennniiie.   yellow   eye.     .fiO  1 0> 

Holborn  Blue  ..'. .60  1.00 

Kermesina   Splendens.   Crim 

son     60  1.00 

Rosy    Morn.      Pink 60  1.00 

PRIMULA  OBCONICA  GIGANTEA 

A  j^reiit  iniprovenieut  over  the  old  type. 
Howers   much  l:irger.  tr.  pkt. 

Lilarina.     Pale   lilac .lO.ST 

Kermesina.     Deep    crimson 50 

Rosea.      Pink    5") 

Alba.     White    50 

PRIMULA  MALACOIDES 

Lilac     $0..T0 

Alba.       White r>:) 

Superha.    Peep    rose.     Orig.    pkt 21 

Also   all   otlier    Seasonable   Seeds,   Hulbs, 
Plints  and    Supplies. 


Send  for  WHOLESALE  CAT.\- 
LOGUE   if  y«u   haven't   a  copy. 


HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 


SI8  Market   St. 


lliiladelphia.   Pa. 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  u«  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    GO. 

110  W.  WabMh  Ave.  CHICAGO,  ILU 


lOR  WMt   ZSth   St.,  NEW    TORK 
OBOICE   FLORISTS'    FLOWER   HEEDS 

A»par«caa  PlamoBoa  Nanus — 1000  teeds, 
n.SO;  600«  S««d>,  >tE.0O. 

A»pftr»ffuft  Sprvncerl — 1000  S»eda,  $1.00. 

S>lTla  Bonflrr — ^  os.,  SOr.;   1  oi.,  t!.ao. 

«KltU  Zurich — H  ox.,  7&0.:   I    oz..  M.OO. 

■took*  Beauty  of  Nic«,  75%  Double  Flower* 
—shell  Pink.  Brl(ht  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  $1.00:   >4  os.,  $2.00;   I  or.,  $6.00. 

•■Apdrmfon,  Petnnlae.  VcrbenaH,  ete. 
SEND    FOB    CATALOGUE. 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 

BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED  ONLY   TO  THOSE   WHO  PLANT 

FOR    PROFIT 

LILIUM  GIGANTEimr 

7/9     (?,00  per  case) $60.00  per  thousand 

8/10  C-'-'S  per  c«ie) 80.00     " 

»/10  (200  per  ca«e) lOO.OO     "  " 

Complete  Llut  of  FlnrUte*  Choice  Seed*. 

A    postal   card    wiil    brlDf   our  catalosue. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

1004  Lincoln  Bldr..     PRTT.AnRf.PnT A.  PA. 

A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per   100,  $75.00  per   1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


Q)tm^^(lM^^ 


SEIEIDS     AIMI 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


U 


NEW  YORK 


ON 

and 


e:e:d    SEiRvion: 

FOR     SALE     BY 


LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  III. 


LILY  OF   THE  VALLEY 
PIPS 

Get  these  for  Memorial  Day  and 
June  Sales,  packed  lioOO  Pips  to  the 
case.  Lots  of  500  at  the  thousand 
rate.  *3  per  101),  $21.50  per  1000, 
f.  o.  b.  Cold  Storage  New  York  City. 

CANNA    ROOTS 

In  all  leading  varieties  as  per  prices. 

ARTHUR  T.BODDINGTONCOjnc 

138  Chambers  St.,  New  York  City 


WEEBER  &  DON 

SEEDS 

114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
NEW    YORK 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Impvrtere  and  Orewere  af 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

38  Chimbirs  Strut.  New  York 

THOlAS  jTCRErOOMPANY 

SEEDS.     BrLBS     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    BETALL. 

Beeelected  Strains  In  Semis. 

Unproved  styles  In  Implementa. 

Catalocue    upon   appUe*tl*B. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
^OSTOIM,  IVI/VSS. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

\''n<:      IrniTiecliate      or      future      didivery 
pricep    q'iiitr',1    nn    a [tpllrn tinn. 

JOSEPH  BRECK  &  SONS'  CORP 

41-64    North    Market    St.,   Boston.   Mass. 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(perionally  selected  Btraioi) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    for    Special    Prices,    Spot    or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


tee  W.  23rd   St.,     NEW  YORK 

J7B0LGIAN0  &  SON 

Careful  Seeil  Growers  and  Seed  Distribu- 
tors for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CITALOSUE 

To   Market  Gardenera  and    Florlsta 
Pratt  and  Light  Sts.,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 

GARDEN  SEED 

IlKET.  CARROT.  PARSNIP,  RAPlSn  and 
GAUOE.N  I'KA  SEEK  In  variety:  slso  othar 
items  of  the  short  crop  nf  this  past  season 
as  well  ns  a  full  line  of  Garden  Semis,  will 
be  quoted    tou    upon   appltcstlon   to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Dor  Si,  NEW  YOR:iC  and  ORANGE,  CONN; 


HORTICULTURAL 
CATALOG 

A       MONTHLY       MAC.A'/INK       FOB 

WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 
FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

ContnliiH      nipbnbelical      llstinES      of 

a\')iilal>le   surplus   stock,  etc. 

$1.00    per   year.  Forelcn   $1.80 

THE  HBRTICULTURAL  CATALOG 


LOS    .\N<iKLKS, 


C.VI.IFOKNIA 


418 


II  ()  UTICULTURE 


April  27,  1918 


ALEX.    McGONNELl 

611    FIFTH   AVENUE 
I^ENA/    YOIRK.    CJITY 

Trlcc'^pl'l'*  ortlfTB  forw-nrilril  to  «ny 
pnri  ttf  ttif  I'li'lril  MitlfM,  Ciiniiilii,  anil 
htirrlKM  ( DiiiitrlrN.  OrtlrrH  from  lh» 
lrM<lr  for  ilrlUrr.v  In  Nrw  ^  urk  iinti  vi- 
cinity   rf^rUv   ftprcUl   Kttrntlon. 

Cost  of  Cablinn  furci'jn  Deliv- 
eries Must  be  Prepaid.  Hcfcrence 
or  cash  must  accompan;/  all  orders 
from  unknuicn  correspondents. 

Cablr  Adilrrim.  AI.KXCONNKI.l,. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Member  of  Fiorina'  Tclcflrapi)  DelWcrj 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


m 


roB 

KANSAS  CITY 

Transfer   Yoar  Orders  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 

Member  Florlite'  Telecrmph  DoIlTory 


DAVID   CLARKE'S  SONS 

D«liver  orders  Irom  any  part  ol  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

2139-2141    Broadway,  New  York 


KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madiion  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 
York.      Also  Vandeibilt  Hotel 

Trlrplione,     Slurrny      IIIII     7K3 

Otlt-of-t"wn     Orilcru     S.illrU..f|.        Location 
Ontml.      IVrBonnl    Altentlnu. 

Meinber  F    T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

BANGOR,  ME. 

IVe   Coorr  all   Pain's   in   Maine 


32  NEWBURY 

STREET, 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEAOMG    FLORISTS 

36   Dorrance  Street 

Member    Floriete'    Telesrmpb    I>«Ui«*7 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


"SAY    IT    WITH    FLOWERS." 

.Mark  Twain  said  "Tliero  are  two 
times  In  a  man's  life  when  he  should 
not  speculate;  when  be  can't  afford  It. 
and  when  he  can." 

So  a  word  to  our  brethren  who  want 
to  play  a  sure  thing;  get  the  hahit  of 
contributing  your  share  to  our  Pub- 
licity fund  and  see  it  earn  the  biggest 
dividends  In  proportion  to  your  in- 
vestment that  you  ever  made.  So  big, 
that  by  the  profits  thereof,  you  will  be 
enabled  to  buy  Liberty  Bonds,  con- 
tribute to  the  Red  Cross,  and  have  a 
little  for  a  rainy  day.     Try  it. 

It  will  be  a  better  incentive  for 
more  business  than  anything  you  have 
done  In  a  long  while,  and  when  all 
florists  large  and  small  get  this  habit, 
can  you  imagine  the  accumulative  ef- 
fect this  advertising  campaign  Is  go- 
ing to  have  on  our  business.  Are  you 
going  to  help  our  business  grow?  Are 
you  willing  to  let  others  do  it,  and 
overlook  your  share? 

Send  your  contribution  to  John 
Young,  Secretary,  and  the  pleasure 
you'll  get  by  so  doing  will  be  greater 
than  all  else. 

Get  your  contribution  in  now,  so 
that  it  will  be  recorded  in  the  booklet 
ready  to  be  printed  now.  Don't  be  left 
off  the  list.     Do  it  now! 


National  Publicity  Campaign. 


Maumee,  O. — J.  V.  Persing  has  pur- 
chased the  greenhouses  of  the  Mau- 
mee Greenhouse  Company. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  •^TTlrc  to  riellvrr  Flower* 
or  l»«>HlrnB  on  *>rcler  by  Trl»- 
crHph  or  othrrwlae.  rrompt 
KrliHhle    Hervicv. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Conn<M-tlrat    Ave.   and    L   6t. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


EBtobllahed  1814 

D  A.  1^  r> 

Fl.OKIST 

N.  E  Cor.  44  ""t.  &  Madison  Ave  .  N.  Y.  City 
(.Mt'inlier  Klorlsts'  TelcBraph  Dplivcry  Asao.) 
Flowers  slilppeil  on  nil  Steamprs.  Si>ecl:il 
Corresponilenrc  in  ,ill  the  large  citieB  of 
Euroi)e  ami  tile  Britlsli  Cnlonies.  Telegraph 
anil  Calile  aililress.  Diirilslliir. 

We  Hhoulf]  all  Ktrictly  adhere  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  l'nlte<l  States  Food  Admlnis- 
trutiun. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
^— SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Ato*. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
Hi|h  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

We  e«>er    all    MIrhlrma    relaU   mm*    g»»4 

••elleoa    a(    Ohio,     ludlaas    aa<    Oa  —  «a 

Maaibare     KUrUla'     Trlegrapta      DaM>evT 

A«eo^lall«a. 


Gt'D£   UHOS  CO 

|2V4»    iT*** 

GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

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Ordara    for    NEW    TOBK. 
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Befereoeea. 

BDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXECOTBO 

Membere   of    tbe    Flarlata' 
Telesrapb    Dellverr. 


THE  ROSERY 

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^kL.B^kNY,    N.    Y. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 

AND  viciNmr 

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761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delrvery  Assi. 

YOUNG  &  NUGM 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

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NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.   at  48ih  Street 

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I   OrARA.tTKB   BATISPACTIOV 


April  27,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


419' 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


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Delivery  A««ociation 

THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

NEW  YORK 


Michigan  Ave.  at  3tst  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delivery 
Service 


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Vanderbllt  Hotel 

Park  Street 
799  Boylston  Street 

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Orders    FllUd    Day    ar    Night    far 


BOSTON  ^. 


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and  State  of  Ohio 

0*aipl«t«  Htuok.      Kesalar  dlseoant  to  Trmd*. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

18»«    W.    35th    Bt.,    ClevrUnd,    O. 
tfioiber*    Florlats'  Telegraph  Uellverj  Aib'k. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  oj  F.  T.  D.  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  Clinton  Avenuef  N. 

fUchester  Pboae  306.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Ffaone  ai8c 

Meinb«rs  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

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lfanb«r«    of    Florlata'    Telecr»pb    DellTsry. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  UST 
THOMAS  ROLAND.      Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARBT   I.  BANDALL,   Proprlrtor. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph  Delivery. 


NEW    FLOWER    STORES. 

New  York,   N.  Y.— Frank  E.   Camp- 
bell, 1966  Broadway. 


Indianapolis,    Ind. — Bert    Hitz,    suc- 
ceeding Circle   Flower  Store. 


San  Francisco,  Cal. — F.  C.  Jaeger  & 
Son,  212  O'Farrell  St.,  succeeding 
Golden  State  Florist  Shop. 


Buffalo,   N.   Y.— Charles    Felton,    91 
Grant  St.,  succeeding  S.  J.  Rebstock. 


At  the  April  meeting  of  the  Toronto 
Retail  Florists'  Association,  exception 
was  taken  to  The  T.  Eaton  Co.  ad- 
vertising No.  1  regular  $2.00  roses, 
Richmond,  Shawyer,  Stanley,  Ophelia 
and  Killarney,  for  36  cts.  per  dozen. 
The  President  and  other  members  pur- 
chased several  dozen,  and  said  they 
were  only  culls.  The  florists  decided 
to  take  up  this  with  the  Advertising 
Club,  who  have  done  so  much  to  elimi- 
note  fraudulent  advertising,  and  see  if 
some  redress  for  this  alleged  mis- 
representation could  not  be  obtained. 


SENK     ORIJERS     FOR     BOSTON     AND 
NEIGHBORHOOD   FOR 

MOIHERS'    DAY   and 
MEMORIAL     DAY    DELIVERY 

To  JUL'US  A.  ZINN 

4   PARK    STREET,  BOSTON,   .MASS. 


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FIORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWNON-HUDJON,    -    N.Y. 


Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVtR.  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
in     FALL     KIVEK     and     contiguous 
territory. 


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WORCESTER,  MASS. 

DeliverifH    In    all    point"    In    Nut    England. 
l'.;5,0«0    »<<|Uitrr    Feet    of   Glaus. 

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A8aoclutluD. 

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And   All    New  Haven   Neighborhood 
FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapel  St  ,  New  Haven.  Conn. 


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FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

tfemiier   Florists    Telegraph  \Delivery    AnociaH»n- 
NOTICB  INITIALS.     We  have  one  store  only 

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CLEfELANl 

Euclid  Av«na« 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telegrapb    *»rd«r    ff«v 
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Flowers    or  Design   Work 

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"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  lHrKe§t  cut  flower  store  in  Amerio*. 
Ordem  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  ylven  prompt  a4- 
tenllnn 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MUN. 


^'  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.    E.  GILLIS,    President. 

E.  P.   N  El  MAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florist.*     Telerraph     Delivery. 


DENVER. 


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ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 

HO  L'STON,  TEXAS 


The  n«rl.«       MeKbar  W.  T.  B.  Aaa 


4'vHi 


II  U  imUULTUKK 


April  Zl,  1918 


Ready  for  Delivery  Durinii  April 

A  large  Quantity  of 

Beauty  and  Shawyer 
ROSE  PLANTS 

If  intereited  let  us  quote 
you  prices 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  CO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Street* 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


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WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619  -  21   RtastoJ  St.,    Pliil»<l«lpbi«,   P«. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIE5,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
and  all  Siasonabli  Varieties  of  Cat  FIswirs 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

S  Sa.  Male  St.,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.  G.HILL  CO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

Mi^l-eiVIC3IM^,      IIM^. 

rif-T  B«Btl»B  Bvritcmltnn  whaa  wrltlnc 


MICHIG/KN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,  Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 
Hardo  Fancy  fern  Our  Specialty 

2B4  RANDOLPH  ST.,      DETROIT.  MICH. 


The  Hiase  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

1^- We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Raodolpb  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOIVER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety   Place    Your   Ordert    With    Ut 

IHEIMF9Y     IVI.     ROBIIMSOIM     A     GO. 

2  Winthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ™^""^ 


-Par   100 

TO  DEALER3  ONLY 


Rose* 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

'*  "         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls... . 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Atenbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

KiLlarney,  Radiance.  Tah 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HitlingdoD-* 
Caroatioiu 

CattUru  

Lilies.  Loasiflorum 

Lilies,  SpeciotUDd 

Iris 


I       BOSTON 
I  April  »5 

35  oo 

w.oo 

I       3.00 


ST.  LOUIS 

April  2j 


PHILA. 

April  ta 


Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

SnaDHracon 

GUdioli 

Panset- 

Freesia        

Narcis.  Paper  While 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daffodils 

Tulip*. 

Calendula. 

StocUs 

Wall  Flowers 

Miicnonette 

Sweet   Peas 

Marguerite* 

Gardeaias  

Adiantum 

Smilax 

\aparaffus  Plumonxa,  A.  Soren.  (ion  Bchs.) . 


to 

i.oo  to 

I.OO  (O 

I  .OO  to 

I.OO  to 

I.OO  to 

I.OO  to 

I.OO  to 

3^.00  to 

3  OO  to 

3  oo  to 

4.00  to 

4.00  to 

6.00  to 

3.0a  to 


.50 


50.00 

20.00 

6.00 
to. 00 
10  00 
8.00 
8.0c 
8.00 
8.00 
3.00 
50.00 
6.00 
6.00 
8  00 
8.00 
8.00 
6.00 

I.OO 


t.OO 

1.00 
I     1.00 

.50 

1.00 

I    1.00 
3.00 

I      .15 

I    1  00 

15.00 

t.OO 
I    30.00 

3500 


a.oo 

t.OO 

3.CO 
2.00 
3.00 

■  .CO 

4.00 

1.00 

9. CO 

35.0c 

i-aS 

35.00 

50.00 


40  00 

-.o.oo 

s.oo 

5.00 
4.00 

3.00 


3. 00 

1.00 


50.00 
3U.10 

5.00 

15.00 

lO.CO 

4  00 

4.00 
4.00 

6.00 

4.00 

50.0c 
15. <  o 
13.50 

10.00 

6.00 

3.00 

10.00 

•30 
300 

3.00 

fl.OO 

■75 

3.00 

3.00 


.30     to 


13   50 

33.00 


to 
to 


•75 

-75 
1.00 

I.O* 

15  00 

35.00 


35.00 

13   50 

4  00 

4,00 
300 

3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
a.oo 
1 .00 
30.00 
6.00 
a.oo 
6  00 
6.00 
3  OO 
a.oo 


to      30  OB 

to 

to 


30.0 

10.0 


•o.c« 
15.00 

lO.OO 

6.00 
10  00 
to.oo 

3.00 

50.0c 
10.00 
6  00 
8  00 
8.00 
6  oe 


to 

..  .. 

I.O> 

to 

300 

1.00 

to 

3.0c 

I.OO 

10 

3o« 

9  00 

to 

300 

•  00 

to 

3.M 

1.50 

to 

3.0. 

•40 

10 

1  fO 

•  SO 

to 

I..0 

to 

35.00 

1.00 

to 

1.50 

■  5.00     to     50,o« 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


\A/Holosaie    F-|< 

568-570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


rls-ts 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.A.BDDLONG 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  of 


CUT  FLOWERS 


ROBERT  DYSART 

CERTIFIED  PUBUC  ACCOUNTANT 

•lmpl«   tDMh»d,    af   •orr«.t  ft*^«aBtlBC 

mi,.*IkIIt     a4spt«<l     for     florist*'     ■••. 

BOOKS      BAI.ANCBD      AND      AI>jrSTK» 

«•  •TATE  8T.       •       •      •  BOSTOh 

T.4aBb«B«    Mala    U 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

S47-Se7    ramhrlilze   8t.,    Itostoa 

Hpnilqiiarten  for 

CTCA8,     BASKK.TS.     MIKE      DEBIONS 

and    WAX    FLOWERS 

Send  for  price  Hit  If  Toa  bmr*  cot  re- 

cclTed  eoe. 


April  27,  1918 


H  0  K  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


431 


Flower  Madoet  Reports 

Business  has  lagged  con- 
BOSTON     siderably   this   week  and 

at  present  moment  Is 
depresslngly  dull.  Roses  are  moved 
only  at  very  low  figures  although  of 
excellent  quality  generally.  Carna- 
tions are  also  very  draggy.  There  is 
an  abundance  of  sweet  pea.s  but  many 
of  them  are  rather  short-stemmed  and 
inferior.  With  the  exception  of  large 
daffodils,  Darwin  tulips  and  lilies, 
bulbous  flowers  are  about  over.  There 
are  some  very  fine  ranunculuses  in 
fair  quantities  and  these  sell  at  from 
$4.00  to  $8.00  a  hundred.  English 
primroses  are  quite  plentiful  and  good, 
selling  at  $2.00  per  dozen  bunches  for 
the  best.  Snapdragon  of  fine  finish 
is  offered  but  finds  few  takers.  Lily 
of  the  valley  is  better  than  for  a  long 
time  past,  but  like  everything  else  it 
is  not  finding  a  very  appreciative 
market  just  now. 

Trade  continues  mod- 
CHICAGO     erate  and  no  change  for 

the  better  is  expected 
till  the  cold  wind  and  rain  give  way 
to  warmth  and  sunshine.  Funeral 
work  is  using  up  a  fair  amount  of 
stock  and  shipping  orders  are  helping 
out  but  more  business  would  be  wel- 
come, and  there  is  plenty  of  stock  to 
take  care  of  it.  There  is  an  abundance 
of  roses  coming  in  daily  and  the 
variety  and  quality  are  all  that  can  be 
desired.  Carnations  continue  in  excess 
of  demand.  There  is  plenty  of  miscel- 
laneous stock  to  choose  from  and  the 
buyer  on  the  spot  will  get  a  good  deal 
for  his  money. 

Taking  into  consid- 
CINCINNATI  eration  the  general 
conditions  and  the 
time  of  the  year  business  is  fairly 
good.  The  supply  Is  sufficient  and  at 
times  proves  to  be  more  than  sufficient. 
Prices  are  very  reasonable,  at  least 
from  the  buyers  point  of  view. 

Roses  are  in  a  fair  supply.  Carna- 
tions are  coming  in  heavily.  Sweet 
peas  are  fairly  plentiful  but  many  are 
short  stemmed.  Lilies  are  not  near  as 
plentiful  as  they  were.  Some  excellent 
snapdragon  is  seen. 

Trade  has  been  going 
NEW  YORK     at    a    very    moderate 

gait  for  the  past 
week.  There  is  nothing  in  sight  at 
present  to  indicate  any  special  activity 
ahead  and  the  small  trader  and  bar- 
gain-lot buyer  has  come  in  quite  wel- 
come in  many  instances  so  that  ac- 
cumulations may  be  held  down.  The 
growers  are  doing  their  part  as  to 
quality  of  product,  most  varieties  of 
seasonable  stock  being  very  well 
grown.  This  is  particularly  true  of 
the  roses,  which  are  very  fine,  as  a 
rule.  Cattleyas  are  still  seen  in 
larger  supply  than  the  market  re- 
quires. Gardenias  are  a  slow  proposi- 
tion— in  fact,  everything  that  would 
be  classed  among  the  choice  high- 
grade   products    is   noticeably    slow    to 


VALLEY 

For  the  balance  of  the  sea- 
son we  will  have  a  regular 
supply  of  Valley 

Special,    $8.00 
First,  6.00 

EVERYTHING  IN  CUT  FLOWERS, 

PLANTS,   GREENS,    RIBBONS 

AND     SUPPLIES. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


The  ^tfiruuof  Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1 1 T  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

ieOH-1620  LualowSt.  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  Sta. 

WASHINGTON.  1 2 1 6  H.  St.,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ™^^ 


PRICES -Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


Rotes 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  '*        No.  I  and  culls. . . 

Russell,  Eulcr,  Mock 

Hadley - 

Areoberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon. 

Camationa 

Cattleraa 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosuno 

Ir 


CINCINNATI 

April    »3 


CHICAGO 

April  2z 


Callas 

Uly  of  the  Valley 

Snaodr^son 

Gladioli 

Punsies 

Freesia   

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daffodil. 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks       

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

S^ve^t  Pea* 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax -  

AsparaffusPIo.&Spren.  (looBhs.) 


40.00 
25.00 
8.00 
6.00 
6.00 
500 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 

3. CO 

50.00 
10.00 


50.00 

35-00  . 
15.00  I 

15-00 

I300 

8.00  I 
8.00  I 

lO.tO  I 

3.00 
60.00 


10.00 
6.00 


6.00     to     1 3.00 


to 
to 


1  00 

2 .00  to 

2.00  to 

2.00  to 

2  00  to 

4.0a  to 

.50  to 

t.oo  to 

to 

to 

tS.oo  to 
25.00 


to 


3.00 

3.00 
4.00 
3.00 

4.C0 

3  00 
6.00 

1.50 
1.50 

1. 00 

20.00 

50.00 


40.00 

20.00 

5.00 

3.00 
300 

2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
;.oo 
40.00 
6.0a 

5.00 

5.C0 
4.00 

500 


75 


to 
to 
to 


2  00 

2  on  to 

2.00  to 

2. CO  to 

2.00  to 

2.tO  to 


3.00 
■50 

15.00 

1. 00 

1 3.00 

25.00 


50,00 
40.00 
15.00 
25.00 
3J.0O 
I2.0«. 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
3.00 
60.00 
10  00 

8.00 
13. 00 
5.00 


1. 00 
3.00 

3.cx> 
3  00 
5.  o 
3.00 
4.00 

8.00 

1.50 

1. 00 

25.00 

i»5 

30.00 

50.00 


BUFFALO 

April  t3 

40.00 
30  00 
15.0c 
8.00 


PITTSBURG 

April  15 


30.00 

so. 00 

3.00 

3.00 
5.00 

4.00 

3.00 
3  00 
3.00 


to 
to 
to 

to 

to 
to 
to 
to 

to 
4c. 00    to 


8.00 
4.00 
6.1  o 
6.LO 
6.00 
4.00 
5.00 
-50 

I. CO 


1.00 

I. CO 

3.00 

3.00 

9.00 

-50 

1 .00 

15. CO 

1 .00 

15  03 
35.00 


10. (O 

8.00 

6. CO 

8.00 
10.00 

3.00 
50.00 
lo.co 

6.00 
to         8.00 

to  12.00 

to  8  00 

to  10.00 

to  8.00 

to  .75 

to  3.to 

to   

to 

to         3.(  O 
to         3. 00 

to      3.00 
O       4.00 


to 
to 
to 
to 


4.C0 

1.50 

1.50 

25  00 

1.25 

3C  .00 
5000 


30  00 
15.10 
5. CO 

10.00 


to  40.00 
to  35.00 
to  I z . 5« 
35.00 


.  to 
■  to 


4.00 

4.00 
4.00 

6j.oo 
12.00 

6.00 

1 2. CO 

6. CO 

6.00 


3.00 
3  00 
1. 00 


is.oe 

lo.oe 

Il.OO 

4.00 


to 

to 

to     7500 

to      15.00 


10. fO 

15.00 


1. 00" 

3.'0 

.50 

2.00 

t  00 
20.00 
50.00 


1. 00 
4.00 

3.00 

4.00 


3.00 
4-ce 
1.5c 
3.0. 

1.50 

25.00 
75.cc 


move  and  whatever  business  is  had 
leans  mcstly  to  the  things  that  are 
more  commonplace  and  cheap.  The 
stores  that  have  been  doing  the  most 
business  are  those  located  in  neighbor- 
hoods where  laboring  people  and  those 
of  moderate  means  reside  and  the 
Fifth  avenue  and  Madison  avenue  re- 
tailers have  had  the  most  reason  to 
complain  of  reduced  and  sluggish 
business. 

Business  has 

PHILADELPHIA,  been  rather  er- 
ratic here.  Some 
days  it  would  be  good;  then  a  slump; 
then  pick  up  again.  The  weather,  the 
parades  for  Liberty,  the  supply  and  de- 
mand— all  had  a  bearing.  Erratic  is 
the  word  that  tells  the  story  all  right. 


"Off  again,  on  again,  gone  again.  Pin- 
negan!"  Peonies  from  southern  i)oints 
have  made  their  appearance.  Very 
fair  quality,  but  nothing  like  what  we 
will  have  soon  from  nearby.  Roses 
are  holding  their  own  fairly  well  and 
prices  remain  on  an  even  keel.  Car- 
nations are  selling  about  as  well  as 
anything.  Some  days  there  are  too 
many;  then  again,  not  enough.  Sweet 
peas  are  in  ample  supply,  not  quite  sa 
fine  as  they  were,  shorter  stemmed  and 
a  bit  soft.  Gardenias  are  slow.  When 
you  hear  the  boys  on  the  street  offer- 
ing them  for  a  nickel  on  a  Saturday, 
that  tells  the  story.  Spanish  Iris  are 
again  in  evidence.  These  are  of  the 
later-flowering  varieties  and  bring 
more  moderate  prices.  Apple,  cherry, 
lilac  and  other  outdoor  blossoms  are 
{Confhuied  on   page  423) 


IIOHTICU  LTU  HE 


April  27.  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholewile     L-ommittion     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flower* 

Un  KdrM>.  14>  MmI  <ll«h  Ml  .    NKW  TUKK 
Tal«*b«BMt      t«M.  tMI.  llMllloa  M^tra. 

— WW.  p.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

Tplephont-    fklVi.    Knrmifiit. 

Call  iin<l  Inapi^t  the  Kett  KslnhltthnieDt 

In    th»   Wholcnalc   Flower    DiBfrlct. 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

$3  WEST  28ili  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

Pbon*  FIftrrmvDt  4SM 


FRANK  MILLANG 

\\  hitlmalr   rnmmlRHlnn    l>ralrr   In 

CUT     FLOWERS 

Si  and  57  n'mt  ZRIh  8t..  Nrir  York 

Congaa    LIulldIng 

Tel..  29fl  Parraent        ConalKuments  Solicited 

RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28th      ST.   NEW   YORK. 


GEOa  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
torn  \A/KS-r  Bs«K  s-r 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

NEW  YORK 


raONI  '  *g«    fAERiGCT 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Freata    Cot   DeoormtlTe  Ererrrecna. 

Htcbrat  Standard  of  Quality.  Largeet 
8toi-k  In  America.  Write  for  Illuatrated 
Caulog  of  QreenaaDd  Florlata'  Suppllea. 

119  W.  28lh  St.,    -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.  KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'a  Foramoat  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Rnl  Clua  Market  Ur  »U  CUT  FLOWERS 

m  WiUooghby  SLe       Brooklra.  N.  f 

M.  C.  FORD~ 

121  West  28th  St.,      NEW  YORK 

HIE  m&.  \m\  wmm 

A    Full    Line   of    ALL    CFT    rjAtWKMM. 
Telephone   t870   Farrmcat. 


WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST  '.^^^^t'^^^wIS^ 

A    'nil    line    „l    Clinlre    Cul    ^\<•¥•r^   Hlurk    foe    all    rnrp»»mm. 

TBunioNi ;  JJS; !  rA«i*ODT    13\    West  2«th  St.,  NKW   YORK  CITY 

Albany' cut'  flower  'exchange 

3:;i'jr,"—-    6"  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

MA\K  TIMK  AND   MONKV    HV    HKNDINO   TOI'B  OBIIEKII  TO  Ct  

Prices  Ri^ht.         Consignments  Solicited.         Telephone  Connectioii 


Centrally  Located,  The  Hab  oi  the  Flower   Market  Secbon 

OMARL-ES     l\/IIL.l-AIMO 

>A/KoIomI»      F'loris-t: 
S5  and  57  W.  26th  Street,                           NEW    YORK 

TeUpkoae   248.1  Farraaut 

HENRY  M.  ROB  NSGN  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 

BB-S7      NA/os-fc      ae^K      8«r«»t^ 

Talepbonea,  13 — UIO  Ma<lli>on  Square                                                       Conal(Biii«Bta  SiMlttii 
MATKICK    I,.    nl.ASS.    TreaaarOT 

NEW   YORK.   QUOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


American  Beauty*  Special 

"  "  Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  *'         No.  I  and  culli.   . 

RuMell.  Euler.  Mock 

H«dleT 

Area  berg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killaroer,  Radiance,  Taft ' 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdoa 

Key 

CarnatioQa 


lot  Part  If  •lit   1 

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r.  211    ! 

1911 

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30.00 

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15.00 

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3.00 

to 

35.00 

l.oo 

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6.00 

I.OO 

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6.00 

l.oo 

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6  00 

l.oo 

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800 

I. CO 

to 

8.00 

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■  00  to 
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1.00  to 

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30,0c 
13" 

4-oe 
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35.oe 

6.00 
6.00 
6.00 

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WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  CommleHion  Dealer  In 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

1S3  WMt  88th  Street,  New  York 
Telepboao— MS2-3533  Msiltaon  Square 


JOSEPH   S.    FENRICH 

WHOUESALE  FLOBI8T 

LILIES  EVERY  DAY 

51   W.  28th    Street,   New  York 

T»W>h»a— .    4Z*-4Xl-ta    Mad.    8q. 


J.    J.     COAIM,     Inc. 

gh  Z\k%  Product  of  the  Lead  ng  Growers 

NOVELTIES   A   SPECIALTY. 

Conalgnora   Pleaae  Call  or  Write. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

Teleplionea,    Farraxnt  MIS   or  5891. 


Kmnk    H.    Truendly 


Otaaelaa    Iteka 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

AW^holesale    Florists 

431  Ilk  hum.  MtwMi  26tt  ii(  27a  Stt.,  Ni«  TmI 

Telepbonea:     1»7,  7M,  7S*  Vanacel 

CoDSlgDmeoti  Solldtad 

RCED  (SL  KCLLER 

in    \V.-»t    .'.■.th    .St.,    Nei,    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

\\>    mnniiffirtnrc   nil    our 

iital  DisJgos.  Baskets,  Win  Wirk  &  Noveltiis 

iiiid    ;in-    (k'.tjtrs    in 

Decorative  (^laNHware.   GrowerH   nni\ 

FlorlHttt'    R«M)iit«it*>« 

Deechwood  Heights  Nurseri«i 

Importer*   «ad    Or*wer«    mt 

OFROMIDS 

Oat    rlawara   af    AU    tka    Laaataj    Ta 
la   tkair    " 


N.Y.  FLORISTS 

' SUPPLY 

COMPANY, 

Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street, 

NEW  YORK 

KVEBVTIIINO    FOB    TUK    FLOBIST     1 

THOMAS   YOUNG,    Jr.,    Proprietor 

IM>IT1fD    mMtOK.   «.    J 

Mfirad  Toothpicks 


Maanfaatarad  kr 


W.  J.  GOWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000.  ..$2.00       50.000.  ..$fl.7S       Bample  fTMk 
For  aaJe  by  de«iero. 


April  27,  191S 


HORTICULTURE 


433 


Rower  Market  Reports 

{Continued  from  page  421) 
beginning  to  cheer  up  the  counter.     A 
fine  assortment  can  now  be  got  from 
the  wholesalers  for  a  five  or  a  ten. 

Business  continues 
PITTSBURGH  prosperous,  consid- 
ering the  season, 
many  funerals  making  enormous  de- 
mands upon  stock,  which  remains 
rather  scarce,  each  day  seeing  every- 
thing well  cleaned  up.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  sweet  peas  which  are  on 
the  wane,  products  are  of  good  qual- 
ity, lilies  especially  improving  as  the 
season  goes  on. 

Stock  has  shortened 
ROCHESTER,     up    considerably    in 
N.  Y.  the   Rochester   mar- 

ket. Snow  storms 
during  the  nights  have  been  prevalent 
the  past  week.  There  is  quite  a 
scarcity  of  carnations.  Violets  shipped 
in  from  the  East  are  in  over-supply 
and  the  demand  small.  There  is  a 
heavy  receipt  of  roses  and  prices  are 
lower.  Callas  and  lilies  are  selling 
good.  Sweet  peas  are  in  good  supply 
and  quality.  Calendulas,  anemones 
and  Iris  are  found  useful.  Smilax  and 
other  greens  are  in   fair  supply. 

Weather  conditions  are 
ST.  LOUIS,  very  hard  on  sweet 
peas  especially;  light 
colors  in  carnations  are  still  numer- 
ous and  good  dark  colors  are  in  fair 
demand.  Roses  are  coming  in  good, 
the  only  leftovers  being  mostly  in 
white  and  pink  Killarney.  Local  ar- 
rivals in  purple  lilac  are  now  coming 
in  through  the  Kirkwood  growers. 
Good  demand  for  home-grown  aspara- 
gus. 

The  market  has 
WASHINGTON,  been  considerably 
upset  due  to  vary- 
ing weather  conditions.  Stock  that  is 
really  good  sells  without  difficulty,  and 
there  has  been  a  rather  heavy  demand 
for  roses  and  carnations  because  of 
the  large  number  of  funeral  orders 
and  the  sales  of  cut  flowers  incident 
to  the  D.  A.  R.  convention.  Rambler 
roses  in  pots  are  plentiful  and  are 
being  substituted  for  azaleas  and 
rhododendrons.  Lilies  have  been 
scarce  and  callas  have  been  selling 
well  In  their  stead.  Violets  are  about 
gone.  Mignonette  and  pansies  are  not 
selling  very  well. 


K. 


IM 


Obituary 


James  B.  Henry. 
James  B.  Henry,  formerly  a  florist 
of  Fresh  Kill  Road,  Richmond,  Staten 
Island.  N.  Y.,  and  lately  employed  by 
John  Scott  Co.  and  John  Condon  of 
Brooklyn,  died  suddenly  on  April  11, 
aged  56  years.  He  is  survived  by  his 
mother  and  sister. 


Mrs.  J.  F.  Sullivan. 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Sullivan,  wife  of  one  of 
the  foremost  florists  of  Detroit.  Mich., 
died  on  Thursday,  April  18  and  was 
buried  on  Monday,  April  22.  She  was 
a  most  estimable  lady  and  lier  passing 


"A  LBiDER  IITUB  VVaDLBSVLB  GIvmiSSIO')  TIJADB  FOR  OVBR  THIRTr  TEARS" 

Have  a  demand  for  more  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write- 


118  West  28th  St. 


IME:\A/  YORK 


TELEPHONES 

Farrasut  1«1  and  80M 


NEW   YORK  QDOTATIONS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattleru  ■  ■  ■ 

Lilies,  Lonsiflorum-  •    •  •• 

Liliea,  Speciosum 

IriB 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

SnapdracoD •       

Gladioli 

Fansies 

Freesia        

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

Daf  lodils 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias* 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparagus  Plumosus,  &  Spren  (lOO  bunches) . 


Ust  Part  If  Wiik 

•Ddlit  Apr.  20 

1911 


33.00 
3.00 
2.00 
4.00 

6.00 

a. 00 
s.oo 

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1. 00 

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1. 00 
1. 00 
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1. 00 

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8.00 

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15.00 
so  .00 


to 
to 


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5.00 

5.00 

10.00 

8.00 
500 
8.00 

1. 00 
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a. 00 
2  00 
6.00 
3.00 

2.00 

a. 00 
3.00 

1.50 
9.00 
25.00 
1. 00 
10.00 
30.00 


FInt  Part  •!  Well 

tapaDiii  Apr.  22 

1911 


23.00 

3,00 
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4.00 

6  00 
2.00 

2. to 

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20,00 


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30.00 
30.00 


WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

W«  bsTe  a  numerou§  cllmtag;*  of  New  York  City  buyer,  and  th.  d«inuid  as. 
eMds  onp  mpply.  ThU  I*  e«pr«lally  true  of  Roira.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abODdant  meana  and  beat  returna  are  aaaured  for  atock  consigned  to  ua. 

Addreaa  Tour  Sblpmenta  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 

1 1 1    >V.  28th  St.,    NEAV  YORK 


D.  J.  Pappaa,  Pre*. 


away  is  a  lamentable  loss  to  her  fam- 
ily and  a  host  of  sorrowing  friends. 


Mrs.  John  Poehlmann. 
Mrs.  Emma  Parker  Poehlmann, 
widow  of  the  late  John  Poehlmann, 
passed  away  at  the  family  residence  at 
4728  Beacon  street,  Chicago,  on  Tues- 
day, April  23rd.  Emma  Parker  was 
born  in  Chicago  fifty-four  years  ago 
and  spent  practically  all  her  life  in 
that  city.  She  was  married  in  1904  to 
John  Poehlmann,  whose  reputaion  as 
a  successful  florist  is  nation-wide.  For 
the  past  nine  years  Mrs.  Poehlmann 
has  not  been  well  and  has  spent  con- 
siderable time  in  sanitariums,  return- 
ing from  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  only  one 
week  ago.  Mrs.  Poehlmann  was  greatly 
devoted  to  her  husband  and  since  his 
death,  two  years  ago  next  July,  has 
missed  him  greatly  and  to  this  is  at- 
tributed her  last  illness.  Mrs.  Poehl- 
mann leaves  a  step-son  John,  a  step- 
daughter Frieda,  one  sister  Mrs.  Guy 
French,  and  one  brother  Thos.  Parker. 


BUSINESS    TROUBLES. 

Hartford,  Conn. — William  J.  Doogue, 
who  as  Doogue  &  Co.,  conducted  a 
florist  shop  at  Asylum  and  Ann  streets 
and  who  some  weeks  ago  filed  a  peti- 
tion in  bankruptcy,  at  an  adjourned 
meeting  of  creditors  on  April  15.  in 
the  office  of  Edward  M.  Yeomans,  ref- 
eree in  bankruptcy,  withdrew  his  of- 
fer to  compromise  with  creditors  by 
paying  25  cents  on  the  dollar.  In  view 
of  the  withdrawal  Roger  W.  Davis  was 
appointed  trustee. 


Visitors^    Register 


Toronto,    Ont. — J.    J.    Karins,    repr. 
H.  A.  Dreer,  Phila. 


Cincinnati — J.   C.   Nielsen   of  Poehl- 
mann Bros.  Co.,  Chicago,  111. 


Boston — H.  S.  DeForest,  New  York; 
M.  C.  Ebel,  Madison,  N.  J. 


St.    Louis — Julius    Dilloff,    repr.    Ar- 
thur Schloss  &  Co.,  New  York. 


Philadelphia — N.  J.  Hayman,  Clarks- 
burg, W.  Va.;  Heck  Bros.,  Wyomissing, 
Pa. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. — Mr.  Nelson  of  the 
Burlington  Willow  Ware  Co.,  Burling- 
ton,  la. 


("hicago — J.  J.  Karins,  repr.  H.  A. 
Dreer,  Phila.;  W.  J.  Vesey,  Ft.  Wayne, 
Ind.;   J.  G.  Heinl,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 


Pittsburgh — Peter  Vandekarp,  repr. 
H.  De  Graft  &  Sons,  Lisse,  Holland; 
Isaac  M.  Bayersdorfer,  Bayersdorfer  & 
Co.,  Phila.;  Julius  Dilloff,  A.  Schloss 
&  Co.,   New  York. 


Hackettstown,  N.  J. — Alonzo  D.  Her- 
rick  is  contemplating  extensive  addi- 
tions to  his  Center  street  greenhouses. 
Mr.  Herrick  purchased  recently  four 
greenhouses  at  Hightstown  which  will 
be  torn  down  and  moved  here. 


4V4 


110  in  ICU  LTU  UK 


April  27,  1918 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


I 


CHICAGO. 
Eurly  peonies  iu  soullierii  Illinois 
are  reported  as  nipped  1>>  the  frost. 
The  growers  are  very  busy  luirryinB 
on  their  bedding  stock,  of  which  some 
kinds  are  said  to  be  in  rather  short 
supply. 

The  trade  was  shocked  at  the  news 
of  the  sudden  death  of  the  widow  of 
the  late  John  Poehlmann  on  April  23rd. 
Further  notice  will  be  found  in  the 
obituary  columns. 

According  to  their  usual  custom  one 
of  the  department  stores  sold  three 
hundred  thousand  twoyear-old  Catalpa 
trees  for  Arbor  Day  at  one  c«nt  each. 
A  circular  telling  how  to  plant  and 
care  for  the  tree  was  given  to  each 
customer. 

The  war  loan  is  not  reported  as  mov- 
ing as  fast  as  it  should  be  or  as  was 
expected.  If  the  florists  do  not  come 
forward  and  meet  their  responsibilities 
in  this  way  the  result  will  be  a  tax, 
regarding  which  there  will  be  no  ques- 
tion as  to  payment  and  no  interest  re- 
ceived. 

A  call  at  the  factory  of  the  Foley 
Greenhouse  Manufacturing  Co.  showed 
the  wheels  moving  round,  though  the 
plant  was  not  running  to  full  capacity. 
James  Foley,  who  is  general  ofBce 
manager  as  well  as  secretary,  is  recov- 
ering from  a  severe  back  strain  result- 
ing from  a  tussel  with  a  ■Henry." 

Miss  Edna  Frauenfelder,  west  side 
florist,  is  back  again  after  a  severe  ill- 
ness. Mr.  Frauenfelder  says  the  abol- 
ishing of  Sunday  funerals  adds  to  his 
Sunday  work  rather  than  diminishes 
it,  for  he  must  be  in  the  store  all  day 
getting  out  work  for  Monday  funerals, 
more  people  placing  orders  on  Sunday 
than  would  have  on  Saturday. 

The  next  regular  meeting  of  the 
Chicago  Florists'  Club  will  be  held  at 
the  Bismarck  hotel  on  Thursday  even- 
ing, May  9th.  All  local  retail  florists 
are  invited  to  make  known  their  pet 
theories  tor  promoting  the  popularity 
of  Mothers"  Day  and  thereby  increas- 
ing cut  flower  sales  for  that  day.  Also 
how  to  make  a  greater  firtancial  suc- 
cess of  Memorial  Day,  which  seems  to 
have  drifted  into  a  combination  of  bed- 
ding plants  and  base  ball. 

A.  L.  Vaughan  considers  the  whole- 
sale market  as  fair  for  April  and  not 
differing  widely  from  other  years. 
Quantities  of  jonquils  are  coming  from 
the  south,  fifty  or  sixty  thousand  each 
day,  and  sell  for  six  and  eight  cents 
per  bunch  of  twenty-five,  though  more 
often  selling  by  the  box.  There  is  no 
investment  in  this  for  the  shipper,  only 
labor  to  be  considered.  The  lilacs  from 
southern  Illinois  were  not  so  many  as 
usual  this  spring  but  were  fine  and 
sold  well. 

The  Chicago  Feed  and  Fertilizer 
Co.,  U.  S.  Yards.  Chicago,  are  sending 


out  a  very  nicely  urrunned  folder,  boar 
Ing  the  heading,  "Why  you  should 
plant  a  home  garden."  It  goes  into  the 
neiessltv  for  feeding  the  soil:  a  de- 
scription of  the  Magic  Brand  Ferti- 
lizers; how  to  prepare  the  jjardcn  plot; 
importance  of  good  .seeds,  etc.  A  sow- 
ing and  planting  table  gives  valuable 
advice  to  the  gardener  and  the  whole 
is  done  in  the  patriotic  red.  white  and 
blue,  with  L'ncle  Sam  Induslriously 
spading  a  garden  on  the  cover.  This 
will  be  mailed  for  the  asking. 


WASHINGTON. 
Sergt.  Ben  C'arrick,  formerly  em- 
ployed by  Gude  Bros.,  was  in  town  last 
week  bidding  good-bye  to  family  and 
friends  preparatory  to  going  across  to 
take  a  shot  at  the  Kaiser's  cohorts. 
During  his  stay  at  Camp  Gordon,  Ga., 
he  rose  from  private,  second  class,  to 
his  present  rank.  He  Is  connected 
witli  the  325th  Infantry. 

Goldenberg's  department  store  has 
been  selling  large  quantities  of  flowers 
of  late  at  the  usual  cut-price  depart- 
ment store  rates.  It  is  understood 
that  one  week  they  disposed  of  some- 
thing like  8,000  carnations  at  39  cents 
per  dozen  and  during  another  week 
5,000  roses  at  59  cents  a  dozen.  The 
only  competition,  however,  is  probably 
that  felt  by  the  street  men. 

The  War  Trade  Board  announces 
that  the  list  of  comraodies  which 
will  be  considered  tor  exportation  to 
Sweden  and  Holland  as  originally 
made  public  on  February  20,  has  been 
revised  and  augmented.  It  states  that 
\mtil  further  notice  applications  for 
licenses  to  export  flower  seeds,  ex- 
cept seeds  of  oil-bearing  plants,  and 
shrubs  to  Sweden  and  European  Hol- 
land will  be  given  consideration  by 
the  Bureau  of  Exports,  Washington,  D. 
C,  if  the  necessary  import  permit  has 
been  obtained  from  the  country  of 
destination  and  the  proper  supplement- 
al information  form  filed  with  the  ap- 
plication. 

A  big  Liberty  Loan  Drive  is  in  prog- 
ress among  the  florists  and  a  meeting 
of  the  Washington  Florists'  Club  has 
been  called  to  take  action  on  the  cam- 
paign. In  this  connection  the  follow- 
ing letter  was  addressed  to  a  list  of 
its  members,  urging  them  to  get  busy. 

.\  l.iliiTly  I, (inn  Coinmittee  hns  been  np- 
niiliilr..!     Ill     ri'pri'sclit     the     FI.<  I'HST.S     of 

w.^siii.NC'roN  111  till'  kk;  DitiVK  to  put 

tlic  Histrii't  iif  Ciilninliiii's  cniit'-itinlion 
•Over  thi'  Top."  YOt'  AUE  A  MKMBEK. 
It  Is  asked  of  you  that  you  see  as  many 
florists  as  voii  can  anil  report  to  tlie  secre- 
tary not  later  than  April  30,  by  letter,  nil- 
vising  hlin  of  the  names  of  those  whom 
you  have  seen  and  the  number  and  denom- 
ination of  the  bonds  each  pledges  himself 
to  buv.  We  do  not  eare  where  the  bonds 
are  liouKht-  all  we  want  is  that  every  re- 
tnilei-  every  wliolesaler.  every  grower,  and 
all  of  the  "employees  of  each  of  these  DO 
Ills    BIT. 

The  members  of  the  committee  are: 
William  F.  Gude,  chairman;  Z.  D. 
Blackistone,  Harry  B.  Lewis,  Milton 
Thomas,  0.  A.  C.  Oehmler.  M.  J.  Mc- 
Cabe,  Theodore  Diedrich,  Henry  Witt, 
William  Marche.  G.  E.  Anderson.  R.  L. 
Jenkins  and  John  Gutman. 


UObTuN. 
Wednesday,     April     24,     was     I'rof 
Charles     S.     Sargent's     seventy-sixth 
birthday  anniversary. 

By  the  will  of  William  H,  Ames  of 
North  Easlon  the  sum  of  ?1,000  la  be- 
queathed to  his  gardener,  George  H. 
Craig. 

B.  J.  Macklln  has  opened  a  new  and 
attractive  flower  store  In  Whitney's 
Block,  1854  .Massachusetts  Ave.,  Cam- 
bridge. .Mr.  Macklln  has  been  located 
In  SomerviUe  for  many  years. 

The  I  resenUition  of  seeds  for  5000 
war  gardens  was  the  feature  of  a  pa- 
triotic mass  meeting  at  the  Dorches- 
ter High  School  hall  last  Wednesday 
night,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Dor- 
chester food  conservation  committee. 
The  presentation  was  made  by  Wilbur 
S.  Beale,  treasurer  of  the  Dorchester 
Trust  Company,  and  the  seeds  were 
offered  in  the  name  of  the  company. 
Mr.  Beale  exhibited  also  prizes  to  be 
given  to  the  owners  of  gardens  show- 
ing the  best  results. 

It  was  voted  at  a  meeting  of  the 
food  production  committee  of  the  Bos- 
ton committee  on  public  safety,  April 
24,  that  the  tax  for  war  garden  allot- 
ments this  season  will  be  $10,  to  be 
I  aid  $5  down  and  the  remainder  In 
two  instalments.  Contracts  must  be 
signed  by  the  citizen-farmers  when 
farming  ground  in  Franklin  Park  or 
some  other  stretch  of  city  land  is  al- 
lotted. The  amateur  farmer  will  re- 
ceive in  return  for  the  $10  not  only 
the  plot  of  ground,  but  also  free 
ploughing,  harrowing  and  other  ex- 
pert assistance,  also  seed  potatoes 
suflicient  to  plant  two-thirds  of  his 
eighth  of  an  acre  plot.  It  is  estimated 
that  900  plots  are  now  available. 

J.  G.  Jack  will  conduct  a  field  class 
at  the  Arnold  Arboretum  on  Saturdays 
during  the  spring  and  early  summer, 
to  assist  those  who  wish  to  gain  a  more 
intimate  knowledge  of  the  native  and 
foreign  trees  and  shrubs  which  grow 
in  New  England.  The  instruction  will 
be  given  in  informal  outdoor  talks  and 
examination  of  the  plants.  Different 
botanical  groups  will  be  examined  at 
each  meeting.  Unless  otherwise  notified 
the  class  will  meet  at  ten  o'clock  in  the 
morning,  on  Saturdays,  in  the  Arbore- 
tum, at  the  Forest  Hills  entrance.  The 
class  will  open  Saturday,  April  27,  and 
close  June  29.  Two  hours  will  be  devoted 
will  meet  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing, on  Saturdays,  in  the  Arboretum, 
at  the  Forest  Hills  entrance.  The  class 
will  open  Saturday,  April  27,  and  close 
June  29.  Two  hours  will  be  devoted 
to  each  meeting.  During  the  season 
the  class  may  meet  once  or  twice  out- 
side of  the  Arboretum  at  some  favor- 
aide  place  for  the  study  of  trees. 
These   meetings   may   each   take   up  a 

half  day. 

ST.  LOUIS. 

A  delightful  evening  was  spent  by 
a  large  number  of  florists  at  Westmin- 
ster Hall,  Afril  ITth. 

Wm.  C.  Smith  Wholesale  Floral  Co. 
has  completed  his  alterations  and  his 
increased  cold  storage  space  is  of  great 
help  to  the  largely  increased  stock. 


April  27,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


425 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pzms,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  CataloEnes  and  Diacounti  addr»> 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


PITTSBURGH. 

John  Hoffman,  formerly  night  man 
tor  the  E.  C.  Ludwig  Company,  has 
returned  to  Camp  Wheeler,  Macon, 
Georgia,  after  a  ten  days'  furlough  at 
home.  He  first  saw  service  last  Octo- 
ber at  Camp  Lee,  but  early  in  the  year 
was  transferred  to  Camp  Wheeler. 
where  he  is  an  attache  of  the  base 
hospital. 

Albert  Poehelon,  Secretary  of  the 
F.  T.  D.,  is  to  be  the  honored  guest 
and  speaker  at  the  first  annual  meet- 
ing and  banquet  of  the  Retail  Florists' 
Association  of  the  Pittsburgh  District 

WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  Etc! 

HELP  WANTED 

The  Civil  Service  Board  of  the  West  Chi- 
cago Park  Commissioners  will  hold  the  fol- 
lowing examination  on  the  date  and  at  the 
place  given  below.  Application  blanks  may 
be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Board  in 
Union  Park  or  at  the  West  Park  Play- 
grounds. 

Examination  No.  318. 

FLORIST,  Class  G,  Rank  II,  Division  Z. 
Original  Entrance.  Pay  .$8.3ai'1  to  .$  W.OO 
pel-  month.  To  be  held  May  7th,  191S,  at 
8.30  A.  M.  at  the  GarfleUl  Park  Pavilion. 
Open  to  men  over  21  years  of  age,  regard- 
less of  residence. 

Applications  must  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  Civil  Service  Board  In  Union  Park  be- 
fore 5.00  P.  M.  of  May  6th,  1918. 

Subjects:  Special  Subject,  weight  of  6; 
Experience,  weight  of  3;  Physical,  weight 
of  1. 

Special  Subject:  An  oral  and  practical 
test  In  exhibition  greenhouse  work  and 
written  questions  on  the  care  and  propaga- 
tion of  plants  and  general  greenhouse 
operations. 

The  duties  of  Florist  are  general  work 
In  the  conservatory  and  propagating  house 
and  In  the  outdoor  gardens  throughout  the 
system.  FRED.  G.   HEUCHLING. 

Superintendent  of  Employment. 

April  12,  1918. 

WANTED— At  once,  a  sober,  reliable 
man  in  a  retail  place  of  about  8,000  sq.  ft. 
of  glass.  Address  GEO.  E.  FELCH. 
Florist,  Ayer,  Mass. 

WANTED — Young  man  as  assistant  In 
park  garden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICULTUR  E^ 

WANTED — Young  man  who  understands 
potting  and  general  greenhouse  work.  Good 
opportuuitv  to  progress.  Permanent  place 
for  the  right  man.  ARNOLD-FISHER 
COMPANY,  58  Wyman   St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 

WANTED — A  grower  capable  of  handling 
section  work  in  commercial  greenhouse  es- 
tablishment; one  with  knowledge  of  chrys- 
anthemums, sweet  peas  and  carnations. 
Address  A.  F.,  care  HORTICULTURE. 

WANTED:  A  gardener  as  second  man 
to  work  In  a  coiiinierclal  place.  Hours, 
7.30-5.00.  Wages,  $3.00  per  day.  Half-day 
off  Saturday  In  suinmer  months.  F.  K. 
PALMER.  INC.,  220  Washington  St.,  Brook- 
line,  Mass^ 

SITUATIONS  WANTED 


SITI'ATION  W.^NTED — Oardener  head, 
American,  married,  no  children,  wide  ex- 
perience In  nil  branches  horticulture  and 
agriculture;  hlghlv  recommended.  MACKY, 
S»  W.  24th   St.,   N.   Y.  City. 


to  be  held  Hay  7th  at  the  Seventh 
Avenue  Hotel.  The  organization  now 
includes  nineteen  members  who  are 
co-operating  for  improved  public  serv- 
ice and,  incidentally,  the  returns 
therefrom. 

As  the  result  of  an  automobile  be- 
ing struck  by  a  B.  &  O.  passenger 
train  on  a  grade  crossing  at  Valencia 
on  last  Saturday  night,  Charles  Cay- 
lor,  a  chauffeur  for  the  Pittsburgh 
Cut  Flower  Co.,  and  four  other  resi- 
dents of  its  Crystal  Farms  settlement 
were  killed  and  two  others  seriously 
injured.  In  addition  to  Mr.  Caylor, 
the  death  list  also  includes  Mrs.  Cay- 
lor and  their  twelve-year-old  son,  Mrs. 
Thomas  Fiol,  aged  36,  and  seven-year- 
old  Teddy  FIol,  the  wife  and  son  of 
one  of  the  greenhouse  men.  The  Cay- 
lors  were  killed  instantly,  while  Teddy 
Fiol  was  hurled  from  the  machine, 
lighted  on  his  head  and  died  in  a  few 
minutes.  Mrs.  Fiol  was  removed  to 
the  hospital,  where  she  died  shortly 
after.     Her  14-year-old  daughter,  Jean- 


nette,  was  cut  and  bruised,  while  little 
Ruth  Caylor  suffered  a  fractured  arm 
and  both  legs  broken.  Mr.  Caylor, 
who  had  been  with  the  Pittsburgh 
Cut  Flower  Co.  for  the  past  eight 
years,  bore  an  e.xcellent  reputation 
and  during  his  entire  service  had 
never  been  late  or  had  an  accident  of 
any  kind.  


Cambrldc* 


Msw  York 


WORLD'S  OLDEST  and   LAROB8T 

Manufacturers  of  ALL  STYLES  and 

SIZES  of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


BULBS 

C.   KEUR  &   SONS.   HILLKOOM,   Holland. 

Bnlbs  of  (11  desrrlptloDi.    Write  for  prte«s. 

NEW   YORK   BRANCH,  8-10  Brld(«  St. 


CARNATION  STAPLES 

Split  carnation!  quickly,  aaally  and 
cheaply  mended.  PlIlshDry'a  Carnation 
SUple,  1000  for  3Sc.:  30U0  for  11.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  PILLSBURY.  Oalesborg,  111. 

DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dahlia   Mrs.   Frederick  OrlnneU. 

Stork   For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONEY.  New  Bedford,  Maaa. 


Order*  hooked  at  any  time  for  Fall  ar 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
k  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS,  i.  U  Moon, 
Prop.,  Nortbhoro,  Maaa. 

New  I'aecny  Dahlia — Jobn  Wanamaker, 
Newest.  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  hsblt  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  beat  cut-flower  TSrletlea.  Send  list  of 
wanta  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FAKIU. 
Berlin.  N.  J. 

GLASS 

Oreenboaae  glaaa,  lowest  price*.  JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO..  Hartford  City.  !■<. 


GLADIOLI. 
SEND  FOR  MY  SPECIAL  TRADE  LIST 
OF  GLADIOLI.     ALL  THE  LEADING  VA- 
RIETIES IN  DIFFERENT  SIZES. 

CENTRAL  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS. 
JELLB  ROOS,  MILTON,  MASS. 

ORcnins 

HARSALL  &  CO..  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers.  Siiutligate.  London.  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laello-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One   trial   order   solclted. 


PANSY  PLANTS 

200,000  large  stocky  September-trans- 
planted field-grown  blooming  pansy  plants. 
Superb  Strain,  all  salable  stock.  Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed.  $1.35  per  100,  $l:i.50  per 
1000.  Ready  about  April  20.  Cash  with 
order.  BRILL  CELERY  GARDENS,  Kala- 
mazoo, Mich. 

PAPEB  POTS 

Paper  Pots  and  Dirt  Bands.  Send  for 
Samples  and  Prices.  F.  W.  ROCUELLB 
&  SUNS,  Box  65.  Chester,  N.  J. 


PKONIBS 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collectlea, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C  BBT8CHBR. 
Canal  Dorer,  O. 

ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

THE  CONAKI)  &  JONES  COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

BPHAGNUll   MOSS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  ercktd  peat  aad 
orchid  baskets  alwsys  on  hand.  LAOBB 
A  HURRBLL,  Summit,  N.  J. 

VEGETABLE    PLANTS 

Tomato  Plants— Comet,  2V»  Inch,  $2.00 
per  100.    FRANK  LEITH  &  SON,  Haverhill, 


4.000,000  Cabbage.  Cauliflower,  Tomato 
ami  Celerv  plants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free.  F.  W.  ROCHELLE  &  SONS, 
Chester,  New  Jersey. 

VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  VInea,  ckeia* 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tab 
grown  for  Immediate  effect ;  also  PllmhlBg 
Roses  J.  H  TROY.  Mount  Hlssarllk  Kar- 
•erv.    New    Rorhelle.   N    T. 


WIBB    n-ORK 
WILLIAM      B.      HIILSCBBR't      WTBB 
WORKS.   M4    Saadelpk   St.   DatMtl.   UUk. 


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HORTICULTURE 


Aprn  27,  1918 


piNDLYPTo 


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(ilt.VNS   AM>   (>TIII:K    I.KOWTII    is    t.AKIIKV    WALKS,   (il'TTKKH, 

ti:nm--   roiiiiN.   i>uni:\VAVs.   ktc. 

ThlH    lliilil    nlisoliili'ly    dOKtroyH    nil    wiimIh    mid    ntlwr    cniwlli    wIhtovit    iippllcil. 
mill   ItH  cfToi't    on   llu-   Krniiixl    iiri>vi>iitH   thi'    growtli  of  frcBb   onca  for  a   year  and 
tliuN  Kiivt'K  a  tifciil   ilfiil  of  thno  iind  liihnr,  iih  no  cutting,   liiiftiit;  or  liiiultntf  iiway 
nf  till'   wivcIh   1«   ri'.|iilri'd. 
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WEED    KILLER  ^-^  ^^^^^^f<^  CO.,  507-509  W.  lOth  St.,  New  York 


COUKKSI'ONDKNCK    SOLICITED. 


PUBLICATIONS  RECEIVED. 
Florida,  the  Land  of  Enchantment. 
By  Melvin  O.  Winter.  Published  by 
The  Page  Company.  Boston.  This 
sumptuous  volume  is  the  latest  addi- 
tion to  the  popular  "See  America 
First"  series,  being  the  eleventh  to 
appear.  It  is  a  beautiful  volume,  su- 
perbly bound  and  In  all  respects  a 
creditable  example  of  the  bookmakers' 
art.  but  this  is  only  incidental  and  the 
real  claim  of  the  book  on  our  readers 
is  its  entertaining  style,  its  literary 
value  and  fidelity  to  history.  The  con- 
tents include  an  account  of  the  ro- 
mantic histon,-  of  the  F'lorida  penin- 
sula from  the  days  of  Ponce  de  Leon 
and  the  other  early  explorers  and  set- 
tlers, and  the  story  of  its  native  In- 
dians:   a  survey  of  its  climate,   lakes 


A.  iprm;  rvncdj  far  vncB,  black,  wktt*  tr. 
Urlpi  and  loft  acal*. 

Qamrt.  tl.Mi    OidlM,  mst. 

FUNCINE 

T»t  Bildaw,  ntt  and  ttktr  bllgkU 
l«#  ttvan,  (rnlU  and  TafcUblM. 
4B>rt,  (I.M1    SslUa.  HJ*. 

VERMINE 

War    aal    wormi,    anal*    w«naa    and 
waraii  working  In  tha  aalL 

Qmmn,  turn,    Omlla*.  «.«•. 

■OLD  BT  Piai  ■■■ 

Aphine    Manafacturing    Co. 


MADISQM.  N.  J. 


.mil  river.-^;   a  descrliition  of  its  scenic 
wonders   and   abundant   arboreal,   ani- 
mal   and    bird    life;    a    comprehensive 
review   of  the   Florida   of  today,   as   a 
state  important  for  its  industries,  agri- 
culture   and    educational    advantages, 
as   well   as   the   inimitable   supremacy 
it  possesses  as  a   winter  resort,   wltli 
noteworthy  attractions  for  health  and 
pleasure  seekers,  nature  lovers,  motor- 
ists and   sportsmen.     The  romance  of 
the   discovery,   story   of  the   conquest. 
the     tragedy    of    the     Huguenots,     the 
seven  years'  conflict  with  the  redmen, 
the   St'   .lohns   and   Ocklawaha   rivers, 
the    American     Riviera,    Palm     Beach 
and     Indian     River,     along    the     west 
coast,    the    everglades,    the    keys,    fish 
and  fishing,  bird  life,  etc.,  are  all  viv- 
idly   portrayed    in    the    chapters,    and 
the  text   matter  is  well   siipploniented 
by   a   map  and   .56   splendid    plates,   of 
which   8  are   in  color,   the  subjects  of 
the   latter  being  The   Palmetto,  Seven 
Mile  Bridge.  Cape  Florida   Lighthouse 
at  Miami.  An  Orange  Grove.  A  Florida 
Alligator.    Entrance   to    Naval    Station 
at    Key    West,    Fort    Marion    and    Old 
St.  Augustine.     Under  the  captivating 
style  of  the  author  the  reader  finds  a 
seductive  charm  in  this  story  of  a  sec- 
tion of  our  country  which  has  but  re- 
cently come  into  prominence  horticul- 
turaliy,    industrially    and    as    a    resort 
for  "the  rich,  idle  and  gay"  during  the 
inclement  season  of  the  year;  and  we 
can     unhesitatingly     recommend     the 
book  to  our  readers  as  one  of  excep- 
tional  interest    and    instruction.     The 
price  of  the  volume  is  $3.50  net,  $3.75 
carriage  paid.     Horticultitje  can  sup- 
ply it. 

PHILADELPHIA, 

We  had  the  pleasure  this  week  of  a 
visit  from  Raymond  Thoirs  from  camp 
at  Anniston,  Ala.,  home  on  a  furlough 
to  see  his  folks  in  this  vicinity.  He  is 
a  son  of  .Tames  M.  Thoirs  the  well- 
known  Camden  florist.  Looks  fine  and 
has  a  muscle  on  him  that  will  make 
the  Hun  Hunt  the  Hay  if  he  ever  runs 
up  against  It. 

April  weddings  have  been  more 
numerous  than  was  generally  expect- 
ed. Of  course,  the  boys  are  at  the 
front,  or  going,  but  many  of  the  latter 
have  got  busy  right  now,  whereas  in 
ordinary  times  they  would  have  put  It 
off  for  a  year  or  two.  And,  come  to 
think  of  It,  that  idea  seems  far  better 
than  asking  the  dear  lass  to  "wait  for 
me  'till   I  come  back." 


GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR  CON- 
TEMPLATED. 

Providence,  R.  I.— Charles  Hunt, 
Burnside  St.,  alterations. 

Braintree,  Mass. — Conservatory; 
Hitchings  &  Co..  builders. 

East  Brimfield,  Mass.— Wm.  C.  Da- 
venport, one  house,  completed. 


BaT*  jroor  plinti  and  trrra.  Jnit  tba 
thtiiff  for  fr^4*Dliouae  and  outdoor  os«. 
lirilroTi  \\rt\y  Kuf,  Brown  and  Wblta 
Brale,  Tlirlpt.  Red  Rpldcr,  Black  and 
Omn  Fly,  Mllra.  Anti,  *tv.,  witbout 
Injury  to  plant!  and  witboat  odor. 
Uaed  according  to  direction,  our  atand- 
ard  Insecticide  will  preTent  ravagea  on 
yonr  cropi  by  Inaecta. 

Non-polaonoua  and  barmleii  to  uaer 
and  plant.  Leading  Seedimen  and 
Plorlata  bare  D3ed  It  witb  wonderful 
reanlta. 

Deitroyi  LIca  In  Poultry  Bonaea. 
Fleaa  on  Doga  and  all  Dnmeatic  Peta. 
Excellent  aa  a  waab  for  doga  and  other 
animala.  Rellerea  mange.  Dilute  wItb 
water  .'W  to  60  parta. 

V,  Pint,  too.;  Pint,  SOe. :  Quart,  «0e.; 
H  Gallon,  (1.50;  nallnn.  »!.S0:  A  Gal- 
lon Can.  tl0.90;  10  Gallon  Can,  tXO.OO. 
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Dlam 

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Doz.     100 

10 

20  Id. 

t2.75  $30.00  $2:i0.1IO 

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2.25 

24.00    190.00 

30 

16  In. 

1.75 

19.00    152.0(1 

40 

14  In. 

1.50 

17.00    l:i5.00 

50 

12  In. 

1.00 

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110 

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.70 

7.75      62.00 

VO 

Sin. 

.55 

6.50      50.00 

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Th.  neatest,  llgbtest  and  cheapest.  Painted  green  and  bound  with  electric-welded 
hoops.     The  four  largest  sizes  are  equipped  with  drop  handles. 

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lide.  Can't  twist  and  break 
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eenta  per  hundred  square  feet  of  doable 
thick  class.  Far  partlenUrs,  addreaa. 
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rlelT  of  artlflclal   Klowers  and  Baakct-     These  comnioditles  arc  manufactured  rlglit   in   our  own    prenilBes.      Before  the   war 
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WAX   ROSES   i:;  sizes  I     Pink, 
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Size   C    22.00 

BUDS,  Pink  and  White 8.00 

CARNATIONS.     (largf     size). 

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SWEET    PEAS    (very    beauti- 
ful!.  Pink,  White.  Lavender     4.00 
Per  100 

EASTER    LILIES $  2.50 

CALLA   LILIES   (small) 2.25 

CALLA    LILIES    (largel 3.25 

We  handle  a  full  line  of 
CREPE  ROSES,  such  as 
Pink,  White,  Golden  Gate, 
Russell  and  Yellow.  Per  M. $15.00 


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Heautifully  di-toraled  with  roses, 
carnations,  sweet  peas,  lilies,  etc. 
Each  wreath  sceurely  packed  in  a 
separate,  full  telescope  box. 

Perdoz. 

10   inch   frame         $  8.50 

12   inch  frame 10.50 

14   inch  frame 13,50 


MAGNOLIA    WREATHS 
PLAIN 

Per  doz. 

10   inch   frame $  4.80 

12   inch  frame 6.00 

14   inch   frame 7.50 


SPRAYS 

Tin  foil  wrapped.  .Made  of 
roses,  carnations,  sweet 
peas,  or  Easter  lilies.  In- 
cluding full  telescope  box..$ 

Can  easily  be  retailed  for. . .  . 

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8   inch  frame $  .60 

10  inch  frame £5 

12   inch   frame '...'..      1.2.'i 

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Principles  and  Practice  of  Pruning 

By  M.  O,  KAIM8 

Lecturer   on    Horticulture,  Columbia   I'niverslty 

Few  practices  In  the  handling  of  plants,  especially 
fruit  l>earlng  pUints,  attract  so  much  interest  as  do  thosi- 
of  pruning.  The  mellinds  are  so  varied,  the  results  st) 
diverse,  ami  the  opinions  of  growers  so  apparently  con- 
tradictory that  this  suliject  is  always  one  of  the  most 
interesting,  and  tbe  surest  to  bold  attention  and  arouse 
liiscusslon. 

Particularly  during  the  last  ten  or  fifteen  years  vfhen 
the  principles  of  plant  physiology  have  t)een  more  and 
more  satisfactorily  applied  to  plant  production  and  man- 
agement has  interest  settled  in  pruning.  During  the 
latter  half  of  this  time  also  more  and  tnore  investi- 
gations and  tests  have  been  conducted  by  experiment 
stations  and  other  workers  to  test  otjt  methods  and 
principles  in  the  Interest  of  science  and  for  the  i)eneflt 
of  growers.  The  accumulation  of  such, new  linowledge 
has  become  very  considerable  especially  In  the  last  de- 
cade, but  It  Is  necessarily  so  scattered  that  very  few- 
growers  have  access  to  It.  hence  the  demand  for  a  book, 
which  shall  present  the  really  important  features  of 
these  Investigations  as  well  as  set  forth  the  fundamental 
principles  based  upon  the  laws  of  plant  growth. 

This  volume  Is  lavishly  Illustrated  mainly  by  actual 
photographs  of  specimens  which  show  good  and  bad 
practices.  The  author  has  spared  neither  time  nor  ex- 
pense in  gatiierlug  his  photographs,  each  one  of  which 
tells  Its  story. 

After  a  few  pages  of  Introduction  the  author  discusses 
I'lant  Physiology  .  as  related  to  pruning.  A  chapter 
takes  up  the  Philosophy  of  Pruning.  Itself  a  very  In- 
teresting subject.  Then  follows  a  classltieatinn  and  clear 
discussion  of  Buds,  very  fully  illustrated  from  life,  now 
Wounds  Ileal  Is  an  exceedingly  interesting  chapter,  as  are 
also  those  on  Prevention  and  Repair  of  Mechanical  In- 
juries, Pruning  Nurserv  Stock.  Young  Trees.  Mature 
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SCOTTI,  6-in.  $5.00  per  doz.,  $35.00  per  1000. 

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.\  1  I)  a  n  y       ('  u  t 
Klower    Ex.....4-ta 

Allen.  J.    K 447 

Anioripan     B  u  1  1) 

Co 441 

Anderson.  S.  A.  .44^'. 
Apliine  Mfg.  ■Co..4.W 
Harrows  &  Sou.  .4a) 
Raversdorfer,    H. 

Co 439 

f'.ay     State     Nur- 
series      4S2 

r.eepliwo<td       Tits. 

Xur.series    44<i 

Botibink     &     At- 
kins      4:!2 

Boddington.       A. 

T 441 

Holgiano  &  Son.. 441 
Boston     Floral 

Supply    Co 444 

Brei-k.  .T.  &  Sons. 441 
Brerk  -  Robiuj^on 

Nur.    Co 432 

Hreitmeyer's,      J. 

Sons    442 

Budlons.  .T.  A... 444 
Bunyaril.  A.   T..  .442 

Burnett  Bros 441 

Burpee,   W.   A.   & 

Co 441 

Clarke's.  D.  Sons.442 
Carter' !i       Tested 
Seeds.    Ine 440 


1ST      C 

Page 
riiampinn   &   Co.. 

.1.  N 44.'i 

C  h  i  1  d  s.    Jo  \\  n 

Lewis    441 

Coan.  .T.  J 446 

Conard    &    .Tones 

Co 431 

Cooke.   Geo.   H...442 

Ciiwee.   \V.   .T 446 

Cottage     Ganlens 
Nurseries.    4:'.0-4.32 

Dards    442 

Davenport.  A.   M.430 

Dreer,  II.  A 4.51 

nunlup.  John  H.443 

Dysart.    R 444 

Eastern     Nur- 
series     432 

Edwards   Folding 

Box    Co 444 

Elliott.     Wni.     & 

Sons    440 

Esler,  .T.  G 4.")1 

Eyres    443 

Fairfax    Farms 

Co 430 

Farquhar,     R.     & 

J.  Co 440 

Ford,   M.   C 446 

Ford.  W.   I' 446 

Franiingliani  Nur- 
series     432 

Froment.  11.  E...446 
fJalvin.  Thus.  F..443 
Gassei-  Co..  J.  ^r.443 


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Page 
Graham  &  Son,  A.443 
Gude  Bros.  Co..  .442 
Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 441 

Hail  A9soeiation.4.")l 

Hart,  Geo.  B 444 

Hentz  &  Nash.  ..446 
Hews  &  Co..  A.  H.44!l 
Hill  Co..  E.  G...444 
Hill.    D.    Nursery 

Co 432 

Holland    Nur- 
series     432 

Holm  &  Olson... 443 
Hortieultural  Cat- 
alogue     43!) 

Irwin.   R.   .T 441 

.Tohnston  Bros. ..442 
KasUng,     W.     F. 

Co 444 

Keller  Sons.  .T.  I'. 443 
Kelway  &  S(Ui...Hl 
Kerr  the  Florist  .44:'. 

Kervan    Co 446 

King      Construc- 
tion   Co 4.51 

Knoble    Bros 443 

Kottmiller    ..442 

Kroesehell  Bros..  1.51 
Kuehler.  W.  II..  .446 
Lager  &-  IIurrell.lOT 
Lange,  H.  F.  Co.44.'i 
Lemon  Oil  Co.  ..430 
Leonard  Seed  Co. 441 


Marshall.    Vi . 
Co 


Page 
E. 

...441 
MeConnell.  Alex. .442 
Mellutehison       & 

Co 4.",n 

Meehan.  Chas.  E.441 
^Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial   Co 4.51 

Ari.lioll.  H.  F.  Co.441 
M  i  e  h  i  g  a  n   Cut 

Flower    Ex 444 

Millang.   Chas 446 

Millang.    Frank.. 446 

Miller.   A.    L 430 

Murray.    Samuel. 442 
N  a  t  i  o  nal    Nur- 
seryman     4.'>'J 

N.     Y.     Botanienl 

Garden   432 

N.      Y.      Florists 

Suiiplv    Co 446 

Nieotine  Mfg.  Co.4."in 
Niessen.  Leo  Co. 444 
Nitrate    Agencies 

Co 4:50 

Onwerkerk.  r...4.32 
Palmer,   W.   J.  & 

Son    -143 

Park   Floral  Co.  .443 

Co 44.5 

I'arslielsky   Bros. 4.51 
I'enn  the  Florist. 442 
Pennock.      S.      S. 
Co 415 


I  S  E  R 

Page 
Pfaltzgraff      Pot- 
tery  Co 449 

Pierce  Co.,  F.  0.4.51 
Pierson,  A.  N...430 
Pierson,  F.  R...443 
P-T.  Chemical  Co.4,50 
Pulverized  Ma- 
nure  Co 450 

Randall's   Flower 

Sliop    443 

Reed  &  Keller. .  .446 
Reidel  &  Meyer.  .446 

Reid.    Edw 444 

Robinson.    Henry 

M.    Co 446 

Roliinson.    H.    M. 

&    Co 444 

Roeln-s.  .T.  Co 4.10 

Roland.  Thomas. 443 
R  o  I  k  e  r.     A.     & 

Sons    449 

Rosery.    The 442 

S.  A.  F.  &  O.  n..452 
Sanilerson       Fer- 
tilizer &  Chem- 
ical  Co 440 

Schling.    Max 442 

Scbwakc.       Chas. 

Co 431 

Sekcnger.  .\dam.442 
Sheridan.  W.  F.  ,4411 
Slelireeht.  Geo.  C.446 
Siggera     &     Slg- 

gers     4.51 

Smith,    P.    T 446 


Page 
Skidelsky,     S.     S. 

&    Co -Ml 

Smith.    ■W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co. . .  .4.5- 
Smith  &  Fetters. 443 
Smyth.  Wni.  J-  ■11;; 
Stnnipp.  '■■  '■■•  M.44'_ 
Stiunpp  &  Walter 

Co ^^1 

Thorhurn.    J.    M. 

&   Co •l-'l 

Totty.  Chas.  H..430 
T  r  a  e  n  d  1  y       & 

Schenck   W6 

rnited  Cut  Flow- 
er   Co 44' 

Vincent.    R..    Jr.. 

&   Sons  Co 431 

Wants.   For  Sale, 

etc "t^i) 

Worbnrton   443 

Ward.    R.    M.    &  „, 

Co «1 

Weber.  F.  C 443 

Webster       Floral 

Co 430 

Weeber  &    Don.. 441 

Wood    Bros 430 

Woodruff.    S.    D. 

&   Sons 441 

Young.  .\.  T 446 

Yonng.  Jidin. 446-4.52 
Young.  Thos..  Jr. 446 
Young   &  Nugent. 442 

Jledi  &   Mann 444 

Zinn.   Julius   A... 443 


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Lima  Beans  and  Melons  Under  Glass 

Re  your  notes  on  Vegetable  Culture,  would  Mr.  Johnson 
advise  as  to  the  growing  of  lima  beans,  pole  or  bush,  under 
glass  during  the  winter  months? 

Also  re  musk  melons.  We  have  a  very  short  summer 
season  in  this  district.  Would  Mr.  Johnson  give  us  any 
advice  as  to  planting  melons  on  benches  that  had  been  used 
for  lettuce  during  winter.  The  center  benches  are  five 
feet  wide  and  the  wide  ones  thirty-one  inches.  What  suc- 
cess would  we  have  growing  them  on  the  center  benches 
without  any  supports,  letting  the  vines  grow  along  the 
ground  same  as  outdoors,  and  distance  apart?  N.  I. 

Penna. 

Although  highly  prized  as  a  garden  crop  the  lima 
bean  is  not  so  popular  for  forcing  purpose.s  as  the  dwarf 
French  or  string  beaai,  nor  can  it  be  said  that  as  a  pay- 
ing crop  the  lima  merits  the  same  attention.  To  make 
a  success  of  growing  lima  beans  rmder  glass  during 
winter  the  seed  of  either  the  bush  or  pole  varieties  must 
be  planted  not  later  than  the  first  week  of  October.  The 
seed  may  lie  first  planted  either  in  the  bench  or  else 
started  singly  in  :Mnch  pots.  We  prefer  the  latter 
method  as  thereby  a  good  stand  of  vigorous  plants  is 
insured.  The  soil  should  be  well  enriched  with  well 
decayed  manure  and  a  little  bone  meal  and  should  be 
of  a  rather  light  porous  nature;  stagnant  moisture  at 
the  roots  or  in  the  atmosphere  is  fatal  to  lima  beans. 
Good  fibrous  loam  is  the  ideal.  Set  the  plants  of  a 
bush  variety  alternately  in  double  rows  across  the  bench 
so  that  they  stand  six  inches  asunder  and  allow  two  feet 
between  the  rows  from  center  to  center.  Give  abun- 
dance of  air  when  weather  imiditions  warrant  in  the 
early  stages  to  encourage  sturdy  growth  but  never  allow 
the  plants  to  suffer  a  chill.  A  night  temperature  of  60 
degrees  to  65  degrees  wdll  suffice  at  this  stage.  Allow 
a  gradual  rise  in  the  temperature  of  ten  degrees  by  the 
time  the  plants  are  in  bearing.  Spray  with  clear 
water  twice  daily  in  briglit  weather  to  promote  healthy 
vigorous  growth  and  to  prevent  an  attack  of  red  spider, 
and  when  the  plants  are  growing  freely  and  have  be- 
come nicely  established,  piiu'h  out  the  growing  points. 
The  plants  will  need  support  and  for  this  purpose  there 
is  nothing  better  than  a  few  birch  twigs  stuck  on  either 
side  of  the  row.  Care  must  be  taken  not  to  injure  the 
stem  of  plant  or  the  foliage  when  the  brush  is  being 
placed  ill  position.  l?emove  the  slender  growing  points 
as  quick  as  they  begin  to  show  when  the  plants  are  in 
bearing,  and  a])]>ly  weak  li(|uid  manure  frequently  as  a 
stimubmt  at  tliis  same  stage.  Similar  conditions  of  both 
soil  and  temperature  would  suit  jiole  limas.  We  would, 
however,  prefer  a  solid  lied  fur  this  crop  and  would  plant 


them  across  the  bed  in  single  rows  three  feet  apart,al]ow- 
ing  one  foot  space  between  the  plants  in  the  rows.  Train 
them  on  sticks  or  lieavy  twine,  cultivate  between  the 
rows  and  maintain  tlie  same  bouyant  atmosphere  as 
recommended    for  \m>\\   limas. 

Melons 

The  house  which  has  carried  lettuce  during  winter 
may  be  at  once  rendered  available  for  the  melon  crop, 
and  with  reasonable  care  a  fair  crop  would  be  obtain- 
able on  lieiiches  without  supporting  the  plants.  Set 
the  plants  in  pairs  through  the  center  of  the  five-foot 
Ijencli  and  give  space  of  three  feet  lietween  the  hills.  The 
young  plants  should  be  pinched  back  when  three  rough 
leaves  appear  and  (he  side  growtlis  which  later  develop 
may  be  allowed  to  grow  until  the  edge  of  the  bench  is 
reached  before  lieing  stopped.  Let  the  growth  then 
run  until  the  crop  is  visible,  and  when  fruit  is  set,  pinch 
the  growth  at  one  leaf  beyond  the  fruit.  It  is  better  to 
stop  the  plants  frequently  to  avoid  overcrowding,  rather 
than  practice  a  method  of  severe  pruning  at  any  one 
time.  Admit  air  freely  in  fine  w-eather  and  give  an 
overhead  spray  twice  daily.  .  Never  allow  the  plants  to 
be  dry  at  the  roots  and  maintain  a  reasonably  damp 
atmosphere  until  the  fruit  is  about  to  "set"  when  the 
hoii.se  may  be  ke|it  a  little  drier  for  a  few  days,  after 
which  time  resort  to  spraying  the  plants  again  to  keep 
them  clean  and  healthy.  If  means  would  allow,  and 
rather  than  let  the  plants  ramble  over  the  benches,  a 
better  system  would  be  to  construct  a  temporary  trellis 
on  which  to  train  tb''  plants.  Make  a  double  ridge  of 
good  fibrous  loam  through  the  middle  of  the  5-foot 
bench  and  train  the  plants  to  wires  on  either  side.  The 
soil  should  be  thoroughly  compact  at  the  time  of  plant- 
ing. We  allow  about  fifteen  inches  between  the  plants 
and  train  them  to  a  single  stem,  allowing  only  one  fruit 
to  a  vine.  This  is  an  excellent  method  to  adopt  if 
large  shapely  specimens  are  sought  and  almost  invaria- 
bly ensures  a  very  even  crop.  If  planted  two  and  a  half 
feet  to  three  feet  apart  the  plants  may  be  allowed  to 
carry  two  or  three  leaders  and  as  many  fruit  to  each 
])lant.  When  the  fruit  shows  signs  of  coloring  grad- 
ually withhold  water  at  the  roots  and  by  all  means  stop 
spraying  the  idants.  In  the  matter  of  withholding 
moisture  at  the  root  use  judgment;  don't  allow  the 
plant  to  shrivel  up  before  the  fruit  is  thoroughly 
ripened.  If  the  ])lants  are  allowed  to  grow  over  the 
surface  of  the  liench  care  should  be  taken  to  rest  the 
fruits  on  tiles,  pieces  of  wood,  or  better  still  to  stand 
tliem  ufion  inverted  flower  pots. 


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COVER  ILLUSTRATION'— Narcissus  Emperor  and  Em- 
press Naturalized  in  Grass  Under  Oaks 

VEGETABLE  CULTURE  — Lima  Beans  and  Melons 
Under  Glass — John  Johnson 433 

REGULATION  RESTRICTING  BTJEL  CONSUMPTION 
BY   FLORISTS    435 

SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  FLORISTS— The  Publicity 

Campaign    435 

Department   of  Plant  Registration 436 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— American  Gladiolus  Society 
— Meetings  Next  Week — Horticultural  Society  of  New 
York— Notes   436 

OBITUARY— Joseph  Tailby— W.  W.  Simonds— James 
E.  Connor — M.  J.  Hannigan — Conrad  Hess — Nancy 
Wilder  Bigelow 437 

•THE  FLOWER:  A  SYMBOL  OF  TRIUMPH"— Scuddy 
Richardson    438 

SEED  TRADE— To  Boost  Philadelphia  Market  Garden 
Products — Chicago   Notes — Notes 440 

OF   INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 
The  Publicity  Drive — Henry  Penn 442 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 
Boston,  Chicago,  Cincinnati.  New  York,  Philadelphia, 

Pittsburgh  445 

Rochester,  St.  Louig    447 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 
Chicago,  Pittsburgh,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Rochester, 
St.  Louis   448-449 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Bituminous  Coal  Prices 435 

Bulbs  Planted  in  Grass — Illustrated 437 

Polnsettias — Illustrated    438 

Reforestation    439 

The  Barberry   Scare    439 

Catalogues  Received — Patents  Granted 439 

Personal    .' 443 

Your  Next  Duty — Henry  Penn 447 

Visitors'  Register  447 

Business   Troubles    447 

News  Notes    449 

Publications  Received   450 

Saturday,  April  27,  was  Arbor  Day   in 

Plant  Ma.ssachusetts  and  the  occasion  was  duly 

more  trees     observed    by    the    planting    of    trees    by 

town  officials,  school  children  and  others 
in  many  localities,  with  appropriate  exercises,  but  we 
have  seen  no  evidence  of  any  comprehensive  practical 
effort  in  that  direction  although  there  are  thousands 
upon  thousands  of  acres  of  unproductive  land  in  the 
state  which  miglit  be  thus  turned  to  good  account.  For 
many  reasons,  one  of  which  is  the  fuel  shortage,  more 
trees  have  been  cut  down  during  the  past  year  than  in 
any  other  recent  period  although  there  were  fewer  to  be 


•  lit  tlian  over  before,  it  is  undoubtedly  true  that  the 
|ilaritiiig  of  young  trees  to  replace  them  falls  far  short 
i>(  that  rct]uiieinciit.  We  should  not  forget  tliat  tree 
|ilaiitiiig  for  shade  and  for  timber  is  our  boundcii  duty 
to  the  generations  that  are  to  follow  us.  We  should  have 
been  attending  to  it  systematically  and  on  a  large  scale 
during  the  past  forty  years,  to  match  the  consiiinpliou. 
Had  we  done  so  it  would  hav.'  I»>i>ii  an  asset  of  untold 
value  today. 

It  has  been  a  long-standing  tradition 
Reduced  of  the  florist  business  in  this  country 

production  and  that  it  has  long  maintained  an  un- 
its effect  interrupted  growth  in  volume  and 
importance,  each  year  seeing  a  great 
extension  of  the  area  of  glass  houses,  a  vast  develoi)mont 
of  the  business  in  every  department  and  inyrciised 
iiuml)er  of  people  engaged  in  it.  Now  we  seem  to  have 
lome  to  a  time  when  this  no  longer  holds  true.  The 
greenhouse  building  industry  has  come  almost  to  a 
standstill  while,  in  addition  to  the  usual  depreciation 
and  abandonment  of  antiquated  structures,  there  are 
many  places  wliith  have  been  idle  under  the  combined 
pressure  of  unprecedented  cold  and  fuel  scarcity.  The 
latest  ollicial  order,  limiting  the  tlorists'  coal  supply  to 
fifty  per  cent  of  normal,  for  next  season,  which  appears 
in  this  issue  of  IIouticultuke,  tightens  still  more  the 
screws  and  the  outlook  is  plainly  for  a  further  curtail- 
ment of  the  annual  greenhouse  production  in  every  sec- 
tion of  the  I'nited  States  and  in  Canada  as  well.  There 
are  other  ])otentia]iries  looming  up  wliieh  need  not  be 
chronicled  liere  that  are  quite  likely  to  contribute  to  a 
very  substantial  reduction  of  flower  and  plant  product. 
What  will  l)f  the  outcome?  Can  the  country  consume 
what  will  be  grown  and  will  the  waste  of  the  past  be 
ehniinated  in  tbe  coming  .season?  It  begins  to  look  a 
little  tliat  wav. 


\   <()rrespondent  in   a    British   nu'tedii)- 
ogiial  journal  relates  an  observation  to 


The 

blessing  of      (Iciiu.ii.strate    the   protection    afforded    to 
snow  [:lanl  life  by  a  covering  of  snow.     Two 

iniuinium  thermometers  placed  over 
night,  one  on  top  of  the  snow — which  was  only  one 
and  one-half  inches  deep — and  one  on  the  ground  under 
the  snow,  registered  minimum  temperatures  respectively 
of  2  degrees  below  zero  and  24  degrees  above  zero — a 
difference  of  20  degrees!  Frequent  and  heavy  snowfall 
is  not  usually  looked  upon  by  the  average  mortal  as  a 
cause  for  gratulation.  An  "open  winter,"  with  storms 
few  and  light,  is  much  more  to  his  liking.  Boston  has 
had  an  experience  of  that  .sort  the  past  winter  and  it  is 
safe  to  say  that  horticulturally  she  ]u)\>cs  it  may  be  many 
j'ears  before  she  again  has  a  like  visitation.  The  damage 
done  to  nurseries  and  gardens  by  the  merciless  weather 
of  last  winter,  in  the  absence  of  Xature's  blessing  of 
deep  snow  protection,  is  most  pitiful,  unparalleled  with- 
in the  memory  of  anyone  heard  from  thus  far.  Ever- 
greens, such  as  thuyas,  retinosporas,  teugas  and  buxus 
have  suffered  terribly,  not  only  here  but  in  states  south- 
ward but  equally  severe  and  ruinous  has  been  the  killing 
in  this  vicinity  of  herbaceous  border  and  rock  garden 
plants  usually  reliable,  such  as  primroses,  hollyhocks, 
lychnis,  campanulas,  etc.  for  which  the  ab.«ence  of  snow 
covering  seems  to  have  been  the  only  cause,  as  twenty 
five  or  thirty  miles  back  from  the  sea  coast,  where  there 
was  an  abundance  of  snow,  all  tliese  things  have  come 
through  in  perfect  condition.  Xo  more  snowless  win- 
ters, please. 


H  0  K  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  E 


REGULATION  RESTRICTING  FUEL  CONSUMPTION 

BY  FLORISTS 


The  United  States  Fuel  Administra- 
tion during  tiie  last  few  months  has 
held  several  conferences  with  repre- 
sentatives of  the  commercial  florists 
of  the  country.  The  florists  have 
shown  full  appreciation  of  the  prob- 
lem involved  in  providing  supplies  of 
fuel  to  florists  at  a  time  when  there  is 
a  shortage  for  war  industries. 

It  is  the  hope  of  the  Fuel  Adminis- 
tration that  sufficient  reduction  In 
consumption  of  the  lesser  essential  in- 
dustries can  be  obtained  without  de- 
moralizing any  of  those  industries 
which,  like  the  florists,  are  highly  es- 
teemed by  the  public.  It  has  been 
agreed  that  a  50  per  cent  curtailment 
in  the  use  of  fuel,  which,  in  general, 
means  a  curtailment  of  hothouse 
space,  will  permit  the  florists  to  pre- 
serve their  most  valued  stock  and 
keep  their  business  organizations  in- 
tact during  the  war. 

As  a  result  of  these  conferences,  the 
United  States  Fuel  Administration  is- 
sued on  April  24,  1918,  an  order 
governing  "the  use  of  fuel  by  florists, 
both  public  and  private,  during  the 
coming  year.     The  order  reads: 

1.  That  the  term  "florist"  in  this 
regulation  shall  be  construed  to  in- 
clude any  person,  firm,  association,  or 
corporation,  engaged  in  the  growing  of 
flowers,  plants  or  winter  vegetables, 
but  it  is  not  intended  to  and  shall  not 
Include  the  growing  of  plants  for 
transplantation  to  produce  summer 
vegetables. 

2.  That  the  term  "greenhouse" 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  any  build- 
ing, private  or  public,  in  which  arti- 
ficial heat  is  used  to  aid  in  the  grow- 
ing of  flowers,  plants  or  winter  vege- 
tables. 

3.  That  no  florist,  as  defined  above, 
shall  at  any  of  his  greenhouses  con- 
sume, burn,  or  use  fuel  of  any  descrip- 


tion, including  coal,  coke,  fuel  oil,  and 
natural  gas,  or  other  petroleum  prod- 
ucts, or  use  power  derived  from  any 
such  fuel,  for  or  in  connection  with  the 
growing  of  flowers,  plants,  or  winter 
vegetables,  as  above  defined,  during 
the  year  beginning  April  1,  1918,  and 
ending  March  31,  1919,  to  an  amount 
in  excess  of  fifty  per  cent  (50%)  of 
the  average  annual  amount  of  fuel 
consumed  at  such  greenhouse  for  or 
in  conection  with  the  growing  of 
plants,  flowers  and  winter  vegetables, 
during  the  period  from  April  1,  1915. 
to  April  1,  1918. 

4.  That  whenever  it  appears  that 
any  particular  greenhouse  was  not  in 
existence  on  April  1,  1915.  then  and  in 
such  case  the  period  during  which  it 
has  been  in  existence  prior  to  April  1, 
1918,  shall  be  considered  and  used  as 
a  basis  in  determining  the  quantity 
that  would  constitute  one-half  of  the 
average  annual  consumption  of  fuel  of 
such  greenhouse. 

5.  That  any  florist,  as  above  de- 
fined, owning  and  operating  more  than 
one  greenhouse  for  the  growing  of 
plants,  flowers  or  winter  vegetables, 
may  combine  such  greenhouses  and 
use  in  such  combined  greenhouse  the 
fuel  allotted  to  each  of  such  green- 
houses by  this  regulation,  provided  the 
amount  of  fuel  so  used  at  such  com- 
bined greenhouse  shall  not  be  in  ex- 
cess of  one-half  of  the  fuel  consumed 
by  all  of  such  greenhouses  when 
operated  separately. 

6.  That  whenever  two  or  more 
florists  find  that  a  further  fuel  econo- 
my would  result  from  using  in  one 
greenhouse  the  allotments  of  fuel  as 
provided  by  this  regulation,  to  two  or 
more  greenhouses,  then  upon  applica- 
tion to  the  United  States  Fuel  Admin- 
istration and  receiving  a  permit  there- 
for, such  florist  may  use  the  aggre- 
gate allotment  of  fuel  to  their  respec- 


tive greenhouses  at  one  or  more  green- 
houses operated  jointly  by  them,  pro- 
vided the  amount  of  fuel  so  used  shall 
not  exceed  one-half  of  the  amount  con- 
sumed by  all  such  greenhouses  when 
operated  separately. 

7.  That  any  such  florist,  violating 
or  refusing  to  conform  to  the  above 
regulation,  shall  be  liable  to  the  pen- 
alty prescribed  in  the  aforesaid  Act  of 
Congress. 

(Signed)     H.  A.  G.vrfield, 
United  States  Fuel  Administrator. 


Later  Ruling 

The  United  States  Fuel  Administra- 
tion has  interpreted  its  regulation  of 
April  24,  restricting  fuel  for  green- 
houses by  ruling  that  the  exception 
made  in  favor  of  greenhouses  in  which 
vegetable  plants  were  raised  for 
"transplantation  to  produce  summer 
vegetables"  applied  only  to  green- 
houses exclusively  devoted  to  that  pur- 
pose. 


BITUMINOUS    COAL    PRICES 

Further  classification  of  prices  of 
bituminous  coal  has  been  made  by  the 
United  States  Fuel  Administration  In 
a  regulation  covering  certain  mines  in 
Virginia. 

The  prices  are  as  follows:  Mlnea 
operated  near  St.  Charles.  Lee  County, 
by  the  Darby  Coal  Mining  Co.;  Black 
Mountain  Mining  Co.;  Virginia  Lee 
Co.;  Old  Virginia  Coal  Co.;  United 
Collieries  Co.;  Benedict  Coal  Corpora- 
tion; and  the  Imperial  mine  of  the 
Virginia  Iron,  Coal  &  Coke  Co., 
Roanoke,  Va. — Run  of  mine,  $2  65; 
prepared  sizes,  $2.90;  slack  or  screen- 
ings. $2.40. 

The  prices  were  effective  at  7  a.  m. 
April  26,  and  do  not  include  the  45 
cents  per  ton  allowance  to  operators 
who  have  complied  with  the  terms  of 
the  wage-advance  agreement. 


Our  promotion  Bureau  has  just 
classified  and  filed  many  hundreds  of 
clippings  of  advertisements  inserted 
by  florists  in  newspapers  throughout 
the  country,  and  it  is  rather  surpris- 
ing to  notice  how  tew  florists  think 
of  the  advisability — we  might  say 
pecessity — of  using  in  tlieir  advertis- 
ing copy  our  slogan  phrase  "Say  It 
With  Flowers."  It  should  by  this 
time  be  realized  that  this  slogan  is  an 
Important  link  with  the  advertise- 
ments which  the  Publicity  Committees 
are  inserting  in  magazines  of  far 
reaching  circulation,  sucli  publicity  be- 
ing wholly  for  the  good  of  the  trade. 
The  slogan  is  also  the  subject  of  our 
handsome  window  sign,  which  is  be- 
ing displayed  in  prominent  flower 
stores  everywhere.  This  slogan  was 
created  to  suggest  to  the  public  mind 
that  flowers  are  a  convenient  medium 


for  the  conveyance  of  sentiments.  If 
used  by  every  florist  in  his  announce- 
ments a  vast  amount  of  publicity  is 
afforded,  all  helpful  to  our  campaign. 
It  is  hoped  that  every  florist  using 
newspaper  space  for  Mothers'  Day  an- 
nouncements will,  in  some  way,  in- 
clude this  slogan  in  his  copy. 

Quite  a  few  subscribers  to  the  Cam- 
paign fund  have,  so  far,  overlooked 
the  necessity  for  remitting  their  sub- 
scription for  the  1918  period  of  adver- 
tising. It  is  hoped  that  they  will  not 
longer  delay,  as  the  Publicity  Com- 
mittees are  very  desirious  of  making 
the  Campaign  continuous,  without  any 
break  in  the  program  which  has  been 
so  well  thought  out  and  arranged.  A 
Campaign  such  as  this  one  cannot 
move  very  far  on  credit,  nor  should  it 
be  expected  to  do  so.  With  the  splen- 
did  results   already  obtained    there  Is 


every    reason    to     force    the    fighting 
rather  than  to  deter  it. 

Wouldn't  this  be  a  good  time  for 
the  State  Vice-Presidents  of  our  So- 
ciety to  do  a  little  more  work  for  the 
Campaign  fund?  It  should  not  be 
hard  now  to  convince  any  florist  that 
our  movement  is  well-balanced  and 
bound  to  be  a  complete  success.  Every 
dollar  spent  means  more  business. 

The  following  new  sul)scriptions 
are  reported: 

Annually  for  F'our  Years— Lanternler, 
Florist,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.,  $5;  Scbultbela, 
Florist,  Scranton,  Pa.,  $15;  Wm.  H.  Kueb- 
ler,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  $15;  O.  A.  Stoll.  Hills- 
dale, Mich.,  $10;  GcodbraU  Floral  Co.,  Mo- 
bile, Ala.,  $5.  For  One  Year— Cbas.  BartelB, 
Bronx,  N.  Y.,  $15;  Andrew  Cliristensen, 
Stoneham,  Mass.,  $10:  George.  Inc.,  Nor- 
folk. Va.,  $25;  VV.  J.  Newton.  Norfolk,  Va., 
$25;  Thos.  Young,  Jr.,  Bound  Brook,  N.  J., 
$50.  Total,  $175.  Previously  reported  from 
all  sources,  $33,18».  Grand  total,  $33,364. 
John  Youno,  Secy. 


vm; 


II  (I  irr  IC  ULTURE 


May  4,  1918 


i 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


AMERICAN      GLADIOLUS     SOCIETY 

MEMBERSHIP    DOUBLED    SINCE 
JANUARY     1ST. 

The  campaign  for  new  members 
which  was  hesun  recently  by  President 
Kunderd,  of  the  American  Gladiolus 
Society,  is  sliowing  great  results. 
Joseph  J.  Lane,  who  is  chairman  of 
the  Membership  Committee,  reports 
that  on  May  1st,  the  Society  was  able 
to  report  more  than  double  member- 
ship than  that  held  on  January  1st. 

From  all  sections  of  the  country, 
garden  enthusiasts  and  gladiolus  lov- 
ers are  ans\vering  the  call  for  mem- 
bership. In  the  first  twenty-two  days 
of  April  there  were  over  filty  members 
added  to  the  roll.  President  Kunderd 
has  offered  a  collection  of  gladiolus 
roots  in  a  special  circular  he  has  sent 
out  to  those  who  join  the  Society  be- 
fore May  12th. 

Inasmuch  as  the  initiation  fee  has 
been  waived  for  all  those  who  join  be- 
fore June  1st,  there  is  a  decided  sav- 
ing in  joining  during  the  present 
month.  Members  receive  monthly 
during  tlie  life  of  their  membership 
the  Flower  Grower  wliich  contains 
much  information  not  alone  on  gladi- 
olus but  on  practically  all  phases  of 
'gardening.  This  is  an  invitation  to 
all  who  read  it  to  participate  in  the 
activities  of  the  American  Gladiolus 
Society. 

In  these  days  when  so  much  destruc- 
tion is  taking  place,  it  is  but  fitting 
and  proper  that  an  organization  whose 
keynote  is  production  and  develop- 
ment should  make  tremendous  expan- 
sion. The  American  people  have  a 
heritage  of  sentiment  and  love  of  flow- 
ers which  is  placed  in  the  care  of  those 
who  remain  at  home  while  our  sons 
and  brothers  are  away  from  our  fire- 
sides. That  love  of  beauty  is  spiritual 
food  to  many  people,  and  certainly  sig- 
nifies a  true  citizen. 

June  first  is  the  last  day  on  which 
membership  can  be  received  without 
the  initiation  fee.  Will  you  join  us 
and  participate  in  the  big  things 
which  the  American  Gladiolus  Society 
is  accomplishing  and  on  the  way  to  ac- 
complish for  American  horticulture? 
$2.00  is  the  membership  fee  for  one 
year.  The  Secretary  is  Professor  A. 
C.  Beal,  of  Cornell  University,  Ithaca, 
New  York.  Send  your  membership  to- 
day and  join  hands  in  the  great  work. 


SOCIETY   OF   AMERICAN   FLORISTS 
Department  of   Plant   Registration 
Public   notice    is   hereby   given   that 

Lanternier  Florist,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind., 

submits  for  registration  the  new  Fern 

described  below: 

Name — Anthony   Wayne. 

Description  —  Foliage  similar  to 
Nephrolepis  exaltata  Whitmani,  but 
darker     and     less     fringed.      Growth 


'^"'"'^^ 


Meetings  Next  Week 


Monday,   May  6. 

l!crii:ir(l,>sville  llunlcllltinal  So 
lictv.  IIortkMilliirnl  Hall.  Itvriiurds- 
vUl.'.    N.   .1. 

Kllicioii  llDiilciilliiral  Soelcty,  Thv 
Hall.   KIliiTiiii.   N.  J. 

Hmi.-iioii  Kloiists'  Club.  CliniiiluT 
of   ("oiiiiiiorfc   Rooms,   Houston,  Tpx. 

Montreal  Gardeners'  and  Florists' 
('lull.   Moulroal,  Canada. 

.Now  Ilcdford  Ilortkiilturnl  So- 
clitv.   New    Ilcdford,   Mass. 

Florists'      Club      of      WasliliiKlon. 
WasliiiiKton,   D.    C. 
laiiil.  O. 

Tuesday,  May   7. 

Fl<irlsts'  ;muI  Gardeners'  I'luli  of 
Hol.voke    and    Northaiiiptou,    Mass. 

Lake  Geneva  Gardeners'  and  Fore- 
men's Assodatlon.  Hortiiultural 
Hall.    Lake  Geneva.   Wis. 

Los  Anneles  County  Ilortloultural 
Soelel.v,    Los   Ant'eles,  Cal. 

I'literson  Florlcultnral  Society,  Y. 
M.  C.  A.   BU]sx..   I'aterson.   N.  .T. 

Florists'  Club  of  Plilladelplila. 
I'liil.'iilelpliia,   I'a. 

I'Htsburph  Florists'  and  (iarden- 
ers'  Club,  Fort  I'itt  Hotel.  Pitts- 
burg Ii,   Pa. 

Wednesday,   May  8. 

Cini-innati  I-'lorists'  Society,  .Taliez 
Elliott   Flower  Market.  CiTH-innati.  O 

DutclK'Ss  Countv  Horticultural 
So.iely.  Fallkill  IlUljr..  Poufilikeip- 
sie,  N'.  Y. 

Lenox  Horticultural  ."^oilety,  Lenox, 
Mass. 

.Morris  County  Florists'  and  Gar- 
deners'  Socict.v.   Madison.    N.  .T. 

Nassau  County  Horticultural  So- 
ciety. Poml)roke  Hall.  Glen  Cove, 
N.  Y. 

Thursday,   May  9. 

Mcnl.i  I'ark  I  lorl  iinit  oral  Society, 
Menlo   Park.  Calif. 

Xe\\-  London  Horticultural  Soci- 
ety. Mnnicipal  Rbls..  New  London, 
Conn 

Friday,   May   10. 

Connecticut  Horticultural  Society, 
County  Hnilding.  Hartford.  Conn. 

Westchester  and  Fairfield  Horti- 
cultural Society.  Doran-i  Hall, 
rjrecnwich.  Conn. 


Saturday,  May  11. 


Iiiil.lis     I'c'rry    Gardeners'    .\s 
tion.   Iiolilis  Ferrv.  N.  Y. 


ocia- 


strong,  similar  to  Bostoniensis,  and 
strong  plants  up  to  12  in.  pot  size  are 
easily  obtained  without  the  bottom 
rot  customary  with  AVhitmani.  Pro- 
duces an  abundance  of  runners  in  both 
bench  and  pots. 

Any  person  objecting  to  this  regis- 
tration, or  to  the  use  of  the  proposed 
name  is  requested  to  communicate 
with  the  secretary  at  once.  Failing 
to  receive  objections  to  the  registra- 
tion, the  Same  will  be  made  three 
weeks  from   this  date. 

John   Young,   Secy. 
1170  Broadway,  New  York. 
April  23,  1917. 


HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETY  OF 
NEW  YORK 
An  exhibition  of  this  society  will  btj 
held  on  Saturday  and  Sunday,  .May 
nth  and  llitli,  in  tlie  Museum  build- 
ing. New  York  Botanical  Garden, 
Bronx  Park,  N.  Y.  City.  Premiums 
will  be  offered  for  collections  of  cut 
fiowers  of  herbaceous  plants,  shrubs 
and  trees,  tulips,  narcissus,  snapdrag- 
ons, and  orchids;  and  for  flowering 
plants  of  pelargonium  and  calceolaria. 
Special  iirizes  may  also  be  awarded  to 
meritorious  exhibits  not  provided  for 
in  the  schedule.  Schedules  are  now 
ready  for  distribution  and  may  be  had 
by  application  to  the  secretary,  George 
V.  Nash,  New  York  Botanical  Garden. 
Bronx  Park,  N.  Y.  City. 

George  V.  Nash,  Secy. 


CLUB  AND  SOCIETY  NOTES. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Newport  (R.  1.) 
Horticultural  Society  last  Tuesday  It 
was  decided  to  have  an  indoor  flower 
show  Wednesday,  June  25,  this  being 
a  change  from  the  usual  plan  of  the 
society's  summer  exhibition.  A  Red 
Cross  bootli  where  garden  products 
will  be  sold  will  be  a  feature  of  the 
exhibition.  William  MacKay,  gar- 
dener for  H.  A.  C.  Taylor,  exhibited 
carnations  and  was  awarded  a  cultural 
certificate.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  arrange  a  premium  list 
for  the  war  gardens  to  be  planted  this 
summer,  the  awards  for  which  will  be 
made  at  the  time  of  the  society's 
autumn  show.   . 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  Western 
Seedsmen's  Association  was  held  at 
Kansas  City.  .April  20.  There  was  a 
good  attendance.  President  H.  A. 
.Tohns,  of  Sioux  City,  was  prevented 
by  illness  from  being  present.  It  was 
voted  inexpedient,  under  existing  con- 
ditions, to  issue  general  price  lists, 
and  that  all  sales  should  be  at  the 
market  or  by  special  quotation.  All 
packet  seeds  will  be  advanced  $5  per 
thousand. 

All  officers  were  re-elected  as  fol- 
lows: President,  H.  A.  Johns,  Sioux 
City,  la.;  vice-president,  C.  C.  Massie. 
Minneapolis;  secretary,  H.  P.  Web- 
ster, Independence,  la.;  treasurer,  H 
G.  Windheim,  Omaha. 


Chas.  H.  Totty  was  the  guest  of  the 
Gardeners'  &  Florists'  Club  of  Balti- 
more on  Monday,  April  22,  and  ad- 
dressed the  meeting  in  Florists'  Ex- 
change Hall  that  evening,  previous  to 
which  he  has  given  a  complimentary 
dinner  in  the  Southern  Hotel.  i 


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BULBS  PLANTED  IN  GRASS. 


Obituary 


Joseph  Tailby 

Joseph  Tailby,  widely  known  as  a 
florist  and  hybridist  for  half  a  cen- 
tury, died  at  his  home  in  Wellesley, 
Mass.,  on  Thursday.  April  26.  He  was 
seventy-six  years  old  and  his  health 
had  been  failing  as  the  result  of  an 
accident  several  years  ago.  Mr.  Tail- 
by  was  born  in  Leicestershire,  Eng- 
land, and  in  1864  came  to  America. 
After  spending  two  years  in  Hoboken, 
N.  J.,  in  New  York  and  Framingham, 
he  settled  in  Wellesley  and  established 
business  as  a  florist.  He  early  be- 
came identified  with  the  Massachu- 
setts Horticultural  Society  as  a  mem- 
ber and  exhibitor  and  came  rapidly  to 
the  front  as  a  skillful  cultivator  of 
flowers  for  the  Boston  trade,  taking 
premiums  frequently  at  the  exhibi- 
tions for  the  products  of  his  skill  in 
growing  and  In  hybridization.  A  fine 
cucumber,  named  Tailby's  Hybrid,  a 
cross  between  White  Spine  and  one 
of  the  long  English  varieties,  which 
he  raised  about  forty-five  years  ago  is 
still  grown  in  this  neighborhood.  To 
the  best  of  our  knowledge  Mr.  Tailby 
held  the  distinction  of  having  brought 
to  Boston  the  first  bloom  ever  seen 
here  of  the  Marechal  Niel  rose,  a 
variety  which  was  destined  to  occupy 
a  big  place  commercially  in  the  flow- 
er market  for  many  years. 

But  Joseph  Tailby  became  best 
known  to  the  florist  trade  of  America 
through  his  raising  and  introduction 
of  the  Grace  Wilder  carnation  in  1881, 
this  being  a  variety  without  a  peer  in 
its  day  and  the  first  really  good  com- 
mercial carnation  of  its  color,  and 
which  was  extensively  grown  every- 
where. In  the  same  year,  Mr.  Tailby 
Introduced  Fred  Johnson,  a  light  red 
carnation  and  Princess  Louise,  rose 
pink,  and  both  of  these  had  consider- 
able local  celebrity.  More  recently  he 
produced  a  new  race  of  hybrid  yellow 
callas. 

Joseph  Tailby  was  a  contemporary 
and  associate  with  Harris,  Atkinson, 
Sheppard,  Comley,  Norton,  Wood,  Ed- 
gar, Mathison,  Grey,  Galvin,  Dawson 
and  others  who  achieved  wide  renown 
and  was  almost  the  last  living  of  that 
brilliant  coterie  of  gardeners  and 
florists  who  were  the  leading  factors 
In  placing  Boston  in  her  position  of 
horticultural  pre-eminence  a  genera- 
tion ago.  He  was  a  man  of  genial  and 
kindly  impulses,  at  all  times  ready 
and  willing  to  extend  a  friendly  hand 
and  give  freely  and  unselfishly  of  his 
knowledge  to  help  the  young  begin- 
ner in  horticulture.  Ever  green  be 
his  memory. 

He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  sons. 


W.  W.  Simonds 

William  W.  Simonds,  long  connected 
with  the  seed  trade  of  Boston,  died  on 
Saturday,  April  27,  aged  sixty-six 
years.     Mr.   Simonds'   began   his  busl- 


YfUow   Trumpet    Narci.ssus 

Our  cover  this  week,  also  the  illus- 
tration shown  on  this  page,  give  but 
a  faint  idea  of  the  beautiful  scene  pre- 
sented each  spring  on  the  Bayard 
Thayer  estate  at  Lancaster,  Mass.. 
when  wide  stretches  of  meadow  and 
border  land  sparkle  with  myriads  of 
narcissi  in  many  types.  This  estate 
is  probably  the  foremost  in  New  Eng- 


Naturallzefl    in    lirass 

land  in  its  floral  and  arboreal  rich- 
ness, its  beauty  and  progressive  char- 
acter being  jointly  due  to  the  floricul- 
tural  taste  and  public  spirit  of  Mrs. 
Thayer  and  the  rare  gardening  profic- 
iency of  her  superintendent,  William 
Anderson.  Throughout  the  entire  year 
there  is  not  a  day  when  something 
noteworthy  may  not  be  seen  at  this 
interesting  place. 


ness  career  as  book-keeper  for  the  old 
seed  firm  of  Hovey  &  Co.,  on  North 
Market  street,  Boston.  After  the 
death  of  Chas.  M.  and  Brown  Hovey 
who  constituted  the  firm,  he  and  John 
Hovey  took  the  business  and  carried 
it  on,  until  the  death  of  John  Hovey, 
in  Merchants  Row  and  later  in  South 
Market  street,  after  which  Mr.  Sim- 
onds assumed  full  charge  and  con- 
tinued the  business  under  the  name 
of  Hovey  &  Co.  until  now.  He  led 
a  very  reserved  and  secluded  life,  and 
had  few  intimacies  in  the  seed  trade. 
He  leaves  a  widow  but  no  children. 
Messrs.  Webster  of  the  Ames  Plow 
&  Implement  Co.,  and  Guerineau  of 
T.  J.  Grey  Co.,  were  appointed  to 
prepare  resolutions  on  behalf  of  the 
Boston  seed  trade. 


M.  J.   Hannigan 

Michael  J.  Hannigan,  for  the  past 
eight  years  in  business  as  a  flower 
grower  in  Pikesville,  near  Bailtimore. 
Md..  died  on  April  19,  after  a  brief  ill- 
ness with  pneumonia.  Previous  to  es- 
tablishing in  business  Mr.  Hannigan 
was  superintendent  of  the  private  es- 
tate of  A.  H.  Hoen  and  made  a  fine 
record  as  a  skillful  gardener.  His  age 
was  54  years.  He  leaves  a  widow, 
three  sons  and  two  daughters. 


Conrad  Hess 
Conrad  Hess,  one  of  the  old  time 
Baltimore  florists,  located  for  many 
years  on  Friendship  Ave.,  died  on 
April  16,  aged  76  years.  He  was  born 
at  Frankfort,  Germany,  and  came  to 
this  country  when  a  child  with  his 
parents,  his  father  being  a  florist  and 
markPt  gardener.    He  leaves  a  widow. 


James  E.  Connor 
James  E.  Connor,  gardener  for  the 
past  ten  years  for  J.  L.  Houston, 
Coatesville,  Pa.,  died  on  April  28th, 
of  pneumonia.  He  was  48  years  of 
age  and  was  bom  and  raised  at 
West  Grove,  Pa.  He  was  connected 
with  the  Dingee  &  Conrad  Co.  in 
his  early  days  and  was  later  in  the 
florist  business  with  his  brother-in-law 
James  A.  Brown,  Coatesville.  He 
leaves  a  wife  and  two  children.  His 
older  brother  Dennis  T.  Connor  is 
well  known  in  the  horticultural  trade, 
having  been  in  it  all  his  lite  and  since 
quitting  the  growing  end  lias  been  as- 
sociated with  the  Lord  &  Burnham  Co. 


Nancy  Wilder  Bigelow. 
Pomologists  generally  will  be  in- 
terested to  learn  of  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Andrew  Bigelow,  of  Southboro,  Mass., 
daughter  of  the  late  Marshall  P.  Wil- 
der. She  died  on  April  15  at  the  "Old 
Homestead"  on  Washington  street, 
Dorchester,  Mass.,  aged  93  years. 


OIneyvllle,  R.  I. — The  greenhouses 
of  Richard  P.  Higgins  at  217  Academy 
avenue  were  entered  Saturday  night, 
April  20.  and  ribbon,  valued  at  $40 
was  stolon.  When  Mr.  Higgins  opened 
up  Sunday  morning  the  place  was  se- 
cured in  the  usual  way  and  it  is  be- 
lieved the  thief  gained  an  entrance  by 
forcing  a  window  sash. 


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II  ()  lil  1  I'  II  1/ru  RK 


May   4,   1918 


•THE      FLOWER:      A      SYMBOL      OF 
TRIUMPH." 

Quct    Given    to    the    KlorUl    holdlcr*    In 

Camp  iifiir  Houston.  Tcxnu.  Iiy  thf 

Florist*'  Club  of  that  tity. 

■Now    stiBll    our    brows    bo    crowned    with 
victorious  wrcnths  ,.,.,.„ 

And    nil    the    clouds    that    o  or   our    house 
did   hover.  ,       .    ■  .. 

In   the   d.H-i>  bosom   of  the  ocean  burled. 
■A   consnrnntlon."   may   we   all    say.      most 
di'voutedly  to  be  wished. 
Victory  Is  the  national  desire. 

Al  a  banquet  to  those  whom  we  arc 
delighted  to  honor— men  who  go  for- 
ward from  the  ranks  of  the  florists, 
nurserymen,  seedsmen  and  landscape 
architects  to  the  ranks  of  our  great 
American  Army— and  whom  it  will  lie 
our  pleasure.  I  believe,  after  a  bril- 
liant victory  over  the  enemy,  to  see 
marching  In  triumph  through  our 
streets;  at  such  a  banquet.  It  may  be 
appropriate  to  say  something  about 
the  position  that  flowers  have  held,  in 
all  nations  and  in  all  ages,  as  symbols 
of  victory  and  triumph. 

It  seems  as  if  the  Lord  God.  Blessed 
Be  His  Name,  intended  that  the  record 
of  the  fragrant  flower— that  delicate 
token  of  memory— should  be  preserved 
even  after  great  nations  and  civiliza- 
tions have  crumbled  into  dust  and 
most  of  their  records  have  become  a 
matter  of  pains-taking  digging  on  the 
part  of  the  archeologist;  for  we  find 
among  the  ruins  of  ancient  Egypt. 
Greece  and  Rome,  where  only  vast  col- 
umns are  left  standing  to  mark  the 
places  of  once  beautiful  and  lofty  edi- 
fices, that  all  the  devastations  of  the 
years  have  not  erased  the  sculpture  of 
fragrant  flowers  and  leaves  with  which 
these  ancients  commemorated  their 
prowess  by  carving  into  their  temples 
and  triumphed  arches. 

Today  there  are  still  standing  some 
of  the  wonderful  columns  of  the  pal- 
ace-temple of  Amen-Ra  at  Karnac, 
Egypt.  In  magnificence,  grandeur 
and  majesty  of  execution,  this  struc- 
ture is  regarded  by  all  the  authorities 
on  architecture  as  the  grandest  and 
finest  structure  ever  erected  by  man. 
Its  hypostyle  hall,  cunningly  lighted, 
was  so  vast  that  a  human  being  felt 
like  an  insect  in  it.  This  mighty 
structure  was  erected  by  the  Pharoahs 
as  a  thank-offering  to  the  Deity  who 
had  given  them  victory  in  battle.  The 
distinctive  feature  of  its  great  col- 
umns was  the  carved  image  of  the 
delicate  Lotus  Bud  of  the  Nile. 

Alexander,  the  greatest  general 
among  the  Greeks,  always  celebrated 
his  victories  by  the  profuse  use  of 
flowers.  He  and  his  men  garlanded 
themselves  with  chaplets  and  danced 
on  flowers.  The  architectural  glories 
of  Athens,  in  column  and  frieze,  show 
how  the  most  beautiful  city  of  the 
Greeks  reearded  flowers  as  symbols 
commemorating  its  many  successful 
battles.  On  the  return  from  one  ot 
his  victories.  Alexander  bought  up  all 
the  flowers  of  the  country  and  his  men 
were  actually  showered  with  them  for 
a  three  days'  feast.  Strange  to  say. 
Alexander,  who  was  some  winner  of 
victory,  gave  to  his   soldiers,   on  this 


POINSETTIAS 


Pniimetlla   In  (!  in.    I'ot. 

It  is  now  time  to  start  up  the  old 
stocli  polnsettias.  Cut  them  back  and 
pot  in  .'small  sized  pots  in  good  soil 
and  with  proper  attention  in  a  well- 
lighted  place  tlioy  will  furnish  cut- 
tings in  abundance.  Cuttings  may  be 
stru(;k  any  time  now  until  midsummer 
accoiding  to  the  size  of  blooming 
stock  required  for  Christmas,  the  early 
plants  being   tlie  best   for  cut  blooms. 


occasion,  all  the  wine  that  they  could 
drink  and  girls  to  dance  with,  and 
Plutarch  says  that  the  gaiety  and  good 
humor  engendered  by  this  wine  and 
by  these  girls  enabled  them  to  throw 
off  a  distemper  from  which  they  had 
been  suffering.  Of  course,  in  these 
particularly  pure  and  sober  days  that 
we  now  live  in,  we  cannot  but  frown 
on  such  unseemly  behavior.  (Paren- 
thetically, however,  I  wish  to  remark, 
and  my  language  is  plain,  that  I  have 
actually  heard  horrible  reports  to  the 
effect  that  even  our  American  soldier 
is  occasionally  getting  "his,"  both  in 
respect  to  wine  and  girls.  •  •  Some 
day  we  may  have  in  authority  men 
who  will  handle  such  matters  in  a 
common  sense  rather  than  in  an  up-in- 
the-air.  idealistic  manner. 

Architectural  authorities  contend 
that  Rome  was  lacking  in  refinement 
of  detail  in  its  structures,  but  they  all 
admit  that  these  structures,  dominated 
as  they  were  by  the  constant  theme  of 
the  mighty  Etruscan  arch,  were 
marked  by  great  grandeur  and  mag- 
nificence. In  the  matter  of  columns, 
they  took  from  the  Grecians,  modify- 
ing the  Doric.  Ionian  and  Corinthian 
orders  to  suit  their  own  taste  and 
fancy.  Some  think  they  improved  up- 
on the  Corinthian  order  In  the  use  ot 
"the  acanthus  leaf  divine,"  as  one  of 
the  poets  calls  it,  as  a  symbol  of  vic- 
tory in  their  triumphal  arches,  flanked 
by  these  columns;  but  however  this 
may  be,  they  were  profuse  in  the  use 
of  flowers  for  the  decoration  of  the 
frieze.  When  they  celebrated  a  vic- 
tory, the  path  of  the  victor  was  strewn 
with  flowers,  and  at  their  banquets, 
celebrating  the  event,  not  only  were 
all  guests  garlanded  with  flowers,  but 
there    were    flower    boys    and    flower 


girls  servlni;  the  banquet,  and  the  ban 
qufting  hall  was  strewn  willi  rose 
li'avos.  Just  think  of  what  a  cinch  It 
must  have  been  to  lie  a  florist  In  those 
days!  Who  would  not  have  been  a 
florist  In  the  days  of  ancient  Rome" 
Tho  Honorable  Mr.  C.  J.  Caesar  got 
his  flowers  by  the  chariot  load.  (A^ 
an  aside.  I  would  remark  that  sonn 
|)eoplo  today  seem  to  think  that  thc> 
have  "something  on"  the  gracious  and 
clement  Caesar  because  he  was  assas 
sinated.  However,  the  night  before  he 
was  asRassinalcd  Julius  said  that  he 
preferred  a  su(l<lcn  death.  He  was  a 
soldier,  and  the  thought  of  death  did 
not  trouble  him.  Anyhow,  even  If  he 
had  not  been  assassinated,  he  would 
have  been  quite  dead   by  this  time.) 

We  have  all  heard  of  the  Fleur-de 
Lys,  or  Lily  of  France,  for  many  years 
placed  on  the  battle  flags  of  the  kings 
(if  France  and  carved  Into  their  monu- 
ments ot  triumph.  It  was  adopted  as 
an  emblem  of  victory  by  I.ouls  VII 
According  to  the  great  authority.  Nut- 
tall,  however.  Kleur-de-Lys,  or  lily 
flower,  is  a  corruption.  It  was  flrst 
called  Fleur-deLouis,  flower  of  Louis, 
then  Fleur-deLuce,  then  Fleur-deLys 
It  was  not  the  lily  which  Louis  adopt- 
ed, but  tho  Yellow  Flag  (Iris  pseuda- 
corus),  for  many  centuries  a  symbol 
of  power  and  majesty,  the  Egyptians 
placing  It  on  the  brow  of  the  sphinx 
and  on  the  sceptres  of  their  kings. 

So  you  can  see  that  the  modest, 
fragrant  flowers  which  we  all  love  and 
admire  have  been  adopted  throughout 
the  centuries  by  emperors  and  kings 
as  symbols  of  power,  majesty  and  vic- 
tory; and  it  strikes  me  that  this  great 
Republic  when  it  wins  victory,  as  we 
all  feel  sure  it  will,  should  adopt  some 
symbol  of  its  own  might  and  triumph 
to  be  placed  in  the  capitals  of  our  col 
umns  and  in  the  triumphal  arches 
which  may  hereafter  be  erected.  Why 
should  we  still  use  the  capitals  of  an- 
cient Greece  and  Rome  when  a  little 
Ingenuity  may  give  up  a  capital  of 
our  own.  decorated,  say.  with  the  stars 
we  have  taken  from  Heaven  and 
placed  on  our  flag  and  with  the  Amer- 
ican Daisy  or  some  distinctive  flower 
that  may  readily  lend  itself  to  sculp- 
ture. No  doubt  our  capable  American 
architects  will  yet  develop  such  a 
capital. 

You  brave  soldier  boys  with  us  to- 
night will  soon  he  going  to  the  battle 
line  of  France  to  help  win  a  victory 
for  our  flag  and  to  let  the  world  know 
that  not  in  vain  have  we  won,  on  many 
a  hard-fought  field,  the  title  of  being 
the  unconquerable  American.  We  are 
confident  that  the  flag  in  your  hands 
will  always  go  forward  and  never  be 
drooped  In  shame  or  defeat.  It  be- 
comes us  Americans  to  think  always 
In  terms  of  victory;  to  decide,  with 
set  jaws,  that  we  must  win.  Let  us 
show  the  world  that  so  far  as  our  flag 
is  concerned  we  do  not  know  what  It 
Is  to  go  backward,  but  only  forward. 
To  quote  an  old  saying:  If  we  remain 
behind,  we  die;  If  we  go  forward,  we 
die;  let  us  go  forward."  But  let  me 
tell  you,  I  firmly  believe  that  this  spir- 
it— to  conquer  or  to  die — will  result  In 
a  comparatively  few  of  us  dying.  Let 
It  be  rather  the  enemy  to  die;  for  him 
the  flowers  of  the  funeral  wreath,  but 
for  us  the  laurel  crown  of  victory  and 
tho  joyous  flowers  of  triumph. 


May  4.  1918 


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The    Memorial    Day    Drive 

NOW  IS  THE  TIME  TO  PREPARE 

For  the  Biggest   Memorial  Day   Business  in  the  History  of  the  Florists'  Trade 

Eminently  Fitting  and  Deservedly  Popular  are  our  Preserved  Magnolia  Leaves 
and  Cycas  Fronds.  Also  an  infinite  and  beautiful  variety  of  Wax  Flowers  and 
Wreaths  and  other  artificial  material  appropriate  for  the  occasion. 


Get  Your  Order  In  NOW. 


The  Florists'  Sapply  House  of  America 


Catalogue  On  Request 

1129  Arch  Street,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


REFORESTATION. 

We  quote  the  following  notes  from 
a  circular  letter  which  has  just  been 
sent  out  by  The  Massachusetts  Forestry 
Association. 

Thousands  of  acres  of  woodland  in 
this  State  have  been  cut  over  this  year 
to  meet  the  war  demand  for  cordwood 
and  lumber.  Nearly  all  of  this  land 
is  better  adapted  to  growing  trees 
than  any  other  crop,  and  should  be 
replanted  .at  once.  In  many  cases  if  it 
Is  not  replanted  to  valuable  species, 
it  will  soon  be  covered  with  weed  trees 
such  as  grey  birch,  alder,  scrub-oak, 
bird  cherry  and  the  like,  which  are  of 
little  or  no  commercial  value  and 
which  will  prevent  valuable  species 
from  growing.  We  already  have  near- 
ly 1,000,000  acres  of  such  land  which 
Is  producing  nothing  of  value,  and  con- 
sequently practically  nothing  in  taxes 
for  the  support  of  the  Commonwealth. 
As  a  State  we  cannot  afford  to  permit 
this   condition   to   continue.     It   is   de- 


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plorable  that  as  one  ot  the  most  dense- 
ly populated  States  (430  persons  per 
square  mile)  and  one  of  the  wealthi- 
est, we  should  have  a  fifth  of  our  area 
idle  or  waste  land,  and  this  area  in- 
creasing yearly. 

We  are  importing  two-thirds  of  the 
lumber  we  use,  and  paying  from  two 
to  three  times  what  we  paid  for  it 
fifteen  to  twenty  years  ago.  This  is 
bound  to  increase  the  cost  of  building 
and  consequently  to  increase  rentals 
and  the  cost  of  living.  The  only  prac- 
tical solution  of  the  problem  is  re- 
forestation to  valuable  species.  With 
the  shortage  of  labor  at  present,  we 
should  utilize  all  the  available  energy 
we  have  for  this  work.  School  chil- 
dren should  learn  how  to  plant  trees. 
A  few  small  trees  planted  by  each 
pupil  in  the  public  schools  especially 
in  the  rural  sections  would  in  the  ag- 
gregate mean  thousands  of  acres  re- 
forested each  year.  This  is  a  time  for 
action,  and  instead  ot  the  conventional 
Arbor  Day  exercises  of  song  singing 
and  speech  making  on  the  beauty  of 
trees,  let  us  teach  the  children  the 
value  of  trees  by  having  them  do  some 
planting. 


We  clip  the  following  from  the 
WellsviUe.   N.   Y.,  Reporter: 

Information  on  the  home  vegetable 
garden,  but  not  the  seeds  for  the  gar- 
den, may  be  obtained  from  the  state 
college  of  agriculture  at  Ithaca.  Some 
gardeners  seem  to  think  that  free 
government  seeds  are  distributed  from 
the  college  and  write  for  them.  The 
college  does  not  furnish  seed.  Packets 
of  seeds  have  been  obtainable,  how- 
ever, from  the  department  of  agri- 
culture at  Washington  by  making  ap- 
plication through  the  member  of  con- 
gress from  the  districts  in  which  the 
applicant  lives. 

It  is  not  wise,  however,  to  depend 
on  the  seeds  furnished  by  the  gov- 
ernmont  since  the  seeds  are  presum- 
ably of  little-known  varieties  to  be 
planted  for  experimental  purposes. 
Thus  they  may  be  of  a  kind  not  de- 
sirable for  the  home  garden.  Further 
the  amount  of  seed  in  each  package  is 
small.  The  object  of  the  free  distri- 
bution ot  send,  it  is  stated,  is  to  intro- 
duce new  kinds  and  types  and  to  learn 
their  merits  when  grown  under  va- 
rious conditions. 

The  collecro  believes,  therefore,  that 
the  home  gardener  will  do  as  well  to 
purchase  from  a  reliable  seed  house. 


THE   BARBERRY   SCARE. 

The  information  now  being  so  gen- 
erally distributed  through  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  and  the  various 
State  Experiment  Stations,  relative  to 
barberry  as  a  host  of  the  destructive 
wheat  smut  in  one  of  its  stages,  is 
certainly  very  misleading  to  the  gen- 
eral reader.  It  should  be  very  freely 
and  persistently  explained  by  the 
Horticultural  Press,  as  well  as  other 
publications,  that  the  barberry  re- 
ferred to  is  the  tall  type  (Berberis 
vulgaris.. 

The  Government  and  State  Bulle- 
tins do  expressly  state  that  the  Jap- 
anese Barberry  (Berberis  thunbergi), 
so  universally  valued  over  so  an  ex- 
tended territory  for  ornamental  pur- 
poses is  not  the  mischief  carrier,  but 
is  perfectly  harmless.  To  the  trade 
throughout  the  country  who  have  been 
buying  the  new  Box-Barberry  so  freely 
for  propagating  purposes,  it  will  be 
good  news  to  know  that  it  is  unques- 
tionably a  pure  seedling  of  Berberis 
thunbergi,  therefore  equally  harmless 
Elm  City  Nvrsert  Co. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 


CATALOGUE    RECEIVED. 

Glen  Road  Iris  Garden,  Wellesley 
Farms,  Mass. — Catalogue  and  Price 
List  of  Iris  Seedlings  raised  by  Miss 
Grace  Sturtevant.  A  very  interesting 
list  of  about  fifty  named  seedlings, 
many  of  which  have  won  medals,  cer- 
tificates and  honorable  mention  from 
the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  So- 
ciety. 


LIST   OF    PATENTS 
1,262.170.     Weed     Puller,     Charles     B. 

Russell,  Seattle,  Wash. 
1,262,482.    Weeding  Implement.    Henry 

W.  Hales.  Ridgewood,  N.  J. 


THE 

HORTICULTURAL 
CATALOG 

A       MONTHLY       MAGAZINE       FOB 

WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 
FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

Contnlnn      ntphnbftlcal       Ilfltlnfft      of 

nvailHhIe   nurplus   »t<»ck,  rtc 

$1.(M)    per   yrar.  ForelBrn   fl.SO 

THE  HORTICULTURAL  CATALOG 


LOS    A.NGFLE8, 


CALIFORNIA 


440 


11  ()  li  T 1  (•  I  I,  r  V  i;  K 


May  4.   1918 


SEED  TRADE 


To  Boost  Philadelphia  Market  Garden 
Products. 

At  a  combined  meeting  of  the  Seeds- 
men, Philadelphia  Veselable  Growers' 
Association,  the  Booster's  Club  which 
is  the  Commission  Men's  Organization 
and  the  Jersey  Growers  at  the  I'oor 
Richard  Club,  presided  over  by  W.  F. 
Therkildson.  a  committee  of  1-.  4 
from  the  Philadelphia  Vegetable  Grow- 
ers. 4  from  the  Uoosters  or  Commis- 
sion Men  and  4  from  the  Jersey  Grow- 
ers, was  appointed  to  undertake  a  cam- 
paign for  increasing  the  use  of  vegeta- 
bles, by  exploiting  their  use  through 
the  papers,  this  advertising  to  be  sup- 
plemented by  information  as  to  how- 
to  cook  and  prepare,  editorial  com- 
ment, etc.,  together  with  growers'  and 
dealers'  helps. 

This  was  a  very  enthusiastic  meet- 
ing and  $25,000  was  immediately  s\i\> 
scribed.  This  will  probably  be  sup- 
plemented by  $25,000  more  or  a  total 
of  150,000  to  be  spent  with  the  Phila- 
delphia papers  and  through  other  me- 
diums to  increase  the  use  of  nearby 
grown  vegetables.  This  is  to  offset  tlie 
competition  of  the  nationally  adv'»r- 
tised  products  that  come  into  Phila- 
delphia by  the  train  loads,  when,  as  a 
matter  of  fact,  many  of  the  best  mar- 
ket growers  in  the  world  are  located 
In  close  proximity  to  Philadelphia. 


Chicago  Seed  Trade  Notes. 
The  tracts  of  land  used  in  Chicago 
last  year  tor  gardens  will  all  be  used 
again  this  year.  The  rain  has  pre- 
vented plowing  and  other  preparation 
of  the  soil  in  many  instances,  and 
work  interrupted  on  Easter  day.  when 
the  cold  wave  overtook  the  gardeners, 
stands  waiting.  Chicago  ground  is  a 
dead  level  and  only  warmth  and  a 
cessation  of  rain  can  put  the  lots  in 
condition.  Too  many  planterl  early 
last  year  and  wasted  the  valuable  seed, 
to  repeat  the  mistake  this  year  and  the 
enthusiasm  of  the  gardeners  will  be 
none  the  less  because  of  enforced  wait- 
ing for  planting  season.  One  of  the 
local  papers  o.uotes  a  representative  of 
a  Chicago  seed  house  as  saying  that 
the  market  gardeners  have  reduced 
their  planting  from  20  per  cent  to  25 
per  cent  of  that  of  last  year.  This  he 
says  is  due  to  cost  of  seed  and  the  fact 
that  so  many  people  are  growing  their 
own  vegetables. 


Seed  Trade  Notes. 
To  meet  the  shortage  of  seed  corn 
In  14  of  the  large  corn-producing 
States  between  now  and  June  8.  the 
Federal  Government,  through  the 
Bureau  of  Markets,  has  announced  a 
special  seed-reporting  service  which 
will  assist  local  organizations  and  in- 
dividuals in  locating  and  distributing 
seed  com  to  farmers  in  these  States. 


Mllford,  Conn. — The  Everett  B. 
Clark  Seed  Co.  has  purchased  prop- 
erty on  West  River  street  on  which 
they  propose  to  erect  a  two-story  office 
building,  probably  of  brick,  which 
they  will  use  entirely  for  the  general 
offices  of  both  the  eastern  and  west- 
ern  departments,  and   which   they  ex- 


We  have  just  received 

ANOTHER  THOUSAND  TONS 

Of  Our  Celebrated 

South  American  Sheep 
and  Goat  Manure 


This  is  unexcelled  for  top  dressing  any  crop  or  mixing  with 
the  soil,  or  for  use  in  solution.  1  here  is  no  safer  or  surer  ma- 
terial to  be  had. 

Write  for  prices  and  receive  a  supply  while  it  lasts.     It 
is  difficult  to  obtain. 

SANDERSON  FERTILIZER  AND  CHEMICAL  CO. 

Subiidiarj  of  the  Amtrican  Agrlcnltural  Chemical  Co. 

NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 


Begonias 

Farquhar's  Tuberous-Rooted 

As  Bedding  Plants  these  are  unsurpassed  for  bril- 
liancy and  richness  of  color. 

Single  Variety  in  six  colors,  $i.oo  per  dozen; 
$7.50  per   100. 

Double    and    New    Frilled    Varieties.     Prices  on 

application. 

R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO., 

6  South  Market  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 
Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,   Rayn 
Park,  London,  Elngland.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc., 


166  Ckwnbcr  of 

BIcli.,Boitea,  M*«». 


pect  to  be  able  to  occupy  in  the  fall. 
The  Clark  Seed  Co.  is  among  the  larg- 
est seed  concerns  in  the  country,  hav- 
ing offices  in  many  western  states,  and 
handlinf?  the  crops  of  about  30,000 
acres.  They  have  branch  houses  in 
Michigan,  Wisconsin,  Colorado,  Idaho, 
Montana  and   Washington. 


According  to  a  communication  re- 
ceived from  Sluis  &  Groot,  Enkhuizen. 
Holland,  the  outlook  for  the  Holland 
seed  trade  with  this  country  is  very 
unpromising  in  consequence  of  war 
conditions  and  the  infrequency  of 
steamer  sailings.  They  say  that  when- 
ever there  has  been  a  little  cargo  space 
available  the  bulb  and  plant  shippers 
have  been  given  preference  over  the 
seed  houses  for  the  rea.son  that  the 
bulb  and  plant   growers  are  considered 


to  l)e  the  most  suffering  part  of  the 
population.  The  Dutch  government 
has  placed  an  embargo,  wholly  or  par- 
tially on  some  seeds,  and  culture  reg- 
ulations have  greatly  limited  the  area 
available  for  seed  growing.  The  dis- 
orL'anized  conditions  now  existing  have 
even  made  it  impossil)le  to  issue  a  cat- 
alogue this  season  and  no  basis  can  be 
reached  on  which  to  make  contract 
offers  for  1918-1919. 


Wm. 

Elliott  &  Sons 

SEEDSMEN 

4.2 

\/^s^y       S-fcre^-t 

■M 

e\A/       YORK: 

May  4,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


441 


MICHELL'S 

PRIMULA  SEED 

PRIMULA  CHINENSIS 

(Chiaese    Primrose) 

14  tr.'  pkt.    ti-.pkt. 
MiflieU'N    Prize   Mixture.     An 

even  blending  of  all  colors..|O.CO 


Alba     MasniHca.      White 

CliisHick  Red..  Bright  red. 
Duchess.  White,  with  zone  of 

ro*;y   r-nrniine,   yellow   eye. 

Holborn  Blue   

Kerinesina    Splendens.    Crim- 

son     

Rosy    Morn.      Pink 


.m 

.60 


.60 
.60 


.no 

.CO 


.$i.no 

1.0') 
1.00 

101 
1.00 

1.00 
1.00 


PRIMULA  OBCONICA  GIGANTEA 

A  Kreat  improvement  over  the  old  type, 
flowers   much  larger.  tr.  pkt. 

Lilaeina.     Pale   lilac .$0.5') 

Kermesina.     Deep    crimson .50 

Rosea.      Pink    50 

Alba,     White    50 

PRIMULA  MALACOIDES 

Lilac     $0.50 

Alba.       White 50 

Superba.    Deep    rose.     Orig.    pkt 20 

Also   all   other    Seasonable    Seeds,   Bulbs, 
Plants  and    Supplies. 


Send  for  WHOLES.ALE  CATA- 
LOGUE if  you   haven't  a  copy. 


HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 


618  Market  St. 


Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  as  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    GO. 

170  W.  W»bMh  Are.  CHICAGO,  lHu 


IM   We«t  ZSth   St.,  NEW   TOBK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FLOWEB   HEEDS 

AsparasuB  Plomoans  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
n.SOi   6000  Seeds,  (15.00. 

Asparacas  Nprenieii — 1000  Seeds,  tl.OO. 

Salvia  Bonfire — hi  ox.,  SOc.;   1  oi.,  (2.00. 

BaiTla  Zurleh — >4  os.,  76e. :   1   ox.,  (4.00. 

Stooks  BeantT  of  NIee,  76%  Double  Flowers 
—Shell  Pink.  Bricht  Pink.  Purple,  White 
— Tt.  Pkt.,  (1.00;   Vi  OS.,  (2.00;   1   oz.,  (6.00. 

■■ap'racon,  Petnnlma,  Verbenas,  etc. 
8KND    FOB    CATALOGUE. 


Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA. 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED  ONLT   TO  THOSE   WHO  PLANT 

FOB    PBOFIT 

LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (.TOO  per  case) $60.00  per  thousand 

8/10  {2\t6  per  c«se) SO.OO     " 

»/10  (200  per  case) 100.00    "  •* 

Complete  Lint  of  Florists'  Choice  Seeds. 

A  postal  card   will  brine  our  CKtalovaa. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

I0O4   I.lnrolB   Bide..     Pnil^ADELPHIA,  PA. 


A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per   1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


NEW  YORK 


i.e:oim.ard'S 

SEEDS 

and     SEED     SE 

RVIOE 

FOR     SALE     BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago, 

IIL 

LILY  OF   THE  VALLEY 
PIPS 

Get  these  for  Memorial  Day  and 
June  Sales,  packed  2500  Pips  to  the 
case.  Lots  of  500  at  the  thousand 
rate.  (3  per  100,  $27.50  per  1000, 
f.  0.  b.  Cold  Storage  New  York  City. 

CANNA    ROOTS 

In  all  leading  varieties  as  per  prices. 

ARTHUR  T.BODDINGTONCOjnc 

138  Chambers  St.,  New  York  City 


WEEBER  &  DON 


114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
NEW    YORK 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

laspvitsrs  uid  Orswers  •! 

SEEDS.  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chimbifs  Stmt.  Niw  Yark 

tSoSas  jTgrey  company 

SEEDS,     BCLBB     AND     IMPLBMBNT8 
WHOLESALE    AND    BETALL. 
Beselected  Strmlns  In   Seeds. 

IxnproTed  styles  In  Inspleaseato. 

C»t&lo(De   DpoD  AppUeAtlMi. 

16  So.  Market  Street 

Bos-rofM.         iviA.^s. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

For      Ininiedi.nte      or      future      delivery 
prirep    fi''<dpil    on    apptlcation. 
JOSEPH    BRECK  &   SONS'  CORP 

47-64    North   Market   St.,   Boston,   Mass. 


Choice  Flower  Seeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

OnnCBARIA— PrUs     strmlns,     mlxsd 

T«U  »Bd   Semi-dwarf. 

ALT88UH— Little    iiem. 

OAIAMODLA — Oranse  Klli(,  L«m«B 

Queen. 

•NAFDBAOON— SIlTer    Pink. 

BEOONIA — Vernon. 

DELPHINUM  NEWPOBT  B08E— 
Finest  Pink  Lvkspor  at  80o.  per 
oz.,  >2.2S  per  Vi  lb. 

J.  M.  THORBURN  &  CO. 

BstabliBhed   180t. 
53  Barclay  Street,     NEW  YORK 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 
WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write   (or   Special    Prices,    Spot    or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eog. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULfiS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


tg«  W.  23rd   St..     NEW  YORK 

J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Sred  DUtribu* 
ton  for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Market  Gardenrrs  and    Ftnrliits 
Pratt  and  Light  S»8.,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 

GARDEN  SEED 

ItRKT.  CARROT.  I'ARSNir,  RADISn  and 
OAKDK.V  I'KA  ."^EEK  In  variety:  also  othar 
Items  of  the  alinrt  rrop  of  this  past  season, 
as  well  «B  a  full  llns  of  Oanlen  Remla,  will 
be  quoted   you   upon   apptlrntlon   to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Der  St.,  NEW  YORK  and  ORANGE, CONNi 


44? 


IK)  KT  [CULTURE 


May  4,  1918 


ALEX.   McGONNELL 

611  FIFTH  AVENUE 


cinliy 

Cost  of  Cablina  Forei'jn  Deliv- 
eries Must  be  Prepaid.  Reference 
or  cash  must  accompany  all  orders 
from  unknoirn  correspondents. 

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THE   PUBLICITY   DRIVE. 
"Let's  All   Get  Together." 

lU'nry  Ford  once  said,  "Ono  of  the 
first  things  «very  man  must  realize  If 
he  Is  going  to  succeed,  la  how  little  he 
can  accomplish  alone;  the  second  Is, 
that  everyone  has  some  good  in  him 
and  can  do  something  well."  Now,  the 
florists  throughout  this  great  country 
of  ours  are  alert  and  progressive  and 
are  doing  things  In  a  commendable 
mannor  florally,  but  are  we  not  over- 
looking the  efforts  made  through  our 
Publicity  Campaign,  which  no  doubt, 
will  tend  to  increase  the  general  vol- 
ume of  (lower-sales  In  leaps  and 
bounds,  by  not  contributing  to  the 
campaign  whereby  everyone's  mite 
could  make  this  fund  big  enough  to 
make  it  felt  everywhere. 

This  campaign  will  be  resultful  to 
the  smallest  as  well  as  the  largest 
floral  establishment,  and  it  behooves 
everyone,  retailer,  wholesaler,  and 
grower  alike  to  do  their  part  in  this 
our  first  campaign,  and  thereby  show 
that  florists  are  as  keen  to  donate  to  a 
good  cause  for  the  florists  genernlly, 
as  they  would  be  to  receive  business. 
Don't  you  think  the  big  way  is  to  do 
your  share? 

E.  J,  Lehman,  the  founder  of  "The 
Fair."  Chicago's  big  retail  store,  had 
so  little  money  when  he  started  in 
business  that  he  had  to  buy  his  first 
sign  on  the  installment  plan.  He 
agreed  to  pay  for  it  one  dollar  at  a 
time  as  he  could  spare  It  from  his 
business.  One  doesn't  have  to  start 
big.  to  grow  big.  Your  donation,  how- 
ever small,  multiplied  by  a  little  from 
every  florist,  would  give  us  a  cam- 
paign fund  l)ig  enough  to  create  the 
necessary  space  required  in  our  mag- 


IN  THE 

National  Capital 

At  yonr  Berriee  to  drllTfr  Flowar* 
•r  Hralrna  on  Ordrr  by  Tel»- 
rrmpti  or  othrrwU*.  Prompt 
Reliable  Berrlc*. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

ConnertlODt   At*,  and    L.   8t. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  O. 


EatabllBbed  1814 

D  iV  liJ  13 

FXOUIST 

N.  E    Cor.  44  't.   &  lyiaJiton  Ave  ,   N.  Y.  City 

(.Memlier  Klorists' Tt-liKrapli  Delivery  Asso.) 
Flowers  slilpped  on  all  Steamers.  Special 
("orrespondeiii  e  in  all  the  large  cities  of 
Europe  and  the  liritlsli  Colonies.  Telegraph 
and  Cable  address.  Dardstlor. 

We  should  all  strictly  adlierc  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  rnited  States  Food  Adminis- 
tration. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
=^SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Ato*. 
DETROIT.  MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

W*  M<«T    all    Mlrhlraa    yalaU  ■><   m—* 

MvtUat    at    (Ihl*.     iDdlaaa    aa4    0«a«<« 

MaaitMra     Florlati'     Trieirapb     OailTaVT 

Aaa0<1aU*a. 


GT7D£  DBOS  CO 


GUDE    BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 
Manber  Fiorina  Teleflraph   Dellrary 


Ordara   far    NBW    TOBK. 
Writ*  er   Phoaa  ta 

IMAX  SCHLING 

785  FIftli  Ave. 


Baat    riorlato    In    tha    8ta4M    aa 
Refcreaeaa. 

ECROPEAN  ORDERS  EXBGCTID 

Membera   •t   th»    rlarUU' 
Teleiraph   DallTar/. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN   ST. 
AL.BANY,    N.    Y. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIE5  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VICINrTY 

Memb«n  FioriiU'  Telegraph  DeliTary 


G.  E.  M.  STUIMPP 

761  Fiftli  Avi. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Member  Florists'  TelcKrapb  Delhrcry  Ass*. 

YOUNTOUGDIT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Monber*   Floruta'    Telegraph    DmUvmty 

aTtTbunyard 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madiaon  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

AUo  Newport,  R    I. 

I   OCARANTKK   BATlarACTIOV 


May  4,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


443^' 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Mamber    Florist*'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Deliverr' 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 
iiciif  vnoif  sd  ^■f*><  Av«. 

llCff    TUnli  Vanderbllt  Hotel 

DUv  I  Un  799  BoyUton  Street 

lilhiriu  ti  StiMars  ui  all  Eastani  PaiaU 


Order*    Filled    Day    cr   Nlfht   r*r 


and  State  of  Ohio 

0««aplet«  Htock.      Recalar  dUcoont  (•  Tra4a. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

UM    W.    S5th    St.,   CleveUnd,   O. 
b«r«    Florists*  Telegraph  Deliveir  Aas'K. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

73S  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Membirs  oj  F.  T.  D,  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
28  CNnton  Aveaiue,  N. 

Ractaotw  Phone  506.  Long  Din.  Bell  Fhona  ai8( 

Memberi  Florists  Telegrsph  DeliTory 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

AKDBRMON     service    means    fresh,    stnrdr 
■taek  and   prompt  deliverlea  In    BCFFALO, 
LiOOKPOBT.        NIAGARA        FAl^S        aad 
fTKBTBRM    NRW    TORK 
ileinbor*    of    Florists'    Telegraph    Dellvary. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.      Nahant.  Mats. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

BARHT   I.   RANDAL.L,,   Proprietor. 

Jfember  FlorisW  Telegraph  Delivery- 


azine  advertising,  to  make  the  florists 
throughout  the  land  a  recognized  fac- 
tor in  their  community.  Will  you  help 
the  cause?  Do  it  now,  and  send  your 
remittance  to  John  Young,  Secretary, 
1170  Broadway,  New  York,  who  will 
acknowledge  it. 


National  Publicity  Campaign. 


PERSONAL. 

Asa  C.  Craig,  proprietor  of  the 
Portsmouth  (N.  H.)  Flower  Shop,  is 
reported  seriously  ill  with  pneumonia. 


Fred  H.  Smith,  florist,  of  Gorham, 
Me.,  who  has  been  very  ill  for  the 
past  week,  is  improving  and  will  soon 
be  fully  recovered. 


St.  Paul,  Minn.— Wm.  E.  Tricker  has 
resigned  his  position  as  superinten- 
dent for  Holm  &  Olson  and  bought 
the  long  established  place  of  E.  F. 
Lemke,  taking  possession  on  May  1. 


SEND     ORDERS     FOR     BOSTON     AND 
NEIGHBORHOOD   FOB 

MOTHERS'    DAY   and 
MEMORIAL     DAY    DELIVERY 

To  JUL'US  A.  ZINN 

4   PARK    STREET,  BOSTON,   MASS. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 


FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSQN, 


N.Y. 


Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  FIVER,  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
in     FALL     RIVER     and     Gontiffuous 
territory. 


H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to    all    points    in    New    Encland. 
l'.:S,0<)0    Siiuare    Feet    of   Glass. 

Member  FlorlRts'   TPleeraph  Delivery 
Association. 

YALE!    YALE! 

And   All    New  Haven   Neighborhood 
FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapel  Si  ,  New   Haven.  Conn. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Kamitr  Florists   Telegraph  {Delivery  AssociatUm- 
NOTICE  INITIALS.     We  have  one  store  cnlf 

THE  J.  M.  GA8SER  COMPANY, 

CLEVELAMl) 

Euclid  Avenue 

Ttie  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    teles rapb    nrdtm   ttm 
any   occasion.  In  any  part  of  the  Domlalott. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

S-10  West  Adelaide  8t.    -    TORONTO,  OMT. 


ALBANY.  N.  Y. 


Flowers   or  Degign  Work 

DBUVERKU   IN   ALBANY  AND  VICINITY 
ON    TRLRORAPHIC    ORDER 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS'* 

The  largest  cut  flower  store  In  AmerioA: 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  ^ 
Northwestern  points  (iTen  proonpt  a4- 
tentlon 

HOLM  &.  OLSON,  Incorpor.t.il 
ST.  PAUL,  MIftN. 

^'  Park  Floral  Go. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists'     Telegraph     DellTsry. 

DBIVER,  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDEItS  FOR  TEXAS 

HCWSTON,  TEXAS 


The  n»Hs«        Maasbar  *.  T.  ».  Aaaa 


-144 


HORTICULTURE 


May  4,  1918 


NEW 
SPHAGNUM  MOSS 

Extra  Large  Bales,  $2.50  each 

There  is  economy   in   using   new   Moss.     Let  us  fill 
your  moss  bin  now. 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner    12th    and    Race    Streett 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIRvST 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 


Tell    Them    You    Did    So 
They'll   Reciprocate 


And 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619  -  21   Rufttad  St  .   PliiUWplii*,    P». 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
ui  111  Siasonabli  Variitits  of  Cut  Flowers 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale   Cut  Flowera 
Plants,    Greens,   etc. 

S  So.  MdIb  SL,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

MIOI-IIVIOIM^,      IIM^. 

n,,,,  m«atl*m  Hcritealtarc  when   trrltlnc 


MICHIGiKN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,  Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

CsaalrmmeaU  S»Uelt«d 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST..      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Hoaie  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

|^~We  are  Wholesale  Florists  DoinS 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOIVER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA. 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &  Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Order*    With    Ut 

IHEIMRY     IVI.     F70BIIMS0N     &     CO. 

2  WInthrop  Square  and  32  OtI*  Straat,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  "^^""""^ 


Rmm 

Am.  Beauty,  Special.  ■    

"  "        FaDcy  and  Extra.. 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadlcy 

Arenbcrg,  Hoosiei  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft |     i, 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon i     i. 

Caraationa I     I . 


BOSTON 

May  • 


ST.  LOUIS 

April  99 


Cattlayaa 

Lilies,  Lonffifloruin-' 

Lilies,  Specioaum  •  •  ■ 

Irii 


Calla. 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdragon 

Gladioli 

Pans  es 

Freesta      

Narcis,  Paper  While 

Roman   Hyacinths 

Daffodils 

Tulip*. 

Calendula 

Stoclis 

Wall  FIo»«ers •••- 

Mitinonette 

Sweet    Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeaias    

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparasus  Plumosus,  A  Spren.  {loo  Bchs.) . .. 


3J.OO  to 

4,00  to 

3  00  to 

4.00  to 

6.00  to 

6.00  to 

3.00  to 

5.00  10 

.23  to 


35W 

30.00 

6.00 

10.00 

10.00 

6.00 

6.0c 

6.00 

B.oo 

3.00 

50.00 

8.00 

6.00 

10.00 

B.oo 

B.oo 

B.oo 

8.00 

•5C 


to 
to 


.50 

1. 00 


.15  to 
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a. 00 

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3.00 

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4.00 

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3to 

25'« 
J.9S 

40.00 
50,00 


50  00 
30.00 

5.00 
5.00 
5.00 

5  00 

3.<.o 

300 
4.00 
400 


-Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 

PHILA. 

April  •$ 

40.0a 
35.0* 

ta.oo 

so.oe 


.30     to 


la  50 
35.00 


60.00 

30.00 

40.(.o 

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at  .OS 

50.to 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


568-570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.a.BUDL©NG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 
ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE 

GROWER  of 


CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


CUT  FLOWERS 


ROBERT  DYSART 

CERTIFIED  PUBUC  ACCOUNTANT 


— p«*t»lly     ft4mpt«4     f«r    fl«rlata*     m*«. 
BOOKS      BAI..A14CKD      AMD      AIlJUaTK 


STATE  8T.      -      •      -      • 


BOSTON 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Go. 

M7-U7   Cambrldce   8t.,   BoatoB 

Hcailquarter,  for 

CTCAB,     BASKETS,     WIRE     DEBIONB 

■  nil    WAX    FLOWERS 

8«Dd  for   pric*  Hit  If  joa   bar*  not  r«- 

cetTe<3  0D«, 


May  4,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


445 


Flower  Market  Reports 

A  very  dull  week  has 
BOSTON  been  passed  by  the  grow- 
ers and  market  dealers. 
The  wholesale  shipping  houses  are  do- 
ing better,  a  fair  call  being:  had  from 
points  more  or  less  distant  and  this 
is  all  that  keeps  the  market  from  a 
disastrous  slump.  As  it  is.  much  ma- 
terial is  unloaded  at  minimum  prices 
and  the  maximum  figures  quoted  in 
our  weekly  market  table  are  received 
only  lor  special  quality  goods  in  small 
lots.  There  are  still  a  good  many  bul- 
bous flowers  in  evidence,  especially 
daffoiils.  Spanish  iris  is  at  its  high 
tide  and  snapdragon  is  in  quantity 
more  than  enough.  Carnations  and 
roses  "bang  fire"  most  disconsolately, 
white  carnations  being  particularly 
abundant,  not  always  first  class,  and 
consequently  depressed  in  "asking" 
price,  with  "taking"  price  still  lower. 
Sweet  peas  have  fallen  off  in  quality. 
Smilax  is  very  scarce  and  brings  the 
highest  price  in  years. 

The  gradual  lessening  of 
CHICAGO     the     amount     of     stock 

coming  into  the  market 
is  Hearing  the  acute  stage  at  this  writ- 
ing. Continued  cold  weather  since 
Easter,  and  rain  almost  a  daily  occur- 
rence, have  reduced  the  cuts  till  the 
supply  is  hardly  up  to  the  demand  and 
prices  have  advanced  accordingly.  Car- 
nations would  bring  in  the  dollars 
now  if  only  the  growers  had  them  to 
cut.  A  few  good  Darwin  tulips  are 
still  coming  and  bring  5  and  6  cents. 
Roses  are  sharing  the  general  shortage 
and  it  looks  row  as  if  Mothers'  Day 
would  not  find  any  kind  of  stock  plen- 
tiful. There  are  some  tine  sweet  peas 
and  daisies  offered  but  miscellaneous 
stock  in  general  is  limited. 

As  Mothers'  Day  ap- 
CINCINNATI     proaches     the     daily 

supply  of  roses  in 
this  market  has  been  decreasing,  due 
to  growers  beginning  to  hold  back  for 
that  day  and  in  part  to  inclement 
weather.  Business  is  good  and  is  tak- 
ing up  most  of  the  receipts  in  a  hurry. 
Carnations  are  in  a  fair  supply,  but 
not  as  plentiful  as  they  were  a  fort- 
night ago.  The  lily  supply  has  short- 
ened greatly.  Those  that  come  in  sell 
readily.  Callas  also  find  a  good  mar- 
ket. Sweet  peas  contain  fewer  choice 
long  blooms  than  a  fortnight  ago. 
Other  offerings  include  some  excellent 
snapdragon,  poeticus  narcissus,  pan- 
sies  and  lily  of  the  valley. 

The  wholesale  mar- 
NEW  YORK     ket  here  this  week  is 

in  a  very  poor  condi- 
tion for  all  concerned.  Lily  of  the 
valley  is  moving  briskly,  Spanish  Iris 
sells  well,  and  smilax  is  short  of  the 
demand.  Otherwise  the  market  is 
overloaded  with  flowers  for  which 
there  is  a  very  weak  call.  This  in- 
cludes roses,  carnations,  daisies,  cal- 
endulas, snapdragons,  sweet  peas, 
pansies  and  outdoor  tulips.  Retail 
stores  in  all  sections  report  business 
quiet. 


NEW  YORK 
1 1  7  W.  28th  St. 


Spanish  Iris 

YELLOW,  WHITE  and 
LAVENDER 

Well  grown   stock  it  i>, 
in  quantity  at 

$4.00,  $6.00  and  $8.00 
per  100 

Everything  in  Cut  Flowers, 
Greens,  Ribbons  &  Supplies 

S.  S.  PENNOGK 
COMPANY 

The  Wholesale  Florists  of 
Philadelphia 

PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1608-1620  Ludlow  St.  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  St». 

WASHINGTON.  1 2  1 6  H.  St.  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  - 


Rosea 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "        Fancy  and  Extra 

"  "         No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Eulcr,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arcnberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey ,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Camatioiu 

Cattleras-- 

Lilies,  Longif lorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Ins 

Callas 

Lily  of  the  VaUey 

SnaDdngon 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Freesia    

Narcis.  Paper  White 

Roman  Hyacinths 

DaffodiU 

Tulips    

Calendula 

Stocks.      

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gftrdenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

AjparagusPlu.&Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI    I 

April   fQ j_ 


TRADE  PRICES  -  Per  100  

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


PITTSBURG 

April  29 


CHICAGO 

April  29 


BUFFALO 

April  S9 


40.00 

25.00 

8.00 

6.00 

6.00 

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Carnations  went 
PHILADELPHIA     pretty     well     last 

week.  They  were 
In  fair  supply  and  of  excellent  quality 
and  the  demand  was  good.  Some 
colors  were  really  on  the  scarce  side 
at  times,  especially  reds  and  crimsons. 
Roses  also  kept  on  an  even  keel  and 
prices  held  up  to  normal,  with  Beau- 
ties a  little  in  advance  of  previous 
quotations.  Gardenias  and  snapdragon 
very  draggy.  Sweet  peas  on  the  wane. 
Some  of  the  crack  growers,  who  have 
been  sending  in  fancies,  are  pretty 
well  cut  out.  Still  there  is  a  good  sup- 
ply  of    good    quality    and    they    meet 


with  ready  sale  at  moderate  prices. 
The  glut  of  lilies  has  abated  a  little. 
Rubrum  lilies  continue  fine  and  are  in 
good  demand.  Spanish  Iris  is  a  strong 
feature. 

With  the  exception 
PITTSBURGH     of    greens,    practic- 
ally  all   marketable 
l)roducts    continue    scarce,    each    day 
seeing  a  clean  sweep  along  all   lines. 
Smilax  is  the  one  exception  in  the  way 
of  greens  which  is  not  plentiful.    Very 
good  roses  are  coming  in  from  eastern 
Penna,    also    very    satisfactory    carna- 
tions.     Home    roses    and    carnations 
(Continued  on  page  447) 


4  It) 


H  0  R  T  1  0  U  L  T  U  K  E 


Muy   4,   1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholesale     Commission     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flowers 


,  141  Wm<  tilth  8t  .    NBW  TUKI 
t       ttM.  n*l.  MxllsOB  ■«■*><■. 


— WW,  p.  FORD — 

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107  W.28tli  Street,  NEW  YORK 

Tflcphonc    M3S.    Karrnuut 

C«ll  ind  Iniprct  the  Beat  Eatsbllibment 

In   the  Wholeiale  Flower   DUrrlct. 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

$3  WEST  28th  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

C«fui^mtmU  Selicittd 
PboD*  Fterrmffot  4*M 

FRANK  MILLANC 

Wbolrftale   Commlnfilon    DpAlrr   la 

CUT    FLOWERS 

66  and  C7   West   snih   »t..   Np^t   York 

Coogan   KuMiIIdk 

Tel.,  299  Farragut        Conalgnnierin  Solicited 

mEDELTlEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28tli      ST.    NEW    YORK. 


GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

feOH  '  M«  ■  PiRRlQDT         NEW    YORK 


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Blgbeit  Standard  of  Quality.  Largeat 
Stock  In  America.  Write  for  Illuatrated 
Catalog  of  Oreena  and  Florlata'  Supplle«. 

119  W.  28lh  St.,   -    .    NEW  YORK 


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Brooklyn'a  Foramoat  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  First  CUn  Mark.t  f.r  kO  CUT  FLOWERS 

28  WiUooshby  St.       BrooUyB.  N.  T 

M.  C.  FORD^ 

121  West  28th  St.,       NEW  YORK 

fi  m&.  Finer  wmm 

A    Foil   Line   of   Atl,   CUT    FLOWKKA. 
TelepboB*   IRIS   Farrac.t. 


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A    full   line   of   <*liolr«  Cut    riowar  HtorJi   toe   >U    p.r»M<a. 

TBLsruoisB ;  iJili ;  FAiiAQCT    IJI   West  28th  St.,  NKW  YORK  CITY 

ALBANY  CUf  FLOWER  'EXCHANGE 

"o^JL""" •""•   6"  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

8AVK  TIMK  AND   MONEY   BY    SKNDINU   TODB  OKDEBS  TO  V*    

Prices  Ri^ht.         Consignments  Solicited.        Telephone  Connectioii 


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TeUphoB*  2483  Farr.aul 


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ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


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Rusa«ll,  Euler,  Mock 

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Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

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Kiilamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillinadon 

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WALTER  Fa  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  Commission  Dealer  Id 

CHOICE  CUT  FLOWERS 

133  West  28th  Street,  New  York 
Telephone— SSSi-3633  Madison  Sqoare 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Comfnision  Florists 

SSand  57  West  26th  Street 

Telephone      No. 
Fiirrueiit 


NEW  YORK 


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Telephones:     ttri,  7M,  IS*  *kna«aS 

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Florists'    Supplies 

>Ve   ninniifiirtare  all   our 

dital  Disjgns,  Baskets,  Win  Wirk  &  Noveltiis 

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COMPANY,  Inc. 

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May  4,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


44:T 


Flower  Market  Reports 

(Continued  from   page  H^) 

have  by  no  means  been  coming  in  as 
they  should.  Exceptionally  fine  home- 
grown snapdragon  is  now  coming  In. 
Sweet  peas  are  still  holding  their  own. 
The  Retail  Florists'  Association  of  the 
Pittsburgh  District  Is  about  to  put  on 
a  big  Mothers'  Day  advertising  cam- 
paign, which,  it  is  expected  will  bring 
the  best  of  returns,  that  is.  s^y'ng 
there  are  enough  flowers  to  supply 
the  demand  which  now  is  looked  for. 


Business  has 
ROCHESTER,   N.  Y.     been   very   good 

for  the  past 
week.  There  are  still  a  lot  of  tulips, 
daffodils  and  narcissi,  but  the  quality 
is  poor.  There  are  also  great  quantities 
of   callas    and    Harrisii   lilies.     Roses, 

too,  are  very  plentiful  and  prices  have 
been  much  lower.  Sweet  peas  are 
very  fine.  Carnations  are  showing  the 
effects  of  spring  weather,  being  small- 
er and  poorer.  Some  very  good  cut 
pansies  are  on  the  market.  There  are 
very  few  flowering  plants  to  be  had. 
although  the  hydrangea  is  a  good  sell- 
er. Cornflowers  sell  well.  The  supply 
of  hardy  ferns  and  asparagus  is  very 
poor. 

Market  values,  owing  to 
ST.  LOUIS     inclement  weather,  have 

stiffened  greatly.  The 
outlook,  with  present  weather  condi- 
tions -ind  limited  coal  supply,  seems 
to  indicate  scarcity  and  increasing 
prices.  Lilac  is  about  done  and  of 
other  outdoor  flowers  the  supply  will 
not  be  heavy.  Mothers'  Day  will  suf- 
fer as  prices  quite  out  of  the  ordinary 
are  asked  by  the  wholesalers,  and  no 
one  is  to  be  blamed  but  those  who  seek 
to  control  the  market. 


BUSINESS   TROUBLES. 

In  the  District  Court  of  the  United 
States  for  the  Eastern  District  of 
Tennessee,  in  Bankruptcy. 

To  the  creditors  of  C.  W.  Crouch 
Company,  of  Knoxville,  in  the  county 
of  Knox,  and  district  aforesaid,  a 
bankrupt: 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  on 
March,  A.  D.  1918,  the  said  C.  W. 
Crouch  Company  was  duly  adjudged 
bankrupt,  and  that  the  first  meeting 
of  his  creditors  will  be  held  at  the 
United  States  court  room  in  Knox- 
ville, Tennessee,  on  May  2,  A.  D.  1918, 
at  9  o'clock  in  the  forenoon,  at  which 
time  said  creditors  may  attend,  prove 
their  claims,  appoint  a  trustee,  ex- 
amine the  bankrupt,  and  transact  such 
other  business  as  may  properly  come 
before  said  meeting. 

W.  J.  Donaldson, 
Referee  in  Bankruptcy. 


A  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy 
was  filed  in  the  United  States  District 
Court  on  April  24,  by  Wilbur  N. 
Baumann,  a  florist,  of  Rahway,  N.  J. 
His  schedule  showed  assets  of  $462.50 
and  liabilities  of  $4,605.53.  The  peti- 
tion was  referred  to  Referee  De  Coster. 


J.     K. 


IM 


"A  LEADER  H  TSE  WaOLBSiLB  OMVIISSIO  Tl{ADB   FOR  OVER  THIRTT  TEARS" 

Hare  a  demand  for  more  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write- 


118  West  28th  St. 


IME:\AA  YORK 


TELEPHONES 
Farracut  167  and  SOM 


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MISCELLANEOUS 


CatUeyu   

Lilie*.  Lonffiflorum 

Liliea.  Specioaum 

IrU 

Callas 

LUy  of  tha  Valley 

Snapdragoo 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Freesia      - 

Narcis,  Paper  White 

RotnaD  Hyacinths 

Daf  lodils 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Siveet  Pea* 

Marguerites 

Gaoxleniaat 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Aaparagus  Plumoaua,  A  Spren  (loo  bunches) . 


Last  Part  of  Witk 

lodins  Apr.  27 

1911 


First  Part  it  Will 

bipnnlii  Apr.  29 

1911 


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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

W«  bare  a  oumeroua  clientage  of  New  York  City  buyer*  and  the  demand  ex- 
eeeda  onr  sapplj.  This  la  eepeolally  true  of  Boaea.  We  have  every  facility  and 
abundant  means  and   beat  returna  are  assured  for  stock  consigned  to  ua. 

Addreaa  Your  Shipments  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 


1 1 1    \Sr.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


D.  J,  Pappa*,  Pre*. 


YOUR   NEXT  DUTY. 

Have  you  bought  your  Liberty 
Bond?  Can  you  imagine  the  dissatis- 
faction that  would  come  over  you  if 
you  were  not  permitted  to  participate 
in  their  purchase?  Well,  that's  the 
way  some  of  the  florists  are  going  to 
feel  when  OUR  campaign  is  on  in  full 
swing. 

Are  you  one  of  the  type  who  want 
to  let  the  others  do  what  is  now  your 
privilege  and  should  be  your  pleas- 
ure? 

Will  you  do  your  duty  and  be  a 
party  to  the  best  campaign  the  florists 
have  ever  had? 

Just  send  your  check  to  John 
Young,  1170  Broadway,  New  York,  and 
get  the  same  feeling  as  you  did  when 
you  bought  the  Liberty  Bond.  The 
first  duty  to  your  country,  and  the 
next  to  the  Publicity  Campaign. 
Henry  Pens, 
National  Publicity  Campaign. 


Visitors^    Register 


.Muntreal, 
Boston. 


Canada — Patrick     Welch. 


Philadelphia — Louis  A.  Baker,  Allen- 
town,  Pa.;  A.  B.  Kleinhans,  Easton,  Pa. 


Pittsburgh — Mr.  Griffith,  represent- 
ing the  I.  S.  Crall  Greenhouse  Co., 
Monongahela,  Pa. 


New  York — T.  P.  Langhams  and 
Leon  Bergman,  Pittsburgh  Cut  Flower 
Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Cincinnati  —  Jos.  Hill  and  H.  C. 
Thomas,  Richmond,  Ind.;  J.W.Rodgers 
and  V.  Reiniger,  Dayton,  Ohio;  Bern- 
ard Dudley,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.;  Mrs. 
Buck,  Washington  C.  H.,  Ohio;  Mr. 
Jansen,  Washington  C.  H.,  Ohio;  G.  N. 
Moore,  Wilmington,  Ohio,  and  Jos, 
.Marks,  repr.  Henderson  &  Co.,  Chicago, 
111. 


Cincinnati. — Sam  Zoellner,  of  L.  F. 
Murphy's  place,  is  now  with  the  colors. 
He  left  last  Friday  with  this  city's 
quota  lor  Camp  Sherman. 

Herbert  Thaden  was  injured  in  an 
aeroplane  accident  recently.  From 
present  rei)orts  his  injuries  consist 
only  of  some  bruises  and  scratches. 
His  mother  has  gone  to  camp  to 
visit  him. 


Cliicago — Walter  Mott  repr.  Benj. 
Hammond,  Beacon.  N.  Y.;  J.  A.  Peter- 
son, Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Frank  G.  Good- 
man, of  Kemlile  &  Goodman.  Mason 
Citv,  Iowa;  Paul  Berkowitz,  represent- 
ing H.  Bayersdorfer  &  Co..  Phila.;  F. 
C.  W.  Brown  of  the  J.  M.  Gasser  Co.. 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  W.  H.  Demmler  of 
O.  R.  Demmler,  Eau  Claire.  Wis.; 
John   Owens,  Gary.   Ind. 


4IS 


11  (»  1(  I  1  V  I  LTU  RK 


Miiy    4.    IHIS 


CHICAGO. 

The  unusuul  spectacle  of  fallin*: 
snow  was  seen  A|)ril  30tli. 

Guy  French  was  called  home  from 
Montana  by  the  death  of  iMrs.  John 
i'oehlniann,  who  was  a  sister  of  Mrs. 
FVench. 

Business  changes  due  to  coal  short- 
age have  resulted  in  the  giving  up  of 
a  downtown  store  by  Sinner  Bros. 
Miss  Gunterberg  who  also  occupied 
the  store  at  158  N.  Wabash,  will  find 
quarters    elsewhere. 

Responding  to  the  call  to  his  coun- 
try's service.  B.  J.  Delinke,  at  3802 
Chicago  avenue,  will  close  his  store, 
selling  what  he  can  and  storing  the 
rest  of  his  stock,  and  will  enter  the 
naval  training  school  for  officers  on 
the  .Municipal  Pier  in  Chicago. 

Frank  Woelz  of  2422  Wlnnemae 
avenue,  a  recent  employee  of  Nelson 
Swain  &  Sons  Nursery  Co.  was  found 
dead  between  AVabash  and  Michigan 
avenues,  near  Lake  street,  Sunday.  He 
was  out  of  a  position  and  is  supposed 
to  have  become  despondent. 

"Better  save  some  coal  in  your  fur- 
nace and  put  money  into  flowers"  was 
the  advice  in  a  well  written  article  in 
a  local  paper,  under  the  heading  "En- 
courage the  Florist."  The  trade  has 
sulTered  so  m\ich  from  the  newspapers 
the  past  year  that  it  is  pleasant  to 
note  that  the  article  was  not  in  fine 
print  in  an  obscure  position,  but  In 
large  type  and  in  a  most  conspicuous 
place. 

Chicago  florists  learned  with  much 
regret  of  the  order  by  the  fuel  admin- 
istration, to  curtail  by  50  per  cent,  the 
consumption  of  fuel  by  greenhouses. 
After  the  hard  struggle  of  the  past 
winter,  many  had  looked  forward  to  a 
more  plentiful  supply  of  fuel  for  next 
winter,  and  this  announcement  comes 
as  a  severe  blow.  In  the  discussion  of 
the  subject,  however,  there  are  those 
who  are  hopeful  of  another  and  more 
favorable  ruling  before  long. 

Allie  Zech  of  Zech  &  .Mann  says  the 
advance  orders  for  .Mothers'  Day  are 
coming  in  rapidly,  but  it  is  a  question 
how  many  to  place  on  the  order  book, 
because  of  the  uncertain  weather  con- 
ditions, which  have  been  very  unfavor- 
able for  several  weeks.  At  this  store 
was  noted  some  of  the  finest  forget-me- 
nots  of  the  season.  They  had  large 
flowers  and  the  stems  were  long  and 
heavy,  with  plenty  of  I'oliage.  Zech  & 
Manns  is  getting  to  be  one  of  the 
foremost   shipping  houses  in   the  city. 

The  funeral  of  Mrs.  John  Poehl- 
mann,  whose  death  was  announced  in 
last  week's  issue,  was  held  Friday. 
April  26th,  at  the  family  residence. 
The  deceased,  a  beautiful  woman  and 
one  who  had  many  lovely  qualities, 
never  looked  more  beautiful  than  as 
she  lay  in  a  perfect  bower  of  roses 
and  orchids.  It  was  a  particularly 
touching  funeral,  as  it  recalled  so 
vividly  the  passing  of  her  husband  less 
than    two    years    ago.    and    at    whose 


services  the  same  pastor,  an  old  friend, 
presided.  Interment  was  at  Grace- 
land. 

In  the  description  of  the  flower  pic- 
tures by  Miss  Key,  on  exhibition  at  the 
Art  Institute,  a  tribute  Is  paid  to  the 
gardeners  by  Eleanor  Jewett.  "Men 
they  are.  in  shirt  sleeves  and  dirt 
daubed  trousers.  Their  brush  is  the 
pruning  knife,  their  palette  the  earth 
itself,  afld  their  beautiful  pictures  the 
plants  with  which  the  greenhouse  over- 
flows. Canvas  versus  soil,  art  versus 
nature.  But  beauty  is  in  both  and 
beauty  needs  no  argument  for  or 
against.  Between  the  results  of  the 
artist  and  the  results  of  the  garden- 
ers who  will  choose?" 


PITTSBURGH. 

.1.  W.  Glenn  of  Kittanning,  Pa.,  has 
been  seriously  ill  for  the  past  week 
or  two. 

Albert  Niggel,  formerly  an  em- 
ployee of  George  E.  Hallam,  has  gone 
to  Boston  on  a  "prospecting"  trip. 

Fred  Burkl  and  family  have  re- 
turned from  a  several  months'  tour  of 
Oregon,  Washington  and  California. 

John  SIrayer  has  just  closed  two 
fine  contracts  for  the  landscape  de- 
partment of  the  A.  W.  Smith  Com- 
pany. 

William  T.  Ussinger,  traveling  sales- 
man for  the  Pittsburgh  Cut  Flower 
Co..  has  enlisted  and  gone  to  Camp 
Lee,  Richmond,  Va. 

Earl  Hinkle,  a  salesman  lor  tlie  Mc- 
Callum  Company,  has  convalesced  suf- 
ficiently from  an  attack  of  influenza 
to  return  to  business. 

The  A.  W.  Smith  Co.  now  has  on  ex- 
hibition a  fine  Aquarium  display  un- 
der the  direction  of  Joseph  A.  Koenig, 
who  has  charge  of  outside  decorative 
work. 

Thomas  Kettiher,  formerly  an  at- 
tache of  the  McCallum  Company,  has 
been  seriously  ill  with  pneumonia  at 
Camp  Lee.  Carl  Brand,  an  accountiinl 
for  the  same  firm,  has  been  confined 
at  home  with  an  attack  of  measles. 

Corporal  Hiram  A.  Frlshkorn  re- 
turned on  last  Monday  evening  to 
Camp  Lee.  Va..  following  a  brief  busi- 
nes  strip  in  Pittsburgh.  Young  Frlsh- 
korn was  formerly  a  salesman  for  the 
Beckert  Seed  Co.  of  which  his  father, 
Augustus  Frishkorn,  is  manager. 

After  ten  years'  service.  Louis 
Biehl  has  resigned  as  salesman  for 
the  E.  C.  Ludwig  Co.  to  enter  the  em 
ploy  of  the  Westinghouse  Company. 
Miss  Gertrude  Renzihausen.  who  was 
also  long  with  the  Ludwig  Floral  Co. 
has  gone  into  other  work.  She  is  suc- 
ceeded by  .Mrs.  Samuel  M.  Jackson. 

A  letter  received  from  Clarke  B. 
Stiles  tells  of  his  having  been  in  a  hos- 
pital in  France  for  a  month,  as  a  re- 
sult of  measles.  Mr.  Stiles,  who  is  a 
Philadelphian,  was  for  several  years 
on  the  landscape  staff  of  the  A.  W. 
Smith  Co.,  from  which  he  resigned  to 
enlist   with   an   Engineering   Corps, 


BOSTON, 
Among  the  marriage  Inlenlions  pub 
llshed  Ai)ril  3uth  we  find  the  following: 
"Nell  S.  Casey,  48,  florist,  Melrose, 
and  Cornelia  J.  King,  48,  14  Cameron 
street,  Dorchester,  divorced." 

Prof.  A.  G.  Ilecht  of  Amherst  Agrl 
cultural  College  is  scheduled  to  si^eak 
i'.l  the  Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club 
meeting  on  Tuesday  evening.  May  21, 
on  Herbaceous  Perennials. 

Fire,  believed  to  have  been  set  by 
children,  did  damage  estimated  ai 
JL.'iOO  to  a  large  wagon  shed  and  con 
tents  owned  by  the  Breck-Robinson 
Nursery  Company,  olT  Woburn  street, 
in  Lexington,  on  April  29. 

Mayor  Peters,  in  keeping  with  other 
mayors,  observed  Arbor  Day  last  Sat- 
urday. Acting  under  his  orders,  the 
park  and  recreation  department  plant- 
ed six  elm  trees  on  Liberty  Mall.  In 
the  course  of  the  exercises  of  planting 
the  trees  Mayor  Peters  said: 

J.  WaJter  Howard  of  SomervlUe. 
was  severely  injured  in  an  automobile 
accident  at  Brookline  on  April  17.  His 
chauffeur  and  three  other  employees 
were  also  hurt  more  or  less.  They 
were  returning  from  putting  up  a  wed- 
ding decoration  in  Brookline.  Mr.  How- 
ard fractured  several  ribs  and  sus- 
tained other  painful  Injuries. 

"It  Is  especially  significant  that  Lib- 
erty Mall  was  selected,  the  thorough- 
fare where  Boston ians  in  civil  life  are 
striving  to  their  utmost  to  uphold 
their  Government  in  the  war  by  sub- 
scribing for  bonds  of  the  past  and 
present  issue."  Four  trees  were  also 
planted  on  Commonwealth  avenue  be- 
tween Massachusetts  avenue  and 
Charlesgate. 

On  the  evening  of  May  2  Harticul- 
tural  Hall  will  be  the  scene  of  a  pa- 
triotic rally  of  all  who  are  members 
of  the  Suffolk  Home  Garden  Club,  all 
who  are  interested  in  joining  and  all 
who  are  already  home  gardeners.  The 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society 
has  prepared  a  large  educational  ex- 
hibit of  home  gardening,  which  at  this 
time  is  of  greatest  Interest  to  those 
who  would  make  their  gardens — large 
or  small — most  productive.  Governor 
McCall,  William  Leslie  French  of 
Washington,  H.  B.  Endicott  and  Dr. 
Harris  Kennedy  of  the  Massachusetts 
Horticultural  Society  will  speak.  P.  A. 
O'Connell  will  preside  and  Colonel 
Roosevelt's  acceptance  of  an  invitation 
to  be  present  is  expected  at  any 
moment. 


Philadelphia. — There  will  be  a  Rose 
Show  in  I  ansdowne,  June  ,5th  in  the 
hall  of  the  Century  Club.  This  event 
has  become  well-known  as  one  of  the 
most  important  of  the  suburban  ex- 
hibitions, and  this  year's  show  is  ex- 
pected to  be  fully  equal  to  reputation. 
Samuel  S.  Pennork  is  the  president 
of  the  association  this  year.  A  cordial 
invitation  is  extended  to  all,  both  ama- 
teur and  professional.  There  is  no 
entrance  fee.  Exhibits  will  also  be 
very  welcome.     Send  something. 


May  4,  1918 


HORTICULTUEE 


449 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Catalogues  and  Discounts  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agent*  !n  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


ROCHESTER,    N.   Y. 

The  lady  florists  met  at  the  Red 
Cross  House  this  week  and  worked  on 
sheets  and  pillow  cases,  compresses, 
etc. 

Karl  Voelker  of  the  Arcadia  Flower 
Shop  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  has  joined  the 
aviation  of  Rochester,  N.  Y..  at  the 
Eastman  School  of  Aerial  Photogra- 
phy. 

Walter  Salmon  of  Brighton  has 
turned  his  range  of  glass  into  a  vege- 
table hot  house  and  is  growing  cucum- 
ber, radish  and  lettuce  In  place  of 
flowers. 

Hiram  E.  Wilson,  one  of  Rochester's 
oldest  florists,  and  Mrs.  Wilson,  cele- 
brated April  30  at  the  home  of  their 
son,  Hiram  W.  Wilson,  their  golden 
wedding  anniversary  by  an  informal 
reception-  from  3  to  5  p.  m.  and  for 
young  people  in  the  evening  from  7  to 
9.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  are  very  ac- 
tive in  their  advanced  age. 


ST.  LOUIS. 

Newcastle,  Ind.,  growers  are  ship- 
ping some  nice  rose  stock  here. 

We  are  glad  to  report  that  George 
Waldbart  will  now  be  able  to  get 
around  and  once  more  attend  to  busi- 
nes;^. 

One  of  the  happiest  men  on  the  mar- 
ket was  Edward  P.  Cizkowski  who  was 
married  April  30th  to  Miss  Anna 
.Mitalski,  one  of  the  prettiest  young 
ladies  in  the  city.  There  were  four 
bridesmaids  who  carried  roses  and  two 
flower  girls.  The  bride  carried  a  huge 
shower  bouquet  of  lily  of  the  valley. 

WANTS7  FORSATe,  EJ 

HELP  WANTED 


WANTED— At  once,  a  sober,  reliable 
man  in  a  retail  place  of  about  8,000  sq.  ft. 
of  glass.  Address  GEO.  E.  FELCH, 
Florist,  Ayer,  Mass. 

WANTED^-Young  man  as  assistant  In 
park  carden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICULTURE. 

WANTED:  A  gardener  as  second  man 
to  work  In  a  commercial  place.  Hours, 
7.30-5.00.  Wages,  $.3.00  per  day.  Half-day 
off  Snturdav  In  summer  months.  F.  E. 
PALMER,  INC.,  220  Wasbington  St..  Brook- 
line,  Mass. 


SITUATIONS  WANTED 

SITUATION  WANTED— Gardener  head, 
American,  married,  no  children,  wide  ex- 
perience in  all  branches  horticulture  and 
Bgrlcnlture:  hiEhly  recommended.  MACKY, 
.320   W.  24th    St.,   N.   Y.   City. 

WANTED— An  all  aronnd  man  for  Car- 
nation section  and  jreneral  line  of  stock. 
Wanes  $25.00  per  week.  Also  youns  man 
willing  to  learn  all  branches  of  the  trade: 
.SIS.OO  per  week.  Mnst  be  good  workers. 
State  full  particulars  In  first  letter.  P.  M. 
OLM,  Bath,  Maine. 


NEWS   NOTES. 

Darien,  Conn.  —  Claiming  that  his 
land  is  damaged,  Conrad  W.  Wegner, 
who  runs  a  small  florists  place  in  this 
town,  has  brought  his  case  to  trial  in 
the  Superior  court.  It  seems  that 
Wegner's  place  is  much  lower  than 
the  roadway  of  Linden  and  Noroton 
avenues.  When  the  town  fixed  up 
these  highways  water  worked  Into 
Wegner's  land  and  building.  He  in- 
sists that  the  improvements  are  re- 
sponsible. The  town  denies  and  says 
the  lay  of  the  land  accounts  for  the 
trouble. 


crops  as  have  already  been  demon- 
strated to  be  a  success  in  this  com- 
munity. They  will  specialize  on  roses, 
clirysanthemums,  Easter  lilies  and 
ferns  under  glass,  having  about  55,000 
square  feet  all  told.  In  addition  they 
expect  to  put  up  160,000  square  feet  of 
lath  house  and  150,000  square  feet  of 
cold  frames.  They  will  add  to  this 
from  time  to  time,  as  experiments  jus- 
tify.   The  capital  stock  will  be  $35,000. 


Houston,  Texas. — In  connection  with 
the  new  company  that  organized  In 
Houston  for  the  purpose  of  growing 
cut  flowers  and  plants  for  the  whole- 
sale market,  Mr.  Kerr  advises  us  that 
many  seem  to  think  that  he  has  in- 
corporated his  retail  business,  which 
is  not  the  case.  This  will  continue  to 
be  owned  by  him  as  proprietor  and 
will  not  be  taken  into  the  company. 
They  expect  to  proceed  along  con- 
servative    lines,    growing    only    such 


Cambridge 


New  York 


WORLD'S    OLDEST   and   LARGEST 

Manufacturers  of  .4LL   STYLES  and 

SIZES   of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


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BULBS 

C.   KEUR   4   SONS,   HILLEOOM.   Holland. 

Bnlbs  of  all  deBcrlptinns.    Write  for  price*. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH.  8-10  Bridie  St. 

CARNATION  BTAPL.EB 

Split  carnations  qnlckly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plltsbury's  Carnation 
Staple.  1000  for  88c.:  3000  for  »1.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  PILLSBUBY.  Qalesbnrs,  lU. 

CHRTSANTHEMTJMS 

FINE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  BEST  KINDS 
for  Florists  use.  Send  us  list  of  wants, 
fntalogue  free.  ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO., 
Adrian,  Mich. 

DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dahlia   Mrs.   Frederick  GrlnneU. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONBT.  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Orders  hooked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
A  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moore, 
Prop.,  Northboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — Jobn  Wanamaker. 
Newest.  Handsomest.  Best.  New  eolor,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  erowth.  BIj  stock 
of  best  cut-flower  Tarletles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  rARMS. 
Berlin,  N.  J. 

OLABS 

Oreenbonse  glass,  lowest  prices.  JOHM- 
STON  nr.ASH  CO..  Hartford  City.  Ind. 

ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  *  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London.  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laello-Cattleyaa  our  specialty. 
One  trial   order   solcited. 


PANSY  PLANTS 

200,000  large  stocky  September-trans- 
plautPd  field-grown  blooming  pansy  plants. 
Superb  Strain,  all  salable  Stock.  Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed.  $1.35  per  100,  $12.50  per 
1000.  Keadv  about  April  20.  Cash  with 
order.  BRILL  CELERY  GARDENS,  Kala- 
mazoo, Mich. 


PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection. 
1200  sorts  Send  tor  list.  C.  BBTSCHBR, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES.   CANNAS  AND   SHRUBS. 

THE   CONARD   *   JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

SPBAONUM  MOBS 
Live    Sphagnum    moss,    orcbid    peat    and 
orchid    baskets   always   on    band.     LiAOBS 
Xr  TTTTRRTCT.T,    Snmmlt.  N    J. 

VEGETABLE    PLANTS 

Tomato  Plants— Comet.  2i^  Inch,  $2.00 
per  100.   FRANK  LEITH  &  SON,  HaverbUl, 

4,000,000  Cabbage.  Cauliflower,  Tomato 
and  Celery  plants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free.  P.  W.  ROCHELLE  &  SONS. 
Chester,  New  Jersey. 

VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  choice 
collection.  Large  Specimen.  Pot  and  Tnb 
grown  tor  Immediate  effect;  also  Cllmblns 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY.  Mount  Hlssarllk  Nur- 
sery, New  Rocbelle.  N.  Y. 

WIKK  WORK 
WILLIAM      E.      HHILSCHER'B      WIBB 
WORKS,   284   Ranrtolpb   St.,   Detroit. 


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thus  saves  a  );real  ileiil  of  lluic  nnd  Inbor,  as  no  cutting,  hoeing  or  hauling  away 
of  I  he  weeds  Is   required. 

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profitable      results.        Send      for 
prices     on    our    complete    list    of 
Fertilizers  and  Insecticides. 
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It  is  more  powerful  and  much  less  ex- 
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PUBLICATIONS  RECEIVED. 
The  Brooklyn  N'.  Y,,  Botanical  Gar 
den  has  sent  out  a  14-page  "Leaflet," 
Xo.  2  of  Series  VI  on  "Environment. 
Variation  and  the  Laws  of  Heredity,'' 
by  Orlando  E.  White.  It  is  a  very 
thoughtriil  paper,  in  language  intelligi- 
ble to  the  layman,  and  deeply  interest- 
ing on  this  important  scientific  sub- 
ject. There  are  four  pages  of  illustra- 
tions. The  publication  is  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Broolilyn  Institute  of 
Arts  and  Sciences. 


Grow  a  Vegetable  Garden. — This  is 
the  title  of  a  booklet  just  published 
by  the  International  Harvester  Com- 
pany of  New  .Jersey.  Agricultural  Ex- 
tension Department,  It  contains  sug- 
gestions for  all  kinds  of  garden  work. 
preparing  soil,  planting,  cultivating, 
seeds,  insects,  diseases,  storage,  com- 
munity and  school  gardens,  a  fund  of 
information  about  foods,  their  produc- 
tion and  conservation.  Its  education- 
al usefulness  for  the  home  gardener  is 
of  the  highest  degree.  It  is  finely  il- 
lustrated and  there  is  a  comprehen- 
sive vegetable  garden  chart  of  espe- 
cial value. 


The  Mystery  of  the  Red  Flame.  Ry 
George  Barton,  author  of  "The 
World's  Greatest  Military  Spies  and 
Secret  Service  Agents."  The  Page 
Company,  Boston,  publishers. — Not 
particularly  horticultural,  but  the 
heroine  provides  the  hero  in  the  hos- 
pital with  a  daily  bunch  of  American 
Beauty  roses  and  that  "lets  it  by." 
It  is  a  story  of  smug.glin.g  tricks,  mys- 
tery, intrigues  and  secret  service  de- 
tective work,  romantically  interwoven 
with  a  love  story  which  reads  like  a 
fiction  founded  on  fact.  It  is  mildly 
tragic  without  excessive  sensational- 
ism, and  one  who  starts  to  read  it  will 
stay  in  the  game  until  the  last  chap- 
ter.    The  price  is  net  $1.35. 


Providence,  R.  1. — Abraham  Lipp- 
man,  proprietor  of  the  flower  stand 
in  the  lobby  of  the  Crown  Hotel, 
was  tried  before  .Tiidge  Gorham  in 
the  Sixth  District  Court,  on  the 
charge  of  having  employed  Miss  Mary 
Healey  for  more  than  10  hours  with  a 
24-hour  period  on  Saturday.  March  30, 
He  was  adjudged  guilty,  fined  $20  and 
costs  and  claimed  an  appeal.  The 
complaint  was  brought  by  Chief  Fac- 
tory Inspector  J.  Ellery  Hudson.  Miss 
Healey  testified  that  she  was  em- 
ployed as  bookkeeper  and  that  on 
Saturday,  the  day  before  Easter,  she 
did  not  get  through  work  until  11 
o'clock  in  the  evening.  Lippman  tes- 
tified that  his  place  was  closed  at  9 
o'clock  that  evening. 


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.'^oe  70Dr  plants  and  traca.  Jaat  tba 
Ititng  for  greeutiouie  and  outdoor  oae. 
Heitro.vi  Mealy  Hug.  Brown  and  Wblta 
Scale,  Tbrlpi.  Ked  Spider,  Black  and 
(ireen  Fly,  Mltea,  Anta,  etc.,  without 
lujury  to  plants  and  without  odor. 
Used  according  to  direction,  our  atand- 
ard  Inaectlclde  will  prevent  ravagea  on 
your  cropa  by  Inaecta. 

Non-polaonouB  and  harmless  to  uaer 
and  plant.  Leading  Seedamen  and 
Klorlata  hayo  U3ed  It  with  wonderful 
reaulta. 

Deatroya  Lice  In  Poultry  Honaea, 
riesB  on  Doga  and  all  Domeatic  Peta. 
Excellent  as  a  wash  for  doga  and  other 
animala.  Relleres  mange.  Dilute  with 
water  SO  to  BO  parte. 

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DREER'S    HARDY    PERENNIAL   PHLOX 

One  year  old    lield   jri'own   plants,   now   cs'ablished  in  three-inch  \)t>[^.  m   prune  condition 
for  present  planting  and  will  give  an  abundance  of  (lowers  this  season. 

Scarce  Varieties   and   Recent 
Introductions 

Kl  K<)l'.\  i.MiMlhim).  A  while  vnrlil.v  wllli  vcTy  ili-rliU-cl 
irliiisoii  ciiriiiiiH'  lyu  ;  the  iiidlviiliiiil  lldWtTH  iiH  wi'll  in 
till-  tnisKcH  arc  vit.v  liirifi',  i-iillri'ly  iIIhIIiu'I.  $1.00  per 
ill)/.. ;  itti.lMi  iii-r  mil. 

KI.IZ.VIIKTII  <'.\.MI"HKLI>  (Mcilliim ).  Very  hrJKlil  mil- 
iiKiii  pink,  with  lU'liti'r  sliailliik'H  mill  ilurk  erliiiHuii  eye. 
Thf  most  )>ii|iiiliir  Plitox  ^rowii  to<hiv.  $l.ril)  per  iloz. ; 
SllMK)  per  KXI;  yilO.tm  per  10«I0. 

(iKFION  (llwarfi.  \  new  color  ill  rUloxcB,  a  tender 
peachliloHsiiiii    pink    with    bright   roue   eye.     $1.50   per 

•  li.z. ;  Jln.lK)  piT  100. 

(■KIOKl  K  (Medinml.  Ground  color  Hoft  mauve  rose, 
heavily  suffused  and  overlaid  with  a  lively  deep  Hhade 
of  cerise.  Riving  the  whole  a  luaiitirul  mottled  appear- 
ance.    $1.30  per  doz. ;  $10,011  per  Kitl. 

MIN'KKV.V  (Medinml.  A  beautiful  liiininous  violet-rose, 
with  wliite  suffusion  nnil  a  brlifht  carmine  eye.  Ilowers 
and  trusses  of  largest  size.  $1.50  per  doz.:  $10.00  per 
100. 

KIVKRTOX  .IKWKL  (I)wnrfi.  One  of  our  own  intro- 
ductions whicli  It  gives  us  great  pleasure  to  reeoiu- 
mend,  a  livel.v  shade  of  mauve-rose  illuminated  by  ii 
earmine-red  eye,  a  splendiil  linprnveinent  on  the  va- 
riety Asia.    $1.50  per  doz.:  ¥10.00  per  1(10. 

THOK  (Uwarf).  A  most  beautiful  ami  lively  shade  of 
deep  salmon-pink  suffused  and  overlaid  with  a  searl«*t 
i^low  and  a  light  almost  white  halo  around  Its  anlline- 
led  eye.  This  variety  will  iindonbteilly  hold  the  saiiie 
I>lace  among  dee|i  salmon  colors  that  IClizabeth  I'ainp- 
liell  holds  among  the  light  salmon  pinks.  $1..V)  per 
doz. :  $10.00  per  100. 

\  IKINti  (.Medium).  A  splendid  new  variety,  and  one  of 
the  latest  to  llower,  producing  much  bruuched  pyra- 
miflal  heads  of  bloom  of  a  pleasing  soft  snlnion-rose. 
$1.,tO  per  doz. :  $10.00  per  100. 

W.  V.  Kt;.\N"  i.Meiilum).  One  of  the  finest  riiloxes  yet 
introiliiced.  and  while  the  Indiviclual  flowers  according 
to  the  color-chart  arc  of  a  delicate  lilac  color  illunii- 
nated  by  a  large  bright  solferiiio  eye,  the  color  effect 
as  a  whole  Is  a  delicate  pleasing  shade  of  soft  pink. 
$1.00  per  doz. ;  $0.00  per  100. 
HARDY   PHLOX 


General  Collection  of  Hardy  Phlox 


»A((  1I.\NTK    (Tall). 

e\-f. 

•i.MAID    (Tall). 


Tyrlan    rose,   with    crliuson-carinlno 
White,  with   large  crimson-carmine 


l<Kll>^;^ 

centre. 

(•H.V.MPS   ELY^KB  (Dwarf).     A  very  bright  rosy  magenta. 

KCI..4IREVR  (Tall).  Brilliant  rosy  magenta,  with  large 
lighter  halo. 

G.VRTENKIRKCTOK  BRODERSEN  (Medulm).  Light  car- 
mine Willi  deeper  eye. 

IIF.NRY  Ml  R(iER  (Tall).     White,  crimson-carmine  centre. 

.lEANNK  D'AKC   (Tall).     A  good  stanilard  lati'  white. 

I,.\  V.AOeE  (Medium).     Pure  mauve,  with  aniline-red  eye. 

L'EVENEMENT  (Dwarf).  Orange  scarlet  overlaid  with 
.'iaiinnn-plnlc. 

I.OIISE  ABBEMA  (Dwarf).  Very  large  dwarf,  pure  white, 
line  form. 

MRS.  .JENKINS  (Tall).  The  beat  tall  early  white  for 
massing. 


OBER<i.\EKTNEK     M  ITTUi     (.\ledlliml,       Hrighl     magenta. 

with    crimson  carmine    eye;    large    (lower   and    truss;    one 

of  the  best. 
P.4NTIIEON    (Tall).     Bright  carmine  rose. 
R.   I'.  .STRl'THERS   (Tall).     Rosy  carmine  with  claret-red 

eye:   line. 
RVN'STROM   (Medium).     An  improved  form  of  the  popular 

variety    I'antheon;    fine    for    massing,    of    a    Paul    Neyron 

Rose  color. 
SUNSHINE   (Dwarf).      Large,  aniline  reil   with  crimson-red 

eve  and  light  halo. 
VON   LASSBURG    (Medium).     The  purest  white  in  cultiva- 
tion, individual   (lowers  larger  than  any  other  white, 
WIDAR    (Medium).      A    splendid    Improvement   on    Edmond 

Rostand  ;   in  color  a    light  redilish-viidet.   with   ver,v   large 

white  centre,  which  intensifles  the  color.    85  els.  per  doz.; 

$«.00  per  100. 


Price.    Any  of  the  varieties  In  the  general  collection,  except  where  otherwise  noted.  75  cts.  per  doz.;  $5.00  per  100;  $40.00 
•  r  100->. 

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CERANIUIVIS 
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Antoine  Crozy; 


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per  100.  $22.50  per  l.OOn;  :',  in.  $3.50  per  100.  $30.00 
per  1,000. 


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Hoildington,       A. 

T 465 

Boittiano  &  Son. .465 
Boston     Floral 

Supplv   Co 4ns 

Breck.  .1.  &  Sons. 465 
Breltineyer's,      J. 

Sous    466 

Builiong.  .T.  A...16S 
Bunvanl.  A.  T..  .4C,i; 

Burnett    Bros 465 

Burpee,   W.   A.  & 

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Clarke's,   D.  Sons.466 
Carter's       Tested 
Seeds,    Inc 464 


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Champion   &   Co.. 

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Lewis    465 

Coan,  J.  J 470 

Coldwell     Lawn 

Mower    476 

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Cooke,  Geo.   11.  ..466 

Cowee,  W.  J 470 

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Dards    466 

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Dreer,   H.   A 

4M-461-475 
Dunlop,  .John   11.467 

Dysart.  K 468 

Eastern     .\  ur- 

series    456 

Edwards  Folding 

Box    Co 468 

Elliott.     ■Wm.     & 

Sons    464 

Esler,   .T.   G 47.=i 

Eyres    467 

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.T.  Co 464 

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Ford.  W.  !■ 470 

Fottler.         Fiske. 

Rawsou    464 

Froment,   XI.   E.  ..470 
Galvin,  Tbos.   F..467 


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Graham  &  Son,  A.467 
Gude  Bros.  Co... 466 
Grev,    Tbos.    J. 

Co 465 

Hail  Association. 475 

Hart,  Geo.  B 468 

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Hill  Co.,  E.  G...46S 
Hill,    D.    Nursery 

Co 456 

Holland    Nur- 
series     456 

Holm  &  Olson... 467 
Horticultural  Cat- 
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Johnston  Bros... 466 
Kasting,     W.     F. 

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Lemon  Oil  Co... 474 
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Smyth,  Wm.  J... 467 
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May  11.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


Springtime   Roadsides 


Along    till'    Wiiniliaml    Knicik    .liisr    as    the    Snow    is    Disappearins 

Everybody  has  grown  accustomed  to  the  automobile 
and  in  fact  feels  it  indispensable.  Doubtless  a  good 
many  persons  are  cognizant  of  the  fact,  however,  that 
there  is  no  gain  without  some  loss.  In  early  spring 
time,  especially  while  the  country  roads  are  in  poor  con- 
dition, the  man  who  rides  in  an  automobile  sees  the 
poorest  part  of  the  landscape.  Back  along  the  country 
roads  and  in  the  woods  the  trilliums,  mayflowers,  violets 
and  spring  beauties  are  coming  out,  but  along  the  state 
roads  we  very  seldom  see  such  choice  gifts  of  nature. 


The   (.'ountry    Koa.l    in    Kai-ly    SpriiiBt iiii>'    \V1iit>'   thf   .\iitonioliiles 
'lo  not  venture 

Everyone  who  is  a  botanist  or  has  any  love  for  Howers 
ouglit  to  leave  the  uitomobile  occasionally  at  home  and 
take  a  tramp,  especially  at  this  time  of  the  year,  along 
tlie  back  lanes,  the  brook-sides  and  into  the  deepest 
woods.  We  are  all  of  us  in  danger  of  forgetting  the 
sciurce  of  our  inspiration  and  our  garden  materials. 


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ARNOLD  ARBORETUM  BULLETIN. 
The  Winter  Damage. 
The  winter  of  1917-lS  has  been  one 
of  the  severest  in  New  England  of 
which  there  is  any  record.  In  Decem- 
ber when  the  ground  was  without  a 
covering  of  snow  the  thermometer  did 
not  rise  here  from  above  zero  for 
nearly  a  week  with  a  minimum  of  17 
degrees  below.  There  was  little  snow 
at  any  time  during  the  winter,  and  the 
ground,  which  froze  to  a  depth  of  from 
five  to  seven  feet,  was  not  clear  of 
frost  until  after  the  first  of  April,  Abun- 
dant rains  late  in  the  summer  and  in 
the  early  autumn,  and  the  fact  that  the 
cold  has  been  continuous  through  the 
winter,  without  periods  of  warm 
weather,  which  in  this  region  often  ex- 
cite dangerous  vegetable  activity,  have 
enabled  many  plants  lo  survive  the  ex- 
treme cold  which  under  less  favorable 
conditions  would  probably  have  de- 
stroyed them.  Still  it  seems  sale  to 
predict  that  any  tree  or  shrub  which 
has  lived  here  through  the  past  winter 
will  be  able  to  resist  successfully  a 
Massachusetts  winter.  The  condition 
of  plants  in  the  Arboretum  at  this  time 
is  of  general  interest  therefore  as  an 
indication  of  th?  trees  and  shrubs  of 
recent  Introduction  which  can  bo  suc- 
cessfully grown  in  this  climate.  It 
must,  however,  be  remembered  that 
local  conditions,  that  is  conditions  of 
soil,  position,  moisture  and  dryness  in- 
fluence the  hardiness  of  plants,  and 
that  a  tree  which  succeeds  in  the  Ar- 
boretum might  not  be  hardy  in  an- 
other garden  in  the  same  general 
region. 


The  conifers  which  have  been  killed 
are  the  glaucous-leaved  Mt.  Atlas  Cedar 
(C'pdrvs  atlantica  glauca)  which  has 
been  kept  alive  here  for  several  years 
in  a  protected  position;  young  plants 
of  the  Spanish  Fir  {Abies  Pinsapo) 
which  has  been  killed  before  in  the 
Arboretum;  Abies  magnifica  of  the  Cal- 
ifornia Sierra  Nevada;  Abies  cephalon- 
ica  var.  appolinis  from  the  mountains 
of  Greece;  Picea  Sargentiana,  one  of 
the  new  spruces  from  western  China, 
and  nearly  every  plant  in  a  large  col- 
lection of  the  short-leaved  pine  of  the 
eastern  United  States  {Pinus  eehinata). 
These  pines  were  raised  at  the  Arbor- 
etum twenty  years  ago  from  seeds 
gathered  on  Staten  Island,  New  York, 
the  northern  limit  of  the  range  of  this 
tree,  and  appeared  to  be  perfectly 
hardy  until  this  year.  On  several  con- 
ifers the  buds  are  uninjured  and  are 
beginning  to  swell,  although  the  leaves 
have  been  more  or  less  browned  by  the 
cold  and  will  soon  fall.  Conifers  in- 
jured in  this  way  will  probably  re- 
cover, although  their  growth  for  the 
year  will  be  necessarily  checked. 
Among  the  trees  with  injured  leaves 
and  uninjured  buds  are  the  Cedars  of 
Lebanon  from  the  Anti-Taurus  in  Asia 
Minor  which  have  been  growing  in  the 
.\rboretum  for  sixteen  years  without 
protection,  and  which  it  was  hoped 
would  be  able  to  support  the  worst 
conditions  New  England  winters  could 
offer.  Other  conifers  with  injured 
leaves  are  the  Sugar  Pine  {Pinus 
Lamhertiana)  from  the  Sierra  Nevada 
of  California,  the  Mexican  White  Pine 
{Pinus  Ai/arahuite),  the  Chinese  Hem- 
lock {Tsuga  chinensis)  which  has  lost 
most  of  its  top,  and  Abies  cephalonica 
from  the  islands  of  Greece.     One  or  two 


specimens  of  this  tree  will  probably  not 
recover.  The  leaves  of  the  California 
Incense  Cedar  {Libocedrus  decur- 
rens),  of  Abies  grandis,  of  Abies  am- 
abalis  and  of  the  Hemlock  of  the  north- 
west coast  {Tsuga  heterophylla)  are 
slightly  injured.  The  native  White 
Cedar  {Chamaecyparis  thyoides)  Is 
badly  hurt  and  some  of  the  plants  will 
probably  die.  The  Red  Spruce  {Picea 
rubra)  from  northern  New  England 
has  suffered  badly,  as  have  the  plants 
of  the  upright  form  of  Juniperus  com- 
munis from  central  Massachusetts. 
The  leaves  of  Abies  amabiiis.  too.  from 
the  Cascade  Mountains  of  Oregon  are 
slightly  browned,  as  are  those  of  sev- 
eral plants  of  the  Japanese  Abies 
sachalinense.  On  a  few  of  the  plants 
of  the  Chinese  White  Pine  {Pinus  Ar- 
mandi),  of  the  Japanese  Pinu,i  densi- 
flora  and  P.  Thunbergii.  and  of  the 
Chinese  Pinus  sinensis  var.  yunnan- 
ensis  and  var.  denudata  the  leaves  are 
also  brown.  It  is  interesting  that,  with 
the  exception  of  four  exotic  conifers, 
three  of  which  have  been  kept  alive  in 
the  Arboretum  with  much  difficulty  and 
have  now  perished,  the  most  serious 
damage  of  the  winter  to  conifers  has 
been  to  four  native  species,  Picea  rub- 
ra. Pinus  eehinata.  Chamaecyparis 
thi/oides  and  Juniperus  eomtnunis.  All 
the  new  spruces  and  firs  from  western 
China,  with  the  exception  of  Picea 
Sargentiana.  are  uninjured,  as  are 
])ractically  all  the  Chinese  Pines.  Un- 
injured, too,  are  the  Carolina  Hemlock 
{Tsuga  caroliniana)  the  western  Arbor 
Vitae  {Thuya  plieata),  and  the  Span- 
ish Pine  {Pinus  nigra  tenuifolia) 
which,  judging  by  the  climate  of  the 
regions  where  these  trees  grow  natur- 
ally might  well  have  suffered  from  the 
cold  of  the  past  winter. 


458 


HO  HTICU  LTUKE 


May  11,  1918 


horticulture: 


VOL.  UVII 


■  AY  11,  IflS 


NO.  19 


I'l  Hi.isnrn  weekly  nr 

HORTICUUTURE     PUBLISHING     CO. 

147    Summer    Street.    Boston,    Mass. 

WM.  i.  8TEWAKT,  Editor  »nd  Manmcor 
Tflrphone.  H««eh  ZSt 

■ntorvil  ••  •wond'CliiH  matter  Hecrmber  8,  1904,  it  the  Poit  Offl<-< 
■t  Boitnn    Miui.,  under  the  Act  of  CoDgreat  of  March  3,  1879. 


CONTENTS 

Page 

COVKK    I LLrSTR.\T10.V     Tropical   Scenery. 

SPUl.NUTl.ME  RO.MJSIDES— /VoiiA-  .1.  Wniiulr.  Illus- 
trated        457 

AllNOLD  .\RHORETUM  Bl'LLBTIN— The  Winter 
Damage    457 

SOCIETY  OF  A.MERICAN  FLORISTS— The  Fuel  Sit- 
uation— Publicity  Campaign   459 

("LVBS  .\.\D  SOClETlES^Stamford  Horticultural  So- 
ciety— Meetings  Next  Week — Florists'  Club  of  Phila- 
delphia— New  York  Florists'  Club — Ladies  Society  of 
.American  Florists 460 

THE  LILY   BULB  OUTLOOK 461 

IMPORTANT  NEW  OR  RARE  TREES  AND  SHRUBS 
— John  Dunbar   462 

OBITUARY— George  Perkins— .1,  .\.  A.  Bentzen— J.  B. 
McArdle — Wm.   B.   Schneider    463 

SEED  TR-\DE  Forau'e  Plant  Seeds  Imported  During 
.April — Seed  Growing  Contract  Prices — Notes 464 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

The   .National   Publicity  Campaign — Henry  Penn 466 

New  Flower  Stores   471 

FLOWER   MARKET    REPORTS: 

Boston,    New    York,    Philadelphia 469 

Rochester,  St.  Louis,  Washington 471 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Boston.   Washington.   St.    I.«uis,   Chicago,   Rochester, 
Pittsbtirgh.  Philadelphia.  .Niagara  Falls,  Notes 472-474 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

"Say  It  With  Flowers,"  poetry 460 

Private  Greenhouses  Requested  to  Close 461 

Lorraine  Begonias — Illustrated    462 

Business  Troubles   46i5 

News   Notes    463 

Visitors"  Register   471 

Chicago's   Bond    Record 4"1 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 475 

Patents  Granted    475 


The  drastic  fuel  restriction.s  to  he  iiu- 
The  ))os('(l  upon  the  greenhouse  jjeople  dur- 

small  florist's  jnir  the  cimiiug  seairon  will  hear  par- 
predicament  licularly  hard  on  the  .■<niall  local  florist 
with  ]»erliapsi  one  greenhouse  from 
which  he  has  heretofore  managed  to  derive  only  a 
frugal  existence  for  him.<elf  and  family.  The  problem 
of  (-om])lying  with  the  order  will  he  a  much  easier  task 
for  the  large  ojierator — or  we  might  say,  ilower  manufac- 
turer— who  can  reduce  his  force  of  employees  and  also 
benefit  ultimately  from  the  higher  market  value  and 
better  clean-up  of  his  stwk  under  reduced  production, 
but  there  is  no  su.';li  alleviation  possible  for  the  little 
fellow  and  we  are  heartily  in  accord  with  the  sentiments 
expressed  in  Secretary  Young's  communication  to  Mr. 
Gude  on  this  subject,  which  we  present  in  full  in  this 
issue  of  HoRTTCfLTUiu:.  We  hope  that  some  way  may 
be  found  whereby  the  hardships  which  this  new  law 
must  inflict  may  be  modified  and  tempered  on  behalf 
of  the  weak  and  needy  whom  a  literal  application  of  the 


"Up 
against    It" 


To 

cut  out 
plant  Importing 


law  as  it  now  stands  wotild  leave  almost  entirely  witli- 
(iiil  nieans  of  support. 

The.-ie  arc  serious  limes  for  liie  ilorist  and 
all  whose  business  is  tributary  to  or 
linked  ii|)  with  the  tlural  industries.  The 
coniiniinicatioii  frmn  .lames  Mcllutchi- 
.<i)ii  on  the  lily  bulb  question  which  ap])ear8  this  week 
is  cumulative  evidence  that  if  the  (lorist  trade  is  to 
hold  its  own  under  the  untoward  conditions  now  pre- 
vailing and  ((intiinie  its  usefulness  as  a  thrifty  and 
patriotic  .\meri<-an  industry  it  must  ojn'ii  iij)  initiative 
and  evolution  on  lines  not  heretofore  seriously  at- 
tempted in  order  to  meet  and  overcome  the  present  ami 
|)rospective  exigencies.  Theoretically,  iiome-grown  good;- 
to  take  the  place  of  those  we  are  prohibited  to  import. 
is  the  evident  solution  of  the  sui)idy  problem,  but  it 
will  take  a  considerable  time  before  that  can  become  an 
ac<()mplished  practical  fact.  .\s  to  the  forcing-lily  bulb 
question,  it  should  not  be  forgotten  that  in  the  recently  ' 
introduced  Regal  Lily  we  have  a  perfectly  hardy  and 
otherwise  very  acceptable  substitute  for  the  Japan  and 
Hermuda  longiflorum  ])roduct — a  bulb  which  every 
florist  can  produce  from  seed  in  his  own  ground 
at  the  minimum  of  care  and  cost,  and  a  flower  of  ex- 
cellent (jualities.  .\ltogether  the  unprecedented  situa- 
tion now  confronting  the  trade  calls  for  courage,  fore- 
sight and  the  unlimited  use  of  the  best  brains  in  the 
i)usincss  and  all  this,  we  doubt  not,  will  be  forth- 
coming. 

.Vurseryraeii  and  florists  and  others 
who  are  interested  to  any  extent  in 
the  importation  of  trees,  shrubs, 
plants  and  seeds  from  foreign  coun- 
tries should  not  overlook  the  public 
iieariiig  called  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  be  held 
in  Washington,  May  28,  if  they  have  any  positive  views 
favoring  or  opposing  the  proposed  restriction  of  the  im- 
portation of  such  stock.  This  particular  legislation  i> 
not  a  war  measure  but  is  contemjdated  in  order  to  pre- 
vent the  introduction  into  the  I'nited  States  of  injuri- 
ous insects  or  plant  diseases  through  the  agency  of 
plants  ini|)orte(l  with  earth  about  their  roots,  it 
i)eing  represented  that  it  is  imiM)ssible  safely  to 
pass  such  plants  by  inspection,  or  to  .safeguard  them 
by  disinfection  and  that  a  long  list  of  destructive  insects 
and  diseases  are  still  roaming  in  foreign  parts  which 
have  not  yet  .gained  entrance  to  this  country.  Notice  of 
this  hearing  was  given  well  in  advance  and  there  is  no 
doubt  that  a  very  strong  force  favoring  drastic  prohibi- 
tive legislation  will  be  on  hand.  It  is  much  to  be  desired 
that  a  proposition  with  possibilities  so  far-reaching 
and  vitally  affecting  so  many  interests  in  this  country 
should  be  thoroughly  opened  out  from  all  viewpoints  so 
that  whatever  decision  is  reached  may  be  that  which 
will  make  for  the  greatest  amount  of  good  for  the  great- 
est number  and  least  interfere  with  the  prosperity  of  any 
established  American  industry.  .Vs  it  appers  to  us,  the 
]iro])osed  prohibitioti  seems  entirely  too  sudden  a  shock 
to  the  trade.  WHiatevcr  its  ultimate  advantage  may  be, 
a  more  gradual  a])plication  of  the  embargo  woubl  be,  to 
say  the  least,  more  considerate.  Horticulture  in  this 
country  is  not  yet  ready  for  m)  radical  an  overturn. 
However,  if  everything  of  foreign  orig-in  is  to  be  shut 
off,  there  appears  one  redeeming  feature.  The  .services 
of  this  small  army  of  entomologists,  bacteriologists,  in- 
spectors and  kindred  officials  will  be  no  longer  needed 
and  the  Government  will  make  a  big  saving  in  con.se- 
fpienee. 


May  11.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


459 


SOCIETY    OF    AMERICAN    FLORISTS 

AND 

ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURALISTS 


The  question  of  how  much  coal  flor- 
ists will  be  allowed  to  use  next  winter 
has  been  settled  by  the  order  which 
the  Fuel  Administration  has  issued, 
and  it  appears  to  be  up  to  the  florists 
to  adapt  their  establishments  to  the 
conditions  facing  them.  The  Secre 
tary's  ofBce  has  received  communica- 
tions from  many  florists  who  appear 
to  think  that  the  Society  should  make 
some  effort  to  obtain  a  modification 
of  the  order,  but  such  florists  should 
remember  that  when  the  Society's 
delegation  had  a  hearing  before  the 
Commission  last  December,  the  body 
was  distinctly  given  to  understand 
that  while  the  florist  industry  was  not 
likely  to  be  classed  as  a  non-essential 
one,  the  florists  would  be  limited  to 
coal  supplies  one-third  to  one-half  of 
their  usual  requirements.  The  order 
has  followed,  as  was  expected. 

The  smaller  florist,  whose  livelihood 
results  from  the  operation  of  a  single 
greenhouse,  or  perhaps  small  ranges 
of  less  than  ten  thousand  square 
feet  will  feel  the  pinch  most.  Many 
of  these  have  expressed  their  helpless- 
ness, and  not  a  few  will  be  driven  out 
of  business  altogether,  or  compelled 
to  close  down  until  such  time  as  a 
normal  condition  in  the  fuel  supply  is 
again  experienced. 

With  a  view  to  urging  upon  the 
Commission  the  advisability  of  mak- 
ing some  concession  to  this  class  of 
florists,  many  of  whom  would,  per- 
haps, find  it  difficult  to  apply  them- 
selves to  any  other  occupation,  the 
Secretarv    has    addressed    the    follow- 


Now  that  the  big  Liberty  Loan  drive 
has  ended,  and  the  florists  are  free  to 
consider  things  more  personal  in  char- 
acter, our  Publicity  Campaign  now  in 
progress  should  receive  a  little  stimu- 
lus. By  this  is  meant  further  and 
most  necessary  support  in  order  to  en- 
able the  committee  to  "carry  on"  with 
their  plans  and  to  fulfil  their  obliga- 
tions. 

Our  slogan,  "Say  It  With  Flowers" 
has  got  home  to  the  hearts  of  the  peo- 
ple. We  say  this  through  our  actual 
knowledge  ,and  new  evidence  of  the 
fact  crops  up  every  day.  And  what 
did  It?  Nothing  but  the  support  which 
only  a  few — we  are  sorry  to  say — of 
the  many  thousands  of  florists  in  this 
country  have  so  far  given  to  our  fund. 
The  best  hopes  of  the  committees  as 
regards  the  results  to  be  expected 
from  the  campaign  have  been  realized 
— despite  the  general  conditions  which 
now  beset  us,  the  demand  for  flowers 
cannot  be  considered  as  anything  but 
good. 


The  Fuel  Situation 

ing   letter   to   our   Washington   Repre- 
sentative, Wm.  F.  Gude,  who  is   best 
able  to  take  the  initiative  in  the  mat- 
ter: 
My  dear  Mr.  Gude; 

Judging  from  the  inquiries  received 
at  this  office,  florists  generally  are 
trying  to  make  the  best  of  the  situa- 
tion presented  by  the  fuel  order  re- 
cently issued  by  the  Commission. 

While  in  the  main  the  order  mani- 
fests the  spirit  of  conservation,  it  also, 
through  neglect  to  establish  a  point 
where  real  equity  begins,  creates  a 
condition  which  is  unjust  to  the  "lit- 
tle  fellow.'' 

For  instance:  You  know  very  well 
that  we  have  a  large  number  of  flor- 
ists in  a  small  way,  whose  glass  areas 
run  from  one  house,  say,  25  x  100  ft., 
2,500  sq.  ft.,  to  plants  of  two  houses  of 
the  same  size,  equalling  5,000  sq.  ft., 
and  so  on  up  to  10,000  sq.  ft.  You 
know  also,  that  by  working  from  sun- 
up to  sun-down,  and  later  even  by  lan- 
tern use,  these  florists  are  able  to  pro- 
duce good  stock  but  make  only  a  bare 
living;  in  fact,  with  the  high  prices  of 
everything  today,  it  is  a  wonder  to 
many  of  us  how  they  can  eke  out  an 
existence. 

In  the  fuel  order  there  is  no  pro- 
vision for  cases  of  this  character,  and 
the  living  of  such  men  must  be  ab- 
solutely cut  in  half.  In  the  propor- 
tioning of  the  income  tax,  and  in 
many  other  cases  where  a  basis  for  a 
tax  or  regulation  of  an  economic  char- 
acter has  been  determined  upon  by 
the  Government  some  thought  has 
been  given  as  to  the  point  where  the 
axe    should    fall — but    not    so    in    this 

Publicity  Campaign 

What  did  out  national  bodies  of  war 
workers  do  when  it  was  found  neces- 
sary to  strike  a  Belgian  note  to  offset 
propaganda  which  was  becoming  most 
vicious?  Their  protest  was  ordered 
to  be  registered  with  flowers — a  Bel- 
gian Day  has  been  proclaimed,  and  the 
sentiment  of  the  day  is  to  be  express- 
ed by  a  liberal  use  of  Forget-me-nots, 
where  obtainable,  but  in  flowers  any- 
way. While  this,  for  many  reasons, 
may  not  keep  the  florists'  cash  regis- 
ters busy  on  that  day,  the  handwriting 
is  on  the  wall, — flowers  as  mediums 
for  the  expression  of  sentiment  are  In 
the  public  mind. 

It  a  project  regarding  which  our 
Promotion  Bureau  has  been  consulted 
is  carried  out,  and  it  very  probably 
will  have  been  by  the  time  these  lines 
are  read,  another  day  close  at  hand 
is  to  be  proclaimed  to  offset  other 
propaganda  of  a  dangerous  character, 
and  is  likely  to  develop  into  an  im- 
mense "flower  day,"  flowers  of  all 
kinds  this    time    being  considered   to 


fuel  order.  In  this  sense  it  is  most 
unjust.  The  bigger  fellows  can 
stand  it  for  a  year  or  more — it  may 
affect  their  profits,  but  it  does  not 
diminish  their  supply  of  necessary 
bread   and  butter. 

1  do  hope  that  you  can  arrange  for 
a  hearing  on  or  a  consideration  of 
this  point,  as  I  do  not  think  this  par- 
ticular phase  of  the  conservation  idea 
has  been  properly  thought  out  by  the 
fuel  administration,  as  far  as  the  par- 
ticular type  of  florists  mentioned  is 
concerned.  Most  of  these  poor  peo- 
ple, too,  have  for  years  been  obliged  to 
grow  and  sell  vegetable  plants  in  sea- 
son, as  well  as  flowers,  in  order  to 
make  their  businesses  provide  the  re- 
quirements of  soul  and  body. 

Another  injustice,  as  I  take  it,  is  the 
unnecessarily  sweeping  character  of 
the  order,  in  that  it  places  an  em- 
bargo on  fuel  of  all  descriptions — 
which  must  mean  wood,  although  it 
is  not  specifically  mentioned  as  in- 
cluded. We  all  know  that  many 
florists  in  outlying  districts  have  a  lit- 
tle wood  on  their  properties,  or  are  so 
situated  that  they  could  procure  a 
little  from  nearby  sources,  and  thus 
Temper  the  situation,  without  preju- 
dicing the  idea  of  fuel  conservation  in 
any  way,  for  such  fuel  would  have 
only  local  value,  and  could  not  be 
considered  in   a   commercial  sense. 

Do  you  think  it  possible  that  these 
facts   could  he   brought  to  the  notice 
of   the  Commission,   in  the   hope  that 
they  might  receive  consideration? 
Yours  very  truly, 
(Signed)    John   Young. 
Secretary. 


convey  the  sentiment — and  this  time 
florists  everywhere  will  be  called  upon 
by  our  national  societies  to  help  in 
a  countrywide  distribution  of  flowers, 
none  of  which  they  will  be  asked  to 
contribute.  Something  rather  Utopian 
in  this,  you  may  say, — but  wait  and 
see. 

All  this  is  publicity  of  the  right  kind 
for  flowers,  and  undoubtedly  is  one  of 
the  results  of  our  campaign. 

But  we  have  not  gone  nearly  far 
enough  yet.  We  have  only  "scratched 
the  surface"  of  possibilities.  We  must 
go  on  and  on,  and  still  onward.  The 
campaign  work  is  only  in  its  initial 
stage  thus  far,  and  to  get  where  we 
plan  we  must  have  more  support  from 
the  people  it  is  to  benefit,  you,  the  flor- 
ists, the  raisers  and  distributors  of 
the  flowers  the  campaign  is  seeking 
to  make  a  necessity  in  every  home,  a 
dally  feature  of  home  and  public  life, 
and  a  medium  for  the  expression  of 
sentiment  under  any  and  all  condi- 
tions. 


•lt>0 


H  0  irn  U  U  L  T  U  R  K 


May  11.  1918 


The  campiilRD  18  most  woriliy  of  ihf 
varDost  consideration  of  all  llorlsts  ul 
this  time.  If  you,  Mr.  llt'aiier,  havr 
not  yet  subsiTlbed,  put  yourself  on 
reconi  with  u  contribution  to  the  fuml 
as  one  wlllinK  and  anxious  to  get  th<' 
best  out  of  your  chosen  vocation,  ami 
to  consider  this  campnign  as  your 
aKent  — and  an  Inexpensive  one — in  the 
production  of  business  in  which  every- 
one can  and  will  share. 

Take  advantage  of  tlie  direct  serv- 
ice aids  offered  by  the  Promotion  Bu- 
reau— lantern  slides  for  the  movies, 
signs,  stickers,  booklets  and  newspa- 
per cuts.  If  you  have  not  received  a 
folder  describing  these,  sit  down  and 
write  a  postal  request  for  one — don't 
delay,  do  It  now. 

The  following  are  among  the  sub- 
scriptions to  the  fund  reported  for  the 
week  just   passed: 

Annually  for  Four  Yenrii -Miller  Bros.. 
Aulcno,  KODB.,  t3'.  Rudolpb  Preuss.  MM 
waukco.  WIb.,  J-I;  W.  T.  lIiiUBir.  IhiUBtnn. 
Tex.,  110;  U,  V.  Campbell  Est.,  Shaniokln. 
Pn..  ja;  Oiiv  W.  Frenoh,  Morton  Grove. 
111.,  ja5;  MartlnBvllIe  Floral  Co..  Martins- 
ville. Incl.,  V;  Knud  Nlelson.  EverRreen. 
Ala..  SIO;  Peter  A.  Chopin,  New  Orleani, 
La..  $20;  Rosendale  Flower  Shop,  Schenec- 
tady,  N.  Y.,  15. 

For  One  Year— Reading  Florists'  Assocla 
tlon.  JTifl;    New   York   Cut    Flower  Co..  New 
York  City.  JCTiO. 

ToUl,  tauS.OO.  Previously  reported  from 
all  sourceB,  »33,364.0O.  Grand  Total. 
»33,750.00. 

In  the  subscription  list  recently  pub- 
lished, the  fi.ll.iwliii;  oriilKsioiis  an-  sup- 
plied :  Ilenshaw  Floral  Co.,  127  W.  28th 
St..  New  York.  2  subscriptions— »50  and  J15 
respectively :  Schloss  Bros.  Co..  Ribbons. 
Inc.,  .31  B.  28th  St.,  New  York.  JIOO.  These 
companies  were  among  the  early  sub- 
•crlbers. 

John  Young.  Sec'y. 
ino  Broadway,  New  York,  May  }.  19 1 H 


STAMFORD     (CONN.)     HORTICUL- 
TURAL  SOCIETY. 

There  was  a  large  attendance  at  the 
last  meeting  of  this  above  society,  on 
May  3rd.  A  committee  was  appointe<i 
to  co-operate  with  the  Service  Bureau 
of  the  N.  A.  of  G.  All  correspondence 
pertaining  to  this  should  be  ad- 
dressed to  our  secretary,  O.  A.  Hun- 
wick,  whose  new  address  is  Clapboard 
Ridge  Rd.,  Greenwich.  Conn.  Several 
prizes  were  offered  for  a  free  midsum- 
mer show,  to  be  held  at  Moose  Hall, 
Stamford,  on  July  3rd.  A  prize  was 
also  offered  by  one  of  the  members  for 
the  best  paper  on  a  horticultural  sub- 
ject by  an  assistant  gardener  to  be 
read  at  the  meeting  after  the  show.  It 
was  also  decided  to  hold  a  fall  show  in 
October  or  November  on  a  small  scale. 
The  co-operation  of  the  Red  Cross  will 
be  asked. 

C.  F.  Wegner  of  Noroton  Heights  en- 
tertained the  members  with  a  paper  on 
"The  Mole."  This  proved  interesting 
and  was  well  received.  The  awards 
were  as  follows:  Roses  by  Anthon 
Pedersdn.  honorable  mention.  Carna- 
tion Matchless  by  James  Foster,  cul- 
tural certificate.  Sea  kale  by  M. 
Smith,  vote  of  thanks.  Richardia  by 
Wm.  Whitton.  cultural  certificate. 
Myosotis  Victoria  by  Thomas  Harvey, 
vote  of  thanks.  Antirrhinum  Garnet 
and  Carnation  Belle  Washburn  by  A. 
P.  Wezel.  honorable   mention. 

Three  new  members  were  elected 
and  four  applications  for  membership 
received. 

A.  P.  Wkzei.. 

yoroton.   Conn. 


) 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


Meetings  Next  Week 

Monday,  May  13. 

tiurd<-ners'  ainl  Florists'  <'Uib  of 
llalliiiion',  KlorlKlH'  Exchau);e  Ilall, 
llalllinore.  Md. 

.New  York  FlorlMis'  Club,  ilrand 
' 'I"'ra   House,   Ni'W   York  I'Uy. 

UiKhesier  Florists'  Assoilalion, 
■i.'i  Main  St.,  East  Uoehester,  N.   Y. 

<'iii<'lniiati  Florists'  Soclelv,  Hotel 
<;ili.sMn.  Clncliniatl,  (>. 

Tuesday,   May   14. 

.Newport  ilorlloultural  Soclilv. 
N.wport.  H.  I. 

Wednesday,  May   15. 

Rhode  Island  Uorllcultural  So- 
■U-ly,  Public  Library,  Providence, 
K.   I. 

I'arrytown  Horticultural  Society. 
Tarry  town,  N.  Y. 

Thursday,  May  16. 

i:.HSf.\  County  Florists'  Club, 
KreuKcr-.Vudilorluuj,   Newark,    N.   J. 

New  Orleans  Hortlcultnral  Society, 
As.soclation  of  Commerce  Hid)?.,  New 
(irleaiiB,    La. 

.North  Westchester  County  Ilortl- 
cullural  Society.  Mt.  Klsco,   N.  Y. 

Tacoma  Florists'  Association,  Mac- 
cabec  Hall,  Tacoma,  Wash. 

Friday,  May   17. 

.North  Shore  Horticultural  Society, 
Maiiclifstcr.  Maas. 


] 


FLORISTS'  CLUB  OF  PHILADEL- 
PHIA. 
The  regular  monthly  meeting  was 
lifeld  in  Grand  Fraternity  Hall  on  the 
7th  inst..  The  feature  of  most  inter- 
t  yl  was  an  address  by  Mark  J.  MuUin 
on  the  Parcel  Post  Service  as  it  ap- 
plies to  the  florist  business.  He  told 
the  members  that  the  department 
had  recently  inaugurated  a  new  auto- 
truck service  between  Philadelphia. 
Baltimore  and  Washington  which  is 
of  great  service  to  those  located  some 
distance  from  the  railroad.  There  is 
also  in  contemplation  a  similar  serv- 
ice between  Philadelphia  and  Pitts- 
burgh. The  coal  question  was  on  the 
program  for  discussion  but  the 
speaker  to  whom  this  subject  was  as- 
signed did  not  turn  up. 


NEW  YORK  FLORISTS'  CLUB. 
The  next  regular  meeting  of  the 
Club  will  be  held  on  Monday,  May  13th. 
Among  the  exhibits  promised  for  this 
meeting  will  be  one  of  lilacs  and  flow- 
ering shrubs  which  will  be  staged  by 
T.  .-V.  Havemeyer.  Brookville.  L.  I. 
While  the  date.  Mr.  Havemeyer  says, 
is  a  little  early  for  the  finest  varieties 
of  lilacs,  he  will  do  the  best  that  can 
be  done  to  make  a  fine  and  comprehen- 
sive exhibit.  The  essay  committee 
announces  that  W.  H.  Elliott  of  .Mad- 
bury.  .\'.  H..  will  talk  on  "Greenhouse 
Business  in  Wartime,"  and  Kenneth 
Gillett.  Southwick,  Mass..  will  speak 
on  ".Vative  Plants." 

John  Young,  Sec'y. 


LADIES'     SOCIETY     OF     AMERICAN 
FLORISTS. 

.Mrs.  Julius  Hoehrs,  President  of  the 
Uidles'  S.  A.  F..  has  appointed  Mrs. 
.Mbert  M.  Ilerr.  Lamaster,  Pa.,  to 
nil  the  unexpired  term  of  .Mrs.  Geo.  W. 
Smith.  Clevelaiirl,  Ohio  (deceased). 
All  communicationK  for  the  Secretary 
should  be  addressed  to  Mrs.  Albert  M. 
Ilerr,  Lancaster,   Pa. 


SAY  IT  WITH  FLOWERS. 
The  Promotion  Bureau  of  the  Na- 
tional Publicity  Campaign  has  been 
favored  with  the  accompanying  poem. 
The  author  dedicates  It  to  the  use  of 
the  trade. 

Say   It  With  Flowers. 

Hy    I,.   B.   .Mitchell.   Hart,  Michigan. 

."<iiy    It    with    Sowers,    you    chlvalroUB    lover 

true 
It    I  hey  seem   to   grow   JuBt   for  the  likes 

of  you ; 
Were  It  not  for  love  the  human  rucc  would 

be 
.\  .soulless.  almloBS,   nature  mockery. 
Ah   It    never   dies.    Its   klndergart<>n    hours 
-Vre  the  ones  In  which  to  blend  It  with  tb» 

flowers. 

Say  It  with  flowers  when  ring  the  wedding 

bells 
For  their  lansuage.  Oh!  so  eloquently  telli 
The    spirit    In    which    Is   won    the   cholceat 

prize 
That    mortals    know    beneath    the    glowiog 

skies. 
Hut  If  'tis  gold  or  a  kindly  gift  you  bring 
Let  a   flower  grace  whate'er  the  offering. 

Say  It  with  flowers  as  the  birthdays  hasten 

round, 
"Speak   your   piece"    with    them,    the   heart 

can  hear  the  sound. 
-\nd  twine  them  round  the  mile  posts  they 

go  by, 
For  they'll   sermons  preach  with   which  no 

words  can  vie. 
Hrush  the  lines  of  care  that  the  years  may 

brjng.  away. 
If  with  nothing  else,  a  little  sweet  bouquet. 

.Say    it    with    flowers.    0    there's    a    special 

place 
For     the     ch.irni     and     cheer     of     nature'a 

sweetest  grace, 
For   when    they    to   the   sulTerlng   aiv  given 
They  are  saying  things  that  may  be  heard 

to  heaven. 
Let   the   flowers   in    the   sick    room    breathe 

the  prayer 
That  you  tried  to  say  because  you  brought 

them  there. 

Say   it   with   U<iwers  again  and   yet  again, 
Your    angel    waits    to    tell    you '  where    and 

when ; 
They  should  not  waste  their  sweetness  on 

the  air 
When  A   "thank   you"    waits   for   you   moBt 

any  where. 
.\nd     remember     that     the     price    of    your 

bouquet 
May    not   measure   what    you'd    reallv    love 

to  say. 

Say  it  with  flowers.  O  wait  not  for  the  day 
When    you'll    grieve    because    you    did    not 

with  them  saj' 
What   you   might    have  said   so   oft   adown 

the  years 
111    the   game    of    life — its   Joys    and    hopes 

and  tears. 
Now    ia    the    time    right    here    In    nature's 

bowers 
To     indite    the    word    and    then    SAY'    IT 

WITH   FLOWERS. 


Secretary  John  Young  and  Chairman 
George  Asmus  of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee have  hit  the  trail  this  week  to 
campaign  for  the  S.  A.  F.  publicity 
fund.  Mr.  Asmiis  addressed  a  meet- 
ing of  the  retail  florists  of  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.,  on  Tuesday  evening.  May  7. 


May  11.  lyl8 


H  0  irn  c  u  L  T  u  k  e 


461 


The  Lily  Bulb 
Outlook 


The  following  copy  of  letter  to  the 
War  Trade  Board  shows  the  argument 
of  the  S.  A.  P.  Committee  on  Tariff 
and  Legislation,  having  for  its  object 
the  lifting  of  the  present  embargo  on 
next  fall  shipments  of  lily  bulljs  from 
Japan,  and  the  copy  of  reply  enclosed 
states  the  position  the  Board  takes 
with  regard  to  them.  While  further 
negotiations  are  proceeding,  the  pros- 
pects are  plainly  not  favorable  and 
it  looks  as  if  the  florists  must  make 
another  sacrifice  in  the  interests  of 
the  national  welfare. 

(COPY) 

April  27.  1918. 
\V;ir   Tiaile   Board,   Bureau   of   Imports, 
4.5  Broadway,  New  i'ork. 
Geutlemen:      Your   supplementary    list   of 
•■Kestricted      Imports,"      dated      April      1st 
(whiob    classifies    items    on    No     1    list    of 
March   2.^rd).   includes   "Bullis    No.   lil"   and 
temporarily  shuts  out  shipments  of  .lapan- 
ese  Illy  bulbs.     As  these  bulbs  are  of  such 
vital    importance    to    American     Horists.    I 
wish  to  Briefly  present  a  few  facts  for  your 
consideration'  in     behalf    of    tliis     national 
organization   of  florists  and  allied   trades. 

1.  These  lily  bulbs  produces  the  "Easter 
Lilies"  handled  by  pr.ietically  every  florist 
in  the  United  States.  They  cannot  be  pro- 
duced In  this  country  but  nuist  be  im- 
ported from  Japan. 

2.  The  florists  have  already  made  large 
sacrifices— through  loyally  supporting  war 
measurers.  Many  florists  speci.ilize  In  forc- 
ing these  bulbs  and  without  them  would 
be  forced  out  ot  business,  as  nothing  else 
takes  their  place. 

3.  Being    not    only    perishable    liut    sea- 
sonable,   shipments    of    these    bulbs    must 
leave  Japan  during  .\ugust.  September  and 
October,    or    as    the    different    varieties    be- 
come   ripe.      They    cannot    be    shipped    be-    i 
fore    August    or    until    they    are    ripe,    nor 
can  they   be  shipped  after  October  or  they    ] 
would  arrive  frozen  and  worthless  and  too    j 
late. 

4.  Last  vear  importers  of  tlicse  bulbs 
lost  upwards  of  .^.'jO.HOO  worth,  due  to  the  ' 
consignments  being  delayed  and  arriving 
frozen.  This  loss  falls  exclusively  on  the 
American  importers  and  iu  many  instances 
makes  the  purchase  of  I>i!)erty  Bonds  im- 
possible. 

5.  The  shipments  of  these  bulbs  repre- 
sent raw  materials.  They  occupy  very 
little  space  as  compared  to  their  impor- 
tance to  American  citizens,  and  much  ma- 
terial from  Japan  not  now  restricted  could 
be  substituted  with  much  less  loss  to  the 
Country's  interests. 

6.  As  these  bulbs  are  grown  in  Japan 
only  for  exports,  the  stoppage  of  exports 
for  even  one  season  would  cause  the 
.Tapanese  growers  to  discontinue  their  pro- 
duction and  destroy  their  stock  bulbs,  and 
it  would  lie  many  years  after  the  war  ends 
before  tiiese  bulbs  would  again  be  avail- 
able in   commercial  (juantities. 

7.  The  Government  now  derives  a 
revenue  through  duty  of  ^Ti.OO  per  l.miO 
bulbs,  or  appro.vimatcly  .''.0  pel-  cent,  of 
Japan  value,  anil  if  importations  \\'ere  stop- 
ped. 4'ustnnis  wrmid  lose  this  revenue. 

8.  Tin'  policy  of  this  organization  is  to 
do  everything  possible  to  "get  the  war 
won."  but  you  tie  our  hands  if  you  pro- 
hibit the  importation  of  absoluteiv  essen- 
tial raw  materials. 

0.  Outside  of  war  supplies,  we  know  of 
nothing  imported  from  .Japan  that  is  more 
essential  to  the  welfare  of  this  Conntry, 
and  the  policy  of  getting  the  war  won. 
than  (he  importation  of  these  bulbs.  With- 
out them  many  more  florists  will  be  forced 
out  of  business. 

If  you  cannot  permit  imports  on  the 
presentation  of  these  facts.  I  respectfully 
request  that  you  arrange  fitv  a  hearing 
when  the  facts  can  be  presented  person- 
ally by  a  small  delegation.  We  realize  the 
pressing  need  of  war  supplies  ami  are  pre- 
pared to  make  any  necessarv  sacrifice  to 
enable  them  to  come,  but  if'  there  is  any 
space  available  on  steamers  from  Japan,  we 
feel  that  these  bulbs  should  be  given  pref- 


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War  Trade  Board 

Hiireau    of    Imports,    WashiiiiJton 

May  1.  1U1.>>. 
Soi-irtv  ot"  .Vmerican  Florists 

and   Ornamental    Horticulturists, 
Mr.  .lames  .McHutchisou. 

'.i.'i  Chambers  St.,   New  York  City. 

Dear  Sir:  We  beg  to  acknowledge  re 
ceipt  of  your  letter  of  the  27th  inst.  whicli 
has  bi-eii  referred  to  us  by  our  New  Y'ork 
office.  We  have  carefully  noted  your  state 
inent  ot  facts,  and  have  laid  your  letter  be- 
fore those  who  have  in  charge  the  con- 
sideration of  any  possible  modification  of 
lists    of   restricted    imports. 

Voii  will  appreciate,  of  course,  that  the 
urgent  need  for  increased  tonnage  in  order 
tliat  troops  and  supplies  may  be  trans 
ported  overseas,  and  our  armies  maintained 
in  Fran<-e,  makes  essential  the  reduction  in 
importation  to  provide  the  necessary  and 
adilitioiial  spac4'.  It  is  the  urgency  of  this 
probli'in  that  makes  the  immediate  ami 
rigiil  enforcement  of  all  restricted  lists  im- 
perat  ve. 

This  demand  for  shipping  space  for  mili- 
t.iry  uses  is  so  great  that  all  dispensable 
commodities  must  be  eliminated  from  our 
imports.  In  fact,  it  is  probably  true  that 
with  all  dispensable  commodities  elimi- 
nated, and  essential  imports  pared  down  to 
the  very  bone  of  minimum  requirements, 
there  still  will  remain  a  shortage  of  ship- 
ping to  satisfy  the  needs  of  military  uses, 
and  our  essential  industries  during  the  re- 
mainder of  this  year. 

For  your  further  information,  it  ma.v  In- 
terest you  to  know  that  9,000  dead  weight 
tons    of   shipping   saved,   would    be   enough 


to  carry  the  supplies  required  for  the  an- 
nual support  of  at  least  7.I1CHI  soldiers  in 
France,  or.  to  put  it  in  other  terras,  it 
would  transport  for  the  support  of  the 
.Allied  Nations.  approximately.  ,500.000 
bushels  of  wheat.  You  will,  therefore, 
readily  understand  that  there  Is  very  little 
likelihood  of  any  modification  being  made 
to  the  Kestricted  Lists.  However,  should 
there  be  any.  you  will  receive  notice 
thereiif. 

Yours  very  truly. 

BIRE.iU  OF   IMl'OKTS, 
By  Edgar  J.  Nathan.  Jr. 


PRIVATE    GREENHOUSES     RE- 
QUESTED  TO    CLOSE. 

New  England  Fuel  Administrator, 
.Iam.es  B.  Storrow,  is  quoted  in  the 
Boston  papers  as  follows: 

"The  amount  of  coal  required  to 
heat  a  greenhouse  sufficiently  for  flow- 
ering plants  is  very  large  compared 
with  the  amount  necessary  to  heat  an 
ordinary  building  of  the  same  size," 
said  Mr.  Storrow.  "This  is  due  to  the 
tremendous  loss  of  heat  radiated  from 
glass  buildings,  and  there  is  no  build- 
in.g  that  uses  coal  more  extravagantly 
than  a  greenhouse. 

"Owners  of  private  greenhouses  are 
therefore  asked  to  either  discontinue 
them  entirely  and  send  to  a  commer- 
cial greenhouse  the  plants  that  are  to 
be  kept  over  to  the  next  season,  or  re- 
duce the  coal  consumption  radically 
by  shutting  down  all  ot  the  green- 
houses except  one  section  sufficiently 
largo  to  care  for  permanent  plants." 


4GS 


HORTICULTURE 


May  11,  191S 


IMPORTANT  NEW  OR  RARE  TREES 
AND  SHRUBS. 
The  report  of  Joliii  Dunbar,  of  Roch- 
ester. N'.  Y.  I'arks,  as  Itolanist  of  the 
S.  A.  F.  which  Is  piibllshotl  In  full  In 
the  annual  publication  of  that  society. 
Is  so  very  important  and  interesting 
that  we  should  like  to  present  it  entire 
in  these  columns.  Limits  of  available 
space  preventing  us  from  so  doing,  we 
herewith  give  some  extracts  which 
many  of  our  readers  not  having  the 
S.  A.  F.  report  will  no  doubt  be 
pleased  to  know.  Mr.  Dunbar  is  ex- 
ceptionally well  informed  and  qualified 
to  speak  on  these  things  which  ought 
to  be  better  known  to  the  gardening 
profession.  There  are  only  two  places 
In  this  country  where  such  informa- 
tion can  be  obtained, — the  Arnold  Ar- 
boretum and  the  Rochester  Parks. 

Juniperus  Chinensis,  variety  Sar- 
gent!, was  introduced  from  Japan  by 
Dr.  C.  S.  Sargent  25  years  since,  and 
we  believe  it  is  destined  to  be  one  of 
the  best  trailing  Junipers  for  decora- 
tive planting  In  the  northeastern 
States.  The  habit  is  perfectly  pros- 
trate, and  the  long  stems  hug  the 
ground  closely.  The  color  of  the  fo- 
liage varies  from  olive  green  to  bluish 
green.  Juniperus  Chinensis  columna- 
ris  is  a  remarkably  beautiful  form  of 
the  Chinese  Juniper.  The  habit  Is 
dense  and  strictly  columnar,  and  the 
leaves  are  all  acicular  and  bright 
green. 

Juniperus  littoralis  Is  a  new  Juniper, 
introduced  from  Japan  in  1914  by  Mr. 
E.  H.  Wilson.  He  found  it  growing  on 
the  sea  coast  of  Japan,  with  the  habit 
always  prostrate  in  exposed,  sand/  sit- 
uations. The  young  plants  in  our  pos- 
session are  growing  with  remarkable 
vigor.  Of  course,  it  may  be  too  soon 
to  express  an  opinion  about  it,  but  Mr. 
Wilson  says  of  it,  "This  species  ought 
to  be  perfectly  hardy  in  eastern  North 
America,  and  if  it  thrives  should  make 
a  good  ground  cover  and  be  especially 
valuable  for  covering  sand  dunes." 

Magnolia  Andre  Leroy  belongs  to 
the  group  of  Chinese  hybrid  Magno- 
lias which  had  their  origin  by  crossing 
Magnolia  denudata  with  Magnolia  lili- 
flora.  Magnolia  Andre  Leroy  came 
here  from  Holland  a  number  of  years 
ago,  and  we  have  never  seen  it  any- 
where else.  It  has  remarkably  large 
cup-shaped  flowers.  7-9  inches  across 
when  fully  open,  rosy  red  outside,  and 
cream-white  inside.  The  blossoms  are 
similar  in  formation  to  Magnolia  Len- 
nei.  It  is  one  of  the  most  distinctive 
of  the  reddish-colored  Magnolias. 

Magnolia  Brozzonii  is  another  of  the 
Chinese  hybrids  which,  as  tar  as  we 
are  aware.  Is  very  rare  in  parks  and 
gardens.  The  blossoms  are  tubular  in 
outline  before  they  expand.  The  flow- 
ers are  white  in  effect  at  a  distance, 
but  they  are  tinged  on  the  outside 
towards  the  base  with  lilac-pink.  They 
are  almost  pure  white  or  cream-white 
inside;  when  the  flowers  fully  expand 
and  before  they  drop  they  are  G-8 
Inches  across.  This  is  one  of  the  most 
showy  of  all  the  Magnolias. 

Magnolia  rustica  flore  rubra  is  an- 
other of  the  rare  Chinese  hybrids,  and 
a  remarkably  good  grower;  it  is  dis- 
tinguished by  bright  purple-red  on  the 
outside  of  the  blossoms.  The  suffu- 
sion of  red  is  perhaps  more  percep- 
tible in  this  Magnolia  than  in  any  oth- 
er. The  flowers  are  about  6  inches 
across   when    fully    open.      In   "Flora 


LORRAINE    BEGONIAS. 


It  is  not  too  late  yet  to  make  a  late 
batch  of  Lorraine  cuttings  for  flower- 
ing in  small  pots.  These  sell  readily 
for  table  adornment  and  for  use  in 
Christmas  combination  pans  or  jardin- 
ieres. Cuttings  are  best  started  in 
finely    sifted    sand.     Little    plants    in 


and  Sylva."  \"ol.  I,  p.  17.  .Mr.  Wezlcn- 
burg,  of  Hazerswoode  Nurseries,  Ley- 
don,  Holland,  states  "We  found  this 
Magnolia  growing  in  the  nursery  of 
a  friend  in  Boskoop,  and  we  bought  it 
from  him.  It  had  no  name.  In  con- 
ference with  this  gentleman  we  agreed 
to  call  it  rustica  flore  rubra.  He  told 
me  it  came  up  in  a  batch  of  seedlings, 
but  he  did  not  know  their  origin." 

Magnolia  Verbanica  came  to  us 
from  Holland,  and  has  flowered  freely 
for  a  good  many  years,  and  belongs  to 
the  Chinese  hybrids.  We  have  not 
seen  it  elsewhere.  This  is,  perhaps, 
the  nearest  approach  to  a  pink  flow- 
ered Magnolia,  as  the  blossoms  are 
deep  rosy  pink  on  the  outside  and 
blush-white  inside.  The  flowers  when 
fully  expanded  are  about  7%  inches 
across. 

Magnolia  salicifolia  is  a  species 
from  Japan  and  was.  I  believe,  intro- 
duced from  there  by  Dr.  C.  S.  Sargent, 
and  has  not  been  very  many  years  in 
cultivation.  It  flowered  in  the  Roches- 
ter parks  for  the  first  time  last  Spring. 
It  comes  into  bloom  about  the  same 
time  as  Magnolia  stellata.  The  leaves 
are  ovate-lanceolate,  light  green  above, 
glaucescent  beneath,  and  4-6  inches 
long.  The  flowers  are  white,  or  cream 
white,  and  4  to  4V2  inches  across,  and 
are  borne  on  short  stalks.  The  stem 
Is  covered  with  smooth,  greyish  bark. 
It  is  not  as  showy  as  any  of  the 
Chinese  hybrid  Magnolias,  but  it  is  in- 
teresting on  account  of  its  early 
flowering.  It  is  distinctive  from  all 
other  Magnolias  in  Its  almost  fastigi- 
ate  branching  habit. 

Ilamamelis  vernalis.  This  Is  an  in- 
teresting species  of  Witch  Hazel  dis- 
covered a  few  years  ago  in  southern 
Missouri,     and     has     been     found     in 


their  first  pots  must  not  be  permitted 
to  become  pot-bound.  As  they  grow 
keep  them  stocky  by  frequent  pinch- 
ing back  and  give  some  shade  from 
the  hot  sun  from  now  on.  Watch  out 
for  sreen  fly.  Now  is  the  season  for 
rapid  growth  before  the  weather  gets 
too  hot. 


Arkansas  and  Louisiana.  The  petals 
are  yellowish,  with  a  wine-colored 
calyx  on  the  inside.  As  it  flowers  in 
mid-Winter,  late  Winter,  and  early. 
Spring  this  new  species  is  very  inter- 
esting. 

Rosa  Fedschenkoana.  This  Rose  is 
a  native  of  Turkestan,  and  has  arch- 
ing stems  and  leaves  with  7-9  leaflets. 
The  flowers  are  usually  2-4,  pure 
white,  and  2  to  2V2  inches  across,  and 
have  a  very  pretty  effect  in  bloom. 

Rosa  Hugonis  is,  perhaps,  the  most 
important  hardy  species  that  has  been 
introduced  to  gardens  in  a  good  many 
years.  The  branches  are  ascending 
and  partly  spreading.  The  stems  have 
numerous  prickles  mixed  with  bristles, 
and  the  leaves  have  usually  7-11  leaf- 
lets. The  pure  yellow  flowers,  2V4 
inches  across,  are  solitary,  and  borne 
on  short  pedicels  %  to  %  of  an  inch 
long.  They  are  produced  in  great 
abundatice,  and  a  well  developed  in- 
dividual gives  a  remarkably  beautiful 
effect.  It  is  among  the  earliest  of  all 
Roses  to  bloom. 

Rosa  Jackii  belongs  to  the  multiflora 
group,  has  a  spreading  habit,  and 
forms  a  round  dense  mass.  The  leaves 
have  7-9  leaflets,  deep  lustrous  green. 
The  flowers  are  borne  in  corsmibose 
clusters,  pure  white,  and  are  about  1% 
inches  across. 

Rosa  Moyesil  is  said  to  attain  a 
height  of  10  feet.  The  branches  are 
ascending  and  spreading,  and  have 
short  prickles.  The  leaves  have  7-13 
leaflets.  The  blossoms  are  commonly 
1-2,  on  short  stalks,  are  about  2%  in- 
ches across,  and  in  our  plants  are  dark 
red.  but  they  are  said  to  vary  to  light 
pink. 

Rosa  multiflora  Cathayensis  was  an 
Interesting  discovery  by  Mr.  Wilson  in 


May  11,  1918 


HO  RTICULTURE 


463 


Western  China.  The  well  known 
Crimson  Rambler  Rose  Is  said  to  be 
derived  from  it.  The  leaves  have  7-9 
leaflets  and  the  large  flatish  clusters 
bear  light  pink  blossoms  l^i  to  1% 
inches  across. 

Rosa  multibracteata  forms  an  at- 
tractive bush  with  somewhat  dense 
habit.  The  leaves  have  7-9  very  small 
leaflets,  but  as  they  are  arranged  in 
close  formation  they  are  very  attrac- 
tive. The  rose-colored  or  pink  flowers 
are  in  clusters  of  3-4  and  Hi  inches 
across. 

Rosa  Omiensis  is  a  remarkably 
handsome  Rose,  if  only  for  its  grace- 
ful fern-like  foliage.  It  is  said  to  ulti- 
mately attain  a  height  of  10  feet.  The 
leaves  consist  of  9-17  leaflets.  The 
blossoms  are  white,  solitary,  about  1 
inch  across,  and  inclined  to  be  cup- 
shaped.  The  variety  pteracantha  has 
distinct  red  prickles  with  a  wide  base 
on  vigorous  shoots,  which  render  this 
variety  very  ornamental. 

Rosa  setipoda  has  a  somewhat  loose 
spreading  habit,  and  the  branches  are 
beset  with  wide  spreading  prickles. 
The  leaves  consist  of  7-9  leaflets.  The 
rosy-pink  flowers,  4-.5  ;n  a  cluster,  are 
about  2  inches  across. 

Rosa  Sweginzowii  has  a  spreading 
habit,  and  forms  a  graceful  shrub. 
The  leaves  have  7-9  leaflets.  The  lilac- 
rose  to  pink  blossoms  produced  in 
clusters  -of  4-5  in  great  abundance 
along  the  branches  are  very  attrac- 
tive. 

Rosa  Willmottiae  sends  out  long 
spreading  branches  with  their  ends 
somewhat  remote  from  each  other. 
The  leaves  consist  of  7-9  leaflets,  and 
are  very  small,  seldom  exceeding  % 
of  an  inch  in  length.  The  rosy-pink  to 
rosy-purple  flowers  are  solitary  and 
about  IVi  inches  across,  but  are  pro- 
duced in  great  profusion  along  the 
curving  branches. 

Indigofera  Amblyantha.  This  hand- 
some shrub  is  one  of  the  many  good 
things  introduced  from  Western  China 
by  Mr.  E.  H.  Wilson.  It  grows  5-6 
feet  in  height,  with  wide,  spreading 
branches.  The  leaves  are  4-6  inches 
long  and  consist  of  11-13  leaflets.  The 
pink  flowers  are  produced  in  numerous 
axillary  slender  racemes.  From  the 
time  it  commences  to  bloom  in  Sum- 
mer, it  flowers  almost  continuously 
until  Autumn. 

Acer  griseum  from  Western  China  is 
said  to  grow  to  a  height  of  4  feet.  The 
leaves  are  trifoliate,  with  the  leaflets 
very  coarsely  toothed,  hairy  beneath. 
with  short  stalks,  borne  on  short 
petioles,  which  are  also  very  hairy.  It 
Is  interesting  and  ornamental  for  its 
flaky  reddish  brown  bark  on  the 
stems,  and  bears  considerable  re- 
semblance to  the  stems  of  the  Red 
Birch. 

Acer  Henryi  has  three  leaflets,  nar- 
rowly elliptical  in  outline,  stalked,  and 
borne  on  long,  reddish,  graceful  peti- 
oles. The  branches  are  spreading  and 
the  head  is  somewhat  open. 

Acer  Mandschuricum,  from  Man- 
churia, also  belongs  to  the  three- 
leaved  group  of  Maples.  The  leaflets 
are  oblong,  short-stalked,  on  hand- 
some red  petioles  3-4  inches  long. 

Acer  Oliverianum  comes  from  West- 
ern China,  and  has  very  distinct  five- 
lobed,  somewhat  star-shaped  looking 
leaves,  and  deep  lustrous  green  above. 
The  reddish  petioles  are  from  I'/e  to 
1%  inches  long. 

(To  be  continued  next  week) 


We  have  just  received 

ANOTHER  THOUSAND  TONS 

Off  Our  Celebrated 

South  American  Sheep 
and  Goat  Manure 


This  is  unexcelled  for  top  dressing  any  crop  or  mixing  with 
the  soil,  or  for  use  in  solution.  There  is  no  safer  or  surer  ma- 
terial to  be  had. 

Write  for  prices  and  receive  a  supply  while  it  lasts.     It 
is  difficult  to  obtain. 

SANDERSON  FERTILIZER  AND  CHEMICAL  CO. 

Subsidiary  of  the  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co. 

NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 


Obituary 


George  Perkins. 
George    Perkins,    a    florist    of    East 
Orange,  N.  J.,  with  greenhouses  at  79 
Sanford  street,  died  on  April  30,  aged 
.5S  years.     He  was  born  in  Ireland. 


J.  N.  A.  Bentzen. 
John  N.  A.  Bentzen,  father  of 
Adolph  Bentzen.  one  of  the  prominent 
florists  of  St.  Louis,  died  on  April  29, 
aged  81  years.  The  funeral,  on  Thurs- 
day, May  2.  was  largely  attended,  and 
floral  offerings  were  numerous. 


ard  Schneider  of  Woodbury,  X.  J.,  and 
two  grandchildren. 

BUSINESS  TROUBLES. 
Victor  Young  closed  his  store  on 
N.  Clark  street,  Chicago,  Saturday, 
May  6,  leaving  his  help  and  many  in 
the  wholesale  market  in  the  lurch. 
Mr.  Young  was  accepted  in  the  last 
draft  and  will  be  at  Jefferson  Bar- 
racks, Mo.  It  has  been  known  for 
several  weeks  that  his  bills  were  run- 
inng  behind  but  no  one  thought  he 
would  leave  without  making  an  ef- 
fort to  straighten  matters.  His  law- 
yer states  that  he  will  make  appli- 
cation   for    bankruptcy. 


J.  B.  McArdle. 

Word  has  been  received  announcing 
the  death  of  James  B.  McArdle,  native 
of  Xew  York  City,  at  Tucson,  Ariz., 
where  he  Went  four  months  ago  for 
his  health.  He  was  about  forty  year.« 
of  age  and  one  of  the  leading  florists 
of  Greenwich,  N.  Y..  where  he  has 
been  engaged  in  business  for  the  past 
eight  years.  He  was  Secretary  of  the 
Westchester  and  Fairfield  Horticul- 
ture Society  for  many  years.  Prior  to 
coming  to  Greenwich  Mr.  McArdle  was 
a  salesman  for  Vaughan's  seed  store, 
Xew  York. 


NEWS   NOTES. 

Orvilla,  Pa.  —  E.  Klein,  formerly 
with  Dr.  W.  C.  Wilson,  has  taken  over 
the    Strassburger   greenhouses. 

Bar  Harbor,  Me. — Everything  itt 
the  way  of  shrubbery  and  garden 
perennials    has    wintered    finely    here. 

Pittsfield,  Mass. — Professor  Gour- 
ley  of  the  .Agricultural  College  at 
Durham,  X\  H.,  gave  a  garden  talk 
under  the  auspices  of  the  local  farm 
bureau   on    Thursday,   May   9. 


Wm.  B.  Schneider. 
William  B.  Schneider,  56  years  old, 
of  1274  Prospect  avenue,  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y..  a  gardener  employed  in  the  flower 
gardens  in  Prospect  Park,  went  home 
ill  Wednesday  afternoon,  May  1.  and 
died  a  few  hours  later  of  acute  indi- 
gestion. He  had  been  employed  in 
the  Brooklyn  parks  since  1911.  and 
before  that  in  Bronx  Park  for  ten 
years.  Mr.  Schneider  was  born  in 
New  York  City.  He  is  survived  by  his 
wife,  three  sons,  Edward,  a  sergeant 
of  Company  C,  106  U.  S.  Infantry. 
Camp  Wadsworth,  Spartanburg.  S.  C; 
FYederick  W.  of  the  Bronx,  and   Rich- 


THE 

HORTICULTURAL 
CATALOG 

A       MONTHLY       MACAZINE       FOR 

WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 
FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

Contalnn      alphabetical       lint  I  nits       of 

available   surplus   »torU,  etc 

$1.00    per    ye«r.  Foreign    $U0 

THE  HORTICULTURAL  CATALOG 


I,08    ANOELES. 


CAI.IFOKNIA 


■t»;i 


II  it  li  1  I  (■  i:  i/r  i;  li  K 


May   II,  1»IK 


SEED  TRADE 


(   AMKKU  A>   SKEDTKAOB  \SS(M:IATI0N 

OIBc»r»— Prr^Mfnl.  K.  W.  ItolsUa*, 
I  M»blotlon.  II  I'.;  Klr«t  \  lr«^  l'r«^ld»«l, 
Hm  It  Itrmi-l.ll.  Itolllniore.  Ud.  .  H«a«a4 
\lo»-l'iT.liifnt.  l>«>ld  l«urp«^  rhll»4»U 
yhl^  l'»  ;  hf-crrtmr7-Tr>»<nr»r,  C.  K. 
IL«od«l.   l'lr<rlaj>d,  O. 


Forage-Plant  Seeds  Imported  During 
April. 
The  following  table  prt-pariMl  in  thf 
Seed  Laboratory  of  the  Itureau  ol 
Plant  industry.  United  States  Depart- 
ment of  AgrUulture,  shows  the  amount 
of  the  various  kinds  of  foliage-plant 
seeds  subject  to  the  seed  importation 
act  permitted  entry  into  the  UnltiMi 
Slates  during  the  month  of  April. 
1918,  as  compared  with  April.  1917: 

April  April 

Kind  of  SMd  1«1'7         „  l"!*; 

Pounde      roumlB 

Alfalfa 335.700 

Hliii'Crass:  «n  rjm 

CaiiuUM     ou.ouu 

KfiKucky    

I  *lovi»r ; 

•,;^^r""  :::::::  mils 

White  :::;::.■.■ iiM«Hi 

I'liiviT  Mixtures: 

.\lsike  and   Timothy l.:tOO 

Timothy.      Alsike      and 
White    l."""! 

Millet :  , ,  ^^ 

Hungarian     tli.oOO 

Itroniii  Corn   00,100 

Mixtures,  grass   4.000 

Uape    

ItveijraBs: 

EriElish    .'5I.400 

Italian  ^... 12,900 

Timothy    ;v;.;A 

Veleh.  hairy    52,500 


111,50" 
324,01  "I 

2.'i7.7i"i 
1:15,366 


5,6tM( 
:i.'>1.7l)<' 

211,1011 

11,100 

3,400 


Seed   Trade    Notes. 

Lancaster,  Pa.— The  seed  store  of 
Sprecher  &  Sons  was  destroyed  by 
fire  recently. 

Richmond,  Va.  —  Fire  destroyed 
much  of  the  farm  and  garden  seed  of 
T.  W.  Wood  &  Sons'  stock  on  April 
2?.. 

The  importation  of  grass  and  other 
seeds  from  Glasgow  to  this  country  in- 
creased from  $3,224  in  the  first  quar- 
ter of  191"  to  $12,580  in  1918. 


Co., 


NEW    CORPORATIONS. 

Danbury,    Ct. — Cornell     Flower 
capital   stock,   $10,000. 

Springfield,  O. — Lagonda  Floral  Co., 
capital  stock,  $25,00fi.  Incorporator, 
n.  W.  Hogue. 

Enid,  Okla. — Lopeman  Nursery  Com- 
pany, capital  stock  $,50,000.  Incorpora- 
tors, J.  O.  &  J-  A.  Lopeman  and  Chas. 
N.  Harmon. 

Fort  Worth,  Tex. — Southern  Florist 
Company,  capital  stock,  $10,000.  In- 
corporators, L.  J.  Tackett.  \V.  .1.  Baker 
and   C.  A.  Byars. 


Rowayton,  Conn. — The  directors  of 
the  Rowayton  Greenhouses  give  pub- 
lic notice  of  an  agreement  by  the  stock- 
liolders  that  the  corporate  existence  ol 
the  corporation  is  to  be  terminated. 
They  warn  every  creditor  of  said  cor- 
poration to  present  his  claims  on  or 
before  the  3rd  day  of  September.  1918. 
All  claims  against  said  corporation 
should  be  sent  to  the  Traendly  & 
Schenck  Rowayton  Greenhouses.  Inc.. 
Rowayton.  Norwalk,  Connecticut. 


Begonias 

Farquhar's  Tuberous-Rooted 

As  Heddinj;  Plants  these  are  unsurpassed  for  bril- 
liancy anti  richness  of  color. 

Single  Variety  in  si.\  colors,  $1.00  per  dozen  ; 
?7.50  per   100. 

Double  and  New  Frilled  Varieties  Prices  on 
application. 

R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO., 

6  South  Market  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


BeDd  for  our  Wholesale 
Florl>t  CBtologDe  Now 
RMMly. 


Lily  of  the  Valley   Pips 

FQR  EARLY  FLOWERING 

ICvcry  florist  should   have  a  few  <if  these  ilalnty   flower* 
for  their  Kaster  trade:     100.  $:i.OO;   lUOO.  f2S.0O. 

^  E  o  orj  I  xk  s 

Diiuble-FlowrrInK  — .Siiluion,    Deep     Ituse,    Scarlet,    Crlm- 

Bon.  White,   Vellow,  Orange,  Copper-Bronze.     Mixed: 

luo,  $«.5U;   1000,  S6O.OO. 
Slnile-Flowcrlnit     Delicate     Pink,     Deep     Rote.     Scarlet. 

Crimson.    White,    Vellow.    Orange,    Salmon.      Mixed: 

lou.  1^1. '5:  luoo,  $45.00. 

FOTTLER,  FISKE,  RAWSON  CO. 


The  .Sef'd   .>*tore 


12  Bnd   18   Faneull   Hall   Hq..   Boston 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Variebe* 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    {pounds,   Raynmrn 

Park,  London,  Ej\gland.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  TLSTED  SEEDS,  Inc.,  c.,^'«t:^.i  u^ 

SEED    GROWING    CONTRACT    PRICES. 


r.eans     Iiwarf  Snap  . 
Heans— Garden    Pole. 

Beet-Garden     

Beet— Mangel   

Beet— Sugar    

I'nhhage    

Carrot     

Cauliflower    

Celery     

Cucumber    

Kale    

Lettuce    

.Nhiskuiclon    

WaliTincloD    

Onion    Seed    

Onion  Sets   

parsley     

Parsnip     

Peas — Garden    

Pepper   

Pumpkin    

HncUsh    

Salsify     

Spinach    

Squash— Summer   . . . 

Squash — Winter    

Swi-et  Corn  

Tomato    

Turnip— EnglUh    

Turnip— Swede    


.■\V.T:ig. 

•  priees  iinoted  to 

dealer> 

,\verage  pencenlage 

on 

advance   growing 

con 

cif      total 

ndvame 

tracts  for  crops 

growing 
delivered 

contracts 
crop     of 

P.IDS 

11117 

191I-, 

1017 

1916 

'ts.  per 

111      I'ts.  per  111.     C 

8.  per  II). 

Per  cent. 

Per  cent. 

16 

11 

9 

40 

30 

18 

9 

1 

39 

68 

44 

.'to 

24 

00 

92 

SS 

4« 

26 

43 

77 

108 

00 

50 

40 

50 

:(.>■ 

L'B 

25 

78 

75 

140(1 

1100 

900 

15 

87 

5« 

r* 

40 

84 

99 

44 

29 

24 

80 

87 

30 

22 

21 

28 

98 

30 

25      . 

23 

90 

94 

no 

X, 

32 

70 

70 

28 

19 

17 

73 

90 

100 

84 

75 

55 

85 

7 

6 

6 

23 

13 

14 

64 

98 

I'l 

r.i 

12 

54 

80 

11 

8 

6 

41 

83 

107 

159 

130 

38 

88 

47 

27 

25 

72 

75 

,•57 

17 

14 

35 

88 

SO 

50 

40 

47 

59 

.'jS 

30 

21 

26 

35 

65 

54 

31 

82 

82 

.'H 

X) 

32 

69 

91 

10 

n 

5 

41 

70 

116 

80 

65 

74 

88 

72 

30 

23 

25 

54 

7S 

15 

34 

32 

39 

Hull.  Mass. — Fire  last  Saturday 
afternoon  destroyed  the  greenhouse 
together  with  its  contents  on  Fi-ont 
street  owned  by  George  Hopkins, 
causing  a  loss  of  $2,000.  on  which 
there  was  no  insurance.  A  spark 
from   a  brush  fire  was  the  cause. 


Wm. 

Elliott  &  Sons 

SEEDSMEN 

4.2 

\/esey       S-troot 

IM 

e:\a/      -^ror^K. 

May  11,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


465 


MICHELL'S 

PRIMULA  SEED 

PRIMULA  CHINENSIS 

(Chinese    Primrose) 

'A  tr.  pkt.    tr.pkt. 
Miihell's    rriie   Mixture.     An 

even  lilending  of  all  colors.ifO.Gi) 


.i;(l 


DO 
.«0 


(iO 


.$1.(M) 
l.OII 
1.00 


1.011 
1.00 


1.00 
1.00 


Alba     Magninca.      White 

Chisivick   Red..    Bright   red. 

Duchess.  White,  with  zone  of 
rosy   carmine,   yellow   eye. 

Holborn  Blue  

Kermesina  Splendens.  Crim- 
son      

Rosy    Morn.      Pink 

PRIMULA  OBCONICA  GIGANTEA 

A  great  improvement  over  the  old  type, 
flowers   much   larger.  tr.  pkt. 

Lilacina.      Pale   lilae $0.50 

Kermesina.     Deep    crimson 50 

Rosea.      Pink     50 

Mha.      Wliitr    50 

PRIMULA  MALACOIDES 

Lilac     .fO.oO 

41ba.       White 50 

Superba.    Deep    rose.     Orig.    pkt 20 

.Also   all   otiicr    Seasonable   Seeds,   Bulbs, 
Plants  and    Supplies. 


Send  for  WHOLESALE  CATA- 
LOGUE if  you   liaven't  a  ^-opy. 


HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 


518  Marliet   St. 


Philadelphia,  Fa. 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  us  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    GO. 

170  W.  WabMh  At*.  CHICAGO,  IT.I. 


IM  Weat  t«th  St.,  NEW   YORK 
CHOICE   FLORIHT8'   FLOWEK   SEEDS 

Asp«ravn»  Plaino«D>  Nftno* — lOOO  saed*, 
n.SO;  S00«  BvKit,  $1S.00. 

Aspar«va»  Sprenreri — 1000  Seeds,  $1.00, 

8«I>la  B«nflr»— ^  <n.,  60e.;  1  oi.,  tt.OO. 

MmiriM,  Zurich — Vi  OB.,  7Be. ;  1  ox.,  >i.OO. 

•toekt  Beauty  of  Nice,  75%  Double  Flower* 
— SheU  Pink.  Brt(ht  Pink,  Purple,  Wblto 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  fl.OO;   Vt  o%.,  (2.00 ;   1  l».,  «S.OO. 

•sapdrmcoa,  FetnoUM,  YerbelUM,  et«. 
SBMD    FOB    CATAI>OOI7E. 


Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLE8A1.E     PRICES 

ILAII,ED  ONLY  TO  THOSE  WHO  PLAMT 

FOB    PBOFIT 

LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (300  per  case) $00,00  per  thousand 

8/10  (226  per  c«ie) 80.00     " 

•AO  (200  per  c«ie) 100.00     "  " 

Compl«t«  Lint  of  FlorUta'  Choice  Seed*. 

A  postal  omrd   will  brlnr  our  e»t*locn*. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

1004  Lincoln   Bide.      PHII^DELPRIA,  FA. 


A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS.  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75,00  per  1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


^Jmn^0w!a/lef& 


SEEIDS     A.IMD 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


U 


NEW  YORK 


OIMARD': 


DS 


and     SEED     SEIRVIOE 

FOR     SALE     BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  IH. 


LILY  OF   THE   VALLEY 
PIPS 

Get  these  for  Memorial  Day  and 
June  Sales,  packed  2500  Pips  to  the 
case.  Lots  of  500  at  the  thousand 
rate,  $3  per  100,  $27.50  per  1000, 
f,  o,  b.  Cold  Storage  New  York  City, 

CANNA    ROOTS 

In  all  leading  varieties  as  per  prices, 

ARTHUR  T.BODDINGTONCO.,inc, 

128  Chambers  St.,  New  York  City 


WEEBER  &  DON 

SEEDS 

114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
NEW    YORK 


Choice   Flower  Seeds 

FOR    FLORISTS 

OINEBABIA — Prize      (trmlni,     mixed 

Tall  and   Semi-dwarf. 

ALTSSCM— Little     Uem. 

OALBNDCLA — Ormnxe  Klni,   L«BeB 

Queen. 

SNAPDRAGON — Sllrer    Pink. 

BEGONIA— Vernon. 

DELPHIlrUM  NEWPORT  ROSE — 
Finest  Pink  Larkspnr  at  SOo.  per 
oz.,  »2.25  per  14  lb. 

J.  M.  THORBURN  &  CO. 

Established   1802. 
53  Barclay  Street,      NEW  YORK 


KELWAY  S  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

( personallj  selected  atraini) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Wrile    for    Special    Prices,    Spot    •r 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eag. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


ie«W.  23rd   St..    NEW  YORK 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

lBp«r««n  aDd  6r«w«ra  at 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLMITS,  &c. 

38  Chambers  StrMt,  Nm  Ytrk  

THOMAS  J.  grey^compaTiy  \  J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Seed  Distribu- 
tors for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Market  Gardeners  and    Florists 
Pratt  and  Light  S»».,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 

GARDEN  SEED 

HFET,  CARROT,  PARSNIP,  RADISH  and 
GARDEN  PEA  SBKD  In  Tsrtety:  also  othar 
llenn  of  the  short  crop  of  this  psst  season, 
as  well  as  «  full  lint  of  Garden  Seeds,  wUI 
lie  quoted   you   upon  sppllcstlon   to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Der  3f„  NEW  YORK  end  ORANGE, CONN; 


SEEDS,     BULBS     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL. 

Beseleoted  Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved  styles  In  Imple^eata. 

Catalocne   npon  appUeatlafi 

16  So.  Market  Street 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7Veu>    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

For     Immedinte     or     future      di'll\'TY 
prices    qnote«i    on    api>lication, 

JOSEPH   BRECK   &   SONS'  CORP 

47-M   North    Market   St.,   BostOTi,   Ma... 


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r^  I 


611   FIFTH  AVENUE 
:\A/     YOF^K     OITV 


I  rlrKrmphlr  nrtlrm  forwiu-tlri!  !«>  any 
|i«rl  of  Oir  I  nitrd  MAtf'M,  (itntidn.  and 
l-'orrlRn  ConnlrlrM.  Onlrr"  from  the 
Iradr  fur  drll\rr)'  In  >r\t  Vurk  nnil  rl- 
ciolly   r«c<>lr»  •prvial  attpntlon. 

Cost  of  Cabling  Forcitjti  Deltv- 
ericB  Must  be  Prepaid,  lieference 
or  cash  must  aecoitipati}/  all  orders 
from  unkno\cn  correspoudctits. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Member  of  Florins'  Telcdreph  Delifery 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


roB 

KANSAS  CITY 

TrantftT    Your   Orderi  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
liMBber  iriorUta'  T»Urrapb   DwIlTfltT 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Dttlirer  orders  from  any  pari  of  the  countrr  to 

New  York  City 

Write  vr  T^«sra»k 

ai39-2141   Broadway,  New  York 

Trt«*h«a*    IIM  im    TilaMtn 

KOHMILLER,   Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      Also  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Telephone,    Marray    IIIII    783 

Oat-of-town     Orders     Soltclted.       Location 

Central.     Personal   Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SERENGER 

FLORIST 
"'*^*'IVS^T.    BANGOR,  ME. 

}Ve  Cover  all  Poinh  in  Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38   Dorrance  Street 

Mesber    Flerleta'   Telerraph    DellTOTy 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


THE     NATIONAL     PUBLICITY     CAM- 
PAIGN. 
"It    Couldn't    Be    Done." 
Suiut'liiicly  aniil  It  cuuUln't  be  done, 

Hut  hr,  with  II  cliiickic,  ri-i)ll<>tl 
Tliat  nin.vbp   It  couldn't,   but    be  would    be 
one 
Who  wouldn't  nny   ho   till  be  tried. 
So   bo  buckled   rlgbt   In   with  a   trace  of  a 
grin 
On  hlH  faco.     If  ho  worried,  hi'  hid  II. 
He  suirti'd  to  sInK,  iia  be  tackled  the  thing 
Thiit  I'ouliln't  he  done,  and  he  did  It. 

Somebody    scoffed,    "Oh,    you'll    novor    ilo 
ibut; 
At  liMiHt  no  one  hn§  ever  dune  li." 
But  bo  took  ofT  bin  ront  nnil  he  took  off  hia 
bat. 
And   the  llrst   IhWiK  we  knew,  he'd  begun 
It; 
With  a  lift  (if  bis  chin,  and  a  bit  of  n  grin. 

Wit  hunt   any  doubting  or  quit  it. 
He  slarliMl   tii  sing  us  he  tackled  the  thing 
That  ciiuldn't   be  done,  and   be  did   it. 

There  are  thousands  to  tell   you   It  cnnnol 
be  done; 
There  are  thousands  to  prophesy  failure; 
Tliere  are   thousands   to   point   out    to    you, 
one  by  one 
The  dangers  that   wait   to  assail   you; 
But  Just    liuckle  in  wfth  a  bit  of  a  grin. 

Then  lake  olT  your  coal  and  go  to  It; 
.lust    stun     In    Id    sing    as    you    tackle    the 
thing 
That  cannot  lie  done,  and  you'll  do  it. 
KUGAR  A.  GUKST. 

How  well  the  above  poem  Illustrates 
the  work  of  our  Publicity  Campaign. 
Many  in  the  craft  felt  this  was  not  the 
proper  time,  and  others  with  true  op- 
timism, telt  otherwise. 

How  well  wo  have  succeeded  in  our 
efforts  will  he  the  keynote  at  our  next 
convention,  hut  In  the  meantime,  let 
us  keep  the  l)all  rolling  in  the  attempt 
to  get  more  funds  to  keep  it  up.  be- 
cause we  can  only  derive  the  benefits 
of  our  national  advertising  by  keep- 
ing up  that  which  we  have  only  just 
begun. 

Are  we  going  to  allow  ourselves  to 
believe  it  couldn't  be  done,  and  lie 
down  now.  after  we  have  made  such  a 
noble  start? 

The   answer   will    bf    in    our   ifforts 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  yoar  lerrlce  to  dellTer  Flow«r* 
•r  Dpslrns  on  Order  b7  Tel»- 
craph  or  othrrwlt*.  Prompt 
Beliablo  SerTlce. 

GEORGE    Hs    COOKE 

ConnecttcDt   Ave.   and   L   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Kntublihhed   1874 

D  iV  le  13 

FXOKIST 

N.  E.  Cor.  44  St.    &  Madiion  At*  ,   N.  Y.  City 

(Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  AsBO.) 
Flowers  shipped  on  ail  Steamers.  Special 
Correspondence  In  all  the  large  cities  of 
Europe  and  the  British  Colonies.  Telegraph 
and  Cable  address.  Dardsflor. 

We  should  all  strictly  adhere  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  United  States  Food  Adminis- 
tration. 


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— SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Arfistic  Designs  .  .    . 
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Wo  eoTOT   all    MlrrilK»u    pulato  aa4  gooi 

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Refereneea. 

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May  11,   1918 


HORTICULTURE 


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Delivery  AMOciation 


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Service 


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and  State  of  Ohio 

''»mpl^te  Stock.      Reffnlar  dl§eonnt  to  Tr»de. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

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Meail>«T<    Florlats'  Telegraph  DeUverr  Aas'n. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  GO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowert  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

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Rochester,  N.  Y. 

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AKDEBSON    •errlce    means    fresh,    stordy 
•toek  and  prompt  dellTcrles  In  BIJFFAI4>, 
LO«KPOBT,       NIAOABA       FALX«       aad 
ITBSTBRN    NEW    TOBK 
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HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.     Nahant.  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HAKBT    I.   BANDAIX.,   Proprietor. 

Utmhtr  Florittt'   Telegraph  Delivery. 


towards  contributing  to  the  campaign 
fund,  and  by  sending  same  to  John 
Young,  1170  Broadway,  New  York, 
thereby  feeling  that  you  have  at  least 
done  your  duty.  We  need  more  money 
to  complete  our  campaign.  Will  you 
help? 

Very  truly  yours. 


National   Publicity  Campaign. 


Lowell,  Mass.— .James  Fenton  ilc- 
Manmon,  son  of  J.  .1.  McManmon, 
florist  and  nurseryman,  has  been 
called  to  the  colors  and  has  gone  to 
one  o-  the  southern  camps.  He  was 
a  student  at  Princeton,  studying  en- 
gineering. His  departure  in  the  busy 
nursery  season  has  left  his  father  in 
a  hard  position.  Intelligent  labor, 
understanding  the  English  language  is 
difficult  to  get  in  this  manufacturing 
city.  Out  of  twenty  employees  Mr. 
Mc.Manmon  says  there  is  only  one 
familiar  with  the  English  language. 


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NEIGHBORHOOD    FOR 

M01HERS'    DAY   and 
MEMORIAL     DAY    DELIVERY 

To  JULIUS  A.  ZINN 

4   PARK    STREET,  BOSTON,    M.ASS. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 

FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON,    -    N.Y. 


Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVER,  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
in     FALL     BIVEB     and     contiguous 
territory. 


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WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to   all    points    in    New    England. 
126,000  Square  Feet  of  Glass. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph  Delivery 
Association. 

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And    All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 

FLOWER  AND  PLANT  DELIVERIES 
Everything  First-Class 

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1026  Chapel  St  ,  Nsw  Haven.  Coon. 


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4326-28  Olive  St. 

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.>  O  TICE  INITIA  LS.     We  have  one  stort  only 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEVELAIl 

Euclid  Avanu* 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

DeUrered    on    mall    or    t«leKrftph    (»rd«r    f«» 
Any   occasion.  In  any  part  of  the  DomlJilom. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

S-IO  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TOBONTO,  OMT. 


Al-BANT,  N.  T. 


Flowerg   or  Design  Work 

DKLJVEBBD  IN  ALBANY  AND  VICINIH 
ON    TBLEOBAPHIC    OBDEB 

106  STATE  STREET,         ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largest  cut  flower  store  In  Ametiea. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  fflven  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


^'  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.   NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists*     Teleirrapli    DelWsry, 

DENVER.  COLORADO 


^  SON     '"-     '       ' 


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The  ViOTist 


OftDBRSFOBmil 


HOIUSTOn.  TVXAC 


I  lis 


II  ()  IMl  CULTURE 


May  11,  1918 


NEW 
SPHAGNUM  MOSS 

Extra  Larj»e  Bales,  $2.50  each 

There   is  economy   in   usinR   new   Moss.      Lei   us   fill 
your  muss  bin  now. 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  CO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


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WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619  -  21   Ruftexi  St  ,    Pkilidclpkia,    Pa. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
ud  III  Siasonabli  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

5  So.  Mole  St.,         PHILADELPHIA,  Pi 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  StOQe  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


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Wholesale    Florists 

m^lHIVlOlM^,      H>ID. 
—  Tjti   Beatlaa   Hvritcaltan   when   wrlUnc 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,  Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

CvaslvrnmeaU  SaUelted 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Hiase  for  QaalHy  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

|^~We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOIVER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA. 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry   M.   Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety   Place    Your    Orders    Mi(A    (.« 

h-ICIMRY     IVI.     ROBIIMSOIM     &     CO. 

2   WInthrop  Square  and   32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


1 RADE  PEUCES  -  P.r  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONL> 


I.OO 

a.oo 

a).oo 

4.00 

3,00 


Rosea 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 95.00 

"        Fancy  and  Extra 12.00 

"  "        No.  1  and  culls.. a.oo 

Russell,  Eulcr,  Mock 1     i-oo 

Hadley j     100 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty i  00 

Ward ,     >oo 

KiUarney,  Radiance,  Taft i.< 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon. 

Caraatioiu 

C*ltUya«.-- 

Lilies,  Longiflonim 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Iris     

Callaj 

Lilr  of  the  Valley 

Snapdrason 

Oi..dioli 

Paosies 

Oiffodils 

Tulips. 

Calendula- 

Stocks- 

Wa'l  Flowert 

Mignonette 

Sweet   Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeaias    

Adiantum 

Smilax- 


BOSTON 

May  9 


ST.  LOUIS 

May  6 


PHILA. 

Apnl  t9 


35  oo 
90.00 
6.00 
10.00 
10.00 
6.00 
6.0c 
6.00 
8.0U 
6.00 
50.0c 
8.00 
6.0c 


40  00 
ao.oo 

3.00 


B.OO 
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4  00 

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10,00 

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•  15 
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!  15.00 

I.OO 

I  35.00 


Asparactts  Plumoius.  St  Sprem.  ( 100  Bchs. ) I  35.00      to 


9.00 
3.C0 
s.co 

4.00 

I.OO 

3CO 
25.0c 

1.95 
40.00 
50.00 


10.00 

5.00 


3.00 
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50.00 

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30.CO 

1500 

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400 

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6.00 

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.50 

•»5 

3.00 

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1.50 

1.50 

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5o.(  o 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


\A/holosale    F*! 

5«8  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


>rlm±.m 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.A.BUOLONG 

1S4  North  Wabaah  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

GUT  FLOWERS 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


WHOLESALE 
GROWER  Of 


ROBERT  DYSART 

CBRTlPiEXt   PUBUC   ACCOUNTAtf«W 

UmpI*  acthsda  •(  ••rna*  aMamBtlac 

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S47-S£1    Canibridie   8t.,   BoatcB 

Headquirtera  for 

OTOAB,     BASKETS.     WIRE     DKBIONS 

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celTod  anr. 


May  11,  1918 


HOETICULTUEE 


469 


Flower  Maiioct  Reports 

At    the    present    moment 
BOSTON     the     Boston     market     is 

fairly  seething  with  flow- 
ers driven  to  maturity  and  quick  de- 
crepitude by  the  unprecedented  heat 
of  the  past  few  days  and  incapable  of 
lasting  over  night  in  presentable  con- 
dition. All  this  comes  at  a  time  when 
the  unwisely  hoarded  carnations  and 
other  stock  had  been  hopefully  in- 
terned for  the  Mothers'  Day  blow-out 
with  the  'result  again  that  often  hap- 
pens to  the  "best  laid  plans  o'  mice 
and  men,"  and  all  projects  for  the  cele- 
bration are  badly  demoralized.  There 
are  quantities  of  every  imaginable 
flower  stock  in  sight  but  thp  buyers 
are  few,  although  it  is  also  true  that 
the  wholesale  dealers  have  a  cheerful 
lot  of  orders  on  their  flies  for  ship- 
ment at  the  end  of  the  week.  The  sit- 
uation is  evidently  similar  in  kind  to 
that  existing  elsewhere  for  there  are 
heaps  of  American  Beauties  from  "up- 
the-Hudson"  in  New  York  state  that 
have  arrived  in  just  the  proper  condi- 
tion for  making  rose  jars  and  rose 
beads.  Among  the  handsomest  stock 
offered  in  quantity  are  the  Spanish 
irises  in  blue,  white,  purple  and  gold, 
and  the"  anemones  in  colors  of  unriv- 
alled brilliancy.  Budb  stock  has  nar- 
rowed down  to  Von  Sion  and  poetlcus 
narcissi  and  longiflorum  lilies  mainly. 
There  are  lots  of  snapdragons,  tall  and 
stately,  but  they  find  scant  sympathy 
and  the  sweet  peas  have  "met  their 
Waterloo"  in  the  heat  wave. 

The  condition  of  the 
CHICAGO     market     has     .greatly 

changed  during  the  past 
week.  A  sudden  change  from  cold 
weather  to  midsummer  temperature 
has  brought  on  a  quantity  of  stock, 
much  of  which  is  a  little  soft  for  ship- 
ping. Local  trade  cannot  use  it  all 
though  much  is  moved  each  day.  The 
prospects  for  Mothers'  Day  are  hard 
to  determine  at  this  writing  (May 
7th),  so  much  depends  upon  the  tem- 
perature. Orders  have  come  in  that 
indicate  good  business  if  stock  is 
right  and  prices  not  too  high. 

The  demand  for 
CINCINNATI  Mothers'  Day  is  ex- 
tremely heavy  while 
the  outlook  for  a  large  supply  of  stock 
for  that  day  is  not  any  too  promising. 
Last  week's  business  was  good  and 
kept  the  market  cleaned  up  pretty 
well.  Roses  are  in  only  a  fair  supply 
and  are  not  any  too  plentiful.  The 
first  peonies  from  the  south  made 
their  aipearance  last  week.  Sweet 
peas  are  in  a  fair  supply.  Excellent 
orchids  are  available  but  they  meet 
\vith  a  poor  market.  Other  offerings 
include  Cape  jessamime,  parrot,  tulips, 
poetlcus  narcissus,  snapdragon,  lily  of 
the  valley  and  iris. 

This  market  has 
NEW  YORK  had  a  bad  week  for 
the  growers  and 
wholesalers  and  a  very  light  one  for 
the  retailers.  The  Liberty  Bond 
campaign  and  other  influences  out- 
side    of     floral     considerations     have 


RUSSELL 

The'qualily  is    still    as    choice    as 
ever  and  in  quantity  with  us  at 

Special  .  .  .  $20.00 
Fancy  .  .  .  15.00 
Extra  .  .  .  10.00 
First  ...  8.00 
Second  .     .     .       4.00 

Everything  in  Plants,  Cut  Flowers 
Greens,  Ribbons  and  Supplies 


S.  S.  PENNOCK 
COMPANY 

The   Wholesale   Florists   of 
Philadelphia 


PHILADELPHIA 
1  e08- 1 620  Ludlow  St. 


BALTIMORE 
Franklin  &  St.  Paul  Stfc 


WASHINGTON.  1218  H.  St..  N.  W. 


WBOLBSALB  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


TRADE 


CINCINNATI 

May  6 


CHICAGO 

May  6 


Am.  Beauty,  Special 

'*  "        Fancy  and  Extia 

••  "         No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Aienberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward 

ICillarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HiUingdon 

Camatioiu 

Csttleyu-- 

Ldiea,  Lonififlorum 

Lilies.  Specio»um 

Iris 

Callu 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapcirason 

Gladioli 

Pansieft. 

Daffodil! 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks     

Wall  Flowers 

Misnonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marsuerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax •  •  ■  ■  ■ 

\sp«racusPla.&Spren.  (looBhs.) 


40.00 

25.00 
8.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
50.00 
to.oo 


3.00 
8.00 
4.C0 

6.00 


1  00 
s.oo 
3.00 
9.00 

2  00 
4.00 

.50 
1. 00 
1.50 


.   15.00 
I   25.00 


to 
to 
to 


50,00 

35.00 

15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
la.oo 

8.00 
8.00 

lO.CO 

4.00 
60.00 
12.00 

4.00 
10.00 
6.00 

I3.00 

8.00 
1. 00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 

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8.00 
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PRICES  — Per  100  ^^  ^ 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 

PITTSBURG 

April  39 

40.oe 
25.00 

13. 5* 

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to   . 

4.00 

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May  6 

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operated  to  the  disadvantage  of 
trade,  and  the  heavy  influx  of  flowers 
due  to  the  sultry  weather  and  conse- 
quently of  soft  and  unsatisfactory 
(luality,  has  made  the  past  ten  days 
anything  but  inspiriting  tor  the 
dealers.  New  York  has  never  taken 
very  seriously  to  Mothers'  Day  and 
barring  a  stiffened  backbone  on  the 
market  value  of  carnations,  in  sympa- 
thy with  other  markets  which  have 
ordered  heavily  here  for  their  needs 
on  that  occasion,  the  event  is  not  to 
any  extent  reflected  in  any  special 
activity.  Spring  bulbous  flowers  are 
no  longer  a  predominating  feature 
and  will  soon  take  their  departure 
tor  this  season  and  maybe  a  longer 
period.  The  supply  of  roses  and  car- 
nations is  very  heavy  in  all  varieties 
and  qualities.  Large  shipments  of 
outdoor  garden  bloom  are  further  en- 
cumbering  the    wholesale    district. 


"Lilac  week,  Bar- 
PHILADELPHIA    num  circus  week. 

Liberty  Bond 
week,  is  it  any  wonder  there's  a  mess 
around  here!"  This  from  Bill  Moore, 
who  is  in  charge  of  the  surplus  sales 
at  one  of  our  big  wholesale  markets 
here,  tells  the  tale  succinctly  in  a  few 
words.  But  this  was  the  middle  of 
the  week  and  things  picked  up  a  bit 
later  and  by  Friday  and  Saturday  "the 
mess"  had  largely  disappeared.  Crops 
are  abundant  and  fine  on  American 
Beauty,  Russell,  Ophelia  and  other 
roses  with  prices  ruling  about  the 
same  as  last  reported.  Carnations 
are  about  as  satisfactory  as  anything 
and  holding  their  own  well.  Lots  of 
sweet  peas,  many  of  them  soft  and 
not  very  salable.  Weather  too  damp. 
(Continued  on  page  J/Tl) 


470 


H  0  K  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


May   11,  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

VVholeMJe     Commission     Florist 
Choice  Cut   Flowers 

■  *w  k4trmmt.  141  WaM  nth  Hi..    MBW  TUKK 
Tai«*kaaaa  i      tSM.  tMI.  MmIIsmi  S«^h«. 

— WW.  p.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  2ltti  Street,  NEW  YORK 

Cill  anil  ln«|ir<-t   thr   llril    KnioblltbmeDt 
In   th»   Wholi'inlr   riowfr   niilrlct 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

»J  WEST  28tk  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

C^Hti'fnmfHlt  SfflicitfJ 


FRANK  MILLANG 

\^  bolf>BiLU    CommtaiiloD    PrAlctr   la 

CUT     FLOWERS 

55  .nd    e:    Wnt   t6th    81..    N«.w   Tork 

Coogan   UolIdlDg 

TbL,  29fl  FBrr»put        Conilgnmenti  Soltetted 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

41  WEST  2ith      ST.   NEW   YOKK. 

GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

,eoH ;  »os ;  ,4,^acT      NEW  YORK 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

FrMh    Cot   DeeoimtlT.   ErerrrMIU. 

Hl(b«tt  SUndtrd  of  Quality.  Larseat 
•took  In  America.  Write  for  Illuitrated 
Catalog  of  Orwni  and  FloriiU'  Sopplle*. 
119  W.  28th  St.,    -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.   KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'*  Foramoat  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Tint  CUn  Mwk.t  far  .0  CUT  FLOWERS 

28  WilloQghbj  St.       Brooklya.  N.  T 

~1VI.  C.  FORD~ 

121  W«st  28th  St.,       NEW  YOHH 

riiE  ROSES.  \\m  mmm 

A    Kull    Line    of    ALL    CUT    rXOWKmC 
Tdspboa.   (SI*  Farracat. 


I*.    J.     «JVIITH 

WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST  '^^^j''^^.^ 

A    rull    lln*   af   Cbttr^   Cot    rioww   Htonk    Imw    all    r.rr.*«. 

TWitBom  ;  JJSi  !  rxitiouT    131    West  28th   St..   NFiW   YORK  CITY 

ALBANY  cut'  fLoWER  'EXCHANGE 

IZSJL"""' ""    611  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

HAVK  TIMK  AND   MONBT   BT    BKNUINO   TOCK  OKDKmS  TO  Ct 

Prices  RighL        Consiinunents  Solicited.        Telephone  ConnectioB 


Centralij  Located,  The  Hab  of  the  Flower  Market  Sectio* 


IVII 


NO 


NA/l-tolwsmi^      F'lorli 
S5  and  87  W.  26th  Street, 

T«Upka.«  2483  Farr.aut 


NEW   YORK 


HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 


NA/MOI 


•  T      \A/«S'fc 


l«'tl-> 


TWepbonea.   IS — AftlO   MmIIkod   Hqoar* 

MATRICB    U    OLABS.    Tr«B.arar 


Conatga 


NEW  YORK  QDOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


iHl  Part  If  Will 
liilil  Mil  4 

111! 


not  hn  if  iMi 

tl(Mi|  Hit  I 

nil 


KmmncMB  BMUitr,  Special 

**  **         Faocy  and  Extra. 

No.  I  and  culU.   . 

Ruasell,  Eul.r,  Mock 

Hadler 

Ar.nbera.  Hooaier  Beauty.. ' 

\yard 

Killamar,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunbunt,  Hillinadon 

Key 

Camationa 


WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wholehftle  ComiulKNlon  Dealer  In 

CHOICE  CUT  FLOWERS 

133   WsBt  28th  Street,  New  York 
Telephone— M32-85S3  MadlaoD  Square 


I- rank    H.    Trmendly 


Otiarla. 


J.    J.     COA.IM,     Inc. 

High  Class  Product  of  tbi  Lead  ng  Griwers 

NOVELTIES    A    SrBCIALTY. 
Cooalgoora  Pleaae  Call  or  Write. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

Telephonea,    Farrmcut  54U   or   5881. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COMPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

KVEBYTIIINO    FOB    TUB    FLOBI8T 


TRAENDLY  &  SCHENGK 

'WKolesale    Florists 
431  Itk  tiiiM,  litwiM  2ltk  u4  27tk  lb..  Nil  Tirt 

Telephone*:      1»7.  It*.  TM   ra«iasa> 
CoDBlKDmenta  Solicited 

RCED  (SI  KCLLER 

r,'-    \Ve»l    ;r,lh    si..    New    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

WV    niiinttriirttin-   nil    our 

4ital  Designs,  Baskets,  Wire  Werk  &  Novelties 

;in<l     ir*'    'If. tiers    iu 

Decorative  GluHHuare.   Urowerm  an«l 

Florlstn'    RMialnlt^H 


Beechwood  Heights  Nurserict 

lAsparWr*   mmd    Or*ww«   mi 

OROMIC3S 

Oat    rlewan    af    AH    Ike    f  iaila«    TaillMll 


H.  B.AYERSDORFER  &  CO. 
Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St..  PHILADELPHIA.   PA. 
iiiK    i.r.M>iN(.    Ki.<>Ki>T>'    >i  rrn 

inn   -.1      1)1       \MKKK    \ 


THOMAS   YOUNG,   Jr.,    Pr»prl*t*r 
moxrm»  aaooK.  ■.  t 

Wired  Toothpicks 


MaantaataraJ  hj 


WaJ.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000... S2.0A       BO.OOO.  ..M.IS       Sample  <raa. 
W»w  aala  hr  daalara. 


■May  11,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


471 


Flower  Market  Reports 

(Continued  from  page   itffl) 

Business  has  been 
ROCHESTER  moderately  good 
with  supply  about 
normal,  with  the  exception  of  roses 
which  are  in  heavy  cut.  There  are 
quantities  of  out-door  flowers  and  con- 
sequently bulbous  stock  is  not  selling 
so  fast.  Carnations  are  of  good 
quality  and  the  supply  is  cleaned  up 
daily.  Callas  and  lilies  are  both 
plentiful.  Sweet  peas  and  calendulas 
are  abundant  and  slow.  Spanish  iris 
are  in  good  demand.  Lily  of  the  val- 
ley sells  well.  Funeral  work  has  been 
somewhat  heavy  during  the  past  week 
and  a  few  small  but  good  weddings 
have  helped  to  clean  up  stock. 

Stock  is  increasing  in 
ST.  LOUIS  supply  but  carnations 
are  still  held  at  high 
prices  on  account  of  Mother's  Day. 
which  is  a  mistake.  Sweet  peas  are 
arriving  in  large  quantities,  but  this 
supply  will  not  be  of  long  duration  if 
warm  weather  continues.  Roses  open 
up  rapidly. 

All  flowers  with 
WASHINGTON  the  exception  of 
sweet  peas  sold  up 
well  last  week.  Business  has  con- 
tinued_good  and  out  of  town  retailers 
have  been  calling  on  local  growers 
and  wholesalers  for  large  quantities  of 
flowers.  Lilies  are  in  good  supply 
but  do  not  move  well.  Roses  and  car- 
nations are  good  and  orders  for  the 
latter  for  Mothers'  Day  are  being 
placed  at  $10  and  $12.  A  few  days  of 
warm  weather  will  swamp  the  market 
with  sweet  peas.  Good  lilac  blooms 
are  offered.  Mignonette  is  over  plenti- 
ful.   

VISITORS'    REGISTER. 
Boston — -Winfred  Rolker,  New  York. 
Xew   York — Patrick  Welch,   Boston. 
Meadville,  Pa. — Miss  Elizabeth  Wil- 
son, Rochester,  N.  Y. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. — Paul  Berkowitz,  of 
H.  Bayersdorfer  &  Co.,  Phila.,   Pa. 

Philadelphia— Hugh  M.  Taylor,  water- 
melon grower,  Lloyd,  Fla. :  C.  Flee- 
ger,  Sluis'  Seed  Store,  Chicago,  111.; 
B.  Bovey,  Greenville  Floral  Co..  Green- 
ville, S.  C. 

Cincinnati — Mr.  Bauer,  now  in  the 
service,  Bristol,  Tenn.;  H.  M.  Gregory, 
Sabina,  O.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  G.  Mat- 
thews, Dayton.  O.;  Sam  Selingman, 
Xew  York. 

Washington — Alexander  Adler,  New 
York:  Lieut.  Ernest  G.  Heinrici,  U.  S. 
N.  R.  F.,  Tacoma,  Wash.;  Corp.  J.  Le- 
Roy  Berglund,  formerly  of  Bobbink  & 
Atkins,  Rutherford,  N.  J.,  and  Private 
.Timmie  Cavanaugh,  both  of  Company 
D,  102d  Ry.  Engineers,  stationed  at 
Camn  Humphreys,  Belvoir,  Va. ;  Er- 
nest Hoehl.  S.  S.  Skidelsky.  and  Ed- 
ward J.  Fancourt.  of  S.  S.  Pennock 
Company,  Phila. 

Chicago — Herman  Rogers,  with  Gust. 
A.  Taepke,  Detroit.  Mich.:  II.  Mar- 
quart,  with  E.  Weike  Co.,  .Milwaukee, 
Wis.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chas.  .1.  Graham, 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  C.  W.  Scott,  X.  Y. 
representative  of  the  Yokohama  Nur- 
sery Co.;  M.  Rochlin,  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 
Geo.  McCuUum,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Wm. 
Roepke,  of  the  Roepke  Floral  Co.,  In- 
dianapolis, Ind.;  Milton  .Alexander. 
New     York;     H.     N.     Burt,     .lackson, 


K.    iCVL-L 


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"A  IB\0BR  INTHB  WH01BS4LE  G3MMISSION  TRADB   FOR  OVER  THIRTI  YEARS" 

Have  a  demand  for  more  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write- 

TELEPHONES 
Fanm(Dt  161  and  MIM 


118  West  28th  St. 


IME\A/  YORK 


NEW   YORK  QUOTATIONS   PER  100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


CaltlarM  

Lilies.  LoDgifloruiii' 
LiUe«,  SpecioBum-  •  • 
Iru. 


Calla. 

LUy  of  th«  VaUey 

Snapdragoo  •       

Gladioli 

Paiuies 

Daf  lodiU 

Tulips 

Calaodula 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeniasi 

Adiantum 

Snulax 

Asparagus  Plumosus,  A  Spren  (loo  bunches) 


Ust  Part  tf  WHk 

Fint  Part  it  Wiit 

iiidiai  May   4 

kitjuiil  May  6 

1911 

1111 

25.00 

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35.00 

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2.00 

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4.C0 

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5.00 

2.00 

to 

4.CO 

4.00 

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10.00 

4.00 

to 

8.oe 

6.00 

to 

8.00 

4.00 

to 

B.OC 

a.oo 

to 

5.00 

1. 00 

to 

6.oe 

t.oo 

to 

8.00 

2.00 

to 

600 

to 

800 

•  »5 

to 

.50 

■25 

to 

•5» 

1.00 

to 

2.00 

■35 

to 

1.50 

1. 00 

to 

2.00 

1.00 

to 

2.0* 

1.00 

to 

9.00 

•50 

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1.00 

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2.00 

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3.00 

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4« 

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8.00 

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4.00 

to 

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15.00 

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15.0C 

8  00 

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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 


W*  bar*  a  nnmerous  cUentase  of  New  York  Clt7  buyers  and  th* 
•••da  oar  anpp^.     TbU  la  eapeelally  tm*  •f  Boaea.     We  have  OTery  facility  SBl 
abnndant  meana  and  beat  retarna  are  aaanred  for  atock  conalgned  to  ua. 


Addreea  Tour  Bhlpmenta  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER 

1 1 1    W.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


CO.    Inc 

D.  J.  Pappaa,  Praa. 


HAIL    IN    TEXAS. 


The  above  is  from  a  pliotograph  of 
the  houses  of  F.  C.  Suchy  of  San  An- 
tonio,   Texas,    after   the   hailstorm    of 


April  5th.  Mr.  Suchy  was  partially  in- 
sured in  the  Florists'  Hail  Associa- 
tion. 


Mich.;     Mr.    Eschen    of    the    Duluth 
Floral    Co.,    Duluth,    Minn. 


NEW    FLOWER    STORES. 

Fort  Dodge,  la.  Elmer  Xordwall, 
Snell  Bldg. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. — Chas.  Abranis,  Liv- 
ingston  street. 

New  Haven,  Ct. — John  McQuiggan. 
123  Church  street. 

Peoria,  III. — C.  Loveridge,  removed 
to  42.3   Main   street. 

Kalamazoo,  Mich. — H.  L.  Smith,  suc- 
ceeding Erb  &  Erb. 

Yonkers,  N.  Y.— New  York  Floral 
Company,  2  Main  street. 

New  York,  N.  Y. — Penarites  &  Don- 
inas,  3201   Third  avenue. 


North      Cambridge,      Mass.  —  B.     J. 

Macklin,    1854    Massachusetts    avenue. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. — Clarence  U.  L.ig- 
get,  32.^  Bulletin  Building  (wholesale). 

Scranton,  Pa. — Mrs.  Annie  Griffitts. 
removed  to  Main  avenue  and  Jackson 
street.  Vanston  Floral  Co.,  Main  ave- 
nue. 

CHICAGO'S    BOND    RECORD. 

The  clo.se  of  the  campaign  for  the 
Third  Liberty  Loan  shows  the  results 
among  the  florists  and  allied  trades 
in   Chicago   as   follows: 

Wholpsalo   *l*'^''*i*-2" 

S.-wlsmen    ^SS2 

Niirserviiieii     3B..S00.00 

Kitull  Florists   45,S0O.0O 

Tntnl     $276,900.00 


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li  o  i;  r  I  ('  r  i,'r  n  i<  K 


Mny   II.   1918 


I 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


BOSTON. 

It  liiiK  bt'eii  (iruposi'd  by  the  Masga- 
rliusi'tls  Mortlcullural  Six  Icty  lliut 
they  will  Rive  the  ii8o  of  Ilnrtlciiltural 
Hall  ns  a  publir  market  for  the  sale  of 
garden  produce. 

The  Massachusetts  liorticulturHl 
Society,  in  conjunction  with  thv  For- 
estry Society,  .Massachusolls  .\udo- 
bon  Society.  Bussey  Institute,  SutTolk 
County  Home  tJurdon  Club  and  the 
State  Hoard  of  .\Kricultiire  has  opened 
un  Information  center  at  Horticul- 
tural Hall. 

James  B.  Shea,  acting  chairman  of 
the  Park  and  Kecreation  Commission, 
will  spend  for  the  upkeep  of  150 
parks,  playgrounds  and  open  squares 
$928,245  for  the  cominR  year.  Frank- 
lin Park  Zoo.  the  City  Point  .Vquarlum. 
Public  Garden,  the  Fenway,  Olmstead 
Park  and  Boston  Common  are  includ- 
ed. This  department  employs  771  men 
and  women. 

The  Massachusetts  Horticultural  So- 
ciety is  to  continue  Its  meetin^ra  in  the 
Interest  of  increased  food  production 
throughout  the  summer  months.  On 
Tuesday  and  Saturday  of  this  week, 
afternoon  and  evening,  there  were 
given,  in  Horticultural  Hall,  practical 
demonstrations  of  seed-planting  and 
the  transplanting  of  small  iilants. 
Robert  Cameron,  superintendent  of  the 
Botanic  Garden,  and  .lames  Warr,  the 
society's  gardener,  dispensed  instruc- 
tion on  these  subjects  with  a  plot  of 
earth  for  practical  Illustration. 

A  meeting  of  local  carnation  grow- 
ers including  the  president  and  two 
of  the  directors  of  the  American  Car- 
nation Society  was  held  at  the  Flower 
Exchange  on  Wednesday  afternoon. 
May  8,  to  discuss  the  bearing  of  the 
recent  fuel  order  upon  the  carnation 
business  and  talk  over  the  interests 
of  the  society  and  its  meml)ers  with 
reference  to  the  immediate  future. 
There  were  present  C.  S.  Strout,  S.  J. 
Goddard.  Peter  Fisher.  M.  A.  Patten. 
A.  A.  Pembroke  and  \V.  D.  Howard. 
Increased  activity  on  behalf  of  the  di- 
vine flower  and  its  welfare  commer- 
cially is  indicated  for  the  time  from 
now  on  until  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  A.  C.  S.  in  Cleveland  next  Jan- 
uary. 

W.  N.  Craig  was  one  of  the  principal 
speakers  at  a  public  meeting  in  Hor- 
ticultural Hall  last  Thursday  night, 
held  for  the  puri)ose  of  emphasizing 
the  importance  of  making  war  gar- 
dens. He  stated  that  .50,000  freight 
cars  and  lOO  ships  will  be  released  for 
war  transportation  if  the  American 
people  will  enlarge  and  increase  their 
garden  this  year.  There  is  nothing  in 
the  theory  that  the  land  of  .\ew  Eng- 
land is  worn  out  and  not  worth  culti- 
vating. He  declared  there  is  no  such 
thing  as  womout  land.  Suffolk  County 
Food  Administrator  O'Connell  warned 
food  hoarders  that  the  Government  has 
its  eye  upon  them  and  will  soon  call 
for  an  explanation  of  their  acts.  He 
discounted  tlie  report  that  there  will 
be  a  scarcity  of  sugar  for  canning  pur- 
poses this  fall.  W.  I^  French  of  Wash- 
ington, representative  of  the  National 


War  Garden  CommlBslon,  promised 
the  full  co-operation  of  his  organl/ation 
with  liidividuiil  and  community  i-rTortK 
at  raising  food  supiilies.  The  large 
hall  was  filled  with  men  and  women, 
and  many  boys  and  girls  witi-  Minong 
the  audience. 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 
Proposal.'*  are  l)ein>;  invited  by  the 
Gen-!ral  Supply  Committee,  for  open- 
ing in  this  lity  at  2  o'clock,  Saturday, 
.May  2r>.  for  specilled  varieties  of 
forage  seed,  also  thistle  and  sunflower, 
for  use  by  the  various  Government  de- 
partments and  field  services  to  be  des- 
ignated. Bidders  are  re<niire<l  Lo  sub- 
mit proposals  on  the  supply  of  these 
seeds  in  varying  quantities.  List  and 
speclflcations  may  be  had  on  applica- 
tion. 

One  of  the  brightest  spots  in  war- 
busy  Washington  promises  to  be  the 
Brookland  rose  show  for  which  the 
tentative  date  of  May  22  has  been  set. 
The  rules  governing  the  exhibit  are 
based  on  the  regulations  laid  down  by 
the  American  Rose  Society  for  such 
events.  The  Brookland  Rose  Society 
Is  affiliated  with  the  .\merlcan  Rose 
Society  and  Washington  members  of 
the  latter,  as  well  as  those  members  In 
the  nearby  States,  have  been  invited 
to  attend. 

This  year  an  admission  fee  of  ten 
cents  is  to  be  charged.  Froin  the  fund 
thus  acquired  running  expenses  will 
be  paid  and  the  balance  donated  to 
the  American  Red  Cross  and  the  Cath- 
olic War  Relief  unit. 

George  C.  Shaffer  has  been  appoint- 
ed chairman  of  the  publicity  commit- 
tee of  the  Florists'  Club  and  requested 
to  draw  up  plans  for  co-operative  ad- 
vertising, the  cost  of  which  is  borne 
by  the  members  of  the  various  branch- 
es of  the  trade. 

During  April,  additional  to  the  reg- 
ular monthly  meeting,  two  special 
meetings  were  held,  at  the  second  of 
which  was  discussed  in  detail  the  pro- 
visions of  the  new  Fuel  .-Xdministra- 
tlon  order,  and  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  adopted: 

HKSOLVED.  That  It  Is  the  sense  of  this 
meeting  that  the  fliirlsts  of  the  District  of 
Columbia  co-operate  In  ever.v  way  possible 
with  the  Fuel  Administration,  concurring 
In  the  proposed  fifty  per  cent,  regulation 
for  the  conservation  of  the  fuel  supply  of 
the  United  States,  moved  by  a  patriotic 
desire  to  do  everj-thing  possible  to  aid  In 
the  winning  of  the  war. 


ST.    LOUIS. 

The  St.  Louis  S.  A.  F.  headquarters 
are  now  on  the  second  floor  at  Wm.  C. 
Smith's  establishment. 

The  St.  Louis  Florist  Club  met  at 
Wm.  C.  Smith's  Wholesale  Floral  Co. 
on  Thursday.  .May  9th. 

Otto  Sander's  new  store  on  Seventli 
street  is  very  attractive.  Another  very 
spacious  and  handsome  refrigerator 
has  been  added. 


C  H  1 C  A  (,  ij 

-Ml  .Sihwurlz  In  charge  ol  the  Hur- 
iiiird  Co.'h  place  at  Tracy.  III.,  for 
many  years  was  accldently  killed  In 
Chicago.   ,Mny  7th.  at  8  a.   m. 

Krnest  Farley  who.  for  so  young  a 
n.an.  has  spent  many  years  In  the 
wholesale  market,  has  heard  the  call 
of  the  west  and  leaves  Chlcai;o  In  a 
few  days. 

.\l.  Kochlln.  niail  fiorist  of  Sioux 
City,  Iowa,  Is  hi-re  on  buslnesB,  a  part 
of  vvhlch  Is  securing  stock  for  Moth- 
ers' Day.  Mr.  Rochlln  says  business 
in  general  has  been  good  in  his  city. 

The  Chicago  Florists'  Bowling 
Team  will  lake  jiart  in  the  Patriotic 
Tournament,  .May  .list,  at  Kaad's  Al- 
leys. The  affair  is  a  benefit  for  the 
Camp  Grant  Alleys  and  billiard  ta- 
bles for  the  soldiers. 

Mr.  and  .Mrs.  ('has.  Maler,  410fi 
.\rniilage  avenue,  have  the  sympathy 
of  the  trade  In  the  loss  of  their  only 
child,  a  little  daughter  eight  years 
old.  who  died  from  appendicitis.  The 
funeral  was  last  .Monday. 

The  American  Bulb  Co.  are  finding 
tlieir  retail  trade  very  good  at  this 
lime.  A.  .Miller,  president  of  the  Com- 
pany, is  on  a  business  trip  in  the  east. 
The  shipping  department  has  been 
busy  getting  out  orders  for  caladiums. 
gladioli,  etc.,  for  some  time  and  report 
a   very  good  season. 

.Miss  Groth,  the  artistic  designer  of 
many  of  the  novelties  offered  by 
Poehlmann  Bros.  Co.,  has  a  new  flower 
holder  with  two-Inch  metal  liberty 
bell  attractively  mounted  on  a  six  by 
nine  card,  designed  like  the  front  of  a 
Ijuilding,  in  the  top  of  which  Is  sus- 
pended the  liberty  bell.  It  appeals  to 
the  patriotism  of  the  people  and  tlie 
trade  is  quick  to  appreciate  it.  The 
flowers,  whose  stems  are  in  the  con- 
tainer at  the  Itack,  rise  above  and 
form  a  background  for  the  bell. 


Cincinnati. — Mrs.  Thaden.  who  has 
returned  from  a  visit  to  her  son 
Herbert,  who  is  in  the  aviation  serv- 
ice and  was  injured  recently,  states 
that  his  condition  is  very  much  im- 
proved. 


ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 

Thomas  H.  .McGuire  of  the  New 
York  Central  greenhouses  In  Batavia, 
N'-  Y.,  is  getting  71,000  plants  ready  to 
distribute  to  station  yards  on  the  en- 
tire sy-stem. 

George  Boucher  is  making  a  prom- 
inent feature  of  vegetable  seeds  on 
the  East  Avenue  side  of  his  store.  He 
has  been  distributing  some  very  at- 
tractive folders  for  Mother's  Day 
among  his  patrons. 

County  Fuel  .\dministrator  Mortimer 
R.  .Miller  has  notified  all  proprietors 
of  greenhouses  in  this  district  that 
they  must  reduce  their  fuel  consump- 
tion 50  per  cent.  Many  truck  garden- 
ers and  flower  growers  are  affected. 

A\  Highland  Park  the  rhododendrons 
were  badly  injured  and  much  of  the 
California  privet  has  been  killed.  An 
entire  row  of  Dorothy  Perkins,  Lady 
Gay  and  Farquhar  roses  were  so  badly 
damaged  it  was  necessary  to  cut  them 
lo  the  ground. 

War  conditions  threaten  the  nursery 
business,  nurserymen  finding  it  ex- 
tremely   difficult    lo    get    seedlings    to 


May  11,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


473 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  CataloKues  and  Diacoanti  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


plant  this  season  and  plantings  will 
be  greatly  curtailed.  So  few  fruit 
trees  are  being  bought  this  year  that 
in  some  cases  orchards  are  being 
rooted  out  in  order  that  the  land  may 
be  available  for  other  crops.  The 
agents  find  that  practically  the  only 
business  left  is  in  ornamental  trees 
and  shrubs  and  there  is  also  a  falling 
off  in  these  owing  to  the  lack  of  new 
building  or  the  laying  out  of  new 
grounds.  One  local  firm  had  90,000 
rose  seedlings  frozen  on  the  docks  in 
New  York,  the  stock  being  a  complete 
loss. 


PITTSBURGH. 

Samuel  Geddis  has  disposed  of  his 
business  in  Oakland  and  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Alpha  Floral  Co.,  in 
East  Liberty. 

Word  was  received  from  Frank 
Smoller  last  week  saying  he  was 
about  to  sail  for  France.  Mr.  Smoller, 
who  was  assistant  to  Walter  A.  Faulk, 
went  to  Camp  Hancock,  Augusta,  Ga.', 
last  August. 

Edward  Shelton  James  has  been  en- 
gaged as  manager  of  the  flower  shop 
in  the  William  Penn  Hotel  in  aildition 
to  his  managment  of  the  Service 
House  roof  greenhouse  for  the  William 
Penn  and  Fort  Pitt  Hotels. 

Peter  Matsukes  has  relinquished  his 
Athens  Flower  Shop  in  East  Liberty 
for  a  position  with  the  Westinghouse 
electric  interests.  His  brother,  John 
Matsukes,  is  now  with  the  Liberty 
Florists  on  Frankstown  avenue. 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  Etc. 


HELP  WANTED 


WANTED — Young  man  as  assistant  in 
park  garden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICULTURE. 

WANTED:  A  gardener  as  second  man 
to  work  in  a  commercial  place.  Hours, 
7.30-5.00.  Wages,  $3.00  per  day.  Half-day 
off  Saturday  In  summer  months.  F.  E. 
PALMER,  INC.,  220  Washington  St.,  Brook- 
line,  Mass. 

SlTUAflONS  WANTED 


WANTED  -An  ;ill  around  man  fur  Car- 
nation seition  and  geniTal  line  of  stock. 
Wages  .^i'l.OO  per  week.  Also  yiiung  man 
willing  to  learn  all  branches  of  the  trade; 
^IS.OO  per  week.  Must  be  good  workers. 
State  full  particulars  in  Brst  letter.  P.  M. 
OLM.  Bnth.  Maine. 


FOR  SALE 


FOR  SALE— A  splendid  opportunity.  A 
well  established  nursery  and  florist  busi- 
ness in  prnsperous  city  In  eastern  Massa- 
chusetts. -10,000  ft.  glass.  2.1  acres  nursery 
well  stocked  wltb  standard  eyergreen  and 
deciduous  material.  No  near  competitor. 
Illness    only    reason    for    selling.      Address 


Louis  Kenner  is  assisting  M.  F. 
Stafford  at  his  store  on  Smithfield 
street.  Mr.  Stafford's  neighbor.  The 
Fox  Flower  Shop,  has  been  elimin- 
ated, the  owners  retaining  only  their 
holdings  in  the  Jenkins'  Arcade  Shop. 

Spiro  Kapp  was  called  to  his  home 
in  Minneapolis.  Minn.,  last  week  to  be 
examined  for  the  Government  selec- 
tive draft.  Mr.  Kapp  is  manager  of 
M.  Kronis'  fiower  shop  in  the  East 
Liberty  station  (P.  R.  R.)  Mr.  Kronis 
has  also  lost  Abraham  Kleinberg,  of 
his  Alpha  Floral  Company.  Mr. 
Kleinberg.  who  is  a  native  of  Portu- 
gal, was  considered  one  of  the  most 
artistic  designers  in  the  city. 


Cambridge 


Mew  York 


WORLD'S    OLDEST   and    LARGEST 

Manufacturers  of  ALL   STYLES  and 

SIZES   of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


ASTERS. 

ASTERS  — HENDERSON'S  INVINCIBLE. 
One  of  the  tinest  for  cut  flowers.  White, 
Shell  Pink.  Rose,  Lavender  and  Purple. 
Strong  plants.  $5.00  per  1000,  cash.  BRILL 
CELERY   GARDENS,    Kalamazoo,   Mich. 

BCLBS 

C.    KEUR   A    SONS.    HILLEGOM,   Holland. 

Bulba  of  all  descriptions.     Write  for  prices. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH,  8-10  Bridge  St. 

fWRNlTIONS 

Ready  now  to  field.  Fine  for  you  far 
northern  florists.  3.000  pot  (214  inch)  Car- 
nations. Matchless.  Beacon.  Alice,  Enchan- 
tress. Enchantress  Supreme.  .'f;20  per  1.000. 
cash.      I.    M.    RAYNER,    Greenport,    N.    Y. 

CARNATION   STAPLES 

Split  carnations  quickly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plilshury's  Carnation 
Staple.  1000  for  S-V. :  SOOO  for  $1.00  post- 
paid.    I.   L.  PILLSBDRY,  Oalesbarg,  IlL 

^^^  CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

FINE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  BEST  KINDS 
for  Florists  use.  Send  us  list  of  wants. 
Catalogue  free.  ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO.. 
Adrian,   Mich.  

Special  to  Clear  Bench  Room :  .5.000 
Harvard  Crimson  'Mums,  $15  per  1,000. 
Strong.  Cash.  I.  M.  RAYNER,  Green- 
port,  N.  Y. 

DAHUA8 

Peony   Dablla   Mrs.   Frederick  Orlnnell. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN   P.  ROONEY.  New  Bedford.  Mass 


Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHRORO  DAHLIA 
&  GLADlOLFS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moore. 
Prop.,  Northboro,  Mass. 


New  Paeony  Dablla — John  Wanamaker, 
Newest.  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  an<i  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut-flower  yarletles.  Send  Hat  of 
wants  to  PBACOCK  DAHLLA  rABMB, 
Berlin.  N.  J. 

GOLD  FISH 

Gold  flsh,  aquarium  plants,  sn.tils,  cas- 
tles, globes,  aquarium,  fish  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  llARRETT, 
Breeder.  4815  D  St.,  OIney,  I'blladelphia, 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Send 
for  price  list. 


QLABS 

Greenhouse  glass,  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO..   Hartford_Clty^lnd^ 

ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One    trial    order    solcited. 

PANSY   PLANTS 

200.000  large  stocky  September-trans- 
planted field-grown  blooming  pans.v  planta. 
Superb  Strain,  all  salable  stock.  Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed.  $1..35  per  100,  $12.50  per 
lOrtO.  Ready  now.  Cash  with  order.  BRILL 
CELERY  GARDENS,   Kalamazoo,  Mich. 


FB0NIE8 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  eollectlon, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTSCHER, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 

ROSES 

ROSES.   CANNAS  AND  SHRT7BS. 

THE    CONARD   *    JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

SPHAGNUM  H088 

Live  Spbagnnm  moss,  orchid  paat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  band.  LAOBK 
.«-  HFRRELL.  Summit,  N.  J. 

VEGFT.\BLK    PLANTS 

2'/,  inch,  well  established.  Early  Jewell, 
Dwarf  Champion.  George  Baer.  Stone, 
shipped  in  2V,  inch  paper  pots.  Price  S2..'i0 
per  100.  $22..'!0  per  lOnO.  Cash  with  order. 
GEORGE  H.  WALKER,  No.  Dighton,  Mass. 


Golden  Self-Blanchlng   (French  Strain). 
.Msn  fho  granil  new  Easy  Blanching,  whicli 
is  ensv   to  grow.   line  plants,  ready  for  tlie 
lielil.  .52  00  per  1000.  cash.     BRILL  CELERY 
GARDENS,    Kalamazoo,    Mich. 


4.000.000  Cabbage.  Cauliflower,  Tomato 
anil  Celery  plants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free.  F.  W.  ROCHELLE  &  SONS. 
Chester,  New  Jersey. 

TINBS 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vtnea,  choice 
collection.  Large  Speelmen,  Pot  and  Tub 
grown  for  immediate  effect:  also  ClimMng 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY.  Mount  Hlssarllk  Nur- 
sery,  New   Rochelle,   N.  Y. 

WIBB  WOBK 

WILLIAM  E.  BBILSCHKB'B  WTRI 
WORKS.   364   Randolpb   8t,   DatraM. 


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PHILADELPHIA. 

We  had  a  pleasant  visit  this  week 
from  C.  H.  Roney.  late  of  .lamestown, 
N.  Y.,  late  of  Seattle.  Wash.,  now  in 
the  U.  S.  Government  service  as  time 
keepyr  In  I'hlladelphla.  He  goes  to 
ColiimbuB,  O..  next  week  In  a  similar 
capacity.  He  was  succeeded  at  James- 
town by  the  late  Lawrence  Cotter. 

.1.  Otto  Thllow,  of  Dreer's.  garden 
expert,  will  answer  any  questions 
which  the  readers  of  The  Evening 
Tclcgrajih  send  to  him.  He  wants  to 
help  make  war  gardens  a  success,  and 
any  question  which  amateurs  have 
will  be  answered  in  this  colunin  daily. 
Address  him  at  The  Evening  Tele- 
graph.— Announcement  in  The  Even- 
ing Telegraph. 


A  ipraj  rtmadj  for  (tmb,  blaak,  wkUa  ly. 
thrlpa  iDd  loft  aeaU. 

Qaaxi.  «1.M|     OkUm,  •*.«•. 

FUNCINE 

For  mlldtw.   mit  and   othor   bltiku 
■  m  Irirtri.  fmlti  and  Tof*tabl*a 
Quut,  (l.ooi    OftlloD.  nj*. 

VERMINE 

For    Ml    worma.    aofl*    worma    aad 
worma  wnrkloc  In  tb*  aolL 

Qaart,  tl.Mi    Oallra.  n.M. 
SOLD   BT    DKALJIKa. 

Aphine   Manufacturing    Co. 

MADUON,  N.  S. 


I  IMP  SOAP 

Sure  lnse.ot  Killer 


THE  use  of  Imp  Soap  Spray  on  fruit 
trees,  garden  truck,  ornamental 
trees,  shrubs,  etc.,  will  positively 
destroy  all  insect  pests  and  larva  de- 
posits. Quite  harmless  to  vegetation. 
Used  in  country's  biggest  orchards 
and  estates.  Very  economical  -  one 
gal.  ImpSoap  Spray  makes  from  25  to 
40 gals,  effective  solution.  Directions 
on  can.  Qt.  55c.;  Gal.  $1.90;  5  Gala. 
$8.50.  F.  O.  B.  Boston.  Genuine  can 
h.ishT  Leaf  trademark.  Your  money  back 
if  Imp  Soap  Spray  doesn't  do  as  claimed. 
Order  direct  if  your  dealer  can't  supply. 

F.  E.  ATTEAUX  &  CO.,  Propa. 

Eastern   Chemical   Co. 
'  BOSTON,  MASS.  ' 


NIAGARA     FALLS.     ONT. 

On  May  3  to  5  there  was  a  Mower 
show  here  In  City  Hall  for  the  benellt 
of  the  Red  Cross. 

F.  Dawson,  horticultural  foreman 
at  Queen  Victoria  I'ark,  left  on  May 
1  for  London,  Ontario,  to  take  up  hl.s 
new  work  as  superintendent  of 
parks.  Before  leaving  Mr.  Dawson 
was  pleasantly  surprised  at  the  Ad- 
ministration building  by  the  staff  and 
workmen  who  presented  him  with  a 
handsome  leather  easy  chair  as  a 
token  of  their  esteem,  and  entered 
their  best  wishes  for  him  in  his  new 
work.  H.  J.  Moore,  chief  gardener, 
si;oke  on  behalf  of  the  men  who  very 
much  regret  to  lose  Mr.  Dawson,  who 
has  been  their  foreman  tor  the  past 
eight  years. 


NEWS  NOTES. 

New  York,  N.  Y.  — The  Morris  Nurs- 
ery Company  removed  May  Ist  to  1123 
Broadway. 


Galva,  la. — George  F.  Pierce  has 
sold  his  greenhouses  to  Lawrence  C. 
Johnson. 


Lisbon,  N.  H. — Fred  Snyder  will  go 
to  Sunset  Hill  this  week  for  the  sum- 
mer and  will  have  the  position  of  head 
gardener  as  he  had  last  year. 


Bangor.  Me. — With  the  opening  of 
the  spring  drive  for  increased  planting 
and  percentage  of  food  production,  G. 
S.  Seavey  &  Son,  market  gardeners, 
have  more  than  doubled  their  hot-bed 
and  cold  frame  capacity  for  early 
plants,  etc.,  and  now  have  about  two 
acres  of  land  planted  to  "line"  crops. 
Preparations  are  being  made  to  add 
another  hot-house  for  early  work.  Mr. 
Seavey  is  ably  assisted  by  his  son,  H. 
F.  Seavey,  a  graduate  of  B.  H.  S.,  1915. 
and  who  has  taken  the  short  courses 
in  Horticulture  and  Agriculture  at  the 
University  of  Maine. 


Lenox,  Mass. — The  order  of  the 
Federal  Fuel  Administrator  relating 
to  curtailing  coal  for  use  in  green- 
houses by  one-half  will  have  a  tre- 
mendous effect  on  estates  in  the  Berk- 
shires.  While  the  loss  will  be  thou- 
sands of  dollars  in  the  value  of 
plants  and  fruit  trees,  which  will 
have  to  be  sacrificed  where  there  is 
no  market,  it  will  also  mean  the  re- 
duction of  the  number  of  employees 
on  large  properties  by  one-half  or 
more.  A  number  of  the  owners  of 
the  estates  will  close  their  green- 
houses and  discharge  their  men,  al- 
lowing their  large  plants  to  remain 
idle  until  times  are  again  normal.  In 
Lenox  and  Stockbridge,  besides  the 
rarest  plants  and  exotics,  grapes, 
figs,  peaches,  nectarines  and  melons 
are  grown  under  glass. 


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BaTa  joar  planta  and  traaa.  Jnat  tba 
thtnff  for  ffra^Dbooaa  and  outdoor  oaa. 
Hvitrojt  U«al7  Hue,  BrowD  and  Wblta 
8(-ala,  Thrlpa.  Ked  npldar.  Black  and 
OrMD  riy.  Mlt»i,  Aula,  etc..  without 
Injnrj  to  nlauta  and  without  odor. 
Uaed  according  to  direction,  our  atand- 
ard  Inaectlclde  will  prcTeot  raTagaa  oo 
your  cropa  by  Inaecta. 

NoD-polaonoua  and  barmleaa  to  oaar 
and  plant.  L««dlng  Beedamen  and 
Florlata  bara  UMd  It  with  wondartol 
r(>aulta. 

Deatroya  I>lca  In  Poultry  IIoaaM, 
Fl»a  on  Doga  and  all  Domratic  Pau. 
Excellent  aa  a  waib  for  doga  and  other 
anlmala.  Rpllerea  manga.  Ulluta  with 
water  SO  to  BO  parta. 

y.  Tint,  lOv. :  Pint,  SOa. :  Quart,  M«.| 

H  Oallon,  (I.RO;  (.Hiinn,  f2.S0;  B  Ual- 

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Dlr««cloDi  oa  paok»ffa. 

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CYPRESS  GREENHOUSE  STOCK 

PECKY  CYPRESS  STOCK 
HOT  BED  SASH 

Ask  for  Circular  D  and  Prices 

THE  A.  T.  STEARNS  LUMBER  COMPANY 

NEPONSET,  BOSTON 


DREER'S  "Riverton  Special"  Plant    Tubs 


No.  DIam.  Ea.  Doz.     100 
10     20  In,  $2.75  $30.00  $2.'!0.{X) 

20     18  In.     2.25  24.0<)  11)0.00 

30    16  in.     1.T5  19.00  152.011 

40     14  In.     1.50  17.00  W5.00 

1.00  11.00      88.00 

.70  7.75      62.00 

.55  6.50      50.U0 


50     12  In 

60     10  In. 

_     70      8  In. 

Tbe  Riverton  Tub  le  sold  eicluslvely  "by  us.  and  1»  the  best  ever  Introduced. 
Th«  neatest,  UgLtest  and  cheapest.  Painted  green  and  bound  with  electric-welded 
hoops.     The  four  largest  sizes  are  equipped  with   drop  handles. 


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FOR 

Reliable  Material 

and  square  dealings  in 
Sash  Operating  Devices 
and  Greenhouse  Fit- 
tings get   in  touch  with 

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Glazing  Points 

For  Greenhouses 

Drive  easy  and  true,  because 
both  bevels  are  on  tbe  same 
side.  Can't  twist  aod  brealc 
the  glass  in  iriving.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  Dol  rust, 
rights  or  lefts 

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it.  Order  from  your  deale^ 
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714  Chestnut  Street^ 
Philadelphia. 


No 


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SCRANTON,  307  Irving  ATenne. 
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Market    Streets. 

The  FlorlMiB  Hall  Association  rate  of  In- 
surance trorii  .NiiT.  1st,  1916  to  Nov.  1st, 
1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
square  feet  of  single  thick  glass  and  eighl 
cents  per  hundred  square  feet  of  doubU 
thick  glass.  For  partlcnlars,  address. 
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TEMPLATED. 

Claremont,  N.  H.— ('.  E.  Stevens, 
one  house. 

Enterprise,  Ore. — Mrs.  John  Oberg, 
one  house. 

Providence,  R.  1. — Fred  I.  Davis, 
house  30  X  100. 

Florence,  S.  C. — De  Witt  House,  ad- 
ditions and  alterations, 

Scranton,  Pa. — .Mrs.  Anna  Griffltts, 
King  conservatory,   completed. 

Louisville,  Ky. — C.  H.  Kunzman  E-s- 
tate,  three  houses,  each  34  x  140. 

Chester,  Pa.— John  W.  Ward,  11th 
&  Woodside  aves.,  addition,  completed. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.— .1.  R.  Oughton,  1940 
South  Kings  Highway,  range  of 
houses. 


PATENTS  GRANTED. 
1,262,811.     Garden     and     Lawn     Rako. 

Earl  Krebs.   Davenport,   Iowa. 
1,262,862.     Garden-Tool   Handle.    Chas. 

StaafC  and  .Tohn  G.  .lanson.  Convent, 

N.  .T. 


Utica,  N.  Y. — W.  R.  Treen,  Leeds 
street,  has  sold  his  greenhouses  to 
William  K.  Dolber. 


GREENHOUSES-ALL  KINDS 


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Oiaas  in  Orcater  New  Tork  and  can 
supply  any  qaaotlty  from  ■  box  to  s 
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bard  and  brittle.  Broken  glaia  more  easily 
removed  wltboat  breaking  of  other  (laaa 
a*  occnrs  with  bard  patty.  Lacti  loarar 
than  patty      Baay  to  apply. 


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THE  PRACTICAL  BOOK 


Outdoor  R  ose  Growing 

by 

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recent  horticultural  publications.  Every 
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HORTICULTURE 


Miiy   11.   I'.MS 


The  Kroeschell 

Greenhouse   Equipment 

Specialties 


Mail.-   In    -"   Mn» 

IIKATINC.  iind  roOLlNi:  uro  twi. 
Iii:ii>.lir»  of  cin-'InciTlnB  nil  whlrli  w.' 
H|..M  liillie   for   tlip   Krifnlionse  Irailc. 

(>v,T  llilriy  yfiirs  hiivc  I.e.  n  ''v^Vi' 
id  l.v  IIS  to  the  ci'DHtriK-tloii  nml  Oe- 
sIkhIiic  of  hollers  nn.l  refrlcorBtlns 
ipiuinitiis. 
■  ImrliiK  tills  i.erlo.I  we  litive  fiir- 
iiWIi.Ml  iiiKl  insinlle.l  lieatlni.'  ami 
■0..II111:  systems  for  the  most  sue- 
lessfiil  (srceiiliousc  men  In  this  conn- 
try. 

Tubeless  Boiler 


S__  Vapor 

KKOKSCHELL  Boilers  are  mak- 
ing the  most  wonderful  ff^nliS'^f 
h.-MihiK  record  in  the  world.  Flor^ 
sts  who  have  nsed  other  mnkes 
,,re  .oi.stantly  pivins  the  KROE- 
SfllKI.L  the  highest  praise. 

i:i4«s;iJ0  Kfi.  ft.  of  srlass  was 
.,,„i  i pe.l  with  KROESCHELI,  Boil- 
ers .imiiit'  the  past  five  years. 

Water  Tube  Steam  Boiler 


Tobe 


Cle 


No 

Brick 

Work 

Rc- 


Wlieii  in  need  of  refritfer.it ion  in- 
..sti-.-at.'  lii.r  Kr.iesihell  System— Its 
hi-li  ellh  ieiiiv  and  low  cost  of  oper- 
ilioii  pla.-e  the  Kroeschell  System 
if  Kefrlj-fratlon  in  the  foremost  rank 
for  tfreenhonse   nse. 

iiiir  svstem  of  Uefriiteration  and 
fooling  is  .■nsily  Installed— perfect 
loniriil  of  temperature  and  uliso- 
Inte  safety  insured — no  .ammonia 
used   for  this   system. 


Seiirl  for  Boiler  or  lee  Machine  Cata- 
los-'iies.      State    which    is   wanted. 

KROESCHELL  BROS.  CO. 
KROESCHELL  BROS.  ICE  MACH.  CO. 

460  West  Erie  St.     -     Chicago.  III. 


The  COLDWELL 
"CLIPPER  BUILT" 
Motor  Mower,  Model  J. 

combines  Colduell  sturdy  construc- 
tion with  1918  mechanical  improve- 
ments. 

Power.  A  4-cyhnder  1918  automo- 
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Model  J  power  to  climb  any  ^rade  up 
to  25/0,  at  any  speed  up  tt)  6  miles  an 
hour.     Rolls  as  it  mows. 

Lightness.  Weighs  1100  pounds  on 
the  rollers.  Not  too  heavy  —  just 
heavy  enough. 

Economy.  Does  the  work  of  three 
horses  and  three  men  on  half  a  gallon 
of  gasoline  an  hour. 

The  COLDWELL  WALK  TYPE 

Motor  Mower  runs  itself.  Operator 
guides  —  nothing  more.  A  strong 
little  motor  geared  up  to  4  miles  an 
hour  does  the  work.  Low  upkeep, 
beautiful  cutting  and  rolling  make 
WALK  TYPE  especially  desirable 
for  smaller  estates.  Two  sizes,  30" 
and  33"  cutters. 

COLDWELL  HORSE  and  HAND 
MOWERS  are  distinguished  for 
materials,  workmanship  and  hnish. 
Hand  Mowers  bearing  the  COLD- 
WELL  stamp  have  been  marketed 
for  more  than  forty  years.  150  differ- 
ent styles  and  sizes. 

Write  for  Catalogue 

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Office    and    Factory    at  N  E  W  B  U  R  GH  ,  N.    Y 
Chicaeo  Office:   62  East    Lake  Street.  Chicaeo.  III. 


HORTICULTURE 

Vol.  XXVII  MAY   18,1918  No.   20 


Meconopsis   integrifolia 

One   of    v..    II.    Wilson's    Most   riia.rm  ins     IntroductinnK,    Now     FlowerinR:    at    Mt.    Denert     Nurserieft,    Rnr     Harbor.     Me., 
Wlirre    it    Rloom  ed    I.iis(    Suntni<>r    for    tlif    First    Time    in    the     Inilefl    States. 

Published  Every  Saturday  at  147  Summer  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

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4r8 


HORTICULTURE 


May  18,  1918 


DREER'S    HARDY    PERENNIAL   PHLOX 

One  year  old   field   grown  plants,  now   established  in  three-inch  pots,  in  prime  condition 
for  present  planting  and  will  give  an  abiuuiaiico  of  flowers  this  season. 

Scarce  Varieties   and   Recent 
Introductions 

Kl'ROPA  (McrlluiD).  A  while  viirlcly  with  very  decided 
crimson-carmine  eye;  the  Indlvlduul  fiowers  as  well  an 
the  trusses  lire  very  largo,  entirely  distinct.  Jl.OO  per 
iloz. ;  »0.00  per  100. 

EI.IZABKTII  C.VMrUKU,  (Medium  I.  Very  bright  sal 
iniiii-plnk.  with  lighter  shadings  and  dark  crimson  eye. 
The  most  popular  I'hlox  grown  today.  $1.50  per  doz. ; 
$1U.(I0  per  100 :  $lt0.00  per  1000. 

GKFION  (Dwarf).  A  new  color  In  Phloxes,  a  tender 
peacb-bloBsom  pink  with  bright  rose  eye.  $1.50  per 
doz. ;  $10.00  iier  lOO. 

GltIDi:i;R  (Medium).  Ground  color  soft  mauve  rose, 
heavily  suffused  and  overlaid  with  a  lively  deep  shade 
of  cerise,  giving  the  whole  a  beautiful  mottled  appear- 
iince.     la.no  per  doz.;  $10.00  per  100. 

MINERV.\  (.Medium).  A  beautiful  luminous  vlolet-rosc. 
with  white  suffusion  and  a  bright  carmine  eye.  flowers 
and  trusses  of  largest  size.  $1.60  per  doz.;  $10.00  per 
100. 

RIVERTON   JEWKI,   (Dwarf).     One  of   our  own   Intro 
iluctlons    which    it    gives    us   great   pleasure   to    rccom 
mend,  a   lively   shade  of  mauve-rose  illuminated    by   a 
carmine-red    eye,   a    splendid    Improvement   on    the   va- 
riety Asia.     $1.50  per  doz.;  $10.00  per  100. 

THOR  (Dwarf).  A  most  beautiful  and  lively  sbiMle  of 
deep  salmon-pink  suffused  and  overlaid  with  a  scarlet 
glow  and  a  light  almost  white  halo  around  Its  aniline- 
red  eye.  This  variety  will  undoubtedly  hold  the  snme 
place  among  deep  salmon  colors  that  Kllzabeth  Camp- 
bell hold.'<  among  the  light  salmon-pinks.  $1.50  per 
iloz. ;  $10.00  I)CT  IIKI. 

VIKING  (Medium).  A  splendid  new  variety,  and  one  of 
the  latest  to  llower.  producing  much  branched  pyra- 
midal heads  of  bloom  of  a  pleasing  soft  salmon-rose. 
$150  per  doz.;  $10.00  per  100. 

\V.  C.  EGAN  (Medium).  One  of  the  linest  Phloxes  yet 
Introduced,  and  while  the  Individual  flowers  according 
to  the  color-chart  are  of  a  delicate  lilac  color  llluinl 
nated  by  a  large  lirlght  solferino  eye,  the  color  effect 
as  a  whole  is  a  delicate  pleasing  shade  of  soft  pink. 
$1.00  per  doz. ;  $0.00  per  100. 


HARDY   PHl.OX 


General  Collection  of  Hardy  Phlox 


Tyrlan    rose,   with    crimson-carmine 
White,  with   large  crimson-carmine 


BACCHANTE    (Tall). 

eye. 
BRIDE8M.\in    (Tall). 

cent  re. 

CIl.AMT.s   EI,V8EE  (Dwarf).     A  very  bright  rosy  magenta. 

KCI.AIKEIK  (Tall).  Brilliant  rosy  magenta,  with  large 
lighter  halo. 

G.\RTENI)IKECTOK  KKOUERSEN  (Medulm).  Light  car- 
mine with  deeper  eye. 

HENRY  MIRGER  (Tall).     White,  crlmson-carmlne  centre. 

.JEANNE  D'AKC  (Tall).     A  good  standard  late  white. 

I.,.\  VAGUE  (Medium).     Pure  mauve,  with  anlllne-red  eye. 

L'EVENEMENT  (Dwarf).  Orange  scarlet  overlaid  wltli 
salmon-piiik. 

LOl'ISE  ABBEMA  (Dwarf).  Very  large  dwarf,  pure  white, 
line  form. 

MRS.  JENKINS  (Tall).  The  best  tall  early  white  for 
massing. 


(>I!EK<i.\EUTNEK    WITTHi    (.Medium).      Rrigiit    magenta. 

with    irlmson  carmine    eye;    large    flower   and    truss;    one 

of  the  best. 
r.ANTHEON    (Tall).     Hrlght  carmine  rose. 
R.   I".   .STRITHERS   (Tall).     Rosy  carmine  with  claret-red 

eye;  flue. 
RVNSTROM   (Medium).     An  Improved  form  of  the  popular 

variety    Pantheon;    line    for   massing,    of   a    Paul    Neyron 

Rose  coior. 
SI'N'SHINE   (Dwarfi.      Large,  aniline   red    with   crimson-red 

eve  and  light  halo. 
VON   L.V.SSBURG    (Medium).     The  purest  white  In  cultiva- 
tion. Individual   flowers  larger  than  any  other  white. 
U'IDAR    (.Medium).     A   splendid    Improvement   on   Edmond 

Uostaiid  ;   in  color  a    light   reddisli-vlolet.  with   very    large 

white  ci'iitre,  which  Intensifies  the  color.     85  cts.  per  doz.; 

.■56.00  per  100. 


Price.     Any  of  the  varieties  In  the  general  collection    except  where  otherwise  noted.  75  cts.   per  doz.;  $5.00  per  100;  $40.0<) 
per  lOOO. 

THE    ABOVE    PRICES    INTENDED    FOR    THE    TRADE    ONLY 


HENRY  A.  DREER, 


714  and    716   Chestnut   St. 

PHILADELPHIA.  PA. 


May  18,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


479 


CANNAS 


We  have  our  usual  stock  of  3  In.  Cannas  in  good  assortment,  standard 
sorts  such  as  Florence  Vaughan;  Mme.  Crozy;  Queen  Charlotte;  Souv.  de 
Antoine  Crozy; 


KING  HUMBERT  $4.00   per   100 


$35.00    per    1000 


GERANIUMS 
DAHLIAS 


Good     Strong    Plants,    Good    Assortment, 
per    100,    $22.50    per    1,000;     3    in.    $3.50    per 
per  1,000. 


2    in.    $2.50 
100,    $30.00 


One   of   the   finest    assortments    In    the  country.     Two-inch  pot  plants 
at  prices  running  from  $2.00  to  $25.00  per  hundred. 

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Albany       Cut 

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Allen,  J.  K 495 

American    Bulb 

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Anderson,  S.  A.  .491 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co.. 498 
Barrows  &  Son.. 480 
Bayersdorfer,    H. 

Co 4W 

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Beechwood      Hts. 

Nurseries    494 

Bobbink     &     At- 
kins     480 

Bolglano  &  Son.. 489 
Boston     Floral 

Supply  C0.4S6-4SIU' 
Breek,  J.  &  Sons. 489 
Breltmeyer's,     J. 

Sons    490 

Budlong,  J.  A... 492 
Bunyard,  A.  T...490 

Burnett    Bros 489 

Burpee,   W.  A.  & 

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Clarke's,  D.  Sons.490 
Carter's       Tested 

Seeds,  Inc 484 

Champion  &  Co., 
J.  N 491 


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Lewis    489 

Coan,  J.  J 494 

Conard    &    Jones 

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Cooke,  Geo.  H...490 

Cowee,  W.  J 494 

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Nurseries    480 

Dards    490 

Davenport,  A.  M.480 
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pert Co axi 

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Dunlop,  John   H.491 

Dysart.  R 492 

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Box    Co 492 

Esler.  J.  G 499 

Eyres    491 

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J.  Co 488 

Ford,   M.   C 494 

Ford,  W.  r 494 

Froment.  H.  E...494 
Galvin,  Thos.  F..491 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M.491 
Graham  &  Son.  A.491 
Gude  Bros.  Co... 490 


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Hail  Association. 499 

Hart.  Geo.  B 492 

Hentz  &  Nash... 495 
Hews  &  Co.,  A.  H.497 
Hill  Co.,  E.  G...492 
Hill,    D.    Nursery 

Co 480 

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series     480 

Holm  &  Olson... 491 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue     489 

Irwin,    R.   J 489 

.Tohnston  Bros... 490 
Kasting,     W.     F. 

Co 492 

Keller  Sons,  J.  B.491 
Kelwav  &  Son..  .489 
Kerr  the  Florist. 491 

Kervan   Co 494 

King      Construc- 
tion   Co 499 

Knohle    Bros 491 

Kottmlller    490 

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Kuebler.  W.  H...494 
Lange,  H.  F.  Co. 491 
Lemon  Oil  Co... 498 
I^onard  Seed  Co.489 
Marshall,  W.  E. 
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Murray,    Samuel. 490 
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seryman     480 

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Supply    Co 494 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co. 498 
Niessen,   Leo   Co. 492 

Olmsted   Bros 480 

Ouwerkerk,  P 480 

Palmer,  W.   J.  & 

Son    491 

Park  Floral  Co.  .491 
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Co 493 

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HO  RTICULTURE 


481 


Vegetable   Culture 


QueBtloDB  by  our  readers  in  line  with  any  of  the  topics  presented 
on  this  page  will  be  cordially  received  and  promptly  answered 
by  Mr.  Johnson.  Such  communications  should  Invariably  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  office  of  HOKTICULTURE. 


TlieSplritof '18. 


Asparagus 

Asparagus  is  now  in  full  bearing  and  must  be  cut 
systematically  if  the  beds  are  to  be  kept  in  good  shape. 
It  is  a  great  mistake  to  cut  only  the  strongest  heads 
leaving  the  thin  spindly  growths  to  develop  haphazardly 
and  thus  exhaust  the  crowns.     More  asparagus  beds  are 
ruined  by  exhaustion   than  from  all  other  causes  put 
together,  but  the  greatest  danger 
in  this  respect  is  due  to  cutting  too 
late    in    the    season.      Established 
beds   in   a   healthy   condition   may 
be   cut   until   about   the   middle  of 
June   as   a  general   rule,    but    new 
plantations  even  though  the  crowns 
are  vigorous  should  be  allowed  to 
grow    untouched    the    first    season. 
Most  gardeners  cease  cutting  when 
the  first  peas  turn  in,  and  this  is 
a  safe  and  commendable  practice. 
Wlien   the   top   growth   is   allowed 
rirn,    support    should    be    given    to 
protect    the    plants    against    high 
winds.       Fasten    heavy    twine    to 
stout  stakes  driven   in  the  ground 
at   intervals  of   20  ft.   or  so.   and 
string  it  along  either  side  of  the 
row.     This  is  a  simple  yet  efficient 
way  of  giving  what  little  support 
is   necessary.     Water   the    beds    in 
dry  weather  and  if  an   occasional 
dressing  of  fertilizer  or  of  liquid 
manure  can  be  afforded  so  much  the  better. 
Potatoes 

Cultivate  frequently  between  the  rows  to  destroy 
weeds  and  maintain  good  tilth.  Draw  a  little  soil  up 
around  the  plants  when  they  are  four  or  five  inches 
high  and  keep  a  sharp  lookout  for  the  potato  bug. 
Arsenate  of  lead  solution  is  the  most  effective  remedy 


use   Bordeaux   mixture, 
easily     remembered. 


?SfeV&rldCrx- 

*;  £bod! 

Cultivate  theS oil 


for  all  chewing  insects.  This  may  be  easily  obtained  in 
|)aste  form  together  with  full  directions  for  using. 
Against,   potato    bhght    and    other    fungoid    diseases 

The  standard  formula  5.5.50 
Dissolve  5  lbs.  of  copper 
sulphate  by  placing  it  in  a  sack  of  coarse 
cloth  suspended  over  night  in  a  wooden  vessel  con- 
taining 30  gals,  of  water.  Slake 
5  lbs.  of  quick  Ume  until  the  Ume 
crumbles  to  powder,  than  add 
water  in  greater  quantity  until  a 
milk  is  produced.  When  cold  and 
not  before,  add  the  lime  water  to 
the  copper  sulphate  solution,  using 
a  strainer  to  remove  gritty  par- 
ticles, and  stirring  violently  dur- 
ing the  process  of  mixing.  Water 
should  then  be  added  u])  to  50 
gallons  and  when  properly  made 
the  solution  should  be  a  blue  color. 
Bordeaux  should  be  made  afresh 
as  required  for  use. 

String  Beans 
String  .beans  should  now  l)e 
planted  in  quantity.  This  crop  is 
seldom  allowed  the  amount  of 
growing  space  it  requires.  Set 
the  lines  3  feet  apart  from  center 
to  center.     We  open  shallow  drills 

on    either    side    of    the    line    and 

drop  the  seeds  alternately  in 
double  rows.  ()\ cixniwding  is  a  fault  and  when  sown  too 
thickly  the  plants  slmuld  be  thinned  out  early  that  they 
stand  G  inches  apart  in  the  rows.  For  the  maintenance 
of  a  constant  supply  during  the  summer,  sow  every  two 
weeks  from  now  until  the  end  of  July.  The  pods  should 
he  picked  before  full  size  is  attained  as  the  plants  are 
soon  exhausted  if  allowed  to  carry  pods  to  matui-ity. 


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Yon   are  in   tlie  greatest  business  in  the  world,  and 
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CONTENTS 

Page 

COVER  ILLUSTRATION — Meconopsis  integrifolia. 

VEGET.ABLE  Cl'LTURE  —  Asparagus  —  Potatoes  — 

String  Heans — John  Johnson 481 

Speed  Up  the  Keynote — Henri/  Penn 481 

SOCIETY  OF  A.MERICAN  FLORISTS— The  Publicity 
Campaign — Another  Flower  Day,  Friday,  May  24,..   483 

CLUBS   AND   SOCIETIES — New    York    Florists'    Club 
— Massachusetts    Horticultural    Society — Westches- 
ter   and     Fairfield     Horticultural     Society — -Florists' 
Club  of  Washington — Meetings  Next  Week — Nassau 

County   Horticultural   Society 484-485 

Chicago  Florists'   Club 496 

IMPORTANT  NEW  OR  RARE  TREES  A.\D  SHRUBS  486 

SEED  TRADE— Soldiers  of  the  Soil— Notes 488 

OF  I.VTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

Which    Class    Are    Y'ou    In?    Henry   Penn — Florists' 

Telegraph    Delivery    490-491 

New  Flower  Stores    496 

FLOWER   MARKET   REPORTS: 

Boston,  Chicago,   Cincinnati,   New  York 493 

Philadelphia,   Rochester,   St.   Louis,   Washington....   495 

MOTHERS'  DAY  IX  CHICAGO 496 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Philadelphia   496 

Washington.   Rochester,   New  York,  Buffalo,  Boston, 
Pittsburgh,  St.  Louis,  Chicago 497-498-499 

MISCEIJ.ANEOrS: 

A  .Mischievous  Statement   483 

Narcissus   Among   Ferns  -  Illustrated 487 

Nurserymen  Demand  Redress 487 

Publications    Received    488 

New  Corporations   495 

Business  Troubles    495 

Visitors'    Register    496 

Rosa  Hugonis    496 

News   NotPH    496 


Afcordiai.ir   to  opinions  freely   e.vpressed  by 
Mothers'    dealers  who  are  in  the  best  position  to  judge, 
Day        the  grave  for  Mothers'  Day  as  originally  in- 
tended, and  insofar  as  its  advantage  to  the 
florist    business    is    concerned,    is    being    rapidly    dug. 
Horticulture  has  never  been  able  to  discern  perma- 
nent benefit  to  the  flower  trade  in  any  propaganda,  the 
invariable  result  of  which  means  a  sudden   and  often 
unreasonable  kiting  of  market  prices  for  a  day  or  two. 
The  trade  is  bound  to  lose  heavily  in  the  respect  and 
support  of  the  public  every  time  this  is  attempted.   The 
sharp  inflation  in  price  for  white  carnations  as  decided 
upon  in  advance  in  some  central  markets  last  week  was 


in  no  iiitellifrent  respect  based  \i\h)U  the  inexorable  "law 
of  supply  and  demand"  but  was  a])i)arently  simply  and 
Milily  tliu-  to  tlie  fact  that  "Molliers'  Day"  was  to  be 
observed.  The  sumiiiiiry  puuisluiu'iil  which  fell  upon 
llmse  who  iield  u])  their  crops  for  days  in  speculative 
anticipation  of  big  returns  from  such  a  jxilicy  was  noth- 
ing to  l>e  surprised  iit.  Only  those  who  could  not  see 
litH-aiise  they  would  not  see  looked  for  anything  different 
from  wiiat  did  iiaiijii'ii  as  a  conse<|iieiic('  of  their  foolish 
|)olicy.  Yet.  as  usual,  the  |)enulty  has  to  be  paid  by  the 
innocent  as  well  as  the  guilty.  We  are  informed  that 
.Miss  Jarvis,  the  originator  of  this  Mothers"  Day  ob- 
servance, in  her  resentment  because  the  florists'  methods 
did  not  please  her,  spread  brondciust  over  Pennsylvania 
an  appeal  lo  the  peojde  to  observe  the  occasion  by  some 
patriotic  contribution  rather  than  by  the  purchase  of 
flowers.  And  this  is  the  woman  for  whose  lienelit  the 
florists  of  the  country  were  besought  to  subscribe  a  sub- 
stantial sum  of  money  not  long  ago  in  grateful  acknowl- 
edgment of  their  debt  to  her  for  having  founded  a  new 
and  great  floral  holiday!  Yet,  after  all,  considering 
the  course  of  events,  it  is  fair  to  admit  that  perhaps 
Miss  .larvis.  from  her  angle  of  view,  had  a  bit  of  justifi- 
cation for  her  counter  attack.  How  can  we  e.\pect  the 
public  to  flock  our  way  in  response  to  our  advice  and 
plea  to  "Say  it  with  Flowers"  and  then,  as  soon  as  they 
ai)pe!ir  to  be  ready  to  do  some  "saying,"  give  them  the 
double  cross? 

The  creditable  work  carried  out  by  the 
The  florists'    organizations    in    the    various 

florists'  good     business  centres  on  behalf  of  the  Third 
record  Liberty    Loan,   should   be   widely   her- 

alded among  the  public,  more  especial- 
ly among  war  administration  ollicials  and  in  circles 
where  there  appears  any  sentiment  unfavorable  to  the 
floricultural  industries  in  the  existing  exigency.  $345,- 
000  worth  of  Liberty  Bonds  taken  by  the  florists  of 
Oreater  New  York,  $275,000  worth  by 'those  of  Chicago 
and  almost  as  much  in  Philadelphia — $850,000  for 
these  three  cities  alone — is  a  mighty  good  record  for  a 
l)usiness  which  has  had  much  to  bear  in  the  way  of  ad- 
versity during  the  past  year.  Forced  to  meet  great 
financial  hazards  by  reason  of  failure  to  get  their  ac- 
customed supplies  of  plants  and  bulls  frtirn  abroad, 
heavy  losses  from  goods  delayed  and  ruined  by  freezing 
in  transit,  impossibility  to  get  fuel  to  keep  their  ^Teen- 
iioiises  in  operation  and,  perhaps  most  hurtful  of  all, 
the  country^'ide  propaganda  against  the  use  of  flowers 
for  any  purpose  during  the  war  period — all  these 
things  hiiVfi  borne  Lard  on  the  florists,  in  addition  to 
their  |)roportionate  share  in  the  general  burdens  of 
ta.xation,  increa.sed  cost  of  laboi  and  high  cost  of  living 
generally.  So  we  say  the  public  should  have  these  facts 
spread  before  them  at  every  opportunity,  that  when 
l)rejudicial  influences  attempt  to  operate,  the  people 
may  have  in  their  hearts  a  just  appreciation  of  the  flor- 
i.-ts"  importance  and  worth  as  a  patriotic  participant  in 
every  movement  to  bring  the  war  to  a  speedy  and  vic- 
torious conclusion.  The  floris:  trade  has  sent  its  best 
young  men  in  great  numbers  to  the  front,  it  has  given 
most  liberally  to  every  humane  agency,  and  the  hospitals 
at  home  and  abroad  can  testify  to  the  immeasurable 
helpfulness  of  the  flowers  whicb  the  florists  are  at  all 
times  so  willing  to  give.  Public  opinion  should  be  so 
molded  that  any  exceptional  interference  with  the 
flower  industry  will  be  regarded  as  an  ill-advised  dis- 
crimination, almost  in  the  nature  of  a  crime  against 
humanity. 


May  18,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


483 


SOCIETY     OF    AMERICAN    FLORISTS 


AND 


ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURISTS 

The  Publicity  Campaign 


The  secretary  in  the  week  just 
passed  completed  an  initiative  trip 
among  the  florists  to  stimulate  inter- 
est in  the  Campaign.  His  objective 
point  v^as  Pittsburgh,  where  he  found 
the  florists  in  a  very  receptive  mood, 
and  well  organized  through  their  re- 
cently formed  Association  of  retailers. 

In  company  with  Chairman  George 
Asmus  of  the  Publicity  Finance  Com- 
mittee, who  was  invited  to  speak  at 
the  banquet  of  the  Retail  Florists'  Asso- 
ciation of  the  Pittsburgh  district,  to 
be  held  at  the  Seventh  Ave.  Hotel  on 
the  evening  of  May  7,  the  secretary  at- 
tended the  banquet.  Mr.  Asmus  made 
a  stirring  address,  dealing  with  the 
Publicity  Campaign  in  all  its  phases. 
The  secretary  also  spoke,  mainly  de- 
tailing the  service  of  the  Promotion 
Bureau. 

The  secretary  is  pleased  to  report 
that  several  new  members  of  the  S.  A. 
F.  &  O.  H.  were  obtained  In  Pittsburgh, 
three  taking  out  lite  memberships. 
The  subscriptions  to  the  Publicity  Cam- 
paign Fund  amounted  to  upwards  of 
1400.00  most  of  them  annual  subscrip- 


tions for  the  four  year  period  of  the 
Campaign. 

The  secretary  takes  this  opportunity 
to  express  his  thanks  for  courtesies 
extended  to  him  by  the  trade  while  in 
Pittsburgh,  and  his  great  appreciation 
of  the  especial  services  rendered  his 
work  by  S.  McClements  and  B.  A. 
Elliott. 

The  Promotion  Bureau  his  sent  out 
a  number  of  eleutrotypes  and  lantern 
slides  featuring  Mother's  Day.  It 
should  be  borne  in  mind  that  neither 
slides  nor  electrotypes  bear  any  dates, 
consequently  they  are  good  for  use  in- 
definitely. Orders  for  booklets,  signs, 
both  glass  and  transfer,  and  stickers 
2  in.  to  6  in.  long  are  now  available 
for  immediate  shipment.  All  these  will 
do  better  service  among  the  florists 
than  in  the  secretary's  oflice,  so  it  is 
hoped  that  those  who  have  not  yet 
taken  any  of  these  service  aids  will 
put  in  requests  for  them  right  away. 
The  slogan  "Say  it  with  Flowers"  can- 
not be  seen  too  much,  and  every  time 
it  attracts  attention  its  message  goes 
home. 


The  following  subscriptions  are  re- 
corded for  the  week: 

Annually  for  Four  Years— Emil  Wilther, 
Louisville,  Ky.,  $2;  Louis  Kirch,  Louisville, 
Ky.,  $:i;  Ki'ntuckv  Society  of  Florists, 
Louisville.  Ky..  $50;  H.  Kleinstarink, 
Louisville,  Kv.,  $25;  Leo.  Zoeller,  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  $1.25;  J.  F.  Link,  Louisville,  Ky., 
$2.50;  Aug.  R.  Baumer,  Louisville,  Ky.,  $25; 
.Jacob  Scbulz  Co..  Louisville,  Ky.,  $25;  Mrs. 
M.  D.  Relmers,  Louisville,  Ky.,  $20;  Henry 
Fuchs,  Louisville.  Ky.,  $5;  W.  E.  F.  Weber, 
Sault  Ste  Marie,  Mich.,  $2.50;  Chas.  A- 
samuelson,  Chicago,  111.,  $25;  Henkes  Bros., 
Watervleit,  N.  Y.,  $10;  H.  B.  Hazeltine, 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  $5;  J.  E.  Yates,  Champaign, 
111.,  $5;  John  W.  Scott,  Lisbon,  O.,  $3; 
Electric  City  Conservatory,  Great  Falls, 
Mont.,  $5;  H.  Clay  Primrose,  Louden  Nur- 
series, Irvington.  Baltimore,  Md.,  $10; 
Saginaw  Bay  Citv  Florlcultural  Society, 
Bay  Cltv,  Mich.,  $25. 

For  One  Year— Jos.  G.  Neidinger  Co., 
Philadelphia,   Pa.,  $100. 

Through  the  Retail  Florists'  Association 
of  the  Pittsburgh  District :  Wm.  M.  Tur- 
ner. Wilkinsburg,  Pa.,  $25;  Wm.  F.  Drewes, 
I'.raddock,  Pa.,  $10;  P.  S.  Randolph  &  Sons, 
Verona,  Pa.,  $25;  A.  Krongold,  Victoria 
Flower  Shop,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  $5;  John 
Bader  Co..  N.  S.  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  $50;  Ran- 
dolph &  McClements,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  $100; 
F.  H.  Reigelmeier,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  $10;  G. 
Wassenauer,  Sewickley,  Pa.,  $3;  T.  Mal- 
liranck.  Johnstown,  Pa.,  $50;  Miss  Emma  B. 
Maxwell,  Wilkinsburg,  Pa.,  $25;  G.  P. 
Weaklen  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  $10. 

For  One  Year— Mrs.  E.  A.  Williams, 
Pittsburgh.  Pa.,  $100;  Harris  Bros.,  Pitts- 
burgh.  Pa.,  $5. 

Total,  $771.25.  Previously  reported  from 
all  sources,  $33,759.00.  Grand  total, 
$34,530.25. 

John  Young,  Secretary. 

1170  Broadway,  New  York, 

May  11,  1918. 


Another  Flower  Day^  Friday,  May  24 


To  give  encouragement  to  the  Italian 
forces,  and  as  one  of  the  nations  allied 
with  us  in  the  great  world  war  which 
has  had  little  or  no  sympathetic  rec- 
ognition in  America  such  as  has  been 
accorded  to  other  nations,  the  various 
war  leagues  of  national  character  have 
organized  to  observe  Friday,  May  24 
next,  as  Italy-America  Flower  Day. 

On  this  day  everybody  is  requested 
to  wear  red  and  white  flowers,  with 
foliage,  or  flowers  with  red,  white  and 
green  ribbon. 

Florists'    Help   Asked. 

The  movement  is  sponsored  by  the 
Italy-America  Society,  165  Broadway, 
New  York,  Judge  Charles  Evans 
Hughes,  president.  Francis  Markoe  is 
chairman  of  the  flower  committee.  This 
committee  with  the  co-operation  of  the 
various  leagues  and  societies  promi- 
nent in  the  movement  have  called  upon 
their  local  branches  in  2000  cities  and 
towns  to  exert  their  influence  to  col- 
lect at  these  different  points  supplies 
of  flowers,  and  to  undertake  their  dis- 
tribution. 


Mr.  Markoe,  at  the  solicitation  of  the 
bodies  working  with  him  has  request- 
ed the  Secretary  of  the  S.  A.  F.  &  O.  H. 
to  enlist  the  services  of  the  florists  in 
all  these  towns  to  take  care  of  the 
flowers  which  the  branch  organizations 
will  collect,  and  have  them  ready  for 
the  time  of  distribution.  In  other 
words,  the  florists  are  asked  to  con- 
sider their  places  of  business  as  col- 
lection depots  for  the  occasion,  acting 
with  the  workers  of  the  local  organiza- 
tions. No  donations  of  fiowcrs  are 
asked,  simply  co-operation  in  the  work 
of  collection. 

This  request  is  laid  before  the  trade 
in  the  belief  that  all  florists  will  be 
willing  to  lend  assistance  as  desired, 
and  will  act  with  the  representatives 
of  their  local  organizations  if  called 
upon  to  do  so. 

The  leagues  in  charge  of  the  move- 
ment are  as  follows: 

Girls  Friendly  Society,  American 
Fund  for  French  Wounded,  Fatherless 
Children  of  France  Fund,  National 
Special  Aid  Society,  National  League 
for  Women's  Service,  The  American 
Commission  for  Devastated  France, 
The  Italian  Red  Cross,  The  Italian 
Chapter   of   the   American    Red   Cross, 


National     Girl     Scouts,     The     Garden 
Clubs   of   America. 

Other  organizations  are  being  dally 
added  to  this  list. 

John  Young,  Sec.  S.  A.  P. 


A  conference  is  being  arranged  by 
Wm.  P.  Gude  for  S.  A.  P.  officials  and 
Coal  Administrator  at  Washington, 
Monday,  May  27.  Conference  to  be 
open  to  anyone  interested. 

John  Young,  Secretary. 


A    MISCHIEVOUS    STATEMENT. 

Conimenting  on  the  recent  order  re- 
stricting the  consumption  of  coal  by 
florists  to  50  per  cent  of  their  normal 
requirements  and  the  expected  rise  In 
price  of  flowers  as  a  result,  the 
Bridgeport  (Conn.)  Telegram  of  May 
8  says: 

"Flowers  are  worn  extensively  by 
women  in  Bridgeport  and  at  nearly 
every  social  affair,  even  at  a  card 
party,  flowers  are  generally  worn. 
This  custom  will  probably  be  elim- 
inated by  the  prices  of  next  winter." 

This  Is  a  very  mischievous  state- 
ment, which  the  florists  of  Bridgeport 
should  lose  no  time  in  condemning  as 
s\uh. 


484 


HORTICULTURE 


May    IS,    IK  IS 


NEW  YORK  FLORISTS'  CLUB 


The  New  York  Florists'  Club  hud  an 
exceptionally  IntcrestinK  and  prollta- 
hie  nieetlns  on  Monday  night,  May 
IS.  Two  special  speakers,  both  from 
Ihe  Bay  State,  were  promised  and 
there  was  a  big  audience  present  to 
greet  them.  These,  together  with 
some  local  addresses  on  timely  topics, 
an  unusually  flne  lot  ot  exhibits,  suf- 
ficed to  hold  the  crowd  si  ellbound 
until  a  few  minutes  before  the  mid- 
night hour. 

The  session  previous  to  the  usual 
intermission  for  refreshments  was  de- 
voted to  routine  business.  Committee 
reports  and  an  address  full  of  pathos 
and  touching  appeal  by  F.  R.  New- 
bold,  on  behalf  of  the  sick  and  wound- 
ed in  the  hospitals  here  and  in 
Prance  asking  the  members  to  "Say 
It  with  flowers  for  our  boys"'  in  co- 
operation with  the  American  Red 
Cross  and  the  Fund  for  the  Ameri- 
can Wounded  in  France,  an  organiza- 
tion which  is  doing  an  untold  work 
In  full  accord  with  the  Red  Cross 
activities.  The  result  of  Mr.  New- 
hold's  plea  was  the  appointment  ot  a 
committee  to  establish  and  follow  up 
a  system  of  flower  distribution  on  be- 
half of  the  florists  of  Greater  New 
■york,  which  it  is  hoped  will  speedily 
extend  to  every  section  of  the  United 
States,  and  an  unanimous  vote  ap- 
propriating from  the  club  funds  the 
price  of  a  Ford  car  for  use  by  the 
hospital  nurses  in  Prance  in  their 
work  of  mercy.  The  Horticultural 
Society  of  New  York  had  made  a 
similar  appropriation  for  a  car  and 
others   are   expected. 

Following  the  intermission  Ken- 
neth Gillett  ot  Southwick,  Mass., 
read  a  well  written  paper  on  the  sub- 
ject of  Native  Plants,  describing 
their  charming  characteristics  under 
cultivation  and  presenting  in  a  con- 
vincing manner  the  attractiveness  of 
special  gardens  devoted  exclusively  to 
the  cultivation  ot  the  unsurpassed 
flora  of  our  own  country.  He  regret- 
ted the  unfamiliarity  of  professional 
planters  and  the  average  garden 
owners  with  the  native  ferns  and 
flowers  and  expressed  the  belief  that 
the  near  future  would  see  a  much 
greater  popular  interest  in  this  class 
of  plants,  which  is  capable  of  yielding 
so  much  pleasure. 

\Vm.  H.  Elliott  of  Boston.  .Mass.,  and 
Madbury,  N.  H.,  spoke  on  The  Green- 
house Business  in  War  Time,  touch- 
ing on  the  many  serious  problems  that 
confront  the  commercial  (lorist  at  the 
present  time  and  in  his  planning  for 
the  future,  giving  attention  princi- 
pally to  the  all-important  fuel  ques- 
tion as  affected  by  recent  ofTicial  rul- 
ings and  orders.  Mr.  Klliott  advanced 
the  view  that  the  restriction  to  50 
per  cent  ot  the  greenhouse  man's  nor- 
mal supply  of  coal  is  unintentionally 
unfair  in  that  it  compels  him  to  stand 
for  more  than  his  proportionate  share 
of  the  cost  ot  the  war,  but  that  an 
eventual  benefit  will  undoubtedly  ac- 
crue to  the  business  as  a  whole  from 
the  enforcement  of  this  rule  and  that 


in  fact  it  would  be  rutlier  in  the  na- 
ture of  11  mis  ortune  to  the  business 
an  a  whole  if  the  greenhouses  could 
have  all  the  coal  they  wanted  undei 
tlii-  i:resent  situation  and  outlook.  Mr. 
Klliott  stated  In  regard  to  thi-  mooted 
question  of  the  florists'  right  to  use 
wood  without  restriction  if  growing 
on  his  own  premises  that  he  bad  been 
assured  by  the  New  Fngland  admin- 
istrator that  there  would  be  no  inter- 
ference. He  said  that  a  desperate 
struggle  Is  on  in  New  England  terri- 
tory between  the  coal  dealers  and  the 
fuel  administration,  the  former  with 
a  tremendous  wealth  and  power  back 
of  them,  apparently  having  the  best 
of  it  thus  far,  and  the  florist  is  thus 
placed  "between  the  devil  and  the 
deep  sea."  He  declared  that  a  rose 
bouse  run  at  4S  degrees  will  save  one 
half  of  the  coal  required  to  hold  It  at 
611  degrees  and  that  in  a  tryout  of  this 
he  had  in  the  past  season  taken  more 
money  out  of  a  White  Killarney  house 
so  conducted.  He  urged  more  care- 
ful firing  and  that  much  saving  can 
be  effected  by  a  thorough  cleaning  of 
boiler  tubes  and  by  carrying  over  the 
old  roses  in  place  of  replanting  with 
young  stock. 

Among  the  gentlemen  who  followed 
.Mr.  KUiott  in  discussion  was  Wallace 
R.  Pierson,  who  felt  that  If  the  florists 
could  only  get  their  fuel  allowance  in- 
creased to  70  per  cent  instead  of  .50 
per  cent  they  could  get  along  all 
riiiht  and,  with  the  better  market  val- 
ues and  the  improved  business  meth- 
ods forced  upon  the  trade,  the  out- 
come could  not  be  other  than  satis- 
factory. F.  R.  Pierson  took  a  some- 
what optimistic  view  of  the  situation. 
He  had  been  convinced  that  the  flor- 
ists would  be  obliged  to  get  along 
with  a  reduced  coal  supply  but  the 
man  having  only  one  house  cannot 
possibly  operate  on  a  50  per  cent 
limit. 

There  was  a  superb  exhibition  of 
lilacs  from  the  T.  A.  Havemeyer  es- 
tate at  Brookville,  Long  Island,  Al- 
bert Lahodney,  superintendent.  It 
was  commented  upon  as  the  finest 
ever  shown  in  the  club  room.  Among 
the  varieties  shown  were  the  follow- 
ing named: 

Rene  Jery  Desloges,  Maccostatacia, 
Pres.  Emile  Galle,  Comtesse  Horace 
de  Cboisene,  Danton.  Charles  .loly. 
Toussaint  L'Overture.  Othello,  iJr. 
Trozanowsky,  Reaumur,  Miss  E.  Will- 
mott,  Pres.  Viger,  Mme.  F.  Morel, 
Pres.  I>aubert,  Edmund  Boisier,  Due 
de  Masse,  Avalanche,  Vulcan,  Mme. 
Ant.  Buchner,  Negro,  Mongolfier, 
Marechal  Bassonpiere,  Maxiniowitz. 
.fules  Ferry,  Abel  Carriere,  Pasteur, 
Montigne,  Waldeck  Roisseau,  Nos.  68, 
106.  151,  122  and  114,  the  latter  appar- 
ently being  unnamed  seedlings.  This 
exhibit  was  awarded  a  silver  medal. 

P.  W.  Popp,  gardener  for  .Mrs.  H. 
Darlington,  made  a  remarkable  dis- 
play of  Darwin.  May  flowering  and 
Breeder  tulips,  comprising  about  one 
hundred  varieties,  all  named,  for 
which  he  was  awarded  a  silver  medal, 
also  honorable  mention  for  some 
lilacs   and   for  an  exhibit   of   splendid 


piiiiHieH,  a  Hlruin  iil  N«w  Kngluud 
origin  of  which  R.  J.  Irwin  controls 
the  sale,  .lames  Stuart,  superlntend- 
cn'  for  Mrs.  F.  A.  Constable,  was 
uiven  a  cultural  certillcate  for  some 
excellent  plants  of  Calceolaria  Stew- 
iirtii  strain  In  several  colors  and  Red- 
iii:in  &  Sons,  Brooklyn,  got  honorable 
incnllon   for  calceolarias. 

President  Schcnck  reported  that 
the  sale  of  Liberty  Bonds  to  the  flor- 
ists of  (Jreater  New  York  amounted 
to  $:!07,750.  C.  B.  Weathered  made 
a  |)artlal  report  for  the  Flower  Show 
committee  showing  total  receipts  of 
$:'.  1,000  and  a  proflt  over  all  of  about 
$(".00.  A.  Herrington  read  an  eloquent- 
ly worded  resolution  for  the  commit- 
tee on  the  death  of  .1.  Harrison  Dick, 
and  C.  H.  Totty  reported  a  contribu- 
tion of  over  $6110  by  members  of  the 
club  for  the  benefit  of  Mr.  Dick's 
widow  and  child. 

Some  very  interesting  and  pertl- 
iirnt  remarks  were  made  by  Wlnfred 
Kolker,  James  McHutchlnson,  Wal- 
lace R.  Pierson.  Patrick  O'Mara  and 
others  regarding  the  proposed  total 
exclusion  of  all  plants  having  soil 
aliout  the  roots  coming  from  foreign 
countries  and  the  great  Importance  of 
having  the  trade  well  represented  at 
the  hearing  on  this  subject  to  be  given 
in  Washington  on  May  28.  A.  L. 
.Miller  reported  for  the  special  com- 
mittee on  transportation  to  the  S.  A. 
I'.  Convention  in  St.  Louis  that  the 
Pennsylvania  R.  R.  route  was  the  per- 
forred  one.  one-way  fare  to  cost 
$27.89.  A  committee  was  appointed 
to  prepare  resolutions  on  the  death  of 
.1.   B.   McArdle. 


MASSACHUSETTS  HORTICUL- 
TURAL SOCIETY. 
The  annual  May  Exhibition  of  the 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society 
will  be  held  at  Horticultural  Hall. 
Saturday  and  Sunday,  May  18  and  19. 
The  schedule  calls  for  displays  of 
spring  flowering  bulbs,  irises,  pansles, 
wild  flowers,  and  early  vegetables.  In 
the  classes  for  greenhouse  plants  a  fine 
showing  of  calceolarias  and  pelar- 
goniums is  expected.  The  exhibition 
is  tree  to  the  public  and  will  be  open 
from  12  to  6  on  Saturday  and  from  1 
to  6  on  Sunday. 

The  Horticultural  Society  is  devoting 
much  effort  this  year  to  the  encour- 
agement of  home  vegetable  gardens 
and  to  the  increase  of  food  produc- 
tion. A  professional  gardener.  .James 
Warr,  has  been  engaged  for  the  season 
to  give  instruction  and  answer  ques- 
tions on  gardening  matters.  Mr.  Warr 
will  be  in  attendance  every  day  at 
Horticultural  Hall  and  all  desiring  in- 
tormation  are  invited  to  make  use  of 
tiio  privilege  offered.  A  plot  ot  earth 
has  been  provided  for  practical  dem- 
onstrations in  preparing  the  garden, 
planting  seeds,  and  transplanting. 
There  will  be  also  exhibits  of  garden 
implements,  injurious  insects  and 
methods  of  their  control,  canning  and 
drying  vegetables,  and  beneficial  birds. 
Wm.  P.  Rich,   Secretary. 

Horticultural  Hall.  Boston. 


May  18,  1918 


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485 


EMORIAL    DAY 

CARNATIONS 

American    Beauties,     Ophelia,    Russell, 

Hadley,  Sunburst,  White  and 

Pink    Killarneys 

Darwin  Tulips,  Peonies,  Spiraea  Japonica,  Stocks, 

Narcissus   Poeticus,   Sweet   Peas,    Longiflorum 

Lilies,  Hardy  Ferns,  Asparagus,  Galax 

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WELCH  BROS.  CO. 

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WESTCHESTER  AND  FAIRFIELD 
HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETY. 
At  the  monthly  meeting  held  in 
Greenwich,  Conn.,  May  10,  Robert 
Williamson.  James  Stuart  and  W. 
Sealey  were  appointed  to  act  with 
the  National  Association  of  Garden- 
ers" Service  Bureau  and  George  Bald- 
win was  appointed  as  manager  of  the 
summer  flower  show  which  comes  off 
on  ,Iune  27-28,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Red  Cross.  Prize  schedules  will  be 
issued  at  the  next  meeting  June  14. 
Awards  were  made  for  Calceolaria 
Stewartii  from  Robert  Williamson, 
Isf.  Laelio-Cattleya  from  James 
■Stuart,  2nd;  lilacs  from  John  Ruther- 
ford, 3rd:  tulips  from  R.  Williamson, 
highly  commended:  vote  of  thanks  to 
A.  Brown  for  sweet  peas  and  Thomas 
Ryan  for  lily  of  the  valley.  In  vege- 
tables James  Stuart  took  1st  and 
Thomas  Ryan,  2nd.  There  will  be 
three  classes  for  strawberries  at  the 
next  meeting.  Many  intimate  friends 
are  deeply  grieved  over  the  death  of 
our  late  secretary,  J.  B.  McArdle. 
James  Stuart  who  has  been  secretary 
during  Mr.  McArdle's  illness  will  con- 
tinue in  office  until  the  next  election 
of   officers. 

J.vcK  CoxROY,  Cor.  Secy. 

FLORISTS'  CLUB  OF  WASHINGTON, 
D.    0. 

May  flowering  and  Cottage  tulips 
were  exhibited  by  G.  E.  Anderson,  of 
Twin  Oaks,  at  the  May  meeting  of  the 
Club.  Mr.  Anderson,  in  speaking  of 
the  flowers,  stated  he  had  planted  fifty 


bulbs  and  thirty  of  them  produced  mul- 
tiple blooms  from  the  stem,  the  stems 
being  up  to  three  feet  in  length.  Otto 
Bauer  exhibited  Cottage  tulips  and  a 
fine  specimen  Cattleya  Mossiae. 
A   scheme   of   co-operative   local   ad- 


Meetings  N(  xt  Week 

Monday,    May    20,  j 

Detroit  Florists'  CUili,  Bemb  Flo- 
ral Hall,  Detroit,  Mich.  ! 

Houston  Florists'  Club.  Cliamber 
of  Commerce  Rooms,  Houston,  Tex. 

New  Jersey  Floricultural  Society. 
Orange.  N.  J. 

New    York    Federation    of    Horti 
ciiUural    Societies   and    Floral   Clubs. 
11(0  Broadway,   New  York  City. 

Tuesday,    May  21. 

Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of 
Boston,  Horticultural  Hall.  Boston. 
Mass. 

(iardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of 
Ontario,  St.  George's  Hall,  Toronto, 
Can. 

Minnesota  State  Florists'  Associa- 
tion.   Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Pennsylvania  Horticultural  So- 
liely.  Griffith  Hall.  I'hiladelpbia,  Pa. 

Wednesday,    May    22. 

Oyster  liay  lIr)rticulturMl  Society, 
Oyster  Bay.  N.   V 

Friday,    May    24. 

Connecticut  Horticulturai  Society, 
County  lildg.,  Hartford.  Conn. 

Monmouth  County  Horticultural 
Society,  Red  Bank.  N.  J. 

Pasadena  Horticultural  Society. 
Pasadena,  Calif. 

People's  Park  Cottage  Gardeners' 
Association,  Paterson,   N.  J. 

Saturday,   May  25. 

Uobbs    Ferry    Gardeners'    Assocla-  ; 
tion,  Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y'. 


vertising  whereby  each  member  of  the 
Club  would  pay  a  monthly  assessment 
in  proportion  to  the  size  of  his  busi- 
ness, was  discussed.  Early  closing  of 
stores  during  the  summer  months  was 
also  considered,  but  no  action  was 
taken.  The  local  florists,  according  to 
thoughts  expressed  at  this  meeting,  are 
ripe  for  a  reduction  in  the  service  now 
being  rendered  to  the  public,  which  is 
causing  great  increases  in  the  cost  of 
doing  business.  Suggestions  from  one 
or  two  contemplated  charging  a  fee  for 
delivery  of  all  purchases  after  a  given 
hour. 


NASSAU  COUNTY,  N,  Y.,  HORTI- 
CULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The  May  meeting  of  this  society 
brought  the  largest  attendance  of  the 
season.  Awards  on  exhibits  were 
Thomas  Twigg,  1st  for  pansies,  two 
Ists  and  two  2nds  on  Darwin  tulips; 
Ed.  Harris,  four  1st  on  Darwins;  .las. 
Mcnonald,  two  1st  on  Cottage  tulips: 
Prank  I'etroccia,  1st  for  bulbous  flow- 
ers and  cultural  certificate  for  aspara- 
gus: J.  Mastroaini,  cultural  certificate 
for  asparagus  and  thanks  for  vegetable 
display.  M.  C.  Ebel  spoke  briefly  on 
the  activities  of  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Gardeners.  The  next  meeting, 
June  12,  will  be  Rose  Night. 

H.  GoouBAND,   Cor.   Sec. 


At  the  May  meeting  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Horticultural  Society  at  the 
Public  Library,  Providence,  on  Wed- 
nesday, May  I.T.  J.  Curtis  Hopkins. 
Cbepachet,  R.  I.,  lectured  on  the  Sum- 
mer Care  of  the  Garden. 


480 


HORTICULTURE 


May   IS.  191S 


IMPORTANT  NEW  OR   RARE  TREES 
AND    SHRUBS 

(Contmuitl  frum  puj/f  'I'i-I) 
Acer  plctum,  from  Miiiuhuriii  and 
Japan,  has  been  In  culllvallou  u  nuiii 
bcr  of  years  In  this  country.  Two  In 
dlvlduals  In  the  Koihesler  Turks  iir. 
1618  feet  in  height,  and  form  haml 
some  round-headed  trees. 

Acer  rullnerve  Is  a  very  handsoni' 
slrlpedbarked  Maple  from  Japan 
bearing  some  resemblance  to  th. 
North  American  striped-bark  Maple. 

Acer  Pennsylvanlcum.  This  Maple 
has  been  In  culUvatlon  for  a  number 
of  years.  It  Is  still,  however,  a  rare 
plant  In  the  parks  and  gardens  of  this 
country.  The  three-lobed  ample  leaves, 
4-6  Inches  long,  are  very  ornamental. 

Stewarlla  pseudo-Camellia.  The 
writer  remembers  very  well  seeing 
this  handsome  flowering  shrub,  or 
small  tree.  In  bloom  tor  the  first  time 
at  Dosorls,  Glen  Cove,  U)ng  Island, 
twenty-nine  years  ago.  This  Is  a 
native  of  Japan,  and  although  In  cul- 
tivation for  a  good  many  years  is  still 
rare  in  gardens.  The  cup-shaped 
flowers,  2^  to  3  inches  across,  bear 
some  resemblance  to  a  Camellia.  The 
white  petals  are  contrasted  with  a 
prominent  cluster  of  orange-colored 
stamens.  There  are  two  American 
species,  namely.  StewartI  Vlrginlca, 
which  is  tender  in  the  North,  and 
Stewart!  pentagyna,  which  appears  to 
be  fairly  hardy  with  us. 

Acanthopanax  ricinifolius.  This 
handsome,  hardy,  largetoliaged  tree 
from  Japan  presents  a  distinct  appear- 
ance from  all  other  hardy  deciduous 
trees  In  this  part  of  the  world.  The 
aspect  is  strictly  subtropical.  It  is 
said  to  attain  a  height  of  80  feet  in 
Japan.  As  the  specific  name  implies, 
the  leaves  bear  a  resemblance  to  the 
leaves  of  the  Castor  Oil  plant.  They 
have  5-7  lobes,  and  are  10-14  inches 
across.  The  leaf-stalks  are  8-18  inches 
long.  The  branches  and  stems  are  be- 
set with  numerous  stout  prickles. 

Cornus  brachypoda  is  a  very  hand- 
some cornel,  a  native  of  Japan  and 
China.  The  leaves  on  young  shoots 
are  7  inches  long  and  3  inches  wide, 
elliptic  in  outline,  with  markedly  long 
tapering  points  at  the  apex,  deep 
green  above,  glaucous  beneath,  and 
supported  on  stout  stalks  IVS  Inches 
long.  The  showy  white  flower  clusters 
bloom  In  July  and  are  followed  by 
clusters  of  bluish  black  fruit. 

Cornus  Bretschneideri  is  from 
Northern  China,  and  has  been  in  cul- 
tivation for  some  time,  but  is  still  a 
rare  plant.  The  leaves  are  ovate 
elliptic,  4%  inches  long  and  3  Inches 
wide,  somewhat  rough  on  both  sides, 
deep  green  above,  pale  below.  The 
white  flower  clusters  are  quite  showy 
and  prominent  about  the  end  of  June. 
The  fruit  is  bluish  black. 

Cornus  controversa  is,  perhaps,  the 
largest  growing  of  all  the  Dogwoods, 
and  is  said  to  be  a  tree  60  feet  in 
height  under  native  conditions.  It  Is 
native  of  the  Eastern  Himalayas  to 
Japan.  In  its  branching  habit  it  re- 
sembles the  North  American  Cornus 
alternifolius,  as  the  leaves  and 
branches  are  alternate.  The  leaves, 
supported  on  reddish,  slender  stalks, 
are  4  to  5  inches  long,  2V'2  to  3  inches 
wide,  elliptic  In  outline,  deep  green 
above    and    very   pale    beneath.      The 


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I'.uy  now.  and  save  from  30-40%. 


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We  handle  a  full  line  of  CKKI'E 
ROSES,  such  as  Pink,  White,  Golden 
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more.     Smaller  quantities,  00c. 


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our  expense  and  we  will  gladly  refund  your  money. 

We  are  an  American  concern  anil  we  want  you  to  help  us  grow  larger  and 
larger,  thereby  eliminating  all  possibilities  from  again  Importing  from  our  beastly 
enemy,  Germany.      By  helping  us,  you  are  helping  yourself. 

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white,  showy  flower  clusters  open 
about  the  middle  of  June  and  are  fol- 
lowed by  bluish-black  fruit. 

Cornus  Kousa,  a  native  of  Japan,  is 
represented  by  a  few  good  sized  indi- 
viduals in  a  few  of  the  leading  old  es- 
tates in  the  northeastern  states,  but  is 
still  uncommon.  The  leaves  are  deep 
green  above,  pale  beneath,  %  inches 
long  on  very  short  stalks,  or  almost 
sessile.  The  blossoms  very  much  re- 
semble in  general  appearance  those  of 
Cornus  florida,  and  are  surrounded  by 
showy,  white  bracts.  Cornus  Kousa 
flowers  about  one  month  later  than 
Cornus  florida.  The  flowers  are  fol- 
lowed by  fleshy,  connate,  globular 
heads  of  showy  red  fruit,  and  quite 
different  from  those  of  Cornus  florida. 


Cornus  Wilsoniana  flowered  In  the 
Rochester  Parks  for  the  first  time  this 
year,  and  was  in  bloom  July  2nd.  It 
is  said  to  attain  a  height  of  40  feet 
under  native  conditions.  The  leaves 
are  3  or  4  inches  long,  glaucescent 
beneath,  and  covered  with  adpressed 
white  hairs.  The  flower  clusters  re- 
semble somewhat  those  of  Cornus  can- 
didissima.  The  fruit  is  said  to  be 
l)lack. 

Syringa  Sweglnzowll  is  one  of  the 
new  species  of  Lilacs  from  Western 
(Jhlna  whose  graceful  beauty  very 
much  impressed  us  last  spring.  It  Is 
a  free  grower.  The  leaves  are  ovate, 
2  to  4  Inches  long,  rounded  at  the  base. 
The  loose,  graceful  flower  clusters  are 
white,  and  markedly  tinged  with  pink. 


May  18,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


•487 


r     IN/lemorial     Day 

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TUFT, FEVERFEW  OF  BEST  QUALITY 

Other  Seasonable   Flowers  at  Right  Prices.  We  Aim  to   Please 

Our  stock  is  from  the  best  growers  in  New  England  and  is  carefully  selected  and  examined  before  being  shipped. 
We  ship  throughout  New  England,  New  York  State  and  Canada.  We  give  a  service  that  is  recommended  as 
the  best. 

Being  well  experienced,  we  anticipate  the  requirements  of  our  customers,  and  can  supply  them  with  the  flow- 
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Among  some  of  the  new  Lilac  varie- 
ties and  hybrids  we  mention  a  few 
that  are  meritorious. 

Claude  Bernard  is  a  rapid  grower, 
and  has  cluster  of  semi-double,  clear 
maroon  flowers,  and  is  among  the  earl- 
iest to  bloom.  Diderot  has  single, 
compound,  erect  clusters  of  claret-pur- 
ple flowers,  roundish  in  outline. 
Emlle  Gentil  bears  thyrses  of  large 
size,  with, double,  over-lapping  flowers 
of  a  cobalt  blue  shade.  Mont  Blanc 
should  Become  a  popular  Lilac.  The 
single,  large  flowers  are  disposed  In 
branched  panicles,  and  are  pure  white. 
Good  white  Lilacs  with  large  flowers 
are  always  in  demand.  Paul  Thirion 
Is  a  late  double  flow-ering  Lilac,  with 
upright  panicles,  and  the  blossoms  im- 
bricated. The  color  might  be  described 
as  purple-rose,  and  the  unfolding  buds 
have  a  beautiful  carmine  tinge. 

Lonicera  Korolkovii,  variety  flori- 
bunda,  is  a  gem.  It  is  not  new  in  this 
country,  but  is  rare  in  gardens.  It 
forms  a  wide,  spreading,  graceful  head 
6-8  feet  In  height  and  12  feet  in  spread 
of  branches.  The  leaves  are  light 
green  or  greyish  green,  elliptic  in  out- 
line. The  numerous  light  pink  flowers 
In  great  profusion  are  very  attractive 
about  the  first  week  in  June. 

Ix)nicera  syringantha  Is  a  bush 
Honeysuckle  that  has  been  in  cultiva^ 
tlon  for  a  good  many  years,  but  it  Is 
still  rarely  seen.  It  is  usually  upright 
In  habit,  with  slender  branches,  and 
does  not  seem  to  exceed  4  or  5  feet  in 
height.  The  small  leaves  are  deep 
blulsfa-green.  The  blossoms  are  re- 
markably dainty,  and  are  pale,  rosy- 
lilac,  with  a  pleasing  fragrance.  A 
variety  of  this  species  known  as 
Wolfil  Is  more  beautiful  than  the  type. 


NARCISSUS  AMONG  FERNS. 


BEDDING  PLANTS 

IN     PRnviK     rONDITION. 

Double     AlysBnm.     2     In.     $2.50     per     100 
Dracaena    IndivUa,    Z     In,     $2.50;     4     In. 

$15.00:    5    in.   $25.00  per    100. 
Fmerrew,   2   In.  $2.50;   S  In.  $5.50  per  100 

Fuchsias,    S    in $5.50  per  100 

Heliotrope.    S     in $5.50  per  100 

MarKuerltes,     Mrs.    Sander    and     Boston 

Market,    2     in $3..'.0  per   10<I 

Mare:.    Sinele.    2    in S2..%0    per   100 

Vlnea     Variecata.    2Vi     in.    $2.50;     3     In. 

$5  00;   4    In.  $10.00  and  $12.00  per  100 

Ivy    Geraniums,    2    in $2.50  per  100 

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Our  illustration  shows  a  somewhat 
novel  use  of  narcissus  among  tender 
ferns  as  a  spring  adornment  under  a 


garden  arbor.  The  combination  was 
very  effective.  The  photograph  was 
taken  at  Lancaster,  Mass..  at  the 
Bayard  Thayer  residence. 


NURSERYMEN    DEMAND   REDRESS. 

A  conference  in  reference  to  the 
shipment  by  express  of  nursery  stock 
from  this  section  was  held  at  the 
rooms  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Geneva,  N.  Y.,  on  May  2. 

It  was  attended  by  representa- 
of  the  city  with  President  W.  W. 
Grant  presiding.  H.  C.  Haycock,  of 
Buffalo,  district  superintendent  of  the 
American  Express  Company,  was  pres- 
ent in  behalf  of  the  express  company, 
and  heard  the  complaints  of  the  nur- 
serymen concerning  delayed  ship- 
ments as  well  as  failure  to  call  for  the 
shipments  after  various  requests  had 
been  made  for  wagons. 

The  complaint  of  the  nurserymen  is 
not  a  new  one.  In  fact,  it  has  been  of 
long  standing  and  an  effort  to  remedy 
the  trouble  early  this  spring  was  made 
by  a  conference  held  by  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  a  few  weeks  ago.  At 
that  time  some  relief  was  promised 
and  has  been  afforded  but  not  enough 
to  take  care  of  the  situation,  as  a  re- 
sult of  which  it  is  said,  the  nursery- 
men here  have  numerous  claims  for 
damages  which  they  apparently  are 
disposed  to  enforce. 


Details  of  the  manner  of  packing 
and  shipping  were  gone  over  with 
some  suggestions  made  that  might  be 
of  mutual  assistance.  One  of  these 
was  the  weighing  of  shipments  by  the 
nurserymen  instead  of  leaving  the 
weighing  to  be  done  by  the  express 
company.  The  company  said  if  the 
nursery  firms  would  send  their  ship- 
ments to  the  trains  all  weighed  they 
could  be  put  direct  in  the  cars  where 
they  (ould  be  checked  up.  This  would 
avoid  tlie  rehandling  of  the  goods  and 
their  weighing  at  the  station,  which 
consumed  considerable  time.  This 
was  agreed  to  liy  the  nurserymen  who 
will  do  this  in  the  future. 

AUorney  W.  Smith  O'Brien  was 
present  representing  some  of  the  nur- 
serymen and  asked  that  a  written 
statement  be  made  by  the  representa- 
tive of  the  express  company  as  to  just 
what  relief  might  be  expected.  The 
inclination  was  to  take  the  matter  be- 
fore the  Public  Service  Commission 
unless  assurances  were  satisfactory. 
Superintendent  Haycock  was  iiuite  in- 
<lined  to  do  everything  possible 
though  the  nurserymen  on  account  of 
past  experiences  were  disposed  to  be 
a  bit  skeptical  as  to  results. 


4K8 


11  ()  i;  r  I  (•  r  i/i  r  HI-: 


May  18,  191t> 


SEED  TRADE 


AMERICAN  SBBl)  TKADB  ASSOCIATION 

W«.hln»U.D.  1>  r  ;  l^r'l  Vl«-I-I»»l<«.«l. 
M  m  t>  Hrfcrt#tl  lUlllntorff.  Md.  i  ■*■>•»« 
»lc.  rr.-.ld,nl.  I>.>1.1  llurp«».  |-bll*4»l- 
ybhk,     r».  i     B«-crct»rj -Tr«»«Brer,     C.     ». 


Soldiers  of  the  Soil. 
The  Marylaml  C'oimcil  iif  Deffiise 
Women's  Section  Koiid  Production 
Committee,  have  establi.slied  a  liooUi 
in  Itolgianos  Seed  Store.  Haltiraore. 
.Md..  where  pledges  are  accepted  for 
the  "production  of  food  to  help  win 
the  War.  In  this  way  thousands  of 
buvers  and  planters  of  seed  are  in 
tervlewed  daily.  and  induced  to 
pledge  themselves  to  greater  efTorts 
In  the  production  of  food.  The  Pledge 
is  "I  pledge  myself  to  do  my  bit.  as  a 
soldier  of  the  soil,  in  Haltimore  Cit> 
during  the  year  1918  by  planting  a 
food  garden  in  a  backyard,  on  a 
vacant  lot.  or  in  a  City  Playground. 
or  in  a  School  Garden."  A  very  at- 
tractive button  is  given  to  all  those 
who  pledge  themselves,  designating 
ibem  as  Soldiers  of  the  Soil. 


May 
l(Uh) 


Seed   Trade   Notes. 
The   Wliolesale    Seedmen's     l.«ague 
are     holding     their     scheduled 
meeting   today    (Thursday,    the 
inst  in  New  York  City. 

Mrs.  Don.  wife  of  1-ce  Don  (if 
Weeber  &  Don,  New  York,  has  been 
dangerously  ill  at  her  home  in  Ridge- 
wood,  N.  J.,  but  we  are  happy  to  state 
that  she  seems  now  to  be  well  on  the 
way  to  full  recovery. 


PUBLICATIONS    RECEIVED. 

Leaflet  No.  :;.  Series  VI..  of  the 
Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  Botanic  Garden  is  de- 
voted to  an  interesting  and  valuable 
account  of  the  history  and  origin  of 
our  common  garden  vegetables  by  Or- 
land  E.  White. 


Transactions  of  the  Massachusetts 
Horticultural  Society  for  the  year 
1917.  Part  II.  This  contains  the  an- 
nual reports  of  the  trustees  and  v;i 
rious  committees  and  other  ofhcial- 
of  the  Society,  together  with  a  list  m 
members. 


Annual  Report  for  liU?  of  the  For- 
est Commissioner  of  Newton.  Mass.. 
"The  Garden  City  of  Massachusetts." 
A  54-page  pamphlet  containing  much 
useful  information  on  trees,  their  care, 
insects  and  diseases,  etc.  W.  W.  Col- 
ton  is  Forest  Commissioner. 


The  Bulletin  of  the  .American  Dah- 
lia Society  for  March.  lOlS.  just  re- 
ceived, contains  a  feeling  tribute  to 
the  memory  of  the  late  secretary,  .T. 
Harrison  Dick:  also  a  useful  refer- 
ence list  of  Dahlias  of  Merit  at  the 
Test  Gardens,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 


.1.  B.  I.ippincott  Co..  Philadelphia, 
have  just  recently  is.sued  a  new  edi- 
tion of  Thomas'  Practical  nook  of 
Outdoor  Rose  Growing,  adding  a  num- 
ber of  new  plates  and  much   material 


■""^^MJi:^ 


We  have  just  received 

ANOTHER  THOUSAND  TONS 


Of  Our  Celebrated 


South  American  Sheep 
and  Goat  Manure 


This  is  unexcelled  for  top  dressing  any  crop  or  mixing  with 
the  soil,  or  for  use  in  solution.  1  here  is  no  safer  or  surer  ma- 
terial to  be  had. 

Write  for  prices  and  receive  a   supply  while  it  lasts.     It 
is  difficult  to  obtain. 

SANDERSON  FERTILIZER  AND  CHEMICAL  CO. 

Subildiary  of  (he  Amcricin  Agticaltaral  Chemical  Co. 

NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 


Begonias 

Farquhar's  Tuberous-Rooted 

As  Bedding  I'lants  these  are  unsurpassed  for  bril- 
liancy and  richness  of  color. 

Single  Variety  in  six  colors,  $i.oo  per  dozen; 
$7.50  per   100. 

Double  and  New  Frilled  Varieties  Prices  on 
application. 

R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  CO., 

6  South  Market  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,   Raynaa 

PEu*k«  LondoriL,  Elngland.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc,,  c^^«t:i:.t  u^ 


and  the  price  has  been  increased  to 
$«.(I0  net  instead  of  $4.imi,  which  has 
been  the  price  heretofore.  A  "Gar- 
den" edition  of  this  work  has  recently 
been  issued.  The  price  is  $2.0ii  net. 
and  it  is  i)roving  very  popular.  Copies 
of  either  volume  may  be  had  at  pub- 
lisher's price  from  the  office  of  Hokti- 

HT/miE. 


Providence,  R.  I. — The  Florists'  and 
Gardeners'  Club  of  Rhode  Island,  aft- 
er an  existence  of  almost  a  quarter 
of  a  century,  voted  at  its  meeting  last 
week  to  disband  and  surrender  its 
charter,  because  of  lack  of  interest. 
The  balance  in  the  treasury  is  to  be 
turned  in  to  the  tobacco  fund  for  the 
soldiers  at  the  front. 


Glen  Cove  City,  N.  Y.— Mrs.  Robert 
Gain  .Jr.,  is  at  the  head  of  a  commit- 
tee just  organized  in  this  city  for  the 
1  urpose  of  securing  for  the  hospital 
t  round ■-■  at  Camp  Upton  a  sonsldera 
ble  quantity  of  plants,  trees  and 
shrubs  to  relieve  the  barenness 
wliich  now  prevails  thers.  Th( 
grounds  about  the  hospital,  covering 
more  than  fifty  acres,  and  the  plots 
between  the  wards  are  so  forlorn  In 
appearance  and  unsightly  that  it  is 
desirable  to  improve  them  as  soon  as 
possible.  Already  a  umber  of  resi- 
dents of  this  city  have  offered  to 
furnish  trees,  shrubs  and  flowering 
plants  and  from  the  numerous  large 
country  estates  here  it  is  expected  to 
obtain   many  more. 


May  18,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


489 


Asparagus 
Plumosus     Nanus 

Northern  Greenhouse   Grown   Seed 

100  Seed $     .50 

I.OCO   Seed 3.50 

5,000    Seed 15.50 

10,000   Seed 30.00 

25,000   Seed 72.50 

Asparagus  Sprengeri 

i,CO0  Seed $     .75 

5,C00  Seed 3.00 

lO.OCO  Seed 5.50 

25,000  Seed 12.50 

AIho   all    Other    Seasonable   Seeds,    Bnlbs 
and    Supplies. 

WHOL,ESALE    PRICE    LIST    FREE. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  .Market    St..   rhila..   I'a. 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  us  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    GO. 

170  W.  WabMh  Are.  OHIOAOO,  it.t. 


IM  We«t  Mth   St.,  MEW  TOBK 
CHOICE  rL,OBI8T8'   FLOWER   HEEDS 

▲•p»rmffoft  Plaino«ns  N&nat — 1000  teedft, 
(S.tO;  S0««  B«*d>,  (Ifi.OO. 

Asparm^as  8pr«ncerl — 1000  Seeds,  fl.OO. 

tmlTlm  BoBflre— 1^  ox.,  Mc.;  1  as.,  tt.OO. 

telTl*  Zurich — %  OS.,  7Be.;  1  as.,  H-Oa 

•toaks  B«sut7  »t  Nice,  TS%  Double  Flow*** 
—Shell  Pink,  Bright  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  $1.00;   •^  os.,  $2.00;   1  OS.,  $6.00. 

fla*pdrm«on,  Petnnlaa,  \'erbenA«,  eta. 
■KMD    FOB    CATALOGUE. 


Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILi\DCLPHIA. 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED  OMLT  TO  THOSE  WHO  PLANT 

FOB    PBOFIT 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (300  per  case) $60.00  per  thousand 

8/10  (2as  per  c«ie) 80.00     " 

»/10  (200  per  »••) 100.00     " 

Conpleta  LUt  of  Florists'  Choice  Sead*. 

A  postal  eard  will  brine  our  eatalocaa. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

1004  LinealB  Bide.    FHIZADKLFHIA.  PA. 


A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS.  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75  00  per  1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

When  writing  to  advertitere    kindly 
mention  HORTICULTURE. 


^tm^^ilMef^ 


SEEDS     A.IMD 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


Ul 


NEW  YORK 


OIMA^FRD'S 


DS 


and     SEED     SEFRVICE 

FOR     SALE     BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  IIL 


WEEBER  &  DON 


114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
NEW    YORK 


BUflNETT  BRaTHERS 

SEEDS,  61H.BS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

38  Chambers  Stratt.  New  YsrI 


THOMAS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS,     BCLB8     AKD     DTPLEMENTB 
WHOLESALE    AND    BETAIL. 

Beseleeted  Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved   styles  In   Unplesaeata. 

Gataloffue   upon   applleattaa. 

16  So.  Marfcet  Street 
^C3S~rC3IM.  IVIA.SS. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

Neto    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

For     immediate     or     future     delivery 
prices   quoted    on    application. 
JOSEPH   BRECK   &   SONS'  CORP 

47-M  North  Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


THE 

HORTICULTURAL 
CATALOG 

A       MONTHLY       MAGAZINE       FOB 

WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 
FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

ContalnR      alphabet  leal      llsttnK*      of 

available   nurplua   stoi'k,  etc. 

$1.00    per    yp«r.  ForelgTi   $IM> 

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LOS   ANGELES, 


CALIFORNIA 


We  Make  a  Specialty  in 
GRASS  MIXTURES 

For 

The  Lawu,  Sliady  Spots  or  Under 
Trees,  the  South,  the  Seachore,  the 
Terrace  and  Restoring  Old  Lawns, 
Polo  Gerunds.  Tennis  Courts,  Put- 
ting Greens,  Fair  Greens,  Meadows 
ami  Pastures. 
All    cif    tlip    Finest    Recleaned    Seeds. 

J.  M.  THORBURN  &  CO. 

Established   1802. 
53  Barclay  Sireet,     NEW  YORK 


KELWAY  8  SON 

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SEEDS 

(perioDallj  selected  ftraiiii) 

WHOUEISALE  ONLY 

Write   for   Special    Prices,    Spot   ar 
Forward 

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SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticuliural  Sundries 


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J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Seed  Distribu- 
tors for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Market  Gardeners  and   Florist* 
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GARDEN  SEED 

HEKT.  CARROT,  PARSNIP,  RADISn  tad 
GAROK.V  PKA  SBKO  In  Tsriety;  slto  othar 
Items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  past  season, 
as  well  as  *  full  line  of  Oardep  Beads,  wUI 
he  quoted   you   upon  application  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  D.r  3t..  NEW  YORK  and  ORANC£.CONNi 


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May  IN,  1918 


ALEX.  McDonnell 


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611   FIFTH  AVENUE 


Trl^crmphlc  ordrm  forwardrtl  to  mnj 
p»rt  of  Ihr  I'ntt^d  Mstrs,  ('itnii4lA,  and 
Korrlgn  tounlrliHi.  Ordprw  from  tll« 
trmdr  for  drIlTpry  In  Nrw  York  and  Tl- 
elnlty   r««*lve  •prdal  KltrDtlon. 

Cost  of  Cabhnij  >'or<i<;n  Deliv- 
eries Must  be  Prepaid.  Reference 
or  cash  must  accompany  all  orders 
from  unknotrn  correspondents. 

C»h\r  Addr<Hi>.  AI,EXCO.VNEl.L.. 


"The  Telegraph  Florist" 

Member  of   FlorltU*  Tele-fjrapb  Dellfcrj 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


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KANSAS  CITY 

Tranifer    Your  Ordert  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
Mwnb*r  riarlrt*'  TaUfrnph  D»Mi«»f 


m. 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Delrrer  orderi  from  kny  part  of  the  countrf  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  OT  Tal*sn»fe 
1139-2141  Broadway,  New  York 

KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Maditon  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      Alto  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Tclephon*.    Marrmy    Hill    IgS 

Oat-of-towD     Orders     Solicited.       Location 

C*Dtr>l.     PeriODal   Attention. 

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ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

BANGOR,  MB. 

fVt  Coocr  all  Points  In  Maine 


S2  NEWBURY 

STREET 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

36  Dorrance  Street 

M«Kb«r    FlorUta'    T«J*armph    DmliTwrr 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 

WHICH    CLASS    ARE    YOU     IN? 

Now  lliat  Mothers'  Day  Is  over  do 
you  feel  enthusiastic  over  the  possi- 
bilities of  your  volume  of  business? 
How  much  better  did  your  sales  total 
than  last  year  Mothers'  Day?  Did  you 
take  advantage  of  our  Publicity  Bu- 
reau and  also  use  your  local  papers 
to  put  your  Mothers'  Day  messaRO 
across?  If  you  did,  the  results  prove 
It  already.  If  not,  did  you  He  down 
and  let  George  do  It  for  you? 

It  hardly  seems  possible  In  these 
days  of  strife  not  to  have  taken  the 
modern  weapon  of  business  success 
called  Publicity  and  put  Into  bold  type 
your  message  of  flowers  for  Mothers' 
Day,  and  reap  what  Is  youra  for  the 
effort. 

Let  those  of  you  who  are  satisfied 
with  the  results  of  Mothers'  Day  ad- 
vertising and  the  business  therefrom, 
make  mention  to  those  who  have  not 
as  yet  taken  on  the  stride  and  get  into 
the  campaign  with  all  the  energy  left 
in  you  so  that  all  may  receive  the 
benefits. 

We  are  Just  $15,000  short  of  our 
fund.  Will  you  be  among  those  who 
are  liberal  and  progressive,  or  will 
you  be  in  the  slacker-let-the-other-fel- 
low-do-it-dass?  We  think  everyone 
will  want  to  be  a  part  of  this,  our  first 
big  movement  to  do  things. 

Send  your  proportion  now  to  .John 
Young,  secretary.  1170  Broadway,  Xew 
York,  and  show  your  loyalty  to  the 
best  business  on  earth.  We  are  all  a 
part  of  it,  but  we  want  you  to  help, 
and  help  now.     Will  you  do  it? 

Henry  Penn. 

Chairman.  National  Publicity  Cam- 
paign. 


Lynn,  '!\1ass. — Leo  Schmolck  and 
Nellie  Gertrude  Torrant  were  mar- 
ried at  the  residence  of  Maj.  Rev.  W. 
F.  Dusseault,  Saturday  evening.  Mr. 
Schmolck  Is  the  gardener  at  Citv 
Hall. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  yonr  terrlc*  to  dellT«r  Flowors 
•r  DetlrD>  on  Ord»r  by  T*l*- 
f  r»ph  or  otherwU*.  Prompt 
Rellablo  Berrlco. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connectlcnt   At*,   and   L,   St. 
WA8HINOTON.  D.  O. 


Eatabllshed  1874 

D  A.  i«  r> 

FI.OKIST 

N.  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  IHadi.on  Are,  N.  Y.  City 
(Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asso.) 
Flowers  Blilpped  on  all  Steamers.  Special 
Correspondence  In  all  the  large  cities  of 
Europe  and  the  British  Colonies.  Telegraph 
and  Cable  address,  Dardsflor. 

We  should  all  utrlctly  adhere  to  the  r»- 
qaeHt  of  the  Vnlted  Slates  Food  Adminis- 
tration. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
— SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,  MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Gut  Blooms 

W«  Mxr   all    Mlahlvaa    palate  ■■«  «»*4 

•••tUas    at    Ohia,    ladlaaa  aa4    OaaM^a. 

MsHbars     riartsta'     TeUvrapk     DalHvT 

Ass— lattaa. 


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Member  Florlili  Teletfrspb    DcllTsrT 


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785  Fifth  Ave. 


■••«    FlortsU    la    tbs    Btatos    aa 
RafereBeas. 

BDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXBCDTBD 

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T«l«vraph   DsllTarr. 


THE  ROSERY 

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FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 

AND  viciNrrr 

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761  Fifth  Avi. 
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Minibir  Florists'  Tiiitripb  Dilrviry  Asm. 

YOUNG  &  NUGDfT 

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New  York 

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491 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


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Delivary  Aaiociation 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  DeliTeiv 
Service 


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llCVff    lUnli  VanderblltHotsI 

BACTIIII   1  ''■''k  street 
DUd  I  Ull  799  Boylston  Street 

lilhirtit  ti  Stunn  ui  ill  Eistin  Ptiits 


Order*   Filled    Bmr    w   MIrbt   ter 

CI-EVEll-AND 

and  State  of  Ohio 

••■iplet*  8tork.     Rcialu'  dl*«oant  t*  Trmd*. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

UM   W.   !5th   St.,  Cleveland,  O. 
b«r«   Florists'  Telegraph  DellTery  A**'B. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Floweri  of  Every  Kind  in  Seaion 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Metniers  OJ  F.  T,  D.  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  CHnton  Avenue,  N. 

lUchester  Phone  506.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  i/8« 

Membert  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

AjntBRSON    service    mean*    (re*b,    starAj- 
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ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND,     Nahant.  Mau. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

BARBT   I.   BAlfDALX.,   Proprietor. 

Mtmher  Floritts'   Telegraph  Delivery. 


DE- 


FLORISTS'      TELEGRAPH 
LIVERY 

The  following  names  have  been  ad- 
ded to  the  membership  list  of  the 
F.  T.  D.: 

Byron  Henry  Ives;  Albuquerque,  New 
Mexico. 

Arkansas  City  Floral  Co.,  525  N.  5th  St., 
Arkansas  City,  Kansas. 

Atlantic  Greenhouses,  Atlantic,  Iowa. 

Augusta  Flower  Shop,  221  Water  St., 
Augusta,   Me. 

Shotwell   Floral   Co.,   Fargo,   No.   Dakota. 

Otto  A.  Stoll,  Railroad  and  Spring  Sts., 
Hillsdale,  Mich. 

"The  Greenhouse,"  W.  Fountain  St., 
Mineral  Point,  Wis. 

The  S.  H.  Moore  Co.,  1054  Chapel  St., 
New  Haven,  Conn. 

Frank  E.  Campbell,  1966  Broadway,  New 
York. 

Joseph  F.  McDonougb,  376  Bellevue  Ave., 
Newark,  N.  J. 

Louis  M.  Rogers,  319  S.  16th  St..  Omaha, 
Neb. 

Dial  Graden  Green  House,  Prairie  du 
Chien,  Wis. 

John  Heeremans,  40  Nassau  St.,  Prince- 
ton, N.  J. 

The  Flower  Shop  (Joe  Tuck's),  1616  2nd 
Ave.,  Rock  Island,  111. 

Bailey  &  Sons  Co.,  61  E.  2nd  St.  S.,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah. 

Hauser  Floral  Company,  109  Ave.  D.,  San 
Antonio,  Texas. 

Robert  L.  Dunn,  104  Queenston  St.,  St. 
Catherines,  Out. 

C.  E.  Hubbard,  520  Kansas  Ave.,  Topeka, 
Kansas. 


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To  JULIUS  A.  ZINN 

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PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ONHUDSON, 


N.Y. 


Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVER,  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
In     FALL,     RIVER     and     contiguons 
territory. 


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WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries   to    all    points    In    New    England. 
126,000    Square   Feet   of  Glass. 

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AsBOclation. 

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FLOWER  AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

Everything  First-Class 

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4326-28  Olive  St. 

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«-l«  West  Adelaide  Bt.    -    TORONTO,  OUT. 
AlAANT.  N.  Y. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

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"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largest  cut  flower  store  In  Amerlo^. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  ^1 
Northwestern  points  viren  prompt  a4- 
tenti<»i 

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ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 

^*  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 
E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member     FlorUt*'     Telegraph    Delivery. 

DENVER.  COLORADO 


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FIRST 

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1619  •  21   R»ort«»(l  St.,    PbiUJelphi*,   P«. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
ud  ail  Saasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowirs 

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Wholesale   Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

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WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

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EXCHANGE,  Inc. 

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Hardv  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

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30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


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WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  -  ^'^^"^ '"■"^^  to'deal£K3  only 


Rose* 

Am.  Beauty,  Speaal 

"         Fancy  and  Extra. 
"  '*        No.  1  and  culUo 

Kusscll,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadlcy 

Arenberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty-  ■  -  • 

Ward 

Kilbrocy,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HillingdoD 

Ckraatioas 

Cattleyaa-- 

Lilies,  Lonsiflorum 

Lilies.  SpecioBum 

Iris     

Cellas 

UI7  of  the  V&Uer 

Snapdragoo 

GI«dioli 

Pans-es- 

DUfodils 

Tulips 

Calendula. 

Stocks 

Wa.I  Flowers 

MiKnooette 

Sweet   Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardeaias  

Adiantum 


BOSTON 

May  16 


ST 


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May  6 


PHULA. 

April  t9 


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12.00 
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500 
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■  50 

I. CO 


15.00 

Smilax- I  20.00 

AjparaBUB  Plumoms,  A.  Spraa.  (loo  Bcht.) I  35.00 


95,00 
15.00 
6.00 
6.00 
8.00 
5.00 
5.0c 
5.00 
6.00 
2.00 
95.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6,00 
6.00 

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a. 00 
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25.0c 

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s.oo 
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300 


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10.00 

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50.00 
30.CO 
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:  0.00 

5.00 
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4.00 
14. 00 
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19.50 

35.00 


15.00 

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30.00 

1500 

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3.00 
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9.00 
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1. 00 
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9.00  to 

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3.00 

3.00 
3.00 
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3.00 

I. CO 

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50.C0 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 

\A/^Holosalo    F^lorls-ts 

568-570  WASHINGTON  STREET    -     BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.a.BUDL©NG 


ROSES.  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


184  North  Wabaah  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  of 


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CBRTtPtEO   PUBLIC  ACCOUNTAM* 

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May  18,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


493 


Flower  Market  Reports 

The     bottom     has     com- 
BOSTON     pletely    gone   out    of   the 
flower  market  this  week. 
In  fact  it  partly  fell  out  some  time  ago 
and   the   hot   spell   last    week    finished 
the  job  and  Mothers'  Day  did  nothing 
to  put  it  back.     Prices  established  in 
advance  for  the  occasion  were  not  ex- 
cessive,  even   on   carnations,   but   the 
receipts    were    so    heavy    that    these 
could  not  be  maintained  and  the  whole 
fabric     of     market     values     went     to 
pieces.     By  Saturday  morning  quanti- 
ties of  carnations  in  the  markets  were 
awaiting  buyers  at  $10.00  a  thousand. 
The  white  ones  were  the  worst  suffer- 
ers  and  dealers  were   refusing   to   fill 
orders   for  colored   ones   unless   50   to 
60  per  cent  of  whites  were  also  taken. 
Much  of  the  stock  at  the  end  of  the 
week    was    tired    and    weary    looking, 
due   to   weather  conditions   and   "salt- 
ing,"  jointly,    and   could    not    possibly 
pass   examination    for    service.      Stock 
in  wholesale  dealers'  hands  at  present 
writing  is  very  large  and  with  no  pros- 
pect of  a  cleanup.     The  accumulation 
includes  about  everything  in  season — 
roses,  carnations,    irises,    sweet   peas, 
lilies,   snapdragons,    late    narcissi,  tu- 
lips, callas,  cattleyas,  etc..  the  supply 
of   all   these   being  away   beyond    any 
possibility     of     consumption     by     the 
meagre  demand.     On  the  Mothers'  Day 
proposition    the   best   call   came    from 
places  at  a  considerable  distance.  Lo- 
cal  buying   was   much    less    than   had 
been    expected.     City    retailers,    how- 
ever,  are   admitting    a    very   pleasing 
Mothers'   Day   experience.     They   cer- 
tainly had  things  quite  their  own  way 
and  whatever  increase  in  prices  they 
were  able   to   "get   by"   with,   did   not 
pass  on  to  any  considerable  degree  to 
the    producer.     We    hope    to    see    the 
bottom  restored  to  the  business  soon, 
to   last   until   the   natural    end    of   the 
season   at    least.     With     a   shortening 
up  of  crops   and    with   Memorial    Day 
and   the  month  of  weddings   in   sight, 
perhaps  a  period  of  stability  may  yet 
be  enjoyed  but  certainly  the  situation 
this  week  olTers  little  on  which  to  base 
any  pronounced  optimism. 

Trade  has  not  ceased 
CHICAGO  with  the  passing  of 
Mothers'  Day,  as  so 
often  happened  after  a  day  of  special 
demand.  After  keeping  their  stores 
open  all  day  Sunday,  the  retailers 
were  early  in  the  market  on  Monday 
after  stock  to  fill  belated  orders  which 
arrived  that  day.  Many  telegrams 
and  special  delivery  orders  were  re- 
ceived on  Monday.  The  wholesale 
market  cleaned  up  on  Sunday  and  the 
incoming  stock  on  Monday  was  most 
welcome.  There  is  now  a  good  supply 
of  all  kinds  and  the  quality  is  all  that 
can  be  desired. 

The  supply  for  Moth- 
ClNCINNATl      ers'     Day     was     fully 

sufficient  to  satisfy 
the  needs  of  the  business  for  that  day. 
These  needs  were  cut  down  greatly  at 
the  finish  by  rainy  weather  on  Satur- 


PEONIES 

For  Memorial  Day,  Peonies  will  be 
in  fine  shape  and  splendid  quality. 
They  will  be  mostly  of  the  newer 
viirieties. 

$6.00,  $8.00,  10.00 

With  some  novelties  at 
$12.00  per  100 

Everythine    in    Cut    Flowers,    Plants. 
Greens,  Ribbons  and  Supplies. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


The  ^"V^ioruJlof  Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1 1  7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1 608- 1  620  Ludlow  St.  Franklin  &  St.  P«ul  St». 

WASHINGTON.  1 2 1 S  H.  St.,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  - 


TRADE  PRICES 


Roftea 

Am.  Beauty,  Spcaal 

••  "         Fancy  and  Elxtra 

**  **         No.  1  and  culls 

Russell,  Eulcr,  Mock 

Hadley 

Aienberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HiUingdon 

Camatioiu 

Cattleru 

Lilies,  Longrifloruin 

Lilies.  Speciosum 

Iris 

CalUs 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdragon 

Gladioli 

Pansies •"• 

Daffodils 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks     

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marouerites 

Gardenia* 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

\sp«raBus Pin. & Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI    I 

May  13 1 


CHICAGO 

May  6 


BUFFALO 

May  13 


-Per  100 
TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


PITTSBURG 

May    13 


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day  and  Sunday.  Roses  are  in  a  good 
supply.  Carnations  are  again  in 
heavy  supply.  Lilies  are  fairly  plenti- 
ful. Peonies  are  coming  in  strong  and 
by  the  end  of  this  week  will  be  very 
plentiful.  The  outdoor  list  includes 
also  iris,  lily  of  the  valley,  cape  jessa- 
mine from  the  South,  and  parrot  tu- 
lips. 

This  market  has  had 
NEW  YORK  a  pretty  disastrous 
experience,  due  to 
the  unseasonably  tropical  weather  of 
last  week  combined  with  the  blind  pol- 
icy of  many  growers  who,  lured  by  the 
will-o-the-wisp  of  high  prices  on  car- 
nations and  some  other  things  for 
Mothers'  Day.  hoarded  up  their  flow- 
ers until  the  end  of  the  week  and  then 
loaded  them  in  by  tens  of  thousands 
on  a  thoroughly  demoralized  market, 
with  the  result  that  on  Saturday  after- 
noon the  push-cart  pedlers  were  parad- 
ing the  streets  with  bushels  of  carna- 


tions at  twelve  for  ten  cents,  and  Mon- 
day morning  the  cellars  and  ice  boxes 
in  the  wholesale  marts  presented  a 
wretched  spectacle  of  withered  car- 
nations which  were  a  total  loss.  Other 
flowers  there  were,  and  are  now, 
which  crowd  the  markets  to  repletion 
in  various  degrees  of  decrepitude  due 
to  their  long  and  hopeless  wait  for  an 
outlet  but  the  white  carnation— proud 
emblem  of  Mothers'  Day — is  the  most 
conspicuous  victim.  Spanish  iris  is 
very  plentiful  and  although  large 
quantities  of  the  flowers  are  disposed 
of  there  is  still  a  surplus.  The  clear 
yellow,  bright  blue  and  soft  lavender 
are  the  best  sellers.  Darwin  tulips  of 
wonderful  beauty  are  seen  in  large 
quantities  and  they  share  with  the  iris 
the  popularity  of  the  moment.  Lilacs 
from  the  suburban  districts  have  been 
coming  in  by  wagon  loads,  making 
things  lively  for  the  street  and  hole- 
in-the-wall  merchants.  A  few  days 
win  clean  them  up.  as  well  as  much 
other  early  spring  blooming  hardy 
(Continued  on  page  ^5) 


494 


H  0  K  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  It  K 


May   18,  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

WholoMile     CommMion    Florut 
Choice  Cut  Flower* 

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■Ml       tta*.  tMI.  MAdlcMi  •«■■•«• 


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Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

T»l»phon«-    S335.    FarrnEtit 

Call  and  Iniprcl   thr  Brit   EndibllibnieDt 

Id    th»   \Vholri«lr    Klowfr    DUfrlct 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

IJ  WEST  28tk  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

FhoD*  FWrravnt  4tM 

"FRANK  MILLANB^ 

Wbolf^aalp  Commliitlon   Dr«Ier  Ib 

CUT    FLOWERS 

Si  and   »1   We»t  IBIh   Ht..   N>w  Yoi* 

Coogan   BulldlDg 

Tel..  299  Farracut        ConalKriiiienta  Solicited 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

4SW£ST   28th      ST.    NEW   YORK. 


GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

NEW  YORK 


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THE   KERVAN  CO 

FrMta    Cut   Dsoormtlvc   Evrrcrecna. 

Hlfheit  SUndard  of  Quality.  I.argeat 
Stock  In  America.  Write  for  Illuatrated 
Catalog  of  QreenaiDd  Florlats'  Suppllea. 
119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAiyi   H.  KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'a  Foramoat  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

4  Pint  Clua  Mark.l  far  all  i  UT  FLOWERS 

28  WilloDshby  St.        Brookljn.  N.  t 


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121  W«st  28th  St.,      NEW  YOfW 

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TaUpkoa*  2483  Farraiut 


NEW    YORK 


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ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


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Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.,  PHILADELPHIA,   PA. 

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May  18,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


495 


Flower  Market  Reports 


(Continued  from  page  JflS) 

material.  Of  the  standard  things  that 
are  always  with  us  perhaps  the  roses 
are  doing  the  best  of  any.  There  are 
plenty  of  them  but  they  usually  man- 
age to  clean  up  at  some  price,  which 
cannot  be  said  of  the  lilies,  callas, 
sweet  peas,  snapdragons,  lily  of  the 
valley  and  cattleyas. 

The  early  antici- 
PHILADELPHIA  pations  for  Moth- 
ers' Day  week 
were  not  realized.  Up  to  Wednesday 
prices  kept  firm,  but  after  that,  sup- 
plies came  in  with  such  a  rush  the 
market  went  all  to  pieces.  "Fifty" 
stock  in  carnations  on  Wednesday 
went  down  to  "ten"  on  Thursday,  and 
to  "five"  and  less  on  Friday  and  Sat- 
urday. That  tells  the  story  in  a  nut- 
shell. Who  is  to  blame?  The  weather, 
the  war,  the  woman  or  the  jinx? 
Hard  to  tell.  Probably  a  combination 
of  all  tour.  This  of  course  applies  to 
"Mothers'  Day  flower,  the  carnation," 
but  conditions  were  below  the  aver- 
age in  roses  and  other  flowers,  of 
which  there  were  too  many.  There 
was  no  great  break  in  prices  on  regu- 
lar trade,_  but  a  good  deal  of  surplus 
was  held  over  that  could  not  be 
moved. 

The  Mothers' 
ROCHESTER.  N.  Y.  day  trade  was 
very  good  al- 
though business  was  held  back  by 
the  unpleasant  weather  and  most  of 
It  had  to  be  done  on  Saturday  with 
the  Rochester  street  railroad  strike 
on,  which  made  business  very  diffi- 
cult. The  chief  demand  was  on  car- 
nations which  were  plentiful  and 
good,  although  roses  and  assorted 
flowers  sold  well.  There  is  some  out- 
door bulbous  stock,  but  the  quality  is 
very  poor.  There  is  an  abundance  of 
sweet  peas  and  lilies,  also  some  very 
good  snapdragon,  cattleyas  and  baby 
gladiolus.  Good  plants  of  spirea, 
rambler  roses,  hydrangea  and  rhodo- 
dendron sold  well  for  Mothers'  Day 
trade. 

Mothers'  Day  was  a 
ST.  LOUIS  good  one  notwithstand- 
i  n  g  the  inclement 
weather,  Saturday  an  all  day  drizzling 
rain  and  Sunday  down  pour.  Flowers 
were  plentiful.  Carnations  and  roses 
sold  at  slightly  advanced  prices. 
Southern  cape  jessamines  came  in  and 
sold  from  75c  to  $4  per  100. 

Mothers'  Day 
WASHINGTON  business  exceeded 
a  1 1  expectations. 
Carnations  came  into  the  market  in 
enormous  quantities  but  the  added  de- 
mand caused  them  to  be  cleaned  up. 
The  prices  ran  from  $,5  to  $10  per 
himdred  at  wholesale,  the  stores  mak- 
ing sales  at  from  $1  to  $3  per  dozen. 
The  higher  prices  caused  criticism 
from  the  people  who  could  not  see 
the  need  for  an  increase  within  the 
week  of  several  hundred  per  cent. 
Some  of  the  stores  held  their  prices 
down  to  $1  a  dozen  and  that  price  pre- 
vailed largely  in  the  Center  Market 
stands.  Klllarneys  sold  well  and 
Hadleys  brought  good  prices.  Ameri- 
can Beauties  are  scarce.  Peonies  have 
made    their    appearance    along    with 


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"A  IBAOBR  IS  TAB  WHOLBSilB  GOMHUSIO!!  TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTI  IBARS '" 
Have  a  demand  for  more  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write. 

118  West  28th  St.      IME\A^  VORK    r^^^^»T^f%>u 


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MISCELLANEOUS 


CatUeru         

Lilies,  Lonififlorum- 
LiHea,  Speciosuin-  -  • 
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Lily  of  th«  Valley 

SnapdrwoD 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Daffodil! 

Tulips 

Calendula ' 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette ■ 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias. 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Aaparaffus  Plomosoa.  &  Sprem  (loo  bunches) . 


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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 


W«  hBTe  «  Dumeroui  cUcDtac*  of  New  York  City  buyer*  and  tb»  da 
•a*d*  onr  ■opply.     TbU  U  eapcolally  true  of  Ro«r*.     We  have  erery  facility  aB4 
abondant  meaDa  and  beat  retorna  are  aaaared  for  atock  conalgned  to  ua. 

Addreaa  Tour  Sblpmenta  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 


1 1 1    W.  28th  St.,    NEAV  YORK 


D.  J.  Pappaa,  Praa. 


Baby  gladiolus.  Sweet  peas  sell  well. 
Cattleyas  are  excellent,  gigas  having 
just  arrived. 


NEW    CORPORATIONS. 

Butte,  Mont.  Columbia  Floral  Com- 
pany, capital  stock,  $10,000.  Incor- 
porators, C.  R.  Leonard,  A.  C.  Wil- 
helm  and  N.  F.  Leonard. 


"T.  N.  McCloskey,  Inc.,"  of  the  Bor- 
ough ot  Queens,  New  York  City,  has 
been  chartered  to  carry  on  the  florist's 
business,  with  a  capital  of  $10,000. 
The  directors  are  Elizabeth  R.  Mc- 
Closkey and  Frank  Fellhauer  of  Rich- 
mond Hill. 


PHILADELPHIA. 


Sergeant  John  H.  Earl  and  Corpor- 
al Douglas  Earl,  bade  good  bye  to 
their  folks  at  Camp  Upton  on  the 
4th  inst,  and  are  now  on  their  way 
across  the  water.  John  has  been  as- 
signed as  second  Lieutenant  and  will 
receive  his  commission  on  his  ar- 
rival on  the  other  side. 

They  call  him  "Judge"  now,  when 
they  meet  Howard  M.  Earl.  He  re- 
ceived his  appointment  from  the  Gov- 
ernor of  Pennsylvania  on  May  8th  as 
a  justice  of  the  peace  for  Bucks 
('runty.  Pa.  As  a  comeback  he  tells 
all  those  would-be  witty  old  bachelors 
(of  the  Bellevue-Stratford  and  other 
gay  and  festive  centers  of  the  Rialto) 
that  he  will  marry  them  off  at  half 
price  if  they  will  drive  out  to  Doyles- 
town  with  the  fair  and  fond  enamor- 
nta  at  any  hour  of  the  day  or  night. 
A  word  to  the  thrifty. 


BUSINESS  TROUBLES. 
Thomas   J.    Clark,    Inc.,   Boston,   pe- 
tition in  bankruptcy;  liabilities  $2,922; 
assets  $1,400. 

R.  W.  Macnlff,  horticultural  auc- 
tioneer and  dealer  in  seeds  and  poul- 
try supplies  on  Vesey  street,  New 
York  City,  has  had  a  petition  in  bank- 
ruptcy filed  against  him.  His  liabili- 
ties are  stated  to  be  about  $40,000, 
and  assets  about  $15,000.  Failure  to 
get  his  Holland  goods  for  last  fall 
sales  is  the  reason  ascribed  for  the  em- 
barrassment. 

William  Elliott  &  Sons,  seedsmen. 
New  York  City,  are  financially  em- 
barrassed. At  a  preliminary  meeting 
ot  the  largest  creditors  recently  a 
committee  was  appointed  to  super- 
vise and  investigate  the  business.  A 
meeting  of  the  creditors  was  then 
called  for  Wednesday  of  this  week  at 
the  office  of  Joseph  T.  Brown,  Jr.,  to 
hear  the  report  of  the  committee  and 
take  such  action  as  may  be  deemed 
best  to  conserve  the  interests  of  all 
concerned.  This  is  one  of  the  old  es- 
tablished seed  houses  of  New  York, 
originally  doing  business  as  Young  & 
Elliott  and  conducting  a  plant  auc- 
tion business  as  an  adjunct. 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

WhQlesale  Commision  Florists 

55  and  57  We*t26th  Street 

Telephone      No.     755  ^^W    YORK 

Farraffut 


49C. 


II  0  RT  I  CU  LTU  RK 


May   IS.   1918 


It  is  a  Question  if  carnations  at  ten 
cents  wholesale,  and  often  of  an  infe- 
rior Rrade.  Is  not  a  menace  to  Ilie  cut 
flower  business  not  onl.v  on  special 
days  like  Mothers'  Day,  but  in  its  after 
effects  upon  the  buyers  who  naturally 
resent  the  prices  the  retailers  must 
asli  if  they  get  back  the  money  they 
pay  out  for  their  stock  What  started 
to  be  a  carnation  day  has  fortunately 
been  diverted  to  the  wliole  range  of 
floral  offerinKS.  and  In  the  big  down- 
town stores,  plants,  baskets  and  boxes 
of  (lowers,  generally  of  good  medium 
price,  took  the  place  of  the  smaller 
offerings  of  the  first  Mother's  Days. 
The  single  flower  no  longer  is  popular 
except  as  it  is  worn  by  the  purchaser, 
and  it  Is  a  fact  worthy  of  notice  that 
the  larger  stores  sold  for  each  carna- 
tion, a  thousand  or  more  other  flowers. 
For  this  the  growers  are  largely  to 
blame,  for  the  good  keeping  quality 
of  the  carnation  was  sacrificed  by  be- 
ing held  back  too  long.  As  some  of 
the  wholesalers  remarked,  "this  has 
become  a  habit   hard  to  break." 

The  public  Is  frequently  blamed  for 
not  having  a  correct  idea  of  tlie  value 
of  cut  flowers,  especially  at  a  holiday. 
In  times  like  last  week,  those  inside 
as  well  as  outside  the  trade,  might  be 
pardoned  for  questioning  the  policy  of 
turning  lOO.noi)  carnations  over  to  a 
department  store,  to  sell  for  8  cts.  per 
doz.  on  Saturday.  May  11th.  when 
the  retail  florist  could  not  sell  for  less 
than  $1.00  and  $1.50  per  dozen.  Even 
though  the  stock  were  better,  such  a 
difference  in  prices  makes  the  public 
lose  confidence. 

Among  the  downtown  florists,  the 
opinion  prevails  that  there  was  more 
business  done  than  at  any  previous 
Mothers'  Day.  A.  Lange  says  his 
store  was  unprepared  to  handle  the 
throngs  that  filled  It  at  times.  Geo. 
Wienhoeber  found  It  less  of  a  day  for 
the  wealthy  and  more  of  a  day  for  the 
smaller  buyer.  In  commercial  impor- 
tance this  year  he  says  It  ranked  with 
St.  Valentine's  Day.  He  deplored  the 
prices  placed  upon  flowers,  often  of  an 
inferior  quality.  Schiller's  West  Side 
Store  was  not  able  to  close  the  store 
till  six-thirty  and  the  sales  when  to- 
talled are  expected  to  show  a  gain 
over  last  year.  A  big  canvas  sign 
across  the  front  of  the  store  read 
"Mothers'  Day  is  May  12th,  Remem- 
ber her  with  flowers."  The  telegrams 
were  still  coming  on  Monday  from 
those  who  had  forgotten  the  day, 

Wm.  .1,  Smythe,  31st  and  Michigan 
.Ave.,  had  a  good  trade  and  sold  out 
completely.  At  Chas,  Samuelson's  the 
business  done  nearly  equaled  that  of 
Easter,  and  the  demand  was  mostly 
for  cut  flowers  in  boxes  and  baskets. 
Mrs,  J,  Simpson  found  the  demand 
very  good.  This  store  was  repre- 
sented in  the  Sunday  thrift  stamp 
parade  by  a  handsomely  decorated 
car.  At  A,  Frauenfelder's  the  busi- 
ness is  reported  as  large  as  that  of 
Easter,  The  store  was  open  on  Sun- 
day from  4  a.  m,  till  6  p,  m.  and  then 
orders  were  refused  for  lack  of  flow- 
ers to  fill  them.  The  Alpha  Floral  Co, 
is  sure  it  surpassed  any  other  Moth- 
ers' Day,     The  Central  Floral  Co,  had 


the  best  Mothers'  Day  window,  a 
matronly  figure  knitting  for  the  sol- 
dier boys   which   attracted   crowds, 

O.  W.  Freese,  sales  manager  of 
I'oehlmann  llros.,  states  that  his 
house  sold  out  completely  and  refused 
many  orders  for  lack  of  stock.  He  es- 
timates .'{0,000  as  the  probable  number 
of  carnations  sold  and  that  it  would 
take  at  least  10,000  more  to  fill  the 
orders    they    were    obliged    to    refuse. 


NEW    FLOWER    STORES. 

Hartford,  Ct.      Win.   .Scrivener. 

Monticello,  III.  N.  Swenson,  suc- 
ceeding  It.   .1.    IJills. 

Brooklyn.  N.  Y.  James  Shackron. 
'■'•'■'A  Klatbiish  avenue,  .lohn  Collins. 
70  Fifth  avenue. 


NEWS    NOTES. 

Auburndale,  Mass.  —  Louis  Nelson 
and  .Morris  Kolin,  formerly  employed 
by  the  W,  W,  Edgar  Company,  have 
leased  the  greenhouses  of  the  late  Wil- 
liam Capstick  and  will  grow  a  general 
line  of  stock. 

VIneland,  N.  J.  -The  new  proprietor 
of  the  greenhouses  formerly  conduct- 
ed by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  K".  M.  Lyona,  at 
02,'>  Peach  street,  is  Charles  Vondra. 
Mr  Vondra  is  a  hustler  and  gives 
Iiromise  of  a  successful  conduct  of  the 
liiisiness. 

Cincinnati — The  May  meeting  of  the 
Cincinnati  Florists'  Society  was  held 
last  Monday  evening  in  the  club 
rooms  in  the  flower  market. 

Mrs.  Elsie  Bolison  has  returned  to 
her  desk  at  the  Cincinnati  Cut  Flower 
Exchange  after  a  week  spent  at  Chil- 
licothe. 

Cleveland,  O. — The  following  sug- 
gestive advertisement  appeared  in  the 
local  newspapers  last  week: 

TO    OIK    C  IISTO.'VIKRS 

In  orilcr  that  .Sfvi'ral  thousand  Cleveland 
solditTs  at  Camp  Slicrman  may  have  a 
wlilte  or  red  carnation  for  Motliors'  Day 
(Sunday.  May  12) 

We  Are  GivinK  Onr  Kntire 
(Vllotment  to  the  fSoldiers 
We  are  gladly  making  this  patriotic  gift 
llironch  the  Red  Cross  and  the  Y,  M,  C.  A,, 
who  will  see  that  the  several  thousand 
llowers  we  contriliute  are  distributed  as  far 
.■IS  they  will  go  anM)ng  Cleveland  hoys  at 
Camp  Sherman. 

No  CarnatlonH  to  Sell 
Carnations  are  scarce  this  year.  It  Is  im- 
possible for  us  to  obtain  more  than  a  few 
thousand  and  as  we  are  giving  the  soldiers 
all  we  can  get.  we  hope  that  our  customers 
will  accept  other  flowers  than  carnations 
for  .Mothers'  Day.  We  believe  that  every- 
one will  he  willing  to  make  this  small  sac- 
rifice under  the  circumstances. 

The  Jones-KuHsell  Co. 
1284  Enclld  Avenue. 


Joseph  J,  Lane,  connected  with  the 
Garden  Ma.gazine,  Garden  City,  N,  Y,, 
as  advertising  manager  for  the  past 
five  years,  has  left  his  position  to  join 
the  Army,  Mr,  Lane  has  many  good 
friends  in  the  horticultural  field  who 
will  all  be  glad  to  extend  to  him  their 
good  wishes  that  he  may  win  much 
honor  in  the  service  of  his  country 
and  return  in  safety,  Mr.  Lane  is  at 
present  taking  a  short  rest  at  his  old 
home  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  prepara^ 
tory  to  taking  his  place  in  the  ranks. 


Visitors*  Rgeistcr 


Hoston  —  Charles      Schwake,      New 
York;   Wni.  P.  Ford.  New  York 


llochester,  .\.  Y,  —  E,  J,  Murphy, 
repr.  N,  P.  McCarthy  &  Co,,  Hoston; 
\V.  H.  Kurth,  repr.  Reed  &  Keller. 
New  York, 


Washington  Julius  DlllofT,  New 
York;  Newell  J,  Hayman,  Clarksburg, 
W,  Va.;  P.  C.  Uarron,  New  York;  Sid- 
ney H,  Bayersdorfer,  Philadelphia; 
Adolph  E,  Gude,  Jr.,  Callfield.  Texas, 


New  York— Robert  Kift,  I'hlladel- 
plila.  Pa,;  Wallace  R,  Pierson,  Crom- 
well, Conn,;  David  1,  Fairchlld,  Wash- 
ington, D.  ('.;  W.  H.  Elliott,  .Madbury, 
.\.  H.;  Kenneth  Gillett,  South  wick, 
-Mass. 


Philadelphia  —  Miss  Jennie  Refow- 
ich,  Mahanoy  City,  Pa.;  James  A. 
lirown.  Coatesville,  Pa.;  N.  J.  Hay- 
man.  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. ;  Albert  M. 
Herr,  Lancaster.  Pa.;  Alfred  Cart- 
ledge.   Wilmington.    Del. 


Cincinnati — I.  M.  Bayersdorfer  of  H. 
IJayersdorfer  &  Co..  Philadelphia; 
.Mrs.  J.  J,  Lampert,  Xenia,  Ohio;  Mr, 
and  .Mrs,  .Martin  Weber,  Brookville, 
Ind,;  Mr,  and  Mrs,  G.  A,  Beckmann, 
.Middletown.  Ohio;  .Mrs.  G.  W.  Frlsch, 
Dayton.   Ohio. 


CHICAGO    FLORISTS'    CLUB. 

The  May  meeting  of  the  Chicago 
Florists'  Club  was  held  at  the  Bis- 
marck on  the  9th,  The  evening  was 
practically  devoted  to  the  all-Impor- 
tant coal  question.  Two  representa- 
tives of  the  coal  dealers  were  present 
and  each  talked  of  the  situation  and 
gave  the  members  some  valuable 
hints,  A  picnic  to  be  held  in  July  was 
decided  upon,  with  T,  Waters  as  man- 
ager, F.  Lautenschlager  made  a  re- 
liort  for  the  publicity  committee, 
showing  the  sum  collected  for  that 
purpose  to  be  only  $81,64,  The  atten- 
tion of  the  members  was  called  by  Mr, 
Stoeh  of  the  Lhiiverslty  of  Illinois  to 
a  book  called  "Hand  Firing  Soft  Coal 
and  Power  Plant  Boilers,"  which  will 
be  mailed  upon  application  and  ten 
cents. 


ROSA     HUGONIS. 

If  you  pass  Samuel  S.  Pennock's 
home  in  Lansdowne  these  days  be 
sure  you  will  be  invited  in  to  see  his 
new  pet  rose,  Hugonis,  in  bloom.  The 
lirst  bud  opened  May  10th,  which  is  a 
week  ahead  of  his  last  year's  record — 
May  17th,  as  reported  by  the  editor 
of  the  Rose  Annual  for  1918  (page 
102),  That  means  that  spring  is 
earlier  this  year,  Hugonis  is  said  to 
lie  the  veo'  earliest  rose  to  bloom, 
and  if  we  are  not  mistaken,  is  one  of 
the  wonders  for  which  we  are  indebt- 
ed to  Mr,  Wilson,  resultant  from  his 
ardous  travels  in  Northern  China 
about  which  Hokticcltukk  was  the 
first  to  tell  the  world  years  ago. 


May  18,  1918 


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THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Cataloeaes  and  DUconntB  address 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  Eastern  States  Territory 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


WASHINGTON,   D.  C. 

Robert  L.  McMackin,  of  the  Oehm- 
ler  Floral  Company,  is  confined  to  the 
George  Washington  University  Hospi- 
tal, seriously  ill  with  heart  trouble. 

There  is  a  move  afoot  in  Washing- 
ton to  provide  a  fund  with  which  to 
purchase  flowers  for  American  sol- 
diers confined  in  hospitals  near  the 
battlefields  in  Europe.  The  start  was 
made  by  E.  L.  McCaslin. 

Adolph  E.  Gude,  Jr.,  is  now  a  lieu- 
tenant in  "the  aviation  section  of  the 
Signal  Corps,  having  completed  his 
course  of  training  at  Callfield,  Tex. 
Mr.  Gude  came  home  last  week  for  a 
brief  visit,  but  has  since  returned  to 
the  aviation  camp  in  Texas. 

Bruce  Griffin  and  Ralph  E.  Faust, 
while  in  Washington  last  week,  called 
on  Adolph  Gude  at  the  Anacostla 
greenhouses  to  view  the  new  carna- 
tion which  Mr.  Gude  has  recently  pro- 
duced, a  cross  between  Enchantress 
and  Mrs.  C.  W.  Ward,  It  is  a  very 
delicate  shell  pink  and  it  is  no  exag- 
geration to  declare  it  to  be  without 
equal  in  this  section. 


ROCHESTER,    N.    Y. 

The  opening  of  Seneca  Park  and 
the  accompanying  Arbor  day  exer- 
cises by  school  children  were  post- 
poned until  May  18  on  accounjt  of 
lack   of   transportation   facilities. 

James  Whitmore,  35  years  of  age, 
was  fatally  injured  and  two  others 
were  slightly  hurt  Sunday  morn- 
ing. May  5th,  when  a  touring  car 
crashed  into  a  Ford  delivery  car 
driven  by  Whitmore.  Tlie  machine 
was  owned  by  J.  B.   Keller  Sons. 


NEW  YORK. 

David  Dean  is  now  a  counter  sales- 
man in  the  seed  store  of  Weeber  & 
Don. 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  Etc. 

HELP  WANTED 

WANTED — Toung  man  as  assistant  In 
park  garden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICULTURE. 


FOR  SALE 


FOR  SALE — A  splendid  opportnnlty.  A 
well  eat.Tblished  nursery  and  florist  busi- 
ness in  prosperous  city  in  eastern  Massa- 
ehusetts.  40.000  ft.  glass.  25  acres  nursery 
well  stocked  with  standard  evergreen  and 
deciduous  material.  No  near  competitor. 
"Mack,"  care  of  HORTICDI/TURE. 


James  Dean,  the  veteran  florist,  who 
has  been  in  poor  health  for  some  time, 
at  his  home  in  Freeport,  is  reported 
as  being  much  better  and  able  now  to 
get  about  a  little. 

The  store  on  West  28th  street,  re- 
cently occupied  by  Beechwood  .\urs- 
eries  on  one  side  and  by  C.  C.  Trepel 
on  the  other,  has  been  vacated  by 
both  these  tenants. 

It  would  appear  from  widely  dis- 
seminated newspaper  accounts  that  on 
May  24,  "Italy-America  Day,"  the  So- 
ciety of  American  Florists  would  pro- 
vide free  boutfonieres  for  all  who  will 
wear  them  in  honor  of  Italy.  A  slight 
misconception  of  the  scope  of  the  S. 
A.  F.,  no  doubt,  but  we  hope  the  flow- 
ers will  be  forthcoming  from  some 
source.  There  are  plenty  to  spare  in 
this  section. 


Cambridge 


New  York 


WORLD'S   OL.DE8T  and  LARGEST 

Mannfacturers  of  ALL.   8TTI.E8  and 

SIZES   of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


New  Haven,  Conn. — An  order  by 
Thomas  W.  Russell,  federal  food  ad- 
ministrator for  Connecticut,  forbids 
retail  dealers  to  deliver  anthracite 
coal  for  use  in  private  greenhouses 
until  after  October  1.  If  the  circum- 
stances warrant,  modification  of  the 
order  may  be  made  after  that  time. 
Greenhouses  in  which  vegetables  or 
other  foods  are  grown  are  exempted. 
Administrator  Russell  explains  the 
matter  to  local  chairmen  in  a  letter. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


ASTERS. 

ASTERS  — HENDERSON'S  INVINCIBLE. 
One  of  the  finest  for  cut  flowers.  White, 
Shell  Pink,  Rose,  Lavender  and  Purple. 
Strong  plants.  $5.00  per  1000,  cash.  BRILL 
CELERY   GARDENS,    Kalamazoo,   Mich. 

BITLBS 

C.   KBUK  St  SONS,   HILLEX30M,   HoUand. 

Bolbi  of  all  descrlptlona.    Write  for  prices. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH.  8-10  Bridce  St 


OABNATION  8TAPI<E8 

Split  carnations  qnlckly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  PlUibnry's  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  S5c. ;  3000  for  »1.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  PILLSBUBY,  Galesbars.  111. 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

FINE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  BEST  KINDS 
for  Florists  use.  Send  us  list  of  wants. 
Catalogue  free.  ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO., 
Adrian,   Mich. 

DAHLXA8 

Peony    Dahlia    Mrs.   Frederick   Qrlnnell. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONEY.  New  Bedford.  Mass. 

Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
A.  GLADIOLUS  OARDBNS.  3.  L.  Meore, 
Prop.,  Nortbboro,  Mass. 


New  Paeony  Dahlia — John  Wanamaker, 
.\ewest.  Handsomest,  Kest.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut- flower  Tarletles.  Bend  list  of 
wants  to  PBACOCK  DAHLIA  FAKMB, 
Berlin.  N.  J. 


GreenboDSe  class,  lowest  prices.     JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO„   Hartford  City.  Ind. 


ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One    trial    orrler   solcited. 


PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  Ust.  C.  BBTSCHBB, 
Canal  Dover.  O. 

ROSES 

ROSES,   CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

THE    CONARD   &   JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

SPHAGNUM  MOBS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orcbld  peat  aad 
orchid  baskets  always  on  hand.  LAQBK 
.t   HITRRBLL,  Summit,  N.  J. 

Golden  Self-Blanching  (French  Strain). 
.\lso  the  grand  new  Easy  Blanching,  which 
is  e:isy  to  grow,   fine  plants,  readv  for  the 
liiirt,  .i;2  00  per  1000,  cash.     BRILL  CELERY 
(;.\RDENS.    Kalamazoo,    Mich. 

4.000.000  Cabbage.  Cauliflower,  Tomato 
anil  Celery  plants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free.  F.  W.  ROCHELLE  &  SONS, 
Chester,  New  Jersey. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  cbolcv 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Fob 
grown  for  Immediate  effect:  also  CUmMng 
Roses  J.  H.  TROY.  Mount  Hlsaarllk  Nur- 
aery.    New   Rocbelle.   N.   Y. 


WIRE  WORK 

WILLIAM      E.      HBILSCHSB't      WTSS 
WORKS.   3A4   Randolpb   8C   Dotntt. 


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•  iHASN    AM>   OTIIKIt    <.lt<l\\TII    IN    <.\l(I>l:v    WALKS.   I.ITTKKS. 

TK.NMs    <  Id  KT.s.    IIKIXKMAIN.    KT<  . 

This    flultl    ulmolutt'ly    dOHtroyH    all    wii'iIh    iiikI    otliiT    trr<i\vth    wliprpver    appllfMl. 
oDil   Its  fttfct   on   lli<>  KrniiDil    |iri'vi'iila   tli<'    srowtb  of  freib  onei  for  •  year  and 
tliiiH  hiMrH  n  Krcat  <lfiil  of  (Itnc  nnd  Inliur,  hm  no  cutting,  liofint;  or  hnulliiic  iiwiiy 
of  tin-   \vo*'iIm   1»   rtMiiilroil. 
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WEED    KILLER    ^--^  ^^^\^\^f^l  CO.,  507-509  W.  lOth  St.,  New  York 

(   OKKI^I'IIN  HI    S<    I       ^OI.K    I  I  I    II 


piNOLYPTo 


PITTSBURGH. 

OeorKe  Nixon  lius  relumed  to  Pllts- 
burgb  after  a  several  years'  service 
with  the  Park  Floral  Company  In 
Cleveland,  O.,  and  taken  a  similar  po- 
sition with  the  Alpha  Floral  Company 
in  East  Liberty.  Before  going  to 
Cleveland,  Mr.  Nixon  was  a  salesman 
for  the  Harris  Brothers  of  Fifth 
avenue. 

The  planting  of  trees  to  the  soldiers 
and  sailors,  relatives  of  the  members 
of  the  Woman's  Club  of  Pittsburgh 
was  featured  in  its  Arbor  Day  observ- 
ance at  the  Point  last  Saturday  after- 
noon. The  trees  were  planted  by  Col. 
Thomas  W.  Griffith  for  the  Army,  and 
H.  M.  Laughlin,  C.  B.  M.,  for  the  Navy. 
They  were  accepted  by  Roy  Schooley, 
private  secretary  for  Mayor  Babcock, 
representing  the  city.  Among  other 
trees  planted  was  one  for  Myra  Lloyd 
Dock,  who  is  known  as  the  ".Mother  of 
Forestry  Conservation  in  Pennsyl- 
vania.   On  Tuesday  afternoon  a  "Peace 


A  iprmj  r*m»4j  tar  gnmm,  kUak,  wkMa  tr. 
thripi  ind  tttt  aeala. 

Qwvt.  tl.Mi    OaUM.  MJa. 

FUNCINE 

For  Bildtw,  mat  aB<  atktr  bllgku   »■!■ 
<V  trvara,  trslta  and  TMaUkU*. 

Q««rt.  n.Mi  osIUb.  mm. 
VERMINE 

Tor    Ml    worma,    anfia    wvraia    aad     iia 
wsrmi  worklnc  iB  tSa  aalL 

Qtuvt,  n.Mi    OaUaa.  «.as. 

■out  BT  ■■iiiiMma 

Aphme    Maoafacturini;    Co. 

MAOUOM.  N.  J. 


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For  Potato  Bugs 
And  Bllgtit   use 

/         SULFOCIDE 


and 

CAL- ARSENATE 

— a  new  combinHlion  %vhich  bids  fair 
to  replace  the  otdLimeSul  hur-Arse- 
nate  of  Lead  and  Bordeaux-Lead  mix- 
tures, in  both  orchard  and  garden. 
It  ie  more  powerful  and  much  less  ex- 
pdlsive.  1  gallon  and  4'/2  lb«.  makes 
ISO  gallons  of  spray. 

Send  for  circular 

B.  G.  PRATT  CO.,  \fri.  C/iem,sf» 
30  Church  St.     Dept.    12        N«w  York 


Tree  in  honor  of  President  Wilson 
and  :i  "Victory  Tree"  for  Gen.  Pershing 
were  planted  at  the  annual  Arbor  Day 
celebration  of  the  Daughters  of  Betsy 
Ross. 

The  first  annual  banquet  and  elec- 
tion of  officers  of  the  Retail  Florists' 
Association  of  the  Pittsburgh  District 
was  held  on  Tuesday  evening  of  last 
week  at  the  Seventh  Avenue  Hotel. 
Chairman  George  Asmus  of  the  finance 
publicity  committee,  and  S.  A.  P.  Sec- 
retary .lohn  Young,  were  present  as 
honor  guests  and  speakers.  Mr.  As- 
mus emphasized  the  urgent  necessity 
of  co-operating  with  the  national  "Say 
it  with  Flowers"  campaign.  Mr.  Young 
spoke  of  the  general  spirit  of  co-oper- 
ation in  the  business  world  today,  and 
complimented  the  new  Western  Penn- 
sylvania Association  for  backing  up 
the  national  organization.  Ira  C.  Har- 
per, who  was  later  elected  president, 
presided.  The  other  officers  elected 
were  Gilbert  P.  Weaklen,  vice-presi- 
dent; Orville  Crlsnian,  secretary,  and 
John   .McClements,   treasurer. 


ST.   LOUIS. 

Quite  a  few  of  the  florists  have  been 
hit  hard  in  regard  to  help.  F.  H.  Web- 
er loses  two  of  his  head  men  in  the 
draft;   one  went  to  the  navy. 

Monday.  May  13.  kept  the  down 
town  retailers  busy  with  the  opening 
of  the  new  building  of  the  Mercantile 
Trust  Co.  Many  elaborate  set  pieces 
and  baskets  were  sent. 

The  St.  Ixiuis  F'lorlst  Club  met  on 
May  9.  Only  a  few  attended  owing 
to  the  planting  out  season.  In  the 
absence  of  president  Bourdet.  Frank 
Hillmas  took  the  chair.  A  very  inter- 
esting talk  was  made  by  Fred  Am- 
mann  on  the  coal  situation.  Some 
very  artistic  window  displays  were 
made  by  the  downtown  florists  for 
Mothers'  Day. 


BUFFALO. 

Buffalo's  subscriptions  in  the  Third 
Liberty  I^an  totaled  $38.214, ."lUO.  The 
florists'  section,  of  which  S.  A.  Ander- 
son was  chairman,  contributed  gener- 
ously. 

Milton  B.  Schaffer,  of  Buffalo,  has 
been  engaged  by  the  boards  of  edu- 
cation of  Dunkirk  and  Fredonia  as  a 
garden  expert  to  have  charge  of  the 
school  gardens  in  Dunkirk  and  Fred- 
onia, sharing  his  time  in  the  two 
places.  He  aUo  will  co-operate  with 
the  Liberty  Garden  committee  of  the 
Board  of  Commerce  in  Dunkirk.  Mr. 
Schaffer  has  taken  a  course  in  hortl- 
cultui*  In  Cornell  University  and  be- 
sid«fl  several  years  experience  in 
vegetable  and  garden  work  on  the 
Connecticut  estate  of  a  New  York 
broker,  has  been  engaged  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  in   fruit  culture. 


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8a T*  yoar  ylaau  and  traaa.  Jaat  tka 
thing  for  gra«oboaaa  and  oatdeor  naa. 
Destroys  Ussly  Hnf.  Brown  and  Whlta 
Seals,  Thrlps,  Red  Kpldsr,  Blark  and 
Or«sn  irij.  Mites,  AnU,  etc.,  without 
Injury  to  plants  and  without  odor. 
Used  according  to  direction,  our  stand- 
ard Insecticide  will  prerant  ravagaa  on 
your  crops  hy  Insects. 

Non-poisonous  and  bnrmleaa  to  oaer 
and  plant.  Leading  Seedsmen  and 
Florists  bsTs  UMd  It  with  wonderful 
results. 

Destroys  Lies  In  Poultry  Bonaea, 
Fleaa  on  Doga  and  all  Domeatic  Pata. 
Excellent  aa  a  wash  for  dogs  and  otbar 
animals.  Relleres  manga.  Dilute  with 
water  SO  to  60  parts. 

V4  Pint,  10c.;    Pint,  SOe. ;   Qaart.  »0«. ; 

Vi  Oallon,  fl.RO;  (iKlInn,  $2.S0;  S  (';•'.- 

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Cattle  Manure 

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Sheep    Manure 

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NDCOTEEN 

For  SprsL^a^ 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumisatiiit 
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noome  mpcco. 


When    writing   to    adv^rtimen    kindly 
mantian  HORTJCULTimt: . 


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HORTICULTURE 


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Telephone    or   Telegraph   At   Our   Expense. 
SEND  FOR  CATALOG 

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Dreer's  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Points 

For  Greenbouses 

Drive  easy  and  trae,  because 
both  bevels  are  on  the  same 
tide.     Can't  twist  and  break 
the  glass  in  Iriving.    Galvaa- 
ized  and  will   not  rust.     No 
rights  orleh* 

The  Peerless  Glazing  Point 
ispatented.    Noothers  like^/*^ 
It.  Order  from  your  dealerXV/ 
or  direct  from  us.        ^C^^y^ 
1000, 75c.  postpaid.  A^j/^ 
Samples  free.                 '  ^^^ 
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714  Chestnat  StreetX         -A 
.  Philadelphia,            \1/^ 

11  ^'^'-'- 

II    SIZE 

P  f     N2  2 

P^^ 

Dtfflcalt  and  rejected  ea>««  ■pee' 
8ll7  eollclted.  No  mlileaiuif  IB 
(lacemeDtn  mnde  to  .ecoire  bnelnee. 
Orer  80  year*'  actlye  practice.  Bx- 
peiieucpd.  personal,  ciMiBclentl9«a 
service.  Write  for  terms. 
Address. 

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THE  PRACTICAL  BOOK 

OF 

Outdoor  Rose  Growing 

By    GEORGE   C.    THOMAS.    JR. 


N>\v  Hnii  F.nlarei-d  Kditinn. 
l-:iiil>nrat**l.v  Illustrated  with  !»fi  IN-rfe^t 
l<4'proiliirf  ions  in  Full  f'olor  of  .\II 
\ariptieN  of  Roses,  and  37  Half  1  one 
IMates.  Oc-tavo.  Handsome  Cloth  Bind- 
InK.   in  a   Slip   Case. 

S4J.(K)   net.      PoNtaee   Extra. 

liarden    Edition,    S2.00    per    copy. 

We     have     sold     many     ropier     of    this 

sterlinc    hook.       It     is    one    of    the    hest    of 

ri'<i'nt    liortiriiltiiral    piiblioat  ions.    Kvery 

roNe    Kroner    should    possess    a    ropy. 


Order  from 


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CHICAGO. 

A  Miller,  president  of  the  American 
Bulb  Co.,  is  back  from  an  eastern  trip 
and  Robt.  Newcomb  of  the  same  firm 
is  on  the  Pacific  slope  gathering  in 
the  orders. 

jVll  the  seed  stores  are  reaping  a 
harvest  this  week.  The  sun  shines 
once  more  and  the  garden  is  the  most 
popular  part  of  the  cit.v  and  suburbs 
once   more. 

P.  J.  Fole.v,  president  of  the  Foley 
Greenhouse  Manufacturing  Co.,  has 
returned  from  a  trip  through  the 
south,  one  of  the  results  of  which  is 
an  order  from  R.  C.  Kerr  of  Houston, 
for  several  new  greenhouses  to  be 
built  this  spring. 

Chicago  florists  can  not  agree  with 
Miss  Jarvis.  the  originator  of  Moth- 
ers' Day,  in  her  request  that  money 
planned  tor  flowers  for  mother 
b.^  used  for  war  savings  stamps 
instead.  "Mother"  needs  the  silent 
token  of  sympathy  and  love  that 
only  flowers  can  bring  this  year, 
when  her  boys  are  away  per- 
haps never  to  return,  as  she  may 
never  need  them  again  or  as  she 
never  needed  them  before.  And  look- 
ing at  it  from  another  standpoint,  is 
it  commercializing  the  day  any  more 
to  send  flowers  than  to  send  thrift 
stamps.  Wlio  responded  more  freely 
tlian  the  florists  to  the  calls  for  Lib- 
erty Loans?  And  how  can  florists  re- 
spond to  the  future  calls  sure  to 
come  if  these  tender  tokens  are  to  be 
cut  out  of  our  lives? 


BOSTON. 

,1.  A.  Xelson  of  Framingham  re- 
turned from  Florida  on  Thursday  this 
week,  much  benefited  by  his  trip. 

Thomas  F.  Galvin  supplied  superb 
decorations  for  the  brilliant  Red 
Cross  meeting  at  the  Copley-Plaza 
on    Monday  evening.  May  13. 

-Among  the  published  list  of  persons 
proposing  to  commit  matrimony  we 
find  Agnello  Antonelli,  florist,  46 
Prince  street,  and  Margherita  Russo, 
17  candy  maker,  3  Wiggin  street. 

The  Florists  Hall  Association  rate  of  In- 
sarance  from  Not.  1st,  1916  to  Not.  Int. 
1917  will  be  twenty  eent.  prr  hnndrert 
■  qaare  feet  of  single  thick  rla.a  and  elrht 
rent,  per  hundred  aqnare  feet  of  dooblr 
thiok  ffla...  For  partlenlara,  address. 
JOHN    O.   KBI^B,   %mm..   aa^dl.   BiTer.  N.  J 


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OUiB  In  Qrvater  New  Tork  and  can 
inpply  sny  qnantlty  from  a  box  t«  a 
ear  load  on  a  en*  day  notleak  an<  at 
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rrmoTed  wltboat  breaking  of  etker  glaaa 
as  nccara  with  bard  pntty.  iMMa  longer 
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./.  11.  W'diil.  Superintenttenl 
of  the  T.  l)c  Witt  Cuylrrs 
Kstate.      Haver  ford.      Pcnn. 


The  tribute  of  J.  B.  Ward 
to  Davey  Tree  Surgery 

The   Davey  Tree  Expert  Co.,  Kent,  Ohio. 

Dear  Sirs:  The  work  you  did  for  Mr.  T. 
De  Witt  Cuyler  in  1914  is  a  living  monument 
to  the  efRcacy  of  Davey  Tree  SurRery  and  it 
is  a  pleasure  to  be  able  to  write  a  few  words 
in  commendation. 

The  trees,  a  number  of  which  were  in  a 
critical  condition,  are  now  healthy,  strong 
and  vigorous  in  their  growth.  The  healing 
in  particular  is  wonderful.  In  my  estimation 
Davey  Tree  Surgery  is  in  a  class  by  itself, 
and  the  high  standard  which  your  company 
has  set  is  bound  to  elevate  the  entire  prac- 
tice of  Tree  Surgery. 

Yours  truly, 
(,^iil}ifil)     .1.  B.  Ward,  Haverford,  Pa. 


A  tree  nith  a  hadli/"  ''iJ.tncd 
crotch,  saved  6y  the  scientific 
methods  of  Davey  Tree  Sur- 
geons. Note  that,  in  .',  years' 
time,  the  fUling  is  almost  en- 
tirely healed  over 


Tbe  saving  of  priceless  trees  Is  a  matter  of  first 
iiiit)ortj)ii(-t>  on  ovfr.v  cst.itc.  l>;ivf.v  Trfc  .Siirjrpry  is 
n  fulfillment  of  the  maximuDi  expectations  of  those 
wno  love  .Tnd  value  trees.  A  careful  examination  of 
.vo\ir  trcrs  will   be  made  by- appointment. 


Thi^  tree  icaji  in  such  a  weak- 
ened condition  thnt  the  next 
severe  windstorni  eovld  easily 
have  wrecked  it.  Today  the 
tree  is  perfectly  sound,  thanks 
to  Davey  Tree  Surgery 


Davey  Tree  Surgeons 


THE   DAVEY  TREE    EXPERT   CO. 
1305  Elm  Street,  Kent,  Ohio 

.;  r:inc'.  *_'itii..€a.  wlih  tt.c,ihone  c  Dnectlon  :  225 
■?"ifth  Ave.,  New  York;  201T  'and  Title  BIdg.. 
Philadelpbia:  450  ilcCormlct  Bldg.,  Cbicago. 
Write  nearest  office. 

Every  real  Davey  Tree  Surgeon  is  in  the  enifihy  of  the 
Davey  Tree  Expert  Company,  anti  the  public  tS  cau- 
^iotted  against  those  falsely  represe'-.ting  themselves. 


Pcrmiinent  representatives  located  at  Boston. 
Newport.    Lenox.   Hartford,   Stamford.   Albany. 

*outrbkeepsle.  White  I'lains,  Jamaica,  L.  I., 
Newark.  X.  .T..  Phll:idelphia.  Harrisburg.  Bal- 
timore. Wasbinyton,  Huffalo.  Pittsburgh.  Cleve- 
lauil.  Detroit,  CincinDati,  Louisville,  Chicago. 
Milwaukee,  Minneapolis,  St.  Louis,  Kansas 
Cit.v. 


22  Victoria    Sq.,  Montreal. 


HORTICULTURE 


Vol.  XXVII 


MAY  25,  1918 


No.     21 


A  Walk  in  the  Botanical  Garden  at  Buitenzorg,  Java 


Published  Every  Saturday  at  147  Summer  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Subscription   $1.00 


502 


HORTICULTURE 


May  2r..  1918 


PALISADES    POPULAR    PERENNIALS 

Ye  Old  Fashioned  Hardy  Plants.    Big  Plants    Little  Money 

We  have  a  large  surplus  of  the  following  sorts  in  perfect  condition  for  planting  out. 
The  Field  Plants  can  be  liberally  divided  for  growing  on  for  next  Fall  and  Spring  sales,  which 
affords  a  rare  opportunity  of  getting  up  a  stock  of  these  very  saleable  OLD  FASHIONED 
FLOWERS  AT  SMALLEST  COST.  Many  of  these  are  quoted  elsewhere  (wholesale)  at 
$15.00  per  IOC.  OUR  PRICE  AS  LONG  AS  THEY  LAST— SEE  BELOW.  No  less  than  25 
of  one  variety  at  100  rate,  or  250  at  1,000  rate.  F.  means  field  grown.  Pots  means  plants 
from  3-inch  pots,  and  are  most  suitable  for  late  plantings.  Boxing  and  packing  extra  at  cost. 
Terms  net,  less  2'^'c   for  cash. 


Arhlllini    7'nnifiito..uin.    Ilt'lil    iiiiil    pot 

.\ll(-hi|..ii    l»rii|iiiMtr«'.    Ili'hl    iilnl    P"I 

.\tirhi|..a.    r,Tr\'H    \iirii*t\.    tti-ld    mill    pot 

.\»I<T».    li'llilllIK     Mlrifllr«.    Ililll    mill     pot 

A..I1T...   Cliiimx    iNi'Wi,   tli-Iil    mill    p"l 

.\»lillM->  III  :t  >iirii'Iie>.  Ill-Ill  iiml   pot 

Aiiririilii    Alpiiia.    Ili-lil 

ItiM-ciiniib    t'linliitii,    Ill-Ill 

Itolfiiniii    AhI.tihiIi-^,   fxlrn    «tronK 

t'linipiinulii    MiMliiiiii,  :t  riiliir...  lirlil   iinil    pot 

t'aniiimiiilii   f 'iil>  riinllii'iiia,  '.i  i-nlori.,  Ilflil  iinil   pot., 
('itliipmiiihi    rrr..li-ifnliti,    'i    I'olorN.    lU'lil    anil    pot.... 

('Us.. ill    Miir>  Imiilii'ii.    tii-lil 

Ci'iitmiriMi    MiHTiHi-pliiilii,   lli'lil 

tVriiHlium    Tiiiiu'iitoHiiiii.    Ili'lil    anil    pot 

Ci-nist  iiiiii    Arii'i|..i.    <  MinpiH-dini.    Ilrlil    iinil    put 

('Iir>  ..iinllii'iiiiiiii.     stn.ni;     :!    i".     pi'l     pliints.     ill    all 


Hill 

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('lir.%  viintlii-niiiinH  l.fiii-iintlii-iniini,  Tl.  1*1.  (iloulilc 
liiiril.\     Miiri:niril<-I    iii'W,    S  nnil    4    In.   pots 

('hr.\  sunt  li,. mum  Mpponiriim  (Shriib  DalN.v),  llelil 
mill     put     

('Iir.\  Hmillirtiiiiiii  Miixiiinlin.  3  MirietieN,  Helil  anil 
pot 

C'omipsb.   Liinrfolnta    tininilif,    lli'lil,    larse 

CorpopsiH   \  iTtiriliitii.    Ili'lil.    larei'. 


4.IHI        35.00 


1'3.0<I      100.00 


0.50      co.mi 


(MTiiianli-a,  nilviMl,  Htroni:,  Ili'lil   Krown 

Aiiri'ii    (tiiilih'ii    Fliiic).    fti'lil    Kriiwn 

Orii-iidilK   Siiiiu    ((iiri-ii.    Ill-Ill    Kriiun 

llrii-iitaliH    ^miKil  ilit-a.    Ili'lil    KTiiun 

Iiiti-r lia.    Hi-Iki-.    Ilairili-ii.  e(i-..   Held    Krown. 

>llii-rit'ii    Alliii    am'    I'lirpiireH,   tlrlll    fprown 

'ri-i'tiiri.iii,   Ill-Ill    Krou  II 


IrlH 
IriN 

IrU 
Iri.. 
Iris 
Iris 
Ins 
l.ai  iiniliila    \  i-ra.    Ili-lil    Kriiuli    tinil    pot 

l.alhinis    l.alirni  us.   lii-lil    ifniiin 

I.ialris    Niariiisii.   tirlil    Krouli 

I..>rliiiis   t'liali'i-iloiilru,   lli-lil    Krown 
]..>lliriini      Kosi-iiin      Siij 

uriiwn     

Miilia     \li-i-a,    Ill-Ill    Krown 

(ki-iiiil  hi-ra    t'rilliroHU,  tli-lil   Krown  anil   pot 

tli-riol  lii-ra    \iMiiiKii.    pals 

tlmpli'iliiili-s    t  appailiii'iril,    pots 

~'apii\rr    Orii-iitiilis.    iiami-il     ^iirH.,    potH... 


IVr 

100 

»3.50 

6..50 

A.AO 

ft.no 
.5  .no 

n.no 

O.IKI 
0.00 

n.iHi 

.V.50 
ft..50 


anil     l*err>-'H     \'ar.,     Hflil 


n.."io 
I  nil 


Malilll 
Diaiitliil 
lliaiilllii 
llimitliiis 
lliantliiis 


Itarliiitlls,    s,-pariili-    niliirs.    larKe 

Ii.-lloiili's.    lii-lil    or    pills 

I.atiriiliiis   Alror..   Ili-liI   or   pots 

I'him;;rius,   C.M'liips,   larKi-.   Ili-lil    or   jiols. 
'Iiimariiis,  Aliri-   Iah-.  larKi-.  Ili'lil   or   puis. 
Oiantlius   i'liimarius,   Carnii-n.   larKi-,  Ili-lil  or  pots.. 
Ulantlius   rhimarius,    V.    Bisman-k.    larKr,    tii-lil    or 

pots      

I>i»nthu8     I'liimarius.     IVrpi'toam     .Snow,     flclil     or 

potd        

DlnnthuK  tae^ins  (riii-ililar  Pinks),  tlelil  or  potK.  . 
KriKi-ron    SpiM-iosiis    tlranilillorils,    Ili'lil    or   potH.... 

Kr.>siniiini    ruli-lii-lliim.   larui-.   lii-lil   or   pots 

Fiinkta  .Xiiri-ii   \arieKaIa.    larm'.   Ili-lil 

Fiinkia    Sii'liuliliana.    larui-.    fli-lil 

<;>  psopliilu    i'anlriilala,    liirKi-,    Ili-lil 

t.rassi-s,   I'riinist-liiin     .lapiiiiii-iim,    fielfl 

Iirassi-s.    rhiilaris    Aninilinai-ra     \'iir.,    flold 

Ili-liiipsis     I'ili'lii-riana,    larKi-.    lielil 

Ili-li-\inf    >ul«-ri.   pots    

Ilt-liantlli-niuin    Criiri-lllii.    laiKi-.    lii'lil    or   pots 

Ili-lianllii'iiiiim     Mulaliili-.    larm-.    liHil    or    pots 

ili-liantlius.    iH-st    xarii-lii-s.    larei-.    Ili-lil 

Ilespi-ris    Malronalis    anil    .Vlha.    larKi*.    Ilelil 

ili.nii-riM'alis,    0    larietii-s.    iloiilili>    anil     sinpli'.    Kx., 

larKe,    Ill-Ill    

Ililiisi'iis    Miisihi'utos.    larKi-.    Weld 

Ilihisiiis    Militaris,    larKi-.    tli'ld 

Iliiti-liinsia.    pills    

Ilii-ris   tiihrallarira.   larKi-.   Ili-Iil    or   pot» 

Inula   >fai-riiri'iiliala,  larui-.   Ili*lil 

Iris   tiemianii-a.  Iii'st   nainril   varietioH,  extra  NtronK. 

Held  grown    


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lltlllis. 

I'anla  II Mills,    <'liim-iisi< 
I'l-iilsl.niiiii    lliuilalis, 
I'l-iitslt-nioii    l.raliilillori 
l'i-iils(i-mini    rulii-si-i-ns, 

I'liilsl,! Tuliilliinis     

I>i-riissalii.    iiaiiii-il     larii'tles.    fli'lil    grown,    'i 


i*li1o\  lli\arii-ata  Ctinailriisls.  Uriel  Krown,  anil  pots 
riiliiv     >ul>tilala    Uosi-ii    anil     l.llnoi-na.    flflil    icrown, 

ami    puis     

l'll.^  siisli-Kia   \irKiilii'a,   lli-lil    grown 

I'li.\  snsti-Kia   Spi-riosa   anil    .\llm.   Held   grown 

1'lal.%  I'liilon     tiraiiiniloriiiii,     liliie     and     white,     field 

uroM  II     

I'ol.i  Kiiiiiim    <  iispiiliil  um.    Ill-Ill    Krown 

I'rim iilas,  l>  \arirt ii-s,  lli-lil    Kniii  n,  anil    puis 

Itmiuni-iiliis    .\i-onitirolius,    11.    ri.,   Ili-lil    grown 

Kiiillii-rkiti,   nami-il    larii-Iii-s,   lli-lil    Krown 

Si-itiiiiis,  nami-il    \arii-tii-s,   tli-lil    groii  n,  and  potH.... 

Sagiia   l.liilira,   lli-lil    Kriiii  ii.  ami    pots 

Saui-    Moll's    .Maniniul  h.    Ili-lil    urowii,   and   potH 

Smitiilina    Ini-mia.   tii-liI    ^roiiii.   ami    pots 

>liasla    l>ais>,    UurliaiiUs,   tli-lil    uruiin,  anil   pots.... 

Spin-as,    ill    \iirii-l.\.    iiami-il,    lli-lil    grown 

Tlialii-I  ruin      \i|uilrKifoliuiii,    lii-lil     gniwn 

Tlialirt  ruin    .\il  iaill  ifol  iuiii .    Ili-Iil    grown 

Tlii-rmopsis    (  artillniaiia,    lli-lil    grown 

Traili-si-anl  ia     Xirgiuiiii,    tli-lil     grown 

Tritoiiia    l*lil/i-rii,   lii-lil    urowii 

Tiiiiii-a    Saxifraga,    lli-lil    grouii 

%  i-ronii-a    .\iiii-lli.\  st  ina,    lii-til     grown 

\i-ronii-a    I'roslrala,   lii-lil    groiiii 

\  i-ronii-a    Kepi-ns    (riirk   plant).  Held   grown 

Ai-riiiiii-a    Spii-nia,   lli-li!    grown 

\i-roiiira    >irgiiiii-a,   lii-lil    grown 

\  im-a    Minor,   i-xira    slrnng.   Hli-il    grown 

^  tola    (>.    ^^l-rll^ig.    lii-lil    griiuli,   ami    puis 

^  iolii     (.raiills,    ll.-lil     grown. 

^illailiniii    Triloba    <novv),    2   yearly 


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that  is  well  grown,  well  dug  and  well  packed 
Send  to  the    BAY    STATE    NURSERIES 


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NORTH   ABJ^GTON,  MASS. 


Specialists  in  Specimen  Stock  for 
Landscape  Work 


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NURSERYMEN,  FLORISTS,  PLANTERS 

RUTHERFORD,    NEW  JERSEY 

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Pnnd  for  Market  Itevelopment,  also  "B&y 
It   With    Flowers"    PublleItT    Cunpalsn. 


May  25,  191S 


HOETICULTURE 


503 


CANNAS 


We  have  our  usual  stock  of  3  in.  Caiinas  in  good  assortment,  standard 
sorts  such  as  Florence  Vaughan;  Mme.  Crozy;  Queen  Charlotte;  Souv.  de 
Antoine  Crozy; 


KING   HUMBERT   $4.00   per    100  $35.00   per    1000 


GERANIUMS 
DAHLIAS 


Good  Strong  Plants,  Good  Assortment.  2  in.  $2.50 
per  100,  $22.50  per  1,000;  3  in.  $3.50  per  100,  $30.00 
per  1,000. 


One   of   the    finest    assortments    in    the  country.     Two-inch  pot  plants 
at  prices  running  from  $2.00  to  $25.00  per  hundred. 

List  of   Varieties  in   Our   Wholesale   Catalog 


CASH  WITH  ORDER 


SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE 


R.  VINCENT,   Jr.,  &  SONS   CO. 


WHITE  MARSH, 
MD. 


ORCHIDS 


Wr  grow  and  sell  notblng  but  ORCHIDS. 
If  yOD  tire  Id  the  market  for  this  clmms  otf 
plants  we  reepectfally  solicit  your  Inqalrie* 
and  ordera.     Special   lists   on   appUoailoii. 

LAGER  &  HimnELL,  Summit,  N.J^. 


Horseslioe  Brand   Bannboo   Cano» 

For    staking    lilies    and    otlier    flowers.  Beady    for    Immediate    slilpment    from    oar 
warebonse.   Bound   Brook,  N.  J. 

5/6  feet,    Natoral W.OO  per  bale  1000 

8/6      "             "         16.00  "           2000 

8      "             ••         18.00  "           1000 

6      •■       Green 10.00  "           1000 

K      "           "       18.00  •■           )8000 

RALPH  M.  WARD  &  CO.,  The  Lily  House,  25  Murray  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


FROM  COLD  STORAGE 


(((^^(•l  LIL.  GIGANTEUM,  7-9.  LILY  OF  THE  VALLEY  ^^^'  Q°-"^^ 

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CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO.,  90-92  W.  Broadway,  New  York 


Page 

Adv.inoe    Go 523 

A  1  1)  a  n  .V       Cut 

Flower    Ex 51H 

Allen.   .T.    K "ilO 

America  u     Bulb 

Co 513 

Anderson.  S.  A.. 515 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co..5"J2 
Barrows  &  Son.. 504 
ISaversdorfer.    H. 

Co 519 

Bay     State     Nur- 
series     .^02 

Beeohwood      Hts. 

Nurseries    518 

Bobljink     &     At- 
kins     502 

Bcdgiano  &  Son. .512 
Boston     F'loral 

Suppl.v    Co .516 

Breck.  .J.  &  Sons. 513 
Breitinever'.s.      .1. 

Sons    514 

Budlong,  J.  A...51B 
Bunvard.  A.   T...514 

Burnett    Bros 513 

Burpee,   W.  A.   & 

Co 513 

Clarke's.  D.  Sons. .514 
Carter's       Tested 

Seeds.    Inc 512 

Chaiupion  &  Co., 
J.   N 515 


1ST     C 

Page 
C  h  i  I  d  s,    .John 

Lewis    513 

Coan,   J.  J 518 

Conard    *:    Jones 

Co 504 

Cooke,  Geo.   H...514 

Cowee.  W.  J 518 

Cottage     Cardens 

Nurseries    502 

Pards    514 

Davenport.  A.  M.504 

Dreer,   H.  A 523 

Dunlop,  John  H.515 

D.v.sart.    R 516 

Edwards  Folding 

Box    Co 516 

Esler.  .1.  G 522 

Eyres    515 

Farquliar.     K.    & 

.T.    Co .513 

Ford,  M.  C 518 

Ford,  W.  P 518 

Fottler.         Fiske. 

Rawsfin  Co.... 512 
Froment,  II.  V...  ..518 
Fuld.  Maurice... 524 
Galvln.  Thos.  F..509 
Gasser  Co..  .f.  M.515 
Graliani  iV  Son,  A. 515 
Gude  Bros.  Co. .  .."ill 
(ire  y,    Thos.    .T. 

Co 513 

Hail  Association. 522 
Hart.  Geo.  B 516 


Page 
Hews  &  Co.,  A.  H.521 
Hill  Co.,  E.  G...516 
Hill,    D.    Nursery 

Co 511 

Holland    Nur- 
series     504 

Holm  &  Olson... 515 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue     511 

Irwin.   R.   J 513 

Johnston  Bros. ..514 
Kasting,     W.     F. 

Co 516 

Keller  Sons,  J.  B.515 
Kelway  &  Son... 51:*. 
Kerr  the  Florist. 515 

Kervan    Co 518 

King       Construc- 
tion   Co 523 

Knolde    Bros 515 

Kottmiller     514 

Kroeschell  Bros. 523 
Kuebler.  W.  H...518 
Lager  &  Hurrell.503 
Lange,  H.  F.  Co. 515 
Lemon  Oil  Co...5'22 
Leonard  Seed  Co. 513 
Marshall,    W.     E. 

Co 513 

McConnell,  Alex.. 514 
McHutohison       & 

Co .504 

Meehan,  Chas.  E.516 


VERT 

Page 
Metropolitan  Ma- 
terial   Co 523 

Miehell,  H.  F.  Co.513 
Michigan   Cut 

Flower    Ex 516 

Miilang,    Chas .51S 

Millang,    Frank.. 518 
Murray,    Samnel.514 
National        Plant 
Flower  &  Fruit 

Guild    524 

Nation  al  Nur- 
seryman     502 

N.      Y.      Florists 

Supply    Co 518 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.522 
Niessen.    Leo   Co. 516 

Ouwerkerk.   P 504 

Palisades        Nur- 
series     502 

Palmer,  W.   J.   & 

Son    515 

Park  Floral  Co.. 515 
Parshelsky  Bros.5"23 
Penn  the  Florist.514 
Penuock.      S.      S. 

Co 517 

Peterson,  J.  A.  & 

.Sou    504 

Pfaltzgraff      Pot- 
tery   Co 521 

Pierce  Co..  F.  0.523 

Pierson,  A.   N 511 

I'iersou,  F.   R 524 


I 

Pa  tie 
P-L  Chemical  Co.5-22 
Pulverized       Ma- 
nure  Co 522 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop    515 

Reed  &  Keller... 518 
Reidel  &  Meyer.. 518 

Reid.   Edw 516 

Robinson,    Henry 

M.    Co 518 

Robinson.    H.    M. 

&    Co... 516 

Roehrs,  J.  Co... 504 
Roland,  Thomas. 515 
R  0  1  k  e  r,    A.    & 

Sons    521 

Rosery,  The    514 

Sanderson  Fer- 
tilizer &  Chem- 
ical  Co 512 

Schling,  Max.... 514 
Schwake,       Chas. 

Co 503 

Sekeuger,  Adam. 514 
Sheridan,  W.  F..518 
Siebreclit,  Geo.  ('.518 
Siggers     &     Sig- 

gers    523 

Skidelskv,     S.     S. 

&    Co 513 

Smith,  P.  J 518 

Smith,    W.    &    T. 

Nursery  Co iiOl 

Smith   &    Fetter8.515 


-  Page 
Smyth,  Wm.  J... 515 
Snvder,    B.    A.    & 

Co 511 

Stearns     Lumber 

Co 5-^3 

Stumpp,  G.E.  M.514 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co 513 

Thorburn.    J.    M. 

.t   Co ^1'- 

Tottv.  Chas.  H..504 
United  Cut  Flow- 
er Co 51.* 

Vincent,    R.,    Jr., 

&   Sons  Co JU'> 

Wants,   For  Sale, 

etc 521 

Warliurton    olo 

Ward.    R.    M.    & 

Co    ""■' 

Weber,  F.  C 515 

Webster       Floral 

fo    504 

WeebeV"&   Don.. 512 

Wood    Bros 504 

Woodruff,     S.     D. 

&   Suns 5V2 

Young.  A.  li 51b 

Y'oung.   John 518 

Young.  Thos..  Jr.518 
Young  &  Nugent.514 

Zi'i-h   &   Mann 516 

Zinn.  Julius  A.  ..51.i 


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HORTICULTURE 


May  25,  1918 


CYCLAMEN  GIGANTEUM  SEED,  July   Delivery 

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Rose    of    Marienthal    I  rosy    pinki.    Daybreak    (dcUciile  slifide  of  salmon   pink).   Lavender   la   iii'u    and   l)caullfiil 
sliade).    Rokoko    (deep    pink,    Iniprovod).      Price,    $12.00  per  1000  seeds. 
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BEGONIA    GLOIRE    DE     LORRAINE $120.00 

BEGONIA    GLORY    OF    CINCINNATI 150.00 

BEGONIA     MELIOR     200.00 

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New  crop,  cleaned,  latb  house  grown. 
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1.000  or  more  seeds $2.25  per  1000 

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Dick    1.80 

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and    Roiwa. 

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May  25.  1918 


HOETICULTUEE 


50& 


SOCIETY     OF    AMERICAN    FLORISTS 

AND 

ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURISTS 


THE     PUBLICITY    CAMPAIGN. 

The  week  just  closed  has  been  a 
busy  one  in  the  Promotion  Bureau  o£ 
the  campaign,  due  very  largely  to  the 
influence  which  our  slogan  "Say  it 
with  Flowers"  is  exerting  everywhere. 
It  is  pleasing  to  note  that  when  a  sen- 
timent is  to  be  promulgated  which  it 
is  desired  shall  have  public  recogni- 
tion, the  thought  of  flowers  as  a  me- 
dium of  expression  naturally  arises. 

This  was  the  case  when  the  Italy- 
America  Flower  Day,  May  24th,  was 
projected.  When  the  question  as  to 
how  certain  propaganda  reflecting 
upon  America  as  to  her  relations  with 
Italy,  one  of  her  allies,  could  be  con- 
troverted, it  was  quickly  determined 
that  it  could  best  be  done  with  flowers, 
and  the  services  of  our  Bureau  were 
at  once  sought,  with  a  view  to  enlist- 
ing the  aid  of  our  florists  in  the  col- 
lection of  flowers  for  distribution  by 
a  number  of  organizations  engaged  in 
work  incident  to  the  great  war.  Hence 
the  notice  issued  by  the  secretary 
through  the  trade  papers  last  week. 
It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the 
florists  were  not  asked  to  donate  any 
flowers,  but  simply  to  take  care  of  any 
which  might  be  sent  on  to  them  for 
the  proposed  distribution.  This  serv- 
ice not  only  would  bring  florists  into 
personal  contact  with  many  whose 
business  patronage  was  worth  seeking, 
but,  in  the  nature  of  things,  should 
result  in  large  sales  to  many  who 
would  be  induced  to  contribute  flow- 
ers. 

Following  this  movement  came  an- 
other, in  which  the  Bureau  was  again 
called  upon  to  assist,  and  which  is  ex- 
plained in  the  following  letter  sent  out 
by  the  secretary  to  all  florists  in  the 
neighborhoods  where  wounded  sol- 
diers are  likely  to  be  interned  in  hos- 
pitals, or  where  branches  of  the  or- 
ganization have  the  work  of  visiting 
hospitals  in  charge. 

Florists  in  all  sections  are  urged  to 
accept  this  announcement  as  a  sugges- 
tion that  where  they  can  co-operate 
with  any  of  the  branches  of  the 
League  in  their  work  they  will  do  so. 
The  season  for  outdoor  flowers  is  with 
us,  and  there  should  be  available  a 
quantity  of  material  which  will  serve 
the  admirable  purpose  of  the  hospital 
visi'ors  without  making  serious  in- 
roads upon  the  resources  of  anyone. 
Such  assistance  will  greatly  help 
toward  the  attainment  of  the  main  ob- 
ject of  our  campaign,  as  embodied  in 
our  slogan  "Say  it  with  Flowers." 

1170   Broadway,    N«*w    York. 

Ma.v  2n,  llilS 
l»r;ir  Sir: — Here  is  a  projpft  whit-li,  if 
.vipu  will  support  it,  is  fnlfiilatod  to  im- 
press ponnain'iitl.v  our  slo^'an  ■'Sa.v  it  with 
I'lowiTs"  oil  the  pulilio  miiiil  throushout 
thf  countr.v.  and.  as  well,  will  j:lve  piib- 
liolt.v  fo  your  *)wn  tiiisinpss. 
Till'   National    la'ai^iio  for  Woman's  Serv- 


ice, which  works  with  and  through  the 
American  Red  <_'r<iss  and  kindred  organiza- 
tions, has  undertaken  to  visit  all  hospitals 
in  which  are  wounded  and  sick  soldiers, 
for  the  express  purpose  of  presenting  each 
of  our  lioys  incapacitated  in  our  service 
with  a  flower  or  flowers.  Here  in  New  York 
such  distribution  is  now  being  effected  on 
a  large  scale,  and  it  is  found  that  above 
all  things  the  poor  fellows  crave  flowers — 
offerings  in  the  way  of  deltcacies  seem  of 
secondary   importance. 

The  New  York  Florists'  Club  is  support- 
ing tile  movement  to  the  fullest  extent,  and 
the  'Society  of  American  Florists  is  urging 
its  members  and  the  trade  generally  to 
help  the  local  branches  of  the  League  in 
cities  and  towns  where  the  soldiers  are  in 
hospitals,  by  donating  any  surplus  flowers 
which  may  be  available  for  this  especial 
ipurpose. 

The  gratitude  of  the  League  for  this 
anticipated  co-operation  on  the  part  of  the 
florists  is  shown  in  the  fact  that  the  or- 
ganization has  adopted  the  slogan  of  our 
Publicity  Campaign  "Say  it  with  Flowers" 
as  its  slogan  for  this  work,  and  our  Pro- 
motion Bureau  is  providing  slogan  signs 
for  posting  In  all  the  chapter  houses  of 
the  different  organizations,  for  display  on 
all  motor  cars  and  vehicles  engaged  in  the 
work,  and  in  various  other  ways.  Prob- 
ably 20,000  or  more  of  these  signs  will 
thus  go  into  public  use,  displayed  and 
actively  featured  by  the  very  best  people 
in    the    country. 

Y'ou  are  asked  to  do  this  "little  bit.  " 
and  in  doing  it  you  will  help  to  gain  pub- 
licity for  flowers  such  as  would  ordinarily 
have   seemed    impossible    of  achievement. 

The  chairman  of  your  district  branch 
will,    doubtless,    call    upon    you. 

Y'ours    very    truly 

John  YorNG,  Secy. 

To  those  florists  who  have  not  yet 
seen  the  advisability  of  making  re- 
sponse to  the  appeal  for  contributions 
to  the  Campaign  Fund,  it  may  be  said 
that  never  was  their  support  more 
needed  than  at  the  present  time.  Be- 
yond question,  the  Publicity  Commit- 
tee has  proved  that  its  efforts  have 
resulted  in  a  stimulation  of  trade 
wWch,  to  say  the  least,  has  been  ex- 
traordinary. The  thought  of  what 
might  have  been  the  state  of  things 
without  it  is  depressing,  but  there  is 
the  future  to  look  to.  and  the  cam- 
paign must  not  be  allowed  to  halt. 
Some  of  our  florists,  too,  are  forget- 
ting that  a  subscription  does  not  end 
with  the  undertaking  to  make  it.  For- 
getfulness  is  anything  but  a  virtue  in 
an  undertaking  like  this,  for  the  Pro- 
motion Bureau  must  depend  upon  the 
funds  actually  provided,  and  is  obliged 
to  contract  far  ahead  for  many  of  its 
direct  service  aids  all  of  which  are 
furnished  at  actual  cost. 

The  secretary  is  at  this  date  start- 
ing on  an  eastern  tour  in  the  interests 
of  the  campaign,  one  of  the  many 
itineraries  arranged  so  that  he  can 
come  into  personal  contact  with  trade 
Interests  in  sections  where  they  arc 
large  and  individually  numerous. 
Clubs  and  societies  who  would  like  to 
have  the  secretary  present  at  one  or 
other  of  their  meetings  should  get  into 
communication  with  him.  as  he  is  de- 
sirous of  making  his  trips  as  fai 
reaching  as  possible. 


Our  Washington  representative, 
Wm.  F.  Gude,  has  arranged  for  the  ap- 
pearance of  a  delegation  of  florists  be- 
fore the  Fuel  Commission  at  Washing- 
ton on  Monday,  May  27th,  at  10 
o'clock,  a.  m.,  for  a  hearing  upon  va- 
rious phases  of  the  fuel  conservatioa 
order.  This  will  be  an  opportunity  for 
any  florist  who  is  in  doubt  upon  any 
point  in  regard  to  his  course  of  actioii 
under  the  order  to  arrive  at  a  definite 
understanding.  All  florists  wishing  to 
join  the  delegation  are  invited  to- 
meet  at  Mr.  Gude's  office,  1214  F  St., 
N.  W.  Washington,  at  9.30  a.  m.  on 
that  day,  and  proceed  in  a  body  to  the 
oflices  of  the  commission.  A  strong 
delegation  might  perhaps  improve  the- 
situation 

John   Young.   Secy. 


The  following  letters  were  ex- 
changed between  the  Washington; 
Representative  of  the  society,  Wm.  P. 
Gude,  and  the  secretary,  by  the  way 
of  the  first  mail  of  the  new  Aero-serv- 
ice of  the  United  States  Postal  Serv- 
ice; 

Washington,  D.  C,  May  15,  1918. 
John  Young,  Sec'y  S.  A.  F.  and  O.  H., 
1170  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Y'oung :  Just  a  word  or 
greeting  from  Washington  representative 
with  the  hope  that  this  communication 
will  reach  vou  by  the  first  delivery  via  Air 
Route,  which  is  emblematic  of  the  progres- 
siveneas  of  our  Great  Country,  signifying: 
speed,  activity  and  force.  And  as  our  or- 
ganization is  National  in  character  may  we 
gather  inspiration  from  this  new  achieve- 
ment and  may  we  encourage  "Uncle  Sam" 
by  pushing  our  business  and  profession  to- 
tlie  front  for  the  betterment  of  mankind 
and  particularly  for  the  citizens  of  the 
United  States  of  America. 

With  best  wishes  and  kindest  regards,, 
1   am. 

Very  respectfully, 

(Signed)     WM.  F.  GUDE. 
Washington      Representative.      Society      of 

American    Florists   and   Ornamental   Ilor- 

ticulturists.- 


New  York.  May  1.5.  191S. 
Mr.  Wm.  F.  Gude, 

Washington  Representative. 

Dear  Mr.  Gude:  Appreciating  the  value 
of  the  new  aeroplane  mail  service  between. 
New  York  and  Wasliington  this  day  in- 
augurated, I  take  the  opportunity  to  ten- 
der to  you  by  the  tirst  aero  mail,  my  con- 
gratulations on  the  establishment  of  a  serv- 
ice w-hich  niust  necessarily  be  of  benefit 
to  florists.  l)otli  as  regards  the  exchange 
of  olliciil  coiiimunications.  and  the  provid- 
ing of  a  nieatis  for  quick  delivery  of 
flowers  in  three  of  our  greatest  cities. 

It  is  my  hope  and  expectation  that  thi» 
servii'o  will  evolve  into  one  of  incalculable- 
iieni'tit   to  American  Commerce. 

With   kindest  regards,   believe  me,    . 
Yours  most  sincerely, 
(Signed)     JOHN   YOUNG,  Secretary. 


Department  of  Plant   Registration. 

Public  notice  is  hereby  given  that 
as  no  objection  has  been  filed  against 
the  registration  of  Nephrolepis  An- 
thony Wayne  by  Lanternier,  Florist, 
Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  same  becomes 
complete. 

John    YoiNii,   Secy.. 


506 


11  ()  KTICULTU  HK 


May 


191S 


horticulture: 

ZXVU  HAY  25.   1918  NO.  21 

ri'lll.l-HKIl    WKKKLT   BT 

HORTICULTURE     PUBLISHING     CO. 
147   Summer    Street,    Boston,   Mass. 

ftitw«d  •■  ucond-claH  mitter  December  8,  IB04,  at  the  Post  OIBc* 
at  Bolton.  Maai.,  under  tbe  Act  of  CoDgrrai  of  llareb  S,  18TV. 

^"^"^^         CONTENTS  pi^e 

COVKH  ILLUSTRATION— A  Wiilk  in  the  Botanical 
Garden  at  BultcnzorK.  Java. 

SOCIETY  OK  AMEJtK'A.N  FLORISTS— The  Publicity 
CanipalRn— Dopt.  of  Plant  Refiistration 505 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIKTIES— Gardeners'  and  Florists' 
Club  of  Boston— Meetings  Next  Week  — Massachu- 
setts Horticultural  Society — American  Dahlia  Socie- 
ty—I-«nc6ster     County     Florists'     Asso. —Worcester 

Spring  Flower  Show— American  Rose  Society 507-509 

American  Sweet  Pea  Society.  Wm.  Grav,  Portrait .  . .   522 

IX)CAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 
Boston.  Pittsburgh,  St.   Louis,  Philadelphia.   Roches- 
ter. Washington   510-511 

SEED  TR-\DE;— American  Seed  Trade  Association- 
Earl  Gets  Advice 512 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 
Food  for  Thought— New  Flower  Stores 514-515 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS- Boston.  Chicago,  Cin- 
cinnati,   New  York,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh 517 

Rochester.  St.  Louis.  Washington 519 

WAR  INDUSTRY  DELUSIONS— Cftor/rs  W.  Means...   520 

OBITUARY— Wm.  C.  Beckert— Ernest  C.  Loeffler- Da- 
vid R.  Craig— Mrs.  Jas.  Taplin— Ernest  W.  Bowdltch.   520 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Lilac    Display.    Arnold    Arboretum — Illustration 508 

Double  Up.  Philip  Brcitmcyer—A  Tropical  Picture..   509 

"Coal  Week"  From  June  3  to  8 511 

Rosa  Hugonis,  C.  W.  Hoitt—A  Country  town  Verdict.  511 

News  Notes — Business  Troubles  519 

Visitors'  Register — Patents  Granted 519 

Niagra  Sulphur  Spray 520 

Publications  Received-  -Catalogue  Received 521-522 

Greenhouses    Building   or   Contemplated 523 

Ouce    a    year    at    this    period    conio.s    the 

Winter's      anxious  inquir}'  as  to  the  extent  of  winter 

*°'i  damage   to    trees,   shrubs   and  herbaceous 

garden  material  in  those  sections  where 
winters  are  of  varj-ing  severity.  Strange  contradic- 
tions of  accepted  probabilities,  hard  to  certainly  ac- 
count for,  upset  our  theories  and  expectations  so  fre- 
quently that  the  more  experience  one  has  the  less  he 
feels  sure  of  and  the  return  of  spring  is  contemplated 
with  fear  and  trembling.  The  season  from  which  we 
have  ju.st  emerged  proves  to  have  been  no  exception  to 
the  rule,  for,  notwith.standing  that  the  damage  done 
was  exceptional,  exceeding  in  the  aggregate  that  of  any 
previous  record,  yet  there  were  some  things  that  did 
come  through  unscathed  which  in  mild  winters  have 
often  been  badly  injured  and  which  nobody  expected 
could  possibly  survive  the  fury  of  1917-18.  The 
Bulletins  from  the  Arnold  Arboretum  give  lengthy  lists 
of  trees  and  shrubs  injured  or  killed  outright,  some  of 
which  have  lived  there  in  perfection  for  a  quarter  een- 
tur}-  and  which  by  reason  of  their  good  behavior  were 
fairly  entitled  to  a  place  in  the  "reliable"  column.  One 
of  the  most  irreconcilable  facts  brought  out  is  that  some 
of  the  worst  victims  this  time  are  trees  native  in  Can- 
ada and  the  northern  United  States,  while  among  tbe 
unharmed  things  are  exotics  from  localities  enjoying  a 
cliniafe  much  less  inhospitable  than  ours. 

.Vppeals   from   .several  gentlemen  of  official 

"Double     and  business  prominence  for  a  more  hearty 

up"         resjjonse    from    the    trade    to   the    call   for 

Huwer  |iiiblieity  funds  appear  this  week  and 


it's  full  time  that  if  this  eiithiisiastically  started  cam- 
paign is  to  be  a  >iieeL'S8  the  indilTerence  of  the  past  few 
weeks  slmuld  now  reuse  and  the  niiiAimuin  amount  of 
money  oriuigally  aimed  for  be  ]iromplly  forthcoming. 
In  the  closing  days  of  the  Liberty  Hoiid  drive  those  who 
liatl  already  bought  were  urged  to  "double  up"  on  their 
original  siibseription  and  this  with  excellent  results.  The 
aniDUiits  allixed  to  many  of  the  names  on  tbe  pul)lisiied 
lists  of  subscribers  to  the  florists'  publicity  fund  might 
fairly  be  doubled  up  or  trebled,  when  compared  with  the 
liberal  contributions  of  others  who  re|)wtedly  are  not 
any  better  equipped  financially  or  liy  business  promi- 
nence. Then  there  are  yet  very  many  names  which 
should,  but  do  not,  ii|i]icar  on  tlie  list.  Tlii-re  can  be 
no  question  that  the  jirosperily  of  every- one  will  eventu- 
ally be  promoted  to  an  extent  far  in  excess  of  what  would 
constitute  a  justly  proportionate  share  for  them  in  the 
amount  to  be  raised.  There  has  never  been  a  time 
when  the  necessity  for  a  general  co-operative  |)ul)licity 
movement  was  so  evident.  Tiiose  who  have  been  en- 
trusted with  the  responsibility  and  tlrudgery  of  the  work 
have  no  .soft  job  and  they  surely  deserve  all  jwssible  en- 
eouiagement.  Give  it  to  them  in  full  measure  and  it 
will  ;ill  ((line  back  to  you  again  in  due  time. 

We  give  Sjiace  in  our  reading  columns 
Our  duty  (^   what   We  consider  a   very   clear- 

to  ourselves  sighted  and  sensible  analysis  of  the 
and  the  nation  Imsiness  situation  as  regards  the 
■'non-essential'"  industries  under  the 
war-stress  of  today,  iiy  Charles  \V.  Mears  of  the  Winton 
.\utoinobile  Company,  which  appeared  in  the  New  )'orA- 
Sun  for  May  12.  Mr.  Hears  is  not  a  florist  but  if  he 
were  and  spoke  for  the  craft  he  could  not  with  better 
logic  throw  the  hght  of  economic  intelligence  on  the 
illogical  theories  from  the  dissemination  of  which  the 
horticultural  industries  are  suffering  in  common  with 
many  other  occupations,  and  arc  destined  to  suffer  more 
yet  if  the  blind  fanatical  propaganda  for  the  tabooing 
of  these  industries  during  the  war  are  allowed  to  circu- 
late unjjrotested  and  the  public  attitude  shaped  accord- 
ingly. So  we  think  such  matter  has  a  legitimate  place 
in  our  columns  and  should  have  an  attentive  perusal  by 
every  florist  even  though  it  does  not  class  with  the  sort 
of  news  items  which  some  seem  to  assume  to  be  the  limit 
of  a  florists'  mental  digestion,  such  as  "the  smile  that 
won't  come  off"  because  the  stork  has  been  around,  or 
the  construction  of  casket  covers  or  similar  mortuary 
emblems.  If  applicable  to  the  automobile  industrj'  then 
it  should  be  even  more  so  to  the  horticultural  industries, 
to  which  the  Creator  has  given  a  prior  right  as  a  very 
essential  "non-essential"  and  which  against  the  back- 
ground of  world  tragedy  have  a  most  merciful  mission 
to  fulfil.  One  gieat  failing  on  the  part  of  the  rank  and 
file  of  the  florist  trade  is  that  they  are  inclined  to  be  too 
submissive  individually  and  fail  to  all  "get  up  on  their 
hind  legs"  when  abused,  hence  their  industry-  suffers  as 
a  whole.  Perhaps  this  article  which  we  publish  may 
.serve  as  a  stimulus  for  self-defence,— an  incontrovert- 
ible argument  which  can  be  effectively  used  at  every  op- 
portunity in  every  corner  of  our  country.  It  is  up  to 
the  trade  to  make  telling  use  of  everv-  ounce  of  ammuni- 
tion now,  otherwise  casket-covers  inniunerable  may  be 
needed  for  the  obsequies  of  the  flower  trade  itself,  there 
will  be  no  cigars  to  pass  when  tbe  stork  hajjpens  around 
and  the  war-savings-stamp  man  and  Red  Cross  emissary 
will  find  very  poor  picking  among  a  class  of  men  nota- 
Itly  generous  whenever  thev  have  anything  to  be  gen- 
erous with. 


May  25,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


507 


GARDENERS'    AND    FLORISTS' 
CLUB   OF   BOSTON 

The  May  meeting  of  this  organiza- 
tion held  on  Tuesday  evening,  21st,  at 
Horticultural  Hall  was  well  attended 
considering  the  busy  season  tor  the 
members.  The  outstanding  incident 
of  the  evening  was  the  unfurling  of 
two  flags — one  the  stars  and  stripes 
and  the  other  a  service  flag  bearing 
27  stars,  the  number  of  club  members 
In  the  service  o.f  the  country.  Two  of 
these  have  already  given  up  their 
lives  in  defence  of  the  flag.  The  ban- 
ners were  raised  by  ex-president 
James  Methven  and  appropriate  re- 
marks were  made  by  Wm.  J.  Stewart, 
first  president  of  the  organization.  Mr. 
Stewart  called  attention  to  the  fact 
that  many  members  of  the  Club  in 
bygone  years  had  fought  in  defence 
of  the  Star  Spangled  Banner  and  at 
least  three  of  the  ex-presidents  had 
worn  the  badge  of  the  G.  A,  R.  He 
expressed  the  fervent  wish  that  the 
boys  now  patriotically  representing 
the  Club  in  the  great  struggle  to  rid 
the  world  forever  of  despotic  ambi- 
tion, barbarism  and  inhumanity  might 
be  spared  to  return  victorious  and  un- 
harmed and  again  take  up  their 
peaceful  avocation. 

Resolutions  on  the  death  of  Peter 
Barker  were  read  by  Kenneth  Finlay- 
son.  Announcement  was  made  that 
Prof.  A.  C.  Hecht  of  Amherst  who  was 
to  have  addressed  the  Club  on  this 
occasion  had  been  called  to  military 
service  and  could  not  be  present. 
After  a  somewhat  animated  debate  on 
the  propriety  of  having  the  usual 
Ladies'  Night  and  dance  this  year  it 
was  finally  decided  that  this  would 
be  right  and  proper  and  so  the  even- 
ing of  .Tune  18  was  designated  as  the 
date  for  an  occasion  of  relaxation  and 
pleasure.  It  was  also  decided,  after 
some  opposition,  to  hold  the  annual 
summer  picnic  as  usual.  In  the 
absence  of  a  lecturer.  Secretary  Craig 
read  a  well  written  paper  prepared 
for  the  National  Association  of  Gar- 
deners, on  Horticulture  as  a  Profes- 
sion, by  J.  Donald.  Two  new  mem- 
bers were  elected. 

There  was  quite  an  array  of  flowers 
on  exhibition  including  about  twenty 
varieties  of  lilacs  and  some  cold-frame 
lettuce  from  W.  N.  Craig,  superb 
seedling  Moutan  peonies  from  Charles 
Sander  and  a  handsome  seedling  tulip 
from  Julius  Heurlin.  Certificates  of 
special  merit  were  awarded  to  the 
peonies  and  the  lilacs  and  votes  of 
thanks  to  the  others.  Speaking  of  the 
lilacs,  Mr.  Craig  specified  as  among 
the  most  desirable  in  four  standard 
colors.  Philemon  in  dark  purple, 
Marie  Legraye  in  white.  President 
Loubet  in  blue  and  Macros! achya  in 
pink.  Answering  questions  Mr.  San- 
der replied  that  it  takes  usually  about 
four  years  to  bring  seedling  jieonies 
into  flower  and  that  hand  hybridiza- 
tion of  these  flowers  is  diflicult,  on  ac- 
count of  their  rapid  maturing  and  the 
great  abundance  of  pollen.  The  flow- 
ers shown  were  seedlings,  naturally 
fertilized,  of  a  set  of  peerless  varieties 
procured  from  .Tapan  years  ago  by 
Prof.    Sargent.      :\Ir.   Sander   said   that 


Meetings  Next  Week 


Monday,  May  27. 

Florists'  ami  Gariienera'  Club  of 
Rhode  Island,  Swartz  Hall,  Provi- 
dence, E.  I, 

Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of 
Baltimore,  Florists'  Excliange  Hall, 
Baltimore,  Md. 


Tuesday.   May  28. 

Newport      Horticultural      Society, 
J<ewport,  R.  I. 

Tarrytown    Horticultura 
Tarrytown,  N.  Y. 

Saturday,  June    1. 

Pacific     Coast     Horticultural     So- 
ciety. 


seedling  tree  peonies  are  tar  prefer- 
able to  the  imported  varieties,  all  of 
which  are  grafted  on  an  inferior  stock 
which  in  a  short  time  suckers  so 
vigorously  as  to  kill  off  the  variety. 
He  said  that,  although  in  a  much  mil- 
der season  some  years  ago,  he  had  lost 
800  seedlings  by  winter  killing,  he 
had  sustained  but  few  losses  in  the 
recent  severe  winter,  without  any  pro- 
tection whatever. 

It  was  announced  that  the  Rose  and 
Strawberry  Show  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Horticultural  Society  to  be  held 
in  June,  would  be  a  "pay"  show  this 
year,  the  entire  proceeds  to  be  given 
to  the  Red  Cross. 


MASSACHUSETTS  HORTICUL- 
TURAL  SOCIETY 

The  exhibition  held  on  Saturday 
and  Sunday,  May  18-19,  at  Horticul- 
tural Hall.  Boston,  was  the  smallest 
May  exhibition  on  record.  H.  Stew- 
art, gard.  for  Miss  Cornelia  Warren, 
showed  some  superb  specimen  plants, 
nearly  three  feet  through,  of  Calceo- 
laria Stewartii.  Walter  H.  Colby, 
gard.  for  E.  A.  Clark,  showed  among 
other  things  a  pair  of  standard  deep 
blue  Hydrangea  Otaksa  which  it 
would  be  hard  to  beat.  Victor  Heur- 
lin's  display  of  Darwin  tulips  was 
exceptionally  fine.  The  following 
awards  were  made: 

C.\LcEOL.\Bi,vs;  Large  flowering,  six 
varieties,  in  pots:  1st,  Edward  A. 
Clark,  gard.  M.  H.  Colby.  One  speci- 
men: 1st,  Edward  A.  Clark.  Stewartii: 
Six  plants:  1st,  Miss  Cornelia  Warren, 
gard,  H.  Stewart.  One  speciment.  1st. 
Miss   Cornelia  Warren. 

Pkiaisgonitim:  Six  named  show  or 
fancy  varieties,  in  not  less  than  8- 
inch  pots:  1st.  Miss  Cornelia  War- 
ren. 

Tn.ir.s:  Darwin,  collection:  1st, 
Victor  Heurlin.  Late  flowering,  other 
than  Darwin:     1st,  Victor  Heurlin. 

First  Class  Certificate  of  Mebit: 
I.oren  D.  Towle.  Hybrid  lyaelio-Cat- 
tleya    Dominiana   Langleyensis. 

Cultural  Certificate:  Henry  Stew- 
art, display  of  Calceolaria  Stewartii 
and  Pelargoniums;  W.  H.  Colby, 
standard   Hydrangeas. 

HoNoRAiiLE  Mkntion:  Victor  Heur- 
lin. collection  of  Lilacs. 

VoTK  OF  Thanks:  Henry  Stewart, 
Hydrangeas  and  Genista. 

Vegetables:       Collection     of     Vege- 
tables:   1st.  James  Arthur  Neal. 


AMERICAN   DAHLIA  SOCIETY 

An  important  meeting  of  the  execu- 
tive committee  of  the  A.  D.  S.  was 
held  at  the  Grand  Hotel.  New  York 
City,  on  Thursday  afternoon.  May 
16th.  at  which  President  R.  Vincent, 
Jr..  James  Duthie.  P.  W.  Popp,  I.  S. 
Hendrickson,  F.  R.  Austin  and  George 
I  .  Stillman  were  present.  Previous  to 
the  meeting  the  committee  entertained 
at  lunch  Wm.  A.  Eagleson.  secretary 
to  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the 
American  Institute.  New  York,  where 
the  September  show  will  be  held,  and 
^Ir.  Eagleson  advised  to  what  extent 
plans  had  already  been  carried  for 
this  show.  Prospects  are  exceedingly 
bright,  and  with  the  co-operation  of 
those  who  intend  to  offer  special  pre- 
miums, and  the  growers  of  exhibition 
varieties,  the  1918  show  promises  to 
be  a  worthy  successor  to  those  of  pre- 
vious years.  Treasurer  Austin  re- 
ported that  the  available  funds  now 
exceed   $800. 

P.  W.  Popp  reported  that  Mrs. 
Chapman  of  Westerly,  R.  l.;  had 
offered  a  prize  of  $10  for  a  basket 
or  hamper  of  Dahlia  Newport  Wonder. 
The  offer  of  the  Dahlia  Society  of 
California  to  award  its  gold  medal  at 
the  Fall  show  in  New  York  was  ac- 
cepted with  thanks.  A  letter  from 
Jos.  J.  Lane,  a  member  of  the  execu- 
tive committee,  was  read;  in  it  Mr. 
Lane  announced  his  temporary  retire- 
ment from  office  and  from  his  regular 
occupation,  preparatory  to  going  into 
military  service  this  month.  It  was 
voted  to  keep  the  name  of  Mr.  Lane 
and  all  other  members  of  the  society 
who  were  in  their  country's  service 
on  the  active  list  for  the  period  of 
their  enlistment,  remitting  their  dues. 
A  number  of  communications  were 
read,  among  them  the  following  from 
Stumpp  &  Walter  Co.,  New  York. 
offer  of  a  silver  cup  for  exhibit  of 
Dahlias  at  the  Fall  show;  from  W. 
Atlee  Burpee  &  Co..  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  offer  of  similar  prizes  to  those  of 
last  year;  from  Wm.  A.  Eagleson. 
American  Institute,  information  as  to 
the  progress  of  plans  for  the  show: 
Henry  A.  Dreer,  Inc.,  check  for  $10 
for  premiums:  W.  A.  Manda,  promis- 
ing to  make  suggestions  of  Interest  to 
the  society;  Peter  Henderson  &  Co.. 
New  York,  subscription  of  $10  for 
premiums;  J.  K.  Alexander.  East 
Bridgewater,  Mass.,  $10;  Henry  F. 
Michell  Co..  Philadelphia,  silver  and 
bronze  medals;  Henry  Penn,  Boston. 
$5  for  Boston  show. 

It  was  voted  to  issue  the  Bulletin  on 
the  first  of  September  and  again  on 
the  first  of  November,  and  the  secre- 
tarv  was  instructed  to  investigate  the 
desirability  of  publishing  the  Bulletin 
every  other  month  during  1919.  A 
letter  from  Mr.  Raihgeber  was  read, 
and  Mr.  Vincent  explained  his  award 
of  a  silver  medal  at  the  New  Haven 
show  last  P^all  for  a  special  exhibit, 
and  the  committee  voted  approval. 

The  following  were  selected  to  be 
invited  to  act  as  judges  at  the  Septem- 
ber show  in  New  York:  George  H. 
Hale.  Oyster  Hay.  L.  I.;  Prof.  Geo. 
Fraser.  Storrs.  Conn.;  James  C. 
Clark,    Riverton,  N.  J.     It   was  voted 


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May  25.  \n& 


LILAC    DISPLAY   AT   THE   ARNOLD  ARBORETUV. 


to  offer  a  special  prize  at  the  Fall 
show,  for  best  unnamed  tested  seed- 
ling Dahlia  to  be  shown  in  one  vase 
on  long  stems,  subject  to  the  rules  of 
the  society,  and  if  deemed  worthy,  the 
winner  to  be  called  Dahlia  .1.  Harrison 
Dick,   in  honor  of  our  late   secretary. 

It  was  voted  to  submit  to  the  annual 
meeting  an  amendment  to  the  by- 
laws, whereby  all  members  paying 
current  dues  up  to  that  time  shall 
have  their  memberships  extended  un- 
til the  first  of  January,  1919.  and  that 
thereafter  the  annual  dues  shall  run 
from  January  1st  to  December  31st  of 
the  same  year. 

Mr.  Austin  reported  that  he  had 
purchased  an  additional  $.50  bond  of 
the  Third  Liberty  lx)an.  and  his  action 
was  duly  upheld,  and  the  purchase  of 
one  more  $.50  bond   was  authorized. 

John  Lewis  Childs.  Plowerfield,  X. 
Y.,  offered  $10  as  special  premium  for 
the  Fall  show. 

J.  R.  Lewis,  Secretary. 


LANCASTER  COUNTY  FLORISTS' 
ASSOCIATION. 
Thursday.  May  Uitli.  was  Fuel 
Night.  Remarks  indicated  the  con- 
sensus of  opinion  to  be  that  there  is 
nothing  to  be  done  excepting  to  com- 
ply with  the  law  and  make  the  best 
of  the  situation.  Some  advocated 
planting  chrysanthemums  and  then 
either  allowing  the  houses  to  lie  idle 
until  spring  or  planting  them  to  some 
crop  that  would  require  little  or  no 
heat.      After    considerable    discussion 


tills  was  pronounced  as  a  doubtful 
p;oposition  as  the  likelihood  was  that 
so  many  would  be  doing  this  all  over 
the  country  that  the  market  for  chrys- 
anthemums would  simply  be  swamped. 
One  grower  said  thai  he  had  at  con- 
siderable expense  equipped  his  houses 
to  burn  screenings  and  that  he  could 
not  run  them  except  as  a  hundred  per 
cent,  proposition  witliout  serious  loss 
to  his  plant,  which  represents  a  big 
outlay  of  money.  He  did  not  think  it 
a  just  ruling  when  he  had  his  coal  in 
the  bins  and  on  tlie  road  to  be  allowed 
to  burn  only  fifty  per  cent  of  it.  An- 
other large  establishment  replied  to 
this  saying  that  he  had  found  the  past 
winter  that  running  his  houses  at  a 
lowered  temperature,  was  not  as  se- 
rious a  proposition  as  most  people 
were  inclined  to  think;  that  he  had 
better  carnations  with  a  temperature 
of  forty  than  lie  had  on  many  previous 
years  at  fifty  to  fifty-five,  the  crop  be- 
ing a  little  short  on  production  but 
now  making  up  for  that  end  of  it.  He 
intended  following  the  law  to  the  let- 
ter and  would  plant  part  of  his  place 
to  crops  that  would  at  least  live  with 
a  temperature  just  high  enough  to 
prevent  actual  damage  to  the  struc- 
tural work  of  the  houses  by  frost.  The 
fuel  saved  here  would  be  used  for  part 
of  the  establishment  that  could  not  be 
run  excepting  to  full  capacity  and  in 
this  manner  he  proposed  to  fully  meet 
the  situation  without  loss  to  his  plant 
and  hoped  by  careful  management  to 
keep  from   any   large  loss  in   returns. 


Several  of  the  smaller  growers  de- 
cided not  to  attempt  to  run  their 
places  until  conditions  change  and  It 
was  suggested  that  we  send  a  commu- 
nication to  Washington  asking  for  a 
reconsideration,  but  after  some  dis- 
cussion it  was  thought  better  to  leave 
this  in  the  hands  of  the  S.  A.  F.  rep- 
resentatives. 

("hiis.  13.  Herr  and  J.  Wade  Galey  of 
Straslmrg.  Ralph  Hess  of  Gap,  Walter 
Denlinger  of  Vintage  and  Ira  Landis 
iif  Paradise  were  appointed  to  make 
arrangements  for  a  picnic  to  take 
the  place  of  the  July  meeting  at  the 
home  Of  n.  Frank  Barr. 

The  programme  for  the  next  meet- 
ing is  Richard  Vincent.  Jr.,  of  White 
Marsh,  Md.,  with  an  illustrated  lecture 
on  Scotland.  A  few  of  the  ladies 
met  previous  to  the  meeting  and 
started  an  auxiliary  to  the  club  which 
will  be  completed  soon  and  when  this 
is  done  Lancaster  will  be  more  than 
"on  the  map."  Albert   M.   Hebb. 


AMERICAN    ROSE   SOCIETY. 

\  meeting  of  the  executive  commit- 
tee of  the  American  Rose  Society  was 
held  in  the  office  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Horticultural  Society,  Philadelphia, 
May  10,  1918.  A  request  was  received 
from  the  Flower  Show  Association  of 
the  Main  Line,  Philadelphia,  for  one 
silver  and  two  bronze  medals  from  the 
American  Rose  Society  for  their  ama- 
teur rose  show.  The  Flower  Show  As- 
sociation of  the  Main  Line  has  not  af- 
filiated with  the  American  Rose  Socie- 


May  2."..  191S 


H  0  iri'  1  C  U  I.  T  U  R  K 


509 


ESTABLISHED     1846 


Memorial  Day  Deliveries  Boston  and  New  York 

We  arc  prepared  to  deliver  in  good  shape,  flowers,  plants  or  made  up  work  as 
ordered.  Florists  at  a  distance  may  transfer  their  orders  by  mail,  telegram  or 
'phone  to  us  with  a  certainty  of  prompt  and  careful  attention. 

THOMAS  F.  CALVIN,  Inc. 

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ty  for  1918.    The  following  action  was 
taken; 

■'Resolved,  that  in  cases  where  there 
are  not  less  than  five  annual  members 
of  the  American  Rose  Society  includ- 
ed in  the  membership  of  a  local  or- 
ganization, the  secretary  may  supply 
a  set  of  one  silver  and  two  bronze 
medals  for  use  at  a  rose  show,  pro- 
vided that  the  judging  at  the  show  i5 
conducted  according  to  the  rules  of 
the  American  Rose  Society,  and  pro- 
vided also  that  twenty  dollars  ($211)  is 
paid  in  advance  for  such  medals  and 
for  their  engraving." 

Mr.  J.  Horace  McFarland  presented 
a  financial  statement  regarding  the 
cost  of  the  191S  Annual.  Taking  into 
consideration,  the  advanced  cost  of  all 
material,  together  with  the  increased 
number  of  pages,  the  cost  of  the  1918 
Annual  compared  very  favorably  with 
the  cost  of  the  previous  editions.  The 
committee  voted  to  accept  the  l)ill  of 
the  ,J.  Horace  McFarland  Company  fo'' 
the  1918  Annual  and  the  treasurer  was 
instructed  to  pay  part  of  the  account 
immediately,  the  remainder  to  be  paid 
after  the  receipts  for  advertising  have 
been  received.  The  members  of  the 
committee  expressed  their  apprecia- 
tion of  the  splendid  work  Mr.  McFar- 
land has  done  for  the  Society,  both  in 
editing  the  .-Vnnual  and  in  advancing 
the  scope  of  the  work  of  the  society, 
especially  with  amateur  members.  It 
was  the  general  feeling  that  Mr.  Mc- 
Farland has  been  most  liberal  in  do- 
nating his  time  for  the  work  and  it 
was  voted  that  he  be  elected  editor 
of  the  .\nnual  for  the  next  three  years 

Arrangements  with  the  .7.  Horace 
McFarland  Company,  for  publishing 
the  1919  American  Rose  .\nnual  were 
discussed,  but  in  view  of  the  absence 
of  important  members  of  the  executive 
committee,  it  was  decided  to  postpone 
definite  action  until  the  next  meeting 
of  the  committee. 

Mr.  ,T.  Horace  McFarland  suggested 
that  the  Society  should  in  the  immedi- 
ate future,  prepare  a  rose  catalogue 
which  should  include  all  roses  in  com- 
merce and  that  the  Society  should  also 
send  to  its  members,  a  manual  of  rose 
cultivation. 

The  following  exchange  of  member- 
ship was  voted:  "That  the  American 
Rose  Society  extend  to  International 
Harden  Club,  honorary  meml)erships 
for  the  president,  vice-president  and 
editor  in  exchange  for  honorary  mem- 
borshiijs  in  the  International  Garden 
Club  for  the  president  and  secretary 
of  the  .American  Rose  Societv  r.nd  for 


the     editor     of     the     .American     Rose 
Annual." 

It  was  suggested  that  there  should 
be  a  definite  campaign  to  get  members 
for  the  American  Rose  Society,  partic- 
ularly among  the  nurserymen  and 
Horists  and  Mr.  J.  Horace  McFarland 
was  requested  to  present  at  the  con- 
vention of  the  American  Association 
of  Nurserymen  at  Chicago,  June  26-27, 
a  paper  on  "A  greater  interest  by  the 
nurserymen  and  florists  in  the  Ameri- 
can Rose  Society  and  the  work  that 
they  are  doing. 

The  secretary  stated  that  at  the 
present  date  there  are  1.256  paid  mem- 
berships and  56  life  memberships,  and 
the  treasurer  reported  a  balance  on 
hand  of  .$1,800.  E.  A.  White,  Secy. 
National    Rose  Test  Garden. 

On  account  of  the  advanced  condi- 
tion of  the  roses,  the  time  for  holding 
the  meeting  of  the  American  Rose  So- 
ciety and  the  opening  of  the  Washing- 
ton Rose  Garden  at  Arlington  has 
been  changed  from  June  3d  to  May 
27th.  All  visitors  are  requested  to 
meet  at  the  office  of  Gude  Brothers, 
1214  F  street.  N.  W.,  Washington,  D. 
C.  at  11  a.  m.,  and  to  meet  in  the 
garden  not  later  than  10  a.  m.  for  the 
opening  and  inspection  of  the  National 
Rose  Test  Garden,  in  charge  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  at  the  Ar- 
lington Farms,  directly  across  the  Po- 
tomac. It  is  proposed  that  all  visitors 
arrange  to  lunch  together,  probably  at 
the  New  Ebbitt  House,  not  later  than 
2  p.  m.,  earlier  if  possible. 

Robert  Pyle,  Chairman. 
Washington   Rose   Garden   Committee. 


WORCESTER    SPRING    FLOWER 
SHOW 

The  May  exhibit  of  the  Worcester 
(Mass.)  County  Horticultural  Society, 
held  on  May  16  was  an  exceptionally 
fine  display  and  many  well  deserved 
awards  were  made.  S.  J.  Goddard  of 
Framingham  sent  a  splendid  collec- 
tion of  carnations  for  which  a  silver 
medal  was  awarded  and  the  flowers 
were  afterwards  sold  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Red  Cross.  Another  notable  ex- 
hibitor was  C.  Henry  Hutchins  of 
Shrewsbury  whose  display  of  flowers 
and  plants  was  recognized  by  a 
special  award  of  $25.  Harry  I.  Ran- 
dall made  a  rich  showing  of  floral 
baskets  and  table  decorations  and  H. 
F.  A.  I.ange  also  showed  excellent 
floral  decorative  work.  "Iristhorpe" 
in  Shrewsbury  was  represented  by  a 
fine  display  and  A.  H.  Knight  of  the 
same  town  had  a  special  collection  of 


carnations.  1st  prize  for  table  decora- 
tion was  won  by  Mrs.  P.  G.  Forbes. 
J.  H.  Perry  received  a  certificate  of 
merit  for  a  seedling  lilac. 


DOUBLE    UP. 

it  must  be  apparent  to  all  florists, 
whether  retailers  or  growers  that  in 
these  times  of  uncertainty  and  lack  of 
desire  to  do  the  usual  purchasing  of 
flowers,  a  special  effort  must  be  made 
by  the  merchant  to  keep  his  merchan- 
dise constantly  before  the  eyes  of  the 
public.  Splendid  results  have  been 
gained  by  the  National  Publicity  Com- 
mittee in  the  advertising  that  has  been 
done  during  the  past  few  months,  and 
which  has  no  doubt  been  of  tremen- 
dous help  to  the  selling  of  flowers.  In 
order  that  our  committee  can  carry 
on  this  work  as  planned,  we  must 
realize  that  .the  cost  runs  up  into  dol- 
lars, and  someone  must  contribute  to 
this  end. 

I  am  moved  to  write  this  letter  and 
to  call  the  attention  of  subscribers, 
and  especially  the  attention  of  those 
who  have  made  small  appropriations, 
to  the  end  that  they  will  subscribe 
more  liberally.  It  is  important  that 
we,  as  business  men  support  the  com- 
mittee who  give  their  time  and  money 
for  the  benefit  of  all  the  trade.  I  know 
that  when  careful  thought  is  given, 
many  of  us  will  see  the  advisability 
of  increasing  our  National  Publicity 
Fund  contribution.  St.  Valentine's 
Day,  and  Mothers'  Day  sales  which 
in  most  localities  were  double  the 
amount  of  previous  years,  prove  con- 
clusively that  advertising  is  essential 
to  the  life  of  trade. 

I,  for  one.  appreciate  the  opportu- 
nity afforded  the  florist  in  being  able 
to  get  someone  who  has  given  thought 
and  has  brought  results  that  have 
been  beyond  expectation,  and  I  hope 
that  all  who  read  this  letter  will  go 
over  their  pledge  and  immediately  in- 
crease it.  PniLrp   Breitmeyf.h. 

Detroit,  Mich. 


A  TROPICAL  PICTURE 

We  publish,  as  a  cover  illustration 
this  week,  one  more  of  the  impressive 
views  of  tropical  exuberance  in  the 
Botanical  Garden  at  Buitenzorg.  Java, 
collected  by  R.  M.  Ward  of  New  York 
in  his  recent  Asiatic  tour.  Mr.  Ward 
may  be  seen  in  the  picture  and  the 
presence  of  a  human  figure  in  such  a 
scene  serves  to  greatly  enhance  one's 
realization  of  the  comparative  stature 
of  the  lofty  trees  that  line  the  road. 


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Mil\ 


1918 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


; 


BOSTON 

Albeil  Miumpli.  a  stlu.siuaa  lor 
llonry  M.  Uobliison  &  Co.,  has  gone 
Into  the  naval  servile,  thus  aJiling 
one  more  star  to  the  servke  flag  of 
thiscompany.  Miss  Sophie  M.  Mitchell, 
bookkeeper  for  this  establlshmenl.  Is 
to  be  married  on  Sunday,  May  26 

One  of  the  most  encouraglne  signs 
in  local  business  this  spring  is  the 
lively  demand  tor  Spring  plants. 
Growers  of  bedding  stock,  etc.,  all  re- 
port an  unexpected  call,  far  better 
than  was  experienced  last  year  and  an 
Insutriclencv  of  plants  to  nil  the  or- 
ders coming  In.  It  is  very  evident 
that  there  will  be  no  surpluses  this 
season. 

Never  have  the  lilacs  in  the  Arnold 
Arboretum  in  Jamaica  Plain  bloomed 
so  profusely  as  this  season.  A  few  of 
the  very  early  varieties  have  already 
passed  their  prime,  but  later  sorts  are 
coming  into  flower.  Fully  100  Im- 
mense bushes  are  now  in  bloom.  More 
than  200  species  and  varieties  are  in- 
cluded in  the  Arboretum  collection, 
and  the  blooming  period  extends  near- 
ly two  months.  Among  the  newer  va- 
rieties blossoming  during  the  past 
week  the  Arboretum  commends  as 
especially  desirable  the  following: 
Deuil  de'Emile  Galle,  with  pale  pink 
double  flowers:  Waldeck  Rousseau, 
pink  single;  L'Oncle  Tom,  dark  red- 
purple  single:  Grand  Due  Constantin, 
light  lilac-colored;  Toussaint  Louver- 
ture,  with  unusually  long  narrow  clus- 
ters of  red-purple,  a  tall  growing  plant 
with  erect  stems  and  of  not  partlcu- 
larlv  good  habit,  but  the  flowers  are 
attractive;  De  Mirabel,  single,  very 
dark  lilac,  long  narrow  clusters;  Ed- 
mund Bossier,  dark  rose-purple  single, 
large  broad  clusters;  Maurice  de  Vll- 
mornin,  pale  lilac-colored  double; 
President  Louhet,  deep  lilac  single; 
Languis,  pale  pink  single  flowers,  dark 
rose-colored  buds:  Reamur,  large,  sin- 
gle, rose-colored.  broad  clusters. 
Among  the  other  varieties  the  follow- 
ing have  been  unusually  good:  Congo, 
dark  red-purple,  single:  Macrostachya, 
pale  pink,  single,  long  narrow  clusters. 
Like  Toussaint  Ixiuverture,  this  varie- 
ty has  erect  stems  which  do  not  make 
a  handsome  bush,  and  the  flowers,  too, 
begin  to  open  before  the  leaves  ap- 
pear, but  they  are  so  delicate  in  color 
that  some  persons  consider  this  one  of 
the  handsomest  garden  Lilacs.  Jlar- 
llensis  pallida,  pale  pink:  Furst  Lich- 
tenstein.  single  pink:  Condorcet,  dou- 
ble pale  blue,  dark  rose-colered  buds: 
Justi,  pale  blue:  Ludwig  Spath,  dark 
red-purple  single.  This  last  is  very 
similar  to  Philemon  and  in  these  two 
plants  are  found  probably  the  hand- 
somest Lilacs  with  dark  red-purple 
flowers.  Marie  Legraye  is  good  as 
usual.  Some  of  the  white-flowered 
Lilacs  recently  produced  in  France 
have  larger  individual  flowers,  but  lit- 
tle is  known  here  yet  of  their  value  as 
garden  plants,  and  Marie  Legraye 
must  still  be  considered  the  best  of 
the  thoroughly  tested  single  white- 
flowered   Lilacs. 


PITTSBURGH. 

lieorgc  C.  .McCalluin  has  enllstc.  in 
the  Otflcers'  Naval  Reserve. 

William  Dunkorheit  has  writ  ten  an- 
nouncing his  safe  arrival  In  France. 

Roderick  Fraser,  assistant  to  .lames 
Stewart  on  the  Andrew  W.  Mellon  es- 
tate, has  enlisted  and  gone  to  Camp 
Lee. 

Richard  li.  Harris  has  a  njagniflceni 
showing  of  the  flner  varieties  of  tulips 
on  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Arm- 
strong. 

On  Tuesday  evening  next  at  the 
Horticultural  Society  of  Western  Pa., 
David  Fraser  will  give  an  address  on 
••War  Gardens." 

.Tamos  .1.  Higgins,  salesman  with 
.Mrs.  E.  A.  Williams,  has  resigned  to 
take  charge  of  the  floral  department 
of  a  gentleman  interested  in  theatrical 
enterprise,  who  is  planning  to  open 
one  of  the  finest  flower  stores  in  the 
city. 

Edward  Earl  Ludwig  and  Frank 
Smoller.  who  have  been  for  some  time 
at  Camp  Hancock,  were  supposed  to 
have  sailed  for  France  last  Saturday. 
For  the  past  week  or  so,  they  have 
been  stationed  at  Camp  Mills,  MIneola, 
Long  Island. 

Alfred  Bates,  orchid  grower  at  the 
Henry  .1.  Heinz  estate,  has  returned  to 
his  home  in  Beacon,  N.  Y..  owing  to 
the  call  of  the  military  draft.  The 
Heinz  staff  has  also  been  depleted  by 
the  departure  of  William  Anderson, 
who  after  two  years'  service,  has  en- 
listed in  the  Canadian  ranks;  and  that 
of  M.  K.  .lacobs,  a  selective  man  sent 
to  Camp  Lee. 

Unintentionally  last  week  we  neg- 
lected to  note  the  luncheon  given  at 
the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Association 
by  Samuel  McClements  in  honor 
of  Chairman  George  Asmus  of  Chi- 
cago, and  Secretary  .John  Young  of 
New  York,  who  were  in  town  for  the 
banquet  of  the  Pittsburgh  Retail  Flor- 
ists' Association.  In  addition  to  the 
host  and  honor  guests.  Ira  C.  Harper. 
Julius  W.  Ludwig.  Fred  Burki,  Gilbert 
P.  Weaklen  Orville  Crissman  and 
John  McClements  were  present.  En- 
tertainment also  included  a  trip  to  the 
Randolph  &  McClements  greenhouses. 


ST.  LOUIS 

The  annual  Florists'  picnic  will  take 
place  earlier  than  usual  so  as  not  to 
interfere  with  S.  A.  F.  arrangements. 
•  The  noted  specialist.  Brown  of  Kirk- 
wood,  Mo.,  has  donated  his  collection 
of  orchids,  valued  at  $2.'5,000,  to  Mis- 
souri Botanical  Garden. 

We  are  glad  to  report  that  Fred 
Ammann  is  aroimd  again  folb'  re- 
stored to  health.  George  Waldbart  is 
now  able  to  visit  his  store. 

The  annual  flower  sermon  in  mem- 
ory of  Henry  Shaw,  the  founder  of 
the  Missouri  Botanical  Garden,  was 
preached  Sunday.  May  19,  at  Christ 
Church  Cathedral.  The  decorations 
of  the  church  were  peonies. 


PHILADELPHIA 

\\ .  Alice  Iturpe*',  Jr..  has  Joined  (he 
Naval  Reserve. 

Albert  Doonor,  I  he  junior  of  the 
Ddoner'g  Hotel  family  and  a  musician 
of  note,  has  enlisted  In  the  Naval  re- 
servo  and  gone  to  Cape  May. 

Wurd  was  received  on  the  18th  that 
the  Karl  boys,  who  left  Camp  t'pton 
on  the  4th  hail  arrived  safely  at  iheir 
destination  on  the  other  side. 

Martin  Gohn  is  now  with  Westcott's 
Laurel  Hill  .Nurseries  and  will  be 
pleased  to  have  a  call  there  from  his 
old  friends  in  the  gardening  business. 

Those  wishing  to  send  letters  or 
papers  to  our  esteemed  young  friend, 
Ed.  Flood.  Jr.,  should  address  same: 
Corporal  E.  H.  Flood,  San.  Squad  No. 
.'■),  A.  P.  O.  108.  A.  E.  F.,  France. 

Final  arrangements  in  the  deal  for 
the  Berlin  property  of  John  Westcott 
were  completed  at  the  law  ofllces  of 
Charles  H.  Eimerman  on  the  17th 
Inst.  The  purchasers  are  New  York 
men  and  are  interested  In  the  canning 
business.  The  amount  Is  not  stated 
but  it  is  understood  to  have  been  part 
cash  and  the  balance  on  mortgage. 

Among  our  distinguished  visitors 
last  week  we  had  the  pleasure  of 
greeting  George  M.  Barnard  of  New 
Castle,  Ind.,  governors  delegate  to  the 
war  relief  convention  here,  Mr, 
Barnard  is  a  lawyer  hut  is  a  near 
florist,  having  married  Marion  Dingee, 
daughter  of  Chas.  Dingee  of  West 
Grove,  Pa.,  the  pioneer  mail  order 
rose  man. 

.•\lvah  R.  Jones,  of  the  Pennock  Co., 
will  be  the  principal  speaker  at  a 
Ladies'  Society  meeting  next  week, 
his  subject  being:  "Flowers  an  es- 
sential." This  is  the  kind  of  good 
work  we  should  all  be  proud  to  do  for 
our  own  and  our  country's  benefit. 
Cutting  out  flowers  as  a  non-essential 
Is  too  much  talked  about.  If  you  do, 
you  might  as  well  cut  out  music, 
literati're,  art  and  every  elevating  in- 
fluence ;n  modern  civilization,  as  non- 
essentials. 

We  are  "getting  no  better  very  fast" 
it  seems.  Judging  from  the  P.  O.  serv- 
ice between  Boston  and  Philadelphia. 
HoRTirrLTfitE  usually  arrived  in  the 
Quaker  City  on  Saturday  morning. 
Then  it  got  to  Monday,  then  Tuesday. 
This  week  they  came  crawling  in  with 
it  on  Wednesday,  although  it  was 
mailed  punctually  on  the  previous 
Friday.  From  this  our  readers  will 
unrlerstand  that  conditions  of  trans- 
portation "Down  East"  are  very  con- 
gested— much  more  so  than  they  now 
are  from  western  points. 


ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 
Kossman       &       Hildebrandt      have 
opened  a  new  florist  store. 

George  B.  Hart  reports  his  Mother's 
Day  trade  as  the  best  ever. 

Lilac  Sunday  was  observed  at  High- 
land Park,  May  19th.  The  collection 
now  contains  nearly  3<"i0  named  va- 
rieties, some  of  which  are  very  rare. 


May  25,  1«18 


HORTICULTURE 


511 


r     IVIemorial     Day 

ROSES,  CARNATIONS,  SPIREAS,  PEONIES,  STOCKS,  CANDY- 
TUFT, FEVERFEW  OF  BEST  QUALITY 

Other  Seasonable   Flowers  at   Right  Prices.  We  Aim  to   Please 

Our  stock  is  from  the  best  growers  in  Xew  England  and  is  carefully  selected  and  examined  before  being  shipped. 
We  ship  throughout  New  England,  New  York  State  and  Canada.  We  give  a  service  that  is  recommended  as 
the  best. 

Being  well  experienced,  we  anticipate  the  requirements  of  our  customers,  and  can  supply  them  with  the  flow- 
ers they  want  when  they  want  them  and  at  the  right  prices. 

Try  Us  Once,    You  Will  Again 

278    Devonshire    Street, 
BOSTON,    MASS. 


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A  band  concert  was  enjoyed  by  the 
visitors.  Other  attractions  were  large 
crab  apples  in  bloom  and  handsome 
beds  of  pansies,  primulas  and  forget- 
me-nots. 

Seneca  Park  was  formally  opened 
May  17th.  Five  trees  were  dedicated 
to  the  late  William  C.  Barry,  to  Com- 
missioner William  S.  Riley,  and  to  the 
men  in  the  United  States  Army.  Navy 
and  Air  Service.  Rochester  Base  Hos- 
pital under  the  command  of  Colonel 
George  A.  Skinner,  participated  in  the 
exercises. 


WASHINGTON,   D.  C. 

Miss  Louise  W.  C.  Gude.  daughter  of 
William  F.  Gude.  has  been  returned 
to  her  home  from  the  Emergency  Hos- 
pital, a  convalescent  following  a  suc- 
cessful  operation. 

Quite  an  extensive  peony  exhibition 
was  given  May  19  at  the  Botanic  Gar- 
dens. The  Engineer  Band  gave  a  con- 
cert in  the  afternoon  and  several  thou- 
sand men  in  uniform  and  a  very  large 
number  of  civilians  and  ladies  were 
there. 

Following  a  custom  of  several  years 
standing,  employees  of  all  depart- 
ments of  the  government  in  Washing- 
ton have  been  asked  for  subscriptions 
to  a  general  fund  for  the  purchase  of 
flowers  and  flags  for  the  decoration  of 
the  graves  of  soldiers  in  the  Arlington 
National  and  other  cemeteries  in  and 
around  Washington. 

Colonel  C.  S.  Ridley,  engineer  officer 
in  charge  of  public  buildings  and 
grounds,  is  looking  to  secure  the  serv- 
ices of  a  number  of  gardeners  In  the 
parks  of  Washington.  A  civil  service 
examination  to  fill  all  of  the  vacan- 
cies will  be  held  June  15.  Three  class- 
es of  men  are  desired;  salaries  of  $90 
per  month.  $70  per  month  and  $2.50 
per  day,  respectively. 


THE 

HORTICULTURAL 
CATALOG 

A       MONTHLY       MAGAZINE       FOB 

WESTERN  NURSERYMEN 
FLORISTS,    SEEDSMEN 

C'nntainx      alphabetical      lUtlnga      of 

available  siirploft  stock,  et«. 

$1.00    per    year.  ForelgTl   HJO 

THE  HORTICULTURAL  CATALOG 


LOS    ANr.EI.ES. 


CALIFOKNIA 


"COAL  WEEK,"  FROM  JUNE  3  TO  8 

"Coal  week,"  the  period  from  June 
3  to  8,  has  been  selected  by  United 
States  Fuel  Administrator  Garfield  for 
an  intensive  and  specific  drive  on  the 
early  ordering  of  coal.  The  fuel  or- 
ganizations of  the  various  States,  the 
country  chairmen  of  fuel  committees 
throughout  the  Nation,  coal  dealers, 
chambers  of  commerce,  mine  opera- 
tors, and  others  are  all  called  upon  to 
do  their  utmost  to  make  this  week's 
drive  a  big  success. 

By  accumulating  a  large  volume  of 
orders  in  the  hands  of  the  dealers  it 
is  expected  that  there  will  be  demon- 
strated to  every  agency   concerned   in 
the   distribution    of   coal   the   univers- 
ality and  urgency  of  the  demand  and 
this,  in  turn,  will  give  rise  to  a  steady 
and  increasing  pressure  for  rapid  and 
equitable    distribution.      This    is    par- 
ticularly true  as  to  the  railroads  and 
other  transportation  agencies.     Every 
unfilled  order  for  coal  will  at  once  be- 
come an  active  and  pressing  argument 
for    increased    distribution    efficiency. 
By  keeping  coal  orders  constantly  ac- 
cumulating,  the  resulting  pressure,  it 
is    believed,    will    have    the    effect    of 
keeping  production  at  the  highest  pos- 
sible point  during  the  summer  months. 
It  is  also  felt  that  with  the  bulk  of 
the  year's  supply  of  coal  ordered  well 
in    advance,    the    various    distribution 
agencies  of  the  Government  will  be  in 
a    position   equitably   and   properly  to 
adjust  the  demands  as  between  differ- 
ent  communities.     It  will  be  possible 
accurately  to  gauge  the  increased  de- 
mand and  properly  to  divide  the  avail- 
able supply.     It  is  pointed  out  that  it 
is  obvious  that  the  entire  coal  output 
of  the  country  can  not  all  be  delivered 
at   once;    but   at   the   same  time   it  is 
clear    that    no    matter   what   the    con- 
dition of  the  supply  may  be  those  or- 
ders  which   are   on   the   books   of  the 
dealers   will    be    filled    prior   to    those 
received  later  in  the  year.     Industrial 
consumers    who,    by   getting   in    early 
their  orders   for  the   bulk  of  the  fuel 
their  plants  will  need,  can  lend  a  tre- 
mendous impetus  toward  speeding  up 
production  at  the  mines  and  delivery 
that    shall    employ   to    the    fullest    all 
transportation  facilities. 


NOTICE    TO    CORRESPONDENTS 
AND   ADVERTISERS. 

As  Memorial  Day  falls  on  Thursday 
of  next  week  correspondenti  and  ad- 
vertisers are  requested  to  mail  their 
copy  so  it  will  reach  us  by  Wednesday 
morning.  May  29. 


ROSA    HUGONIS 
Editor  Horticulture. 

I  note  yours  as  to  Rosa  Hugonis  in 
current  issue.  I  have  a  strong  grow- 
ing vigorous  plant  sent  me  by  our  old 
friend  Jackson  Dawson,  which  is  a 
thing  of  beauty  at  this  present  time.  It 
has  been  out  three  winters  and  passed 
through  the  last  unprotected  and 
comes  out  uninjured,  as  good  a  test  of 
hardiness  as  could  be  had.  This  is 
the  third  year  of  its  blooming,  always 
pleasing  and  admired  by  all.  I  have 
never  seen  any  "bugs"  or  troublesome 
insects  on  it;  it  is  free  from  the  ugly 
thorns  of  the  Scotch  rose;  each 
branch  is  a  garland  of  most  beautiful 
yellow,  elegantly  garnished  with  a 
small  deep  colored  foliage.  I  hold  it 
as  a  gem. 

Yours. 

0.   "W.   HOITT. 

Nashua,  N.  H.,  May  21,  1918. 


A   COUNTRYTOWN   VERDICT. 

The  following  letter  has  reached  us 
from  a  valued  correspondent  in  a  New 
England  town: 

"In  spite  of  the  business  rush  I 
must  take  time  to  congratulate  you 
upon  your  Mothers'  Day  Editorial. 
What  you  say  is  absolutely  true  and  it 
is  very  unfortunate  that  a  day  which 
might  be  reverently  and  pleasantly  ob- 
served the  world  over  should  have 
been  so  exploited  by  some  florists  that 
they  have  lulled  any  regard  people 
might  have.  People  here  certainly 
refused  to  have  anything  to  do  with 
it  on  account  of  the  frreatly  increased 
cost  of  flowers  for  that  day.  Other- 
wise, if  the  wholesale  florists  had 
been  satisfied  with  a  reasonable  price 
we  should  have  done  a  good  business. 


HILL'S  EVERGREBIS 

UKST  FOR  OVER  H.\I,F  .4  CENTIJRT 

Small,   nu'iliiim  ilnd  lar^'."   sizi'«  -supplied 

THED.  liiu  iiuRsiEflY  CO. 

Kvcrsreen   SpfoiiiHsts.      Liircost  Orower* 

in    .Vniericrt 

BOX  415.  DUNDEE,  ILL. 

A.N.  Pierson,  Inc. 

CROMWELL,  CONN. 

Bedding  Plants  and  Rosee 


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SEED  TRADE 


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American  Seed  Trade  Association. 

Tho  36th  aniiuiil  loiivenlion  of  \\\'- 
American  Si-fd  Tracli-  Assoilution  will 
bo  held  ul  Chii-ago.  June  18-20.  191S. 
Willi  hea(l(|\iarters  at  the  Hotel  Sher- 
man. beKinning  Tuesday  at  lo  ocioek 
a.  ni.     Hotel  rates  are  as  follows: 

$2.00  per  day  and  upward,  single 
room,  with  bath. 

$;!.0o  per  day  and  upward,  double, 
with  bath. 

Notice  is  given  that  an  amendment 
to  the  by-laws  has  been  lilert  with  the 
secretary,  permitting  a  change  in  the 
dues  and  initiation  fee.  Upon  order 
of  the  executive  committee,  the  official 
badge  this  year  will  bear  the  name  of 
the  wearer  instead  of  only  the  number 
of  the  firm  he  represents.  To  make 
this  plan  a  success,  the  Secretary  ur- 
gently requests  each  firm  to  send  in 
the  name  of  its  accredited  representa 
live  as  soon  as  convenient,  but  not 
later  than  June  ISth.  so  that  as  many 
badges  as  possible  may  be  inscribed 
before  the  convention  opens. 
Progr.\m 

Seed  Reporting— W.  A.  Wheeler,  U 
S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  Wash- 
ington. 

Persistent  Varietal  Character  in  Gar- 
den Vegetables— Dr.  W.  W.  Tracy.  U. 
S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  Wash- 
ington. 

Address— Osborn  Monnett.  Member 
of  the  Fuel  Conservation  Committee 
for  Illinois. 

Address— James  A.  Davis,  Chairman 
of  Speakers'  Bureau,  National  War 
Savings  Committee  of  Cook  County, 
Chicago. 

Address— R.  A.  Oakley.  U.  S.  De- 
-partment  of  Agriculture.  Washington. 

Community  Building  in  War  Times 
A.  K.  Lovrien,  Agricultural  Publish- 
ers' Association,  Chicago. 

C.  E.  Kendel,  Sec'y. 


Earl  Gets  Advice 

Commenting  on  the  aeiiuisition  of 
the  title  of  "Squire"  by  Howard  M. 
Earl  through  appointment  by  the 
<3overnor  of  Pennsylvania.  George 
Brennan  recommends  in  the  Philadel- 
Ijhia  Inquirer  that  the  new  official 
should  add  to  his  law  library  a  num- 
ber of  indispensable  books  and  tha» 
members  of  the  Florists  Club  and 
others  have  already  suggested  "Pep- 
-per  on  Embracery,"  "Scott  on  Par- 
dons," "Brown  on  Fees."  "Penrose  on 
"Barratry,"  "Simpson  on  Judicial  Va- 
'cancies"  and  "Gordon  on  Consniracy" 
as  some  of  the  works  which  "Squire" 
TIarl  has  been  urged  to  acquire. 

We  would  add  to  the  above  excel 
Tent  list:  "Barenbrug  on  Grisses.' 
""Craig  on  Crotons."  "Fox  on  Flowe- 
Srams,"  "Kift  on  Kenning."  "Pennoc'- 
on  Periwinkles."  "Koss  m  Rattles.' 
"Therkildson  on  Truth "  "Watson  on 
Wisdom"  and  "WestcoU  on  W'are- 
town." 


We  have  just  received 

ANOTHER  THOUSAND  TONS 

Of   Our  Celebrated 

South  American  Sheep 
and  Goat  Manure 


Thi«  is  unexcelled  for  top  dressing  any  crop  or  mixing  with 
the  soil,  or  for  use  in  solution.  There  is  no  safer  or  surer  ma- 
terial to  be  had. 

Write  for  prices  and  receive  a  supply  while  it  laata.     It 
is  difficult  to  obtain. 

SANDERSON  FERTILIZER  AND  CHEMICAL  CO. 

Subsidiary  of  ihe  Amtrican  Agricultural  Chemical  Co. 

NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 


Wholeftole 
i'atalogue      Now 


Lily  of  the  Valley   Pips 

FOR. EARLY  FLOWERING 

Kvoiv  llorlst  slicaild   have  a  few  "f  tlnHc  ilalnty   flowcra 
for  tbelr  EaattT  traile:     lOu,  *:!.00;   1000,  rJS.oo. 

^  E  O  ^IM   I  ^K  ^ 

liiPublB-FlowerlnB— Salmon,    Deep     Rose,    Scarlet,    Crlm- 

.siin,  Wlilto.  Vi^llow,  Orange,  Copper-Uronze.     Mixed: 

J  oil.   $0.50;    1000,   »60.00. 
Single-Floivcrlnc— Delicate     Pink,     Deep     Rose,     Scarlet, 

Crimson,    White,    Yellow,    Orange,    Salmon.      Mixed: 

KHi,  S4.".'!;  1000,  Sl.i.oo. 

FOTTLER,  FISKE,  RAWSON  CO. 

The  Seed   Store  12  and    13   Faneuil    Hall   Sq..    IloatoD 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,    Rayn«a 

Park,  London,  Elngland.     Send  for  C<italo0ue 

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NEW    YORK 


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The  Lawn,  Shady  Spots  or  Under 
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Terrace  and  Restoring  Old  Lawns, 
Polo  Gorunds,  Tennis  Courts,  Put- 
ting Greens,  Fair  Greens,  Meadows 
and  Pastures. 
All    of   the   Finest    Recleaned    Seeds. 

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EitablUhed    IROt. 
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tor! for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITF  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Market  Gardeners  and    Florists 
Pralt  and  Light  Sts..  BALTIMORE,  MD 


GARDEN  SEED 

nKBT.  CARROT,  PARSNTP,  RADISH  ana 
GARDEN  PEA  SBED  In  Tsrlety;  alio  othar 
Items  of  the  short  crop  of  tbli  pait  leaion. 
as  well  as  a  full  Una  of  Gardsn  Seoda.  will 
I'e  quotad    jou   upon  appllratlon   to 

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May  25,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


513 


Asparagus 
Plumosus     Nanus 

Xorthern  Greenhoai^e  Grown  Se«d 

100  Seed $     .50 

1.0C0  Seed 3.50 

5,000  Seed 15.50 

10,000  Seed 30.00 

25,000  Seed 72.50 

Asparagus  Sprengeri 

1,C00   Seed $     .75 

5,C00   Seed 3.00 

10,000   Seed 5.50 

25,000   Seed 12.50 

Also   all    Other   Seasonable   Seeds,   Bulbs 

and   Supplies. 

\VHOLES.\I.E    TRICE    LIST    1  REE. 

HENRY  F.  MICHELL  CO. 

518  Market   St.,   Pliila.,   Tn. 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  us  for  price 

AME.1IGAN    BULB    GO. 

170  W.  WabMh  Ave.  CHICAGO,  LLL. 


108  We«t  tath  St.,  NEW  TOBK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FLOWER   8KEDB 

A«p«r«rn9  Plnmoen*  Nanus — 1000  seeds, 
n.fiO;  {00«  Seeds,  (IS.OO. 

Aspar»cns  Sprencerl — 1000  Seeds,  (1.00. 

SiklTla  Bonflrv— %  o«.,  60c.;  1  oi.,  «8.00. 

Salvia  Zurich — %  os.,  76o.;   1   o«.,  (4.00. 

fltosks  Beauty  of  Niee,  7S%  Double  Flower* 
— SheU  Pint,  Bri(ht  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tt.  Pkt.,  (1.00;   >4  o*.,  (2.00;   1  ol.,  (6.00. 

•■ap'racon,  Petnnlas,  Verbenas,  etc 
8KND    FOR    CATALOOCE. 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 

BLUE    LIST    OF    WHOLESAU!     PRICES 

HAILED  ONLY  TO  THOSE  WHO  PLANT 

FOB    PROFIT 

LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (."iOO  per  case) $60.00  per  thousand 

8/10  <226  per  case) 80.00     "  " 

»/10  (200  per  case) 100.00     "  *• 

Complete  List  of  Florists'  Cholee  Bead*. 

A   postal  card   will  brlnv  our  eataloraa. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

I0«4  LIneolB  Bide    PHII^DKLf  HIA,  FA. 


A  Gladiolus  Everyone  Ought  to  Grow 

MRS.  F.PENDLETON 

$8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per   1000 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

When  writing  to  advertiser*    kindly 
mention  HORTICULTURE. 


FARQUHAR'S  GOLD  MEDAL 

CYCLAMEN 


Awarded  the  Gold 
Medal  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Horticultural 
Society. 

Strong  plants  in  2  1-4 
inch  pots,  ready  for 
delivery  now. 

i$10.00  per  100 


R.  &  J.  FARQUHAR  &  GC,  "Jill's?' 


30-32    BARCfY   STREET 


NEW  YORK 


L-^OIMARD'S 

and     SEED     SERVIOEZ 

FOR     SALE     BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  IIL 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

l^R«rt«r8  ■ntd  Or«wer«  of 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chsmhers  Strait,  Naw  York 

THOMAS  J.  GREyIoMPANY 

SEEDS,     BULBS     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    BRTAO,. 

Reseleoted  Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved   styles  In   Implement*. 

Catalovne   upon   applleatlaa. 

16  So.  Market  street 
BOST^IM,  IVIA.SS. 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(perionallj  Bcleot«<l  str«iBi) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Wnle    for    Special    Prices,    Spot    er 
Forward 

Only  Adare((,  LANGPORT,  Eag . 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop    Noiv   On    Hand 

For     Imiiioilinti'     <'r     future      cli'li\fry 
prices    quoted    cm    n pplioation. 

JOSEPH    BRECK  &   SONS'  CORP 

47-64   North    Market   St.,    Rosten.   Mass. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


16«  W.  23rd    St.,     NEW  YORK 


.14 


HORTICULTURE 


Miiv 


1918 


ALEX.    McGONNELL 

611    FIFTH   AVENUE 

r^JE\A/    YOFIK     CITV 

T*I«»«rmnlilc  ordrr*  forwartl^d  lo  any 
pRrt  of  the  t'nltrd  Mwitn.  f'ltnMilii,  and 
Kitr^lKii  <  oiintrlm.  <triirri»  fritm  the 
trMiJr  for  »lrhTrry  In  New  Vork  lUlil  *!- 
olnlty    rt>c>rlv(t  Bpr>rl«l  Attrnllon. 

Cott  of  Cablinij  Foreign  Deliv- 
eries Must  be  Prepaid.  Ilcjcrence 
or  cash  must  accompany  all  orders 
from  unknown  correspondents. 

C«blr  .\<lilr«Hiii.  ALEXrONNEI.U 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Menbcr  o(   Florlili'  Telegraph  DellTcrj 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


worn 


KANSAS  CITY 

Trantfer    Your   Order*  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 


1017  Grand  Avenue 


iibar  Florist*'  TaUctmvli  DsMnry 


DAVID   CLARKE'S  SONS 

Deliver  orders  trom  any  part  oi  ihc  country  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  ar  Talas*a*k 
2139-2141   Broadway,  New  York 


KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Maditon  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      AUo  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Tf>l«phon*,    MnrrB7     Hill     tiS 

Oat-of-town     Orders     Soltcltcl.       Location 

C»ntrsl.      Personal   Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

SJNEWBURY^^      BANGOR,  MB. 

fVt  Cocer  all  Points  in  Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

36   Dorrance  Street 

Wvtnbrr    FlorUt*'    Tclrcrmpb    D*I1tm7 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


FOOD  FOR  THOUGHT. 

.lu.lL  back  iriiui  ii  llsliliiK  trip  ul  U>  i 
grndo  Lak«!8  mid  Instead  of  a  big  catch 
of  ll«h.  found  a  blR  catch  of  mall  on 
my  return. 

AnionK  llie  more  IntercstlnR  data 
were  excerpts  from  rulilli'ity  Cam- 
palKns  by  the  California  .\ssoclated 
Raisin  Company,  Florida  Citrus  Kx- 
chanpe.  California  Fruit  Growers  Ex- 
clianpe.  Hawaiian  Pineapple  Company, 
Ltd..  California  Wulnut  Growcr.t'  As- 
sociation. Mutual  Service  Corp.,  on  the 
Skookum  .Xpplo  Campaign,  and  many 
others,  all  attesllne;  to  the  wonderful 
results  each  of  the  members  of  these 
various  associations  are  receiving  in 
their  national  campaigns,  due  to  man- 
ner and  dispatch  which  they  are  able 
lo  proceed  with  their  national  adver- 
tising. 

Why  our  campaign  should  lack  for 
want  of  funds  is  beyond  my  reasoning 
power,  except  that  perhaps  those  who 
have  not  as  yet  contributed  let  it  go 
by  carelessly  instead  of  having  the 
knowledge  that  we  are  all  reaping  the 
indirect  benefits  accruing  from  tlie 
magazine  advertising  backed  up  by 
the  local  advertising  done  by  the 
florists  direct. 

All  the  above  associations  by  their 
letters  prove  the  inestimable  vajue 
their  respective  campaigns  have 
broupht  them. 

Shall  we  continue  to  go  on  with  our 
good  work,  or  must  we  limit  our  field? 

Will  the  florists  who  have  always 
been  progressive  falter  now,  or  shall 
we  continue  with  our  good  work? 

It  is  up  to  you.  Send  your  remit- 
tance now  to  .John  Young,  secretary, 
1170  Broadway.  New  York,  so  that  this 
campaign,  which  is  only  in  its  infancy, 
may  still  prove  its  merit. 

There  are  too  many  of  us  who  still 
have  faith  in  our  campaigning  to  let 
it  slump. 

Glancing   through    our    trade    press. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  70ar  aerrlc*  to  deliver  Flowers 
•r  Dealcnft  on  Order  hj  Telo- 
yrmph  or  otberwli*.  Prompt 
Reliable  Serrlce. 

GEORGE    H.    GOOKE 

Conn««tlcot   Ave.  and   L   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Established  1874 

D  iV  1^  D 

FLORIST 

N.  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  Madjjon  Ave  ,  N.  Y.  City 
(Member  Florists'  Telejrraph  Delivery  Asso.) 
Flowers  shipped  on  all  Steamers.  Special 
Porrespondence  In  all  the  large  cities  of 
Europe  and  the  British  Colonies.  Telegraph 
and  Cable  address,  Dardsflor. 

We  should  all  strictly  adhere  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  mited  States  Food  Adminis- 
tration. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
— SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  At**. 
DETROIT.  MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Gut  Biooms 

W«   M.OT    all    MUhlcaa    yslaM   aa<   um»* 

>Mll»B>    »l    OhU,    ladlaaa    mmd    Oaaa^a. 

llaBlMrs     rUrUts'     TrUcrapk     P<*lf  f 

A»«etatl»a. 


orrn£  UHOS  CO 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 

Mcaber  Florlili  Tciedraph    D«llT*tT 


Orders    for    NEW    TOBK. 
Writs  or   Phoaa  !• 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fiftli  Ave. 


B«at     Florlata     In     th*    8ta«M    aa 
B«f«rene*«. 

BDROPEAN  ORDBRS  EXBCOTID 

Membera   af   tkc    nartata' 
Teleirapb   DaiUarr. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 
AL.BXklMV,    N.    Y. 

FLOWER  DEUVER1E5  FOR  ALBANY 

AND  viciNmr 

Memberi  Floriati'  Telegraph  DeliTary 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fiftti  Avi. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Membir  Florists'  Telegraph  Delhrenf  Asm. 

YOUNG  &  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Maoiber*   Floriata'    Telegraph    Dtlt^mtf' 

ATfTBUNYARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madiaon  Are.  at  48th  Straet 

Alao  Newport,  R.   I. 

I    aUABAKTKB   SATiarACTIO* 

IMieiVIBKR  F-.      T.      C3.      M.. 


May  25,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


515 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   Florist*'  Telegraph 
Delivery  A**ociBtioD 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Delivecy 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

11*4^. 

■ICUf  VADV  S61  Fifth  Ave. 
liCIV    I  UlflV  Vanderbllt  Hotel 

QACTAU    1  '*»'k  street 
DUO  I  UN   799  Boylston  Street 

lilhtriis  ti  StiMirs  ml  all  Eutin  Points 


Order*    FUled    Dsr    ar    Nifht   f»r 

and  State  of  Ohio 

arl<>t«  Mturk.      R«*alar  ditcoant  t*  Tr»4*. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

MM    W.    «Btb    St.,   CleTeUnd,   O. 
Bber*   Florists'  TeleKraph  DellTnr  Asa'K. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  GO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  oj  F.  T.  D.  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
28  CNnton  Avenue,  N. 

RachMlar  Fhon«  506.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  f/81 

Members  Florins  Telegraph  Delivery 


S.A.ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

AKDBRNON     nerrlce    mMsns    fresh,    stnrdr 
■t«ek  and   prsmpt  dellTerle*  In   BCFFA1.0, 
LOCKPOBT,        NIAGARA        FAXX,8        Utd 
WB8TBRM     NEW    TORK 
lfeinb«rs    of    Florists'    Telacrmph    DellTery. 


HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND,     Nahant.  Mass. 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

BARBT   I.  RANDAXl.,  Proprietor. 

Kentfter  florists'   Telegraph   DeHver]/. 


note  the  successful  Mothers'  Day  busi- 
ness reports  everybody  had.  did  this 
just  happen,  or  was  it  the  constructive 
work  of  florists  generally  by  making 
special  plans  and  using  printers'  ink 
to  recall  and  remind  the  public  of  the 
day. 

Think  it  over. 

Will  you  do  your  share? 

Henrt  Penn, 
Chairman,  National  Publicity  Cam. 


NEW   FLOWER    STORES 

Rochester,  N.  Y. — I<Cossman  &  Hilde- 
brandt. 

Providence,    R.    I.      H.    Oakley,    25 
Mathewson  street. 

Lewlston.   Ida.     L.  B,.  Hill,  succeed- 
ing  Thompson   Floral   Co. 

Louisville,  Ky.    Robert  Pallion,  West 
Chestnut,  near  18th  street. 

Rock   Island,  111.     Joseph  R.  Tuckis, 
removing  to  Second  avenue. 

Cleveland,       O.       Avenue       Flower 
Shoppe,  succeeding  Schoen  Floral  Co. 


Cleveland,  Ohio. — The  Schoen  Floral 
Company  has  been  re-organized  as 
The  Avenue  Flower  Shoppe,  with 
Leonard  Utzinger  president  and  V.  C. 
Fish  manager. 


SEND     ORDERS     FOR     BOSTON     AND 
NEIGHBORHOOD   FOR 

MEMORIAL  DAY  DELIVERY 

To  JULrUS  A.  ZINN 

4   PARK    STREET,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVER,  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
in     FALL,     RIVER     and     contiguous 
territory. 


H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to    all    points    In    Now    Encland. 
125,000   Square   Feet   of  Glass. 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 
ABSOclatlon. 

YALE!    YALE!2" 

And   All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 
FLOWER   AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

EverythinB  Kirst-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chspel  St  .  New  Heven.  Conn. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Mtmier  Florists   Telegraph\Delivery   Auficiation- 
IfOTlCE  INITIALS.     tVe  have  cm  tttrl  cnly 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEVELAMID 

Euclid  Avenue 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telesrsph    <»rd«r    (••- 
any   occasion.  In  any  part  of  the  DomlMfloa. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

S-10  tVest  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO.  OKT. 


ALBANY,  N.  T. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DKLJTBBBD  IN  ALBANV  AND  VICINITT 
ON    TBLBORAPHIO    ORDER 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largest  cut  flower  ntore  In  Amerie^ 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  fflven  prompt  a4- 
tentlon 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  Incorpor.t«l< 
ST.  PAUL,  MlMN. 


^'  Park  Floral  Go. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists'     Telesraph     Dsllvsry. 

DEMVER.  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  iOR  TEXAS 

HCUSTON,  TEXAS 

TiM  Vlerlsl        Membar  V    T.  ».  As.»«<KtVu 


."iir. 


n  ()  HT  1  c  l;  lt  u  uk 


May 


1918 


PEONIES 

Light    and    il.irk    pink,    white    .ind    red. 
Varieties  of  the  best  keeping  quality. 

$6  and  $8  per  100 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Street* 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll   Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

1619  -  21   Ruitcid  St  .   Philtadphi*.    Pi. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIE>,  ORCHIDS.  VALLEY,  ROSES 
tnd  M  Seasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

5  So.  Mole  St..         PHILADELPHIA,  Pi 


GEORGE  B.  HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

E.  G.HILL  CO. 

Wholesale    Florists 
m^t-eivioiMi3,    leMD. 

aaatlam  Bsrttcmltan  when   wrlUns. 


IMICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,  Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST..      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Hoane  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

|6P~We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  f  LOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

. "  -   MANUFACTURERS 

:  PHILADELPHIA,     PA. 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Orderi    With    L't 

IHKIMFRV     IVI.     F9C3BINSON     &     CO. 

2    ^Inthrop  Squara  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON.  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS-  trade  prices  -  p.r  .00 


TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


ROSM 

Am.  Beauty,  Speaal 

"  "         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "        No.  I  and  culU.*  -  • 

Russell,  Ruler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon.. 

C«riiatioiu 

CUttJttru-- 

Lilies,  Lonffiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Iris 


BOSTON 

May  33 


ST.  LOUIS 

May  ao 


PHILA. 

May  1) 


15.00 

19.00 

f.OO 

.50 

.50 

.50 

•SO 

■50 
.50 


Call&s 

Uly  of  the  Valley 

Snapdragon 

Gladioli 

Paosies- 

Peonies 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks- 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerite* 

Gardeaiaa   

Adiantum 

Smilax'    

Asparasos  Plamonu.  &  Spren.  (200  Bchs.) . 


4.00 
3.00 
a. 00 
4.00 
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a. 00 
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William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


568-570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


rists 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.a.BUDL©NG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE 

CARHAT.ONS^_^^^^  MOWER  Of 


CUT  FLOWERS 


ROBERT  DYSART 

OBRTIPtiEiD   PUBUC  ACCOVNTMNIT 

Blmvtm  a*th*di  •<  Mrr««t  Mevaatlac 

»«»wl«llr    •'■pt«4     far    flarUta'    ■■« 

•OOKt      BALAXCIO      AKD      AOJUITEK 

«•  STATE  87.  -      ■      •       BOSTOH 

T«la»iMB«    Itmlm   M. 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Ct. 

Ul-Sil    Camblidfc    St.,   Boitaa 

Ilpadquartpri  for 

0T0A8.      BA8KET§,     WIRE     DKBIOMS 

aad    WAX    FLOWEBB 

Band  for  prica  lUt  If  70a  hara  aat  r«- 

celTad  anr. 


Mav  25,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


517 


Flower  Marfcet  Reports 

The  w  h  o  1  e  s  a  1 e  rtower 
BOSTON     market     here     has     been 

hard  hit.  The  receipts 
of  stock  continue  to  be  far  in  excess 
of  the  avenues  for  its  disposal  and 
the  consequence  is  hopeless  accumula- 
tion of  flowers  in  wholesale  hands  in 
which  all  seasonal  varieties  figure 
more  or  less  but  more  especially  roses 
and  carnations.  The  losses  on  the 
latter  this  week — in  fact,  ever  since 
the  Mothers'  Day  smash-up,  have  been 
tremendous  and  the  growers  are  na- 
turally despondent  while  the  whole- 
sale dealers  are  dazed  and  don't  know 
which  way  to  turn.  The  retail  stores 
are  not  doing  very  much,  or  the  mar- 
ket would  be  in  better  condition,  but 
they  are  better  off  than  the  rest  for 
they  get  their  supplies  at  a  very  small 
cost  and  are  making  a  good  profit  on 
their  sales  at  regular  retail  figures. 
They  are  doing  excellent  jiublicity 
work  for  the  flower  business  in  their 
window  decorations  which  are  exceed- 
ingly attractive  and  creditable  to  the 
artistic  taste  of  the  workers,  niogical 
as  it  may  seem  the  present  over- 
whelming glut  of  flowers  seems  not  to 
have  generated  any  noticeable  amount 
of  newspaper  advertising  to  unload  it. 
although  in  lines  of  business  other 
than  this,  surpluses  and  overstocks 
are  the  most  prolific  source  and  incen- 
tive for  wide  newspaper  publicity. 
Large  quantities  of  roses,  carnations 
and  other  flowers  have  l)een  donated 
by  the  growers  to  the  Red  Cross  to  be 
sold  at  their  pleasure.  This  is  much 
better  than  letting  the  stock  go  to 
loss  and  cannot  work  any  serious 
harm,  of  course,  but  the  men  who  are 
producing  the  goods  find  little  help 
from  that  when  pay-day  comes  around. 

The  splendid  run  of  bus 
CHICAGO     iness     of    a     week    ago, 

when  M  o  t  h  e  r  s'  Day 
made  a  record  here,  continued  till  the 
middle  of  the  week,  when  under  the 
influence  of  the  high  temperature, 
stock  became  too  abundant  for  the  de- 
mand. It  was  not  a  case  of  the  lack 
of  buyers,  for  some  houses  report  the 
sales  to  be  normal,  but  the  great  quan- 
tity of  flowers  that  poured  in  was  out 
of  proportion  to  anything  like  normal 
requirements.  Prices  are  made  on 
twenty-five  and  fifty  thousand  lots  of 
carnations  and  roses  by  houses  desir- 
ing to  clean  up,  and  quotations  offer  in- 
ducements to  the  florists  who  wish  to 
have  special  sales. 

Ever  since  Motliers' 
CINCINNATI     Day  the  daily  supply 

has  been  increasing 
in  size  while  business  has  been  only 
fair  and  as  a  result  stock  has  accumu- 
lated in  the  wholesale  houses.  Prices 
are  very  low.  The  peony  cut  is  ex- 
tremely heavy;  in  fact  it  is  one  of  the 
largest  this  market  has  ever  had  at 
this  time  of  year:  Roses  and  carna- 
tions are  each  plentiful.  Lilies,  cal- 
las,  snap-dragons,  etc.,  are  in  good 
supply. 

There   are   no    bright 
NEW  YORK     spots  in  the  situation 
this  week.     It   seems 
that  every  variety  of  flower  grown  is 
in  the  market  now.     Peonies  are  com- 
ing   in    by    the    thousands    and    very 


PEONIES 

Now  arriving  from  near-by  points 
south  of  Philadelphia,  of  splendid 
quality  and   good  assortment. 

For  Memorial  Day  we  will  have  the 
best  lot  of  Peonies  (local  stock) 
we've  had  for  years,  really  wonder- 
ful quality.  Prices  for  them  will  be 
the  same  as  now. 

$6,  $8,  $10  per  100 

Everythiiiff    In    Cut    Flowers,    Plants, 
Greens.  Ribbons  and  Supplies. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


The 


Wholesale 
Florists  of 


Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
117  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1 608-1 620  Ludlow  St  FrankJin  &.  St.  Paul  Sts. 

WASHINGTON*  1 2 1  e  H.  St.,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  — 


TRADE  PRICES -Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


RotM 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "         Fancy  and  Extra 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell.  Eulcr,  Mock 

Hadlcy 

Arenbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

KiUamey ,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Carnations 

Cattleras 

LUies,  Lonarinonim 

Liiieft,  Speciosum .• 

Iris 

Callai 

LUy  of  the  Valley 

Snapclrason 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Peonies 

Tulips 

CaUadula 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers 

Mifnionette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Garaanias 

Adiantuffi 

Smilax 

AsparavusPla.&Spren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

May  2o 


CHICAGO 

May  so 


BUFFALO 

May  so 


PITTSBURG 

May    13 


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little  call  for  them.  The  general  de- 
mand is  less  than  a  week  ago.  Roses 
are  not  improving  any  with  the  warm 
weather,  and  they  meet  with  little  de- 
mand. Carnations  go  begging,  the 
supply  being  heavy  and  quality  rap- 
idly deteriorating.  With  Beauties  go- 
ing cheap  and  orchids  in  evidence  on 
every  hand,  it  is  not  difficult  to  size 
up  the  situation.  With  the  mass  of 
outdoor  material  it  does  not  seem  that 
there  will  be  any  shortage  for  Memor- 
ial day. 

Market  here  is 
PHILADELPHIA  only  fair  —  big 
lots  of  flowers 
and  moderate  demand.  Carnations 
and  peonies  are  especially  in  super- 
abundance and  prices  on  these  ruling 
low.  Plenty  of  roses  with  the  excep- 
tion of  American  Beauties.  In  the 
latter  it  is  not  so  much  quantity  but 
quality  that  is  lacking.  They  have  to 
be  picked  over  very  severely  to  get 
really  first-class  flowers.  As  a  conse- 
quence prices  are  higher  than  at  this 
time   a   year   ago.     Russells   are   very 


good  quality  and  coming  in  freely  with 
prices  about  normal.  The  same  may 
be  said  about  the  other  standard 
varieties.  Sweet  peas  are  not  so 
plentiful.  The  good  ones  sell  well  but 
the  lower  grades  are  hard  to  move. 
Lilies  continue  in  good  supply  and  of 
excellent  quality.  Snapdragon,  iris, 
calendula,  gladiolus  and  outdoor  blos- 
soms are  among  the  other  outstanding 
features  in  the  market.  Of  course  the 
peony  is  having  its  heyday,  being  now 
in  bloom  locally,  and  in  fine  shape.  It 
will  be  all  the  rage  up  to  and  includ- 
ing Memorial  Day. 

There  has  been  less 
PITTSBURGH     doing  in  a  business 

way  since  Mothers' 
Day  than  tor  many  months  past.  Con- 
sequently there  is  a  glut  of  practical- 
ly everything,  which  condition  prom- 
ises to  continue  until  Memorial  Day. 
Then  we  shall  have  plenty  of  fine 
home-grown  peonies,  if  present  prom- 
ises are  fulfilled.     The  first  shipments 

iContiniirrl  on  page  519) 


II  O  |{  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  1{  K 


May  25,  1918 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholeft&le     Commission     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flowers 

■  •w   A4Ar9m,.  141  Wm<  tilth  HI..    NBW  TURK 
Tal«ph*BMt      taaa.  tMl.  Msdlsom  S«aa(«. 


I WM.  p.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  2eth  Street.  NEW  YORK 

T*Iephon»-    M.V\.     Karrftffnt 

Call  iD'l  Intprct  the  Brit  Eatabllibment 

Id   ttaf  Wholfule  Plowrr   Dlstrtct. 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

iJ  WEST  28ik  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITT 

CfHtifnmrntt   ScltcitrJ 
Pb«a«  FkirmcDt  4SM 


FRANK  MILLANG 

\VboIr«*le   Coniinlialon    Dp«l«r  La 

CUT    FLOWERS 

SS  and  «7  ytttt  t«tb  Bt..  New  T»A 

Coogac   BulldlDg 

Tel.,  290  Farrt^nt        ConilgDDienti  Solicited 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

4iWtST  2itli      ST.   NEW   YORK. 

GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 

io»  \A^KS-r  as'fcH  s-r 

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

PBOiii:*08   ,^,,^acr        NEW    YORK 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Freeh    Cnt   DeeormtlTe  ETer^reene. 

Hlfbeit  Sundird  of  Quelltr.  Larceet 
atock  Id  America.  Write  for  Illuitrated 
Catalog  of  OrecDi  aod  Florlita'  Bopplle*. 

119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.   KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'a  Foramost  and  B«at 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  TtnX  Clue  Mwket  far  .11  CUT  FLOWERS 

28  WiUonskby  St.       Brooklya.  N.  T. 

M.  C.  FORD~ 

121  W*st  2Sth  St.,       NEW  YORK 

fi  m&.  m\  wiiiiiiiiis 

»    FoU    Line   of   AX.I,   CUT    FLOWKBA. 
Telephoae  SS7S  Fanmcat. 


~^-.    Wholesale 
^^^  \  rLORI5T5 

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^  -J^  IVesTeS'-'ST.  NcifroitK. 

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J.   j^^ii^ni 


SFJXiNG  ACEhfT  POt 
IJ^RCEST  CKOWUtS 


WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST 

A    full    line    uf    Cliolra    Cul    naw«r    llt«rjl    (or    mil    ».r>aaa.. 

TBLBrHOfis ;  JJJi ;  FAHAODT    131    Wcst  28th  St..  NEW  YORK  CITY 


ALBANY  CUT  FLOWER  EXCHANGE 

iK^SJiL™""""-   6"  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

HAVK  TIME  AND  HONBT  BT    BKNOINO   TOUB  OBDBm*  TO  V%    

Prices  Right.        Consiirnments  Solicited.        Telephone  ConnectioB 


Centrally  Locsted,  The 

Hob  of  tke  Flower 

Market  Secti«a 

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HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 


\A/HOI 


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Talepbo.ea.  18 — MIO  MMlleon  8qoare 

MAIIKICK    L.    OLJISS. 


Conal(..>aBte   Se 


NBW  YORK  QUOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


>^ID 


Beauty.  Specu 
Fancy 


I'ancy  and  Extra. 

No.  1  and  cuUi.    . 

RoMell.  Euler,  Mock 

Hadler 

AT«Db«rs.  Hoosier  Beauty 

WerJ 

Killemey.  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HillinsdoDe ' 

Key 

CamatioBa 


Lut  Pirt  if  Wilt 

First  Pirt  If  %¥k 

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1911 

III! 

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WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  ConuuleBlon  Dealer  la 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

133  West  Z8tb  Street,  New  York 
Telephone— 8032-3833  Madlaon  Square 


J.    J.     OOAIM,     Inc. 

High  ClKS  Praduct  of  tki  Lead  ig  Grewert 

NOVELTIES   A    8PBOIAXTY. 

CoDilgDora  Pleaae  Call  or  Write. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

Telepbonee,    Farracut  M12   or   MSI. 


RCED  (Sl  KCLLER 

122    We«l    2.1tli    St.,    New    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

We  manafarturf  all   our 

lital  Desips,  BiskeU,  Wire  Wirk  ft  Noveltiu 

and    ure  de.'ilera   iu 

Decorative  Glaaaware,   Orowera  and 

Florlata'  Beaoialtea 

Beechvfood  Heights  NartcfMi 


MID8 

Omt    Slewere  e<   An   tk.   \jB^Ktam   ▼■ 


THOMA*   YOUfM.   Jr.,    PreprUtar 


N.Y.  FLORISTS 

SUPPLY 

COMPANY, 

Inc. 

103  W,  28th  Street, 

NEW  YORK 

KVEBTTHINO    FOK    THK    FI.OBUT     i 

Wfirsd  Toothpicks 


W.  J.  COWeE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000.  ..St .00       60.000... SS.15       Saunple  fn» 
Far  aaie  br  daalava. 


iMl  I  When  writingto  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulturi 


May  25,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


519 


Flower  Market  Reports 

(Continued  from  page  511) 

of  these  blooms  came  in  the  latter 
part  of  last  week  from  Sarcoxie,  Mo., 
and  in  prime  condition.  Vegetation 
all  around  is  two  weeks  in  advance 
of  any  prior  season  noted.  Owing  to 
this  iz,ct,  we  cannot  depend  on  the 
outside  blooms  usually  expected  for 
Decoration  Day,  all  being  now  in  the 
height  of  their  season.  Mothers'  Day 
was  a  superb  success  from  the  busi- 
ness standpoint  at  least.  There  seem- 
ed to  be  just  about  enough  flowers, 
with  the  exception  of  carnations,  which 
sold  at  the  wholesale  price  of  $10  per 
100.  Other  blooms  were  sold  at  low 
figures  and  the  cheaper  flowers  were 
most  in  demand.  Roses  are  now  so 
plentiful  that  it  is  a  satisfaction  to 
get  rid  of  them  in  quantity  lots  at 
"any  old  price." 

Lilacs  are  in 
ROCHESTER,  N  Y.  full  blossom. 
The  supply  of 
sweet  peas  is  heavy  and  quality  good 
considering  conditions.  Carnations 
and  lilies  are  very  plentiful  with  a 
steady  demand.  Darwin  tulips  are 
very  plentiful.  Pansies  are  selling 
fairly  well.  Roses  are  in  abundance 
but  the  demand  is  none  too  brisk  and 
lower  prices  prevail.  Smilax  and  oth- 
er greens  are  in  good  demand  but  the 
supply  is  somewhat  limited. 

Stock  is  very  plentiful, 
ST.  LOUIS  carnations  way  down, 
2  cents  being  high 
mark  for  good  quality.  The  same 
with  roses,  which  are  sold  very  cheap. 
Cape  jessamines  are  arriving  in  big 
supply  from  South.  Peonies  are  also 
coming  good. 

Peonies  dominated 
WASHINGTON  the  market  last 
week.  Carnations 
selling  at  $10  per  hundred  for  Moth- 
er's Day.  could  be  had  at  from  $3  down 
to  $7.50  per  thousand  for  short- 
stemmed  stock.  Roses  are  coming  in 
mildewed  because  of  the  too  early 
shutting  down  of  the  heating  plants. 
Lily  of  the  valley  is  very  scarce  and 
orders  go  unfilled.  Baby  gladioli  are 
here  in  quantities  and  are  selling  well. 
Orchids  are  good  and  in  fine  demand. 
Candytuft  moves  and  pond  lilies,  just 
arrived,  sell  on  sight.  American 
Beauty  roses  are  a  bit  off  now.  Peo- 
nies have  killed  the  sale  of  Easter  lil- 
ies. Business  continues  fine  and  the 
month  of  May  bids  fair  to  eclipse  the 
same  month  in  any  preceding  year. 


NEWS  NOTES 
Portland,   Ore. — Walenta    Bros,    suc- 
ceed    August     C.     L.     Zitzewitz,    with 
greenhouses  also  at  Lents. 


Lewiston.  Idaho.— L.  B.  Hill  has 
bought  the  flower  store  of  The  Thomp- 
son Floral  Co.  He  was  formerly  with 
Hoyt  Bros.  Co.  for  several  years. 


Columbia,  S.  C. — The  Rose  HIU 
Greenhouse  has  been  bought  by  A.  B. 
Warren,  who  will  do  business  under 
the  name  of  Whales  Garden  Green- 
house. 


The  Iowa  Seed  Dealers'  Association 
will  hold  a  meeting  at  Des  Moines.  la., 
in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  on  June 
4-5. 


J.    K. 


IM 


"A  IBAOER  I.NTBE  WBOLESALB  GOMMISSIGS  TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTt  TEARS" 


Have  a  demand  for  more  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write- 

118  West  28th  St.      NE:\A/  YORK 


TEL.EPUONE8 
Farrasat  167  and  (OM 


NEW  YORK  QUOTATIONS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELLANEOUS 


Cattler  M 

Lilies,  Lonffiflorum 

Lilie*,  Speciosum 

IrU 

Callas 

Ulyofth*  VaUay 

SnApdrasoD 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Peonies 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites ■  ■ . 

Gardenias. 

Adiantum 

Snulax 

Asparacns  Plumoaos,  &  Spren  Cioo  bunches) . 


Ust  Part  8f  Wiik 

lodjit  May  18 

1911 

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ti|JDiiii|  May  20 

1911 


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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 

W«  hBT*  a  namcroni  cUcnUg*  of  N*w  York  City  buyer*  and  tlu  damaad  ax- 
•Mda  amr  •apply.  ThU  U  capeetalljr  trn*  of  B«M«.  Wa  hav*  eTery  facility  ani 
abnndant  meaDa  and  beat  retarna  are  aasared  for  atock  conelKned  to  ua. 

Addreaa  Tonr  ghlpmenta  t« 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER 

1 1 1    W^.  28th  St.,    NEW^  YORK 


CO.    Inc. 

D,  J.  Pappaa,  Praa. 


BUSINESS  TROUBLES 

■  Percival  S.  Brown,  florist,  Scituate. 
Mass.,  has  filed  a  petition  in  bankrupt- 
cy.   Liabilities,  $9,172.    Assets,  $9,044. 

Minneapolis,  Minn. — H.  B.  Whitted. 
voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy,  as- 
sets, $.33,387.98,  of  which  $7,615.81  is 
exempt:   liabilities,   $27,977.68. 

Lester  W.  Mann  and  Ernest  W. 
Mann,  doing  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  Mann  Bros.,  florists.  West 
street,  Randolph,  Mass.,  have  filed  a 
petition  in  bankruptcy.  Their  liabili- 
ties amount  to  $18,845,  of  which  $6,50(1 
is  secured  and  $12,054  is  due  to  about 
75  unsecured  creditors.  The  assets 
are  estimated  at  $12,150.  Individually, 
L.  W.  Mann  owes  $9,239  and  has 
$3,800  assets,  and  E.  W.  Mann  has  lia- 
bilities amounting  to  $8,438  with  as- 
sets estimated  at  $2,810.  Mann  Bros, 
have  a  large  stand  in  the  Boston 
Flower  Exchange  where  they  do  a 
general  wholesale  flower  business. 


VISITORS    REGISTERED. 

Boston. — John  Young,  New  York. 

Washington,  D.  C. — Leonard  Barron, 
tiarden  City,  N.  Y. 

Cleveland,  0. — Thomas  Knight,  Hea- 
therhome  Co.,  New  York. 

Pittsburgh.  —  A.  Colyn,  Voorhout, 
Holland;  E.  J.  Fancourt,  S.  S.  Pennock 
Co.,  Phila. 

New  York. — David  Thom,  on  fur- 
lough from  camp  at  Alliston,  Ala.; 
Christopher  Phalos,  N.  Y.  Florist  Co., 
Rochester,  N.  Y, 

Cincinnati — Mr.  Anderson,  repre- 
senting A.  L.  Randall  &  Co.,  Chicago; 
Mrs.  A.  H.  Daily,  Knoxville,  Tenn.; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  A.  Beckmann,  Middle- 
town.  Ohio;  C.  S.  Bamaby,  Columbus. 
Ind.;  J.  T.  Heidegen,  Aurora.  Ind.: 
Jos.  Hill.  Richmond,  Ind. 


"A  HOT  TIME   IN  THE  OLD  TOWN" 
A      corre.'ipondent      in      Washington 
writes  to  the  editor  as  follows: 

"We  hope  to  have  some  notable  do- 
ings here  on  the  27th  and  28th.  First 
and  above  all  the  Fuel  Commission 
meeting  at  10  o'clock  on  the  morning 
of  the  27th:  on  that  afternoon  we  hope 
to  have  inspection  of  tlie  rose  gardens 
at  Arlington  Farms  and  the  following 
morning  the  hearing  before  the  F"ed- 
eral  Horticultural  Board  witli  refer- 
ence to  round-tailed  moths,  long-tailed 
flies  and  short-tailed  bugs,  etc.  This 
latter,  no  doubt,  will  be  a  very  inter- 
esting and   racy  meeting." 


PATENTS  GRANTED 

1,263,856.  Agricultural  Spraying.  Cyril 
B.  Clark,  New  York,  N.  Y.  assignor 
to  Thomsen  Chemical  Co.,  Balti- 
more, Md. 

1,263,965.  Weed-Cutter.  Ralph  A. 
Twitchel,  .Montreal.  Mo. 

1,264,096.  Irrigating  Flower-Pot. 
Leonard  I.  Lelievre,  Seattle,  Wash. 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 
Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.,  PHILADELPHIA,   PA. 

THE    LEADING    FLORISTS'    SOPFLT 
HOUSE    OF    .AMERICA 


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May 


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Obituary 


An   iiuli'-iMiliililc  lavv    nl'  iin^  liai 
I  hill  you  ciiniiut  gfl  more  power  out  oi 
a  machine  (han  you  put  into  It  —  In  the 
form  of  fuel. 

Perpetual  motion  tlnkerers  have 
tried  in  vuin  to  violate  that  law,  and 
every  one  of  them  has  failed. 

A  similar  failure  awaits  the  na- 
tion that  ima^tlnes  it  can  thrive  on 
war  industry  alone. 

No  industry  under  heaven  pays  its 
own  expenses.  No  industry  under 
heaven  consumes  its  own  products. 
Kach  Industry  draws  the  fuel  for  its 
power  from  other  industries.  The  ex- 
lenses  of  each  industry  are  paid  hy 
consumers  occupied  in  other  indus- 
tries, and  hence  the  success  of  one 
is  bound  up  in  the  success  of  all. 

The  consumer  of  war  products  i^ 
the  Government.  Here  is  a  consumer 
who  is  not  In  turn  a  producer,  and 
cannot  therefore  pay  for  what  it  gets. 
It  is  compelled,  as  are  all  govern- 
ments, to  secure  funds  (to  exchange 
for  war  products)  by  means  of  taxa- 
tion. Taxes  are  imposed  hy  the  Gov- 
ernment— upon  industry.  Hence  it  is 
unavoidable  that  in  order  to  secure 
funds  with  which  to  secure  products 
for  war  purposes  the  Government 
must  have  the  support  of  industries 
able  to  stand  the  strain  of  the  neces- 
sary taxation. 

The  process  of  getting  blood  from 
turnips  has  not  yet  been  successful. 

Unless  industries  make  money  they 
cannot  produce  money  tor  Govern- 
ment use.  They  cannot  pay  taxes. 
They  cannot  buy  bonds. 

Trying  to  confine  the  industries  of 
the  United  States  to  war  industries 
exclusively  is  an  effort  to  send  the 
American  dollar  through  a  narrowing 
spiral  that  eventually  comes  to  a  dead 
stop. 

Hence  to  prosecute  the  war  success- 
fully our  industries  must  be  kept  busy. 
and  they  must  make  money.  The  only 
way  in  which  industries  at  large  can 
do  this  is  for  as  many  of  them  as  pos- 
sible to  do  business  with  others  than 
the  Government.  And  this  volume  of 
non-war  business  must  be  big  enough 
and  with  profits  great  enough  to  meet 
all  industrial  expenses  and.  in  addi- 
tion, to  supply  funds  for  Government 
war  needs.  Hence,  unless  our  non- 
war  business  can  be  made  to  pay  for 
the  war  the  war  will  eat  us  down  to 
poverty.  Therefore,  the  need  of  non- 
war  business  is  imperative  beyond  any 
question. 

The  recent  Liberty  Bond  campaign 
shows  the  early  effects  of  the  narrow- 
ing spiral  referred  to  above.  Four 
weeks  of  the  most  wonderful  and  cost- 
ly advertising,  four  weeks  of  innumer- 
able and  amazing  "stunts."  and  four 
weeks  of  the  most  tremendous  selling 
effort  were  required  to  put  the  issue 
across.  Why?  Because  people  were 
unwilling  to  buy  bonds?  Because  the 
people  did  not  know  a  war  is  on?    Not 


btaiiil  biliind  thi-ir  liiuurniiniu  iliaii 
we  Americans  are.  Hut— when  tin- 
Government 's  need  is  money,  our  abil- 
ity to  supply  that  neeil  depends  upon 
our  alilllly  to  earn  money.  And  the 
fact  Is  that  in  recent  months  so  much 
money  has  been  taken  out  of  non-war 
Industrial  channels  (and  not  n-turned 
thereto)  that  the  .American  people  are 
not  BO  certain  of  their  ability  to  buy 
btmds  as  they  were  m  previous 
months  when  industry  was  going  along 
more  smoothly.  An  inlluence  here,  to 
be  sure,  was  the  approaching  income 
tax  day.  The  same  Jliiii  would  not 
pay  income  tax  and  buy  bonds.  Men 
were  forced  to  make  provisions  for 
the  tax,  and  in  many  cases  their  bond 
buying  ability  was  reduced. 

This  condition  in  general  will  grow- 
worse  instead  of  better,  unless  very 
decided  steps  are  taken  to  encourage 
non-war  industry. 

It  did  not  take  a  war  to  bring  us 
the  soup-houses   of  1893-4. 

And  we  shall  certainly  again  make 
the  acquaintance  of  soup-houses  un- 
less non-war  industries  are  encour- 
aged, and  that  speedily. 

This  is  no  special  plea  for  the  au- 
tomobile industry.  It  Is  a  plea  for  all 
industries,  it  is  a  plea  for  the  United 
at  the  front  and  our  people  at  home. 
For,  assuredly,  unless  the  morale  of 
the  people  at  home  is  maintained,  un 
less  they  have  food,  clothing,  shelter 
and  some  degree  of  happiness,  our 
boys  at  the  front  will  lack  that  abun- 
dant provision  which  they  ought  to 
have,  which  they  must  have,  to  be 
successful,  but  which  they  can  have 
only  on  condition  that  we  maintain 
our  jirosrerily  at  home.  For  out  of 
poverty  no  nation  can  prosecute  war. 

Such  is  the  good  sense  of  the  Amer- 
ican public  that,  no  matter  what  prob- 
lems arise,  we  find  eventually  the  right 
answer  and  come  through  victorious. 
But  it  would  be  tragic  beyond  meas- 
ure it  this  war  were  to  be  lengthened 
a  single  hour  because  of  the  confusion 
of  today,  which  is  directly  due  to  our 
mistaken  prophets. 

Therefore,  if  we  are  serious  in  want- 
ing to  win  this  war.  we  need  first  of 
all  get  rid  of  misleading  doctrines, 
and  to  spread  quickly  and  vigorously 
and  broadcast  the  knowledge  that  our 
safety  and  our  success  in  war  depend 
upon  greater  production,  greater  ac- 
tivity, more  business  and  greater  pros- 
perity here  at  home,  right  at  this 
time,   and   so   long   as   war   continues. 

We  must  wake  up,  and  we  must 
wake  up  in  a  hurry. 

— Charles  \V.  Mears.  the  Winton 
Company,  in  yew  York  Sun. 


Adolph  Kruhm.  who  has  been  with 
the  Garden  Magazine  for  some  time 
past  and  is  well  known,  especially  in 
the  seed  trade,  is  now  handling  the 
advertising  in  the  Garden  Magazine. 
Mr.  Kruhm  was  formerly  connected 
with  Burpee's  and  T.,ivingstone's  and 
has  also  been  in  the  advertising 
agency  business.  He  is  a  fre^iuent 
writer  on  vegetable  growing. 


Wm.  C.  Beckert. 
W  ord  ha.s  Jusi  been   received  of  the 
death  of  William  ('.  Dockert,  axed  68, 
Iiri-sidunt     of     lleckerfs     Seed     Store. 
Ninth   Side,   PIltsburKh,   Pa. 

Erneit  C.  Loeffler. 
Krnosl  ('.  I.oelller  of  Washington,  U. 
<",  brother  of  .Mrs.  William  K.  Qude 
and  life  member  of  the  S.  A.  F.  and 
().  II.,  passed  away  quite  suddenly  last 
wiek  from  heart  failure.  His  death 
occurred  at  the  home  of  his  brother. 
.Andrew  l^oerfhT,  of  Hennlngs,  D.  C;. 


Ernest  W.  Bowditch. 
Krneat  W.  Bowditch,  who  did  nota- 
ble work  In  landscape  arthitccture 
throughout  the  country,  is  dead  at  bis 
home  at  33(i  Adams  street,  Milton.  He 
was  in  his  CWth  year  and  was  a  native 
of  Brooldine.  He  was  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam I.  Bowditch,  a  conveyancer.  His 
mother  was  Sarah  Iligginson  Bow- 
ditch. H  was  a  direct  descendant  of 
Nathaniel  Bowditch,  author  of  "Bow- 
ditch's  Navigator." 


David  R.  Craig 
David  K.  Craig,  an  enthusiastic 
amateur  horticulturist,  and  member  of 
the  garden  committee  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Horticultural  Society,  died  at 
his  country  estate  In  Wellesley,  Mass., 
on  May  It!.  .Mr.  Craig,  whose  health 
has  been  failing  for  the  past  two 
years,  was  04  years  of  age,  a  native  of 
.Middletown,  Conn.  He  leaves  a  widow, 
one  daughter  and  three  sons,  one  of 
the  latter  being  a  second  lieutenant  in 
the  motor  transport  department  In 
I<>ance. 


Mrs.  James  Taplin 
Mrs.  Taplin.  widow  of  James  Tap- 
lin, an  able  and  distinguished  gardener 
of  a  generation  ago,  died  at  the 
family  home  in  Maywood,  N.  J.,  on 
May  10,  aged  W  years.  She  was  born 
in  Worcester,  England.  She  is  sur- 
vived by  two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
the  two  sons  .1.  S.  and  W.  H.  Taplin 
being  well-known  plant  growers  and 
one  of  the  daughters,  Emily  Louise, 
being  a  clever  writer  on  horticultural 
topics  and  for  many  years  filling  an 
important  position  in  the  office  of  the 
Rural  New  Yorker. 


NIAGRA  SULPHUR  SPRAY. 
Fruit  growers  are  warned  against 
combining  with  arsenate  of  lead  a 
powdered  spray  now  being  sold  as  a 
substitute  for  liquid  lime-sulphur. 
This  is  called  Niagra  Soluble  Sulphur. 
When  combined  with  arsenate  of  lead 
as  a  summer  spray,  it  is  apt  to  cause 
burning  of  the  foliage  and  many  of 
the  leaves  to  drop.  This  company 
now  advises  against  its  combination 
with  arsenate  of  lead,  though  dealers 
are  selling  it  as  a  substitute  for  the 
liquid  limesuli)hnr  in  such  combina- 
tions. In  Ohio  orchards  it  can  be  used 
with  safety  as  a  summer  spray  only 
in  case  asenate  of  lead  is  omitted 
form  the  spray.— 7".  H.  Parks.  Ohio 
State  Vniversily. 


May  25,  191S 


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THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 

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PUBLICATIONS     RECEIVED 

The  Fourteenth  Anual  Report,  1917, 
of  the  Massachusetts  State  Forester, 
Frank  W.  Rane.  has  been  received. 
It  deals  largely  with  the  new  planta- 
tions and  reforestations  of  public 
reservations,  the  work  ot  combatting 
the  invasion  of  destructive  insects, 
diseases  and  blights,  fire  fighting,  care 
of  roadsides,  etc.,  and  will  be  found  a 
very  instructive  document  in  expound- 
ing the  fundamental  principles  of  for- 
estry, both  in  utilizing  present  fores- 
try products  in  the  industries,  and 
also  in  providing  if  possible  for  future 
needs. 


College  of  Agriculture,  AgTicultural 
Experiment  Station  at  Berkeley,  Cal., 
has  just  issued  a  bulletin  on  Bean  Cul- 
ture in  California  by  G.  W.  Hendry, 
with  appendix  on  the  Composition  of 
California  Varieties  of  Beans  by  M. 
E.  Jaffa  and  F.  W.  Albro  and  on  Insect 
and  Other  Enemies  ot  Beans  by  E.  R. 
DeOng.  There  is  much  useful  in- 
formation for  those  in  the  seed  trade 
having  an  interest  in  beans,  as  the 
whole  process  from  planting  to  har- 
vesting and  preparing  tor  market  of 
some  sixteen  varieties  of  commercial 
Importance  is  given  with  much  minute 
detail  on  every  point.  The  bulletin 
comprises  02  pages  and  has  many  il- 
lustrations, including  a  sheet  showing 
the  different  beans  in  their  natural 
colors  and  sizes. 


Our  Trees — How  to  know  them. 
New  Revised  Octavo  Edition.  By 
Arthur  I.  Emerson  and  Clarence  M. 
Weed.  149  Illustrations.  $.3.50  net. 
This  is  the  fifth  edition,  enlarged  and 
embellished,  of  a  standard  work  that 
has  already  reached  an  enviable  posi- 
tion of  popularity.  About  twenty 
pages  of  new  material  have  been 
added    to    the    new    edition     of    this 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  Etc. 

HELP  WANTED 

WANTED — Young  man  as  assistant  In 
park  garden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HOKTICULTURE. 

WANTI'ID— Assistant  in  greenhouses; 
general  run  of  flowers,  beflding  plants,  etc. 
Good  pay  for  an  industrious  man.  H.  L. 
CAMERON,   Xortli   Cambridge,    Mass. 

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FOR  SALE — A  splendid  opportunity.  A 
well  established  nursery  .nnd  florist  busi- 
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well  stocl;ed  with  standard  evergreen  and 
deciduous  material.  No  near  competitor. 
"Mack,"  care  of  HORTICULTURE. 


standard  work  on  the  trees  of  America. 
There  are  11  extra  illustrations,  mak- 
ing 149  in  all,  of  which  138  are  beauti- 
ful full  page  reproductions  ot  high- 
class  photographs  from  nature. 

The  new  introductory  material  be- 
gins by  telling  of  the  general  char- 
acteristics of  the  different  trees,  how 
they  change  in  summer,  autumn, 
winter  and  spring,  why  they  drop 
their  leaves,  how  they  prepare  their 
tlower  and  leaf  buds  for  new  growth. 
It  explains  how  to  distinguish  each 
species  at  a  glance  at  any  season  of 
the  year  and  it  gives  a  description  of 
the  rarer  trees  imported  for  forest  use 
or  on  account  of  beauty  of  flower  or 
form,  including  conifers  and  those 
with  colored  foliage.  The  relative 
usefulness  ot  important  species  for 
street,  garden,  small  park  and  wood- 
land planting  is  also  treated  and  direc 


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tions  given  as  to  any  special  manner 
of  pruning  and  otherwise  aiding  trees 
to  thrive  and  always  look  their  best. 

The   pictures   upon   the   plates   have 
in  all   cases  been   photographed   direct 


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A.STERS. 

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One  of  the  finest  for  cut  flowers.  White, 
Shell  Pink.  Rose.  Lavender  and  Purple. 
Strong  plants.  .$5.00  per  1000,  cash.  BRILL 
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BCLBS 

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NEW  YORK  BRANCH,  8-10  Bridge  St. 

CARNATION  STAPLES 

Spilt  carnations  qnlckly,  easily  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plilshury's  Carnation 
Staple,  1000  for  Mc. ;  ^000  for  $1.00  post- 
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CHRYSANTHEMCMS 

FINE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  BEST  KINDS 
for  Florists  use.  Send  us  list  of  wants. 
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DAHLIAS 

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(Orders  hooked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
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Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHHORO  DAHLIA 
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New  Paeony  Dahlia — John  Wanamaker, 
Newest,  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  hahit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  beet  cut-flower  rarletles.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FAKMB, 
Berlin.  N.  J. 


GOLD  FISH 

Gold  flsh,  aquarium  plants,  sn.iils,  cas- 
tles, globes,  aquarium,  flsh  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  BARRETT, 
Breeder,  4815  D  St.,  OIney.  Phlliidelphla. 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Sen<l 
for  price  Hat. 

OLASi 

Greenhouse  glass,  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO..   HartTord  City,  Ind. 


ORCHIDS 

HASSALL  &  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas    and    Laelio-Cattieyas    our    specialty. 

One    trial    order    solcited. 

PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection, 
1200  sorts  Send  for  Hat.  C.  BBT8CHBE, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 

ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

THE    CONARD   &    JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

SPHAGNUM    MOSS 
Live    Sphagnum    moss,    orchid    psat    and 
orchid    baskets    always    on    hand.     LAGBK 
.».    tn'RREl.L.  Summit,  N.  J. 

VEGETABLE    PL.^NTS 

FOR  S.\LE— Tomato  Plants,  all  leading 
varieties,  75c.  per  100;  $:i.00  per  .500;  $5.00 
per  1000.  Danish  Ball  Head  and  Flat 
Dutch  Cabbage  Plants,  per  100,  UOc. ;  for 
.500,  .1:1.50;  per  1000,  $2.00.  Tlie  Tomato 
Plants  are  all  transplanted  stock.  The 
Calii)age  Plants  are  Heid-grown.  Cash 
with  order.  WEST  SIDE  CELERY  CO., 
Portage,  Mich. 


Golden  Self-Hlanching   (French  Strain). 
Also  the  grand  new  Easy  Blanching,  which 
is  easy  to  grow,   line  plants,  ready  for  the 
fleld.  .$2  00  per  1000.  cash.     BRILL  CELERY 
GARDENS,    Kalamazoo,    Mich. 


4.000.000  Cabbage.  Cauliflower,  Tomato 
and  Celerv  jilants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free!  F.  W.  ROCUELLE  &  SONS, 
Chester,  New  Jersey. 

VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  choice 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  TBb 
grown  for  immediate  eflfect :  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  II  TROY.  Monnt  Hlisarllk  Nur- 
sery, New  Rocbelle,  N.  Y. 

WIBB  WORK 

WILLIAM  K.  HBII>8CBKR'8  WIRB 
WORKS.   304   Randolpb   SC,   Datratt. 


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from  nature,  unci  liave  been  brouyhl 
toKethcr  In  sueh  a  way  Uiat  the  non- 
butunical  reailer  can  recoKnizo  at  a 
glance  either  the  whole  tree  or  the 
leaves,  flowers,  fruits,  or  winter  twigs, 
and  thus  bo  able  to  identif.v  with  ease 
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fruit. 

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'•Beautiful  Home  Surroundings" — 
With  its  art  cover  and  alluring  title 
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Mass.,  is  quite  a  departure  in  appear- 
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catalogue  and  the  contents  are  in 
material  and  arrangement  equally 
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material  adapted  for  the  described 
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are  very  fine. 


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AIVIERICAN  SWEET  PEA  SOCIETY. 
The  .\nn'riian  Sweet  I'ea  Hulk-tin 
and  Scliedule  for  191 S  has  Just  been 
issued.  This  is  the  oHlcial  organ  of 
the  American  Sweet  Pea  Society  and 
includes  in  its  contents  the  comidete 
schedule  and  rules  for  the  Tenth  An- 
nual Exhibition  and  Convention  wlilch 
is  to  be  held  in  Wananiakers  Greek 
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bulletin  contains  also  instructive  com- 
munications on  The  Sweet  Pea  Indus- 
try in  England  by  J.  S.  Brunton. 
Growing    Sweet     Peas     in    Tubs,     by 


Wii.i.iA.M    Gkav 
Secretary,  American  Sweet  Pea  Society. 

.Tames  Watt,.  An  Amateur's  Experi- 
ence by  Wm.  G.  Taylor,  Stray  Notes 
on  Sweet  Peas  by  Geo.  W.  Kerr,  and 
Sweet  Peas  in  California  by  G.  Cuth- 
bertson. 

The  Convention  program  is  as  fol- 
lows: 

Tuesday.  .June  25,  1918,  3  p.  m.— Ad- 
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President  Kerr's  address. 

Set'retary's  report;  Trea.surer's  report. 

Reports  on  the  trial  grounds  at 
Cornell  TTniversity.  Ithaca,  X.  Y.,  bv 
Prof.  A.  C.  Beal. 

Nomination  of  ofBcers  for  1919;  invi- 
tations for  the  next  meeting  place. 

Election  of  officers. 

Vote  on  the  next  meeting  place. 

Good  of  the  society — Addresses  and 
discussions. 

Unfinished  business.   Adjournment. 

Copies  of  the  prize  schedule  may  be 
had  on  application  to  the  secretary, 
William  Gray,  Bellevue  avenue,  New- 
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DREER'S  "Riverton  Special"  Plant    Tubs 

No.  Dlam.  Ea.     Doz.     100 


10 

20  In. 

$2.75  $30.00  $2.30.(10 

2(1 

18  In. 

2.25 

24.00  lao.oo 

30 

16  in. 

1.75 

19.00    152.0IJ 

40 

14  In. 

1.50 

17.00    135.00 

50 

12  In. 

1.00 

11.00     88.00 

flO 

10  In. 

.70 

7.75      62.00 

70 

8  in. 

.55 

6.50      50.00 

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Th«  Deatest,  lightest  and  cheapest.  Tainted  green  and  bound  with  electric-welded 
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May  :r..  miR 


FLORISTS  AND  NURSERYMEN! 
WE  NEED  YOUR   HELP! 

The  National  Plant.  Flower  and  Fruit  Guild,  with  headquarters  at  70 
Fifth  Avenue.  New  York  Citv.  is  planning  to  hcautifv  the  different  soldiers' 
camps  all  over  this  country  so  that  the  present  harren  grounds  may  hlossom 
forth  this  summer  and  cheer  our  bovs  on  their  way  to  "Over  There." 

We  have  no  funds  and  rely  on  the  generosity  of  our  friends.  We  want 
you  to  help  us  from  your  surplus. 

We  need  a  million  flowering  plants  by  June  i  5.  Anything  you  can  give 
will  be  heartily  appreciated.  We  can  use  above  all  bedding  plants  of  all  descrip- 
tions, whether  in  flats  or  out  of  pots.  In  perennials  we  can  use  all  such  that 
have  not  yet  flowered. 

What  can  you  give.''  Please  notify  at  once.  Maurice  Fuld.  1457  Broad- 
way. New  York  City,  who  is  National  Chairman  of  our  Camp  Garden  Com- 
mittee, what  you  can  give  and  you  will  be  notified  later  where  to  ship  it.  We 
will  pay  all  transportation  charges.  No  shipments  will  be  made  until  after 
Decoration   Day. 

Jiere  is  one  great  opportunity  for  every  florist  to  prove 
tfjat  flowers  are  really  essentials  in  our  war  work 

•SAY   IT  WITH   FLOWERS- 
A  message  of  cheer  to  our  boys  from  the  folks  at  home 


\A/e 


no>A^     boolcins    orders    -Foi 


NA/o   Ne\A/  Roses 


F90SA.L-IIMD     and     SIL-VI^S^ 

ROSALIND  (A  glorified  Ophelia).  The  particular  value  of  this  variety  lies  in  its  exquisite  coloring,  which  Is 
entirely  different  from  Ophelia.  When  the  buds  first  show  color  they  are  bright  coral,  changing  as  they  develop 
to  apricot-pink,  and  when  fully  developed  they  are  a  most  beautiful  shell  pink.  The  flower  is  much  more 
double  than  Ophelia,  having  at  least  one-third  more  petals.  It  is  also  delightfully  fragrant.  In  habit  of  growth 
it  is  identical  with  Ophelia,  from  which  it  is  a  sport.  Rosalind  originated  with  us  two  years  pgo,  and,  grown 
side   by   side  with   Ophelia,  is   far  superior  to  that  variety.     See  Page  387,  this  issue. 

Awarded  first  prize  at  International  Flower  Show,  New  York,  March,  1917,  for  best  new  rose. 

Awarded  additional  silver  medal  at  same  show  for  display  of  Rosalind. 

Awarded   silver   medal  by  the   Horticultural   Society  of  New  York. 

Awarded   silver  medal   by  the  Tarrytown   Horticultural  Society.      Also  numerous  certificates. 

SILVIA  (Yellow  Ophelia).  Another  beautiful  sport  of  Ophelia,  originating  with  us.  The  buds  are  long  and 
pointed,  beautiful  sulphur-yellow,  changing  to  creamy  yellow  as  the  flower  opens,  and  when  fully  developed,  pure 
wa.xy  white.  It  is  an  unusual  rose  when  fully  expanded,  five  inches  in  diameter,  and  resembles  the  popular 
hardy  climber  Silver  Moon,  showing  the  same  pronounced  cluster  of  yellow  stamens  in  the  center.  Exquisite 
in  bud  and  unusually  distinct  and  unique  in  the  open  flower. 

Prices  of  above  two  varieties,  strong  plants,  2'4-in.  pots,  $25.00  per  lf>0,  $225.00  per  1,000;    225  plants  for 
$60.00.  Will  be  disseminated  Spring  of  1918 

We  have  a  fine  stock  of  the  fancy  varieties  of  Nephrolepis,  in  extra  fine  shape,  for 
immediate  shipment.    We  offer  the  following: 
Elegantissima    compacta    and    Smithil,   3%-in.   pots,  25c.  and  35c.  each. 
Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and   Superbissima,  G-ln.  pans,  50c.  and  75c.  each. 
Smithil,  5-in.  pots,  50c.  and  75c.  each.  Smithil,  6-in.  pans,  75c.  and  |1.00  each. 

Elegantissima   compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and   Superbissima,  84n.  pans,  $1.00  and  $1.50  each. 
Harrlsll,  8-in.  pans,  $1.50  and  $2.00  each.  Elegantissima,  10-in.  pans,  $3.00  and  $3.50  each. 

Shipments  in  pots  at  mr.ximum  prices  only 


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HORTICULTURE 


Vol.  XXVII 


JUNE  I,   1918 


No.   22 


Oreodoxa  regia  in  a  garden  in  Havana,  Cuba 


Published  Every  Saturday  at  147  Summer  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Subscription   $1.00 


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June  1,  1918 


CYCLAMEN  GIGANTEUM  SEED,  July   Delivery 

We  otfvT  tlie  (olUnviiiK  vai  iitiis  of  all  fri'sli  Aniorlcan  k'"^^"  (.'.vilaiiiL'ii  Siod-  Glory  of  Wandshek  (dark  uiid 
IIkIU  sliadfs  of  siilnion),  Christmas  Cheer  (l)l()od  red),  urowii  t'yclami'n  ScPd-  Glory  of  Wandscek  dlurk  and 
Rose  of  MarienthnI  I  rosy  pink),  Daybreak  (dolicale  sliado  of  salmon  plnkt.  Lavender  (a  new  and  beautiful 
shade).    Rokoko    (deep   pink,    improved).      Price,   $12.00  per  1000  seeds. 

h'lir  till  inisl  eight  iitnrs  we  have  been  improving  on  the  Cyclamen;  the  strain  wc  offer  cannot  be  surpassed 
far  Quiilily. 

NOW    READY    FOR    DELIVERY  Per  1000 

BEGONIA    GLOIRE    DE    LORRAINE $120.00 

BEGONIA   GLORY    OF    CINCINNATI 150.00 

BEGONIA     MELIOR     200.00 

StronK   yinin'.;   plants   all   propagated    from   leaf  nitfinus. 

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ALL  THE    roia'LAR    VAHIKTIB8 

Own    Kotita   or   (jraft*<l 


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elal  \»rlftlr«.     lle&lttiy  ttook. 


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Advance   Co 546 

Albany      Cut 

Flower   Ex 542 

Allen,  J.   K 543 

American   Bulb 

Co 537 

Aaderson.  S.  A.  .5,39 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co.547 
Atteaux   F.   E,   & 

Co 54T 

Barrows  &  Son. 526 
Bayersdorfer,    H. 

Co 543 

Bay     State    Nur- 
series      528 

Beechwood      Hts. 

Nurseries    542 

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B  o  St  0  n      Floral 

Supply    Co 540 

Breck,  J.  &  Sons..5.37 
Breitmeyer's,      J. 

Sons    538 

Budlong,  J.  A... 538 
Bunyard,A.    T....538 

Burnett    Bros 537 

Burpee,   W,  A.   & 

Co .537 

Clarke's,   D.  Sons..53S 
Carter's       Tested 
Seeds.   Inc .';:;c 


1ST      C 

Page 
Champion  &  Co., 

J.   N 539 

Child  s,   John 

•Lewis    537 

Coan,   J.   J 542 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 527 

Cooke,  Geo.   H...538 

Cowee,  W.  J 542 

Grey,    Thos.    J. 

Co 537 

Cottage    Gardens 

Nurseries    526 

Dards    ..538 

Davenport,  A.  M.526 

Dreer,   H.   A 547 

Dunlop,  John  H.539 

Dysart,    R 540 

Edwards  Folding 

Box    Co .5^10 

Esler,    J.    G 547 

Eyres    539 

Farquhar,    R.    & 

J.    Co 528 

Ford,   M.   C 542 

Ford,    W.    P 542 

Froment,  H.  E..542 
Galvin,  Thos.  F..539 
Gasser  Co.,  J.  M.5.39 
Graham     &     Son, 

A 5.39 

Grev,      Thos.      J. 

Co .'•.37 


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Gude  Bros.  Co... 538 
Hail   Association. 542 

Hart,   Geo.    B 540 

Hentz  &  Nash... 543 

Hews    &    Co.,    A. 

pr  .545 

HIU  Co.',"e."g!!!540 
Hill,    D.    Nursery 

Co 526 

Holland    Nur-_ 

series    528 

Holm   &   Olson... 5;W 
Horticultural  Cat- 
alogue     526 

Irwin.  U.  J 537 

Johuston  Bros. -.538 
Kasting,     W.     F. 

Co 540 

Keller  Sons,  J.  B.539 
Kelway  &  Sons. .5;57 
Kerr  the   Florist.5.39 

Kervan    Co 542 

King      Construc- 
tion   Co 548 

Knoble    Bros .539 

Kottmiller     .■).3S 

Kroeschell  Bros. .548 
Kuebler,  W.  n...">42 
Lange,  H.  P.  Co.,53!) 
Lemon  Oil  Co... .'547 
Leonard  Seed  Co. 337 
Marshall,  W.  E. 
Co 537 


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McConnell,  Alex. 538 
McHutchison       & 

Co 5-28 

Meehan,  Chas.  E.540 
Metropolitan   Ma- 
terial   Co.. 548 

Michell,  H.  F.  Co.537 
Michigan  Cut 

Flower    Ex 340 

Millang,   Chas.... 542 
Millang,    Frank.. 542 
Murray,    Samuel. 538 
N  a  t  i  o  n  al  Nur- 
seryman     526 

N.       Y.      Florists 

Supply    Co 542 

Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.547 
Niessen,  Leo  Co. 540 
Ouwerkerk.  P . .  .528 
Palmer,  W.  J.  & 

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Park  Floral  Co..5:iil 
Parshelsky  Bros  .548 
Penn  the  Florlst.538 
Pennock.      S.     S. 

Co 541 

Peterson,  J.  A.  & 

Son    526 

Ptaltzgraff     Pot- 
tery   Co 545 

Pierce  Co.,  F.  0.547 
Plerson,    A.    N...526 


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Pierson,  F.  K 539 

Pratt,  B.  G.  Co.. 547 
P-L  Chemical  Co.547 
Pulverized       Ma- 
nure Co 547 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop    539 

Reed  &  Keller... 542 
Eeidel  &  Meyer.. 542 

Reid,    Edw 540 

Robinson,    Henry 

M.    Co 542 

Robinson,    H.    M. 

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Roehrs,  J.  Co... 526 
Roland,  Thomas.539 
Rolker,       A.       & 

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Rosery,    The 538 

Sanderson  Fer- 
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Schling,   Max 538 

Scbwake,       Chas.    • 

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Sekenger,  Adam. 538 
Sheridan,  W.  F..542 
Siebrecht,  Geo.  C.542 
Slggers     &     Sig- 

gers     547 

Skldelsky,  S.  S. 
&   Co 537 


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Smith,  P.  J 542 

Smith,    W.    &   T. 

Nursery    Co 628 

Smith  &  Fetters.539 
Smyth,  Wm.  J... 539 
Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.538 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

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Thorburn,    J.    M. 

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Totty,  Chas.  H..S26 
United  Cut  Flow- 
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Wants,   For  Sale, 

etc 546 

Warburton    539 

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Weber,  F.  C 539 

Weeber  &  Don... 536 

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Woodruff,    S.    D. 

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Young  A.  L 542 

Young,  John.... 542 
Young,  Thos..  Jr.542 
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Zech  &  Manu 540 

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Vegetable   Culture 


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on  this  page  will  be  cordially  received  and  promptly  answered 
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Planting  Out 

Aliout  the  lir.-^t  week  of  Juiiu  is  a  time  geuerallj  safe 
for  transferring  to  the  open  ground  all  tender  vegetables 
brought  forward  in  pots  under  glass.  It  is  alvvayt  far 
better  in  districts  where  late  frosts  are  known  to  be 
prevalent,  even  this  late  in  the  season,  to  defer  the 
planting  of  these  tender  kinds  for  a  few  days  until  well 
satisfied  that  weather  conditions  warrant  the  step  being 
taken.  The  present  is  an  e.xceptionally  forward  season 
which  leads  to  the  assumption  tliat  all  planting  may  be 
done  with  safety.  It  is  well  to  remember,  however,  that 
a  few  cold  nights  may  inflict  injury  from  which  very 
tender  stock  does  cot  readily  recover;  therefore,  be  as- 
sured that  tomatoes,  egg  plant  and  liinas  are  thorough- 
ly inured  to  outdoor  conditions  betore  planting  them 
from  pots. 

Later  Sowings 

Make  further  sowings  of  lima  beans,  okra,  cucumber, 
melon  and  squash  if  need  be,  and  for  the  maintenance 
of  a  continued  supply  of  sucli  desirable  kinds  as  j)eas, 
string  beans,  sweet  corn  and  lettuce  sow  at  frequent  in- 
tervals. Peas  from  .sowings  after  the  20th  of  June  are 
not  usually  a  paying  crop.  From  now  on  sow  second 
early  peas ;  they  are  generally  more  productive  than  the 
taller  growing  main  crop  varieties.  Lettuce  should  be 
planted  convenient  to  the  w^ater  supply  and  in  a  po- 
sition sheltered  from  the  direct  rays  of  the  midday  sun. 
Skeleton  frames  and  lath  screens  provide  excellent  shel- 
ter for  th?  crop  at  this  .^ea.sou.  Bich  soil  and  abun- 
dance of  water  at  the  roots  are  essential.  Carrots,  beets 
and  radishes  are  in  constant  rlemand;  there  should  be  iio 
shortage  of  these  in  a  young  and  fresh  condition  for  the 
table  just  now.  See  to  it  that  later  demands  will  be 
met.  Make  small  but  frequent  sowings  throughout 
June  and  July.  Onions  may  still  be  sown  for  salading 
and  forward  beds  of  main  crop  varieties  should  bo 
thinned  if  necessary.  The  best  onions  for  keeping  are 
tho.se  of  moderate  size  and  perfectly  ripened.  To  have 
well  ripened  bulbs  for  harvesting  the  thinning  should 
not  be  too  severe ;  allow  the  bulbs  sufficient  room  only 
to  d('vi'1n|i  to  a  reasonable  size. 

Witloof  Chicory 

W'itlool'  chicoi-y  l)ecomes  more  popular  eacli  year. 
Sow  in  (h-ills  1.5  inches  apart  and  thin  the  plants  to  9 
inches  in  the  rows.  Treat  the  bed  as  for  cari-ots.  The 
ground  should  be  deep  and  fertile  but  free  from  recent 
manuring  to  ensure  good  straight  roots  for  forcing. 
Cbicoi-y  is  a  splendid  addition  to  the  supply  of  winter 
vegetables  and  with  very  limited  facilitv  and  ordinary 


care  may  be  successfully  forced  at  a  time  when  fresh 
esculents  are  not  only  scarce  but  most  appreciated. 
Slewed  and  served  with  butter,  chicory  at  once  becomes 
an  excellent  substitute  for  seakale.  On  the  other  hand 
it  may  be  served  in  a  raw  state  and  eaten  as  celery  or , 
else  be  allowed  to  form  a  component  of  sah.d,  and  for 
this  latter  purpose  it  is  jn'obably  most  highly  ju-ized. 

Brussels  Sprouts  and   Celery 

Brussels  sprouts  may  still  Ije  planted  out  in  rich 
ground  and  will  furnish  useful  "buttons"  in  the  fall 
and  early  winter  when  peas  are  out  of  question  and  corn 
and  beans  can  be  no  longer  gathered  from  the  open 
garden.  Plant  in  showery  weather,  or  better  still,  when 
rain  is  ^jredicted.  Prepare  celery  trenches  in  advance 
rather  than  allow  this  work  to  lag  behind.  It  is  bad  pol- 
icy to  defer  this  task  until  the  plants  are  actually  suf- 
fering through  overcrowding.  Use  plenty  of  manure 
for  this  crop.  It  is  hardly  possible  to  apply  an  overdose, 
and  although  some  of  it  be  left  in  the  ground  when  the 
crop  is  cleared  the  plot  will  be  in  capital  condition  for 
the  crop  w'hich  follows.  The  planting  of  celery  should 
be  done  in  a  business-like  manner.  Eemove  suckers 
and  puny  lower  leaves  as  the  work  proceeds  and  above 
everything  avoid  deep  planting.  Water  liberally  in  dry 
weather  and  finish  with  a  dusting  of  soot.  The  plants 
will  thrive  better  if  a  light  shade  can  be  afforded  them 
for  a  few  days  after  planting,  ^\^lere  space  is  limited 
])lantations  may  be  made  l)etween  pea  rows  approaching 
maturity  and  the  brush  if  left  standing  will  give  what 
little  shade  is  necessary.  If  planted  in  an  exposed  po- 
sition a  good  plan  is  to  lay  pea  brush  across  the  celery 
irenches  to  give  plants  newly  transplanted  a  little  pro- 
tection from  the  direct  rays  of  the  hot  sun. 

The  June  Hustle 

The  month  of  June  calls  for  constant  hustle.  Arti- 
ficial watering  as  well  as  heavy  rains  tend  to  pack  the 
ground,  therefore  cultivate  persistently  between  the  rows 
of  all  growing  crops.  The  ravages  of  all  species  of  in- 
sect pests,  too,  becomes  a  source  of  much  anxiety.  Early 
application  of  prescribed  remedies  is  the  best  way  of 
handling  the  situation.  The  tender  foliage  of  varie- 
ties of  squash  suffer  injury  from  corrosive  spraying. 
Slug  shot  dusted  on  the  leaves  of  these  and  similar  kinds 
is  effective  against  attacks  of  the  squash  bug.  Bordeaux 
mixture  is  a  cheap  and  excellent  preventive  of  all 
forms  of  blight  and  fungoid  diseases,  while  arsenate 
of  lead  solution  may  l)e  effectively  applied  on  most 
kinds  of  vegetables  in  the  early  stages  of  growth  aflVcted 
with   cbcwina  insects. 


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HORTICULTURE 

VOL.  IXVII  JUNE  I,   l»18  NO.  22 

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CONTENTS  Page 

COVER  ILLrSTUATloN   Orooiloxa  rcpla. 

VKOETABI^:  crLTIKK  I'lunting  Out— Later  Sow- 
inKS — WItloof  Chicory  Brus.scls  Sprouts  and  Celery 
The  June  iiustle — i/i</ni  Johnson 529 

THE  I...\TE  MAURICK  LEVAQUE  DE  VILMORIN— 
C.   S.  Sannnl 531 

OniTl'ARY— .Maurice  l>.  de  Vllmorin,  portrait— Mau- 
rice  HendberK-  Charles  W.   Collins 531 

BKPECTS  OF  THE  SEVERE  \MNTER  AT  THE  AR- 
NOLD ARHORETIM    532 

THE  GARDENERS  PLACE— Po/ncA:  Fan 533 

CLVBS  AND  SOCIETIES— Toronto  Horticultural  So- 
ciety—MeethiKs  .Next  Week— American  Dahlia  So- 
ciety— American  Gladiolus  Society 533 

SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  riX)RISTS— The  Publicity 
Cam i)aiKn    534 

PUHLICirv  VIA  RED  CROSS— KImcr  J.  Weaver 535 

SEED  TRADE— Wholesale  Seedmen's  League— Canary 
Island  Onion  Seed  Crop  Outlook — Prickly  Seeded 
Spinach — Seed   to   Farmers  at  Cost 536 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

A  Pound  of  Energy  with  an  Ounce  of  Talent — Henry 
Penn     538 

FLOWER  .MARKET  REPORTS: 
Boston,   New   York,    Philadelphia,   Rochester,   Wash- 
ington      541 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Philadelphia,  Boston,  Rochester,  New  York,  Chicago, 
Washinfiton    544-545 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

.American  Lilacs  534 

Early  Peonies — C.  .s'.  Harrison 534 

C.  S.  Harrison  I^ses  His  Sight 534 

The  Things  that  .Make  a  Soldier  Great,  poetry 535 

Business  Troubles    539 

How  Liberty  Loan  Missed  $40,000,000 543 

Visitors'  Register  543 

Rotterdam  Statistics  545 

William   Plumb,  portrait 546 

Catalogues  Received— Patents  Granted 546 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 546 

News  Notes— The  Flag,  poetry 546 


\Vu  must  again  warn  the  trade  against 

Beware  of        |ia\irig     money     to     allegeil     traveling 

the  swindler      representatives     for     subscription     or 

other  purpose  connected  with  Horti- 
cfLTCRE.  ,'\  com]ilaint  similar  to  those  heretofore 
mentioned  has  been  received  from  a  florist  in  .\lexan- 
andria,  Va..  that  he  had  paid  for  subscription  to  a  man 
giving  the  name  of  George  Harris  who  also  jiromised 
him  a  "Book  of  Floral  Designs"  as  a  premium,  but 
neither  i>aper  nor  boolc  had  been  received.  Hortictjl- 
TFRE  employs  no  traveling  solicitors  and  does  not  offer 
premiums  of  any  kind,  .^ny  one  representing  other- 
wise and  attempting  to  collect  money  for  any  purpose 
on  Hortici-lture's  a<count  is  a  fraud  and  should  be 
turned  6\er  to  the  pohce. 

We  have  seen  a  number  of  newspaper 
Super-wheat  notes  extolling  an  alleged  new  and  won- 
derful accomplishment  of  Luther  Bur- 
bank — the  production  of  a  "Super-wheat"  so  called, 
which  being  perfected  just  at  this  time  when  the  world 
is  hungering  for  wheat,  is  enthusiastically  assumed  to 
place  that  much  advertised  gentleman's  name  in  a  still 
loftier  niche  than  ever  before  among  the  benefactors  of 
the  world,     ^^liat  we  do  not  know  about  wheat  would 


till  a  very  large  i»ook  but  wc  gather  from  the  aforciufii- 
lioneil  comments  that  tlie  "Wizard"  claims  tu  have  pro- 
duced a  wheat  wliicii  is  suitable  for  the  climate  of  Cal 
ifornia,  also  tiiat  it  can  l)e  grown  successfully  anywhere 
from  jtolc  to  pole.  But  cxiterionce  of  course  is  the  onl\ 
thing  that  will  determine  that.  From  inquiries  anion;.' 
ac(jiniintances  that  know  somctliing  ai)out  farm  seed- 
v.c  learn  that  tliere  is  a  wheat  which  has  been  going  the 
rouiuls  for  a  number  of  years  and  wliicii  is  a  very  heavy 
yielder,  but  that  it  has  been  discarded  because  it  cannot 
be  milled.  Evidently  Mr.  liurbank  has  corrected  that 
fault.  As  to  the  boasted  yield,  would  say  that  a  whea' 
grower  in  New  Jersey  several  years  ago  ])roduied  4-' 
bushels  to  the  acre.  We  beliive  that  in  France  and 
Belgium,  and  also  England  and  Ireland,  40  to  .lo 
l)usl)cls  of  wheal  per  acre  are  jiroduced  annually.  One 
grower  from  the  West  has  stated  that  he  saw  wheat 
produced  in  Idaho  at  the  rate  of  100  bushels  per  acre. 
There  was  a  sln;af  of  it  exhibited  in  Madison  .S<|uare 
Garden,  Xew  York,  which  after  tiic  show  was  over,  was 
exhibited  in  the  window  of  Peter  Henderson  &  Co.  for 
a  couple  of  years,  so  that  this  reported  yield  of  40 
bushels  to  the  acre  for  Burbank's  production  could  hard- 
ly class  his  variety  as  a  "Super-wheat."  Where  only  1.") 
bushels  to  the  acre  are  pro<luced  (which  the  Burl)ank 
item  mentions  as  an  average  yield),  it  can  be  reasonably 
assumed  it  is  because  of  unsuitable  soil — not  enough 
fertilizer  in  it. 

We  have  had  the  pleasure  of  reading 
Practical  a  most  interesting  letter  recei\ed  by 
philanthropy  'S\y,  Frederic  R.  Xewbold,  treasurer 
of  the  Horticultural  Society  of  New 
York,  from  Jlrs.  Mortimer  Forest  who  is  now  in 
France  representing  that  society  and  several  other 
Societies  and  Garden  Clubs  in  the  work  of  endeavoring 
to  rehabilitate  agriculturally  by  the  distribution  and 
planting  of  fruit  trees  in  tlie  orchards  and  vineyanls  of 
the  devastated  battle-scarred  districts  of  Fiance,  a  labor 
on  which,  however,  little  can  i)e  done  ]>rofitably,  now 
that  much  of  the  ground  to  be  restored  is  being  fought 
over  again.  Attention  is  called  to  American  superior- 
ity in  many  departments  of  agriculture  and  an  agri- 
cultural school  to  teach  American  methods  will  i)rob- 
ably  be  established  as  soon  as  the  war  is  over.  Mr. 
Newbold  is  also  an  indefatiguable  worker  in  the  sup- 
port of  the  .\nierican  Fund  for  French  Wounded.  This 
great  charity  is  imdertaking  to  supply  4200  hos|)itals 
in  France.  The  Red  Cross  has  turned  over  to  this 
agency  the  looking-up  of  United  States  soldiers  who 
are  scattered  among  the  Frencli  hospitals,  tmdcr  the 
direction  of  Mrs.  B.  G.  Lathrop,  a  co-worker  with  Mrs. 
Forest.  The  experiences  of  these  women  as  related 
in  the  letter  received,  detailing  the  privations  of  the 
jieople  who  have  been  driven  destitute  from  their  homes 
are  most  pathetic  and  heart-touching  and  it  is  not 
surprising  that,  on  hearing  the  recital  of  these  details 
of  the  agony  that  is  being  suffered  there  hour  after 
hour  and  day  after  day,  with  no  end  in  sight,  the  New 
York  Florists'  Club  promptly  followed  the  example  of 
the  New  York  Horticultural  Society  and  appropriated 
from  its  funds  the  cost  of  an  automobile  to  carry  nurses 
from  one  hospital  to  another  in  that  stricken  countrv'. 
Other  instances  of  resultful  practical  generosity  on  the 
part  of  the  floricultural  people  are  given  in  the  news 
notes  in  this  issue  from  Lancaster,  Pa.,  and  Boston. 
These  are  typical:  of  the  entire  country.  The  Red 
Cross  workers  liave  no  better  friends  in  any  class  than 
among  the  florists.  Let  us  hope  this  will  not  be  for- 
gotten when  the  florist  needs  some  one  to  stand  up  for 
him. 


June  1,  1918 


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The  Late  Maurice  Levaque  de  Vilmorin 


J->y  the  (k'atli  of  ^laurice  Levaque  de  Vilmorin  the 
wiirld  has  lost  one  of  its  most  highly  esteemed  and  dis- 
tinguished dendrologists,  best  l<no\vn  by  the  Fruticetum 
A'ihnorinianiim  which  he  established  in  1896  at  I-es 
Barres,  near  Xogent-sur-Vernisson  (Loiret),  where  he 
assembled  the  largest  and  best  arranged  collection  of 
shnibs  in  Europe.  The  relations  Vilmorin  was  able  to 
establish  with  some  of  the  French  missionaries  living 
in  China  enabled  him  to  introduce  into  his  collection- 
many  Cliinese  trees  and  shrubs  which  before  his  time 
were  unknown  in  Europe,  and  among  his  correspondents 
in  China  are  found  the  names  of  Delavay,  Arman-.l 
David,  Farge  and  Soulie,  now  familiar  to  all  students  of 
the  Chinese  flora.  The  most  conspicuous  of  the  Chi- 
nese plants  Vilmorin  obtained  through  his  missionary 
friends  was  the  Davidia,  the  tree  for  which  Wilson  first 
went  to  China. 

The  Fruticetum  Vilmorinianum  occupies  a  part  of 
the  Vilmorin  estate  on  which  in  1815  the  grandfather 
of  Maurice,  Andre  Levaque  de  Vilmorin,  planted  an 
important  Arboretum  which  has  now  become  the  prop- 
erty of  the  state  and  is  known  as  L'Ecole  Forestiere  des 
Barres.    The  Fruticetum  "\'ilmorinianum  supplemented 


the  Arboretum  and  the  two  collections  have  made  Les 
Barres  one  of  the  most  important  of  all  dendrological 
stations. 

Maurice  Levaque  de  Vilmorin  paid  two  long  visits  to 
the  Arnold  Arboretum  and  was  one  of  its  constant  and 
most  valued  correspondents.  Many  plants,  including 
the  largest  collection  of  American  Hawthorns  in  Europe, 
first  raised  at  this  Arboretum,  are  now  growing  in  the 
Fruticetum  Vibiiorinianum,  and  to  his  generosity  the 
Boston  Arboretum  owes  many  of  its  rare  and  interest- 
ing plants,  including  the  first  Davidia  v.hich  ever 
reached  the  United  States.  An  interesting  account  of 
the  Fruticetum  Vilmorinianum  from  the  pen  of  Edward 
Andre  is  printed  in  the  Eevue  Horticole  for  1900,  and 
in  1904  Vilmorin  publislied  a  preliminary  catalogue  of 
liis  collections  with  descriptions  and  figures  of  rare  and 
little  known  species. 


Arnold  Arboretum 


OBITUARY. 
Maurice  L.  de  Vilmorin 

The  Vilmorin  family  tias  been  sadly 
stricken  again.  Philii)i>e's  premature- 
passing  away  is  still  fresh  in  our 
memory,  when  the  sad  news  reaches 
us  of  the  sudden  death,  on  the  21st 
of  April  last,  at  his  country  seat  of 
"Les  Barres."  where  he  went  to  enjoy 
a  little  rest,  of  his  uncle.  Mr.  JNIaurice 
L.  de  Vilmorin.  aged  sixty-nine.  The 
day  before  he  left  Paris,  Mr.  Maurice 
appeared  at  the  office  of  the  firm  and 
seemed  to  be  in  the  usual  good  health, 
though  the  loss  of  his  son-in-lay.  Caji- 
tain  de  Lesse,  who  died  a  short  timu 
ago  from  a  disease  contracted  on 
the  front,  had  afflicted  him  to  a 
great  degree.  Mr.  Maurice,  after 
having  taken  lunch  with  his  family, 
retired,  as  was  his  wont,  to  his  bureau 
to  attend  to  his  correspondence;  ci- 
body  took  ixiiv  heed  of  him  until  sev- 
r  ral  hours  \:  t(-r.  wiien  entering  the 
loom,  his  daughter  found  him  dead 
fiom  henionhage. 

.\  brother  of  the  late  Mr.  Henry  de 
"^  ilmorin,  Mr.  Maurice,  until  he  re- 
tired two  years  ago,  has  been  an  active 
member  of  the  seed  firm  bearing  his 
name  for  about  40  years.  Spsakinq 
several  languages,  he  had  traveled  ex- 
tensively and  visited  twice  the 
Vnited  States  as  Commissioner  to  the 
International  Expositions  of  Philadel- 
l>hia  in  IS":)  and  Chicago  in  1.S9''.. 
Like  his  forefathers,  he  always  tooit 
the  keenest  interest  in  everything 
pertaining  to  agriculture  as  well  as 
liorticulture.  He  was  an  authority  on 
arboriculture  and  his  famous  and 
unique  collection  of  trees  and  shrubs 
located  near  the  State  forestry  sfhool 
established  by  his  grandfather  at  "Les 
Barres"  and  which  contains  tlie  finest 
set  of  American  oaks  to  be  found  in 
Europe,  gave  !iim  many  occasions  to 
contribute  dendrological  articles  to  tlie 
Krench  and  foreign  periodicals. 

Having  friendly  intercourse  willi 
most    of    the    Frencli    missionaries    in 


esteem  by  his  employees  and  all  per- 
sons who  came  in  contact  with  him. 

Mr.  Maurice  is  survived  by  two  sons 
and  three  daughters.  His  eldest  son, 
Mr.  Jacques  L.  de  Vilmorin.  3.5  years 
old,  now  mobilized  in  the  Army,  has 
been  a  member  of  the  firm  for  ten 
years.  He  is  therefore  familiar  with 
all  the  routine  work  of  the  business. 
He  has  attejided  of  late  years  to  the 
selecting,  breeding  and  crossing.  Be- 
ing in  a  position  to  avail  himself  of 
the  observations  and  collections  of  his 
father,  he  will,  in  future,  pay  particu- 
lar attention  to  the  scientific  part  of 
the  business  and  we  may  be  sure,  fol- 
low the  paths  of  his  ancestors.  His 
younger  brother,  who  has  not  yet 
ended  his  studies,  is  an  officer  m  th4 
French  Army  on  the  front. 

The  other  members  of  the  Vilmorin 
family  who  are  in  the  Army  are.  so 
far,  in  good  health  and  we  hope  they 
will  remain  so  until  the  end  of  the 
terrible  struggle. 


M.VVHILE    L.    DE    V1I.MORIX. 

China,  Japan  and  other  far  away  coun- 
tries, he  has  introduced  many  very  in- 
teresting plants,  part  of  which  are  de- 
scribed in  his  illustrated  "Fruticetum 
Vilmorinianum."  Well  known  to  all 
tree  lovers,  and  a  personal  friend  of 
Prof.  C.  S.  Sargent,  of  the  Arnold  Ar- 
boretum, Mr.  Maurice  de  Vilmorin. 
member  of  tlie  Legion  of  Honor,  had 
been  President  of  the  Academie  d'Ag- 
riculture,  the  highest  Agricultural  So- 
ciety of  France,  embodying  half  a 
hundred  of  the  most  distinguished 
Krench  agriculturists,  and  of  the  Bo- 
tanical Society  of  France,  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  National  Horticultural 
Society,  of  the  National  Society  of  Ac- 
climation and  of  the  Dendrological 
Society  of  France,  etc. 

A  high  character.  Mr.  Maurice  com- 
manded the  respect  of  all  who  knew 
liim.  Nobody  was  more  unassuming 
.'.nd  he  was  always  held  in  the  highe-jt 


Maurice  Hendberg 
JIaurice  Hendberg  one  of  the  old- 
time  florists  of  Hoboken.  N.  J.,  died 
at  his  home  in  that  city  on  May  IT 
aged  76  years.  He  was  a  native  of 
Sweden.  He  emigrated  to  this  coun- 
try in  1S61  and  promptly  enlisted  in 
the  Union  Army  in  the  Civil  War.  He 
enjoyed  a  high  position  in  the  esteem 
of  the  people  of  Hoboken  and  of  the 
florist  trade  in  New  York  and  neigh- 
borhood. He  turned  over  his  business 
to  his  son  William  M.  Hendberg.  sev- 
eral years  ago. 


Charles  W.  Collins. 
Charles  W.  Collins,  florist,  To- 
ronto, Ont.,  died  Saturday  night 
May  20,  following  illness  of  one  week 
at  his  home,  338  Cumberland  street. 
Deceased  was  born  in  England  but  had 
resided  in  Toronto  for  the  past  twenty- 
five  years.  He  was  a  past  president  of 
the  Sons  of  England  and  a  member  of 
the  13th  Royal  Regiment.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  wife. 


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II  Dim  CULTURE 


June  1.  Idi' 


EFFECTS   OF   THE  SEVERE   WINTER   AT   THE 

ARNOLD   ARBORETUM 


Most  of  the  Taxads  which  have  been 
Krown  successfully  In  the  Arboretum 
have  suffered  from  the  cold  of  the 
winter  All  the  forms  of  the  Japanese 
Tiisus  cuspiilnta.  however,  are  now 
as  Rreen  and  fresh  as  they  were  in 
October.  As  the  years  pass  the  con- 
fidence in  the  value  of  this  plant  in- 
creases and  it  has  never  been  as  great 
as  it  is  this  sprint;.  Among  all  the 
plants  which  Japan  has  contributed 
to  the  gardens  of  the  eastern  United 
States  no  other  Is  so  generally  valu- 
able. Fortunately  .American  nursery- 
men are  at  last  beginning  to  realize 
that  this  Yew  has  some  commercial 
value,  and  It  will  soon  be  within  the 
reach  of  everyone  who  has  a  garden  or 
wants  to  plant  the  best  possible  ever- 
green hedge  for  New  England.  The 
form  of  this  Yew  (var.  chim'nsis)  in- 
troduced by  Wilson  from  western 
China  is  less  hardy  than  the  Japanese 
plant.  In  a  collection  of  young  plants 
of  the  Chinese  form,  in  as  protected  a 
position  as  could  be  found  in  the  Arbo- 
retum, some  are  slightly  injured  and 
others  are  dead.  It  is  not  probable 
that  this  fine  tree,  therefore,  will  ever 
become  established  in  .Massachusetts. 
On  all  the  forms  of  the  European  Yew 
(Tojrus  bnccata)  there  are  dead  leaves 
and  dead  or  injured  branches.  All  the 
plants  of  T.  baccatii  erecta  have  been 
killed,  and  there  are  a  few  dead  branch- 
es even  on  T.  baccata  repandtns.  the 
plant  with  wide-spreading,  semipros- 
trate  stems  wliich  has  lived  in  this  cli- 
mate for  several  years  without  injury 
and  has  been  considered  here  the  hardi- 
est and  most  desirable  of  all  the  forms 
of  the  European  Yew  for  New  Eng- 
land. Plants  of  the  fanadian  Yew  (T. 
canadciisisj,  the  so-called  Ground  hem- 
lock of  northern  woods,  planted  in  the 
shade  or  in  full  exposure  to  the  sun, 
have  been  badly  disfigured  as  the  tips 
of  most  of  the  branches  and  all  the 
upper  leaves  have  lieen  killed.  The 
leaves  on  upper  branches  of  the  Jap- 
anese Torreya  mwifrra  are  dry  and 
beginning  to  turn  brown,  but  the  buds 
appear  to  be  uninjured  and  the  plants 
may  recover.  It  has  not  suffered  here 
before  and  for  the  last  two  or  three 
years  has  been  producing  fruit  in  the 
Arboretum.  The  California  Torreya 
/T.  californicaj.  which  has  been  nursed 
along  in  a  sheltered  position  for  years 
and  has  suffered  more  or  less  every 
winter,  appears  to  liave  at  last  entirely 
succumbed.  Young  plants  in  a  shel- 
tered position  of  the  Japanese  Cephalo- 
taj-iis  (Jnipncea  are  little  injured  but 
the  handsomer  C.  h'nrltinei  from  west-' 
ern  China  has  suffered  and  it  is  doubt- 
ful if  this  fine  tre^  will  live  through 
many   years   in   this   climate. 


Bro.id  leaved  Evergreens 
.\s  It  was  natural  to  expect,  the 
plants  of  (his  class  have  been  more  in- 
jured by  the  winter  than  any  others, 
for  with  few  exceptions  they  cannot  be 
successfully  grown  in  this  climate 
under  even  the  most  favorable  con- 
ditions. Ilex  opacd.  which  has  grown 
well  In  the  Arboretum  for  many  years 
Avhere  it  has  been  the  only  broad- 
leaved  evergreen  tree  which  has  lived 
here,  has  suffered  seriously.  Nearly 
all  the  leaves  have  been  killed  and 
some  of  the  plants  appear  to  be  dead. 
The  large  plants  of  the  Japanese  U<\t 
crcnala.  which  were  raised  from  seed 
at  tlie  Arboretum  twenty-five  years 
ago,  have  been  so  badly  injured  that  it 
is  doubtful  it  they  can  recover.  The 
Inkberry  (Ilex  pUibra).  a  common 
shrub  in  the  region  of  the  coast  from 
New  Hampshire  to  Texas,  has  lost  the 
ends  of  many  branches  and  most  of 
its  upper  leaves.  Plants  of  an  ever- 
green Holly  tiler  prtluneuldtnl  intro- 
duced by  Wilson  from  western  China 
have,  however,  not  been  injured  by  the 
winter.  This  is  a  handsome  tree  with 
long-stalked  red  fruits,  and  is  distrib- 
uted through  Japan  and  western  Cliina. 
Judging  by  our  experience  here  with 
other  evergreen  Hollies,  the  chances 
that  it  will  ever  grow  to  maturity 
are  not  very  good.  For  the  first  time 
in  the  Arboretum  there  are  brown 
leaves  and  dead  branches  and  flower- 
buds  on  some  of  the  Laurels  iKalmia 
latifolia).  The  damage  is  not  serious 
but  it  is  interesting  as  showing  how 
the  hardiest  native  plants,  even  when 
planted  in  exceptionally  good  positions, 
may  be  injured  by  a  winter  like  the 
last,  which  has  killed  also  the  ends  of 
the  branches  of  such  common  New 
England  evergreen  shrubs  as  the  little 
Sheep  Laurel  fKalmia  att-g  list  i  folia) 
and  the  Leather  Leaf  fChaviacdaphne 
eali/eulataj.  The  leaves  of  Lruvothoe 
Catesbaei  are  badly  browned  even  on 
plants  in  moist  shady  positions  wliich 
this  species  prefers.  A  native  of  tlie 
southern  Appalachian  forests,  it  has 
been  considered  one  of  the  hardiest 
and  most  satisfactory  broad-leaved 
evergreens  which  could  be  planted  in 
this  climate.  Leueothoe  oxillaris  has 
also  lost  its  leaves  but  will  probalily 
recover.  Pieris  or  Andromeda  ftori- 
hunda  is  uninjured  and  is  now  cov- 
ered with  flowers,  and  its  condition 
confirms  the  belief  here  that  this  is 
one  of  the  hardiest,  handsomest  and 
most  desirable  broad-leaved  evergreen 
shrubs  which  can  be  grown  in  this 
part  of  the  country.  Its  Japanese  rel- 
ative. Pierus  japonica.  seems  e<|ually 
hardy,  but  its  larger  and  more  beauti- 
ful flowers  open  earlier  and  are  often 
injured  by  si)ring  frosts. 

Evergreen    Barberries. 
The    four    Chinese    evergreen     i3ar- 
berries,  Berberis  JuHanae.  B.   Saryen- 


/Kiii'i.    II     I  I  1 1 1(1  III, is'i    and     /(.    liaijiii 
paiiiH,   from   which   so  much   huM  been 
expected,   have   suffered   seriously.     B. 
■fulianiw  and  B.  Sarin-ntiana  will  prob- 
ably   not    recover,    and    there    Is    Utile 
hope    that    much    garden    iMjauiy    will 
ever  be  obtained   In   this   region   from 
evergreen   Uarberrles,   for  all   the   .\Ia- 
honlas   whicli    have    been    grown    here 
are    in    unusually    bad    condition    this 
spring,  with  the  exception  of  the  dwarf 
Miihoiiiii    or    Hiiberis    repens   from    the 
Ro<Uy    .Mountains,   and    even    this   has 
lost  many  of  its  leaves.     .Ml  the  forms 
of   the    European    Box,    although    care- 
fully protected,  have  suffered  badly  and 
.some  have  been  killed.     Even  the  Jap- 
anese Box  I Buxus  japonica  I.  which  has 
been   growing   in   an   expo.sed    iMisition 
here  for  twenty  years  without   protec- 
tion, will  lose  for  the  first  time  .some 
of    its    leaves    from    the    ends    of    the 
branches.     This  handsomest   plant   has 
suffered,  however,  less  than  might  have 
been    expected,    and    if    Box    is    to    be 
planted  in  eastern  Massachusetts  with 
the  expectation   that   it   will  be  a  per- 
manent garden  ornament  it  is  this  Jap- 
anese species  wliich  must  be  used.   The 
Chinese   climbing    l-loneysuckle    i  Loni- 
lera  Henri/H.   which    has    proved    per- 
fectly hardy  until  last  winter  and  from 
which  much  was. expected,  has  lost  all 
its  leaves,  but  as  its  stem^  are  still  alive 
it  may  recover.     Teucrium  ehamaedrijs 
and  'Salvia  officinalis  are  nearly  killed, 
and  Daphne  cneorum.  has  suffered  seri- 
ously.    The    two    evergreen    Cliinese 
Viburnums,   yihurnum   rhytidophillluin 
and     V.     buildleifoliiim,    have    lost    all 
their  leaves  but  may  possibly  recover. 
Thanks    probably    to    the    aliundant 
rains  of  the  summer  and  autiiinn,  the 
Rhododendrons      in      the      Arboretum 
liave  suffered  less  than  they  did  three 
years   ago,    although    in    some    of    the 
gardens  near  Boston  the  loss  of  these 
plants    has    been    more    serious    than 
ever  before,   whole   plantations   which 
have     been     growing     for     thirty     or 
forty    years    having    been    destroyed. 
In    the    .Arboretum    the    only    species 
which   has  suffered   is  R.   mii  ninlhum. 
tlie    only    evergreen    Chinese    Rhodo- 
dendron   which    has    ever    lived    long 
enough    in    the    Arboretum    to    flower 
and   which   has   now   lost  many  of  its 
uppers     branches.     There     are     dead 
branches  on  some  of  the  Catawbiense 
hybrids,  and  among  them,  in  addition 
to  a  number  of  hybrid  seedlings  sent 
to  the  Arboretum  for  trial  by  an  Eng- 
lish  nursery,  the  following  have  been 
killed:     .lames  Smith.  .Marshall  Drooks.  . 
.Mrs.     Thomas      .\gnew.      Marquis     of 
Waterford   and   Comer   Waterer.     One 
specimen  of  Mrs.  C.  S.  Sargent,  which 
has    always    been    considered    one    of 
the    hardiest    of   all    the    Catawliiense 
hybrids,    has   been   so   injured    that   it 
will  have   to   be   removed.     Uhododen- 
dron    azaleoiden.    or   fraijrans,.    one   of 
the  hybrids  between   a  Rhododendron 
and  an  Azalea,  has  also  been  killed. 

— Arnold  A  rhoretum  Bulletin. 


June  1.  1918 


H  0  R  T  I  C  U  L  T  U  E  E 


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THE    GARDENER'S    PLACE 

Editor   HdKTUTLTrRE: 

RefeVring  to  an  article  in  Hortuul- 

TriiE.  April  27,  1918,  entitled  The 
Gardener's  Place,  I  wish  to  make  a 
lew  remarks  to  the  question  raised. 
I  will  start  out  by  referring  back  to 
my  early  days  in  America,  when  I 
arrived  in  New  York  on  April  14, 
1880,  from  the  Island  of  Saints  and 
Scholars.  My  age  at  the  time  was  27 
years,  and  with  an  intense  love  of 
landscape  and  flowers  but  not  having 
had  a  good  opportunity  in  my  native 
home  to  get  a  practical  insight  to  the 
cultivation  of  many  of  the  improved 
varieties  of  flowers,  shrubs,  etc.,  ex- 
cept in  our  kitchen  garden  of  about 
one-half  acre  where  I  had  built  in  the 
corner  a  wild  flower  garden  about  20 
feet  square  laid  off  very  artistically 
and  planted  with  such  wild  flowers  as 
the  primrose,  cowslip,  crowfoot,  wall: 
flower,  phlox,  .Johnny-jump-up,  violets, 
etc.  For  shrubs  and  vines  I  used  only 
the  woodbine  and  lilac  which  I  had  ar- 
ranged in  one  corner  so  as  to  form  a 
very  cosy  spot  for  me  and  my  chums 
to  read,  play  and  enjoy  ourselves  in 
during  our  leisure  hours.  And  could 
we  grow  things  in  this  country  as  I 
have  grown  in  dear  old  Ireland  and 
be  able  to  retain  all  the  sweet  and 
delicate  fragrance,  what  a  charm  it 
would  be  in  any  collection  of  hardy 
shrubs.  Well,  I  am  getting  away  from 
m>'  subject  and  will  retrace  my  steps 
to  my  first  experience  in  this  glorious 
country  of  ours.  I  say  ours,  because 
the  first  thing  I  did  after  landing  was 
to  take  out  my  first  papers  so  as  to 
lose  no  time  in  becoming  a  full-fledged 
citizen  of  America,  which  I  became  the 
third  year  after  landing.  I  have  al- 
ways felt  proud  of  the  step  taken,  and 
now  at  my  sixty-fifth  year  am  proud 
to  say  that  I  am  in  position  to  give  to 
my  adopted  country  both  in  money 
and  manhood  the  means  at  my  com- 
mand to  help  Uncle  Sam  in  this  day 
of  trial  and  test.  While  my  history 
as  a  gardener  is  by  no  means  elabor- 
ate, as  I  have  had  only  two  jobs  in 
my  thirty-eight  years  in  America,  the 
first  three  years  as  a  private  gardener 
in  Philadelrhia  and  for  the  past  thirty- 
five  years  as  landscape  gardener  to 
the  Norfolk  &  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany with  my  headquarters  at  Roan- 
oke City,  Va.,  I  have  not  allowed  my- 
self to  get  isolated  from  the  affairs  of 
men  of  my  kind  as  I  always  subscribe 
for  good  works  on  matters  pertaining 
to  gardening  in  all  its  branches.  But 
what  got  closer  to  me  than  anything 
that  has  happened  during  my  thirty- 
eight  years  as  gardener  in  .America 
was  before  I  left  Philadelphia.  I 
wrote  to  a  friend  in  Boston,  Mass., 
making  inquiry  as  regards  the  pros- 
pects of  getting  a  job  there,  and  his 
answer  was  this:  "Don't  come  to  Bos- 
ton to  work  as  gardener  as  no  one 
works  at  that  business  here  except 
negroes  and  the  commonest  kind  of 
white  folks."  You  can  imagine  how 
1  felt  at  the  insult.  The  result  was  1 
never  wrote  or  called  on  my  friend 
though  1  have  been  in  Boston  several 
times  since,  but  I  found  out  that  he 
>vas  not  the  only  one  in  those  days 
who  tried  to  besmirch  a  class  of  men 
whose  veracity  and  principle  have  al- 
ways been  the  equal  if  not  the  super- 
ior  of    men    of    any    other    profession. 


Meetings  Next  Week 


Monday,  June  3. 

Bt^rnarilsvilU'  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, Horticulturiil  Hall,  Bernards- 
Tille,  N.  J. 

Elberon  Horticultural  Society,  Fire 
Hall.  Elberou,  N".  .1. 

Houston  Florists'  Club.  Chamber 
of  Commerce  Kooms,   Houston,   Tex. 

Montreal  Gardeners'  and  Florists' 
Club,  Montreal,  Canada. 

New  Bedford  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Florists'  Club  of  Washington, 
Wasliin^tou,   1>.  (\ 

Tuesday,  June  4. 

Florists'  and  Garilener.s'  Clul>  of 
Holyoke  and  Northampton.  ^lass. 

Lake  Geneva  Gardeners'  and  P^ore- 
men's  Association,  Horticultural 
Hall,   Lake  Geneva,  Wis. 

Los  Angeles  County  Horticultural 
Society,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Paterson  Floricultural  Society,  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  Bldg.,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

Florists'  Club  of  Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia.  Pa. 

Pittsburgh  Florists'  and  Garden- 
ers' Club.  Fort  Pitt  Hotel,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

Wednesday,  June  5. 

Tu.xetio  Iliirtiiultnr.il  Society, 
Tuxedo   Park,   .\.    V. 

Thursday,    June    6. 

Alliany  Florists'  Club,  Albanv, 
N.  Y. 

Reading  (Pa.)  Florists'  Associa- 
tion.  Reading,  Pa. 

Southampton  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, Odd  Fellows  Hall,  Southamp- 
ton, N.  Y. 

Friday,  June  7. 

North  Sliore  Horticultural  Society, 
Manchester,  ^lass. 

North  Shore  Horticultural  Society, 
Lake  Forest,  HI. 

Pasadena  Horticultural  Society, 
Pasadena.  Cal. 

People's  Park  Cottage  Gardeners' 
Association,   Paterson,   N.   ,T. 

Yonkers  Horticultural  Society, 
Yonkers.  N.  Y. 

Saturday,  June  8. 
Pacific  Coast  Horticultural  Societ.v. 


and  why  should  it  not  be  so?  No 
class  of  men  are  thrown  in  as  close 
touch  with  the  better  and  more  re- 
fined element  of  people  in  this  or  any- 
other  country  as  are  the  gardeners,  so 
I  would  say  in  reply  to  the  question 
raised  in  HoKTicii.TrKK  that  the  gard- 
ener's place,  either  in  business  or  in 
the  every-day  walks  of  life,  is  among 
the  most  refined  and  Christian  people 
in  the  community  in  which  he  resides, 
and  I  thank  God  that  I  have  lived  to 
see  the  day  when  our  profession  hp'i 
so  proven  its  value  to  society  that  any 
of  the  heretofore  refiections  against 
our  calling  have  been  entirely  elimi- 
nated from  the  category  of  our  here- 
tofore most  severe  critics.  So  our 
standing  today,  brought  about  first 
through  our  own  industry  and  fair 
dealings,  and  secondly  through  well 
organized  societies  and  our  many  well 
edited  trade  journals  is  the  envy  of 
most  all  other  professions  and  I  hope 
same  will  continue  and  improve  as 
the  years  roll  by. 

P.^TRICK    FoY. 

Roanoke.  Va. 


TORONTO  HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY 

Tbere  was  a  long  and  animated  dis- 
cussion at  the  meeting  of  the  Toronto 
Horticultural  Society,  May  22,  on  the 
question  of  a  national  flower.  A  reso- 
lution was  passed  unanimously,  pro- 
testing against  the  creation  of  any 
national  emblem  that  would  tend  to 
displace  the  maple  leaf,  but  it  was 
suggested  that  a  flower  might  be 
chosen  that  would  be  suitable  for 
planting  on  the  soldiers'  graves  in 
Prance.  It  was  pointed  out  that  a  rep- 
resentative committee  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Toronto  in  March  had  passed  a 
similar  resolution  with  regard  to  the 
maple  leaf.  A  special  committee  of  the 
Horticultural  Society  had  discussed 
whether  a  national  flower  could  be 
secured,  or  whether  Provincial  flowers 
were  practicable,  and  the  idea  of  a 
Hero's  Flower"  had  appealed  most  to 
them.  Replying  to  a  suggestion  in  favor 
of  the  trillium.  Dr.  Shuttleworth  de- 
clared that  the  trillium  would  not 
grow  in  France,  and  the  columbine, 
he  said,  also  was  too  frail. 


AMERICAN    DAHLIA    SOCIETY 
Last  Call  for  Special   Prizes 

As  the  executive  committee  of  the 
A.  D.  S.  is  now  engaged  in  preparing 
the  special  premium  lists  for  both  the 
New  York  and  Boston  Dahlia  exhibi- 
tions to  be  held  in  September,  it  is  re- 
quested that  friends  of  the  society  who 
intend  to  offer  prizes  for  either  of 
these  shows  notify  the  secretary  at 
once,  in  order  that  jiroper  classes  may 
be  arranged. 

To  date  the  prize  lists  promise  to 
equal  those  of  previous  seasons,  but 
it  is  confidently  hoped  that  a  greater 
variety  of  exhibits  will  be  attracted 
by  a  larger  premium  list.  Offers  of 
prizes  are  therefore  in  ited. 

J.  R.  Lewis. 
Secretary. 

73'i    Riverside    Drive,    New    York. 


AMERICAN     GLADIOLUS     SOCIETY 

Buffalo  has  been  selected  for  the 
annual  convention  and  exhibition  of 
the  American  Gladiolus  Society  which 
has  broken  away  from  the  Society  of 
-American  Florists  which  this  year  is 
to  meet  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  The  dates 
selected  for  the  Buffalo  convention  are 
August  10  to  20  inclusive.  Sessions 
and  exhibition  will  be  held  here  in 
Elmwood   :Music  Hall. 


The  Chatham,  Ont.,  Horticultural 
Society  membership  has  increased 
from  208  to  5ii0  during  the  past  three 
years  and  the  government  grant  has 
increased  from  $125  to  $800  during  the 
same  time. 


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HORTICULTURE 


June  1.  l^IS 


SOCIETY     OF    AMERICAN     FLORISTS 

AND 

ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURISTS 


The  secretnry.  diiriiiB  ihe  week  just 
oloi-ed,  made  a  short  trip  into  Eastern 
territory  and  found  tlie  floriscs  every- 
where enthusiastic  over  the  Publicity 
Ci<iiipaign.  While  liberal  contributions 
had  already  been  made  from  the  sec- 
tions covered,  several  additional  sub- 
scriptions were  obtained,  and  as  an 
endorsement  of  the  work  of  the  So- 
ciety twenty-five  additions  were  made 
to  the  membership  roll. 

A  great  deal  of  newspaper  publicity 
was  obtained  for  flowers  in  connection 
with  the  Italy-America  Flower  Day, 
May  24th.  and  reports  so  far  received 
are  to  the  effect  that  a  large  amount 
of  business  resulted  for  this  day. 

The  Campaign  Fund  is  still  a  long 
way  from  the  point  where  it  was 
hoped  it  would  be  by  this  time.  While 
many  staunch  supporters  of  our  pro- 
ject have  given  liberally,  the  amount 
of  the  fund  as  it  stands  today  repre- 
sents but  a  small  percentage  of  .vhat 
the  trade  can  and  ought  to  contribute. 

The  giving  to  the  fund  need  not 
"hurt."  The  money  will  come  back 
multiplied  many  times,  without  the 
shadow  of  a  doubt.  It  is  not  a  gamble; 
on  the  contrary,  it  is  good  business 
enterprise.     It  is  :n:      iL'anized  effort 


The  Publicity  Campaign 

and  it  is  meeting  with  great  suc- 
cess to  keep  flowers  In  the  public  mind 
as  essential  for  home  use,  and  for 
gifts  which  are  to  carry  a  sentiment. 
Surely,  when  just  now  there  is  so 
much  propaganda  In  evidence  tending 
to  turn  the  public  mind  from  the  use 
of  flowers  this  campaign  is  an  absolute 
necessity.  Were  flowers  generally  ta- 
booed in  these  wartimes,  what  would 
become  of  the  florist  trade?  For  self 
preservation,  if  for  nothing  else,  it  be- 
hooves every  florist  to  contribute  when 
he  can  to  a  fund  which  is  providing  a 
defence  against  propaganda  designed 
to  cause  the  elimination  of  flowers 
from  home  life.  Give  to  this  fund  so 
that  the  efforts  of  the  committee  may 
be  continued  indefinitely.  If  you  can- 
not give  $10.  give  $5.  If  you  have 
already  given,  just  look  around  you. 
and  think  what  might  have  been  had 
not  this  defence  been  launched,  then 
give  again.  Don't  expect  the  one  shot 
to  help  you  over  the  top,  and  don't  let 
the  other  fellow  say  that  his  ammu- 
nition has  been  your  protection.  Do 
your  bit  and  take  comfort  for  having 
done  it.  What  is  $.50,000  to  an  indus- 
try such  as  the  florist's?  And  that  is 
the  amount  aimed  for  to  carry  on  this 


year's  service.  The  fund  for  the  year 
is  still  only  In  i)art  subscribed.  Just 
a  little  thought,  just  a  Utile  realiza- 
tion of  the  nitessity  for  publicity,  and 
just  a  little  dip  into  your  pocket,  Mr. 
Nonscrlber.  and  the  required  amount 
will  be  reached.  Vou  will  be  glad  that 
you  have  done  your  part,  glad  that  you 
have  had  the  opportunity  to  do  It. 
next  year  you  will  be  glad  to  do  more. 
The  following  additional  subscrip- 
tions to  the  fund  have  been  recorded: 


Animnlly  for  r'nur  Yi'iim:  nuatav  A. 
I'olil.  Mllwaukep,  Wis..  $r,:  Eilw.  Van  Rcath, 
.fr..  Hiimlltdii.  M(I..  *1;  HoehrliiKor  Bro»., 
Bay  Cltv,  Mlcb..$2r>;  (!i>o.  Vatti-r.  Marlnettf, 
Wis.,  fSi;  Mrs.  I/.  I'.  Fowler.  WllmlnKton, 
N.  C,  »,■?;  NowcU's,  Hniilton,  .Mc.  »:(:  Stcl- 
ziRs'  Floral  Store,  Bellefontnlne.  Ohio,  $5; 
r.oiiia  Kirch.  LonlKvllle.  Ky..  fTi:  H.  N 
Lewis.  Lour  Beach.  Cat.,  $2;  Huko  H.  Jahn, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y..  $10;  Butte  Floral  Co., 
Butte.  Mont..  J25:  State  Nursery  Seed  Co., 
Helena,  Mont..  $2,'>;  Hanson  Floral  Co.. 
Butte.  Mont..  V>:  F.d.  Williams.  Granil 
Island.  Neb.,  *10:  Mrs.  R.  i;.  I)arl)ee.  San 
Francisco.  Cal.,  fir,;  H.  F.  LIttlenelrl,  Wor- 
cester. Mass..  J2'i:  Geo.  B.  Whitehead, 
(ireen-s  Farms.  Cejun..  $10;  Kd.  Pehl.  Hurt- 
ford,  Conn..  $7.50;  Foster  &  Foster,  West 
I'nlni    Beach.   Fla.,  $5. 

For  One  Year:  Ludwic  Floral  Co.,  X.  S. 
I'ltfsliurEh.  Pa..  $25;  Wm.  Geenoo,  Klm- 
herley.  Wis..  $10. 

Total.  $2,'?6..T0.  Previously  reportetl  from 
all  sources,  $34,530.2.'>.  Grand  total, 
$.■(4,760.75. 


EARLY    PEONIES. 

Found  at  last — a  very  early  red 
peony.  Nurserymen  have  had  trouble 
for  many  .years  in  getting  peonies 
early  enough  for  Decoration  Day. 
Generally,  there  will  be  a  few  scatter- 
ing ones  on  that  day  and  thousands 
two  days  after.  We  must  have  pecnies 
That  will  bl- om  on  time.  A  clear, 
dee|),  beautiful  red  has  always  been 
in  demand.  For  three  years  we  have 
watched  Brand's  Richard  Carvel. 
They  fill  the  bill — blooming  with  us 
from  the  ISth  of  May  to  the  21st. 
I'nderstand  these  peonies  were  plant- 
ed last  fall  and  passed  through  one  of 
the  severest  winters  known — which 
was  very  dry  and  very  cold.  The 
flower  is  exceedingly  fragrant  and  a 
most   delicate  deep   nd — a  beauty. 

Mr.  Brand  claims  a  very  beautiful 
pink  called  Doctor  Berry  which  he  has 
never  been  able  to  show  at  the  sum- 
mer meetings  because  they  bloom  and 
are  gone  before  that  time.  So  we  h^ve 
now  what  the  North  has  long  been 
searching  for— peonies  of  beauty  and 
fragrance   for   Decoration  Day. 


AIVIERICAN  LILACS. 

"About  ten  years  ago  seeds  were 
sowed  by  John  Dunbar  from  first-class 
parent  lilacs  growing  in  Highland 
Park.  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Several 
hundred  were  raised.  From  this 
batch  under  observation  during 
the  past  two  or  three  years  nim- 
good  varieties  were  obtained.  Six 
of  these  were  named  two  years  since 
as  follows:  President  Lincoln,  single 
blue  in  color;  A.  B.  Lamberton.  in- 
clined occasionally  to  a  serai-double, 
violet  lavender;  Adelaide  Dunbar, 
semi-double,  deep  crimson  in  bud;  W. 
C.  Barry,  single,  pearly  lavender,  and 
General  Grant  and  General  Sherman, 
both  of  these  single,  with  varying 
shades  of  porcelain  lavender. 

"Three  more  were  named  last  week 
as  follows:  General  Pershing,  semi- 
double,  large  clusters,  star-shaped 
blossoms,  porcelain  lavender  in  color; 
General  Sheridan,  semi-double,  white, 
erect  clusters:  General  Haig,  large 
clusters,  single,  pearly  mauve." 


Your   Wears  editorial   is  fine.     Great 
Stuff!  M, 

Ohio. 


Newport,  Vt. — The  florist  business, 
including  land  and  buildings,  of  H.  J. 
Ball  has  been  sold  to  T.  C.  Camp.  Mr. 
Ball  has  conducted  a  successful  florist 
business  for  many  years,  and  he  to 
getlier  with  the  same  force,  will  con- 
tinue with  Mr.  Camp  for  some  time  to 
come. 


C.  S.  HARRISON  LOSES  HIS  SIGHT. 
We  learn  with  sorrow  and  sympathy 
that  our  dear  old  friend  and  corres- 
pondent, Rev.  C.  S.  Harrison,  of  York. 
.Veb.,  has  now  become  hopelessly 
l)lind.  The  surgical  part  of  removing 
a  cataract  was  highly  successful,  but 
owing  to  the  carelessness  of  the  nurse 
the  eyeball  was  ruptured  and  there  is 
now  no  hope.  So  Mr.  Harrison  not 
only  loses  his  sight  but  must  endure 
the  pain  of  a  dying  eye.  He  will  now 
turn  has  business  over  to  his  sons,  the 
"Harrison  Nursery  Co."  He  hopes 
soon  to  publish  the  4th  Edition  of  the 
"Peony  Manual."  His  "Gospel  of 
Beauty"  which  was  completed  shortly 
before  his  blindness,  contains  a  pic- 
ture of  the  author  and  a  brief  sketch 
of  his  life.  This  little  volume  has 
received  high  commendation  from 
many  sources.  No  doubt  some  of  our 
readers  may  wish  to  procure  a  copy. 
It  sells  for  :>0  cents  in  paper  covers 
and  $1.00  cloth  bound  and  Hortt- 
crr.rrHE  will  be  pleased  to  supply 
same  to  any  who  would  like  to  possess 
this  delightfully  characteristic  souve- 
nir of  a  devoted  and  eloquent  apostle 
of  beauty  in  trees  and  flowers. 


Congratulations  on  your  excellent 
editorial  about  "essential  'non-essen- 
tials'."    It  is  real  Americanism.       C. 

New  York. 


June  1.  191S 


HORTICULTURE 


535 


If  the  florists  of  the  entire  nation 
had  carried  out  a  program  of  publicity 
in  each  city  as  the  Lancaster  County 
Florists'  Association  did  on  May  2"i 
for  the  benefit  of  the  second  Red  Cross 
War  Fund,  a  lot  of  the  talk  about 
flowers  being  non-essential  would  die. 

Mrs.  Albert  M.  Herr  conceived,  and 
with  the  cooperation  of  the  associa- 
tion, carried  to  execution  the  sale  of 
donated  flowers  at  various  booths, 
placed  at  vantage  points  on  the 
streets;  the  success  being  so  great 
that  our  most  sanguine  expectations 
were  exceeded.  The  booths  were  dec- 
orated with  Red  Cross  posters,  and 
conspicuously  displayed  was  the  slo- 
gan, "Say  It  With  Flowers.!'  The 
amount  of  cash  realized  was  over  $700 
— which  would  have  been  much  larger 
had  our  supply  of  flowers  been  ade- 
quate. Long  before  the  demand  was 
satisfied  the  stock  was  exhausted,  and 
repeated  calls  to  headquarters  had  to 
be  turned  down. 

This  puts  our  industry — as  far  as 
Lancaster  is  concerned — squarely  be- 
fore the  city  authorities  and  officials 
conducting  this  great  campaign  of 
mercy,  as  no  other  method  of  advertis- 
ing could  do.  Had  each  city  in  the 
United  States  carried  to  so  successful 
an  end  a  similar  campaign,  the  flow- 
er industry  would  be  so  thoroughly  in 
the  limelight  that  the  S.  A.  F.  com- 
mittee could  undoubtedly  have  the  re- 
cently issued  fuel  order  greatly  modi- 
fied at  the  conference  of  the  27th  inst. 

There  were  other  methods  of  raising 
money  galore,  though  most  of  it  was 
begging,  pure  and  simple,  while  the 
Red  Cross  girls  at  our  booths  received 
5c.  for  a  daisy  or  two  sweet  peas,  lOc 
to  25c.  for  a  carnation,  and  25c.  and  up 
for  roses. 

We  did  not  notice  any  competition 
on  the  streets  by  other  so  called  non- 
essentials, such  as  the  confectioners 
offering  to  pin  a  bon  bon  on  a  man's 
coat,  or  the  saloons  offering  to  deco- 
rate him  with  a  glass  of  beer,  though 
the  effects  of  the  latter  decorations 
were  evident  in  the  crowds  However 
these  and  other  industries  were  doing 
a  fine  business,  though  the  Red  Cross 
did  not  receive  all  the  proceeds.  The 
retail     florists'     trade     suffered  some- 


What  Is  That  Plant? 

A  difficult  queatlon  to  aniwer  nsuallj 
unless  flowers  are  present,  because  the 
ordinary  Manuals  make  use  of  flower 
and  fruit  characters.  It  maj  be 
answered  easily  for  over  1000  trees  and 
shrubs.  Including  those  most  commonly 
planted  In  the  eastern  States  and  In 
northern  Europe,  from  follagp  only,  by 
aid  of  the  200-paBe  book.  "Plant  Ma- 
terials of  Decorative  Gardening,"  by 
William  Trelease,  convenient  for  band- 
\\Dg  and  of  a  size  to  fit  the  pocket, 
which  may  be  had  of  the  HORTICUL- 
TURE PUBLISHING  CO,,  for  »1.00— 
postpaid. 


Red   Cross   Parade   Float  by   Penn   the   Florist 


what.  This  was  inevitable  and  was 
borne  cheerfully,  as  what  business 
they  lost  was  in  a  manner  their  con- 
tribution to  the  Red  Cross. 

I  would  not  wish  to  suggest  that 
florists  should  not  give  cash  to  these 
campaigns,  as  we  should  give  as  much 
as  it  is  possible  for  us  to  afford:  but 
in  addition  to  cash,  any  florist  body 
whose  members  would  each  give  a 
few  hundred  or  thousand  carnations, 
sweet  peas,  roses,  or  any  small  flower 
that  will  serve  as  a  bottonniere,  would 
be  giving  in  a  way  that  his  dollars 
would  be  multiplied  ten.  or  even  an 
hundred-fold.  Nor  should  giving  the 
flowers  be  the  end  of  your  efforts. 
That  is  only  the  beginning.  An  effi- 
cient organization,  willing  and  eager 
salesgirls,  runners  to  keep  the  supply 
equalized  on  the  various  booths,  a 
study  for  the  proper  location  for  the 
booths,  and  the  proper  flowers  for  the 
different  sections,  etc.  This  we  found 
very  important,  as  certain  flowers  as 
peonies,  iris,  etc..  could  not  be  sold  in 
some  sections  nearly  as  well  as  in  oth- 
ers. This  manner  of  campaign,  nation- 
wide, would  command  the  attention  of 
all  the  big  men  and  women  of  the  en- 
tire country,  and  would — I  firmly  be- 
lieve— put  our  industry  on  a  basis  of 
necessity  and  value  as  no  other  action 
or  advertising  could  do. 

If  Lancaster  with  50.000  inhabitants 
could  raise  $1000  in  this  manner — and 
we  would  have  gone  over  this  had 
there  been  more  stock  on  hand — the 
amount  that  could  be  raised  through- 
out the  entire  country  would  be  hun- 
dreds of  thousands  of  dollars.  Such 
an  amount  of  money  being  raised  by 
the  unselfish  efforts  of  this  industry 
would  likely  bring  new  business  to  the 
florists.  Many  workers  for  the  same 
cause  would  see  the  value  of  flowers, 
others  their  beauty,  and  still  others 
would  buy  flowers  in  a  spirit  of  reci- 


procity  for    our    unselfish    efforts    in 
helping  a  great  cause. 

And  as  a  result  it  is  improbable  that 
the  fuel  administration  in  the  future 
will  ask  us  to  cut  our  business  in  two. 
or  greatly  restrict  it  to  conform  to  the 
present  ruling. 

We  would  be  demonstrating  the 
value  of  our  profession  to  the  Nation 
in  a  manner  that  few,  or  no  other  In- 
dustries could  do. 

EliMER  J.  Weaver. 

Ronks,  Pa. 


THE      THINGS      THAT      MAKE      A 

SOLDIER    GREAT. 

By  Edgar  A.  Guest,  from  "Over  Here." 
(The  Reilly  &  Britton  Company.) 

The  things  that  make  a  soldier  great  and 
send  him  out  to  die. 

To  face  the  flaming  cannon's  mouth,  nor 
ever  question  why. 

Are  lilacs  by  a  little  porch,  the  row  of 
tulips  red. 

The  peonies  and  pansies,  too,  the  old  pe- 
tunia bed. 

The  grass  plot  where  his  children  play,  the 
roses  on  the  wall: 

Tis  these  that  make  a  soldier  great.  He's 
lighting  for  them  all. 

What    is    It   through    the   battle    smoke   the 

valient  soldier  sees? 
Tin*   little   garden   far   away,    the   budding 

apple  trees. 
The  little  patch   of  ground   back  there,  the- 

children  at  their  play. 
Perhaps   a   tiny   mound   behind   the   simple 

<'hurch  of  gray. 
The   golden    thread    of  courage  isn't  linked 

to   castle  dome 
Hut  to  the  spot,  where'er  It  be — the  humble- 

.spot  called   "home." 

And  now  the  lilacs  bud  again  and  all  Is 
lovely  there, 

.•\nd  homesick  soldiers  far  away  know- 
spring  is  in  the  air; 

The  tulips  come  to  bloom  again,  the  grass 
once  more  Is  green, 

.\nd  every  man  can  see  the  spot  where  all 
his  joys  have  been. 

lie  sees  his  chililren  smile  at  him,  he  hears 
the  bugle  call. 

And  only  deaili  can  stop  him  now— he's 
lighting  f"r  them  all. 


■,-M 


II  (» I!  T I  c  r  i/r  r  n 


Juilu    I.    1!»1S 


4MBR11:a>  SKEl)  IKAPK  ASSOCIATION 


oawr.— Ir-.l.lrnt.  K  W.  llol«l»M. 
«..h.=,ton  I..  «  ;  Klr.l  Vl««^>'r«ldl«». 
Wbi    U   Hr.rl.lt,    Itolllmorr.   "*•,;  "rT;* 

phka,     r«  ;     Hrcrri.r7-Trf«»»r»r,    V.    m. 
Ktadrl.   lln»Unii,  O. 

Wholesale    Seedsmen's    League. 

A  meellnp  of  the  Uoar.l  of  Directors 

of    the    Wholewile    Stcdinen  s    League 

was  heUI  at  the  Hur.hvi.re  Club  In  New 

York    nty    on    Thurs.lay.    May     16th. 

1918 

Tlie  present  values  of  the  very  short 
suDplv  of  ear.len  seeds  remaln'ns'  oi. 
hand  for  summer  and  early  uiinnM. 
sales,  and  the  limited  supply  which 
"certainlv  will  be  obtained  from  the 
harvest"  of  the  approaching  autumn 
were  discussed,  the  consensus  of  opin- 
ion beinK  that  the  sui.ply  of  certain 
seeds  is  exceedingly  insufficient,  parlic- 
ularlv  of  turnip,  rutabaga  and  kale. 
due  to  winter  injury,  and  also  to  in 
difference  on  the  part  of  the  seed 
farmers  in  many  sections,  because  o 
hlKher  prices  obtained  by  them  for  i.11 
other  agricultural  products  and  the 
scarcity"  and  inefficiency  of  labor  in 
most  districts. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted. 

••In  vli'w  of  tlK-  alm...st  <-..mplcte  col'npse 
of  G..r<len  See.l  pro.ln.  li..i.  '"J\Jf'"P\-^l\ 
Impeiuling  short  crops  "f  >"»">■  ,',"'  states 
cnrdi-n  Swds  criiwii  n  the  United  htaies, 
,u.I       e  unert,.ln  costs  of  a   large  portion 

f  sain,-  tlio  directors  deem  it  unwise  to 
Kive  any  expression  as  to  values  until  after 
Trops  are  harvested." 

Canary    Island   Onionlseed   Crop 

Outlook. 

(CusulGeorseK.  Stiles,  Teneriire,  .\pr.  12) 

At  this  time,  approximately  three 
months  before  the  commencement  of 
export  to  the  United  Slates  of  the  1918 
Canarv  Island  onionseed  crop,  the  out- 
look is  for  a  yield  approximately  la 
per  cent,  above  the  average  and  prob- 
ably little,  if  any.  below  the  record  pro- 
duction  of  last  year.  The  plants,  while 
damaged  to  a  certain  extent  by  severe 
wind  storms  early  in  April,  have 
nevertheless  profited  greatly  by  the 
timelv  rain  which  has  fallen  during 
the  first  half  of  this  month.  The  out- 
look is  now  said  to  be  excellent,  both 
for  the  white  or  "crystal  wax"  variety 
and  for  the  yellow  and  red  grades,  all 
of  which  are  exported  to  some  extent 
to  the  United  States. 

Up  until  the  last  few  days  the  ship- 
ping crisis,  caused  by  the  practical 
tie-up  of  Spanish  steamers  for  Cuban 
and  American  ports,  appeared  to 
threaten  the  delivery  of  the  onion  seed, 
which  constitutes  at  this  time  90  per 
cent  of  the  Canary  Islands'  exports  to 
the  United  States.  While  these  steam- 
ers have  now  ai)parently  resumed 
their  usual  routing,  there  is  still  a 
certain  element  of  doubt  concerning 
the  continuance  of  this  service;  and  it 
might  not  be  out  of  place  for  Ameri- 
can buyers  to  decline  to  make  payment 
for  this  class  of  merchandise  until 
the  actual  arrival  of  the  goods  them- 
selves, and  not  to  make  payment 
simply  on  arrival  of  bills  of  lading, 
as  has  very  lart^ely  lieen  the  practice 
heretofore.     This   suggestion    is    made 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varictiet 

ITkorou^Iy    tested    at    our    trial    {(roundii,    Raiyn«s 
Park«  Lxtndon,  En^and.     Send  for  CAtalo0ue 

CARTERS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc.,  c»i..i.B(<i«  ,b..i.^  m^ 


WEEBER&DON 


114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
NEW    YORK 


J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Grower*  and  St<d  Dittriku- 
tor»  for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To   Market   Gardrom  and    Finrlatt 
Pratt  and  Light  S»...  BALTIMORE.  MD. 


because  of  the  unprecedented  shipping 
conditions  under  which  the  trade  must 
be  conducted  this  season. 


Prickly  Seeded  Spinach 
"Prickly  seeded  spinach,  an  old 
favorite  type  that  is  coming  back  on 
the  market  this  year,  because  seed  of 
the  common  spinach — Savoy  leaf — is 
scarce,  has  just  as  much  food  value 
and  as  good  a  flavor  as  the  smooth- 
leaf  Savoy  which  you  are  more  accus- 
tomed to  buying.     Don't  snub  it." 

Specialists  of  the  United  States  De- 
partment of  Agriculture  make  the 
above  explanation,  because  they  fear 
a  loss  to  growers  may  result  from  the 
belief  of  many  consumers  and  dealers 
that  the  prickly  seeded  type,  whicli 
somewhat  resembles  dandelion  in  ap 
pearance,  is  a  new  spinach,  differing 
in  food  value.  The  Savoy  is  now 
almost  the  only  type  grown  commer- 
ciallv.  but  it  is  explained  that  only  a 
few  "  years  ago  the  prickly  seeded 
spinach  was  the  most  popular  kuvl 
produced  for  winter  use. 

Seed  to  Farmers  at  "Cost." 
Stimulating  the  production  of  foods. 
feedstuffs.  and  live  stock,  promoting 
the  fuller  conservation  of  farm  prod- 
ucts generally,  are  the  objects  of  the 
bill  reported  to  the  House  May  6  by 
the  Committee  on  Agriculture.  The 
new  act  carries  an  appropriation  of 
$11,712,283,  and,  in  addition,  makes 
avaUable  as  a  revolving  fund  during 
the  period  of  the  war  the  $2..500.oftn 
appropriated  by  the  food  production 
act  for  thfe  purchase  and  sale  of  seed 
to  farmers  for  cash  at  cost,  as  well 
as  the  $4,00n,000  for  the  same  purpose 
appropriated  by  the  urgent  deficiency 
act  of  1918. 


The  Seed  Reporting  Service  of  the 
U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  gives 
the  following  summary  of  the  corn 
situation   to  date: 


We  Make'a  Specialty  in 

GRASS  MIXTURES 

I  ..I 

The  Lawn,  Shady  Spots  or  Under 
TreeH,  the  South,  the  Seachorc,  the 
'I'errare  and  Kestorlng  Old  I.awnn. 
I'olo  (ionmds.  Tennis  CourlM.  I'ut- 
thiE  Greens,  Fair  Greens,  Meadows 
and  I'astures. 
All    of  tbo   Finest    Rocleaned    Seeds. 

J.  M.THORBURN&CO. 

Ealabllihed    ISOt. 
53  Barclay  Street.      NEW   YORK 


GARDEN  SEED 

IlKKT.  fARROT.  PARSNIP.  RADISH  »n4 
GARDEN  I'KA  WKBD  In  Tsrlety:  slss  otksr 
items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  put  sfnioa 
ss  wpll  ss  s  full  llDs  of  GsrilsD  i—Ai,  wUl 
be  QUOtsd    you   upon   sppllrstlon   to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

S2  Per  St..  NEW  YORK  and  ORANCE.CONN 

"While  the  planting  season  of  corn 
generally  is  well  advanced,  miny  sec- 
tions report  delayed  planting  due  to 
weather  conditions.  This  ia  not  true 
so  much  in  regard  to  location  or  sec- 
tions as  it  is  to  the  character  of  soil. 
On  low.  flat  and  heavy  land  planting 
has  been  delayed  considerably,  an  I  a 
summary  of  reports  from  Illinois 
would  indicate  that  a  very  large  pf:' 
cent,  of  the  crop  is  yet   to  be  planted 

"Michigan  has  planted  little  corn 
yet.  Some  sections  of  northern  Illi- 
nois, Indiana  and  Ohio  report  that  the 
corn  is  nearly  all  planted,  while  other 
sections,  even  tar  south  of  these 
points,  report  they  are  just  starting 
to  plant,  or  planting  has  been  consid- 
erably delayed.  Many  sections  report 
corn  coming  up  well  and  not  much 
replanting  necessary,  while  some  say 
that  corn  is  very  poor  stand,  and  oth- 
ers, that  heavy  replanting  has  been 
necessary.  Demands  for  seed  corn 
latelv  have  not  been  as  heavy,  but  it 
is  feared  that  these  demands  will  be 
heavier  as  the  season  advances  an.i 
more  of  the  crop  is  planted. 

'•In  sections  where  care  has  oeen 
usetl  in  testing  the  corn,  reports  are 
excellent.  Where  this  care  has  not 
been  exercised,  reports  are  that  much 
replanting  will  be  necessary.  In  one 
Illinois  county  where  fifty-four  samples 
were  obtained  from  planters  in  the 
field  and  this  corn  tested,  twenty  five 
of  them  showed  moderate  to  poor 
germination.  The  average  of  the  en- 
tire lot  out  of  a  hundred  grains  of  each 
planted  showed— 64  strong.  15  weak 
and   21   grains  dead." 

It  is  further  stated  that  no  "field- 
run"  corn  germinating  over  80  per 
cent,  has  been  reported  from  the  dis- 
trict of  North  and  South  Dakota. 
Minnesota  and   Wisconsin. 

W  \tlee  Burpee.  .Jr..  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  W.  Atlee  Burpee  Com- 
pany, has  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
Naval   Reserves. 


June  J,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


537 


MICHELUS 

cTpFlower  Seeds 

ASr.VRAGlS    PLCMOSli.S    NANUS 

Northern    Greenhouse-grown    Seed 

1000    seeds.  ..$  3.50   |    1(1.1)0(1    seeds.. SSO.Oll 

-mm    seeds...   15.50   |    "S.OOO    seeds..    7;..-.0 

.\SI>ARA<il  S    ,srKF.N(iKKI 

1000    seeds $0.".)    I    10,(10(1    seeds.. S  5.50 

5000    seeds 3.00    |    'S.OdO    seeds..    1  >.-.(! 

CINERARIA        y-tr.     Tr. 
pkt.    iikl. 

(irnndillora    I'ri/e.    Dwarf S0.(H1  S  1.0(1 

(.randiHi>ra    .Med.    Tall 00     1.00 

I'Kl.Ml  l.A    ('HINENSI8 

i;;»r.      Tr. 
Iikt.     pkl. 

.\II.B     MasnUiea S0.«0  *l.(l(l 

(hiswUk     Red (id      I.OO 

Diuliess     «(1      1.00 

Ilolbiirn     Blue <iO      1.00 

Kerniesina    Splendens 60      1.00 

Rosy   Morn    BO      I.OO 

I'rize   Mixture    liO      I.OO 

I'RIMl  I,.V     OBCOXICA    GIGANTE.V 

Eilaoiiiu.      Ulac    .$0.50 

Kemlesina.      Crimson    5(1 

Rosea.      Pink    .50 

.*lba.      White    50 

H.vbrida  Mixed 50 

.Vlso  all  other  Seasonable  Seeds,  Bulbs 
and    Supplies 

SEND     FOR     WHOLESALE    PRICE 

MICHELL'S  SEED  HOUSE 

518  Market  St.,  Phila. 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  o(  for  price 

AMEAIGAN    BULB    00. 

170  W.  W»buh  At*.  OHIOAOO,  ELL. 


f«^iwi^Kr«4    J.   I*9^A/■IM 

IM  WMt  ZSth  St.,  NEW  TOKK 
CHOICE   FLORISTS'   FL.OWEB   SEEDS 

A>p*raviia  Pliinio«a»  Nana* — 1000  B««ds, 
n.M;  MOO  S<wd>,  flS.OO. 

▲apar*ffas  Bprenserl — 1000  Beedt,  91.00. 

galTim  B«nflre— ^  om.,  Mc;  1  oi.,  «t.0O. 

■alTl*  Zurich— H  os.,  7Se.;  1  o<.,  K-Oa 

Stoeki  Be«nt7  sf  NIee,  75%  Double  Flowers 
—Shell  Pink,  Brirht  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  (LOO;  ^  ot.,  f2.00;  1  m.,  «6.00. 

Sn*pdrmff»n,  Petunia*,  Verbenjw,  ete. 
SEND    FOB    CATAIX>OUE. 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA. 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PBICES 

MAILED  ONLY   TO   THOSE  WHO  PLANT 

FOE    PROFIT 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (300  per  (^Be) JIfVO.OO  per  thouaand 

8/10  (226  per  me) 80.00    "  " 

»/10  (200  per  ca») 100.00    "  " 

Complete  List  of  Florleta'  Cbolee  Bead*. 

A  peatal  <mrd  will  brinff  our  eatalosm*. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

1004  Lincoln  Bld(.,     PHILADELPHIA,  FA. 


Let  Us  Quote  You  on 

CALLA  ELLIOTTIANA 

IRIS,   LILIUMS,    PAEONIES.    ETC. 

For  Fall  Delivery 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


^''■ilV^N 


(nt^^^^^m^'""'- 


We  have  just  received 

ANOTHER  THOUSAND  TONS 

Of  Our  Celebrated 

South  American  Sheep 
and  Goat  Manure 


This  is  unexcelled  for  top  dressing  any  crop  or  mixing  with 
the  soil,  or  for  use  in  solution.  There  is  no  safer  or  surer  ma- 
terial to  be  had. 

Write  for  prices  and  receive  a  supply  while  it  lasts.     It 
is  difficult  to  obtain. 

SANDERSON  FERTILIZER  AND  CHEMICAL  CO. 

Subsidiary  of  the  American  Agricaltural  Chemical  Co. 

NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 


&tm^0(Uef^ 


SEEDS     AIMI 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


U 


NEW  YORK 


L-EONAFRD'S 

S 

EEDS 

and     SEED     SE 

RVICE 

FOR     SALE     BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COIVIPANY, 

Chicago, 

III. 

BURMETT  BROTHERS 

Vm^»w\mn  ma*  Orowero  •< 

SEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &€. 

98  Ckanriws  Stwtt  Htw  Tw* 

THOMAS  J.  OREYCOMPANY 

SEEDS,     BCLB8    AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    KETAIL. 

Beeeleoted  Strmlne  In  Seed*. 

Improved  atrlee  In  Impleaaeata. 

Catalocae   upon  »ppUant1«« 

16  So.  Market  Street 
^OST^IM.  IVIA.SS. 


KELWAY  S  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(perioaally  teleoted  itralaa) 
WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    fo[    Special    Pricet,    Spot   ar 
Forward 

Only  Addreu,  LANGPORT,  Eii(. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

For     Immedinte     or     future      delivery 
prices   quoted    on    application. 
JOSEPH   BRECX   &  SONS'  CORP 

47-M  North  Market  St.,  BoatMi,  Maaa. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AKD  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


16«  W.  23rd   St..     NEW  YORK 


538 


H  0  HTI C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


June  I,  1918 


ALEX.   McCONNELL 


rxi 


611   FIFTH   AVENUE 
:\A/     YOF^K     OITV 


Trlegrmphlo  ord^ri  forwardrd  to  any 
p^rt  of  0\f  I  nitfd  ^taIr■,  ('Anad».  mud 
Yor^igtt  ('ountrl<>«.  Ordrra  from  tiw 
Cr»dr  for  dt>llTPr7  In  N>w  York  and  t1- 
•inllj   r«<«lTe  apfwlftl  RtteDtloD. 

Coit  of  Cahhnij  t'orcion  Deliv- 
eriet  Must  be  Prepaid.  Reference 
or  cash  must  accompany  all  orders 
from  unknoun  correspondents. 

Cmblr  Addre»,  ALEXCONNELL. 


"The  Telegraph   Flori.t" 

Mcnbcr  of  Florliii'  Telrfriph  Dditcry 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

BOSTON 


worn 

KANSAS  CITY 

Trantfmr   Yoar  OrJert  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
M«nb*r  FlorUts'  ToUcTB^h  fMlrary 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Dtlirer  orders  from  any  pan  of  the  country  ta 

New  York  City 

WrU«  ar  T«l«ara»k 
aiS9-2141  Brouiway,  New  York 

KOHMILLER,   Florist 

426  Madison  Atc.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      AUo  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Tclephon*.    Mnrray    Hill    7S$ 

Oat-of-towD     Ord«ra     Soltctteil.       Location 

Cantral.     Perional  Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


ADAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

,2NEWBURY^^      BANGOR,  MB. 

IVe  CoocT  all  Points  in  Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

36  Dorrance  Street 

Ifniibar    noriats'    Talecntph    D*UT«r7 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


POUND  OF  ENERGY  WITH 
OUNCE  OF  TALENT. 


AN 


"A  pound  of  energy  with  an  oiin<r 
of  tulent  does  more  than  a  pound  of 
talent  with  un  ounce  of  energy"-  an 
old  saying  of  Matthews. 

Think  this  over  seriously  and  apjily 
to  your  coal  problem  next  winter  wticn 
our  Government  says  we  are  to  be 
curtailed  lifty  per  cent.  What  are  you 
tiding  to  do  to  overcome  this  obstacle 
and  yet  do  your  duty  to  your  country? 
Get  this  right.  If  fifty  per  cent,  cur- 
tailment of  coal  Is  going  to  lessen  a 
preat  i)ercentage  of  your  jiroduction. 
and  yet  you  must  make  that  produc- 
tion equal  the  earning  power  of  your 
total  Investment,  so  as  to  be  able  to 
overcome  your  taxes,  etc.,  and  to 
which  you  are  justly  entitled,  how 
shall  we  remedy  it? 

By  using  a  pound  of  energy  with  an 
ounce  of  talent. 

.lust  send  in  a  check  to  our  Public- 
ity Campaign  fund  so  we  may  carry 
on  this  popularizing  of  flowers  in  the 
minds  of  the  public,  thereby  keeping 
the  publicity  movement  working  indi- 
rectly for  you.  Mr.  Grower,  as  well  as 
for  the  entire  craft.  If  we  can  suc- 
ceed in  creating  a  greater  demand 
than  the  production  during  this  par- 
ticular period  than  you  now  have,  may 
we  not  expect  higher  prices  for  your 
flowers  and  plants? 

On  the  contrary,  let  us  assume  that 
we  did  not  have  a  Publicity  Campaign 
and  that  the  demand  during  this  war 
period  falls  off.  With  your  fifty  per 
cent,  curtailment  of  coal  and  produc- 
tion and  a  fallen  off  of  demand,  what 
return  can  you  expect  to  make  up  for 
your  curtailment?    There  is  one  solu- 


IN  THE 

National  Capital 

At  jonr  ■•rrloa  to  dellrer  Flow*r« 
•r  Detlvng  on  Ord«r  bj  T*l»- 
fr*ph  or  otherwii*.  Prompt 
BellKble  Serrlcc. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

ConnectlcDt   At*,   and    L  St. 
WABHLN'OTON,  D.  O. 


EetabllBbed  1874 

D  A.  I^  13 

rXORIST 

N.  E.  Cor.  44  St.  &  Madison  Ave  ,  N.  Y.  Citj 
(Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asso.) 
Flowers  shipped  on  all  Steamers.  Special 
Correspondence  In  all  the  large  cities  of 
Europe  and  the  BrUish  Colonies.  Telegraph 
and  Cable  address,  Dardsflor. 

We  Khould  all  strictly  adhere  to  the  re- 
quest of  the  United  States  Food  Adminis- 
tration. 


JOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
=-SONS=^ 


Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,  MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Gut  Bloomi 

W«  MTOT  all  MlalUsaa  ftmtm  mk*  «a«4 
aaatlaaa  •!  Okla,  Ia41aaa  mmt  Cmmmtm. 
Maabva     rurisu'    TaU«Ta»h     DiMiMi 


GniiJ--    liKiiS   CO 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHJNGTON,  D.  C. 


Manbar  Florlifi  Telegraph    Dabvary 


Or«ara   tar    NKW    TOBK. 
WrlU  ar  Phaaa  to 

IMAX  SGHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 

•Mt    FlarUU    la    tha    •!■*••    aa 
Rafaraa— a. 

IDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXBCOTRO 


Maaiban  at  tka  naHata* 
TaUffrayh  Dailvary. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STKUBEN   ST. 
AL.BANY.    N.    Y. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALB  AN  V 
AND  VICBflTY 

MamtMci  Florist*'  Tolefraph  Daliraay 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  FiftI  Avi. 

NEW  YORK  CITY 

MMber  Florists'  Tiltinpb  Dilncry  Asm. 

YOUtriNim 

42  West  28  Strsst 
New  York 

Mambcra   Floriata'    Talecraph    DaUvar^ 

ATITBUNYARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madiaon  Ave.  at  4Ath  Straet 

AUo  Newport,  R.  I. 

I   OUABAinm   •ATlUWAVWimM 


June  1,  191S 


HORTICULTURE 


539 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Orders  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Munber   FloritU'  Telegraph 
DeliTory  Aaaociation 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  DaliTenv 
Serrice 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

llCUf  VADIf  S6i  Fifth  Av*. 

liCff   fUllli  Vand*rblltHot«l 

DAOTAII   i  Park  Str«et 
DUw  I  Ull  799  BoyUton  8tr««t 

liliwrtis  ti  UiMirs  ui  all  Eistin  Piiits 


Orders    Filled    Bmj    er    Nl(ht   ter 


OI-EVE 

and  State  of  Ohio 

••■>»let«  Stock.     Kefnlu-  dUeaant  t*  Trade. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

UM   W.   ttth   8t.,  Oleretaad,  O. 
■iMilicin   Flerlsti'  Telegreph  DellTery  A«*'B. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  SeaMD 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Memhirs  oj  F,  T.  D.  Association. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
28  CNnton  Avenue,  N. 

Recta«M«  Fhont  306.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Phone  (lit 

Uemben  FloriiU  Telegraph  DeliTety 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

^NDBBSON    terrtcc    meonn    (renh,    itardr 
lt«ek  and  prompt  dellverle*  In  BCFFAIX>, 
LOCKPOBT,        NIAGARA        FAXJ>8        ud 
irBSTKHN    NEW    TOBK 
Mcmben    of    Florlita'    Telefrmyh    Dailrarr. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.     Nahant.  Mu<. 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARRT   I.   RANDALL,  Proprietor. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph   Deliverj/- 


tion  to  help  this,  and  that  is  for  the 
florists  generally  to  contribute  to  the 
fund,  keep  the  campaign  moving  and 
create  the  atmosphere  that  we  are 
properly  entitled  to  in  the  world  of 
business. 

Build  up  your  business  and  ideals. 

Here's  your  opportunity. 

Even  in  the  face  of  the  fact  that 
this  measure  of  coal  curtailment  may 
come  about,  here  is  your  way  to  over- 
come it. 

Think  it  over. 

Use  that  pound  of  energy  with  an 
ounce  of  talent  and  get  your  results. 

That  ounce  of  talent  is  your  cheque 
to  our  campaign  fund. 

Chairman    Xat.    Publicity    Committee. 


BUSINESS   TROUBLES. 
Thomas    J.    Clark,    retail    florist,    2 
Kalaka.   Pk.,  Boston,  has  filed   a  peti- 
tion in  bankruptcy.    His  liabili''es  are 
$6703.84;  no  assets. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 

FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON,    -    N.Y. 


SKNI)    ORDKKS 

FOR    BOSTON 

\M>    NKK.HiiOKIIOOll 

To  JULIUS  A.  ZINN 

4   PARK    STREET,  BOSTON,   MASS. 


Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVER,  M.4SS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
in     FALL     RIVER    and     contiguons 
territory. 


H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to    all    points    in    Non    England. 
125,000    Square   Feet   of   Glass. 

Member  Florlsta'   Telegraph   DelWery 
Association. 

~YALE!    YALE]~ 

And   All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 

FLOWER  AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

EverythinK  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chepel  St  ,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Itsmiir  FUrists   Ttlitrafh\Dilhiiry  Atitc{aHt» 
HOTICS  INITIALS.     Wt  kavt  tnt  tttrt  tniy 

THE  J.  M.  QASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEfELMD 

Euclid  Avenae 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

D«UTered    oo   mall    or   t«lecr»ph    <»rdiv    t«t 
any   nocm«lon.  Id  uiy  pari  of  tho  Donlalom. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

S-l«  West  Adelaide  8t.    -    TOBOMTO.  OKV. 


ALBANY,  N.  T. 


Flowers  or  De»ign  Work 

DBLdTRBED  IN  ALBANY  AND  TICENIT1 
ON    TELBOBAPHIO    ORDEB 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  lArgeet  cat  flower  store  in  Amerle*. 
Ordcrt  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  siren  prompt  aA- 
teatlon 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  lncorpor.fd 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


^*  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,  President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    FlorUts'    Tele(r»ph    Dellrerj. 

DENVER.  COLORADO 


KERR 


OilDERS  FOR  THIS 


HC!U6TON,  TS3CAS 

The  n*rU<       MsMkav  F.  T.  B.  AaeaelaUM 


.10 


llOKTiCU  LTUHK 


Juno   1.   ISIS 


PEONIES 

Light    and    dark    pink,    white    and    red. 
Varieties  of  the  best  keeping  quality. 

$6  and  $8  per  100 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21    R»att«»d  Si.    PhiliJtlpki*,    Pi. 

CHOtCE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
ifld  all  Siasonabli  Variaties  of  Cut  Flowers 

CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholetale   Cut  Flowera 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

i  So.  Mole  St,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 


Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll   Reciprocate 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLE5ALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

MI^IHIVIOND,      IIM^. 

■nitlvm  HvriUmltmn  whaa  wrlUnc 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,  inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

2S4  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Hoawe  for  Qaality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

|9^We  are  Wholesale  Florists  DoinC 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA. 


IF   You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &  Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Order!    With    L$ 

ME:IMF9Y     IVI.     F^OBINSOIM     &     CO. 

2   iWinthrop  Squars  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


TRADE  PRICES 


-  Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


BOSTON 

Mciiiori:iI  Day 


Rmm 

Am.  Beauty,  Speaal 15.00  to 

"         Fancy  and  Extra la.oo  to 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls..    •.00  to 

Russell,  EulcT,  Mock 3  00  to 

Hadley 3 .00  to 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty a. 00  to 

Ward 2 .00  to 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 3.00  to 

Ophtlia,  Sunburst,  HillingdoD a. 00  to 

CarDatioiu a. 00  to 

Cattleyu to 

Lilies.  Longiflorum 4,00  to 

Lilies,  Speciosum 3  00  to 

Iris 3  00  to 

Callas I  00  10 

Lily  of  the  Valley s .  00  to 

Snapdraffon 3 .00  to 

Gladioli a. 00  to 

PaDsies %$  to 

Peonies j     3.00  to 

Tulips j to 

Calendula ■ j       ,50  to 

Stocks j     1. 00  to 

Wall  Flowers to 

MiKnonette i.oo  to 

Sweet  Peas .35  to 

Marguerites 1.00  to 

Gardenias   15.00  to 

Adiantum i  .00  to 

Smilax 15.00  to 

Asparasna  Pluxnosiu.  &  Sprea.  (100  Bchs.) 3s-oo  to 


ST.  LOUIS 

Ma\   so 


PHILA. 

M..y   i3 


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William   F.  Hasting  Co. 


508-570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


ris-bs 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.a.BUOL©NG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

ROSE&,  VALLEY  and  WHOIESALE 

CARNA^TiONS^^^^^  GROWER  Of 


GUT  FLOWERS 


ROBERT  DYSART 

CBRTiPieD   PUBCtC  ACCXJUNTAMI 

SiBpl*  a«th»ds  (f  —wtemt  aacsmBtlBg 

«»>»>Ulty     •4apta4     far    ■•rUts'     ■•• 

BOOKS      BALANCVD      AKD      ADJCSTKV 

<•  •TAT€  ST.      •      •      -      •      BOSTOH 


Boston  Flora!  Supply  Co. 

M1-K7    Cajnbrid(«   gt.,  Bott«B 

Headqutrteri  for 

CTOAB,     BA8KET8,     WIRE     DESIGNS 

aad    WAX    FLOWEBB 

Send   for  pric*  Hit   If  70Q  bar*  nat  r«- 
celTad  ant. 


June  1,  191S 


HORTICULTURE 


541 


Flower  Market  Reports 

The  flower  market  here 
BOSTON  is  in  a  most  unusual  con- 
dition for  Memorial  Day 
week.  The  outdoor  flowers  usually 
abundant  for  this  occasion  are  already 
gone  by.  The  indoor  flowers  which 
generally  fill  a  large  place  tor  the  Me- 
morial demand  are  backward  because 
of  the  winter's  retarding;  white  carna- 
tions swamp  the  market  as  never  be- 
fore and  the  shipments  of  peonies  from 
Pennsylvania  and  other  points  south 
are  beyond  all  precedent.  So  the  mar- 
ket is  surfeited  with  white  carnations 
and  peonies  while  bright  colored  mate- 
rial is  well  cleaned  up  and  the  volume 
of  business  done  has  outstripped  in 
all  probability  that  of  any  previous 
Memorial  Day  trade.  The  call  has 
been  heavy  from  all  over  Xew  Eng- 
land and  New  York  state  and  the  ex- 
press companies  have  had  a  big  hustle. 
Prices  have  not  advanced  materially 
beyond  what  might  be  called  normal 
figures,  although  they  are  somewhat 
highef  than  quoted  during  the  con- 
gested period  of  the  past  two  weeks. 
There  are  quantities  of  astilbe,  fever- 
few, stocks,  etc.,  specially  forced  for 
the  occasion  but  the  preponderance  (.i 
white  material  is  a  bad  overweight  and 
a  clean-up  on  this  class  of  material  is 
evidently  out  of  the  question. 

The  wholesale   flower 
NEW   YORK     market   here   is   in   a 

very  chaotic  condition 
still,  with  heavy  supplies  coming  in 
and  an  insufficient  outlet  for  even  a 
fraction  of  it.  Naturally  there  is  much 
disappointment  for  the  growers,  whose 
income  from  the  present  crop  is  cut 
far  below  what  they  had  reason  to 
count  upon  receiving.  Wholesale  deal- 
ers are  in  a  similar  quandary.  The 
heaviest  shipments  just  now  are  peo- 
nies which  are  actually  coming  in  by 
tons  from  all  sections  and  for  which 
demand  is  totally  inadequate.  Receipts 
of  roses  and  carnations  are  also  out  of 
all  proportion  to  the  outlet  and,  re- 
gardless of  the  Memorial  Day  call, 
have  to  be  sold,  if  sold  at  all,  in  quan- 
tity at  very  low  sacrifice  figures.  It  is 
distressing  to  think  of  the  congestion 
here  while  other  places  not  very  dis- 
tant are  really  short  of  the  material 
which  is  stagnated  here.  The  lack  of 
proper  transportation  facilities  is 
largely  the  cause  of  this  abnormal  sit- 
uation. 

last  week  was 
PHILADELPHIA  nothing  to  brag 
aliout.  In  fact, 
according  to  one  of  the  big  whole- 
salers, it  was  one  of  the  most  disas- 
trous we  have  ever  experienced.  The 
supplies  were  enormous  and  the  de- 
mand very  poor.  The  same  authority 
said: — "that  is  one  of  the  after-claps 
of  a  short  supply  of  coal  during  the 
winter.     Belated  crops  come  in  with  a 


S 

DELPHINIUM 

3t.. 

||pt 

The  light  blue,  Belladonna, 
wonderfully  attractive  in  any 
kind  of  work. 

^rat 

j^^. 

3f^M|^KSK 

■I^^^^EVr 

$6,  $8,  per  100 

^^y 

W^ 

RAMBLER  SPRAYS 
$5.00  to  $25.00  per  100 

^^Vw 

IfflK^;- 

PEONIES 

^^  ^^^^  ffHpS^ 

^^ 

$6.00  to  $8.00  per  100 

JI^M 

tSL ■■■/ 

Everything    In    Cut    Flowers,    Plants, 
Greens,  Ribbons  and  Supplies. 

S.  S.  PENNOCKJCOMPANY 


TK<»    Wholesale 
•1  1**5  Florists  of 


Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1 1  7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1  e08- 1 620  Ludlow  St  Franklin  &  St  Paul  St*. 

WASHINGTON.  1 2 1 6  H.  St,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  - 


TRADE 


PRICES  — Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


Roaes 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  *'         Fancy  and  ELxtra 

"  "         No,  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward 

Killaniey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Caraatioiu 

C«ttlerM 

Lilies,  LoBgiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Iris 

Callas 

U\r  of  the  Valley 

Snapdrason 

Gladioli ■ 

Pansies- 

Peonies ■ 

Tulips 

Calendula 

Stocks 

Wall  Flowers 

Miffnonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marvuerites 

GarJenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

AfparaffDsPla.  ASpren.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

May  27 


CHICAGO 

May  to 


BUFFALO 

May  17 


PITTSBURG 

May    13 


40.00 
25.00 
8.0G 
6.00 
6.00 
5.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 

3. CO 

50.00 
to.oo 


3.00 
8.00 
4.CO 

6.00 


400 

a. 00 
3.00 
a.  00 
2.00 
4.00 
.50 
1. 00 
1.50 


15.00 
J500 


50.00 
35-00 
iS-oo 
15.00 
15.00 

1 3. 00 
8.00 

8.00 
lO.CO 

4.00 
60,00 
12.00 

4.00 
10.00 
6.00 

I3.00 
8.00 
1. 00 
8.00 
4.00 
3.00 
4.00 
3.00 
6.00 
1.50 
1.50 
3.00 
1. 00 
30.00 
50.00 


40.00 

35.00 
6.00 
3.00 


3.00 
3.00 
3.00 

a.oo 

■  50 

40.00 

8.00 

4.00 
6.oe 
4.00 
6.00 
4,00 
.40 
4.00 
a.oo 


50.00 

35-00 
15.00 

20,00 

6.0c 
i.oo 
6.00 
10,00 
2.00 
60.00 
10.00 

6.oe 

10.00 

5.00 

10.00 

6.00 

.60 

6.00 

3.'  o 

3.00 


a.oo 

.25 

•  50 
15,00 

13.00 
95.00 


1. 00 

3C.00 


18.00 
50,00 


30.00 
15.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3,00 
3.00 
3,00 

3.00 

a.  ■» 
4c. 00 
8.00 
4.00 
a. CO 
6.L.0 
6.00 
3.00 
5.00 
.ao 
4.00 
1. 00 
1. 00 
3.00 

«.oo 

-50 
1. 00 
15.C0 
t,oo 
15  00 
35.00 


30,00 
20.00 

lO.OC 

10,00 
6.CO 
8.00 
5.00 
6.00 

10,00 
4.00 

50.00 

10.00 
6.00 
4.00 

10.00 
8.00 
8.00 

lC<->o 
.40 
6. CO 
9.00 
3.00 
3.00 

3.00 
1.00 
1.50 

30. 00 

i'25 

30  .00 
50.00 


35  00 

iS-to 
4.00 

6.00 


to 

w 

4.00  to 

4 .00  to 

4.00  to 


30.00 
10.00 


4.00     to 


30.0c 
za.oo 
12.30 
ae.oo 


4.00 

60.00 

19. 0« 

8.CO 


i.co 

6.00 

3.00 

■50 


8.00 
4.00 


.50     to 
1. 00    to 


1.50 


.75 

30.00 
50.00 


»'5o 

35.00 
75.oa 


rush  and  swamp  the  spring  business." 
We  believe  this  is  very  true,  and  on 
top  of  that  comes  the  early  spring 'of 
this  year,  rushing  in  the  outdoor 
flowers  on  top  of  the  already  oversup- 
ply.  Regular  business  could  liardly 
be  seen  in  the  avalanche  of  wagon- 
load  stuff  that  was  everywhere  going 
out  on  the  street — for  a  son?, — from 
Thursday  till  Saturday. 

Stock  is  abundant 
ROCHESTER     and      little      activity 

has  been  noticed  for 
more  than  a  week,  as  is  always  the 
case  when  outdoor  flowers  bake 
their  first  big  appearance.  The  chief 
demand  has  l)een  plant  bedding  stock 
of  which  an  unusual  quantity  has  been 
disposed  of,  at  least  a  week  or  ten 
days  earlier  than  common.  Carnations 
are       in       abundance.       Roses       are 


very  plentiful  and  are  cleared  at 
buyers'  price  in  box  lots.  A  few 
peonies  have  made  their  appearance 
and  with  a  few  good  days  should  be 
plentiful. 

Peonies  hampered 
WASHINGTON  the  sale  of  all  oth- 
er cut  flowers  dur- 
ing the  past  week.  They  came  in 
earlier  this  year  than  was  desired  and 
the  fear  was  expressed  that  the:\^ 
would  not  be  sufiicient  for  Memorial 
Day  sales.  The  placing  of  huge 
quantities  in  cold  storage  and  in- 
creased production  changed  conditions 
Carnations  and  roses  are  getting 
smaller  and  undesirable.  Lily  of  the 
valley  is  poor.  Sweet  peas  are  nearl  / 
off  the  market.  Business  is.  good  and 
there  has  been  no  slackening  up  as 
yet. 


543 


HORTICULTUKE 


June  1.  191S 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholesale     (.^miniiaion    Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flowert 

■  «w  *44r«M.  Ill  Wm«  nth  Mt  .   NBW  TUBK 


— WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  «.  2ltii  Street,  NEW  YORK 

TflephoD*-    .'►3X%.     KnrrBgtlt 

Call  anil  Iniprct  the  Brit  Eitabllibmeot 

In   th*  Whol»i«lf   Flower   Dlnfrlft 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

IJ  WEST  28ik  STREET        NEW  TORK  CITY 

C^Httgytmintt  Soti^ittJ 
Phena  FWnmcat  4SM 


FRANK  MILLANG 

Whol»«kI*  Commliilon  I>««l«r  la 

CUT    FLOWERS 

SS  uid  (7  W«it  Mth  St.,  New  T»»* 

CoogiD  Bnlldloc 

T«l.,  2»fl  Fimmt        CoDilenmenU  BoUclted 

RIEDEL  t  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 
4IWtST  2ltt      ST.   NEW   YWK. 

OEO.^TSIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIQNMENTS  SOLICITED 

NEW  YORK 


raORI  I  JOJ    FAUIGDT 


THE   KERVAN'CO 

rrMh   Cat  DMOrmtlTa  ET*r(rMiu. 

Hlfbeit  BUndird  of  Qaallty.  Lar^Mt 
■t««k  In  America.  Write  for  Illaatrated 
CaUlog  of  Oreena  and  FloriaW  Bnppllea. 
119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.  KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'a  Foramoit  uid  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

4  Firat  CUm  Market  fer  eO  rUT  FLOWERS 

S8  WiUoachby  St.       BrooUym.  N.  T 


I.  C.  FORD 

t2t  W«st  2Sth  St.,       NEW  YORK 

fl  ROSES.  Wm  WTIOIIS 

k   rnll  Line  of  AI.1,  CTT    PTyOWBBA. 
Talepheae  Ml*  rarrayat. 


WHOLESALE   COMIIISSION    FLORIST  't5^^T'glS^.I^ 

A    rull    lln«   ol    OiolF*    (at    Moaar   MtM*    fer    tjl    yarveeea. 

TMjrBORi ;  JJIi  ( rxiiAacT    IJI    West  28th  St..  NKW   YORK  CITY 

ALBANY  CUT  FLOWER  EXCHANGE 

™rj":""""    611  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

—  8AV>  TIMK  AMD  MONBT   BT    BKMDIXO  TOCB  OKDBmS  TO  V%    

Prices  Right.        Consigiunents  Solicited.        Telephone  Connectioii 


Centrally  Located,  Tbe  Hob  of  tkc  Flower  Market  SectiM 

o 

M 

A 

ri-e:s 

IVIII 

W-lor\ 

m*. 

A.  NO 

SS 

and 

87  W.  26th  Str««t, 

. 

NEW 

YORK 

TaUpkM*  2483  Farrarut 

HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 


\A/^MOI 


BB-B7      >A/M«'fc 


■  •«K« 


Tetapbeaaa,  II— MI*  Madlaon  Sqaara  Ceaalia 

.MAUKICB    L.    OLAB*.  Treuarer 


NBW  YORK  QUOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealen  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


Aaiarican  B*«atT»  Special 

"  **         rancy  and  Extra. 

**  "  No.  I  and  cuIU.   . 

RiiM«U.  Euler,  Mock ■ 

H«dl«T 

Ar«nb«rs.  Ht>osi*r  Beauty • 

Wan! 

ICillam«7.  Radiaucs.  Taf t ■ 

Ophelia,  Sunburat,  HiUiBsdon, 

Kay 

Camatio— 


Lut  Pirt  If  Wiik 

nrtt  Pirl  If  iNl 

•idlil  Hay  25 

iiftMiii  Mm  17 

nil 

1111 

lO.OO       10 

•o.oo 

to.oo 

10 

•!-o» 

8.00     to 

IC.OO 

6.00 

u 

•  aa 

.JO      to 

4.00 

a.oD 

u 

4  oe 

.50     10 

•  00 

3.00 

to 

1.00     to 

ao.oo 

t.oo 

M 

3o.oe 

.50     to 

600 

3.00 

to 

6.00 

.JO      to 

6.00 

t  00 

to 

6.0a 

.50      10 

6.0c 

a  00 

to 

«.oa 

.50     10 

600 

1  oe 

to 

6.0a 

.50     «o 

6.00 

a.o3 

to 

6m 

.50     IS 

l.eo 

i.oe 

M 

].ee 

WALTER  F.  SHERI9AN 

Wboleeale  ConuntBslon  Dealer  la 

CHOICE  GUT  FLOWERS 

i:iS  Wtmt  28th  Btreet,  New  York 
Telephone— SMt-SMS  Madison  Square 


RKED  CSL  KCLLER 

122    West    25th   St..   New    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

We  tnanufarturp  all   oar 

letil  Disitis,  Baskets,  Wire  Werk  &  Novelties 

add    liFf    (le.ilfrs    In 

Decorative  Glaoaware,  Orowera  and 

Florlata'  Beqalaitaa 


J.    J.     OOA.IM,     Inc. 

Hieli  Clfis  Preduct  ef  tke  Leadit  Grewers 

NOVEL.TLE8  A  BPEOIAIyTT. 

Conaignora  Pleaae  Call  or  Writ*. 

115  W.  28th  St.,  NEW  YORK 

Telephonea,   Farracnt  MIJ  or  SMI. 


Beechwood  Heights  NurMrieg 

Impart  era   asJ    Orwev*   •€ 

ORCMID0 


0«l    nawara   •(   All    Om 

la 


THoiMAa  Yotma, 


Jr.,    Proprlvtvr 

■.  M. 


N.Y.  FLORISTS' SUPPLY 
COIIPANY,  Inc. 

103  W.  28th  Street,  NEW  YORK 

■  VEKTTHINO    FOB    THK    FLOBIBT 


Wked  Toothpicks 


Mf.  J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 


lO.tWO. 


.tt.Oe       M,000...f«.7t       BanpU  fiaa. 
Fer  o»la  by  daalara. 


When  writingto  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticultun 


June  1,  191S 


HORTICULTURE 


543 


For 

Bigger,  Better 

Business 


Nothing  that  you  can  do  will 
compare  with  judicious  advertis- 
ing. 

Judicious  Advertising 

is  that  which  appeals  to  that  class 
of  readers  who  have  need  for  the 
goods  one  has  to  offer  and  who 
are  able  to  pay  for  the  same.  Ad- 
vertising addressed  to  anybody 
else  is  largely  ineffective  and  the 
bigger  the  circulation  paid  for  the 
greater  the  waste. 

If  you  wish  to  reach  the  re- 
sponsible and  desirable  people  in 
the  Florist,  Gardening,  Seed  and 
Nursery  industries, 

HORTICULTURE 

can  serve  you  well.  This  it  has 
been  doing  for  the  past  thirteen 
years,  for  wise  advertisers. 

Are  you  one  of  them? 

If  not,  now  is  a  good  time  to 
start  something 


For 

Bigger,  Better 

Business 


J.    K. 


IM 


■A  IBiDEil  IITBB  WH01ES4LB  G0»MISSIO!»  TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTI  lEARS  " 

Have  a  demand  for  more  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write 


118  West  28th  St.      IME\A/  YORK 


TELJCPHONES 
Famsnt  1«7  and  SOU 


NEW  YORK  QUOTATIONS  PER  100.      To  Dealers  Only^ 


MISCELLANEOUS 


List  Part  If  Will 
iB<ii|  May   25 

1911 


nnt  Part  If  Wilt 
tlfWliil  May  27 

1111 


CsUlaru "-oo 

Lilie*.  Longiflorum a.oo 

LiUes,  Specioaiun a-oo 

Iris •••» 

Callu 4-0O 

Li>T  o(  tha  V>I1«7 "-DO 

SiutpdraiOD i.oo 

Gladioli a." 

Paaaies '5 

Peonlet. ••<><» 

Tulip* ' 

CaUndula -So 

Stocka -S* 

WallFlowBM 

Micnonatte « •«> 

Sweat  Pe«» ••» 

Marvuaritas -S* 

Gardaniaai 4-00 

Adiantam ''S 

Smalax "oo 

Aaparacna  Plumoaiu.  &  Spran  (loo  bunches) 8.00 


WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 


W*  tatT*  >  nnmeroDi  cUenUct  of  N«w  Tork  Clt7  burera  and  tba  da 
aaada  «vr  (apply.     ThU  I*  aapaoUllr  tma  »t  Bom*.     W*  haT*  erery  facUlty  ■■< 
■bnndant  meani  and  beat  retarna  are  aiiared  tor  itock  conalcned  to  aa. 

Address  Tear  Shipments  ta 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc 

1 1  1    W.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK  D.  J.  Pappaa,  Praa. 


HOW        LIBERTY        LOAN        MISSED 
$40,000,000 

Patriotic  Hoosiers — and  every  real 
Hoosier  Is  a  patriot — are  greatly  dis- 
appointed that  Indiana  failed  to  find 
some  $40,000,000  that  might  have 
been  put  into  the  Third  Liberty  Loan. 

The  Indiana  Extension  Department 
is  authority  for  the  statement  that 
crop  losses  from  insects  in  that  State 
alone  total  nearly  $40,000,000,  much  of 
which  is  preventable. 

Here  then,  definitely  on  the  best  of 
authority,  is  $40,000,000  which  loyal 
Hoosier  farmers  might  have  had  for 
subscribing  to  the  Third  Liberty  I^an 
but  which  the  bugs  got  first.  Fortu- 
nately, there  is  encouragement  in  the 
assurance  that  much  of  this  loss  is 
preventable. 

What  is  lost  is  lost.  But  we  can 
still  get  ahead  of  the  bugs  in  1918  and 
save  millions  for  the  Fourth  Liberty 
Loan.  The  bugs  are  rabidly  pro-Ger- 
man— henchmen  of  the  Kaiser.  Let's 
clean  them  out  and  do  it  now. 

Get  acquainted  with  the  standard 
insecticides  and  fungicides:  arsenate 
of  lead,  bordeaux,  nicotine  extracts, 
etc.,  and  use  them  thoroughly.  Every 
bug  killed  and  every  potato  saved 
from  rot  and  blight  helps  to  win  the 
war.  A  bug  is  a  small  thing— $40. 000,- 
000  is  a  different  matter.  Think  it 
over. 


Boston  —  Mr.      and      Mrs.     William 
Plumb,  Havana,  Cuba. 

Rochester,  X.  Y.  —  Winfred  Rolker, 
New  York. 


Rochester,  N.  Y.— P.  M.  Phillips, 
Bo.ston,  -Mass.;  R.  H.  McKers,  Canan- 
Jaigua,  N.  Y.:  Steve  Green,  H.  Bayers- 
dorfer  &  Co.,  Phila.;  Irving  Aronson, 
of  Schloss  Bros.,  New  York. 


Washington— George  J.  Polykranos, 
New  York;  D.  T.  Connor,  Phila.;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Robert  B.  Stiles.  Petersburg, 
Va.;  E.  H.  Flood,  Atco,  N.  J.;  Thomas 
J.  Cunningham,  New  Castle,  Pa.; 
.loseph  J.  Goudy,  Phila. 


The  $100,000,000  of  Farm  Loan 
Honds  whicli  are  now  being  offered  the 
public  will  provide  the  capital  for  fi- 
nancing the  farmers  during  the  pres- 
ent war.  They  are  to  be  sold  at  101 
and  accrued  interest  and  can  be  or- 
dered through  any  bank,  trust  com- 
pany, broker  or  express  company. 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholisale  Commision  Florists 


85 and  57  Weat26th  Str**t 

Telephone      No.     165  ft£VU    YORK 

Farraaut 


H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 
Manufacturers    and    Importers 

1129ArcbSl.,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

THE     I.KADING    FLORISTS'     SCPPLT 
HOUSE    OF    AMERICA 


.41 


HO  HTl  CU  l/ri'  UK 


June  1.  191!< 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


PHILADELPHIA. 

(.•lurenie  U.  MkkIm  Is  seriously  111 
Di  Ills  home  on  N.  Wiirnock  street 
Finoe  Iho  20th  of  May.  On  the  27th 
he  was  reported  no  bettor. 

The  Society  for  the  .Advancement  of 
Frivolous  FlorU-iilture  is  suK^ested  by 
the  reply  of  one  who  shall  be  nameless 
when  asked  "What  is  a  SclUa."  he 
said.  "It's  a  cross  from  Charybdis!" 
Get  me? 

The  subject  or  essay  for  the  .lune 
meeting  of  the  Florists"  Club  of  Phila- 
delphia will  be  "Fuel  Conservation 
and  Intensive  Use  of  Greenhouse 
Space."  by  Edward  A.  Harvey.  Brandy- 
wine  Summit. 

H.  B.  Jones  of  the  Jones  r;us>-,  11 
Co..  Cleveland.  O..  was  in  Philadelphia 
for  a  few  days  havinK  been  called 
Fast  on  account  of  the  death  of  his 
father.  The  latter  resided  at  liirining- 
ham  Meeting,  near  West  Chester,  and 
the  fimeral  ceremonies  took  place  on 
Sunday.  May  26. 

C.  H.  Grakelow.  one  of  our  leading 
retail  florists,  was  given  a  dinner  by 
his  fraternal  friends  among  the  Ma- 
sons and  Elks  on  the  271  li  inst.  It  was 
held  at  the  Hotel  Adelphia  and  was 
given  a  political  tinge  by  some  of  the 
speakers  hailing  Mr.  Grakelow  as  "The 
next  mayor."  and  by  the  presence  of 
Mayor  Smith  and  other  local  celebri- 
ties among  the  speakers. 

If  a  man  sows  fifty  feet  of  a  row 
with  carrot  seed  and  only  six  feet  of 
it  comes  up — what  is  the  answer?  The 
seed  was  all  out  of  the  same  pack- 
age: the  ground  and  conditions  all 
alike.  There  was  no  freeze,  no  rain- 
storm, yet  six  feet  grew,  and  the  rest 
was  blank.  The  seed-warranty  ex- 
perts like  Bolgians,  Scarlett,  and  Earl 
might  be  able  to  solve  the  i)roblem. 
We  will  be  glad  to  hear  from  them. 

The  competition  for  a  new  emblem 
for  international  use  by  the  Florists' 
Telegraph  Delivery  .Association  was 
decided  May  27.  when  the  committee 
held  its  final  meeting  in  the  Bellevue- 
Stratford.  No  less  than  187  designs 
were  submitted  by  artists  from  every 
section  of  the  United  States,  Canada 
and  Mexico.  The  jud^ps  were  F.  C.  W. 
iirown,  of  Cleveland:  fildward  Fetters, 
of  Detroit,  and  G.  E.  M.  Stump,  of  New- 
York.  They  voted  to  award  the  prize 
to  Herbert  Read,  of  Detroit,  and  will 
at  once  proceed  to  put  the  new  em- 
blem into  service. 

According  to  the  paper  Mrs.  Rose 
Pastor  Stokes  is  liable  to  twenty  years 
for  saying  things.  What's  this  world 
coming  to?  The  good  lady  at  the  head 
of  the  family  where  your  scribe  hiber- 
nates was  quite  indignant  at  the 
breakfast  table  thi.-;  morning  when 
she  read  the  item.  "The  idea"!  she 
ejaculated  "A  woman  has  a  p^ivfect 
right  to  say  what  she  thinks  under  any 
and    all    circumstam  es.      I've    always 


done  it  and  I'm  going  to  keep  on  do- 
ing it  and  all  the  governments  In  the 
world  can't  slop  me."  Being  a  humbl'- 
man  person  we  kept  a  slralghl  fine 
and  said  nothing.  But  we  thought  of 
the  old  story— the  linale  of  which  hud 
to  do  with  scissors.  And  we  grinned 
on  our  way  to  the  station. 


BOSTON. 

The  heavy  receipts  and  light  de- 
mand lor  cut  Howers  during  the  past 
few  days  has  furnished  an  excellent 
opiiortunity  for  the  llower  growers  to 
make  generous  contributions  to  the 
Red  Cross  work.  From  the  Flower 
Exchange  great  quantities  of  carna- 
tions and  roses  were  donated,  some 
estimates  placing  the  number  of  car- 
nations well  up  towards  100,000. 

Last  week  the  growers  and  their 
salesmen  in  the  Boston  Flower  Ex- 
change, made  a  generous  presentation 
of  many  thousands  of  carnations  to  the 
Red  Cros.,  and  the  contribution  of  the 
Divine  tiowei  lor  this  Divine  object 
was  nowhere  appreciated  more  than 
in  the  town  of  Wintbrop  where  over 
?;fiOO  wa.-;  raised  through  their  sale  by 
the  ludids  of  the  local  Red  Cross 
Chapter. 

The  unfortunate  conditions  in  the 
market  for  white  carnations,  as  al- 
luded to  in  our  wholesale  flower  notes, 
are  somewhat  mitigated  by  the  lively 
call  for  bedding  plants,  florists  grow- 
ing this  sort  of  material  finding  a  de- 
mand for  it  far  beyond  their  ability  to 
supply.  Much  of  the  stock  is  late,  evi- 
dently as  a  result  of  the  winter's  dis- 
turbance of  the  usual  routine  and  the 
popular  preference  is  that  geraniums 
and  such  things  shall  be  in  flower 
when  delivered. 


ROCHESTER 

H.  B.  Stringer  and  .\mbrose  Seeker 
were  appointed  to  solicit  for  the  war 
chest  drive.  May  20  to  27.  from  the 
florist  trade.  Their  reports  were  sat- 
isfactory. 

Dr.  Frank  Johnson,  of  Chicago, 
made  a  flying  trip  to  Rochester  to 
visit  Highland  Park  to  study  the 
lilacs  with  a  view  to  their  more  gen 
eral  planting  in  Chicago  parks. 

No  one  was  more  welcome  into  the 
wholesale  market  on  May  the  25th 
than  Private  Thomas  Sullivan,  who 
up  to  the  time  of  being  drafted  was 
employed  b>  Geo.  B.  Hart.  He  has 
been  in  training  in  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 
until  being  transferred  to  New  Jersey. 
George  D"Muth.  engineer  for  Mr. 
Hart,  left  for  cantonment,  Sunday. 
Mav  2fith 


NEW   YORK. 

We  regret  to  learn  of  the  death  of 
Mrs.  Magda  Lowe,  daughter  of ,  the 
late  Julius  Roehrs  of  Rutherford.  N.  .1., 
which  occurred  on  P>iday,  May  24. 


CHICAGO. 

Geo.  Welnboidx-r  was  among  the  ri- 
lall  florists  to  donate  liberally  to  the 
Red  Cross  auction  sale  Friday.  Two 
large  stands  of  roses,  four  large  bas- 
kets, plants,  etc.,  amounting  to  a  lurgi. 
sum,  helped  materially  to  swell  the  re 
celpts. 

Geo.  Manos,  the  Union  Depot  Flor- 
ist, says  the  coining  and  going  of  the 
soldiers  and  sailors  keeps  trade  brisk 
for  him.  On  Friday  and  Saturday  he 
turned  a  large  stock  over  to  the  Jack- 
ies,  who  sold  it.  netting  the  Red  Cross 
one  hundred  dollars.  Mrs.  .\Ianos  In 
the  dress  of  a  Red  Cross  nurse  assist- 
ed the  Jackies. 

A.  Lange  had  a  five-foot  red  cross 
of  flowers  upon  an  easel  for  his  win- 
dow, during  the  Red  Cross  drive.  He 
donated  it  to  the  Majestic  Theatre 
where  it  was  auctioned  off  and  netted 
a  fine  sum  to  the  Red.  Cross  fund. 
A  feature  at  this  store  on  Monday  was 
the  giving  of  twelve  tomato  plants 
with  every  flower  order. 

One  of  the  most  touching  window- 
displays  for  Memorial  Day  was  that 
of  the  Central  Floral  Co.,  on  State 
street.  A  veteran  of  the  G.  A.  R.  stood 
at  the  head  of  a  myrtle-covered  grave, 
while  at  the  foot  stood  a  little  boy  car- 
rying a  wreath.  The  little  son  and  the 
grandfather  alike  were  doing  honor  to 
the  fallen  soldier  of  today  . 

The  Bohannon  Floral  Co.,  75  E.  Mon- 
roe St..  gave  over  their  store  and  en- 
tire stock  to  the  Red  Cross  for  Friday 
There  was  a  large  supply  of  flow-ers  on 
hand  and  in  addition  to  his  regular 
force,  the  young  ladies  of  the  Red 
Cross  assisted  in  the  selling.  All  ex- 
penses were  met  by  the  Bohannon 
Floral  Co.,  and  the  proceeds  of  the 
day  $771.01  became  the  property  of 
the  Red  Cross. 

A  Red  Cross  auction  sale  was  held 
in  the  rotunda  of  the  Railway  Ex- 
change building  on  Friday  and  flowers 
and  plants,  put  up  attractively,  formed 
an  important  part  of  the  sale.  E.  Mai 
linson.  manager  for  the  Fleischman 
Floral  Co.,  located  in  that  building,  do- 
nated stock  which  sold  for  $200.  They 
also  donated  the  flowers  for  the  Jack- 
ies' cotillion  given  at  the  Art  Institute 
by  the  Cliff  Dwellers. 

The  failure  of  much  of  the  imported 
stock  of  the  Baby  Rambler  type  of 
roses,  to  arrive  at  the  usual  time  last 
winter,  causing  them  to  be  refused  by 
the  growers,  resulted  in  these  favor- 
ite plants  being  scarce  in  Chicago  for 
Memorial  Day.  the  supply  being 
scarcely  sufficient  for  Mothers'  Day. 
The  roses  that  were  accepted  arrived 
only  at  Easter  time,  too  late  to  be  got- 
ten into  bloom  for  these  tw-o  occasions 
of  special  demand.  One  of  the  plants 
to  be  more  prominent  than  usual  this 
season  is  the  astilbe  which  has  been 
brought  along  in  small  lots  from  cold 
storage  and  helped  out  nicely  as  a 
showy  blooming  plant. 


.Iiine  1,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


545 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  Cstaloenei  and  Diieoonta  addren 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,  51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling  Agents  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and  E^ictern  States  Territory 


The  demand  for  bedding  stock  is 
extremely  good  though  the  usual  diffi- 
culty of  getting  geraniums  into  bloom 
for  Memorial  Day  is  being  experi- 
enced. This  is  largely  due  to  the  fact 
that  houses  were  kept  so  cold  to  con- 
serve coal  in  the  winter  and  spring 
that  the  stock  was  retarded.  It  has 
also  reduced  the  supply,  for  some 
growers  closed  up  a  part  of  their 
range.  A  special  shortage  is  noted 
in  Beaute  Poitevine,  the  salmon  pink. 
S.  A.  Nutt,  the  favorite  dark  red, 
seems  in  good  supply  but  much  of  it 
is  not  in  bloom.  Other  bedding  stock 
as  salvias,  verbenas,  petunias,  etc.,  ap- 
pears to  be  equal  to  any  normal  de- 
mand. 


WASHINGTON,    D.   C. 

The  Brooklaiid  Flower  Show  has 
been  called  off.  Weather  condition'* 
make  it  impossible  to  produce  roses 
worthy  of  show  purposes. 

Retail  florists  are  to  be  invited  lo 
join  the  recently  formed  Advertising 
Club  of  Washington.  The  object  of 
the  club  is  to  promote  friendliness  be- 
tween buyers  and  sellers  of  advertis- 
ing space,  study  and  analysis  of  ad- 
vertising, truth  and  accuracy,  ap  well 
as  economy  in  publicity  methods  and 
mediums. 

Two  more  of  our  boys  are  off  to  pa"- 
ticipate  in  the  game  "Hunting  and 
Fighting  the  Hun."  Milton  Redman  of 
the  S.  S.  Pennock  Co.  staff  has  joined 
the  Marines  and  goes  to  Paris  Island, 
S.  C,   for  ten   weeks   of  training  with 


an  opportunity  of  getting  into  the 
ofBcers'  training  camp  at  Quantico, 
Va.,  opening  August  15.  R.  Clyde 
Sauer  of  Shaffer's  has  gone  to  Camp 
Dix,  N.  J.,  for  army  service. 

The  War  Trade  Board  announces 
that  American  exporters  of  shrubs 
and  flower  seeds,  except  seeds  of  oil 
bearing  plants,  may  ship  their  prod- 
ucts to  Denmark  proper,  the  Board 
deciding  to  consider  applications  for 
export  under  conditions  similar  to 
those  incident  to  a  like  trade  with 
Sweden  and  European  Holland.  Be- 
fore shipment  can  be  made,  however, 
it  is  necessary  for  the  importer  in 
Denmark  to  secure  an  import  certifi- 
cate from  the  Danish  Merchants' 
Guild.  Licenses  will  be  valid  for  ship- 
ment only  on  vessels  flying  the  Danish 
flag. 


ROTTERDAM   STATISTICS. 

The  quantity  and  value  of  plants 
and  bulbs,  etc.,  declared  at  the  consul- 
ate general  at  Rotterdam,  Holland,  for 
shipment  to  the  United  States  in  1916 
and  1917  was  as  follows: 

1916 
Quantity     Value 
Bulbs  and  flower 

roots    mine.      298,434    $1,738,551 

Nursery    stock 893,554 

Seeds,         sugar         l)eet, 

ete pounds.      387,372  72,569 

1917 
Quantity     Value 
Hiilbs  and  flower 

roots    mille.      186,008    $1,690,466 

Nursery    stock 168,380 

Seeds.         sugar         beet, 
etc pounds,  1,124,750  89,096 


Cambrldsc 


Naw  Tark 


WORLD'S   OLDEST   and   L.ABOEBT 

Manufaetnrers  of  ALX  STYLES  and 

SIZES  of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


A  Field  o(  Fairy  Isle  Easti-r  Lilli'a  in  Sium.vlands.,  H.-rnuid:i. 
Photographed  April  20,  1918, 


The  Federal  Farm  Loan  Board,  a  bu- 
reau of  the  Treasury  Department  at 
Washington,  on  May  15  inaugurated  a 
thirty-day  campaign  for  the  sale  of 
$100,000,000  worth  of  5  per  cent,  twen- 
ty-year Farm  Loan  Bonds.  The  pro- 
ceeds are  to  be  employed  in  financing 
farmers  through  the  three  thousand  or 
more  national  farm  loan  associations 
which  have  been  organized  for  the  pur- 
pose since  March  27,  1917.  The  ad- 
vertising of  the  campaign  has  been 
placed  under  the  direction  of  H.  H. 
Charles,  of  the  Charles  Advertising 
Service  of  New  York.  Mr.  Charles  is 
serving  without  pay. 

TREES,  SHRUBS,  VINES  and 
HERBACEOUS  PERENNIALS 

By   JOHN    KIRKEOAABD 

Formerly  Assistant  to  Director  of  the  Ro7al 
Botanical  Gardens,  Copenhairen,  Denmark. 
Latterly  Twenty  Tears  tn  American  For- 
estry and  Botanical  Wort. 

Assisted   by  DR.  ■.  T.  FBBKATJ), 

Professor  of  Entomology  Massachaaetta 
Agricultural  College  and  Entomologist, 
Massachusetts     Agrlcnltnral     Experiment 

Station, 

and   PROF.  E.  A.   WHITS. 

Professor  of  Florlcnltnre,  New  York  State 
College  of  AgrlcDltare  at  Cornell  DnlTer- 

slty. 

A  Great  Book  A  Beaatlfnl  Book 

A  GompreheiiaiTa  Book 

A  Practical    Book    By   Practical   IVl«a 

There  Is  No  Other  Book  Like  It 

New  Edition 

BEACTIFCLLT  BOUND  IN  OI.OTM 

Price  only  $2.50  net.      Mailing 

Price,   12.71.      Money-BacL 

Gaarantee 

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HORTICULTURE 


Judo  1.  1918 


WILLIAM  PLUMB. 
Life  In  Cuba  seems  to  agree  well 
Willi  William  Plumb,  as  I  think  our 
many  readers  who  know  that  gentle- 
man win  asrop  aftor  looking  at  tho 
portrait  which  appears  herewith.  Mr. 
Plumb  l«  at  present  on  a  brief  visit  to 
New  York  and  Boston  and  the  photo- 
Kraph  wa.s  taken  Just  before  he  started 
from  Havana.  Mr.  Plumb  Is  atlU  a 
tsardener  at  heart  but  bis  Cuban  oll- 
w.'H    .iit'Tiirlso.s    override    evor>-thliig 


W'lLUAM  Flu  JIB 

else  at  the  present  time  and  we  cer- 
tainly hope  he  will  make  that  million 
which  he  has  in  prospect  as  president 
of  the  Cuban  Standard  Petroleo 
Company.  He  also  fills  the  position 
of  treasurer  of  an  investment  com- 
pany, the  president  of  which  Is  Charles 
H.  O'.Veill,  in  the  dooryard  of  whose 
mansion  was  taken  the  photograph  of 
the  beautiful  specimen  of  the  Royal 
Palm  (Oreodoxa  regia)  which  Is  the 
subject  of  our  cover  illustration  for 
tills  week's  issue.  Cuba  is  the  native 
habitat  of  this  most  graceful  of  all  the 
palm  family. 

Mr.  Plumb's  grandson,  Alfred  C. 
Kayser.  is  in  the  service,  with  the 
108th  Engineer  Corp. 


CATALOGUE  RECEIVED. 

D.  Hill  Nursery  Co.,  Dundee,  111.— 
Wholesale  Price  List  of  Evergreens 
for  Florists'  Use  and  Home  Planting. 


GET  OUR  CATALOGUE 

On  Ventllathig  Apparatus  and  Green- 
bouse  Fittings 

ADVANCE  CO.,     RICHMONO,  IND. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Adverti»emenU  in  this  Department,  Ten  CenU  a  Line,  Net 


.\STKICS. 
ASTERS  —  nENDERSON'8     INVINCini-K. 

One  of  till-  IliU'Ht  for  cut  llowrm.  Whlti', 
RlifU  rink.  Uiisi",  I.nvciKliT  ninl  I'liriili". 
Slruiiir  pliinlB.  »."i  00  per  lOUO,  rii»li.  HUM. I, 
CELICItV   GAUDKNS,    Kuluuiuzuu,   Mkli. 

BEGONIAS 

IIRGONIAS  Pot»         100        1.000 

I.ornilnP     2Vi  In.     flH.OO    fliO.OO 

Cincinnati    2%  In.      IB.no 

Mrs.    .1.    A.    PcterBon  2>4   In.       20.00      180.00 

M.'llor    2V4   In.       20.00 

.If  LI  IS    KOKIIRiS    CO.,    Rulhrrford,    N.    J. 


BCI.B8 

C.    KBUR   *    SONS.   niLLROnu.    HoUand. 

Bullii  of  all  (1<>icrlptl<'ni.     Writs  for  pr1c«* 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH,  8^10  Bride*  BL 


OARNATIOM  BTAPLBI 

Split  camntloQS  quickly,  eaillj  and 
cheaply  mended.  Pllliburr'a  CarnatloD 
Staple.  1000  for  S6c. ;  3000  for  H.OO  post- 
paid.    I.   L.   PILL8BURT.  Oaleibnrg.  IlL 


CHBTSANTIIK.Mt.MS 

FINE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  BEST  KINDS 
for  Florists  use.  Send  us  list  of  wants. 
•  ■:itnlo(!ue  free.  ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO., 
Adrian,   Mich. 

DAHLIAS 

Peon;    Dahlia   Mrs.   Frederick  Orlnoell. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONET.  New  Bedford,  Maaa. 


Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Tall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
&  OLADIOLOB  OARDBNB,  J.  U  M*or«, 
Prop.,  Northboro,  Maes. 


New  Paeony  Dahlia — John  Wanamaker, 
Newest,  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  snd  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut-flower  rarletles.  S«nd  list  of 
wants  to  PKACOCK  DAHLIA  WAM-UM, 
Horlln.  N.  J. 


UreenboDse  glass,  lowest  price*.     JOHN- 
STON OLAB8  CO„   Hartford  Cltj,  lad. 


NEWS  NOTES. 
Indianapolis,     Ind. — F.     A.     Conway 
has  opened  a  store  on  Delaware  street 
for  the  sale  of  vegetable  plants. 

Plymouth,  Wis. — George  Feldman 
has  purchased  the  greenhouses  of  F. 
liauniann  and  will  move  them  to  his 
range  on  the  South  side. 

Elmlra,  N.  Y. — At  the  meeting  oi  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  United 
States  Cut  Flower  Company,  on  Miller 
street,  it  was  decided  to  close  the 
houses  down  at  the  opening  of  th  ■ 
Winter  season  of  1918-19.  The  Govf-rii 
ment  is  allowing  the  hothouses  only 
one-half  of  the  coal  this  year  that  was 
consumed  last  Winter.  President  Sey- 
mour Lowman  made  the  statement 
that  the  company  could  not  remain 
open  and  be  cut  to  such  an  allowance, 
a  matter  of  1.250  tons  of  coal.  The 
plant  at  the  Heights  will  be  forced  tn 
close. 


GREENHOUSES    BUILDING     OR 

CONTEMPLATED. 
York,     Neb. — J.     W.     Lawson,     one 
house. 


PATENT  GRANTED. 
1,264,419     Plant-Protector.    William   T. 
Mercer,  Wilmington,  N.  C. 


OKCIIIUH 
IIASRALL    A    CO.,    Orchid    Orowera    and 
RoisiTS,  SuulhKste,  Loudon,  EnglsnO.     Catt- 
leyas    and    Laellu-Caltlayu    our    ■pacUlty. 
on*f   trial    order   solrlted. 


PKONIKS 

Peonlea.  The  world's  greatest  celleetleB. 
120O  lorU  Send  f«r  lilt.  C.  BBTSCUBR, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


ROBKB 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  BHRliBS. 

THE   CONAHD   A    JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  QBOVB,  PA. 

spnAONm  MOBS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  p«at  (Ad 
orchid  baskets  always  on  band.  LA<}BB 
A  UURRBLL,  Baqimlt,  N.  J. 

VEGETABLK   PLANTS 

FOR  SALE— Tomato  Plants,  all  leading 
vurletli'S.  T&c.  per  100;  $;!.U0  per  000;  ^VOO 
pir  100(1.  Danish  Hall  Head  and  Flat 
Dutch  CabbaKC  Plants,  per  100,  OOc. ;  for 
,'500,  $1.50;  per  1000,  $2.00.  The  Tomato 
Plants  are  all  trausphintc<I  atuck.  The 
Cabbage  Plants  are  Ucld-Krown.  Caab 
with  order.  WEST  SIDE  CELERY  CO.. 
Portage,  Mlcb. 

Golden  Self-Blnnching  (French  Strain). 
Also  the  grand  new  Easy  lilancblng,  which 
Is  easy  to  grow.  Due  plants,  ready  for  the 
Held,  $2.00  per  1000,  cash.     BRILL  CELERY 
GARDENS,    Kalamazoo,    Mich. 


4.000,000  Cabbage,  Cauliflower,  Tomato 
and  Celery  plants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free.  F.  W.  ROCHBLLK  &  SONS. 
Chester,  New  Jersey. 

vrsiu 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  choice 
collection.  Large  Spedmen,  Pot  aad  Tab 
grown  for  Immediate  effect ;  also  CUmblBg 
Rosea.  J.  H.  TROT,  Monnt  HUaarUk  Nmr- 
sery,   New   Rocbelle,  N.  T. 


WIBK  WOKK  

WILLIAM     E.     HnLjcmnMi     WIW 


WORKS.   364    HaDdal»k 


THE     FLAG. 

There's  no  coward  stripe  upon  It, 
And  no  shame  Is  written  on  It, 
All  the  blood  that's  In  Its  crimson 

Is  the  blood  of  manhood  true; 
There's  no  base  and  brutal  glory 
Woven  sadly  In  Its  story. 
It's  a  bright  flag,  and  a  right  flag. 

And  the  flag  for  me  and  you. 

It's  the  flag  without  a  fetter; 
It's  the  flag  of  manhood  better; 
It  has  never  done  n  mean  thing. 

Never  waved  above  a   brute; 
Greed  and  hate  It  never  shielded, 
I'nto  wrong  It  never  yielded. 
It's  a  flnc  flag,  a  divine  flag 

That  in  reverence  we  salute. 

It's  the  flap  of  all  the  glory 
That  is  written  In  man's  story; 
It's  the  emblem  of  his  freedom 

And  the  hope  of  men  oppressed ; 
It  asks  no  disgraceful  duty, 
.Never  stains  with  shame  Its  beauty; 
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THE    VERY    NEWEST    AND    QUICKEST    METHOD    OF    DESTROYING    WEEDS, 

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thus  saves  a  great  deal  of  time  and  labor,  as  no  cutting,  hoeing  or  hauling  away 
of  the  weeds  is  required. 
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Plant  Propagation,  Greenhouse 
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By  M.  G.  KAINS 

We  have  had  many  inquiries  from  lime  to  time 
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Principles  and  Practice  of  Pruning 

By  M.  G.  KAINS 

I tiirer   on   Horticulture,  Columbia   rniverHlty 

Few  praetlips  In  the  handling  of  plants,  especlall.T 
fruit  hearing  pl.ants,  attract  ao  much  Interest  as  do  those 
of  pruning.  The  methods  are  so  varied,  the  results  so 
diverse,  and  the  opinions  of  growers  so  apparently  con- 
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THE  HORTICULTURAL  CATALOG 

LOS   ANOEIJES,  OALlrOBNLA 


June  8,  1918 


HOKTICULTDRE 


551 


POMPON  CHRYSANTHEMUMS 


We  have  a  large  assortment  of 
good  varieties,  strong  2-in.  pot 
plants  at  $2.00  per  100. 

^^  J.  «  I  ^1  —  ^        Three-inch  pot  plants,  standard  varieties,    such    as   Gladiator,  J.   D.   Eisele,   Louisiana, 
^^^P|  M/%  J        Maros,  Mm.  Crozy,  IVIrs.  Kate  Gray,  Queen  Charlotte,  Souv.  de  Crozy,  Uncle  Sam,  Venus, 
Wyoming,  $1.00  per  Dozen,  $3.50  per  hundred. 

Good  strong,  well-rooted  stock;   good  assortment  of  kinds;    plenty  of  S.  A. 
Nutt  and  Gen.  Grant. 

3-ln.  $3.50  per  100;  $30.00  per  1000 


GERANIUMS 

2-ln.  $2.50  per  100; 

DAHLIAS 

Wt  will  send  1000  in  mn  atsortment  of  twenty  varieties,   our  selection  for  $20.00 


$22.50  per  1000 

A  good  assortment  of  the  best  all-around  varieties.     Two-inch  pot  plants  at  prices 
running  from  $2.00  to  $25.00  per  hundred. 


R-  VrNOENT,  Jr^  &  SONS  CX>., 


WHITE  MARSH. 
MD. 


CASH  WITH  ORDER 


SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE 


ORCHIDS 


We  (r*if  and  aeU  nothinc  bat  OBOHIDB. 
If  70I1  arc  ia  the  market  for  this  elaee  el 
pteote  we  reepeotfoUy  ■oUcit  roar  Inqnlriei 
ud  orders     Special  Uata  ob  avpUeattaB. 

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warehouse.  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.  .       ..>„ 
(S.OO  per  bale  1000 


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FROM  COLD  STORAGE 


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Best  Quality 


CHAS.  SCHWAKE  &  CO.,  90-92  W.  Broadway,  New  York 


Page 

Advance   Co .^71 

Albany       Cut 

Flower    Ex 506 

Allen.  J.   K 567 

.\mcrican    Bulb 

Co 561 

Anilerson.  S.  A.  .56.'! 
Aphine  Mfg.  Co.r>70 
Barrows  &  Son.. 5.50 
Bayersdorfer,    II. 

Co .566 

Bay     State     Nur- 
series     ..552 

Beechwood      Hts. 

Nurseries    566 

P.ohbink     &     At- 
kins      552 

Boliiiano  &  Son.. .560 
Boston     Floral 

Supply    Co .564 

Breek.  .1.  A:  Sons. .561 
Breitnieyer's,      J. 

Sons    .562 

Budlonfl.  .1.  A... .564 
Bunvaril.  A.  T..  ..562 

Burnett    Bros .561 

Burpee,   W.  A.   &• 

Co .561 

Clarke's.  I).  Sons. 562 
Carter's       Tested 

Sceils.  luc 560 

Clianipion   &   Co.. 
.7.     N .56:! 


I 

Page 
C  h  i  1  d  s,    J  o  b  n 

Lewis    5t»l 

Coldwell    I.  a  \v  n 

Mower    Co 572 

Conard    &    Jones 

Co 550 

Cooke.  Geo.   H..  ..562 

<'owee.  W.  J .566 

t_'ottage     Gardens 

Nurseries    .5.50 

Dards    562 

Davenport,  A.  M.5.50 
Dreer.  H.  A.. 571 -572 
Dunlop.   .Tohn  11.563 

Hysart.    K .5<M 

Edwards  FoidiuK 

Box    Co 564 

Ksler.   .1.    G .571 

Eyres    56.^ 

Farquliar.     K.    *.- 

.T.    Co .552 

Ford.   M.   C .566 

Ford.   W.   P .566 

Fottler,         Fiske. 

Kawson  Co.... .560 
Froment.  11.  E.  .5(>6 
Galvin.  Thos.  F...5<W 
Gasser  Co.,  .T.  M..56."? 
Graliuin     &     Son, 

A .56.'5 

Grev,      Tbus.      .T. 

Co 561 

Gude  Bros.  Co... 562 


F"      ADVERT 

Page  Page 

Hall    Association. 571  MeConnell,    Alex. 562 

Hart,   Geo.    B 564  MeHutchison      & 

Hews    &    Co.,    A.  Co 552 

H 568  Meehau.  Chas.  E.564 

Hill  Co.,  E.  G...564  Metropolitan   Ma- 
Hill,    D.    Nursery                 tiriMl    Co 572 

Co 550  Miohell,    H.  F.  Co.561 

Holland    Nur-  Michigan  Cut 

series    552  Flower    Ex 5M 

Holm   &   Olson. ..563  Millang    Chas. ...566 

Horticultural  Cat-  Millang.    Frank.. .566 

alogue    5.50  Murray.    Samuel. 562 

Irwin,  K.J 561  Nation  al   Nur- 

Johnston    Bros. ..562  servuian    550 

Kasting.     W.     F.  Nicotine  Mfg.  Co.570 

Q„                          5(54  Niessen.   Leo  Co. 504 

Keller  Sous.  .L  B.563  Ouwerkerk,    P...552 

Kelwav    A:    Son.. 561  Palmer,   W.   J.  & 

Kerr  the  Florist. 563  Son    56:5 

Kervan    Co .566  park  Floral  Co.  .56:! 

King      Construe-  _  parsbelskv    Brn9.572 

tion    Co 5i2  ptMin  the  ■Flori9f..562 

Knoble    Bros .56:!  Pennock.      S.      S. 

Kottniiller    562  Co .5<i5 

Kroeschell   Bros.. .571  Peterson,  J.  A.  & 

Kuebler.    W.    H...566  §„„    550 

Lager  >V-   Hurrell..5.51  pfalf/.graft      Pot- 

Lange.   II.    F.  Co.5«3  j^.^y    co 51kS 

Lemon    oil   Co...5,(l  pjerce   Co.,    F.  0.572 

I>eonard  Seerl  C0..561  pieraon,.  A.    N...550 

Marshall,     W.    E.  Pierson,  F.   K .563 

Co .561  PL  Chemical  Co.570 


Page 
Pulverized       Ma- 
nure  Co 570 

Randall's   Flower 

Shop    56:! 

Keed  &  Keller... 566 
Kcidel  &  Meyer.. 566 

Keid.    Edw .564 

Uol)inson.  Henry 
M.    Co 566 

Uobinson,    H.    M. 

&   Co 5fti 

Koehrs,  J.  Co... 550 
Roland,  Thomas. 563 
Kolker,       A.       & 

Sous    568 

Kosery,    The 562 

Sanderson  Fer- 
tilizer &  Chem- 
ical   Co .561 

Schling.    Max .562 

Schwake.       Chaa. 

5,51 


Co. 
Sekenger. 
Sheridan. 
Siebrecht 
Siggers 

gers     . . . 
Skidelsky. 

«:  Co.... 
Smith.  P. 
Smith,    W 

Nursery 


Adam.  562 
\V.  F..,566 
Geo.  C..566 

A:      Sig- 

571 

.    S.     S. 

.561 

J SIMi 

A:     T. 
Co.. .  .552 


Page 
Smith  &  Fetters. 56:f 
Snivth.  Wm.  J... 56.'! 
Stearns      Lumber 

Co.,  A.   T 571 

Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.582 
Stumpp  &  Walter 

Co.     561 

Thorburn,    J.    M. 

&   Co 560 

Totty,  Chas.  H..550 
Traendly      & 

Scheuck    566 

United  Cut  Flow 

er    Co 567 

Vincent,    R.,    Jr., 

A:  Sons  Co 551 

Wants.   For  Sale, 

etc 56il 

Warburton     593 

Ward,    K.    M.    & 

Co 551 

Weber,  F.  C 563 

Weeber  &  Don. .  .560 

Wood    Bros 5.50 

Woodruff.    S.     D. 

A:    Sons 560 

Young.   A.   1 566 

Young,   John 566 

Young.  Thos.,  Jr. 566 
Young  A  Nugpnt..562 

Zech  &   Mann .564 

Zinn.    Julius    .\..56:! 


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and  experience.    It  is  the  fullest,  the  newest,  the  most  authoritative  of  all  works  of  Its  kind  and  constitutes 
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A  Few  of  the  Many  Important  New  Features 

Translation  and  Pronanciation  of  Latin  Names 


Key  to  Identification  of  Plaits    ^hli   la   >   darlc*   to  enable 

on*  to  find  the  name  of  a 
plant.  The  nnnie  tbui  fonnd  la  quickly  referred  to  under  Ita 
alphabetical  location,  where  full  Icformatlon  will  b«  foand  in 
regard  to  It. 

Synopsis  of  Plant  Kineaom    '^^^*  •»  •■•  •'  ^«  ■•■'  •"- 

portant  featnrea  of  the  new 
edition.  It  conBtltutes  a  general  running  accoant  of  the  claaaea, 
orders,  and  eronpa  of  nlanta,  with  a  brief  aketch  or  cbaraoter- 
laatlon  of  21B  of  the  leading  famlllea  comprlalng  those  that 
yield  practically  all  the  cultivated  plants.  These  family  de- 
Bcrlptlona  give  the  botanical  characters;  the  number  of  genera 
and  species  and  the  ranges;  a  Hat  of  the  Important  jenera; 
brief  sutemcnta  In  regard  to  the  aiefal  planta;  and  dlarram- 
matlc  llluatratlona. 

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tones;   and    more    than    4,M0   enrrarlngi    which 
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nltlona. 


In  Vol- 
ume   I 

la  Inserted  a  list  of  between  2.000  and  3,000  Latin  worda  used 
as  species — names  of  plants,  glrlng  the  Bngllsh  equlralent  or 
translation  and  the  pronunciation. 

Class  Articles  special  effort  has  beee  laade  te  secure  the 
best  cultural  advices  for  the  plaita  requiring 
peculiar  or  particular  handling.  Here  are  some  of  the  titles 
of  these  articles:  Ants;  Autumn  Oardenlng;  Bedding;  Dis- 
eases; DralnsKe;  Floral  Designs;  Formal  Qardening;  Hotbeds 
and  Coldframes;  Insects;  Landscape  Oardenlng;  Lawn  Plant- 
ing; Orchards;  Rock  Gardening;  Subtropical  Gardening;  Tools 
and  Implements;  Village  Improvements;  Window  Boxes,  etc. 

General   Index      '^^*  ^°'''  Tolnme  contains  a  cemplete 

Index  to  the  entire  work,  enabling 
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BOSTON, 
MASS. 


June  8,  1918 


HORTICULTUBE 


SOCIETY     OF    AMERICAN    FLORISTS 

AND 

ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURISTS 


THE  PUBLICITY  CAMPAIGN 
We  have  now  entered  upon  the 
sixth  month  of  the  active  work  of  the 
Campaign,  and  from  the  reports  re- 
ceived our  publicity  work  has  resulted 
in  a  very  visible  stimulation  of  busi- 
ness generally  throughout  the  coun- 
try. Mothers'  Day  business  was 
heavier  than  ever  before,  and  this  In 
spite  of  rather  vicious  propaganda 
designed  to  cause  the  elimination  of 
flowers  altogether  in  the  observance 
of  this  day. 

The  Promotion  Bureau  is  getting 
considerable  publicity  tor  flowers 
through  its  co-operation  with  the 
work  of  the  National  League  for 
Woman's  Service.  The  Bureau  is 
supplying  the  League  with  20,000 
signs  embodying  the  slogan  "Say  it 
with  Flowers,''  in  blue,  green  and 
gold,  as  nearly  as  possible  as  follows: 


To 

They 

Our  Boys 

SAY  IT 

Comfort 

In  the 

WITH 

and 

Hospitals 

FLOWERS 

Cheer 

This  quantity  is  the  first  instalment 
of  the  League's  requirements.  Such 
publicity  is  in  return  for  donations  of 
surplus  flowers  which  the  florists 
throughout  the  country,  wherever 
base  hospitals  are  now  located  or  are 
to  be  established,  are  asked  to  con- 
tribute to  the  branches  of  the  League. 
The  Secretary  has  sent  out  over  2,500 
letters  to  florists  covering  the  towns 
where  these  branches  will  operate. 
Some  of  the  hospitals  will  contain  so 
few  soldiers  that  flower  contributions, 
necesarily,  will  be  small,  and  entail 
an  expense  hardly  worth  considera- 
tion. In  large  cities  flowers  will  be 
contributed  collectively,  as  in  New 
York,  so  the  burden  will  not  be  felt. 
But  stop  to  think  of  the  return  bene- 
fit— 20,n00  and  more  of  these  signs  in 
public  display.  Don't  you  think  the 
public  will  feel  like  falling  in  with 
the  idea  of  contributing  flowers  to 
hospital  patients?  Don't  you  think 
that  they  will  buy  their  flowers  from 
the  florists,  and  don't  you  think  that 
this  movement  will  keep  flowers  be- 
fore the  public  as  among  the  most  es- 
sential of  essentials,  and  offset  much 
of  the  propaganda  we  are  obliged  to 
combat  every  day? 


Such  work  as  this  can  only  come 
through  organized  effort — organiza- 
tion made  possible  through  your  sub- 
scriptions to  the  Campaign  fund. 
^^^latever  you  give  is  returned  to 
your  advantage,  to  the  advantage  of 
the  whole  trade. 

If  you  have  not  already  given  to  the 
fund,  don't  hesitate  longer.  By  this 
time  you  should  be  fully  aware  of  the 
aims  of  our  Publicity  Committees. 
You  have,  undoubtedly,  already  ex- 
perienced benefit  from  their  work  and 
will  continue  to  do  so.  A  good  deal 
of  money  is  required  to  carry  this 
campaign  along,  and  you  can  help  to 
keep  it  going  without  impairing  your 
resources  to  any  noticeable  degree. 
You  should  look  upon  it  as  a  small 
premium  on  insurance,  and  charge  it 
on  your  hooks  as  such.  And  it  is  in- 
surance! In  these  times  of  curtail- 
ment our  publicity  insures  that  flow- 
ers will  not  be  cut  out  of  the  home 
except  by  the  very  thoughtless.  It 
insures  that  all  movements  to  belittle 
the  great  social  value  of  flowers  will 
be  challenged  and  a  greater  use  of 
your  products  encouraged. 

Won't  you  take  a  little  of  this  in- 
surance? Sit  down  while  the  matter 
is  now  before  you  and  send  in  your 
cheque  to  the  Secretary  for  what  you 
think  you  can  afford.  Whatever  the 
amount,  it  will  be  most  welcome. 

Cannot  you  use  some  of  our  "deal- 
ers' helps" — lantern  slides  for  the 
movies,  booklet,  stickers,  signs,  elec- 
trotypes for  your  newspaper  adver- 
tising? They  are  all  good,  and  sup- 
plied at  actual  cost. 

John  Young,  Sec. 
llTfi  Broadway,  New  York. 


Department  of  Plant  Registration. 

Public  notice  is  hereby  given  that 
Frederick  H.  Dressel,  Weehawken,  N. 
J.,  submits  for  registration  the  new 
Hydrangea  described  below: 

Hydrangea  Mrs'.  Woodrow  Wilson. 
Sport  of  Hydrangea  hortensis  Souve- 
nir de  Mme.  Chautard.  Color,  dark 
rose  pink.  Foliage  large  and  distinct- 
ive, the  leaves  running  to  a  narrow 
point.  The  flowers  stay  in  color  for 
from  six  to  eight  weeks  and  are  car- 
ried for  three  months,  just  as  are  the 
flowers  of  Hydrangea  paniculata. 

Any  person  objecting  to  this  regis- 
tration, or  to  the  use  of  the  proposed 


name,    is    requested    to    communicate 
with   the   Secretary  at  once.     Failing . 
to   receive  objection    to   the   registra- 
tion,   the    same    will    be    made    three 
weeks  from  this  date. 

John  Young,  Sec. 
1170  Broadway,  New  York. 
June  1st,  1918. 


AN     APPRECIATION. 
The   New    York   Herald   of   Monday, 
May   27,   published    the   following    let- 
ter: 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Herald  :— 

I  want  to  call  your  atteution  to  the  splen- 
did patriotic  worli  wliicli  the  florists  all 
over  the  country  tlirouK:li  the  Society  of 
.\merican  Florists  and  Ornamental  Horti- 
culturists are  doing.  Thirty-eight  thousand 
liorists  have  pledged  themselves  to  keep 
tlie  base  hospitals  in  the  United  States 
wherever  there  are  ill  or  wounded  sailors 
and  soldiers  supplied  with  fresh  flowers, 
and  they  are  doing  this  in  spite  of  the  fact 
tliat  their  business  is  one  hardest  hit  by 
the  war. 

Flowers  essentially  are  a  luxury,  and  the 
American  people,  generally  speaking,  have 
no  place  for  luxuries  in  this  time  of  sacri- 
lice  and  suffering.  During  the  next  win- 
ter many  florists  will  be  compelled  to  close 
their  greenhouses  because  of  the  recent 
order  of  the  Fuel  Administration  restrict- 
ing the  consumption  of  coal  by  florists  to 
tifty  per  cent,  of  their  normal  require- 
ments. 

Every  day  a  small  truck  loaded  with 
flowers  leaves  the  distribution  headquar- 
ters of  the  florists,  at  No.  51  West  Twenty- 
eighth  street,  to  go  to  several  hospitals, 
and  the  generous  spirit  of  the  florists  is 
evidenced  by  the  quantities  of  beautiful 
flowers  which  are  piled  high  in  this  truck. 
The  National  League  for  Woman's  Serv- 
ice, as  a  body  of  American  women  war 
workers,  appreciates  this  contribution  of 
the  florists  to  the  cause  of  democracy.  Cer- 
tainly these  flowers,  a  real  gift  of  sacriUce, 
go  a  long  way  toward  cheering  and  bright- 
ening the  convalescent  hours  'of  the  men 
who  liave  been  returned  to  us  battle 
scarred,  ill,  and  with  the  ugliness  of  war 
a  vivid  memory. 

EDITH  McVICKAK 
(Mrs.   Edward  McVickar). 
City  Chairman  National  League  for  Wom- 
an's Service. 
New  York  City,  May  24,  191S. 


LILAC  A.  B.  LAMBERTON. 

Our  cover  illustration  this  week  is 
from  a  seedling  raised  by  John  Dun- 
bar, Assistant  Superintendent  of 
Parks,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  and  named  by 
him  in  the  spring  of  1916.  Large 
compound  clusters,  flowers  large,  oc- 
casionally one  inch  in  diameter,  semi- 
double  to  single  on  the  same  cluster. 
Rich  violet  heliotrope  to  violet  laven- 
der. Seed-parent  Marie  Legraye.  It 
was  named  in  compliment  to  Alex- 
ander B.  Laniberton,  President  of  the 
old  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  for 
fifteen  years,  and  the  single  Park 
Commissioner  for  two  years  since  the 
abolition  of  the  late  Park  Board.  Mr. 
I.amberton    resigned    last    February. 


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CONTENTS  Page 

fOVER  ILLrSTR.\TION"  -American  Seedling  Lilac 
A.  B.  Lanihertoii. 

SOCIETY   OF  A.MKRICAN   FLORISTS— The   Publicity 

Campaign— Department    of   Registration 553 

FLOWERS  AN  ESSENTIAL— AJiOft  R.  Jones 555 

ADVERTISING  IS  THE  MOTOR  POWER  OF  INDUS- 
TRY—Henry  Penn 555 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— Gardeners'  and  Pnorists' 
Club  of  Boston — American  Rose  Society — Meetings 
Next  Week — Horticultural  Society  of  New  York — 
Ladies'  Society  of  American  Florists 556 

RHODODENDRO.VS    557 

COLLECTING  INTEREST  ON  UNPAID  ACCOUNTS— 
Elton  J.  Buckley  559 

OBITUARY— Robert    McMackin— Mrs.   .Joseph    Mendel  560 

OF  INTEREST  TO   RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

Flowers  by  Telegraph    562 

New  Flower  Stores .. .  .  • 563 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORT: 

Boston,  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  New  York 555 

Philadelphia.  Pittsburgh,  Washington.  Rochester.  St. 
I^uis    567 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Rochester   556 

Boston.     Chicago,     Washington.     Philadelphia.     Cin- 
cinnati, New  York.  Pittsburgh 568-570 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

An  .Appreciation    553 

Lilac  A.  B.  Lamberton . .  • 553 

New  Corporation  555 

Patriots — Illustration    557 

Bouvardia — Chrysanthemums    558 

Capt.  .Tames  W.  Anderson,  portrait 559 

Publications  Received   560 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 560 

New  Asparagus  Strain  Routs  "Rust"  Disease 560 

Visitors'  Register — Personal    567 


It  is  quite  (loubtful  if  anyone  can  tell  just 
Flowers      why,  Imt  it  is  very  evident  that  the  supply 
left  over      f,f    flgwcr.-    for    Memorial    Day    in    many 
place.«  was   much   larger  than   was  needed 
this  year,  and  this  notwithstandintr  the  fact  that  from 
everywhere   comes    the   assurance    that   fully   as   many 
flowers  as  ever  were  sold  before  for  a  similar  occasion. 
While  HoRTicuLTriiE  re.gards  it  as  calamitous  that  flow- 
ers should  be.  sold  at  any  time  at  a  price  lower  than  the 


Hist  iif  priiduclion  j)lus  a  rea.'-unaltie  prulit,  yet  it  is 
«('li  kiKiwii  tliat  we  are  unalteralply  opposed  to  any  at- 
leiiipt  to  suihleiily  advance  market  values  of  flowers 
previous  to  a  holiday  or  other  special  deiuaiid.  Those 
who  did  on  this  occasion  advance  (he  price  for  no  other 
reason  tliaii  that  Memorial  Day  was  ap|)roaching,  made 
iiotiiiiif:  liy  it  this  year  cxceipt  the  usual  pulilie  execration 
and  they  also  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeinj,'  their 
hoarded  nuiterial  sold  "for  a  song"  or  lost  completely. 
It  is  better  always  to  sell  many  flowers  at  a  popular 
price   than    fewer   flowers   at    a   prohibitive   ])rice. 

The  nur.-jerymen.  as  many  of  our  reader.^ 
A  Wise  know,  are  trying  to  get  together  a  sub- 
investment  stautial  sum  as  a  Market-Development 
i'lmd  in  much  the  same  way  aiul  for 
the  same  general  purpose  as  the  florists  are  getting 
together  their  I'uldicity  Fund.  The  nursery  interests 
have  lagged  badly  for  some  years,  and  it  is  very  oppoc- 
tune  tiiat  they  have  undertaken  this  proposition  at  the 
jiresent  time  for,  with  tiic  many  other  matters  that 
occupy  the  |>ublic  attention  they  are  in  a  way  to  forget 
that  there  is  any  such  thing  as  the  nursery  business. 
During  the  spring  months,  nurserymen  have  had  little 
time  to  give  attention  to  anything  but  the  execution  of 
their  orders.  Witli  as  many  troubles  as  usual  in  the 
spring  season,  they  have  had  added  this  year,  the  diffi- 
culty to  get  labor,  efficient  or  otherwise,  and  transporta- 
tion for  their  shipments,  but  in  the  next  two  months. 
tlicv  expect  it  will  grow  to  considerable  i)roportions  and 
iKJW  have  128  subscribers  who  have  pledged  approxi- 
inate'y  $1.5,000  per  year  for  a  period  of  five  years.  We 
hope  the  ies]M)n.<e  will  be  prom|)t  and  liberal.  Under 
I  resent  conditions  of  trade  the  nurserymen  and  the 
florists  cannot  jiossibly  make  a  better  investment  for 
business  building. 

We  are  very  glad  to  hear  fl-om  Wash- 

The  small        ington    that    the    fuel    administration 

florist  saved      authorities  have  found  a  way  in  which 

the  small  florist — the  greenhouse  man 
witli  only  a  small  extent  of  glass — may  be  protected 
against  a  literal  enforcement  of  the  new  law  restrict- 
ing the  use  of  coal.  The  Government  knows  the  situ- 
ation and  understands  what  must  be  done  much  better 
tiian  we  do,  and  we  think  that  the  florist  trade  gen- 
erally, while  somewhat  dazed  at  the  pros])ect  of  cut- 
ting their  business  in  half,  are  dis])osed  to  submit  with- 
out murmur  to  the  ruling  as  laid  down.  But,  as  has 
frequently  lieen  set  forth  in  these  columns  and  else- 
wheie,  it  did  seem  desirable  fnjni  every  standpoint  of 
humanity  that  .some  alleviation  might  be  found  whereby 
the  man  dependent  upon  a  small  place  for  a  living  for 
himself  and  family  might  not  have  that  source  of  live- 
liliood  taken  away  from  him  and,  as  said  before,  we  are 
glad  to  know  that  way  has  been  found.  Many  have 
been  dispo.sed  to  criticise  as  useless  the  going  of  a  dele- 
gation to  Washington  for  the  purpose  of  conferring 
there  upon  the  coal  situation,  and  in  all  probability  a 
.small  committee  would  have  accomplished  fully  as 
much,  but  just  the  same,  the  florist  trade  in  every  part 
of  the  country  can  thank  the  Society  of  American  flor- 
ists for  this  concession,  which  means  so  much.  We 
trust  it  will  not  be  forgotten  by  the  trade  whenever  the 
S.  A.  F.  asks  their  support.  A  live  national  society  is 
a  big  asset  for  any  business  nowadavs. 


June  8,  1918 


HOETICULTUKE 


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FLOWERS  AN  ESSENTIAL 

(Address   l>y  AlvaU   E.  Jones  of  the  S.    S.   Penuook    Co.   to   the    Ladies'    Library 
,  Club  of  Athens,  Pa.,  May  18.  1918.) 


There  has  been  considerable  agi- 
tation along  the  line  of  the  elimina- 
tion o£  non-essentials,  but  it  seems  lo 
be  impossible  for  us  to  come  to  the 
decision  as  to  what  constitutes  a  non- 
essential, for  all  we  individuals  care 
for,  to  us  seems  most  essential,  and 
we  unconsciously  find  ourselves  i)lat- 
ing  in  the  list  of  non-essentials  the 
things  that  did  not  particularly  af- 
fect us  but  might  be  considered  very 
necessary  to  some  one  else.  So  that 
today  we  find  people  to  whom  flowers 
did  not  particularly  appeal  placing 
the  same  in  the  list  of  non-essentials 
and  agitating  very  strongly  for  the 
non-growing  of  the  same.  There  are 
two  important  facts  to  be  considered 
in  connection  with  this  condition,  the 
practical"  one  being  that  there  is  an 
enormous  amount  of  money  and  many 
people  engaged  in  the  florist's  busi- 
ness, both  in  cut  flowers  and  plants 
and  the  raising  of  flowers  for  seeds, 
and  as  our  government  depends  upon 
the  receiving  of  taxes  from  the  busi- 
ness people  for  the  money  to  defray 
its  expenses,  therefore  this  industry 
plays  quite  an  important  part  in  the 
raising  of  revenue  for  the  government. 
The  second  view  is  the  message  of 
love  and  pleasure  that  flowers  convey 
and  the  brightening  of  the  dark  cor- 
ners of  life,  on  this  earth,  for  you 
will  all  grant  me  one  thing,  and  that 
is,  that  this  world  would  indeed  be  a 
most  dreary  spot  with  no  flowers 
available. 

In  the  early  spring  of  the  year  what 
is  more  refreshing  than  a  stroll 
through  the  country-side  communing 
with  nature,  and  during  the  walk  the 
song  of  the  birds  would  not  be  near 
as  melodious  were  it  not  for  the  nod- 
ding welcome  of  God's  most  beautiful 
expression  to  man,  namely,  flowers. 
In  times  of  joy  there  is  nothing  that 
conveys  one's  thoughts  so  com])letcIy 
as  do  a  few  flowers,  and  the  pleasant 
memory  of  them  remains  for  many 
years  after.  As  time  rolls  on  the  haiiii 
of  sorrow  is  placed  on  our  shoulder, 
and  is  there  anything  then  that  so 
satisfactorily  lets  us  know  that  thosi' 
whom  we  hold  most  dear  are  thinkinf; 
of  us  in  the  dark  moments.  Word  of 
the  orator,  brush  of  the  painter,  cr 
hand  of  the  sculptor  have  never  as 
yet  been  able  to  convey  to  man  :,hi' 
message  that  flowers  carry,  and  y°t 
they  are  within  the  reach  of  the  most 
humble  of  us  all,  for  the  varieties  are 


so  numerous  that  without  any  effort 
it  is  possible  to  find  some  of  God's 
messages  within  the  reach  of  the  poor- 
est; and  should  our  efforts  only  reach 
the  hardier  varieties  as  found  in  the 
gardens  hereabouts,  we  are  still  ful- 
filling our  mission  on  earth  of  mak- 
ing life  a  brighter  place  for  our  neigh- 
bors as  well  as  ourselves.  For  the 
fact  remains  that 

The  roses  red  upon  my  neighbor's  vine 
Are  owned  by  him,  but  they  are  also  mine, 
His  was  the  cost  and  his  the  labor,  too. 
But    mine    as    well    as    his,    the    joy    their 
loveliness  to  view. 

Tliey  bloom  for  me  and  are  to  me  as  fair 
As  to  the  man  who  gave  them  all  his  tare, 
An(\  I  am  rich  because  a  good  man  grew 
A    rose-clad    vine,    for    all    his    neighbors' 
view. 

I  know  from  this,  that  others  plant  for  me, 
.\nd  what  they  have,  my  Joy  may  also  be; 
So  why  be  selfish  when  so  much  that's  line 
Is    grown    for    you    upon    your    neighlior's 
vine. 

And  in  these  moments  of  stress 
when  the  country  is  becoming  deeper 
and  deeper  immersed  in  the  great  war 
that  is  now  raging,  to  the  one  that  is 
left  behind  could  there  be  more  nerve- 
resting  and  helping  diversion  than 
the  growing  of  flowers  and  the  cut- 
ting of  the  blooms,  sending  the  same 
to  the  hospitals  for  the  brightening 
up  of  the  sick  and  bringing  a  little 
sunshine  into  the  lives  of  the  un- 
fortunate; for  is  there  not  a  feeling  of 
pleasure  in  this  work  that  words  can- 
not describe,  and  also  the  thought  that 
perhaps  some  one  is  doing  the  same 
for  your  boy  "over  there."  And  as 
time  rolls  on  there  will  be  brought 
to  our  own  shores  hundreds  of  men 
for  medical  treatment,  and  flowers 
when  sent  to  them  will  in  many  cases 
do  as  much  good  as  medicine  in  the 
much  desired  recovery.  As  the  United 
States  have  ever  been  a  boon  to  the 
persecuted,  a  haven  of  rest  to  the 
weary,  so  let  us  continue  along  the 
lines  of  beautifying  the  community  in 
which  we  reside,  and  by  each  doing  his 
share  we  shall  make  of  this  country  a 
most  beautiful  place  for  the  newcomer 
to  see.  and  a  source  of  great  comfort 
and  pleasure  to  us  who  have  always 
been   here. 

And  so  in  closing  may  I  say  in  the 
words  of  that  great  writer:  "He  who 
has  made  two  blades  of  grass  grow 
where  one  grew  before,  has  planted  a 
flower  that  gives  a  welcome  to  the 
weary  traveler  along  the  King's  high- 
way, and  has  paid  his  rent  to  the 
Owner  of  this  universe  for  the  spate 
that  he  has  permitted  him  to  occu()y 
along  the   |)athway  of  life." 


ADVERTISING      IS     THE     MOTOR 
POWER     OF     INDUSTRY. 

Relax  in  your  advertising  and  your 
business  will  eventually  slow  down  lo 
a  standstill  and   then   what! 

Advertising  serves  to  stimulate  the 
buying  public  to  greater  needs  and 
to  awaken  the  desire  for  certain  com- 
modities that  perhaps  lay  dormant  in 
the   mind   of  the  prospective  buyer. 

It  is  absolutely  necessary  to  carry 
on  our  advertising  campaign  to  great- 
er power  than  ever  before  in  order  to 
stimulate  more  demand  for  flowers  for 
two  reasons,  first  because  we  have 
made  a  good  start,  and  second  be- 
cause it  will  be  the  means  of  creat- 
ing more  sales  for  flowers  which  will 
solve  the  higher  price  problem  so  es- 
sential to  the  growers  to  overbalance 
the  increased  labor  cost  and  fifty  per- 
cent   deficit    in    coal    distribution. 

This  is  the  missing  link  that  must 
supply  the  needed  energy  so  essential 
for  the  furtherance  of  our  business  to 
a  means  that  must  make  it  profitable 
With  this  is  needed  the  individual  ef- 
forts of  the  various  florists  through- 
cut  the  country  to  back  it  up  to  get 
the  fruitful   results. 

Unless  this  is  done  on  a  broader 
scale  than  ever  before  I  can  see  only 
disaster  for  a  good  many  of  the  flor- 
ists in  the  near  future,  while  the  men 
who  have  courage  and  vision  to  go 
through,  will  and  must  benefit,  more 
now  than  ever. 

It  would  be  the  most  unpatriotic 
act  on  the  part  of  the  florists  of  this 
country  to  even  think  of  curtailing  in 
this  direction  as  it  would  lead  to  still 
further  inroad's  of  depression  and 
eventually  this  would  of  necessity  be 
the  means  of  their  not  being  able  to 
participate  in  the  Liberty  Bond,  Red 
Cross,  and  other  movements  so  es- 
sential to  help  win  the  war. 

This  problem  affords  serious 
thought,  and  the  greatest  thinking 
minds  of  the  advertising  world  have 
decreed  that  advertising  now.  more 
than  ever,  will  be  the  motor  power 
that  will  solve  the  problem:  that  of 
giving  us  maximum  results  for  en- 
ergy used. 

Boys!  Go  to  it  stronger  now  than 
ever  and  watch  the  results. 


Chairman.     National     Publicity    Cam- 
paign. 


NEW    CORPORATION. 
East     Liverpool,     O.  —  The     Colton 
Flower  Com))any,  capital  stock  $1,000. 
Incorporator.  .Mary  A.  Colton. 


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Juno  8,  1918 


GARDENERS'  AND  FLORISTS    CLUB 

OF   BOSTON. 

Field  Day. 

The  club  will  hold  Its  second  field 
day  of  the  year,  nt  Milton,  Mass.,  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  .June  8,  1918,  on 
invitation  of  Mr.  Natluuiiel  T.  Kidder. 

To  reach  Mr.  Kiddt-r's  estate,  mem- 
bers can  take  a  train  at  the  South 
Station  at  2.25  p.  m..  or  elevated  trains 
to  Forest  Hills,  there  transferring  to 
Milton  and  Mattapan  cars  and  getting 
off  at  Milton  Lower  Mills.  We  would 
like  all  who  possibly  can,  to  be  at  Mil- 
ton Lower  Mills  at  2.45  p.  m.  It  is  a 
very  pleasant  walk  from  there  to  Mr. 
Kidder's,  but  we  have  arranged  for 
motors  or  barges  to  convey  any  who 
prefer  riding  to  walking.  Some  of  our 
members  will  undoubtedly  come  in 
their  own  cars,  and  will  go  direct  to 
352  Adams  Street.  Milton.  We  would 
like  all  to  be  on  hand  by  3  o'clock. 
Ladies  are.  as  usual,  cordially  invited 
to  be  present. 

Ladies'  Night 

The  club  will  hold  a  Ladies'  N'ight 
at  its  next  regular  meeting  on  June  18. 
There  will  be  a  short  entertainment 
foUow-ed  by  refreshments  and  dancing 
All  club  members  in  good  standing  are 
entitled  to  two  tickets,  which  are  non- 
transferable and  can  be  had  on  appli- 
cation to  the  secretary.  Additional 
tickets  may  be  had  at  5t)  cents  each. 

The  annual  club  picnic  will  he  held 

at  Cunningham  Park,  E^ist  Milton,  on 

Wednesday,  July  24.    We  are  planning 

to  make  this  more  enjoyable  than  ever. 

■W.  X.  Cit.UG.  Secy. 


AMERICAN     ROSE    SOCIETY. 
Rose   Registrations. 

The  following  requests  have  been 
received  for  registration  of  roses  and 
these  have  been  approved  by  the  Rose 
Registration  Committee.  Unless  ob- 
jections are  received  within  three 
weeks  from  the  date  of  this  publica- 
tion, the  registrations  will  be  perma- 
nently accepted: 

Name,  Bonnie  Prince;  class,  Wich- 
uraiana;  parentage  of  rose,  Tausend- 
schon   X  unnamed  seedling. 

Description:  Habit  of  plant,  very 
free  rambler.  Character  of  foliage, 
abundant,  glossy,  medium  green.  Free- 
dom of  growth  and  hardiness,  very 
free  and  hardy.  Flower,  full  double 
in  coryms  of  17  to  25.  Cslor.  white. 
Form,  large  for  type,  a  trifle  flat.  Fra- 
grance and  bud,  sweet,  ovoid  bud. 
Petalage,  very  numerous.  Freedom  of 
bloom  and  lasting  quality,  very  free, 
three  to  five  weeks. 


Meetings  Next  Week 

MEETINGS    NEXT    WEEK. 
Monday,  June   10. 

iJariUiicrs'  iiiiil  I'lorlstH'  t'luli  <'t 
ItMlliinorc.  FlorlHls'  KxeliuiiK''  Hull. 
I'.jlliiiiori',    Mil. 

.\i\v  Viirk  KUirlBts'  Club.  Criiiiil 
<l|iira    llimm-.  .New  York  City. 

ItiM'lii'Hlrr  Florlnts'  ABsoclntlnii, 
'.i.-i  .Main   .St.,  Kiisl   HiK'licstiT,  N.   Y. 

riiKlnniitl  Florists'  Socloty.  Ilotcl 
(illi.soii,  ('iiii'lniiatl,  (). 

Tuesday,  June  11. 

Ni-wpnrt  ll.irlliultural  S..ri.i\. 
.V.'wi.Mi-i     i;     I. 

Wednesday,  June    12. 

I'liiiiiinati  Florists'  Society,  Jnbez 
Klllott  Flower  Market,  Cliicliinntl.  O. 

Diitclicss  t'oiintv  Horticultural 
-SiHlety,  Fnllklll  BIdg..  I'oiiplikeep- 
sii-.   .\.  Y. 

I.eiiox  Horticultural  Society.  I.enox. 
Mass. 

.Morris  County  Florists'  and  Gar- 
ileners'  Society.  Madison.   N.  J. 

.Vassjiu  County  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, IVniliroke  Hall,  (ilen  Cove. 
N.    V, 

Thursday,  June   13. 

M<iilo    I'ark    Horticultural    Soci.  i '■ 
.Mciilo  J'ark.  Calif. 

N'l'w     L(>n<lon     Horticultural     Son 
ity,    .Munlcl|ial    nidp,,    New    Loudon. 
Conn. 

Friday,  June   14. 

Connecticut  Horticultural  Society, 
County  liulldine.  Hartford.  Conn. 

Westchester  and  Fairfield  Horti- 
cultural Society,  Dorana  Hall, 
Crccinvlcli.  Conn. 

Saturday,  June   15. 

n.iMis  Ferry  Gardeners'  Assocla- 
iM  II     Dolilis  Ferry,  N".  Y. 


The  rose  is  similar  to  Mad.  .-Vlfred 
Carriere  but  is  different  in  being  larg- 
er and  higher  built  and  superior  for 
tlie  following  reasons:  free  blooming 
and   fuller. 

(Signed)    Thomas   N.  Cook. 

Name,  May  Martin;  class,  hybrid 
Tea;  parentage  of  rose,  sport  of 
Ciihelia. 

Description:  Habit  of  plant,  tall. 
Character  of  foliage,  soft  green.  Free- 
dom of  growth  and  hardiness,  excel- 
lent. Flower,  semi-double.  Color, 
mustard  yellow  with  cream  base. 
Form,  long  with  high  centre.  Fra- 
grance and  bud.  quite  fragrant  with 
bud  pointed  and  firm.  Petalage,  aver- 
ages 22  petals.  Freedom  of  bloom  and 
lasting  quality,  very  free  bloomer  and 
has  excellent  keeping  qualities. 

The  rose  is  similar  to  Ophelia  but  is 
different  in  color  which  is  most  pro- 
nounced and  superior  for  the  follow- 
ing reasons:  foliage,  which  is  quite  a 
characteristic. 

(Signed)   M.uitin  &  Forbes  Co. 

E.  A.  Whitk,  Secretary. 


THE      HORTICULTURAL      SOCIETY 
OF  NEW   YORK. 
.■\   flower  «'Xhil)lti(iii   will   be  held  on 
Sulurilay   and  Sunday,  June  15th   and 

IGtIi,  in  the  Museum  building,  New 
York  Botanical  Garden.  Outdoor 
grown  roses  and  peonies  will  be  the 
leatures.  Prizes  are  also  offered  for 
flowering  shrubs,  trees  ami  herbaco 
Otis  plants.  Schedules  are  now  ready 
lor  distribution,  and  will  be  sent  on 
application  to  the  secretary,  George 
V.  Nash,  New  York  Botanical  Garden, 
Bronx  Park.  N.  Y,  City. 

Gf^onGE  V.  N.\sn,  Secy. 


LADIES'  SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN 
FLORISTS. 
Mrs.  Julius  Hoehrs  has  appointed 
Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Totty,  Madison,  N.  J., 
as  treasurer  to  fill  the  unexpired  term 
of  Mrs.  Albert  M.  Herr,  appointed 
secretary  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused 
by  the  decease  of  Mrs.  G.  W.  Smith. 

Mrs.  J.  RoEURs,  Pres. 

Mrs.  A.  M.  Herb,  Sec'y. 


The  annual  meeting  and  election  of 
oflicers  of  the  Cincinnati  Florists'  So- 
ciety will  be  held  on  Monday  evening, 
June  10,  at  the  E.  G.  Hill  Floral  Com- 
pany's store. 


ROCHSTER,  N.  Y. 

Senator  and  Mrs.  John  B.  Mullen 
will  celebrate  their  29th  wedding  an- 
niversary on  June  24  at  their  home  on 
Wellington  avenue,  and  also  the  mar- 
riage of  their  daughter  Margaret  to 
Mr.  John  Baird  of  this  city. 

JIany  nurserymen  and  florists  re- 
port business  as  very  active,  but  they 
have  been  very  much  handicapped 
with  such  a  shortage  of  men  and  the 
demand  for  the  planting  and  other 
work  necessitated  their  help  to  work 
several  hours  overtime  dally. 

The  old-time  firm  of  Ellwanger  & 
Barry  Nursery  Co.  is  to  be  dissolved, 
but  the  Ellwanger  &  Barry  Realty 
Co.  will  be  continued.  This  Is  dis- 
tinct from  the  Nursery  Co.  and  will 
not  be  affected  by  the  latter's  dis- 
solution. The  stockholders  of  both 
concerns  are  the  heirs  of  George  Ell- 
wanger and  Patrick  Barry,  who  were 
pioneers  in  the  nursery  business  in 
Rochester.  The  business  grew  by 
great  strides  and  soon  the  name  of 
Ellwanger  &  Barry  was  known  in  hor- 
ticulture circles  in  most  of  the  United 
States.  William  C.  Barry  was  con- 
nected with  the  founders  of  the  firm 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  it  is 
largely  owing  to  this  company  that 
western  New  York  has  become  famous 
for  its  apples.  The  firm  also  dissemi- 
nated valuable  knowledge  on  the  rais- 
ing of  other  fruit  and  ornamental 
trees.  Products  of  the  firm's  nur- 
series are  to  be  found  in  parks  and 
gardens  all  over  the  world. 


June  8,  1918  • 


HOBTICULTTJBB 


557 


RHODODENDRONS. 
The  rhododendrons  had  a  hard  time 
last  winter  and  the  wonder  is  that 
after  such  a  period  of  Arctic  weather 
they  managed  to  survive  at  all.  As  it 
v.as  the  foliage  was  pretty  severely 
damaged  but  the  flowers  were  not  ma- 
terially damaged  in  most  cases  and 
now  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston,  at  least, 
they  are  making  a  grand  show  while 
the  young  shoots  and  foliage  serve  to 
effectively  camouflage  the  injured 
leaves  of  the  past  season. 

Persons  who  desire  to  cultivate 
these  plants  must  remember  that  rho- 
dodendrons including  all  azaleas,  can- 
not live  in  soil  impregnated  with  lime. 
Rhododendrons  are  not  hardy  north  of 
Massachusetts,  and  south  of  Pennsyl- 
vania the  summer  sun  is  too  hot  for 
them.  The  range  therefore  in  eastern 
North  America  where  these  plants 
can  be  successfully  cultivated  is  com- 
paratively small,  but  probably  the 
northwest  coast  of  North  America 
from  southern  British  Columbia  to 
northern-  California  is  as  well  suited 
for  these  plants  as  any  part  of  the 
world,  and  there  can  be  grown  in  ad- 
dition to  all  the  varieties  common  in 
European  gardens  the  Himalayan  and 
Chinese  species  which  here  in  the 
east  can  only  be  kept  alive  in  glass 
houses,  and  in  Europe  thrive  only  in 
a  few  exceptionally  favorable  places 
like  Cornwall  or  in  the  neighborhood 
of  the  Italian  lakes. 

Rhododendrons,    although   they    are 
moisture-loving   plants,   do   not   thrive 
in   undrained   positions;    they  do  best 
in  soil  in  which  loam  and  peat  have 
been  equally  mixed,  although  peat  is 
not  always  essential  to  the  successful 
cultivation     of     these     plants.       They 
should  be  planted  where  the  roots  of 
trees  cannot  take  away  moisture  from 
them,  and  the  best  position  for  these 
plants  is  on  the  north  side  but  not  too 
near    coniferous    trees.      In    such    po- 
sitions they  are  protected  from  the  di- 
rect   rays    of   the    sun    in    March    and 
April,   for   in   this   climate   where   the 
roots  are  in  frozen  ground   in  winter 
and    therefore    cannot    take    up    mois- 
ture,   it    is    important    to    reduce    as 
much    as    possible    winter    and    early 
spring  evaporation  from  the  leaves.    It 
is  this  evaporation  from  the  leaves  of 
evergreens    growing    in     frozen     soil 
which    makes    it    impossible    to    keep 
alive  many  of  .them  in  this  country; 
and   this   is  the  reason   why  it  is  de- 
sirable to  water  thoroughly  rhododen- 
drons  just   before  the   ground    freezes 
in    the    autumn.      Rhododendrons    Im- 
ported from  Europe  suffer  here  from 
the   stock   on   which   they  have  been 
grafted.    The  almost  universal  custom 
among  European  nurserymen  is  to  u'se 


PATRIOTS 


Rhododendron  ponticum  as  the  stock 
for  these  plants  because  it  is  easily 
and  quickly  raised  and  readily  graft- 
ed. R.  ponticum  is  not  at  all  hardy 
here,  and  there  i«  little  doubt  that  our 
want  of  success  with  rhododendrons 
imported  from  Europe  is  due,  in  part 
at  least,  to  the  stock  on  which  they 
have  been  grafted  and  that  the  grad- 
ual or  sudden  death  here  of  large 
plants  which  have  been  uninjured  by 
cold  or  drought  for  twenty  or  thirty 
years  is  due  to  this  cause. 

The  familiar  rhododendrons  of  New 
England  gardens  are  so-called  Cataw- 
biense  hybrids  and  were  raised  in 
Europe  many  years  ago  by  crossing 
R.  catawbiense,  a  native  of  the  high- 
est summits  of  the  Appalachian 
Mountains,  with  Himalayan  species, 
notably  the  scarlet-flowered  R.  ar- 
Itoreum.  It  might  be  expected  that 
plants  obtained  from  these  crosses 
woould  be  hardy  in  proportion  to  the 
predominance  of  the  American  plant 
but,  judging  by  the  color  of  the  flow- 


ers, this  is  not  always  true.  Varieties 
like  Atrosanguineum,  Charles  Dickens 
and  H.  W.  Sargent,  which  have  flow- 
ers as  bright  red  as  those  of  R.  arbo- 
reum,  are  among  the  hardiest  of  all 
garden  rhododendrons;  but  varieties 
with  white  or  pale  flowers  are  more 
tender  than  those  with  rose  pink  or 
purple  flowers  which  most  closely 
show  the  influence  of  the  Cataw- 
biense parent;  and  unfortunately  the 
varieties  with  light-colored  flowers 
marked  at  the  base  with  large  brown 
or  chocolate-colored  blotches,  like 
Sapho,  are  not  at  all  hardy  here. 

The  hardiness  of  these  hybrid  rho- 
dodendrons can  only  be  determined 
by  trial,  although  in  selecting  varie- 
ties for  trial  it  is  safe  to  assume  that 
plants  with  broad  leaves  resembling 
those  of  /?.  catawbiense,  like  Ever- 
estianum,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Sargent,  Roseum 
elegans,  Henrietta  Sargent,  Cataw- 
biense album,  and  all  the  varieties 
with  light  or  dark  purple  flowers  are 
likely  to  prove  hardier  than  the  plants 


HORTICULTURE 


Juno    S.    I'.'IS 


wUh  narrow  Ioum-s  liiv>-  Mrs  J"hn 
Chittoii.  There  uro.  >'i  iour«e.  oxcep 
lions  l<>  surh  a  r"'*"  ••"<"■  ex^inP'*- 
Pink  Pearl  hns  Urm,\  l.nvefi  and  la 
very  lender:  and  C.oimr  Waterer.  al- 
though II  lias  leavcH  as  bruad  as  those 
of  any  of  these  hybrldg.  usually 
suffers  In  winter  ami  almost  Invari- 
ably  loses   Its   flower-buds. 

Persons  who  want  to  plant  Cataw- 
blense  hybrid  rhododomlrons  should 
take  advantage  of  the  knowledge 
which  has  been  laboriously  and  expen- 
sively obtained  about  these  plants  at 
Wellesley.  Mass.,  on  Mr.  Hunnewell's 
estate,  where  rhododendrons  have 
been  tested  on  4  larpe  scale  for  sixty 
vears.  and  at  the  .\rl)orelum  where 
many  of  the  hardiest  kinds  raised  in 
Knpland.  Germany,  and  the  United 
States  arc  now  in  nower.  There  are 
other  evergreen  rhododendrons  which 
are  not  as  often  cultivated  here  in 
Massachusetts  as  they  miBht  be.  R. 
catawbiense  itself  is  perfectly  hardy 
and  none  of  its  hybrids  have  hand- 
somer foliage.  It  grows  slowly,  how- 
ever, and  never  to  a  very  large  size. 
and  the  flowers  are  of  a  disagreeable 
purple  rose  color. 

One  of  the  handsomest  of  the  early 
rhododendrons.  Boule  de  Neige.  shows 
no  effects  of  a  hard  winter.  The  leaves 
are  as  green  as  they  were  in  October 
and  the  flower-buds  hav('  not  been  in- 
jured. It  is  a  dwarf  plant  rarely  grow- 
ing to  the  height  of  three  feet  but  the 
branches  are  wide-spreading  and  form 
a  broad,  compact,  round-topped  head. 
Little  appears  to  be  known  of  the  his- 
tory of  this  plant;  it  is  evidently  a 
hxbrid  and  R.  caucasirtim  is  no  doubt 
one  of  the  parents.  .ludging  by  the 
leaves.  K.  catawbiense.  or  one  of  its 
hybrids,  may  be  the  other  parent. 
The  French  name  suggests  that  it  was 
raised  in  France  as  does  the  name  of 
the  raiser,  Oudieu.  given  in  a  recent 
Knglish  work  on  Rhododendrons. 
Whatever  these  may  have  been  Boule 
de  Neige  seems  one  of  the  hardiest 
rhododendrons  which  can  he  grown 
successfully  in  this  climate.  Another 
dwarf  rhododendron.  Mont  Blanc,  a 
variety  or  hybrid  of  R.  raucasicum . 
flowered  a  few  days  earlier  than  Boule 
de  Neige.  It  is  a  dwarfer  plant  and 
the  flowers  are  rose  color  when  they 
first  open  but  soon  become  pure  white. 
This  is  a  plant  which  has  bloomed  in 
the  Arboretum  for  several  years  and 
has  never  been  injured.  The  history 
of  its  parentage  and  origin  are  not  re- 
corded. A  hybrid.  R.  raucasicum,  with 
rose-colored  flowers,  sold  in  nurseries 
as  R.  Jacksonii  although  that  name 
properly  belongs  to  another  hybrid, 
has  lost  a  good  many  leaves  and  some 
of  the  flower-buds. 


Rhododendron  maximum,  which 
grows  naturally  as  far  north  as  south- 
ern New  Hampshire.  |h  a  large  plant 
sometimes  treelike  In  habit,  with 
handsome,  long,  narrow  leaves  and 
small  clusters  of  beautiful  pink  and 
white  flowers.  It  Is  the  last  of  thr 
rhododendrons  to  bloom  here,  and 
the  flowor-buds  do  not  open  until  the 
new  branchlets  have  nearly  flnlshed 
their  growth,  so  that  the  flower- 
clusters  are  a  good  deal  hidden  by 
them.  The  varieties  and  hybrids  of 
the  dwarf  Rhododendron  caucdsicuw 
bloom  before  the  Catawbiense  hybrids 
and  the  flowers  have  already  faded. 
The  latest  of  this  race  to  flower,  and 
1  erhaps  the  best  of  them  all  here.  Is 
a  low,  broad,  compact  plant  with  pure 
white  flowers  called  Boule  de  Neige. 
This  is  a  perfectly  hardy,  free-flower- 
ing plant  which  might  to  advantage 
be  more  generally  planted  in  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Rhododendron  caroilnianum.  An- 
other year  increases  our  admiration 
for  this  native  of  the  slopes  of  the 
southern  Appalachian  mountains 
which  is  the  handsomest  of  the  small 
rhododendrons  in  the  Arboretum  col- 
lection. It  is  perfectly  hardy,  the 
habit  is  excellent,  and  the  leaves  are 
very  dark  green  above  and  rusty  be- 
low. It  flourishes  in  the  full  sun  or 
in  deep  shade,  and  never  fails  to  pro- 
duce abundant  crops  of  its  clusters 
of  pale  rose-pink  flowers.  This  is  one 
of  the  best  of  the  broad-leaved  ever- 
greens recently  introduced  into  our 
gardens. 

Rhododendron  Smirnowll  is  a  plant 
with  which  Americans  interested  'in 
the  cultivation  of  rhododendrons 
would  do  well  to  become  acquaintcci, 
for  it  is  not  only  a  beautiful  plant  but 
may  prove  exceedingly  valuable  in  the 
production  of  a  new  race  of  hybrid 
rhododendrons  better  suited  for  this 
climate  than  any  which  we  now  have. 
It  is  a  native  of  the  Caucasus  and  a 
large  shrub  with  pale  gray-green 
leaves  coated  below  with  a  thick  mat 
of  pale  felt,  and  large  pink  or  rose- 
Iiink  flowers  in  medium-sized  clusters. 
The  leaves  are  not  as  handsome  as 
those  of  R.  catawbiense  and  Its  hy- 
brids, and  when  the  plants  are  fully 
exposed  to  the  sun  the  leaves  some- 
times curl  up  in  very  hot  weather. 
The  felt  on  their  lower  surface,  how- 
ever, protects  them  from  the  attacks 
of  the  lace-leaf  fly  from  which  other 
rhododendrons  suffer  so  seriously  here. 
By  crossing  this  rhododendron  with 
R.  catawbiense  or  with  some  of  the 
hardiest  of  its  hybrids  it  may  be  pos- 
sible to  obtain  plants  superior  to  any 
now  in  our  gardens.  A  .Tapanese  spe- 
cies,     Rhododendron      brachycarpum. 


may  also  prove  valuable  for  croHnIng 
with  W.  Smimou-ii  or  W.  <-atautiicme. 
ThlH  Is  n  species  of  the  high  moun 
tains  of  Japan,  with  large,  dark  green 
leaves  and  large  clusters  of  very  pale 
yellow  flowers:  It  Is  an  exrcodlngly 
rare  plont  In  western  gardens  and 
does  not  appear  to  have  boon  much 
lUltlvated  by  the  Japanese.  It  was 
one  of  the  plants  brought  from  Japan 
In  1862  by  Mr.  Oordon  Dexter  of  Bos- 
ton and  It  grew  to  a  large  size  and 
flowered  for  many  years  In  Ftancls 
Parkman's  garden  In  Jamaica  Plain. 
This  specimen  was  later  transferred 
to  the  Arboretum  and  Is  no  longer 
alive.  There  are  now  seedling  plants 
here,  and  there  Is  no  reason  why  this 
handsome  species  should  not  become 
common  in  American  gardens. — Com- 
piled in  part  from  the  Arboretum 
HiiHettn. 


BOUVARDIAS. 
In  the  scarcity  of  Illy  of  the  valley, 
liouvardla  Is  doubly  welcome  In  the 
making  up  of  bouquets  and  design 
work  where  a  choice  white  flower  Is 
needed  to  give  graceful  finish.  Bou- 
vardlas  will  pay  well  for  their  room 
and  keep.  Any  culture  and  soil  that 
suits  carnations  or  roses  will  satisfy 
the  bouvardias.  Plant  the  young 
plants  in  the  open  and  keep  them 
well  cultivated,  transferring  them  to 
the  bench  in  early  September.  Give 
water  freely  and  keep  them  pinched 
back  if  they  show  any  disposition  to 
flower  in  the  field. 


CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Chrysanthemums  should  be  shifted 
along  and  kept  growing  without  any 
interruption.  Do  not  let  them  get  pot- 
bound  and  be  sure  that  watering  and 
spraying  in  these  hot  June  days  are 
not  neglected.  Keep  them  properly 
staked  and  with  plenty  of  air  room 
about  each  plant  so  that  good  clean 
perfect  foliage,  which  is  almost  as 
essential  as  the  fiowers,  may  he  had. 


What  Is  That  Plant? 

A  difficult  Queitlon  to  aniwer  aiaklly 
UDlei*  flowen  are  preaent.  becauae  the 
ordinary  Manaala  make  uae  of  flower 
and  fruit  charactera.  It  may  be 
anawered  eaally  for  over  1000  treea  and 
sbruba.  Including  tboae  moat  commonly 
planted  In  tbe  eaatern  Statea  and  In 
northern  Europe,  from  foliage  only,  by 
aid  of  the  200-paKe  book,  'Tlant  Ma- 
terlala  of  Decorative  GardenlnK,"  by 
William  Treleaae,  conrenlent  for  band- 
Ung  and  of  a  alie  to  fit  the  pocket, 
which  may  be  had  of  tbe  HORTICDL- 
TURB  PUBLISHING  CO.,  for  »1.0»- 
poatpald. 


June  8,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


559 


COLLECTING     INTEREST     ON     UN- 
PAID  ACCOUNTS. 

The  following  inquiry  comes  to  me 
from  a  retail  dealer  in  Capron.  III.;  — 

Please  advise  If  with  a  sign  up  iu  our 
store  reading  seven  per  cent,  interest  will 
be  _charged  on  past  due  accounts,  and  the 
same  statement  appearing  on  all  our  bill- 
heads, can  we  legall.v  charge  and  collect 
this   interest? 

This  is  a  subject  on  which  I  have 
had  decided  opinions  for  many  years. 
Whenever  I  have  had  the  opportunity, 
I  have  advised  Individual  clients  as 
well  as  commercial  organizations 
which  it  has  come  in  my  way  to 
address,  that  all  wholesale  and  retail 
merchants  should  have  a  rigid  rule 
that  accounts  not  paid  by  a  certain 
date  must  bear  interest.  1  sat  down 
once  and  tried  to  calculate  how  much 
money  the  merchants  of  the  land  lost 
by  not  doing  this,  but  it  ran  into  such 
a  sum  before  1  got  half  way  through, 
that  I  stopped.  Without  doubt  the 
total  would  be  staggering. 

The  customer  who  fails  to  pay  his 
account  when  due  is  no  more  or  less 
than  a  borrower  from  his  creditor. 
Why  should  he  not  pay  interest  like 
any  otUer  borrower?  Only  the  other 
day  one  of  my  clients  was  discussing 
his  financial  condition  with  me.  He 
had  just  been  compelled  to  go  to  his 
bank  and  borrow,  because  he  had  so 
much  money  on  his  books  that  he 
couldn't  collect.  Was  he  charging  in- 
terest on  those  overdue  accounts?  No. 
Why  not?  Because  he  didn't  think 
his  customers  would  stand  for  it.  That 
has  always  been  the  obstacle  in  the 
way  of  charging  interest  on  overdue 
accounts — fear  of  antagonizing  trade. 
There  are  two  answers  to  make  to 
that  objection  to-day.  First,  customers 
are  being  educated  to  stand  anything 
just  now,  and  being  charged  interest 
on  overdue  accounts  is  no  worse  than 
many  other  things  they  have  endured 
with  comparative  equanimity.  Second, 
the  plan  to  charge  interest  could  in 
many  towns  be  adopted  by  all  the  mer- 
chants together  if  somebody  would 
work  it  up.  Such  a  combination  would 
be  perfectly  legal,  and  in  many  cases 
quite  easy  to  form — and  absolutely 
effective. 

A  large  numt>er  of  other  merchants 
are  in  the  same  position  as  the  client 
I  spoke  of — they  are  paying  interest 
on  money  which  they  borrow  to  prac- 
tically lend  out  to  their  customers 
without  interest. 

It  is  the  settled  law  that  merchants 
can  charge  interest  on  overdue  ac- 
counts, provided  the  customer  knew 
or  had  reason  to  know  that  interest 
was  to  be  charged.  The  qualification 
is  important.  Take  a  dealer  who  has 
handled  his  credit  trade  as  it  is  us- 
ually handled  —  carrying  his  people 
along,    collecting    when    he    can,    but 


never  charging  interest,  although 
some  of  his  accounts  or  parts  of  ac- 
counts, run  for  many  months.  A  man 
like  that,  who  has  been  accustomed  to 
give  a  customer  months  of  credit 
without  interest,  cannot  suddenly 
start  in  to  add  interest  to  his  cus- 
tomer's account.  He  has  led  his 
customer  to  believe,  by  a  course 
of  dealing,  that  he  did  not  intend 
to  charge  interest  and  he  cannot 
suddenly  change  that  course  of  deal- 
ing without  warning.  He  should  send 
an  express  notice  by  mail  to  every 
customer,  and  post  a  sign  in  his  store, 
that  on  and  after  a  certain  date  all 
accounts  not  paid  when  due  will  bear 
interest.  When  the  time  comes  he  can 
start  to  add  interest  to  his  customers' 


Capt.   Jambs  W.   Ajsdebson 

unpaid  accounts  and  can  collect  every 
cent  of  it. 

After  a  merchant  had  established 
this  rule  and  was  enforcing  it  right 
along,  any  new  customers  who  came 
to  him  could  be  charged  interest  on 
overdue  accounts  without  notice,  re- 
gardless of  the  fact  that  they  might 
not  have  been  charged  it  by  anybody 
else  with  whom  they  had  dealt.  That 
is  because  the  particular  dealer  has 
never  established  any  course  of  deal- 
ing with  them  which  led  them  to  be- 
lieve he  didn't  intend  to  charge  inter- 
est. He  had  merely  applied  his  regu- 
lar rule  to  them.  And  the  uniform 
custom  of  a  merchant,  carried  out,  let 
us  say,  by  notice  on  his  letterheads, 
billheads  and  perhaps  by  a  notice 
l)ostod  in  store,  binds  his  customers 
whether  they  see  it  or  not. 

Even  where  a  merchant  has  a  regu- 
lar custom  of  charging  interest  on  un- 
paid    accounts,     no     interest     can     be 


charged  upon  an  account  unless  it  is 
liquidated,  that  is,  unless  the  amount 
is  settled  and  fixed.  An  open  running 
account  does  not  bear  interest. 

Notice  to  customers  that  interest 
v.'ill  be  charged  on  accounts  not  paid 
when  due  should,  of  course,  state 
when  they  are  due,  that  is,  in  ten. 
days,  thirty  days,  on  presentation, 
and  so  on.  I  remember  one  case  in 
which  a  merchant's  effort  to  collect  in- 
terest was  defeated  because  he  said  it 
would  be  charged  on  accounts  "not 
paid  when  due,"  and  he  had  been  so 
shiftless  in  presenting  bills  In  the  past 
that  nobody  knew  w-ben  he  considered 
them  due. 

The  situation  as  to  collecting  inter- 
est on  unpaid  accounts  is  somewhat 
different  when  you  have  to  sue  a  cus- 
tomer to  collect  an  account.  In  that 
case  you  can  always  add  interest  from 
the  day  when  commercial  custom 
would  make  the  account  due,  for  ex- 
ample, at  the  end  of  thirty  days.  To 
illustrate,  you  sell  a  customer  $500 
worth  of  goods  on  May  1st.  He  doesn't 
pay.  Custom  would  make  the  account 
Iiayable  June  1st,  and  you  can  there- 
fore add  interest  from  June  1st. 
(.Copyright,  May.  1918.  by  Elton  J. 
Buckley.) 


CAPT.    JAMES    W.    ANDERSON. 

The  accompanying  cut  is  from  a 
photograph  of  Capt.  James  W.  Ander- 
son. Coast  Artillery.  U.  S.  Army,  son 
of  Wm.  Anderson  of  Lancaster,  Mass. 
He  is  stationed  at  Fort  Greble,  New- 
port, R.  I.  He  took  the  military  ex- 
aminations just  before  he  graduated 
from  the  .Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology,  last  June,  was  commis- 
sioned second  lieutenant  and  sent  to 
the  Officers'  Training  School  at 
Fortress  Monroe,  Virginia.  Last  No- 
vember he  was  made  first  lieutenant 
and  sent  to  Fort  Greble.  About  two 
weeks  ago  he  was  promoted  to  cap- 
tain.    He  is  24  years  of  age. 


THE  PRACTICAL  BOOK 

OF 

Outdoor  Rose  Growing 

Itv    (.lOICGE    C.    THOMAS,    JR. 


New  and  Enlarged  Kdition. 
Klaboratcly  lUustrat^Ml  with  OG  IVrfiMt 
l<4>i>r<HliirtiniiH  in  Full  Color  of  All 
\arii>tics  of  KoKeH,  and  37  Halftone 
riatoN.  Octavo,  IlnndNome  Cloth  Hind- 
inK.  in  ii   Slip   Cane. 

Sfi.fM)    nrt.      I»OKtag4*    Kxtra. 
(iardeii     Kdition,    $*2.(M»    per    copy. 

\V<'  iia^r  Hiild  many  copicH  of  thin 
wttTlinc  l)o<)k.  It  IK  one  of  tlio  best  of 
r<M»'nt  horl  i  cultural  piihlicatioiis.  Kvery 
ro§e    fcrower   should    poseesu   a  copy. 


Order  from 


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11  o  i;  T I  cii  i/rr  hk 


Juno  8.  1918 


PUBLICATIONS  RECEIVED. 
The  Tlilrty-nfth  Annual  lii>port  of  the 
Honnl  of  Park  Conunlssloners  of  MIn- 
neaiHills,  Minn.,  for  1917  18  out.  As 
usual  It  18  a  model  of  flno  printing  iind 
Illustrating  ag  well  iis  a  tlnlshed  re 
port  of  the  year's  work  In  "U  depart- 
ments by  that  leading  HKht  among 
park  superintendents.  TluMulore  WIrth. 
Hesldes  many  beautiful  full-page  en- 
gravings there  are  many  Inserts  of 
maps  and  line  drawings. 


The  American  Instituio  of  the  City 
of  New  York  has  issued  the  schedule 
of  prizes  to  be  awarded  at  the  Chrys- 
anthemum Exhibition  to  be  held  on 
November  6.  7.  8.  1918.  Enclosed 
therewith  Is  a  very  attractive  list  of 
special  prizes,  cups  and  cash,  offered 
by  particular  friends  of  the  Chrysan- 
themum, Including  Pres.  Wm.  Vert. 
Chas.  H.  Totty  Co.,  E.  G.  Hill  Co..  El- 
mer D.  Smith  &  Co..  A.  N.  Plerson, 
Inc.,  H.  A.  Dreer,  HItchings  Co.,  P.  J 
Foley.  Stumpp  &  Walter  Co..  and  H. 
E.  Converse.  The  C.  S.  A.  Secretary's 
address  Is  Chas.  W.  Johnson,  Morgan 
Park,  111. 


We  have  received  a  copy  of  the  fire 
prevention  manual.  "Safeguarding  the 
Home  Against  Fire."  The  war-time  im- 
portance of  conserving  life  and  prop- 
erty is  so  urgent  that  we  should  like 
every  reader  of  Hortici  i.TraE  to  have 
this  booklet.  It  has  already  received 
the  unqualified  endorsement  of  many 
state  fire  marshals,  insurance  commis- 
sioners and  other  officials,  and  seems 
likely  to  be  adopted  for  use  as  a  text 
book  by  the  public  schools  In  many 
cities  and  towns.  The  contents  com- 
prise eighteen  chapters  with  illustra- 
tions in  the  margin.  The  dangers  from 
matches,  stoves  and  furnaces,  rubbish, 
kerosine,  gas.  gasoline,  smoking,  elec- 
tricity, etc.,  are  fully  enlarged  upon 
and  means  of  preventing,  also  of  fight- 
ing fires  are  told  in  a  most  instructive 
and  impressive  manner. 


GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR 
CONTEMPLATED. 

Gresham,  Ore.— Holden  Floral  Com- 
pany, range  of  houses,  completed. 

Fort  Plain,  N.  Y.— Walter  I>.  Mead, 
Notre  Dame  street,  100  ft.  house. 


Hartford,  Conn.— J.  Albert  Brodrib, 
a  florist  of  No.  639  Main  street,  Is  an- 
other victim  of  the  young  man  who, 
posing  as  a  soldier  of  the  United 
States  Army,  left  a  trail  of  worthless 
checks  before  he  was  finally  forced  to 
leave  the  city.  He  notified  police 
headquarters.  The  check  given  to 
Brodrib  was  for  flO.  Brodrib  Is  the 
fifth  person  to  complain  of  the 
stranger's  activities. 


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B«nd    for    oar    Wbol»«*U 
Flurlit      CataJoiTDe      Now 


BEGONIAS 

Single  Fringed  S.iimon.  Uicp  Rose.  Scarlet, 
Crimson,  White,  Yellow.  Or.ingc.  Coppcr- 
Bron/c.  Mixed:  100.  $7.00:  1000.  $65.00. 
Sinyle-Flnu'criny  Dclic.nc  Pink.  Deep  Rose, 
Sc.irlct.  Crimson.  White.  Yellow,  Orange, 
S.ilmon.     Mixed:   100.  S4.75:  1000,  $45.00. 

FOTTLER,  FISKE.  RAWSON  CO. 


The   SrriJ   StoTf 


12  and    IS    Fuiirull    II>II   Mq.,    Itotton 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,    Raynes 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

CARTERS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc.,  conun«cfBSTB^'.i.l  m.u. 


WEEBER  &  DON 


114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
NEW    YORK 


We  Make  a  Specialty  in 
GRASS  MIXTURES 

For 

The  Lawn,  Sbady  Spots  or  Under 
Trees,  the  South,  the  Seachore,  the 
Terrace  and  Kcstorlng  Old  Lawns, 
Polo  Gorunds.  TpiihIs  Courts,  Put- 
tint;  Grncns,  Fair  Greens,  Meadows 
and  PnBturcB. 
All    uf    the    I'inest     R(*cleflnod    S<»edli. 

J.  M.  THORBURN  &  CO. 

Kxtablinhed    180t. 
53  Barclay  Street,     NEW  YORK 


J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Seed  Distribu- 
tors for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To  Market  Gardeners  and  Florists 
Pratt  and  Light  Sts.,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 


GARDEN  SEED 

llEET.  CARKOT,  PARSNIP,  RADISH  and 
<!ARUEN  PEA  SKED  In  rarlety  ;  also  other 
Items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  past  sesson 
ns  well  aa  a  full  line  of  Garden  Seeds,  will 
he  quoted   yon  upon  application  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  Dey  St..  NEW  YORK  and  ORANGE, CONN 


OBITUARY. 
Robert  McMackin. 
Robert  McMackin  died  last  week 
at  Georgetown  University  Hospital, 
where  he  had  been  undergoing  treat- 
ment for  heart  trouble.  Mr.  Mc- 
Mackin was  a  young  man  who  for 
some  time  has  been  connected  with 
the  Oehmler  Floral  Company. 


Mrs.  Joseph  Mendel. 
Anna  Hedlicka  Mendel,  wife  of  Jo- 
seph Mendel,  1508  W.  18th  street, 
passed  away  at  the  family  residence, 
May  30th,  after  a  long  illness.  Anna 
Hedlicka  was  born  in  Manitowoc,  Apr. 
1.5,  1877,  was  brought  to  Chicago  when 
a  very  small  child,  where  she  spent 
the  rest  of  her  life.  Twenty-one 
years  ago  she  was  married  to  Joseph 
Mendel  and  for  many  years  she  as- 
sisted in  the  management  of  the  store. 
The  funeral  was  held  in  Pilsen  Tur- 
ner Hall,  June  3rd,  and  interment  was 
in  the  Bohemian  National  Cemeterv. 


NEW  ASPARAGUS  STRAIN  ROUTS 
"RUST"  DISEASE. 
Ten  years  of  introducing,  testing 
and  hybridizing  asparagus  from  all 
parts  of  the  world  by  J.  B.  Norton,  a 
plant  breeder  in  the  United  States  De- 
partment of  Agriculture,  has  resulted 
in  the  development  of  a  new  strain  of 
asparagus  that  is  not  only  larger,  more 
uniform,  and  more  productive  than 
the  old  varieties,  but  is  highly  disease- 
resistant — a  virtue  that  American  as- 
paragus heretofore  has  lacked.  De- 
velopment of  the  new  strain  is  expect- 
ed eventually  to  stamp  out  the  "rust," 
a  destructive  disease  that  swept  over 
the  country  a  few  years  ago,  leaving 
the  asparagus  fields  brown  and  dead 
and  wiping  out  the  profits  of  the  grow 
ers.  Commercial  quantities  of  the 
new  type  in  Washington,  D.  C,  recent- 
ly sold  for  more  than  double  the  price 
of  other  asparagus. 


Herkimer,  N.  Y.~The  Baker  Green- 
houses, East  Main  street,  Ilion,  have 
been     purchased     by     W.     D.     Snell, 


June  S,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


561 


MICHELL'S 

NEW  CROP 

PANSY  SEED 

Micheirs  Giant 
Exhibition   Mixed 

A  giant  strain  which  for  size  of  bloom, 
heavy  texture  and  varied  colors  and 
shades  cannot  be  surpassed.  Half  tr. 
pkt..  SOc. :  tr.  pkt.,  50c.;  %  oz.,  $1.25; 
$J.OO  per  Vi  oz. ;  per  oz.,  $7.00. 

GIANT  SORTS  IN  SEPARATE  COLORS 

Tr.  pkt.     Oz. 

Azure  Blue    $0.40     $2.73 

Black   Blue    40       2.75 

Emperor    William,   blue 40       2.75 

Hortensia    Red    40       2.75 

King  of  the  Blacks 40       2.75 

Lord       Beaconsfleld,       purple 

violet    40      2.75 

Peacock,      blue,      claret     and 

white    40       2.75 

Snow  Queen,  pure  white 40      2.75 

Striped  and  Mottled 40       2.75 

White  with  Eye 40       2.75 

Pure  Yellow    40       2.75 

Yellow   with  Eye 40       2.75 

Also    all    other    seasonable   Seeds,   Bulbs 

and   Supplies. 

Send   for  Wholesale  Price  List. 

MICHELL'S    SEED    HOUSE 

518  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  a*  for  price 

AMERICAN    BULB    GO. 

17«  W.  W»bMh  At«.  CHIOAOO,  ".t. 


IM  WMt  tSth  St.,  NEW  TOBK 
OHOIOB   FLORISTS'   FLOWER  SBEBS 

Aaparavms  Plaiiio«at  Nana* — 1000  B««ds, 
n.M;  MM  SMdl,  «16.00. 

Asp«r*ciu  Spr«nr«rl — 1000  8e«d0,  fl.OO. 

«alTl>  Banllre— H  M.,  60c.;  1  w.,  KC.OO. 

ealTta  Znrteh — M,  <».,  7Bo. ;  1   oc.,  M.OO. 

«t*sks  BMkoty  of  Nlee,  15%  Donble  Flowar* 
—Shell  Pink,  Bright  Pink,  Purple,  Wbit» 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  (1.00;   hi  M.,  fZ.OO;  1  oc.,  »S.OO. 

•■*p4r«v*B,  PetnnlA*,  VerbeB»«,  ote. 
•mMD    FOB    CATALOOCK. 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA. 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

HAILED  ONLY   TO   THOSE  WHO  PLANT 

FOB    PROFIT 

LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (.300  per  case) $0(1.00  per  thousand 

8/10  (225  per  eaie) 80.00    " 

f/10  (200  per  eaie) lOO.O*    " 

Complete  List  of  FloHetc*  Choice  Seodft. 

A  peetal  card  will  bring  oar  eatmlormo. 

S.  S.  9KIDELSKY  &  CO. 

lOM  Lincoln  Bide,     PHILADELPHIA,  FA. 


Let  Us  Quote  You  on 

CALLA  ELLIOTTIANA 

IRIS,   LILIUMS,    PAEONIES,    ETC. 

For  Fall  Delivery 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


We  have  just  received 

ANOTHER  THOUSAND  TONS 

Of  Our  Celebrated 

South  American  Sheep 
and  Goat  Manure 

This  is  unexcelled  for  top  dressing  any  crop  or  mixing  with 
the  soil,  or  for  use  in  solution.  There  is  no  safer  or  surer  ma- 
terial to  be  had. 

Write  for  prices  and  receive  a  supply  while  it  lasts.     It 
is  difficult  to  obtain. 

SANDERSON  FERTILIZER  AND  CHEMICAL  CO. 

Subsidiary  of  the  American  Agricaltural  Chemical  Co. 

NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 


^tm^0(lmkf& 


SEEDS     A.IMI 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


,U1 


NEW  YORK 


i-e:oima.rd's    see 

and     SEED     SERVICE 

FOR    SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COIVIPANY,  Chicago,  III. 


BVRNETT  BROTHERS 

Importers  and  Orswers  mt 

SEEDS,  BOS,  PLAMTS,  &c. 

98  Chambers  Street,  New  York 

THOMAS  J.  GREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS,     BCLB8     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    BETAIL. 
Beseleotod  Strains  In  Seeds. 

Improved  styles  111  Implement*. 

Cstalocae  apon  appUeatloa. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
B^ST^IM,  IV1A.SS. 


KELWAY  S  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personaUy  selected  strAlns) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    tot    Special    Prices,    Spot   or 
Forwaid 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

For     hiimeilinte     or     future      delivery 
prices   rinoteil    on    application. 
JOSEPH   BRECK   &   SONS'  CORP 

47-M  Nortb   Market   St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


166  W.  23rd   St.,     NEW  YORK 


:,6'2 


II  O  1{  r  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


June  S    IfilS 


ALEX.    McGONNELL 


rsii 


611   FIFTH  AVENUE 


Ti-lrcmiitilc  ordrr*  f.trnL»rilrd  In  anj 
part  of  ihr  I  ollfd  >(a(r>,  Cann^lA,  luiil 
KorflKti  ('€tiin(rlr«.  llrilrrM  from  llir 
trmJr  for  drlUrrr  In  Nr\i  York  anil  vU 
ckaity   rrrrlvp  sprrlKl  »ltrntlon. 

C'tiif  of  Cabhnij  yaninn  Deliv- 
eriet  Must  be  Prepaid.  Hefcrence 
or  cash  must  accomfavi/  all  orders 
from  unknoun  correspondents. 

r«hlr   \ii,\ri-mm,  AI.KXroVNEI.T.. 


"The  Telegraph  Florist" 

Mrnber  of   Florliu'  Telrfiraph  DellTcry 

124  TREMONT  ST. 


FOB 

KANSAS  CITY 

Transfer   Your  Orders  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 
Member  Florlcta'  TeUsr^ph  I>«Ht«*7 


I 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

D«liver  ordert  from  any  part  ol  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Wrtt«  or  Talesr*^ 

2139-2141   Broadway,  New  York 

Tciepbonc    HW  HW    ril^>in 

KOHMILLER,   Florist 

426  Madison  Ave.  and  49th  St.,  New 

York.      Alto  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Telephone,    Morraj    mil    788 

Ont-of-town     Orders     Solicited,       Location 

Central.     PersoDal  Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


4DAM  SEKENGER 


FLORIST 


"'^^IVg^T.    BANGOR,  ME. 

IVe  Cover  all  Points  in  Maine 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

36  Dorrance  Street 

Member    Horlet*'    Tetacrmph    BtHrmrr 


Of  Interest   to    Retail 
Florists 

FLOWERS  BY  TELEGRAPH. 
Leading  Retail  Florists  Listed  by 
Towns  for  Ready  Reference.  Orders 
transferred  by  telegram  or  otherwise 
to  any  of  the  Arms  whose  address  i» 
here  given  will  be  promptly  and  prop- 
erly filled  and  delivered. 

.\ll.nlly,    N.    Y       II.   (i     iCyri-H.   IIHI  Slllte  SI. 
.Vlliiiiiy,    N.   Y.— Tb.' K»8i-ry,  Z-l  Sli.iilK'ii  St.  [ 
HiiiiKor,     Ml'.— Adiiiii     Si'ki-iiL'iT.    riL-    Now 
hiiry  SI. 

I       BnMl.iii^TlioB.  F.  Onlvin,  1  Park  SI. 

liii.siMii -I'cnn  tile  Florldt.  124  Tninoiil  St. 
Hiisli.ii  -Julius  A.  Zlnn.  4  Park  St. 
ItulTiiNi,   N.  Y.— S.  A.  Anderson.  HO  Main 

Uufrnlo,  N.  Y.— Palmpr's.  304  Main  St. 
ChlciiBo-wllllnni     .1.     Smyth,     Michigan 
Ave.  :ind  .ilst  St. 

Clcvclinid,  O.— J.  .M.  Gasser  Co.,  Euclid 
.\ve. 

Cleveland,  C— Adnm  Graham  &  Sons. 
Si>-J.1  Euclid  Ave. 

Cleveland,  O.— Knoble  Bros.,  1830  W.  25th 

_  Cleveland,   O.— The  Smith  &    Fetlers   Co., 
i.'f.'>  Euclid  Ave. 

Denver.  Col.— Park  Floral  Co.,  1843 
nroadwa.v. 

Detroit.  .Mleh.— J.  Breltmcycr's  Sons, 
corner  Broiidway  and  Grntlot  Ave. 

Fall  River.  Mass. — Warburton,  495  New 
Boston  Kd.  and  M  N.  Main  St, 

Houston,   Tex,— Kerr,   The  Florist. 

K.ins;i8  City,  Mo.— Samuel  Murray.  1017 
(Jrnrid  Ave, 

.\ew  Haven.  Conn.— .T.  N.  Champion  & 
Co,,  1020  Chapel  St, 

New  York— David  Clorke's  Sons,  2139- 
2141  Broadway. 

New  York— Alex.  McConnell,  611  5th  Ave. 

New  York— Young  &  Nugent,  42  W.  28th. 

New  Y'ork— A,  T,  Bunyard.  413  Madl8V)n 
Ave,,  at  4.Stli  St, 

New  York— Dards,  N,  E,  corner  44th  St, 
and  Madl.snn  .Vve, 

New  York- G.  E,  M,  Stumpp,  761  Fifth 
Ave, 

New  York— Thos,  F.  Galvln,  Fifth  Ave., 
at  46th  St. 

New  York— Kottinlller.  426  Madison  Ave, 
and  49tli  St.,  also  Vanderlillt  Hotel, 

New  York— Max  Schllng,  785  Fifth  Ave. 

Providence,  R.  I.— Johnston  Bros.,  38 
Dorrance  St. 


IN  THE 

National  Capital 

At  yoor  serTlce  to  delUer  Flowers 
or  Deilcne  on  Order  bj  Tele- 
graph or  otherwise.  Prompt 
Reliablf>   Serrlce. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

ConnectlCDt  Ave.  and   L  St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


F-I:il.li.li.(l    IKTt 

DARDS   INC. 

HELP  do  YOUR  BIT  To-day 

By  SKI,I,ING  THRIFT  and  WA»  SAVING 
ST.VMI'S. 

STANK  liehind  THE  FOOD  CONSERVA- 
TION  L.\^^s, 

l>i»pltty  rroniinintly         P.XTBIOTIC 


[■ostf;k> 


DO  IT  NOW 


lOHN   BREITMEYER'S 
=— =SONS— 

Cor,   Broadway  and  Gratiot  Araa. 
DETROIT,   MICH, 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

We  cover   aU    Mlchlgmo    polate  aa4   f^ 

•eetlona    or    Ohle,    Intll^aji    aatf    Caaada. 

llenit>«rB     FloHata'     TWerraph     Ifliwmwf 

Aaao^lmtlea. 


oniit:  L»H<)S  CO 

WASBDICTOa  DC 

GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Member  Florltia  Telejlraph    Dellfery 


Orderi    for    NKW    TOSK. 
Write  or  Fhoaa  to 

MAX  SCHLING 

785  Fifth  Ave. 

Beet    FlorleU    lo    the    Stetee    •• 
Refereneee. 

BDROPEAN  ORDERS  EXECUTED 

Members  »t  ttie  n»rUt«' 
Talecraph  Dell  very. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 
AI-BAIMY,    INI.    Y. 

FLOWER  DELIVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 

AND  viciNmr 

Members  Floruls'  Telegraph  Delirery 


Ga  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Menbir  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Assi. 

YOUNTrNlENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Members    Florists'    Telegraph    DeliTery. 

irTTBUNYARD 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Also  Newport,  R.   I. 

I   ADAmAIfrKE   BAViaVAOSlMr 


June  S,  1918 


HOETICULTURE 


sea 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   Florist*'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Association 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Deliver,* 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

11*4^. 

ilCllf  VM%V  561  Fifth  Ave. 
llCVff    fUlfli  VanderblltHotel 

1  Park  Street 

799  Boylston  Street 

Iilhirias  to  Stianers  and  all  Eistani  Poiats 

Ordera    Filled    Day    or    Nlgbt    (er 

C  I- E  V  E:  I- AIM  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

•-•inplet*  stock.      Regular  dUconnt  to  Tt»4«. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

UM   W.   2Btb   St.,  CleTeUod,   O. 
•«mb«r«   Florists'  Telegraph  DeUverj  Ass'B. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

73S  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

5523  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  oj  F.  T,  D,  Association, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  Clinton  Avenue,  N. 

Kachulor  Phone  506.  Long  Dist.  Bell  Fhon<  t/Si 

Membeis  FlorisU  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

AITDERSON    serrlc«    means    freah,    tXvtAj 
Stock  and   prompt  deliverle*  In   BCFFAIX>, 
LiOOKPOBT,        NIAOA&A        FAXX«        aad 
WBBTSRN    NEW    TOBK 
Members    of    Florists'    Telegraph    DcUtmt. 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND,     Nafaant.  Mas*. 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

RARBT    I.   BAMDA1.1.,   Pr*»rl«««r. 

tlember    Florists'   Telegraph    DeHvery. 


Kciclii'ster.  N.  Y.— J.  B.  Keller  Sous,  25 
Cliulon  .\ve..  N. 

St.  Louis.  Mo.— Fred  C.  Weber,  43215-2.S 
Olive  St. 

St.  I'aul.  Minu.—Holm  &  Olson,  luc. 

Tanytuwu-ou-Hudsou,  X.  Y. — F.  R.  Pier- 
son  Co. 

Toronto.  Can.— J.  H.  Duulop,  S-10  West 
Adelaide  St. 

Wiisliii>!;tuu.  1).  C. — Gude  Bros.,  1214  V 
St. 

Wasliiiifjton,  D.  C— George  H.  Cooke, 
Conjiei-tii-ut  Ave.  and    L  St. 

Wiirecster,  Mass. — Randall's  FUnvor  Shop. 
22  I'e.'rl   St. 


NEW    FLOWER    STORES. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. — Galvin  &  Harris, 
606  South  17th  street. 


Utica,     N.     Y.— Utica     Floral 
pany.  208  Genesee  street. 


Corn- 


Grand  Rapids,  Mich. — Grand  Rapids 
Floral  Company,  succeeding  Hanna  & 
Smith. 


Paterson,  N.  J. — Colonial  Flower 
Shop,  89  Van  Houten  street;  Edward 
Sceery,  proprietor.  William  Thurs- 
ton, 90  Van  Houten  street. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 

FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON,    -    N.Y. 


SENI>   ORDERS 

FOR    BOSTON 

.\M)    NEHaiHOKIIOOl) 

To  JULIUS  A.  ZINN 

4   PARK    STREET,           BOSTON,   MASS. 

Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVER,  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers    and     Plant* 
In    FAUL     RIVBB    and    contiguous 
t«rritory. 


H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to    all    points    In    New    England. 
126,000   Square  Feet  of  Glass. 

Member  Florleta'   Telegraph  Delivery 
ABBOclatlon. 

yaleT  yaleT 

And   All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 

FLOWER  AND  PUNT  DELIVERIES 
Everything  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

I02S  Ckapel  St  ,  New  HaveB.  Coaa. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

HimStr  Florists   Telegraph  [Delivery   AisociatitK 
MOTICB  INITIALS.     We  have  mt  store  only 

THE  J.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEfELANB 

Euclid  Avonu* 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telegraph    (vrd«r    t«» 
any  occasion.  In  any  part  of  the  DomixdOB. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

g-10  West  .Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  ONT. 
AtBANT,  N.  T. 


Flowers  or  Design  Work 

DKLJVERED  IN   ALBANY  AND  VICINITl 
ON    TELEOBAPHIC    ORDER 


106  STATE  STREET, 


ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


n 


THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 


The  larKe«t  cut  flower  store  In  America- 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  aU 
Northwestern  points  given  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


^'  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,  President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florlits'    Telecraph    DeUver^, 

DENVER.  COLORADO 


KERR 


0«)ERS  FOX  TEXAS 

HtUSTON,  TEXAS  " 

Ttw   Florlil        Member  W  T.  B.  AaaoelattM 


564 


HORTICULTURE 


Jnne  8,  1918 


RAMBLER  ROSES 

In  all  Colors 

SS-OO  to  S20.00  per  100  spr.ivs.  All  oriiors 
should  be  pbced  in  advance.  Rambler  Rosis 
cannot  be  carried  in  stock.  We  have  all  orders 
cut  as  needed  to  insure  good  stock  and  satis- 
faction. 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA.  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll   Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21    Rutt»d  St..    Pliiladclplua,    Pi. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS.  VALLEY,  ROSES 
lid  III  Seasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 

CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

5  So.  Mole  SL,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 
f«i^i-eivior«iD,    iiMD. 

r|«aa«  meaUoB  HorltcDltnre  when  wrtttnc 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

Coiulv*n>eot«  Solicited 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT.  MICH. 

The  Houte  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

(^"•We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


^/                  -M 

CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 

EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA,     PA. 

'A 

/► 

IF 

You    Want    Anything 

from 

Boston 

Get 

It 

From 

Henry  M.   Robinson   & 

Co, 

Fo 

r  Safety   Place    Your 

Order,    With    U, 

hH 

EIMF9Y 

IVI.     F90B 

INSOIM 

& 

c^.   1 

2  WInthrop  S( 

luare  and  32  Otis 

street, 

BOSTON,  MASS. 

WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  trade  prices 


-Per  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONLY 


BOSTON 

June  4 


ST.  LOUIS 
J""g  3 


ROSM 

Am.  Beauty,  Spcoal 

"  "        FaDcy  aad  E^tra.    

"  "        No.  I  and  cullj t 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 3 

Hadley i    3 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 1    a 

Ward I    2 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Tait 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  HiUiogdon 

Carnatioiu " 

Cattleyaa 

Lilies,  LoDgiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 


PHOA. 

J""g  3 


15.00    to 

la.oo     to 

to 


Irii 


6.CX}     to 


90.00 

15.00 
6.00 
6.00 
8.00 
6.00 
6.0C 
6.00 
6.00 
a, 00 

35.00 
8.00 
6.00 
4.00 

I0.03 
4.00 
6.00 
8.0c 


35.00 

6.00 


to 
to 


C.llaa 

Uly  of  the  VaUey 

5nap<iragon 

Gladioli 

Panstei. 

Peonies 

Calendula- 

Stock*. 

Misnooette 

Sweet   Peaa 

Marsueritea j    1 

Gardenias- 15 

Adiantum i, 

Smilax I  35 

AnwAffvs  Phuaonu.  &  Si»r«B.  (100  Bchs.) 35-00     to    50.00 


•25 

t.oo 

.50 


1 .00 
•75 


•SO 
6.00 
1.00 
3.00 
3.00 
1.50 
a. CO 

35*00 
'•as 

40.00 


3>oo 
3.C0 
3.00 
3.00 
4.00 


3.00     to 


a  00 


to 
to 


to 


3.00 

to 

to 

to 

to 
to 

ia.50    to 
25.00 


30.CO 
10.00 
10.00 

5.00 

6.00 
6.00 
10.00 
S.oo 

50.00 
13.50 


12.00 

6.00 
6.00 
10.00 

4.00 

3.00 
.30 


•75 


to 


3.00 

i.oe 

15.00 

50,00 


30.00 
13. 50 
a. 00 
a. 00 
a. 00 
1.00 
t.oo 
1.00 
1. 00 
1. 00 
40.00 
400 


6.0c 
1. 00 
8.00 


.40 
.50 


•7S 
35.00 


40.00 

35.00 

10.00 

15.00 

15.00 

B.oo 

ft.oo 

10.00 

10.00 

3.00 

60.0c 

8.00 

4.00 

0.00 

8.00 

8.00 

3.00 

10.00 

5.C0 


to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 


■73 
i.eo 


x.oo 

50.00 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


^A/^Holosallo   F-|< 

568-570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.A.BDOLONG 


184  North  Wabaah  Avenue,  CHICAGO 
ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE 

^^•"^V'SSe'clalty  ^^^^^  <" 


GUT  FLOWERS 


ROBERT  DYSART 

CERTIFJED   PUBLIC   ACCOUNTANT 

Unple  metlwdi  at  carrect  — co«»Un« 

MpeelaUr    adapted    tar    florUta*    aaa. 

BOOKS      BAI.AMCBD      AXD      ADJCBTBB 

M  STATB  ST.      •     •     •     • 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

S47-K7    Cambridie   St.,   Boitaa 

lleadquartera  for 

OTOAB,     BA8KKTB.     WIBE     DKSIONS 

and    WAX    FTX)WKma 

Band  for  prict  Uit  If  jon  bara  mat  ra- 

celTad  an*. 


June  S,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


565 


Flower  Market  Reports 

The  Memorial  Day  trade 
BOSTON  was  as  large  probably  as 
Boston  has  ever  enjoyed, 
but  it  was  distributed  differently  and 
there  was  such  a  tremendous  over- 
loading of  stock,  especially  of  carna- 
tions and  peonies,  that  to  many  it 
seemed  to  show  a  bad  falling  off. 
There  was  a  rushing  business  done  in 
out-of-town  shipping  and  prices  stayed 
pretty  near  normal  on  most  things. 
The  usual  standbys,  astilbe  and  stocks, 
were  had  in  good  quantity  but  they 
moved  rather  draggy;  in  fact,  white 
flowers  of  any  kind  were  badly  in  the 
discard.  Much  stock  was  left  over, 
particularly  white  carnations,  of  which 
there  were  many  thousands  that  could 
not  be  disposed  of. 

The  market  is  lull  of 
CHICAGO  flowers.  A  high  tem- 
perature, accompanied 
by  strong  wind,  has  hurried-  on  stock 
without  making  it  particularly  good. 
The  closing  of  the  previous  week 
brought  a  good  run  of  customers  and 
much  of  the  accumulation  was  moved 
without  effort,  otherwise  than  low 
prices.  The  first  Monday  in  June  was 
a  good  day,  but  on  Tuesday  stock 
filled  the  counters,  and  few  buyers  re- 
lieved the  situation.  There  is  no 
fixed  price  on  carnations,  the  desir- 
ability of  moving  them  to  the  cus- 
tomer on  the  spot  being  the  first  con- 
sideration. Roses  have  stood  the 
warm  weather  fairly  well  but  the  size 
and  color  are,  of  course,  not  so  good 
as  earlier  in  the  season.  Peonies  are 
now  coming  in  rapidly.  Many  of  the 
open  ones  are  moved  at  once  to  local 
buyers  for  fifteen,  twenty-five  and 
thirty-five  cents  per  dozen,  while 
closed  ones  are  reserved  for  long  dis- 
tance buyers.  The  cold  storage 
houses  are  also  being  used  this  week 
for  caring  for  the  peony  crop.  A 
splendid  variety  of  miscellaneous  stock 
is  also  at  the  disposal  of  the  buyers. 

The  Memorial  Day 
CINCINNATI     supply  was  good  and 

large,  due  principal- 
ly to  the  exceptionally  heavy  receipts 
in  peonies.  Business,  however,  all 
week  was  very  quiet.  Everything 
glutted  in  the  market  and  moved  only 
at  the  lowest  prices.  Roses  are  fairly 
plentiful.  The  carnation  cut  has  short- 
ened greatly.  Lilies  are  in  a  good  sup- 
ply. Gladioli  are  beginning  to  come 
in  strong  and  they  are  selling  well. 
Snapdragon  has  a  fair  sale.  Other 
offerings  are  sweet  peas,  delphinium, 
pansies,    feverfew    and    cornflower. 

Memorial    Day    fell 

NEW  YORK     flat  in  this  city.     Only 

the    florists    near    to 


DELPHINIUM 


In  light  and  dark  blues  (Bella- 
donna the  light)  wonderfully 
choice  stock,  medium  and  long 
stems,  in  any  quantity, 

$4  and  $6  per  100 

PEONIES 
$3.00,  $4.00,  $6.00  per  100 

RAMBLER  SPRAYS 
$5.00  to  $20.00  per  100 

Everything    in    Cut    Flowers,    Plants, 
Greens,  Ribbons  and  Supplies. 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 

The  ^'IPioH^Jsof  Philadelphia 

NEW  YORK  PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1 1  7  W.  28th  St.  1 608- 1 620  Ludlow  St.  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  St«. 

WASHINGTON.  1 2 1 6  H.  St,  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  -  "^"""^^/^'D'^iLERs  onl> 


Rotes 

Am,  Beauty,  Special 

"  "         Fancy  and  Extia- 

'*  *'         No.  I  and  culls. . . 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon. 

Camatioiu 

Cattleyas 

Lilies.  Longiflorum 

Lilies.  Speciosum 


CINCINNATI 

Ju"t  3 


CHICAGO 

June  3 


BUFFALO 

May  27 


PITTSBURG 

June    3 


40.00 

25.0c 

8.00 

6.0a 

6.00 

5.00 

4.00 

3,00 

4.00 

3.00 

50.00 

10.00 


Callas 

Lily  of  the  Valley 

Snapdragon 

Gladioli 

PansieS' 

Peonies ■ 

Calendula 

Stocks  

Mignonette ■ 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax ■ 

AsparasusPIu.&Spren.  (looBhs.) 


3.00 
8.00 

4. CO 
6.00 


4  00 

2. 00 
2.00 
4.00 
.50 
1. 00 
1.50 


;  15.00 
I  25.00 


50.00 

35.00 

15.00 

15'00 

15.00 

12.00 

8.00 

8.00 

10. CO 

4.00 

60.00 

12.00 

4.00 

TO.OO 
6.00 

12.00 
8.00 
1,00 
8.00 
3.00 
4.0c 
6.00 
1.50 
1.50 
3.00 
1. 00 

30.00 

50.00 


25.00 
20.00 


2.00 

a. 00 
3.00 

I. GO 

50.00 
10,00 

3.00 
8.0c 
4.00 
4.00 
6.00 
.50 
3.00 
3.00 


to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
.  to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 


35 -oo 
35.00 

15.00 
25.00 


12.00 
12.00 

13. 00 

4.00 
75.00 
15.00 

6.00 
12. 00 
6.00 
12.00 
8.00 
1. 00 
6.00 
3.00 


2.00 

to   . 

to 

8.00 

.50 

to 

1.50 

.50 

to 
to 

1.00 

10 

1. 00 

X3.00 

35.00 


18.00 
50.00 


3O.O0 
15.00 
3.00 
5.00 
3.00 
3,00 
3,00 
300 
3,00 
2.  1 
40.00 
8,00 
4,00 
3. CO 

6.i<o 
6.00 
3,00 
5.00 

.20 
4.00 
1. 00 
2.00 
2.00 

•  SO 

1. 00 

15.C0 

1,00 

15  00 

35.00 


30.00 

20,00 

10.0c 

10.00 

6.00 

8,00 

5.00 

6.00 

10.00 

4.00 

50.00 

10.00 

6.00 

4.00 

10.00 

8.00 

8.00 

10.00 

.40 

6.C0 

3.00 

3.00 

3. CO 

J. 00 

1.50 

70. 00 

1.25 
20.00 

50.00 


20  00 

12. CO 
4.00 
4.00 


3.00 

3.00 
3.00 
2. CO 


to 

to 
to 
to 
to  • 
to  . 
to 
to 
to 


30.0c 

1 5.0c 
10.0c 

I2.0C 


[O.OO 


10.00 
10.0c 

1 0.0c 

3.0c 
75.00 

I2.0C 


4.00     to       6.CO 


to 

to 


4.00 
4.CO 


8.00 


•75 

40.00 


1.35 

30.00 
75-00 


the  cemeteries  had  any  special  work 
to  do  for  the  occasion,  and  as  a  good 
part  of  their  work  was  in  the  line  of 
bedding  plants  and  there  were  a  good 
many  flowers  blooming  outside,  the 
demand  which  they  made  on  the 
wholesale  market  was  of  very  small 
account.  Then  again  the  weather 
was  stormy  and  transportation  is  in 
such  unreliable  shape  here  that  ship- 
ping orders  are  discontinued  and,  in- 
deed, they  are  not  wanted  and  some 
of  the  wholesalers  would  refuse  to 
accept  them.  The  best  flowers  coming 
in  now  are  the  roses.  They  are  good 
and  are  the  mainstay  o.f  the  business. 
For  medium  and  high  grade  the  prices 
are    quite    stable,    but   for    the    lowei 


grades  and  culls  the  prices  are  very 
little.  Home  grown  peonies  are  now 
at  their  zenith  and  those  from  Penn- 
sylvania and  the  cold  storage  flowers 
are  really  in  the  way  and  practically 
unsaleable.  The  latter  have  not  done 
very  well  this  season.  The  most  of 
them  were  packed  entirely  too  close 
and  tight  and  came  heated  and 
spoiled.  Orchids  are  not  plenty  and 
prices  are  improved.  The  demand  for 
them  is  very  light.  Carnations  were 
a  big  loss  for  Memorial  Day  and  con- 
tinue far  too  many  for  the  needs  of 
the  market.  All  colors  are  over- 
stocked, but  the  white  and  Enchant- 
ress suffer  most  and  large  quantities- 
(Continued  on  page  567) 


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Florists'    Supplies 

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and    ;irt'    de-ilt-rs    In 

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Wholesale  CommiHiiiioD  DraJcr  Iq 

CHOICE   CUT  FLOWERS 

i:i3  West  28th  Street,  New   York 
Telephone— S632-S533  MadlHon  Square 


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Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.,  PHILADELPHIA,   PA. 

THE    LEADI.NO    FLORLSTS"    SUPPLY 
HOUSE    OF    A.MEKICA 


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ta  Iteair   gaaaaai, 

THOMAS   YOUNfi,    Jr.,    ProprUtor 

B*inr>    BBOOK.  K.  i. 


Wired  Toothpicks 

Afaaafa^tared   by 

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For  aale  by  d«Uarm. 


When  writingto  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticultora 


June  S.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


567 


Flower  Market  Reports 

(Continued  from  page  565) 
have  been  donated  to  the  Red  Cross. 
There  is  a  good  deal  of  astilbe  at  pres- 
ent, but  it  is  not  wanted  and  lilies  are 
also  in  bad  shape.  Altogether  there 
is  very  little  in  the  situation  at  pres- 
ent to  encourage  optimism. 

Our  early  antici- 
PHILADELPHIA  pation  for  Me- 
morial Day  week 
did  not  pan  out  very  well.  The  de- 
mand was  fair,  but  the  supply  was 
far  ahead,  and  scheduled  prices  ha'd 
to  take  a  big  drop.  The  hot  weather 
brought  everything  in  with  a  rush. 
Usually  we  do  a  big  out-of-town  trade 
in  peonies,  etc.,  but  this  year  most  of 
the  local  nurseries  and  gardens  were 
in  bloom  and  customers  could  get 
them  right  off  the  field  at  nominal 
prices,  thus  saving  packing  and  trans- 
portation charges.  Roses  were  rather 
punky  and  other  staples  were  also  on 
the  soft  side.  Plant  trade  around  the 
cemeteries  was  about  up  to  the  aver- 
age, with  prices  rather  higher  than 
last  year. 

Memorial  Day  saw 
PITTSBURGH  a  fairly  good  busi- 
ness from  both  the 
wholesale  and  retail  point  of  view, 
although  here  and  there  was  a  retailer 
who  was  somewhat  disappointed  over 
the  returns  of  the  week.  Other  busi- 
ness was  much  ahead  of  the  week  be- 
fore. Peonies  are  coming  in  by  quan- 
tity lots  but,  unfortunately,  in  a  soft- 
ened condition  on  acount  of  the  ex- 
treme heat  and  excessive  rains  and  so 
plentiful  that  the  street  fakers  are 
disposing  of  them  at  the  rate  of  25 
cents  per  dozen.  Extremely  desirable 
Spanish  Iris  is  now  coming  in  and 
selling  at  fair  prices. 

Peonies  r  e  p  r  e- 
WASHINGTON  sented  the  bulk  of 
the  sale  of  cut 
flowers  for  Memorial  Day.  Easter 
lilies  and  asparagus  plumosus,  sent 
here  in  large  quantities  by  growers 
who  thought  Washington  business 
would  be  of  the  same  type  as  that  of 
the  North,  hung  fire.  Roses  and  car- 
nations are  showing  the  effects  of 
the  heat.  Lily  of  the  valley  is  very 
scarce  and  there  is  not  enough  to  go 
around  for  June  weddings  and  com- 
mencement bouquets.  American 
Beauty  roses  are  poor  and  scarce. 
Orchids  are  good  and  sell  well. 

Buslnesa  previ- 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.  ous  to  Decora- 
tion Day  had 
been  very  poor,  but  trade  for  that 
holiday  was  brisk  and  large  quanti- 
ties of  stock  were  cleared.  The 
market     was     fairly     well     supplied. 


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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 


We  hare  a  nameroui  clientage  of  New  York  CItjr  bayera  acd  the  d« 
•eeds  omr  sapptf,     Thie  Is  espeelnlly  tme  ef  Boses.     We  bare  every  taclllty  and 
abundant  mesna  and  best  retarna  are  aasared  for  atock  conalfned  to  ua. 

Addreea  Tonr  Shipments  t« 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER 

1 1 1    W.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


CO.    Inc. 

D.  J.  Pappaa,  Praa. 


Outdoor  stock,  of  which  there  had 
been  a  great  plenty,  was  pretty  well 
over.  Of  peonies  only  the  early  va- 
rieties have  so  far  been  seen.  Large 
shipments  of  roses  continue  to  ar- 
rive, but  carnations  have  not  been  so 
plentiful.  Sweet  peas  and  lilies  are 
having  good  demand.  Daisies,  corn 
flowers  and  calendulas  all  sell  fairly 
well.  The  demand  for  bedding  stock 
is  unusually  large. 

Memorial  Day  was  to 
ST.  LOUIS     all  reports  a  good  one. 

The  only  drawback 
was  the  exorhitant  price  of  carnations. 
Anything  looking  like  a  carnation 
brought  from  four  to  six  cents.  These 
prices  were  entirely  too  high  as  the 
quality  in  most  cases  was  very  infe 
rior.  Roses,  especially  Russells,  were 
very  poor.  At  this  writing,  carnations 
are  not  plentiful.  Outdoor  sweet  peas 
are  in  and  sell  fairly  well,  but  if  the 
weather  remains  hot  they  will  not  last 
very  long. 


VISITORS'    REGISTER 
Boston  —  .lohn    Young,    New    York 
City. 


Philadelphia. — C.  C.  Massie,  North- 
rup.  King  &  Co.,  Minneapolis.  Minn.; 
H.  Meuschke  &  Son,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Cincinnati— Chas.  A.  Brown,  Dayton, 
O.;  C.  A.  Pommert,  Amelia,  O.;  Milton 
Alexander,  New  York;  S  M.  Rosen- 
feld.  New  York;  C.  P.  Brunner,  Spring- 
field, 0.;  Fred  Bruggemann.  manager 
for  P.  J.  Olinger.  New  Castle.  Ind. 


Chicago— A.  A.  Miller,  Port  Huron, 
Mich.;  A.  Peterson.  Gibson  City,  III.; 
Mr.  Owen  and  daughter,  Gary,  Ind.; 
Blain  Wilcox.  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa;  H. 
G.  Berning,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Paul  Daut, 
Decatur,  111.;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  S.  Wil- 
son. Jr.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 


St.  Louis. — Otto  Bruening,  brother- 
in-law  to  H.  G.  Berning  and  manager 
there,  has  purchased  the  greenhouses 
of  C.  Stedile  at  Olivette.  He  will 
continue  to  grow  Russells  and 
Ophelias  as  a  specialty.  Otto  will  be 
in  charge  at  the  plant  and  his  posi- 
tion as  manager  of  H.  G.  Berning 
Wholesale  House. 


PERSONAL. 

Rarl  Shaw  has  accepted  a  position 
on  the  (Jeorge  W.  Perkins  estate, 
Riverdaleon-Hudson,  N.  Y. 

Winthrop  H.  Thurlow,  of  the  Cher- 
ry Hill  Nurseries,  West  Newbury, 
Mass..  has  enlisted  as  an  auto  me- 
chanic in  the  tank  service  of  the 
United  States,  and  left  for  Fort  SIo- 
cum  last  wi'ek. 


5CS 


no  HTI CULTURE 


June  8.  1918 


THE  PFALTZGRAFF  POTTERY  CO.,  York,  Pa. 

Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY.  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,   51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling   Agents   in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  and   E«itern  States  Territory 


BOSTON. 

CJeu.:;--  W  .  U.  W'llsciii  of  the  siiu:  m 
R.  &  J.  Farquliar  &  Co.,  enters  V.'esi 
Point  Military  Academy  on  June  14Hi 

James  P.  Thornton,  a  florist  of  East 
Broadway,  South  Boston,  recently  en- 
listed in  the  merchant  marine.  He 
has  appointed  his  brother,  manager, 
until   bis   return. 

The  Service  Flag  flying  over  the 
South  Market  Street  store  of  R.  &  J. 
Farquhar  &  Co..  bears  two  new  stars 
to  honor  their  latest  entrants  into  the 
Country's  service.  The  new  men  are 
AVilliani  Lawrie,  who  entered  the  Coast 
Artillery  Corps,  and  Bror  Gunson,  who 
went  to  Fort  Slocum,  X.  Y.  as  a  Selec- 
tive service  man. 

About  thirty  members  of  the  vari- 
ous branches  of  the  florist  business 
gathered  at  the  Boston  City  Club  on 
Wednesday  evening  of  this  week,  up- 
on invitation  of  Maj.  P.  F.  O'Keefe,  to 
meet  Secretary  Young  of  the  S.  A.  F., 
who  is  making  a  tour  through  the 
state  in  the  interest  of  the  national 
publicity  campaign  fund. 

Both  the  wholesalers  and  retailers 
report  an  exceptionally  good  business 
for  Memorial  Day,  while  the  plants- 
men  were  practically  cleaned  up  of 
anything  saleable.  Welch  Bros.  Co. 
had  one  of  the  best  days  in  recent 
years;  B.  A.  Snyder  &  Co.  worked 
late  to  fill  their  orders  and  H.  M. 
Robinson  &  Co.  had  a  large  force  on 
hand  who  were  kept  busy,  not  alone 
shipping  cut  flowers  but  also  filling 
many  orders  for  wax  flowers  as  well, 
this  concern  having  made  a  specialty 
of  them. 


ST.  LOUIS. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  Florists' 
Club  will  be  held  on  June  6th  at  Ed- 
wardsville.  111. 

Arthur  Wors,  second  son  of  C.  W. 
Wors,  who  is  with  the  Canadian  forces 
in  France,  has  sent  postcards  from  the 
front  battle  line  to  his  St.  Louis 
friends. 


CHICAGO. 

.Mrs.  Frank  Ayers  is  recovering  from 
a  recent  illness. 

Mrs.  A.  L.  Vaughan,  who  recently 
underwent  an  operation  is  doing  nicely 
and  her  friends  are  glad  to  see  her 
about  again. 

Frank  Gorley  of  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  had 
a  big  wedding  this  week  which  made 
him  a  visitor  to  the  Chicago  market, 
where  he  found  plenty  of  stock  from 
which  to  make  his  selection. 

Joseph  Mendel,  W.  18th  street  flor- 
ist, has  the  sympathy  of  the  trade  in 
the  loss  of  his  wife,  whose  death  oc- 
curred May  30th.  Further  notice  will 
be  found  in  the  obituary  columns. 

John  Enders,  whose  son,  Clarence, 
is  with  the  3.3rd  Division  of  the  122nd 
Field  Artillery,  under  Col.  Foreman, 
has  a  letter  saying  he  is  at  Camp  Mer- 
ritt  and  will  leave  for  France  very 
soon. 

A.  L.  Vaughan  says  the  present  state 
of  the  peony  crop  is  most  favorable 
for  the  local  buyers,  there  being  many 
first-class  blooms  coming  in  but  too 
open  for  reshipping.  and  very  attrac- 
tive prices  are  being  made  on  them. 

A  letter  from  Sam  Cohen,  formerly 
with  Poehlmann  Bros.,  but  now  sta- 
tioned at  San  Francisco,  says  he  is 
sergeant  now,  and  expects  to  be  sent 
"over  there"  very  soon.  Phil  Wein- 
berg, also  with  this  firm,  is  leaving  for 
Jefferson  Barracks. 

A.  J.  Tierney,  proprietor  of  the 
West  End  Flower  Shop,  has  been 
called  to  the  service  and  is  trying  to 
dispose  of  his  store.  He  should  have 
left  for  Camp  Wheeler.  Macon,  Ga.. 
this  week  but  has  had  an  extension  of 
thirty  days  granted  him  to  close  up 
the  business. 

It  the  home  gardeners  are  not  suc- 
cessful this  year,  it  will  not  be  from 
lack  of  opportunity  to  learn  how  to 
plant  and  care  for  their  gardens,  if 
lectures  will  make  them  efficient. 
There  are  demonstration  beds  at  the 
various  parks  and  at  the  University  of 
Chicago  where  in  addition  to  the  lec- 


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WORLD'S    <II.I>K8T    and    LJkBOE8T 

Manufacturrrt   of   AL.L.   8TYL.RH  and 

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FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


tures   people  are    shown    just  how  to 
plant  and  care  for  their  gardens. 

That  the  soldiers  abroad  would 
not  like  to  have  the  florists  go  out  of 
business  is  evidenced  hy  the  orders 
that  come  for  flowers  for  the  ones  left 
at  home.  This  week  Zech  &  Mann  had 
an  order  from  a  soldier  somewhere  in 
France  for  flowers  to  be  sent  to  his 
sweetheart  in  the  west.  Probably  many 
appreciate  as  never  before  the  oppor- 
tunity of  "saying  it  with  flowers." 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 
A  bill  has  been  introduced  into  the 
House  of  Representatives  by  Congress- 
man Sherley,  of  Kentucky,  to  make 
the  American  mountain  laurel  the 
National  flower  of  the  nation. 

Consumers  of  coal  are  being  urged 
to  secure  their  next  winter's  supply 
now,  and  Fuel  Administration  officials 
declare  that  failure  to  take  advantage 
of  this  opportunity  may  result  disas- 
trously later  in  the  year.  A  warning 
lias  been  sent  broadcast  that  the  early 
ordering  of  coal  is  not  intended  merely 
to  give  consumers  a  chance  to  make 
sure  of  their  supply,  but  is  part  of  a 
well-laid  plan  for  the  coming  winter's 
fuel  situation.  State  fuel  administra- 
tors have  been  advised  to  induce  their 
consumers  to  buy  now,  and  the  admin- 
istrator for  the  State  of  Washington 
has  but  recently  sent  out  the  follow- 
ing warning:  "In  case  there  is  a  coal 
shortage  next  winter,  the  consumer 
who  has  storage  space,  or  who  could 
have  provided  for  the  storage  of  his 
coal  and  did  not,  will  not  be  supplied 
until  all  booked  orders  have  been  fill- 
ed, and  then  he  will  be  obliged  to  take 
his  chances." 


June  8,  1918 


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569 


PHILADELPHIA. 

Clarence  U.  Liggitt,  who  has  been 
on  the  sick  list  since  May  20th,  was 
reported  better  on  June  1st  and  has 
gone  to  Atlantic  City  for  recuperation. 

Feels  like  summer.  Water  lilies 
from  the  Jersey  ponds  have  made 
their  appearance  in  the  local  flower 
markets.  Also  it  Is  92  in  the  shade 
and  mighty  sticky. 

John  G.  Esler,  of  Saddle  River,  N. 
J.,  was  a  visitor  this  week,  his  special 
business  being  to  look  over  the  hail 
damage  to  the  Battles  greenhouses  at 
Newtown  Square  on  the  27th  of  May. 

Among  the  judges  who  officiated  at 
the  great  flower  show  in  Lansdowne 
on  the  5th  inst.  were  Mrs.  Drew  Bear, 
Fred  J.  Michell,  J.  Otto  Thilow  and 
Samuel  S.  Pennock.  Roses  were  the 
big  feature. 

George  Anderson,  of  52nd  and 
Woodland  avenue,  who  has  been  an 
invalid  for  the  past  two  years,  is  re- 
ported about  as  usual  and  resting 
easy.  John  Burton  and  Dennis  Con- 
nor, two  of  those  who  have  paid  a 
visit  in  the  past  week,  say  that  he  is 
cheerful  and  can  walk  a  little  farther. 
His  place  is  for  sale,  as  he  does  not 
intend  to  operate  the  plant  further. 

We  hear  that  the  Commodore  will 
give  his  old  cronies  a  dinner  at  his 
bungalow  at  Waretown  on  the  21st 
inst.  The  occasion  is  his  regular  an- 
nual anniversary — the  third  Friday  of 
June — which  has  become  now  a  his- 
torical event — this  being  the  seven- 
teenth year  since  he  opened  the  bun- 
galow on  his  six  hundred  acre  farm 
on  the  west  shore  of  Barnegat  Bay. 
The  writer  is  using  his  best  guile 
just  now  when  he  meets  the  old  gen- 
tleman. We  hope  to  get  an  invitation, 
and  you  have  got  to  be  in  big  with  the 
old  salt  if  you  are  one  of  the  favored 
few. 

This  is  a  sample  of  the  word  we  get 
from  the  boys,  all  of  whom  we  are 
proud  of  and  admire  their  spirit: 

"If  I  hadn't  been  here  these  past  nine 
months  (Anniston,  Ala.),  of  my  own 
free  will,  I'd  have  felt  there  was  no 
true  Scottish  blood  in  me,  and  I'd 
have  been  ashamed  to  call  myself  a 
son  of  Jamse  M.  Thoirs.  No  doubt 
by  the  time  you  receive  this  we  will 
have  left  for  overseas.  It  has  been 
a  wonderful  experience  and  I  have 
made  many  true  friends." 

That  is  one  of  the  compensations 
of  this  world  cataclysm.  It  gives  the 
hoys  a  great  chance  to  develop.  Hope 
they  all  get  back  safe. 

Wm.  Duckham,  of  the  Duckham- 
Pierson  Co.,  Madison,  N.  J.,  passed 
through  our  midst  May  31  on  his  way 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


ASTERS. 

ASTERS  —  HENDERSON'S  INVINCIBLE. 
One  of  the  finest  for  cut  flowers.  White, 
Shell  Pink,  Rose.  Lavender  and  Purple. 
Strong  plants.  $5.00  per  1000,  cash.  BRILL 
CELERY  GARDENS,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

BEGONIAS 

BEGONIAS  Pots  100         1,000 

Lorraine     214  In.     $14.00    $120.00 

Cincinnati    2>4  in.      15.00 

Mrs.   J.    A.    Peterson  2%  In.       20.00      ISO.OO 

Melior    214  in.       20.00 

JCUCS    KO£HBS    CO.,   Rutherford,   N.  J. 

BUI3S 

C.   KBUR  a   80N8,  HILLBOOU,   Holland. 

Bulbi  of  (11  dcicrlptloni.    Writ*  far  prle«*. 

NBW  YORK  BBANCH,  8-U  Brldce  Bt 

OABNATION  BTAFUBB 

Split  carnation!  qnlckly,  aaaUy  and 
cheaply  mended.  Plllibary'i  Caraatlon 
Staple,  1000  for  86c.;  3000  for  |1.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  PILL8BDEY,  Galeaborg.  lU. 

CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

PINE  CLEAN  STOCK  OP  BEST  KINDS 
for  Florists  use.  Send  us  list  of  wants. 
(Catalogue  free.  ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO., 
Adrian,  Mich. 

CYCLAMEN 

CYCLAMEN :  In  the  following  colors. 
I'ure  white,  white  with  pink  eye,  pink, 
ilark  red.  light  red  and  salmon.  2y2-in. 
pots,  $8.00  per  100.  $75.00  per  1000:  3-in. 
pots,  $10.00  per  100.  $9i5.00  per  1000:  3Vi-4-in. 
pots,  $20.00  per  100.  If  only  salmon  is  or- 
dered— the  price  will  lie  20%  higher. 
.TULIUS  ROEHRS  CO..  Rutherford,  N.  J. 

CYCLAMEN :  Best  strain  of  Cyclamen 
grown  in  214-in.  pots.  Varieties.  Salmon 
rink.  Light  Pink,  Blood  Red,  Bright  Red. 
I'ure  White  and  White  with  Red  Eye,  at 
$7.50  per  hundred,  or  $65.00  per  thousand. 
Cyclamen  Seedlings,  from  three  to  five 
leaves,  $5.00  per  hundred,  or  $40.00  per 
thousand.  "Cash  with  order."  J.  H. 
FIESSER.  North  Bergen,  N.  J. 

DAHLXAB 

Peon;   Dablla   Mrs.   Frederick  Orlnnell. 

Stock  For  Sale. 

JOHN  P.  ROONBT.  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Orders  booked  at  any  time  (or  Fall  or 
SprlDf  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Eetall. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTBBOBO  DAHLIA 
&  QLADIOLUB  OABDHNB,  J.  U  Moore, 
Prop.,  Nortbboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dablla — Jobn  Wanamaker, 
Newest,  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cat-flower  varieties.  Bend  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DABLLA  FABM8, 
Berlin,  N.  J. 

home  from  Washington,  D.  C,  where 
he  had  been  at  the  graduation  of  his 
daughter,  Gladys,  from  the  National 
Park  Seminary.  Accompanying  him 
in  his  automobile  party,  were  his  wife 
and  daughter,  Misses  Gwendoline 
Pierson  and  Madeline  Green,  and  Mr. 
D.  T.  Pierson.  Mr.  Duckham  stopped 
long  enough  with  us  to  visit  "the 
Kirk"  and  saw  John  Burton.  John 
Westcott  and  other  old  timers.  All 
glad  to  see  him  and  bid  him  hail  and 
wish  him  good  luck  on  his  way 
through  the  blossoming  waysides  of 
Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey  on  the 
flight  to  Madison. 

Joliot,  III.— The  J.  D.  Thompson  Car- 
nation Company  property  is  to  be  sold 
at  auction  June  1st. 


GLASS 

Greenhouse  glass,  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO»  Hartford  City.  Ind. 

GOL.D  FISH 

Gold  flsh,  aqnarlum  plants,  snuUs,  cas- 
tles, globes,  aquarium,  flsh  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  BARRETT, 
Breeder,  4815  D  St.,  Olney.  Philadelphia, 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  for  sale.  Send 
for  price  list. 

OBOHIDS 

HASSALL  a  CO.,  Orchid  Growers  and 
Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laelio-Cattleyas  our  specialty. 
One   trial    order   solcited. 

FBONIB8 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection, 
1200  sorts  Send  tor  Ust.  C.  BBT8CHBB, 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES,   CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

THE   CONABD   &   JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

SFHAGKtTM  HOBS 
Live   Sphagnum    moss,    aroUd    peat   aad 
orchid   baskets   always   on   hand.     LAOU 
&  HURRELL,  8niB.mlt,  N.  J. 

VEGETABLE   PLANTS 

FOR  SALE— Tomato  Plants,  all  leading 
varieties,  75c.  per  100;  $3.00  per  500;  $5.00 
per  1000.  Danish  Ball  Head  and  Plat 
Dutch  Cabbage  Plants,  per  100,  60c. ;  for 
500,  $1.50;  per  lOOO,  $2.00.  The  Tomato 
Plants  are  all  transplanted  stock.  The 
Cabbage  Plants  are  field -grown.  Cash 
with  order.  WEST  SIDE  CELERY  CO., 
Portage,  Mich. 


Golden  Self-Blanching  (French  Strain). 
Also  the  grand  new  Easy  Blanching,  which 
is  easy  to  grow,  fine  plants,  ready  for  the 
field.  $2.00  per  1000,  cash.     BRILL  CELERY 
GARDENS,    Kalamazoo,   Mich. 

4,000,000  Cabbage,  Cauliflower,  Tomato 
and  Celery  plants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free.  F.  W.  ROCHELLE  &  SONS, 
Chester,  New  Jersey, 

TDTBS 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  choice 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tnb 
grown  for  Immediate  effect;  also  CUmblas 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROT,  llonnt  Hlssarllk  Nar- 
sery.  New  Rochelle,  H.  T. 

WIBE  WORK 

WILLIAM  E.  HHILBCHER  8  WIBB 
wnRKB     W4    Ran<iolBl>    Ht_    Urtrott.    b«l«k 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  Etc. 

HELP  WANTED 

WANTED:  A  man  that  Is  capable  of 
taking  charge  of  the  watering  of  a  large 
range  of  greenhouses.  Apply  in  person  nr 
letter,  witii  references,  to  H.  H.  BAR 
ROWS  &  SON,  No.  204  High  St.,  Whitman. 
Mass. 

WANTED — Toang  man  as  assistant  In 
park  garden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICIILTCRE. 


WANTIOD— Assistant  In  greenhouses ; 
general  run  of  flowers,  bedding  plants,  etc. 
Good  pav  for  an  Industrious  man.  H.  L. 
CAMERON,   North  Cambridge,  Mass. 


SITUATIONS  WANTED 

SITUATION  WANTED  as  Head  Gardener 
or  Superintendent  on  private  estate;  life 
experlenci'  In  all  branches  under  glass  and 
outside;  good  references.  Nationality  Eng- 
lish, age  -IT,  married.  J.  P.,  care  HORTI- 
CULTURE. 


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NEW    YORK. 

WiilltT  SiiiKlemaii.  head  salesman 
for  J.  .1.  Coan.  ha.s  enlisted  in  the 
Naval  Reserve. 

The  Court  has  luken  over  the 
Neckar  plaee.  undertaker  and  florist, 
in  llolioken,  and  will  sell  it  out. 

Mr.  Wyman.  of  llie  PlnoLyptol 
Chemic-al  Co..  intends  making  a  trip 
to  Newport  and  vicinil.v  very  shortly. 

K.  .M.  .lackson.  formerly  with  Rie- 
del  k  .\lyer,  went  to  Fort  Sloeuin  on 
Tuesday.  June  4.  His  brother.  Her- 
bert, also  formerly  with  Mr.  Riedel. 
went  away  last  week  in  the  service. 

Suffolk  County  Fuel  Administrator 
E.  E.  Hawkins,  .Ir.,  of  Patchosue,  has 
issued  a  proclamation  calling  upon 
owners  of  private  greenhouses  to 
make  personal  sacrifice  in  eliminating 
as  far  as  possible  the  use  of  their 
greenhouses  and  conservatories  dur- 
ing the  coming  winter. 


CINCINNATI. 
L.  H.  Kyrk  had  in  .some  excellent  del- 
phinium  last    week.     They    were  the 
first   of  the  year  In   this   market   .md 
sold  readily. 

C.  J.  Jones,  of  the  Walnut  Hills  Flo- 
ral Bazaar,  donated  the  use  of  his 
store  to  the  Red  Cross  on  May  21st  for 
a  sale  of  flowers  for  the  benelit  of  thy 
Red  Cross. 


Tlio     K<.<ni;niz(>d     .s|;iniMril      I  n-c*  tiricle. 
A  spra.v  remedy  for  Kretu.  black,  white  fly. 
tlirlps  and  soft  scale. 

Quart.  ¥1.00;     Gallon,  $S.«n. 

FUNCINE 

For   mildew,  rust  anrl   other   blislit-s  affect- 
IfiB  flowers,  fruits  and   vegetables. 
Quart,  ;i.OO:    Gallon,  $8,60. 

VERMINE 

For    eel    worms.    ani-K:    worms    and    other 
norms  working  In   tlie  'ji.II 

Quart,  «1.00;      (Jallon,  $.■?  00 


SOLI)    BY    DFM.EBS. 


Apbtne    lyboufacturing 

MAOSOri.  N.  J. 


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PITTSBURGH. 

Oeorge    Meuschki'    lias    rccciifly    'ii 
listed      and,      actompanied      by      bl.-< 
lather.     Henry     Menschke.     left     early 
last   week   for   Philadelphia. 

Neil  Forsyth  has  taken  charge  ni 
the  J.  P.  McKlnney  grounds  on  Sliady 
avenue.  Recently  Mr.  Forsyth  has 
been  assisting  Superintendent  Wil- 
liam  Allen  of   Homewood  Cemetery. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  V.  banghans  and 
daughter  left  on  Friciay  night  for  ..n 
extended  trip.  They  will  visit  their 
sen,  Oliver  P.  Langhans.  who  is  in  the 
Aero  Construction  S(|iiadron  service 
in  Oregon. 

Norman  Cunn.  who  for  the  |)a8t 
five  years  has  been  assistant  to  Krncsl 
(juter,  gardener  for  Richard  Heatty 
Mellon's  estate,  will  now  take  charge 
of  the  West  Homestead  estate  of 
George  A.   Mesta. 

Howard  .1.  Hook  spent  four  days  in 
town  last  week  from  his  duties  witli 
the  Ordnance  Uepartment  in  Balti 
iTiore.  Md.  Before  enlisting,  Mr. 
Hook  was  the  auditor  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh   Cut   Flower   Co. 

Frank  Luckenbacher,  who  is  re<-on- 
structing  the  old  Thaw  estate,  which 
has  recently  passed  into  the  i)osses- 
bion  of  Emil  Winter,  will  contribut.' 
a  paper  on  Roses,  on  June  18.  before 
the  Horticultural  Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania. 

Saturday  afternoon  of  last  weeU 
was  marked  by  a  terrific  hailstorm, 
which  did  considerable  damage  .it 
Ba'erstown.  the  location  of  the  Pitts- 
burgh Cut  Flower  Company's  green- 
houses. Here  was  a  loss  of  approxi- 
mately $8,000  through  the  breakage  of 
about  10.000  lights  of  glass  and  dam- 
age to  the  carnation  crops  and  all  out- 
door plants. 

James  J.  Higgins.  who  will  in  an 
other  month  open  the  Grand  Flower 
Shop  in  the  Grand  Arcade  of  Iho 
Harry  Davis  Enterprise  Company,  al- 
ready has  his  "work  shop"  just 
across  the  way  pretty  well  cquipiirrl 
with  a  large  cooling  room,  ribbon  and 
basket  rooms,  etc.  Already  his  staff 
of  assistants  includes  William  F. 
Holmes,  formerly  of  Minneapolis, 
Miun.,    Arthur    James,    formerly    in 


rliargi'     ul      Kauliiiaiiii  i 
and   James   .Marsh. 


gri'eiihouHeH, 


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RtT*  yoDr  pliDia  ind  tr**«  Jnit  tbt 
ihliif  for  gr»«>nlioti»«  and  outiluor  aa*. 
I)i'itroy«  Urt\j  liiif.  Brown  and  Wblt« 
8<-al*.  Thrlpa.  Rrd  npld<r.  Blark  and 
Oreen  Fly.  MItea.  Anta.  »tr,.  witbout 
Injury  to  planla  and  witbout  odor. 
Uaed  iccordiug  to  direction,  our  atand 
ard  Inaecttclde  will  prevent  ravagea  on 
your  cropa  by  Inaecta. 

Non-polaoDOua  and  barmleaa  to  uaer 
and  plant.  Leading  Seedamen  and 
Florlata  bare  uied  It  with  wondarfnl 
reaulta. 

Deatroya  Lice  In  Poultry  Honaea, 
Fleaa  on  Doga  and  all  Oomeatir  I'eta. 
Exrellent  aa  a  waah  for  doga  and  other 
anlinala.  Kellerea  tnanga.  Dilute  witb 
iviitpr  M  to  50  parte. 

H  I'lnt.  ior.;  Tint,  SOe. ;  Quart,  »0c.  j 
H  Gallon,  II. M:  Gallon,  (2.M>:  S  Gal- 
lon ran,  tlO.00;  10  Gallon  ran,  (10.00. 
IMrectloni   od   package. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 
Dift  S.       421  W.  LiitafH  K.  Iim«ra.  M 


"  BKflNb  .V 

CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


Palr«rte*<l  «r  Okr^^dMl 

Cattle  Manure 
Sheep    Manure 

Ttw  Ftonttt'  ttuidard  oi  uiktorm 
bjgh  quality  (or  over  ten  yean. 
'P^'*!       WIZAHD    BflAND  >n 

your  Supply  Hou«e  ordw.  or  write 
at  direct  tor  pncej  atid  freight  ratal. 

THE  PULVERIZSC  MANURE  CO. 


•4    rata*   aa 


NIKOTEEN 

For  Spraying 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumigatiot 
Kak  Your  D«*ler  ¥ot  li 

NICOTINE  MFG.  CO 

ST.  LOUIS 


June  8.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


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CAN  SHIP  ANY  SIZE  AT  ONCE 

Telephone  or  Telegraph  Order- 
at  Our  Expense 

KROESCHELL  BROS.  CO., 


466  W.  Erie  Street. 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


CYPRESS  GREENHOUSE  STOCK 

PECKY  CYPRGSS  STOCK 
HOT  BED  SASH 

Ask  for  Circular  D  and  Prices 

THE  A.  T.  STEARNS  LUMBER  COMPANY 

NEPONSET,  BOSTON 


DREER'S  <*Rlverton  Special"  Plant    Tubs 


No 

Dlam 

.  Ea. 

Doz. 

100 

1* 

20  In. 

?2.75  $30.00  $230.00 

^U 

18  In. 

2.25 

24.00 

190.00 

80 

16  In. 

1.75 

19.00 

152.00 

40 

14  In. 

1.50 

17.00 

135.00 

CO 

12  In. 

1.00 

11.00 

88.00 

00 

10  in. 

.70 

7.75 

62.00 

70 

Sin. 

.55 

6.60 

60.00 

TDe  RiTerton  Tub  is  sold  exclusively  by  us,  and  is  the  best  ever  introduced, 
Tb«  neatest,  lightest  and  cheapest.  Painted  green  and  bound  with  electric-welded 
hoops.     The  four  largest  sizes  are  equipped  with  drop  handles. 

HQiRY  k.  DREER,  »»»<«■  funts.  i»ii»s.  «<  Sfyni,  714-716  Chestnut  St,  Ptnladeiphia,  Pa. 


Pifflcult  and  rpjocted  oases  spp- 
cially  solicited.  No  misleading  in- 
ducements made  to  secure  business. 
Over  30  years'  active  practice.  Ex- 
[)erienced  personal.  conscientious 
service.      Write   for  terms. 

SIGGERS  &  SIGQ£RS 

FAIVNT    LAWVaRfi 

Box    9,    National    Tniou    Buililing 
Washington,   D.    C. 


G£T  OUR  CATALOGUE 

On  Ventilating  Apparatus  and  Green- 
bouse  Fittings 

ADVANCE  CO.,     RICHMOWO,  IND. 


The  Florists  Hail  Aesoolation  rate  of  in- 
sarance  from  Nov.  Ist,  1916  to  Not.  1st, 
1917  will  be  twenty  cents  per  hundred 
sqnare  feet  of  slnipie  thick  g:Ias8  and  elffht 
cents  per  hundred  square  feet  of  double 
thick   glass.     For  partlonlars,   address. 

JOHN    O.    Rfll^R.  A«e..    N»ddl«    RIvvr.    N     J 


Plant  Propagation,  Greenhouse 
and  Nursery  Practice 

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Smith  &  Fetters. 587 
Smyth,  Wm.  J... 587 
Stumpp,  G.  E.  M.586 
Stumpp  cSc  Walter 

Co 585 

ThoHiurn,    ,T.    M. 

&   Co 584 

Totty,  Chas.  H..574 
Traendly      & 

Schenek    590 

United  Cut  Flow- 
er   Co 591 

Vincent,    B..    Jr., 

&   Sons   Co 575 

Wants,   For  Sale, 

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Warburton    587 

Ward,     R.    M.    & 

Co 575 

Weber,   F.  C 587 

Weeber  &  Don... 584 

Woo.l    Bros 583 

Woodruff.    S.     D. 

&    Sons .5« 

Young,  A.  L .590 

Young.   .John .590 

Young,  Thos,  Jr..590 
Young  &  Nugent..586 
Zech  &  Mann 5.88 


.590Zinn,  Julius  A... 587 


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SYSTEM  AND  EFFICIENCY 
Life  at  Camp  Devens 


1  cHine  to  tliis  camp  on  i[ay  29tli  iuul  from  the  fir^t 
was  imprcssfd  witli  the  magnitude  and  splendid  ef- 
lieienoy  of  tlie  Army  -yi^teni  and  officer  personnel  which 
makes  things  move  along  so  speedily  and  with  such 
attention  to  inilividuals  and  t<i  details. 

The  old  theoiy  that  when  a  man  enters  army  life  he 
becomes  a  "low-life"  and  <o  forth,  has  long  since  been 
exploded,  and  my  days  here  already  have  convinced  me 
definitely  that  this  life  cannot  help  but  introduce  im- 
provements into  the  lives  of  every  man  who  comes  into 
it  in  the  right  s])irit.  Like  civil  life  and  a  business 
career,  a  man  gets  from  his  stay  in  the  army  camps  all 
that  he  is  willing  to  get,  or  can  be  made  to  receive. 

Kising  at  o.l5  in  the  morning,  living  outdoors  most 
of  the  <lav,  training  the  body  and  mind  to  strength, 
keenness,  and  etKciency.  then  to  lied  at  10  o'clock,  a 
man  feels  that  he  is  at  last  on  the  way  to  live  the  right 
kinrl  (]!'  noimal  life.  Absence  of  liquor,  evil  influences, 
introduction  of  high  ideals  of  health,  mental,  physical 
and  moral,  and  the  inculcation  of  unselfishness,  is  bound 
to  have  its  effect  felt  on  future  generations  as  well  as 
the  present. 

Before  1  came  here,  and  while  I  was  working  on 
(ianlen  Magazine,  and  meeting  most  of  the  members 
of  the  allied  horticultural  trades,  it  was  my  feeling 
often,  that  in  organization  of  effort,  individual  and  col- 
lective, greater  and  more  rapid  progress  could  be  made 
in  building  business,  building  a  greater  appreciation 
of  horticulture  into  the  hearts  of  our  peoples,  and  in- 
creasing individual  [)rofit  proportionately.  It  is 
])roven  that  this  is  possible  of  accomplishment  in  many 
businesses  which  come  (piickly  to  our  minds,  like  Henry 
Ford's  automobile  liusiness.  the  Xational  Cash  Register 
Co.,  etc.,  but  right  here  in  this  camp,  where  I  am  sit- 
uated in  the  Depot  Brigade,  I  can  see  how  organiza- 
tion is  accom]ilishing  tremendous  results  rapidly  with 
a  bunch  of  men  whose  intellect,  if  I  may  be  permitted 
to  make  the  remark,  does  not  average  as  high  as  that 
of  the  members  of  the  various  horticultural  organiza- 
tions 

My  first  thoufibt  is  that  y.ni  are  all  striving  for  the 
same  thing  in  your  business — ultimate  success — and 
profit,  if  that  is  what  you  measure  success  by.  I  be- 
lieve it  was  Emerson  who  said  that  ''Success  means  to 
every  man  that  thing  for  which  he  has  the  greatest 
desire."     The  trouble  is  that  a  good  many  in  the  trade 


will  not  have  confidence  enough  in  their  ideals  to  give 
the  other  fellow  credit  for  [ilaying  the  game  on  the 
square  and  so  he  injures  the  organizatum  or  mass  ideal 
by  neglecting  his  individual  share  in  the   work. 

Here  it  is  dilfereut.  Tlie  individual  is  first  made  to 
realize  that  he  as  a  unit  is  interdependent  of  every 
other  man  in  the  organization.  He  is  quickly  aware 
of  the  fact  from  daily  observation  and  from  having 
the  thought  visualized  to  him  by  his  officers.  He  real- 
izes that  this  war  must  be  won,  not  for  his  personal 
benefit,  but  because  the  ideal  for  which  we  are  striving 
is  worthy  of  the  greatest  sacrifices  possible  of  concep- 
tion and  realizing  this,  he  sets  about  to  make  himself 
so  efficient  and  strong  (for  it  is  in  strength,  mental, 
pJiysical  and  moral,  that  any  man  or  army  is  efl:'ective), 
so  that  he  for  his  jiart  can  do  all  that  is  humanely  [los- 
sible;  so  that,  totaled,  the  effectiveness  of  the  .American 
armies  may  be  such  as  to  fewing  the  tide  of  complete 
and  final  victory  of  the  Allied  cause  over  the  German 
atit(K-racv,  that  ■"the  world  may  be  made  safe  for 
Democracx." 

We  are  all  undergojng  a  great  aiul  magnificent  change 
these  days.  We  are  coming  to  a  finer  realization  of 
\alues.  Surely  the  men  who  are  going  forward  and 
are  already  in  the  front  lines  fighting  your  battles  for 
you  will  expect  you  to  keep  the  home  fires  burning 
and  take  from  these  days  all  the  lessons  to  which  our 
intelligence  directs  our  attention,  that  when  they  come 
back  they  may  feel  that  you  have  done  your  share  while 
they  have  been  doing  theirs. 

We  are  all  fighting  for  the  same  cause,  soldier  and 
civilian  alike.  We  are  all  striving  to  accomplish  a 
grand  and  noble  ideal.  Let  us  not  allow^  our  minds 
to  be  fuddled  with  selfish  thoughts,  negative  actions, 
or  worry,  for  all  of  these  things  can  accomplish 
naught  but  defeat  to  us  in  our  common  cause. 

Let  you  and  every  man  who  reads  this,  take  unto 
himself  these  thoughts.  There  is  no  hurly-burly  here. 
-Ml  is  oiganization.  That  is  what  you  and  I  are  de- 
pending on  f(H-  the  lives  of  our  jieoplcs  and  the  safety 
of  our  ideals.  Then  realize  every  one  of  you  that  oidy 
so  far  as  you  "carry  on"  your  share  of  tlie  job  can  the 
total  effect  be  all  that  it  should  be. 

if  you  are  asked,  or  see  an  opportunity  to  co-operate 
in  a  cam]iaign  for  ideals,  be  it  bigger  business  or  what 
not.  allv  voursclf  with  it,  and  do  vour  share. 


Friralf.  Jnil  Co..   /-/  Hnltalum   Pr/iot  Biiga^ie. 


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CONTENTS 

Page 
rOVKR  ILLUSTRATION-  Garden  of  Succuleuts. 

SYSTE.M   AND  EFVICIKSCY— Joseph  J.  Lane 577 

SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  FLORISTS— National  Pub- 
licity Campaign— Express  Your  Personalit.v 579 

AMERICAN   PEONY   SOCIETY 580 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES— American  Rose  Society- 
Meetings  Next  Week — Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club 
of  Boston — New  York  Florists'  Club — Florists'  Club 
of  Washington — Tarrytown  Horticultural  Society — 
Stamford    Horticultural    Society — Chicago    Florists' 

Club— International  Flower  Show,  1919 581-583 

Massachusetts    Horticultural     Society  —  Reception 

Planned   in   Botanical  Gardens 591 

SEED   TRADE— American    Seed    Trade   Association— 
P.   W.   Uolgiano,   portrait  —  Onion   Seed   Prospects, 
Federico  C.  Vaiela — Jacques  L.  de  Vilmorin,  portrait  584 
OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

More  F.  T.  D.'ism,  Hrnn/  Penn — New  Flower  Stores. 

586-587 

FLOWER  MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston.   Chicago.  New  Y'ork.   Philadelphia 589 

Pittsburgh.  Rochester.   St.   Louis 591 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Pittsburgh.  Philadelphia.  Rochester,  Chicago,  Wash- 
ington.   St.    Louis 592-594 

OBITUARY'— William  Hav— Dennis  Murphy 594 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

"Please  Omit  Flowers."  AJexnnder  MacLellan 579 

E.  J.  Shaylor.  portrait 583 

New  Corporation    ) 587 

Business  Troubles   591 

Visitors'  Register  591 

Rosa  Hugonis — Robert  Py]e 594 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 595 

News  Notes  595 


\\'c  are  in  receipt  of  a  telegram  from 
Bulb  •\Vni.  r.  Gude,  who  is  watching  closely 

exclusion  con-     the  interests  of  the  Society  of  Amer- 
firmed  jcan  Florists  at  the  centre  of  govern- 

mental action,  to  the  effect  that  "l)ulbs 
must  remain  on  the  restricted  list  for  the  time  being." 
This  looks  verA'  unpromising  for  this  year's  quota  of 
bulbs  from  Holland  and  Japan.  It  has  one  advantage 
in  that  it  gives  us  timely  notice.  Our  growers  can  now 
go  ahead  and  prepare  a.?  best  lliey  can  to  fill  the  gap  in 
the  plant  and  flower  market  which  now  seems  unavoid- 


iibli-.  'J'he  seed  trade  have  cluiini'il  for  .xnne  years  past 
ibat  llicre  is  no  |ir(.itit  for  Uiem  in  tlie  bull)  trade,  so 
ihey  need  not  worry.  Tlie  importing  houses,  making 
a  specialty  of  bulbs  will  sulTer  most. 

.\t    tile  recent  liciiring  of  llonsts  and 

A  change  in      iiiirscryiiien  itefore  the  Federal  Horti- 

pi.mt  material     cultural    Board    at    Washington,    Dr. 

Iwiircbiid  callc(i  attention  to  changes 
likely  to  occur  in  future  plant  i!U|iorts  and  in  plant 
material  used  by  (lori.sts  and  nurserymen.  Dr.  Fair- 
<  bild  thouglit  that  imports  of  many  i)lants  now  brougbt 
Ironi  Kiirojie  would  diminish  and  that  in  their  place 
icceiit  inlroiliictions  of  Mr.  F.  11.  Wilson  and  other  col- 
lectors would  be  used.  We  fully  agree  with  Dr.  Fair- 
cliild  in  this  view.  Tlie  difficulties  incident  to  the  War 
cannot  fail  to  stimulate  production  of  forcing  material 
for  florists  in  this  country  as  well  as  material  now  im- 
ported l>y  nurseryiuen  for  landscape  jdanting.  and  there 
is  no  question  that  many  plants  lieretofore  included  in 
such  im]iortations  will  be  superseded  by  jdants  recently 
introduced  from  (liiiia  and  olsewiierc  as  these  introduc- 
tions become  more  generally  known  and  stock  of  them 
becomos  availal)lo. 

Former  .Vttorney  (Jeiieral  Wickersham  is 
Specious  (pioted  as  saying  ''Business  as  usual  means 
advice  waste  as  usual."  That  is  not  necessarily 
so.  It  depends  entirely  upon  what  one 
legards  as  "waste."  Money  spent  for  so-called  "lux- 
uries" is  not  wasted;  it  is  simply  circulated.  Another 
sophistical  writer  of  epigrams  says :  "Luxuries  as  usual 
means  a  victorious  Germany.  Save  and  buy  War  Sav- 
ing Stamps."  How  can  the  florists,  the  theater  people, 
the  automobile  people  and  other  people  proverbial  for 
their  liberality  contribute  money  to  War  Stamps,  Red 
Cross,  or  various  other  good  purposes  if  you  stop  the 
money  from  reaching  them?  The  Red  Cross  and  the 
Liberty  lioan  lose  nothing  by  allowing  the  money  to 
pass  first  through  tlie  hands  of  these  people  but  they 
certainly  must  lo.se  by  any  cour.sc  that  will  stop  such 
concerns  from  doing  business  and  making  it  impossible 
for  them  and  their  employees  to  give.  The  circulation 
of  money  is  not  necessarily  "'waste." 

With  but  one-half  his  usual  supply  ot  fuel 

The        available  to  him  for  next  winter,  and  that 

Outlook     at   a    price   almost   prohibitive,   the   florist 

generally,  lias  heen  contemplating  the  im- 
mediate future  with  more  or  less  alarm.  Quite  recent- 
ly, however,  he  seems  to  be  coming  to  a  calmer  and 
more  hopeful  view  of  the  situation.  Many  florists  will 
run  all  their  houses  until  Christmas  stock  is  disposed 
of,  after  which  half  or  more  of  each  establishment  may 
be  closed  until  Marcli,  or  perhaps  carried  along  witli 
crops  requiring  only  low  temperature.  It  will  not  lie 
surprising  if  such  flowers  as  antirrhinums,  calendulas, 
clarkias,  larkspurs,  lupins,  gilliflowers,  mignonette  and 
others  requiring  comparatively  low  temperature  will 
he  more  jilcntifnl  in  our  market  than  heretofore.  The 
grower  should  not  shut  his  eyes  to  the  obvious  rule  that 
supply  governs  price  and  that  with  reduced  production 
prices  will  undoubtedly  rule  much  higher;  a  market 
condition  that  will  be  greatly  added  to  by  the  closing 
of  so  many  private  greenhouses  and  the  consequent  in- 
crease to  the  volume  of  trade  from  the  owners  who  in 
other  years  had  their  own  supply. 


June  15.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


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SOCIETY    OF    AMERICAN    FLORISTS 

AND 

ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURISTS 


THE    PUBLICITY   CAMPAIGN. 

A  well-known  gentleman  in  the 
millionaire  class  and  very  prominent 
in  New  York  Society,  wlien  dining  out 
recently  compjimented  bis  hostess 
upon  the  beauty  of  her  table  decora- 
tion. "Well."  she  said,  "I  ilo  not 
I'now  whether  rightfully  I  .should  use 
flowers  on  my  table.  A  good  many 
lieople  are  eliminating  flowers  in  their 
homes  during  war  times,  but  when  I 
read  of  the  noble  work  the  florists  are 
doing,  in  spite  of  restrictions  oi)er- 
Eting  against  them,  I  do  not  see  why 
I  should  not  have  my  flowers  as 
usual."  - 

And  yet  there  are  many  among  us 
who  do -not  believe  that  our  publicity 
for  flowers  campaign  is  effective.  The 
fact  must  not  be  overlooked  that  we 
are  getting  a  great  deal  of  publicity 
through  sources  other  than  our  maga- 
zine advertising.  Our  Promotion  Bu- 
reau is  meeting  with  success  in  many 
other  directions,  and  it  is  safe  to  say 
that  no  opportunity  is  lost  to  exploit 
our  slogan,   "Say   it   with   flowers." 

Are  you,  as  florists,  using  this  slo- 
gan to  the  extent  that  you  might? 
Were  we  to  judge  from  the  demand 
for  our  beautiful  glass  signs  we  would 
have  to  form  the  opinion  that  there 
were  less  than  six  hundred  florists  in 
the  country.  Is  it  realized  that  this 
.sign  properly  displayed  means  busi- 
ness for  those  who  display  it?  Isn't  it 
helpful  to  help  one's  self?  It  is  hard 
to  conclude  that  there  are  thousands 
of  supposedly  up-to-date  florist  stores 
which  are  not  using  this  sign — a 
little  trade  bringer  that  pays  its  cost 
in  a  single  day. 

Then  think  of  our  other  aids — lan- 
tern slides  for  the  movies  which  are 
handsome  enough  to  hold  the  atten- 
tion of  any  one  with  a  normal  soul, 
which  cost  a  mere  isong,  and  w-hich 
any  motion  picture  theatre  will  pro- 
ject for  you  at  a  trifling  charge; 
booklets  which  treat  of  flowers  in  a 
manner  calculated  to  make  the  desire 
to  possess  our  products  almost  irre- 
sistible: electrotypes  for  use  in  your 
local  newspapers  which  save  you  the 
trouble  of  preparing  good  copy  your- 
selves; stickers  bearing  our  slogan 
which  you  can  affix  to  anything  you 
send  out,;   and  the  slogan  in  trans])ar- 


ency  form  which  you  can  transfer  to 
your  store  windows  and  doors,  and 
also  use  on  the  wind  shields  of  your 
automobiles. 

It  is  expected  of  all  in  the  trade  that 
they  lend  a  hand  in  this  promotion 
work — make  it  general.  And  can  we 
not  urge  you,  Mr.  Nonsubscriber,  to 
get  in  line  with  your  fellows.  Watch 
our  lists  of  subscriptions  that  the 
trade  papers  so  generously  publish  for 
us.  and  ask  yourself  why  your  name  is 
not  there.  Don't  be  t>essimistic  in 
your  views.  Remember  the  fate  of  the 
farmer  who  feared  to  sow  his  corn 
because  of  the  crows — he  starved  to 
death! 

.Annually  for  tViur  Years-  K.  Wiiililer, 
Wakefield,  Mass..  $2;  .Toliii  Dieckiiian,  Elm 
drove  W.  Va.,  $15;  Berterraaun  Bros.  Co.. 
Inclianapolis,  Intl.,  $30;  Eliz.  Palmer  Car- 
iiey.  Quincy,  Mass..  $5;  E.  E.  Hall,  Clyde, 
Obio,  $■-':  H.  L.  Thompson,  New  Briglitou. 
Pa..  .$10;  W.  W.  Kennedy  &  Sons.  Red 
Bank,  N.  ,T..  .$25:  Wild  Bros.  Nursery  Co., 
Sarcoxie,  AIo.,  $5;  Oscar  S.  Magunson, 
Kane,  Pa.,  $5;  A.  T.  Stokes,  Morristowu, 
N.  J..  $10:  William  Sorenson.  Murray,  Utah, 
$15;  William  Nause,  Hugenot  Park,  Staten 
Island.  N.  Y..  $20:  Abele  Bros.,  New  Or- 
leans. La..  .$5;  H.  S.  Caplan,  Boston,  Mass.. 
$10;  F.  E.  Palmer,  Brookline,  Mass..  $25; 
A.  B.  Rogers.  AUston,  Mass.,  $5;  Fottler, 
Fiske,  Rawson  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  $25; 
Liebman  &  Bobbins,  Boston,  Mass.,  $5; 
Max  Fine.  Boston,  Mass.,  $5;  I'"'rank 
Howard,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  $5;  Fred  C. 
Ilerker.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  $25:  Harr.v 
(.mint.  Boston,  Mass..  .$25;  W.  A.  Hastings, 
Huston.  JIass..  $5:  John  A.  Nelson,  Fram- 
inghani.  Mass.,  .$10;  Alfred  Walsh.  Boston, 
Mass..  $2;  Chas.  Bean,  Springtield,  Mass.. 
.$2;  ,Iohn  J.  O'Brien.  Boston.  Mass.,  .$10; 
N.  Liebman.  Boston.  Mass..  $10;  A.  Coplen. 
Boston.  Mass..  $5;  Nathan  Lerner,  Boston. 
Mass.,  $5;  Ed.  J.  Rogean.  Boston.  Mass.. 
$1;  J.  S.  Manter.  Boston,  Mass.,  $1;  Chas. 
T.  Beasley.  East  Milton.  Mass.,  $10;  R.  E. 
Wadswortb  &  Co..  Northboro,  Mass..  $5: 
Wm.  X.  Craig,  Brookline,  Mass..  $10;  Wm. 
Ilannon  &  Son,  Dorchester,  Mass.,  ,$10; 
Westminster  Greenhouses.  Providence.  R. 
I..  $10;  Wm.  A.  Bowers.  Providence,  R.  I., 
.$10:  .Johnston  Bros..  Providen<'e,  R.  I..  $25; 
T.  O'Connor,  Providence,  R.  I.,  $25;  T.  J. 
.Johnston  &  Co.,  Providence,  R.  I.,  $25; 
Eugene  MeCarron.  Providence,  R.  I.,  $10; 
M.  J.  Leach  &  Son  Corp.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I., 
$20;  Fred'k  C.  Hoftman.  Pawtucket,  R.  L. 
$10:  Hajden  Watson  Co..  Florists.  Inc.. 
Tacnma.  Wash..  .$20;  California  Florists, 
Taconia.  Wash..  $20;  A.  A.  Ilinze,  Taconia, 
Wash..  $10;  Smitli  Floral  Co.,  Tacoma. 
Wash..     .$10;     Acme     Floral     Co.,     Tacom;l. 

Wash..    .$5;     Ben    Rett Tacoma,    Wash.. 

.$5;    Henry   lieuthein.   Tacoma,   Wash.,   $.5. 

For  One  Year— .Mrs.  A.  B.  Merrill.  Brook- 
line. Mass..  $25;  Boston  Cut  Flower  Co.. 
Boston.  .Mass..  .$5. 

Total,  .$(52.').O0.  I'revloiisly  reported  from 
all  sources.  .$:M,7(K).75.  Grand  total, 
.$:!5.:',iii.75. 

John   Young,  Secy. 
1170  Broadway,  New  York. 


Just  consider  our  business  as  a 
whole  before  the  campaign  and  since 
it  started.  Do  you  think  with  the 
present  war  conditions  during  the  past 
year  that  if  we  had  not  started  the 
campaign  and  also  the  optimism  to 
keep  maintaining  same  we  would  have 
held  our  equilibrium,  or  would  we  have 
drifted  backward? 

Have  you  felt  the  personality  the 
campaign  has  injected  into  the  florist 
business  as  a  whole  compared  to  the 
manner  you  w-ould  have  felt  if  we  had 
never  entered  the  publicity  field?  Has 
it  increased  your  desire  to  keep  up  the 
ideals  so  as  to  make  further  progress 
when  times  may  become  normal  again. 
if  so.  we  will  have  started  the  pendu- 
lum of  publicity  going  for  all  time. 

How  proud  must  be  those  members 
who  have  participated  in  this  our  first 
campaign  to  be  a  part  of  what  has  al- 
ready proven  one  of  the  most  original 
publicity  campaigns  headed  by  the 
wonderful  slogan  adopted,  ''Say  It 
With  Flowers." 

To  think  of  what  we  have  accom- 
plished, nationally,  with  so  little  ex- 
pense is  nothing  short  of  wonderment. 
Some  of  the  ablest  advertising  men  of 
the  country  have  already  commented 
ou  our  campaign  by  mentioning  the 
possibilities  in  store  for  us  if  we  con- 
tinue. 

Express  your  personality  by  send- 
ing in  your  subscription  now  so  that 
the  campaign  will  have  the  continued 
support  of  the  craft  who  have  the 
"finest"  product  on  earth  to  sell  and 
yet  have  failed  to  let  100,000.000  peo- 
ple know  about  it. 

Hknkv   Pknn. 

Cliairman,  National  Publicity  Cam- 
paign. 


EXPRESS  YOUR  PERSONALITY. 
How  many  florists  throughout  the 
United  States  and  Canada  have  felt 
the  personality  and  prestige  of  our 
National  Campaign  hacked  up  with  the 
S.  A.  F. 


"PLEASE    OMIT    FLOWERS." 

.\    uMim  order  it   seems  to  us 

lUll    must  we  humbly   cdiey  ; 
1  In  as  we're   bill   and   make  no   fuss 

Or  dare  wi'  to  have  a  sa.v'; 

Sweet    flowers   shall    we    not    give   a    friend 
To  help  to  assuage   their  grief. 

No   lovely  tloral  to  token  send 
To  give,  bereaved   one.   relief? 

Persistently    the    flowers    bloom    on 
Tliev  havi'  no  part   in  the  strife. 

'lis  tiudrs  to  bloom,  and  smile  upon 
M:inklnd  all  throughout  their  life. 

Cancel   the   order   narrow   friend 
Flowers  will  help  to  win  the  war. 

.Just    a.s    of    yore    sweet    tokens    receive    or 
send 
'Tis  the  better  way   by  far. 

Al.KXAXDER    M,\cLkI.I.AX. 

Xewiiort.   K.   I..  .June  5.  llilS. 


II  n  i;  r  I  (•  r  IT  r  n  v 


Jun.-  1.'.,  lyis 


I  lir  Klltt^flith  Aliliiiul  f'«>h>  Shuw 
was  BtaKod  in  ii  larKc  teiil  cnllpd  the 
"Vlrtory  Tent"  In  the  Pnlillc  Square, 
I'leveland,  Ohio,  under  ihf  niisiilres  of 
the  Canteen  Cliih.  whirh  niaiiitains  a 
hirfie  clubhouse  In  Cleveland  for  the 
aeooniniodation  of  soldiers  and  sail- 
ors temporarily  located  here.  The  ex- 
lierimcnt  of  slafrinK  in  a  tent  turned 
(.111  better  than  some  of  the  exhibitors 
feared — fortunately  the  weathor  was 
(loudy  most  of  the  time  so  that  the 
bulk  ot  the  peony  bloom  remained  In 
fairly  good  condition  through  the  two 
days  of  the  show. 

Some  of  the  best  exhibits  were 
staged  by  B.  H.  Farr,  Wyoniissing, 
I  ennsylvania:  G.  B.  Babcock.  James- 
town. New  York;  Martin  Kohankie. 
rainesvllle.  Ohio;  Knoble  Brothers, 
Cleveland;  C.  Betscher.  Dover.  Ohio, 
besides  a  number  of  amateurs,  includ- 
ing Lee  R.  Bonnewitz.  of  Van  Wert. 
Ohio;  Edwin  C.  Shaw.  Akron,  Ohio; 
O.  A.  Risk,  Cleveland;  Will  McClel- 
land. Saginaw.  Michigan;  A.  P.  Saun- 
ders. Clinton.  New  York,  and  others, 
all  of  whose  names  are  to  be  found  in 
the  list  of  awards  given  below. 

The  most  sensational  feature  of  the 
show  was  the  staging  of  a  new  seed- 
ling by  E.  J.  Shaylor,  of  Auburndale, 
which  was  awarded  Mrs.  Eldward 
Harding's  prize  of  $100.00  This  prize. 
v.hich  was  given  to  the  Peony  Society 
three  years  ago,  was  given  under  the 
condition  that  if  not  taken  within  five 
years  it  should  be  returned  to  the 
donor.  Mr.  Shaylor  iinfortunately 
could  not  be  present  to  see  the  success 
of  his  production,  i  ne  blooms  were 
sent  on  by  A.  H.  Fewkes.  and.  after  a 
few  hours  in  water,  came  up  in  mag- 
nificent form.  The  flower,  which 
goes  under  the  Number  35,  and  is  so 
far  nameless,  is  an  immense  white  of 
very  strong  growth  with  large  leath- 
ery foliage,  the  bloom  something  after 
the  style  of  "Le  Cygne,"  the  famous 
Lemoine  white.  The  judges  unqual- 
ifiedly recommended  it  to  the  Nomen- 
<  iature  Committee  of  the  society,  who. 
under  the  conditions  of  the  award,  had 
the  final  decision,  and  they  unani- 
mously agreed  to  award  the  prize. 

Some  of  the  local  people  made  very 
effective  displays  of  peonies  and 
other  perennials.  .Messrs.  Knoble 
Brothers,  Cleveland.  S.  P.  Baldwin. 
Gates  Mill,  and  Mr.  Kohankie  of 
Painesville,  all  set  up  effective  groups 
of  flowers.  In  the  large  classes,  those 
for  100  varieties,  Mr.  Farr's  exhibit 
easily    took    first    place.     The    blooms 


'A<'H-  M(>hdirlull>  uiiiloiui  111  i|iiulii>. 
iuul  most  of  them  were  shown  in  very 
perfect  form,  l.ee  R.  lionnewitz.  one 
amateur,  also  canio  into  this  class 
with  a  fine  exhibit,  and  .Mr.  Babcock. 
.laniestown.  staged  a  very  interesting 
^roiip  of  flowers,  including  a  number 
ol  .Mr.  Brand'.s  seedlings  and  other 
novelties.  There  was  an  Interesting 
group  of  .lapanese  and  singles  which 
directed  a  great  deal  of  attention 
irom  the  visitors  and  lasted  suriiris- 
ingly  well  through  the  show. 

It  was  quite  a  gathering  of  peony 
notabilities — Mr.  Boyd,  iiresident  of 
the  society.  Mr.  Farr,  and  others  of 
the  eastern  growers,  as  well  as  Mr. 
Brand  of  Faribault,  Minnesota,  Mr. 
Huff  of  St.  Paul,  and  other  representa- 
tives of  the  western  group.  The  meet- 
ing of  the  Peony  Society  was  held 
after  a  banquet  at  the  Hotel  Hollen- 
den  on  the  evening  of  the  first  day 
of  the  show.  The  attendance  was  bet- 
ter than  usual,  and  a  very  sociable  at- 
mosphere pervaded  the  proceedings. 
The  following  officers  were  elected: 
President,  James  Boyd,  Philadelphia. 
Pa.;  vice-president.  A.  H.  Fewkes. 
Newton  Highlandis.  .Mass.;  secretary. 
A.  P.  Saunders.  Clinton,  New  York; 
treasurer,  A.  H.  Scott.  Oak  Lane,  Pa.; 
director  to  serve  for  three  years,  R. 
T.  Brown,  Queens,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

In  recognition  of  his  services  to 
peony  culture  in  America,  both  as  a 
pioneer  in  the  introduction  of  fine  va- 
rieties from  England  and  France,  and 
now.  in  his  later  years,  as  a  creator  of 
fine  seedlings  of  his  own,  honorary 
membership  in  the  society  was  con- 
ferred upon   Mr.   Shaylor. 

It  was  voted  to  continue  the  publi- 
cation of  the  News  Bulletins  which 
have  now  been  issued  twice  yearly  for 
three  years,  and  have  proved  of  wide 
interest  to  peony  growers  throughout 
the  country.  The  question  of  cancel- 
ing the  meetings  of  the  society  for  the 
duration  of  the  war  was  taken  up.  and 
it  was  the  sentiment  of  those  present 
ihat  no  objection  could  be  made  to  a 
society  so  small  as  the  Peony  Society, 
and  for  which  so  little  transportation 
is  needed  in  connection  with  the  ex- 
hibitions, continuing  to  hold  Its  reg- 
ular meetings.  Several  localities 
were  discussed,  and  it  is  hoped  that  it 
will  l)o  possible  to  arrange  to  hold  the 
meeting  in  some  centrally  located  city, 
possibly    Detroit    or    Rochester. 

The  thanks  of  the  society  were  ex- 
tended to  their  hosts,  the  Ohio  Horti- 
cultural Society,  the  Florists'  Club  of 


levelund,  nnd  the  Cleveland  Garden 
Club,  nnd,  In  particular,  to  MesBrs. 
Knoble.  Vinson  and  Baldwin,  who 
roiiKiituted  the  local  committee,  and 
to  whose  uiispiirlng  energy  the  suc- 
ress  of  the  kIkiw  is  mainly  due.  All 
the  niemlM'rs  of  the  Peony  Society 
who  hod  come  from  a  distance  felt 
more  than  repaid  In  the  delight  and 
interest  afforded  by  the  superb  and 
reiiresentalive  display  of  blooms,  as 
well  as  by  the  opixirtuiilly  of  mwting 
their  brother  entliusiasts. 
Lilt  of  Award*. 

The  schedule  of  pri-/.es  an<l  awards 
Is  as  follows: 

Collection.  100  varieties — Berlrand 
H.  Farr.  Wyomissing.  Pa.,  Gold  .Me<lal 
and  1st  prize;  Lee  R.  Bonncwltz,  Van 
Wort,  Ohio,  2nd;  G.  B.  Babcock. 
Jamestown.  N.  V..  3rd. 

Vase  or  basket,  100  blooms— Knoble 
Brothers,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Ist;  Martin 
Kohankie,  Painesville,  Ohio,  2nd. 

Collection,  2.')  varieties— Bertrand  H. 
Farr,  1st;  C.  Betscher,  Dover.  Ohio. 
2nd. 

Collection,  single  varieties — A.  P. 
Saunders.  Clinton.  N.  Y..  Ist;  G.  B. 
Babcock.  2nd. 

Collection.  Japanese  varieties — Ber- 
trand H.  Farr.  1st;    G.  H.  Babcock,  2nd. 

2.')  white — Knoble  Brothers.  1st;  C. 
Betscher.  Dover.  Ohio.  2nd. 

2,5  light  pinU'-G.  B.  Baln-ocU.  1st; 
I^e  R.   Bonnewitz.  2nd. 

25  dark  pink — Berlrajid  H.  Farr. 
1st;    Knoble   Brothers.  2nd. 

25  red— Bertrand  H.  Farr,  1st;  G.  B. 
Babcock.  2nd. 

t)  doul)le — Bertrand  H.  Farr,  1st; 
Lee   R.   Bonnewitz.  2nd. 

Specimen  bloom  Bertrand  H.  Farr. 
1st;   A.  P.  Saunders.  2nd. 

Specimen  bloom,  new  variety  —  C. 
Betscher. 

Specimen  bloom.  American  seedling 
— A.   P.   Saunders. 

.Mrs.  Edw.  Harding  prize — E.  J. 
Shaylor.  .Xuburndale,   .Mass. 

Vase.  6  l)looms — "Galathee".  Ber- 
trand H.  Farr.  1st:  "Immortelle," 
A.  P.  Saunders.  2nd. 

Artistic  vase,  bowl  or  basket — Mar- 
tin Kohankie.  silver  medal;  Knoble 
Brothers,  bronze  medal. 

Collection.  5ii  varieties  —  A.  P. 
Saunders.  1st;   Lee  R.  Bonnewitz.  2nd. 

10  varieties — A.  P.  Saunders.  Ist: 
Lee  R.  Bonnewitz.  2nd. 

15  doubles— 0.  A.  Risk.  Cleveland. 
Oliio.   1st;    Lee  R.   Bonnewitz.  2nd. 

Collection.  Jap.  vars. — A.  P.  Saund- 
ers,  2nd. 

Collection,  white  vars. — A.  P.  Saund- 
ers,  1st:    Lee  R.   Bonnewitz,  2nd. 

Collection,  light  pink — A.  P.  Saund- 
ers, 1st;    Lee   R.   Bonnewitz,  2nd. 

Collection,  dark  pink — Lee  R.  Bon- 
newitz. 1st;    A.   P.  Saunders,  2nd. 

Collection,  red  —  A.  P.  Saunders,  1st; 
Will   .McClelland.  Saginaw,  .Mich..  2nd. 

3  white— S.  J.  Berry,  Cleveland. 
Ohio.  1st;  Alice  Bonnewitz.  Van  Wert. 
Ohio.  2nd. 

3   light   pink — Alice   Bonnewitz.   3rd. 

3  dark — Alice  Bonnewitz,  2nd. 

3  red— S.  J.   Berry,  3rd. 

6  species  outdoor  flowers — S.  J. 
Berry.  2nd. 

The  judges  were  A.  H.  Fewkes.  John 
Van    Leeuwen   and    A.   .M.   Brand. 

A.     P.     S-MXI>EKS. 


June  15,  1918 


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CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


AMERICAN  ROSE  SOCIETY. 
The  Washington  Rose  Test  Garden. 
Un  .May  21th  we  stood  on  a  new 
road  looking  over  level  sloping  land. 
In  the  background  was  Arlington 
Heights  with  the  Custis  Mansion,  the 
one-time  home  of  Robert  E.  Lee, 
showing  through  the  trees;  the  Na- 
tional Cemetery  with  its  thousands  o" 
graves  hidden  by' the  trees;  the  great 
skeleton  frame  towers  for  the  wire- 
less telegraphy  at  Fort  Meyers;  a 
white  marble  government  building 
standing  out  above  the  trees;  and 
between  this  ridge  and  the  road  was 
the  rose  test  garden— all  a  picture  of 
beauty. 

The  garden  is  enclosed  with  a  plain 
wire  tepee;  there  are  pathways  be- 
tween the  sections,  high  trellises 
with  climbing  roses,  many  in  bloom, 
beds  of  various  varieties  splendid 
with  color.  During  the  three  years 
of  work  the  men  in  charge  certainly 
have  done  well.  Mr.  Mulford,  neau 
gardener,  and  Prof.  G.  C.  Corbett, 
and  others,  deserve  much  credit.  The 
committee  of  the  American  Rose  So- 
ciety for  this  test  garden,  Robert 
Pyle,  chairman,  has  looked  after  its 
part  well. 

The  large  new  greenhouses  and 
other  structures  are  a  marked  change 
over  the  Virginia  clay  roads  and 
fields  which  we  looked  at  four  years 
ago  when  some  of  the  autos  in  which 
we  rode  churned  up  the  wet  clay  and 
stood  still,  and  the  party  had  a  taste 
of  Virginia  mud  which  was  a  new  ad- 
venture to  some.  But  the  time  is 
near  when  the  Washington  Rose  Test 
Garden  will  be  one  of  the  many  at- 
tractions of  the  Capitol  City  of  the 
Nation.  "A  rose  for  every  home,  p 
bush  for  every  garden." 

Benjamin  H.\mmond, 
Pres.  Am.  Rose  Soc. 
Beacon,  N.  Y. 


The  Hartford  Garden  Exhibit 
The  Hartford  Garden  Kxhibit  of  the 
American  Rose  Society  will  be  held  in 
Elizabeth  Park,  Hartford,  Conn.,  at 
1.30  on  June  20.  The  local  committee, 
consisting  of  Wallace  R.  Pierson. 
Cromwell.  Conn..  John  F.  Huss,  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  and  Alexander  Cumming, 
Jr.,  Cromwell,  Conn.,  has  made  plans 
for  a  most  enjoyable  occiision.  The 
Elizabeth  Park  Rose  Test  Garden  is 
the  oldest  and  one  of  the  best  in  the 


Meetings  Next  Week 


Monday,  June  17. 

Kelioit    Flciiiats'   dull,   Beiul)    Klo 
hal   Hall.   Di-troit.   Mich. 

Hdustdii  Kliiri.sts'  Club.  Chamber 
of  Commerce    Ucioms.   Houston,   Tex. 

New  Jersey  I'loricultural  Society, 
OrauKc.  N.  J. 

New  Yolk  Feileratiou  of  Horti- 
cultural .Societies  and  Floral  Clubs. 
1170   r.roailwa.v,    New   York   City. 

Tuesday,  June   18. 

(iarttcuers"    auil     Florists'    Club    of 
I'c.ston,    Horticultural    Hall,    Boston,  j 
Mass. 

(iardners'  ami  Florists'  Club  of 
Ontario,  St.  George's  Hall,  Toronto, 
Can. 

Minnesota  State  Florists'  Associa- 
tion, Minneapolis.  Minn. 

Pennsylvania  Horticultural  So- 
ciety. Crittitli  Hall.  I'ljilailelphia.  I'a. 

Wednesday,   June    19. 

Rhode  Island  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, rublie  Library,  Providence, 
R.  1. 

Tarrytown  Horticultural  Society. 
Tarrytown,    N.   Y. 

Thursday,  June  20. 

Essex  County  Florists'  ClUb, 
KreuKer.Kuditiprinni,    Ne\yark.    N.    J. 

Ne\y  Orleans  Horticultural  Society. 
.\ssocinti<)n  of  Commerce  Bldg.,  New 
Orleans.    La. 

North  Westchester  County  Horti- 
cultural Society.  Mt.  Kisco.  N.   Y. 

Taconia  Florists'  Association.  Mai'- 
cabee  Hall,  Tacoma,  "Wash. 

Friday.  June  21 

Nortli  Shore  Horticultural  Sttciefy. 
Manchester,   Mass. 


United  States  and  a  visit  to  this  gar- 
den will  be  a  rare  treat  to  all  rosari- 
ans.     In   addition   to  an   inspection  of 
the    garden     an    interesting    program 
has   been   prepared   and   the   speakers 
will  be  some  of  the  best  known  Ameri- 
can authorities  on  roses  and  rose  cul- 
ture.   If  enough  of  the  members  of  the 
American    Rose    Society    remain    over 
night,     an     interesting    trip     will     be 
arranged  covering  the  Hartford  parks. 
As  the  hotels  are  crowded,  those  mem- 
bers   expecting   to   remain   over   night 
should  notify  George  T.ane,  180  Asylum 
street,  Hartford,   Conn.,  who  will   see 
that    hotel    accommodations     are    re- 
served.     Such    notices    should    reach 
Mr.  Lane  before  Saturday  night,  June 
1.'),  or  early  Monday  morning.     All  the 
Hnrtford   incoming  trains  on  Saturday 
morning  will  bo  met  and  the  members 
conveyed  to  the  gardens.    Members  of 
the  American  Rose  Society  in  the  East 
should  attend  and  bring  their  friends 
and    everyone    should    unite    to    make 
this  meeting  one  of  the  big  events  in 
the    annals     of    the    American     Rose 
Society. 

E.  A.  WiiiTK.  Secretary. 


GARDENERS'     &     FLORISTS'     CLUB 
OF  BOSTON. 
Field  Day  at  Milton. 
A    perfect   June    day    favored    those 
who  made  the  trip  to  the  N.  T.  Kidder 
estate,  Milton,  on  Saturday  afternoon, 
and  there  were  nearly  one  hundred  in 
the    party,    one-third    of    whom    were 
ladies.     Autos   were   kindly   furnished 
to    convey    passengers    to    and    from 
Milton   Lower   Mills,   the  nearest   car- 
line   point.      Some   preferred    to    walk 
the   distance   the   better   to   enjoy   the 
wide    and    enchanting    views.      A    re- 
freshing shower  the  previous  day  had 
given  parched  vegetation  a  new  lease 
of  life,  and  the  extensive   and   choice 
collection     of    herbaceous     perennials 
and  rock  plants  came  in  for  much  at- 
tention.    Pentstemon,   coeruleus,  Gyp- 
sophila    repens.    Clematis     Davidiana. 
Geum      coccineum      Mrs.      Bradshaw. 
aquilegias,  delphiniums,  peonies,  dian- 
thus,  lupins  and  numerous  other  varie- 
ties, many  of  them  new  and  rare,  were 
in    bloom.     There    were    not    a    few 
blanks,    mute    testimony    of    winter's 
severity.       Some     grand     masses     of 
rhododendrons   and  azaleas  were  just 
passing  out  of  bloom.    These  had  win- 
tered well,  but  hemlocks.  bo::es,  coton- 
easters,  hypericums,  althaeas,  rambler 
roses  and  not  a  few  others  were  parti- 
ally or  entirely  killed.    The  collection 
of   shrubs   here   is   a   choice   one,   and 
some  anomalies  were  noted  in  the  prac- 
tically killing  out  of  supposedly  iron- 
clad   plants,  and  others  classed  as  ten- 
der were  not  harmed  at  all.    A  beautiful 
specimen  of  Salisburia  adiantifolia  of 
large  proportions  brought  praise  from 
everyone. 

The  greenhouses  contain  a  collec- 
tion of  plants  such  as  can  be  found  in 
but  few  gardens.  Many  are  hard- 
wooded,  and  others  are  unknown  to 
the  great  majority  of  present  day  gar- 
deners and  florists.  Statices.  rondele- 
tias.  ixoras.  dipladenias,  aphelexis, 
goldfussias,  diosmas,  epacris,  and 
many  others,  the  mere  sight  of  which 
brought  back  fragrant  memories  of 
long  ago  to  some  of  the  visitors. 
There  were  also  orchids  in  variety  and 
a  giMioral  assortment  of  fine  foliaged 
plants,  while  soft-wooded  subjects  and 
vegetables  were  not  by  any  means 
omitted. 

Mr.  Kidder  has  been  for  many  years 
a  keen  horticulturist,  and  is  a  past 
president  of  the  Massachusetts  Horti- 
cultural Society.  He  both  knows  and 
loves  his  plants,  and  for  over  thirty 
years  has  had  the  benefit  of  labors  and 


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June    15.    I91S 


experience  of  one  of  New  KiiKlund'K 
best  plunt  cniftoinen,  Wllllain  Martin, 
who  still  looks  as  hiile  und  fresh  as 
those  who  are  twenty  years  his 
Junior.  Aa  areas  Ko  today,  Mr.  Kid- 
der's gardens  are  less  extensive  than 
some  others,  but  their  layout  with 
pleasant  grass  walks,  pergolas  and 
other  features  could  hardly  be  im- 
proved upon. 

Everyone  spent  a  happy  and  proflt- 
able  afternoon,  and  before  leaving 
President  Rogers  thanked  Mr.  Kidder 
for  giving  them  the  opportunity  to 
visit  his  estate,  who  in  turn  expressed 
the  pleasure  it  had  given  him  to  have 
the  club  members  visit  him,  and  he 
hoped  all  would  come  again. 


NEW  YORK  FLORISTS'  CLUB. 
The  nieelinK  last  Monday  evening 
was  lightly  attended,  probably  on  ac- 
count of  stormy  weather.  The  prin- 
cipal subjects  under  consideration 
were  the  coal  restrictions  and  outlook, 
the  proposed  prohibition  of  plant  im- 
portations, the  embargo  on  Japanese 
shipments  and  various  matters  of 
local  interest.  Messrs.  F.  R.  Pierson, 
Patrick  OMara,  C.  H.  Totty.  Winfred 
Rolker  and  W.  H.  Siebrecht,  Jr..  were 
the  principal  speakers.  A  resolution 
of  thanks  to  W.  F.  Gude  was  passed 
for  his  splendid  help  to  the  S.  A.  F. 
committee.  Messrs.  Pierson,  O'Mara. 
Siebrecht  and  Rolker  were  constituted 
a  committee  to  draw  up  a  letter  pro- 
testing against  the  exclusion  of  Hol- 
land shipments.  J.  S.  Fenrich  re- 
ported for  the  committee  on  flower 
distribution  to  the  hospitals.  The 
death  of  Mrs.  Darlington  was  an- 
nounced and  much  deplored,  also  the 
lieath  of  President  Schenck's  nephew. 
A  vote  was  passed  for  a  Club  Service 
Flag.  P.  W.  Popp  showed  long- 
spurred  hybrid  Columbines  and  Karl 
Druschki  roses  for  which  he  got 
honorable  mention  and  a  cultural  cer- 
tificate.   

FLORISTS'  CLUB  OF  WASHINGTON 
The  June  mefling  of  the  Florists' 
Club  of  Washington.  D.  C.  took  the 
form  of  a  ladies'  night  and  the  mem- 
bers and  their  families  journeyed  in 
automobiles  to  Suitland  Park,  Mary- 
land, for  a  "Pie  Feast."  A  large  num- 
ber of  pies  were  sent  to  the  park  by 
Mendel  Behrend,  a  member  of  the 
club,  together  with  plenty  of  milk  "to 
wash  down  the  crumbs."  Additional 
refreshments  were  also  served. 

The  grounds  were  strung  with  Jap- 
anese lanterns  and  made  attractive  by 
the  West  brothers  who  are  located 
there.  That  the  members  enjoyed 
every  minute  of  the  evening  was  evi- 
denced by  the  fact  that  they  decided 
to  close  their  stores  at  noon  on  July 
4th  and  go  back  to  Suitland  Park  for 
a  family  outing. 


TARRYTOWN    HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY 

The  ..\nnual  June  KxhIbition  of  the 
Tarrytown  Horticultural  Society  was 
held  June  11  in  the  gymnasium  of  the 
Young  .Men's  Christian  Association 
building.  Owing  to  the  very  unfavor- 
able weather  the  week  preceding  the 
show,  particularly  on  Monday,  stock 
was  ."o  damaged  by  the  heavy  rain 
that  many  intending  exhibitors  failed 
to  exhibit.  While  there  were  not  so 
many  exhibits  as  usual,  they  were  of 
yood  (iiiality.  At  the  close  of  the  ex- 
hibition the  flowers  were  sold  for  the 
l)enefit  of  the  local  Red  Cross. 

The  following  special  prizes  were 
awarded; 

Certificate  of  Merit,  John  I).  Rocke- 
feller (Oeorge  Wittlinger,  gard.),  spec- 
imen Goniophlebium  subauricalum: 
cultural  certificate,  .lames  W.  Smith, 
cut  perennials:  cultural  certificate.  Es- 
tate of  Ferd.  Herman,  herbaceous 
flowers,  roses,  etc.;  cultural  certifi- 
cate. Sleepy  Hollow  Cemetery,  cut 
Sweet  William;  cultural  certificate. 
John  D.  Rockefeller,  cut  hardy  peren- 
nials. 

Other  prizes  awarded  were  as  fol- 
lows: 

First.  John  D.  Rockefeller,  best  col- 
lection of  flowers  cut  from  hardy  per- 
ennials. 

FMrst.  .Mrs.  J.  B.  Trevor,  Yonkers 
(Howard  Xichols,  manager),  best  two 
iiuarts  of  strawberries. 

First,  Dr.  C.  C.  Brace  (George  Mc- 
intosh, gard.),  best  quart  of  straw- 
berries; second,  D.  E.  Oppenheimer 
(A.   Macdonald.  gard.). 

First.  Dr.  C.  C.  Brace,  best  twelve 
Frau  Karl  Druschki  roses;  second. 
Estate  of  Ferd.  Hermann;  third,  John 
D.   Rockefeller. 

First.  D.  E.  Oppenheimer,  best 
twelve  vases  of  sweet  peas,  2.5  sprays 
each:   second.  Mrs.  J.  n.  Trevor. 

First,  John  D.  Rockefeller,  best  vase 
50  sprays  mixed  sweet  peas;  second. 
Dr.  L.  H.  Baekland  (gard.  James  Ca- 
selli.) 

First,  Dr.  C.  C.  Brace,  best  three 
varieties  of  peonies. 

First.  John  D.  Rockefeller,  best  four 
varieties  of  peonies,  three  blooms 
each. 

First.  Mrs.  J.  B.  Trevor  best  collec- 
tion twelve  varieties  of  vegetables, 
twelve  species. 

First,  Dr.  C.  C.  Brace,  best  collec- 
tion six  varieties  of  vegetables,  six 
species;  second.  Miss  E.  W.  Frothing- 
ham   (Michael  Crehan,  gard.). 

First,  John  D.  Rockefeller,  vase  of 
outdoor-grown  blue  flower,  one  variety. 
The  judges  of  the  exhibits  were 
George  Middleton.  Tarrytown;  Wil- 
liam C.  Roberts,  Ossining;  and  Henry 
Kaslberg.  Dobbs  Ferry. 


STAMFORD  (CONN.)  HORTICUL- 
TURAL   SOCIETY. 

There  was  the  usual  large  attend- 
ance present  at  the  meeting  of  the 
above  society,  held  on  June  7th. 

It  was  decided  to  hold  an  outing  in 
conjunction  with  the  Greenwich  and 
Tarrytown  societies,  time  and  place  to 


be  announced  later.  The  preliminary 
schedule  for  our  midsummer  show 
was  approved,  which  will  be  held  on 
July  5th,  at  2  p.  in.,  and  will  be  free  to 
the  public. 

The  Judges  made  the  following 
awards: 

A.  Alius,  viise  iif  roses  Frau  Karl 
Druschki,  highly  commended:  straw 
berries  Chesapeake,  honorable  men- 
tion: Delplilniuni  Bella  dnnna  seed- 
lings, cultural  certificate.  A.  P.  Wezel, 
carnations,  honorable  mention:  Hy- 
drangea General  Vicount  de  Vil)raye, 
(ultural  certificate.  J.  Foster.  Carter's 
Sunrise  Tomato,  honorable  mention. 
A.  Wynne,  lettuce,  highly  commended. 
A.  Pederson,  collection  of  pansies. 
honorable    mention. 

A.  P.  AVe/ei.,  Cor.  Sec. 
Xorolon.  Conn. 

CHICAGO  FLORISTS'  CLUB. 
The  regular  June  meeting  of  the 
Chicago  Florists'  Club  was  held  at  the 
Randolph  Hotel.  Randolph  and  Wells 
streets,  June  6th.  President  Lauten- 
schlager  was  out  of  the  city  and  Vice- 
President  O.  J.  Friedman,  presided. 

The  plan  for  having  the  principal 
b\isiness  of  the  meeting  to  be  informal 
talks  by  representatives  of  all 
branches  of  the  trade  worked  out  well 
and  was  participated  in  by  Walter 
Amling  and  Peter  Pe?rson  in  behalf  of 
the  growers:  O.  J.  Friedman,  for  the 
retailers,  C.  John  Michaelson  for  the 
commission  men  and  T.  E.  Waters  for 
the  supply  houses.  So  much  interest 
was  evinced  and  so  many  good  points 
brought  out  that  it  was  decided  to  con- 
tinue the  discussion  at  the  next  meet- 
ing. 

As  the  July  meeting  day  falls  upon 
the  4th  it  was  voted  to  hold  it  on  the 
18th  at   Karthauser's  Grove. 

E.  OUinger  was  appointed  chairman 
of  a  committee  to  arrange  for  a  flower 
sale  for  the  benefit  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
in   the  near  future. 

It  was  voted  that  chairmen  and 
members  of  committees  should  here- 
after receive  no  compensation  for 
their  services  otherwise  than  the 
thanks  and  appreciation  of  the  club. 

It  was  also  voted  to  dispense  with 
the  annual  picnic  this  year. 

The  following  were  elected  to  mem- 
bership: l.ouis  Meurat.  Park  Ridge. 
111.;  J.  C.  Nielson.  654  S.  Sangamon 
St.:  John  Prickett,  Des  Plaines,  111.; 
Emil  Danz.  1611  W.  Lake  St.;  Thos.  D. 
Long,  31  W.  Randolph  St.;  Harry  Ble- 
witt,  Des  Plaines,  111. 

The  secretary  was  instructed  to 
send  a  telegram  of  sympathy,  in  be- 
half of  the  club,  to  H.  E.  Philpott. 
whose  recent  bereavement  in  the  death 
of  Mrs.  Philpott  was  reported. 

Vaughan's  seed  store  had  a  fine  ex- 
hibit of  iris  and  peonies. 


June  15.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


5S3 


INTERNATIONAL     FLOWER    SHOW, 
1919. 
A  meeting  of  the  joint  committee  of 
the     Horticultural     Society     of     New 
York  and  the  New  York  Florists'  Club 
was   held    on    Saturday,   June   8th.   by 
invitation  of  Mr.  T.  A.  Havemeyer  at 
his  beautiful  estate  at  Brookville.  L.  I. 
The   members   were   escorted   through 
the   extensive   grounds    by    Mr.    Have- 
meyer and  the  horticultural  treasures 
of  the  place  were  inspected  with  great 
interest.       Unfortunately,     the     lilacs 
had  passed,  and  the  large  plantings  of 
peonies    and    roses    had    suffered    se- 
verely   through    storms.      There    was, 
however,   a   fine   display  of   the   giant 
eremuri,.    an    unusual    exhibition    for 
many  of  the  visitors.     The  many  rare 
shrubs  and  plants  in  the  different  col- 
lections     commands      the      attention 
which,  of  course,  was  to  be  expected 
of  them.    The  developments  in  Nature 
gardening   which   have   been   in   prog- 
ress during  the   last   few   years   were 
a  revelation  to  all  of  the  landscapisfs 
fine  work. 

The  business  of  the  meeting,  which 
was  held  in  the  Havemeyer  residence. 
was     the     organization     of    the     1919 
Flower  Show  Committee.    There  were 
present,  besides  ^Ir.  Havemeyer.  F.  R. 
Pierson,    Wallace    R.    Pierson,    C.    H. 
Totty,    W.    H.    Duckham,    Joseph    A. 
Manda.    Edw.    Sceery.    James    Stuart, 
P.  W.   Popp.   George   V.   Xash.   W.  H. 
Siebrecht,     Sr.,     A.     L.     Miller.     John 
Scheepers,    F.    L.    Atkins,    and    John 
Young.     Election   of   officers    resulted 
as    follows:    Theodore   A.   Havemeyer. 
chairman;  John  Young,  secretary,  and 
F.   R.  Newbold.   treasurer.     A  resolu- 
tion was  passed  instructing  the  secre- 
tary to   communicate   with  the   Inter- 
national   Exposition    Co.,    citing    con- 
ditions as  they  exist  at  present  among 
commercial    growers     and    owners    of 
private  places  in  regard  to  restrictions 
placed  upon  their  supplies  of  coal  for 
greenhouse    consumption,    and    notify- 
ing the   company   that   under  the   cir- 
cumstances  it  would  be   most   unwise 
at  this  date  to  decide  upon  the  ques- 
tion of  holding  a  show  next  year,  but 
that     a     meeting    of     the     committee 
would  be  held  In  the  fall,  and  if  con- 
ditions at  that  time  were  changed  for 
the   better,   a   definite   decision    would 
be  announced  by  Novemier  1st  wheth- 
er the  show  would  be  held. 

Mrs.  Havemeyer  was  a  delightful 
hostess  and  assisted  Mr.  Havemeyer 
in  serving  luncheon.  A  hearty  vote 
of  thanks  was  tendered  to  host  and 
hostess  for  the  day's  enjoyment. 

On  the  return  trip  the  committee 
visited  "Willowmere,"  at  Roslyn.  the 
home  of  Admiral  and  Mrs.  Aaron 
Ward,  where  they  were  cordially   en- 


A  Good  Proposition 
If  You  Act  Quick 

Negotiations  are  pending  with  four  prospects  for  the  pur- 
chase of  the  Berckmans  Nurseries,  yet  as  Receiver  for  the  Company 
I  feel  that  this  opportunity  to  acquire  an  estabhshed  nursery  should 
be  brought  before  the  greatest  number  of  people  before  closing 
with  any. 

You    can    get    Stock 
Implements,  Good-will 

Everything  on  the  place — growing  stock,  landscape  outfit, 
tools,  wagons,  live-stock,  and  a  list  of  27,000  live  customers — 
must  be  sold.  An  opportunity  like  this  has  not  been  offered  in 
years — probably  rtcver  before. 

Full  details  of  the  property  may  be  had  by  addressing 

L.   A.   BERCKMANS 

Receiver  for  the  P.  J.  Berckmans  Co. 
AUGUSTA,  GEORGIA 


tertained,   and   enjoyed   an   inspection 
of  the  Admiral's  famous  rose  garden. 
John   Y'ovxg,   Secy. 


E.  J.   SHAYLOR. 


lor  we  have  been  watching  his  opera- 
tions for  many  years  and  consider  him 
to  be  the  foremost  j^eony  hybridiser  in 
the  country.  His  wonderful  showing 
of  seedlings  last  year,  when  six  of  his 
productions  won  first-class  certificates 
of  merit  at  the  exhibition  of  the  Mass. 
Horticultural  Society  only  foreshad- 
owed further  triumphs.  He  has 
worked  hard  and  conscientiously  for 
a  long  time  ard  the  reward  is  well 
won. 


Many  thousands  of  boys  and  men 
who  have  enrolled  for  emergency 
work  on  farms  during  the  rush  of 
harvest  will  be  trained  for  the  service 
in  courses  offered  by  Y.  M.  C.  A.  or- 
ganizations and  athletic  clubs  in  re- 
sponse to  a  i-equest  of  the  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 


ALL  THE   rOI'lILAR    VARIETIES 
Own  Roots  or  Graftod 


.RIM 


lOIMS 


We  have  here  the  iJortralt  of  the 
man  about  whom  everybody  in  peony- 
dom  is  talking  today,  E.  J.  Shaylor.  of 
Wellesley  Hills,  Mass.  Mr.  Shaylor 
has  not  surprised  us  by  capturing  the 
premier  prize  in  the  exhibition  of  the 
American   Peony  Society  at  Cleveland 


Rootfd   Cottlnr*  of  all   «h«i  bent   rommsr- 
rlnl   varlrtlrs.      Ilralthy  atock. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PLANTS 

Rpsdy   for  Immrdlata  Bale* 

Size  Pot  100 

ASPARAOCS    flprenccrl 2>4-ln.  »3.00 

A8PARAGU8     SprencrrI 3     -In.  6  00 

8MILAX    2V4-ln.  S.OO 

HENn   FOR   CATAI.OOtlE 

WOOD  BROTHERS,  Fishklil,  K.Y. 


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SEED  TRADE 


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ORIrrrs — rrrdilrnl.  F.  \V.  IVolslaao, 
n>>hln(lon.  1> C:  Flr«l  \  lpr-rrr«l<li>ot, 
M  ro.  1^  Sr^rUtt.  IWlllniorr.  Ud. ;  H««oad 
>  Ipr-frraldrnl.  l»>lil  llurpar,  I>blU4*l- 
phl».  r«. ;  Hrrrt-lmr> -Trt<»«ur«>r,  O.  B. 
IkrBdrl.   (  Jr>rliuid,  U. 


AMERICAN   SEED  TRADE    ASSOCIA- 
TION. 

The  Thirty-Sixth  Annual  ConveDtion 
of  the  American  Seed  Trade  Associa- 
tion will  take  place  on  June  IS.  19  and 


F.  W.  Bolgia.no 

rn-.sii|i-i]I  Aiiii-rii'Mii  Sih-.I  Tniili-  Assdiiatimi 

20,  at  Chicago.  The  program  is  an 
interesting  one  and  no  doubt  the  meet- 
ings will  find  plenty  to  occupy  their 
time,  among  the  many  vital  questions 
which  are  brought  up  as  results  of  the 
world  war. 

ONION  SEED  PROSPECTS. 
We  have  just  received  the  following 
letter.  We  publish  it  for  what  it  is 
worth  without  further  comment  ex- 
.  cept  that  it  appears  to  us  that  per- 
haps the  situation  is  not  quite  as  bad 
as  Mr.  Varela  seems  to  regard  it. 

The  question  of  transporting  the 
Bermuda  onion  seed  is  almost  impos- 
sible, due  to  the  action  of  German 
submarines.  The  last  Spanish  mail 
boat  to  New  York  w^as  held  up  by  one 
of  them,  and  the  commander  notified 
the  captain  of  the  steamer  that  she 
was  carrying  sufficient  contraband  to 


"  Seeds  with  a  Lineage  "     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,    Raynes 
Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 


CARTERS  TESTED  SEEDS,  Inc.,  c. 


166  Ckuikfr  of 
nmerct  Bldg.,  Botloa,  Ma 


WEEBER  &  DON 


114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
NEW    YORK 


J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growert  and  Seed  Dittribu- 
tor*  for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1916  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To    Market   Gnrdenern  and    KlorliitB 

Pratt  and  Light  Sfi.,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 


We  Make  a  Specialty  in 
GRASS  fNIXTURES 

Kur 

Till-  I.awn,  Blindy  Spoti  or  I'ndir 
'i'rci'a.  tlio  Soutti,  the  Soncliore,  tlie 
lirrnoi-  nnd  Ui-xtnrlnK  Old  Lawni, 
I'ulo  (ioriiiidn.  Tennis  CourtH.  l"ut- 
IlnB  Gri'i'tm.  Knir  OreeDi,  Mcndoni 
:inil  I'liHttiri-H. 
All     .,f    III..     I'in.Hl      Ue.-I<.nii.-.|     Soo.U. 

J.  M.THORBURN&CO. 

E«tul>lliihrd    I80t. 
53   Barclay  Street,      NEW  YORK 


GARDEN  SEED 

IlICET,  CARROT.  I'AKS.Nir,  RADISH  and 
GARDEN  PEA  SEED  In  variety:  also  otber 
Items  of  tbe  short  crop  of  this  [>nst  season, 
as  welt  as  a  full  line  of  Garden  Seeds,  will 
be  quoted  jou  upon  application  to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82DeTSt..  NEW  VOKK.nd  ORANGE. CONN 


justify  their  sinking  the  ship.  but. 
eventually,  allowed  her  to  proceed  on 
her  way  to  the  U.  S.  The  Spanish 
mail  company  has  decided,  ad  interim, 
to  stop  further  sailings  to  Cuba  and 
America,  unless  they  are  sure  that 
they  will  have  nothing  to  fear  from 
(ierman   submarines. 

I.ast  year  under  less  aggravating 
conditions,  your  Secretary  of  Agricul- 
ture. .Mr.  Houston,  promised  Congress- 
man for  Texas,  Mr.  Garner,  "...  .that 
the  onion  seed  from  Teneriffe  would 
be  forthcoming  as  usual,  even  if  it 
were  necesary  to  send  warships  to 
bring  it  over."  The  moment  has  ar- 
rived when  this  patriotic  decision  o'i 
Secretary  Houston  is  to  be  put  into 
effect,  and  1  request  you  to  kindly 
send  an  appeal  to  your  Congressman 
and  Senator,  supporting  all  the  peti- 
tions that  are  now  being  made  from 
Texas  and  elsewhere,  in  order  to  ob- 
tain from  the  Government  of  the 
United  States,  to  send  a  small  sub- 
marine catcher,  detached  from  the 
American  Navy  in  European  waters, 
to  trans|iorl  the  onion  seed  from  Ten- 
eriffe, not  later  than  the  ,5th  to  Inth 
of  August  next.  Onion  seed  crop  is 
estimated  this  year  at  Sii.OOO  lbs.  less 
than  in  1917. 

I  need  not  dwell  upon  the  far-reach- 
ing consequences  to  millions  of  Amer- 
icans, directly  and  indirectly  depend- 
ing on  this  trade  every  year:  the  fact 
that  the  people  of  the  United  States 
would  be  without  onions  from  March 
to  July.  1919,  and  that  the  non-ship- 
ment of  the  seed  this  year  to  U.  S. 
would  mean  ruin  to  thousands  of  peo- 
ple in  Teneriffe.  1  trust  you  will 
kindly  second  all  the  efforts  that  are 
being  made  by  seedsmen,  dealers, 
onion  growers  and  others,  both  pri- 
vately and  from  the  columns  of  your 
paper,  and  thanking  you  in  advance, 

Fedkbico  C.  V.\hf.i..\. 


JACQUES  L.  de  VILMORIN. 
.Jacques  L.  de  Vilmorin  is  the  eld- 
est son  of  the  late  Maurice  L.  de  Vil- 
morin of  Paris,  France,  of  the  noted 
seed  firm  of  Vilmorin.  Andrleux  &  Cie. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  firm  for 
tbe  past  ten  years  Init  is  now  In  the 
.\rmy  doing  a  soldier's  duty.  He  has 
attended  of  late  years  to  the  selecting. 


J.VCQfES   L.   DE.VlLMOKIN 

lireeding  and  crossing.  Being  in  a  po- 
sition to  avail  himself  of  the  observa- 
tions and  collections  of  his  father,  he 
will,  in  future,  pay  particular  atten- 
tion to  the  scientific  part  of  the  busi- 
ness and  we  may  be  sure,  follow  the 
paths  of  his  ancestors.  His  younger 
brother,  who  has  not  yet  ended  his 
studies,  is  an  officer  in  the  French 
Armv  on  the  front. 


June  15.  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


585 


MICHELL'S 

NEW  CROP 

PANSY  SEED 

Michell's  Giant 
Exhibition   Mixed 

A  giant  strain  wbich  for  size  of  bloom, 
heavy  texture  and  varied  colors  and 
shades  cannot  be  surpassed.  Half  tr. 
pkt..  30c.;  tr.  pkt..  50c.;  %  oz.,  $1.25; 
$2.00  per  V4  oz. ;  per  oz.,  $7.00. 

GIANT  SORTS  IN  SEPARATE  COLORS 

Tr.  pkt.     Oz. 

Azure  Blue    $0.40     $2.75 

Black   Blue    40       2.75 

Emperor    William,    blue 40       2.75 

Hortensia    Red    40        2.75 

King  of  the  Blacks 40       2.75 

Lord       Beaconslield,       purple 

violet    40      2.75 

Peacock,      blue,     claret     and 

white    40       2.75 

Snow   Queen,  pure  white 40       2.75 

Striped  and   Mottled 40       2.75 

White  with  Eye 40       2.75 

Pure  Yellow    40       2.75 

Yellow   with  Eye 40      2.75 

Also    all    other    seasonable    Seeds,   Bulbs 

and  Supplies. 

Send   for  Wholesale  Price  List. 

MICHELL'S    SEED    HOUSE 

518  Market  St.,  Philadelphia 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 


Write 


e  as  for  price 


AMERICAN    BULB    GO. 

170  W.  Wabash  Ave.  CHICAGO,  ELL. 


R^IWI^VN     J.     IR^A/IIM 

1««  WMt  Mth   St.,  NEW   YORK 
CHOICE  FLORISTS'   FLOWER   SEEDS 

AaparacDS  FlamoiQa  Nanus— 1000  sseds, 
CS.tO;   MKN)  8e«ds,  flS.OO. 

Asparacas  Sprengeii — 1000  Seeds,  fl.OO. 

galTla  Bonilre^i^  oi.,  60c.;  1  oi.,  $2.00. 

Salvia  Zurich — ^  oi.,  75c.;  1   oi.,  $4.00. 

Rtooks  Besnty  of  NIee,  76%  Double  Flower* 
—Shell  Pink,  Bright  Pink,  Purple,  White 
— Tt.  Pkt.,  »1.0O;   hi  Ol.,  $S.0O;   1  <».,  $6.00. 

■■>l>drscon.  Petunias,  Verbenas,  etc. 
BIND    FOR    CATALOGCTE. 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA 


BLUE     LIST     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICES 

MAILED  ONLY   TO   THOSE   WHO  PLANT 

FOB    PROFIT 

LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

7/9     (300  per  case) $B0.(»0  per  thousand 

8/10  (22S  per  else) 80.00    "  " 

»/10  (200  per  case) 100.00    "  " 

Complete  List  of  Florists'  Choice  Besds. 

A  postal  card  will  brinr  our  eatalorae. 

S.  S.  SKtDELSKY  &  CO. 

lOM  Lincoln   UldK.,      PHILADELPHIA,  FA. 


Let  Us  Quote  You  on 

CALLA  ELLIOTTIANA 

IRIS,   LILiUMS,    PAEONIES,    ETC. 

For  Fall  Delivery 

JOHN  LEWIS  CHILDS,  Inc. 

Flowerfield,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 


'm^uir 


We  have  just  received 

ANOTHER  THOUSAND  TONS 

Of  Our  Celebrated 

South  American  Sheep 
and  Goat  Manure 


This  is  unexcelled  for  top  dressing  any  crop  or  mixing  with 
the  soil,  or  for  use  in  solution.  There  is  no  safer  or  surer  ma- 
terial to  be  had. 

Write  for  prices  and  receive  a  supply  while  it  lasts.     It 
is  difficult  to  obtain. 

SANDERSON  FERTILIZER  AND  CHEMICAL  CO. 

Subsidiary  of  the  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co. 

NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 


30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


NEW  YORK 


l-e:oim/vrd's 

S 

e:eds 

and     SEED     SE 

RVICE 

'    FOR     SALE     BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY, 

Chicago,  III. 

BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Iinport«rfl  ^04  Growers  mt 

SEEDS,  BULDS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chambers  Street,  New  York 

THOMAS  J.  GREf  COMPANY 

SEEDS,     BULBS     AND     IMPLEUBNT8 
WHOLESALE    AND    BETALL. 

Beselected  Strains  In  Se«da. 

Improved  styles  In  Implementa. 

Catalogroe  apon  appUoatloa. 

16  So.  Market  Street 

BOSTOIM,  IVIA,SS. 


KELWAY  8  SON 

SPECIALIZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write    for   Special    Prices,    Spot    or 
Forward 

Only  Address,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

New    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

For     Immediate     or     future     delivery 
prices    quoted    on    apptlcntion. 

JOSEPH  BRECK  &  SONS'  CORP 

47-M  North   Market  St.,  Boston,  Mam. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 


166  W.  23rd    St.,     NEW  YORK 


'-M 


li  U  U  T  1  C  U  L  T  U  K  K 


hill.-  !.■;.   191 S 


ALEX.    McGONNELL 

611   FIFTH   AVENUE 
r^ElNA/     YOF^K     C5I"1"Y 

TrlrKrai'lilr  oTtlrrm  fur **  i»rilr<l  !<►  mSkj 
pKTt  nf  (hf*  Inllrtt  >tiktr».  «  NIlAiln.  KDtl 
t-'orrlcn  (uuntrlcHi.  iJrcirm  from  tb« 
tr»dr  for  drlltrry  In  New  York  and  vi- 
cinity   rr<^\ir    mprr\ml   Ktlrntlon. 

Cost  of  Cablituj  lort'iijn  Ocliv- 
cries  Must  bv  Prepaid.  Hcfcrcnce 
or  cash  must  accompany  all  orders 
from  unknoun  correspondents. 

<  ol.tr    Aildrr**,   A  IF  \  (  ON  N  K  1,1,. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Member  of    Floriin'  Telcjjriph  Dctivfry 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

N 


TOB 

KANSAS  CITY 

Trantfer    Yoar   Order*  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 

Mnnber  riorl>t«'  T«l»rTmpb  DcUtmt 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Deliver  orders  trom  any  part  of  the  country  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  or  Telesrm^ 
2139-2141   Broadway,  New  York 

KOHMILLER,    Florist 

426  Madifon  Ave.  and  49lh  St.,  New 

York.      Alto  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

Telephone,    Miirrar    Hill    783 

Ont-ot-town     Orders     SollcltPd.       LocatloD 

Central.     Personal  Attention. 

Member  F.  T.  D.  Asso. 


4DAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

BANGOR,  ME. 

IVe  Cover  all  Points  in  Maine 


32  NEWBURY 

STREET. 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

36  Dorrance  Street 

Member   Florists'    Telecraph    D«11t«i7 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


MORE    F.  T.   D'ISM. 

iiisi  Id  rmall  iik»I>>  Ihf  Importance 
of  our  Florists'  Tt-U-Kraph  Delivery 
Association.  Wliiit  would  we  do  with- 
out It? 

The  past  several  years  have  proven 
the  worth  and  necessity  of  our  or- 
ganization to  those  who  already  he- 
long;  but  how  about  the  non-nicinber 
who  |>articipates  in  the  receiving  of 
orders  and  perhaps  sends  orders  with 
the  full  knowledge  that  his  orders  will 
receive  every  attention  to  fully  justify 
his  joining  our  association. 

We  should  have  members  in  every 
city  and  town  in  the  1'.  S.  A.  and 
Canada  to  complete  our  chain  which 
will  give  us  absoute  confidence  that 
every  order  so  transferred  will  be 
filled  by  a  member  of  the  F.  T.  D. 
which  stands  for  SERVICE. 

To  those  who  are  not  members 
allow  me  to  say  that  the  enthusiasm 
and  spirit  which  is  felt  at  our  annual 
F.  T.  D.  Convention  meeting  is  worth 
all  it  costs  you  to  join.  This  feature 
at  our  annual  meeting  is  growing 
more  enthusiastic  year  after  year  and 
no  one  can  afford  to  miss  them. 

Send  for  membership  application 
blank  to  .Mlicii    Tim  In  Inn.  our  genial 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  your  serTlee  to  deliver  Flowers 
or  Drslrn*  on  Order  by  Tele- 
craph or  otherwise.  Prompt 
Reliable   Service. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connectlrat  Ave.  and   L  Bt. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


■-■.IiiMUIk'iI    1874 


DARDS 


INC. 


HELP  do  YOUR  BIT  To-day 

By  SELLING  THRIFT  and 
WAR  SAVING  STAMPS. 

STAND  behind  THE  FOOD 
CONSERVATION   LAWS. 

Display  prominently  PATRI- 
OTIC   POSTERS. 

DO   IT  NOW 


lOHN    BREITMEYER'S 
^=SONS— 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Cratiol  Avaa. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
HIgli  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

We  e«Tn   all    Mlihlran    polaU  aa4   cava 

•Mtlaai    «(    Uhlo,    Inillaaa    aa4    Caastfa 

ll«ait>«ra     riorliti'     TrUsraph      OallTarr 

AtaoelallvB. 


OPOA.    l*HOS  CO 

GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Member  Florlili  Tele|)rapli    DcLferr 


Order*   tor    NKW    TOKK. 
Write  or  Phone  t« 

MAX  SGHLING 

185  Fifth  Ave. 


Best     Florists     In     the    States    M 
Beferenees. 

EUROPEAN  ORDBRS  EXECUTED 

Members   of   the    FlorUts* 
Televrmph   Delivery. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN    ST. 
AI-B^VNY,    IM.    V. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VlCINrrY 

Members  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asso. 

YOiJNGT  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Member*    FIori*t*'    Telegraph    Delivery 

aTtTbunyard 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

Alio  Newport,  R.  1, 

I    OUABANTBK   SATISFACTION 


June  15.  1918 


11 0  irr  I  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


5ST 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member    Florists'  Telegraph 
Delivery  Aasociation 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Deliverv 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

llCUf  VADV  S61  Fifth  Ave. 
NCff    I  UnlV  VanderblltHotel 

B  ACT  Ay   1  Park  Street 
DUO  I  Un  799  Boylston  Street 

lilhiriw  ti  Sti»irs  ui  ill  Eutin  Poiits 


Ordera     Flllrd     Dst    er    Night    fsr 

0 1- E  V  E:  L.  AIM  D 

and  State  of  Ohio 

'■  vmplf'te  stock.      Regular  discoant  t«  Tra4«. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

1896    W.    25th   St.,   CleveUnd,   O. 
««ail>«Ts    Florists'  Telegraph  DeUverr  Asi'm. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

SS23  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  oj  F.  T.  D,  Association, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS. 

FLORISTS 
25  CHnton  Avenue,  N. 

R«chest«i  Fbone  506.  Long  Dist.  Bflll  Fhone  %Mt\ 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

*.NDER80N    serTlce    means    frmh,    sturdy 
Stork  and   prompt  dellTeries  In   BCFFA1,0, 
LOCKPOBT,       NIAGARA       FAIXB       aad 
WESTERN    NEW    TORK 
MemberB    of    Florlata'    Telecraph    DdlTary, 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  UST 

THOMAS  ROLAND.     Nahant.  Mau. 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARRY   I.   RANUALL,   Proprlrtor. 

Member  Florists'   Telegraph   Delivery. 


secretary,  who  will  look  after  all  de- 
tails, and  it  w-ill  be  doing  something 
you  will  always  be  thankful  you  did. 


NEW    FLOWER    STORES. 

Daytona  Beach,  Fla. — Emily  A.  Gor- 
don. 

Woonsocket,  R.  I. — Albert  A.  Lupicn. 
Main  strfet. 

Cleveland,  O.— Mrs.  M.  A.  Stewart. 
707  East  125th  street. 

Birmingham,  Ala. — American  Flower 
Shop.  319  X.  20th  street:  Theo.  Smith. 
19th  street. 


NEW    CORPORATION. 

Greenville,  8.  C.  —  Mauldin  Floral 
Company:  capital  stock.  $20.00n.  In- 
corporators. Thos.  S.  Mauldin  and 
Chas.  F.  Hard. 


New  York,  N.  Y.— The  George  Herr- 
mann Company  will  open  a  florists' 
supply  house  at  112  West  28th  street 
about  .Julv  1st. 


SEND   ORDERS                               | 

FOR 

BOSTON 

.\ND 

NEIGHBORHOOD 

To  JULIUS  A.  ZINN 

4   PARK    STREET.           BOSTON,   MASS. 

Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVER,  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
In     FALL     RIVEB     and     contisuous 
territory. 


H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to   all    points    in    New    England. 
126,000   Square   Feet   of   Glass. 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph   Delivery 
Aeaoclatlon. 

^v^aleT  yaleT 

And  All   New  Haven   Neighborhood 
FLOWER  AND  PLANT  DELIVERIES 

EverythinjJ  First-Class 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

1026  Chapei  SI  ,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

Meimber   Florists    Telegraph  [Delivery    Associatian 
ti  O  TICS  I  NIT  I  A  LS.     Wi  have  one  store  only 

THE  J.  M.  6ASSER  COMPANY, 

CLEVELMB 

Euclid  Avanoe 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mail    or    telegraph    ordex    tor 
any   occasion,  in  any  part  of  the  DomlAlom. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  ONT 


AiBAKT.  N.  Y. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DELIVERED  IN   ALBANY  AND  VICINITl 
ON    TELEGRAPHIC    ORDER 

106  STATE  STREET,         ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


I) 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS 


The  largest  cat  flower  store  In  Araerlcft 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  ffiTe>n  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,  incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


^■<"  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists'     Telesrapb     Delivery. 

DENVER.  COLORADO 


KERR 


ORDERS  FOR  TEXAS 


HCUSTON,  TEXA* 

Tti.   Florist        Member  F  T.  ».  AMeelatVu 


■ss 


no  in  I  ('  I!  LTU  K  K 


June  15.  latK 


RAMBLER  ROSES 

In  all  Colors 

$ij.oo  to  SiO.oo  per  loo  sprays.  All  orders 
should  be  placed  in  advance.  Rambler  Roses 
cannot  be  carried  in  stock.  Wc  have  all  orders 
cut  as  needed  to  insure  good  stock  and  satis- 
faction. 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner    12th    and    Race    Street* 
PHILADELPHIA.  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll   Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619-21   Rmrteia  Si,    Philiaelpbii,    P«. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS.  VALLEY,  ROSES 
iBd  all  Seasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowers 


CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,   etc. 

5  So.  Mole  St.,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGEB.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

E^.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

f«l^l-eiVIOIMD.      IND. 

ritmam  nemtloB  Horltcoltore  wben  wrltlms. 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

Conslramot*  8aUclt«d 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST..      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Haute  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

j^-We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


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MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA.     PA. 


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From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &  Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Order*    With    Vi 

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2   Winthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


TRADE  PRICES -P»r  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONL> 


BOSTON 

June    13 


ST.  LOUIS 


PHILA. 

June  10 


Rosea 

Am .  Beauty,  Speaal 

"          "        Fancy  and  Extra .....>•  8.00  to 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Euter,  Mock i.oo  to 

Hadley i.oo  to 

Arenbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty i.oo  to 

Ward 1 .00  to 

Killarncy,  Radiance,  Taft 1.00  to 

Opticlia,  .Sunburst,  Hillingdon 50  to 

Camatioiia 1 .00  to 

Cattl«y«»  •  ■ to 

Lilies,  Lonffiflomm ■  4-oo  to 

Lilies,  Speciosum ,    3.00  to 

Iris to 

Callas 6.00  to 

Lily  of  the  V&Uer 6.00  to 

SnapdrasoD a  .00  to 

Gladioli a. 00  to 

Paosies- 

Peonies 

Calendula 

Stocks  

MiKDonette 

Sweet   Peas 

Marnuerites 

Gardeaias   10.00  to 

Adiantum i  .00  to 

Smilax- 25.00  to 

Asparaffos  Plttmosos.  A  Sprea.  (100  Bchs.) 35>oo  to 


35     to 


-50 
.00 


75     to 


15.00 

10.00 
6.00 
5. 00 
8.D0 
6.00 
6.0c 
6.00 
6.00 
3.00 

35.00 
S.oo 
6.00 

lO.OO 

10.00 

6,OD 

4.00 

.50 

6.00 

I.oo 

3.00 

s.oo 

1.50 

3. CO 

ao.oc 

1.35 

40.00 
50.00 


35.00 

6.00 

3.00 
3.C0 

3. CO 

3.00 

3.00 
t.oo 


to 

10 

to 


to 
to 

to 

10.00   to 

.....  to 

to 


30.CO 
10.00 
ta.oo 

5.00 
4.00 

6.00 
6,00 

3. 00 

So.oo 

•I  3. 00 


10.00 
4  00 

3.00 


to 


13. 00 

5.00 

6.00 
10.00 


3.00     to 

to 

to 


,30 

t.<o  to 

.75  to 

to 

ia.50  to 

35.00  to 


3.00 

.40 

3.00 

3.00 

I.oo 

■  S'OO 

50.DO 


35.00 

35.00 

4.00 
3.00 
3.00 

s.oo 
a. 00 
1.00 

3.00 

I.oo 

60.00 

6.00 

3.00 


to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 


6.0c 

1.00 

4.00.  to 
to  • 

s.oo     to 

to  ■ 

to  . 


40. oc 
30.00 

•0.00 

.fO.CO 

ao.oc 

8.00 
6.00 
6.00 
8.00 
3.00 
75.0c 
8.00 
6.00 
6.00 

8.00 
8.00 
3.00 
8.00 


.40 

•50 


•73 
35.00 


75 

I.oo 


to 
to 
to 


1.00 
50.CO 


William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


>A/^Holosale    F'l< 

568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


rls^s 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.fl.BUOL©NG 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  of 


GUT  FLOWERS 


ROBERT  DYSART 

CERTIFIED  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANT 

■Implf  mcthcdi   at  correct  >«««oatln( 

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SOOKB      BALANCED      AND      ADjrSTEP 

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T«lavb*M    M>(B    H. 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Go. 

347-SS7   CanibrldKe   St.,  Boatoa 

Headquarters  for 

CYCAS,     BASKETS,     WIBE     DESIONS 

and    WAX    FXOWEKS 

Send   for   price  Hit   If  you   hara  not   r«- 
celred  one. 


June  15,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


5^9 


Flower  Market  Reports 

A    tightening    up    o£   the 
BOSTON     demand     of    flowers     for 

weddings  and  other  fes- 
tivities usual  at  this  time  of  the  year 
has  left  the  market  in  a  precarious 
condition.  Roses  are  of  excellent  qual- 
ity, plenty  of  them  but  little  demand. 
Carnations  are  poor  with  not  many  in 
sight.  Peonies  are  abundant  and  in 
prime  condition.  Forced  lily  of  the 
valley  is  scarce  while  outdoor  grown 
is  plentiful.  The  situation  offers  little 
encouragement  over  the  previous 
week. 

The  first  week  in  June 
CHICAGO  clQsed  with  a  gradual 
improvement  i  n  busi- 
ness. This  was  due  partly  because 
the  usual  reaction  after  a  day  of  spe- 
cial demand  was  past  and  partly  be- 
cause stock  was  improving  in  quality. 
The  week  end  just  past  was  pro- 
nounced fair  by  most  of  the  dealers, 
which  does  not  mean  that  the  market 
was  cleared  of  stock  or  even  nearly  • 
approached  to  it.  but  less  went  to  the 
barrels  than  before.  Peonies  have 
flooded  the  market  and  as  a  means  of 
holding  up  the  price  the  storage 
houses  were  used.  Much  of  the  stock 
placed  there,  however,  was  not  in  the 
right  condition  for  keeping  and  sold 
for  less  than  when  it  went  in.  The 
temperature  in  general  has  been  lower 
the  past  week  and  roses  and  carna- 
tions are  much  strengthened  by  it.  In 
addition  to  peonies,  carnations  and 
roses  there  is  a  large  supply  of  mis- 
cellaneous flowers.  There  have  not 
been  so  many  flowers  used  for  June 
weddings  as  formerly. 

There  is  a  steady  de- 
NEW  YORK     cline    in    the    volume 

of  business  since  the 
first  of  the  month.  Roses  and  carna- 
tions are  much  poorer  in  quality  as  a 
consequence  of  the  warm  humid 
weather  and  the  sale  of  these  staples 
is  not  improved  because  of  the  passing 
of  the  great  bulk  of  peonies.  The  tone 
of  the  market  is  extremely  quiet.  The 
supply  generally  is  not  particularly 
large  and  would  be  easily  absorbed  in 
a  normal  market.  There  are  some 
good  Beauties  to  be  had  but  they  are 
called  for  in  limited  amounts.  Of  the 
tea  roses  Ophelia  and  Russell  are  the 
best.  Hadley  is  going  well  this  week, 
the  supply  having  decreased.  Valley 
is  meeting  with  an  indifferent  demand 
but  good  cattleyas  are  selling  as  high 
as  a  dollar  each.  Lilies  are  moving 
slowly.  Quite  a  collection  of  miscel- 
laneous stock  such  as  delphiniums, 
coreopsis,  etc.,  are  in  the  market  and 
lend  color  if  demand  is  slow.  The  mar- 
ket  will   feel   the   absence   of   demand 


WATER  LILIES 

a  splendid  hot  weather  flower, 
good  keeper  and  attractive. 
Order  direct  from  our  Wash- 
ington house,  $4.00  and 
$5.00  per  1  00. 

RAMBLER  SFRAYS  FFCM 

PHILADELPHIA 

$5.00  lo  $20.00  p«r  100 

Kver.vtliins    ■"    IMantJi,    Cut    l-lowers, 
(ireens.    Ribbons   and    Supplies. 

S.  S.  PENNOCK  CO. 

NEW  lORR  FHItADElPBlA 

117  W.  28tli  Si.  1608-1620  Lodlow  St 

BALTIMORE  WASBmGTON 

tr.Min  8  St.  P.qI  Si..  1216  B  Si..  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  -  "^"""^"f^'D'^iLERs  oni.> 


Rmm 

Am.  Beauty,  Spcaal | 

"          "        Fancy  and  Extra. . .  • 
"  "         No.  1  and  culls 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arenbcrg,  Hoosicr  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Camatioiu 

Cattleyu 

Lilies,  Lonffiflonim 

Lilies.  Speciosum 

Iris 

Callas 

LUy  of  the  VaUey 

Snapdragon 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Peonies 

Calendula 

Stocks 

Miirnonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax ■         

Asp«rasusPla.&Spreii.  (looBhs.) 


CINCINNATI 

June  ic 


CHICAGO 

June  3 


BUFFALO 

June    10 


PITTSBURG 

jime    10 


40.00 

25.00 
8.00 
5.00 
6.00 
5.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 


50.00 
8.00 


to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to 

to  . 

to 


a.oo 
6.00     to 
4. CO      to 

4.00  to 
4.00  to 
to 

4  00      to 

to 

to 


2.00 

4.00 

35 
1. 00 
1.50 


15.00 
35.00 


50.00 

35-00 
15.00 
I  a.oo 
12.00 
8.00 
6.00 
6.00 
8.C0 
2.00 
60.00 
12.00 

4.00 
8.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
1. 00 
B.oo 
2.00 
3.00 
6.00 
.50 
1.50 
3.00 
1. 00 
30.00 
50.00 


25.00 

15.00 

8.00 

3.00 


2.00 
a.oo 
2.00 
1 .00 
60.00 
10.00 

3.00 

8. 00 
4.00 
3.00 
300 
.50 
3.00 
a.oo 


35-00 
35.00 
15.00 
25.00 


10.00 

8.00 
8.00 
4.00 
75.00 
15.00 

6.00 
12.00 

6.00 
10.00 

e.oo 
1. 00 

6.00 
3.00 


1.00 

10  . 
to 

8.00 

.so 

to 

1.50 

•  so 

(0 

to 

1. 00 

to 

1. 00 

15.00 
35.00 


30.00 
50.00 


20.00 
15.00 

3.00 
5.00 
3.00 
3.00 

3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
t.co 
4c  .00 
8.00 
4.00 

a. CO 
6.(.o 
6.00 
3.00 
5.00 
.30 
2.00 
1. 00 
2.00 
2.00 

.50 

1. 00 

15.C0 

1.00 

15  00 

35.00 


30.00 

20.00 

fo.oo 

10.00 

6.CO 

8,00 

5.00 

6.00 

10.00 

2.0c 

50.00 

10.00 

6,00 

4.00 

10.00 

8.00 

8.00 

10.00 

•  40 

3.C0 

3.00 

3.00 

3.C0 

1. 00 

1.50 

30.00 

1.33 

30  .00 
50.00 


25  00 

iS.to 
2.00 

4.00 


3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

1.00 


to 
to 

10 

to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 


35.00 

20.0c 
8.00 

IS.OO 


10. o* 
10.00 
i».oo 

3.00 

75.00 

12.00 
6.CO 


to 
to 

10 

10 


8.00 


.  to 
.  to 


40.00      to 


1.25 

20.00 

75.00 


for  flowers  for  graduating  exercises 
whicli  promises  to  be  nil. 

Ttiere  was  too 
PHILADELPHIA     much    poor    stuff 

on  tlie  market 
last  week  to  make  the  going  easy. 
Anything  really  good  was  in  excellent 
demand.  In  American  Beauty  roses 
the  call  was  as  loud  as  ever,  but  what 
few  of  these  reached  the  market  were 
away  below  par.  As  expressed  by 
one  wholesaler,  "Beauties  are  no 
good,"  comes  about  as  near  the  truth 
as  anything.  Really  the  best  rose 
coming  in  now  is  the  Russell,  and 
these  move  off  in  excellent  shape. 
Next  in  quality  may  be  placed  the  Kil- 
larney.  Some  extra  fine  KiUarney 
Brilliant  came  in  from  the  Mortensen 


place  and  were  easily  the  first  to 
move  ofT  when  buyers  came  around 
in  the  morning.  Ophelia  is  still  pretty 
good  quality,  but  like  many  other  va- 
rieties is  feeling  the  effect  of  the  re- 
cent hot  weather.  Carnations  are  get- 
ting smaller  and  poorer  as  the  season 
wanes.  The  leaders  at  present  are 
Matchless,  Ward,  Benora,  Aviator  and 
Victory.  Sweet  peas  have  improved 
a  little  as  to  quality.  Delphiniums 
are  right  up  front,  are  of  splendid 
quality  and  make  a  great  show  for 
little  money.  Peonies  are  over  locally 
but  there  is  still  some  good  cold  stor- 
age stock  to  be  had.  Gaillardia.  core- 
opsis, cornflower  and  sweet  sultan,  all 
of  fine  quality,  add  considerable  "pep" 
(('(intiniied  on  page  .59/) 


H  0  HT  1  c  u  i/r  b'  U  K 


Juiii-    1:1 


ISIS 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wholesale     Uommistion     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Flowert 

■  rw  A44rM>.  Itl  WmI  tlth  Kt..    NEW  TOMB 


1 WW.  p. 

FORD , 

Wholesal 

e    Florist 

107  W.2Sth  Street.  NEW  YORK 

T<>lf|)honr    M3.'i.    Karrngut 

■  '•II  and  Inapert   thr 

But   EatabllabmfDt 

In    the    \Vhol.>a«lc 

Fl.iwrr    I'lNtrlrt 

JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

S3  WEST  28ili  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

Cfnti^nmtntt    SAt.iteJ 

PhoD*  FWnmcat  4SM 


FRANK  MILLAN6 

Uholraale   Commlanlon   De«I«r   Id 

CUT    FLOWERS 

»S  >od   67   n>at  lOth   81.,   New  Yoi* 

Coogan  Batldlng 

Tel.,  299  FarrsKut        Conslgnmenti  Solicited 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28th      ST.    NEW    YORK. 


GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 

CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 
fB0SE[*08;,,BKiGCT  p^gW    YORK 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

VtMb    Cut   Deooratlre   EvergreeDa. 

HIgbeat  SUodard  of  Quality.  Largeat 
Stock  In  America.  Write  for  Illuatrated 
CaUlog  of  Oreenaaod  FlorlaW  Supplle*. 
119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.  KUEBLER 

Brooklyn*!  Foramoat  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Firat  CU«a  Markat  Ur  »li  t  UT  FLOWERJ> 

'^  Willonghby  SL.        BrMkijB.  N.  I 

^TVirc.T5HD~ 

121  West  28th  St.,      NEW  YOI»K 

*    roll    Line   of   AI,L   CCT    FXOWSKC. 
Telei>boBa  MTO  FBirmcat. 


x,^  WHOLESALE. 


^^  iycsT2SfST.Ne»rm/(. 


js^jvinrM 


SElXiNC  AGENT  FOI 
LAHGE5T  CROWEItS 


WHOLESALE   COMMISSIOH   FLORIST 

A   foil   Una  .f  ChelM  Cat   n.war  Stw*   tmt  ^i   ».r»Ma.. 

TiurHONi ;  JJU !  »*«»*oiT    131    West  2«th   St.,   NHW    YORK   CITY 


ALBANY  CUT  FLOWER  EXCHANGE 

roIL^LX'v"""    6"  Broadw.,,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

. Fi.WK  TIMK   AND   MONRT   HV    8ENI>INO   TOl'B  OKDEKS  TO  CB  - 

Prices  RighL        Consijnuiients  Solicited.        Telephone  Connectioo 


Centrally  Located,  Tlie  Hob 

of  the  Flower  Market  Section 

o 

MARI-E3 

IVIIl-L-i 

A.IMO 

NA/KiolASM 

1^      ^lo  ri  s-t: 

55  and  57  W.  26th  Street,                          NEW 

YORK 

TaUphoo*  2483  Farratut 

HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 

BS-B7     \A/os'fc     ae«K     S'kr'snt 

Ta4«phaDM.   1> — SSIO  .Madlaon   !>qu.re  Cuoalanmaata   S.ll«<t.< 

MAl'KICK    L.    GLASS.    Trmaorar 


NEW  YORK  QDOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


AmertcAQ  Beautr*  Special 

"  "         Fancy  and  Exua. 

••  "         No.  1  and  culls.   . 

RuMell.  Euler.  Mock- 

HadJey 

Areobers,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey.  Raidiaoce.  Taf t 

Ophelia,  Sonbunt.  HiUinsdoB* 

Key 

Carnatioiu 


Last  Part  It  WMk 

nnt  Pirl  il  Wii4 

iidiil  June  3 

llliiiill  June  8 

1911 

1911 

lO.OO 

10 

^5-00 

lO.OO 

to 

as.oc 

8.0O 

to 

lO.OO 

6.00 

to 

S.oo 

1.03 

to 

4.00 

■    DO 

la 

4.0C 

1   OO 

10 

«.oo 

l.OO 

10 

S.ot 

l.OO 

to 

30.00 

l.OO 

t* 

90,0c 

I.OO 

to 

6.00 

l.OO 

to 

6,oc 

l.OO 

to 

6.00 

1    OD 

to 

6.0C 

I   OO 

to 

6.00 

l.OO 

to 

6.0C 

I,03 

to 

Soo 

l.OO 

u> 

Doc 

I. CO 

to 

8.00 

1    03 

to 

8oc 

■  .03 

10 

4.00 

l.OO 

to 

».oe 

Frank   II.  Triienillv                     (  harleH  Schennk 

TRAENOLY  &  SCHENCK 

WKolesale  Florists 

436  Etb  Avenue.  Between  2Etb  and  2;th  Sts,  Niw  York 

r.l.-iilioncK:      ;a7,   ;»»,   ;i»»  FarraKut 
(*0U9lgDuients  SoUcltiMl 

'    RCED  <Sl  KCLLER 

l-',>    We..!    ■J.'itli    St..    New    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

Wv-   nmnufHrture  hII    our 

iittl  Disigns,  Baskets,  Win  Wirk  &  Noviltiu 

and    art'   (leaU'fs   lu 

Decorative  Olaaan-Bre,  Growera  ami 

Florlata'  Beaolaitea 

WALTER  Fa  SHERIDAN 

Wholesale  Communion  Deal pr  in 

CHOICE  CUT  FLOWERS 

i:i3  WMt  28th  Street,  New  York 
Trlephon«~M32'3S33  Madlaon  Square 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Iin|M>rtert)   and    Grower*   of 

OROMIDS 

Oat    FInrara    of    AH    tlu    L«<mIIi>c    Tavtettaa 
Id  tlMlr  Seaaoo. 

THOMAS   YOUNG,    Jr.,    Proprietor 

H.  B.AVERSDOKri-.R  &  CO. 
Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St..  PHILADELPHIA,   PA. 

THE     LEADING    FLOKLST.S'     SUPPLY 
HOUSE    OF   A.MERICA 

Wired  Toothpicks 

Masofaetared   br 

ff.J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10,000... f2.00       SO.OOO.  ..$8.7S       Sample  fraa 

When  writingto  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


June  15.   1918 


HORTICULTURE 


591 


FIowerMarket  Reports 

[Cunlitiueil  from    ixiijf    7N.'' » 
to   a   rather  low   grade   period   in   the 
usual  staples. 

As  a  whole,  local 
PITTSBURGH  florists  are  not  talk- 
ing about  prices, 
but.  instead,  are  gratefully  taking 
what  they  can  get.  Stock  is  not  mov- 
ing rapidly,  although  considering  the 
season,  business  may  be  considered 
fair.  Several  handsome  June  wed- 
dings have  kept  the  "society"  florists 
busy,  but  otherwise  trade  has  been 
slow.  Stock  is  not  at  its  best,  still 
showing  the  effect  of  the  sudden  and 
extreme  heat  of  May. 

Graduation  and  com- 
ROCH  ESTER  mencement  exercis- 
es this  week  here 
have  called  for  fewer  and  less  ex- 
pensive flowers  this  year  than  usual. 
June  weddings  do  not  include  any- 
thing out  of  the  ordinary  in  the  way 
of  decorations.  Outdoor  stock  pre- 
vails. Large  quantities  of  peonies  are 
seen  everywhere  and  consequently 
the  general  public  are  not  buying  so 
readily  from  the  stores.  Roses  are 
very  plentiful  and  are  sold  at  lower 
figures.  Carnations  are  plentiful  and 
are  somewhat  a  drag  on  the  market. 
Sweet  peas  are  both  short  stemmed 
and  soft.  Larkspur  and  candytuft, 
pink  and  white  daisies  and  June  roses 
are  seen  in  most  of  the  stores.  Bed- 
ding  stock   sells   readily. 

Flowers  are  plentiful. 
ST.  LOUIS  outdoor  stock  influenc- 
ing greatly  the  regular 
market.  Roses  and  carnations  both 
show  the  effects  of  warm  weather.  Out- 
door sweet  peas  now  coming  in  are 
selling  fairly  well  but  prices  are  low. 


J.    K. 


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We  have  a  nainerouB  clientage  of  New  York  City  bnyers  and  the 
seeds  onr  anpply.     This  Is  eepeeially  tme  »t  Koses.     We  bare  every  facility  and 
abundant  means  and  best  retnrna  are  aasnred  for  stock  consigned  to  us. 

Address  Tear  Shipments  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 


1 1  1    W.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


D,  J.  Pappas,  Pres. 


BUSINESS   TROUBLES. 
Scituate,  Mass.— Percival  S.  Brown, 
florist,     voluntary    petition    in     bank- 
ruptcy:     assets,      $9,044;      liabilities, 
$9,172, 


The  Horticultural  Society  of  New 
York  will  hold  an  exhibition  in  the 
Museum  Building.  New  York  Uotani- 
cal  Garden,  Bronx  Park.  New^  York 
City,  in  co-operation  with  the  garden 
on  .Tune  15th  and  Itith.  The  exhibi- 
tion will  1)€  open  from  2  to  5  on  the 
first  day,  and  from  10  to  5  on  the 
second  day.  Premiums  are  offered  by 
the  New  York  Botanical  Garden,  from 
the  income  of  the  William  R.  Sands 
Fund,  to  be  awarded  by  the  Exhibi- 
tion Committee  of  the  Hortifullnral 
Society  of  New  York.  Mr.  William 
Becker  will  have  charge  of  the  ar- 
rangements on  behalf  of  the  New 
York  Botanical  Garden. 


MASSACHUSETTS   HORTICUL- 
TURAL SOCIETY. 

On  account  of  the  forwardness  of 
the  season  the  society's  annual  exhi- 
bition of  roses,  peonies  and  strawber- 
ries, scheduled  for  June  22  and  23,  has 
been  changed  to  Saturday  anci  Sun- 
day, June  15  and  16.  This  exhibition 
will  be  a  pay  show,  admission  25  cents, 
and  the  proceeds  will  be  given  to  the 
Boston  Metropolitan  Chapter  Ameri- 
can Red  Cross. 

A  large  grower  has  offered  2000 
peony  blooms  to  be  sold  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  Red  Cross  and  others  having 
a  surplus  of  flowers  are  invited  to 
send  them  to  the  hall  for  this  purpose. 
The  committee  on  prizes  and  exhibi- 
tions is  making  special  effort  for  an 
attractive  and  extensive  exhibition 
and  the  ladies  of  the  Red  Cross  will 
contribute  an  interesting  musical  en- 
tertainment. 

The   exhibition   will   be   open   Satur- 
day.  June  15,   from   12  to   10,   and   on 
Sunday.  June  IC,  from  1  to  10  o'clock. 
Wu.i.i.^M  P.  Rirn.  Secy. 


Wounded  on  the  afternoon  of  June  15 
at  the  Botanical  Gardens  in  Bronx 
Park.  Theodore  A.  Havemeyer,  presi- 
dent of  the  society;  F.  R.  Newbold,  its 
treasurer,  and  other  officers  will  re- 
ceive the  guests,  and  Mrs.  Schuyler 
Van  Rensselaer,  national  president 
of  the  American  Fund  for  French 
Wounded;  the  honorary  chairman, 
:Mrs.  Ethelbert  Nevin,  and  the  New 
York  chairman.  Mrs.  Charles  M. 
Chapin,  will  serve   as  hostesses. 


VISITORS'   REGISTER. 

Philadelphia:  Stephen  Mortensen, 
Southampton,  Pa.;  John  T.  Buckbee, 
Rockford,  111.;  Jason  Lewis,  Austin. 
111. 

Chicago — Max  Kaiser,  Marion  Park 
Fl.  Co.,  St.  Paul,  Minn.;  C.  P.  Halli- 
gan.  Prof,  of  Horticulture  at  Michigan 
Agricultural  College,  Lansing.  .Mich.; 
Angel  Pregooris,  Alpha  Floral  Co., 
Lansing,  Mich.;  lies  Cole,  Springfield, 
111.:  George  Bishop,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 


RECEPTION    PLANNED    IN    BOTANI- 
CAL GARDENS. 

An  outdoor  tea  and  reception  will 
be  given  by  the  Horticultural  Society 
of  New  York  to  the  members  and  offi- 
cers of  the  American  Fund  for  Froncli 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Commision  Florists 


55  and  57  We*t26th  Street 

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Manufacturers  of  Florists'  Pots,  Bulb  Pans,  Fern  Dishes,  etc. 
WE  LEAD  IN  QUALITY,  FINISH  AND  SERVICE 

For  I'atftlAcaes  •nd   IHarounta  »ddreft« 

AUGUST  ROLKER  &  SONS,   51  Barclay  Street,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

Our  Selling   Agent*  in   N.  Y.,   N.  J.  and   Eastern  Stales  Territory 


PITTSBURGH. 

John  B.  Straycr  has  just  received  a 
letter  from  E.  Clarke  Styles,  who  is 
now  with  the  Engineers'  Railroad  Di- 
vision   In   France. 

Friends  have  received  postcards  an- 
nouncing the  safe  arrival  of  Edward 
Earl  Ludwig  and  Frank  P.  Smoller  in 
France   last   Saturday. 

Julius  \V.  Ludwig  is  sufficiently  able 
to  return  to  the  store  having  been  con- 
fined to  hi.s  home  for  the  past  week 
with  a  sprained  ankle. 

Anthony  \V.  Smith,  Jr.,  was  installed 
president  of  the  Rotary  Club  at  its 
weekly  luncheon  meeting  last  Wed- 
nesday at  the   Fort   Pitt  Hotel. 

Barton  \V.  Elliott,  the  nineteen  year 
old  and  youngest  son  of  Wilkinson  El- 
liott, has  enlisted  with  the  U.  S.  Ma- 
rines and   gone  to  Paris   Island,  S.  C. 

The  Zieger  Company  has  just  fin- 
ished a  contract  including  five  hundred 
porch  boxes  for  Henry  J.  Heinz,  the 
Pickle  King,  of  "Greenlawn,"  Penn 
avenue.  East  End. 

The  weekly  luncheon  of  the  Retail 
Florists'  Association  last  Tuesday  at 
the  Seventh  Avenue  Hotel  was  fea- 
tured by  an  address  by  Assistant  Fuel 
Administrator  J.   T.   Miller. 

Charles  Zimmerman  has  responded 
to  Uncle  Sam's  call  by  entering  the 
airplane  manufacturing  plant  at 
Springfield.  Mass.  Mr.  Zimmerman's 
former  position  as  entry  clerk  for  the 
I.  W.  Scott  Seed  Company,  is  now 
filled  by  William   Willmon. 

Randolph  &  .McClements  contributed 
the  beautiful  floral  decorations  for  the 
Laughlin-Gould  and  Wurtz-Coley  wed- 
dings on  last  Saturday  afternoon.  In- 
asmuch as  both  were  military  wed- 
dings, the  decorations  were  somewhat 
less  elaborate  than  had  the  civilian 
features  prevailed. 


Lexington,  Ky. — J.  P.  M.  Peterson 
has  purchased  the  greenhouse  estab- 
lishment of  Kelley  &  Current.  562 
Woodand  avenue. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

Samuel  S.  Pennock,  Jr.,  was  vale- 
dictorian at  the  graduating  exercises 
of  the  Penn  Charter  School  on  the 
6th  inst. 

P.  Joseph  Lyncli.  the  well-known 
rose  grower  of  Pennsylvania  and  In- 
diana, is  a  candidate  for  secretary  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  latter  state 
and  is  highly  indorsed  by  a  host  ol 
prominent  citizens.  And  a  word  to  the 
wise  among  the  Hoosiers — he'll  inaKe 
a  good  one. 

Frank  M.  Koss  had  his  auto  stolen 
from  right  in  front  of  the  Pennock 
Co.  store  on  the  8th  inst.  It  was  in 
the  midst  of  a  line  of  half  a  dozen 
other  cars  and  inside  of  five  minutes 
it  was  gone.  There  seems  to  be  an 
organized  gang  of  specialists  in  this 
sort  of  tiling,  and  there  is  loud  talk 
around  about  many  of  the  patrolmen 
being  "in  cahoots!"  No  day  passes 
but  dozens  of  such  incidents  are  re- 
ported. Doctors  visiting  patients 
seem  to  be  the  worst  sufferers.  A 
bright  mind  thought  of  training  an 
Ayrdale  terrior  to  sit  on  the  front  seat 
and  bite  the  thief.  We  now  see  lots 
of  them  on  guard.  Frank  had  better 
get  an  Ayrdale. 


CHICAGO. 

Jas.  G.  Hancock  has  resigned  his  po- 
sition with  Frank  Oechslin,  where  he 
has  had  charge  of  the  office  for  nearly 
eleven   years. 

W.  N.  Rudd  says  a  recent  letter 
from  his  daughter  in  P'rance.  says  she 
is  safe  and  well,  but  that  they  have 
had  many  experiences  and  hardships. 
No  sugar  or  butter  has  been  on  their 
menu  for  the  past  six  weeks. 

So  little  interest  was  taken  in  the 
sale  at  public  auction  of  the  Thomp- 
son Carnation  Co.'s  plant  at  Joliet,  III., 
June  1st,  that  the  .sale  was  postponed 
until  June  loth.     The  Thompson   Car- 


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WOKLU'H    OLIIE8T   and    LAKOE8T 

M  B  nil  fart  urrra  of   AM,    STVLKH  and 

8IZKH   of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Masa. 


nation  Co.   went   into  bankruptcy  this 
spring. 

Morton  J.  Poehlmann,  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Adolph  Poehlmann,  has  re- 
lurned  from  a  successful  year  at  the 
Western  .Military  Academy  and  will 
seek  to  acquire  some  practical  business 
experience  in  the  store  during  the 
vacation. 

Lieutenant  Howard  R.  Smith,  of 
Newcastle.  Ind.,  who  lost  his  life  by 
accident  in  the  service,  had  many 
friends  in  Chicago.  He  was  for  some 
time  in  the  employ  of  O.  C.  Simonds  & 
Co.,  landscape  gardeners  at  1101 
Buena  avenue. 

.\  canvass  of  the  wholesalers 
brought  the  signatures  of  practically 
all,  to  the  petition  to  close  the  whole- 
sale flower  stores  all  day  Sundays  dur- 
ing the  summer.  Saturday  nights  the 
stores  will  remain  open  till  9  o'clock, 
for  the  benefit  of  the  retailers,  who 
can  then  lay  in  their  Sunday  stock. 

It  was  with  extreme  regret  that  the 
Chicago  florists  learned  of  the  death 
of  John  J.  Stiippy,  of  the  Stuppy  Floral 
Co.,  St.  Joseph.  Mo.,  which  took  place 
suddenly  on  June  1st.  He  was  a 
frequent  visitor  to  the  Chicago  market 
and  the  loss  of  so  young  a  man,  who 
had  scarcely  yet  reached  his  prime,  is 
a  loss  to  the  whole  trade. 

The  Chicago  Flower  Growers'  Asso- 
ciation has  installed  a  system  of  in- 
direct lighting  which  shows  up  their 
stock  to  the  best  advantage,  even  on 
the  darkest  days.  The  progressive 
manager  of  this  house  fully  realizes 
the  stimulating  effect  of  a  bright, 
cheery  salesroom  on  trade.  It  comes 
next  to  efficient  salesmen  and  the  com- 
bination  is  hard   to  beat. 


June  15,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


593 


ROCHESTER,   N.  Y. 
George    Boucher   is   making    a    spe- 
cialty   of   stone    garden    ware,    vases, 
urns,  seats  and  bird  baths  and  is  fill- 
ing them  with  plants  and  boxtrees. 

Brown  the  Florist,  who  has  a  store 
in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  and  for  some  time 
past  has  been  running  a  stand  at  the 
Eggleston  Hotel  in  this  city,  has  sold 
the  fixtures,  etc.,  to  Peter  Pappas. 

Private  B.  Pemberton,  formerly 
with  the  Wilson  Floral  Co.,  has  left 
Kodak  Park,  where  he  has  been  sta- 
tioned for  some  time  with  the  Aerial 
Photography  Division,  for  Rockwell 
Field,  San  Diego,  Cal.,  to  complete 
his  training. 

Rochester  florists,  through  the  So- 
ciety of  American  Florists  and  Orna- 
mental Horticulturists,  are  pledged  to 
do  their  part  to  keep  the  hospitals  in 
the  United  States  wherever  there  are 
sick  and  wounded  sailors  and  soldiers 
supplied  with  fresh  flowers.  Many 
florists  in  this  city  have  keenly  felt 
the  curtailment  of  purchases  of  flow- 
ers, due  principally  to  the  rate  of 
economy  that  has  swept  across  the 
country.  It  is  believed  that  next  win- 
ter many  florists  here  will  be  com- 
pelled to  close  their  greenhouses  be- 
cause of  the  recent  order  restricting 
the  consumption  of  coal.  The  Na- 
tional League  for  Women's  Service 
has  indorsed  the  plan  of  the  florists  to 
furnish  flowers  to  the  base  hospitals. 
The  League  characterizes  the  contri- 
bution as  a  genuine  gift  to  the  cause 
of  Democracy. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

Advertisements  in  this  Department,  Ten  Cents  a  Line,  Net 


ASTEKS. 

ASTERS  —  HENDERSON'S  INVINCIBLE. 
One  of  the  finest  for  cut  flowers.  White, 
Shell  Pink,  Rose,  Lavender  and  Purple. 
Strong  plants.  $5.00  per  1000,  cash.  BRILL 
CELERY  GARDENS,   Kalamazoo,  Mich. 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Samuel  Ball  is  now  with  the  S.  S. 
Pennock  Company.  He  was  formerly 
with  Gude  Bros. 

George  C.  Shaffer  has  returned  from 
Atlantic  City  where  the  patrol  of  the 
Shriners  has  been  in  session. 

"Lightless  Nights"  for  florists  and 
other  stores  are  in  prospect,  accord- 
ing to  an  announcement  of  the  United 
States  Fuel  Administration.  The  Gov- 
ernment is  calling  for  all  economies 
possible,  to  offset  the  possible  neces- 
sity of  a  return  of  the  so-called  "Work- 
less  days." 

Following  the  recent  action  of  the 
United  States  Fuel  Administration  in 
reducing  the  allowance  of  coal  to  flor- 
ists by  fifty  per  cent  of  their  normal 
requirements,  the  fuel  administrator 
for  the  District  of  Columbia  has  sent  a 
notice  to  all  florists  under  his  jurisdic- 
tion, calling  their  attention  to  that 
regulation  and  Informing  them  that 
they  win  be  unable  to  secure  any  coal 
except  upon  special  license  from  his 
office. 


BEGONIAS 

BEGONIAS  Pots         100        1,000 

Lorraine    2y4  In.    $14.00    $120.00 

Cmcinn.iti    2%  in.      15.00 

Mrs     J.    A.    Peterson  2%  In.      20.00      180.00 

Meli'or    2y4  In.      20.00 

JULIUS   BOEHRS    CO.,   Batherford,   N.   J. 


BULBS 

C     KEUR   &    SONS.   HILLEGOM,   Holland. 

Bullis  of  all  descriptions.     Write  for  prices. 

NEW  YORK  BRANCH,  8-10  Bridge  St. 


CARN-iTION    STAPLES 

Split      carnations      quickly,      easil.v 


lud 


cheaply  raeniled.  Pillsbury's  Carnation 
Staple,'  1000  for  3oc. ;  3000  for  $1.00  post- 
p.iid      I.   L.   PILLSBURY.  Galesburg,  HI- 


CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

FINE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  BEST  KINDS 
for  Florists  use.  Send  us  list  of  wants. 
Catalogue  free.  ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO., 
Adrian,  Mich. 

CYCLAMEN 

CYCLAMEN :  lu  the  following  colors. 
Pure  white,  white  with  pink  eye,  pink, 
dark  red,  light  red  and  salmon.  2%-in. 
pots,  $8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per  1000;  3-in. 
pots.  $10.00  per  100,  $95.00  per  1000:  3V2-4-in. 
pots,  $20.00  per  100.  If  only  salmon  is  or- 
dered—the price  will  be  20<;r  higher. 
.TI'LIUS  ROEHRS  CO..  Rutherford,  N.  J. 

CYCLAMEN :  Best  strain  of  Cyclamen 
grown  in  2i4-in.  pots.  Varieties,  Salmon 
Pink.  Light  Pink,  Blood  Red,  Bright  Red. 
Pure  White  and  White  with  Red  Eye,  at 
$7.50  per  hundred,  or  $65.00  per  thousand. 
Cyclamen  Seedlings,  from  three  to  five 
leaves,  $5.00  per  hundred,  or  $40.00  per 
thousand.  "Cash  with  order."  J.  H. 
FIESSER,  North  Bergen,  N.  J. 

CYCLAMEN  :  The  best  new  Holland  and 
English  varieties.  Salmon,  Pink,  Light 
Pink.  Dark  Pink,  Blood  Red.  Pure  White 
and  White  with  red  eye.  Transplanted 
Seedlings,  5  to  6  leaves,   ready  for 

100  1000 

3      inch  pots    .$5.00        $40.00 

21,4  inch  pot    plants 8.00  70.00 

3  '  inch  pot    plants 12.00 

Seedlings   ship   better  than   pot  plants. 

C    IT.  LIGGIT,  Wholesale  Plantsman, 

325  Bulletin   Building,         Philadelphia.    Pa. 


DAHLIAS 

Orders  hooked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NORTHBORO  DAHLIA 
&    GLADIOLUS   GARDENS,    J.    L.    Moore, 

Prop..  Northboro,  Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia — John  Wanamaker, 
Newest,  Handsomest,  Best.  New  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut-flower  varieties.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FARMS, 
Berlin,   N.   J. 


aULMS 

Greenboaie  (latl,  lewMt  priMS.     JOHN- 
STON OLA88  CC  Hartford  CUy,  Ind. 


OBOHIDS 

HASSALL   &    CO.,   Orchid    Orowen   mnd 

Raisers,  Southgate,  London,  England.  Catt- 
leya»  and  Laello-Cattleyat  our  •peclalty. 
One   trial   order   solclted. 


PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  colIecUeB. 
1200  sorts  Send  for  list.  C.  BBTSCHBB. 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES,  CANNAS  AND  SHRDBS. 

THE   CONARD   A   JONES   COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA 


SPHAGNUM  MOSS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  hand.  LAGER 
&  HURRELL,  Summit,  N.  J. 


Golden  Self-Blanching  (French  Strain). 
Also  the  grand  new  Easy  Blanching,  which 
is  easy  to  grow,  flne  plants,  ready  for  the 
field,  $2.00  per  1000,  cash.    BRILL  CELERY 
GARDENS,   Kalamazoo,   Mich. 


DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dahlia   Mrs.    Frederick   Grinuell. 

Stock  For  Sale, 

JOHN    P.    ROONEY,    New    Bedford,    Mass. 


4,000,000  Cabbage,  Cauliflower,  Tomato 
and  Celery  plants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free.  F.  W.  ROCHBLLE  &  SONS, 
Chester,  New  Jersey. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  ViiTes.  choice 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tub 
grown  for  immediate  effect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Mount  Hissarlik  Nur- 
sery. New  Rochellc,  N.  Y. 

WIRE  WORK 

WILLIAM  E.  HEILSCHER'S  WIRE 
WORKS,   264    Randolph   St.,   Detroit,   Mich. 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  ETC. 


HELP  WANTED 


AVIATION    MECHANICS. 

The  Bureau  of  Navigation  has  sent  forth 
a  call  for  Aviation  Mechanics.  These  men 
are  wanted  to  tune  up  and  keep  areoplanes 
in  repair.  For  each  areoplane  there  will 
be  ten   (10)   ground  mechanics. 

Men  who  are  mechanics   or  are  mechani 
cally  inclined  will   be  enrolled  and   given  a 
course    of   training    at    various    schools   be- 
fore being  assigned  to  duty-  at  a  naval  air 
station. 

Men  are  wanted  in  the  following  ratings: 
Machinist's  Mates.  Carpenter's  Mates,  Cop- 
persmiths. Shipfitters.  Blacksmiths  and 
Quartermasters. 

Men  who  have  had  experience  on  gas 
engines:  sheet  metal  work:  carpentering; 
sail-making,  blacksmlthlng.  uphoisterlhg,' 
cloth  flttlng.  tailoring,  palntjng,  wod-work- 
Ing  and  piano  making  are  particularly 
desired. 

Apply  at  any  Navy  Recruiting  Station. 


HELP  WANTED 


WANTED:  A  man  that  is  capable  of 
taking  charge  of  the  watering  of  a  large 
range  of  creenhouses.  Apply  in  person  or 
letter,  with  references,  to  H.  H.  BAR 
ROWS  &  SON,  No.  264  High  St.,  Whitman. 
Mass. __^__ 

WANTED — Tonng  man  as  assistant  In 
park  garden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICULTURE.'  

WANTED— Assistant  In  greenhouses; 
general  run  of  flowers,  bedding  plants,  etc. 
Good  pav  for  an  Industrious  man.  H.  L. 
CAMERON,  North  Cambridge,   Mass. 

^ ^ITUATldNS  WANTED 

SITUATION  WANTED  as  Head  Gardener 
or  Superintendent  on  private  estate;  life 
experience  In  all  branches  under  glass  and 
outside;  good  references.  Nationality  Eng- 
lish, age  47,  married.  J.  F.,  care  HOBTI- 
CULTtJRB. 


694 


HORTICULTURE 


June  16,  1918 


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ROSA    HUGONIS. 

We  note  with  interest  yours  regard- 
ing Rosa  Hugonis,  page  511,  May  25th 
issue.  We  have  had  this  plant  under 
observation  here  since  1911  and  re- 
garding no  new  variety  have  we  felt 
more  ecstatic  than  from  Hugonis  when 
in  bloom  this  season.  One  can  with 
ease  cut  beautiful,  long,  arched  sprays 
in  quantities  from  some  of  our  older 
bushes  and  they  produce  a  display  of 
beauty  such  as  no  real  rose  lover  can 
resist.  With  temperature  the  past 
winter  20  degrees  below  zero,  not  a  tip 
suffered  from  the  cold.  The  acacia- 
like foliage  is  a  thing  of  beauty  at  all 
seasons  and  especially  when  the  new 
growth  shows  its  rich  mahogany 
stems.  We  shall  be  very  much  inter- 
ested to  see  what  may  be  done  with 
this  rose  as  a  forcing  variety  because 
from  many  different  standpoints, 
beauty  of  foliage,  abundance  of  bloom 
in  season,  it  is  certainly  unmatched. 
I  wish  more  people  knew  it. 

West  Grove,  Pa.  Robeut  Pyle. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


All  the  wholesale  houses  after  June 
15th  will  close  at  12  o'clock  on  Satur- 
day. 

Wm.  C.  Smith  Wholesale  Floral  Co. 
have  repainted  and  entirely  renovated 
their  store. 

Preparations  for  the  S.  A.  F.  are  go- 
ing on  and  all  matters  are  being  care- 
fully adjusted  by  the  old  war  horse, 
J.  J.  Beneke. 


The    R<>coEnlzed    Standard    Insecticide. 
A  spray  remedy  for  green,  black,  white  fly, 
tbrips  and  soft  scale. 

Quart,  SI.OO;      Gallon.  JS.SO. 

FUNCINE 

For  mildew,  rust  and  other  blights  affect- 
InK  flowers,  fruits  .inrt   vffret.Tbles. 
Quart,  Sl.Ofi:    Gallon,   $2.50. 

VERMINE 

For    eel    worms,    angle    worms    and    other 
worms  working  In  the  soil. 

Quart,  $1.00;     Gallon.  $3.00 


Obituary 


SOLiD   BY    DEALERS. 


AphiDe   Maoufacturin^ 

HMWQN,  N.  J. 


Cb. 


William   Hay. 

William  Hay,  51,  for  many  years  pro 
prielor  of  a  florist  establishment  on 
Dyer  avenue,  and  for  the  past  10  years 
a  wholesale  grower  of  roses,  in  Oak- 
lawn,  R.  1.,  died  at  his  home  in  the  lat- 
ter place  June  5.  Death  was  due  to  a 
stroke  of  paralysis  which  he  suffered 
Monday  morning.  Mr.  Hay  was  born 
in  Scotland,  and  would  have  been  52 
years  old  Saturday,  the  day  of  his 
burial.  He  came  to  Rhode  Island 
when  a  young  man  and  had  since  been 
engaged  in  the  florist's  business,  being 
employed  by  others  for  several  years, 
and  later  commenced  business  for 
himself.  During  the  most  of  the  time 
he  conducted  a  general  business,  but 
since  going  to  Oaklawn  he  had  given 
his  attention  almost  entirely  to  the 
growing  of  roses,  and  was  ranked  as 
an  expert  in  this  line. 

Besides  a  widow,  Mr.  Hay  Is  sur- 
vived by  six  children.  Mrs.  James  Booth 
of  East  Brookfield,  Mass.;  Misses  Jen- 
nie, Dorothy  and  Ethel,  and  William 
J.  and  Lawrence  C.  Hay,  of  Oaklawn. 
He  also  leaves  three  brothers,  Daniel 
Hay,  gardener  for  the  Vanderbilt 
estate  in  Newport;  James  Hay,  a  flor 
ist  in  East  Greenwich,  and  Law- 
rence Hay,  engaged  in  a  similar  busi- 
ness in  East  Providence. 

Dennis  Murphy. 
During  a  quarrel  with  his  son,  Den- 
nis Murphy,  a  gardener,  living  at  82 
Highland  road.  Brookline,  fell  on  the 
sidewalk  opposite  his  home  and  died 
shortly  afterward  of  a  fractured  skull 
The  circumstances  seem  to  Indicate 
that  the  death  of  the  father  was  due 
to  an  accident. 

Hightstown,  N.  J. — Charles  .1.  Ros- 
zel,  a  florist  of  Hightstown,  identified 
a  body  found  floating  in  the  bay  off 
the  Statue  of  Liberty  as  that  of  his 
son,  Charles  L.  Roszel,  twenty-one 
years  old.  Despondency  over  his  call 
in  the  draft  army  is  believed  to  have 
led  to  the  young  man's  suicide.  Ros- 
zel was  a  salesman  for  a  Maiden  lane 


jewelry  concern.    He  left  his  home  in 
Hightstown  on  May  23. 


lECTlCTl 

■•T*  7*ar  *laati  and  trMa.  Jaat  tb* 
tbinf  for  irtenboua*  and  oatdaer  aaa. 
Daatr«7i  Maaljr  Iln(,  Brown  and  Wblta 
B«ala,  Thrlpa.  Red  Bpldar,  Black  and 
Graan  Fir,  Mltea,  Anta,  etc.,  wUhoot 
Injnrj  to  planta  and  without  odor. 
Caed  according  to  direction,  our  atand- 
ard  Inaectlclde  will  prarent  rarafea  on 
your  cropa  by  Inaecta. 

Non-polaonona  and  barmleaa  to  oaar 
and  plant.  Leading  Seedamen  and 
Florlata  bare  uMd  It  with  wondartal 
reaulta. 

Deatroya  LIca  In  Poultry  Bonaea, 
Fleaa  on  Doga  and  all  Domeatic  Peta. 
Excellent  aa  a  waah  for  doga  and  other 
animala.  RrlleTea  mange.  Dilute  with 
water  SO  to  00  parta. 

H  Pint,  tOo.i  Pint,  tOe.;  Quart,  Ma.; 
H  Gallon,  tl.&Oi  Osllon,  >2.S0i  B  Gal- 
lon Can,  110.00 1  10  OaUon  Can,  (XO.OO. 
Directions  on  paokage. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 
ttft  I.       421  W   libtilH  >t.  hltlMn.  Ill 


".  BRflNb\V 

CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


PalrerlmeJ  «*  ■kr*««e4 

Cattle  Manvire 

Pa]T*rU«4 

Sheep    Manure 

Tttf    FV]nai'    ttuicWd   of    un^orm 
hj^    qiulitj    for    a»cr    Leo    Teen 
Sf^atj  :     WIZAJO)    MIAAD  in 
YOOT    Supply    HmjM    nnks.  or  wntt 
ai  dir*<a  tor  price*  knd  freight   rrtu. 

THE  PULVER12S0  MANURE  CD. 

M  Valaa  ■»■■>  Tar«.  OktMC* 


NIKOTEEN 

For  Spraying 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumigatiot 
Aak  Your  Dealer  fot  lb 

HICOTINE  MFG.  C& 

ST.  Loinscr.z^ 


June  15,  191§ 


H  0  R  T  I  C  U  L  T  TI  R  E 


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KROESCHELL    BOILERS 

IF  YOU  NEED  A   BOILER  IN  A  HURRY 
Telephone    or   Telegraph   At   Our   Expense. 
SEND  FOR  CATALOG 

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KING    CONSTRUCTION    COMPANY,   North  Tonawanda.  N.  v. 

GREENHOUSES 

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F.  0.  PtROt  CO. 

12  w.  nojBwr 

NB*  INK 

Mattlca  !■  elastic  and  tenacloas,  admit*  o) 
expanalon  and  contraction.  Patty  bM^OInM 
tanrd  and  brittle.  Broken  glais  mora  MUMI7 
removed  wltboat  breaking  of  otker  glaa* 
as  oocars  wltb  bard  patt7.  L«*ti  IOBC«r 
than  patty      Baaj  t*  tfplj. 


DREER*S 

FLORIST    SPECIALTIES 

N«fT  Brand  New  StyU 

•■WVBRTON"   BOSE 

Furnished  in  lengths  up 
to  500  ft.  without  seam  or 
joint. 

Tbi  HBSE  fir  tbi  FLaHIST 

K-inch,  per  ft,,  17  c. 
Reel  of  500  ft.  "  i6J4c. 
3  Reels,  1000  ft.  '*  16  c. 
M-inch,  "     15     c. 

Reels,  500  ft.,     *■     X4^c. 
Couplings  furnished 

HENRY  A.  DREER 

714-716  Chestnut  St., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Difficult  .ind  rejected  cases  spe- 
cially solicited.  No  misleading  in- 
ducements made  to  secure  business. 
Over  30  years'  active  practice.  Ex- 
perienced personal,  conselentloug 
service.  Write  for  terms. 
Address 

SIGQCRS  &  SIGQCnS 

PAVBNT   LAWVaiW 

Box   9,    National   Tnion   Bnllding 
Washineton,  D.   C. 


CET  OUR  CATALOGUE 

On  VentUattng  Apparatus  and  Green- 
ho>uee  Fittings 

ADVANCE  CO.,     MOHMONO,  IND. 


GREENHOUSES     BUILDING    OR 
CONTEMPLATED. 

Evansville,    Ind. — Mrs.   M.   H.   Lock- 
year,  rebuilding. 

New   Bedford,    Mass. — F.   G.    Black- 
well,  one  house. 


NEWS  NOTES. 
Chatham,  N.  J. — James  Wagner  has 
gone    into    military    service   at    Camp 
Dix,  Wrightstown,  N.  J. 


Foxboro,  Mass. — Oscar  Jacobson  has 
purchased  the  greenhouses  of  H.  P. 
Leavitt  on  Baker  street. 


Biddeford,  Me.— T.  W.  A.  Smith's 
greenhouses,  Porter  and  Prospect 
streets,  have  been  sold  to  Rice  E. 
Davis. 


Pittsburgh,  Pa. — The  hail  storm  of 
.June  1st  demolished  10,000  lights  of 
glass  at  the  Pittsburgh  Cut  Flower 
Company's  range  and  damaged  carna- 
tions and  other  plants  to  the  extent 
of   $8,000.      . 


Dr.  George  M.  Twltchell  says  the 
apple  industry  in  Maine  has  steadily 
increased  until  it  brings  in  yearly 
from  $2,000,000  to  $3,000,000,  the  larger 
liortion  coming  from  the  Baldwins. 

"While  the  winter-killing  has  been 
confined  to  Baldwin  apple  trees  chief- 
ly," said  Dr.  Twitchpll,  "the  loss  to 
the  State  will  be  practically  1.000,000 
trees.  In  Franklin  County  the  loss  is 
set  at  300,000  trees,  and  Kennebec 
suffers  equally. 

"One  man  loses  his  entire  orchard 
of  1,500  trees  and  another  1,200. 

"I  do  not  get  reports  of  the  killing 
of  other  varieties  of  apple  trees,  but 
the  pear,  quince,  peach  and  plum 
trees  are  to  be  largely  counted  out. 
Where  the  plum  trees  survived  I  can- 
not learn  of  a  single  blossom,  so  that 
crop  is  lost  this  year." 


GREENHOUSES-ALL  KINDS 


Put    your    Greenhouse    Problems   up   to   us 

We  to  anywhere  In  the  li.  S.  lo  submit  plans  and  prices 

MefropoIifanMaiericilCZ 

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f^LASS 


HOT-BED    8A9MES 

Our  prices  can  be  bad  by  uiail,  and 
it  will  pay  you  to  get  them.  We  carry 
the  largest  steels  of  Specially  Selected 
Glass  in  Greater  New  Yorli  and  can 
supply  any  quantity  from  a  box  to  a 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Rnok    Bottom    Priofs. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

215-217   Havemeyer   St.,  Brookl.vn.   N.   Y. 


Dreer's  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Points 

For  Greenbouses 

Drive  eisy  and  true,  because 
both  bevels  are  on  the  same 
ilde.  Can't  twist  and  break 
the  glass  in  Irivinc.  Galvan- 
ized and  will  cot  rust.  No 
rights  or  left! 

The  Peerless  Glazine  Potn 
li  patented.    Noothers  like 
it.  Order  from  your  deale^ 
or  direct  from  us. 
1000,75c.  postpaid,  j 
Samples  free. 
HENRY  A.  DEEEB.I 
714  Cbcitnnt  Street^ 
I   Fbllftdelpblft. 


The  FlorititB  Hall  AH80«tatloD  rate  of  Id- 
■armno*  from  Not.  lot,  1916  to  Not.  1st, 
1917  will  be  twenty  oenta  per  hundred 
■Qoare  f<>«t  of  stn^le  thick  RlaNS  and  elfht 
o«Dta  per  hundred  square  feet  of  double 
thick  flass.  For  partloulars,  addreas. 
JOHN  O.  SSIjIBB.  See..  Saddle  Blrer,  N.  J 


696 


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^A/o   Nona/  .Roses 


ROS^WI-IIM^ 


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ROSALIND  (A  glorified  Ophelia).  Tbe  particular  viilue  of  this  variety  lies  In  Its  exquisite  coloring,  which  1h 
entirely  dUTereiu  from  Ophelia.  When  the  buds  flrat  show  color  they  are  bright  coral,  changing  as  they  develop 
to  apricot-pInk,  and  when  fully  developed  they  are  a  most  beautiful  shell-pink.  The  flower  is  much  more 
double  than  Ophelia,  having  at  least  one-third  more  petals.  It  Is  also  delightfully  fragrant.  In  habit  of  growth 
it  la  Identical  with  Ophelia,  from  which  It  is  a  sport.  Rosalind  originated  with  us  two  years  ago,  and,  grown 
side  by  side  with  Ophelia,  is  far  superior  to  that  variety. 

A^-arded  first  prize  at  International  Flower  Show,  New  York,  March,  1917,  for  best  new  rose. 

Awarded  additional  silver  medal  at  same  show  for  display  of  Rosalind. 

Awarded   silver   medal   by   the   Horticultural   Society  of  New  York. 

..^warded   silver  medal  by   the  Tarrytown   Horticultural  Society.      Also  numerous  certlflcates. 

SILVIA  (Yellow  Ophelia).  Another  bc^autiful  sport  of  Ophelia,  originating  with  us.  The  buds  are  long  and 
pointed,  beautiful  sulphur-yellow,  changing  to  creamy  yellow  as  the  flower  opens,  and  when  fully  developed,  pure 
waxy  white.  It  is  an  unusual  rose  when  fully  expanded,  Ave  inches  in  diameter,  and  resembles  the  popular 
hardy  climber  Silver  Moon,  showing  the  same  pronounced  cluster  of  yellow  stamens  In  the  center.  Exquisite 
in  bud  and  unusually  distinct  and  unique  in  the  open  flower. 

Prices  of  above  two  varieties,  strong  plants,  2',4-in.  pots,  $25.00  per  1"0,  $225.00  per  1,000;    225  plants  for 

^B  I^B  ^i^  I^J  ^S.     ^^'^  have  a  flne  stock  of  the  fancy  varieties  of  Nephrolepis,  in  extra  fine  shape,  for 
^    Em  ^^  r^i  ^3     immediate  shipment.    We  offer  the  following: 
Elegantissima    compacta    and    Smithii,   3%-in.    pots,  2,')C.  and  35c.  each. 
Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and   Superblssima,  6-in.  pans,  50c.  and  75c.  each. 
Smithii,  5-in.  pots.  50c.  and  75c.  each.  Smithil,  6-in.  pans,  75c.  and  $1.00  each. 

Elegantissima  compacta,  Teddy,  Jr.,  and  Superblssima,  8-in    pans,  $1.00  and  $1.50  each. 
Harrlsil,  8-ln.  pans,  $1.50  and  $2.00  each.  Elegantissima,  10-in.  pans,  $3.00  and  $3.50  each. 

Shipments  in  pots  at  maximum  prices  only. 


IM 


Plant  Propagation,  Greenhouse 
and  Nursery  Practice 

By  M.  G.  KAINS 

We  have  had  many  inquiries  from  lime  to  time 
for  a  reliable  and  up-to-date  book  on  plant  propa- 
gation, but  were  always  at  a  loss  to  find  any  pub- 
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nineteen  chapters  covering  in  detail  topics  of  ger- 
mination and  longevity  of  seeds,  propagating  by 
buds,  layering,  cuttings,  grafting,  etc.,  fruit  tree 
stocks,  scions,  etc.,  and  there  are  eight  pages  of 
condensed  cultural  instructions  in  tabulated  form, 
covering  annuals  and  perennials  from  seed, 
woody  plants,  evergreens,  vines,  bulbs  and  tubers, 
greenhouse  and  house  plants,  ferns,  palms,  water 
plants,  orchids  and  cacti.  The  illustrations  are 
numerous,  comprising  213  figures  and  halftone 
plates.  There  are  322  pages  well  bound  and  on 
heavy  paper,  teeming  with  helpful  information. 
It  is  a  book  which  no  cultivator  can  afford  to  do 
without.  It  is  worth  many  times  its  price.  Copies 
can  be  supplied  from  the  office  of  HORTICUI^ 
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Lange,  H.  F.  Co. 611 
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Leonard  Seed  Co.609 
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Tranilation  and  Pronnnciation  of  Latin  Name*     '° 


Sjnopsis  of  Plant  Kinxaom    ^bia  i*  am*  af 

"  partant    faatnrci 


Key  to  Identificatiei  of  Pluts   '"''•  '•  •  ''•^««  '•  •"•bia 

ona  to  Bod  tb«  nama  of  a 
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alphabatlcal  locaUoo,  wbara  full  liLtormatlon  wUI  ba  feaod  Id 
rerard  to  It. 

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UatloD  of  215  of  tha  leadlnt  famlllea  cemprlalng  thone  that 
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acrlptlona  rive  the  botanical  cbaractera;  the  number  of  genera 
and  apeclea  and  thj  rangea ;  a  Hat  of  the  Important  genera: 
brief  autementa  In  regard  to  tha  aacfnl  plaou;  and  diagram- 
matic llluatratlona. 

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of  these  artlclea :  Ants;  Autumn  Gardening:  Bedding:  nia- 
eases:  DraluaKe;  Floral  Designs;  Formal  hardening:  ftotbeda 
and  Colrtframes"  Insects;  Landscape  (Jardenlng;  Lawn  Plant- 
ing; Orchards;  Hock  CinrdeiilnK ;  Subtropical  Gardening;  Toola 
and  Implements;  Village  Improvements;  Window  Boxes,  ate. 

General    Index      '^*'*  ^°*'  volnma  eonulna  ■  camplata 

index   to  the  entlra  work,  enabling 
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Questions  by  our  readers  in  line  with  any  of  the  topics  presented 
on  this  page  will  be  cordially  received  and  promptly  answered 
by  Mr.  Johnson.  Such  communications  shoDld  Inyariably  be  ad- 
dressed to  the  office  of  HORTICULTURE. 


Asparagus 

Tlie  cutting  oi'  asimragiLs  >hoiild  iiow  cease  except  in 
districts  far  north.  It  is  important  to  remember  that 
the  plant  nui.'^t  he  allowed  to  ltiow  untouched  a  sufficient 
length  of  time  to  develop  strength  for  next  year's  crop. 
Manure  water  or  a  die.ssing  of  fertilizer  well  watered  in 
will  promote  a  healtliy  vigorous  growth.  Give  the 
plants  the  support  they  need  to  protect  them  against 
injury  from  high  winds. 

Lettuce 

Frames  which  have  carried  early  vegetables  as  cauli- 
flower, beans,  carrots,  beets,  etc.,  may  now  be  planted  to 
lettuce  for  use  during  the  heat  of  July  and  August. 
The  black  seeded  varieties  of  lettuce  generally  with- 
stand the  heat  of  summei-  better  than  the  white  seeded 
kinds.  Make  a  sowing  of  Romaine  or  Cos  lettuce  in  a 
shallow  trench  piepared  as  for  celery  and  when  ready  to 
handle-  thin  the  seedhngs  so  that  they  stand  one  foot 
apart  in  the  row.  If  well  supplied  with  moisture  at  the 
roots  those  plants  will  furnish  fine  heads  at  a  time  when 
round  lettuce  are  scarce. 

Chicken  Manure 

Chicken  manure  makes  a  splendid  stimulant  for 
many  vegetable  crops  when  carefully  used.  It  works 
wonders  when  applied  to  sweet  corn  and  onions  but 
should  be  given  in  frequent  light  doses.  For  applying 
to  crops  in  a  liquid  form  chicken  manure  is  valuable 
although  we  prefer  using  it  in  a  dry  state;  mixed  with 
a  quantity  of  very  dry  soil  distribution  is  simplified. 
Sprinkle  a  little  of  it  between  the  onion  rows  and  lightly 
work  it  into  the  surface  soil  and  then  follow  with  a 
thorough  drenching  of  water. 

Cut  Worms 

Cut  worms  and  slugs  are  often  very  troublesome 
among  young  vegetables.  A  dusting  of  either  soot  or 
lime  will  lessen  injury  by  slugs  but  a  poison  bait  is  the 
only  effectual  means  of  fighting  the  ravages  of  the  cut 
worm.  Mix  an  ounce  of  paris  green  with  one  pound 
of  bran.  Stir  four  ounces  of  molasses  into  one  and  a 
half  pints  of  water  and  then  mix  all  thoroughly  together 
to  form  a  ma.«h.  A  pinch  of  grated  lemon  or  orange 
peel  may  be  added  to  render  the  mash  more  palatable  to 
the  pests.  Scatter  this  [loisoned  bait  in  sections  of 
garden  most  affected  with  cut  worms. 
Mulching 

Artificial  watering  is  sometimes  impossible  and 
where  this  condition  exists  it  is  advisable  to  mulch 
crops  of  heavy  top  growth  like  peas  and  cauliflower. 
Indeed  the  conservation  of  soil  moisture  by  this  means 
is  often   proihictive  of  far  lietter  results  than  constant 


watering.  If  the  mulch  contains  considerable  manure 
so  much  the  better  as  subsequent  leaching  after  heavy 
liiins  will  be  of  much  value  to  the  crops. 
Thinning  Out 
■j'hin  sweet  corn  to  three  plants  to  each  hill  or  if 
phinfed  in  rows,  allow  eighteen  inches  from  plant  to 
plant,  liemove  suckers  or  basal  growths,  give  a  dress- 
ing of  fertilizer  and  cultivate  frequently.  Thin  out 
previous  sowings  that  need  it  as  carrots,  salsify,  tur- 
nips, parsnips,  kohbrabi  and  parsley. 

Cutting  Cauliflower 

Caiilirtower  approaching  edible  size  should  be  either 
tied  or  otherwise  have  a  few  of  the  outer  leaves  broken 
over  them  to  protect  the  heads.  As  soon  as  the  heads 
attain  a  reasonable  size  they  should  be  cut.  It  is  sheer 
waste  to  allow  good  compact  heads  to  break  before  cut- 
ting. ;Medium"sized,  close  white  specimens  are  of  the 
best  table  (piality  and  it  should  be  the  aim  of  every 
gardener  to  supply  abundance  of  cauhflower  for  con- 
sumption in  this  'condition.  Immediately  such  early 
crojjs  as  spinach,  beets,  etc.,  cease  to  be  profitable 
clear  the  ground  or  else  dig  or  plow  them  under  and 
give  the  ground  over  to  some  fall  crop  as  sweet  corn, 
beans,  late  celery  or  winter  greens.  Spray  potatoes, 
melons  and  tomatoes  with  bordeaux  to  prevent  blight 
and  other  fungoid  diseases. 

Feeding  Tomatoes 

Tomatoes  will  stand  feeding  after  the  crop  is  "set," 
i,ut  this  is  not  a  necessity  unless  planted  on  very  poor 
soil.  Too  much  feeding  results  in  rampant  leafage 
rather  than  fruitfulness.  Keep  the  growths  regulated 
so  that  each  plant  carries  not  more  than  three  stems. 
.V  few  leaves  may  lie  removed  to  expose  the  fruit  to  sun 
and  air  but  this"  practice  is  often  carried  to  excess  and 
may  result  in  more  harm  than  good. 

Cucumbers  in  Frames 

Cucumbers  growing  in  frames  and  which  arc  now 
commencing  to  bear  will  be  all  the  better  for  a  top 
dressing  of  fairly  light  rich  soil.  Ordinary  potting  soil, 
to  which  has  been  added  considerable  well  decayed  barn- 
yard manure,  is  ideal.  Cucumbers  are  hungry  as  well 
as  thirsty  plants,  therefore  maintain  abundance  of 
moisture  in  the  atmosphere  and  at  the  root's  and  regu- 
late growth  to  keep  the  plants  clean  and  healthy.  There 
is  yet  time  to  make  a  sowing  of  the  smaller  kinds  for 
picklins.  Select  a  warm,  rich  plot  of  ground  and  sow 
either  hi  hills  4  feet  asunder  or  in  rows.  I>eave  four 
strong  plants  to  each  hill  and  if  in  single  rows,  thin  out 
to  about  eighteen  inclies  ajiart.  


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CONTENTS  P'^K'' 

COVER  ILLUSTRATIU.N— Liliuni  regale  (myriophyl- 
luin)    as  a   Pot    Plant 

VEGETABLE  CILTLRE— Asparagus— Lettuce— Chick- 
on  Manure — Thinning  Out — Cut  Worms — Mulching — 
Cutting  Cauliflower — Feeding  Tomatoes — Cucumbers 
tn  Frames — John  Johnson 601 

LILir.M  REGALE— «i/(i(7?)i  Anilcrson 603 

RESTRICTIONS  ON  BULB   I.MPORTS 603 

SOCIETY  OF  AMERICA.V  FLORISTS— The  St.  Louis 
Convention  —  The  Publicitv  Campaign  —  A  Get-To- 
gether  Talk  604 

OBITIWRV  —  Lieut.  Harry  Walker  Prince  —  Fi-ank 
.Miles    Day — .Major   Leonard    Veitch 604 

A.MERICAN  ASSOCIATION  OF  NURSERYMEN  — 
Program  of  the  Convention  —  Maj.  Lloyd  C.  Stark, 
portrait — Ladies'    .\uxiliarv — A   Presentation 605 

AMERICAN  SEED  TRADE  ASSOCIATION  —  Address 
of  President  F.  W.  Bolgiano — Secretary's  Report — 
Treasurer's   Report    606-607 

SEED   TRADE— The  Seedsman   Exonerated— Beans. . .   608 

OF  INTERESTS  TO  RETAIL  FLORISTS: 

Flowers  by   Telegraph ' (JIO 

Prize  Design  for  V.  T.  I).  Emblem— Illustrated 615 

FLOWER  -MARKET  REPORTS: 

Boston.  Chicago,  Rochester.  St.   Louis 613 

CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES  — Boston  Peony  and  Rose 
Show — Meetings  Next  Week — Nassau  County  Horti- 
cultural Society — Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of 
Boston     616 

LOCAL  AND  GEN'ERAL  NEWS: 

Chicago,  Rochester,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh 617 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Save  Fertilizer   Bags 608 

Three  New  National  Forests • 613 

Visitors'   Register    615 

Order  Your  Fertilizer  Now 615 

Speeding  Up  War  Work 615 

Cornell  Rose  Test   Garden 616 

Two  Sons  of  Dennis  T.  Connor,  portraits 618 

a  

.\t  the  Washington  hearing  on  the  plant 

Plant        exclusion    act    we    understand    that    Dr. 

exclusion      Afarlatt  stated  he  had  many  letters  from 

iiurservinen,  all  of  which  approve  the  pro- 
]i()secl  ipiaiaiitinc  and  many  wanting  an  embargo  against 
all  plants.  We  are  much  surprised  at  this  as  the  gen- 
eral impression  is  that  the  nnrserymen  in  general  are 
ojjposed  to  the  proposed  legislation.  Tbe  florist  trade 
is  certainly  strongly  op])osed.  No  doubt  this  subject 
will  come  prominently  before  the  S.  A.  F.  at  the  St. 
T.oiiis  convention  next  August  and  those  who  have  de- 
cided views  should  see  to  it  that  they  are  promptly  pre- 
sented to  the  S.  .\  F.  officials  in  charge  previous  to  the 
convention. 


\\i-  Irani  rroiii  the  ( illu'iiil  bulletin  that  the 

f»'rty       1  .    S.    Fuel    .Xdmiiii.stiatKpn    ha«    cut    the 

treated      amount   of    fuel    pcrmiKcd    in    the   building 

of  pleasure  uutoiiiobilrs  seveiily-livc  per  cent 
for  tlic  season  1918-'!!).  This  should  be,  in  a  meaBurc, 
connoling  t-o  the  greenhouse  men  as  showing  that  the 
(loveminent  hnc  in  this  exigency  l>een  disjioscd  to  treat 
them  with  exceptional  coiisideratinn  in  allowing  them 
lifty  j)er  cent  of  their  normal  coal  sii|i|)ly.  It  Bpeaks 
well  for  the  estimation  in  which  the  flower  business  is 
held  and  it  is  most  creditable  to  the  elTorts  of  those 
gentlemen  who  have  pleaded  the  floristH'  case  at  Wasii- 
iiigton  ami  ]iarticiilMrly  for  ^Ir.  (Jiidc  wlut  lias  so  faith- 
iiilly  followed  II])  in  the  most  chivalnms  manner,  tlie 
welfare  of  the  florists,  as  their  oflicial  representative  at 

llie   niilidiKil   capital. 

We    hojie    tlie    S.    A.    F.    members    will 

A"  assemble  in  goodly  force  this  season  at 

important     s;(    I^ouis.     It  will  make  a  po[iular  good 

convention     impression.     This   is  the   thinl   time   the 

iiiilioiial  orgaiii/ation  liiw  been  a  guest 
of  the  city  of  St.  lx)uis  and  the  record  of  the  two 
previous  conventions  is  sufficient  assurance  that  noth- 
ing will  be  left  undone,  locally,  to  make  the  occasion  a 
most  enjoyable  affair.  It  is  certainly  unfortunate  from 
a  convention  st^iiidpoint  that  railroad  matters  have 
taken  such  a  turn  that  no  concession  from  the  increa.sed 
rates  now  in  force  is  possilde.  This  will  undoubtedly 
interfere  with  the  size  of  the  parties  that  will  travel 
from  remote  ])oints,  but  for  adjoining  territory  this 
.should  make  but  little  difference  and  a  full  and  lively 
convention  may  be  confidently  expected.  That  it  will 
lie  a  busy  and  useful  meeting  there  can  be  no  doubt. 
There  are  problems  in  plenty  and  of  vital  im])ortance 
to  the  horticultural  industries  which  press  for  action, 
and  the  strong  men  of  the  business  will  be  there  to 
tackle  them.  We  have  also  the  Secretary's  as.surance 
that  the  trade  cxiiiljition  will  be  comprehensive  and  in 
size  worthy  of  the  occasion  and  this  feature  alone 
si  Kill  Id  lie  a  strong  drawing  card  for  a  large  attendance 
i>r  tlie  trnile  fiiiin  all  directions. 

liic  handsome  picture  of  1. ilium  regale 
A  great  which  adorns  our  cover  page  this  week 
acquisition  and  the  notes  in  connection  therewith  by 
Mr.  Anderson  should  prove  inten.sely  iii- 
teiesting  to  the  jilant  and  flower  growers  of  this  country 
at  the  present  time,  especially  to  those  who  make  a 
specially  of  forcing  lilies  for  Faster.  It  is  indeed  for- 
tunate that  the  florists  have  .«o  ]iractical  and  timely  a 
sub.stitute  for  the  prohibited  Japan  lily  bulbs  at  their 
disposal  now.  The  Regal  Liiy  has  every  qualification 
to  fill  the  gap  acceptably.  E.  II.  Wilson,  the  discoverer, 
says  in  his  published  description  that  in  this  lily 
"garden  lovers  have  a  jewel  beyond  price,"  and  could 
he  have  foreseen  the  present  predicament  he  might 
rightly  have  included  the  commercial  florists  as  bene- 
ficiaries as  well  as  the  "'garden  lovers."  In  his  Cyclo- 
pedia of  Horticulture  Dr.  Bailey  describes  Liliuni 
regale  as  "one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  all  known 
lilies."  One  very  .strong  point  in  its  favor  in  addition 
to  its  beauty,  and  which  must  not  be  overlooked,  is  that 
this  lily  is  ]ierfectly  hardy  as  far  north  as  Boston  and 
probably  farther,  and  ])roduces  seed  freely  so  that  any 
florist  who  cares  to,  may  raise  his  own  bulbs  readily  and 
thus  be  independent  of  foreign  i^upplies  with  all  their 
annoying  uncertainties  of  trrins|iurtation  and  condi- 
tion upon  receipt. 


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Lilium   Regale 


The  illustration  on  cover  page  this  week  shows  a  pan 
of  L.  regale  (myriophyllum)  discovered  in  China  a  few 
years  ago  by  E.  H.  Wilson.  It  is  a  vigorous  grower  and, 
as  can  be  seen  by  the  photograph,  the  strong  wiry  stems 
require  no  stalks  to  support  them.  The  subject  of  the 
photograph  was  one  of  a  liatch  brought  along  in  a  cool 
greenhouse  for  house  and  piazza  decoration,  and  for  this 
purpose  it  has  a  richness  and  beauty  that  can  be  matched 
by  very  few  flowering  plants. 

On  October  20th  last  the  bulbs  were  placed  in  the 
pans,  six  S-year-okl'bulbs  and  four  4-year-old  bulbs  in 
each  pan,  in  a  mixture  of  two  parts  loam,  one  of  leaf 
soil  and  a  liberal  quantity  of  sand  and  light  sprinkling 
of  bone  meal.  No  manure  was  used  for  experience  has 
proved  that  this  lily  does  better  without  it.  The  pans 
were  placed  in  a  frame,  well  protected  from  severe 
frost,  and  early  in  January  were  brought  in  and  grown 


along  in  a  temperature  of  from  50  to  56  degrees.  On 
May  1st  half  of  the  flowers  were  open  and  the  plants 
were  ready  for  use.  As  soon  as  the  buds  show,  liquid 
manure  applied  once  or  twice  a  week  will  prove  bene- 
ficial. 

In  order  to  test  the  forcing  qualities  of  this  lily  one 
hundred  bulbs  were  potted  singly  in  5-inch  pots, 
l)rought  in  earlier  and  grown  in  a  temperature  averag- 
ing 58  degrees  at  night.  The  first  of  these  flowered 
April  1st.  This  would  indicate  that  this  lily  can  be 
relied  upon  to  come  in,  in  good  condition  for  Easter, 
(irowers  of  flowering  plants  for  Easter  are  fortunate  in 
lia\-ing  within  their  reach  a  lily  of  this  quality,  espe- 
cially as  owing  to  war  conditions  lily  bulbs  of  other 
varieties  will  be  scarce. 


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RESTRICTIONS  ON  BULB  IMPORTS 


In  response  to  a  telegram  just  re- 
ceived wherein  I  have  been  asked  the 
question,  "Since  the  original  bulb  re- 
striction embargo  applies  only  to  Ber- 
muda, Japan  and  China,  shall  we  as- 
sume that  French  and  Dutch  restric- 
tions remain  as  per  former  circular?" 

I  immediately  called  on  the  United 
States  Shipping  Board  and  they  said 
this  order  applies  to  all  countries, 
but  may  be  modified  to  this  extent. 
That  it  a  ship  was  at  a  foreign  port 
about  to  sail  for  the  United  States 
and  had  available  space,  and  could  be 
loaded  without  using  labor  or  time 
which  might  be  used  for  war  pur- 
poses, then  plants,  bulbs  and  nursery 
stock  might  be  loaded,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  a  permit  was  first  obtained 
from  the  Government  from  which  the 
ship  was  sailing  and  a  permit  from 
the  Bureau  of  Imports,  War  Trade 
Board  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Following  is  the  official  order  re- 
ceived this  morning  (June  12)  from 
the  War  Shipping  Board.  It  seems  to 
be  final  shutting  out  all  bulbs  lor  the 
coming  season  at  this  time. 

June  11,  1!»1S. 

Dear  Sir:  Item  No.  61  on  List  of  Ile- 
stricted  Imports  No.  1.  prohibits  the  im- 
portation after  April  15,  1918,  of  Plants, 
Trees,  Slirulis  and  Vines.  Bulbs  are  con- 
sidered  to  be   in   this  class. 

It  is  the  Intention  of  the  Government  to 
interfere  as  little  as  possible  with  the  con- 
duct of  business,  and  it  Is  with  great  re- 
gret that  I  write  you  that  in  time  of  war, 
flowers,  bulbs,  etc.,  must  give  precedence 
to  what  Is  absolutely  necessary  for  the 
nialntename  of  our  armies  abroad.  Every 
cubic  inch  of  space  Is  needed  to  carry 
soldiers,  munitions  and  food  stuff.s  for  our 
men  and  our  Allies.  Nothlui;  recjulrlng 
ships  should  be  imported  that  does  not 
help  win  the  war. 

As   you   have   doubtless   heard.   Secretary 


Baker  has  stated  that  the  number  of  men 
sent  from  the  United  States  to  the  battle- 
front  depends  solely  on  our  possessing 
sufflcient  shipping  to  maintain  them  abroad 
The  raid  of  U-Boats  along  our  coast  have 
brought  this  subject  home  to  all  of  us. 

A  number  of  florists,  importers  and  rep- 
resentatives of  the  trade  have  visited  us 
here,  and  the  whole  subject  has  been  most 
carefully  looked  into,  and  it  is  with  real 
regret  that  it  has  been  decided  that  bulbs 
must  be  continued  on  the  restricted  list  for 
the  time  being. 

The  importation  of  bulbs  the  last  few 
years  would  average  about  5,000  cubic  tons. 
While  this  may  not  seem  very  great  for 
an  industry  that  concerns  so  many  people, 
it  is  well  to  realize  that  this  amount  of 
shipping  would  carry  over  278,000  bushels 
of  wheat,  or  maintain  4.000  American  sol- 
diers in  Europe  for  one  year. 

The  wir  forces  sacriflces  on  all  of  us. 
Not  only  is  .vour  business  going  to  be  se- 
riously interfered  with,  but  everyone  who 
has  the  least  refinement  is  attracted  by 
flowers,  and  in  that  way,  every  inhabitant 
of  the  Uniteil  States  will  be  affected  to  a 
certain   extent. 

While  no  promise  can  be  made,  nor  an.v 

.issurance  given  as  to  the  future,  it  may  be 

that  the  situation  can  be  changed  later  on. 

Very  truly  vours. 

(Signed)      THOMAS  W.  SLOCUM, 

nivisiou   of  Planning  and   Statistics. 

We  hope  to  have  the  final  order  of 

the    Fuel     Administration    in    a    few 

(iays.  Wm.  F.  GtDE. 


The  following  official  letter  will  also 
be  of  interest: 

June  14,  nils. 
Ml.  W.   K.  (iud.': 

Dear    Sir:      Koliowing    up    our    letter    of 

.Tune  11,  in  regard  to  the  restriction  against 

the     importation     of     bulbs,     plants,     trees. 

shrubs  and   vines.   It  should   be  added    that 

these    comniodities    can    be    luiporled    when 

coming  .MS  a  return  cargo  from  Europe  and 

then  only  when  ready  at  a  convenient  port 

and    when     loaded     without    delav.      Under 

these  conditions,  you  will  apply  for  licenses 

to     the     liureau     of     Imports.     War    Trade 

Board,  who   will   issue  same  in  due  course. 

Vi'ry   truly  yours, 

(Signed)     T!iom.\s    M.    SM)CcrM, 

Division  of  Planning  and  Statistics. 


In    connection    with    the    foregoing 
we  herewith  print  the  following  letter 


of  protest  sent  by  the  New  York  Flor- 
ists' Club  to  the  Federal  Horticultural 

Board. 

New  York.  June  17,  1918. 
Federal  Horticultural  Board,  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture.  Washington,  D.  C. 

Gentlemen :  The  New  York  Florists' 
Club,  which  was  organized  in  1887  and  in- 
corporated under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
New  Y'ork,  on  January  19,  1.891,  and  which 
has  today  a  total  membership  of  478  per- 
sons engaged  in  the  horticultural  trade, 
comprising  the  largest  growers  of  plants 
and  cut  flowers  in  the  states  of  New  York. 
New  Jersey,  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts, 
at  its  meeting  held  on  the  10th  Inst.,  re- 
solved to  protest  against  the  proposed  re- 
strictions or  prohil)itions  with  respect  to 
the  importation  of  plants,  as  set  forth  in 
your  communication  of  May  8,  1918,  so  far 
as  tliey  appl.v  to  importation  from  Belgium, 
France.  England,  also  Holland,  on  the 
ground  that  same  are  inimical  to  the 
.American  florists'  trade  and  would  con- 
stitute an  unnecessary  unfriendly  act 
tow.-irds  our  allies.  Belgium.  France  and 
England,  also  Holland,  a  friendly  nation. 

Such  quarantine  would  prevent  these 
countries  from  resuming  active  business  re- 
lations with  us,  at  the  end  of  the  war.  in 
tlu'ir  horticultural  spechhlth^s.  'riie  florists 
of  this  (Minntry  have  been  important  buyers 
of  their  florists'  plants,  especially  of  poor 
Idecding  Helgium.  which  counts  its  horti- 
ctillural  products  among  its  important  in- 
dustries. Such  proi)osed  action  would  tend 
to  interfere  with  a  return  export  trade, 
turning  such  commerce  in  favor  of  other 
in-.Klucing    competitive   nations. 

I'.y  reason  of  the  rigid  inspection  to 
which  inipiirtations  are  now  subjected,  and 
the  presctit  requirements  of  the  law,  any 
further  restrictions  or  pr(diibitions  are  not 
only  entir<'ly  unnei'cssary  and  inopportune, 
but  .are  a  serious  menace  to  tlie  florists' 
trade  of  this  country  and  the  hortictiltural 
trade  of  our  .\llies.  particularly  In  view  of 
the  fact  that  the  territory  of  our  Allies,  and 
Ilidl.ind.  from  which  the  bulk  of  the  flor- 
ists' plants  are  shiitped,  are  well  explored, 
and  their  insect  pests  and  plant  dlseaees 
;ire  well  known. 

'I'hi'  New  York  Florists'  Club,  therefore, 
asks  your  Honorable  Board  not  to  take  any 
action  whatsoever  on  the  proposed  re- 
strictions. 

Uespectfully  submitted, 

Cii.VRLES   SciiENCK,   President   of   N. 

V.    Florists'    Club;    Winfbei)    Rolkeb, 

FiiAXK  R.  P1ER.S0N,  Wm.  H.  S»niRECHT, 

.In.,  Patuick  O'Mara,  Committee. 


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SOCIETY     OF    AMERICAN     FLORISTS 

AND 

ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURISTS 


THE     ST.    LOUIS    CONVENTON. 

Intorest  Is  now  ci'iiicriiiK  upon  the 
forthconilnK  S.  A.  p.  &  O.  H.  Conven 
tion,  to  bp  hold  In  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  Au- 
gust 20,  21.  and  22. 

The  Trade  Exhibition  will,  as  usual, 
be  a  prominent  feature  of  the  Conven- 
tion, and.  despite  these  war  times, 
bids  fair  to  equal.  If  not  surpass,  any 
previous  exhibition.  All  who  contem- 
plated making  exhibits  last  April, 
when  the  National  Flower  Show  was 
expected  to  be  held  jointly  with  the 
Convention,  are  bestirrinR  themselves 
with  preparations  for  the  August 
dates,  and  Moolah  Temple  will,  it  Is 
assured,  house  a  most  comprehensive 
exhibit  of  the  various  lines  of  florists' 
supplies,  plants,  and  auxiliaries.  The 
plans  which  were  issued  early  in  the 
year  are  still  effective,  and  will  cover 
the  layout  of  the  exhibition.  The  rate 
for  space  is  40c.  per  square  foot,  and 
the  choice  of  location  hinges  upon  the 
recognized  rule  of  "first  come  first 
served."  Anyone  desiring  a  plan 
should  make  request  of  the  secretary 
for  same. 

The  local  committees  in  St.  T.x)uls 
are  busy  with  Convention  arrange- 
ments, which,  it  is  safe  to  say.  will  be 
perfect,  as  St.  Louis  is  familiar  with 
our  requirements  through  previous  ex- 
perience. 

As  the  railroads  are  now  under  Gov- 
ernment control,  the  flat  rate  of  three 
cents  per  mile  for  transportation  will. 
of  course,  be  in  effect,  but  this  is  not 
expected  to  have  any  deleterious  in- 
fluence upon  the  attendance  as.  this 
year  more  than  ever,  florists  feel  that 
the  opportunity  to  meet  trade  condi- 
tions as  an  organization  must  not  be 
missed. 

John  Young,  Secy. 


THE    PUBLICITY    CAMPAIGN. 

The  secretary  spent  last  week  in 
New  England  and  added  considerably 
to  the  Publicity  fund  through  subscrip- 
tions obtained  from  florists  who  now 
realize  the  immensity  of  the  campaign 
work  and  the  great  good  resulting.  He 
takes  this  opportunity  to  thank  all 
those  who  in  any  way  assisted  to  fa- 
cilitate his  work  and  to  enable  him  to 
make  the  most  of  his  time.  At  the 
present  he  is  working  westward  with 
encouraging  prospects. 

It  was  confidently  hoped  at  the  out- 
set of  the  campaign  that  the  commit- 
tee's appeals  tor  funds  would  meet 
with  ready  response  if  made  by  mail 
in  the  ordinary  way.  The  response 
did  materialize,  but  it  was  not  nearly 
large  enough  to  cover  the  expenditures 
planned  and  necessary.  The  commit- 
tees then  decided  that  the  secretary 
should  make  personal  solicitations,  ar- 
ranging his  itineraries  to  the  best  ad- 
vantage. This  he  is  now  doing.  It  Is 
not  a  "begging"  expedition;  far  from 
it.  He  Is  showing  florists  who  are  in- 
clined to   be  incredulous   the  kind   of 


Work  the  I'ublkily  PrnmiUion  itun-au 
Is  doing  and  how  results  are  ob  ained. 
He  Is  promulgating  the  doctrine  that 
to  reap  we  must  sow.  With  propa- 
ganda detrimental  to  the  sale  of  flow- 
ers and  plants  being  freely  dissemi- 
nated through  the  public  press,  some 
of  it  arising  through  actual  conditions 
coincident  to  the  times,  hut  much 
more  of  it  due  to  maudlin  patriotism 
Induced  by  misdirected  imagination, 
the  use  of  flowers  is  being  assailed  as 
something  highly  Improper.  This  prop- 
aganda can  only  be  combated  by  Pub- 
licity for  flowers.  Publicity  well  dire"l- 
ed — organized  Publicity.  This  is  cost- 
ly, but  if  every  florist  meets  his  por- 
tion of  the  expense  it  is  easily  met 
If  you,  Mr.  Reader,  have  not  yet  sub- 
scribed, do  not  delay.  The  Publicity 
Committee  should  not  be  hampered  in 
its  further  work  by  an  insufficiency  of 
funds,  but  It  will  be  unless  greater  in- 
terest is  shown  in  the  catnpaign.  Don't 
leave  it  to  your  neighbor  to  do  what 
you  should  do  yourself.  Many  florists 
have  given  liberally,  and  have  pledged 
their  subscriptions  for  four  years.  Xo 
one  is  expected  to  contribute  beyond 
his  means,  but  even  a  little  squeeze  is 
warranted  in  such  a  cause. 

If  anyone  who  has  not  received  a 
copy  of  our  explanatory  broadside  will 
drop  us  a  postal  a  copy  will  be  mailed 
at  once. 

Joii.N   YoiNo,   Secy. 

New  York 


A   GET-TOGETHER    TALK. 

Just  a  few  days  ago  we  were  greeted 
in  Boston  by  a  visit  from  John  Young, 
secretary  of  the  S.  A.  F..  in  behalf  of 
our  Publicity  campaign.  A  dinner 
was  given  at  the  Boston  City  Club 
whereupon  Major  O'Keefe  got  together 
about  a  score  of  florists  in  all  branches 
of  our  business  for  a  heart-to-heart 
talk  on  the  value  of  publicity  on  whicn 
our  Secretary  Young  also  gave  his 
views  and  experiences  which  were 
much  appreciated,  after  which  every- 
one was  called  upon  in  rotation  ami 
views  and  opinions  on  the  question 
were  given  with  intense  interest. 

Regardless  of  the  motive  of  the 
meeting  these  get-together  talks  help 
the  craft  and  the  ideas  freely  ex- 
changed cement  the  members  so  that 
each  one  feels  the  necessity  of  a  spirit 
of  co-operation,  and  those  present  that 
evening  will  spread  the  value  of  pub- 
licity broadcast  amongst  members  of 
the  craft  so  that  its  result  will  be  felt 
later  on.  Everybody  left  the  dinner 
with  the  knowledge  that  they  had  a 
better  understanding  of  the  Publicity 
campaign  and  its  purpose. 

Let  every  city  and  town  take  up  the 
subject  of  Publicity  as  an  auxiliary  to 
the  sale  of  flowers  and  you  will  have 
a  most  interesting  as  well  as  instruc- 
tive topic  for  an  evening.  Get  back 
of  this  Publicity  movement  so  that  the 
interest  is  aroused  to  its  proper  height 


and  then  well  roll  our  fund  to  Us 
proper  proportion  and  you  as  well  as 
all  connected  with  flowers  will  be  the 
benefactors  so  that  yo\i  can  continue 
with  100  per  cent,  efllclency  on  a  BO 
per  cent  coal  consumption.  It's  up  to 
each  and  every  one  to  do  his  share. 
Hkmiv  Pknn.  Chairman. 
National   Publicity  Campaign. 


OBITUARY. 


Lieut.  Harry  Walker  Prince 
in  the  news  dispatches  of  June  18th 
we  regret  to  note  the  name  of 
Lieutenant  Harry  Walker  Prince  killed 
in  an  air  plane  accident  in  England. 
The  Lieutenant's  father  is  managing 
grower  on  the  Harris  establishment 
at  S.'jth  and  Springfleld  avenue.  Phila- 
(li'lphia. 


Frank  Miles  Day. 
A  famous  Philadelphia  architect 
lassed  away  on  the  1.5lh  inst.  when 
Frank  Miles  Day  died  suddenly  at  his 
home.  Mt.  Airy,  that  city.  He  wa.s 
well  known  all  through  United  States 
and  abroad,  and  designed  many  fam- 
ous buildings  of  the  highest  artistic 
merit.  He  was  best  known  In  the 
trade  as  the  designer  of  Horticultural 
Hall,  Philadelphia — now  but  a  mem- 
ory, yet  for  a  quarter  century  the  de- 
light of  lovers  of  beautiful  buildings 
from  far  and  near.  It  was  a  poem 
outside  and   inside. 


Major  Leonard  Veitch 
-Mr.  P.  C.  .\I.  Veitch.  of  Exeter,  has 
been  officially  notified  that  his  son. 
Major  Leonard  Veitch.  of  the  Devons. 
was  killed  in  action  in  France  on  May 
21st.  Major  Veitch.  who  was  .31  years 
of  age.  has  been  on  active  service 
since  the  first  day  of  the  war.  Edu- 
cated at  Exeter  School,  he  afterwards 
went  to  Germany  and  Holland  to  com- 
plete his  studies  in  horticulture  and 
landscape  gardening.  On  his  return 
to  England  he  received  a  commission 
in  the  7th  (Cyclist)  Battalion.  Devon 
Regt.,  and  was  mobilized  on  August 
4th,  1914.  at  which  time  the  Corps  was 
up  for  annual  training.  In  the  Decem- 
ber following  Lieut.  Veitch  took  a 
draft  to  France  and  was  attached  to 
the  Army  Cyclists.  In  1915  he  was 
transferred  to  the  1st  Devons,  and  re- 
mained with  them  to  the  last.  He 
quickly  obtained  his  captaincy,  and 
subsequently  was  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  major.  He  took  the  battalion 
to  Italy  in  December,  1917.  soon  after 
the  Austro-Gorman  invasion  to  the 
Piave  and  'Venetian  Alps,  and  re- 
turned with  them  to  Flanders  a  month 
or  two  ago.  Lieut.-Col.  Worrall  being 
home  on  leave,  he  was  in  command  of 
the  Firsts  in  the  front  line  at  the  time 
he  met  his  death. — Exeter  (Eng.)  Ex- 
press. 


June  22.  1918 


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605 


AMERICAN  ASSOCIATION  OF  NURSERYMEN 


The  American  Association  of  Nur- 
serymen, will  hold  its  forty-third  An- 
nual Convention  in  Chicago  on  June 
26,  27  and  28,  with  headquarters  in 
the  Hotel  Sherman.  A  big  program 
of  important  business  has  been  pre- 
pared and  the  prospects  are  that 
plenty  of  entertainment  will  be  en- 
joyed. Following  is  the  program  as 
sent  out  by  Chairman  H.  B.  Chase,  of 
the  Program  Committee: 

Program. 

Meetings  in  Crjstal  Room— Exhibits 
in  West  Room  (Adjoining  Crystal 
Room.) 

Wednesdat,  June  26th,  1918. 

10.00  a.  m.  Call  to  order  by  Vice- 
President  J.  R.  Mayhew;  song.  "Amer- 
ica"; invocation.  Rev.  C.  S.  Harrison, 
York,  Nebr.;  "The  Glad  Hand."  Geo. 
M.  Spangler,  Jr.,,  Association  of  Com- 
merce. Chicago,  111.;  "A  Message," 
Major  Lloyd  C.  Stark.  Report  of 
committees;  Arbitration,  W.  C.  Reed, 
chairman;  Arboretvim,  J.  Edward 
Moon,  chairman:  Complaints  and 
Grievances,  AV.  H.  Wyman,  chairman; 
Distribution  and  Directory.  M.  R. 
Cashman,  chairman;  French  Relief, 
F.  L.  Atkins,  chairman;  Hail  Insur- 
ance, Frank  Weber,  chairman;  Land- 
scape, Thos.  B.  Meehan,  chairman; 
Legislative,  Wm.  Pitkin,  chairman; 
Nomenclature,  J.  Horace  McParland, 
chairman;  Press,  Robert  Pyle.  chair- 
man; Statistical,  Henry  B.  Chase, 
chairman;  Tariff,  Irving  Rouse,  chair- 
man; Transportation,  Chas.  Size- 
more,  chairman;  Vigilance,  Paul  C. 
Story,  chairman. 

"Banish  the  Barberry  and  Save  the 
Wheat,"  Dr.  E.  C.  Stakman,  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  chairman ;  Barberry  Eradication 
Com.,  U.  S.  Dept.  of  Agriculture. 

Appointment  of  Committees. 

Announcement  of  Entertainment 
Committee. 

1.45  p.  m.  (Executive  Session.) 
Song,  "Star  Spangled  Banner." 

1.50  Report  of  Secretary-Counsel — 
Curtis  Nye  Smith:  report  of  treasurer, 
J.  W.  Hill. 

2.15  Address.  "Marketing  Methods." 
L.  D.  H.  Weld.  Mgr.  Commercial  Re- 
search Dept..  Swift  &  Co.,  Chicago,  111. 

2.45  Special  Order  of  Business — Res- 
olution and  Amendment  to  Constitu- 
tion 

(Note — That  ample  time  be  allowed 
for  a  full  and  free  discussion  of  this 
most  important  matter,  no  additional 
topics  are  scheduled  for  this  session. 

Program  Committee  —  Announce- 
ment of  Meeting  of  State  VicePresi- 
■dents. 

7.30  p.  m.  Meeting  of  State  Vice- 
Presidents. 

8.30  p.  m.,  Reception  and  Get-Ac- 
tiuainted  Banquet. 

Thi'bsdat,  June  27th,  1918. 
10.00  a.  m..  Song— "Where  Do  We 
Go  From  Here  Boys?"  "Market  De- 
velopment" —  Report  of  Temporary 
Committee.  Report  of  Publicity  Com- 
mittee,  P.   L.   Atkins,  Chairman:    The 


Booklet  "Home  Grounds,"  from  the 
Publisher's  Viewpoint,  J.  Horace  Mc- 
Farland.  Prom  the  User's  Viewpont, 
O.  Joe  Howard,  Secretary  Van  L;nd- 
ley  Nursery  Co.,  Pomona,  N.  G. 
"Costs,  Profits,  and  Income  Tax,"  Al- 
vin  E.  Nelson.  Swain  Nelson  &  Sons 
Co..  Chicago,  111.  Discussed  by  Ar- 
thur H.  Hill  and  Guy  A.  Bryant.  Re- 
port of  State  Vice-Presidents  and  Elec- 
tion of  officers. 

1.45  p.  m..  Song  "Over  There." 
"Personal  Experiences  in  the 
Trenches,"  Officer  from  British  Re- 
cruiting Station.  Chicago.  111.;  'Fuel 
Conservation."  Mr.  Osborn  Monnet. 
U.  S.,  F!uel  Administration:  "War 
Times  and  the  Nursery  Business." 
Four-Minute  talks   by    E.    C.  Hilborn, 


Majob  Lloyd  C.  Staek 

President  American   Association    of 
Nurserj-men 

North  Dakota;  Windsor  H.  Wyman. 
Massachusetts;  R.  D.  Underwood,  Min- 
nesota; J.  R.  Mayhew,  Texas. 

Thursday  Evening. 

Meeting  of  American  Nurserymen's 
Protective  Association.  Thos.  B.  Mee- 
han. Secretary.  Meeting  of  Retail 
Nurserymen's  Protective  Association. 
Guy  A.  Bryant.  Secretary. 

Friday,  June  28th,  1918. 

10.00  a.  m.  "Standardizing  the 
Bunching  of  Nursery  Stock."  E.  P. 
Bernardin.  Parsons,  Kansas.  "The  Re- 
tail Salesman,"  E.  H.  Smith,  Secre- 
tary, Harrison  Nursery  Co.,  York, 
Nebr. 

Final  Report  of  Committees;    Reso- 


lutions;   Unfinished  Business;    Song — 
"America;"  Adjournment. 

Exhibition 

Alvin  E.  Nelson.  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  E;xhibits.  reports  that 
all  arrangements  have  been  made  for 
a  very  fine  display.  The  exhibits  will 
be  staged  in  the  west  room  of  the 
Sherman  Hotel,  adjoining  the  Crystal 
room  in  which  the  meetings  will  be 
held. 

Entertainment 

The  entertainment  features  will  in- 
clude:^ 

Wednesday  noon  (12.30)  Luncheon 
by  all  ladies  in  attendance  at  Mar- 
shall Fields  &  Co.  (Narcissus  Room) 
followed  by  a  tour  through  that  mam- 
moth establisliment  under  conduct  of 
trained  guides. 

Wednesday  Evening:  (8.30)  Recep- 
tion and  "Get-Acquainted"  banquet. 

Thursday  Morning  (10.00)  Trip 
through  Art  Institu'e.  12.00  Luncheon 
at  Art  Institute  Cafeteria.  1.30  Leave 
C.  &  N.  W.  Depot  for  Great  Lakes 
Naval  Training  School.  8.15  p.  m. 
Theater  Party  "Friendly  Enemies"  at 
Woods'  Theater. 

Friday.  Afternoon — the  ladies  are 
invited  to  visit  (along  with  the  men 
folks)  the  establishment  of  Sears.  Roe- 
buck &  Co. 


LADIES'    AUXILIARY. 

The  women  of  the  American  Asso- 
ciation of  Nurserymen  will  hold  their 
third  annual  meeting,  and  a  larger 
attendance  of  ladies  than  ever  before 
is  expected.  This  "Ladies  Auxiliary" 
will  have  charge  of  the  music,  recep- 
tion and  entertainment  features.  A 
reception  and  tea  will  be  given  for  the 
gentlemen  on  Wednesday,  June  26,  at 
5.30  to  6.30  p.  m.  The  officers  are  as 
follows: 

President — Mrs.  E.  S.  Welch,  Shen- 
andoah. Iowa. 

Vice-President  —  Mrs.  W.  C.  Reed, 
Vincennes,  Ind. 

Secretary — Mrs.  E.  R.  Taylor,  Tope- 
ka.  Kans. 

Corresponding  Secretary — Mrs.  B.  E. 
May,  Shenandoah.  Iowa. 

Chairman  of  Entertainment  Com- 
mittee— Mrs.  Clyde  Leesley,  Chicago, 
111. 


A  PRESENTATION. 
Major  Lloyd  Crow  Stark,  President 
of  the  National  Association  of  Nur- 
serymen, was  recently  presented  with 
a  handsome  sword.  The  blade  of  the 
sword  itself  bears  the  inscription  "U. 
S.  Lloyd  Crow  Stark,"  and  the  scab- 
hard  is  inscribed,  "Presented  to 
Major  Lloyd  C.  Stark,  President, 
American  Association  of  Nurserymen, 
1918."  It  is  very  handsome  and  of 
the  regulation  U.  S.  Army  style  and 
the  scabbard  Is  heavily  mounted  with 
silver  trimming  but  yet  complying 
with  the  Army  regulations.  The  Com- 
mittee of  the  Nurserymen's  Associa- 
tion appointed  to  make  the  presenta- 
tion were  William  Pitkin,  E.  S.  Welsh 
and  John  Watson. 


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June  22.  IHIS 


AMERICAN  SEED  TRADE  ASSOCIATION 


The  Annual  Convention  of  the 
American  Seed  Trade  Association  is 
belnp  held  this  week.  June  18.  19.  20, 
In  Chicago.  The  president's  address 
and  reports  of  Secretary  and  Treasur- 
er are  appended 
ADDRESS  OF  PRESIDENT  F.  W. 
BOLGIANO. 
In  acci-plniK  the  honors  of  the  presi- 
dency of  the  American  Seed  Trade  Ab- 
soclatlon  last  June,  1  did  so  with  fear 
that  I  might  not  realize  the  full  Im- 
portance of  the  position,  or  my  cap- 
abilltv  to  handle  the  siluatiou.  I  fully 
appreciated  that  to  the  American 
Seedsmen  this  Association  would 
mean  more  in  Uie  months  to  follow 
than  it  had  ever  meant  before.  Yet 
with  that  feeling  and  knowledge.  I 
never  tor  one  moment  dreamed  what 
was  in  store  this  year  for  your  Asso- 
ciation. 

Important  Work  Ahead. 
Believing,  as  1  do  now.  that  this 
Association  while  in  the  past  has  done 
wonderfully  good  work,  yet  1  think 
that  the  coming  year  will  eclipse  all 
others  and  that  the  coming  president 
will  find  that  he  is  to  be  called  on  to 
give  brains,  time  and  strength  to  the 
affairs  of  the  Association  beyond  all 
that  has  ever  been  required  of  the 
office  before.  Believing  these  things 
as  I  do,  I  am  going  to  make  several 
recommendations  which  appear  to  me 
as  being  expedient. 

Our  Departed  Brothers, 
Before  any  of  our  business  is  taken 
up,  however,  it  behooves  us  to  stop  for 
a  moment  and  turn  our  thought  to  the 
vacant  places  In  our  midst,  left  so  by 
the  call  to  give  an  accounting  before 
the  great  throne  where  each  shall  re- 
ceive his  just  reward;  and  for  one 
moment  /  shall  ask  you  io  remember. 
Ludwig  Keweles.  Oscar  H.  Wills, 
Frank  Reedy,  Edwin  Haven,  L.  L.  May. 
An  appropriate  committee  will  pre- 
pare resolutions  wliich  will  voice  our 
feelings,  and  the  same  I  trust  may  be 
spread  on  the  minutes  that  we  may 
always  have  them  before  us  to  remind 
us  of  our  departed   friends. 

It  can  hardly  be  possible  that  our 
members  generally  have  not  prospered 
fairly  well  during  the  past  year;  yet 
I  doubt,  except  in  rare  instances,  if 
the  material  interest  of  our  members 
is  as  good  as  it  was  a  year  ago.  What 
with  short  crops,  income  profit  taxes, 
excess  profit  taxes,  and  the  increased 
labor  cost,  the  drain  has  been  very- 
great  and  serious.  There  have  l)een 
the  numerous  bills  by  the  various 
legislative  bodies,  but  as  I  have  not 
the  figures  as  to  the  exact  number,  I 
cannot  compare  this  with  former 
years.  J.  M.  Lupton  with  our  ever- 
readv  and  valuable  attorney,  has 
handled  these  so  that  nothing  very 
serious  has  gotten  through. 
Valuable  Work  of  Association  Counsel. 
There  never  was  a  time  when  it  was 
more   necessary    that    the    Association 


luivu  u  level-heudiHl  ultornuy  a.ssucialcd 
with  your  exoiutlve  officers  a.M  during 
the  past  your,  and  1  wish  to  thank 
Curtis  Nyo  Smith  for  the  manner  In 
which  he  was  always  willing  to  take 
trum  tho  shoulders  of  your  Tresident, 
all  the  burdens  that  we  aske<l  him  to 
jus.sume.  and  at  the  same  time  in  his 
iiulte  able  manner,  give  good  advice  at 
all  times.  I  am  sure  that  when  the 
time  conies  for  .Mr.  Smith  to  make 
his  report  you  will  be  surprised  at  tho 
work  accomplished  by  him  during  the 
year.  The  exi)eriencc  gaine<l  each 
year  by  our  Counsel  should  make  him 
more  and  more  valuable  to  this  Asso- 
ciation. 

Conference  Over  Peas  and  Beans. 
Karly  in  the  fall,  the  Food  ('(.minis- 
sion,  represente<i  by  Mr.  Burden,  in- 
vited a  number  of  the  seedsmen  to 
Washington  to  talk  over  the  situation 
on  peas  and  beans.  It  seemed  at  that 
time  that  someone  in  the  Commission 
was  al)out  to  take  some  radical  and  ill 
advised  steps,  not  realizing  that  the 
seed  business  was  a  separate  and  dis- 
tinct business  from  all  others,  and  one 
that  not  only  requires  trained  minds, 
hut  brave  hearts,  to  conduct.  At  this 
meeting  we  were  told  that  the  Govern- 
ment must  have  information  regard- 
ing the  supplies  of  peas  and  beans 
available  for  the  season  of  1917-1918. 
The  absolute  necessity  of  the  conserva- 
tion of  food  supplies  was  pointed  out 
at  this  meeting  and  the  fact  that  the 
American  seedsmen  were  expected  to 
do  their  bit  as  well  as  every  other 
class  of  men. 

In  June  of  last  year  the  crop  situa- 
tion was  what  might  be  called  a  nor- 
mal crop  or  an  average  prospect,  but 
as  the  weeks  and  months  went  by.  we 
began  to  realize  that  the  situation 
was  one  that  we  must  consider  with 
increasing  alarm.  The  early  crops 
were  injured  by  the  lack  of  rain:  the 
late  were  nearly  all  caught  by  an  early 
frost  which  in  many  instances  wiped 
out  all  or  nearly  all  of  the  prospect. 
Many  seeds  got  to  values  never 
dreamed  of  before,  and  which  we  trust 
will  never  again  be  equalled.  Yet  with 
all  these  high  values,  we  were  not  as 
high  as  in  war-stricken  Europe.  We. 
of  course,  suffered  very  greatly  l)ecause 
we  could  not  get  the  crops  already 
made  in  Europe  and  intended  for  this 
country,  yet  even  had  they  ijeen  avail- 
able, there  would  have  been  a  great 
shortage  in  this  country's  supply. 

Our  forage  crops  have  been  woefully 
short  in  seed  supplies.  Clover  seed 
has  never  been  so  fully  out  of  the 
hands  of  the  dealers,  good  seed  corn 
was  never  as  scarce,  and  other  farm 
seeds  have  been  badly  affected  by  the 
general  situation  relative  to  supply  of 
seeds. 

Executive  Committee  Called  to  New 
York. 
All  of  these  considerations  made  it 
seem  necessary  that  your  President 
should  have  the  advice  of  competent 
men.  and  at  the  suggestion  of  several 
jiromlnent  men  in  the  trade  he  called 
the   Executive   Committee   together   In 


.New  York  (111  .N.iVLiuljir  -1st.  at  which 
tune  he  laid  the  whole  matter  t>efore 
that  Committee  and  other  seedsmen 
whom  ho  invited  to  attend  (they  l>e- 
ing  in  New  York  at  the  Wholesale 
Seoilsmen's  lycaguo  meeting). 

War  Service  Committee. 
After  a  long  consultation  and  going 
over  the  grounds  most  carefully,  your 
Executive  Committee  authorizo<l  your 
President  to  name  a  War  Service  Com- 
mittee, which  he  did,  having  the 
honor  to  name  John  Hunt  chairman. 
Kirby  White.  Wm.  G.  Scarlet,  Howaril 
.\I.  Earl  and  Charles  Massie  as  mem- 
l)ers  of  this  Committee  which  in  the 
judgment  of  your  President  has  done 
more  to  conserve  tho  best  Interests  of 
the  American  Seed  Trade,  and  at  the 
same  time  patriotically  serve  our 
country  and  our  Hag  than  usually  falls 
to  the  lot  of  any  committees.  They 
JiavG  done  valuable  work  that  can 
never  be  too  highly  appreciated;  they 
have  risen  to  their  opportunity  and 
have  acquitted  themselves  most  gal- 
lantly. Others  might  have  done  as 
well,  but  others  have  never  been  so 
called  on  heretofore,  and  I  pray  may 
never  have  to  be. 

This  Committee  was  almost  immed- 
iately called  to  Washington  to  meet 
with  Mr.  Burden.  I  may  say  at  this 
jMiint  that  this  Committee  Is  recog- 
nized officially  as  l)eing  a  part  of  the 
Government's  force.  We  sat  in  session 
the  better  part  of'two  days,  discussing 
the  prospective  crops  of  peas  and 
beans,  and  the  amount  and  character 
of  information  Mr.  Burden,  with  the 
help  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
had  obtained  was  surprising.  1  think 
It  was  due  to  this  meeting  that  we 
were  able  to  convince  the  Food  Com- 
mission that  it  would  be  extremely  un- 
wise for  them  to  take  any  drastic  steps 
toward  fixing  the  prices  of  peas  and 
beans.  Your  Committee  demonstrated 
clearly  and  forcefully  how  easy  it 
would  be  to  destroy  the  production 
end  of  the  seed  business  and  what  a 
serious  condition  would  ensue.  Right 
here  I  want  to  say  that  Mr.  Burden, 
while  a  man  of  strong  personality  and 
not  easily  influenced,  is  a  man  of  good 
judgment  and  eminently  fair — a  man 
who  has  placed  his  country's  interest 
above  his  personal   interest. 

During  all  this  time  the  freight 
condition  had  been  going  from  bad  to 
worse.  The  War  Service  Committee 
by  appointment  met  again  in  Washing- 
ton and  tried  to  get  something  done 
regarding  preference  in  shipments  of 
seeds.  While  that  Committee  accom- 
plished something  along  these  lines, 
yet  I  consider  the  greatest  good  was 
accomplished  by  our  Charley  Boyles, 
v.-ho  being  a  railroad  man  got  right 
down  to  the  foundation,  and  even  had 
an  interview  with  Mr.  McAdoo  regard- 
ing the  situation.  For  what  has  been 
accomplished  along  these  lines,  credit 
should  be  given  him.  We  need  such 
strong  men. 

Appreciation   of  Charley   Boyles. 

This  Association  Is  extremely  fortu- 
nate in  having  Mr.  Boyles  to  call  upon 


June  22,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


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in  such  an  emergency,  and   I  think  a 
vote  of  thanks  is  justly  due  him. 

We  scarcely  emerged  from  one 
trouble  before  we  had  another.  The 
Fuel  Commission,  seing  the  eminent 
danger  of  a  disastrous  fuel  shortage 
promulgated  an  order  closing  each 
Monday  for  a  number  of  weeks  all 
places  of  business  not  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  munitions,  medicines, 
or  war  necessities.  We  deemed  this 
of  such  serious  importance,  coming  as 
it  did  during  February  and  March, 
our  rush  season,  that  I  again  called 
the  War  Service  Committee  together 
in  the  latter  part  of  January.  While 
we  all  did  not  get  there,  because 
Massie  got  snowed  under  between 
home  and  Chicago,  and  Kirby  got  into 
a  snow-bank,  yet  the  rest  of  your  Com- 
mittee laid  the  matter  before  the  De- 
partment of  Agriculture  in  such  a  light 
that  we  through  them  were  able  to 
announce  to  the  trade  that  we  need 
not  observe  the  closing  days.  Now  let 
me  say  right  here  that  your  President 
received  letters  from  two  parties 
claiming  that  they  observed  the  clos- 
ing days.  He  wants  to  say  before  this 
convention  that  any  man  in  the  seed 
business  not  doing  his  utmost  to  get 
the  seed  which  he  held  into  the  ground, 
through  his  customer  or  the  general 
public,  did  an  unpatriotic  act  and 
should  be  condemned  by  his  Associa- 
tion; this  is  no  time  to  play  to  the 
galleries. 

The  War  Service  Committee  has  been 
at  all  times  in  constant  communication 
with  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
and  the  Food  Commission.  On  May 
the  28th  w-e  were  again  invited  to 
Washington,  meeting  there  the  Board 
regulating  the  importation  of  seeds 
from  foreign  countries.  The  work  ac- 
complished at  the  meeting  was  of 
small  moment  in  its  relation  to  the 
seed  trade.  On  this  occasion  we  were 
asked  to  meet  at  Mr.  Oakley's  office 
at  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  after 
the  meeting  with  the  Board  on  im- 
portation; we  met  there.  I  have  no 
doubt  that  Mr.  Hunt  will  give  you  full 
information  regarding  all  these  meet- 
ings. I  have  simply  touched  on  each 
one  in  passing.  I  want  at  this  time 
to  say  that  while  we  have  not  always 
been  able  to  get  through  all  that  we 
wanted  at  these  meetings,  we  have  al- 
ways been  met  with  such  an  evident 
anxiety  to  be  fair  to  all,  the  public 
and  our  trade  alike,  that  we  feel  that 
we  have  accomplished  something  in 
bringing  about  an  understanding  be- 
tween our  trade  and  those  in  authority. 
This  is  especially  true  of  the  members 
of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 

Your  President  has  been  called  on 
almost  daily  for  some  personal  work 
for  individuals  of  the  Association:  he 
has  done  the  best  he  could.  Where  he 
has  failed,  please  forgive,  and  where 
he  succeeded  he  is  amply  repaid. 

We  have  conscientiously  fought 
against  the  control  of  our  business  in 
the  way  the  grocery  business  has  been 
controlled;  thus  far  we  have  succeeded 
but  let  me  by  way  of  warning  tell 
you  that  you  must  live  as  patriotic 
citizens,  not  as  grasping  profiteers.  It 
you  expect  this  immunity.  Do  not,  be- 
cause you  happen  to  have  stock  be- 
yond your  wants,  and  your  competitor 
is  short,  fry  to  extort  a  usurious  profit, 
it  will  not  be  permitted,  and  will 
bring  disgrace  on  yourself  and  hard- 


Kai  Other 
Varietici 


CYCLAMEN  GIGANTEUM 

A  flue  flower,  and  free  bluoiuing  plaut  as  is  \vl-11  kuowu  is  produced  from  our  strain 
which  is  unsurpassed  by  any  other,  both  as  regards  size  and  color  o£  flower  and  habit 
of  plant. 

X      J       i\CC  C     C      J    rii(  es  net  cnsh  with  order,  postage  paid.     To  insure  apainst 

irade  Urter  OI  oeea  |„,ssilile  loss,  5%  added  to  these  prices  will  cover  war  and 
maritime  risk.  Itush  Hill  I'ioneer  (white,  rose,  persicum  mauve,  salmonl  in  packets  at  $5 
doz.,  517.50  per  lOOO  seeds,  .$:.'i)  per  oz.  rherrj-  Kipe  (New  (—nearly  .scarlet— $li;.oO  per  1(100 
seeds.  $;!0  per  oz.  Eileen  Low  (stock  exhausted  i.  Mrs.  Buckston  (bright  salmeii)  in 
packets  $3  per  doz..  $11)  per  1000  seeds.  Majentic  iwhite  with  blush  base)  In  packets,  ^ 
per  doz'  and  SfV^XtO  per  10(10  seeds.  Purple  Trince  (foliage  like  St.  George,  flowers  lovely 
purple)  in  packets,  $.j  i)er  doz.  rink  IVarl  ( .New  i  a  lovely  pale  salmon.  $10  per  1000  seeds, 
825  per  oz.  Persicum  Iwhite  witli  red  eye)  Sfi  per  1000  seeds,  $10  per  oz.  Persicum  Kose 
(bright  rose  colored  variety)  $4  per  1000  seeds.  $10  per  oz.  Persicum  Mauve  (a  delicate 
mauve  with  carmine  eve)  .$-i  per  1000  seeds.  $10  per  oz.  Phoeni.v  (a  lishter  red  than  Vul- 
can) $4  per  1000  seeds!  .$10  per  oz.  Princess  Ma.v  l^'igantic  rose  with  purple  base)  S-i  per 
1000  seeds,  $10  per  oz.  PapUio  (Butterfly  Cyclamen  in  white,  red.  rose,  mauve  shades, 
Persicum)  $7.."iO  per  1000  seeds,  $20  per  oz.  St.  (ieorge  (the  silver  leaf  Cyclamen)  lu  pack- 
ets $5  per  doz  Scented  (possessing  the  true  old  Cyclamen  perfumiM  in  packets  at  $i)  per 
doz  Salmon  King,  .$6  per  1000  seeds,  $12.50  per  oz.  Sunset  (bright  orange  salmon)  $12.50 
per  1000  seeds  $30  per  oz.  Victoria,  in  packets.  $5  per  doz.,  $10  per  KMK)  seeds.  A  ulcan 
(deepest  red  blood  red  Cyclamen)  $4  per  1000  .seeds,  $10  per  oz.  Wliite  Swan  or  CliarminK 
Bride   (giant  white)    .1^4  per  1000  seeds,  $10  per  oz.     Cyclamen  .Seed  of  the  various  colors 

,    j^jj..^,P^.^'J|j"|g  j^;.  „,.owing  on  can  be  shipped  .\ngust  onwards  at  $15  per  100. 
STRFPTOr  VKPl'S    SFFI>   of  the  tinest    strain,  $10   per    ounce,  .SJ..W  per   wholesale   packet. 

STUART  LOW  CO.,  BUSH  HILL  PARK.  MIDDLESEX,  ENG 


ship  and  disgrace  on  your  fellow- 
craftsmen.  Besides,  regulation  in  our 
business  will  mean  very  serious  cur- 
tailment in  production,  and  this  may 
bring  a'  condition  that  may  be  frought 
with  serious  conse(juences  to  our 
country. 
Permanent   War  Service  Committee. 

I  now,  after  most  serious  considera- 
tion, recommend  that  the  War  Service 
Committee  be  made  a  permanent  com- 
mittee during  the  continuance  of  the 
war,  and  the  personnel  of  the  commit- 
tee be  requested  to  remain  as  it  is 
during  the  same  period.  I  trust  for 
the  good  of  the  Association  that  this 
recommendation  will  prevail. 

Need  for  Additional  Farm  Labor. 

I  recommend  that  the  Committee  on 
Oriental  Farm  Labor  get  extremely 
busy.  It  is  our  opinion  that,  with  the 
existing  condition  as  to  labor,  unless 
we  are  able  to  get  more  farm  labor 
within  the  next  seven  months  our 
country  is  going  to  suffer  very  serious- 
ly from  shortage  of  feed,  because  we 
have  not  enough  labor  to  plant  and 
harvest  the  crops  already  planted  or 
in  prospect  of  planting.  Un(Jer  no  con- 
ditions must  we  in  any  way  withhold 
the  supply  of  men  for  the  war;  this 
war  must  be  won  and  our  individual 
interests  must  be  subservient  to  the 
interests  of  our  country.  We  should 
have  at  least  five  hundred  thousand 
Chinese  imported  at  the  earliest  pos- 
sible moment  into  this  country  as  farm 
laborers. 

Our  Association  has  put  itself  on  a 
very  high  plane  regarding  Govern- 
ment charges.  I  do  trust  that  that 
standard  will  be  kept  to  the  very  top 
notch  until  there  shall  be  no  cause  to 
come  before  your  committee.  I  want 
the  Association  to  be  placed  in  the 
attitude  of  condemning  anything  that 
may  be  disloyal  to  the  flag,  dishonor- 
able to  our  customers  or  disgraceful 
to  our  Association,  and  that  any  man 
who  is  guilty  of  any  or  all  of  these 
things,  be  made  to  feel  that  he  is  cer- 
tain to  receive  all  the  punishment  he 
so  justly  merits,  both  from  his  Govern- 
ment and  his  associates  in  business. 

Turning  aside,  we  have  found  that 
we  have  had  to  economize  most  rigid- 
ly, being  forced  to  incur  expenses  that 
may  seem  large  even  then.  I  recom- 
mend that  the  gentlemen  who  have 
so  nobly  come  to  Washington  and  bore 


their  own  expenses, Tje  reimbursed;  and 
that  the  expenses  which  have  been  in- 
curred by  your  officers  be  audited  by  a 
special  committee,  and  if  found  expe- 
dient and  correct  that  they  also  be 
paid,  and  that  a  change  of  the  consti- 
tution regarding  dues  be  made  so  that 
the  incoming  officers  may  have  suffi- 
cient funds  to  meet  the  necessary  ex- 
penses. 

The   Bulletin. 

The  Bulletin  should  by  all  means  be 
continued,  the  information  contained 
should  be  up-to-date,  and  the  crop  re- 
ports to  be  of  value  should  be  of  most 
recent  date  previous  to  each  publica-  . 
tion.  This  can  only  be  accomplished 
with  the  assistance  of  each  member. 

Remember,  I  am  advising,  asking 
and  I  may  say,  commanding  loyalty; 
and  if  any  one  withholds  valuable  in- 
formation at  this  time  from  the  Bul- 
letin, he  is  coming  very  close  to  being 
disloyal  to  his  flag.  As  to  the  pay  of 
the  employes  of  the  Association,  I  con- 
sider that  this  is  a  matter  for  the 
15xecutive  Committee  and  should  be 
handled  as  they  think  best. 

When  I  accepted  the  Presidency  T 
said  that  we  had  just  ended  a  year 
when  the  success  of  the  seed  business 
was  phenomenal;  I  now  say  that  we 
Iiave  just  ended  a  year  when  the  cares 
and  trials  of  the  seedsmen  are  beyond 
those  of  all  other  years.  We  have 
been  led  by  a  kind  Providence,  assist- 
ed by  the  most  able  committees  that 
any  association  ever  had  to  assist  in 
keeping  away  from  serious  mistakes 
and  to  gain  the  confidence  of  those 
in  authority.  There  is  only  one  way 
to  continue  this,  and  that  is  by  being 
absolutely  honest  and  honorable.  I 
wish  to  thank  you  all  for  your  loyat 
assistance  and  patience. 


SECRETARY'S    REPORT. 

Total  membership  last  year 190 

Accessions,  29,  los.ses  4,  net  gain 25 

Total   present   membership 221 

TREASURER'S  REPORT. 

Balance  on  hand  last  year $1,527.14 

Initiation   tees    .'i.'iO.OO 

Dues  and  assessments 4,540.00 

Special  advances  800.00 

Interest  fund    91.54 

$7,50a68 
Disbursements. 

Total    $5,280.87 

Balance  on    band 2,227.81 

$7,508.68 


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.Imih' 


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SEED  TRADE 


AMBKICAN  SEED  TKaDK  ASSOCIATION 

W..lM..»l..n.  I.    <..   K.r.l   ^'7-'":^"- 

»lr».|rr.Ulri.l.  I>«>l.l  lIurlM..  IhlbMl.*- 
phlB.  r».;  l.rrrrl«r) -Trt«.urcr,  C.  B. 
Krm'lrl,    llr>rl«Dil.   O. 


The  Seedsman  Exonerated. 
Page  544.  June  Ist  Ili.itTicuLTUBE, 
Id  Philadelphia  notes:  "If  a  man 
sows  liftv  feel  of  a  row  with  carrot 
seed  and  only  six  leet  comes  up, 
whafs  the  answer?"  Here  11  is:  I 
sowed  two  rows  200  feet  long  of  car- 
rots and  none  come  ui).  and  in  two 
rows  mangel  beets,  one  came  up  and 
the  other  didn't !  I  forgot  the  inwar^U 
of  the  seed  drill  and  threw  it  out  of 
gear  when  1  dldnt  sow  the  seed  and 
threw  It  in  when  it  did  sow!  We  old 
fogies  do  all  kinds  of  tool  things  and 
blame  the  seedsman;  e.  g..  sow  pars- 
ley and  parsnip  an  inch  deep;  plant 
eladioli  two  to  three  inches  deep;  cut 
off  all  the  leaves  with  the  stems  low 
down  to  have  nice  long  stems  of  gladi- 
oli and  then  wonder  why  we  don  I 
get  hulbs  for  next  years  plantmg,  or 
what  do  survive  are  all  red  ones  and 
we  think  they  have  all  turned  red, 
etc.!  E.  M. 

Beans. 
The  farmers  of  the  country  did 
their  duty  last  year  and  brought  out 
a  larger  crop  of  beans  than  ever  be- 
fore According  to  the  fgures  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  the  last 
crop  of  beans  was  about  15,000,000 
bushels,  an  increase  of  5,000,000 
bushels  over  the  normal  crop.  Con- 
sidering the  extraordinary  demand 
for  beans  by  the  Army  and  Navy, 
this  crop  was  not  too  large,  and  only 
unusual  circumstances  explain  the 
fact  that  any  beans  are  left  over. 
Boston  baked  beans  have  taken  the 
place  of  meat  in  certain  meals  for  a 
large  section  of  the  country  for  many 
years.  Thev  have  become  an  institu- 
tion. Bean'  loaf  skillfully  made  can 
hardly  be  told  from  meat  loaf,  and 
there"  Is  little  difference  In  nutritive 
value. 


henil  for  our  M  liol^wnl^ 
KInrlil  ralBlocuc  Now 
Urmttj. 


BEGONIAS 

Single  Itmgcd  Salmon.  Deep  Rose.  Scarlet, 
Crimson.  White.  Yellow,  Or.ingc,  Copper- 
Bronze.  Mixed:  loo,  $7.00:  1000,  S65.00. 
Single-Flowering — Delicitc  Pink,  Deep  Rose, 
Scarlet,  Crimson.  White,  Yellow,  Orange, 
Salmon.     Mi.\ed:  100,  $4.75;  1000,  $43.00. 

FOTTLER,  FISKE.  RAWSON  CO. 

The    Sr«>il    Mtirr  1:!    and    13    I  niinill    Hull    Sq.,    Itottun 


"Seeds  with  a  Lineage"     All  Varieties 

Thoroughly    tested    at    our   trial    grounds,   Raynes 

Park,  London,  England.     Send  for  Catalogue 

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SAVE  FERTILIZER  BAGS. 

Twenty-one  million  yards  of  burlap 
valued  at  $4,000,000  could  be  saved  an- 
nually if  all  fertilizers  were  shipped  in 
200-pound  bags.  Burlap  is  now  grow- 
ing scarce  because  of  its  increased  use 
in  trench  warfare  and  food  shipments 
and  because  of  reduced  importations. 
Pointing  out  that  the  burlap  situation 
is  steadily  getting  worse,  the  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture  sug- 
Eests  that  fertilizers  be  shipped  in 
200-pound  bags. 

Not  only  are  burlap  bags  scarce,  but 
the  jute  from  which  they  are  made  Is 
imported  from  India,  and  the  shortage 
of  ships  has  materially  interfered  with 
the  supply.  The  necessity  of  furnish- 
ing the  Army  with  bags  for  trench  use 
•will  further  deplete  the  available  sup- 
ply. A  severe  shortage  of  burlap 
would  seriously  handicap  the  move- 
ment of  fertilizers  to  the  farm,  since 
the  need  for  food  containers  would 
receive  first  consideration.  It  Is,  there- 


WEEBER  &  DON 

SEEDS 

114    CHAMBERS    ST. 
NEW    YORK 


J.  BOLGIANO  &  SON 

Careful  Seed  Growers  and  Seed  Dutribu- 
tor»  for  One  Hundred  Years 

WRITE  FOR  OUR  1918  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE 

To    Marki-I   (iardenrr.  anil    Florl.ta 

Pratt  and  Light  Sts..  BALTIMORE.  MP 


We  Make  a  Specialty  in 
GRASS  MIXTURES 

Kor 

Tlie  Liiwn.  Sti.Tcly  Spots  or  Under 
Trees,  tlie  South,  llie  Senchore.  the 
Terrace  iirwl  Iteslnrliig  Old  Lanni, 
I'ulo  Goruncls.  Tennis  Courts.  Put- 
ting Greens.  Fair  Ureena,  Meaduwi 
and  I^aslureH. 
All    of    the    KiniBt    Recleaned    ,Seeda. 

J.  M.  THORBURN  &  CO. 

K>lal>ll-lie(l    1S02. 
53   Barclay   Street,      NEW   YORK 


GARDEN  SEED 

ItKET.  CARKOT.  PARS.VTP,  RAIUSH  aad 
GARDEN  PICA  SEED  In  variety:  also  othar 
Items  of  tlie  short  rrop  of  this  past  aeaaoB, 
ns  well  aa  a  full  Una  of  Garden  8eeda,  will 
be  quoted   you   upon   appMratloo   to 

S.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS 

82  DerSt-.N- V  V  IRiC  inH  OUANCE.CONN 


fore,  considered  necessary  that  the 
use  of  burlap  for  carrying  fertilizers 
should  be  cut  to  the  greatest  possible 
extent.  Knowing  these  facts,  every 
patriotic  farmer  will  gladly  co-operate 
by  handling  the  larger  bags. 

Another  way  in  which  farmers  can 
help  save  buriap  is  by  marketing  any 
second-hand  bags  they  may  have  on 
hand.  Dealers  are  offering  from  fi  to 
15  cents  each  for  these  second-hand 
bags,  depending  upon  size  and  con- 
dition. Why  not  sell  any  spare  burlap 
bags  now  while  the  need  Is  so  great. 


A  new  strain  of  asparagus  that  is 
larger,  more  uniform  and  more  pro- 
ductive than  the  old  varieties  and  in 
addition  is  highly  disease  resistant 
has  been  developed  through  ten  years 
of  work  by  .1.  B.  Norton,  a  plant 
breeder  In  the  Bureau  of  Plant  Indus- 
try, who  introduced,  tested  and  hy- 
bridized asparagus  from  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Introduction  of  the  new- 
strain  is  expected  eventually  to  stamp 
out  the  "rust,"  a  destructive  disease 
that  swept  over  the  country  a  few 
years  ago.  Commercial  quantities  of 
the  new  type  recently  sold  In  Wash- 
ington. D.  C.  for  more  than  double 
the  price  of  other  asparagus. 


The  note  from  an  American  trade 
paper  In  last  week's  H.  T.  J.  seems  to 
indicate  that  our  American  friends  are 
moving  in  the  direction  of  licensing 
seedsmen.  We  could  very  well  do 
with  a  proper  system  of  licensing  the 
trade  In  this  country,  for  as  a  friend 
puts  It  to  me  in  a  letter  last  week: 
"It  is  about  time  we  got  rid  of  the 
ironmonger-seedsmen,  or  the  fishmon- 
ger-seedsmen, and  this  would  be  one 
of  the  advantages  of  licenses." 

Yes.  undoubtedly,  it  should  be  so, 
but  it  is  necessary  that  a  qualification 
for  obtaining  a  license  shall  be  satis- 
factory evidence  of  a  knowledge  and 
bona  fide  connection  with  the  seed 
trade.  It  is  impracticable,  at  present 
anyway,  that  the  applicant  for  a 
license  shall  produce  a  certificate  or  a 
diploma  on  the  lines  required  of  the 
chemist  and  druggist,  but  a  man  who 
wants  to  trade  as  a  seedsman  should, 
at  least,  be  able  to  show  that  he  has 
had  training  in  the  business. — Horfi- 
cuUural  Trade  Journal  (Eng.). 

She  also  serves  who  stoops  and 
weeds. 


June  22,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


609 


MICHELL'S 

NEW  CROP 

PANSY  SEED 

Michell's  Giant  Exhibition  Mixed 

A  giant  strain  wliicb  for  size  of  i)loom, 
heavy  texture  and  varied  colors  and 
shades  cannot  be  surpassed.  Half  tr. 
pkt..  30c.;  tr.  pkt.,  50c.;  %  oz.,  $1.25; 
$2.00  per  %  oz. ;  per  oz.,  $7.00. 

GIANT  SORTS  IN  SEPARATE  COLORS 

Tr.  pkt.     Oz. 

Azure  Blue   $0.40     $2.75 

Black   Blue    10       2.75 

Emperor    William,   blue 40       2.75 

Hortensia    Bed    40       2.75 

King  uf  the   Blacks 40       2.75 

Lord       Beaconsfleld,       purple 

violet    40      2.75 

Peacock,      blue,      claret     and 

white    40 

Snow  Queen,  pure  white 40 

Striped   and   Mottled 40 

White  H  ith  Eye 40 

Pure   Yellow    40 

Yellow    with   E.vc 40 


2.75 
2.7.'-. 
2  75 
2^75 
2.75 
2.75 


IlK.VlXil.VKTERS    FOR 

ASPAR\GUS  PLUMOSUS  NANUS 

l.oousceiN.  .s:j.5o      in.omi  Sffdfs.  sito  (Kt 

5j:)K»  fSeed-i,    l."».5»       *^5.00U  Setilf,      7'i.50 


Also    all    other    seasonable    Seeds,   Bulbs 

and   Supplies. 

Send   for  Wholesale  Price  ll.ist. 

MICHELL'S    SEED    HOUSE 

518   Market  St.,  Philadelphia 


Lilium  Candidum 
Amaryllis,  Callas 
Cold  Storage  Lilies 

Write  us  for  price 

AME^I&AN    BULB    GO. 

110  \r.  WBbuh  At*.  CHICAGO,  LLXu 


IM   WMt   Z8tb   St.,  NEW   YORK 
CHOICE   FLOKIKTS*   FLOWER   8KED8 

Asparacna  Plomosaa  Nanas — 1000  »««ds, 
ft.M;  6000  SMds,  (IS.OO. 

AftpMrACa*  Hpr«ni:eri — 1000  B»eds,  $1.00. 

•alTls  Bondrf— 14  o<;,  SOc.;  1  ec,  n.OO. 

Salvia  Zurich — hi  oz.,  7Se.;  1  w.,  M.OO. 

•to«k>  Brmatj  at  Nice,  76%  Double  rlowMra 
— Hbell  Pink.  Bricbt  Pink,  Purple,  Wblte 
— Tr.  Pkt.,  tl.OO:  '^  o*..  C2.00:  I  ox.,  fS.OO. 

•aapdrayoB,  Petonlao,  Verbenas,  etc. 
SRND    rOR    CATALOGUE. 

Burpee's  Seeds 

PHILADELPHIA. 


BLUE     LIHT     OF     WHOLESALE     PRICE* 

MAILED   ONLY   TO  THOSE   WHO  PLANT 

FOR    PROFIT 

LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

T/9     (."WO  per  case) $60.00  per  thousand 

8/10  (2-J6  per  cue) 80.00     " 

•/lO  (200  per  cmie) 100.00     " 

Complete  LUt  of  Florlete'  Cboloe  8oo4s. 

A   postal  card    will   brins   our   catalorao. 

S.  S.  SKIDELSKY  &  CO. 

lOM  LlBCaln  Bld(.,     PHIlADKLfHIA.  FA. 


MUm    writing  to  adomrtiimn    kiniUt 
mmMtion  HORTICULTURE. 


We  have  just  received 

ANOTHER  THOUSAND  TONS 

Off  Our  Celebrated 

South  American  Sheep 
and  Goat  Manure 


This  is  unexcelled  for  top  dressing  any  crop  or  mixing  with 
the  soil,  or  for  use  in  solution.  1  here  is  no  safer  or  surer  ma- 
terial to  be  had. 

Write  for  prices  and  receive  a  supply  while  it  lasts.     It 
is  difficult  to  obtain. 

SANDERSON  FERTILIZER  AND  CHEMICAL  CO. 

Subsidiary  of  the  American  Agricoltaral  Chemical  Co. 

NEW  HAVEN,  CONNECTICUT 


3ee:ds    /vimd 

30-32   BARCLAY  STREET 


NEW  YORK 


L-EIOIMARD'S      SEEDS 

and     SEEID     SEIRVICi^ 

FOR     SALE    BY 

LEONARD  SEED  COMPANY,  Chicago,  III. 


BURNETT  BROTHERS 

Importer*  and  Urowor*  at 

SEEDS,  BULBS,  PLANTS,  &c. 

98  Chanbirs  Stfiit  Niw  tort 

THOMAS  jTgREY  COMPANY 

SEEDS,     BULBS     AND     IMPLEMENTS 
WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL. 

Re.elected  Strain.  In  Soed.. 

Improved   .tyle.  In   ImplemvDta. 

Cataloirne    upon  applloatloa. 

16  So.  Market  Street 
BOS-r^lM,  IVIA.SS- 


KELWAY  S  SON 

SPECIAUZE  IN 

SEEDS 

(personally  selected  strains) 

WHOLESALE  ONLY 

Write   for    Special    Price*,    Spot   or 

Forward 

Only  Addresi,  LANGPORT,  Eng. 


LILIUM  GIGANTEUM 

Netu    Crop   Now   On    Hand 

For     Immoillate     or     future      delivery 
price,    quoted    on    application. 
JOSEPH   BRECK   A  SONS'  CORP 

«1-M  Nartll  Markot  St.,  Ba.taa,  Maaa. 


W.  E.  MARSHALL  &  CO. 

SEEDS,  PLANTS  AND  BULBS 
Horticultural  Sundries 

tern  w.  2ard  St..   new  youk 


010 


HORTICULTURE 


June  22.  1918 


ALEX.   McCONNELL 


rj  I 


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part  of  tlir  I  nllril  Ma(r«,  ('nni»4l»,  and 
FurvlKn  t'uuntrtf.*.  Ordrm  from  lh» 
tradr  for  drllvrrj  In  Nrw  1  ork  and  t1- 
Alnlty    rt^ri\r   aprrlAl  kllrDtlon. 

Cost  of  i'abhntj  t'orti'jn  Deliv- 
eriet  iluti  be  Prepaid,  licference 
or  ctuh  mu3t  accompany  all  orders 
tram  unknotcn  correspondents. 

Cttl.If  Addrr»«.  Al  rXfONNn.I,. 


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tr.insferred  by  telegram  or  otherwise 
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here  given  will  be  promptly  and  prop- 
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ChiniBn— Wllllniii     .7.     Sinylli,     Michigan 
.\vc.  and  .'(Ist  St. 

Cleveland,  O.— .1.  M.  GasKer  Co.,  KucUd 
Ave. 

riovclanil.  O.— Aduiii  Graliaiu  &  Sons, 
•Vi'J.'t   Kurllfl   Ave. 

Cleveland,  O.— Knolile  Bros..  ISfO  W.  '-'Stli 
SU 

Cleveland.  O.— Tile  Snillli  &  Fetters  Co.. 
7;r>  ICuclId  Ave. 

Denver,  Col.— Park  Flural  Co.,  104:! 
r.roa^lway. 

Detroit.  Mlcli.  .T.  Breltrneyer's  Sons, 
corner  Brodway  and  Gratiot  Ave. 

Kail  Uiver,  Mass.  — Warburton.  40.')  New 
Boston  ltd,  anil  30  N,  Main  St. 

Houston.  Tex.— Kerr,  The  Florist. 

Kansas  City.  Mo.— Samuel  Mtirray,  1017 
Grand  Ave. 

New  Haven.  Conn.— J.  N.  Champion  & 
Co.,   lOliil  Chapel  St. 

New  York— David  Clarke's  Sons,  2139- 
2141    Broadway. 

New   York— Alex.  McConnell,  611  6th  Ave. 

.New   York— Y'oung  &  Nugent.  42  W.  28th. 

New  York— A.  T.  Bunyard,  413  Madison 
Ave.,  at  4Nth  St. 

New  York — Dards,  N.  E.  corner  44th  St. 
and    Madison  Ave. 

New  York— G.  E.  M.  Stumpp,  701  Fifth 
Ave. 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  year  serrlce  to  deliver  Flowers 
or  DeslyDB  on  Order  by  Telo- 
rraph  or  otherwUe.  Prompt 
Reliable  Serrlce. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

ConnectlCDt  Ave.  and  I>  8t. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


EMnlillHhed   1874 

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SU    ^ladlson  Ave.,  New   York 

HELP  do  YOUR  BIT  To-day 

By  SELLING  THRIFT  and 
WAR  SAVING  STAMPS. 

STAND  behind  THE  FOOD 
CONSERVATION   LAWS. 

Display  prominently  PATRI- 
OTIC   POSTERS. 

DO  IT  NOW 


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=— =SONS=^ 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  Avaa. 
DETROIT,   MICH. 

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High  Grade  Cut  Blooms 

We  rover    all    MIrhlrmo    polaie  •m4    (eotf 

■e«tleBi    of    Ohio.     lodlKiio    aatf    Caaa^a 

Mombort      Florlati'     Telpsrapb      I>o1Itst7 

AsaorlalloD. 


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Befereneeo. 

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Mombero   of   the    Ftorlate' 
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HORTICULTURE 


611 


CHICAGO 


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Service 


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nCfff    lUnlV  Vanderbllt  Hotel 

DnCTIlil   1  Pork  Street 
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Bilinriss  ti  Stiwin  ind  ill  Eistini  PoiiU 


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and  State  of  Ohio 

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New  York — Max  Schlinp.  785  Fifth  Ave. 

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Dorrance   St. 

Kochester,  N.  Y.  -J.  B.  Keller  Sons,  25 
Clinton  Ave.  N. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.— Fred  C.  Weber,  4326-28 
Olive  St. 

St.   Paul.   Minn. — Holm  &   Olson,  Inc. 

Tarr.vtown-on-Hudson,  N.  Y. — F.  R.  Pier- 
son  Co. 

Toronto,  Can.— J.  H.  Duulop,  S-10  West 
Adelaide  St. 

Washington.  D.  C— Gudo  Bros..  1214  F 
St. 

Washington.  D.  C— George  H.  Cooke, 
Connecticut  Ave.  and  L  St. 

Worcester.  Mass. — Randall's  Flower  Shop. 
22  Pearl  St. 


..Ocean  Grove,  N.  J. — The  Seashore 
Florists'  Association  of  Monmouth 
county  met  at  the  home  of  Dean 
Thompson.  172  Lawrence  avenue,  June 
6.  Business  matters  were  transacted, 
after  which  the  flower  men  enjoyed  re- 
freshments. This  is  a  new  organiza- 
tion, and  has  already  proved  valuable. 
There  are  15  members  so  far, 
representing  Freehold,  Long  Branch, 
Elberon  and  south  to  Sea  Girt  and 
Manasquan. 


F.  R.  PIERSON  CO. 

FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON,    -    N.Y. 


SEND   ORDERS 

FOR     BOSTON 

AND    NEIGHBOBHOOD 

To  JULIUS  A.  ZINN 

4   PABK    STREET,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVER,  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
in     FALL     BIVEB    and     contlgnons 
territory. 


H.  F.  A.  LANGE 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to    all    points    In    New    England. 
125,000   Square  Feet  of  01a». 

Member  Florista'  Telegraph  Delivery 

ABBOClatloD. 

YALE !    YALE ! 

And   All   New  Haven    Neighborhood 

FLOWER  AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 
Everything  First-CIass 

J.  N.  CHAMPION  &  CO. 

I  1026  Chapel  St  ,  New  Hnven.  Coon. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

FRED  C.  WEBER 

4326-28  Olive  St. 

titmlur  Florists   Telegraph  Delivery  AiscciatUn 
HO  TICS  INITIA  LS.     We  have  one  start  only 

THE  I.  M.  GASSER  COMPANY, 

CLHELANB 

Euclid  Avenue 

The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telegraph    order    (•• 
any  occasion.  In  any  part  of  the  Domlnlom. 

JOHN   H.  DUNLOP 

«-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TOBONTO,  ONT. 


ALSAirr.  N.  T. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DBLJTEBEn>  IN  ALBANY  AND  VICINITI 
ON    TELEOBAFHIO    OBDBB 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largest  cut  flower  store  In  America. 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  ^ 
Northwestern  points  fflven  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,   incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


^*  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,  President. 

E.  P.  N  El  MAN,  Secretary. 

Member    FlorUts'    Telegraph    D«llT«r7. 

DEMVER.  COLORADO 


KERR 


0£DER8F0KnXiI 

HOUfiTON, 


<>l-i 


llOirr  ICULTUHE 


Juno  22,  1918 


SPHAGNUM    MOSS 

5    Barrel    Bale      ...     -      $2.50 
6   for    $13.50 

Buy  your  Moss  now.     Vou  will  pay  a  trroat  iIimI 
more  for  it  in  the  fall. 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  CO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Streets 
PHILADELPHIA.  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

HR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll    Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619  ■  21    Ruitead  Si  ,    Philidelpki*.    P«. 

CHOICE  BEAUTlEi,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
ad  all  Siasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowirs 

CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale   Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,    etc. 

5  So.  Mole  St.,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.  HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.G.HILLCO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

MIOIHIVIOND,      IIMD. 

^■••M  BCBtloB  HorlteoUnn  when  writlns. 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,   Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

ConslCBinenU  Solicited 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST.      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Hoate  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

jgp-We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


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CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 

EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

PHILADELPHIA,     PA. 

3 

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IF   You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry   M.   Robinson   &   Co. 

For  Safety   Place    Your    Orders    Hith    La 

IHEIMF9Y     IVI.     F^OBIIMSOIM     A     CO. 

2    ^inthrop  Squira  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS 


TRADE  PRICES  -  P«r  100 

TO  DEALERS  ONL> 


Rose* 

Am,  Beauty,  Speaal 

"  "         FaDcy  and  Extra 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls 

Russell,  Enter,  Mock 

Hadlcy 

Areoberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Taft 

t )phclia.  Sunburst,  HillingdoD 

C&rnatioiu 

Cattlejraa    

Lilies,  LonKinorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum    

Iris     

Calla* 

Uly  of  the  Vallar 

Snapdraffoa 

Gladioli 

Panses- 

Peonies 

Calendula 

Stocks. 

MiKnonette 

Sweet    Peai 

Mareuerites 

Gardeaias   

Adiantum 

Smilax-    

AspArasu  Phunonu.  &  Sprea.  (loo  Bchs.) . 


BOSTON 

June  20 


ST.  LOUIS 

June  «7 


PHILA. 
June  10 


35.00 
15.00 
7.00 
3.00 
3.00 
2. 03 
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50. CO 

William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


ris-ts 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.ft.BUDL©NG 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 
ROSES,  VALLEY  and  WHOLESALE 

^^""V'SSe'clalty  GROW"  "' 


CUT  FLOWERS 


ROBERT  DYSART 

CERTIFIED  PUBUC  ACCOU^rTANT 


moMtmltw    adsv*^    far    ■•rtata'    sm. 
BOOKS      BAl.AllOBI>     AJTB      AlUVBTMB 

m  STATE  ST •0«TOH 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Go. 

M1-tS7    Cambridi*   flt.,  Bait«B 

Headquarter!  for 

0T0A8,     BASKETS,     WISE     DKaiOMS 

aad    WAX    FTX>WERS 

8«Dd  (or  price  Mat  If  7on  bar*  sat  r*- 
celTad  an*. 


June  22,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


613 


Flower  Maiioet  Reports 

The  condition  In  the 
BOSTON  market  shows  a  vast  Im- 
provement over  the  last 
two  weeks  and  prices  hold  well  on 
nearly  every  variety  of  stock  with  the 
exception  of  both  carnations  and 
peonies.  Carnations  bring  but  a  fair 
return  while  many  that  are  shipped 
can  not  be  disposed  of  at  any  price. 
Roses  are  of  excellent  quality  and  in 
good  demand.  Lily  of  the  valley  is 
scarce.  The  cold  weather  of  the  past 
few  days  has  afforded  an  ojjportunity 
for  a  general  clean  up. 

Trade    at    this    time    is 
CHICAGO     mainly     dependant     for 
its  local   sales   upon  the 
call   for   funeral    flowers.     In    spite   of 
the   general    tendency   to    restrict    the 
use   of   flowers   during   the   war   there 
has  been  little  change  in  this  part  of 
the  trade,  a  tendency  to  avoid  expen- 
sive   pieces    being    the    most    marked. 
The    second    week    in    June    was    not 
noted  for  the  amount  of  business  done 
but   there   was   not   the   disheartening 
dullness   that   many    feared,    with   the 
ban     on     commencement     flowers     In 
colleges.      Wedding     decorations     are 
missed   by  the  florists  and  totals  will_ 
be  materially  lessened  by  the  lack  of 
them.-    Beauties   are  the  only   flowers 
in   short   supply,   and   the  best   grades 
are     bringing     winter     prices.      Some 
very   good   carnations   are   to   be   had. 
The  poor  ones  that  are  always  seen  in 
the  summer  are  avoided  by  the  buyer 
who  knows  a  good  flower  from  a  poor 
one,  and  find  their  way  to  the  special 
sales  counters  and  are  sold  as  low  as 
a  nickel  a  bunch.     The  same  may  be 
said  of  roses  and   often   the  customer 
was  cheated  at  that  price.     It  seems  a 
pity    that    such    stuff    is    not    thrown 
away  instead  of  being  sold  at  all. 

For  the  past 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.  week  business 
has  been  very 
brisk  with  graduations  and  weddings 
and  plenty  of  funeral  work.  Roses  are 
rather  scarce  and  the  quality  not  very 
good.  Sweet  peas  are  scarce  and  poor. 
Carnations  are  poorer  every  day  and 
the  price  is  away  down.  Harrisii  lilies 
are  very  plentiful  and  good.  Daisies. 
Spanish  iris,  delphinium,  gaillardia, 
coreopsis,  etc.,  are  in  great  demand. 
Asparagus  and  hardy  ferns  are  very 
scarce.. 

Complete  summer  dull- 
ST.  LOUIS  ness  prevails.  Carna- 
tions and  roses  are 
becoming  poorer  daily.  Outdoor  sweet 
peas  are  plentiful,  but  the  short 
stemmed  ones  are  consigned  to  the 
dump  heap.  Shasta  daisies  are  quite 
plentiful. 


Mississippi  has  enacted  a  law  au- 
thorizing the  establishment  and  main- 
tenance of  municipal  wood  and  coal 
yards  during  the  period  of  the  pres- 
ent war  and  for  one  year  tliereafter, 
as  a  means  of  meeting  the  fuel  short- 
age. This  is  said  to  be  the  first  legis- 
lation of  the  kind  by  any  state.  Muni- 
cipalities taking  advantage  of  this 
law  may  provide  the  necessary  ma- 
chinery, transport,  sell  and  deliver 
fuel,  and  are  authorized  to  use  for 
this  purpose  general  municipal  funds, 
and  also,  with  certain  restrictions,  to 
borrow  money  if  necessary. 


DELPHINIUM 


In  light  and  dark  blues  (Bella- 
donna the  light)  wonderfully 
choice  stock,  medium  and  long 
stems,  in  any  quantity,  ■ 

$4  and  $6  per  100 

RAMBLER  SPRAYS 

$5.00  to  $20.00  per  100  Spray* 

Everything  in  Plants,    Cat   Flowers, 

Greens,   Ribbons  and 

Supplies 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


The  ""SiSlJo.  Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1 1 7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA                             BALTIMORE 
1  eOS-l  620  Ludlow  St.           Franklin  &  St.  Paul  St.. 
WASHINGTON.  121SH.  St.,  N.W.  


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  - 


TRADE 


PRICES  — Per  100         _  .„„  ^ 
TO  DEALERS  ONLTT 


Rosea 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"  "        Fancy  and  Kxtra 

"  "         No.  I  and  culls.' < 

Russell,  Euler,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arcnberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

V/zxd 

Killarney,  Radiance,  Talt 

Oplielia.  Sunbuist,  Hillingdon 

Camatioiu 

Cattleyu-  ■  • 

Lilies,  Longifloruni 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Iris 

Callas 

Uly  of  the  Valley 

Snapdrason 

Gladioli 

Pansies 

Peonies 

Calendula 

Stocks- 

Mignonette 

Sweet  Peas 

Marguerites 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax ■■•   ■'•■■. 

AsparasusPla.&Spren.  (looBhs.) 


THREE  NEW   NATIONAL  FORESTS. 

President  Wilson  has  issued  a  proc- 
lamation establishing  three  new  Na- 
tional Forests  in  the  East — the  White 
.Mountains  in  Maine  and  New  Hamp- 
shire, the  Shenandoah  in  Virginia  and 
West  Virginia,  and  the  Natural  Bridge 
in  Virginia.  Each  forest  represents 
the  final  step  in  carying  out  the  law 
passed  by  Congress  in  1911  providing 
for  the  purchase  by  the  Government 
of  forest  lands  on  the  waterslieds  of 
navigable  streams.  Additional  lands 
which  have  been  purchased  in  the 
White  Mountains  and  Southern  Ap- 
palachians will  be  procaimed  National 
Forests  as  their  accumulation  readies 
a  point  justifying  the  step. 


Plalnfield,  N.  J.— One  of  the  heavi- 
est hail  storms  of  late  years  visited 
Plainfield,  Wednesday  afternoon,  June 
12  and  did  much  damage,  particularly 
in  the  east  and  north  ends.  Many  gar- 
dens were  practically  destroyed,  the 
growing  crops  being  cut  down.  The 
ground  was  littered  with  twigs  of 
trees,  and  hail  stones  lay  for  halt  an 
hour  after  the  storm  was  over.  Some 
of  these  stones  that  fell  in  the  north 
end  were  as  big  as  hen's  eggs.  One 
of  John  W.  Pitts'  greenhouses  on 
Leland  avenue  was  ruined,  the  glass 
being  utterly  demolished.  This  house 
is  109  feet  long  by  24  feet  wide.  An- 
other of  Mr.  Pitts'  houses  was  dam- 
aged almost  as  badly.  The  loss  la 
estimated  at  not  less  than  a  thousand 
dollars,  unfortunately  not  insured. 


CH 


HORTICULTURE 


June  22.  1»18 


H.  E.  FROMENT 

Wkel«MJ«     CommiMion    Florut 
Qkmc*  Cut  Flowers 

••«  A«*«M.  141  WaM  M«k  at,   MBW  TOmK 


— WW.  p.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

117  W.  2ltk  Stmt,  NEW  YORK 

I>I^rhonr-    ."►J3,'i,     Karragut 

Call  iDd   lD«pKt   the   Hrtt   EttlbllttamcDt 

In   th»  Wholnalr   riower   niafrlcl 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

IJ  WEST  28tk  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 
Phona  Purmcat  «(M 


FRANK  MILLANG 
CUT    FLOWERS 

ftt  and   67   Weat  26th   St.,   New  York 

Coogan  BalldlDg 

Tal.,  299  Farrasmt        ConslgDmenti  Solicited 

rTeDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST   28tli      ST.   NEW   YORK. 


GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

raosE ;  ^os .  p^RK^«„      NEW  YORK 


THE   KERVAN  CO 

Freah    Cut   Deoorstlve  Ever(re«na. 

Blgbeet  Standard  of  Quality.  Largeat 
Stock  In  America.  Write  for  Illuatrated 
CaUlog  of  Oreenaand  Florlata'  Suppllea. 
119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.  KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'a  Foramoat  and  Beat 

IVHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  Firal  CUaa  Marh.l  t.r  li'  <  UT  FLOWERS 

i8  WiUoushby  St;        Brooklyi.  N.  1 

^M71:.  fowd~ 

121  Wast  28th  St.,       NEW  YORK 

fi  ROSES.  \\m  iiiiRiimis 

*     Full    Line    of    All,    CCT    Fl^OWKBA. 
TelepboB*   tSTO   FanmcKt, 


--v^  WHOLESALE 

^  \  FLORI5T5 


ir^y^y7:^ 


J^  IVesr2S'--ST.  Afcwronx 


ALBANY  CUT  FLOWER  EXCHANGE 

""*;;;""•""    en  Broadway,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 

HAVE  TIMK  AND   MONBT   BT    ■KKDIHO   TOCm  OmDSma  TO  VB    

Price*  Riffht.         Contijrnn>dts  Solicited.         Telephone  Connectioi] 


1 


Centrally  Located,  Ike  Hab  oi  the  Flower  Market 

Section 

o 

MARL-EIS 

IN/IIL-l-i 

flkNO 

\A/Kol»sal« 

florimX. 

S5  and  S7  W.  26th  Straet, 

NEW 

YORK 

T.UpboB*  2483  Farr.aul 

HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 


NA/MOI 


■  7    >A^»s't    ae«i 


TaA«pbo.e..  IS — SftlO  Madlaon  Sqaure  CuDalfB 

MACRICB    L.    OLASa,   Traauara. 


NEW  YORK  QUOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


Lasi  Part  il  Wiik 

ladiii  lune  15 

1911 


Am«icaD  Buuitr.  Special 

"  **         Fancy  and  Extra. 

"  "  No.  t  and  cults.    . 

Ruaaell.  Euler.  Mock 

Hadler 

Arenbera,  Hooaier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamej.  Radiance.  Taf t 

Ophelia,  Sunburat,  Hillinadon 

Key. 


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TRAENOLY  &  SCHENCK 

AVholesale  Florists 

436  6tk  Avenue,  Between  26th  and  27111  Sts ,  New  York 

TelepliuneN:     'O?,   'OS,  799   Farragut 

Consignmeuts  Sulicltcd 


RCED  (Q.  KELLER 

Hi    West    ■.'.'ith    (St.,    New    Viirk 

Florists'    Supplies 

We   nmnnfiirtun-  nil    <Mir 

:|ittl  Disi{DS,  Baskets,  Win  Wirk  &  Noveltiis 

jiiiil    ;ir>-    iN'.iitrs    In 

Decorative  GlaMMuare.  tjrowerti  and 

Florists'   Reanlsltes 


WALTER  F.  SHERIDAN 

Wbolesale  Conunlselon  Dealer  In 

CHOICE  CUT  FLOWERS 

X.VA  Wi>Ht  28th  Street,  New   York 
TPlepiion*'     ^fi^-'    ^r.;i3  MadlHon  Sqaarc 


H.  BAVERSDORFER  &  CO. 
Manufacturers    and     Importers 

1129  Arch  St.,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

TUF,     t.EADINti     FLORISTS"    SUPPLY 
IIOISK    OF    .VMEKICA 


Beechwood  Heights  Nurseries 

Iinport«>r«    anrl    Gro'vrpra    of 

OROMIDS 

C.I    Flewera   of   All    the    Leadinc    Taaiattaa 
In   tbalr   tieaiMMi. 

THOMAS    YOUNG,    Jr.,    Proprlatvr 

BOmD    BBOOK.  N.  i. 


Wired  Toothpicks 


Mf.  J.  COWEE,  Berlin,  NaY. 

10,000.  ..«tOO       M).OOO...S8.75       Sunplo  frM. 
For  MUe  bj  d«Al«rm. 


When  writing  to  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


June  22,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


615 


St.   Louis,   Mo. — C.   L.   Bowers,  Bris- 
tol, Tenn. 


Boston — A.     E.     Kunderd.     Goslien, 
Ind.;  Alex.  Montgomery,  Hadley,  Mass. 


Philadelphia  —  Miss  Matilda  Held. 
Baltimore,  Md.;  H.  A.  Bunyard,  Ni- 
trates Co.,  N.  Y.  City. 


Pittsburgh  —  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  L. 
Thompson,  Rochester,  Pa.;  Mr.  Black- 
shaw,  rep.  Ove-Gnatt  Co.,  Laporte, 
Ind.;  Joseph  H.  Goudy,  rep.  Henry  A. 
Dreer  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Philadelphia — Prank  Fallon,  Roan- 
oke, Va.;  W.  E.  McKissick.  Leo  Nies- 
sen  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md.;  Maurice  Brin- 
ton,  Christiana,  Pa.;  Charles  P.  Gross, 
Washington,  D.  C;  William  J.  Halli- 
day,  Baltimore,  Md.;  Mr.  Scarborough, 
Gude  Bros.  Co.,  Washington.  D.  C. 


Chicago:  C.  B.  Tanner.  Hastings, 
Neb.;  Dr.  Haskett,  of  the  Glass  Acres 
Co.,  Sioux  City,  Iowa:  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
C.  J.- Cherry,  Rocktord,  III.;  George 
Schmal  of  the  Bulbgrowers  Export 
Syndicate,  Wassendaar,  Holland;  Sam 
Seligman.  of  Schloss  Bros..  N.   Y. 


ORDER     YOUR     FERTILIZER     NOW. 

The  U.  S.  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture, is  urging  farmers  to  make  known 
their  fertilizer  needs  for  the  fall 
planting  at  the  earliest  possible  date. 
It  points  out  that  this  will  enable 
dealers  to  combine  their  orders  into 
full  capacity  carload  lots.  This  step  is 
made  necessary  by  the  difficulties  in 
handling  freight  at  this  time.  The 
railway  systems  are  taxed  to  the  ut- 
most to  move  the  tremendous  volume 
of  supplies  for  our  troops.  Many 
growers  who  ordered  their  spring  fer- 
tilizers late  did  not  receive  them  until 
after  planting  time.  Some  failed  to 
get  them  at  all.  The  intelligent  use  of 
fertilizers  is  one  way  by  which  crop 
production  can  be  increased  and  at  the 
same  time  make  the  labor  expended 
produce  more  than  formerly.  There 
was  never  a  time  when  the  use  of  fer- 
tilizers was  so  profitable  as  now  with 
crop  prices  high  and  labor  scarce. 


SPEEDING   UP   WAR  WORK 

A  number  of  the  tool  manufacturers 
are  devoting  a  considerable  portion  of 
their  facilities  to  the  manufacture  of 
tools  needed  by  the  Ignited  States 
Government  to  help  win  the  war. 
.\mong  them  is  the  Smith  &  Hemen- 
way  Co.,  Inc.,  whose  plant  at  Irving- 
ton,  N.  J.,  is  very  largely  given  over 
to  the  making  of  tools  for  Tncle  Sam, 
and  they  have  been  obliged  to  put  up 
a  new  building  which  Is  now  being 
completed.  New  machinery  of  the 
latest  design  is  being  installed,  and 
the  result  will  be  an  increased  output 
and  a  saving  of  time  in  producing  it. 
I^ate  last  year  the  factory  In  Hill,  N. 
H.,  added  a  new  building. 


J.    K. 


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Have  a  demand  for  more  than  I  con  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write. 

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NEW  YORK  QUOTATIONS  PER  100.     To  Dealers  Only 


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WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 


We  have  a  nnmeroai  cUeDtage  of  New  Tork  City  buyers  and  tb* 
acedi  our  sopply.     This  U  eepeeiaUy  true  »t  Bosea.     We  have  every  faelllty  and 
abandant  meana  and  best  retnrna  are  assured  for  stock  conatcned  to  as. 

Addreaa  Tour  Bhipments  t« 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc. 


1 11    W.  28th  St.,    NEW  YORK 


D.  J.  Pappas,  Pre*. 


PRIZE    DESIGN    FOR      F.  T.    D.    EMBLEM. 


The  accompanying  picture  shows  the 
design  that  was  selected  by  the  Flor- 
ists' Telegram  Committee  for  the  new 
emblem  of  the  P.  T.  D.  The  original 
of  this  copy  called  for  colorings  as 
noted.  The  hack  ground  of  the  globe 
of  pale  blue  and  the  earth  of  orange, 
the  wings  black  and  white,  the  tele- 
phone black  and  white,  the  roses  in 
natural  colors,  the  back  ground  of  the 
heavy  lettering  or  the  ribbon  is  light 
yellow,  the  lettering  being  of  dark 
lilue  and  shaded  with  light  blue. 

This  sketch  was  made  by  Herbert 
Read,  220  West  Bethune  Ave.,  Detroit, 
Michigan,  and  was  awarded  the  prize 
of  $200.00.     The  vote  of  the  committee 


was  unanimous  in  selecting  the  design, 
while  we  had  very  many  beautiful  se- 
lections submitted,  this  was  without  a 
doubt  the  most  beautiful. 

The  F.  T.   D.  Committee, 
E.   A.    Fetters,   Geo.   E.   M.   Stumpp, 
F.  G.  W.  Brown,  chairman. 


CHAMELEONS 

Amfriciiii  rimmeli'onK.  small  preon  lUardi* ; 
inttTOHthiR  little  pi'tw;  window  attraction 
iiiul  boikI  HpllerH.  Trial  tirclor  tif  fifty  for 
sl.r»(K      IiiNirurtions    fiiriilHlK'tl. 

W.  C.  Fockelmann 

:U!>    Kn.viil    .St.,    New    Orleans,    La. 


61C 


HORTICULTURE 


June  22.  19I» 


i 

I 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


BOSTON  PEONY  AND  ROSE  SHOW. 
Tho  nnniiul  oxhlliHiun  of  iH-iinles 
and  roses  by  tho  Mass.  Horticultural 
Society,  held  on  Saturday  and  Sun- 
day. June  IS  and  16.  was  a  goorReous 
display  and  drew  a  goodly  attendance 
of  the  public.  There  were  no  cash 
prizes  and  all  receipts  from  admission 
were  donated  to  Boston  Metropolitan 
Chapter  of  the  Red  Cross.  More  than 
2.0OO  peonies  and  many  hundreds  of 
roses  were  sent  In  for  sale  purposes 
each  day,  a  group  of  young  women 
serving  as  sales  girls.  The  outstand- 
ing novelties  in  the  show  were  the 
roses  "George  Ahrends"  and  "Bonnie 
Prince."  and  the  new  hybrid  orchid 
"Rheims."    The  prize  awards  follow. 

List  of  Awards. 

I'eunio*.— ColltsMion  of  20  u  a  mod  varieties, 
double:  1st,  T.  C  Thurlow'g  Sons,  Inc.; 
2d,  .Mrs.  Jaiiii>8  McKlssuck.  10  named  ra- 
rletles.  doul)le:  lut,  T.  C.  Thurlow's  Sodb. 
Ini'.  Specimen  bloom,  double:  Ist,  R.  &  J. 
Farguhar  &  Co.,  Mrs.  liayiird  Thayer;  2d, 
T.  C.  Thurlow's  Sous.  Inc.,  Mme.  Enillc 
LemolDc.  12  nauied  varieties,  single;  Ist, 
T.  C.  Thurlow's  Sons,  Inc.  tl  named  va- 
rieties, double,  white:  Ist.  T.  C.  Thur- 
low's Sons,  Inc.;  2d.  Mrs.  James  McKls- 
sock.  Six.  rose  pink:  1st.  T.  C.  Thur- 
low's Suns.  Inc.  Six,  salmon  pink:  let, 
T.  C.  Thurlow's  Sons,  Inc.  Six,  red  or 
crimson :  Ist,  T.  C.  Thurlow's  Sons.  Inc. 
Vase  of  25  blooms,  double,  white  or  Blush: 
Ist,  T.  C.  Thurlow's  Sons,  Inc.;  2(1.  T.  C. 
Thurlow's  Sons.  Inc.  25  blooms,  pink  or 
rose:  Ist.  T.  C.  Thurlow's  Sons,  Inc.;  2d. 
T.  C.  Thurlow's  Sons.  Inc.  'j5.  red  or  crlm- 
■on :     Ist.  T.   C.   Thurlow's  Sous.  Inc. 

American  Teony  .Society  s  Medal  for  the 
largest  and  best  collection  of  peonies:  T. 
C.  Thurlow's  Sons,  Inc. 

Roses. — Three  blooms  of  white  hybrid 
perpetual:  1st,  John  B.  Wills,  Frau  Karl 
Druschkl;  2d,  A.  L.  Stephen,  Frau  Karl 
Druschkl.  Three,  pink  hybrlil  perpetual: 
Ist,  A.  I..  Stephen,  George  Arends;  2d,  A. 
L.  Stephen,  Mrs.  John  Laing.  Three  blooms 
red  hybrid  perpetual:  1st,  John  B.  Wills. 
Glolre  Chedane  Guinoisseau;  2d,  A.  L. 
Stephen,  Glolre  Chedane  Guinoisseau.  Six 
varieties,  one  bloom  each :  1st.  John  D. 
Wills.  24  varieties,  one  bloom  each :  1st, 
John  B.  Wills.  12  named  varieties,  one 
bloom  each:  1st.  John  B.  Wills;  2d,  Al- 
bert Gelger.  Jr.  Six  vellnw :  Ist.  John  B. 
Wills.  Mrs.  Aaron  Ward  ;  2d.  W.  C.  Winter, 
Katherino  Breslaw.  Six  pink:  1st,  John 
B.  Wills.  Lady  Ashton.  Six  red  :  1st.  John 
It.   Wills.  George   IJlckson. 

Sweet  Williams. — Display.  18  vases,  not 
les.s  tljan  six  varieties:  1st,  A.  L.  Stephen; 
2d.  W.  C.  Winter. 

Silver  Medal :  R.  &  J.  Farquhar  &  Co.. 
display  of  roses  and  peonies;  T.  P.  Thur- 
low's Sons.  Inc..  display  of  peonies;  J.  K. 
Alexander,  display  of  peonies;  Mrs.  C.  G. 
Weld,  display  of  roses;  Henry  Stewart, 
display  of  Oncidlum  flexuosum ;  A.  W. 
Preston,  Laelio-Cattleya  Uheims  Alba 
Rubra  ;  A.   W.  Preston,  Cattle.va  Chami. 

Bronze  Medal:  Blue  Hill  Nurseries,  dis- 
play of  peonies. 

First  Class  Certificate  of  Merit :  Thomas 
N.  Cook,  new  rose  Chlslaine  de  Fellgonde; 
B.  &  J.  Farquhar  &  Co.,  new  peony  Mrs. 
Bayard  Thayer. 

Honorable  Mention:  Boston  Cut  Flower 
Co.,  display  of  flowers  in  baskets  and 
vases:;  Houghton.  Gorney  Co.,  display  of 
flowers  In  liaskets  and  vases;  Scth  A.  Bor- 
den, seedling  lilies,  umbellatum  type. 

Vote  of  Thanks:  Miss  Cornelia  Warren, 
display  of  roses:  Mrs.  Fred  I..  Oaks.  Iris 
sibirica  ;  Henry  R.  Comley,  basket  of  roses; 
R.  M.  Saltonstall.  fuchsias. 

Awards  for  Fruits. — Strawberries. — One 
plate  of  4S  berries  of  any  variety  intro- 
duced since  1914:  Ist,  Louis  Graton,  St. 
Martin.  Single  plate,  any  variety :  1st,  H. 
L.  Crane.  Barrymore;  2d,  W.  C.  Cooper, 
Wm.  Belt.  Best  new  strawberry  of  merit 
not  yet  introduced,  48  berries  :  Louis  Gra- 
ton, silver  medal.  Two  plates  of  Marshall : 
1st,  R.  M.  Saltonstall. 

Vote  of  Thanks:     Hlllcrest   Farm,   white 


Meetings  Next  Week 


Monday,  June  24. 

*        Florists'    and    Gariieners'    Club    of 
Ithodi.    Island.    Swartx    llail.    Provl. 

;    d.n.i-.  It.   1. 

Gardeners'  and  Florists'  Club  of 
Iljilllniore,  I'-lorlslH'  iOxchango  Hall, 
llnltlmure,  .M<l. 

Tuesday,    June    25. 

.Ni'nport  Horticultural  Society, 
Newport.   U.  I. 

'I'arrytown  Horticultural  Society, 
'i'arrylnwn,   N.    V. 

Wednesday,  June  26. 

American  Association  of  Nursery- 
nieii.  Hotel  Sherman,  Chicago,  III., 
June  2(1  to  28. 

Ovster  Bay  Horticultural  Society, 
lijster  Bay,   .N.  Y. 

Friday,  June  28. 

<'unni'cticut  H<)nleultural  Socteiy, 
('i>unty   llidg.,   llartfoni.  Conn. 

.Monmouth  County  llortiiultural 
Soilety.  Red  Bank.  N.  J. 

Pasadena  Horticultural  Society, 
P:isadeiia,  Calif. 

I'eopie's  Park  Cottage  Gardeners' 
I   Association,    I'aterson,   N.  J. 


strawlierri.s;    W.   C.    Winter,   Superb    Kver 
bearing  Strawiierry. 

Awards  for  Vegetables. — Beans,  string,  50 
pods:  1st.  K.  A.  Clark,  Giant  Stringless. 
Beets,  twelve  ;  1st.  K.  A.  Clark.  Crosby's  ;  2d. 
.Mrs.  Henry  I.vman.  Lettuce,  4  heads:  1st, 
Mrs.  Il.-nr.v  Lyman;  2d,  Mrs.  Henry  Lyman. 
Four  lii'ails  of  Cos  or  Uomaine:  Ist.  -Mrs. 
Henry  Lyman.  Little  Gem;  2d,  .Mrs.  Henry 
Lyman.  Nonesuch.  Peas,  collection,  3  va- 
rieties: 1st,  K.  A.  Clark;  2d,  .Mrs.  Henry 
Lyman.  Fifty  pods:  1st,  Mrs.  Henry  Ly- 
man. Alaska.  Collection  of  Vegetables.  10 
varieties:     1st.  Mrs.  Henry   Lyman.    • 


NASSAU     COUNTY      HORTICUL- 
TURAL   SOCIETY. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  above  society 
at  Glen  Cove,  June  12th,  six  active 
members  were  elected.  A  fine  display 
of  roses  were  on  exhibition  and 
awards  were  as  follows:  Jas.  McCar- 
thy 1st  for  6  varieties,  6  flowers  of 
each;  for  3  II.  P.  roses;  for  out-door 
flowers,  and  best  12  strawberries. 
Frank  Watson,  1st  3  H.  P.  roses:  12 
mixed  roses,  and  25  sweet  peas.  Thos. 
Scott.  2nd,  12  mixed  roses.  Wm.  Mil- 
stead,  2nd,  3  vases  of  sweet  peas,  and 
25  sprays  sweet  peas.  Thos.  TwigK, 
1st  tor  delphinium.  Louis  Hubbard. 
2nd  for  out-door  flowers.  Wm.  Noo- 
nan,  2nd  for  12  strawberries.  Veget- 
ables exhibited  by  Joe  Mastroaini 
were  awarded  cert,  of  culture.  Cert, 
of  culture  to  Frank  Petroccia  for  let- 
tuce. All  the  exhibition  flowers  were 
donated  to  the  Base  Hospital  at 
Mineoia.  Our  next  meeting  will  be 
held  on  Wednesday,  July  10th.  and 
will  be  known  as  Vegetable  Night. 
Competition.  6  tomatoes,  25  string 
beans  and  25  pods  of  peas. 

H.vitRT    G<>oi)i!.\ND.    Cor.    Sec'y. 


The  St.  Louis  Florist  Club  held 
their  meeting  June  13th  at  the  estate 
of  Henry  Blixen.  Woodlawn  Gardens. 
Edwardsviiie,  111.,  about  40  members 
present.  It  was  announced  that  the 
club  picnic  would  l)e  held  at  Ramona 
Park  early  in  July.  The  next  meeting 
will  be  held  at  President  Jules  Bour- 
defs  home  July  11. 


GARDENERS'  AND  FLORISTS'  CLUB 
OF    BOSTON. 

Tiiere  was  an  iillornlaiico  of  about 
two  hundred  at  the  annual  ladles' 
nighl,  June  18th.  A  einnniittce  con- 
slsilng  of  \V.  J.  Kennedy,  Donald  .Mc- 
Kenzle  and  Arthur  F.  .Miles  was  ap- 
Iiointed  to  draw  uj)  resoiutionH  on  the 
dealii  of  t'iirl  Demayeri".  and  John  L. 
Sinilh,  .Martin  I^illy  and  J.  K.  Block 
sidgc  were  appointed  in  a  similar 
capacity  on  ihe  death  of  George 
Barker,  formerly  head  gardener  on  the 
A    K.  Kslabrook  estate. 

Communications  were  road  from  the 
Fuel  Commissioners  at  Washington, 
Professor  Hecht  from  lils  camp  at 
Chillicothe,  Ohio,  and  from  Richard 
Vincent,  Jr.,  president  of  the  Ameri- 
can Dahlia  Society,  regarding  the 
dahlia  exhibit  in  Boston  in  September, 
all  profits  of  which  are  to  go  to  the 
Red  Cross.  Tliree  club  members  had 
joined  the  colors  since  tlie  last  meet- 
ing, malving  a  total  of  thirty.  An- 
nouncement was  made  that  the  club 
picnic  would  l)e  held  at  Cunningham 
Park.  Milton,  July  24th,  and  several 
generous  subscriptions  for  this  event 
were  received  from  members  during 
tlie  evening.  Refreshments  were  served 
after  the  meeting,  and  an  orchestra 
furnished  music  for  dancing. 


CORNELL  ROSE  TEST  GARDEN 

The  Auburn  (N.  Y.)  Rose  Society 
made  a  visit  to  the  Rose  Test  Garden. 
Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  on 
Saturday.  June  15.  and  Inspected  the 
gardens  of  the  Department  of  Flori- 
culture. Two  beds  of  roses  planted 
chiefly  with  hybrid  teas  comprised 
one  of  the  notable  features  of  the  gar- 
den. The  variety  Crimson  Queen  with 
its  freedom  of  bloom,  was  eanoclally 
worthy  of  note.  Two  beds  of  Dlener's 
Ruffled  Monster  Petunias  attracted 
much  attention.  Two  beds  of  pansies 
also  were  in  excellent  condition  for 
this  season  of  the  year.  Prof.  E.  A. 
White  extended  a  welcome  and  Dr.  A. 
C.  Real  explained  briefly  the  develop- 
ment and  purpose  of  the  garden. 

Although  the  past  winter  was  un- 
usually severe  on  roses,  many  of  the 
hybrid  teas  came  throtigb  in  good  con- 
dition and  were  showintc  a  fine  amount 
of  bloom.  Many  of  the  hvbrid  per- 
petuals  were  in  good  condition.  With 
a  few  exceptions.  Ihe  climbers  were 
not  in  bloom,  but  thev  will  mnke  an 
excellent  display  a  little  later  in  the 
season.  Christine  Wright,  with  its 
fine,  large  pink  flowers,  was  the  most 
advanced  of  the  climbing  roses.  The 
visitors  spent  considerable  time  in 
studying  and  comnaring  varieties  and 
it  is  certain  that  if  the  Auhu'-n  enthu- 
siasts purchase  plants  of  all  the  varie- 
ties whose  names  were  recorded  in  the 
numerous  note  books,  Syracuse  will 
have  to  look  to  her  la'irels,  otherwise 
she  will  no  longer  be  "The  Rose  City 
of  the  Empire  State." 

The  peonies,  of  which  the  Depart- 
ment of  Floriculture  has  a  large  col- 
lection, were  just  ahont  In  full  bloom. 
Three  varieties  which  were  noticed 
especially  were  Asa  Gray.  Felix 
Crousse  and  Albert  Crousse. 


June  22,  191S 


HORTICULTURE 


617 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


CHICAGO. 

Ernest  Farley  is  back  from  Duluth, 
Minn. 

Miss  Marie  Groth,  the  artistic  de- 
signer and  decorator  of  tlie  many 
novelties  to  be  always  found  at  Poehl- 
mann  Bros,  supply  rooms,  is  visiting 
relatives  in  Benton  Harbor  and  Xiles, 
Mich. 

The  call  of  our  young  men  to  the 
help  of  their  country  is  marked  more 
each  day  in  the  florists'  houses.  The 
trade  has  long  had  women  in  the  cut 
flower  commission  business  and  now 
the  first  one  to  be  a  saleswoman  in 
a  wholesale  house  has  appeared  at 
A.  L.  Randall's,  Miss  Josephine  Goold. 
who  is  already  proving  an  efficient 
saleswoman. 

Accidents  and  near  accidents  are  a 
daily  occurrence  in  the  parks,  because 
of  the  large  clumps  of  shrubbei-y  that 
are  planted  at  corners  and  along 
curves  in  the  drives.  It  is  impossible 
for  pedestrians  to  see  automobiles  ap- 
proaching and  equally  impossible  for 
drivers  of  machines  to  see  each  other 
quickly  enough  at  intersections.  This 
should  be  remedied. 

Herman  Schiller  has  enlisted  in  the 
Merchant  Marines  and  another  promi- 
nent young  man  in  the  trade  enters 
the  service.  Mr.  Schiller  belongs  to 
an  old  family  of  retail  florists  and  was 
buyer  for  the  west  side  store  till  the 
opening  of  the  one  on  the  north  side, 
five  years  ago,  where  he  has  since 
been  in  charge.  Mr.  Schiller  will  be 
in   and  near  Chicago  for  the  present. 

The  "VlTiolesale  Cut  Flower  Associa- 
tion held  an  adjourned  meeting  at 
E.  C.  Amling's  store  on  June  14.  The 
object  of  -the  meeting  was  to  take 
action  on  the  proposed  closing  of  the 
wholesale  stores  all  day  Sundays,  in- 
stead of  at  noon  as  has  been  the  cus- 
tom for  years.  Practically  all  the 
houses  were  represented  and  the 
proposition  met  with  unanimous  ap- 
proval. It  was  also  decided  to  keep 
open  till  9  o'clock  on  Saturday  nights. 
It  will  go  into  effect  beginning  July 
7th. 

Several  of  the  wholesalers  donated 
liberally  of  their  cut  flowers  Friday 
night  when  a  woman's  club,  of  which 
Mrs.  Jas.  G.  Hancock  is  president, 
gave  a  card  party  and  flower  sale  for 
the  benefit  of  a  knitting  fund.  Xeedy 
women,  many  of  them  blind,  are  paid 
to  knit  socks  which  are  turned  over 
to  the  Red  Cross.  The  A.  L.  Randall 
Co.  donated  a  fine  porch  chair  which 
netted  the  club  a  neat  sum.  Another 
evidence  of  the  liberality  of  the  trade. 
There  is  not  a  week  that  they  are 
not  appealed  to  for  aid  in  some  way 
and  sometimes  it  is  a  daily  occur- 
rence. 


The  H.  E.  Wilson  store  force  took 
an  auto  trip  to  Livonia  on  June  19th. 
A  picnic  lunch  was  served  and  a  good 
time  followed. 

Miss  Rose  Brown,  who  has  been  em- 
ployed by  Collatus  Bros,  tor  some  time 
has  now  taken  a  position  with  H.  P. 
Xeun. 

N.  Tsukofoto  of  Kobe.  Japan,  who 
has  been  commissioned  by  the  Mayor 
of  Kobe  to  inspect  and  report  on  the 
parks  of  this  country,  was  the  guest  of 
Commissioner  T\'m.  S.  Riley.  He  was 
taken  to  Highland  Park,  Cobb's  Hill 
and  various  beauty  spots  in  East  ave- 
nue and  in  adjoining  sections  of  the 
city. 

The  June  meeting  of  the  Rochester 
Florist  Association  was  rather  disap- 
pointing. Wm.  Pitkin  promised  to 
speak  but  he  could  not  attend  and  our 
secretary  was  also  absent  unavoidably 
so  the  meeting  adjourned.  They  will 
not  meet  again  till  October.  The  at- 
tendance was  the  best  of  any  meeting 
this   season,  numbering  about  35. 


ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 

Oliver  Boucher  has  just  returned 
from  Mt.  Clements  where  he  has  been 
taking  treatments  for  rheumatism. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

After  June  24th  the  wholesale  flow- 
er stores  will  close  daily  at  4  p.  m. 
(Saturdays,  1  p.  m.— after  July  1st.) 
Closed  all  day  July  4th.  This  action 
is  by  general  agreement  among  the 
trade,  and  will  last  for  the  summer 
months.  Customers  are  advised  to 
get  their  orders  in  as  early  in  the  day 
as  possible  in  order  to  secure  the  best 
selection.  This  is  wise  at  all  times, 
but  particularly  so  at  this  season  when 
most  of  the  shipments  arrive  from  the 
growers  in  the  morning  deliveries. 

Editorial  wisdom  was  never  better 
shown  than  in  giving  a  prominent 
positipn  in  last  week's  Horticulture 
to  the  wise  words  of  Joseph  J.  Lane. 
He  is  a  man  who  knows  the  trade 
thoroughly  both  from  the  business  and 
ethical  standpoints.  From  Doubleday, 
Page  &  Co.  and  the  Garden  Magazine 
we  look  for  big  things,  and  here  is  one 
of  them.  He  may  be  but  a  mere  strip- 
ling but  he  has  the  spirit.  And  he 
tells  us  true  words,  and  I  am  proud 
of  him.  I  think  I  can  see  Leonard 
Barron  clap  bis  hands  with  joy — with 
a  cap  J! 

An  organization  has  been  formed  in 
Philadelphia  for  the  purpose  of  in- 
creasing the  home  consumption  of 
fresh  vegetables  grown  near  the  city. 
It  is  intended  to  urge  the  greater  use 
of  vegetables  through  the  medium  of 
the  local  papers,  this  advertising  to 
be  supplemented  by  information  as  to 
the  best  methods  of  cooking  and  pre- 
paring vegetables  for  the  table,  to- 
gether with  hints  for  growers  and 
dealers.  According  to  present  plans 
$50,000  will  be  spent  with  Philadel- 
phia papers  and  through  other  medi- 
ums to  increase  the  use  of  home- 
grown vegetables  to  offset  the  compe- 
tition of  nationally  advertised  prod- 
ucts that  are  shipped  in  large  quanti- 
ties to  the  city. 


Cambridir* 


IS 


N*w  Tcrfc 


WOKLD'8   OtDEST   and    LARGEST 

Manufaclnrera  of  ALL  STYLES  and 

SIZES  of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

qambridge,  Ma»». 


PITTSBURGH 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  L.  Thompson  of 
Rochester,  Pa.,  are  about  to  leave  for 
an  automobile  trip  to  the  Pacific 
coast. 

John  Kuntz,  one  of  the  proprietors 
of  the  Liberty  Flower  Shop  at  628  Lib- 
erty avenue,  has  received  notice  to 
leave  for  one  of  the  military  camps. 

Joseph  H.  Seaman  has  been  engaged 
to  assist  on  the  force  of  James  J. 
Higgins,  who  is  conducting  the  floral 
features  of  the  Harry  Davis  Enter- 
prises Company. 

En  route  on  an  automobile  trip  to 
New  York,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Peter- 
son, their  daughter,  Miss  Ida  Peterson 
and  Miss  Leona  Hesse  of  Cincinnaci, 
0.,  spent  a  few  days  in  the  city  last 
week  as  guests  of  J.  A.  Peterson,  Jr., 
who  is  employed  by  a  local  dental  sup- 
ply company. 

Seventy-five  Allegheny  High  School 
boys  who  have  enlisted  in  the  Boys' 
Working  Reserve  of  the  Public  Safety 
Committee,  have  gone  to  State  College 
to  learn  the  cultivation  of  crops.  They 
will  be  placed  on  farms  to  help  with 
the  Julv  and  August  harvesting.  As- 
sistant Director  R.  A.  McDowell  of  the 
Boys'  Working  Reserve  has  already 
placed  on  Western  Pennsylvania  farms 
this  year  a  total  of  1,187  high  school 
boys. 

Assistant  Fuel  Administrator  Joseph 
T.  Miller  of  the  Pittsburgh  District 
was  the  speaker  at  the  weekly  lunch- 
eon of  the  Retail  Florists'  Association 
on  last  Tuesday  afternoon  at  -the 
Seventh  Avenue  Hotel.  The  various 
Western  Penn.  firms  were  represented 
to  about  the  number  of  sixty.  Mr. 
Miller  congratulated  the  florists  as  a 
whole  upon  the  gracious  spirit  and  co- 
operation with  which  they  had  re- 
sponded to  the  Government's  limita- 
tion of  fifty  per  cent.,  and  assured 
them  that  the  administration  was 
only  too  ready  to  show  a  reciprocal 
spirit  when  the  crisis  should  arise. 
Mr.  Miller  assured  his  hearers  that 
while  the  Government  considered 
floriculture  as  of  secondary  considera- 
tion to  the  munition  plants  and  other 
Government  industries,  it  by  no  means 
considered  the  business  as  non-essen- 
tial, inasmuch  as  funeral  work,  espec- 
ially, was  recognized  as  practically  in- 
dispensable. And  moreover,  flowers 
had  become  what  might  be  called  al- 
most a  habit  with  the  American  people 
to  such  an  extent  that  their  entire 
elimination  coiild  not  be  but  detri- 
mental to  the  morale  so  necessary  of 
in  these  days  of  trial. 


618 


HORTICULTURE 


June  22,  1918 


TWO  SONS  OF  DENNIS  T.  CONNOR. 


Michael  A.  Connor 

Because  tliey  turned  stokers  and  helped 
conl  slilii.  'Mi)  iipprontlces  on  the  shipping 
l>OHr(rs  tnilnihf:  slilp  Governor  Cobb,  which 
safely  ran  the  I'-Hoat  Biiuntlet  nfV  the  Jer- 
sey co:i8t  and  came  into  her  i<ler  today, 
will  be  guests  of  Charles  Collens  at  a 
vaudeville  show  provided  by  the  Boston 
Society  of  Architects  on  board  the  vessel 
tonight.  •.. 

— Clipped  from  a  Boston  paper. 

Michael  A.  Connor,  son  of  Dennis  T. 
Connor,  of  the  Lord  &  Burnham  Co., 


William  Connor 

Is  one  of  the  boys  on  this  training 
ship.  His  older  brother,  William  Con- 
nor is  now  at  Fort  Myer,  Va.,  in  Troop 
A,  312th  Cavalry. 


Pittsfield,  Me.— Miss  Elizabeth  Wal- 
ker and  Miss  Ada  Grell,  who  have  re- 
cently engaged  In  the  florist  business 
and  have  purchased  the  I.oder  green- 
house on  Lancey  street,  have  leased 
the  Loder  residence  adjoining  and  will 


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.\htf:kh 

ASTKKS    -  HK.SDKItSON  S     I.NVIXfllU.K 

()i r  the  rliK'Ht   for  I'Ut  tluwers.     While. 

Shell  Pink.  Uose.  l.avi'iiiler  and  I'urple. 
S1..1.  •  ■.i,f.r»  v.  iKi  i"r  lUOO,  cash.  IIUILI. 
I  '  KnlaiuQioo,  Mich. 


Ill  I.IIR 

r.    KKIH   Si    SONS.    UII.LKGO.M.    Ilollaml. 

llulbs  of  all  descriptions.     Write  for  prices. 

NKW  YORK  BUANCH,  8-10  Bridge  St. 


CAIINATION    STAPLES 

Split  cnrnatlons  quickly,  easily  and 
eheapiv  mended.  IMIIsbury's  Ciirnntlon 
Staple,  1000  for  Me. ;  ,1000  for  $1.00  post- 
paid.    I.   I,.  riLLSnUKY.  Galesburg.  ill. 


CHRYMANTHKMUMS 

FINE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  BEST  KINDS 

for  l-'lorlsls  use.  Send  us  list  of  wants. 
Ciitabigue  free.  ICLMEIt  U.  SMITH  &  CO.. 
Adrian,  Mich. 

CTCL.AMBN 

CYCLAMEN:  In  the  following  colors. 
Pure  white,  white  with  pink  eye,  pink, 
dark  red,  llnht  red  anil  salmon.  2V'-1". 
pots,  JS.OO  per  100.  $7.1.00  per  1000;  .'Mn. 
pots.  $10.00  per  100.  ^tCi.OO  per  1000;  .•iVj-4-ln. 
pots,  $'jn.00  per  llio.  If  only  salmon  Is  or- 
dered—the price  will  be  20%  higher. 
JlLHiS  ROKHRS  CO.,  Rutherford,  N.  J. 

CYCLAMEN:  Best  strain  of  Cyelnmcn 
grown  In  '-'i-in.  pots.  Varieties,  Salmon 
Pink,  Light  Pink,  Blood  Red,  Bright  Red. 
Pure  White  and  White  with  Red  Eye,  at 
$7.,'>0  per  hundred,  or  $65.00  per  thousand. 
Cyclamen  Secilllngs,  from  three  to  live 
leavs,  $,'j.00  per  hunrlred,  or  $J0.OO  per 
tliousMnd.  "Cash  with  order."  J.  H. 
FIESSER,  North  Bergen,  N.  J. 

CYCLAMEN:      The    best    new    and    Im- 
proved    large    flowering    strains.      Salmon 
[link,    light     pink,    dark     pink,    blood     red, 
pure  white  and  white  margined  red. 
.Seedlings,   transplanted,  0  to  6 

leaves,  ready  for  ,3  inch  pots.  $0.00    $.10.00 

Pot  plants,  2ii   Inch S.OO       70.00 

Pot  plants,  S       inch 12.00 

Note  :     Seedlings  ship  better  than  pot  plants. 

C.  V.  LIGGIT,  Wholesale  Plantsman, 
:!25  Bulletin   Building,         Philadelphia,  Pa. 

DAHLIAS 

Peony   Dahlia   Mrs.    Frederick  Grlnncll. 

Stoek  For  Sale. 

.TOHN    P.    BOONEY,    New    Bedford,    Mass. 

New  Paeony  Dahlia— John  Wanamaker. 
.Newest.  Handsomest,  Best.  N.'W  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  liest  cut-llower  varieties.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FARMS, 
Berlin,   N.  J. 


DAHLIAS 

Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Send  for  Catalog.  NOKTHBORO  DAHLIA 
&  GLADIOLIS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  iloore. 
Prop..  Northboro,  Mass. 


I)ltA«'.\KNAH 

DRACAENA         TKRMINALIS.  Clean 

heiiltliv  Stock  out   of  2'i   Inch  pola  at  $.H.00 

IMT    1(10;   :t   Inch    pola   at    finiii)    per    KM;    i 

ineh    pots    nt    $2r>.u0    per    100.      Cash    with 

.?."h.  FIESSER,  North  Bercen.  N.  J. 

KLOWKK  POTH 

A.  ROLKER  &  SONS.  New  York  City. 
Kasleni  Silling  .\gi'iiU  for  ihe  York  Pot- 
tery. Pfl  Wrlie  for  price*  and  terms  of 
p"'  '  rii  dliboii.    Addreu  P.  O. 

I'.n 


GOLD    FISH 

Gold  llsh,  aquarium  plants,  snails,  cas. 
ties,  globes,  aqunrlnm.  fish  goods,  nets, 
etc.,  wholesale.  FRANKLIN  BARRETT, 
Breeder,  481.^  I)  St.,  OIney.  Philadelphia, 
Pa.  Large  breeding  pairs  tor  tale.  Send 
for  price  list. 


Orcenii. 
STON  • 


GLASS 
i»".   lowest   prices.     JOUN- 
i     Hartford  City,  Ind. 


ORrlilUH 

HASSALL  &  ri>.,  (irehid  Growers  and 
Kaisers,  Southgate,  Liuidon.  England.  Catl- 
leyas  and  Laelio  Callleyas  our  specialty. 
One  trial  order   solieited. 


PKONIK8 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection, 
1200  sorts.  Send  for  list.  C.  BETSCHEU. 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES.  CANNAS  AND  SHRUBS. 

THE    CONARD   &   JONES  COMPANY, 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 

SPHAGNUM    MOSS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  peat  ond 
orchid  baskets  alwavs  on  hand.  LAGER 
&   HURRELL,   Summit.   N.  J. 

VEGET.VBLE   PLANTS 

CELERY  PLANTS— Golden  Self-Blanch- 
Ing  (French  Strainl.  Also  the  grand  new 
Easy  Blanrhing.  which  is  easy  to  grow,  tine 
liiniita.  ready  for  the  Held.  $2.00  per  1000, 
$.>*.75  for  5000,  cash.  BRILL  CELERY 
GARDENS,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 


4,000.000  Cabbage,  Cauliflower,  Tomoto 
and  Celery  plants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free.  F.  W.  ROCUBLLE  A.  SONS. 
Chester,  New  Jersey. 

VISES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  choice 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tub 
grown  for  Immediate  elTect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Mount  Hlssarllk  Nur- 
sery, New  Rochelle,  N,  Y. 


t\1BE  WORK 

WILLIAM      E.      HEILSCHERS      WIRE 
WORKS,   2IM    Ranilolph    St.,   Detroit.  Mich. 


\A/AIM 


SITUATIONS    WANTED 


POSITION   WANTED 

A  gardener  with  best  credentials  for 
honesty  and  efllcieiicy,  winner  of  many 
prizes  at  leading  llower  shows  during 
recent  years.  Is  open  for  an  engngiinent. 
Would  prefer  vicinity  of  New  York.  .New 
Jersey  or  Conneeticut.  Life  experience  In 
all  branches  of  gardening  and  farm  work. 
.Married,  no  children.  Address  "K.  M.  J.," 
eare  HORTICILTURE. 


occupy  the  lower  tenement  in  the 
house  taking  possession  at  an  early 
date. 


HELP    WANTED 


WANTED:  A  man  that  is  capable  of 
taking  charge  of  the  watering  of  a  large 
range  of  greenhouses.  Apply  In  person  or 
letter,  with  references,  to  H.  H.  BAR- 
ROWS &  SON,  No.  264  High  St.,  Whitman. 
Mass. 

ASSISTANT  GARDENER  for  greenhouse 
and  outside.  Steady  ixisition.  Board  and 
room  provided.  Wages  $00.00  per  mouth. 
Private  estate  about  7  miles  form  Boston. 
Address  "M.  J.."  eare  HORTICULTURE. 

WANTED — Y'oung  man  as  asslstont  In 
park  garden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICULTURE. 


June  22,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


619 


THE    VERY    NEWEST    AND    QIIOKEST    MKTIiOD    OF    DESTROYING    WEEDS 

GRASS   AND   OTHER   GROWTH    IN   GARDEN    WALKS,  GUTTERS. 

TENNIS    roPRTS.    DRIVEWAYS.    ETC. 

This    fluid    absolutely    destroys    all    weeds    and    other    growth    wherever    applied 
and   Its  effect  on   the  ground   prevents   the    growth  of  fresh  ones  for  a  year  and 
thus  saves  a  great  deal  of  time  and   labor,  as  no  cutting,  hoeing  or  hauling  away 
of  the  weeds  is  required. 
We  manufacture  the  strongest  line  of  DISINFECTANTS  on  the  market 

WEED    KILLER    >* -^  I^XEMICAL  CO.,  507-5D9  W.  19th  St,  New  York 

CORRESPONDENCE    SOLICITED. 


PiNfllYPTol 


%0W  OIL  c 


JM>0 


lECTlCI 


8*T«  year  pUita  and  traaa.  J  ait  tba 
thine  for  grrenhooaa  and  outdoor  oie. 
Deatroya  Uealy  Bng,  Brown  and  Whlta 
Scale,  Thrlpa,  Red  Spider,  Black  and 
Graen  Fly,  Mltea,  Anta,  etc.,  without 
Injury  to  planta  and  without  odor. 
Uaed  according  to  direction,  our  atand- 
ard  Inaectlclde  will  prevent  ravagea  on 
your  cropa  by  Inaecta. 

Non-polaonoua  and  barmleaa  to  uier 
and  plant.  Leading  Seedamen  and 
Florlata  hare  used  It  with  wonderful 
reaulta. 

Deatroya  LIca  In  Poultry  Houaea, 
Pleaa  on  Doga  and  all  Domeatlc  Peta. 
Excellent  aa  a  wash  for  doga  and  other 
animala.  RelleTea  mange.  Dilute  with 
water  SO  to  BO  parti. 

M  Pint.  SOc.;   Pint,  50«. ;  Qnart,  90«.; 

H  Gallon.  «1.60;  Gallon,  $2.60;  S  Osl- 

loB  Ckh,  tl0.90;   10  Gallon  C&n,  $20.00. 

Dlre«tloDa  dd  paokay«. 

LEMON  OIL  COMPANY 

NfL  t.       420  W.  LMhi(tat  St,  liltlaeri.  Hi 


yVhen     writing    to    advertisets    kindly 
mention  HORTICULTURE. 


CONCENTRATED  PULVERIZED 

MANURE 


P«lT«rtaOTl  sr  SknkKlMl 

Cattle  Manvire 

PalTar1a«4 

Slkeep    Manure 

Tha  Floristt'  standard  of  untform 
high    quality     for    over    t£0    ycAfit. 

9p«ci*y  :  WIZARD  BRAND  m 
yoor  Supply  House  oraor,  or  write 
as  direct  tor  prices  aod  freight  raieK 

THE  PULVERIZED  MANURE  CO. 

»a   UalM  MMk   Tar*.  <%!«»«• 


NIKOTEEN 

For  Spraying 

APHIS  PUNK 

For  Fumigating 
A«k  Your  Dealer  hot  It 

NICOTINE  MFG.  CO 

ST.  LOUIS.; 


The    Recognized     Standard     Insecticide. 

A  spray  remedy  for  green,  black,  white  fly, 
thrips  and  soft  scale. 

Quart,  $1.00;      Gallon,  $2.50. 

FUNCINE 

For   mildew,  rust  and  other  blights  affeit- 
ing  flowers,  fruits  and   vegetables. 
Quart,   nOO;    Gallon,    $2.50. 

VERMINE 

For    eel    worms,    angle    worms    and    other 
worms  working  in   tbe  soil. 

Quart,  $1.00;      Gallon,  $3.00 
SOLD    BY    DEALERS. 

Apbine    Manufacturing    Ct 

MAOiSOn,  N.  J. 


Difficult  and  rejected  cases  spe- 
cially solicited.  No  misleading  in- 
ducements made  to  secure  business. 
Over  30  years'  active  practice.  Ex- 
perienced personal,  conscientious 
service.      Write"  for   terms. 

SIGGERS  &  SIGGOS 

PAT«NT    LJVWVKRS 

Box    9,    National    T'nion    Building: 
AVashinKton.   D.    C. 


Little  Ads.  That  Bring 
Big  Returns 

Little  Adi.  In  oar  Cl&Bslfled  Buyers'  Dlre«- 
tory  brlnv  bic  retnriu  to  both  advrrtlspr 
Anythinc  wanted  by  florlata,  (ardenert, 
nark  and  oenaetery  ■uperlDt«ndentB,  et«., 
ean  be  sold  throuKh  tbU  medium. 

THEY   COST   ONLY   ONE 
CENT  A   WORD 
UNDISPLAYED 

Don't  fail  to  read  over  tbeee  Ada.  In  aauib 
Uaoe  and  yoo  may  And  one  or  more  tliat 
wlU  prove  profitable  to  yoa. 


ASTICA 

hfBieartiause 
Glaijng 

USE  IT  NOW 

F.O.P««Cf  CP. 

1?  W    BDOUVWa 

Kt«  TMIi 

Uastica  U  t'lastlc  and  tenacluae,  admlta  ot 
expansion  and  contractluu.  Putty  hecomoa 
hard  and  brittle,  broken  giHse  mor«^  easily 
removed  wltho«t  breaking  of  other  (lass 
AS  occurs  with  bard  pntty.  Lasts  luofrr 
'ban  patty      Basy  to  apply. 


GiAJJ 


HOT-BED    SASHES 

Our  prices  can  be  Lad  liy  mail,  and 
it  will  pa.v  you  to  get  them.  We  carry 
the  largest  .stock  of  Specially  Selected 
lilass  in  Greater  New  York  and  can 
supply  any  quantity  from  a  l)o.\  to  a 
car  load  on  a  one  day  notice,  and  at 
Kock    Bottom    Prices. 

PARSHELSKY  BROS.  Inc. 

313-21"    Uavenie.ver   St.,   Itrookl.vn,   N.   Y. 


Greer's  Peerless^ 
Glazing  Pobits 

For  Greenbouses 

Diive  easy  md  true,  because 
both  bevels  are  on  the  same 
tide.     Can't  twist  and  brealc 
the  glass  in  Iriving.   Galvan- 
ized and  will  not  rust.    No 
rights  ot  lefts 

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^Y•w  practiceH  in  the  handling  of  plants,  especlalt.v 
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KliiK    <ir   till'    llUick* 40 

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Mok't    40 

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white    40 

Siit,«    ()ui'«-n,  pure  white 40 

MrilK'.l   iilHl    .Modirtl 40 

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June  29.  1918 


IIO  IM'l  C  U  LTURE 


G25 


JIany  of  the  lilacs  discovered  by 
Wilson  and  other  travelers  in  the  re- 
cent explorations  of  western  and 
northern  China  are  now  so  well  es- 
tablished in  the  Arboretum  and  in  a 
few  other  American  gardens  that  it 
is  possible  to  form  an  opinion  of  their 
value.  Observations  of  the  living 
plants  show  that  too  many  species 
were  made  when  botanists  had  only 
the  dried  specimens  sent  home  from 
China  to  work  with.  Now  that  most 
of  these  plants  have  flowered  in  the 
Arboretum  and  have  been  again  stud- 
ied it  appears  that  Syringa  WUsonii 
and  S.  Dielsiana  are  the  same  as  S. 
tomentella;  that  S.  Sargentiana  is  a 
variety  of  S.  Komarowii  with  a  pubes- 
cent calyx:  that  S.  tetanoloha  is  S. 
Stvenegenzouii.  and  that  n.  Rrhder- 
iana  is  probably  only  a  pubescent  form 
of  S.  tomentella.  S.  Komarowii  Sar- 
gentiana is  not  in  the  Arboretum  col- 
lection and  probably  has  not  been  in- 
troduced. .S'.  Rehderiana.  S.  Poianinii 
and  S.  i^errucosa  are  still  unknown  in 
gardens.  As  a  garden  plant  the  hand- 
somest of  the  new  Chinese  lilacs  is 
Springa  reflexa  which  Wilson  discov- 
ered in  western  Hupeh.  This  is  a 
tall  broad  shrub  with  leaves  resem- 
bling in  size  and  shape  those  of  S. 
villo.sn.  The  flowers  have  long  slen- 
der corolla-tubes  and  are  borne  in 
long,  wide-branched,  open,  drooping 
clusters;  the  flower-buds  are  red  but 
as  the  flowers  open  the  corolla  be- 
comes dark  rose  color  except  the  inner 
surface  of  the  lobes  which  is   white. 


The  wide  drooping  clusters,  and  the 
contrast  in  the  colors  of  the  inner  sur- 
face of  the  corolla-lobes  and  its  tube, 
make  S.  reflexa  one  of  the  handsomest 
and  most  interesting  of  the  new  Chin- 
ese lilacs.  Next  in  merit  probably  as 
an  ornamental  plant  is  Syringa  Swe- 
ginzowii.  This,  too,  is  a  tall  shrub 
but  the  branches  are  not  as  stout  as 
those  of  S.  reflexa.  and  the  leaves  are 
narrower,  pointed  at  the  ends  and 
pale  on  the  lower  surface.  The  flowers 
are  produced  in  broad  erect  clusters 
and  are  pale  rose  color  and  half  an 
inch  long.  The  flower-buds  are  of  a 
peculiar  brownish  green  color,  and  as 
the  flowers  open  gradually  from  the 
bottom  to  the  top  of  the  cluster  the 
contrast  between  the  open  flowers  be- 
low and  the  closed  buds  above  give 
this  plant  a  peculiar  appearance  dur- 
ing the  week  or  ten  days  the  flowers 
are  opening.  This  lilac  was  first  made 
known  through  plants  raised  in  the 
Arboretum  of  Max  von  Sivers  at  Riga 
in  Russia  from  seeds  sent  from  some 
place  in  Mongolia  or  northern  China, 
the  name  of  which  is  not  recorded. 
Later  it  was  found  by  Wilson  in  west- 
ern China,  but  the  plants  growing  in 
the  Arboretum  were  obtained  from  the 
nursery  of  Regel  &  Kesselring  in 
Petrograd.  S.  Komarouii  has  leaves 
which  resemble  those  of  /S.  reflexa  but 
the  flowers  are  produced  in  short,  com- 
pact, nearly  cylindrical  clusters  nod- 
ding on  long  stems.  The  flower-buds 
are  bright  red  and  very  conspicuous, 
and   the   open   flowers  are   deep   rose 


color.  This  lilac  sometimes  blooms 
pro  usely  when  still  a  small  bush. 
Xi/ringa  tomentella  promises  to  grow 
taller  than  the-  other  new  Chinese 
lilacs,  for  some  of  the  plants  in  the 
Arboretum  are  now  nearly  ten  feet 
high.  The  leaves  resemble  those  of 
^'.  rillosa,  and  the  flowers  are  pale 
rose  color  or  white,  and  are  borne  in 
narrow  erect  clusters.  None  of  the 
Arboretum  plants  have  ever  produced 
many  flowers  and  8.  tomentella  prom- 
ises to  be  one  of  the  least  desirable  of 
the  new  lilacs  as  a  garden  plant. 
Siiringa  Jtilianae  flowers  earlier  than 
most  of  the  new  Chinese  lilacs.  As  it 
grows  here  this  is  a  compact  low- 
shrub  nearly  as  broad  as  high,  and 
tor  several  years  has  covered  itself 
with  short  clusters  of  rose-colored  and 
white  fragrant  flowers.  Related  to 
the  Chinese  S.  pubescens,  it  blooms 
much  later  than  that  and  other  related 
species,  and  is  an  excellent  addition 
to  the  list  of  lilacs  which  can  be  grown 
in  our  gardens.  Syringa  Wolfii,  which 
has  dark  violet-purple  flowers  in  short 
compact  clusters,  is  another  good  gar- 
den plant  in  this  climate.  This  spe- 
cies, too,  was  first  cultivated  by  Von 
Sivers  at  Riga  who  obtained  it  from 
some  place  in  northern  China  which 
is  not  known.  The  other  new  Chinese 
lilacs  in  the  Arboretum.  S.  Meyeri,  S. 
microphylla.  S.  pinnatifolia  and  S. 
yunnanensisi  have  comparatively  little 
decorative  value  and  are  curiosities 
rather  than  good  garden  plants. 

— Arnold  Arboretum  Bulletin. 


LILAC  PRESIDENT  LINCOLN. 
Our  cover  illustration  this  week 
shows  a  seedling  lilac  raised  by  John 
Dunbar,  assistant  superintendent  of 
parks.  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  named 
by  him  in  the  spring  of  1916.  It  has 
large  compound  clusters,  flowers 
single,  large,  seven-eighths  of  one 
inch  in  diameter.  Deep  wedgewood 
blue.  Seed  parent  V'irginalis.  This 
is  the  deepest  shade  of  blue  known 
amongst  lilacs  in  cultivation. 


NEW  USE  FOR  SPHAGNUM  MOSS. 
According  to  a  report  by  the  St. 
John  (N.  B.)  Board  of  Trade,  large 
deposits  of  sphagnum  moss  have 
been  found  at  Musquash  and  at  Bea- 
ver Lake,  near  St.  Johns.  This  moss 
when  properly  treated  is  used  for 
surgical  dressings,  and  is  being  gath- 
ered   by    girl    students    under   the   di- 


rection of  William  Mcintosh,  curator 
of  the  Natural  History  Society.  The 
moss  is  known  as  the  peat  or  bog 
moss,  the  leaves  containing  abundant 
aqueous  tissue  composed  of  colorless 
cells.  The  plants  grow  only  in 
swamps  or  in  water,  where  by  annual 
decay  they  build  up  layers  of  peat. 
Quantities  of  this  moss  are  being 
gathered,  I  understand,  for  the  hospi- 
tals in  Europe. — Consular  Report. 


There's  a  cry  tli.it's  swept  the  town. 
Go  to  wiirk! 

Ifs  a  cry  that  will  not  down, 

i;o  to  work! 
hllcio'ss  is  just  a  liahlt, 
.\n(l  till-  law  iiitonils  to  erah  it, 
Hettcr  liiiil  a  joli  ami  grab  it, 

(_to  lo  w(»rk  ! 

He  ye  poor  or  be  ye  woaltliy, 

Go  to  work ! 
Loatiiijj  How's  not  very  healtliy. 

Go  to  work  I     • 
I''or  tile  man  who's  fond  of  shirking 
.\ll  riroiind  there's  trouble  lurking, 
.Now's  tlu'  time  to  start  in  working. 

llow   Mil'  you.  anyway'; 

— Boston  Post. 


SWEDEN  FEARS  FOR  FRUIT  TREE 
SHORTAGE. 

A  Swedish  report  received  by  the 
U.  S.  Food  Administration  describes 
a  condition  in  the  fruit  industry  of 
Sweden  wliich  indicates  the  far  reach- 
ing effect  war  may  have  on  agricul- 
ture. According  to  the  Director  of  the 
Gardening  Union  in  Sweden,  there 
will  be  a  complete  lack  of  young 
fruit  trees  within  three  years.  This 
is  due  partly  to  unfavorable  weather 
during  1918  and  partly  to  inability  to 
import  fruit  kernels  from  Germany 
iiiid  France  because  of  the  war. 

The  Swedish  public  is  asked  to  save 
all  fruit  kernels  and  store  them  in 
such  a  way  that  they  will  not  dry  up. 
Even  with  this  conservation  measure, 
from  six  to  seven  years  will  be  re- 
quired to  grow  the  young  trees. 


HOKTICU  LTUHE 


Jmif  Jii.  lUlh 


horticulture: 


VOL  nva 


JUNE  29,   1*18 


NO.  26 


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CONTENTS 

Page 

COVER  ILLUSTRATION  — American  Seedling  Lilac 
President    Lincoln 

THE  NEW  CHINESE  LILACS 625 

SOCIETY  OF  AMERICAN  FLORISTS— The  Publicity 
Campaign    "Good    Work" 627 

.AMERICAN  SWEET  PEA  SOCIETY— Annual  Meeting 
and    Exhibition— .A.ddress    of    President    George    W. 
Kerr— Officers  Elected— The  Hutchlns  Memorial  Cup, 
•Illustrated   629 

.\MERICAN  ROSE  SOCIETY— Visit  to  Elizabeth  Park, 
Hartford,   Conn 630 

CLUBS  .A.ND  SOCIETIES — American  Association  of 
Nurserymen— J.  R.  JIayhew.  portrait— Florists  Club 
of  Washington— Lancaster  County  Florists'  Associa- 
tion^Toronto  Retail  Florists'  Club 631 

SEED  TRADE— American  Seed  Trade  Association— 
Whole-sale  Grass  Seed  Dealers'  Association — Vegeta- 
ble Seed  Crop  Condition  in  the  West— Norway  Plans 
to  Grow  Own  Seed 632-633 

OF  INTEREST  TO  RETAIL  P'LORISTS: 

The    Value    of    Accumulation,    Henry    Penn  —  New 
Flower   Stores    634-635 

FLOWER  .MARKET  REPORTS; 

Boston.  Chicago,  New  Y'ork,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh, 

Rochester    637 

St.   Louis,   Washington 639 

LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS: 

Boston,   New   York,   Chicago,    Pittsburgh,    Rochester, 
St.   Louis,  Washington 640-641 

OBITUARY'— D.  V.  Kellev- William  J.  McGee— Charles 
Harkett    641 

DURING   RECESS— The  Waretown  Opening 642 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

Lilac   President   Lincoln 625 

New  Use  for  Sphagnum  Moss 625 

Sweden  Fears  for  Fruit   Tree  Shortage 625 

Laelio-Cattleya    Rheims    Alba    Rubra    and    Cattleya 

Charm— Illustration    630 

Gift  to  the   Missouri  Botanical  Garden 633 

Operating  "Circles"   foi    Farmers 633 

Catalogues  Received    633 

Visitors'  Register   639 

News    Notes    639 

Winter  Injury  to  Roses  in  St.  Louis 639 

New  Corporations    639 

Publication  Received    641 

Reasons  for  the  Fourth  Edition  of  the  Peony  Manual 

— C.    S.    Harrison 641 

Look  Out  for  Cornstalk  Borer 641 

Pests  of  Cucumbers  and  Melons 642 

Destructive  Hail   Storm 643 

Greenhouses  Building  or  Contemplated 643 


'I'lie  HOW  rose  Los  AngfL-s  raised  by 

Congriitulations      \.•r^.^\    ]]_    HoWliril    WHS    tllf    willlKT   (if 

iIk'  (Iraiiil  I'rix.  iil  tlic  Hii^'titcllc 
Hiise  (iiinli'ii.  near  I'uris,  Fraiice,  this  year.  Tliis  is  a 
wi'll  (It'scrvod  honor  not  only  for  tlic  rose  it.<i'lf  Imt  for 
the  rai.^iT,  who  is  iiopiihir  willi  ii  liosl  of  friciitis  from 
the  I'adtic  to  the  .Mhuitic  and  we  extend  sincere  con- 
L'nitiihitions. 

Our    notes   tiii.s   week    t»'li    of   a    new   u^e 

Sphagnum     f,,].   (fie   florists'   old   stamiliy.  spiiagniini 

mo88         niii.ss.     I'roni  serviii;;  as  a  base  on  wliich 

to  Ijuild   mortuary   Horal   desijj^ns.   "stutf- 

inji"   wiiiiili    frames,  etc.,  for  funeral   purposes,  it  is 

now   to  he  •jrachiated   to  the  more  iioldf  and  glorious 

]nir|iose   of   saving    life.     A   conimcmlalile    use,   surely, 

and  there  will  lie  pii-nty  of  need  for  it.     Proiiahly  the 

jirice  of  tiie  material  will  now  advance. 

■■foal    enough    to    fighi     xii — no    more." 

Get         riuis  says  "The  Nation's  Business."     "It 

your  coal    jg  jjot  guess-work  any  more.     We  have  the 

facts  now."  The  Administration  has  "got 
it  down  fine"  and  find  that  the  out])ut  falls  far  short  of 
needed  supplies  for  tiie  current  year.  Tlu-  tlorist  has 
been  allowed  fifty  jwr  cent  of  his  usual  sujiply,  l)ul  that 
does  not  guarantee  that  he  will  get  it.  It  is  quite  likely 
that  if  you  do  not  act  now  you  will  not  get  even  the 
fifty  per  cent  and  if  this  timely  warning  is  not  heeded 
there  will  be  .some  coal  bins  empty  when  the  winter 
winds  begin  to  blow. 

In  view  of  the  dithculty  of  oljlaiiiing  bullis 
Easter  of  longiflorum  and  giganteum  lilies  for 
Lilies     forcing  next  Easter  it  is  not  unlikely  that 

hereafter  many  growers  will  return  to  grow- 
ing Lilium  candidinii  and  the  hardier  form  of  Lilium 
longiflorutn  at  home  as  was  done  quite  frequently  thirty 
or  forty  years  ago.  We  have  seen  L.  candidum  of  home 
production  quite  wpial  the  best  imported  stock,  and 
there  is  no  reason  why  we  should  not  produce  at  home 
what  stock  we  need  of  this  lily  as  well  as  also  Lilium 
regale.  It  is  most  unfortunate  that  we  have  become 
so  dejiendent  on  foreign  countries  for  our  normal 
supplies. 

It  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  the  recent 
Pits  save  iijfr),  prices  and  restrictions  on  the  use  of 
coal  fuel  for  greenhouse  heating  will  lead  to 
material  changes  in  greenhouse  construc- 
tion. When  coal  could  be  bought  at  about  one-third 
of  its  present  price,  it  was  deemed  wise  to  construct 
greenhouses  with  a  view  to  obtaining  the  most  light 
and  jicrfect  ventilation  against  which  c(inditions  any 
difference  in  fuel  consumption  was  hardly  considered. 
Now,  liowever,  the  situation  is  different;  the  fuel  ques- 
tion is  a  momentous  one  and  economy  in  the  use  of 
fuel  a  necessity.  That  this  situation  will  change  with 
the  close  of  the  war  seems  certain.  Increased  shipping 
and  railroai]  facilities  will  restore  more  normal  prices 
yet  futtire  construction  will  be  greatly  modified  in  con- 
sc(|uence  of  the  )>resent  fuel  shortage.  Clrcenhouses 
built  partly  undeigroiind  and  deep  pits  are  likely  to 
come  into  w^^e  again.  Such  houses  and  pits  are  easily 
heated  and  if  up-to-date  methods  of  construction  are 
followed  their  usefulness  mav  be  greatly  increased. 


June  29,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


(J2: 


SOCIETY    OF    AMERICAN    FLORISTS 

AND 

ORNAMENTAL  HORTICULTURISTS 


THE    PUBLICITY    CAMPAIGN. 

Through  the  secretary's  efforts 
while  on  his  travels  there  is  a  notice- 
able stimulation  of  interest  in  our 
Publicity  Campaign. 

This  was  expected.  But  there  are 
thousands  of  florists  the  secretary 
will  not  be  able  to  reach.  The  cam- 
paign must  not  be  allowed  to  lag. 
Do  not  let  the  summer  season  furnish 
an  excuse  for  inactivity.  Remember, 
the  committees  must  put  their  plans 
into  effect  months  ahead.  Consider- 
able time  was  required  to  launch  the 
campaign  properly — it  was  quite  nec- 
essary. But  that  good  headway  has 
been  made  and  the  work  is  meeting 
with  undisputed  success,  there  should 
result  a  measure  of  support  which 
should  carry  the  movement  up  to  and 
beyond  the  point  aimed  for — $50,000 
for  the  year  1918,  the  whole  amount  to 
be  expended  in  publicity  by  December 
31. 

Again  it  should  be  pointed  out  that 
the  campaign  is  not  for  the  benefit  of 
any  individual  locality.  In  big  towns 
and  small  towns,  surburban  sections, 
in  fact,  everywhere  florists  are  situa- 
ted they  are  getting  the  benefit  of  this 
organized  effort  to  increase  the  de- 
mand for  flowers;  and  it  must  be  so, 
for  the  committees  are  considering 
only  such  mediums  for  conveyance  of 
their  floral  propaganda  that  without 
the  possibility  of  doubt,  reach  every 
district  in  the  country. 

It  is  hard  to  conceive  why  every 
florist  who  is  alive  to  his  personal 
interest  has  not  identified  himself 
with  this  movement.  Won't  you,  Mr. 
Reader,  if  you  have  not  already  sub- 
scribed, take  this  little  appeal  to 
heart.  Just  think  of  the  work  of  the 
committee  in  charge  of  the  camijaign, 
their  time  cheerfully  given  to  it,  the 
responsibilities  they  have  assumed; 
and  tliink  also  of  the  confidence 
which  so  many  of  your  fellow  florists 
have  reposed  in  these  same  gentlemen, 
by  generously  contributing,  according 
to  their  means,  to  the  fund  which  is 
to  benefit  all,  and  ask  yourself 
whether  the  movement  is  not  worthy 
of  your  hearty  support  —then  give 
what  you  can,  and  take  comfort  from 
the  fact  that  you  have  helped  to  safe- 
guard your  business  against  a  condi- 
tion whicli  in  the  nature  of  things, 
we  must  in  these  times  expect  to 
combat. 

The  following  additional  subscript- 
ions are  recorded: 

Ammally  fur  Four  Years— \V.  V.  Ilnwanl. 
Milfiinl.  Mass..  fTr.  Kroachvav  Klorisla.  Al- 
hanv,  N.  Y.,  $10:  Mattluw  H.  Mnlliollaiifl, 
Trov.  X.  Y'.,  $5;  .T.  G.  Barrett,  Troy,  N.  Y., 
$10:  W.  H.  Shower,  Selicneotady,  N.  Y.,  $5; 


H.  Louis  Menand.  Trov,  N.  Y.,  $5;  Conway 
Bros..  Troy,  N.  Y..  $0:  Arkay  Florist,  AI- 
liany,  N.  Y'.,  .f  10 :  J.  W.  Kger,  Schenectady. 
N.  Y'.,  $5:  Albany  Cut  Flower  Exchange. 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  $10 ;  The  Roserv  Flower 
Shop,  Albany,  X.  Y'..  $25;  John  C.  Travi- 
.son,  Albany,  X.  Y..  $5;  H.  G.  Eyres,  Albany, 
X.  Y.,  $25;  H.  C.  Mutch.  Troy,  X.  Y.,  $5; 
George  L.  Russell,  Albany,  X.  Y..  $5; 
Pierce  &  Gray,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  $5 ;  C.  P. 
Baker  &  Son.  Utica.  N.  Y.,  $25;  R.  H.  C. 
Bard.  Syracuse,  X.  Y'..  $5;  W.  E.  Day  Co.. 
Syracuse,  X.  Y'.,  $10;  Werner  F.  Bultmann, 
Syracuse,  X.  Y'.,  $10;  P.  R.  Quintan,  Syra- 
cuse. X.  Y'..  $10;  Geo.  Crook  &  Co.,  Roches- 
ter. X.  Y'..  $5;  Charles  Lee,  Barnard.  X.  Y., 
%'t:  Hugo  Teute,  Rochester,  X.  Y.,  $5;  J.  B. 
$25;  E.  R.  Frey.  Rochester,  X.  Y.,  $5: 
Jacob  Thomann,  Rochester,  X.  Y'.,  $10;  F. 
R.  Schlegel.  Rochester,  X.  Y.,  $10;  Salter 
Bros.,  Rochester,  N.  Y..  $5;  Geo.  J.  Keller. 
Rochester.  X.  Y.,  $5.:  W.  H.  Sievers.  Buf- 
falo. X.  Y.,  $10;  Kate  W.  Detlef,  Bufifalo, 
X.  Y.,  $5;  L.  H.  Neubeck.  Buffalo,  N.  Y.. 
.$5;  Budlong  Rose  Co.,  Auburn,  R.  I.,  $100; 
A.  J.  Reicherts.  Buffalo.  X.  Y.,  $20;  Colo- 
nial Flower  Shop,  Buffalo,  X.  Y.,  $10;  Chas. 
Fellon.  Buffalo.  X.  Y'..  $25;  Miss  Grace  New- 
land.  Buffalo.  X.  Y..  $10;  Peter  Hoffman, 
Buffalo,  X,  Y..  $10;  Mrs.  L.  Herrlich,  Buf- 
falo. X.  Y..  $5;  Wm.  H.  Grever,  Buffalo, 
X.  Y'..  $10;  J  Henry  Bartram  Lansdowne, 
Pa..  $S. 

For  One  Year — Brant  Bros.,  Utica,  N.  Y., 
$25;  rtica  Floral  Co.,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  $25; 
•  iustav   Barthlome,   Syracuse,   X.  Y.,  $5. 

Total,  .|;>43.00.  Pre'viously  reported  from 
all  sources,  .fS.i.SOl.TS.  "  Grand  total, 
$:'.5,t)34.75. 

John   Yoitng,   Secy. 
1170  Broadway,  New  York 

June  22,  1918. 


"GOOD    WORK" 

Just  received  a  full-page  article 
through  our  Promotion  Bureau  in  ref- 
erence to  our  Publicity  Campaign  tak- 
en from  a  national  publication  entitled 
"The  Fourth  Estate"  usually  perused 
by  newspaper  publishers  and  is  de- 
voted to  their-  interests.  I  wish  the 
entire  craft  would  get  the  issue  of 
June  1st  wherein  they  devote  an 
entire  page  to  the  good  work  our  Pub- 
licity Campaign  is  doing,  as  well  as 
the  courage  to  bring  out  a  floral  cam- 
paign. They  give  full  credit  to  the 
florists  who  have  had  the  vision  to  go 
through   with   it. 

The  article  reads  in  part  as  follows: 

Reminding    a    War-Worried    People    of 

the     Softening     Touches     that 

Flowers    Lend. 

By    W.    lyivingston    Larned 

It  is  rather  encouraging  to  discover 
that  in  tlie  midst  of  war.  when  there 
has  been  persistent  talk  on  the  subject 
of  curtailing  publicity  for  so-called 
non-essentials,  the  most  unlikely  com- 
modity on  earth  should  bloom  into 
campaign   form. 

Flowers  are  being  advertised! 

Just  when  the  public  is  a  bit  stifled 
from  powder  smoke  and  the  bursting 
of  first-line  shells,  the  modest  Violet 
and  the  American  Beauty  spring  from 
the  rich  soil  of  advertising  and  per- 
fume a  war-worried  world. 

But  it  is  being  done— successfully 
done. 

It    requires    courage    to    attempt    it. 


Flowers  were  never  advertised  before; 
at  least  not  in  a  thoroughly  profess- 
ional way.  The  account,  therefore, 
is  not  only  daring  but  is  innovational. 

A  Washington  bflScial  unconsciously 
confirmed  the  justice  of  this  advertis- 
ing. 

Some  one  went  to  him  with  the  re- 
mark that  it  seemed  criminal  for 
people  to  pay  good  money  for  expen- 
sive flowers,  when  investtnents  in 
Liberty  Bonds  and  Thrift  Stamps  and 
Red   Cross   work   were  so   essential. 

"I  saw  a  lady  at  the  theatre," 
growled  the  complainant,  "with  a  great 
cluster  of  roses  in  her  corsage.  What 
a  shame!  That's  the  sort  of  thing 
that  makes  a  fellow  think  the  Ameri- 
can Public  is  heartless." 

Whereupon  the  man  from  Washing- 
ton smiled. 

"On  the  contrary"  was  his  comment, 
"if  ever  there  was  need  of  flowers  it's 
now.  Their  influence  is  good  for  us. 
We   need   a  touch   of   Mother  Nature. 

"People  must  not  become  hardened. 
They  must  not  think  only  of  killing 
and  the  killed.  Would  you  have  us 
go  into  sack  cloth  and  ashes  and  sit 
around  moaning  every  minute?  That's 
the  surest  way  to  take  the  fire  out  of 
a  nation  and  an  army. 

"The  more  golf  and  theaters  and 
week-end  trips  and  optimism  and  flow- 
ers the  better!" 

Heretofore,  while  the  florists  of  the 
United  States  have  been  bound  to- 
gether by  an  association  no  one  ever 
really  gave  advertising  any  serious 
consideration. 

When  people  want  flowers  they  go 
and  buy  them.  There  are  set  occas- 
ions when   fiowers   are   indispensable. 

The  product  sells  itself. 

Progressive  florists  occasionally 
used  small  space  in  newspapers  to 
exploit  their  wares  or  grudgingly 
bought  car  card  space. 

But  at  best,  this  advertising  was 
half-hearted  and  inefficient. 

For  one  reason  and  another  the 
sales  dropped  off. 

It  seemed  likely  that  this  genera- 
tion was  forgetting  the  utility  and  the 
sentiment  of  floral  gifts  and  decora- 
tions. 

Then  along  came  the  Coal  Adminis- 
tration, with  certain  edicts  concerning 
how  much  coal  could  be  employed  by 
owners  of  hot  houses. 

The  winter  just  passed  was  a  bitter- 
ly cold  one.  Fuel  was  difficult  to 
obtain. 

Many  of  the  fellows  who  gave  flow- 
ers joined  the  colors  and  went  away. 

The  disturbing  influences,  along 
with  a  gradually  awakening  of  the 
l;oads  of  the  association,  prompted  in- 
vestigations to  be  made. 

How  could  flowers  be  advertised? 
Was  such  a  plan  possible  or  practical? 
\\ould  it  be  worth  an  extensive  cam- 
paign? What  would  the  various  mem- 
bers of  the   association   have   to  say? 


II  "  imuU  LTU  UE 


Juuu  :.'u.  luis 


wmuIiI   therp  be  cooperation  und  en 
cduiuKfiiient? 

It  was  (li't-iiled  to  pxporlmont  an<l 
ilie  wonl  went  forth. 

The  custoiiiury  tiistlo  bolwoen  n<l 
vertl.sltiK  UK<'nii<<s  ensiiod. 

One  of  thPiii  put  it  over,  aiiiong 
other  thiiiKx.  on  the  slrenRlh  of  n 
.Hlrikini;  und  clover  riiti'h  phra»e:  "'Say 
It  with  (lowers"  and  a  calendar 
thouKht,  of  which  we  shall  have  more 
to  say   later  on 

Say   It   With   Flowers 

It  was  contended  that  sentiment 
should  play  a  vital  part  In  the  adver- 
tlslnR.  Kxpresslons  of  sympathy,  love, 
atrertion.  regard,  etc.  could  be  told 
in  flowers. 

It  was  a  beautiful  and  potent  form 
of  speech,  richly  colored. 

If  you  have  a  message  of  affection 
to  send  to  a  sweetheart,  "Say  it  with 
flowers." 

If  you  want  to  tell  a  mother  that 
she  is  not  forgotten.  "Say  it  with 
flowers." 

If  the  wife  is  to  be  reminded  of  an 
anniversary.    "Say    it    with    flowers." 

Here.  then,  was  a  page  to  hang  the 
campaign  on.  There  could  be  accumu- 
lative value  to  the  advertising. 

It  was  to  "carry  on"  in  more  ways 
than  one. 

The  Publicity  Committee  of  the 
Society  of  .\nierican  Florists  and  Orn- 
amental Horticulturists  produced  a 
most  attractive  colored  transfer  win- 
dow sign. 

This  decalcomanie  carried  the  "Say 
it  with  flowers"  slogan,  in  gold  letters, 
against  a  blue  background. 

The  same  thought  was  put  into 
swinging  glass-signs,  window  trims 
and  stickers. 

A  remarkably  fine  magazine  cam- 
paign was  started  in  February,  etc., 
etc. 

When  papers  of  this  nature  will  de- 
vote a  full-page  article  it  gives  a  great 
deal  of  hope  for  the  future  of  the 
Publicity  Campaign,  and  editorials  of 
this  nature,  as  well  as  many  other 
editorials  of  other  pages  are  giving  us 
a  great  deal  of  satisfaction  for  the 
energy  devoted  to  the  cause. 

We  believe  the  campaign  will  con- 
tinue in  importance  from  year  to  year 
and  that  those  who  have  been  instiga- 
tors of  the  same  will  be  fully  paid  for 
their  efforts  in  the  satisfaction  given 
the  cause.  Hexry  Pk.n.v. 

Chairman,     National     Publicity     Cam- 
paign. 


Colonel  Henry  S.  Graves,  Chief  of 
the  Forest  Service,  has  written  to  the 
Boy  Scouts  setting  forth  the  neej  for 
the  census  of  black  walnut  trees  which 
President  Wilson  has  asked  the  Scouts 
to  undertake.  Four  or  five  propellers 
are  required  for  each  airplane,  the 
chief  forester  points  out.  and  since 
black  walnut  is  scarce  and  only  the 
best  grade  can  be  used  for  this  pur- 
pose, it  is  important  that  the  Govern- 
ment should  know  immediately  the  lo- 
cation of  all  available  supplies.  Wal- 
nut is  also  the  chief  wood  used  for  gun- 
stocks,  and  these  two  requirements, 
Colonel  Graves  says,  make  it  one  of 
the  most  essential  timbers  for  war 
purposes. 


The  iiiiiiual  meeting  of  the  .\iii.  : 
can  Sweet  Pea  Society  took  place  in 
Philadelphia  on  .lune  25th,  and  was 
given  added  interest  tiy  an  exhibition 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Pennsylva- 
nia liorticullural  Society  which  Joined 
them,  giving  their  scheduled  local' 
show  at  the  same  time.  The  event 
took  place  in  Greek  Hall,  an  adjunct 
of  Wanamaker's  and  proved  to  be 
quite  an  interesting  and  successful 
affair.  The  exhibits  were  very  cred- 
itable all  the  way  through,  and  re- 
flected lustre  on  all  concerned.  The 
leading  sweet  pea  feature  was  the 
Burpee  exhibit  which  occupied  the 
north  end  of  the  hall.  Here  were  shown 
nearly  one  hundred  varieties  in  big 
vases  occupying  a  five-row  ascending 
platform  extending  the  whole  length 
of  the  building  and  staged  and  ar- 
ranged as  only  that  master  of  the  art, 
George  W.  Kerr,  can  do  it.  The  pri- 
vate gardeners  of  the  vicinity  also 
made  very  creditable  showings  in 
sweet  peas  and  perennial  flowers. 
Michell  and  Dreer  had  the  leading 
place  at  each  side  of  the  entrance  to 
the  hail  and  put  up  artistic  well- 
grown  exhibits  of  the  leading  hardy 
flowers  now  in  bloom.  These  were 
all  labeled  and  proved  quite  a  source 
of  interest  and  education  to  the  many 
visitors. 

Among  the  seventy  or  a  hundred  ex- 
hibited by  Burpee  the  most  pleasing 
to  the  writer  were  the  following: 
pink,  Margaret  Atlee;  lavender,  Phan- 
tom Blue:  crimson,  King  Edward 
Spencer:  light  crimson.  The  Presi- 
dent; blush,  Seedling  Elegans;  pink 
and  white.  Seedling  Sparkler;  dark 
lavender,  Tennant  Spencer;  white, 
Isobel  Malcom,  Norvic  and  Floradale 
Fairy. 

We  couldn't  make  up  our  minds  as 

to  which  was  the  best  of  three  whites. 

Isobel   is   the  first  in  size  and  form, 

Xcrvic  the  purest  and  shiniest    white. 

an:l  Fairy  the  I'ringiest! 

"How    happy   roiilil    I    l)c  wltb   ellber  niTc 
tbe  other  dear  oharnier  away." 

The  complete  prize  list  follows: 

I'rjZi'S  awartiiMl  as  f(»llowH: 

Sweet  I'ejis  -Twelve  vari*iies:  1«t.  W.  S. 
Klli.-i.  Itrjn  .M.iwr.  I'a..  (f.iril.  .\x>:\  Llnd- 
rorh;  -iiil.  Thos.  AleKeaii.  U^iseniout,  Pa., 
garil.   Koliert  Al)eriieth.v. 

.Six  variellea:  lat,  .Mr.'*.  Frank  H.  Bacb- 
maii.  .lenkinstown.  Pa.,  ganl.  Stephen 
Alriel ;  ::n.l.  \V.  S.  Kllis. 

Twentv-Hve  Ilereules:  1st.  Mrs.  S.  D. 
Uirt.lle.  Glen  Uhl.Ile.  Pa.,  gar.1.  George 
.\rnn:inil;  2nil.  Miss  Marion  Fanst.  Merion. 
Pa.:  ■■'.r(\.  Mrs.  Frank  H.  Daebnian;  4th,  W. 
S.   F.llis. 

Disphiy:     lat.  Mis.s  Marion  Faust. 

Collection  of  three  varieties:  1st,  Thos. 
.MeKean  :  2n(l.  W.  S.  Ellis. 

Vase  of  liftv  blooms  of  ralxnl  Spencer: 
1st.  \V.  S.  Ellis. 

Twenty   of  any   white  varietj  :     Ist.  Mrs. 


I.erit. 


1.      II        IllO'hll, 


I'll. I     Ml-     l.,\\[-    .\.-ll 
Kanl.  KeliilioM  lireen 


Vane,  Iwi-iily.  lavender:  lat.  Mm.  S.  I> 
ItliMIe;  L'nil.  .Mm.   Fniiik  11.  Iluebinaii. 

Vane,  iwenly.  ilm-p  pink:  1«I.  Tliomna 
.MeKenn. 

Vime.  twint.v,  IIl-IiI  iilnk  :  1x1.  Mm.  S.  Ii. 
Itiilille;  2nil.   W   S.    KIIIh. 

Vase,  iKi'ntv.  rrlninon :  IbI,  .Mm.  S.  J>. 
Uliliile;   2iui,   TlioniiiH    MrKeun. 

Vane,  Inenlv.  Neiirlei  :  IbI.  Mm  S.  U. 
Itlilille. 

VaHe.  tnenly,  Kiilinon:  Int,  (ieoTKe  Mr- 
Failileii,   KoKeni'iiit.  Pa.,  uarii.  Davlil  .Mken. 

Va«e.  luinly.  oranKe:  Int.  TboniaK  .Me. 
Kean. 

Vase,  twi-nty.  pnrple:  Int.  Mm.  S.  Ii 
Kiitille;  2iiil.   MrH.   Thonius   Kachmnn. 

Vase,    tweniv.    maroon:      1st,    Mrs.    S.    I>. 
Kiilille;  I'liil.   W.   S.  KlIlH. 
•    Vase,      twenty,      Hlri|ieil:        IbI.      Thomas 
.MeKean. 

Vase,  twenty.  Oakeil.  bine  or  purple:  Ist, 
.Mrs.  S.  n.    Klilille. 

Vase,  rwentv,  anv  other  eolor:  1-t.  Mm. 
S.  II.  Itid.lle. 

The  (;arilen   .Magazine  meilal.  for  the  ex 
hlliltor    winiiliiK    the    most    llrst    prlr.es    in 
ilasses   nine  to  iweiiiv  tlirei'  ineliislve.   was 
awanleil  to  .Mrs.   S.   I).    Kl.lille, 

For  the  tliiesi  aioi  iiioHt  liierltorlonH  dis- 
play of  Sweet  Peas;  Awarded  to' W.  Alb-e 
Iturpee  &  Co. 

For  the  best  displav  of  a  new  vurletv: 
1st.  \V.  Atlee   Hnriiee  A:   Co. 

The  .Vmerlean  Swe.  t  Pea  Sor  lety'a  (iidd 
.Medal,  for  tile  llnest  and  most  meritorious 
exhibit  of  Sweet  Peas  made  by  the  Seed 
Trade,  awarded  to  W.  Atlee  Burpee  K  Co. 

Certitleale  of  merit,  awarded  to  \V.  At- 
lee Burpee  .V  ("o..  for  new  Sweet  Pea 
Spaiifrler  and   also   for   new   Sweet    Pea    No. 


Pennsylvania   Horticultural   Society 
Prizes 

Hut  Hoor  lilt  Flower,  twelve  vases:  Isl. 
lieorge  U.  -MeFailden;  2nd,  W.  .S.  Ellis;  ;!rd. 
.Mrs.  Louis  .Veilsoii. 

Hardy  Perennials,  vase  of  mixed  va- 
rieties: Ist,  Ueorge  II.  McFaddeu;  2nd,  W. 
S.   Ellis, 

Koses — Hybrid  Perpetual,  vase,  twelve 
blooms:  1st.  George  H.  .McFAilden;  '.'nd, 
S.   \.  Vauelain.  gard.  .Tobn  Crawford. 

Roses— Hybrid  Perpetual,  eolleellon:  1st, 
George  II.   .MeFaddin;  'Jnd.  S.   N.   Vauelain. 

Zinnia  Elegans:  Isl.  George  II.  McFad- 
den;  I'nd.  \V.  S.  Ellis. 

Sweet  Peas — Henrietta:  1st,  George  H. 
MiFadden.  Selntillator :  Ist,  George  II. 
.MeFailden.  Twentv  varieties:  Ist,  W.  S. 
i:ill8.  Twelve  vases:  1st.  Mrs.  S.  D.  Kid- 
dle. Six  vasi's,  six  varieties:  1st.  W.  S. 
Kllis. 

Silver  Cup  for  vase  of  Sweet  peas  exhib- 
ited for  the  Pennsylvania  Horticultural  So- 
liety  Prizes,  awarded  to  Mrs.  S.  D.  Kiddle, 
variety  Helen  Lewis. 


Address  of  President  George  W.  Kerr. 
In  welcoming  the  members  of  the 
American  Sweet  Pea  Society  to  our 
tenth  annual  convention,  I  would  ex- 
plain that  but  for  the  generosity  of 
Mr.  Wanamaker  in  granting  us  the 
use  of  Greek  Hall  it  is  more  than 
probable  that  wfe  would  not  have  had 
an  exhibition  this  season.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  at  last  year's  con- 
vention It  was  decided  to  hold  the 
1918  convention  in  New  York,  antici- 
pating that  the  New  York  Horticul- 
tural Society  would  assist  us  with 
special  prizes  and  also  provide  a  hall 
for  the  exhibition  as  they  had  done 
in  the  past.  These  embryo  arrange- 
ments of  ours,  however,  fell  through, 
and  I  was  afraid  that  at  least  for  this 


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season  our  annual  exhibition  would 
have  to  be  abandoned.  In  mentioning 
the  subject  te  Mr.  David  Burpee  he 
surprised  me  by  offering  to  provide 
the  prize  money  in  sections  B  and  C  if 
I  could  arrange  for  a  hall.  Therefore 
the  very  apparent  fact  that  we  are 
meeting  here  today  is  due  to  the  lib- 
erality of  Messrs.  Wanamaker  and 
Burpee. 

Much  has  been  said  and  written 
during  the  past  few  months  reganliu 
the  growing  of  flowers  and  holding 
exhibitions  of  same  during  these  war 
times.  We  are  all  alive  to  the  neces- 
sity of  growing  food  stuffs — the  gar- 
dener giving  first  consideration  to  the 
necessai->-  vegetable  crops — but  sure- 
ly that  is  no  reason  why  we  should 
put  aside  all  thought  of  flowers.  The 
more  serious  our  troubles  may  be.  the 
greater  our  need  of  flowers  to  cheer 
us.  Therefore,  we  should  all  deter- 
mine to  do  our  utmost  to  keep  our 
borders  blooming.  Great  Britain, 
after  almost  four  years  of  war  still 
continues  a  number  of  her  flower 
shows,  though  many  of  the  largest 
events  of  the  season  have  been 
dropped  for  the  time  being.  Sweet 
Pea  specialists  there  are  still  devel- 
oping new  varieties,  some  of  which 
are  to  be  seen  on  exhibition  here. 
Since  the  beginning  of  the  war  a 
most  flourishing  Sweet  Pea  Society  has 
l.ieen  set  agoing  in  Australia,  where 
this  beautiful  flower  is  a  prime  favor- 
its,  therefore  with  the  example  set 
us  by  these  countries  which  have  suf- 
fered so  much  during  the  past  four 
years,  we  surely  do  not  require  an  ex- 
cuse for  meeting  here  today. 

When  we  look  back  on  the  varieties 
of  Sweet  Peas  exhibited  at  our  first 
exhibition,  which  was  held  in  New 
York,  we  are  immediately  impressed 
with  the  great  development  which 
has  taken  place  in  this  lovely  annual. 
At  our  opening  show  there  were  very 
few  Spencer  varieties  exhibited,  at 
least  ninety-five  per  cent  being  of  the 
grandiflora  type.  Today  all  the  vases 
are  filled  with  Spencers.  Then  we 
have  the  evolution  in  new  colors — 
practically  all  shades  but  yellow. 
Shall  we  ever  get  a  yellow  Sweet 
Pea?  Time  alone  will  tell.  However, 
until  it  does  come  we  can  get  along 
very  nicely  without  it. 

During  the  past  few  years  the  new 
early  flowering  type  of  Spencers  have 
been  evolved,  and  this  is  the  type 
which  is  grown — almost  to  the  ex- 
clusion of  the  regular  Spencers — in 
Australia.  This  new  early  type  lias 
been  blooming  in  the  open  at  Ford- 
hook  since  last  April,  and  I  feel  sure 
that  they  are  destined  to  occupy  an 
important  place  in  all  establishments 
where  early  outdoor  flowers  are  de- 
sired. 

It  must  therefore  be  admitted  that 
our  Sweet  Pea  specialists  have  not 
been  asleep.  We  are  getting  some- 
thing new  all  the  time,  the  best  of 
yesterday  are  being  ecli]  sed  by  the 
new  today,  and  these  again  may  have 
to  take  second  place  to  those  of  to- 
morrow. As  far  as  I  can  see  there 
need  be  no  end  to  the  improvement 
in  our  Sweet   Peas,  therefore  the  en- 


thusiastic can  always  look  forward  to 
accomplishing  something  better  than 
the  present  day  best. 

It  is  with  deep  regret  and  sorrow 
that  I  refer  to  the  loss  of  one  of  our 
most  energetic  officers;  namely,  John 
Harrison  Dick.  A  gentleman  in  every 
sense  of  the  word.  A  keen  and  en- 
thusiastic horticulturist.  A  sympa- 
thetic and  true  friend,  he  is  greatly 
missed.  I  first  met  Mr.  Dick  in  Scot- 
land some  sixteen  or  seventeen  years 
ago,  and  following  that  first  meeting, 
quite  frequently  at  the  London  and 
larger  provincial  Hower  shows  until 
I  came  to  the  States.  It  was  with 
mutual  pleasure  that  we  renewed  our 
friendship  here.  Although  Mr.  Dick 
had  only  been  in  America  for  a  com- 
paratively few  years,  in  that  time  he 
made  many  friends  and  was  a  well- 
known    figure   at    all    exhibitions    and 


The   Hutchins   Memorial  Cup. 


conventions  pertaining  to  horticul- 
ture. The  sympathy  of  all  our  mem- 
bers has,  I  know,  already  been  ex- 
tended to  his  widow  and  little  girl. 
Yet  it  is  well  that  an  appropriate 
resolution  be  drawn  up  and  embodied 
in   our  minutes. 

I  have  to  thank  our  secretary,  Wm. 
Cray,  and  members  of  the  executive 
committee  for  their  unfailing  assist- 
ance during  the  past  season. 

All  the  ofTicers  of  the  Sweet  Pea 
Society  were  re-elected.  There  was  a 
vacancy  on  the  executive  committee 
caused  by  the  demise  of  J.  Harrison 
Dick  and  this  was  filled  by  the  elec- 
tion of  David  Don  of  Weeber  &  Don. 
N.  Y.  Cily.  .Next  meeting  place  to  be 
selected  by  that  committee.  Several 
entries  of  sweel  peas  from  Lenox  and 
Pittsfield,  iMass.,  failed  to  materialize. 
No  explanation  was  forthcoming  but 
the  cold  is  supposed  to  have  damaged 
the  crop  in   those   parts. 


THE     HUTCHINS    MEMORIAL    CUP. 

The  accompanying  illustration  shows 
the  Hutchins  Memorial  Cup,  awarded 
at  the  exhibition  of  the  American 
Sweet  Pea  Society,  held  last  week  in 
Philad  Iphia,  for  the  finest  twelve 
varieties,  twenty  sprays  to  a  vase, 
conectly  named.  The  winner  is  to 
1  (il(!   the  cup  for  one  year  only. 

The  Sweet  Pea  Bulletin  and  Sched- 
ule says  of  the  inception  of  the  plan 
to  |)rovide  this  memorial  that,  "Rec- 
ognizing the  great  influence  the 
writings  of  the  late  W.  T.  Hutchins 
exercised  in  popularizing  the  sweet 
pea  in  America,  it  is  appropriate  that 
his  memory  should  be  kept  green. 
This  thought  was  first  suggested  at 
our  convention  in  Boston  in  1917  by 
the  late  J.  Harrison  Dick,  and  on 
approaching  sweet  pea  lovers  for  sub- 
scriptions towards  a  memorial  cup  the 
response  was  quickly  forthcoming. 
The  result  of  the  free  offerings  has 
made  it  possible  to  obtain  a  hand- 
some solid  silver  cup.  Mr.  Hutchins 
w^as  the  first  of  the  modern  writers 
on  the  sweet  pea,  his  book  "All 
About  Sweet  Peas,"  being  the  first 
book  devoted  to  this  flower.  Then 
his  celebrated  simile  of  the  sweet 
pea  with  which  he  closed  his  address 
at  the  Sweet  Pea  Bicentenary  in 
London  in  1900,  is  freely  quoted  by 
writers  all  over  the  world  and  is 
known  to  us  all  by  heart." 

The  cup  is  solid  .silver.  24  inches 
high  and  cost  $2.50. 

The  subscribers  to  the  fund  were 
the  following; 

;>lrs.    Svkes    ?25.00 

W.   Atlee   Burpee  Co 25.00 

Hciuv    A.    Mioliell 5.00 

Waller  Seeit   Co..   U   D 5.00 

IVter  Heuderson  Co 25.00 

D^iviil    Burpee    7.50 

Fottler,  B'iske,  Rawson  Co tO.OO 

F.   G    Cutlihertson 3.0P 

Stiimpp  &   Walter 10.00 

Florist's  Exchange    5.00 

Srecher  Lith.   Co.,  Rochester i'l.oO 

.lolm   H.   Stalford 10.00 

Hiiiiv  A.  Preer 10.00 

WaUlo   Kohnert   5.00 

Nurthruii,  Kins  &  Co 15.00 

Hi.wanl    M.    Earl 5.00 

(ii'.i.    W.    Kerr 5.(K) 

C.  C.  Morse  it   Co 25.(KI 

John   Bodirer  &   Son  Co 5.00 

KimhiTlin    Seed   Co 5.00 

Will.  X.  ('raid 2..50 

Weelier   &    Don 5.00 

.\rthiir  K.   Thatcher 5.01) 

The  lesser  bulb  fly  (Eumerus  siri- 
(/(itus),  together  with  the  narcissus 
fly  (Merodon.  eqvestris) ,  was  collected 
in  considerable  numbers  in  narcissus 
liullis.  from  Holland,  at  Washington, 
1).  ('.  The  lesser  liulb  fly  was  also 
sent  in  for  identification  by  one  of  the 
large  seed  firms  of  Philadelphia,  taken 
in  Holland-grown  narcissus  bulbs.  It 
is  now  known  to  be  established  in  the 
States  of  California,  Washington,  Col- 
orado and  Maine.  Although  the  eco- 
nomic status  of  the  lesser  l)ulb  fly  is 
in  dispute,  Verrall  in  British  Flies, 
volume  VIII  (1901),  says  "The  Euro- 
pean E.  strigalus  has  been  lired  from 
bulbs  of  the  common  onion  [AUiun 
crim ) .  of  which  they  sometimes  destroy 
a  whole  crop." 


(HO 


II 0  irr  1  C  U  L  T  U  R  E 


June  29.  1»18 


AMERICAN  ROSE  SOCIETY 

Visit   to   Eliz.ibeth   P.irk.    Hertford.   Conn 


t'lomllet.»  sklus.  .1  brisk,  clear  at- 
mosphere and  most  cordial  hospital- 
ity greeted  the  members  of  the 
American  Rose  Society  In  Hartford 
on  Thursday.  June  20.  The  local 
committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Pier- 
son.  Huss  and  CumnihiK.  had  been 
most  thouphtfiil  in  anticipating  every 
detail  of  a  plan  to  make  the  day  an 
eventful  one  in  the  annals  of  the  so- 
ciety. The  executive  committee  of 
the  society  held  a  session  in  Pond 
House.  Elizabeth  Park,  at  H>  o'clock, 
after  which  the  committee  and  other 
guests  were  entertained  at  luncheon 
at  Hotel  Bond  by   \V.  R.   Pierson. 

After  luncheon  the  party  was 
conveyed  to  the  famous  rose  gardens 
at  Elizabeth  Park.  The  attendance 
was  disappointing  but  those  in  atten- 
dance felt  well  repaid  for  the  trip.  The 
hybrid  perpetual,  tea  and  hybrid  tea 
roses  were  at  their  best,  but  the 
climbers  were  not  yet  in  their  full 
beauty.  In  the  older  part  of  the  gar- 
den beds  of  Radiance,  Killarney 
Queen,  Miss  Cynthia  Forde,  P^rau  Karl 
Druschki.  Laurent  Carle  and  George 
Arends  were  especially  good,  while 
the  climbers  American  Pillar,  Chris- 
tine Wright,  Purity,  Leuchtstern  and 
Excelsa  were  full  of  bloom  and  much 
admired.  In  the  newer  part  of  the 
garden  there  were  forty-two  beds, 
each  filled  with  a  variety  donated  by 
some  individual  or  firm,  which  in  the 
opinion  of  the  donor  was  the  most 
desirable  of  available  varieties.  The 
single  hybrid  tea  Isabelle,  donated  by 
the  A.  N.  Pierson  Co.,  Rosalind  and 
Silvia  by  F.  R.  Pierson  Co.  Mrs.  I,eon 
Pain  and  Miss  Cynthia  Forde  by  H. 
A.  Dreer  were  among  those  esi  e- 
cially   noted. 

In  the  rose  test  garden  the  judges 
consisting  of  Professor  Frank  A. 
Waugh,  Amherst,  Mass.,  S.  S.  Pen- 
nock,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  Robert 
Pyle  West  Grove  Pa.,  scored  the  hy- 
brid teas  as  follows:  .John  Cook's 
seedling  N'o.  512 — 86  points,  which, 
therefore,  received  the  silver  medal 
of  the  American  Rose  Society;  John 
Cook's  seedling  Xo.  561 — 82  points, 
thereby  awarding  it  a  certificate  of 
merit;  Bertram  J.  Walker— 74  points 
and  Mrs.  George  Gorden — 73  points. 
Eighty-two  points  and  a  certificate 
of  merit  were  awarded  the  climbing 
rose,  "Aunt  Harriet,"  introduced  by 
the  Conard  &  Jones  Co.,  West  Grove. 
Pa.,    and    72   points    to    Wartburg    in- 


liuiliu'cd  b.\  llu'  .same  lirni,  by  a  com- 
milU'e  consisting  of  Professor  F>ank 
A.  Wuugh,  S.  S.  Pennock  and  W.  K. 
Pierson. 

.\fter  the  Judging  the  entire  party 
were  piloted  in  automobiles  through 
Hartford's  splendid  park  system  by 
.Supl  George  A.  Parker.  Mr.  Turner, 
Superintendent  of  Connecticut  State 
Park,  Thomas  Snell  Weaver,  Park 
Commissioner  and  George  Hollister, 
Superintendent  of  Keney  Park.  Leav- 
ing Elizabeth  Park  with  its  some- 
what formal  style  of  gardening.  Keney 
Park  was  first  visited.  This  com- 
prises about  660  acres  of  natural 
landscape  with  open  meadows  where 
grazed  herds  of  sheep,  tended  in  a 
picturesque  way  by  shepherds  and 
dogs.  Here  broad  vistas  were  also 
striking  and  the  winding  drives 
through  deep  wooded  areas  carpeted 
with  rank  growth  of  ferns  were  most 
restful.  Passing  through  the  city  by 
the  Keney  Memorial  and  South  Green, 
Colt  Park  was  next  visited.  Here  the 
spirit  of  play  was  most  in  evidence 
and  the  park  was  filled  with  hundreds 
of  boys  and  girls,  young  men  and 
ladies  engaged  in  all  sorts  of  recrea- 
tion. Goodwin  Park,  another  area  of 
natural  landscape  was  interesting  be- 
cause it  was  used  largely  as  .Munici- 
pal Golf  Links.  At  Overlook  the  party 
stopped  and  were  treated  to  soft 
drinks  by  the  genial  superintendent 
of  parks.  Pope  Park,  a  recreation 
park  with  ideal  playgrounds  in  a  sec- 
tion of  the  city  where  most  of  the 
homes  were  of  the  poorer  class,  was 


motored  through  on  the  return  lo 
Ellitiibelh    I'ark. 

At  six  o'clock  the  party  was  enter- 
tained at  a  delightful  dinner  in  Pond 
House,  by  Ihi-  llarllord  I'ark  Depart- 
ment. After  the  dinner  Thomas 
Snell  Weaver  and  Gecirge  Parker  of 
the  Park  Depart nienl,  expressed  In  a 
few  well  chosen  words  the  welcome  of 
the  Park  Deparlmi'nl  lo  the  Ameri- 
can Hose  Society  and  llenjamln  Ham- 
mond, president  of  the  society,  rc- 
spiuidod,  voicing  the  appreciation  of 
the  American  Hose  Society  for  the 
most  generous  hospitality  extended 
to  Its  members  by  thi'  flower  lovers 
of  Hartford. 

,'\t  '..'ill  the  guests  and  citizens  of 
Hartford  listened  to  a  delightful  lec- 
ture in  the  .Miinici|)al  lUiilding  on 
"Outdoor  Hoses."  by  Robert  Pyle  of 
West  Grove.  Pa.  .Mr.  Pyle  showed 
many  beautifully  colored  slides  of 
rose  gardens  in  .America  and  abroad, 
and  also  the  various  types  and  varie- 
ties of  roses.  The  lecturer's  personal 
acquaintance  with  many  of  the  most 
noted  rosarians  al>road  made  his  talk 
full  of  Interest.  Following  .Mr.  Pyle's 
lecture.  Professor  Frank  A.  Waugh  of 
the  Mass.  -Agricultural  College  gave 
an  interesting  and  instructive  illus- 
trated lecture  on  "Civic  Improve- 
ment.' 

The  keynote  of  the  day  seemed  to 
be  that  in  these  times  of  strenuous 
warfare  when  all  nations  are  at  strife, 
there  is  added  need  of  the  quieting, 
restful,  recreating  influence  of  roses 
and  natural  beauty.  Commissioner 
Weaver  expressed  the  thought  that 
though  the  war  may  go  on  for  years, 
Xature  will  again  reassert  herself 
and  where  all  <s  now  turmoil  and  car- 
nage, the  ])oppies  and  other  flowers 
of  France  will  again  spring  up,  a 
token  of  hope  and  inspiration  for  us 
all.  E.  A.   White.  Secy. 


.\  prominent  English  rosarian.  writ- 
ing in  a  recent  issue  of  the  London 
Garden,  says  Golden  Emblem  (1917) 
bids  fair  to  be  the  finest  yellow  rose 
in  cultivation.  The  habit  of  growth 
Is  ideal  and  the  flowers  shapely  and 
well  scented,  a  gold-medal  variety. 


LAELIO-CATTLEYA    RHEIMS   ALBA    RUBRA    AND   CATTLEYA  CHARM. 


Silver  Mcdiil  for  eiicli  .i\v:irili'i]  at  P.ostiui  Sliow  to  A.  W.   rrfstoji. 


June  29,  1918 


HORTIOULTUEE 


631 


CLUBS  AND  SOCIETIES 


AMERICAN      ASSOCIATION      OF 
NURSERYMEN. 

As  we  are  going  to  press  the  Ameri- 
can Association  of  Nurserymen  is 
holding  its  forty-tliird  annual  conven- 
tion in  Chicago,  with  a  fairly  repre- 
sentative attendance.  The  program  is 
an  extensive  one  and  much  business 
of  importance  is  being  transacted. 

J.  R.  JIayhew,  presiding  as  vice- 
president,  delivered  a  most  patriotic 
and  devout  address  on  "War  Times 
and  the  Nursery  Business."  He  urged 
the  sacrifice  of  everything,  it  neces- 
sary, iintil  Prussian  militarism  is  ban- 
ished from  the  earth.    He  said: 

"I  hope  that  each  of  you  may,  for 
the  duration  of  the  war,  make  money, 
may  make  more  money  than  ever  be- 
fore in  your  life,  but  only  that  you 
may  be  able  to  contribute,  through 
tax  and  through  investment  in  war 
securities  and  war  charities,  every 
dollar  you  are  able  to  earn  and  spare 
from  a  most  frugal  and  economical 
living.  I  do  not  believe  that  any  one 
of  us  has  a  moral  right  to  pile  up 
profits  for  ourselves  as  long  as  this 
war  lasts,  nor  do  I  believe  our  leaders 
will  allow  it.  The  profits  of  business, 
great  and  small,  should,  and  doubtless 
will  be,  taken  in  tax  it  not  invested 
in  government  war  securities,  and 
this,  beyond  question,  is  the  Govern- 
ment's plan.  We  should,  with  this 
purpose  before  us,  by  every  honorable 
means,  endeavor  to  make  our  business 
turn  out  profits,  difficult  as  the  propo- 
sition now  seems." 

Aivin  E.  Nelson,  of  Swain  Nelson  & 
Sons  Co.,  Chicago,  was  chairman  of 
the  local  committee  and  Jlrs.  Clyde 
Leesley  looked  after  the  interests  of 
the  ladies  attending  the  convention. 
The  exhibits  have  been  dispensed  with. 


NEWPORT  HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
The  .Juno  show  of  this  socioty  was 
held  on  Tuesday,  the  2.ith  inst.  The 
effect  of  present  conditions  was  re- 
flected in  the  smaller  number  of  ex- 
hibits and  the  lack  of  competition. 
The  quality  of  the  exhibits  on  the 
whole  were  excellent.  Mrs.  T.  J. 
Emery,  gard.  Andrew  Porward,  ex- 
hibited hybrid  tea  roses,  hardy  flowers 
and  vegetables  which  were  awarded 
first  premium  in  each  case  as  follows: 
Hybrid  tea  roses,  named,  outdoor 
grown  flowers,  six  vases  of  hardy 
perennials,  six  distinct  kinds  of  veg- 
etables. Mrs.  T.  O.  Richardson,  gard. 
James  Robertson,  and  Miss  Fanny 
Foster,  gard.  C.  M.  Bugholt,  divided 
the  honors  in  the  classes  tor  hybrid 
perpetual   roses.     Mrs,    W.   Wall   Sher- 


man, gard.  Andrew  Ramsay,  won  sev- 
eral first  prizes  in  the  single  vase 
classes  for  hybrid  tea  roses.  William 
G.  Taylor,  amateur  sweet  pea  grower, 
exhibited  solne  excellent  sweet  peas 
and  won  first  prize  in  all  the  classes 
he  exhibited  in. 

A  booth  for  the  sale  of  flowers  was 
one  of  the  features  and  a  goodly  sum 
was  realized  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Red  Cross.  All  surplus  flowers  were 
sent  to  the  Naval  Hospital  and  to  the 
Newport  Hospital  on  the  closing  of 
the  show. 

Kempenaar  &  Christianson  who 
made  a  fine  exhibit  of  hybrid  tea  and 
tea  roses  were  awarded  a  certiflcate 
of  merit.  T.  Suffern  Taller,  gard.  Wm. 
Edward,  exhibited  orchids  and  spirea 
and  received  special  award. 


J.     R.     M.WHEW 

Viii'  I'lvsiileiit    American    Assoriation    of 
Xurserymeu 


FLORISTS'      CLUB      OF      WASHING- 
TON. 

The  next  regular  meeting  will  be 
held  July  2,  instead  of  on  July  4,  as 
previously  announced.  The  cause  tor 
the  change  is  the  proposal  to  hold  in 
ihif.  city  on  the  latter  date  a  patriotic 
fageant  on  a  scale  never  heretofore 
undertaken.  A  special  meeting  was 
called  to  consider  this  question  and  a 
committee  composed  of  George  C. 
Shaffer.  William  Marche  and  G.  Mil- 
ton Thomas  was  ajipointed  to  lay 
l)lanL  for  tlie  entering  of  a  float  in  the 
precession  in  the  name  of  the  florists 
of  Washington.  It  had  been  planned 
to  hold  an  old  fashioned  basket  party 
at  Suitland  Park  on  the  Fourth  of 
July,  to  which  the  ladies  were  to  par- 
ticijate.  All  of  the  stores  will  close  at 
not  later  than  one  o'clock,  as  prev- 
iously agreed  upon,  and  the  outing 
will  have  to  come  in  .\ugust. 


LANCASTER    COUNTY    FLORISTS' 
ASSOCIATION. 

Thursday,  June  2lith,  Richard  Vin- 
cent, Jr.,  arrived  in  Lancaster  and 
was  taken  to  the  home  of  President 
Buchanan  for  an  hour's  company  with 
(Jeo.  B.  Wilson,  the  present  owner 
and  president  of  the  Wheatland 
Greenhouse  Co.  .41ong  with  Mr.  Vin- 
cent were  Elmer  Weaver,  E.  P.  Hos- 
tetter,  the  writer,  and  T.  J.  Nolan. 
This  same  party  joined  by  Messrs. 
Ira  Landis,  Hary  K.  Rohrer.  Chas.  M. 
Weaver,  -M.  J.  Brinton  and  B.  F.  Barr 
took  dinner  with  Mr.  Vincent  at  the 
Elks'  Club. 

The  meeting  was  opened  at  eight 
o'clock  with  the  usual  formal  business 
and  a  report  that  the  picnic  should  be 
in  the  form  of  a  basket  picnic,  so  that 
the  sociability  will  have  to  come  with 
the  various  games  and  amusements 
instead  of  with  the  breaking  of  bread. 

Mr.  Evans,  chairman  of  our  Local 
Fuel  Committee,  gave  us  a  very  good 
talk  on  the  fuel  question.  He  put  us 
all  on  our  honor  to  comply  with  the 
laws  and  also  to  report  any  violation 
of  the  law.  He  also  added  that  any 
time  we  were  in  trouble  to  come  to 
him.  and  while  he  could  not  promise 
to  help  us  out  every  time  he  would 
do  all  he  could  for  us. 

Richard  Vincent,  Jr.,  then  gave  us 
his  illustrated  lecture  on  Scotland  and 
this  was  interspersed  with  some  genu- 
ine Scotch  songs  rendered  by  Donald 
Frazer,  who  is  second  only  to  Harry 
Lauder.  Mr.  Vincent  is  always  inter- 
esting and  was  especially  so  this  night 
and  his  little  prelude  in  which  he 
gave  us  a  heart  to  heart  talk  on  the 
outlook  for  our  business  was  a  mas- 
terpiece of  good  common  sense. 

The  Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the  Club 
has  been  properly  started  and  we  can 
soon  look  for  results  that  will  put  the 
Gentlemen's  Auxiliary  on  their  metal. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  picnic  at 
the  home  of  B.  F.  Barr  on  the  18th 
I'f  July.  Alukut  M.  Hkrk. 


TORONTO     RETAIL     FLORISTS- 
CLUB 

The  first  annual  meeting  of  the 
Toronto  Retail  Florists'  Club  was  held 
on  Monday,  June  10th.  The  election 
of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  result- 
ed in  the  unanimous  election  of  Pres- 
ident Geo.  M.  Geraghty;  vice-presi- 
dent, H.  G.  Dilleinuth;  secretary. 
Harry  James;  treasurer.  J.  A.  Neal; 
executive  committee:  the  ofllcers  and 
Mrs.  Moore,  J.  .1.  Higgins,  S.  A.  Frost. 
J.  J.  Carter.  Plans  for  the  club's  out- 
ing were  outlined.  There  will  be  many 
kinds  of  games  tor  young  and  old.  and 
suitable  prizes  in  all  events.  The  club 
extends  an  invitation  to  all  their 
friends  to  attend  their  "pick-nick''  at 
Island  Park.  Wednesday,  July  17th. 
No  admission  fee.  All  florists'  stores 
in  Toronto  will  be  closed  on  the  after- 
noon of  the  "pick-nick." 


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American     Seed    Tr.ide     Association. 

The  seedsmen's  convention  held  in 
C'hU-HCo  last  week  represented  more 
seed  firms  than  any  of  its  predeces- 
sors. There  have  been  other  conven- 
tions of  its  Ivind  that  have  been  as 
largely  attended,  and  some  that  have 
n'fislered  more,  but  according  to  one 
of  itb  oldest  and  most  prominent  mem- 
bers there  were  the  names  of  more 
firms  on  the  register  this  year  than 
ever  before.  This  Indicates  that  the 
seed  trade  Is  fully  alive  to  the  unusual 
conditions  of  the  times  and  would 
profit  by  the  intercbanBe  of  ideas. 

The  first  business  on  Tuesday  morn- 
ing was  the  president's  address,  which 
we  published  in  full  in  our  last  week's 
issue,  as  well  as  the  secretary-treas- 
urer's report. 

\V.  F.  Therkildson.  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  postal  laws,  presented 
his  report,  which  was  accepted. 

W.  A.  Wheeler  of  the  bureau  of 
markets  of  the  United  States  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  delivered  an  ad- 
dress ou  "Seed  Reporting  as  a  Public 
Service." 

L.  L.  Olds,  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  experiment  stations,  pre- 
sented an  elaborate  report  which  was 
the  joint  work  of  the  entire  committee 
covering  their  several   territories. 

Secretary  Kendel  read  a  paper  from 
Dr.  W.  \V.  Tracey  of  U.  S.  Department 
of  Agriculture.  "Persistent  Varietel 
Character  in  Garden  Vegetables."  and 
AV.  R.  Beattie,  extension  horticultur- 
ist of  the  same  department,  spoke  on 
"The  Home  Garden  as  a  Means  of  In- 
creasing the  Food  Supply."  A.  K. 
Ovrieu  of  the  .Agricultural  Publishers' 
Asso<jiation  of  Chicago  addressed  the 
convention  on  "Community  Building 
in    War  Times." 

.At  the  Wednesday  morning's  ses- 
sion various  rei)orts  were  received  as 
well  as  the  report  from  counsel  Curtis 
Nye  Smith.  The  local  seedsmen  en- 
tertained the  visitors  at  luncheon  at 
the  Hotel  Sherman  at  1  p.  m. 

The  reelertion  of  the  old  officers 
shows  the  confidence  of  the  associa- 
tion in  them  and  the  wisdom  of  the 
old  adage  not  to  change  horses  in  the 
middle  of  the  stream. 

John  Leonard,  of  the  Leonard  Seed 
Co..  had  the  social  affairs  of  the  con- 
\ention  in  charge  and  handler!  them 
with  his  usual  efficiency.  The  annual 
banquet  was  held  on  Thursday  even- 
ing, when  seedsmen  and  their  wives 
to  the  number  of  243  sat  down  to- 
gether and  did  full  justice  to  the 
dinner  without  the  harrowing  fear  of 
bein.R    called    ut-on    for   a    speech,    for 


thi'i  convcntliin  pliued  Itself  on  record 
fm  duiiiK  its  talking  In  the  convention 
rncni.  Music  and  nn  eiitertuiner  gave 
p'eiily  of  enjnymciit  to  all.  Over  60 
indies  were  the  giiests  of  the  Assoclu- 
tiiMi  at  u  lunrheim  served  In  the  tea 
loon,  at  .Mar.^ball  Field's,  and  7.'>  ladles 
rtlt  nded  the  theatre  party  and  wlt- 
iiesied  "Friendly  KnemleB"  at  Wood's 
Theatre,  also  by  the  oiurle^s  and  i;i-ii- 
eroFlty  of  the  Association 


Wholesale     Grass     Seed     Dealers'    As- 
sociation. 

The  Wholesale  Grass  Seed  Dealers' 
.Association  held  their  annual  meeting 
on  June  17.  Three  new  members 
were  admitted  to  the  association: 
Canada  Seed  Company,  Ltd.,  Toron- 
to; Rudy-Patrick  Seed  Company,  Kan- 
sas City,  .Mo.;  Mangelsdorf  Seed 
Company,  Atchison,  Kan. 

The  present  officers:  A.  E.  Rey- 
nolds, president:  Chas.  C.  Massey, 
vice-president;  W.  R.  Jossman,  sec- 
retary  and   treasurer   were  re-elected. 

The  by-laws  were  amended  giving 
the  president  the  privilege  of  appoint- 
ing each  year  one  honorary  member 
of  the  association.  For  this  year's 
a|  pointment  Albert  Dickinson  was  se- 
lected. 

Vegetable  Seed  Crop  Conditions  in  the 
West. 

California  Conditions — Reports  from 
California  seed  growers  show  that  veg- 
etable seed  crops  on  the  whole  are 
suffering  from  a  lack  of  moisture 
which  has  been  deficient  during  the 
winter  and    spring   in   many   sections. 

Several  seed  growers  estimate  from 
present  prospects  that  their  deliver- 
ies will  be  as  follows,  and  add  that 
some  crops  are  in  such  a  critical  con- 
dition that  an  accurate  estimate  is  im- 
possible: 

I.pl  I  IK-.- 45%  to  60% 

Oiilmi    60%  to  7.1% 

Bwt     75%  to  85% 

Salsify    50%  to  60% 

Kailish    30%  to  45% 

Carrot     65%  to  85% 

Celpr.v    8.'>%  to  115% 

Kinlivp    75%  to  95% 

Spinach     40%  to  70% 

Beet — Beets  are  in  good  condition 
and  the  prospects  are  that  an  average 
crop  of  seed  will  be  harvested. 

Carrot — Indications  are  that  carrot 
seed  will  be  a  fair  crop  this  year. 
W'hile  the  prospects  are  not  good  for  a 
large  yield  per  acre,  it  is  believed  the 
increased  acreage  planted  to  this  crop 
will  bring  the  total  production  up  to 
nearly  normal. 

Celery — The  prospects  are  for  a 
good  to  normal  crop  of  celery  seed. 
Some  growers  state  that  White  Plume 
will  be  a  short  crop  with  them. 

Celeriac — Celeriac  is  in  good  condi- 
tion. 

Endive— Indications  are  that  endive 
will  be  a  short  crop  in  most  sections. 

Lettuce — Reports  of  damage  to  this 
crop  combined  with  late  planting  are 
general.  Practically  all  growers  be- 
lieve the  crop  will  be  light  and  some 
say  that  certain  varieties  will  be  a 
total  failure. 

Leek — Reports  from  both  cen'ral 
and  southern  California  indicate  a 
normal  crop  of  leek  seed.     All  reports 


received  slate  this  crop  to  be  In  good 
cimditioo. 

Onion — One-half  the  reports  re- 
ceived stale  that  a  fair  crop  of  onion 
seed  Is  In  prospect  and  the  other  half 
Rtnte  that  the  crop  Is  uncertain. 

Parsley  Only  two  reports  were  re- 
celveil  on  this  crop,  one  IndlcatInK  a 
complete  failure  and  the  other  sUitInK 
the  <-rop  was  very  backward  and  pros- 
pi'cls  jioor. 

Parsnip — Conditions  are  not  encour- 
aging  for  a  satisfactory  yield  of  pars- 
nip seed. 

Hadlsh-  DecauMc  of  late  planting 
most  growers  expect  a  very  unsatis- 
factory crop  of  radish  seed.  While  In 
many  sections  the  crop  is  looking  well, 
the  prospects  at  present  Indicate  that 
warm  weather  will  force  the  blooming 
period. 

Salsify — All  reports  Indicate  that 
salsify  will  be  one  of  the  short  crops 
this  year. 

Spinach— Two-thirds  of  the  reports 
say  that  the  si)lnach  crop  is  In  good 
condition  and  that  a  normal  yield  may 
be  expected,  while  one-third  of  the 
growers  reporting  say  the  crop  Is  In 
fair  condition 

North  Pacific  Seed-Growing  Areas. 

Reports  Indicate  that  vegetable-seed 
crop  conditions  have  improved  In 
many  localities,  due  principally  to  the 
timely  rains. 

Peas — Reports  from  the  pea-seed 
growing  sections  state  that  the  pros- 
perts  for  a  norinal  crop  are  good. 
Growers  in  some  of  the  large  pea-seed 
growing  sections  in  Idaho  say  that 
growing  conditions  have  recently  been 
somewhat  unfavorable  on  account  of 
the  cold,  windy  weather.  Recent  rains, 
however,  have  improved  conditions  to 
such  an  extent  that  several  growers 
predict  normal  crops.  Reports  from 
the  pea-seed  section  in  Montana  say 
that  seeding  Is  nearly  completed  and 
that  growing  conditions  are  better 
than  for  several  years.  Eastern  Wash- 
ington pea-eeed  growers  report  the 
planting  season  two  weeks  to  one 
month  earlier  than  usual  but  that  cold 
weather  is  retarding  the  growth  of  the 
plants.  The  stand  of  peas  In  some  sec- 
tions of  eastern  Washington  is  said  to 
be  50  per  cent  better  than  at  this  pe- 
riod last  year.  Reports  from  Oregon 
pea-seed  growing  sections  ^tate  that 
cold  weather,  with  intermittent  ra'ns. 
has  (becked  the  growth  of  the  crop. 

Cabbage^A  well-known  cabbage 
seed  grower  of  the  Puget  Sound  Dis- 
trict summarizing  the  situation  in  that 
area  states  that  owing  to  the  severe 
floods  last  winter  there  will  not  be 
from  10  to  12  per  cent  of  an  ordinary 
crop.  Other  estimates  place  the  con- 
dition of  the  cabbage  seed  crop  as  50 
per  cent  of  normal,  but  all  growers 
concede  it  will  be  very  short. 

Beet — Severe  damage  by  floods  will 
cut  down  materially  the  total  yield  of 
beet  seed  in  the  Sound  District.  Re- 
ports indicate  that  the  present  stands 
of  both  table  beets  and  mangels  are 
looking  well. 

Sugar  Beet — No  recent  frost  injuries 
to  the  sugar  beet  seed  crop  have  re- 
cently been  reported  in  this  section 
;ind  most  growers  believe  the  danger 
from  this  source  is  over.  Reports  from 
Miiho  sugar  beet  seed  districts  indi- 
cate the  crop  prospects  to  be  normal 


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633 


and  that  the  acreage  planted  exceeds 
that  of  last  year  by  40  per  cent. 

Turnip  and  Rutabaga — Floods  on 
the  low  lands  and  drouth  on  high 
lands  are  reported  to  have  damaged 
the  turnip  and  rutabaga-seed  crops  se- 
verely in  the  principal  seed-growing 
sections. 

Spinach — Present  indications  point 
to  a  fair  crop  of  spinach  seed. 

Norway    Plans  to  Grow  Own   Seed. 

The  first  Norwegian  seed-culture 
union  has  just  been  formed.  Com- 
mercial Agent  Xorman  b.  .Anderson 
reports  the  organization's  chief  object 
is  to  render  Norway  independent  of 
foreign  sources  of  seeds,  of  which  con- 
siderable quantities  have  been  import- 
ed in  the  past.  The  district  of  Sorlan- 
det  is  said  to  be  especially  well  adapt- 
ed to  the  raising  of  seeds. 

GIFT    TO    THE     MISSOURI     BOTAN- 
ICAL   GARDEN. 

Through  the  generosity  of  D.  S. 
Brown,  of  Kirkwood,  Missouri,  tlie 
Missouri  Botanical  Garden  has  become 
the  possessor  of  the  major  portion  of 
his  magnificent  collection  of  orchids, 
palms,  cycads  and  various  other  plants. 
In  fact,  with  the  e.xception  of  the 
cypripediums,  all  the  contents  of  Mr. 
Brown's  greenhouses  are  now  to  be 
found  at  the  Garden. 

For  a  period  of  more  than  thirty 
years  Mr.  Brown  has  been  interested 
in  bringing  together  rare  and  valuable 
plants,  and  he  has  been  successful  to 
a  degree  seldom  equaled  by  any  indi- 
vidual, his  collection  being  recognized 
throughout  the  world  as  one  of  the 
finest  of  its  kind  in  existence. 

Among  the  more  notable  orchids 
may  be  mentioned  the  extremely  rare 
jiure  albino  forms  represented  by 
Cattleijd  Diisseldorffei  var.  Vndine 
fCattlei/a  intermedia  alba  x  CattJeya 
Mossiar  ^^'agenel■i)  raised  by  Capt. 
Holford,  of  England.  Both  of  the 
white  parents  were  also  donated.  Cat- 
tUn/a  Skinneri  var.  alba  is  another  of 
the  white  types,  as  well  as  numerous 
plants  of  Dendrobium  virginale.  Other 
rare  varieties  include  numerous  bras- 
socattleyas.  the  best  of  which  is  Bra^- 
socattlei/a  Veitrhii  var.  Queen  Alexan- 
dra. These  hybrids  were  derived  by 
crossing  Brassavola  Dlgbyana  with 
mauve-colored  cattleyas,  resulting  in 
the  brilliantly  tinted  flowers  with 
fringed  lips.  Also  included  were  nu- 
merous plants  of  the  hybrids  Brasso- 
laelia,  Sophrocattleya.  and  Laeliocat- 
tleya,  the  last  named  being  especially 
useful  for  the  floral  display  in  the 
orchid  alcoves. 

Among  the  palms  contributed,  three 
stand  out  as  most  rare:  Kcntia 
Broicnii  is  the  only  palm  of  its  kind 
in  existence  today  and  Ilismarckia 
nobilis  is  found  in  but  few  collections, 
while  Phijtelephas  macrocarpn  is  inter- 
esting because  of  the  use  of  its  seeds 
as  a  substitute  for  ivory  in  making 
buttons.  Some  of  the  huge  specimens 
required  extreme  care  in  transporta- 
tion: a  thirty-foot  Cari/ota  iirens  with 
graceful,  fern-like  foliage;  a  thirty- 
foot  PhoeniJ'  dactylifera.  which  bears 
fruit  every  year;  and  a  giant  forty-foot 
Liiistona  chincnsiif  being  among  those 
safely  established  at  the  Garden.  The 
additions  to  the  Garden  collection  of 
palms,  which  was  already  unusually 
complete,  are  listed  below: 


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GARDEN  PEA  SEED  In  variety;  also  other 
items  of  the  short  crop  of  this  past  season, 
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Acanthophoenix  crinita,  Acrocomia 
mexieana.  Archontophoenix.  Alexan- 
drae.  Areca  furfuracea,  Arenga  En- 
gleri.  BiS7narckia  nobilis.  Brahea  mac- 
rocarpa.  Calamus  erectus,  Caryota 
Mooreana.  Caryota  urens,  Cocas  Bon- 
neti.  Howea  Belmoreana  aurea,  Howea 
Bflmoreana  I'ariegata.  Jubaea  specta- 
bilis,  Kentia  Broicnii.  Kentiopsis  mac- 
rocarpa.  Livistona  Hoogendorpii,  Liv- 
istona  hiimilis.  Martinezia  corallina. 
Martinezia  erosa.  MaximAliana  Maripa. 
Phoenix  rupicola.  Phoenix  zcylanica, 
Phytrh'phas  macrocarpa.  Rhapis  fiabel- 
liformis  variegata,  Sabal  Blackburn- 
iniia.  Sabal  oleraceum.  Thrinax  Chuco, 
Thrinax  elegantissima.  Thrinax  ra- 
diata. 

As  the  result  of  the  addition  of  sev- 
eral large  tree  ferns  donated  by  Mr. 
Brown,  the  appearance  of  the  fern 
house  is  more  attractive  than  ever. 
The  two  most  noteworthy  plants  are 
Cyathea  medullaris  (thirty  feet)  and 
Cyathea  dealbata  (twenty  feet).  Some 
of  the  rare  ferns  are:  Cyathea  deal- 
lata.  Cyathea  medullaris.  Dicksonia 
antarctica.  Dicksonia  Chamissoi.  Dick- 
sonia regalis.  Dicksonia  sQuarrosa.  and 
Dicksonia    WendUindi    Verschaffeltii. 

The  Garden  collection  of  cycads,  con- 
sidered the  most  complete  in  this  coun- 
try, has  been  augmented  by  the  addi- 
tion of  the  following  rare  species: 
Cyeas  bcllefonti.  Cyca-s  Micholitzii.  Cy- 
cas  siamensis.  Encephalartos  Lehman- 
nil.  and  Maerozamia  plumosa.  The 
specimen  of  Cycas  revoluta  deserves 
special  mention,  it  being  at  least  three 
hundred  years  old  and  unusually  well 
branched.  This  plant  was  exhibited 
by  the  .lapanese  Government  at  the 
Pan-American  Exhibition  in  Buffalo, 
in  19.00,  where  it  was  acquired  by  Mr. 
Brown. 

Several  araucarias,  not  previously 
possessed  by  the  Garden,  are:  Arau- 
caria  Cookii.  Cunninghatnii.  excelsa 
var.  Goldieana.  excelsa  var.  Muelleri, 
and  Rulei. 

Numerous   authuriums,   both   of   the 


flowering  and  variegated-leaved  varie- 
ties, as  well  as  a  comprehensive  collec- 
tion of  nepenthes  (pitcher  plants), 
were  also  included. 

The  gift  of  Mr.  Brown  has  placed  in 
the  possession  of  the  Garden  the  most 
complete  collection  of  orchids  in  the 
United  States.  Exclusive  of  the  cypri- 
pediums. 115  genera  and  691  species 
are  represented. 


SPRAYING      "CIRCLES"      FOR 

FARMERS. 
Community  co-operation  in  spray- 
ing, particularly  in  the  control  of 
plant  diseases,  is  urged  by  the  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture. 
The  department  is  suggesting  to 
county  agents  and  extension  patholo- 
gists the  early  organization  of  such 
spraying  "circles"  to  deal  more  effec- 
tively this  year  with  such  destructive 
plant  diseases.  A  community  spraying 
outfit  with  a  man  and  team  continu- 
ously employed  throughout  the  sea- 
son is  both  economical  and  efficient, 
department  officials  say.  and  proved 
a  successful  plan  in  Vermont  and 
Now  York  last  year.  In  one  New- 
York  community  the  average  spray- 
ing cost  per  acre  for  the  season  was 
as  low  as  65  cents,  while  the  cost  of 
one  application  averaged  13  cents  an 
acre.  ■  Detailed  reports  of  the  or- 
ganization and  operation  of  the  com- 
munity spraying  circles  as  they  were 
conducted  in  Vermont  and  New  York 
are  being  made  available  by  the  de- 
partment to  workers. 


CATALOGUES     RECEIVED. 
.A.   ('.   Zvolauck   A:    Son.   Lonipoc.  Cal. 
—  Florists'    List   of    Sweet    Pea    Seed. 
Includes  all  the  Novel'ies  for  1918-19. 


Weeber  &  Don,  New  York — .Mid- 
summer Catalogue  of  Strawberry 
Plants,  Summer  Seeds  and  Early 
Forcing  Bulbs.  A  selected  list  of  pot- 
giown  strawberr.v  plants. 


iVM 


HORTICULTURE 


June  1'9.  1918 


ALEX.    McGONNELL 


P4I 


611    FIFTH   AVENUE 
:\A/     VOFRK     CITY 


Trlpffrmpblc  ordrrs  forwurilrd  to  mnf 
p*rt  of  the  rnltril  MntPM,  ('Nntt4jA,  anil 
Forrlsn  Ciiunlrlr*.  Ordrra  from  the 
tr«dr  for  drlUrry  In  Nrw  \  ork  »nd  t1- 
eloKy    rrorl%e   •pr«l«l   ftltrnllon. 

Cost  of  Cabling  Foreign  Deliv- 
eriet  Must  be  Prepaid,  licference 
or  cash  must  aicomrnni/  nil  orders 
from  unknuun  curresponilents. 

rnblr  Addr«»,  ALEXrONNELL. 


"The  Telegraph   Florist" 

Mrmbcr  of   Florlilt'  Telegraph  Delivery 

124  TREMONT  ST. 

IM 


FOB 

KANSAS  CITY 

Transfer   Yoar  Orders  to 

SAMUEL  MURRAY 

1017  Grand  Avenue 

Member  Florltta*  T«l»fTmph  D«Ut«17 


DAVID  CLARKE'S  SONS 

Deliver  orders  from  any  part  of  the  couotry  to 

New  York  City 

Writ*  or  Tal«ST*#ti 

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York.      AUo  Vanderbilt  Hotel 

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Ont-of-town     (Ir<l<>r8     Solicited.       Location 

Central.      Personal   Attention. 

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4DAM  SEKENGER 

FLORIST 

BANGOR,  ME. 

iVe  Cooer  all  Points  in  Maine 


32  NEWBURY 

STREET 


Providence,  Rhode  Island 

Johnston  Brothers 

LEADING    FLORISTS 

38  Dorrance  Street 

Urmber    Florlits'    Telegraph    D«UT«r7 


Of  Interest  to    Retail 
Florists 


THE    VALUE    OF    ACCUMULATION. 

AtlverlihiiiK  it<  only  |>rulUul)lf  ulicii 
we  once  start  iinti  then  continue  there- 
by  reiicliiiiK  an  itcciiniiiliition  holi  In 
elToct  and  ll.s  iinportance  In  our  minds, 
so  that  when  i-acli  advrrtlsenient  ap- 
pears one  after  another  tliere  Is  sonie- 
thing  about  It  that  gives  prestige  and 
power  to  the  house  who  advertises. 

Now,  when  you  once  start,  keep  It 
up  until  you  feel  its  effect,  then  ilo 
more  ao  your  business  and  volume 
will  permit.  You  will  create  a  spirit 
of  good-will  that  will  be  worth  many 
times  the  cost  of  your  advertising  by 
the  standing  it  will  make  for  you  in 
your  community. 

This  good-will  spirit  In  a  business, 
when  once  built  up,  is  the  best  asset 
one  can  strive  for  and  it  is  the  same 
to  business  as  character  is  to  the  man. 

Now  by  continual  advertising  you 
are  accumulating  the  effect  of  your 
advertising  of  the  past  with  your  ad- 
vertising of  the  present  and  building 
the  good-will  spirit  in  one  strong 
chain. 

Can  you  imagine  the  effect  our  Pub- 
licity Campaign  will  have  If  we  con- 
tinue? Am  reminded  of  an  example 
of  accumulation  of  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, who  when  he  left  in  his  will  a 
fund  of  $5,000  in  1790  to  be  invested 
and  reinvested  for  a  century  so  that 
in  1907  it  had  reached  $408,000;  talk 
about    accumulative    value.     Keep    up 


IN   THE 

National  Capital 

At  yoar  ierrlce  to  deliver  Flowers 
or  Dealrns  on  Order  hj  Tele- 
graph or  otherwise.  Prompt 
Reliable  Berrtce. 

GEORGE    H.    COOKE 

Connfrctlcot   A\e.   and    L.   St. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Establiabed  1874 

DARDS 

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HELP  do  YOUR  BIT  To-day 

By  SELLING  THRIFT  and 
WAR  SAVING  STAMPS. 

STAND  behind  THE  FOOD 
CONSERVATION   LAWS. 

Display  prominently  PATRI- 
OTIC   POSTERS. 

DO  IT  NOW 


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=— SONS^= 

Cor.  Broadway  and  Gratiot  At**. 
DETROIT,   IV11CH. 

Artistic  Designs  .  .   . 
High  Grade  Cut  Biooms 

He  rover   all    Mlchlyan    polaU  mm4    f«*« 

•<««tlona    ef    Ohio,    IndlaaA    aa4    Caa»AA 

Menabora     Florleti'     Tel«rraph     DelUory 

AeaaclatloD. 


Gni>£  liHOS  CO 


GUDE     BROS.     CO. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Member  Florliti  Telei}rsph   Detlrery 


Orders    for    NKW    TOBK. 
Write  or   Phone  to 

MAX  SGHLING 

785  Fiftli  Ave. 


Beat     Flortata     In     the    St»t«B     »• 
Referenoea. 

ECROPEAN  ORDERS  BXEGCTED 

Uembera   of   the    Florlsti' 
Telegraph   DellTcry. 


THE  ROSERY 

23  STEUBEN   ST. 
AI-BAIMY.    r^.    V. 

FLOWER  DEUVERIES  FOR  ALBANY 
AND  VlCINrrY 

Members  Florists'  Telegraph  Deltrery 


G.  E.  M.  STUMPP 

761  Fifth  Ave. 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

Metnber  florists'  Telegraph  Delivery  Asso. 

YOlG  &  NUGENT 

42  West  28  Street 
New  York 

Member*    Florist*'    Telegraph    Deliverjr 

aTtTbunVard 

NEW  YORK 

413  Madison  Ave.  at  48th  Street 

AUo  Newport,  R.   I. 

I    OCABANTEK   SATISFACTION 


June  29,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


635 


CHICAGO 


Send  Your  Order*  to 

WILLIAM  J. 


SMYTH 


Member   Florist*'  Telegraph 
Delivery  A**ociatioD 


Michigan  Ave.  at  31st  Street 


Prompt  Auto  Deliver* 
Service 


THOS.  F.  GALVIN 

llCUf  VADV  561  Fifth  Ave. 
llCff    I  UnlV  Vanderbllt  Hotel 

BnCTnU    1  '*>■'><  street 
DUO  I  UH  799  Boylston  Street 

Dilhiriis  ti  Stiwirs  Ml  all  Eistini  Ptiib 


Orders    Filled    Day    er   Might   t«r 

OL-EVEL-AND 

and  State  of  Ohio 

f^voaplete  Htock.      Regalar  discount  t*  Tr»d«. 

KNOBLE    BROS. 

UM    W.    25th    St.,   CleveUnd,   O. 
■•mhers   Florists'  Telegraph  DellTery  A**'B. 


THE  SMITH  &  FETTERS  CO. 

735  Euclid  Avenue 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Flowers  of  Every  Kind  in  Season 


CLEVELAND 

A.  GRAHAM  &  SON 

SS23  Euclid  Ave. 
Will  take  good  care  of  your  orders 

Members  oj  F,  T,  D,  Asscciatioyi. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  KELLER  SONS, 

FLORISTS 
25  CHnton  Avenue^  N. 

fUcbestoz  Fhooe  506.  Long  Dist.  BcU  Phone  ti8( 

Members  Florists  Telegraph  Delivery 

S.  A.  ANDERSON 

440  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

INDERSON    service    means    fresh,    sturdr 
4tock  and   prompt  deliveries  In   BUFFALO, 
LOCKPORT,        NIAGARA        FALL8        >Bd 
l?K8TERN    NEW    YORK 
tfembers    of    Florists'    Telegraph    DellTSrr, 

HIGH  GRADE  PLANTS 

For  Retail  Stores  a  Specialty 

ASK  FOR  LIST 

THOMAS  ROLAND,     Nahant,  Mass. 


WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Randall's  Flower  Shop 

HARRY   I.  RANDALL,,  Proprietor. 

Uember  Florists'   Telrgraph   Deliverv. 


the  Publicity  Campaign  and  watcli  its 
cumulative   effect. 

Yours   very   truly. 


Chairman, 
paign. 


National     Publicity     Cam- 


NEW    FLOWER   STORES. 

Decatur,  III. — Miss  Lillian  Hain,  253 
X.  .Main  street. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.— L.  Olszewski,  Broad- 
way and  Fillmore  avenue. 

Red  Bank,  N.  J. — Hayes  Bros.. 
Front  street  and  Wharf  avenue. 

Charlestown,  III.— Mrs.  S.  B.  Mc- 
Clelland,  First   National  Bank  Bldg. 

Toledo,  O. — Metz  &  Bateman,  re- 
moving to  221  Superior  street  July  1. 

Indianapolis,  Ind. — Clarence  Green, 
Ohio  street,  succeeding  B.  F.  Hensley. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.— William  Poore,  889 
W.  Delavan  avenue,  succeeding  Wil- 
liam Legg. 

St.  Louis,  -Mo. — Koenig  Floral  Co., 
branch  store  removed  to  3Gii4  Wash- 
ington avenue. 

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FLORISTS  AND 
PLANTSMEN 

TARRYTOWN-ON-KUDSON,    -    N.Y. 


SEND   ORDERS 

FOR     BOSTON 

AND    NEIGHBORHOOD 

To  JULIUS  A.  ZINN 

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Quality   and    Reliability 
WARBURTON 

FALL  RIVER,  MASS. 
Deliveries     of     Flowers     and     Plants 
in     FALL     KIVER     and     contlffuoas 
territory. 


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WORCESTER,  MASS. 

Deliveries    to    all    paints    In    New    England. 
125,000   Square  Feet  of  Glass. 

Member  Florists'  Telegraph  Delivery 
Association. 


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FLOWER  AND   PLANT  DELIVERIES 

Everything  First-Class 

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1026  Chapel  St  ,  New  Hoven.  Coon. 


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4326-28  Olive  St. 

Mtimdtr  Floritts   Telegraph  Delivery   Attocitition 
MO  TICS  INITIA  LS.     We  have  eni  ttert  only 


THE  J.  M.  6A8SER  COMPANY, 

CLEVELAND 


Euclid  Avanu* 


The  Far- Famed  Flowers  of 

TORONTO 

Delivered    on    mall    or    telegraph    order    f«9 
any   occasion,  in  any  part  of  the  DomlnloB 

JOHN   H.  DUIMLOP 

8-10  West  Adelaide  St.    -    TORONTO,  OMT 
ALBANY,   N.  Y. 


Flowers   or  Design  Work 

DEUVEBED  IN  ALBANY  AND  VICINIT7 
ON    TELEGRAPHIC    ORDER 

106  STATE  STREET,  ALBANY,  N.  Y. 


"THE  HOME  OF  FLOWERS" 

The  largest  cut  flower  store  In  America 
Orders  for  the  TWIN  CITIES  and  for  all 
Northwestern  points  given  prompt  at- 
tention 

HOLM  &  OLSON,   incorporated 
ST.  PAUL,  MIMN. 


^"  Park  Floral  Co. 

B.   E.  GILLIS,   President. 

E.  P.  NEIMAN,  Secretary. 

Member    Florists'    Telegrmph    D.llTsry. 


DENVER. 


COLORADO 


KERR 


OiU)ERS  FOR  TEXAS 

HCUSTON,  TEXAS 


The  Florist       Memker  r  T.  B.  AaoxtaMM 


t;3G 


II  <)  UTICULTUHE 


Juno  29.  1918 


SPHAGNUM    MOSS 

5    Barrel    Bale      ...  $2.50 

6   for    $13.50 

Huv    VOlir    Moss   Iiu«.       V"ii    uill    juiv    m    'jv,:ii    dfill 

iiioro  for  it  in  tlie  fall. 

THE  LEO  NIESSEN  GO. 

N.    W.    Corner     12th    and    Race    Street* 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


TRY 

Horticulture's  Advertisers 

FIR5T 

Before  Looking  Elsewhere 

Tell    Them    You    Did    So    And 
They'll   Reciprocate 


EDWARD  REID 

WHOLESALE   FLORIST 

1619  -  21    Raniletd  St..    PhiUdelpliii,    Pa. 

CHOICE  BEAUTIES,  ORCHIDS,  VALLEY,  ROSES 
lid  ail  Seasonable  Varieties  of  Cut  Flowirs 

CHARLES  E.MEEHAN 

Wholesale    Cut  Flowers 
Plants,    Greens,   etc. 

5  So.  Mole  St,         PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 


GEORGE  B.HART 

WHOLESALE    FLORIST 

24  Stone  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


E.  G.HILL  CO. 

Wholesale    Florists 

r\%tf»  BCBtloa  Horltealton  when  writing. 


MICHIGAN    CUT    FLOWER 
EXCHANGE,  Inc. 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION   FLORISTS 

Conilrament*  Solicited 
Hardy  Fancy  Fern  Our  Specialty 

264  RANDOLPH  ST,      DETROIT,  MICH. 


The  Haute  for  Quality  and  Service 

ZECH  &  MANN 

J3~We  are  Wholesale  Florists  Doing 
a  Strictly  Wholesale  Business 

30  East  Randolph  Street,  CHICAGO 


CUT  FLOWER  BOXES 


EDWARDS  FOLDING  BOX  CO 

MANUFACTURERS 

'  PHILADELPHIA,     PA. 


IF  You    Want    Anything    from    Boston    Get    It 
From   Henry  M.  Robinson   &  Co. 

For  Safety  Place    Your   Ordert    With    lit 

ihe:imf9Y     IVI.     F^OBIIMSON     &     CO. 

2  Winthrop  Square  and  32  Otis  Street,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  —  ^'^'^^ '''"^"  Yo'd'^ 


TO  DEAIXR3  ONL) 


BOSTON 

June  i7 


ST.  LOUIS 


PHILA. 

June   S4 


ROSM 

Am.  Beautyi  Special 

"        Fancy  and  Extra !  15, 

"  "        No.  I  and  culls.*    3 

Russctl,  Euler,  Mock '    3. 

Hadley 3 

Arcnberg,  Hoosier  Beauty 1    3 

Ward '     a 

KitLirney,  Radiance,  Tah 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Caroatioos 

Cattlejras 

Lilies,  Longifloruni 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Ulr  of  the  VaUey 

SnapdrasoD 

Gladioli 4.( 

Peonies 4.< 

Calendula ■ 

Sweet  Peaa 

Gardeaiaa  

Adiantum 

Smilax 25.00     to 

Asparaffua  Plumonu.  &  Spren.  (100  Bchs.) 35>oo      to 


95.00     to 


3. CO       10 

.50    to 
50.00     to 


35.00 

J  5.00 
6.00 

la.oo  I 
8.00  ' 
8.00 
6.0c 
6.00 

13.00 

a. 00 

75.00 

8.00 

6.00 

1 3.00 

6.00 

8.00 

6.00 

1.00 

1.50 

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J.a5 

40.00 

50.00 


95.00 
0.00 
9.00 
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3. CO 
I. CO 

3.O0 

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■75 


10 

to 
to 
to 


to 
to 

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to 

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a. 00 

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■75 

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13.50 

35.00 


10 


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10 


30.CO 
10.00 

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3.00 

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50.00 
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lo.cm 
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50.00 

40.00 

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6.00 

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a. 00 
75.00 
13.00 

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■0.00 

35.00 

15  oc 

10.00 

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3.0c 

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31. CO 

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William   F.  Kasting  Co. 


568  570  WASHINGTON  STREET 


ris-bs 
BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 


J.fl.BUDL©NG 


ROSES,  VALLEY  and 
CARNATIONS 

A    Specialty 


184  North  Wabash  Avenue,  CHICAGO 

WHOLESALE 
GROWER  Of 


CUT  FLOWERS 


ROBERT  OYSART 

CERTIFIED   PUBLIC  ACCOUNTANT 

■Inple  BPtbcda  of  torrcwt  Mrooatlnr 

mpccUllT    ndaptod     (or    SoHati'    as*. 

SOOK8      BALANCBD      AND      ADifiTEB 

t«  STATE  8T.      •      -      -      ■       •©•TOH 
T>l*vb«B«    MslB    n. 


Boston  Floral  Supply  Co. 

347-867    CambrldKC   Kt.,   Boston 

Headquarter!  for 

CTCAS,     BASKETS,     WIRE     DE8IONS 

and    WAX    FLOWERS 

8«nd  for   price  ll«t  If  yon   bar*  sot  ra- 
eelred  one. 


June  29,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


637 


Flower  Marfejet  Reports 

The  last  week  in  June 
BOSTON  has  shown  a  decided  im- 
provement over  the  bal- 
ance of  the  month,  and  while  the 
market  has  not  been  overstocked  at 
any  time  the  buying  especially  from 
the  out-of-town  sources  has  been  ex- 
ceptionally good.  Prices  have  been 
held  all  along  the  line.  Roses  as  usual 
have  had  the  call.  Carnations  are 
poor  and  what  few  peonies  are  to  be 
seen  are  readily  disposed  of.  Lily  of 
the  valley  has  not  been  up  to  the 
standard,  while  sweet  peas  are  in 
good  demand  owing  to  an  apparent 
shortage  of  small  flowers. 

The  gradual  lessening 
CHICAGO     up   of  stock   marked   the 

third  week  in  June,  a 
change  generally  regarded  as  favor- 
able to  the  trade  in  general.  There 
is  a  fair  proportion  of  first  class  stock 
included  in  the  daily  cuts,  and  for  this 
there  Is  demand  sufficient  to  move 
it  promptly.  Of  the  poorer  grades, 
sales  have  to  be  urged  and  low  prices 
made  to  clear  the  counters.  Early 
summer  conditions  prevail  and  the 
market  has  missed  the  usual  June 
weddings.  Trade  varies  considerably 
from  day   to   day. 

With  the  waning  of 
NEW  YORK  June  comes  a  decided 
uplift  in  the  market. 
Cool  weather,  little  outdoor  stock  and 
a  shortening  up  of  roses  and  carna- 
tions, with  a  demand  for  flowers  for 
public  school  commencements  put  a 
different  complexion  on  business.  Its 
duration  will  be  only  for  a  few  days 
1  ut  even  for  that  we  are  grateful  and 
there  is  encourasjemenl  for  the  future 
when  we  find  the  public  buying  flow- 
ers and  particularly  during  a  week 
when  everybody  is  opportuned  to  buy 
War  Saving  Stamps,  including  the 
school  children.  For  the  season  of  the 
year  and  considering  the  warm  weath- 
er of  early  June  roses  and  tarnations 
are  holding  up  fairly  well  in  quality, 
roses  better  than  carnations.  Prices 
have  improved  100  per  cent,  and  more 
over  last  week.  Lilies  are  moving 
easily:  lily  of  the  valley  not  over  fast 
but  going  all  the  same — in  fact,  most 
everything  except  scrubby  outdoor 
stuff  is  selling;  asjaragus,  however  is 
nios'   slucijish  and   smilax  is  slow. 

Supplies      very 

PHILADELPHIA     light,    demand 

much    the    same, 

which  leaves  the  general  state  of  the 


GLADIOLI 

The  first  cuts  are  coming  in 
of  excellent  quality,  pink, 
white  and  red. 

$6,  $8,  $10  per  100 


Everything     in     Cut    Flowers,     Plants, 

Greens,     Ribbons    and 

Supplies 


S.  S.  PENNOCK  COMPANY 


The  ^'V°.'oVit{^of  Philadelphia 


NEW  YORK 
1  1  7  W.  28th  St. 


PHILADELPHIA  BALTIMORE 

1608-1620  Ludlow  St.  Franklin  &  St.  Paul  Sts. 

WASHINGTON,  1  2 1 6  H.  St..  N.  W. 


WHOLESALE  FLOWER  MARKETS  -  ^^^  ^'"^"-/o^p'g^i^  only 

CINCINNATI    I      CHICAGO  BUFFALO      I    PITTSBURC 

J une  i4   I    June  14 June  n         \  June  24 


Ro»e« 

Am.  Beauty,  Special 

"        Fancy  and  Extra 

"         "        No.  I  asd  culls 

Russell,  Enter,  Mock 

Hadley 

Arcnbcrg,  Hoosier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taft 

Ophelia,  Sunburst,  Hillingdon 

Camatioiis 

Cattleyas 

Lilies,  Longiflorum 

Lilies,  Speciosum 

Lily  of  the  Valler 

Snapdragon 

Gladioli 

Peonies  -  ■_ 

Calendula 

Sweet  Peas 

Gardenias 

Adiantum 

Smilax 

Asparasns Plu. A Spren.  (looBhs,) 


to 
to 


25.00 

I5-00 
8.00     to 
5.00     to 
5.00 

4.00 
3.00 
3.00 

3.00 


to 
to 
to 
to 
to 
to 

50.00    to 
lo.co     to 


to 


4.CO 

4.00 
6.00    to 


to 
to 


15.00 
23,00 


35.00 

20.00 

10.00 

IC.OO 

10.00 
8.00 
5.00 
5.00 

8.CO 
2.00 
60.00 
12.50 

6.00 
6.00 
8.00 

2.00 

.50 

1.00 
20.00 

35.00 


40.00 

25.00 

3.00 

5.00 

3.00 
3.00 

300 

3.00 

1.00 

60.00 

IS.OO 

4.00 
3.00 
3.00 

3.00 

3.00 

■25 


15.00 
25.00 


50.00 

35.00 

25.00 


15.00 
12.00 
12.00 

12.00 

3.00 

75.00 

15.00 

6.00 

8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
3.00 

1.00 

l.OO 
20.00 

50.00 


20.00 

15.00 

5.00 

3.00 

4.00 
4.00 
3.00 

3  00 
4. CO 

1.50 

4C.00 
8.00 
4.00 

6.00 
3.00 
8.00 
2.00 
2.00 

.50 

I5.C0 
1.00 

15  00 

3500 


30.00 

23,00 
13.0c 
IC.OO 
lO.CO 

12.00 
5.00 
8.00 
8.00 
2.50 
50.00 
10.00 
6.00 
8.00 
5.00 

10.00 

3.CO 
3.00 

1.00 
20.00 

1.25 

20.00 
50.00 


23  00 

15.CO 

4.00 
4.00 


3.00 

3.00 
3.00 
1.00 


35.0c 

20.00 
8. 00 

12. 00 


8.oe 
10.00 
12.00 

3.00 
75-00 


10,00    to     12.00 


4.00 
4.C0 


1.S5  to 
to 

40.00     to 


1.50 

20.00 

75.00 


market  here  on  an  even  keel  about  as 
last  rejjorted.  Snapdragon  is  off  the 
list,  so  is  calendula,  mignonette, 
pansies  and  various  other  staples  that 
have  been  cutting  some  feature  in 
the  market.  The  large  flowering 
gladioli  are  now  to  be  had  in  quan- 
tity and  some  very  good  stock  is  ar- 
riving. The  delphinium,  gaillardia 
and  centaurea  are  also  holding  their 
own.  Sweet  Peas  have  improved  a 
little,  although  the  shorts  still  pre- 
dominate. Nothing  new  to  report  on 
the  rose  and  carnation  situation. 

As  can  be  expected 
PITTSBURGH     at     this     season     of 

the  year,  the  mar- 
ket remains  slow  with  prices  in  pro- 
portion. Blooms  of  practically  all 
kinds  are  decidedly  improved  as  the 
result  of  refreshing  sliowers  an  1 
lower  temjicrature. 


The  market 
ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.  on  the  whole 
is  very  dull 
and  trade  in  general  is  unusually 
poor  for  the  month  of  June  when  so 
many  weddings  usually  take  place. 
Uuiintities  of  outdoor  stock  is  arriv- 
ing and  good  prices  are  obtainable. 
.June  roses  are  here,  but  not  very 
plentiful.  Carnations  have  slowed  up 
somewhat  the  past  few  days.  Sweet 
peas  are  in  good  demand,  but  are  not 
very  iilentiful.  Harrisii  lilies  are  in 
good  supply  Imt  the  demand  is  not 
very  large.  Del],  hinium  is  very  pop- 
ular and  sells  well. 

Flcwors  generally   liave 

ST.  LOUIS     deteriorated   in   (luality 

and     are     very      poor. 

Kussell  roses  are  about  the  best  thing 

(Continued  on  page  639) 


(:38 


II  OKTI  CULTURE 


June  29.  1918 


H.  E.  FROIVieNT 

Wholesale     Commi»aion     Florist 
Choice  Cut  Rower* 

■  •w  A<<r««s.  lit  Warn*  Kth  nt..    NKW  TUKK 
T*l«pb«BM  I      taw.  tMl.  Mb^Ims  ■«■><«. 

— WM.  P.  FORD — 

Wholesale    Florist 

107  W.  2ltli  Street.  NEW  YORK 

l>lr|>hon»-    '^Xk    KnrrnKUt 

Call  mail  InipMt  the  Brat   EitabllihmcDt 

In   the  Wholfialf   Klower   Dlatrlct. 


JOHN  YOUNG  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  FLORISTS 

$3  WEST  28ik  STREET        NEW  YORK  CITY 

C»fuifnmtntt  Sfituiled 
PiMM  Vkmrvt  4Sat 

FRANK  MILLANG 

WhoUsAlF  Commlaslon   De*l«r  la 

CUT    FLOWERS 

SS  and  »7  Weat  t6th  St..  New  Tai% 

Coogan   BnlldlDK 

T«l.,  280  Firragnt        ConilgDmeDU  Solicited 


RIEDEL  &  MEYER,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Commission 

READY  FOR  BUSINESS 

49  WEST  28tli      ST.   NEW   YOIIK. 

GEO.  C.  SIEBRECHT 

WHOLESALE  FLORIST 
io»  \A^KS-r  »8«K  s-r 
CONSIGNMENTS  SOLICITED 

paosB;^o8.,^Bj^(j„      [^jgYY  YORK 


THE   KERVAN'CO 

Fr.ab   Cot  DeeormtWe  ETeryreena. 

Bigbeat  Standard  of  Qaality.  LargMt 
Stock  In  America.  Write  for  IllaatriUd 
Cstalor  of  Oreena  and  florlau'  SappUea. 

119  W.  28th  St.,   -    -    NEW  YORK 


WILLIAM   H.  KUEBLER 

Brooklyn'.  Foramoat  and  Beat 

WHOLESALE  COMMISSION  HOUSE 

A  rm  CUm  Mark.t  far  aO  CUT  FLOWERS 

18  WiUoivhby  SL.       Brooklyi.  N.  T 


1.  C.  FORD 

121  W««t  2Sth  St.,       NEW  YORK 

m  ROSES.  FiNcy  mmm 

A    Fall  Line  of  ALL  CUT   FXOWVBC 
Teiepbon*  MTO  Farracai. 


m 

~--v    Wholesale 
^\  rLGI?I5T5 

i*.  J.   »jvinrH 

WHOLESALE   COMMISSION    FLORIST 

A    full    lliiK   of    i'holr*   Cat    rlawM   Htorfe    f*T    ^1    p.rrMM. 

riLirBO!^!  ;  iJt^  I  rABtiGOT    IJI    West  28th  St 


SEIXINC  ACBNT  POa 
LARGEST  GRGWEKS 


NRW    YORK   CITY 


ALBANY  CUT  FLOWER  EXCHANGE 

™?rL'i;"v"""    611  Broadway,  ALBANY.  N.  Y. 

^  MAVK  TIME  AND  MONET   BT    ■ENDINO   TOI'R  OKUBK*  TO  D> 

Prices  RighL         Consignments  Solicited.        Telephone  Connection 


Centrsily  Located,  Tbe  Hob  oi  the  Flower  Market  Section 

o 

MA 

>A/Kol«sml« 

IVIIl-L.i 

F-loris-t 

A.NO 

BS  and 

87  W.  26th  Stroet, 

NEW 

YORK 

Telwkoa*  2483  Furant 

HENRY  M.  ROBINSON  CO.  OF  NEW  YORK 


\A/IHOI 


\f>fmmX.     36^1 


TWaaboBw.  II — U 


10  Madlaon  Hqoare 

MACKJCS   L.   GLASS.  Trwaanr 


Cunalf  a 


NEW  TORR  QUOTATIONS  PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


ROSES  AND  CARNATIONS 


Uti  Pin  It  wiik 

••dli|  luni  22 
till 


Fint  Pirt  It  Witt 

ki[iMii(  June  24 

till 


Amaricaa  Beauty,  Special 

**  '*         Fancy  and  Extra. 

*'  **  No.  1  and  culli.    . 

Rnaaell,  Euler.  Mock ■ 

HaaieT 

Arenbers.  Hooaier  Beauty 

Ward 

Killamey,  Radiance,  Taf t 

Ophelia,  Sunburvt,  HillinsdoD, 

Key- 


15.00 

to 

ao.oo 

15.00 

to 

35'OC 

5.00 

10 

10.00 

6.00 

to 

le.oo 

I.03 

to 

500 

9.0D 

to 

6.00 

1. 00 

10 

8.00 

1.50 

to 

S.oe 

1. 00 

to 

8.00 

1    50 

la 

•  00 

■  SO 

to 

5.00 

I  .00 

to 

e.oe 

■7J 

to 

5.00 

1.50 

to 

5  0t 

•  50 

to 

4.00 

1. 00 

to 

6.0C 

•75 

to 

6  00 

i.oe 

to 

8.ac 

l.co 

to 

6.00 

1.03 

to 

6.0c 

•71 

to 

1.00 

a. 00 

la 

400 

rriii.k    II.   Tni.iHlly                     (  liarlci  Stiiiiiik 

TRAENDLY  &  SCHENCK 

'WKolesale  Florists 

43E  Ctl  Avenue,  Between  2Etli  and  2)tli  Sis ,  New  Tirli 

Trlpphonex:     797.  798.  799  Farragut 

CoDSlgnments  Solicited 

1    RCED  <Sl  KCLLER 

lli    Wmt    ■,'ath    St..    New    York 

Florists'    Supplies 

We   manufarturp  iill   our 

iital  Disiiis,  BaskiU,  Win  Wirk  &  Noviitiis 

;iiiil    :ir.-    ile.iU-rs    In 

Decorative  OlaHsnare,   Growers  an<t 

Florltts'  BeqnUltea 

' : —    —       ^- — ■-'- 

WALTER  Fa  SHERIDAN 

Wholeaale  CommlaBlao  Dealer  In 

CHOICE  GUT  FLOWERS 

133  West  28th  Street,  New   \ork 
Telfiphon^ — 3^S2-5S33  Madison  Sqaare 

Beechwood  Heights  Nurserits 
OROMID9 

Cat    Fiewan   of   AD   tlu   fwUhw   TaaiaMa. 
In  tiMtr  gaaann. 

THOMAS   YOUNG,    Jr.,    ProprloMr 

BOUICB   BBOOK.  M.  J. 

H.  BAYERSDORFER  &  CO. 
Manufacturers    and     Importers 

lI29ArcbSt.,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

THE    LF.ADINO    FLORISTS'    SUPPLY 
liOlSK    OF    AMERICA 

Wired  Toothpicks 

Maaafaatnrad  by 

WaJ.  GOWEE,  Berlin,  N.Y. 

10.000... fS.OO       60,000. .  ,»8.78       Sample  frae. 

When  writingto  Advertisers  kindly  mention  Horticulture 


June  29,  1918 


HORTICULTURE 


G39 


Flower  Market  Reports 

{^Continued  from  page  637) 
being    received.     Carnations    are    very 
small    and    sweet    peas    shorter    every 
day 

Business   for   June 
WASHINGTON     has  been   very 

good.  The  fifty 
per  cent,  reduction  in  coal  for  florists 
resulted  last  week  in  the  lo.ss  of  a  con- 
siderable supply  of  roses,  growers  be- 
ing loath  to  use  fuel  during  the  cold 
snap  because  of  a  fear  of  running 
short  next  winter.  The  week  brought 
the  coldest  weather  here  in  fifteen 
years.  The  shortage  of  roses  and  the 
poor  quality  of  carnations  caused  the 
stores  to  resort  to  the  use  of  larger 
quantities  of  wild  flowers  than  ever  in 
the  history  of  the  trade.  Stephanotis 
ib  finding  favor  as  a  substitute  for  lily 
of  the  valley  in  even  the  highest 
priced  bouquets. 


Visitors^  Register 


Boston:      William    Duckham.    Madi- 
son, X.  J. 


New    York — Mr.    and    Mrs.    Patrick 
Welch,  Boston,  Mass. 


Rochester,  N.  Y. — John  Young  of 
New  York  and  H.  S.  Baker  of  War- 
saw, N.  Y. 


Philadelphia — David  Don,  Weeber  & 
Don,  New  York  City;  H,  C,  Steinhoff, 
West  Hoboken,  N.  J.;  Robert  Green- 
law, Worcester,  Mass.;  Leonard  Bar- 
ron, Garden  City.  N,  Y.;  Dr.  A.  C, 
Beal,  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N,  Y. 
George  W.  Hess.  Botanic  Gardens, 
Washington,  D.  C;  Alexander  Forbes, 
president  Alexander  Forbes  &  Co., 
Newark,  N.  J.,  on  his  way  home  from 
the   Seedsmen's  Convention. 


NEWS  NOTES. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. — William  Poore  has 
purchased  the  greenhouse  and  flower 
store  of  William  Legg,  889  West  De- 
lavan  avenue. 


Lompoc,  Cal. — A.  C.  Zvolanek,  sweet 
pea  seed  grower,  has  taken  his  son 
into  partnership,  and  the  business 
hereafter  will  be  conducted  as  A.  C. 
Zvolanek  &  Son. 


HENTZ  &  NASH,  Inc. 

Wholesale  Commision  Florists 


55  and  57  West  2  6th  Street 

Telephone      No.     -,V,  f|EW    YORK 
I-arraRut 


J.    K.    AL.L 


IM 


"k  IBiDBR  INTBE  WHOLBSALE  COMMISSION  TRADE  FOR  OVER  THIRTI  IBARS" 

Have  a  demand  for  more  than  I  can  supply.    Rose  Growers  Call  or  Write. 

118  West  2Bth  St.      IME:\A/  YORK    ,^™S»fr6r.nrio« 


NEW   YORK  QDOTATIONS   PER   100.      To  Dealers  Only 


MISCELUNEOUS 


Ust  Part  af  Wiik 

aadlnt  lute  22 

1911 


Cattleru 3500  10 

Lilies,  Longiflonim*  •    4.00  to 

Litie«,  Specio»uiii 3.00  to 

Lily  of  the  VaUer '■<»  •<> 

SnaparacoD •  <»  'o 

Gladioli »<=o  «> 

Peonies i-<»  «<> 

Calendula i-ca  to 

Sweet  Peas -n  '« 

Gardenias 4oo  to 

Adiantum -5°  *o 

Smilax ^-^^  *° 

A»para«iisP!umo«u»,*Spren  («oo  bunches) 5.00  to 


15.00 

5.00 

4.00 
6.00 

3-00 
8.00 
l.oo 

10.00 
1.00 

25.00 
■75 

t3.00 
15.00 


rirjt  Part  of  Wiek 

betliiiii  lune  24 

till 


25.00 
5.0c 

3-00 
2.00 
1. 00 
a. 00 

9.00 
5.00 

■  50 
4.00 

•  25 

6.00 
6.00 


to 
tc 


75-00 
8.00 
5.00 
6.00 
3.00 
8.00 
B.oo 

10.00 
i.3« 

35.00 

■50 
I  a. 00 
15.00 


WE  WANT  MORE  SHIPPERS 


We  hare  a  numeroui  clientage  of  New  Tork  City  buyer,  and  tiM.  a~™-  "»" 
...dronr  .upply.     ThU  l>  eepeeUU,  tr,.  .f  Bo«».     We  have  erery  facility  and 
JbVndant  meant  and  beat  returna  are  aaanred  for  atock  consigned  to  ua. 
Addrees  Tour  Bhlpmenta  to 

UNITED    CUT    FLOWER    CO.    Inc 

1  1  1    W.   28th   St.,    NEW  YORK  D.  J.  Pappaa.  Prea. 


WINTER   INJURY  TO   ROSES   IN  ST. 
LOUIS. 

The  extreme  severity  o£  the  winter 
1917-18  has  caused  a  great  deal  of  in- 
jury and  in  some  cases  death  to  the 
woody  plants  at  the  Botanical  Garden, 
which  under  ordinary  conditions  sur- 
vive the  cold  successfully.  The  rather 
unusual  abundance  of  snow,  however, 
was  instrumental  in  protecting  the 
roots  of  the  woody  and  particularly 
the  herbaceous  plants,  so  that  the  lat- 
ter suffered  much  less  than  might  have 
been  expected  from  the  unusual  sea- 
son. The  abnormal  conditions  have 
served  a  useful  purpose  in  indicating 
the  thorough  hardiness  of  certain 
planting  material  as  well  as  the  need 
of  substitution  tor  the  more  tender 
plants. 

The  roses,  as  a  whole,  have  suffered 
more  damage  than  any  of  the  other 
plants.  In  exposed  locations  the  usu- 
ally hardy  climbers  have  been  killed 
back  to  the  ground,  with  the  exception 
of  Rosa  Hugonis,  'Crimson  Rambler," 
"Kalmia,"  and  a  few  others.  Despite 
the  thorough  protection  given  the  stan- 
dard tree  roses,  the  hybrid  perpetual 
and  hybrid  tea  types  were  all  winter 
killed,  only  the  rambler  type  surviv- 
ing ("Lady  Gay").  The  usual  protec- 
tion of  ini2  Inches  of  soil  around  each 
plant,  as  well  as  an  additional  mulch 
of  manure,  failed  to  save  many  of  the 
teas  and  hybrid  teas,  particularly  sucli 
yellow  anil  orange  varieties  as  "Mrs. 
Aaron  Ward."  "Duchess  of  Welling- 
ton," "Madame  Ravary,"  "Melanie 
Soupert,"  •Sunburst."  and  "Harry 
Kirk."     And    even    more   hardy   varie- 


ties were  killed  to  the  ground,  includ- 
ing the  popular  "Gruss  an  Teplitz." 
which  has  always  been  considered  ex- 
tremely resistant  to  cold.  The  hybrid 
perpetuals  wintered  without  injury, 
being  killed  back  to  about  where  they 
would  naturally  be  pruned  in  the 
spring.  The  polyanthas  and  the  Bour- 
bons also  survived,  though  severe 
pruning  was  required  to  remove  all 
the  dead  wood.  Among  the  rugosa 
tvpes  the  usually  hardy  "Conrad  F. 
Meyer"  was  killed  to  the  ground,  while 
Rosa  rugosa  alba  suffered  somewhat 
lesser  injuries.  The  type  R.  rugosa.  as 
well  as  R.  blanda,  R.  setigera,  R.  mul- 
tiflora,  etc..  showed  no  deleterious  ef- 
fects of  the  winter. 


NEW  CORPORATIONS. 
Chicago.      Ill.—Hoerber     Bros.     Co., 
wholesale    florists,  capital   stock,   $50,- 
000. 


San  Francisco,  Cal.— McGhee  Whole- 
sale Nurseries,  capital  stock,  $100.0oo. 
Incorporators.  C.  W.  McGhee,  H.  S. 
Young  and  R.  M.  Sims. 


Caldwell,  Ida.— Holt  Seed  Company, 
ripital  stock,  $200,i)ii(i.  Incorporators, 
15  M.  and  Ella  F.  Holt,  J.  P.  McCline, 
R.  B.  Scatterday  and  T.  N.  Bryant. 


CHAMELEONS 

\m.Ti«iin  (  limn.'Ifon-i.  siimll  creen  lUnrds; 
iiilor.-NtiiiB  IHI'<'  P>'<-:  "'"'low  attraction 
»n<l  Kon.l  selU-rB.  Trial  or.lor  of  nfty  for 
.<I..->C).      In«lrn<lloiii    fiirniHiMil. 

W-  C.  Fockelmann 

:il9    Royiil    St.,    New    Orleans,    La. 


mo 


HO  irr  KUTLTUKE 


June  29.  iniS 


LOCAL  AND  GENERAL  NEWS 


J 


BOSTON 
The  unniinl  ouiIiik  or  (he  employees 
of   R.    &    J     Kiirquhar   &    Co..   will    be 
held  at   Thompson's    IsIhiuI   on    Saliir- 
day.  July  29. 

Corp.  Krank  E.  Hurley,  a  former 
employe  of  R.  &  J.  Farquliar  &  Com- 
pany, who  was  decorated  with  the 
l-Yeneh  CroIx  de  Guerre  last  Mareh, 
has  been  oiled  to  receive  the  Ameri- 
can  War  Cross. 

The  market  gardeners  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  Koston  and   in   fact   throushout 
the   entire   New    Kngand   States   were 
hard  hit  by  the  unseasonable  and  un- 
expected   raid    by   frost    last    Wednes- 
day and  Thursday  nifihts.    The  loss  to 
product    approaching     maturity     is    a 
large  one  and  runs  well  Into  the  thou- 
sands  of   dollars.     The    following    re- 
port   of    crop    losses    throughout    the 
M'rious     sections     of     this     state     has 
been  received  by  the  food  administra- 
tor.    Berkshire,  serious  only  in  pock- 
etc;   Franklin,  sli;  lit  damage  in  small 
areas.     Severe     damage     in     isolated 
sections.      Hampshire,    no    damage   in 
Connecticut    Valley,   but   in   some  dis- 
tricts   beans    and    potatoes    frozen    to 
ground;  Hampden,  practically  no  dam- 
age: Worcester,  5  per  cent  damage  to 
corn,  potatoes  and  beans;    Middlesex, 
serious  damage  to  most  crops;  Essex, 
serious  in  low  places,  with  beans  ana 
squash   destroyed,   potatoes   and    corn 
will  probably  recover;  Norfolk,  severe 
damage   in    low    land;    Bristol,    beans, 
squash  and  tomatoes  killed,  corn  and 
potatoes     little    damaged;     Plymouth, 
light  damage,  with  corn  and  potatoes 
generally  safe;  complete  loss  of  beans 
in  low  land  and  light  damage  in  high 
grounds  in  Halifax,  Hanover,  Hanson 
and   Middleboro:    Barnstable,  cranber- 
ries and  gardens  hit;  Dukes  and  Nan- 
tucket,   light    damage    to    beans    and 
potatoes. 


NEW   YORK 
John  Young  is  on  a  western  trip  in 
the  interests  of  the  Society  of  Ameri- 
can Florists. 

Patrick  O'.Mara  is  enjoying  a  well- 
earned  vacation  in  the  country.  He 
wil!  stay  until  about  August  1st. 

There  are  a  number  of  changes  in 
the  wholesale  districts  on  W.  28  St. 
Barney  Jacobs  Co.,  has  dissolved  and 
Nason  has  retired.  Pappas  moves  into 
Gunther  Bros.'  store  and  Clarence 
Slinn  goes  to  123  W.  28  St. 


CHICAGO. 

Harry  G.  Young  is  the  latest  florist 
to  close  up  his  store  and  respond  to 
the  call  of  his  coiuitry.  His  store  at 
10  N.  Western  avenue  was  opened 
abont  five  years  ago. 

The  Illinois  Seed  Co.,  340-3t;9  E. 
North  Water  street,  whose  specialty 
is  grass  and  field  seeds,  kept  open 
house  to  visitors  in  one  of  the  parlors 
of  the  hotel  during  the  convention.  A 
beautiful  note  book  bound  in  leather 
was  given  as  a  souvenir  to  members 
of  the  trade. 


PITTSBURGH. 

Joseph  Flneburg  and  John  P.  Kunz, 
of  the  down  town  Liberty  Flower 
Shop,  have  lioeii  called  to  respond  to 
the  colors  on  Thursday  next. 

Hbea  F  IClllolt  has  enlisted  and  Is 
in  training  al  Camp  Carnegie,  Carnegie 
Institute  of  Technology.  He  la  the 
second  son  of  J.  Wilkinson  Elliott  to 
enter  the   service. 

.Miss  Nellie  G.  King  of  South  Jlome 
wood  and  Hamilton  avenues,  has  been 
in  the  West  Pcnn  Hospital  for  the 
past  ten  days  from  blood  poisoning  re- 
sulting from  a  slight  abrasion  on  the 
face. 

A  card  has  been  received  announc- 
ing the  arrival  of  James  O.  Hill,  of 
Hill  &-  Company  of  down  town  Fifth 
avenue,  in  France.  Prior  to  sailing. 
Mr.  Hill  had  for  some  time  been  In 
the  signal  corps  service  at  Camp  l^e, 
Petersburg.  Va. 

Tagging  black  walnut  trees  for  the 
use  of  the  Government  in  the  manu- 
facture of  gun  stocks  is  about  to  start 
in  Allegheny  County,  a  commiltee  of 
men  having  been  appointed  by  the 
chairman  of  the  public  safety  commit- 
tee to  assist  the  Boy  Scouts  in  locat- 
ing the  trees. 


NOTICE    TO 

CORRESPONDENTS 

AND 

ADVERTISERS 

As  July  4th  falls  on   Thursday 

of 

next     week      correspondents 

ar 

d    advertisers    are     re 

quested 

to 

mail     their    copy     so 

it    will 

reach   us  by  Wednesday, 

July  3. 

Though  a  frost  was  recorded  at  the 
weather  bureau  on  Monday  morning— 
10  days  before  .luly  4 — and  the  tem- 
perature fell  to  47  at  6  o'clock,  there 
was  little  or  no  damage  done  to  vege- 
tation. The  valleys  about  the  city, 
principally  Crafton  and  Ingram,  saw 
unofficial  marks  below  47. 

Harry  F.  Low,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Scobie  and  Parker  Seed 
Company,  is  having  month's  vacation 
trip  including  Denver.  Col.,  and  the 
Yellowstone  Park.  Donald  F^owler,  an 
erstwhile  employee  of  the  same  firm, 
has  announced  his  safe  arrival  in 
France,  following  intensive  training 
at  Camp   Lee. 

President  Robert  Homer  Stewart  of 
the  I.  N.  Scott  Seed  Company  and 
Miss  Anna  F"etterman  were  married 
on  Friday  evening  of  last  week  in 
Castle  Shanon,  Pa.,  at  the  home  of  the 
bride's  brother.  Dean  John  M.  Fetter- 
man  of  the  college  of  the  I'niversity 
of  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stewart 
will  live  in  Greensburg.  where  they 
have  an  attractive  new  home  luiown 
as  "Woodleigh." 


ROCHESTER.  N.  V. 
Corporal  l>iHter  G.  Brown  Iihh  ar- 
rived overseas  with  Company  E, 
328th  Infantry  H<-  left  for  Camp 
DIx  In  September.  While  at  Camp 
Gordon  he  was  promoted  to  corporal. 
He  was  formerly  employed  by  H.  E. 
Wilson  at  the  Hudson  avenue  green- 
houses. 

The  placing  of  flowering  plants  is 
In  progress  In  all  the  small  parks.  The 
work  began  three  weeks  ago  and  will 
take  about  a  week  more  to  complete 
It.  The  150,1111(1  or  more  plants  used 
were  raised  in  the  greenhouses  at 
Highland  Park.  It  Is  estimated  that 
not  less  than  15,000  geraniums  are 
used  in  the  planting  together  with  a 
great  quantity  of  coleus,  alyssum  and 
other  sorts. 

Considerable  damage  was  done  to 
crops  in  the  vicinity  of  Rochester  on 
June  19th  when  the  thennometer 
marked  30  to  33  degrees  by  a  hard 
frost  which  froze  acres  of  beans  and 
tomato  and  cucumber  vines  were 
ruined.  Vegetation  on  recently  cul- 
tivated ground  was  not  touched  as 
badly  as  was  that  under  other  condi- 
tions, but  the  cold  was  sufficient  to 
freeze  grass  and  strawberry  vines  In 
some   parts. 

Stockholders  of  the  Ellwanger  & 
Barry  Nursery  Co.,  at  a  special  meet- 
ing held  at  the  company's  office  In 
.Mount  Hope  avenue,  voted  to  liqui- 
date its  affairs  and  dissolve  It.  The 
directors  at  the  previous  meeting  had 
recommended  the  discontinuance  of 
the  business.  The  property  consists 
of  the  Ellwanger  &  Barry  buildings 
on  State  street  and  large  tracts  in  the 
vicinity  of  Highland  Park  and  else- 
where south  of  Rochester. 

To  assist  liochester  war  gardeners, 
the  department  of  Entomology  of 
Cornell  University  offers  to  examine 
and  determine  specimens  of  insects 
injurious  to  garden  crops  and  when 
ever  possible  furnish  directions  for 
their  control.  The  offer  was  made  in 
a  letter  received  by  J.  L.  Wellington, 
e.xf'cutive  secretary  of  the  Monroe 
County  defense  committee  in  charge 
of  home  garden  work  from  C.  R. 
Crosby,  extension  entomologist  of  the 
university. 


New  Haven — John  Champion,  flor- 
ist, who  was  operated  upon  at  St. 
Raphael's  hospital  the  past  week,  is 
somewhat  improved  his  many  friends 
are  glad  to  hear. 


ST.   LOUIS. 

V.  J.  Gorley  has  gone  on  a  vacation 
to  Michigan. 

Otto  Sander,  the  7th  street  florist, 
has  a  specialty  in  one  dollar  baskets 
of  assorted  flowers. 

Otto  Bruening,  who  has  now  the 
management  of  the  greenhouse  for- 
meily  run  by  Charles  Stiehle  at 
Olnette  is  now  starting  to  cut  Rus- 
sells  and   Ophelias. 

Preparations  for  the  florists'  picnic 
at  Ramona  Parl<  are  now  going  on 
and  the  annual  outing  v.ill  be  largely 
uttended.  A  great  many  of  the  young- 
er element  v.ill  be  missed,  they  having 
gone  to  the  front. 


June  29,  1918 


HOKTICULTURE 


641 


WASHINGTON,    D.   C. 

George  Gouldmaii,  who  for  several 
years  was  with  the  Washington  Floral 
Company,  but  more  recently  with 
George  C.  Shaffer  and  the  Louis 
Flower  Shop,  is  reported  as  having 
joined  the  Marine  Corps. 

Wood  and  peat,  when  not  subjected 
to  railroad  transportation,  may  be 
used  by  florists  in  addition  to  the  coal 
that  will  be  allowed  them,  according 
to  an  announcement  of  the  United 
States  Fuel  Administration, 

Miss  Minnie  E.  Shea,  bookkeeper 
and  cashier  for  the  S.  S.  Pennock 
Company,  is  taking  an  extended  vaca- 
tion, it  being  rumored  that  while  ab- 
sent from  Washington  she  has  become 
the  bride  of  a  soldier  boy  at  the  An- 
niston,  Ala.,   camp. 

The  sympathy  of  the  entire  trade  is 
with  Frank  Weaver,  salesman  for  the 
Leo  Niessen  Company,  he  having  just 
met  with  the  sad  loss  of  his  mother. 
Mrs.  Weaver  had  been  seriously  ill  for 
several  months  and  it  was  while 
undergoing  an  operation  that  she 
passed  away.  The  funeral  was  held 
in  St.  Georje,  Va. 

Calling  attention  to  the  necessity 
for  complying  with  the  rules  and  reg- 
ulations heretofore  announced  regard- 
ing the  necessity  of  obtaining  import 
certificates  and  affixing  appropriate 
supplemental  information  sheets  to 
applications  for  export  licenses,  the 
War  Trade  Board  announces  that  flow- 
er seeds,  except  those  of  oil  bearing 
plants,  and  shrubs  may  now  be  ex- 
ported to  European  Holland  and  Den- 
mark proper.  This  permission  to  ex- 
port flower  seeds  does  not  cover  con- 
signments to  Sweden. 

OBITUARY. 


D.  V.  Kelley. 
Many  town  officials  of  Dedham  at- 
tended the  funeral  of  Daniel  V.  Kelley, 
for  a  number  of  years  custodian  of  the 
Stone  Park  reservation  grounds  in 
Dedham,  held  June  20  from  his  home, 
129  Whiting  avenue,  Dedham,  Mass. 


William  J.  McGee. 
William  J.  McGee,  aged  6.5,  of  the 
florist  firm  of  McGee  &  Geary.  Salem, 
Mass.,  died  at  his  home  June  22d. 
after  a  brief  illness.  Mr.  McGee  was 
one  of  the  best  known  horticulturists 
of  the  state.  He  is  survived  by  two 
brothers. 


Charles  Harkett. 
Charles  Harkett,  youngest  son  of 
W.  A.  Harkett  of  Harketfs  Floral  and 
Nursery  Co.  of  Dubuque,  Iowa,  died  on 
June  17th  after  an  illness  of  over  four 
months.  He  had  charge  of  the  cut- 
flower  and  shipping  department  of 
his  father's  concern  for  over  twenty 
years.  

PUBLICATION  RECEIVED. 
The  Schedule  of  Premiums  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Horticultural  Society 
for  the  exhibitions  of  1918  is  received. 
It  provides  for  exhibitions  on  Thurs- 
day and  Friday,  Sept.  12-1.3  and  No- 
vember 14-15,  to  be  held  In  the  ball- 
room of  the  Narragansett  Hotel.  The 
September  show  will  be  devoted  large- 
ly to  dahlias. 


REASONS    FOR    THE    FOURTH    EDI- 
TION OF  THE  PEONY  MANUAL. 

About  twenty  years  ago  people  knew 
little  about  the  Peony  and  there  were 
very  few  sales.  As  nearly  as  1  can 
ascertain  the  first  issue  of  the  Manual 
doubled  the  amount  sold.  About  this 
time  there  was  a  new  impetus  given 
to  raising  peonies  from  seed.  This 
multiplied  the  number  rapidly.  W^ith 
the  increase  of  better  varieties  the 
price  increased.  One  sold  as  high  as 
one  hundred  dollars  a  root.  Some  sold 
for  twenty-five.  Many  went  from  five 
to  ten  dollars.  Amateurs  also  took 
the  matter  up.  Two  of  the  leading 
lawyers  in  St.  Paul.  Minnesota,  started 
as  beginners  and  kept  on  until  they 
had  quite  a  collection.  One  real  es- 
tate dealer,  having  plenty  of  money, 
sent  to  France  for  the  choicest  Europe 
could  produce.  In  a  few  years  he  had 
a  splendid  collection  of  the  finest  in 
America.  He  then  commenced  selling 
them  and  has  sold  thousands  of  dollars 
worth.  The  business  increased  so  rap- 
idly that  it  was  hard  to  keep  out  of  the 
way  of  it.  So  the  second  and  third 
editions  of  the  peony  manual  were 
rapidly   absorbed. 

There  are  so  many  hundreds  of  su- 
perior merit  recently  thrown  on  the 
market  that  we  propose  to  discard 
many  of  the  old  sorts,  and  put  in  those 
of  much  higher  merit.  The  question 
of  value  of  the  new  and  superior  ones 
at  a  higher  price  is  a  very  important 
one.  Will  it  pay?  Take  one  for  in- 
stance costing  twenty-five  dollars. 
With  care  in  ten  years  you  will  have 
five  hundred,  which  brings  them  down 
to  fifty  cents  apiece.  This  certainly 
is  not  unreasonable  for  the  best  grade 
of  flowers. 

We  flnd  that  there  is  a  great  differ- 
ence in  the  readiness  of  blooming  and 
the  high  quality  among  the  newer 
sorts.  Take  for  instance  two  of  the 
recent  ones.  One  is  Richard  Carvel. 
It  is  a  resplendent  red  of  glistening 
beauty.  I  had  six  planted  late  last  fall 
and  every  one  of  them  bloomed  this 
spring.  They  were  very  fragrant 
withal.  The  other,  Carl  Rosenfield. 
took  six  years  to  produce  one  decent 
flower.  It  had  six  roots  in  six  years 
which  sold  at  two  dollars  apiece.  Rich- 
ard Carvel  in  the  same  time  had  eigh- 
teen roots,  every  one  of  which  was 
eager  to  bloom  on  the  least  provoca- 
tion. Each  root  would  quickly  bring 
five  dollars.  So  you  can  judge  for 
yourself  which  would  be  the  most 
profitable. 

People  are  often  deterred  from  en- 
tering into  peony  growing  on  account 
of  the  excessive  prices  they  must  pay 
on  the  start  for  the  best  kinds.  W^e 
are  to  remember  that  many  of  the  old 
sorts  like  Mme.  d'  Vernville.  EduUs 
Superba  and  Festiva  >Maxima  have 
never  lost  their  primitive  value  and 
they  can  be  had  at  very  reasonable 
rates  now.  You  can  start  with  the 
very  best  of  the  old  sorts  and  get  up 
a  fine  collection  tor  about  twenty-flve 
cents  each  and  you  will  have  some- 
thing you  will  not  be  ashamed  of. 

With  all  these  facts  before  us  we  are 
impelled  to  get  out  a  new  edition  on 
a  large  scale  and  as  cheap  as  possible. 
No  advertisements  will  be  received 
for  this  edition. 

C.  S.  Habwson. 
York,  Neb. 


Cambridf* 


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N*w  Tark 


WOBLD'8   OL.DE8T  and   I^AKOEST 

Mannfaotarcn  of  AIX  STTLKS  and 
SIZES  of 

FLOWER     POTS 


A.  H.  HEWS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Cambridge,  Mass. 


LOOK   OUT   FOR   CORNSTALK 
BORER. 

One  of  the  most  destructive  insect 
pests  of  corn,  known  as  the  European 
cornstalk  borer,  discovered  in  eastern 
Massachusetts  last  summer,  is  spread- 
ing rapidly  to  other  neighboring  lo- 
calities, according  to  entomologists  of 
the  United  States  Department  of  Ag- 
riculture. The  most  vigorous  and  en- 
ergetic action  possible  will  be  required 
on  the  part  of  farmers  and  gardeners, 
country  agents,  and  entomolgists  if  the 
pest  is  to  be  eradicated  or  satisfactor- 
ily controlled,  the  specialists  declare 
in  a  statement  just  issued. 

It  is  known  that  shipments  of  infest- 
ed ears  of  sweet  corn  were  shipped 
last  year  to  practically  all  the  New 
England  States  before  the  presence  of 
the  worm  was  discovered.  Corn  grow- 
ers are  warned  to  be  on  the  alert  to 
discover  this  pest  in  growing  corn  or 
within  the  stalks  of  last  year's  crop, 
and  gardeners  are  urged  to  watch  for 
it  in  such  vegetables  as  tomatoes, 
beans,  and  some  of  the  common  weeds. 
In  the  caterpillar  stage  this  pest  when 
full  grown  is  about  1  inch  in  length, 
grayish  in  color,  and  covered  with 
numerous  small,  round,  dark-colored 
specks.  Persons  discovering  the  in- 
sect are  urged  to  communicate  imme- 
diately with  the  State  agricultural 
college  or  the  Bureau  of  Entomology. 
United  States  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture, Washington,  D.  C. 

This  pest  bores  into  the  cornstalks 
at  the  joints  beneath  the  leaf  sheaths 
or  into  the  bases  of  the  ears.  As 
many  as  two  dozen  caterpillars  have 
been  found  inhabiting  one  dry  stalk. 
The  insects  pass  the  winter  in  the 
pupal  or  resting  stage  protected  inside 
the  stalks  or  stems  of  corn  or  weeds 
of  the  previous  year's  growth.  When 
they  are  found  in  such  places  in  the 
spring  or  summer  the  dry  vegetation 
should  be  carefully  gathered  and  im- 
mediately burned  to  destroy  the  pest. 


Seaweed  Is  a  good  fertilizer  to  use 
for  potatoes.  It  is  used  in  Great 
Britain  quite  extensively,  about  thirty 
tons  to  an  acre.  It  is  excellent  for 
other  vegetables  especially  the  root 
crops. 


643 


HORTICULTURE 


Juno  29.  1918 


The    Waretown    Opening. 
The  suvi'iuociith  minimi  uponinK  of 
Ihc    Weslcott    biuiKulow    on    HarnuKUt 
Hiiy    ciinu'   off   uoi'ording    to    schedule 
last   week  when  a  Boodly  party  made 
ui>  of  old  time  friends  of  the  Commo- 
dore met  to  meet   that   gentleman  as 
his  guests  and  to  extend  to  hlin  cor- 
dial    anniversary     greetings.      Three 
days.  June  21st,  22nd  and   2;ird   were 
enjoyed    with    much    benefit    to    all; 
."ulling.    lishing    and    drawing    In    the 
fresh   salt   breezes   both  on   land   and 
sea.      An    unusual    feature    was    that 
on  the  23rd  one  had  to  have  two  over- 
coats when  on  the  boat  and  welcomed 
the   log   fire   in   the   sitting   room.     It 
was     the     coldest     June     23     any     of 
those   present   could   remember.     The 
Commodore   looked    fine,   and   showed 
himself  as  active  at  seventy-eight  as 
many    of    us    twenty    years    younger. 
Regrets    were    sent    by    a    number    of 
old    timers   who   from   old   age   or   in- 
firmities   or    business    were    not    able 
to  take  in  this    delightful    occasion- 
much    as    they    would    have    liked    to 
spend  a   day  or  two   with   their  good 
old  friend.     No  accidents  were  report- 
ed  among  the  auto  parties,   the  train 
I)arties  or  on  the  waves.     Everything 
went  ofT  nicely,  smoothly  and  accord- 
ing to  schedule.  g.  C.  W. 


PESTS     OF     CUCUrVIBERS     AND 
MELONS 

Severe  losses  caused  by  the  melon 
aphis  or  "melon  louse,"  can  be  large- 
ly reduced  and  In  many  cases  prevent- 
ed by  the  use  of  control  measures  up- 
on the  first  appearance  of  the  insect. 
Spraying  with  nicotine  sulphate,  which 
so  tar  has  given  the  best  results,  and 
other  methods  of  combating  the  pest 
are  described  in  Farmers'  Bulletin 
914.  Control  of  the  Melon  Aphis,  by 
F.  H.  Chittenden,  issued  by  the  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture. 

Next  to  the  striped  cucumber  beetle 
the  melon  aphis  is  the  most  important 
cucumber  insect  pest  and  probablv  the 
most  serious  enemy  of  melons  and  re- 
lated crops  in  this  country.  It  works 
quickly,  sucking  the  juices  of  the 
plants  and  causing  them  to  wither  and 
die.  often  before  insect  injury  is  sus- 
pected. Whole  fields  often  are  de- 
stroyed in  a  tew  days. 

The  melon  aphis  has  more  than  40 
insect  enemies  which  hold  it  in  check 
in  many  regions  much  of  the  time,  but 
artificial  control  becomes  imperative 
when  weather  conditions  are  unfavor- 
able to  its  parasites. 


The  old  stubs  of  cabbage  plants 
should  never  be  left  standing  in  the 
field.  They  should  be  pulled  up  at 
harvest  time  and  all  that  show  swell- 
ings on  their  roots  should  be  carefully 
burned.  This  precaution  will  lessen 
the  disease  in  badly  infected  fields  and 
will  hold  it  in  check  in  fields  where 
it  appears  only  in  spots. 


CLASSIFIED  DIRECTORY 

AdvertiMmenU  in  this  Dspartment,  Ten  C«nU  *  Line,  Net 


ASTKHS 

ASTKIIS^  I1I:NIi1:H.S()Ns  invinciiu.k. 
On.'  i.f  llir  rliH-Hi  fi.r  rut  nowcm.  Wlillc. 
Shell  I'lnk.  UoMt',  I.tivi'iidtT  uiiil  I'urplr. 
.><tr..n;;  pliiiitB.  ».'>.00  piT  1000.  ciisli.  IIUII.L 
CKI.ICKV  (iAltUKNS,  Kiilauiatuo,  Mli'li. 

BKOOMAM 

IIKUDMAS               I'..l8  100        1.000 

I.nrrnlnc    2Vi   In-  Jll.OO    JlllldO 

(Mni'lnnnll    2Vi  In.  l.VOO 

MrH.   .1.   A.    I'cterson.  'J".,   In.  Ltl.ltO       180.00 

■M<lliT    2>.i   In.  1!0.00 

Jfl.IIS    KiiKMUS    I'll,    linlberford.   N.   J. 


Ill  I. IIS 

C.    KEIU   *    SONS,    UII.LKGOM.    Ilollnnil. 

Itullm  c.f  nil  ilfBcrlplloHH.     Write  for  prloi'8. 

NKW  YOUK  BUANCH.  810  Bridge  St. 


CARNATION    STAPLES 

Split  cnrnntlfins  quickly,  casllv  !in(I 
chc'iply  nionded.  rillabury's  Ciirnntlon 
Sinpl..-,  1000  for  35c.;  300O  for  $1.00  post- 
paid.    I.  L.  PILLSBURY.  Galegburg,  111. 


CHRTSANTREHUH8 

FINE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  BEST  KINDS 
for  Klorlsts  use.  Send  us  list  of  wants. 
Catalogue  tree.  ELMER  D.  SMITH  &  CO.. 
Adrian.  Mlcb. 


CYCLAMEN 

CYCLAMEN:  In  the  following  colors. 
Pure  white,  white  with  pink  eye,  pink, 
dark  red.  light  red  and  s.ilinon.  2Mr-ln. 
pots.  $8.00  per  100,  $75.00  per  1000:  ;)-ln. 
pots.  $10.00  per  100.  $95.00  per  1000;  3>,4-4-ln. 
pots.  $20.00  per  100.  If  only  salmon  Is  or- 
dered—the price  will  be  20%  higher. 
■TfLIUS  ROKHRS  CO..  Rutherford,  N.  J. 

CYCLAMEN:  Best  strain  of  Cyclamen 
grown  In  2!4-in.  pots.  Varieties.  Salmon 
I'lnk,  Light  Pink.  Rlood  Red,  Bright  Red. 
Pure  White  and  White  with  Red  Eve,  at 
$7.50  per  hundred,  or  $05.00  per  thousand. 
Cyclamen  Seedlings,  from  three  to  live 
leaves,  $5.00  per  hundred,  or  $4000  per 
thousand.  "Cash  with  order."  .T.  H 
FIESSER.  North  Bergen,  N.  J. 

CYCLAMEN:  The  best  new  and  Im- 
proved large  flowering  strains.  Salmon 
pink,  light  pink,  dark  pink,  blood  red. 
pure  white  and  white  margined  red. 

Km      lOfKi 
iVit  pl.ints.  21.J  inch,  extra  line, 

ready  f.ir  4   Inch $S.00    $7.').00 

Note :     .Seedlings  ship  better  than  pot  plants. 

C.  ir.  LIGGIT.  Wholesale  Plantsman, 
325  Bulletin    Building,         Philadelphia,  Pa. 

DAHLLAS 

Peony   Dahlia   Mrs.   Frederick  Grlnnell. 

.Stock  For  .Sale. 

JOHN    P.    ROONEY,    New    Bedford,    Mass. 


New  Paeony  Dahlia— John  Wanamaker. 
Newest,  Handsomest,  Best.  Now  color,  new 
form  and  new  habit  of  growth.  Big  stock 
of  best  cut-flower  varieties.  Send  list  of 
wants  to  PEACOCK  DAHLIA  FARMS, 
Berlin,   N.  J. 

Orders  booked  at  any  time  for  Fall  or 
Spring  delivery.  Wholesnle  and  Retail. 
Send  tor  Catalog.  NORTH BORO  DAHLIA 
&  GLADIOLUS  GARDENS,  J.  L.  Moore 
Prop.,  Northboro.  Mass. 

DRACAENAS 

DRACAENA         TERMINALIS.  Clean 

healthy  stock  out  of  2'i  Inch  pots  at  $8.00 
per  100;  3  inch  pots  at  $15.00  per  100;  4 
inch  pots  at  $25.00  per  100.  Cash  with 
order. 

J.  H.  FIESSER,  North  Bergen,  N.  J. 


FLOWER   POT.S 

A.  ROLKER  &  SONS,  New  Y'ork  City. 
Eastern  Selling  Agents  for  the  York  Pot- 
tery, Pa.  Write  for  prices  and  terms  of 
pots,  pans  and  fern  dishes.  Address  P.  O 
Box  752.  City  Hall  Station. 

GLASS 

Greenhouse  glass,  lowest  prices.  JOHN- 
STON GLASS  CO.,  Hartford  City,  Ind. 


Ill  DHAXiKAN 

We  grow  thi'm  by  llie  iicrn  and  grow  Ihcm 
[■..'!;. .A  '"""'Pl-l"  c.lle.il.Mi  of  KHKNCll 
\  Aim  T  LS  A.Mi  OTAKSA.  from  pm.  t„r 
Nc'pl.  delivery.  Seiure  ytiur  needn  n<nv  and 
liiive  Iheni  shipped  before  frost 
•'.'"•       t.'"-        •''  1"         «  In.        7ln.        8  In. 

",;,  I .  ^*'-       -"•       •■*•'"••       '■'"<•■       <«<•• 

Held  grown  plantH  ..f  (iiakHa  for  Angus! 

Hlllpnient.    25';     leHH 

.1     I-  .SCHILLER,  TOLEDO,  (J. 


ORCIIID8 

HASSALL  &  CO.  Orchid  (Jrowers  and 
UiiNers,  Southgnli-,  i...iHl..n.  England.  Catt- 
leyas  and  Laidio Caiilevas  our  Hpeclalty 
One  trial  order  solicited. 

PEONIES 

Peonies.  The  world's  greatest  collection. 
1200  sorts.  Send  for  list.  C.  BETSCHER 
Canal  Dover,  O. 


ROSES 

ROSES.  CANNAS  AND  SHRIBS. 

THE    CONARD   .V:    JONES   COMPANV. 

WEST  GROVE,  PA. 


SPIIACiM'M    MOSS 

Live  Sphagnum  moss,  orchid  peat  and 
orchid  baskets  always  on  hand.  LAGER 
&   HURRELL.  Summit.   N.  J. 


VEGET.VBLE  PLANTS 

I.Mle  Vegetable  Plants  Ready  :  00.000  late 
cabbage,  cauliflower,  Slone  tomato,  sweet 
peppers  (Bull  Noset.  celerv  (Golden  S.  B. 
an. I  White  Plumei,  C.  &  C.  parslev.  Ready. 
$4.(10  per  1000  stRilght  or  as.sorted  ;  flOOO  for 
S2000. 

J.    W.    RAYNEH ,   Greenport,    N.    Y. 

'ELERY  PLANTS— Golden  Self-Blanch- 
iiit'  (French  Strain).  Also  the  grand  new 
Kasy  lilanching,  which  Is  easy  to  grow,  Hne 
I'l^nits.  ready  for  the  fleld.  $2.00  per  1000. 
.<>  i.'i  for  0000.  cash.  BRILL  CELERY 
<;.\unENS,  Kalamazoo.  Mich. 


4,000,000  Cabbage,  Cauliflower,  Tomato 
and  Celery  plants.  Field  grown  and  potted. 
List  free.  P.  W.  ROCHBLLB  &  SONS, 
Chester,  New  Jeney. 


VINES 

Flowering  and  Foliage  Vines,  choice 
collection.  Large  Specimen,  Pot  and  Tub 
grown  for  imniodlnte  effect;  also  Climbing 
Roses.  J.  H.  TROY,  Mount  Hlssarlik  Nur- 
sery, New  Kocbelle,  N.  Y. 

WIRE  WORK 

WILLIAM  E.  HEILSCHER'S  WIRE 
WOItKS,   264    Randolph    St.,   Detroit,  Mich. 


WANTS,  FOR  SALE,  ETC. 

SITUATIONS     WANTED 


•SITIATION  waN'J1:d— By  gardener, 
married.  20  years'  experience.  Thoroughly 
understands  all  branches  of  the  profession 
outside  and  under  glass.  Only  good  posi- 
tion eonsldereil  where  energy  and  ability 
eoHiits.  No  olijection  to  distance.  Prefer 
P.icin<'  Coast  or  iiiiddl<>  west.  Address 
1.1  i'li:.\  l,i;cLi;iii:.   Fort  Stellacoom,  Wash. 


HELP    WANTED 

WANTED:  A  man  that  Is  capable  of 
taking  charge  of  the  watering  of  a  large 
range  of  greenhouses.  Apply  In  person  or 
letter,  with  references,  to  H  H  BAR- 
ROWS &  SON,  No.  264  High  St.,  Whitman. 
Mass. 


ASSISTANT  GARDENER  for  greenhouse 
and  nntside.  Steady  position.  Board  and 
room  provided.  Wages  $60.00  per  month. 
Private  estate  about  7  miles  form  Boston. 
Address  "M.  J.,"  care  HORTICULTURE. 

WANTED— Tonng  man  as  assistant  In 
park  garden  work.  Address  "J.  J.,"  care 
HORTICULTURE. 


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This    fluid    absolutely    destroys    all    weeds    and    other    growth    wherever    applied, 
and  its  effect  on  the  ground   prevents   the    growth  of  freih  onei  for  a  year  and 
thus  saves  a  great  deal  of  time  and  labor,  as  no  cutting,  hoeing  or  hauling  away 
of  the  weeds  is  required. 
We  manufacture  the  strongest  line  of  DISINFECTANTS  on  the  market. 


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DESTRUCTIVE  HAIL  STORM 
Hail  stones  as  large  as  our  native 
black  walnuts  accompanied  a  thunder 
storm  that  visited  the  Freehold  sec- 
tion of  N.  J.,  about  6  o'clock  Monday 
night,  June  17,  broke  thousands  of 
window  panes  and  did  much  material 
damage  to  growing  crops.  The  path 
of  the  hail  stone  zone  appeared  to 
start  in  the  vicinity  of  Spotswood  and 
extend  down  through  Englishtown. 
Tennent.  Freehold  and  Jerseyville  and 
to  lose  its  intensity  soon  after  passing 
that  place.  The  hail  stones  were 
driven  by  a  high  wind  that  broke  huge 
limbs  from  trees  and  also  uprooted 
many.  In  the  vicinity  of  Englishtown 
and  Tennent  most  serious  damage  was 
done  to  field  crops.  Here  there  are 
fields  of  potatoes  and  corn  that  ap- 
pear to  he  absolutely  ruined.  A  farm- 
er in  the  Tennent  section  had  a  field 
of  early  tomatoes  destroyed.  There 
were  4,0ii0  plants  in  the  plot  of  about 
one  and  a  half  acres.  Scarcely  a  res- 
idence in  Freehold  escaped  the  loss  of 
from  one  to  25  panes  of  glass,  while 
the  manufacturing  plants  suffered  in 
proportion.  The  Moreau  Plant  com- 
pany greenhouses  on  West  Main 
street  suffered  a  loss  of  more  than  200 
glass,  while  ('.  A.  Baird's  hothouse  on 
South  street  had  but  about  27  glass 
broken. 


GREENHOUSES  BUILDING  OR  CON- 
TEMPLATED. 


Claymont, 

one  house. 


Del. — George    Speckman. 


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house  60  X  400. 


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New     Bedford,     Mass. — Wooler.     the 
p'lorist,   range  of  houses. 


Meriden.  Ct.— Chester  C.  Mindcn 
has  purchased  the  stock  and  range  of 
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nifflcult  and  rejected  cases  spe- 
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A  spray  remedy  for  green,  black,  white  fly, 
thrlps  and  soft  scale. 

Quart,  $1.00;      Gallon,  $2.50. 

FUNCINE 

For   mildew,  rust  and  other  blights  affect- 
ing flowers,  fruits  and  vegetables. 
Quart,  $1.00;   Gallon,  $2.50. 

VERMINE 

For    eel    worms,    angle    worms    and    other 
worms  working  In  the  soil. 

Quart,  $1.00;     Gallon.  $3.00 
SOI>n    BY    DEALERS. 

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MAMSOM.  N.  J. 


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Sure  Insect  Killer 


THE  use  of  Imp  Soap  Spray  on  fruit 
trees,  garden  truck,  ornamental 
trees,  shrubs,  etc.,  will  positively 
destroy  all  insect  pests  and  larva  de- 
posits. Quite  harmless  to  vegetation. 
Used  in  country's  biggest  orchards 
and  estates.  Very  economical  -  one 
gal.  Imp  Soap  Spray  makes  from  25  to 
40 gals,  effective  solution.  Directions 
on  can.  Qt.  55c;  Gal.  $1.90;  5  Gals. 
$8.50.  F.O.  B.  Boston.  Genuine  can 

has  Ivy  Leaf  trade  mark.  Your  money  back 
if  Imp  Soap  Spray  doesn't  do  as  claimed. 
Order  direct  if  your  dealer  can't  suppl\'. 

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BOSTON,  MASS. 


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Plant  Propagation,  Greenhouse 
and  Nursery  Practice 

By  M.  G.  KAINS 

We  have  had  many  inquiries  from  time  to  time 
for  a  reliable  and  up-to-date  book  on  plant  propa- 
gation, but  were  always  at  a  loss  to  find  any  pub- 
lication that  we  could  recommend.  The  subject 
has  been  dealt  with  in  fragmentary  manner  only 
In  books  that  have  come  to  our  notice.  So  it  is 
well  that  this  new  work  has  been  issued,  espec- 
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buds,  layering,  cuttings,  grafting,  etc.,  fruit  tree 
stocks,  scions,  etc.,  and  there  are  eight  pages  of 
condensed  cultural  instructions  in  tabulated  form, 
covering  annuals  and  perennials  from  seed. 
woody  plants,  evergreens,  vines,  bulbs  and  tubers, 
greenhouse  and  house  plants,  ferns,  palms,  water 
plants,  orchids  and  cacti.  The  illustrations  are 
numerous,  comprising  213  figures  and  halftone 
plates.  There  are  322  pages  well  bound  and  on 
heavy  jiaper,  teeming  with  helpful  information. 
It  is  a  book  which  no  cultivator  can  afford  to  do 
without.  It  is  worth  many  times  its  price.  Copies 
can  be  supplied  from  the  office  of  HORTICUL- 
TURE at  publisher's  price,  $1.50. 

HORTICULTURE  PUBLISHING  CO. 

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Principles  and  Practice  of  Pruning 

Uy   .M.   G.   KAINS 
Lecturer  on   Horticulture,   Columbia   Vnlverslty 

Few  practices  In  tbe  bandling  of  plants,  especially 
fruit  bearing  plants,  attract  so  much  Interest  as  do  tboac 
of  pruning.  The  methods  are  bo  varied,  the  resulta  so 
diverse,  and  tbe  opinions  of  growers  so  apparently  con- 
tradictory that  this  subject  is  always  one  of  the  most 
interesting,  and  the  surest  to  bold  attention  and  arouse 
(llsousslon. 

Particularly  during  the  last  ten  or  flfteen  years  when 
the  principles  of  plant  physiology  have  been  more  and 
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ageinent  has  Interest  settled  In  pruning.  During  the 
latter  half  of  this  time-  also  more  and  more  Investi- 
gations and  tests  have  been  conducted  by  experiment 
stations  and  other  workers  to  test  out  methods  and 
principles  in  the  interest  of  science  and  for  the  beneflt 
of  growers.  The  accumulation  of  such  new  knowledge 
has  become  very  considerable  especially  In  the  last  de- 
cade, but  It  Is  necessarily  so  scattered  that  very  few 
growers  have  access  to  It,  hence  the  demand  for  a  book, 
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principles  bused  upon  the  laws  of  plant  growth. 

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After  a  few  pages  of  introduction  the  author  discusses 
Plant  Physiology  as  related  to  pruning.  A  chapter 
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teresting subject.  Then  follows  a  classification  and  clear 
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also  those  on  Prevention  and  Repair  of  Mechanical  In- 
Jorles,  Pruning  Nursery  Stock,  Young  Trees,  Mature 
Trees  and  Odd  Methods  of  Pruning  and  Training,  Re- 
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