January 16, 3 902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



251 



A B.rder of Hardy Plants in Jackson Park, Chicago. 



head of Eiverton tliis week, you refer to 

 a sport from Begonia erecta eompacta. 

 Does the erecta eompacta belong to the 

 Lorraine type? I know of a sport from 

 the original Lorraine sent out by the 

 Farquhars, of Boston, but this is known 

 as n-arui eompacta, the flowers of which 

 arc similar in color to the light pink 

 Lorraine which I grow, and which is 

 pronounced by some Philadelphia retail 

 florists superior on account of its better 

 lasting qualities to all other of the Lor- 

 raine varieties. You appear to refer to 

 this incidentally as the pale pink Lor- 

 raine. 



You also refer to a sport of the 

 "erecta" variety above referred to as 

 having leathery foliage. Tlie light pink 

 Lorraine is far superior in its leathery 

 foliage to the original Gloire de Lor- 

 raine. It is strange what a number of 

 sports there are from Lorraine and its 

 sports; I believe there are eight or ten. 

 Edwin Lonsdale. 



The questions were referred to the 

 Henry A. Dreer Co. and Mr. Eisele's re- 

 ply appears below. 



I am glad that we have someone in the 

 person of Mr. Lonsdale who is keeping 

 us straight on this begonia matter, 

 which certainly has been ever since the 

 introduction of the first Lorraine to 

 America more or less tangled up throvigh 

 carelessness. 



In reference to Begonia erecta eom- 

 pacta the name by which this was sent 

 out by the introducer, I find in looking 

 ■up original correspondence regarding 

 same is "nana eompacta," and it was 

 not my desire to intentionally change 

 this name, but it seems to come quite 

 natural to call it "erecta eompacta." 

 The name "nana" is a misnomer; the 

 plant as grown here by us is by no 

 means miniature ; its habit is erect, tlie 

 flowers stand more ereet,»and, while the 

 plant presents a compact, close and 

 dense appearance, it has grown fully as 

 tall with us as either the original type 

 of Lorraine or as Light Pink Lorraine. 



Unfortunately I find in referring to our 

 catalogues for 1002 that just as I called 

 it erecta eompacta in speaking to you 

 that I have also listed it under this 

 name, but I cannot help but feel that 

 the name as called by me more properly 

 describes the variety than the name of 

 jiana eompacta, though, of course, it 

 should be so listed and sold, and in our 

 next catalogue I shall take care to have 

 this corrected. 



Regarding Pale Pink and Light Pink 

 Lorraine I think this part I shall have 

 to leave to you to settle with Mr. Lons- 

 dale. I don't like the word "pale" and 

 I don't think that you can blame this 

 error on me. I think this is strictly on 

 yourself. J. D. Eisele. 



The writer certainly did not intend to 

 alter the name of "Light Pink" Lorraine 

 to "Pale Pink." It was merely a de- 

 scriptive word used by chance. It shall 

 be "Light Pink'' Lorraine in future. 



Phil. 



A HARDY BORDER. 



The border shown in the accompanying 

 engraving is one of the finest in Jackson 

 Park, Chicago, a great variety of herb- 

 aceous plants being used, including 

 phlo.x in variety, Sedum speetabile, heli- 

 anthus in variety, Jicorus, hemerocallis, 

 pyrethrum, funkias, boltonias, irises, 

 aconitums, veronicas. Oriental poppies, 

 nulbeckias, anemones, platycodons, ag- 

 rostemmas, thalictrums. Clematis Davi- 

 diana, delphiniums, dicentras and others. 



It would be a hard matter to find a 

 time from early spring to late fall, when 

 some of these are not in bloom. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Florists' Club. 



The regulai' monthly meeting of the 

 Pittsburg and Alleghenj' Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club was held at the store of 

 the Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., 504 Lib- 



erty street, Thursday evening, the Oth 

 inst. 



It was a very large meeting. The cluh 

 now has 118 members, and seven new 

 names were proposed for membership. 

 So well attended and interesting are the 

 meetings that the store of the Cut Flow- 

 er Co. has become too small for a meet- 

 ing place and a committee was appoint- 

 ed to look for more roomy quarters. It 

 was the night for nomination of officers 

 for the ensuing year, next meeting being 

 election night. All of the present offi- 

 cers, except the secretary, were renom- 

 inated, Secretary Langhans, because of 

 increased private business, begged to be 

 excused from further duty. This was re- 

 gretted by everyone. The following were 

 the nominees: President, William Fal- 

 coner; vice-president, E. C. Eeineman; 

 secretary, H. P. Joslin; assistant secre- 

 tary, Ernest Ludwig; treasurer, Fred 

 Burki ; executive committee, Fred Burki, 

 John Bader and P. S. Randolph. 



It was announced that William Loew, 

 was appointed by President Jno. Burton, 

 of the S. A. G. and O. H. as vice-presi- 

 dent of that society for western 

 Pennsylvania. This was good news, for 

 Mr. Loew knows everybody and every- 

 thing in the trade, and everybody likes 

 him and Kas confidence in him. 



It Was New Carnation Night 



And a display of the finest carnations 

 ever seen in Pittsburg was placed on 

 tlie tables before the members. These 

 included all of the new varieties now be- 

 ing sent out for the first time and some 

 sorts that won't be put on the market 

 for a year or more to come. The flow- 

 ers were magnificent and there wasn't a 

 poor or a sleepy blossom in the room, 

 and for purity, brightness, size, make- 

 up and stand-up-straightness they never 

 have been surpassed. 



Fred Burki, of Bellevue, was the or- 

 ator of the evening, and being one of the 

 best and largest and longest experienced 

 carnation growers in Western Pennsyl- 

 vania, he spoke pointedly and we listen- 

 ed intently. Of each variety there was 



