January 12, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



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in the several lines. All interested are 



inviterl to attend these lectures. 



WM. P. RICH, Sec'y- 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this society 

 was held on the evening of January 4, 

 at Manchester, Mass., when the follow- 

 ing officers were elected: President, 

 James McGregor; vice-president, 

 Thomas Jack; treasurer, John Baker; 

 secretary, James Salter; financial sec- 

 retary, Herbert Shaw; executive com- 

 mittee, J. B. Dow, J. Desmond. W. F. 

 Powers, C. A. Lincoln, F. C. Cole. A 

 new feature was the election of Wil- 

 liam Tell as press agent. Among the 

 visitors of the evening were D. Ilitfe 

 of Boston and H. Thiemann of Bel- 

 chertown. 



Reports showed a very successful 

 year's work with a good balance in 

 the treasury. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The ball of the Newport Horticul- 

 tural Society was held on the evening 

 of January 9. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York met on January 9th. An illus- 

 trated lecture was given by Dr. H. H. 

 Rusby on The wild grains and nuts 

 of the United States. 



It is rumored that a horticultural 

 society is likely to be formed at 

 Pride's Crossing, Mass. There is a 

 large amount of glass there and con- 

 siderable interest in matters horticul- 

 tural. 



The Dutchess County Horticultural 

 Society met in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., on 

 December 26 and nominated officers for 

 the ensuing year. George Foulsham 

 of Lenox, Mass., read an interesting 

 paper on The cultivation of orchids. 



President Dunlop requests us to 

 urge all growers of carnations to send 

 generous exhibits to the Toronto con- 

 vention which opens January 23. Ca- 

 nadian growers are Interested to see 

 the products of the leading growers 

 and hybridizers and are awaking to 

 the great importance of the opportu- 

 nity to meet and discuss and form 

 social and business alliances with the 

 leading minds in the profession in the 

 United States. Every Inducement 

 will be offered to visitors to make 

 their participation pleasant and profit- 

 able. 



THE LATE COUNT KERCHOVE DE 

 DENTERGHEM. 



An International Committee consist- 

 ing of Belgian, German. Bavarian, 

 English, French, Dutch, Swiss, Ital- 

 ian, and Russian horticulturists has 

 now been definitely constituted for 

 the purpose of erecting a monument 

 to the memory of this illustrious lover 

 of horticulture. 



Subscriptions are being invited for 

 the purpose and if any readers of 

 HORTICULTURE desire to add their 

 names to the list I shall be pleased to 

 receive donations, as an authorized 

 member of the International Commit- 

 tee and forward same to the proper 

 authoritv. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



141 Welhneadow Rd., Catford, S. E., 

 ]t>ondon, Eng. 



MIDWINTER MEDITATIONS. 



In your editorial of last week you 

 mentioned the landscape class having 

 been opened under the auspices of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton. I sincerely hope the young men 

 in that class will take advantage of the 

 lessons given. Even those in the com- 

 mercial business ought to take in this 

 study; it may become useful to them 

 in after years. Every encouragement 

 ought to be given the class. Some 

 field days would, "when the spring 

 opens", be beneficial and help along 

 tlae knowledge gained under their in- 

 structor. I am sure every gardener 

 who has charge of an estate of any 

 size would be pleased to have them go 

 over the same. The Hunnewell es- 

 tate, for example, would be educa- 

 tional; there the work is so close to 

 nature: rolling lawns have been laid 

 and the shrubbery has been planted so 

 that nature has been assisted. Set 

 designs of shrubbery and straight 

 paths that we sometimes see are a hor- 

 rible example of some of our so-called 

 landscape work. What would some of 

 us have given to have had opportunity 

 to acquire knowledge so valuable, 

 when we were in our apprenticeship 

 days? Burns probably didn't have 

 training in the art of landscape work 

 yet he gives us in the following one of 

 the best descriptions of natural con- 

 ditions, which is exquisite in its word- 

 ing, and delightful in its phrases, and 

 I think among the best ever written. 



"WhyU'S owre the- llun tlie burnie plays. 



As thrinigh the glen it wimpl't; 

 Wliyles rciuinl a rocky scar it strays; 



Wbylus iD a wiel it dimpl't: 

 Wliylfs Klittcr'd to tlie nightly rays 



AA'i" bickering, dancing dazzle 

 Whylps cooy if underneath the braes 



Belf)\v the spreading hazel." 



I see Job has started on a rampage 

 again. 



"He dips in gall unmix'd his eager pen. 

 And ponrs his vengeance in the burning 

 line." 



The King can do no wrong and I sup- 

 pose he fancies himself in that class. 

 He will feel proud to be mentioned in 

 the same breath with royalty. In the 

 first issue last year, of your New York 

 contemporary, he started off on a* 

 rumpus because you mentioned thati 

 HORTICULTURE had "fairly leaped] 

 into the affections of the craft." Ho' 



pie, but I hope will have a haggis wi' 

 trimmings prepared for himself, Birnie 

 and me. If Job is there he might get 

 an invitation to dine on his favorite 

 dish and read some of his selected 

 poems, but I hope he will leave his 

 fieas at home. R. T. McGORUM. 



CALIFORNIA NOTES. 



The exceeding good florists' Christ- 

 mas trade reported last week lapped 

 over and became identified in conjunc- 

 tion with the phenomenal New Year 

 plant and flower traffic, the best New 

 Year's business remembered by deal- 

 ers longest established and the sun- 

 shiny weather that came the day after 

 Chiistmas continued until after New 

 Year's day. 



Just in time to get a good share of 

 the unprecedented patronage extended 

 by flower and plant buyers these holi- 

 days, N. Peterson entered the arena, 

 locating his handsome plant and 

 floral depot at ?,2i Fillmore street. 

 This is a new venture for this excel- 

 lent young man. Intimately known to 

 the writer during his years of training 

 as a grower in connection with the 

 John H. Sievers Nursery Company, 

 and the last four years of service as 

 superintendent of this nursery. 



This 4th day of January Fred L. 

 Cleaves, former chief bookkeeper for 

 the E. J. Bowen Seed Company, the 

 oldest in the Pacific coast trade, was 

 placed under arrest on three charges 

 of felony embezzlement. Osgood Put- 

 nam, manager of the seed company, is 

 the complaining witness. He states 

 that the amount of money diverted by 

 Cleaves will reach $8,000. The alleged 

 peculations extend over a period of 

 two or more years. The accused is 

 charged with falsifying books of the 

 firm and to have forged drafts for va- 

 rious sums of money. 



The holiday season just past was re- 

 markable in San Francisco for its fam- 

 ine in Christmas trees. But eleven 

 carloads came to town, while last year 

 upward of forty carloads were dis- 

 posed of. Saturday before Christmas 

 in the wholesale market dealers were 

 clamoring for trees and bidding against 

 ijeach other in their eagerness to secure 

 I'them. running prices up on themselves. 

 |( There are two reasons for the short- 

 age. One is the scarcity of laborers in 



said then that it was "only fleas that|| ^earbv country districts, and the other 

 leaped." He being a standard author-j||'ifiig timidity of shippers who feared 

 ity on that insect I dare not dispute|||f;,p recuperating city would offer but 

 him, but in his December 29 issue|j§j^ pgoj. niarket place for Christmas 



under the head of The New York Mar- 

 ket it is given us that "orchids leap 

 and bound." Gee Whiz! fleas again.' 

 I never saw or heard of an orchid doing 

 these acrobatic stunts. When some, 

 private gardeners and also commer- 



g trees. In past years this class of Santa 

 Claus season greenery could be pur- 

 chased at retail for from 50 cents to 

 $T each. The wholesale selling prices 

 iMtbis Christmas season ranged from 



'i|!>$l to $2. .50 each, and the wholesalers 



cial men wish to say something that 'j| ^,qj.^ unable to fill 25 per cent, of their 

 will puzzle you they stand off and k' ^^j.^g^s Out at the Presidio, near Gold- 



throw out a few mouthfuls of orchid f |; 

 names then look tosee what effect they'f 



en Gate, soldiers were stationed to 

 ...■ >,,.ard their evergreen groves from 

 have made. That's bad enough, but jii Christmas tree seekers, and several ar- 

 when the poor plants begin to leap jf j.^^j,, ^^,^^^ j^^de of the despoilers. 



I give it up. W'u 



I am sorry I can't go to the carna-|}k| Our Cleveland correspondent states 

 tion convention; the trip will be in-|"i|that a stroll through the various re- 

 teresting. Last year I attended it but!|\ tall stores of that city reveals many in- 

 will have to forego the pleasure this! i teresting things; all are busy, with 

 jear. The poet's birthday comes this i}, parties, decorations, etc.. and they vie 

 month as well as my own and the two*' with one another in beautifying their 

 celebrations in conjunction with the V jilaces. All are unanimous in stating 

 convention would be too strenuous. If to that, in spite of prevailing high prices, 

 the fates are right next August, I'm this year's business shows an increase 

 Should like to go to Phlladelpbla.'l| of 50 per cent, over last year's &t 

 George Watson will not give us scrap-!i|i Christmas time. 



