May 17, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



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rolling, irregular of contour and fine- 

 ly wooded. 



For a distance of 3^/4 miles we travel 

 along the west bank through attrac- 

 tive natural scenery and get occa- 

 sional glimpses and again unob- 

 structed views of the Mississippi 

 River and gorge. At Franklin avenue 

 we cross over to the east side and 

 continue along River road, East, 

 which connects with grounds of the 

 University of Minnesota and brings 

 us within three miles of our starting 

 point at Loring Park. 



There are many other parks, large 

 and small, embracing a general plan 

 of large and medium-sized neighbor- 

 hood parks at convenient distances, 

 throughout the city, there being 85 in 

 all, ranging from one acre or less to 

 584 acres. The largest and most 

 prominent is Glenwood Park of 584 

 acres — the great scenic park of the 

 system. This grand natural park of 

 hill, meadow, woods and lakes will 

 soon be linked with the system of 

 parkways through connection with the 

 Cedar Lake Boulevard from Lake of 

 the Isles. The nursery, supplying 

 practically all the planting material 

 tor the various park plantings, is lo- 

 cated at Glenwood Park, also a wild 

 botanic garden. 



The chief attraction at Lyndale 

 Park is the rose garden, and rose cul- 

 ture in the Northwest has received a 

 great stimulus through the successCu! 

 development of this garden. It is the 

 Mecca for visitors during the flower- 

 ing season. Trailing and climbing 

 roses are planted along the enclosing 

 fence and arbors, and border plant- 

 ings of wild roses enhance its setting. 

 The adjoining grounds are being de- 

 veloped along the lines of an arbore- 

 tum. 



Among the many attractive and 

 pleasing features of the park system 

 that has received hearty popular ap- 

 proval is the elaborate, appropriate 

 and well-arranged flora! displays. 

 There are about 300 flower beds in 

 the different parks and approximately 

 200,000 plants are used in their em- 



bellishment. All the material for this 

 purpose is grown at the Park Board 

 greenhouses. 



Splendid opportunities have been 

 provided for the enjoyment of outdoor 

 sports of all kinds; particularly is this 

 true of water sports. At Lake Cal- 

 houn the recently finished and splen- 

 didly arranged bathhouse furnishes 

 accommodations for 1,300 bathers at 

 one time. The building is of pleasing 

 design, concrete construction, fire- 

 proof throughout, and cost about $65,- 

 000. Admission and use of all the 

 privileges are free. In connection with 

 this building the finest inland bathing 

 beach known, is provided. The beach 

 is 1,400 feet long and 150 feet wide, 

 gradually sloping Into the lake. There 

 are also bathhouses at Glenwood 

 Lake, Lake Nokomis and Camden 

 Park. Minneapolis has eight modern, 

 well-equipped and properly supervised 

 park playgrounds and several more 

 are being improved and equipped. In 

 most parks play apparatus for the 

 children is provided and there is al- 

 most unlimited opportunity for tennis, 

 baseball and kindred sports. 



Great strides in park improvements 

 have been made here during the past 

 seven years, and the money liberally 

 and judiciously expended has brought 

 results, which to be appreciated must 

 be seen. Minneapolis is justly proud 

 of her park possessions and is particu- 

 larly glad of an opportunity to show 

 so well informed a bod.v on park mat- 

 ters as the S. A. F. and O. H., her 

 system of parks and boulevards. 



CORNUSES AT LOCUST VALLEY. 



Never, in our remembrance, have 

 the dogwoods (Cornus floiida) made 

 such a glorious show as in the present 

 season. This is one of the few native 

 trees that have been accorded a place 

 in ornamental gardening and so not 

 only the woodlands but the residential 

 plantations are just now radiant with 

 drifts of dazzling white, interspersed 

 here and there in the gardens with 

 masses of the glowing rosy pink form 

 of this much prized tree. 



We took occasion a few days ago 

 to visit the A. G. Hodenpyl estate at 

 Locust Valley, Long Island, N. Y., 

 where the cornuses are a striking fea- 

 ture of the landscape and enjoyed the 

 rare opportunity to see them in un- 

 rivalled beauty, under the escort of 

 our old hospitable gardener friend, A. 

 Hans, formerly of Stamford, Conn., 

 but now superintendent of this exten- 

 sive estate, embracing several hun- 

 dred acres. Under his expert care 

 and the appreciative encouragement oC 

 its owner and his gracious lady, this 

 place is rapidly gaining many very at- 

 tractive features, despite the draw- 

 backs of a rather dry. sandy soil. The 

 locations adapted to Mr. Hans' pet 

 hobby — the ferns — are not many but 

 he has made the best of it and the 

 banks and braes of a favoring brook 

 in the low-lying section present a 

 pretty picture. Laurels and callunas, 

 which seem very much at home, and 

 many other things, have been planted 

 freely and in due time will delight the 

 visitor but for the present the dog- 

 woods hold full sway and it is hard 

 to see anything else while they last. 



W. WELLS' IMPRESSIONS OF NEW 

 YORK SHOW. 



Thinking it wjuld be interesting to yon, 

 also to the oarn.ation lovers of thd 

 "H. T. J.," I am sending you a few ex* 

 tracts from letters received from W. Well9, 

 Senr , who was present at the Third In- 

 ternational Exhibition in America. 



Unli'ce the British Horticultural Ex- 

 hibitions, our friends across the water, 

 have certain days for certain classes of 

 flowers. Tuesday, April 8th, was Carna- 

 tion Day, and the flowers were staged up- 

 on the floor which had held the roses the 

 day before, tlie latter being stood around 

 the room upon tall pedastals. and quite 

 nobly thev looked, each vase containing 

 1(K> blooms. 



Carnation Day had arrived, and carna- 

 tions there were, not iiundreds b"t thou- 

 sands, .all with long stiff stems and color 

 to perfectio'i ; n entries in the classes for 

 100 blooms, and how many entries for 50 

 lilooms I do not know. One great fault 

 w'th the staging is that they are simply 

 dumped down in the vases, no attempt at 

 arrangement: it takes a grower to pro- 

 duce such blooms, but anyone can put 

 then in vases as is done here. 



A mig'jty big task it is for the judges, 

 there are the sveet scented, pure white 

 Matchless; Pink Delight, which is a de- 

 light; Gloriosa, Reacon, Enchantress, White 

 Perfection, Kni liantress Supreme, Prlncesi 

 Dagmnr, S( r'^t Glow, Mrs. B. P. Cheeney, 

 Mrs. C. . Barron, Electra, sweetly 



scented ; v Eccles, Northport, Miss A. 

 '."ooml^s. Ali'a Ward. Virginia. Salmon 

 Beauty, Melody, Bonora, Rosette, Majestic, 

 Gorgeous and a few others, all vieing witll 

 each other for tue Blue Ribbon (paper 

 slip) to be stuck upon the card. 



In novelties, the beautiful Matchless wins 

 the American and the British Carnation 

 Societies' Gold Medals; there are only two 

 points dividing the first and second prizes, 

 it is almost a toss for it, but Matchless 

 secures full number of points for scent, 

 viz. : 5 against the others •'!. 



American Society's Medals — First, Match- 

 less, white, 90 points. Gold Medal. Second, 

 Miss A. Coombs, pink, 8S points. Silver 

 Medal. Third, Princess Dagmar. 86 points, 

 this is a crimson variety : all flowera 

 shown w-ere 4 inches across. 



The British Perpetual Flowering Carna- 

 tion Societ.v's Medals — I'^rst, Matchless, 90 

 points, white. Gold Medal. Second, Gor- 

 geous, 8S points, dark pink. Silver Gilt 

 Medal. Third, Princess Dagmar, 86 points, 

 'jrimson. Silver Medal. 



— W. Wells, Junr., in Horticultural 

 Trade Journal, London, for April SO. 



Birch WOODS, Glenwood Pakk 

 Minneapolis Park System. 



Woburn, Mass. — S. E. Spencer, the 

 gladiolus grower, is building a large 

 cement bulb building here. He haa 

 some fine new seedling gladioli that 

 bid fair to make a good showing 

 whereever grown. 



