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HORTICULTURE 



July 12, 1913 



LILIUM MYRIOPHYLLUM. 



We have had occasion heretofore 

 to favorably mention this promising 

 introduction from China. Our cover 

 illustration, from a photograph taken 

 this week at the nurseries of R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., indicates in a small 

 way how well our predictions of its 

 value have been verified, but no word 

 description or picture can do it justice. 

 One must see it to fully appreciate Its 

 character. 



With the exception of a few small 

 plants in the foreground which are in 

 their second year from seed, the plants 

 shown in the picture are all from the 

 collected bulbs, many bearing upwards 

 of a dozen blooms. There are several 

 plantations of two-year-old seedlings 

 many of which have thrown a flower, 

 and in the frames one-ye^r seedlings 

 to the number of probably a quarter 

 million are seen. So it is only a ques- 

 tion of a short time until there will be 

 plenty of stock to supply the trade. 



We believe that as soon as this 

 glorious new lily has been distributed 

 among the florist trade it will quickly 

 take its place as one of the most valu- 

 able introductions of recent years 

 either as a garden ornament or a 

 florists' pot plant or cut flower subject. 

 As compared with the universally 

 grown longiflorum the flower opens 

 wider and the golden glow at the base 

 of the petals is very pleasing. The 

 blooms are 6 inches or more across and 

 the individual petals usually from 2 to 

 2V-, inches broad and have a more 

 satiny surface than any other lily 

 we have ever seen, while the outside 

 is strongly tinted red, which shining 

 through gives a faint flush of pink to 

 the whole flower. The anthers are 

 bright orange and a most remarkable 

 characteristic is that they do not shed 

 the pollen on opening, thus relieving 

 of the tedious work of picking off the 

 anthers as has to be done with all 

 other white lilies in order to prevent 

 staining the petals with yellow. 



Consider further that this lily is 

 absolutely hardy, healthy and adapted 

 to field culture right hero at home, 

 easily raised from seed and blooming 

 in the second or third year. If E. H. 

 Wilson never gave the world another 

 plant he has certainly won out as a 

 henefactor to the American garden 

 and to the American florist with this 

 one discovery. 



SEEN AT ORLEANS. MASS. 



Wilton Lockwood wliosc garden at 

 Orleans, Mass. was described in a re- 

 cent issue of this paper, is proud in 

 the possession of a plant of the gen- 

 uine Lady Alexander Duff peony, but 

 is watching it with much solicitude in 

 fear that the flower is tending to be- 

 come more double which would detract 

 from its striking beauty. We noticed 

 particularly a row of the fastigiate 

 English oak Fordii at Mr. Lockwood's 

 place. This tree gives the same effect 

 on the landscape as is obtained with 

 the Lombardy poplar, but is vastly 

 superior in every respect. He has 

 several which ai)pear to have been 

 raised from seed and consequently 

 vary somewhat in habit The btst 

 are some of the original stock obtained 

 from Ellwanger & Barry, absolutely 

 uniform in height and every other 

 particular. These were 6 feet tall when 

 purchased five years ago and are now 

 25 feet tall— a most raiiid growth for 

 an oak, and very desirable for anyone 

 wanting quick results. 



A VISIT TO BEVERLY, 



The Garden Committee of the Mass- 

 achusetts Horticultural Society visited 

 the beautiful estate of Mrs. R. D. 

 Evans at Beverly, Mass., on Tuesday. 

 July 8. The owner is abroad but the 

 superintendent. James George, ade- 

 quately represented her in courteous 

 attention and hospitality. A feast had 

 been set out, the table being spread 

 in the big bay house and the visit thus 

 started off most entertainingly for the 

 visitors. 



This estate is superbly located over- 

 looking the broad Atlantic and adorned 

 with noble elms and conifers. An ob- 

 jective point was the extensive Italian 

 garden laid out and planted last year 

 by Messrs. Farquhar of Boston on the 

 place where stood the summer cottage 

 occupied for several seasons by Presi- 

 dent Tatt. The garden has all the 

 features customary in such p'anta- 

 tions. Marble statuary, fountains, 

 vases, stately bay trees, and thickly- 

 planted beds with formal edging, etc. 

 Especially effective were the serried 

 ranks of "delphiniums and campanulas 

 and here and there a cluster of Lilium 

 myriophyllum added sparkle and spicy 

 aroma to the densely massed her- 

 baceous groups. Tall standard speci- 

 mens of Fran Karl DruschUi roses 

 were placed at regular intervals and at 

 the time of the visit were veritable 

 bouquets of great while blooms. 



So pleased was the committee with 

 what they saw that they awarded a 

 gold medal to Mrs. Evans in recog- 

 nition of her encouragement of horti- 

 culture and siver medal to Mr. George 

 for the ability and cultural skill dis- 

 played. 



SPOT ON GARDENIA LEAVES. 



Editor Horticulture: 



I would like to know it .vmi could tell 

 tlio reasou of this spot and wliiil It Is 

 I hat is on the Bardenla leaves. We nave 

 a large house of florida and Veltchll. This 

 spot started on the Veitchll and went all 

 through the house. We have some nice 

 voung stock ooraing on and I see the 

 spot Is started on them. I will he very 

 pleased to see your report in Saturday s 

 Horticulture. " '■^ ■ 



Newport, K. I. 



I have examined the leaves sent 

 in by Mr. C. and find them to 

 be more or less seriously affected 

 with a fungus known as ^i>h<inrlhi 

 anrilniiiif Ckr. This appears to be a 

 l)arasite and is known to affect this 

 plant in its native haliitat, but we 

 have never noticed any trouble in the 

 north. While it is believed to he 

 |)arasitic, we are by no means certain 

 that the infection might not have 

 been caused by some abnormality in 

 the conditions surrounding the plants 



Practically all greenhouse disease.s 

 can be controlled by careful handling 

 of the heat, light and moisture, 

 especially the last, for if the spores 

 of the fungus are present, and water 

 is allowed to remain on the plants 

 over night they will have a good 

 chance to germinate and infect the 

 leaves. Syringing on bright sunshiny 

 mornings, when the plants will dry off 

 (luickly. does not give the six)res a 

 chance to germinate. 



I shotild not advise spraying of any 

 kind for this trouble. 



G. E. Stone. 



Amherst, Mass. 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 

 Some Floral Novelties. 

 At a recent meeting of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, awards of merit 

 were given to several interesting new 

 and rare plants. Some details of these 

 exhibits are appended. Papaver 

 Perry's Unique is of miniature growth, 

 of a striking crimson-scarlet, the black 

 blotched petals being lacerated to 

 nearly one half their depth. Paeonia 

 arborea L'Esperance is an excellent 

 semi-double, of a soft yellow tint, with 

 a crimson base, and should prove a 

 useful acquisition to this attractive 

 section. Primula X Excelsior (P. cock- 

 burniana x P. Unique); this has 

 handsome blooms of brilliant crimson 

 scarlet, and is likely to receive wide- 

 spread appreciation. Potentilla Boule 

 de Feu has been produced as the result 

 of a cross between P. argyrophyilla 

 and P. atrosanguinea. The flowers are 

 crimson-scarlet, with silvery foliage. 

 Iris gracilipes has graceful blooms of 

 pale mauve, with an orange blotch, 

 and a pleasing foliage. Delphinium 

 Mrs. F. Brewster has bold flowers of 

 a clear lilac mauve hue. The exhibi- 

 tors of the foregoing were : A. Perry. 

 Enfield; Kelway iV- Sons. Langport; 

 Veitch & Sons, Chelsea; H. Hemsley, 

 Crawley, Sussex; the Wargrave Plant 

 warm. Twyford; and R. C. Notcutt. 

 Woodbridge. 



A Secretary Honored. 

 The Rev. W. Wilks. the secretary of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, has 

 been presented with a testimonial 

 amounting to nearly £700 (pounds) 

 by the Fellows in recognition of his 

 25 years' valuable service. Mr. Wilks" 

 name will always be perpetuated by 

 his raising of the Shirley poppy — 

 named after the Surrey villiage where 

 he has resided for so many years. 

 The raising of this popular bloom has 

 been described as follows by Mr. 

 Wilks : "In 1.*^S0 I noticed in a waste 

 corner of my garden abutting on the 

 fields where grew a patch of the com- 

 mon wild poppy, one solitary flower 

 having a very narrow white edging to 

 the four petals. This one flower I 

 market and saved the seed of it alone. 

 Next year out of perhaps 200 plants I 

 had three or four with all the flowei-s 

 white edged. The best of these were 

 marked and the seed saved, and so on 

 tor several years, the flowers all the 

 time getting a larger infusion of white, 

 until they arrived at quite a pale pink, 

 and one plant absolutely white in the 

 petals. I then set myself to change 

 the black central portions of the 

 flower, and succeeded at last in ob- 

 taining a strain with petals varying 

 from brightest scarlet to pure white, 

 and with all varieties of flakes and 

 edged flowers, and with golden centres. 

 It would be encouraging to others 

 working on similar lines, but with dif- 

 ferent subjects, to reflect that the 

 gardens of the whole world are to-day 

 furnished with poppies which are the 

 direct derpndants of one single cap- 

 sule of seed saved in the little vicarage 

 garden of Shirley so late as August. 

 1880." 



W. H. AnsETT. 



Pascoag. R. I., July 8th. 1913. 

 Gentlemen; — Please discontinue my 

 Salvia adv.. as I am sold out. — William 

 Doei. 



