February 12, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



229 



PRESENTATrON OF H. J. VEITCH'S 

 PORTRAITS. 



No one in the horticultural world 

 of Great Britain is held in higher es- 

 teem than Mr. Harry J. Veitch. The 

 presentation of the portraits took 

 place at a complimentary dinner on 

 January 25, in the hall of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. Mr. Veitch's 

 practical assistance in all charitable 

 work connected with gardening and 

 gardeners is known to all; and it is 

 not surprising that the response of the 

 public was so spontaneous and liberal. 

 The enthusiasm shown by those who 

 took part in the formal presentation 

 on Tuesday, great though it was, in- 

 adequately represents the esteem and 

 affection in which Mr. Veitch is held 

 by the horticultural fraternity. How 

 thorough are the good wishes which 

 he received may be gathered from the 

 speeches made at the presentation din- 

 ner, on account of which is given in 

 "The Gardeners' Chronicle," of Janu- 

 ary 29. One of the portraits was pre- 

 sented to the R. H. S., and the other 

 to Mrs. Veitch. Among the company 

 of 150, which included several ladies, 

 were Sir Trevor Lawrence, president 

 of the society, and many well-known 

 and influential gentlemen. After the 

 loyal toasts had been proposed, the 

 chairman read a telegram from Baron 

 Schroder, conveying heartiest congrat- 

 ulations "to our dear friend Mr. Veitch 

 whose services to horticulture, not 

 only to Great Britain, but to the whole 

 world, deserved recognition." The 

 chairman also read a letter from Col. 

 Holford, regretting that, owing to an 

 operation, he could not be present to 

 take part in a gathering to do honor 

 "to one of the most distinguished and 

 populai horticulturists that ever 

 lived." 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



HARRY JAMES VEITCH. 



The name of Veitch is a household 

 name in horticultural spheres the 

 world over, and in this country, 

 equally with the old country, do we 

 honor the present head of this fam- 

 ous house. The Veitch establishment 

 was founded at Killerton, Devonshire, 

 about ISOS, by John Veitch, grand- 

 father of the present Mr. Harry J. 

 Veitch. About 1832 it was establish- 

 ed at Exeter, with James Veitch, son 

 of the founder, at the head, and in 

 1853 moved to Chelsea, London. 



It is no disparagement to other great 

 horticultural firms to proclaim that 

 the house of Veitch has done more 

 for horticulture generally than any 

 other single establishment. Pioneers 

 in hybridization and selection, to 

 them we owe the commencement of 

 our orchid hybrids, tuberous be- 

 gonias, winter-ilowering begonias, hip- 

 peastrums, streptocarpus, nepenthes, 

 etc., etc. 



As early as 1840 the firm despatch- 

 ed their first collector, William Lobb, 

 and his work has been continued al- 

 most interruptedly down to the pres- 

 ent day. Veitch's travellers, twenty- 

 five in all, have ransacked the world 

 in quest of new plants, and to the en- 

 terprise of this firm we owe a large 

 percentage of the plants of our gar- 

 dens and greenhouses of today. 



In 1865 the subject of our note, hav- 

 ing previously assisted his father. 



Beautiful I Novel I Valuable ! 



The Newest Lilacs 



Double and Single 



Extraordinary Offering 



The improvement ill the Lilac, especially in the double 

 sorts. IS marvelous, and .".II lovers of this flower will be de- 

 li:,'htedwilh these novelties. I a size, form and color they far 

 suriiai^s tlie old favorites and we confidently recommend 

 tli'MU to our patrons. Nothing that has been introiluced 



rt ntly is likely to prove so popular as the new Lilac s. 



A iM-'autifnl illustrated booklet on Lilacs will be mailed 



on request, also our Illustrated General fatalopue. wiinb 



■iitaiiis accurate and trustworthy descriptions of the best 



FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, 



SHRUBS, ROSES and HARDY PLANTS 



Ellwanger & Barry,MoDnt Hope Nurseries. Rochester. N.Y. 



joined the firm as partner. Since 

 then, with one brief interim, he has 

 been actively engaged in its manage- 

 ment, and for several decades Jias 

 borne its destinies on his shoulders. 

 A keen business man to his finger 

 tips, large and open-hearted, his 

 firm's employes worship him and one 

 and all strive their utmost in hearty 

 co-operation. No employer could be 

 idolized by his employes more than is 

 •'Mr. Harry," as he is fondly termed. 

 But Mr. Harry J. Veitch has done more 

 than consolidate and extend a huge 



the council chamber of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society, in company with 

 portraits of Sir Joseph Banks and 

 others, is a fitting place for the por- 

 trait of Harry J. Veitch. Beloved and 

 honoied by all sorts and conditions 

 of men in many lands, long may he 

 yet be spared to adorn the science he 

 has done so much to advance. 



E. H. WILSON. 



Harry James ^Veitch . 



business; his work for the advance- 

 ment of horticulture in its manifold 

 branches has been enormous. Foi 

 more than halt a century Mr. Veitch 

 has been a prominent mover in all 

 and every matter associated with hor- 

 ticulture across the water. With 

 brain and purse he has (and still con- 

 tinues so to do) assisted every move- 

 ment which has for its object the ad- 

 vancement of horticulture. The gar- 

 dener never had a truer and warmer 

 friend than Mr. Veitch. nor one who 

 has labored more in the interest of 

 indigent Mu\ aged gardeners and or- 

 phans of gardeners. Deeply religious 

 and philanthropic, his assistance to 

 multitudinous charities is constant 

 and unostentatious, for his right hand 

 never knoweth what his left doeth in 

 these matters. 



Orchids and nepenthes are among 

 his favorite plants, and we owe to 

 him some valuable papers on these 

 subjects. He is a member of several 

 scientific societies and his private 

 hobbies are farming and pictures, and 

 his collection of the latter contains 

 many fine examples. 



We congratulate our friends across 

 the water on the possession of a 

 worthy portrait of a worthy man. and 



THE CARNATION SHOW. 



(Verses by Arthur G. Burgoyne, in Pitts- 

 burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.) 



Where the sign "Fort Pitt," suspended 



B'rom a palace vast and splendid, 

 Offers standing invitation to the trav'ler 

 to step in. 

 If today you chance to enter. 

 Guided bv some knowing Mentor, 

 You will find a bow'r of loveliness to 

 Paradise akin. 

 There in friendlv contest meeting 

 And for honors high competing 

 Are the kings of horticulture, with ambi- 

 tious pride aglow. 

 Each his best endeavor making 

 To achieve a record-breaking 

 And astounding g:rade of merit at the 

 Prize Carnation Show. 

 Oh, the gems that they're displaying, 

 By their wizardry essaying 

 To excel the work of nature, as apparently 

 they do. 

 Since their art today discloses 

 Blooms as fine as Beauty roses 

 .A.ud with nuances of color which Dame 

 Nature never knew. 

 There's the glorious Perfection 

 With its snowv-white complexion 

 And the Mrs. Thomas Lawson with its 

 rosy tint and, oh, 

 There in all its gay bravado 

 Is the golden El Dorado, , , ^ .. 

 And the scarlet Craig illuminates the 

 Prize Carnation Snow. 

 There's the pink Enchantress beaming 

 And the Daheim darkly gleaming; 

 There's the Victory, the Manley and the 

 dainty Queen Louise, 

 And a host of new ones render, 

 Bv their tinged and penciled splendor, 

 Joy" unbounded to the connoisseur who 

 raves o'er blooms like these. 

 And our town is in the running. 

 Hands that never lose their cunning 

 Vindicate the fame of Pittsburgh and let 

 all our neighbors know 

 That we're up in floral science, 

 • Hence with joyous self-reliance 

 We bid welcome to all comers at the 

 Prize Carnation Show. 



Little Rock, Ark.— The State Horti- 

 cultural Society elected officers Jan. 

 19, as follows: President, D. E. Et- 

 cher Johnson county; second vice- 

 president, H. H. Childers. Morrillton; 

 secretary. Prof. Ernest Walker, Fay- 

 etteville; treasurer. J. W. Vestal, 

 Little Rock. The retiring president, 

 W. H. H. Shibley of Van Buren, be- 

 comes the first vice-president by vir- 

 tue of his office as president for the 

 preceding year. Executive commit- 

 tee- J. A. Bauer, chairman, Judsonia; 

 A. W. Poole, Ozark; O. W. Patterson, 

 Gentry; Lafayette Marks, Springdale; 

 M. F. H. Smeltzer. Van Buren. 



