July 27. 1918 



HORTICULTUEE 



83 



THE PEONY EXHIBIT OF GEO. N. SMITH. WELLESLEY HILLS. MASS. 



PEONY MULTIPLICATION 



Editor of Hortrtlture: 



Dear Sir: — On page 641 of the June 

 29th number of your valued magazine 

 is the following comment by Rev. C. S. 

 Harrison on Peonies, Richard Carvel 

 and Karl Rosenfield. "Richard Carvel 

 is a resplendent red of glistening 

 beauty. I had six planted late last 

 fall and every one of them bloomed 

 this spring. . . Karl Roosenfield took 

 six years to produce one decent flower. 

 It had six roots in six years. . . . 

 Richard Carvel in the same time had 

 eighteen roots." Now, Jlr. Editor, I 

 agree with the above as to Richard 

 Carvel except that in six years one 

 root should multiply so as to produce 

 at least seventy-five. But what was 

 the matter with his Karl Rosenfield? 

 A committee. of the American Peony 

 Society, consisting of Messrs. Leon D. 

 Batchelor, B. H. Farr and Joseph 

 Dauphin, describe it as follows, "Size, 

 large to very large — growth, strong 

 and healtliy — blooming habit free — 

 one of the best crimson varieties in 

 the trade." Six roots from one in six 

 years? 



In the fall of 1912 I secured two 

 roots and have been disposing of some 

 from time to time and yet this fall — 

 just six years — I will be able to divide 

 so as to make at least one hundred 

 good-sized roots. 



One decent bloom in six years? Last 

 month I had good blooms on divisions 

 planted last September, and on two- 

 year plants had five and six splendid 

 flowers and was offered ten dollars 

 each for five plants. On young plants, 

 Richard Carvel will undoubtedly pro- 

 duce more flowers and is desirable 



because of its earliness, but as a rapid 

 propagator it will have to "go some" 

 to keep up with Karl Rosenfield. and 

 as to quality of bloom — well. Mr. Ed- 



GIVINGTHE NEW EMPLOYEE 

 A WELCOME 



When you go into a country 

 or a strange place you are grate- 

 ful to the man who extends to 

 you the hand of fellowship, to 

 the one who makes you feel at 

 home. 



Remember the new employees 

 on the job. They are strangers 

 within our gates. Especially at 

 this time when we are increas- 

 ing our force are w-e afforded an 

 opportunity of showing new em- 

 ployes that we are interested in 

 them and that we are anxious 

 for them to be satisfied. A little 

 effort on your part can make the 

 newcomers feel at home and will 

 show them the feeling of co- 

 operation you have helped to 

 build up. You can do more in 

 five minutes to establish the 

 right spirit while their impres- 

 sions are forming than you can 

 in many days after they have 

 formed their opinions of you and 

 your company. 



In case the newcomers are 

 foreigners, there is even greater 

 obligation to treat them as 

 guests, and make them feel wel- 

 come. 



rt is the privilege of every 

 American at this time to make 

 the strangers from other lands 

 feel that we appreciate their 

 help in winning this war. 



Treat them with the same 

 courtesy and kindness that you 

 would desire if you were a 

 stranger in a foreign country. 



Your personal contact with 

 foreign fellow-workers can help 

 to unite all races in America to 

 win this war. 



itor. come out here next June and see 

 them both. 



The object of the above is not to 

 start a controversy but to do justice 

 to "One of the best crimson varieties 

 in the trade." 



Yours very truly, 



Geo. N. Smith. 

 M'ellesleij Hills. Mass. 



TRAINED MEN NEEDED. 



On account of the great number 

 called into different forms of service, 

 the demand for men trained as land- 

 scape architects, particularly in the 

 field of City Planning, already far ex- 

 ceeds the number of men available. 

 These needs are clearly increasing, 

 and will continue to increase not only 

 during the war but also during the 

 following period of reconstruction. 

 This reconstruction is recognized as 

 involving both the rebuilding of 

 destroyed communities and the de- 

 velopment and reorganization on an 

 unprecedented scale of areas inten- 

 sively occupied in their relation to 

 state and nation. To meet these 

 needs now by the immediate training 

 of men fitted to participate in this 

 exceptional public service, it is of the 

 I'ltmost importance that properly 

 qualified men should offer themselves 

 for this training. 



The opportunities and facilities at 

 the Harvard School of Landscape 

 Architecture are described in a 

 pamphlet which is being mailed and 

 copies of which may be obtained and 

 other information gained by address- 

 ing Professor J. S. Pray, Chairman of 

 the School of Landscape Architecture, 

 50 Garden Street, Cambridge, Mass. 



