NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK: APRIL 20th TO 26th VOLUME II-No. 4 Fall and Winter, 1923 The NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE Dc','oted 10 the poplllari:::iJlg of all phases of horticlIlture: Ornamental Gardening, including La,nd­ sca/'f' GardeJl iJlg, ,·ll1latellr Flo'll'er GardeJling; Professioi/al Flower Gardi!'Jl iJl g or Floriculture; V egetable Garde Jl ing; Fruit Gro'willg, alld all acti'l'ilies allied with horticulture, Fall afld Winter Number CONTENTS Woods Flowers in Cultivation North Dakota State Horticultural Society Grand Forks Horticultural Society Galesburg Horticultural Society Wild lings of North America Garden Gossip Literature of the Trade Issued Quarterly and O'wned Exclusively by THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. , Permanent Headquarters to be Establishel at vVashington, D. C. Office of the Secretary, Henning, Minnesota 25 CENTS A COPY THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INCORPORATED .JULY 1, 1922 OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PRESIDENT, Mr. C. Z. Nelson, VrCE PRESIDENT, Mrs. F a nnie Mahood Heath, Galesburg, Ill. Grand Forks, N . D. REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS NORTH PACIFIC' COAST: NORTHWEST MIDLAND: SOUTHEASTLAND: Mr. Joe Smith, Longbranch, Wash. Mrs. Mathilda C. Engstad, 703 So. Fifth Mrs. D . F . Sheppard, Daisy, Ga. St., Grand Forks, N. D. SOUTH PACIFIC COAST: N ORTHEAST MIDLAND: EASTERN CANADA: Mrs. E v a Kenworthy Gray, 32 and Wool­ Mr. O. H . Schroeder, Fariba ult, ¥inn. m a n Ave., San Diego, Cal. Dr. Frank E . Bennett, St. Thomas, Onto SOUTHWEST MIDLAND: NORTH ROCKY MOUNTAINS : Mrs. May Senn , Rota n , Tex. WESTERN CANADA: Mrs. Walter E . R evo, Glacier National SOUTHEAST M1DLAND: Mrs. Z. M. Stewart, BanIY, Alberta. P a rk, . Belton, Mont. Mrs. J ean D . Jensen, Fox Lake, Ill. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: SOUTH ROCKY MOUNTAINS : EASTLAND: l\frs. H a rriet H. Storrs, 112 West Golden M r s. Louise Beebe Wilder, Studio Lane, Mr. Leon A. Rodriguez, Lopez, Tayabas, Ave., Cripple Creek, Colo. Bronxville, N. Y. Philippine Islands. TREASURER EDITOR-SECRETARY FIELD SECRETARY Mr. Eric B. Magnusson, H enning, Minn. Mr. Hamilton Traub, H enning, Minn. Mrs. Pearl H . Fraser, Grand Forks, N . D. Mr. Axel A. T ervola, Dr. A. T . Morstad, Mr. A. L . Truax, Mr. John F . Traub, Grand L edge, Mich. Henning, Minn. Crosby, N. D . H enning, Minn. HONORARY FELLOWS Dr. L . H. Bailey, Ithaca, N . Y. Mr. A. E. KundeI'd, Goshen, Ind. Mr. Geo. W. P a rk, Dunedin, Fla. Mr. Leonard B a rron, Garden City, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah A. Pleas, Whittier, Cal. .Mr. Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal. Mons. F. Lesourd, 26, Rue Jacob, P aris, Mons. A. Dessert, Chen onceam<, Indre-et- France. Mr. William R obinson, Gravetye Manor, Loire, France. ·East Grinstead, Sussex, England. Mr. W. R. D ykes, Vincent Square, West­ Hon. J . H. Maiden, F. R. S. , Sydney Bo­ Prof. C. S. Sargent, Arnold Arboretum, minster, S. W. 1, England. tanic Garden, Sydney, N. S. W. Australia Jamaica Plain, Mass. Dr. Niels E. Hansen, South Dakota State Mons. H. Martinet, 26 Rue Jacob, Paris, Mr. Ernest H . Wilson, Arnold Arboretum, College of Agriculture, Brookings, S. D. l~rance. Jamaica Plain, Mass. AFFILIATED LOCAL HORTICULTURAL NATIONAL CHAPTERS OF THE SOCIETY SOCIETIES THE GRAND FORKS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY President, Mr. A. D. Keator, F . N. H . S., Librarian, NATIVE FLORA CHAPTER Univer sity of North Dakota. Vice PreSident, Mrs. J . M. Gillette, C. F. N. H. S. Chairman, Mrs. Ella J . Ormes, C. F. N. H . S., Vice President, Mrs. Fred L . Goodman, C. F . N. H . S. Woodlawn, Cripple Creek, Colo. SecretarY-Treasurer, Prof. Edward Baird, F. N. H. S., Dept. of B iology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N. D. THE GALESBURG HORTICULTUR¥ SOCIETY President, Mr. I. S . Pillsbury, C. F . N. H. S. NATURE STUDY CH,4,PTER Vice President, Mr. F'. E. Augerson, C. F . N. H . S. ehairman, Miss Mary A. Dartt, C. F. N. H . S., Secretary, Mr. C. Z. Nelson, C. F. N. H. S., Galesburg, Ill. Treasurer, Mr. r. M. Stromberg, F. N. H. S. 289 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y. OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY The obj ect of the THE NATIO~AL HORTICULTURAL horticultural subjects. 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Persons who have cult\lre w ho have commuted annual dues by the p ayment a t one made va.Juable con tributions to horticultural progress may be time of $100; they shall be entitled to a ll the privileges of fellow­ elected to Honorary Fellowship; they shall be entitled to all the ship for life. priv il eges of fellowship for life. 26 T HE NATIONAL HORTIC ULTU,RAL MAGAZINE COPYR I GH T 1923, B Y THE NATI ONAL H ORTI C U L TU RA L SOCI ETY Publish ed Qua rterly a nd Owned Exclusively by THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL S OCIETY OF AMERICA Permanent H ead'lua rter s to Be E sta blish ed at 'Washington, D. C. Office of the Secretary: H enning, Minn. Editor : H amilton T raub WOODS FLOWERS IN CULTIVATION By Mrs. Fanllie Mahood H ea th, C. F. N. II. 5., Vice the snowy whi te sent me by an Iowa friend I have taken Presidf l1t, N atiortal H orticulture Sociei'Y, Gra,lI d dozens of plants and now have a row of them about Forks, North Dakota forty feet in length that re embles a snowbank when the My experinlents with the un lovin g fl ower of our plants are in fl ower. The sm0'key blue and lilac colored wind swept prairies have been very pleasurable, yet my one are also grown and add color and deli ghtful frag­ collection of the shade lovin g fl owers of the wil d woods rance to the whole. These Phl oxes are not as well clings just a little cl oser around my heart than do the known a they should be fo r they are very adaptable and prairie flowers. Perhaps one reason fo r thi is that I are very u eful in givi ng a naturali tic effec t to shrub­ was deprived of the pleasure of growing them for a bery clu ter. T hey also bloom at a time when flowers number of years because they could not stand the hot, are scarce. drying winds of our treeless prairies and 1 had to create Cy pri pediltl1l tal'vi f lontl1l, Smaller, Y ellow- Lady's shady nooks for them before they would stay with me. S lip per, has been very uncertai n and has failed to come Be that as it may, I do enj oy my woodland treasure. back when planted in good so il in shady places yet one The first to greet me in early Spring are the Hepaticas, clump planted on the north ide of a big tree very close H.