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HORTICULTURE 



May 21, 1910 



horticulture: 



▼»L. XI JlAY 2>, 1910 NU. 21 



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CONTFNTS 



Page 

 COVER DESIGN— Cattleyas, by Geo. E. Dow. 



GROWING ORCHIDS— M. J. Pope— Illustrated 763 



ORCHID HYBRIDIZATION— E. O. Orpet— Illustrated . . 767 

 CAUSES OP DISAPPOINTMENT IN ORCHID GROW- 

 ING — H. A. Barnard 768 



CATTLEYA INTERMEDIA ALBA— Illustration 769 



TRANSATLANTIC NOTES— Frederick Moore 769 



TRACHELOSPERMUM (Rhyncospermum) JASMIN- 

 OIDES— George P. Stewart 771 



SOME BEAUTIES AT JULIUS ROEHRS CO.— Illustra- 

 tions 772 



SEASONABLE NOTES ON CULTURE OP FLORISTS' 



STOCK— John J. M. Farrell 773 



BRASSO— CATTLEYA POURNIER^— Illustration. .. . 773 

 THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION— Richard Vincent, Jr. 774 

 A TRIO OP ORCHID ENTHUSIASTS— Illustration. .. . 774 

 REPOTTING CATTLEYAS AND LAELIAS— P. Moore. 774 

 NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club ot Boston — Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society — American Gladiolus So- 

 ciety — New Jersey Florjcultural Society — St. Louis 

 Horticultural Society^National Sweet Pea Society of 



America — American Rose Society 778 



Royal Horticultural Society 784 



Nassau County Horticultural Society — People's Gar- 

 den Association — Detroit Florist Club 785 



Horticultural Society of New York — Pennsylvania 



Horticultural Society 78C 



SUMMER ROSES PROM A GROWER'S POINT OP 

 VIEW— Chas. T. Guenther 788 



OBITUARY— Miss Nellie Burt- Henry Cline— Joseph 

 Lang 790 



SEED TRADE— Burpee Doings 791 



OF INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



New Flower Stores — Steamer Departures 792 



Flowers by Telegraph 793 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago 795 



Detroit, New York, Philadelphia 797 



WINTER DECORATIVE SHRUBS— Geo. V. Nash 804 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



The Old Soldier— Poetry 771 



Personal 7jjg 



Chicago Bowlers 789 



News Notes 789-793 



Growth of Northwestern Apple Industry 790 



The Comet's Message — Illustration 790 



Chicago Notes " 793 



Business Changes ['\ 794 



Fire Record 794 



Philadelphia Notes \ 804 



Some Big Hail Stones— Illustration 804 



Peach Leaf Curl 804 



An Insecticide tor the Orchid House 804 



Home Improvement at Syracuse 806 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 806 



Only a few days more and the interest- 



The ing floral event for which active prepara- 



orchid show tions have been in progress for more 



than two years will be a reality. The 

 simple announcement that an orchid exhibition of un- 

 usual extent was contemplated by the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society was sufEeient to cause a flurry of 

 expectant excitement throughout the horticultural 

 world and from the outset the interest has never 

 lagged. Tho.^e who are privileged to see the unprece- 

 dented display of rare flora which is thus to be as- 

 sembled together in Boston's Horticultural Hall have 

 a big treat in prospect and the influence of the event 

 upon the gardening fraternity of America will be pro- 

 found and far-reaching. It goes without saying that 

 it will give a strong impetus to the cultivation under 

 glass of tlie.^e exotic beauties and the direction of their 

 more general use for floral decorative purposes. 



Much has been said and written concern- 

 Cutting out jng orchids and their culture which has 

 the frills seemed to come more or less dangerously 



close to the domain of humbug. This has 

 not been confined to such literature as has been intended 

 for public consumption alone but has at times character- 

 ized that served up by the assumed expert for the en- 

 lightenment of his fellow gardeners. We take pride, 

 therefore, in presenting for the entertainment and in- 

 struction of our readers on this occasion some plain, 

 common-sense observation on topics connected with 

 orchid culture by men of practical knowledge, whose 

 accomplishments in their chosen lines are their own 

 best credentials, and who have herein given the results 

 of their experience with a candor which is both pleasing 

 and convincing. The bugaboos which have deterred so 

 many from any attempt at orchid growing should now 

 have no terrors for any grower possessing normal in- 

 telligence who will shape his course in accordance with 

 the simple principles laid down in these pages. 



One respect in which the orchid 



Things .«how will prove an eye-opener to 



worthy of the the commercial florist will be the 



florists' attention variety and abundance of sorts 



hitherto unfamiliar to the florist 

 trade, more especially in the way of white orchids, of 

 which there will be a very full representation of species 

 and varieties which are only now becoming available 

 for the cut flower trade because of their quality and 

 moderate price. For bridal work, where hitherto 

 Dendrobium formosum giganteum has been the main 

 standby, the beautiful Virginale is within reasonable 

 reach and what can be more serviceable and rich than 

 some of the white Trichopilias, of which a nice showing 

 is promised on this occasion. There wiU be in all 

 probably a more general display of odontoglossums — 

 in crispums and Pescatorei types — than ever before 

 staged in this country and no florist — whether as grower 

 or user of choice material — can afford to let slip this 

 opportunity to carefully examine and ascertain as to 

 tlie keeping qualities and the prospective abundance 



