March 14, 1&08 



HORTICULTURE 



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Recent Genuine Novelties in 



SWEET PEAS 



The following are our recent introductions in the Qfant Flowered Wavy Standard 

 Varieties. These have all been sent out well fixed in cliaracter, and can easily be 

 kept so: — 



GLADYS UN WIN — Lovely pale pink. A great market favorite. 

 INORA UN WIN — The purest and finest giant flowered white. 

 PHYLLIS UNWIN — A deep rosy carmine self, and sunproof. 

 A. J. COOK — Best described as a giant flowered firs. Walter Wright. 

 FRANK DOLBY— Lovely pale blue, a giant flowered Lady Grisel Hamilton. 

 riRS. ALFRED WAT KINS — A lovely delicate pale pink with pale salmon shading. 

 E.J. CASTLE — Rich carmine with salmon shading. The finest of all for artificial light. 

 These are all the Qiant Flowered Offsprings of "Gladys Unwin." 



ALSO EVELYN BY ATT— Rich flame color. The first of this rich color. 



To be had from all Seedsmen and ^'urserymen throughout the United Kingdom, America and the Colonies. 



'WHor^EjsA.LE; ojvr,'^ frojvi 



WATKINS & SIMPSON. 



12, Tavistock St., Covent Garden, LONDON, W. C, England 



Wholesale Seed MerchaDts 

 and Growers, 



CARNATION EXHIBITION AT COR- 

 NELL. 



The Horticultuial Department of 

 Cornell University beld its fourth an- 

 nual carnation exhibit on March 4th- 

 6th. The exhibit was in charge of the 

 students in floriculture, who managed, 

 staged and judged the blooms. The 

 exhibition was purely for educational 

 purposes and no prizes were offered. 

 However, many growers took advan- 

 tage of the opportunity to plac-e their 

 stock before interested students. 



The exhibition was well advertised 

 about the city and many visitors were 

 present tuiring the three days. After 

 the exhibition the blooms were put to 

 good use by the students, in packing 

 demonstrations, design making, etc. 

 At the weekly meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Club I Lazy Club), carnations 

 was the subject of discussion. An in- 

 teresting talk on carnation breeding 

 was given by Dr. Weber, and the va- 

 rieties from a commercial point oi 

 view were discussed by L. D. Batch- 

 elor. 



Among the exhibitors were C. W. 

 Ward, whose two winners at the 

 Washington show, Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 and Alma Ward, caused a great deal 

 of comment and expressions of admi- 

 ration from the visitors. His Presi- 

 dent and Beacon also showed excellent 

 growing. R. Witterstaetter exhibited 

 Afterglow: Chicago Carnation Com- 

 pany, .\ndrew Carnegie; F. R. Pierson 

 Co., — Variegated Lawson, Enchantress. 

 Winsor, Beacou, and Red Lawson; 

 the Horticultural Department of New 

 Hampshire College, — an interesting lot 



of seedlings with their pedigree at- 

 tached; John E. Haines, — Pink Imperi- 

 al, Variegated Imperial, John E. Haines, 

 White Perfection, and Light Pink 

 Seedling No. 102; Paul Thomson, the 

 yellow variety Neptune; James D. 

 Cockcroft, — Harvard; Frank H. Kim- 

 berley, — Enchantress and White En- 

 chantress, also the violet Mary Louise; 

 Horticultural Department of Cornell, — 

 Harlowarden and Mrs. Thos. W. Law- 

 son. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Weaver & Miller, McAlister. Okla.. 

 lost about $4,000 in a fire which de- 

 stroyed their potting shed and boiler 

 room on February 22. 



John Hass, Thomaston, Conn., who 

 had recently enlarged his plant and 

 put in a new heating system, lost his 

 entire stock on March 3 through an 

 overheated furnace. 



The gardener's cottage and a large 

 poultry house on the estate of William 

 B. Walker, at Manchester-by-the-Sea, 

 Mass., were destroyed by fire on March 

 10, causing a loss estimated at about 

 17000. The blaze started from an over- 

 heated oil lamp in the brooder. 



The office and heating plant of the 

 Norwood Floral Co., Pawtuxet avenue, 

 Norwood, R. I., were completely de- 

 stroyed by fire on March 3. Loss on 

 building is about ?1,000; the loss on 

 stock is not estimated. Two houses 

 that were saved were left without heat- 

 ing apparatus. 



apolis went up in flames. Inventory 

 values of contents was $16,500; barn 

 was valued at $10,000; insurance on 

 barn, $6,750; and on contents, $9,750. 

 Among the largest loss was 150 row- 

 boats, one gasolene launch, seven street 

 sprinklers, all the gymnasium and 

 play apparatus for the different parka 

 and 40 tons of hay. No damage was 

 done to the greenhouses nor to the 

 other large barn, which contains the 

 machine and carpenter shops, tool 

 storage room and stables. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the 

 Board of Park Commissioners, Minne- 

 apolis, Minn. This report is a work 

 of art in itself. The typographical 

 work, views and maps are very fine, 

 and the autograph of Theodore Wirth 

 on the various beautiful landscape 

 diagrams and plans is a sufficient guar- 

 antee of their high quality. Minne- 

 apolis is liberal with her appropriations 

 for park acquisition and maintenance, 

 and this volume shows how well she 

 is getting her money's worth. 



Hardy Rhododendrons, Azaleas Con- 

 ifers, Clematis, H. P. Roses, Shrubs 

 and Herbacerus Plants from our 



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