November oO, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



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with autumn foliage, standing from 

 12 to 15 feet high; at the corners of the 

 lawn four large glass vases filled with 

 H. P. roses; between these at intervals 

 other vases filled with monster chrys- 

 anthemums Mrs. Barkley, W. R. Church 

 and others of that type. 



The exhibit by M. Dubuisson-Fou- 

 bert, wa.s another instance of great 

 decorative and artistic ingenuity. A 

 very bold effect was created by the 

 way in which large blooms of F. S. 

 Vallis were set up in a huge central 

 vase. Other vases were filled with big 

 blooms, one of white varieties, an- 

 other of yellow, another of pink, an- 

 other of crimson and so on. This 

 exhibit was awarded the prize for the 

 biggest bloom in the show. F. S. 

 Vallis was the variety honored. The 

 prize for the second biggest bloom was 

 awarded to a small exhibitor of only 

 12 blooms who had a grand Mnie. 

 Paolo Radaelli. 



Groups of chrysanthemums also 

 came from many other exhibitors 

 which we can only briefly mention by 

 name. Asile de Ville Evrard, Messrs. 

 Cordonnier et fils, M. M. Seveane, 

 Avarre, Ecole d'horticulture St. Nicho- 

 las, Rene Oberthnr. Alfred Chantrier, 

 M. JI. Bezy. L. Leclerc, Bardac, Dol- 

 bols, Paul I'Abbe, Doleans, all sent 

 collections of more or less merit. 



One of the chief points of Interest in 

 a French show is always the classes 

 open to the new seedling raisers. The 

 greatest of these is still a well known 

 man the wide world over, Ernest Cal- 

 vat. We find his lot arranged on the 

 ground level; the flowers are cut with 

 long stems and are thus directly un- 

 der the eye of the visitor. About 30 

 new varieties, five blooms of each in 

 a vase, were .staged by this exhibitor 

 who was awarded a Prix d'honneur. 

 The group only narrowly escaped win- 

 ning the Grand Prix d'honneur, Cal- 

 vat losing by one vote only. All the 

 blooms were big, solid, massive .Japan- 

 ese of the usual Calvat type, every 

 flower an undistributed novelty. Notes 

 of these must be reserved for a future 

 occasion. 



Next to Calvat's lot was a collection 

 from Messrs. Cordonnier et fils. This 

 firm has distributed many good things 

 and in their lot we noticed fine flow- 

 ers of many popular varieties. The 

 Marquis de Pins had a pretty display 

 of cut blooms of his new seedlings — 

 they were staged in glass vases effec- 

 tively arranged on a square green turf 

 lawn, a st> le much in vogue with ex- 

 hibitors at this show. There were 

 some fine novelties among them which 

 may form the subject of a few notes 

 later on. 



Many of the artistic floral decora- 

 tions were largely composed of orchids 

 some fine things being set up by La 

 Chaume, the eminent florist of the Rue 

 Royale, and M. Ed Debrie. The collec- 

 tions of orchids were exhibited in two 

 side rooms for the purpose of protec- 

 tion from the outside atmosphere. In 

 passing through we particularly noted 

 the lots staged by M. A. Regnier, M. 

 M. Maron et fils, M. Geo. Magne, M. 

 Beranck who had a grand lot of cat- 

 tleya, vanda, cypripedium, etc., ar- 

 ranged with palms, ferns and other 

 decorative subjects, M. Le Sueur. The 

 Ecole horticole* of Plessis staged some 

 fine crotons fronted with ferns, etc. 

 and there were in both rooms allotted 

 to the orchid display a group of choice 

 foliage and ornamental plants from 

 Messrs. Truffaut in which were Croton 

 Reedii, C. B. Comte, C. Maurice 

 Rivoiro, C. Pres' Demole, Nephrolepis 

 Whitmanii, Anthurium Andreanum, 

 Dracaena Versaillesense. D. Godse- 

 ffiana, Ixora Dixiana and many more. 



In dahlias there were several large 

 exhibits, the leading exhibitors being 

 M. M. Cayeux et Leclerc, who stageil 

 three or tour big lots of dahlias 

 chiefly of the Cactus kinds although 

 here and there one found decoratives 

 and the old type of show flower. A 

 few noteworthy varieties were, Rene 

 Cayeux, Thuringia, Lucifer, Mirifigue 

 Ada, Cinnamon, etc. Another good lot 

 was from M. Brochet, Cactus varieties 

 Firebrand, Radiance, Ruby. Cornu- 

 copia, Rcbl. Sallier and Baden Powell 

 were among the most attractive. 



Begonias at the Paris show are 

 usually staged in large numbers. 

 Among the principal exhibitors were 

 Messrs. Vailerand Freres. They had 

 a lovely lot arranged in separate colois, 

 both double and single. The blooms 

 were all of large size and consisted of 

 extensive sheets of orange, white, 

 crimson, pink, red, yellow and blush 

 in striking style. Another exhibitor, 

 M. Billard, staged a daintily arranged 

 group. Cyclamens and primulas were 

 also well represented and in the 

 clematis class M. G. Boucher staged a 

 fine group. Of carnations there were 

 many large groups, M. M. Liveque et 

 fils and M. Beranek and the Ecole Hor- 

 ticole du Blessis having two or three 

 well filled with beautiful flowers. A 

 fine lot of Hydrangea Hortense came 

 from M. Desire Ramelet. 



Most visitors to the Paris Show have 

 noticed the fruit and vegetables which 

 are uniformly of a high order of merit. 

 This year's show was no exception to 

 the nile and at the bottom of the flight 

 of steps in the corridor leading to the 

 walk by the Seine Messrs. Vilmorin 

 Andrieux Co.'s exhibition of vegetables 

 was one of the grandest features. It 

 consisted of a border 41 yards long and 

 about 7 or 8 feet in width filled with 

 everv conceivable vegetable in a high 

 state of cultivation. Enumeration of 

 the contents would necessitate a cat- 

 alogue by itself. The pears and apples 

 were staged in the most important ex- 

 hibits in huge semi-circular pyramids 

 and were a sight not easily forgotten. 

 Grapes when shown by such eminent 

 cultivatoi's as Messrs. Salomon and 

 Messrs. Cordonnier and Sons are fine 

 products of French cultural skill, and 

 besides them M. Whir. Chevillot, 

 David, Masle, Sandron, Pigoche and 

 others entered the lists. 



The show remained open for a week 

 and our friends of the National Horti- 

 cultural Society of France are to be 

 congratulated on the very great suc- 

 cess that attended their efforts. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



PERSONAL. 



John Graham, of Ottawa. Ont.. is se- 

 riously 111 with pneumonia. 



Mr and Mrs. Farmer of Patoka, 111.. 

 have returned from their extended 

 wedding tour to Portland, Oregon, and 

 Seattle. Mrs. Farmer was formerly 

 .Miss Jennie Spencer of Salem, 111. 



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