April 4, 1908 



HORTICULTURE, 



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the vacant chair and with customary 

 adaptability and ready wit did full 

 honor to himself, his guests and the 

 occasion. The visiting ladies in the 

 meantime were taken to luncheon and 

 the theatre under the guidance of Mrs. 

 J. C. Vaughan and other ladies of 

 Chicago, and we learn from reliable 

 sources that they had a glorious time 

 "all by themselves." 



Leonard Kill, president of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club, opened the 

 post-prandial exercises with a few 

 well-delivered words of welcome. 

 Toastmaster Rudd then assumed au- 

 thoiity and, by way of diversion in- 

 troduced president Traendly of the S. 

 A. F. to respond for the American 

 Rose Society and president Simpson 

 of the American Rose Society to re- 

 spond for the S. A. F. Both gentle- 

 men responded in satisfactory manner. 

 Ex-president W. J. Stewart was next 

 introduced afe having served the long- 

 est official term in connection with the 

 partnt society and responded accord- 

 ingly. President Kill was here in- 

 duced to say a few more words — the 

 toastmaster's comment thereon being 

 "His oratory is fine but the quantity 

 deficient." Next came Philip Breit- 

 meyer with a nice complimentary 

 speech and then Secretary Hammond 

 with an eloquent tribute to the rose, 

 its influence in the home and in the 

 garden. J. C. Vaughan next spolve for 

 "Horticulture in Chicago" and W. F. 

 Kasting followed with a character- 

 istically jiractical talk on the meeting 

 and exhibition of the American Rose 

 Society to be held at Buffalo next year. 

 J. A. Valentine, introduced as "the 

 man always there — no matter where" 

 made a witty speech. E. V. Hallock 

 spoke for the school garden question, 

 saying that "it beats any other thing 

 you can get up." Tlien the toast- 

 master drew upon his special reserve 

 of wit in introducing P. Welch of 

 Boston who returned the compliment 

 with a sally that brought dow^n the 

 house and coolly told the Chicagoans 

 that they got all their hustlers from 

 Massachusetts. W. H. Elliott was the 

 closing speaker on behalf of the rose 

 growers. 



CHEROKEE ROSE. 



IJnrticnlture Pul). Co. 



Gentlemen: — We note on Page 3G7 of the 

 Mai-uU 21st issue of HORTICULTURE re- 

 ference made to tlie Clierokee rose, and 

 the question a.sked in couneotion with it 

 wh.v "some enterprising grower does not 

 talie up this beautiful variety." Not wish- 

 ing to throw any Irouquets at ourselves, 

 would say that we have the Cherokee rose 

 in stock, and have had it for many years. 

 and while we do not have large quantities 

 we can supply a reasonable demand for it. 

 We figure, therefore, that we must be 

 numbered among enterprising grower.s. 

 Yours very truly, 

 THE DINGEE & CONARD CO.. 



P. J. LYNCH, Treas. 



West Grove, Pa. 



Our remarks in reference to the 

 Cheiokee rose were meant to apply 

 to its forcing for cut flower purposes. 

 Perhaps "some enterprising grower" 

 will be glad to know where the stock 

 may be procured. 



Come on. April, through the v.iUey, 



In your robes of beauty drest. 

 Come and wake your flowery children 



Prom their wintry beds of rest. 

 Come and overblow them safely 



With the sweet breath of the south; 

 Di-op upon them, warm and loving, 



Tendercst kisses of your month. 



— Phoebe Carey. 



PHILADELPHIA SPRING FLOWER 

 SHOW. 



Among the features of this annual 

 event, which occurred on Tuesday, 

 Vv'ednesday and Thursday last, were 

 the big azaleas from the Newbold es- 

 tate at Jenkintown. These measured 

 seven feet in diameter and were per- 

 fect in flower and foliage, a dazzling 

 picture. It is claimed that no such 

 plants can be bought in Europe or 

 America today at any price! Mr. 

 Batchelor deserves credit for their su- 

 perb condition, and won a first prize 

 the money value of which was far be- 

 low the intrinsic merit of the exhibit. 

 Obconica primulas from the same 

 place were the .largest tlow'ers ever 

 seen here — high-colored and as big 

 as a silver dollar, but the first in this 

 class went to larger plants with small- 

 er flowers. The latter were from the 

 Pepper estate. We think the judges 

 should always lean to quality rather 

 than size where the schedule will per- 

 mit, which they do not seem to do. 

 There was a fine exhibit of geraniums 

 from Batchelor, but the bigger and 

 commoner plants from the Paul estate 

 got flist. Now, in both the obconica 

 and the geranium exhibits the verdict 

 ought to ha\e been exactly the reverse 

 —in order to give due emphasis to 

 quality over quantity. 



The main display consisted of spring 

 flowering suhjects, such as hyacinths, 

 tulips, daffodils, Easter lilies, callas, 

 etc.— outside of the subjects already 

 mentioned. In these classes the more 

 prominent prize-winners were: Wil- 

 liam Kleinheinz, Samuel Batchelor. 

 John McLeary, Wm. Robertson, Joseph 

 Hurley, Jno. Heidland and Thomas 

 Long. 



The centre of the main hall had the 

 time-honored pagoda built by the 

 Graham Co., white pillars draped, fes- 

 tooned with vines, decorated with 

 plants and floweis and electric lighted. 

 In front of the stage, for the 

 Dreer premiums, was an interest- 

 ing group of plants, among which 

 were the white and pink Baby 

 Rambler roses; a fine lot of 

 amaryllises. Primula Sieboldi; Pteris 

 Childsi and Asparagus Colemani. A 

 fine group of foliage plants was put up 

 by the Paul estate. Lager & Hurrell, 

 Juilus Roehrs Co. and Alphonse Peri- 

 cat each staged a good collection of or- 

 chids. J. Goodier, gardener to C. G. 

 Roebling sent an exhibit of amaryllis 

 — magnificent as to size and varied In 

 color. It is a long time since we have 

 seen such flowers. Azalea mollis was 

 in evidence, splendidly flowered; but 

 with no foliage. Flowers without foli- 

 age were seen in other shrub sections, 

 and were not particularly pleasing, ar- 

 tistically. Some good forced lilacs 

 were shown with good foliage. The 

 finest Amerpohli fern we have ever 

 seen giaced the top of the main stair- 

 way. It was a perfect ball, every 

 frond faultless, full to the centre, three 

 feet in diameter and as many deep. 

 Give Mr. Robertson credit for this beau- 

 ty. Todaeaoides and Piersoni terns 

 graced the newel posts — fine specimens. 

 -Michell and Dreer occupied the rotun- 

 da with seasonable exhibits of seeds 

 and tools. Some fine specimens of Cin- 

 eraiia stellata were used effectively 

 at top of stairway. Louis A. Couche 

 made an interesting exhibit of Erfurt 

 broad leaved water cress. A first 



prize went to a splendid specimen of 

 ferns — sporadocarmn variety of Poly- 

 podium with glaucous green foliage — 

 from Thos. Long, five feet through. 

 Wm. Kleinheinz took first in cut roses 

 with a fine lot of Golden Gates. Rob- 

 ertson carried the honors in cut carna- 

 tions. Calla Rossi (among which was 

 one with a double spathe) was an in- 

 teresting exhibit. This variety is a 

 deep yellow— purple in the throat — a 

 lovely thing! Calla Devoniensis was 

 also well shown. 



Newport Fairy rose from Roehrs' 

 captivated everybody and was a bright 

 spot in the show. Wyndmoor rose, 

 fresh from its Chicago honors, was 

 shown in fine shape, by Myers & 

 Samtman. The finest crimson hya- 

 cinth was Roi des Beiges. Nothing 

 can beat this for shining brilliancy, 

 size and form. Queen Alexandra, the 

 pink spirea, was well shown in various 

 collections — the best colored lot being 

 staged by Robertson. In the daffodil 

 exhibits Princess Ida, a lovely pure 

 white trumpet, was conspicuous, as 

 was Glory of Leyden, C. J. Backhouse 

 and Queen Victoria. Among the tu- 

 lips worthy of notice were Everdina 

 Jacoba, Sulphur Murillo, Hobbema, 

 White Van Vondel, Lord Beaconsfield 

 and Queen of the Netherlands. Mon 

 Tresor is still the loveliest yellow. 

 Prince of Austria is a grand new 

 orange red. James Coleman, gardener 

 for Walter Lippincott, exhibited some 

 fine English wallflowers in pots. The 

 darkest crimson rhododendron, accord- 

 ing to H. Waterer, is De Brun, and this 

 variety was well shown in the stair- 

 way exhibit. 



PERSONAL. 

 Adam Graham, wife and two daugh- 

 ters are spending a few weeks at 

 Tryon, N. C. 



J. A. Newsham, of New Orleans, 

 sailed for Central America on March 

 19. Many of the members of the 

 Horticultural Society were at the boat 

 to see him start safely on his journey. 



Arthur Niessen, Philadelphia, who 

 has been ill for the past five weeks 

 with typhoid, is now convalescing 

 favorably at Atlantic City, and ex- 

 pects to be back at work before 

 Easter. 



Robert Hunnick, gardener for W. B. 

 Leeds of Newport, R. I., sails on S. S. 

 Mauretania on April 22 for a six 

 months' visit to England. His wife 

 accompanies him. Mr. Hunnick was 

 gardener to F. W. Vanderbilt for 

 nearly twenty years. 



Francis Canning has returned to 

 Villa Nova, Pa., where he will again 

 have charge of the Bodine green- 

 houses and grounds. He is as enthu- 

 siastic as ever — his five years as in- 

 structor at Amherst, Mass., having 

 broadened but not dulled the keen 

 edge of his horticultural progressive- 

 ness. His Philadelphia friends will be 

 glad to see him often around the club 

 and society meetings as of yore. 



