August 24, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



261 



JOSEPH HEACOCR COMPANY 



Growers of Kentias 



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Write for price list. 



WYNCOTE, PA. 



A ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SHOW. 



On July 23 an excellent display was 

 made. G. Bunyard & Co had a rep- 

 resentative exhibit of hardy perennials 

 shown in large bunches like sheaves 

 making a grand spectacle. Veitch & 

 Son contributed, among other things, 

 cut flowers of Rhododendron Javano- 

 jasminiflorum hybrids — plants which 

 thrive in an intermediate or warm 

 greenhouse. They are very floriferous 

 with neat leathery foliage. Ne plus 

 ultra, scarlet, Souvenir de J. H. Mai.- 

 gles a lovely warm rose-pink, Purity 

 the best white, and Imogene a buff- 

 shaded yellow, while Brilliant is well 

 worthy of its name. They again showed 

 market-sized plants of the useful dwarf 

 double Begonia, Washington scarlet, 

 and Col. Lousedat — a true yellow. A 

 new Lobelia — Richardsoni — will prove 

 a very useful basket plant. Haeman- 

 thus puniceus is an improved form of 

 the well known Natalensis. A seed- 

 ling Disa — called "Luna," stated to be 

 as hardy as the type — will be very use- 

 ful among other cool subjects. Cheal & 

 Son, put up lupines.veronicas and a few 

 flowers of the monster Chrysanthemum 

 maximum, Mrs. Lothian Bell — too 

 coarse to be pleasing. H. Low & Co. 

 showed small and large pots of Baby 

 Dorothy which is simply a dwarf flori- 

 ferous form of the favorite Dorothy 

 Perkins. S. Bide & Sons showed their 

 new Hybrid Tea Rose, Queen of Spain, 

 which they state is a seedling from 

 Antoine Rivoire; it closely resembles 

 the old Souvenir de la Malmaison. It 

 took the gold medal of the N. R. S. on 

 the 4th inst., and has doubtless come 

 to stay. 



Barr & Son had a good collection of 

 eucalypti from seed sown in January, 

 most of them well-known citrodorum, 

 etc., but one named amygdallna, with 

 slightly almond-scented foliage, prom- 

 ises to make a light and graceful dec- 

 orative market plant; others as cocci- 

 fera and erythronema, are of merely 

 botanical interest though pretty when 

 young. H. B. May had again Ixora 

 Praseri and the gorgeous macrothyr- 

 sa, both indispensable plants for ex- 

 hibition, also an improved oleander — 

 Nerium rosea splendens — of dwarf 

 branching habit and free flowering 

 even in a small state so bound to be 

 useful to the florist. Davallia tenu- 

 ifolia Veitchii is a lovely attenuated 



squirrel's foot fern. Major Holford 

 had lovely cattleyas — one with a long 

 title 'gigas Lord Rothschild mag- 

 nifica." Some of his Sophro-laelias were 

 lovely, Orpetiana being particularly 

 brilliant in color. T. Cripps & Son 

 put up a good group of Disagrandiflora. 

 I. Dutton (Iver) had a lovely lot of 

 carnations and picotees. 



Lord Aldenham .set up a grand table 

 of cut shrubs both in flower and varie- 

 gated and other foliage. One named 

 Danea laurus was our old and useful 

 Alexandrian Laurel, Ruscus racemosa. 

 Why will not Kew leave us alone in 

 our happy ignorance? Rubus ulmitolia 

 is an elegant silver-variegated bram- 

 ble, and Carpinns betulus aureis 

 is as bright as Russell's Ligus- 

 trum ov. aureum and if it does 

 not burn will prove a first rate 

 rival hedge plant. Berberis vulgaris pur- 

 purea (Aldenham var) is grand, and 

 contrasted charmingly with Prunus or- 

 rlentalis — with silvery foliage. Cornus 

 alba Spathei is yet the best garden 

 subshrub, but it must have a dry, 

 somewhat shady spot to keep brigiit. 

 From the same fine garden came a lot 

 of hybrid streptocarpa, red, white and 

 rich purples, with grand foliage, some 

 two feet long! 



THOMAS BUNYARD. 



London, Eng. 



OBITUARY. 



Julius V. Fuller, a gardener employed 

 by Kirchner & Butler, of Pittsfield, 

 Mass., died suddenly on August 11 

 while on a vacation trip. A widow 

 and a daughter survive him. 



The death of Thomas J. Johnston, 

 who passed away suddenly at his home 

 on the morning of August 16, removes 

 one of the best known and most pop- 

 ular florists in Providence, R. I. Mr. 

 Johnston was but forty-two yea.rs of 

 age; he has been identified with every 

 horticultural movement in his section, 

 and an active worker in the florists' 

 club. The business which he has con- 

 ducted for many years on Weybosset 

 street will be carried on by his widow, 

 who with two sons survives him. 



Secretary F. P. Fenton of the Horse- 

 shoe Park Agricultural Association, 

 Willimantic, Ct., is arranging for a 

 big flower show in connection with the 

 coming fair. Florists and local grow- 

 ers of dahlias will be asked to contest 

 for special prizes to be offered. 



ORCHIDS 



Imported, semi='established, established and 

 seedl]ng:s. 



Catalogue sent on appNcation 



J. ROEHRS CO., RUTHERFORD, N. J. 



Just arrived in superb condition: 



Cattleya Perclvalliana, Cattleya lablata. 

 Cattleya Schroederae, Oncidium varicosum 

 Rogersii, O. Crlspum, O. Marshalllanum, 

 O. luridum, Miltonia Cuneata, M. Candida, 

 M. Clowesil, Laella Crispa, L. Dayana, L. 

 Praestaus, etc. Write tor prices. 



LAGER & HURRELL, Summit, N. J. 



You will 

 reading on 

 CULTURE. 



find 

 every 



something worth 

 page of HORTI- 



ORCHIDS 



Largest Importers, Exporters^ Orotvers 

 and Hybridists in the World 



Sander, St. Albany, England 



and 235 Broadway, Room I 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Just Arrived in Floe Condition 



ORCHIDS 



In Variety 



Cattleyas, Laellas, Oncldianu, Odonto- 



glosgum, IDpldendram, etc. 



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JOStPH A. MANDA, Orchid Expert, West Orange, N. J. 



JUST ARRIVEO JUST ARRIVED 



Cattleyas Pcrciralliana, Sanderae and 



Speciosissima, Oncidium Kramer- 



ianum and Gaskelliana. 



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ORDONEZ BROS. 



MADISON, N.J. 



P. O, Box 105. Phone 143 Madison. 



... OieOH[IT>S ... 



Just to hand, C. Trianae, C. labiaU, C. Mossiae, C. 

 Intermedia, C. Schroderae, C Speciosissima, C. Cit- 

 rina, C. Gaskelliaoa. Laelia Anceps, L. Albida, L. 

 majalis, L. Autumaalis, Epidendrum Vittelinum maj- 

 us, E.Cooperianum, Oncidium Crispam, O. Varicosum. 

 O. Cavendishianum, O. Luridum, Odonto. Citrosmum. 

 To arrive in a short time, C. Dowiana, C. Aurea, C, 

 Warnerii, Miltonia Ve\illaria. 



CARRILIO & BALDWIN, SECAUGUS, N. J. 



