THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



703 



A MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION. ^ 



To tli-e Editor Gakuk.vek.-;" Cuko.n'ici.e oi' A.mekic.\: 

 Madison, X. J. 



Mv De.vr Sir : I would like to sav how much I appre- 

 ciate the kindness and synii)ath\ which I experienced 

 while visiting- America. More especially from the busy 

 professional .i.;ardener, and to express my sense of admira- 

 tion fiir all the wonderful glass-house gardening that I 

 have seen, the advance in rose growing in winter being 

 I)articularly noticeable, the old friends of eight years ago 

 having been almost superseded by newer, stouter and 

 more floriferous varieties. One outcome of my visit will 

 be, I venture to hope, a closer knitting together of the 

 amateur and professional by the establishment of an in- 

 ternational garden club, with headquarters in Xew York, 

 holding frequent small shows of new or interesting plants, 

 with a horticultural library. An organization which will 

 help all other existing societies, and where all grades of 

 gardeners. ])rofessional and amateur, will be welcome. 

 Each needs the other to fully develo]) the spirit of gar- 

 dening. How often do we see a beautiful designed gar- 

 den spoiled because the architect has not sufficient knowl- 

 edge of the requirements of the plants to be grown therein 

 and has not cared to consult the gardener — or, again, we 

 may see a garden where the cultural conditions are of the 

 finest, but where a better sense of color proportion might 

 have been brought out had the lady of the house given 

 half an hour to a consultation with her gardener, w'hen 

 her keener sense of color and contrast would have made 

 all the difference in the world to him and would, as my 

 experience tells me, have been greatly appreciated. 



Our R. H. S. fortnightly shows have done more than 

 anything else to advance horticulture in England, by 

 bringing the nurseryman and his plants into direct con- 

 tact with gardener and owner, and in a way that no cata- 

 logue or advertisement could ever do. Our rapidl>' in- 

 creasing membership of over 9,000 and the congested 

 state of an immense hall from 12 to 5 each fortnight is 

 an evidence of this. Also the enormous crowds at the 

 great summer shows held at Chelsea and Holland House. 



I am glad to see that some .\merican horticulturists are 

 taking an interest in what we are so keen for in England 

 — herbaceous plants and rock plants. I happen to know 

 that one of four big men spent a good many hours re- 

 cently at Kew taking the names of all the rock plants, 

 with a view of introducing those not already known in 

 America. And while I am fully sensible of the admirable 

 horticultural work done by the few, I cannot but long for 

 the time when every one in .\merica will want a garden 

 and when all the wasted spaces around the small houses 

 will l)loom and blossom as an English cottage garden. 

 The time is ripe — every one is waking up to the need for 

 more beauty, and it is "up to" the horticulturists of 

 America now, either to advance this awakening among 

 the millions or to remain a "clo.se borough," improving 

 and specializing only among the flowers for the wealthy. 



Wishing that I could have the privilege of .seeing your 

 great show of greenhouse flowers in March ( 1 cannot re- 

 turn to .\merica till May I. believe me. yours very truly, 



.\l-ICE M.\KTIXE.\U. 



Hurst Gmrt. l.avford, r.erkshire. I'jigland. 



The Service Bureau of the National 

 Association of Gardeners 



I.-, maintiiincd lor tlic pmp.K.- of providing oiiporlunitics li>r efficient 

 and ambitious men cng.igiMl in the profession of gardening. 

 This department of the .Association is at the disposal of those who 

 may require tlie services of capable superintcnclents. gardeners or 

 assistant gardeners. .\ddr<-ss 



M. C. EBEL, Sec'y. 



Xatioiial A~...(i,ili,.i. nf Car.kiu-r-. 



Madison, N. J. 



EXHIBITION OF THE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 



The regular monthly exhibition of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York was held in the American Museum 

 of Xatural History, Central Park West and 77th street 

 on .Saturday, Jaiuiary 17, from 2 to 5 in the afternoon. 



The schedule provided premiums for blooming Orchid 

 ]jlants. cut blooms of Orchids, Carnations and Sweet 

 Peas. The exhibition, though not large, was noteworthy 

 for the high quality of plants and blooms which were 

 staged, and was deserving of the fairly large attend- 

 ance. The awards were as follows: 



oitCIlID.S : I-OK XOX-IOMMERCIAL liKOWEHS. 



One Cattlcyn IMant in Bloom: 1, Clement ^Mooie, Hackcnsack, 

 X. .T. (.1. R. Jlossnian, saidener). 



One Cypripediiim Plant in Bloom: 1, Mrs. H. T. Pratt, Brooklvn, 

 X. Y. (A. .T. Manda. gardener) ; 2, C. S. Roehliug, Trenton, N.' J. 

 (James W. Ooodier, gardener). 



One Plant of any otlicr Orchid in Bloom: 1. C. S. Roeblins : 2. 

 Mrs. H. T. Pratt. 



One Hybrid Orchid I'lant in Bloom : 1, Clement Moore : 2. C. S. 

 Roebling. 



("ollectioii of Cut Orchids: 1. C. S. Roebling; 2, Clement Sfoore. 



Collection of Cut Cypripediums : ], C. S. Roebling. 

 CAK.\.vnOX.S : XOX-CO.AfMERCIAI, fiROWERS. 



Three yases. 8 kinds, 12 Howers each : 1. S. Untermeyer. Yonkers, 

 X'. Y. (W. H. W'aite, gardener) ; 2, Miss C. A. Bliss, Xew Canaan, 

 Conn. (,T. T. Btinis. gardener). 



Vase of 12 Scarlet: 1. Miss C. .\. Bliss; 2. S. t'ntenne.ver. 



Vase of 12 Wiiisor Shade: 1. Miss C. A. Bliss: 2, s! Uuler- 

 meyer. 



Vase of 12 Enchantress Shade: 1, Miss C. A. Bliss: 2, AdolpU 

 I.iewisohn (.Tohn Ouning. gardeners 



Vase of 12 Crimson : 1. .T. B. Macdonald ( R. Hughes, gardener) ; 

 2. Miss C. A. Bliss. 



Vase of 12 Law.son Shade; 1. S. Untermeyer: 2, Miss C. A. 

 Bliss. 



Vase of 12 Variegated : 1, Miss C. A. Bliss ; 2. S. Untermeyer. 



Va.se of 12 While: 1. A. Le\yisohn : 2, Miss C. A. Bliss. 



Vase of 50 blooms arranged for effect", any foliage permitted : 1, 

 Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mamaroueck, X. Y". (.James Stuart, gar- 

 dener) ; 2. S. Untermeyer. 



SWEET PEAS : FOR NOX-COMMER( lAI, OROWERS. 



^'ase of 100 Sprays, in yariety : 1, Adolpli Uewisohn. 



Three vases, three varieties, 2.5 blooms of each variety : 1, .\dolpb 

 Lewisohn : 2, Miss C. A. Bliss. 



SPECIAL PREMIUMS. 



To Clement Moore, for one plant of Cattleya Raefelii var. 

 Clement Moore, for one plant of Cattleya Triana. BackUousiaua. 

 var. Clement Moore. 



To .Vdolph l.cwisohn. for two plants of Geranium, Dagata. 



To .\. X. Picf.'^on Co.. Inc., Cromwell Co., for new Rose, Had- 

 ley. 



To l.a^cr & Hunell. Summit. X'. .1., for a collection of cut 

 Orchid blooms. 



To Mrs. .1. P.. Trevor (Howard Xicliols. gardener), for Lilium 

 Specicisum. 



DIPLOMA. 



To .Max Schliug. 22 West .">'.>th street. Xew York City, for basket 

 and two hou(iuets of (lowers. 



.\ meeting of the societx' was held at 3 :45 |i. m. and a 

 lecture bv b'dward Jenkins on Sweet Peas was delivered 



at 4 p. m. 



IN AND AROUND BOSTON. 



The landscape gardening class of the (iardeiiers' and 

 Florists' Club of I'loston meets each Monday evening at 

 Horticultural Hall. There are two teachers, Messrs. R. 

 W. Aklrich and Paul R. Smith, both of whom are with 

 one of the most noted landscape architects in Boston. 

 There are 24 pupils. This is the fifth season, jirivate gar- 

 deners and their assistants, nurserymen, florists and 

 seedsmen lieing included among the pupils. In addition 

 to the drawing of plans, studying elevations, reading 

 plans, etc., a number of lectures have already been given 

 hv C. E. K. Eraser on "Road Construction and Drain- 

 age" : F. I*". Palmer, on "Dynamite as an .\id in Plant- 

 ing Trees." and C. \'an dcr \"oet, of the .\rnold .Arbor- 

 etum, on "The Proper Planting of Trees and Shrubs." 



