April 24, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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After Adjournment 



The gardenia, as is its_ custom at 

 this season of the year, 'is about to 

 come down from its lofty perch and 

 give everybody a chance to get ac- 

 quainted. See advertisement of Miss 

 A. Washington. 



Greenhouse men who have used the 

 Revero Hose this season speali well 

 of its lasting quality. For lawns and 

 garden plantations it has already a 

 first-class I'ecord. One of its best recom- 

 mendations is its freedom from 

 kinkiness. 



The florists' supply men are gradu- 

 ally warming up for Decoration Day 

 and the June wedding and graduation 

 gaieties. Watch the advertising 

 columns of HORTICULTURE if you 

 have anything ahead in that line. 

 You'll have no need to look anywhere 

 else. Ask the specialty and supply 

 men who advertise in HORTICUL- 

 TURE to send you price-lists' and 

 prospectuses. 



'"Hoi-tirnltiu'ists h.nve dis'^overcd that 

 roses and inigiianette cniinot live together. 

 If tlie two (lowers are placed together In 

 a v.nse both Mither withhi half an hour." — 

 Boston Globe. 



The author of this remarkable bit of 

 news didn't go back far enough in his 

 investigation before forming his con- 

 clusions. Chances are that those roses 

 and that mignonette came from rival 

 establishments and were too well- 

 trained to enjoy one another's society. 

 Why, we have repeatedly known 

 flowers to drop from iirst quality to 

 third rate in the simple process of 

 crossing from one wholesale establish- 

 ment to a rival place on the opposite 

 side of W. 28th St. 



We have seen a copy of a Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., paper in which appears in full 

 an address on "Fletcher and Fletch- 

 erism" made by J. Austin Shaw before 

 the Franklin Literary Society. We al- 

 lude to it now, because the lecturer 

 is "one of us" well known to the trade, 

 and further because his subject — that 

 of health and longevity — is one that 

 will appeal to every human being. 

 Therefore, there may be many who 

 would like to read it — for it is very 

 readable — and no doubt our friend 

 Shaw would be glad to supply any ap- 

 plicants. Nearly two centuries ago 

 there lived a man, John Armstrong 

 by name, who in an essay on the Art 

 of Preserving Health, wrote: 



"Of right and wrong he taught truths 

 as refined as ever Athens heard; And 

 (strange to tell!) he practiced what he 

 preached." 



So we now serve notice on Brother 

 Shaw that an Argus-eyed watch will 

 be put upon him when next John Nu- 

 gent carves a turkey for the New 

 York Florists' Club. 



During the past two years HORTI- 

 CULTURE has taken oppoitunity on 

 various occasions to call the attention 

 of the plant and flower groweis to that 

 labor-saving, fuel-saving and worry- 

 saving invention known as the Castle 

 Automatic Circulator. We did this, as 

 we do it now, because we believe we 

 are conferring a substantial benefit on 

 the horticultural fraternity in so do- 

 ing. AVe are pleased to he able to pub- 

 lish in full the following letter from 



Thomas Roland of Nahant, Mass., 

 which should be carefully pe.used by 

 any grower using hot water for green- 

 house heating. As to Mr. Roland, he 

 is known all over the country as an 

 expert plant grower with no superior, 

 a trustee of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society and a man whom no 

 inducement would influence to write 

 such a testimonial unless every state- 

 m.ent was unqualifiedly true. 



Copy. 



Nahant, Mass., April 20, ltW9. 

 Jfr. W. W. Castle: 



My Dear Sir: -I^st September I had you 

 install one of your automatic circulators in 

 my III. I 111 at Nahant. In order to heat these 

 houses water had to travel 700 feet and 15 

 feet below the boilers. Previous to placing 

 the circulator I was compelled to use 

 steam, running an extra boiler to supply 

 heat for these houses. I have used the 

 past wiuter hot water solely, changing the 

 steam system over entirely. The upper 

 Iiouses were also attached tO' the forced 

 circnlation, anil I am pleased to report that 

 not only have I received great benefit in 

 those houses which were on same level as 

 boiler, but with those 15 feet below the 

 le^'el have been able to maintain and regu- 

 late the heat to my utmost satisfaction. No 

 other apparatus that I have ever seen or 

 kucrw of cinild give me the same econom- 

 ical results. I consider your new circulator 

 an indispensable adjunct to any heating 

 system. 



I jiropose to extend my plant by con- 

 structing new houses on this lower level 

 the r-uming summer. Convinced that the 

 question of heating same by hot water 

 from my central station is satisfactorily 

 demonstrated, I cannot see where I coul'd 

 afford to be without it. 



Should be pleased (o show the system to 

 any interested, and you are at liberty to 

 quote nic fully to any one desiring infoi'- 

 niation. Yours truly, 



iSigned) T. ROLAND. 



A NEW PLANT ESTABLISHMENT. 



Brief mention was made in our 

 columns last week of the resignation 

 of Alois Frey from the position of 

 head gardener at Lincoln Park to con- 

 duct a commercial business at Crown 

 Point, Ind. Mr. Frey has raised some 

 noteworthy crosses, especially in ciner- 

 arias and chrysanthemums and these 

 will be among the specialties at his 

 new place. Some of his best new 

 anemone-flowered and single chrysan- 

 themums are catalogued and illustra- 

 ted in Elmer D. Smith's latest list. 

 They were among the most admired 

 features at the National Flower Show 

 in Chicago last November. 



Personal 



Rose Baby Dorothy 



As a Pot Plant, Can Be Sold by Thousands. 



J. Hanna has taken a jwsltion with 

 the Baur Floral Co., Erie, Pa. 



Miss Cora Hapgood has taken a po- 

 sition with J. V. Lavar, Erie, Pa. 



The Alpha Floral Co., Chicago, are 

 fortunate in securing the services of 

 Miss Elsie Schnapp. 



John C. Elliott has taken charge 

 of Dr. L. D. Ward's place, "Brook- 

 lake," Madison, N. J. 



Mrs. W. J. Smyth of Chicago has 

 been called to California on account of 

 the death of one of her parents. 



O. Beeb, manager for Charles Eisner 

 of Pitsburg, Pa., is reported as ill with 

 blood poisoning from rose thorns. 



Charles Biederman, of the fiim of 

 Biederman & Schultz, florists, Kansas 

 City. Mo., was stricken with hemor- 

 rhage on April 12. 



F. W. Timme, well-known florist 

 and writer on florists' topics, is said 

 to be recovering rapidly from a re- 

 cent paralytic stroke, at his home in 

 Chicago. 



James Hutchinson, for three years 

 orchid grower to Dr. Shafer, Pitts- 

 burg, Pa., has given up private 

 gardening and taken up landscape 

 work in and around Pittsburgh. 



The Meriden (Ct.) Journal in a re- 

 cent issue presents the portrait of 

 Linus Birdsey, a prominent nursery- 

 man of the town, who observed his 

 eighty-fourth birthday recently and is 

 still vigorous and active. 



Lyman B. Craw of the Lord & Burn- 

 ham Company, who recently under- 

 went a very serious operation at the 

 hospital, is now at home and improv- 

 ing rapidly, and anticipates being 

 back in the harness about May 1st. 



John Heereman of Palmetto Bluffs. 

 S. C formerly superintendent to A. 

 R. Whitney, Morristown, N. J., spent, 

 with his family, a few days with his 

 successor there, H. B. Vyse. Now he 

 go'es to see his brothers Fred and 

 Harry in Lenox. 



Merlin Harris has left the Plant es- 

 tate, Groton, Conn., to take a position 

 with Dr. Shafer, Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. 

 Harris' experience amongst orchids, 

 gained in the orchid department of 

 Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, London, 

 eminently fits him for this position. 



A HOUSE OF WHITE KILLARNEY 

 ROSE. 



Our columns contain more than the 

 usual proportion of i-ose matter this 

 week and favorable mention is made of 

 White Killamey, the sensational intro- 

 duction of the present season. Our 

 cover illustration shows a view taken 

 earlv in the season in one of the big 

 Pierson houses devoted to this variety 

 at Scarborough, N. Y. This rose has 

 made a phenomenal record so far at 

 the Waban Rose Conservatories where 

 it originated and with the F. R. Pier- 

 son Company who are joint dissemina- 

 tors and at every exhibition where it 

 has appeared it has been the centre of 

 attraction and honor. Orders for 

 stock are enormous and the fight for 

 supremacy in the flower market over 

 the Bride will soon be on. 



