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AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



Complaints have reached us from 

 several parties who have ordered 

 goods from M. H. Rose, 16 Macomb 

 street, Detroit, Mich., whose advertise- 

 ment they saw in HORTICULTURE, 

 but who have never received the 

 ordered nor the money which 

 they had enclosed. \\V should like to 

 know of any others who have had deal- 

 ings with the partj in question or 

 who can inform us as to his present 

 whereabouts. 



HORTICULTURE. September 5, 1903 



A DOUBLE FLOWERED AURATUM. 



The Castle Company reports an in- 

 stant wave of popularity among the 

 greenhouse men who have seen it. 

 for the new- boiler tube coupling 

 which they have just begun to manu- 

 facture. On Saturday last, orders 

 were received for one circulator, one 

 boiler and two hundred couplings. 

 The party ordering the couplings had 

 previously tried to use packed joints, 

 but unsuccessfully. Within the past 

 week inquiries have been received 

 from as far West as Columbia River 

 and as far South as Birmingham. Ala.. 

 and orders for electric circulators 

 were received from New York and 

 New Jersey. Thomas Roland of Xa- 

 hant is about to install a Castle boiler 

 and electric circulator. This business 

 is all credited to advertising in HOR- 

 TICULTURE. 



A TRIBUTE TO J. H. MORTON. 



Editor of HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir — •Referring to your note on 

 page 295, issue of August 29. regard- 

 ing Mr. J. H. Morton, former super- 

 intendent of Mt. Hope Cemetery, it 

 should be stated that Mr. Morton is 

 an ex-president of the Association of 

 American Cemetery Superintendents, 

 to every member of which he is en- 

 deared by reason of his kindly person- 

 ality, and by every member of which he 

 is respected because of the dignified and 

 efficient part he has played in the af- 

 fairs of this Association, and by reason 

 of his high attainments in a profes- 

 sional way. 



Yours very truly. 



W N RUDD. 



ANEMONE CORONARIA. 

 See Cover Illustration. 

 For brilliancy of color no flower sur- 

 passes this free-blooming spring sub- 

 ject. The tubers, planted in the Call, 

 and given the protection of some 

 lea\es or litter through the winter, will 

 bloom abundantly from spring to early 

 summer. They are found occasion- 

 ally in the florists' stores in the win- 

 ter, but are not forced for the mar- 

 ket in the quantities that they merit. 

 They can be planted in pots and pans 

 and stored in cold frames and brought 

 in as wanted throughout the season. 

 and with their splendid colors of scar- 

 let, blue, purple and white are very 

 useful for table decorations and other 

 purposes. They are grown very exten- 

 in southern France for the 

 flower markets of northern Europe, 

 from January 1st on through the win- 

 ter months. There are several named 

 varieties, of which one of the most 

 useful is the St. Brigid or Irish 

 anemone, bearing brilliant flowers, 

 mostly semi-double and excellent for 

 cutting 



In large importations of Lilium au- 

 ratum from Japan a wide variety of 

 forms are always found, some almost 

 pure white with a few delicate spots, 

 ethers with the spots more pronoui 

 some with a faint golden line through 

 the petal and others with more or 

 less intense band of yellow-, until we 

 g t to the Vittatum Rubrum type with 

 broad band of deep color almost crim- 

 son, and heavily spotted with bronzy 

 crimson. Fasciated stems are not in- 

 frequent, and specimens have been 

 i ; leaving from thirty up to one 

 hundred and fifty flowers. A variation 

 not before observed, as far as we are 

 informed, is shown in the illustration. 



where a well-built double flower has 

 been produced. Whether ii will hold 

 this character permanently remains to 

 be demonstrated, but this would seem 

 to be a possibility, as a double-flow- 

 ered variety of L. tigrinum has long 

 been common. If. by doubling or any 

 other process a variety of auratum 

 should be evolved wherein the power- 

 fill odor of this gorgeous flower is 

 eliminated or considerably modified, it 

 will be a great boon for the florist as 

 the overpowering fragrance is an insur- 

 mountable obstacle to its use in any 

 indoor decorative work. The flower 

 illustrated came from the nursuries of 

 R. ft J. Farquhar ft Co. 



AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 

 At the close of the S. A. F. con 

 tion at Niagara Falls the exhibitors 

 presented Superintendent Chas. H. 

 Keitsch a testimonial of appreciation 

 of his efficient and courteous manage- 

 in \s circumstances at the t un- 

 did not permit of an adequate expres- 

 sion of his feelings. Mr. Keitsch desires 

 to do so now through the columns of 

 HORTICULTURE in grateful acknow- 

 ledgment of the gift. 



SOME SELECT DAHLIAS. 

 In the window display of R. & J. 

 Farquhar ft Co.. Boston, the following 

 named dahlias of recent introduction 

 were noted as being especially beauti- 

 ful. King Leopold, peony-flowered. 

 primrose; Queen Wilhelniini, peony- 

 Ihiwered white: Hollandia, peony- 

 flewered. deep pink; Fire Rain, decora- 

 tive, scarlet vermilion: Chas. Lanier, 

 -how. yellow. All of these are worthy 

 • ! a place at the very top of the list. 

 Charles Lanier is enormous in every 

 feature, and every bloom is an exhibi- 

 tion fl< wer. full to the heart. 



