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HORTICULTURE 



February 2, l90T 



among them, and they will always 

 stand ready to greet their Canadian 

 brethren and applaud their accom- 

 plishments and exploits, and will al- 

 ways wish Canada "God speed" ami 

 the maximum measure of development 

 that she may fulfil to the fullest ex- 

 tent her manifest destiny. 



CARNATION MABELLE. 



ADDI-TIONAL NOTES OF THE CON- 

 VENTION. 



The Boston exhibitors were very uu 

 fortunate in having their boxes de- 

 layed twenty-four hours through some 

 stupidity of the express company. On 

 their arrival on the morning of the 

 second day, however, they were found 

 to be in splendid shaiie and staged 

 beautifully— a convincing demonstra- 

 tion of the sturdiness of their growth 

 and a hint as to what might have hap- 

 pened to other exhibits that had won 

 high honors if these consignments had 

 been in competition. Beacon from 

 Peter Fisher was superb; so was 

 Afterglow from IMr. Nicholson, Helen 

 Goddard from S. I. Goddard and 

 Roper's striped seedling Bay State. 

 The boys took their misfortune philo- 

 sophically — not a whine. 



The vases of one hundred were the 

 strength of the exhibition. Ward, 

 Pierson, Haines, Chicago, Carnation 

 Co., and Dailledouze were in the front 

 rank. Th'^ comparative scarcity of 

 crimsons (or "maroons") in the gen- 

 eral display was very noticeable. A 

 few years ago this color was much 

 more prominent. Baur & Smith showed 

 a new variety May somewhat on the 

 order of Fair Maid. 



Certificates were awarded to John 

 Reimels' No. 32, Nicholson's After- 

 glow. Roper's Bay State and Weber's 

 Tor:'ador. 



A vase of Richmond rose from the 

 Bedford Park Floral Company was 

 one of the most remarkable exhibits 

 staged. Nothing finer has ever been 

 seen in this variety and we hope Mr. 

 Houle, the manager, will show up at 

 Washington with an ecjually con- 

 vincing demonstration of the possibili- 

 ties in this unrivalled rose. 



The Steele, Briggs Company showed 

 some very creditable specimens of 

 Primula obconica, giant strain, on 

 the stage. 



THE VISIT TO BRAMPTON. 

 On Friday morning a special train 

 of five cars on the C. P. R. conveyed 

 the visitors to Brampton to inspect 

 the immense greenhouse establish- 

 ment of the Dale Estate. Much has 

 been written about this notable place, 

 its vastness, and the high cultural 

 conditions and methods there in evi- 

 dence, and on not a few occasions the 

 roses, carnations and lily of the valley 

 produced have found their way to the 

 leading American markets and exhibi- 

 tions, making short work of the as- 

 pirations of local growers. It certain- 

 ly has lost none of its vastness, but 

 grows vaster. Roses were off crop, 

 but there was a great showing of car- 

 nations which, considering the fact 

 that the present is the darkest and 

 most unfavorable winter ever experi- 

 enced here, were all that could be de- 

 sired. The "ridge and furrow" houses, 

 tile benches, heating apparatus, am- 

 monia refrigerating machinery and 

 complete modern equipment in all de- 

 partments were exceedingly interest- 

 ing to the visitors. 



This excellent variety which is be- 

 ing disseminated this season by The H. 

 Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, Md., is 

 recommended as a very profitable va- 

 riety, requiring about the same treat- 

 ment and temperature as Enchantress. 

 Its description by Messrs. Weber is as 

 follows: 



"Mabelle (1907), pink, a few shades 

 lighter than Lawson, showing no 

 traces of lavender and purple, but in- 

 stead is permeated by a faint yellow- 



ish cast, making an exceedingly beau- 

 tiful and popular color. The blooms 

 are large and well formed; under fa- 

 vorable conditions attain four inches 

 in diameter. Odor pleasing, but not 

 spicy. Calyx good, practically non- 

 bursting. Habit not unlike Genevieve 

 Lord; a very early and continuous 

 bloomer, giving long stems right from 

 the start. This variety has the much 

 prized habit of producing very early, 

 and keeping it up until July." 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The first exhibition for the year 1907 

 was held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on Saturday, January 26. Primulas 

 .sinensis, oliconica and stellata were 

 shown in splendid shape by M. Sulli- 

 van, gardener to Wm. Whitman, who 

 took first and third prizes in all class- 

 es. Mr. Graham, gardener to C. R. 

 Talbot, who took second on sinensis, 

 and Wm. Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner, who won second on 

 stellata and obconica, also by George 

 M. Anderson. Carnations were shown 

 in fair quantity. C. S. Strout won first 

 in white with Lady Bountiful and in 

 Daybreak class with Enchantre.ss. H. 

 A. Stevens Co. won first in light pink 

 with a salmon seedling, crimson with 

 Harry Fenn, striped with Variegated 

 Lawson, and "any other color" with a 

 white and pink flushed seedling. Quid- 

 nick Greenhouses were awarded hon- 

 orable mention for Victoria, a very 

 shapely flower, Lawson pink in color. 

 On violets, Harry P. Woods won first 

 and Norris F. Comley, second, on both 

 double and single. 



Warren Heustis & Son, E. L. Lewis 

 and others showed some excellent 

 vegetables. 



The lecture in Horticultural Hall on 

 January 20 was a talk on orchid col- 

 lecting by John E. Lager. Mr. Lager 

 gave a very interesting description of 

 the methods and the dangers of this 

 work and the mode of packing, ship- 



ping, etc. He said the most interest- 

 ing and important field for orchid col- 

 lections is Columbia; Venezuela and 

 Brazil are second and third. He de- 

 scribed in some detail his visits to the 

 different orchid regions, and in con- 

 clusion stated that the prospects for 

 the future are not encouraging. The 

 search for orchids has led many na- 

 tives to go into collecting, but in many 

 cases they know nothing of the proper 

 methods of securing, packing and ship- 

 ping the plants. Last year alone sev- 

 eral hundred boxes of orchids came J 

 from South America in which every I 

 plant was ruined by carelessness or 

 ignorance, and one native can do more 

 harm in an orchid region in one year 

 than a collector would do in ten. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 

 The second annual meeting of this 

 society takes place at Bloomington on 

 February 19 and 20. and promises to 

 be a large and very interesting gather- 

 ing. All introducers of new varieties 

 of roses and carnations are solicited 

 to send blooms for exhibition to George 

 A. Washburn, Bloomington, chairman 

 of exhibtion committee. Through the 

 efforts of a committee consisting of A. 

 C. Beal, A. T. Hey and J. F. Ammann 

 the society has secured an increased 

 appropriation of $1,000 on State fair 

 premiums, and has a Bill before the 

 Legislature for an appropriation of 

 $25,000, for experimental work in 

 floriculture. 



