June 22, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



813 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



It is quite nice to learn tliroiigh the 

 columns of our contemporaries of the 

 many happy florists who. one after 

 the other, are wont to display in pub- 

 lic their exuberant joy ovji uerlain 

 interesting events in their families. 

 But we should really like to see a 

 greater variety in the methods of cele- 

 brating these "arrivals." "Passing 

 the cigars" is getting threadbare and. 

 besides, discriminates against the non- 

 smoker. "Wearing a broad smile" is 

 fully as acceptable to those who do 

 not smoke and has the merit of being 

 very inexpensive, but has likewise be- 

 come wearisome. Can't some sympa- 

 thetic soul put up a prize for a new 

 way of telling the old, old story? 



A very interesting discussion has 

 been going on in one of the English 

 journals concerning the status of the 

 "private" gardener, the qualifications 

 that will serve him best in his rela- 

 tions with his employer, and as to how 

 far he can be held responsible for the 

 breaches of good taste sometimes dis- 

 played in the lay out and planting of 

 grounds under his care. To many of 

 our old-world fellow-craftsmen no 

 doubt the word "employer" is synony- 

 mous with "master," consequently as 

 one writer puts it "if he is asked (in 

 effect) for the moon, he must be pre- 

 pared with a substitute," and the idea 

 of giving advioe based upon his own 

 knowledge and experience would never 

 be entertained In individual cases 

 and, in this country, more frequently 

 probably, the reverse may be true yet 

 it is a fact that the gardener in the 

 majority of cases is looked upon as, 

 and tacitly submits to, ranking in the 

 "servant" class. All honor to those 

 who have iqiheld the dignity of their 

 profession mid have been able (o exact 

 from their employer a respect and def- 

 erence to their better knowledge of 

 their art. \\ e hope to see more of 

 them for it is our belief that in many 

 cases the gardener's judgment is su- 

 perior to that of his employer in the 

 planting and horticultural development 

 of an estate. Il this fact was more 

 generally recognized many of the 

 offences against good sense and artis- 

 tic taste which we see, here and there, 

 would soon disappear. 



THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ROSE 

 CUTTINGS AND PLANTS. 



Over a difference of $1 the United 

 States Court of Apijeals will be called 

 upon to review a case arising from a 

 bundle of rose cuttings. It is claimed 

 the American Express Company 

 brought from Brampton, Ont., a ship- 

 ment of rose cuttings and delivered 

 them at Oneonta, X. Y. The Collector 

 of Customs here charged a duty of 

 2 1-2 cents each. This duty was ob- 

 jected to on the ground that rose cut- 

 tings should not be taxed. 



Later the general appraiser reversed 

 the collector's decision and put them 

 in a class calling for ad valorem duty 

 of 25 per cent. Then followed an ap- 

 peal to Judge Hazel in the United 

 States Court. Judge Hazel affirmed 

 the decision of the general appraiser. 

 This raised the dutv on the rose cut- 

 tings from $2.1.3 to $3.13. 



It is not the amount of money the 

 United States Attorney is after so 

 much as the principle and rulings in- 

 volved.— Buffalo Examiner. 



NEW PLANTS. 



Tropaeolum hybridum Darmstadt 

 introduced by a European firm is de- 

 scribed as a double flower of intense 

 red-orange shade, especially adapted 

 for window-box use on account of its 

 vigor and floriferousness. 



Three dahlias designated as "Deco- 

 rative Show." have been introduced 

 by a German firm as novelties of 1907. 

 They are Grenadier light orange-pink, 

 Matador carmine. Die Unschuld 

 creamy white. 



A new violet, called Hesse's Im- 

 proved Kaiser Friedrich. is said to ex- 

 cel all others in size of bloom and to 

 have a much longer flowering season 

 than Princess of 'Wales. 



Frau Cecile Walter, a new Polyan- 

 tha rose by P. Lambert, is well spoken 

 of by foreign horticultural journals. 

 Its color, light yellow, with reddish 

 yellow stamens, is one of its recom- 

 mendations. 



THE BEST LILACS. 



Single varieties with fragrant flow- 

 ers — Mathieu de Dombasle. lilac color 

 inclined to blue, very large inflores- 

 censes; Charles X., dark i-ed; La Tour 

 d'Auvergne, dark lilac; Mme. Kreuter, 

 red, very fine: Toussaint Louverture, 

 very dark red; Marie Legraye, white, 

 fine truss; Philemon, dark, first-rate 

 variety; Souv. de Louis Spath, rich 

 red, very fine trusses; Mdlle. Fernande 

 Viger, white, Camille de Rohan, dark 

 red; rubra do Marly, pale lilac; 

 Dephine, very dark bluish purple; lo- 

 vaniensis, pale flesh. Double-flowered 

 fragrant varieties — Senateur Voland, 

 lilac; Alphonse, Lavallee, white; Mme. 

 Abel Chatenay, white; Mme. Jules Fin- 

 ger, lilac; Marie Lenioine, white 

 Francois Morel, lilac; Monoument Car- 

 not. lilac. Good varieties in which the 

 fragrance is i ot so well defined are — 

 Alba grandiflrra, single white; 

 Tournefcrt, liltc; Due d'Orleans, bluish 

 blue, large truss; Ville de Troyes, rich 

 red; Compacta, single white. — Journal 

 of Horticulture. 



SHRUB AND TREE CHAT. 



Clematis Sanderi, an evergreen with 

 the habit of C, indivisia, is in bloom 

 at Sander's, St. Albans, England. The 

 plant was brought from Australia 

 three years ago. The flowers, which 

 are white, with salmon red stamens 

 and fragrant, are produced freely in 

 clusters of a dozen or more. 



Observations of the effect of factory 

 smoke on conifers conducted by the 

 Royal Horticultural Director in Berlin 

 show that the trees that have best 

 withstood the unfavorable conditions 

 are Abies numidica, A. balsamae and 

 Araucaria imbricata. 



CORRECTIONS. 



A few errors, typographical and 

 otherwise, crept into last week's issue 

 of HORTICULTURE. In the article 

 by Mr. Cameron, on page 778, "Crim- 

 son snowdro])" should be Crimean 

 snowdrop and. on the following page, 

 X'iola cornuta "Administration" should 

 be Admiration. Two articles on "bird 

 slaughter" topics intended to appear 

 last week and referred to on the edi- 

 torial page, were inadvertently omit- 

 ted. Our readers will find them both 

 in this issue. 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS. 



N'ow that the rush of spring sales 

 aTid planting is about over, give atten- 

 tion as much as possible to the growth 

 and thorough development of all kinds 

 ot stock for fall, winter and spring 

 use. Cultivate the soil wherein violets 

 are planted; do the same with carna- 

 tion ground. Do not wait for the ap- 

 pearance of weeds which do not injure 

 the plants half as much as a hard, 

 cri^sty surface on the soil. Keep the 

 hoes and cultivators going continually. 

 Keraember that over-production is not 

 as much the cause of poor returns as 

 poorly grown stock. 



AntiiThinums are corcmon when 

 grown in a common sort of way, but 

 when they are produced with spikes 

 a yard long the commonness is not 

 much in evidence. Take cuttings now 

 of good kinds and root them, keeping 

 them growing right along; or if you 

 want to risk growing the plants that 

 are in flats now from seed sown in 

 the spring put up as many as are re- 

 quired. It will also do to lift plants 

 that have been planted out in the open 

 some time, but lift them early to in- 

 sure success. 



Well grown primulas and cinerarias 

 bring a fairly remunerative price to 

 the grower, but small, poorly-grown 

 plants are simply examples of wasted 

 time and room. 



Chrysanthemums will now require 

 a great deal of time and constant care; 

 the planting of those varieties that are 

 intended for the main crop should be 

 prosecuted with as little delay as pos- 

 sible. It is a well-known fact that 

 once chrysanthemums get pot-bound 

 they then and there suffer irretriev- 

 ably. They require to be kept grow- 

 ing with fresh material for the roots 

 to enter into. Pot plants of chrysan- 

 themums well grown in every respect 

 are usually fairly profitable. 



Begonia Lorraine, poinsettias and 

 cyclamens are three of the best selling 

 plants. Look well after them all 

 regularly and you will find it much 

 easier than the spasmodic treatment. 



Prosci-astination is an evil more in 

 evidence and more disastrous in its 

 consequences in horticulture than in 

 most other callings. 



Hybrid Perpetual roses growing out- 

 doors will be later than usual in com- 

 ing in to bloom this year. Roses re- 

 spond very generously to good treat- 

 ment when they are rapidly making 

 growth, and from that stage on to the 

 full swelling of the buds. Manure 

 water helps them wonderfully. Give 

 thein a liberal quantity and immedi- 

 ately afterward allow clean water to 

 run on the soil at the roots. Water 

 roses in the late afternoon or early 

 morning. 



Many a gardener's success with fruit 

 has been the means of his ultimate 

 pronounced permanent gcod standing 

 as a craftsman.- Grapes are always 

 or nearly always favorite objects of 

 comment, appreciative or the reverse. 

 Large bunches are ornamental, but it 

 is the size of the beriT, its color and 

 the flavor that make the greatest im- 

 pression on the consumer. 



