May 1, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



627 



PROFESSOR GOODALE RESIGNS 

 CHAIR AT HARVARD. 



George Lincoln Goodale, Fisher pro- 

 fessor of natural history and director 

 of the botanic gardens at Harvard 

 University since ISSS, has resigned, his 

 resignation to take effect the first of 

 this coming September. It is under- 

 stood that he will continue his inter- 

 est in the development of the Botanical 

 Museum at Harvard. 



George Lincoln Goodale was born in 

 Maine, in 1839, (eldest son of Hon. 

 Stephen L. Goodale, for more than 

 twenty years Secretary of the Maine 

 Board of Agriculture). He graduated 

 from Amherst College in 1S60, and 

 from the Harvard Medical School in 

 1863. From 1863 to 1S66 he was an in- 

 structor in the Portland School for 

 Medical Instruction, from 1S67 to 1S72 

 Professor of Natural Science in Bow- 

 doln College and of Materia Medica 

 in the Medical School of Maine. In 

 1S72 he began work as instructor and 



Prof. George L. Goodale. 



University Lecturer at Harvard Uni- 

 versity. He was appointed Assistant 

 Professor in 1873, Professor of Botany 

 in 1878, and Fisher Pi-otessor of 

 Natural History in 1888. He has 

 served as Director of the Botanic Gar- 

 den since 1S79. 



Professor Goodale is a member of the 

 National Academy of Science, and of 

 the American Philosophical Society, as 

 well as as of the American Academy 

 of Science. He has served as Presi- 

 dent of the American Naturalists and 

 of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. He is a Fel- 

 low of the Royal Geographical So- 

 ciety, and an Honorary member of the 

 New Zealand Institute. He is one of 

 the Associate Editors of the American 

 Journal of Science, to which he con- 

 tributes critical reviews. His publica- 

 tions have been principally in the de- 

 partment of Plant-Physiology and Eco- 

 nomic Botany. He was instrumental 

 in establishing a botanical station In 

 Cuba, in connection with the Botanic 

 Garden of Harvard University, where 

 Interesting experiments In the Im- 



provement of plants are in progress 

 under the supervision of Mr. Robert 

 M. Grey. The Head-Gardeners who 

 have been associated with Professor 

 Goodale at the Botanic Garden in 

 Cambridge, are Messrs. William Fal- 

 coner, W. A. Manda and Robert 

 Cameron. 



Professor Goodale's place will not be 

 easily filled. Always a courteous 

 gentleman, his relationship with every 

 employee of the garden and with all 

 who have had occasion to call upon 

 him for advice has been of the sort 

 that inspires affectionate respect. S. 

 A. F. members who were present at 

 the Providence Convention in 1S97 will 

 pleasantly remember Prof. Goodale's 

 delightful illustrated lecture on "Our 

 Favorite E.xotic Plants in Their Own 

 Homes." 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Transactions of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society for the year 

 1908. Part II. — Comprises full reports 

 of trustees, librarian, exhibition and 

 other committees, prize awards dur- 

 ing the year, necrology and list of 

 members. 



The Florists' Scrap Book. Pub- 

 lished by John C. Moninger Co., Chi- 

 cago, Hi. It would take a volume as 

 big as the book itself^256 pages — to 

 adequately tell everything it contains, 

 so concise and comprehensive is it. 

 The index alone takes up nine pages. 

 The contents are compiled from the 

 florists' trade papers, with proper cred- 

 it given, and there is thus brought 

 into convenient, easily-accessible form 

 a vast accumulation of valuable cul- 

 tural information and instructive ma- 

 terial on the thousand and one prob- 

 lems every florist must meet. To be 

 more explicit, there are over 2500 use- 

 ful hints and pointers on greenhouse, 

 store and nursery management; also 

 about 750 remedies for various insects 

 and diseases. The book is not only 

 useful for the beginner, but the expert 

 grower will find it of value also. It 

 gives directions for making the many 

 remedies used in greenhouses and also 

 formulas for same. The price of the 

 book is $1.00, but copies may be ob- 

 tained free by complying with request 

 in advertisement of John C. Monin- 

 g'er on page 600, Issue of April 24. 



The Orchid Stud Book.— After five 

 years of anticipation we are at last 

 fa.vored with the results of the col- 

 laboration of R. A. Rolfe and C. C. 

 Hurst in their attempt to straighten 

 out; the nomenclature of the ever in- 

 creasing work of the orchid hybridist. 

 It is safe to assume that the immensity 

 of their self-imposed task, did not at 

 the commencement, disclose itself, but 

 it must soon have been apparent that 

 their original promise of date of issue 

 could never be fulfilled. We have the 

 compensation in that up to date no 

 omissions appear and the thorough 

 way in which cross references are ar- 

 ranged makes it easy for the reader to 

 ascertain readily if any particular 

 cross has been made, by whom, and 

 the date of exhibition or publication, 

 as the case may be. 



To give an illustration of the pro- 

 cess of "boiling down" adopted, we 

 note that the original cross Cyprlpe- 

 dlum X aureum has had applied to it 

 no less than thirty-nine other names, 



and the remarkable part of it is thai 

 Jules Hye, the raiser of C. x aureum 

 named thirty-two of these, presumably 

 out of the same seed capsule and, 

 doubtless, all differing. These thirty- 

 eight other names now are relegated 

 to the position of synonyms or in 

 some cases perhaps they may live at 

 varietal forms of C. x aureum. This 

 is primarily why the work was be- 

 gun aud It is proposed in the columns 

 of the Orchid Reriew to keep it up to 

 date as the years go on in the way ol 

 supplementary data as it accumulates. 

 Of American-raised orchids there 

 seems to be a complete list, garnered 

 from various publications, as they ap- 

 peared. One curious instance might 

 be cited where the raiser was In a 

 seemingly legitimate way, robbed ol 

 the credit of being the original ex- 

 hibitor and his name classed as a 

 synonym. In 1902 Laelio-Cattleya 

 Gladys was shown in Boston (L. 

 tenebrosa x C. Gaskelliana alba) and 

 was awarded a certificate; a few weeks 

 later a similar plant was shown in 

 London as L-C Eva, and registered as 

 such. Then M. Cogniaux discovers 

 that the name Gladys had been 

 preempted and in Gurdeiwrs' Chronicle, 

 states that this cross must be known 

 as L.-C. Orpetiana. The "Stud Book" 

 however recognizes L-C. Eva only 

 Such matters are all in the way ol 

 simplification and we rejoice that the 

 present generation of gardeners now 

 has something to refer to that has lor 

 its object fairness and simplification. 



The names of the raisers of the 

 plants are treated alike whether in the 

 employ of a commercial concern or Id 

 private collections, in that they do not 

 appear in the work, the compilers 

 doubtless reasoning that gardeners 

 come and go but the collection lives 

 on, though often times in memory 

 only. 



Interesting introductory chapters are 

 given, both cultural and historical 

 with a list of the published literature 

 on the subject from 1847 to date, also 

 there are 120 illustrations of notable 

 hybrids interspersed through the text, 

 several of which we recognize as ol 

 American origin. 



Cultivators will find the "Orchid 

 Stud Book" a necessity, and may now 

 simplify the names of their plants, for 

 one of the most valuable features Is 

 the treatment of commemorative 

 names, thus, Cypripedium x Mdlle 

 Gabrielle Moens, must in future be 

 known as C. x Moensiae — a distinct 

 gain to the cult. 



Copies of the book may be had by 

 addressing The Editor, Orchid Review, 

 12 Lawn Crescent, Kew Gardens, Lon- 

 don, Eng., or will be supplied from the 

 office of HORTICULTURE, Boston, 

 Mass., at $2.25 each. 



NURSERY INSPECTION IN NEW 

 YORK. 



The bill of Senator Raines providing 

 for a more rigid supervision by the 

 State Department of Agriculture to 

 prevent the bringing of diseased nur- 

 sery stock Into New York state from 

 other states was signed on April 21 by 

 Governor Hughes. The new law also 

 seeks the extermination of diseases 

 and the brown tall moth and all other 

 Insect pests infesting trees, shrubs and 

 vines. An appropriation of $25,000 Is 

 provided. 



