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HORTICULTURE 



September 11, 1909 



the final potting should be high enough to allow the 

 water to run off. This is very important. 



The most suitable soil is three parts loam, one of leaf- 

 mold, and one of manure from an exhausted hot bed. 

 This should be kept always moderately moist ; if allowed 

 to become dry or neglected for a day or two the skin of 

 the corni will harden and as soon as water is applied, 

 instead of swelling the corm will split open and decay 

 will follow. As a general rule it has been recommended 

 that cyclamens be grown near the glass but if given 

 abundance of ventilation, which is indispensable at all 

 times, they will grow much better on the benches where 

 it is cooler than when gi-own on shelves near the glass. 

 Frequent syringing is beneficial and a little shade is 

 recommended in July and August. 



Cyclamens, like all other plants, are liable to become 

 infested with red spider, thrips, and green aphides. 

 Syringing them as previously recommended is a good 

 prevention for red spider. Paris green with a little 

 brown sugar diluted in a sufficient quantity of water will 

 keep down thrips if the plant is syringed at weekly in- 

 tervals. The cyclamen mite is claimed to be the most 

 troublesome of all insects and it is blamed for deforming 

 the flowers. This is very doubtful as plants bearing 

 perfect flowers have been grown with what was claimed 



to be the mite running all over them 



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European Horticulture 



SHROPSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The exhibitions of the above which have been held for 

 35 years past are events of considerable importance, and 

 are well patronized by all classes in Shropshire and the 

 adjoining counties. The best of garden productions 

 may be seen at them, exMbitor? being drawn from far 

 and near, induced to enter the lists by the large amounts 

 of the prizes offered by the society. The grape class is 

 always well filled, but this year the exhibits were not so 

 fine as usual, excepting those of Madresfield Court va- 

 riety. In the class for twelve bunches in four or more 

 distinct varieties, the winner of the first prize was J. H. 

 Goodacre, gardener to Earl of Harrington, Elvaston Cas- 

 tle. This gardener was likewise the winner of the first 

 prize for a decorated fruit table, viz., a champion cup 

 of the value of 25 guineas, 20 pounds in cash and the 

 gold medal of the society. Mr. Gibson, gardener to the 

 Duke of Portland, with an almost equally excellent dis- 

 play was awarded the second prize. 



Plants at this show are divided in miscellaneous plants 

 in or out of flower, and plants possessing foliage of an 

 ornamental character. The space allotted to each ex- 

 hibitor was 250 sq. feet. In the flowering plant section 

 Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons took the first prize. The fin- 

 est group of decorative foliage plants was shown by 

 Sir 6. Kenrick. The highest prize for a specimen plant 

 was awarded to J. Cypher & Son for a remarkable Sta- 

 tice profusa of an extra large size, and well furnished 

 with flowers. Sweet peas were to be arranged in 



glasses on a space of 3l^ x 4 ft. There were twelve com- 

 petitors. Henry Eckford's class for eighteen varieties of 

 his raising, the groups to occupy 3 1/2^6 ft. brought 

 much competition; and Mr. Aitken, gardener at Erddig 

 Park, was first, his collection including King Edward 

 VII, Queen Victoria, Etta Dyke, H. Eckford, Evelyn 

 Hemus, St. George, Mid Blue, Othello, Bobby K., etc., 

 roses, carnations, dahlias, miscellaneous border flow- 

 ers and vegetables, formed a considerable portion of the 

 show and were not those least thought of by the country 

 folk who flocked to the show ground. 



A SPECIAL ROSE SHOW 



The.firm of Messrs. A. Weber & Co., Wiesbaden, insti- 

 tuted a display of roses which for artistic effect would be 

 difficult to exceed ; and for the benefit of the readers of 

 Horticulture is certainly very worthy of being briefly 

 described. The main features consisted of two domed 

 pavilions of light construction in wood, and standing 

 on a raised base or platform, apparently about 30 yards 

 apart, but connected by a wooden pergola for that dis- 

 tance. A pleasing and distinct feature in regard to 

 these pavilions was that strong plants of climbing roses 

 in tubs were trained over the exteriors of the domes so 

 as to completely cover them with foliage and flowers. 

 The varieties consisted of LeucJttstern in the lower parts, 

 and Thalia and Schneewilchen at the top. At breast- 

 height Madame Norbert Levavasseur planted in tubs was 

 trained at the back, an arrangement which gave an ad- 

 mirable finish and background to the whole. In the 

 middle stood a charmingly arranged breakfast table with 

 glasses filled with flowering sprays of WiUmm Allen 

 Richardson. The pavilions also contained artistic ob- 

 jects of the florist's art, there being in one of them a 

 great vase embedded in moss and filled with Enchantress 

 carnations; and in the other pavilion cut flower spikes 

 of delphiniums with Kaiserin roses. The exhibition 

 tables standing between the pavilions were filled with 

 an abundant assortment of cut blooms of all classes of 

 roses. Each exhibition glass contained 8 to 12 choice 

 blooms. The design of the wooden pergola which gave 

 such a harmonious tone to the whole originated with the 

 architect Herrn Kurt Hoppe. As so seldom happens, 

 gardener and artist in this ease understood how to work 

 in ideal harmony with each other. — Die Gartenwelt. 



ESSEN 



A memorial to the late town garden director Stefen 

 has been erected by numbers of tlie friends of the de- 

 ceased in a retired spot, on the banks of the grand lake 

 in the town garden at Essen. The memorial consists of 

 a large block of granite to which a bronze plate with a 

 successful portrait of Stefen has been fixed. The mon- 

 ument is flanked by prettily grouped smaller blocks of 

 stone. 



PRAGUE 



The Central Confederation of Bohemian Gardeners 

 has stated that in 1910 an agricultural, horticultural 

 and fruit exhibition will be liold in Prague. The exhi- 

 i^ition will surround the upper portion of the Prague ex- 

 hibition area with buildings ; and a good picture will be 

 presented of the present condition of gardening and 

 fruit culture in Bohemia. Special sections will be set 

 apart for Art, Science and Instruction. The estimate 

 of cost comes to 105,000 kronen; and the disposable area 

 is about 40,000 sq. metres. 



