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HORTICULTURE 



January 25, 1913 



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"WRETCHED ROSE WEATHER" 



The Killnruey's lileaclicfl almost white: American Beauty, struck with lilaeli spot: Jlarylaml gone to sleep: Radiance 



resembling a brush heap with blind wood: — What is the profitable Rose to grow? 



Again, we say— come and sec ".Mrs. Geo. Shawyer," growing. No going to sleep with this variety and the color holds as 



true as steel, beautiful Rose pinl^. 



We are still in a position ;.. i|uote "Sliawyer" and "Milady." at .$"0.00 per hundred: $2.">0.00 per thousand. 



''CARNATIONS" 



NORTHPORT: The leader in the dark pink section. 

 COMMODORE : The freest blooming scarlet we have. 

 ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and SALMON BEAUTY: Two fine sports from Enchantress. $12.00 per hundred; 



$100.00 per thousand. 



CHAS. H. TOTTY, 



Madison, N. J. 



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EDUCATING A GARDENER. 



Of course, Ed. Jenkins' article is 

 O. K. in every way in regard to tlie 

 young gardeners' opportunities, but tile 

 necessity of going to college and the 

 recognition of tlie college graduate as 

 being a serious opponent is becoming 

 a fetich and almost an obsession with 

 some. To my mind the only place to 

 learn estate management is on an es- 

 tate, and a moment's reflection will 

 so obvioirsly convince anyone that this 

 net only applies to our profession, but 

 also to railroading, engineering", or any 

 of the higher callings. The present 

 demand for college graduates evinced 

 principally by tiiose who have but re- 

 cently entered into the possession of 

 estates is merely a demonstration of 

 that temporary delusion which so of- 

 ten afflicts a public who love a gilt- 

 edged diploma, whether it is horticul- 

 tural, dental or relating to a gold 

 mine, either one so often co-kin to a 

 gold brick. Young man, you are bet- 

 ter persuaded to learn your profession 

 under a good gardener who manages 

 an estate than under a man who but 

 recently graduated from a college. 

 Rather a potting-shed lined with cul- 

 tural certificates than an office with 

 nicely framed diplomas and a man 

 who gives tlie analysis of a soil, when 

 you can tell by the feel and look of a 

 soil that it is no good or otherwise. 

 VERNON T. SHERWOOD. 



CONSERVATORIES WITH A SETTINR. 



AN ORCHID EXHIBIT. 



In our last issue we had occasion to 

 mention an interesting little group of 

 rare orchids, plants and cut blooms, 

 exhibited at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on January 11, by E. B. Dane. gard. 

 Donald McKenzie. Our orchid-loving 

 readers may like to know the varieties 

 comprising the group, so here is the 

 list: 



Lselia Gouldiana, dark pink, with 

 three spikes, 12 flowers; Lfelia anceps 

 alba (Bull's variety), pure white; 

 Odontoglossum Harryano-crispum, a 

 beautiful pink variety with large 

 brown blotches on the sepals and 

 petals; Oncidium Forbesii; Cypripedium 

 Boltonianum. pure white; Cypripedium 

 Gaston Bultel, a very fine, dark variety 

 with flat dorsal; Cypripedium Leeanum 

 Gratrixae, with three flowers — this Lee- 

 anum is considered to be the finest 

 in cultivation; Cypripedium Acteus 

 Roughwoodiense, a yellow flower with 

 white dorsal — flowered at Mr. Dane's 

 for the first time and named after 

 the place; Cypripedium Carmania, a 



Our cover illustration shows the 

 IJleasing effect of careful exterior plant- 

 ing in connection with a range of 

 greenhouses. Instead of being tucked 

 away to one side as a sort of blemisli 

 on the landscape, a greenhouse might 

 just as well be made an attrac- 

 tion if given the proper placing 

 and surroundings. As showing what 

 a suitable background and judi- 

 cious planting will do, we present on 

 this page a view of the exterior of this 

 house taken a couple of years ago, be- 

 fore any planting was done. The 

 transformation, we think all will 



agree, thoroughly justifies the treat- 

 ment. The greenhouse itself is simply 

 a straightway house about 75 feet long, 

 made architectural by simply the ad- 

 dition of a gable entrance, and a little 

 vestibule leading into the centre com- 

 partment. 



There is so strong a feeling among 

 .gardeners that ornamentalness on a 

 greenhouse interferes with its grow- 

 ing adaptability that builders are 

 usually reluctant to suggest archi- 

 tectural treatments. In this instance, 

 which is almost an innovation, that 

 objection will hardly be made. 



beautiful yellow hybrid, dorsal sepal 

 flat; eight spikes Cattleya Trianse, dif- 

 ferent types, most of them with a fine 

 dar'i lip; one spike of the rare Chysis 

 aurea, very seldom seen at shows in 

 this country. 



A CORRECTION. 



Wni. Kleinheinz asks us to state that 

 the plant figured on HORTICl'L- 

 TURE'S title page as Aristolochia 

 gigas Hoo'.'erii. in issue of January 4 

 was incorrectly named, having been la- 

 beled wrong at the time he purchased 

 it. The pioper name is Aristolochia 

 gigas Sturtevantii. 



Prof. J. F. Cowell of Buffalo writes 

 us on the same topic as follows: 



"There has been some confusion in 

 the nomenclature of the big-flowered 

 forms of this genus, but so far as I 

 can learn the varietal name Hookerii is 

 applied only to the smooth form of 

 gigas having a very short tail. The 

 form which is commonly grown in this 

 country, under the name of .^. gigas 

 Sturtevantii, has the long tails and so 



far as 1 can see your figure is of this 

 variety. 



As usually catalogued, the large- 

 flowered aristolochia bears the name 

 of grandiflora var. Sturtevantii. Now 

 grandiflora is the form common in the 

 West Indian Islands, and while it re- 

 sembles gigas in color and markings, 

 it is very much smaller botti in foliage 

 and flower. Gigas is not found on the 

 islands but seems to he a continental 

 plant. I take it that the name Stiirte- 

 vantii has no standing, and should be 

 dropped. 1 believe that there are no 

 known varieties of grandiflora in culti- 

 vation." 



The United States Civil Service Com- 

 mission announces that examinations 

 to fill positions in the Department of 

 Agriculture will be held on February 

 5 and G. Among these is an opening 

 tor an assistant horticulturist at a sal- 

 ary of about $1500 per annum, exami- 

 nation covering which will be held on 

 the former date. Further information 

 can be had upon application to the 

 commission at Washington. 



