December 25, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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■which seemed to me quite unusual at 

 this season of the year. It seems to 

 me it might have been a second crop 

 of flowers. 



In other parts of the Lompoc valley 

 I saw asters, Semple's branching I pre- 

 sume, doing well; also sweet peas were 

 in bloom in some of the gardens. 



One of the most wonderful sights in 

 this favored locality — right in the 

 heart of Lonipoc — was a very large 

 plant of the Banksian rose, and this 

 was growing on the sidewalk, between 

 the flagging and the curb. The streets 

 and sidewalks in Lonipoc are laid out 

 on a very generous scale — 100 feet in 

 width— and the sidewalks are propor- 

 tionally wide. The latter are so wide 

 that a generous strip of ground is left 

 upon which to plant palms or any- 

 thing the owner of the property on 

 which same fronts may fancy. In 

 some cases this space is planted with 

 an ivy geranium which does well in 

 southern California, namely, Souv. de 

 Charles Turner. Nothing could thrive 

 and 'make such a cheerful impression 

 as does this very variety of Pelargon- 

 ium peltatum. This valuable variety 

 is a warm shade of rose pink and is 

 a double flowering variety the flowers 

 and trusses of which are produced in 

 great profusion. It was introduced in- 

 to California by Samuel Cole of Ven- 

 tura, through the Philadelphia firm of 

 Henry A. Dreer. Mr. Cole is a special- 

 ist and grows some of his products for 

 that firm. Among same is the some- 

 what rare gladiolus White Lady, which 

 I understood is somewhat difficult to 

 manage. 



Speaking about Ventura reminds me 

 that we paid a visit to this noted place 

 made famous by the late Mrs. Theo- 

 dosia B. Shepherd. The place estab- 

 lished by Mrs. Shepherd is now oper- 

 ated as the Theodosia B. Shepherd Co. 

 with Mr Francis as manager, who is 

 doing some good work here. Mr. 

 Thom.as Gould is also located here, 

 and double-flowering petunias are one 

 of his principal specialties. I have 

 never seen better than were to be 

 found here. It was with Mr. Gould 

 that re-selected Early Blanche Ferry 

 sweet pea originated — which was sent 

 out a few years ago by W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee & Co. Mr. Gould still grows the 

 stock for Burpee. By the way, some 

 good judges of the early flowering var- 

 ieties of sweet peas declare that re- 

 selected Early Blanche Ferry and 

 Christmas Pink are identical as to 

 tpye, or so nearly so that they cannot 

 be distinguished apart. 



One of the most conspicuous plants 

 in California is Phoenix Canariensis. 

 This date palm has a majestic grace 

 all its own and will grow under only 

 half-favorable conditions, 10 to 12 feet 

 high in from S to 10 years, and the 

 larger arching fronds spring from the 

 space with great vigor and grace. This 

 palm is more suitable for the lawn 

 than as a street palm. The street 

 palm par-excellence is the Brahea fil- 

 amentosa, sometimes called Washing- 

 tonia filifera. This sturdy palm is fre- 

 quently seen as a street palm in many 

 of the cities of southern California. 

 It resembles at first glance the well- 

 known Latania Borbonica excepting 

 that from the divisions of the leaves 

 filaments are gracefully suspended. 



I could go on talking like this but I 

 know your space is limited. I look 

 forward to my work in that favored 

 valley with enthusiasm and delight. 



PARCEL POST ADVOCATED. 



Resolutions Adopted by the Connecti- 

 cut Horticultural Society. 



Whereas, The parcel post, as already 

 long established and iu successful oper- 

 ation by the leading nations of Europe, 

 is one of the greatest and most pressing 

 needs in the economical, commercial. Indus- 

 trial and social all'airs of the people of 

 the United States; and 



Whereas, Under our present postal sys- 

 tem, it costs 04 cents to mail 4 pounds of 

 merchandise from Hartford to West Hart- 

 ford, and the package is limited to 4 

 pounds in weight; and 



Whereas, Citizens of Germany can today, 

 under the parcel post system, send IIU 

 pounds of merchandise, to any part of the 

 German empire, for ao cents; and 



Whereas, The railway, steamboat and 

 general transportation facilities of this 

 country are second to those of no nation 

 in the world, and are constantly increas- 

 ing in erticiency; and 



Whereas, The adoption of the parcel post 

 would involve no question of paternalistic 

 or socialistic functions by our government, 

 but simply a reduction of the present com- 

 paratively enormous postal rate for mer- 

 chandise, and an increase of the present 

 very low weight limit of 4 pounds; and 



Whereas, l-*atriotic and civic pride im- 

 peratively require that the United States 

 shall no longer suffer the humiliation of 

 standing far behind the nations of Europe 

 in postal reform and improvement; and 



Whereas, All objections to the institu- 

 tion of the parcel post in this country are 

 factious, fictitious, or emanate mainly 

 fiom private monopolistic corporations; and 



Whereas, Nothing insuperable stands in 

 the way of the prompt introduction of the 

 parcel post in this country, except an un- 

 enlightened and uuaroused public senti- 

 ment on the subject; 



Resolved, That the Connecticut Horticul- 

 tural Society places on record its unquali- 

 (ieil desire for the speedy adoption of the 

 parcel post in the United States; affirming 

 the Societ.v's conviction that horticultu- 

 rists, farmers, merchants, manufacturers, 

 and people of all other occupations, shall 

 assiduously agitate for the realization of 

 this desire, by means of correspondence, 

 by word of mouth, by press and platform 

 utterances, by the use of suitable stamps 

 ou envelopes and letterheads, and by all 

 otlier legitimate and proper means, 'until 

 public interest is so awalvened that the 

 people of this nation come to realize that 

 they are losing hundreds of millions of 

 dollars a year for lack of the parcel post, 

 and until this country, liy following the 

 successful leadership of Germany, Switzer- 

 land anrl other European nations, shall be- 

 gin to take her rightful position, if not 

 in the vanguard, at least in the ranks, of 

 the civilized nations of the earth, in this 

 very Important matter of postal progress 

 and reform. 



Re.-olved. That the^e resolutions be made 

 known to the agricultural and horticultural 

 press of Americfi, and that the.v be other- 

 wise disseminated over the United States 

 as far as the influence of this Society may 

 be exerted. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Secretary. 



Melrose. Conn., Dec. 14, 1909. 



PROPOSED FLOWER SHOW AT 

 LINCOLN, NEB. 



Acting upon a suggestion from the 

 Commercial Club, Lincoln florists have 

 agreed to take part in a big flower 

 show which will be given at the audi- 

 torium next year, in the latter part of 

 October or the early part of November. 

 It is expected that the display will be, 

 for the most part, a chrysanthemum 

 exhibition. The show will probably 

 be repeated every year, as it is thought 

 the public will show decided interest 

 and furnish plenty of support for it. 



Besides the professional florists, the 

 state farm, the hospital for insane, 

 other state institutions and some pri- 

 vate owners of greenhouses, among 

 whom is W. .T. Bryan, may be induced 

 to participate. 



LOCATED AT LAST. 



Hiram — Look Maria, they's a band 

 of Gypsies goin' through! 



Maria — How much longer is this 

 town goin' to 'low them people to 

 come through here bringin' them 

 moths an' things? — Boston Herald. 



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