December 14, 1907 



HORTICULTURE. 



769 



Chrysanthemums in Pittsburg 



Our frontispiece illustrates the 

 central palm house of what is said 

 to be the largest range of conserv- 

 atories in Pittsburg- — that of Mr. 

 A. E. Peacock, under the efficient 

 management of T. P. Jenkinson. 

 Here are about 35,000 sq. feet of 

 glass devoted to palms, ferns, stove 

 plants, orchids, cyclamens, chrys- 

 anthemums, begonias, roses, carna- 

 tions, etc. This conservatory was 

 erected by Lord & Burnham Com- 

 pany. We are indebted to the staff 

 photographer of the Gazette Times 

 for the photograph. 



Mr. Jenkinson seems to have 

 solved the problem of growing car- 

 nations in a city sucli as Pittsburg. 

 The solution is early jDropagating. 

 He propagates in November and winters his plants in 

 cold frames, having nicely-rooted plants to plant out, 

 or pot on in spring. The stems on Enchantress, Lawsou 

 and Winsor are now 20 to 24 in. The large photograph 

 at the bottom of this page gives an excellent idea of one 

 of the greenhouses at Shenley Park during the recent 

 Chrysanthemum Show there when Superintendent J. 

 Jones regaled a Pittsburg multitude with a display of 

 nearly ten thousand plants. The view in the conserv- 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS at the FRICK rON'SERVATORIES, PITTSBURG, I*A. 



atories of H. C. Frick gives good evidence tliat Super- 

 intendent David Fraser is the peer of any of his fellows 

 in chrysanthemum culture and a worthy representative 

 of the Chrysanthemum Society of America as its 

 secretary. As our Pittsburg correspondent intimated 

 in a recent issue of Hoeticultuke, success in cut flower 

 production in the smoky, gassy atmosphere of Pitts- 

 burg is no mean accomplishment. We are glad to be 

 able to show, however, that it is not an impossibility. 



Chrysanthemums at Scheni.ey Park, Pittsburg. 



