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HORTICULTURE 



November 20, 1909 



New Offers in This Issue. 



COLD FRAME MATS. 



W. Elliott & Sons, New York, N. Y. 

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FORCING GLADIOLI. 



Arthur T. Bodcliugtou, New York, N. Y. 

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GARDEN HOSE. 



Henry A. Dreer, I'hlladelphiii, Pa. 

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HOLLY, BOXWOOD AND HOLIDAY 

 SUPPLIES. 



Henry M. Robiusou i; Co., Boston, Mass. 

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HOLIDAY SPECIALTIES, HOLLY, 



MISTLETOE, VELVET POINSET- 



TIAS, LAUREL WREATHS, 



GALAX, ETC. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co., Boston, Mass. 

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HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUS, 



AND EVERGREENS. 



P. W. O. Schmitz, Prince Bay, N. Y. 

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LILIUM GIGANTEUM AND LILIUM 



MULTIFLORUM. 



Ralph M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y. 

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NARCISSI, TULIPS, HYACINTHS, 



GLADIOLI, ETC. 



F. K. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, 



New York. 



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ROSE NOVELTIES "LADY DUN- 

 CAN" AND "DAYBREAK." 



Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

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SURPLUS BULBS. 



W. E. Marshall & Co., New York, N. Y. 

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BASKET PLANTS. 



As subjects for planting in hanging 

 baskets in conservatories, windows, 

 and verandas, during the warmer 

 months, I would call attention to some 

 species of suitable plants which are 

 in vogue in France and Germany. 

 Among lobelias of the L. erlnus sec- 

 tion are L. e. Hamburgia, L. littor- 

 alis (true) and Kathleen Mallard. L. 

 llttoralis has small, white flowers suc- 

 ceeded by pretty fruits that are the 

 chief ornaments of the plant. Ham- 

 burgia has flowers of a dark blue color. 

 Lobelia Richardsonii is a variety 

 whch grows more freely than Ham- 

 burgia, and the growths are longer. It 

 is necessary before planting Hambur- 

 gia and Kathleen Mallard in baskets, 

 in order to encourage the plants to 

 grow vigorously, to place them for a 

 considerable period of time in an in- 

 termediate temperature. The plants 

 having made long growths should be 

 afforded cool treatment, and spare 

 feeding. Glechoma hederacea varie- 

 gata is a much admired plant for small 

 baskets. Muehlenbeckia complexa, sev- 

 eral campanulas, viz., C. isophylla, C. 

 fragilis, a useful plant, with root- 

 leaves on long stalks, a profuse bloom- 

 er; Othonna crassifolia, a native of 

 Barbary, and a plant of distinct char- 

 acter, the shoots and leaves smooth 

 and glaucous and the habit spreading, 

 blooms freely in the late spring 

 months if planted In light rich soils. 

 The flowers are yellow. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



ORCHIDS AT ROYAL HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At the exhibition on Octobei' 26, Ed- 

 ward V. Low arranged a group con- 

 sisting largely of Cattleya labiata va- 

 rieties which he has been collecting in 

 South Amei'ica. The major proportion 

 were white-flowered, excepting the lip. 

 which is more or less colored purple. 

 Those having the largest amount of 

 This color were Cooksoniae, Mrs. R. 

 .^shworth, Gilmouriae, and G. G. 

 Whitelegge. Those with the least pur- 

 ple were Reedleyensis, and Amesiana. 



Sander & Sons, St. Albans, had an 

 exhibit rich in cattleyag. Very fine 

 were C. Lord Rothschild var. delicata 

 — its chief feature being thei stain of 

 deep orange in the throat; C. Clarkiae 

 = C. bicolor x C. labiata; a variety of 

 C. Hardyana having a beautiful lip 

 of a puiple tint; C. Empress Frederick 

 var. Sanderae, a flower having white 

 petals and sepals, and lip white at 

 the margin; tliroat orange on the in- 

 side, lined with purple. Several cypri- 

 pediums were deserving of notice, viz.: 

 Minos, San Actaeus, insigne Lindeni, 

 and J. Wilson Potter. 



Charlesworth & Co. showed Cattleya 

 Empress Frederick gigantea, a flower 

 measuring 6 inches across; the sepals 

 and petals of an uniform light purple 

 tint, the lip lobed and fringed bright 

 purple in front, throat orange lined 

 with purple; Odontioda Bradshawiae 

 and Cypripedium Madame Alfred 

 Bleu. 



Messrs. J. Veitcli & Sons showed Cy- 

 pripedium Elatior Rex (Award of 

 Merit) ; Cattleya porphyrophlebia = C. 

 intermedia X C. superba; Brasso-cat- 

 tleya Digbyana gigas. 



In Cypher & Son's collection we 

 noted: Cattleya Mantiuii nobilior, Cy- 

 pripediums Milo Westonbirt var. Eury- 

 ades, Leeanum magnificum, nitens 

 magnificum, some forms of C. insigne, 

 as Commander-in-Chief and Laura 

 I'.lmball, and the singular looking 

 Phaio - Oymbidium Chardwarense, 

 7.'hose sepals and petals are orange 

 and lip brownish purple, the flower al- 

 most circular. 



Lieut. -Col. Holford received the So- 

 ciety's gold medal for a group of or- 

 chids of the finest quality. An award 

 of merit fell to him for Cypripedium 

 Beacon = C. Lowianum x nitens Lee- 

 anum. Mr. Bath of Wisbech received 

 an award of merit for the American 

 carnation named May Day. Shrubby 

 veronicas as standards 3 feet in height 

 and small bushes were shown in bloom 

 by Mr. H. B. May, Upper Edmonton 

 The standards were formed in three 

 years from the time of grafting and 

 were distinctly ornamental. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



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AN INTERESTING NURSERY. 



On Thuisday, November 11th, a few 

 friends paid a visit to Messrs. Farqu- 

 liar's nursery at Roslindale, Mass. As- 

 sembling at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, they were met by Messrs: Parqu- 

 har and conveyed in automobiles. The 

 route embraced a goodly portion of 

 the i)arl-; system. Late as the season 

 wa-j, many trees and shrubs were still 

 in good foliage and fruit; particularly 

 fine were large bushes of the beauti- 

 ful Coruus florida. In Franklin Park 

 the contrast between the red-brown of 

 the oaks and the dark green of the 

 conifers was very striking. 



Messrs. Farquhar's new nursery con- 

 sists of a long, narrow valley flanked 

 by low hills. On one of these latter 

 (he greenhouse and other buildings 

 are situated. One house, filled with 

 negonia Gloire de Lorraine, some 300 

 ft. long .and every plant one mass of 

 tiov/ers, created general admiration. 

 Other houses were filled with cycla- 

 mens, primulas, Boston ferns, arau- 

 c.arias and miscellaneous decorative 

 plants. 



In one of the greenhouses and in 

 many pits we noted thousands of seed- 

 lings of the new Chinese plants intro- 

 duced by the Arnold Arboretum. All 

 of these were too small to form any 

 accurate Idea of their merits, but the 

 variety is unquestionably g^reat and 

 many look decidedly interesting. We 

 noted nice young plants of Clematis 

 rubens with Its very distinct dark fol- 

 iage often marbled with white; also 

 Clematis Armandi, an evergreen in 

 some respects resembling Clematis in- 

 divisa. We also noted many species 

 of Vitis, and two — V. Henryana with 

 crimson foliage striped white and V. 

 Thomsoni with dark scarlet leaves — 

 were very attractive. The seedling 

 Rhododendrons from China, of which 

 Messrs. Farqtihar have thousands, are 

 full of interest and even in their pres- 

 ent yotmg state exhibit much variety. 

 These Chinese introductions promise 

 great things, and if only a very moder- 

 ate percentage prove adaptable to the 

 climate of this vicinity they must have 

 a great effect in the adornment of our 

 gardens and parks of the future. 



The soil in the valley of this new 

 nursery is pure peat of great d-^pth, 

 and peat-loving plants generally thrive 

 in it amazingly. We noted several fine 

 plots of dwarf rhododendrons, well- 

 budded and equally fine beds of kin- 

 dred plants. Men were busy lifting the 

 bulbs of Lilium auratum, L. speciosum 

 and its varieties, L. tigrinum and 

 others, and the bulbs generally were 

 an exceptionally fine sample. Dahlias 

 and other tender tuberous plants were 

 already lifted and stood in well man- 

 aged sheds. 



The whole of the stock at this Ros- 

 lindale Nursery is in splendid condi- 

 tion, and reflects the greatest credit on 

 the proprietors and their competent 

 staff. It is evident that a perfect un- 

 derstanding exists between employer 

 End employes, for without the hearty 

 co-operation of all concerned such re- 

 sults could not be obtained. 



Light refreshments were served to 

 the visitors at the Nursery and a din- 

 ner followed afterwards at the Parker 

 House. Messrs. Parquhar have the 

 happy knack of doing all things well 

 and one and all of the guests were in- 

 debted to them for a most interesting 

 and thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. 



W. H. B. 



