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HORTICULTURE 



October 16, 1909 



of the valley, by Schiller; centre piece, 

 fern dish filled with orchids and lily 

 of the valley, by Erinkerhoff; cross 

 of boxwood foliage with cluster of or- 

 chids and lily of the valley and square 

 base of American Beauty and white 

 ro.ses and lily of the valley, by Schil- 

 ler; urn — body of bronze galax, cluster 

 of violets and lily of the valley, han- 

 dles of red roses, American Beauty 

 in top and whita chrysanthemums in 

 b£se, also by Schiller. 



The gate receipts were over $17,000 

 in excess of last year. 



NARCISSUS J. B. M. CAMM. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



A few words regarding the new 

 section (Sec. C) added to our premium 

 list may not be out of place, inas- 

 much as it may not be altogther clear 

 to all of your readers. 



In Section B there are separate 

 classes for each of all the leading 

 varieties, so that no variety is obliged 

 to compete with other varieties. None 

 of the new comers were included in 

 this list for obvious reasons, and if 

 one of them wished to compete, it had 

 to compete in the classes provided for 

 any variety in its color, not named in 

 the list. This put these varieties in 

 exactly the position which was con- 

 sidered unjust in the older standby. 



Now there is no denying the fact 

 that the new varieties are the most 

 interesting part of the whole show, 

 and they should be encouraged in 

 every possible way. The only relief 

 from the above conditions was for the 

 disseminator to offer a special prize, 

 which was very frequently done, 

 though not always. So now in order 

 to bring the matter down to more of 

 a system and to give the new vari- 

 eties the prominence they deserve, we 

 have made a separate section for them 

 and a separate class for each variety. 



The premiums will be uniform, 

 $6.00 for 1st, $4.00 for 2nd; 50 blooms 

 to be shown, as in Sec. B. It is 

 stipulated, however, the dissemin- 

 ator K)ust pay tor the two premiums 

 and he must agree to do so before 

 his variety is included in the list. 



This seems perfectly just to us, be- 

 cause any man who disseminates a 

 variety ought to be willing to back it 

 up to that extent the first year it is 

 on the market. If the variety "makes 

 good" it is put into Sec. B next year. 



Several of the novelties of last sea- 

 son have already been put into this 

 list, and it is hoped that all those 

 who sent out varieties last year will 

 come forward and "stick in" their 

 pets. A. F. J. Baur, Sec. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



In the v^eitch collection at the ex- 

 hibition of September 28 were some 

 fruits not yet in general cultivation. 

 The new apple. Rev. W. Wilks, named 

 after the secretary of the Society, was 

 observed in several examples. It is a 

 large, handsome fruit of slightly coni- 

 cal shape, and was borne in numbers 

 of two to five on trees grafted in March 

 last year. 



Among the novelties in Paul & Sons' 

 display were a golden variegated Lir- 

 iodendron, Quercus magniflca, Co- 

 toneaster nummularia having purple- 

 colored fruits; Catalpa Bignonoides 

 purpurea, this purple tint being only 

 visible in the leaf stalks, and the rind 

 of the young shoots. 



Carnations of the winter flowering 



Here is one of the most graceful 

 narcissi which, now that its price has 

 got down to a moderate limit should 



be much more widely disseminated. 

 The trumpet is rich yellow changing 

 to creamy yellow and the perianth is 

 white. The flower has great substance. 



or hybrid perpetual class were staged 

 by Messrs. Cutbush & Son. I noted 

 among them Mrs. Joe Wright, a pink, 

 picotee-edged flower, that should have 

 a future: Lady Millar, a blusu Mal- 

 maison, having several fine points, as 

 has likewise Mrs. Rob. Norman, and 

 C. H. Curtis, a nice bloom of a scarlet 

 color. 



F. Sander & Sons were exhibitors of 

 a small lot of Laelio-cattleyas of dis- 

 tinct forms or of new colors, of which 

 mention may be made of L. c. Walter 

 Gott=C. bicolor and L.-c. Bletchleyen- 

 sis. Charleswoith & Co. staged a plant 

 of Cattleya Mrs. Pitt superba=C. Har- 

 risoniae x C. aurea. a showy and 

 pleasing novelty. An Award of Merit 

 was made to this variety. A similar 

 award was made to Cattleya Basil=C. 

 Enid X C. Mantinii. Other pretty va- 

 rieties were Sophro-cattleya Nestor 

 aurifera, Cattleya Vulcan superba=C. 

 Mossiae x C. Schilleriana, a striking 

 novelty, flowers 8 inches in total 

 width. 



Messrs. Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill, 

 Middlesex, showed Cattleya Rhoda 

 conspicua^Cattlej a Iris X C. Hardy- 

 ana,, Cycnoches maculata, a plant 

 having two long racemes of yellow 

 ■lowers spotted with purple; Cypripe- 

 dium Maratonae, a flower with a lip 

 of greenish-brown, and dorsal sepal 

 with a white margin at the tipper part. 



J. Veitch & Sons were awarded a 

 Botanical Cc tificate for Disa polygo- 

 noides, an Australian species having 

 (lower stems 1 1-2 and 2 feet high, 

 bearing minute oiange and yellow 

 flowers. 



Lieut. -Col. Holford showed Laelio- 

 cattleya-Pizarro, the flowers oif which 

 are of an extremely rich orange color, 

 and the lip purple. The full width of 

 a bloom was 7 Inches. First-class Cer- 

 tificate. He also showed Laelio-cat- 

 tleya Golden Fleece, a flower with 

 orange-colored sepals and petals, the 

 lip orange lined with purple. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



INCORPORATED. 



Walla Walla, Wash.— Walla Walla 

 Floral Co., by Jas. Wait, F. E. Mojon- 

 nier and H. H. Curr. Capital stock, 

 $50,000. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — Lenox Flower Shop 

 has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $4,000 by J. Rowland Clouds- 

 ley. Edward H. Altman of Buffalo, and 

 others. 



Memphis, Tenn. — Italian Seed Com- 

 pany. Capital stock, $5,000. 



Notice the bulb offer of James Vick's 

 Sons in this issue. It's "a cinch." 



We Declare 



-APHINE- 



To be the most effective insecticide, on 

 the market today, fur the destruction of 

 all Qreenhouse pests. 



It kills the insects without the slightest 

 injury to flower or foliage. 



These assertions are based on expert 

 tests made oy urquestionatle authori'ies. 



Aphine can be applied as a spray — 

 wash — or dipping solution — It is used 

 at the average strength of i part Aphine 

 to 40 parts water. 



$2.50 per gallon. 



George E. Talmadge, Inc. 



MADISON, N. J. 



le O EMI I« JS 



RUTHERFORD, N. J„ 



PHOENIX and KENTIAS 



