Septeinlx-r 7, 1907 



HORTICULTURE. 



317 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



Our attention has been called to the 

 fact that in our account of the great 

 Holland House show some weeks sinc3 

 we failed to give due prominence to 

 the magnificent display of orc'iids 

 made by Sander & Sons., of St. Al- 

 bans. This Vfas the leading orchid 

 difplay and won the gold medal. 



New England, parched and brown 

 from the effects of one of the most 

 pronounced midsummer droughts ex- 

 perienced in many years, is revelling 

 in a welcome rain which bids fair to 

 save the crops, horticultural and agri- 

 cultural, from the utter destruction 

 which otherwise seemed inevitable. 

 For once, people are taking a wetting 

 without a murmur. 



Nicotiana Sandera>, as we suggested 

 two years ago might happen, proves to 

 be practically a weed in gardens where 

 it has been allowed to ripen seed, the 

 self-sown .seed coming up in great 

 quantities and producing flowers in all 

 the varying shades of color found in 

 the species. These spontaneous plants 

 do not, however, come to the blooming 

 period until well along into August. 



They are evidently very much in 

 earnest its to the enforcement of 

 "Prevention of Corruption Act" in 

 England, I'udging from an advertise- 

 ment which appears in the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle stating that the Council of 

 the Horticultural Trades' Association 

 having been informed that secret com- 

 missions are being paid in various 

 cjuavteis, a sum of five hundred dol- 

 lars will be paid to anyone giving 

 such information as will lead to the 

 conviction of anyone in the nursery or 

 seed trades corruptly offeiing or giv- 

 ing such commission. 



The florists, in tlieir couventiou, have had 

 much to say about a plan tor a national 

 flower show. They favored the idea, but 

 there was muoh difference of opinion as to 

 the proper time of year to hold it, and the 

 subject was finally referred to a committee. 



That enterprise seems too large to be 

 couoeutraied at a single time or place. 

 Even the local shows to which Philadelphia 

 has been accustomed for years, could lose 

 some of their chief attractions if held only 

 once a year. The chrysanthemums could 

 not be shown in the spring, nor the bul- 

 bous plants in the autumn: while roses from 

 the open air would have to have an inter- 

 mediate season. 



Would it be too great a strain on the fra- 

 ternity to hold two, or even mc>re exhibi- 

 tions each year? The growing popular de- 

 mand for flowers would probably .lustif.v 

 them, and they might be held at different 

 places if that seemed desirable. J'he floral 

 wealth of this country would easily fill a 

 new show every month the whole year 

 round. — I'hiladelphia Bulletin. 



Very plausible. About the "strain 

 on the fraternity" we can tell more 

 after we have tried. When we have 

 demonstrated that one can be made a 

 success we can then take up the ques- 

 tion of a few more. 



BABY RAMBLERS FOR CHRIST- 

 MAS. 

 Editor Horticulture, — Please astc 

 some of your experienced readers the 

 best way to treat Baby Ramblers, so .as 

 to have them in flower for Christmas. 

 BARYMORE. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



EXHIBITION AT VINCENT 



SQUARE. 



In spite of the old dictum, the ex- 

 pected did not happen on Tuesday, 

 20th ult., when only a few exhibtors 

 appeared on the scene and the atten- 

 dance of visitors was most sparse. 

 Though some might wish to, they can- 

 not be in two places at once so most 

 of our regulars were away, either at , 

 Brighton or preparing for the grand 

 fete at Shrewsbury, the last now being 

 the biggest show of any held in the 

 Provinces, while as regards attendance 

 it stands unique, and not only do the 

 railway companies run special trains 

 to it, but they are compelled to meet 

 the rush of traflSc to erect temporary 

 stations at points on their lines, run- 

 ning into the old town. On the sec- 

 ond day last year no less than 70,000 

 passed the turnstiles in less than three 

 hours. I should like to say this was 

 all horticultural, but fear that the 

 main atraction is the side shows which 

 collect in vast and noisy numbers in 

 and around the beautiful "Quarry" 

 that, situated on the banks of the 

 devious Severn, forms an ideal show- 

 ground. The roads in the quarry are 

 all avenued by fine old lime trees, some 

 of the finest in England, and the scent 

 of these in July is so powerful that 

 those not accustomed to it are driven 

 from their homes for a time, and the 

 hum of the congregated myriads cf 

 bees is so great that it resembles the 

 sound from the pedal pipes of some 

 great organ heard at a distance. The 

 prize schedule is on a very generous 

 scale; to give one instance only, the 

 grapes — the premier prize is a fifty 

 guinea cup, plus twenty sovereigns, 

 and the rest of the prizes for grapes 

 and fruit, are proportionate, while the 

 groups of plants both under canvas and 

 in the open have valuable medals, plus 

 hard cash awarded in a lavish manner. 

 No wonder therefore, that the entries 

 are numerous and that the extent of 

 the benches for fruit alone has been 

 measured up to a quarter mile! But 

 I anticipate, and must leave the report 

 of this monster show till my friend re- 

 turns and gives an eye witness account 

 of it. Opposite the entrance to the 

 Hall, Mr. H. B. May had what might 

 be termed a bell flower display for it 

 was chiefly made up of campanulas, 

 interspersed with a few choice ferns. 

 He also had a nice lot of shrubby 

 veronicas, well flowered, Evfeline, 

 Mont Blanc, and La Marveillence be- 

 ing the most notable. In front of 

 these laid on the baize were piles of 

 Lapageria rosea Nash Court yar. Ped- 

 estaled by itself in a corner. Major 

 Holford put up a grand piece of Laelio 

 Cattleya elegans, on which oould be 

 counted over 2.5 spikes averaging five 

 flowers each, surely worthy of the gilt 

 Lindley medal awarded. In the annex 

 Veitch & Son put up plants of Cypri- 

 pediutn. Rothschildianum superbiens 

 and J. H. Veitch both grand forms 

 while Baron Schroeder had C. Del- 

 lense, and A. de Fairesse and Major 

 Holford had six new hybrid Lselio-Cat- 

 tleyas, all very distinct and fine. 



A table across the north end of the 

 hall was entirely filled by Kelway, 

 with cut spikes of gladioli. Some ex- 

 tra fine yellows were Canarybird 

 Leader and Golden Sword; whites. 

 Snow Queen, Mrs. F. Field; Princess 

 of Sweden soft salmon; Fireflush the 

 best dark scarlet; Dovedale a lovely 

 white and Sea Mouse reproducing the 

 iridescent colors of that singular an- 

 nelid if it be possible; Lady McDonald, 

 richest purple, and Edward VII, superb 

 soft red, must complete special notice. 

 T. Ware & Co., put up a fine bank 

 among which was a promising new 

 flowering shrub Andromecon rigidum. 

 with open Monachattuni-like yellow 

 flowers, and acute lanceolate glabrous 

 foliage. He also had Statice latifolia 

 alba, and exquisitum, all lovely minute 

 forms of this useful sea lavender, and 

 Chrysanthemum maximum King Ed- 

 ward — remarkable both for size and 

 substance in the flower. 



THOMAS BUNYARD. 



NEW ROSES AT THE MANNHEIM 

 EXHIBITION. 



Hrn. Jacobs of Westendorf, who gen- 

 erally shows perfect blooms, brought 

 only his T. H. Gruss Herzogin Alex- 

 andra and his Gruss an Sangerhausen, 

 both excellent for cutting and decorat- 

 ing purposes. Messrs. Hoyer and 

 Klemm of Gruna, Dresden, showed 

 the Bengal hybrid, Charlotte Klemm 

 (raiser R. Turke of Mussen). a rose of 

 a fiery red tint, good for bedding, that 

 certainly has a great future. 



Hrn. R. Turke showed a seedling 

 from Xavlcr Olibo and Etoile de 

 France, having the color of Gruss 

 an Teplitz; further a number of seed- 

 lings of Schneekonigin, all of which 

 showed the mother type, but were not 

 her equal. A cross between this 

 variety and Rosa rugosa alba was 

 more fortunate, the blooms being 

 single and pure white with the thorns 

 and hardiness of R. rugosa alba. The 

 production of such a hardy race of 

 Roses should be made the aim of the 

 hybridist. One of the best novelties: 

 Radium, a cross obtained from Mdlle. 

 Eug. Verdier x La France; the color 

 is fiery red similar to Farbeukonigin, 

 but the plant has mere vigor; Hrn. G. 

 Weigand of Soden, showed a seedlin.? 

 from Caroline Testout, having color- 

 ing of carmine and yellow — very 

 peculiar. 



As a result of the unfavorable 

 weather, Hrn. Peter Lambert, Treves, 

 was unable to exhibit flowers in good 

 condition. He had in No. 6423 a 

 flower having more carmine in the 

 red than in the case of the variety 

 Libeity and in No. 6423 in the bud, as 

 in Apotheker Hofer, but more red in 

 the color. No. 6433 had cherry-red 

 buds of great length. No. 646.5 — 

 Caroline Testout x Kaiserine — had the 

 Jacqueminot tone, and all of these 

 were of the Tea Hybrid class. 



M. M. Soupert and Notting showed 

 in the T. H. Madame J. W. Eudde a 

 velvety cherry-red rose with a car- 

 mine tone and moderately full bloom, 

 which promises to be a good rose for 

 cutting in the autumn. No. 7 is a Tea 

 Rose, the result of a cross between 

 Souvenir de Pierre Notting x Mdlle. M. 

 Salvati. a pure light sulphur-yellow, 

 and the only clear colored yellow 

 rose worth mentioning. — Horticultural 

 Trade Journal. 



