February 24, 1906 



horticulture; 



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AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



We note with delight the advent of 

 our friend Maurice Puld into the lit- 

 'erary arena. He is represented in the 

 March number of Suburban Life by 

 three contributions on seed and bulb 

 planting. In the same number W. N. 

 Craig has an excellent article on "A 

 Gay Garden from Frost to Frost." 



We learn from the Wilmington, Del., 

 Journal that an esteemed florist of 

 that city has produced a white carna- 

 tion with pink stripes for which he 

 has refused $10,000. People shouldn't 

 offer these paltry sums to florists who 

 produce carnations unless they wish 

 to be contemptuously spurned. "Such 

 a headache!" 



We learn from one daily paper that 

 Miss Alice's bridal bouquet was com- 

 prised of Phalanopsis amabilis and 

 furnished by a certain florist; from 

 another daily paper that the bouquet 

 in question was made of Ccelogyne 

 •cristata furnished by another florist. 

 We take pleasure, however, in present- 

 ing a picture of the "real thins" with 

 an account thereof, in this issue. 



A valued subscriber in forwarding 

 his dollar for another year, expresses 

 dissatisfaction because we do not re- 

 cord the changing of gardeners from 

 place to place, so that he "can keep 

 up with his old friends." We confess 

 the undertaking is too big for us. 

 Still, we'll do the best we can, and if 

 our gardener friends will kindly let 

 us know when they or their friends 

 make a change we'll gladly print the 

 news. 



At a recent meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society the 

 "Fruits of New England" was the 

 subject of discussion. Among other 

 things the acknowledgment was made 

 that there are but half a dozen varie- 

 ties of pears which can be grown 

 profitably in New England. This is 

 refreshing encouragement as, up to 

 the present time, the prize schedule 

 nas been loaded down for lo, these 

 many years, with twenty or more va- 

 rieties of pears, each drawing out 

 premiums to the amount of from 

 twelve to twenty dollars annually. 

 The half dozen varieties now ap- 

 proved are not stated but probably 

 every one of them has been in the 

 market since before most of us were 

 born. There seems to be a splendid 

 opportunity now for the fruit growers 

 to turn to and produce new varieties 

 of especial 'excellence for this sec- 

 tion. What was possible for their 

 forefathers should not be impossible 

 for them. If they have any desire to 

 see their specialty resume its old 

 time pre-eminence in the society and 

 the community that is the only course 

 for them to pursue. 



ALICE ROOSEVELT'S BRIDAL 

 BOUQUET. 



This beautiful bouquet, which we 

 illustrate on another page, was made 

 of the choicest orchids with a fringe 

 of Adiantum Farleyense. The most 

 delicate shades of Cattleya Trianae 

 and Cymbidium eburneum were used, 

 the shower effect being carried out 

 with the sprays of the pure white 

 Coelogyne cristata. The cattleyas 

 were grown in Washington, D. C., by 



the orchid specialist, George Field. 

 The bouquet was designed and made 

 by Z. D. Blackistone. 



WHAT THEY SAY OF US. 



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art. 

 Reigns more or less, and glows in every 



heart." 



The last few issues of HORTICUL- 

 TURE have been corkers. — A. R. L. 



Afraid you will charge more by and 

 by, so now extend our subscription 

 for four years. — O. C. 



Please send HORTICULTURE on. 

 Will pay for it. Like it very much. 

 Gets better all the time. — S. J. 



Congratulations on year's work. 

 May HORTICULTURE live long and 

 prosper. A SUBSCRIBER. 



Please find enclosed $1.00 for my 

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 come to stay, and I wish you every 

 success. — J. G. 



Inclosed please find check for three 

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 TICULTURE for three years from 

 date, January 1, 1906. — W. A. 



I think your magazine a grand 

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 Enclosed please find one dollar for re- 

 newal of my subscription. — B. O. C. 



I lake tho pleasure of congratulat- 

 ing you on the able manner HORTI- 

 CULTURE is conducted and wish you 

 every success for the future. — H. T. 



Please find inclosed one dollar for 

 renewal of my subscription to your 

 paper for 1906. I like it very much 

 and hope you will continue to make it 

 improve week by week. — J. H. O. 



We are anxious to assure you that 

 your magazine is greatly valued in this 

 office for its very interesting contents, 

 and we wish to congratulate you upon 

 the high standard attained. — K. O. 



Inclosed find postoffice order for 

 $1 for another year's subscription for 

 HORTICULTURE. I think it is 

 a very valuable paper to the trade 

 and predict a great future for it. — W. 

 S 



I take this opportunity to say that 

 I think your paper the best of them 

 all, and I look forward to the time 

 when I will be settled at a permanent 

 address and can receive it regularly 

 again. — P. A. R. 



Horticulture Publishing Co., Boston, 

 Mass. 

 Gentlemen: — Can you supply me 

 with a complete file of Horticulture 

 up to date? Your paper grows more 

 and more valuable and very rapidly. 

 I want to bind and keep the issues in- 

 tact. Very truly yours, * 



Editor of HORTICULTURE— In- 

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 CULTURE for 1906. I think it im- 

 proves with age like good old wine, 

 and trust its future will be bright 

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 ested in the gardening world. 

 Yours truly, 



W. S. 



SHORT NOTES FROM ABROAD. 



The next annual congress and ex- 

 hibition of the French National Chry- 

 santhemum Society will be held in No- 

 vember at the old town of Caen in 

 Normandy. It is a part of this so- 

 ciety's program to hold its annual 

 gathering in a different town every 

 year. 



"Le Chrysantheme," the official 

 organ of the French N. C. S., is sup- 

 plied . monthly to its members and 

 usually contains much interesting mat- 

 ter to those who worship at the shrino 

 of the "Queen of Autumn." The last 

 number to hand contains a portrait 

 group of most of the members of the 

 jury at the recent Paris chrysanthe- 

 mum show and many members of the 

 society. Among the celebrities we 

 notice Rozain-Boucharlat of Lyons 

 Choulet; Maxime de la Rocheterie. ".he 

 president of the society; Charles 

 Baltet of Troyes; Philippe Rivvire, the 

 -<i retary; Geo. Bruant of Poitiers; 

 Ernest Calvat, Rosette; Closon of 

 Liege; Colonel Labouchere of Caen. 



The English National Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society has decided to adopt as 

 its standard for color description the 

 repertoire des couleurs recently pub- 

 ic -In 'd by the French sister society. A 

 copy of (he work has therefore been 

 handed over to the chairman of the 

 floral committee. 



Country Life is one of those excel- 

 lent English art publications that has 

 a deservedly large circulation. It deals 

 as its title implies with everything 

 more or less connected with the coun- 

 try. Gardens, gentlemen's homes, fish- 

 ing and sport of all kinds, country cot- 

 tages and rural views in every con- 

 ceivable manner are more or less 

 elaborately and artistically dealt with 

 in Country Life. A similar work to 

 be published bi-monthly will shortly 

 appear in Paris. It is to be entitled 

 La vie a la Campagne. and will be 

 brought out by the well-known French 

 firm of Hachette & Co. Monsieur 

 Albert Maumene. formerly sub-editor 

 of Le Jardin, will have the editorial 

 supervision of the new journal. 



The National Horticultural Society 

 of France will hold its spring show in 

 Paris on the 19th to the 27th of May 

 next. In connection therewith a Con- 

 gress will be held on May 21st, at 

 which various questions will be dis- 

 cussed, such as apple culture for ta- 

 ble, researches on the coloring mat- 

 ter of flowers, variation in vegetables, 

 cryptogamic diseases that attack or- 

 namental plants, best means to pre- 

 serve bulbs during the resting period, 

 practical culture of new vegetables, 

 making of small rock gardens and a 

 selection of hardy plants for same, 

 etc.. etc. 



The next great Quinquennial Inter- 

 national Show at Ghent will coincide 

 with the centenary of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural and Botanical Society. We 

 may reasonably expect this to be the 

 grandest show ever held in this old 

 Belgian town. The list of prizes and 

 schedul is already in print and com- 

 prises a large number of classes. The 

 date fixi i is 25th of April to the 3rd 

 of May, i'JOS. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



