February 3, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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A New and Valuable Cyclamen 



Cyclamen Low's Salmon 



The accompanying illustration shows ft new and 

 beautiful cyclamen called Low's Salmon. The flowers 

 are of a new and distinct shade of color so far as cycla- 

 men persicum varieties are concerned. They are of 

 the gigantcum type and of clear salmon or salmon- 

 rose color. It has been put on the market by Messrs. 

 Hugh Low & Co., who say : "We have no hesitation in 

 describing this as the finest cyclamen sent out during 

 late years." The habit of the plant is vigorous though 

 compact, as may be seen from the illustration and the 

 blooms are produced quite clear of the leaves upon 

 stiff straight stalks. Messrs. Low & Co. say that this 

 is not merely a fancy sort, but a first-class market 

 variety and we are of opinion that it will prove a valu- 

 able plant. The color of the flowers is such that it is 

 said to show to even better advantage under artificial 

 light than in the day time. It was shown by Messrs. 

 Low before the Royal Horticultural Society recently 

 and everyone admired the coloring of the flowers. 



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American Trees In Europe 



Enclosing a letter from the Town Clerk of Glasgow, 

 Scotland, conveying a note of thanks from the Corpor- 

 ation of Glasgow for a recent gift of a collection of 

 American oaks and other trees and seeds for the Botan- 

 ical Gardens there, our friend Mr. W. E. Smith writes 

 us the following communication which will doubtless 

 prove very interesting to tin- many tree lovers among 

 our readers. 



The enclosed is from the Corporation of Glasgow. I 

 was the invited guest of the corporation at their annual 

 inspection of parks, in company with Bailie Bilsland, 

 now Lord Provost, and the very able and intelligent 

 Superintendent of Parks and Curator of Botanic Gar- 

 den, Mr. James Whitton, last summer. I then noticed 

 the great dearth of American trees not one soft maple 

 (Acer dasycarpum) a tree of which we have planted 

 twenty thousand in the streets of Washington, and no 

 oaks. On this subject I wish to make a remark; the 

 white oak I could not find anywhere in the Botanic 

 Gardens in Europe. 



When in Berlin some time ago the Curator there 

 put this question to me, "Do you know in America an 

 oak called Quercus albus ?" Startled at this question, I 

 asked "What of it?" "That is what I want to know, 

 what about it ? I have gotten for many years beautiful 

 seed, but never one will grow." The white oak and 

 the soft maple seed cannot be exported. Acorns of the 

 white oak and the seed of the soft maple begin to grow 

 as soon as they reach the ground. By gathering the 

 acorns, ih'' rool is broke nil' and the acorn is useless 

 for propagating. It is the same way with the chinqua- 

 pin (Castanea jmmila). We missed our Platanus occi- 

 dentalis, one or two plants of P. orientalis, our sweet 

 gums, our sour gums, our tulip trees, our American 

 elms in variety and many other interesting American 

 trees and shrubs, that we are certain, under the judicious 

 management of Mr. Whitton, shall have a fair chance 

 as to the adaptability to the climate. 



We sent seeds and plants of the Salisburia (Loudon), 

 many years ago, suggesting this tree for the smoky cli- 

 mate of London. Smoke is Mr. Whitton's greatest bug- 

 bear and this tree, thriving so well, as you know, on the 

 hillside of Boston's Public Grounds where the smoke 

 is, of course, not as bad as the smoke in London and 

 Glasgow, it is hoped will be as successful as that tree 

 has been in Boston for over a hundred years. 



I shall have something to say about the terrible dis- 

 ease that has attacked the larch. The question of hered- 

 ity and the care necessary to select proper seed, will 

 make an interesting theme for some future communica- 

 tion. 



Yours very sincerely, 



