May 21, 1910 



HORTICULTURE, 



771 



and price of all these things, heretofore scarce, but 

 which are destined in the near future to find a place 

 in the cut flower market as standard stock. 



One of the most interesting and at- 



Old-fashioned tractive windows we have seen in a long 



bouquets time was the exhibition of "old 



fashioned bouquets" in the establish- 

 ment of Thos. F. Galvin, Boston, this week. There 

 have been attempts made by florists here and elsewhere 

 at various times to show the people of the present 

 period examples of the floral work of the past genera- 

 tion, but always with an apparent disposition to ridi- 

 cule the efforts of their predecessors and make com- 

 parisons with the style of today, to the discredit of 

 the former, but they principally demonstrated that 

 they knew little about their subject and were entirely 

 lacking in the ability to make an "old fashioned" bou- 

 quet. Galvin's display was not of that nature. It was, 

 indeed, a faithful reproduction of the prim but always 

 pleasing and appropriate bunches of rose buds, lily 

 of the valley, forget-me-nots and delicate greens, as 

 made for ladies to carry to formal dress affairs, as- 

 semblies, weddings, etc., thirty or forty years ago, and, 

 judging from the comments made by the spectators 

 who thronged the sidewalks in admiration, a revival 

 of the fashion would not be looked upon with disap- 

 proval by the Boston ladies. Should it really come to 

 pass that this sort of floral work becomes popular again 

 we can see many a modern "floral artist" whose princi- 

 pal claim to distinction lies in the beautifully finished 

 material which the grower has provided for his use, 

 at his wit's end as to how to proceed, for the dexterous 

 skill essential in the making up of such examples as 

 were displayed on this occasion is not acquired in a 

 day or a year — or, in some cases, in a lifetime. 



THE OLD SOLDIER. 



"Over the hills and far away" — 



The words of that old song come back 

 To the old man, now bent and gray. 



Who marched to face the battle's wrack. 

 When LincoJn called the land to arms. 



To die for freedom in the fray. 

 To march from home and all its charms 



Over the hills and far away. 



The sword is sheathed, the flag is furled. 



The sun shines o'er a peaceful land; 

 The reRiments that once were hurled 



At death, are now a thin gray band. 

 And thinner grow the ranks as years 



Recede from that exultant day. 

 Of those who marched 'mid cheers and tears 



Over the hills and far away. 



"Over the hills and far away": — 



The music still Is in his sonl; 

 Again he hears the bugles play. 



Once more he hears the war drums roll: 

 He still recalls the glorious tale. 



Though old and bent and worn and gray: 

 And soon he'll march the endless trail 



Over the hills and far away. 



"Over the hills and far away": — 



To where they cease from war's alarms; 

 The soldiers to the house of clay 



Will come at last to stack their arms. 

 While time endures the world with pride 



W'U tell of that exultant day. 

 When youth and valor marched and died 



Ofer the hills and far away. 



—Joseph Smith, In Boston Traveler- 



Trachelospermum 



The small genus Trachelospermum, more commonly 

 known as Khynchospermum, according to Nicholson, in- 

 habits the East Indies, the Malayan Archipelago and 

 Eastern Asia, as far as Japan. They are stove and 

 greenhouse shrubs and climbers, and the common and 

 popular variety T. jasminoides should have a place in 

 every collection of plants. I have no doubt that if this 

 variety would make a fair-sized plant with a year's 

 growth it would be a very popular florist plant, because 

 of its beautiful white, very fragrant, cymes of flowers; 

 but alas, like a good many more of the handsome hard- 

 wooded, greenhouse plants, it takes too long to raise a 

 decent sized specimen to make it a paying project for 

 our hustling American florists. T. jasminoides has two 

 forms, one with smaller and narrower leaves than the 

 type, named T. j. augustifolium, and the other T. j. va- 

 riegatum with the leaves variegated with white, but this 

 variety is not so vigorous as the others. Gray mentions 

 a variety named T. difforme, found' in the low grounds 

 of Virginia, which I have never seen. He describes it 

 thus: "A barely woody twiner, the flowering branches 

 herbaceous and downy; leaves thin, oval-lanceolate, 

 pointed, or sometimes linear, narrowed into a petiole, 

 flowers 1-4 of an inch long, in cymes, greenish-yellow, 

 all summer." 



The finest specimens of Trachelospermum jasminoides 

 I have ever seen are at Prof. C. S. Sargent's place in 

 Brookline, Mass., and when in flower they are well 

 worth a long journey to see. Cuttings of these plants 

 should be secured from the half ripened wood, and are 

 easily rooted in an ordinary cutting bed, in a tempera- 

 ture around sixty-five degrees, keeping them shaded 

 from sun while rooting. Small plants should be kept 

 in vigorous growth, in a much higher temperature than 

 old specimens that have attained a fair size, and if any 

 flowers appear they should be immediately cut off. 

 Never allow the young plants to get pot-bound, as the 

 aim should be to get as quick a growth as possible. They 

 will grow well in two parts loam to one of leaf mold, 

 with a good sprinkling of sand and finely broken char- 

 coal. If peat is on hand, as much of that as one uses 

 of loam should be added, as nearly all plants of this 

 nature are fond of peat. A small handful of Clay's 

 fertilizer to every pailful of the compost is very benefi- 

 cial. They should be firmly potted. As the shoots in- 

 crease in length they should be tied around stakes until 

 the plant arrives at the size desired, when they should 

 be trained over a balloon or pyramid trellis, or perhaps 

 they may be wanted to cover a wall or train around a 

 pillar. Large specimens can be wintered in a cool pit 

 from which the frost is kept. 



When grown cool these plants are not subject to in- 

 sect pests, but I have known both mealy bug and scale on 

 small plants that were being kept in a fairly high tem- 

 perature to get a quick growth on them. They may be 

 kept in check by using a two-inch flower potful of kero- 

 sene to three gallons of water kept well agitated while 

 applying. Use in the evening and syringe next morning 

 with clean water. Kerosene is the best and cheapest in- 

 secticide for shiny, smooth-leaved plants that I know of, 

 if used according to the above directions. Leaves with 

 a furry soft surface, like a geranium, will not stand it. 



J 



West Medford, Mass. 



e^rr0^ 



