November 2, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



575 



The Exhibition Season 



CHRYSANTHEMUM PACIFIC SUPREME. 



RECENT SHOWS. 



Royal Horticultural Society, London. 

 At the exhibition on October 15, 

 Low & Co. showed fifty dishes of 

 what may be called London apples 

 from standard, pyramidal and cordon 

 trees grown at their Enfield nursery, 

 such as the old Tyler's Kernel, Potts' 

 Seedling, Wealthy. Northern Green- 

 ing, etc. They also had a striking 

 bank of orchids, mostly hybrid cypri- 

 pedes, as C. x Olivia. Lord Derby and 

 others. Jas. Veitch & Son put up 

 <3Site an exhibition of new nepenthes, 

 some carrying three and four pitchers, 

 which attracted considerable notice 

 from visitors; also Begonia Agatha 

 compacta, and a vigorous erect- 

 habited kind, labelled Elatior, which 

 will be a gain in this flower to flor- 

 ists. The exhibit was elegantly edged 

 by small plants of Selaginella amoena. 

 Other fine orchids were put up by 

 J. Hudson (with Baron Leopold de 

 Rothschild), Sander & Sons and 

 others. Low & Co. again showed 

 their new small-foliaged Ampelopsis 

 Lowii, which, if it will only keep its 

 close-growing character, will prove a 

 formidable rival to the popular A. 

 Veitchii. It seems to be intermediate 

 between that and A. sempervirens. 

 Named in honor of Mrs. Wilson, whD 

 shared the dangers and inconven- 

 iences of Mr. Wilson's North China 

 tour, Veitch had a compact, free- 

 fruiting berberis of quite a new type, 

 the berries not yet colored, and Sym- 

 phoricarpus mollis — pendulous in habit 

 and fruiting at the points of its slen- 

 der shoots, tlie berries being larger 

 and whiter than those of the type. 

 Reuther's novelties were Polygonum 

 polypetalum. with its elegant long, 

 drooping spikes of deep carmine flow- 

 ers, which are good for cutting, Wat- 

 sonia alba and Salvia azurea grandi- 

 flora, which is quite hardy at Keston, 

 as well as a complete collection of 

 colchicums. including speciosum rub- 

 rum and autumnale alba. Chrysan- 

 themums were sent "by Jones, Lewis- 

 ham, who had Moneymaker and Mrs. 

 A. T. Miller, both A-1, and Mrs. Knox, 

 which is certainly one of the best 

 early golden .Japs. Wells also had 

 decorative chrysanthemums. Singles, 

 Pompons and Japs, all in good form. 

 THOMAS BUNYARn. 



A Pleasing Display of Chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



At the residence of H. C. Frick, 

 Homewood avenue, Pittsburg, there is 

 an exhibition of chrysanthemums, 

 orchids, begonias and other flowering 

 plants, of which Pittsburgers are 

 justly proud. It is the custom here 

 to make two special displays in the 

 year, at Easter and at chrysanthe- 

 mum time. The local newspapers 

 give publicity to the fact that there 

 is an exhibition open to the public 

 at the Frick greenhouses, and hun- 

 dreds of people take advantage of the 

 privilege. 



David Frazer, superintendent, 

 Icnown to readers of HORTICUL- 

 TURE as secretary of the Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America, has this 

 year a better display than ever. 

 Pittsburg is not an ideal place to 



Pacific Supreme is intermediate in 

 color between Glory of Pacific and 

 Wm. Duckham, being a very delicate 

 shade and .vet sufficiently illuminated 

 so that it may be allowed to fully de- 

 velop without danger of the usual 

 fading. Height, 3 1-2 feet; 6 inches in 



diameter; cut Oct. 2Uth; loliage cluse- 

 ly resembles Glory of Pacific, but 

 freer in growth. This fine novelty 

 scored 87 points and was consequent- 

 ly certificated at Chicago. October 26, 

 being exhibited by Nathan Smith & 

 Son. 



grow chrysanthemums, yet in spite 

 of the disadvantage under which he 

 labors, he has arranged an exhibit of 

 chrysanthemums which, even in more 

 favorable sections of the country, 

 would be considered highly credit- 

 able. All his plants are grown in 

 pots and the foliage is clean and 

 healthy and the flowers large and 

 well finished. 



It is worth while to mention that 

 all the plants grown are exhibited; 

 there are no ■•culls." Standard varie- 

 ties are well represented and well 

 grown. Amongst the newest varieties 

 Brighthurst, a noble pink, is one of 

 the best. Mile. Ogez is very fine, but 

 has an extremely long neck. The 

 finest of all is the beautiful white 

 Miss Helen Clay Frick, a sport from 

 Wm. Duckham. It originated some- 

 where in Scotland, and is by far the 

 best white grown here, although Mr. 

 Frazer does not deny that it has re- 

 ceived a little better treatment than 

 the majority. Lady Roberts is a 

 good single pink, an excellent variety 

 for cut flower purposes. 



The orchids are exceptionally fine. 

 Amongst those in flower ai-e a fine 

 batch of Cattleya labiata. Oncidium 

 varicosum. Miltonia Candida. Oncidi- 

 um Forbesii. Dendrobium Phalaenop- 



sis and Oncidium ornithorhynchum. 

 All are well grown and effectively ar- 

 ranged. Begonia. Gloire-de Lorraine 

 and Turnford Hall. The former in 

 baskets and pots is one of the main 

 features of the exhibition. 



A fine effect is obtained in one of 

 the compartments by the feathery 

 celosia and adiantums on a level 

 stage. Other things used to advan- 

 tage in quantity are .\calypha hispida, 

 Torenia Fournieri. cyclamens. Primu- 

 la obconica and Cosmos sulphureus 

 var Klondyke. Everything that is at- 

 tempted is grown well, and all who 

 visit this charming display are enthu- 

 siastic in voting Mr. Frazer a master, 

 not only in the art of culture, but 

 also in artistic arrangement. 



JAS. HUTCHINSON. 



Menio Park Horticultural Society. 



The Menlo Park (Calif.) Horticul- 

 tural Society held their fall exhibi- 

 tion in llieir mammoth lent In Menlo 

 Park Oct. IS and 19. Chrysanthe- 

 mums were a special feature and 

 were certainly of extra good quality. 

 First prizes were awarded as follows: 

 James L. Flood, gardener Geo. Nunn, 

 for decorative plants, orchids, cro- 

 t.ons, potgrown chrysanthemums, also 

 several first and second prizes for cut 



