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HORTICULTURE 



February 5, 1910 



mented considerably by recent introductions. One of 

 these in Cotoneaster Dielsiana better known under the 

 appropriate name of C. applanata. This new deciduous 

 shrub grows 5 to 6 ft. tall, with slender, whip-like 

 branches horizontally disposed. The leaves are small, 

 ovate, with a grey felt covering the under side. The 

 fruits are rich scarlet, borne severally together in 

 branches from the axil of every leaf and are retained 

 until very late in the year as also is the foliage. The 

 graceful habit and free fruiting properties combined 

 with its rich color places C. Dielsiana at the head of its 

 family for beauty and general usefulness. 



Another good Cotoneaster is C. moupinense, a shrub 

 4 to 10 ft. tall, with comparatively large, wrinkled 

 leaves, arching branches and pendulous trusses of fruits. 

 There are two forms of this plant, one with scarlet and 

 one with black fruits. 



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More Gladiolus Notes 



INADEQUATE LISTING 



In looking over several gladiolus lists of American 

 specialists and notably those in the catalogues of seeds- 

 men I note that in many of them the varieties are listed 

 without any regard to the class or type to which they 

 belong. This is confusing to the advanced collector and 

 the purchaser who prefers some particular class or 

 strain, and I think it would be worth while for the 

 catalogue people to give this matter some consideration. 



All of the European lists are properly classified and 

 in some instances the oi'iginator's name with the various 

 synonyms of the variety are given. For instance, under 

 the list of Gladiolus gandavensis will occur, Reine 

 Blanche (Barre); synonyms. Radium, White Excelsior 

 Reine d'la Anjou, etc. Now the intending purchaser 

 will know at once that this is not the same variety by 

 this name offered by one of our American growers, and 

 he will recognize the synonyms when he sees them in 

 other lists. 



I purchased last spring of a Holland specialist a few 

 hundred bulbs of G. IloUandia, and shortly afterwards, 

 in looking over an English list saw the variety Mikado. 

 I was attracted by the similarity of the descriptions of 

 these two varieties so that when I sent my order for 

 bulbs to this firm, which included a few of Mikado 

 for trial, I asked them if this variety was Hollandia 

 under another name, and, if it was, to leave them out 

 of the order. Without replying to my inquiry they 

 sent them on and I planted them, to discover when they 

 came in bloom that my suspicions were well-grounded. 

 They were Hollandia. The firm referred to was un- 

 doubtedly imposed upon. 



INTRODUCTIONS SHOULD BE UNDER NAME 



I believe that all really worthy new creations should 

 be introduced under name. 



Many growers have taken advantage of Mr. GrofE's 

 method of disseminating his hybrids in mixtures and 

 have segregated and given names to many of the best 



in these mixtures with the result that we now have 

 several Groif's with two or three synonyms each, some 

 of which I call to mind, viz., G. Taconic, introduced 

 two years ago by Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., was 

 this year sent me under two other names — G. George 

 Betscher, from C. Betscher, Canal Dover, 0. ; and 

 Coblentz No. 54, from P. 0. Coblentz, New Madison, 

 0. Both of these gentlemen were unaware that their 

 varieties were identical with Taconic. 



G. Mrs. Fi-ancis King, segregated by Mr. Coblentz and 

 introduced by Vaughan's Seed Store, is either of a 

 variabilis character, or there are two varieties under this 

 name. G. Independence was offered for two years as 

 Mrs. Frances King, but the two varieties are entirely 

 different — the former being of a Gandavensis type, with 

 a smaller flower, while Mrs. Fi-anees Iving is of the 

 Nanceianus class in appearance, if not in pedigree. I 

 tested these varieties from stock obtained from both 

 distributors and segregators. 



G. Rosella, a very beautiful variety introduced by Mr. 

 Cowee some three or four years ago, is now sailing 

 under another name, as is also G. Geo. Paul, a Nan- 

 ceianus of Lemoine's. 



SPLENDID WHITE VARIETIES COMING 



The next few years promises to bring forth some won- 

 derful new creations in white gladioli. I already have 

 been promised for trials next year three new large- 

 flowering, absolutely pure white varieties from as many 

 hybridizers, and if these varieties are up to description 

 we will soon have some whites right up in the G. 

 America class. 



In the Rural New Yorker, Dr. Van Fleet says, 

 "Wliite garden gladioli appear to be albinos, however, 

 and rarely produce white seedlings with sufficient vigor 

 to increase with commercial rapidity. Best results 

 may probably be looked for in crossing the finest pro- 

 curable whites and yellows together, though the raising 

 of seedlings from choice white and very light kinds 

 both self-poUenated and interhybridized should not be 

 neglected by the breeders desirous of improving exist- 

 ing varities." The grand variety America has proved 

 to be a magnet towards which hybridizers and growers 

 of seedlings have been attracted, myself being among 

 the number as I have a few hundred two and three- 

 year-seedlings and about 4500 yearlings. 



From reports I have received there are several million 

 America seedlings now being grown, one noted plant 

 breeder writing me that he has 400,000. It is a great 

 producer of seed and responds abundantly to artificial 

 pollenating. Dr. Van Fleet says it has proved an in- 

 different parent with him, but on the other hand, 

 Luther Burbank says he has thousands of "best in the 

 world" from his planting. My experience so far, how- 

 ever, bears out Dr. Van Fleet. 



I am informed by a friend in Ohio that one of our 

 most prominent rose specialists has become a gladiolus 

 enthiisiast and if he applies his efforts in this direction 

 as persistently and energetically as he has with roses 

 in the past, ho will soon be in the front row of gladiolus 

 specialists. 



