June 30, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



829 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 

 A seedling chrysanthemum in full 

 bloom was a feature of the monthly 

 meeting of the Horticultural Society 

 held on the 19th inst. There was also 

 a fine display of sweet peas. 



George Samtman Jias retired from 

 the firm of Myers & Samtman, rose 

 growers, Chestnut Hill, and will build 

 a new establishment for himself in 

 this vicinity. Mr. Samtman is a prac- 

 tical grower and has been very suc- 

 cessful in the past with Beauty, Lib- 

 erty, and other difficult subjects. He 

 starts his new venture with the 

 brightest prospects. 



The H. F. Michell Co. are moving 

 their flower seed department from the 

 third to the second floor, where better 

 light, and more room are available for 

 the increasing demands of the busi- 

 ness. Mr. Ely. who has charge, says 

 the increase this year has been verv 

 gratifying. 



Charles Sim, the popular landscape 

 gardener and contractor of Rosemont, 

 has been laid up for the past six 

 weeks from a bad fall while engaged 

 in superintending the new work on 

 the W. P. HInzcy estate. He is now 

 able to be about again and actively at- 

 tending to the detail work of his ex- 

 tensive business. 



The Lord & Burnham Co have 

 secured the contract for new heating 

 plant and additional glass for the 

 Wilmington and Brandy wine ceme- 

 tery; also a new addition to the green- 

 houses of Edward T. Lewis, Wilming- 

 ton; both contracts through the Phila- 

 delphia office which is in charge of D. 

 T. Connor. 



William Griffin has retired from the 

 firm of Griffin Bros., Frankford, on ac- 

 count of ill-health, and sailed on the 

 S. S. Lucania on the 18th inst. The 

 business will be continued by James 

 Griffin, the founder of the firm. 



W. E. McKissick says that one of 

 their most satisfactory scarlet carna- 

 tions at the present time, and in fact 

 in the fall and all through the season, 

 is Elbon, a variety raised by Roney 

 Bros., of West Grove. It is only me- 

 dium to small in size but grand in every 

 other way, and fills a niche all its 

 own. 



Samuel S. Pennock was absent from 

 the city from the 22nd to the 26th at 

 the wedding of his sister-in-law, Miss 

 Helen B. Foster of Westerly, R. I., to 

 Mr. H. N. Willets of Philadelphia. 



Victor Goshens, superintendent of 

 the Graham conservatories at Logan, 

 sails for Europe July 1st on the Red 

 Star Line Philadelphia to Antwerp. 

 Business and pleasure combined. 



A special meeting of the Florists' 

 club was held on Wednesday, the 27th, 

 to arrange for a reception to Hugh 

 Dickson of Belfast. This interesting 

 event is scheduled for July 6th. 



Ernest Hemming will give a talk on 

 "Japanese Irises" at the regular 

 monthly meeting of the Florists' club 

 July 3rd. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 PROJECTED. 



Lawrence, Mass. — A. H. Wagland, 

 extensions. 



N. Woburn, Mass. — Adam Fostei, 

 extension to houses. 



Kansas City, Mo.— Budd Park Grei 

 house Co., one house. 



PARK WOODLANDS AND PLANTA- 

 TIONS. 



Read before the American Association of 



Park Superintendents by J. A. 



Pettigrew. 



The subject of the treatment of 

 natural woodlands in parks is of vast 

 importance, and commands the earn- 

 est thought of landscape gardeners. 

 Such areas are generally made up in 

 great part of thick growths of trees, 

 which have injured each other, more 

 or less, by close contact — natural, per- 

 haps, in the sense of having sprung 

 from the soil without the aid of man, 

 but having, nevertheless, been subject 

 to such unnatural conditions as to up- 

 set Nature's balance. 



The effort on the part of the land- 

 scape gardener or forester to improve 

 the natural or growing condition of 

 woodlands in public parks is generally 

 met with opposition from probably 

 well-meaning, but badly-informed, 

 critics, who cry that the work is an in- 

 terference with Nature, and who call 

 in the aid of ready tongues, and readier 

 pens, to stop the "outrage." 



The forester brings into service the 

 practical experience and study of 

 years in his effort to assist Nature in 

 her work, yet all for naught; the 

 clamor of a few, enlisted in a mis- 

 taken crusade, discourages him, or in- 

 fluences those in authority to the ex- 

 tent of causing a stoppage of the work, 

 and the result is seen too painfully, all 

 over the country, in the malformed and 

 distorted condition, from overcrowd- 

 ing, of trees in parks. 



General rules can scarcely be framed 

 for the treatment of natural woodland; 

 much depends on the use to be made 

 of it, whether for woodland effects or 

 woodland use. The first operation in 

 a thick piece of woodland desired to be 

 retained for natural effects should be 

 that of thinning; trees of individual 

 merit or beauty should have interfer- 

 ing trees removed, to allow them to 

 develop freely. In places, areas of 

 greater or less size may be found en- 

 tirely filled with trees, which, by rea- 

 son of overcrowding, are so far in- 

 jured that they can never recover their 

 lost beauty. In such cases a free cut- 

 ting should be made to allow light to 

 penetrate, so as to permit of the 

 growth of saplings or newly-planted 

 material below, and further cuttings 

 made from year to year. 



(To t.e Continued.) 



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 GRAPE VINES, 



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 three year old canes, 

 Black Hamburg, 

 Muscat Alexandria 

 and other varieties 



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Beauties, sj^-in., good st^ck ;. .. . 5.00 45.00 



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Rosalind Orr English, 2H-in., strong 



stock 6.00 



Kaiserin, 2j4-in., extra Pne stork 4.50 40.00 



356 -in., f xtra fine stock 6.50 60.00 



Golden Gate, aj^-in., extra fine stock.. 4.00 1 35.00 



Uncle John, aH-in., extra fine stock. . . 4.00 35.00 



Perle, 2}$ -in., extra fine stock 5.00 45.00 



Sunrise, 2^ -in., extra fine stock 5.00 45.00 



flaids, 1% -in., extra fine stock 6.00 55.00 



Chatenay, zj^-in., extra fintr stock .... 4.00 35.00 



3 J^-in., extra fine stock 6.00 55-oo 



Liberty, 4-in. grafts 3C.0 plants left ... o.co 



Kate noulton, 3H-W., .25.00 



Cut Back Benched Beauties 4.50 40.00 



" Richmonds 6.00 55.00 



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