August 3. 1907. 



HORTICULTURE 



133 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



Referring to the flower show ot the 

 Eiberon Horticultural Society, the 

 Long Branch Record says that "no 

 other resort on the Atlantic coast 

 cnulfi have such a show. None of the 

 other places have either the flowers or 

 the horticulturists." This is pretty 

 strong talk. We rather like it. The 

 community that hasn't got the courage 

 to blow its own horn will run to seed 

 before any other community will butt 

 in to do it for them. Whoop 'er up for 

 Long Branch. 



GREENHOUSES AND ROSE HEDGE OF JOSEPH HEACOCK. 



A coirespondent of the Journal of 

 Horticulture advises young gardeners 

 who may be out of employment to take 

 a hand at floral decorating for some 

 of the large floral establishments in 

 London and believes that any young 

 gardener of tin observant nature could 

 not fail to learn much to his advant- 

 age. We agree, but are at loss when 

 we read further down that one smart 

 young gardener, graduated from such 

 a position, "now holds a horticultural 

 lecturer's position in New York at a 

 very good salary" and we wonder 

 where the young man can be, as we 

 have never heard of a position of this 

 sort in New York or elsewhere. 



The National Carnation and Picotee 

 Society of England announce that the 

 old system of exhibiting carnations in 

 a "dressed" state is not to be insisted 

 on invariably in the future and the 

 conditions of the schedule have been 

 .modified so as to give the same en- 

 couragement to exhibitors of undressed 

 as of dressed blooms, in the hope and 

 belief that this will considerably in- 

 crease the interest in and the number 

 of exhibitors. "Dressing" is a process 

 unknown to American exhibitions and 

 unfamiliar to most carnation exhibit- 

 ors in this country. From cur view- 

 point the English society has acted 

 wisely in letting down the bars. 



A gardener, w riting In the Journal of 

 Horticulture notes that the judging at 

 flower shows has not kept pace with 

 the improvements in other depart- 

 ments ot the horticultural world. He 

 refers approvingly to the system in use 

 in certain instances, of cards on which 

 are put down the record of points of 

 superiority, so that competitors, spec- 

 tators and all interested have the satis- 

 faction of knowing at once the relative 

 values of the exhibits, and recommends 

 their general adoption as a means of 

 avoiding the criticism, ill-feeling and 

 selfishness displayed after the awards 

 have been made. It is a good idea 

 to acquaint the unsuccessful compet- 

 itor with his shortcomings as they ap- 

 pear to the judges' eyes. Moreove.-. 

 any. innovation tending to give use- 

 fol information to the visitors at a 

 horticultural exhibition is worthy of 

 trial. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



W. P. Mahan has taken a po-ition 

 with W. B. Dinsmore, Tuxedo, N. Y., 

 as head gardener. 



.TOSF.fH HEACOCK. 



Herewith is a portrait of one of the 

 eminent plant growers of Philadelphia, 

 whom the convention visitors will be 

 privileged to meet and whose services, 

 as chairman of the hotel committee of 

 the Florist Club of Philadelphia, will, 

 no doubt, have as ifaportant a bearing 

 on the comfort of the visitors as those 

 of any other individual connected in 

 any manner with the great event. Mr. 

 Heacock needs no introduction to the 

 majority of our readers for has he not 

 been supplying them with palms of 

 unexcelled perfection for lo, these 

 many years, and have they not been 

 well aware of the roses from that Wyn- 

 cote establishment which have been 

 scooping so many first prizes at the ex- 

 hibitions? As heretofore. Mr. Heacock 

 will make a fine display at the trade ex- 

 hibition of the S. A. F. in Philadelphia. 

 Read his advertisement in this issue 

 of Horticulture. 



William Hayes, gardener to Mrs. 

 George B. Nickerson, Dedham, Mass., 

 has gone to Ireland with his family 

 for a six weeks' trip. 



