Jauuaiy 2, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



PLANT BREEDING. 



HORTICULTURE: 



I wish to ask for a little information. 

 I am a grower of seed peas and am 

 studying to improve my varieties also 

 to produce new varieties where I 

 think there is a need of thera. Can 

 you refer me to books or literature 

 bearing on above subject, and by 

 whom pulilished or could you furnish 

 me with such books as I desire? Dar- 

 win I believe wrote books bearing on 

 tJiese matters also Bailey of Cornell 

 University. Can you give me names 

 of these books and where I could ob- 

 tain same? 



Thanking you in advance for any in- 

 formation which you may give, I am 

 Sincerely yours, 

 (Signed) J. VERNON SHEAP. 



In reply to the above query we would 

 name the following publications: 



Bailey's Cyclopaedia of American 

 Horticulture — under the head of Plant- 

 Breeding. 



W. S. Harwood. New Creations in 

 Plant Life. 



Charles Darwin. Animals and Planis 

 under Domestication. 



I,. H. Bailey, Plant-Breeding. Cross- 

 Breeding and Hybridizing — with a brief 

 bibliography of the subject, pph. The 

 Philosophy of the Crossing of Plants 

 considered in reference to their im- 

 provement under Cultivation, pph. 



E. L. Sturtevant. Observation on 

 the Hybridization and Crcss-Breeding 

 of Plants. 



E. Williams. Hybridizing and Cross- 

 Breeding. pph. 



Francis Darwin. Cross and Self- 

 Fertilization. 



There- are also numerous other pub- 

 lications on the subject, which may be 

 consulted at the library of the Massa- 

 chusetets Horticultural Society. 



MONSTERA DELICIOSA. 



Some time ago we published a pic- 

 ture of Monstera deliciosa in fruit, and 

 it may be of interest to our readers to 

 see how it looks in bloom, as it is 

 somewhat uncommon. When grown 

 in the stove or warm greenhouses it 

 will make luxuriant leaves but seldom 



flowers. The plant is always interest- 

 ing, however, on account of its peculiar 

 perforated foliage. The specimen 

 shown herewith is growing in a corner 

 of the carnation house, in full sun. We 

 are indebted to the grower, M. J. Pope, 

 for the photograph. 



PERSONAL. 



R. C. Kiel is now with the Hopedale 

 Nurseries, Ho])edale, 111. 



OBITUARY. 



FRUITING STRAWBERRIES UN- 

 DER GLASS. 



Editor of HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir, — Will strawberries bear in 

 hot houses without bees to carry the 

 pollen? B. A. R. 



.-Answering your inquiry in regard to 

 strawberries fruiting under glass with- 

 out bees to carry the pollen, I will say 

 that bees would be an advantage when 

 the operation is to be carried on in a 

 large way, and especially so if some 

 imperfect varieties are to be grown 

 with the perfect ones. Where only a 

 few plants are to be grown bees will 

 not be necessary to carry the pollen 

 and with the perfect flowering varie- 

 ties artificial pollenation will not be 

 necessary, but if the weather is dark 

 and moist at the time the plants bloom 

 it will be necessary to poUenize with 

 a small camel's-hair brush. The main 

 thing is to keep the house dry and 

 airy at the time the plants are bloom- 

 ing, so that the pollen will ripen na- 

 turally and spread itself. 



WILFRID WHEELER. 



CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT. 



Enclosed find one dollar to renew 

 my subscription to HORTICULTURE. 

 I am one of your first subscribers and 

 am going to stay by you. Can't do 

 without it. It is getting better and 

 better with every issue. 



H. D. SEELE. 



Elkhart, Ind. 



William Clubb of Boston has taken 

 a position with I,. L. May & Co., St. 

 Paul, Minn. 



W. H. King, the Albany florist who 

 fell in front of his home, breaking his 

 leg, is slowly improving. 



Miss Dorothea A. Broome is in 

 charge of the Lakeside Floral Co.s 

 store at Calumet, Mich. 



Arthur E. Thatcher has succeedtd 

 the late Loiiis Sander at the Arnold 

 Arboretum, .lamaica Plain, Mass. 



George L. Perry of Coldwater has 

 taken a position as manager of the 

 Central Nursery & Floral Co.. Kala- 

 mazoo, Mich. 



Mr. Arthur Brown of WalkerviUe, 

 Ont.. and Miss Grace Young of Amer- 

 sham, England, were married at St. 

 Matthias Church, Montreal, on Decem- 

 ber 2.5. 



Wm. R. Smith, of the Botanical 

 Gardens, Washington, who has been 

 seriously ill for the past ten days, is 

 nov; reported as being much better 

 and is able to sit up for a short while 

 at a time. This will be grateful news 

 for thousands who love ihe "Grand 

 Old Jlan of Horticulture." Mr. Smith 

 has been in Providence Ho-spital for 

 Ihe past two weeks. Owing to his 

 advanced ago much solicitude has 

 been felt by his friends. 



Dennis Lee. 

 Dennis Lee, gardener for Paul .\. 

 Huebener of Yonkers, N. Y., was found 

 in the stable with his skull crushed 

 and suspicion points to the coachman 

 as the perpetrator of the deed. 



H. J. Ball. 

 Henry .J. Ball, for the past twenty- 

 five years a successful orchardist of 

 Santa Clara County, died in San Jose, 

 California, on Dec. 16, at the age of 

 76. A widow, two daughters and a 

 son survive him. 



Alexander Newett, Sr. 

 Alexander Newett died at his home 

 at Lawndale. Chicago, Dec. 18, in his 

 eighty-second year. He was a native 

 of Ireland, came to this country at the 

 age of 2? and started in the fiorist's 

 business in Chicago about 30 years 

 ago. • A daughter and five sons survive 

 him, one son, Alexis, being connected 

 with the Stupiiy Floral Co., of St. 

 Joseph, Mo. 



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