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HORTICULTURE 



November 6, 1909 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SEASON AT 

 PITTSBURGH. 



The chrysanthemum season opened 

 in Pittsburgh. September 17th. with 

 exhibitions at the Frick and Peacock 

 Conservatories. At the Frick green- 

 houses D. Praser has a display which 

 as usual is perfect in arrangement aJid 

 exceptional in quality. The chrysan- 

 themums are the chief attraction, and 

 while many of the flowers are as yet 

 undeveloped, there are many very fine 

 large blooms. The early buds this sea- 

 son have proved somewhat disappoint- 

 ing, many very fine, healthy, vigorous 

 stems, with splendid foliage, producing 

 gigantic buds which, when open, de- 

 velop short-petaled flowers. With some 

 varieties this is not the case, the early 

 buds on such varieties as Mrs. Trainter, 

 Reginald Valis, Beatrice May, Wm. 

 Duckham and many other standbys be- 

 ing particularly fine. The later buds 

 give promise of a fine display. In 

 the other sections fine effects are 

 obtained by the skillful arrangement 

 of foliage plants — ferns, cattleyas, le- 

 gonias, oncidiums, primulas, and many 

 other things, all of which Mr. Praser 

 knows just bow to arrange to pro- 

 duce the effects which are always a 

 unique characteristic of the H. C. Frick 

 exhibitions. 



In spite of a severe hail storm in 

 August, which broke nearly all the 

 glass and defoliated many of the 

 plants, the exhibition at the Peacock 

 greenhouses contains some very fine 

 chrysanthemum flowers of exceptional 

 size and quality. Very fine blooms 

 were noticed of President Viger, Lil- 

 lian Coffard. Yellow Miller, W. H. 

 Moir, Lady Hopetown, O. H. Broom- 

 head, Mrs. Geo. Hunt, Mrs. Henry Part- 

 ridge, Reginald Valis and Mrs. J. H. 

 Ti-ainter. The last named Supt. Jen- 

 kinson thinks the most useful white 

 at present in cultivation. Many new 

 varieties are shown, amongst the finest 

 being C. H. Totty, dark bronze, G. W. 

 Pook magenta. Rose Pockett yellow. 

 Mrs. C. H. Totty shell pink. Pocketfs 

 Surprise deep crimson, Leslie Morri- 

 son crimson, Pocketfs Crimson, and 

 Mrs. O. A. Khan, yellowish bronze. 

 Many other good things are found 

 here. Some well-flowered Cattleya la- 

 biata, arranged with highly colored 

 crotons and terns on the centre bench 

 in one of large compartments with 

 chrysanthemums on the sides from 

 which the benches have been removed, 

 give a charming effect. 



In the growing houses are some fine 

 cyclamens, Calanthe Veitchii in fine 

 shape, showing many strong flower 

 spikes. Tliere is a house of tea roses 

 nearly filled with "My Maryland" which 

 certainly is the rose for Pittsburgh. 

 The foliage is entirely free from mil- 

 dew, the stems and necks strong. 

 Foreman Alex. McLeod, as an object 

 lesson on the inmiunity of this variety 

 from mildew, called our attention to a 

 side bench of White Killarney in the 

 same house badly affected. 



The magnificent greenhouses of H. .1. 

 Heinz were opened to the public, Octo- 

 ber 24th, with the finest display of 

 cbrysantbeninms and other flowers 

 ever seen in these greenhouses. Since 

 the spring exhibition a considerable 

 addition has been made to the range, 

 making it one of the best equipped es- 

 tablishments in the district. The new 



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BEGONIA LORRAINE, DARK AND LIGHT, WELL BLOOMED, 3 in. 



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 6 In. pots, $9.00 and $12.00 per doz. ; 7 in. pots, $15.00 and $18.00 per doz. ; 

 8 In. pots, .$24.00 and $30.00 per doz.; 12 In. pots, $6.00 each. 



DRACAENA MAS8ANGEANA, 6 in. pots, $15.00 and $18.00 per doz. ; 9 in. 

 pots, $4.00 and $5.00 £ach. 



ARECA LCTESCENS, 6 In. pots, $12.00 and $15.00 per doz. ; 7 in. pots, 

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glass, which, like the older sections, 

 is of U-Bar construction, consists of a 

 roomy show-house, a peach-house, 

 grapery, plant-house and connecting 

 corridor. A ne>v work room, office, 

 etc., has been added, and under the 

 plant and show houses is a large con- 

 crete cellar with every convenience for 

 handling and storing large bay trees, 

 a mushrotmi cellar, flower rooms, stor- 

 age, etc. Outdoors are concrete heated 

 ))its and frames for every conceivable 

 jiurpose. The arrangement of each 

 compartment has been carefully 

 l.lanned. Cellars, work-rooms, office 

 and greenhouses are all fitted with 

 electric lights. Three large Lord cS: 

 Burnhani boilers heat the whole range. 

 The chrysanthemums are fine; many 

 of the new as well as standard varie- 

 ties are represented by well developed 

 flowers. Amongst the best noted were: 

 O. H. Khan, Leslie Morrison, Yellow 

 Miller. President Taft. Mrs. Geo. Hunt, 

 Edith Smith. Reginald Valis, Dorothy 

 Bady, O. A. F.roonihead. Mrs. Trainter, 

 Dazzler, and Brilliant. The last named 

 makes an excellent bush plant. The 

 show-house was skilfully arranged, the 

 centre bench of Cattleya labiata and 

 Oncidium varicosum amongst superb 

 l)lants of Adiantum Farleyense giViUg 

 a charming effect. In the same house 

 a combination of Lilium Harrisii, be- 

 gonias, Amaranthus salicifolia, Stro- 

 bilanthes D>erianus, ferns, lily of the 

 valley and other useful things were 

 used to ad\antage. Begonia Vernon 

 gracilis as an edging plant is very ef- 

 fective. In this compartment we no- 

 ticed a magnificent hanging basket of 

 the rare Polypodium Knightii. A 

 novel feature of the exhibition was 

 one of the corridors filled entirely with 

 idants in fiuit. Tomatoes and peppers 



of various shapes and colors, Solanum 

 capsicastrum, Ardisia crenata, and or- 

 anges were arranged with telling ef- 

 fect. 



In the i>a!ni house are some noble 

 plants, amongst which we noticed a 

 fine basket of Polypi.'diuni .=ul)auricula- 

 lum, lietter known as Goniophlebium 

 subauriculatuni. The other sections 

 contain many evidences of the skill of 

 Supt. .lohn Featherstone and his staff 

 of assistants. J. UrTCHIXSON. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



St. Paul, Minn- — Wm. Swanson has 

 bought the greenhouses of Carl Hau- 

 gen. 



New Britain, Conn. — C. A. Parker 

 has purchased the Traut greenhouse 

 property. 



New Haven, Conn. — F. H. Kimberly 

 has disposed of his greenhouse prop- 

 erty to Charles Munro. 



Willoughby, O. — The greenhouse 

 establishment of H. R. Carlton has 

 been sold to Jas. B. Knight and A. B. 

 Wilson. 



Beatty, O. — The Fairview Floral 

 Company establishment has been sold 

 at receiver's sale to the Geo. H. Mel- 

 len Co. of Springfield. 



Westfield, Mass. — Henry Barton 

 has sold his florist business at 58 

 Elm street and his greenhouse on 

 Noble street to C. H. .Jacobs, who 

 will take possession .\"ov. 1. Mr. Ja- 

 cobs is already in the florist business, 

 having his greenhouse on Smith ave- 

 nue. Mr. Barton first started in 

 business nearly 9'2 years ago, and 

 has built up a large business. He 

 has made no definite plans for the 

 future. 



