January 2S, 1909 



HORTICULTU RE 



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CARNATIONS, RUBY AND MRS. CHAS. KNOPF. 



Mits. CiiAs. Kn(; 



Mrs. CTias. Knopf is showing up well 

 lliis year and grives promise of being 

 a valuable commercial variety. It re- 

 sembles Enchantress in color but is 

 (if a more lively, bright shade without 



the salmon cast and does not fade 

 out on the edges of the petals. The 

 blooms ar<e very large, beating Enchan- 

 tress .T.t its best and the calyx does 

 not split as much as in that variety. 



Ruby 



Blooms tent into tl-e wholesale mar- 

 kets have brought $1.00 per hundred 

 more than Enchantress and it is well 

 liked by critical bi'.yers. 



Ruby is a very large, strong-grow- 

 ing crimson, with excellent form, stem 

 and color. The flower stands high 

 above the calyx, giving it a fine finish. 

 Wherever this variety has been tested 

 it has demonstrated its pre-eqiinence 

 in this color. 



WHITE KILLARNEY. 



Walii'n Rose Conservatories, always 

 the Mecca of visiting ro?e grower^, is 

 at pre«?ent esptecially so on account of 

 the widespread interest in that most 

 beautiful of all rose, introductions. 

 White Killarney. Seeing this rose as 

 grown here one is disposed to agree 

 with the assertion of one visitor that 

 it would turn out to be a white run- 

 niing mate for American Beauty. This 

 Waban variety is a much heavier 

 liower than the parent Killarney, car- 

 rying never less than twenty-three 

 petals to the flower and soraetimes 

 up to forty, while the maximum num- 

 ber in Killarney proper ■ is twenty- 

 three. In modeling it is a picture, 

 and th'e 324 ft. house filled with it In 

 full bloom is an inspiring sight. 

 Grafting young stock is progressing 

 rapidly, 25,000 being now in the cases. 

 Mr. Montgomery is gi-eatly pleased 

 "A ith direct results from advertising 

 in HORTICULTURE. which has 

 brought him orders from Germany, 

 Bermuda and Canada in addition to 

 those from domestic sources. 



LEAF CUTTINGS OF ANTHURIUM. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle records 

 that at the meeting of the Scientific 

 Committee of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society (England), en December 8, 

 Mr. Chittinden, Beoretary, show-ed a 

 plant illustrating a method of repro- 

 duction in Anthurium Deehardii. Mr. 

 Blakey, of Wislcy Surrey, had inserted 

 a leaf taken off the plant with its 

 base intact but without any part of 

 The .otem, in a propagating pot Four 

 buds had Ijeien produced on the inner 

 surface of the basal part of the leaf 

 I'nd numerous roots had developed. 

 Two of the shoots had grown out into 

 rhizomes 10-12 imches in length, bear- 

 ing at their tips well .developed jilants, 

 and the oth,^r two shoots had grown 



out for a short distance. This fact 

 may point out a useful hint to gar- 

 de<ners who may wish to propagate 

 anthuriums in cuantity. 



NOTES ON WEATHER AND ITS EF- 

 FECT ON OUTDOOR PLANTS 

 IN NEWPORT, R. I. 



1908, Dec. 13 — First snow of season, 



depth V2 inch. 

 Dec. 18 — Second snow of season, 

 depth 1 inch. 



1909, Jan. 5 — Temperature 46 degrees 



at 7 a. m.; unprotected pars- 

 ley, brussels sprouts and kale 

 still gocd for use and pansies, 

 dandelions and honeysuckle 

 Halliana in flower. 



Jan. 8 — Tempe'-ature 14 degrees 

 at 7 a. m. 



Jan. 14 — Third snow fall, aver- 

 age depth 2V2 inches. 



Jan. 15 — Large patches of private 

 hedges and honeysuckle vines 

 in she'terod positions with 

 leaves still green. 



Jan. 17 — Fourth .snow storm. 

 average depth 3 inches. 



Jan. 19 — Terapeialure 7 degrees 

 at 6 a. m.: coldest to date. 



LIRIODENDRON CHINENSE. 



This introduction from China by 

 Messrs. J. Veitch & Son, in rapidity 

 of growth and hardiness is the equal 

 of the North American L. tulipifera. 

 The flowers are smaller than those of 

 that species and the petals are less 

 broad. It was at first thought to be 

 merely a geographical form of L. 

 tulipifera. tut both Sargent and 

 H'em<=ley consider the plant distinct 

 enough to be classed as a species. In 

 its native habitat it is, according to 

 Hortus Veitchii usually found growing 

 to a ln'ight of 15-20 feet. The tree i=! 

 illustrated on p. 429 of The Gardeners' 

 Chronicle for December 19. 1908, from 



a specimen growing at Kew, which at 

 8 years of age is 10 feet in height; 

 and as the leading growth made dur- 

 ing the past summer is 4 feet in 

 height, the tree promises to grow- to 

 greater dimensions than in its native 

 country; and to make an interesing 

 addiiion to the arborescent Mag- 

 noliaceae. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM EDITH DE 

 CLAUSONNE. 



A valuable addition to any collection 

 of chrysanthemums is without doubt 

 Edith de Clausonne, an introduction 

 of the chrysanthemum specialist, H. 

 Hermann Strauss, of Zurich, who also 

 feiom'e few years ago introduced Mile. 

 Marguerite Desjonis to commerce. In 

 regard to the size of the flower Edith 

 de Clausonne is much larger than 

 Mile. Marguerite Desjonis, with extra 

 good cultivation twice as large; and 

 well adapted as an exhibition flower. 

 One capital property of E. de Clau- 

 sonne is its freedom in flowering, 

 every bud-crcwn and terminal develop- 

 ing good blooms; so that cultural 

 failures are entirely averted. Th'e 

 color is pure white with a green cen- 

 tre ; and in the full meaning of the 

 phrase it is a florists' flower in the 

 highest grade. — das Toriei-i.in No. jo, 

 igoS, Afollers Deutsche Gartner Zeilung. 



BOUGAINVILLEA LATERITIA. 



This rare and beautiful species of 

 Bougainvillea with its peculiar shade 

 of red has been cla.imed by some to 

 be useless as a pot plant As seen 

 growing at the Newboh' con-'ervatories 

 at Jenkintown, Pa., the magnificent 

 form and wealth of blossoms under 

 pot culture would seem to raise some 

 doulit as to that dictum. Samuel 

 B;;t( lieloT, the eardener at Newiiold's, 

 is very successful with it. 



