March 21, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



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HEARD IN THE ANTE-ROOM. 



The Cheioket- rose is called fui-. 

 Why does not some enterprising grower 

 lake up this beautiful, always accep- 

 table flovver? There is '■money in it." 



Among the hybrid Mollis azaleas, 

 now becoming so popular lor winter 

 forcing, as well as for gai den use, An- 

 thony Kosfer stand as the beat yellow. 

 The flowers are large, waxy and abun- 

 dant and the color is very rich. 



The seedling dahlias, Ruth Forbes 

 and Newport, offered by Wm. F. 

 Turner & Co., in our advertisement 

 columns are said to be the first 

 American seedling dahlias to receive 

 a first class certificate of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. 



Azalea Julius Roehrs is listed to dis- 

 tance all other varieties in its class as 

 an Eastern favorte as soon as it gets 

 more plentiful. The color is a glowing 

 cerise and such \arieties as Dr. Moore 

 and Vander Cruyssen are thrown com- 

 pletely in the shade when associated 

 with this superb variety. 



"What are six of the the best Flow- 

 ering Geraniums? The following are 

 recommended as being an excellent 

 half dozen: Paul Crampel, Cannell's 

 Crimson Bedder, Emile Zola, Duke of 

 Bedford, Gertrude Pearson and Maxime 

 Kovalevski." Thus saith Secretary W. 

 N. Craig of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston. 



It might be well, in consideration of 

 the frequent mention of late of Clema- 

 tis indivisa as a useful winter decora- 

 tive material, to recall the fact that at 

 the banqutt given to the American 

 Carnation Society in Boston in IS'.)') 

 the mirrors in the dining hall were 

 lavishly festooned with this lovely 

 flowering vine, furnished by the late 

 F. L. Harris from the H. H. Hunne- 

 well conservatories at Wellesley. 



Lily reports from various sources 

 vary greatly. Some growers claim to 

 have lost as high as 60 per cent, of 

 their bulbs through disease, while 

 others find no fault. Multiflorums, 

 condemned right and left, are not lack- 

 ing in friends- -for instance, fc'. .J. Reti- 

 ter of Westerly, R. 1., who says his are 

 the best in years. A very general com- 

 plaint is that the bulbs are in many 

 cases l)adly mixed as to Iieight, foli- 

 agfe, freedom, size of flower, etc. 



Wm. Sim, of Cliftondale, Mass , 

 whose fame as a sweet pea grower has 

 spread all over the continent, says that 

 ■IS degrees is just the right tempera- 

 ture for sweet peas under glass. If al- 

 lowed to go down to -13 degrees they 

 will drop their buds; at 45 the flowers 

 will have green tips; 50 is too hot. 



We have had occasion heretofore to 

 tell about Mr. Sim's tomatoes and vio- 

 lets, in the culture of which he is 

 equally expert. At the present time 

 he keeps 25 violet pickers busy, the 

 daily product being from fifteen to 

 twenty thousand. 



Anton Schultheis is happy in the 

 possession of what he declares to be 

 an ever blooming sport from Crimson 

 Rambler rose. Well, may he revel in 

 glee if this be so. It seems incredi- 

 ble but Mr. Schultheis has the young 

 plants abundantly furnished with buds 



on the growths of this season at 

 the piesent lime and he slates that is 

 their second blooming. The great ad- 

 vantage of a continuous bloomer to the 

 rose forcers is that if a plant is not 

 sold when first in bloom the crop of 

 flowers may be cut and the plant set 

 to growing again at once for another 

 try, instead of requiring a year's rest 

 as is the case with the old type of 

 climbers. 



A NEW BOOK ON THE ROSE. 



[We can supply the following book, post- 

 li.iid, at the price listed.] 



"Roses, Their History, Development 

 and Cultivation;" by the Rev. Joseph 

 H. Pemberton. The appearance of this 

 new aspirant for public favor remind.s 

 us of the great activity of horticul- 

 tural writers on a subject that is ever 

 new. Of late years new books on rose 

 growing have multiplied apace and 

 the one now under notice will unques- 

 tionably occupy a prominent position 

 among them. Sixteen years ago Senoi- 

 Vergara, a Spanish rosarian, published 

 his Bibliografia de la Rosa and the 

 numerous additions both at home and 

 abroad would seem to justify a new 

 edition or a supplement to his work. 



There is no need to remind our 

 readers of Mr. Pemberton's competen- 

 cy to deal with the flower with which 

 his name has so long been inseijar- 

 ably connected. His book from every 

 point of view is worthy of the subject 

 and the writer. In size it is a large 

 octavo and runs into something over 

 300 pages. The illustrations comprise 

 some full-paged lithographic plates of 

 the parents of the various sections of 

 this popular flower and others in the 

 text explanatory of the various tools, 

 a,ppliances and operations connected 

 with the cultui-e of the rose. 



Within the' narrow limits at our 

 ■ommand we cannot deal at length 

 with the numerous contents so ably 

 set forth by the author. We appreciate 

 very highly the literary style of the 

 lK)ok. It is from that point of view 

 a marked exception to some of the 

 modern gardening books that have 

 come under our notice of late. 



To summarize as briefly as possible, 

 ve may say that Mr. Pemberton has 

 divided his work into two main divi- 

 sions, with chapters containng numer- 

 our sub-headngs. In the first part he 

 deals with the rose, the flower of Eng- 

 land, the botany of the rose, British 

 wild roses, wild roses of other coun- 

 tries, summer ilowering roses, and au- 

 tumn flowering roses. Historical and 

 literary reference-s of course abound. 

 The second part is mainly cultural, 

 and here indeed the sub- headings 

 practically cover the whole area of 

 rose cultivation. The appendix com- 

 prises a descriptive list of selecte-.l 

 roses recommended for cultivation and 

 method of pruning. There is a col- 

 ored frontispiece of Rosa canina. Price 

 $2.02 net. 



1 take pleasure in inclosing money 

 for renewal, especially as you give 

 such good value for the price. 



GEORGE MILNE. 

 Point Claire, P. Q.. March U. 1908. 



PERSONAL. 

 Visitors in Boston : F. E. Conine, 

 Stratford, Conn. 



Harry Smith of Detroit has taken a 

 position with the park department. 



Visitors in New York: Thos. J. 

 Grey, Boston; J. F. Bradshaw, Wal- 

 lace, N. C. 



A. S. Nodiue has taken the manage- 

 ment of the Lines Greenhouses, Mil- 

 ford. Conn. 



E. E. Fletcher, a popular salesman 

 at the Music Hall Market, Boston, and 

 Miss Mary Twomey were married at 

 Manchester, N. H., on March 14. 



Chas. L. Seytiold, superintendent of 

 Carroll Park, is chairman of the com- 

 mittee in charge of the flower show to 

 be given in connection with the. ex- 

 hibition of the National Sculpture So- 

 ciety next month in Baltimore. 



R. Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, Md., 

 with his wife, sails for Europe on April 

 4th on S. S. Caledonian. They will 

 leave London on April 21 with the 

 British Horticultural Press party for 

 Holland and the different points of in- 

 terest in Belgium. Later they will 

 visit the principal growers of gerani- 

 ums in France. 



TRIBUNE HORTICOLE. 



This enterprising little Belgian con- 

 temporary, founded only a year or 

 two ago, is one of the most up-to-date 

 gardening papers in Europe. Its 

 editor, M. Louis Gentil. was formerly 

 at Kew and subsequently went to the 

 Congo. After his return he was ap- 

 pointed curator of the Brussels Bota- 

 nic Garden, a position tor which his 

 wide and exceptional experience pre- 

 eminently qualified him. We notice 

 in a recent number of the Tribune 

 Horticole a capita! illustration of M. 

 Calvat's lot of new seedling chrysan- 

 themums that were staged at the last 

 Paris show, and also several engrav- 

 ings of some of his latest novelties. 



C. H. P. 



CARNATION GROWERS ORGANIZE. 



We understand that a meeting of 

 growers — principally carnation grow- 

 ers for the New York market^ — was 

 held at the auction room of Wm. El- 

 liott & Sons. last Saturday, for the 

 purpose of discussing the business 

 situation and adopting ways and 

 means for improving the present mar- 

 ket conditions and organizing for some 

 independent plan for disposing of 

 their product. The meeting was well 

 attended by the Long Island growers, 

 but the New Jersey contingent was 

 not adequately represented, and after 

 a lengthy discussion the meeting ad- 

 journed to meet later in New Jersey. 

 Henry Weston of Hempstead presided. 



I have been- a constant reader of 

 HORTICULTURE from the first num- 

 ber. It is getting better and better all 

 the time; cannot do without it, so you 

 will find enclosed one dollar for an- 

 other year's subscription. 



H. D. SEELE. 

 Elkhart, Ind.. March 10, 1908. 



