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HORTICULTURE 



June 1, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF LONDON. 



At the R. H. S. show, May 14th, the 

 hall was well filled, as not only the 

 usual trade exhibitors were showing 

 but there was a good display from pri- 

 vate gardens, herbaceous perennials 

 being predominant. From Mr. Prince, 

 gardener to the Marquis of Salisbury, 

 came very fine forced strawberries, 

 Laxton's Royal Sovereign, and the 

 only other fruit, — if such it may be 

 called, — was a gallon of peas from 

 Sutton & Son, "World's Record", and 

 two more sorts, all of merit, and fit 

 for immediate use, carrying 6 to 7 

 peas in a pod, while Hobday's giant 

 rhubarb was shown forced by the 

 raiser in good condition and over four 

 feet long, though stout. On entering 

 the hall. Cottage and Darwin tulips 

 proved the leading objects, Peter 

 Barr, Wallace & Co., Alex. Dickson 

 & Sons and Ware putting up grand 

 lots in which the darkest seem to be 

 Frau Angela and Zulu, almost black. 

 Novelties were not many — probably 

 reserved for the grand Temple show 

 on the 2Sth et seg. 



The Veitch Group. 



Veitch & Son showed a fine old 

 plant in Hydrangea arborea, tlje 

 flowers of which are produced in small 

 round trusses, and in great profusion, 

 also H. hortensis Mandschurica and 

 the graceful paniculata grandiflora, 

 but their cynosure was tall, densely- 

 flowered trees of the fine double 

 cherry J. H. Veitch, while the light 

 and cheerful Pyrus malus Sche- 

 deckeri was on view as a well-done 

 pyramid of blossom. Forced azaleas 

 made a showy foreground to the 

 group, Anthony Koster and Conseil 

 Ceresole being very fine. They had a 

 neat specimen of the double A. rosae- 

 flora, a very old kind, and also of the 

 new Indica Baron Kd. de Rothschild. 



Alpine Plants. 

 Mr. James Douglas had a table to 

 himself which he well filled with his 

 specialty alpine and show auriculas, 

 while at the end he had three large 

 plants of the giant forget-me-not 

 (Myosotidium nobile) like blue mega- 

 sias; these having been grown in his 

 cool dry pits, where he does his auri- 

 culas. Amos Perry had fine examples 

 of . the Dropmore Auchusa Italica, 

 which is a great advance on the type 

 in habit and size of flower, also cut 

 pieces of the fine Euphorbia Wulfeni, 

 and a vase of Phlox Canadensis, 

 Perry's var. On this the tired eye 

 could rest from the view of masses 

 of the fine golden globe flower, Trol- 

 lius asiaticus and Fortunei fl. pi. He 

 also showed a fine dwarf and vigorous 

 yellow lupine, Thermopsis rhomboides. 

 Orobus varius and the brilliant Geum 

 miniatum, and two pretty hybrid Iris 

 pumila. Princess Blanche and Princess 

 Louise, with a mass of the useful rock 

 plant Ledum palustre, Tiarella cordi- 

 folia and Pentstemon Menziesi. I. C. 

 van Tubergen again put up an exhibit 

 of hybrid Iris regelio cyclus, all much 

 resembling Susiana, the seed parent, 



and no gain except from the botanists' 

 point of view. 



Some Orchids. 

 In marked contrast to these was a 

 fine piece of the brilliant Masdevallia 

 Veitchi. Orchids were again numer- 

 ous. Low's cattleyas and laelias, 

 odontoglossum Rossi and Cypripedi- 

 um grande striatum standing out well 

 above the rest. A corner was filled 

 with Salvia splendens var. Zurich, by 

 H. B. May, who also had verbenas in 

 pots — all of the Miss Willmot type. 

 King of Scarlets being a fine new 

 crimson. Barr's bank of Alpines in per- 

 ennials contained a good many inter- 

 esting novelties — Ramondia Nathalia 

 and serbica being lovely, 'also Viola 

 pedata tricolor and Primula farinosa. 



Trees and Shrubs. 

 George Paul put up a splendid lot 

 of cut flowering trees and shrubs. 

 Amelanchier Asiatica, a very fine early 

 thing, Daphyphyllum, a good evergreen 

 shrub with white daphne-like inflores- 

 cence, and Azalea High Beech, scarlet, 

 of the Ghent race were grand, while 

 Corchorus grandiflora fl. pi. is a su- 

 perb double kerria. Geo. Bunyard & 

 Co. Maidstone had quite a representa- 

 tive collection of lilacs (Syringa) 

 Lemoiui fl. pi.. Madam A. Chatenay, 

 President Grevy, Mdm. Casimir Per- 

 rier and Souvenir de Spaethe, being 

 most notable. Photomagensis alba 

 should prove an admirable kind for 

 the florists and would doubtless be 

 quite white from the close atmos- 

 phere of the forcing pit. This flrm 

 had also a beautiful lot of Primula 

 Sieboldi in all varieties. 



Some Fine Groups. 



J. Veitch & Son again staged Kalan- 

 chroe flammea Kewensis and Felt- 

 hamensis and some lovely Phyllocacti 

 Agathea Bpirus and Admiration, of 

 lovely soft tints, and their EJxacum 

 macranthum and fine named cannas, 

 besides some excellent carnations, in- 

 cluding Gov. Roosevelt, Mrs. H. Bur- 

 net, Lady Bountiful and the fine white 

 La Belle. Their strain of Schyzanthus 

 grand, hybrida is much more highly 

 colored than Wisetonensis, and of 

 compact pyramidal habit. A few 

 plants of Calla Elliottiana stood up 

 above, while specimens of Nephrole- 

 pis exaltatum superbum and Whitma- 

 ni made a fine base to the group. Gil- 

 bert & Son, specialists in this showy 

 genus, had Anemone fulgens oculata 

 gigantea, King of Scarlets and the 

 pure white The Bride and Tulip (Dar- 

 win) Glow, brighter than any of the 

 Gesneriana species. F. Dutton showed 

 carnations Robt. Craig, Christmas 

 Eve, Lieut. Peary, and Prosperity 

 with many other leading kinds. Cheal 

 & Son showed cut branches of Ex- 

 ochorda grandiflora. Rhododendron 

 Snowball. Pyrus malus Transceudant 

 and the pretty early broom G. praecox, 

 and Reuthe Keston had the rare 

 Campylocarpum. and Embothrium 

 coccineum, and Rhododendrons (amoe- 

 na) Royali and President Maude. 

 L. R. Russell took a gilt Banksiau 

 medal for his group of forced shrubs 

 and trees, which was formed mainly 

 of azaleas, pyrus and cerasus. 



THOMAS BUNYARD. F. R. H. S. 



May 15, 1907. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



This society held its regular meet- 

 ing on May 20. The principal feature 

 of the evening was an able paper on 

 Herbaceous Plants by W. D. Robert- 

 son. An interesting discussion fol- 

 lowed. Cultural certificates were 

 awarded to W. D. Robertson for a very 

 fine plant of Cattleya gigas, some of 

 the flowers measuring 9 1-2 inches 

 from tip to tip and for a dish of 

 Asparagus Palmetto; to A. Bauer for 

 vase of Gladiolus Augusta. Other ex- 

 hibitors were: A. Greib, vase of Cer- 

 cis canadensis, P. Murray, plant Den- 

 drobium thyrsiflorum. J. Kennedy car- 

 nations, B. Wyckoff, calceolarias, F. 

 Dettliuger, early vegetables. 



The society will hold a rose and 

 strawberry show on June 17. Arrange- 

 ments are nearly completed for the 

 second summer show on July 24 and 

 25. Many of the seedsmen and nur- 

 serymen have donated prizes for it. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting was 

 held on May 25, President McKenzie 

 in the chair. Special premiums for 

 the fall show were received as fol- 

 lows: Mrs. Dana, $20, in books; Rick- 

 ards Bros., $10; W. H. Boune, $5. B. 

 Davis offered a prize of $1 for one 

 best rose at the June meeting. A com- 

 mittee was appointed to express the 

 sympathy of the society to the be- 

 reaved family of John Bingham. Mr. 

 Bingham's loss will be greatly felt by 

 the society. Secretary Johnston read a 

 most interesting paper on the best 

 time to plant evergreens, which was 

 well discussed in an instructive man- 

 ner later. James Holloway presented 

 the society with a handsome ballot 

 box. H. Matz exhibited a splendid 

 white seedling carnation; other ex- 

 hibitors were A. McKenzie, V.' Cleres, 

 F. Mense, J. O'Brien. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



The fourth annual meeting of the 

 society will be held June 18 and 19, 

 1907, at the State College of Agricul- 

 ture, Department of Horticulture, Cor- 

 nell University, Ithaca, N, Y., and all 

 consignments of flowers for exhibition 

 must be so addressed. 



Express charges on all exhibits 

 must be prepaid, and should be so 

 marked on the boxes, as no charges 

 will be paid by the manager of the 

 exhibition. 



The regular business meeting will 

 be held at 3 p. m., an the first day, 

 June 18, at which time the society will 

 be welcomed by either President 

 Schurman or Dean Bailey. 



An address will be made by Mr. J. 

 E. Coit, of the Horticultural Depart- 

 ment, who has had immediate charge 

 of the test collection, and a paper of 

 much value i.s expected. 



Prof. Craig, the chairman of the 

 Nomenclature Committee, will make a 

 report on the progress of the work of 

 that committee, which undoubtedly 

 will be of much interest. 



As the test collection is now in its 

 third year a fine opportunity is pre- 

 sented peony growers for studying the 



