May 23, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



691 



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PARIS CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 



At the next November show of the 

 National Horticultural Society of 

 France an innovation of an interesting 

 character will be attempted. A por- 

 tion of the show will be set apart for 

 exhibits relating to the library and ar- 

 tistic features of the chrysanthemums 

 and a preliminary announcement to 

 enable exhibitors to get ready has jast 

 been issued. The new section will be 



divided into two divisions, the first 

 being for exhibits of books, publica- 

 tions, prints, engravings, pictures and 

 old catalogues relating to the chrysan- 

 themum, and the second being tor oid 

 varieties in cultivation anterior to the 

 year 1S96. 



This resolve is undoubtedly ;;he out- 

 come of a very interesting exhibit by 

 the society's librarian at the last show 

 when he staged in glass cases a series 

 of colored engravings of old chrysan- 

 themums and books from the society's 

 library which excited no little inlen'St 

 on the part of members and visitors. 

 It is probable too, that Mr. Harnian 

 Payne's recently published Bibliogra- 

 phy of the Chrysanthemum, which was 

 written for and at the request of the 

 chrysanthemum committee of the 

 French society, has also been a factor 

 In the case. We shall look forward 

 with some degree of curiosity to Ibe 

 result of this somewhat novel and edu- 

 cational attempt on the part of the 

 great French Horticultural Society. 



HARTFORD'S NEW SUPERINTEN- 

 DENT OF STREETS. 



In electing Alexander Gumming as 

 superintendent of streets, the street 

 board has obtained a man for the head 

 of its working department who has 

 had long experience in work best suit- 

 ing him for his new position and 



ments on the government lands, hav- 

 ing complete direction of the construc- 

 tion of new roads, boulevards and 

 walks, extensive planting of trees and 

 the laying out and grading of the 

 Military Cemetery. He was employed 

 in the Toronto parks in similar work 

 and still later went to Philadelphia, 

 w here he became superintendent of 

 Stoke Pogis, a large suburban tract 

 which was being developed. He came 

 to Hartford four years ago to become 

 park forester, an office which was 

 changed to that of city forester a year 

 ago and which he has continued to fill 

 with great efficiency. — idartford Cour- 

 ant, May 8th. 



We congratulate the people of Hart- 

 ford in getting .so good a man as Mr. 

 Gumming for their superintendent of 

 streets. In this instance it is em- 

 phatically a case of the office seeking 

 the man. Some friendly pressure and 

 the higher salary were no doubt the 

 temptations that induced Mr. Gum- 

 ming to leave, for a time at least, his 

 life-long profession of gardening and 

 forestry. 



You will find something worth read- 

 ing on every page of HORTICUL- 

 TURE. 



Alexander Gumming 



which, it is believed, will have much 

 influence on his success as superinten- 

 dent. 



Mr. Gumming is a native of Ayr- 

 shire, Scotland, and came to this coun- 

 try in 1890, locating in Toronto, where 

 he had charge of extensive improve- 



ROCHEA FALCATA. 



I'nul Kubne iu Moller's Deutsche Gartner 

 Zeitung. 



Through long culture I have suc- 

 ceeded in reducing the height of this 

 plant so much that it now has become 

 a desirable market plant. Rocheas 

 cannot stand the moist airs in au- 

 tumn, sunlight and always sunlight is 

 the main retiuirement for Rocheas. 

 If we pay attention to sufficient nour- 

 ishment during the flowering period 

 the plant will give a glorious flower 

 head, which will compare in beauty 

 with any other market plant, and will 

 last a long time. 



