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HORTICULTURE 



October 30, 1909 



TWO FINE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Mrs. A. R. Peacock is a seedling oi 

 Beatrice May which it gi-eatly re- 

 Eembles in form and color, but the 

 foliage is finer and carried right up 

 to the flower. The variety is too early 

 for the shows but will be a welcome 

 addition to the early commercial 

 whites. The flower is twice as large 

 as Virginia Poehlmann or October 

 Frost or any other white, flowering at 

 that season. Exhibited by Chas. H. 

 Totty, it was certificated by the New 

 Yorls Florists' Club, October 11, and by 

 the New York committee of the C. S. 

 A., as "No. 1 Seedling" on October 16, 

 scoring a certificate on both exhibition 

 and commercial scales. Mrs. W. Win- 

 cott, another of Mr. Totty's candidates, 

 Is an improved Mrs. Chamberlain com- 

 ing in right behind Pacific and always 

 producing an evenly colored fiower. It 

 is a dwarf, handsome grower, and while 

 not a large variety it will be widely 

 grown because pink varieties at that 

 season (October 15) are still very 

 scarce. The plants can be grown close 

 together. This variety was certificated 

 October 16, as 'No. 2 Seedling," by the 

 C. S. A. committee at New York, on 

 the commercial scale. 



Chktsanthemdm Mrs. A. R. Peacock 



NEW AZALEA INDICA. 



HavingI just received one case of the 

 ■new Azalea Indica from the Haerens 

 Co., Somergem. Belgium, the writer 

 thinks that they will fill a long-felt 

 want. The plants are of a very robust 

 growth and arrived in excellent con- 

 dition, without loosing any leaves. 

 The flowers as seen at the nurseries 



at Somergem. the 2d of August, were 

 of the most delicate shades and very 

 large. As soon as they come in bloom 

 they will be seen and talked about at 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 meetings, as well as at the Mass. 

 ?Iorticulture exhibitions. 



They will not be for sale this season, 

 but the introducer thinks that he will 

 have a fairly good suipply for next 

 season. 



A. LEUTHY. 



CHRYSANTHE.MUM MRS. W. WlNCOTT 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The lecture room of Horticultural 

 Hall was well filled with an apprecia- 

 tive audience last Tuesday evening to 

 listen to an informal talk by J. K. M. 

 L. Farquhar on some things he had 

 seen on his recent European trip, and 

 enjoy the many handsome stereopticon 

 views which he presented in illustra- 

 tion of his remarks. Mr. Farquhar's 

 tour was somewhat out of the usual 

 route, having extended to the far 

 northern part of Norway and the 

 views of the sublime mountain scenery 

 and glacial falls were extremely in- 

 teresting. Christiana, Stockholm, Co- 

 penhagen and several of the German 

 and Italian cities, as well as the bulb- 

 growing districts of Holland, were all 

 drawn upon for pictures of horticul- 

 tural or historical value. An enthusi- 

 astic vote of thanks was accorded the 

 lecturer. 



The question of annual dinner and 

 installation exercises was discussed 

 and finally referred to the executive 

 committee An amendment to the 

 constitutiOTi providing for a life mem- 

 bership was laid on the table for ac- 

 tion at the next meeting. 



The flowers on exhibition included 

 carnations May Day and seedling No. 

 lOG, from Peter Fisher, both of which 

 received honorable mention. Mr. Fish- 

 er said that May Day gives every 

 promise of being an unexcelled com- 

 mercial favorite, being a splendid 

 grower, productive and unique in col- 

 or. The seedling is a large, very 

 shapely white striped in the way of 

 Bay State. 



W. N. Craig showed a number of the 

 English early single chrysanthemums 

 and a vase of seedlings fully equal in 

 all points to the named sorts. Ross- 

 mere Conservatories showed chrysan- 

 themum Ivor>' and Wm. Downs staged 

 cosmos. White Lady Lennox, which he 

 says he grows in 12-inch pots and Is 

 able to cut flowers abundantly till 

 Christmas. 



