October 12, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



367 



The Garden Magazine offers its Sil- 

 ver Achievement Medal for the best 

 exhibit in the show; bush chryanthe- 

 raum plants are not eligible for this 

 prize. 



Schedules are now ready for dis- 

 tribution, and will be sent on applica- 

 tion to the secretary, George V. Nash, 

 Mansion, New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Secy. 



HYBRID LAELIO— CATTLEYA LIB- 

 ERTY. 



The beautiful orchid which fur- 

 nishes the subject for our cover page 

 illustration this week is one of the 

 $10,000 collection in the posses.sion of 

 the Julius Roehrs Company at Ruther- 

 ford, N. J. The collection consists of 

 one hundred plants, all very rare 

 which has taken many years to gather 

 together. In It are included species of 

 the best forms and color, and hybrids 

 made from the species in this collec- 

 tion. A few of the varieties are Cat- 

 tleya Trianse var. The President, 

 Cattleya Golden King, Cattleya Per- 

 civaliana var. Gen. Pershing, Cattleya 

 Hardyana Rutherford. In fact every 

 plant is of the highest order. 



The photograph shows the form of 

 the flower of Laelio-Cattleya Liberty. 

 But the color must be seen to be ap- 

 preciated. The whole flower except 

 the labellum is rich yellow. The throat 

 of the labellum is bronzy red with ra- 

 diating orange, yellow veinings open- 

 ing out to a full deep pink lip. 



Messrs. Roehrs have about 15,000 

 seedling Cattleyas and l»lio-cattleyas 

 four to five years old, and innu- 

 merable thousands, one, two or three 

 years old and it is to be expected that 

 they will flower some wonders in the 

 near future. 



Mr. Edward Roehrs has compiled a 

 complete list of all hybrids including 

 cattleyas, laelio-cattleyas brasso-cattle- 

 yas and brasso-laelio-cattleyas up to 

 date — July, 1918 — and if any grower 

 should flower a new hybrid he can and 

 glady will inform him whether a simi- 

 lar cross has been flowered or not, 

 named or not named. This collection 

 is becoming more and more interesting 

 every day. 



The following genealogical informa- 

 tion regarding the origin of Lselio-Cat- 

 tleya Liberty will be of interest to our 

 orchid experts: 



Laelia Cattleya Liberty 

 Cat. Dowiana x Lalio x autbina 

 <'. Bii'olor X C. Dowiana 



L. C. Ophir x C. Dmviana 

 «'. Iris L. C. Tliyoiie 



L. C. Liberty 



CONFERENCE ON NURSERY IM- 

 PORT REGULATIONS 



In my circular letter of August 29 

 accompanying the proposed revision of 

 the Rules and Regulations governing 

 the importation of Nursery Stock, 

 Plants, and Seeds into the United 

 States, it was suggested that it might 

 be advisable to call a conference for 

 the discussion of the proposed regu- 

 lations as outlined in that letter. In 

 order to give ample opportunity for 

 the presentation and discussion of any 

 reasonable objections that may be 

 made to these proposed regulations, 

 the Board calls a conference for their 

 final consideration at the Department 

 of Agriculture, Room 11, Federal 

 Horticultural Board, Washington, D. 

 C, at ten o'clock a. m., October 18, 

 1918. All interested parties are in- 

 vited to attend this conference. 

 Yours very truly, 



C. L M.VKLETT, 



Chairman of Board. 



LIST OF PREMIUMS WON AT 

 MICHELL'S EXHIBIT, PHIL- 

 ADELPHIA. 



Potatoes — 1st, David R. Aiken, Rose- 

 mont. Pa.; 2nd, John Park, Sharon 

 Hill, Pa. 



Tomatoes— 1st, David R. Aiken; 

 2nd, Wni. S. Ellis, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; 

 3rd, Robt. J. .Morrow, Chestnut Hill, 

 Pa. 



Carrots — 1st, David R. Aiken; 2nd. 

 Hobt. .1. Morrow. 



Beets— 1st, Wm. S. Ellis; 2nd, 

 David R. Aiken. 



Lettuce— 1st, Wm. S. Ellis. 



Onions— 1st, Wm. S. Ellis; 2nd, Da- 

 vid R. Aiken. 



Egg Plants — 1st, David R. Aiken. 



Sugar Corn — 1st, David R. Aiken; 

 2nd, Wm. S. Ellis. 



White Double Dahlias — 1st, Robt. J. 

 Morrow. 



Yellow Double Dahlias— 1st, Robt. 

 J. Morrow; 2nd, James Fox, Wyncote, 

 Fa. 



Pink Double Dahlias — 1st, Mrs. 

 Louis Xeilson, St. David's, Pa.; 2nd, 

 Robt. J. Morrow. 



Any Color Dahlias — 1st, Mrs. Louis 

 Neilson, St. David's, Pa.; 2nd, Wm. 

 Robertson, Jenkintown, Pa. 



Double Mixed Dahlias — 1st, J. M. 

 Root, Jr., CoUingswood, N. J.; 2nd, 

 Mrs. Louis Neilson, St. David's, Pa. 



Best Vases Mixed Hardy Flowers — 

 1st, David R. Aiken; 2nd, Mrs. Louis 

 Neilson. 



Single Mixed Dahlias — 1st, James 

 P'ox, Wyncote, Pa. 



Vase Cactus Dahlias — 1st, Mrs. 

 Louis Neilson; 2nd, Robt. J. Morrow. 



Sno-^M^ Qu^^n ^^nna 



Awarded Certificate o( Merit at 8. A. 



F. & O. H. New York Convention. And 



100 other notable klndB. Always aak for 



SH'ASTIKA BRAND CANNA8. 



Tlier«ONARD & jTE"! WEST GROVE 

 V/JONESCO. i 31 I PENN.,U.S.A. 



Kofcvt PrU, Trm. AalolMa Wl>cu>, TiM-Pns. 



JfV Mr£ subtcribtrs tt tht Nurstrymtn i Fund 



ftr Marktt DivelofimtHt 



CHARLES H. TOTTY 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 IN/IA^DISOIM, IM. J. 



BOBBINK & ATKINS 



NURSBiYMEN, FLORISTS. PLANTERS 



RUTHERFORD. NEW JERSEY 



We are sabscribers to the Nnrserymen't 

 Fund for Market Development, also "SaT* 

 It With Flowers" Publicity Campaign. 



NURSERY STOCK 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 



Small Fruits, Clematis. Evergrreens 



and Roses. 



Write for Trade List 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, Geniva, N. T. 



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HOLLAND NURSERIES 



BKST HABDT BHODODEXDBOXB, 

 AZAXEAS, OONIIXB8, CL,E11ATIB, 

 H. P. B08ES, SHBUBS AND HKB- 

 BACEOTT8 FLAMTB. 



P. OUWERKERK, 



lis lini Strut Wiitnliii liltlls 

 f. g. U I RiMm. II. 1. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



ELMER D. SMITH & CO. 



ADRIAN, MICH. 



REIRIM S 



Bench grown stock ready for bIi and eight 

 inch pots — price 35c. and 50c. — rarleties 

 BOSTONS, BOOSEVELTS, WHITMANII 

 and TEDDY, JR. 



H. H. BARROWS, Whitman, Mass. 



Vase Gladiolus — 1st, David R. 

 Aiken; 2nd, Wm. Robertson. 



Dahlia, "Mrs. H. B. Rosengarten" — 

 1st, Mrs. Louis Xeilson. 



Dahlia, "Gypsy" — 1st, Mrs. Louis 

 -Veilson. 



Best Collection Vegetables, Ten Va- 

 rieties — 1st, David R. Aiken; 2nd, 

 .John Park. 



The American Dahlia Society wilt 

 have a meeting at the Hotel Grand, 

 New York city, on Nov. 6, this being 

 the date for the chrysanthemum show 

 of the American Institute and tho 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America. 



