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HOKTICULTUEE 



August 16, 1913 



Armories, Peterboro, Ont., on Tuesday, 

 Aug. 5. About one hundred delegates 

 attended. After a civic welcome by 

 Mayor Bradburn, the report of the sec- 

 retary-treasurer was presented, show- 

 ing a credit balance of $173.16. The 

 report of the Tariff Committee was 

 presented, and, pending action on the 

 tariff by the Government, was referred 

 back to the committee. Park Commis- 

 sioner Chambers, of Toronto, was to 

 have addressed the meeting on "Parks 

 and Boulevards," but was unable to be 

 present on account of a fire at the Ex- 

 hibition Park. The balance of the 

 program for the three-days' convention 

 was successfully carried out, much 

 time being devoted to sight seeing and 

 entertainment. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The annual exhibit of annuals and 

 perennials of the Lenox Horticultural 

 Society will be held in the Town Hall, 

 Lenox, Mass., August 20 and 21. 

 Fruits and vegetables will also be fea- 

 tured. 



The St. Louis County Growers held 

 a meeting at Kirkwood on August 6. 

 W. J. Pilcher presented a list for sub- 

 scriptions for the flower show, which 

 was subscribed to by all present. Wm. 

 Winter, a member, stated that he had 

 been married that day and a fine 

 spread awaited the members at the 

 close of the meeting. Mr. Winter re- 

 ceived congratulations on all sides and 

 at the close was voted a jolly good 

 fellow. 



RUTHERFORD, N. J., NOTES. 



Orchids are scarce at the Julius 

 Roehrs houses at present, a few Gas- 

 kelliana and gigas being about the 

 only bloom in sight but the labiatas 

 will begin to come in early in Septem- 

 ber and then there will be an abun- 

 dance. A house of calanthes im- 

 pressed us as the finest lot of these 

 desirable plants we have ever seen. 

 The rest of the big establishment is in 

 elegant condition, giving evidence in 

 plenty that this well-known plant 

 growing place will, under the manage- 

 ment of the second Julius, fully main- 

 tain the prestige it attained under his 

 late father. The outside nursery de- 

 partment is under the care of Rudolph 

 Roehrs and the orchid range is in 

 charge of Mr. lanson. who Is well 

 qualified by experience to assume this 

 important responsibility. 



At Bobbink & Atkins' nurseries just 

 now the special interest centres in the 

 hybrid hibiscus which have been de- 

 veloped here to a wonderful beauty 

 and perfection. The flowers are enor- 

 mous with great luscious overlapping 

 petals in every tint and combination 

 from pure white to dazzling crimson. 

 Some of the pink varieties come in 

 the softest and purest tones without 

 a trace of the crimson eye which is 

 usually found in these flowers. The 

 rose garden is also a prime attraction 

 and now that the cooler moister 

 weather is here the hybrid teas are 

 beginning to sparkle with color. There 

 are fully 500 varieties in this interest- 

 ing collection. The herbaceous 

 grounds, which are -in the care of Mr. 

 Ehrle, are an expanse of beauty at 

 all times. 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 



Bitter Pit In Apples. 



Professor C. T. Lewis, chief of the 

 Divison of Horticulture of the Agricul- 

 tural College. Corvallis, Oregon, U. S. 

 A., is obtaining information in refer- 

 ence to bitter pit In apples. He has 

 lately written to C. H. Hooper, libra- 

 rian at the Agricultural College, Wye, 

 Kent, asking his co-operation in col- 

 lecting data, and efforts are being 

 made to secure information from Brit- 

 ish fruit growers. The same disease 

 is causing some anxiety in Australia. 

 D. McAlpine. vegetable pathologist for 

 Victoria, has been requested by the 

 Federal Government to investigate 

 this disease, which for many years has 

 caused serious havoc in the orchards. 

 In the first report presented it Is 

 shown that neither insects nor fungi, 

 bacteria, nor external agencies are con- 

 cerned in the production of bitter pit. 

 The cause rather is internal, and must 

 be sought for in a study of the struc- 

 ture and physiological processes ot the 

 apple itself. 



Provincial Rose Show. 



The National Rose Society held a 

 highly successful provincial exhibition 

 at Gloucester, on July 15th. Accord- 

 ing to the secretary, this was the 

 largest provincial show held by the 

 society, whilst the general quality was 

 far in excess of anything they had 

 seen before. The first prize in the 

 chief trade class, carrying with it the 

 Jubilee trophy and gold medal, was 

 awarded to Hugh Dickson, Ltd.. Bel- 

 fast, Ireland. In the trade section sil- 

 ver medals were awarded to the fol- 

 lowing best blooms in the show: 



H. T., H. V. Machin, shown by Alex. 

 Dickson & Sons. Newtownards, Ire- 

 land: Tea, Jlrs. E. Mawley by D. Prior 

 & Sons. Colchester: H. P., A. K. Wil- 

 liams, shown by the King's Acre Nur- 

 series, Hereford. There was an excel- 

 lent collection of seedlings. S. Mc- 

 Gredy & Son, Portadown, Ireland, re- 

 ceived a gold medal for each of the 

 following: Florence Forrester, a bold 

 white: Colleen, rosy pink H. T.; lona 

 Herdman, decorative variety, similar in 

 tint to old gold; Mrs. F. W. Vanderbilt, 

 peach color. Hugh Dickson, Ltd., re- 

 ceived gold medals tor Mrs. Archie 

 Gray, lemon tinted H. T. ; Countess 

 Clanwilliam, cream H. T. ; Gorgeous, 

 pink, suffused orange. Alex. Dickson 

 & Sons were awarded a gold medal for 

 G. Amedee Hammond, of a pleasing 

 golden hue. S. McGredy & Son also 

 received a silver-gilt medal for Eileen 

 Smiley, a H. T. ot a striking shade of 

 orange, with a deeper tinted base. 



W. H. Adsett. 



THE CATTLEYA FLY. 



Editor HORTICULTURE. 



Would like to ask through your valuable 

 paper how to get rid of Cattleya fly. 

 Yours truly, 



P. E. H. 



I find the best way to get rid of the 

 Cattleya Fly is to isolate the affected 

 plants from the others and fumigate 

 two or three times a week with Xicu 

 ticide during the day, when the 

 weather is cloudy. The fly usually is 

 hidden at night and cannot be reached 

 so effectively as in the daytime, when 

 flying about. If you will keep it up 

 for two or three months you will get 

 rid of them entirely. 



Jos. Mand.v. 



EUROPEAN RAMBLINGS. 



Belgium—little Belgium, but, for its 

 size, the densest populated country of 

 Europe, with a glorious record for fine 

 old history and a fine collection of old 

 historical reminiscences and fine old 

 art. Bruges. Ghent, Malines, Antwerp, 

 Brussels, what a quantity ot old 

 treasures can be found there! And 

 Ghent, the center of horticulture, is 

 likewise the city where the treaty of 

 peace was signed between "Auld Eng- 

 land and Young America," after the 

 war of 1S12. Since then, peace forever 

 between the two nations, the grandest 

 powers of our own modern times. Land- 

 ing at Antwerp, towards the end ot May, 

 of course my ramblings went soon 

 towards Ghent, the center of Belgian 

 horticulture, if not of the European 

 countries. We do not count the horti- 

 cultural establishments there, we 

 merely see them in passing through 

 the town in its various directions By 

 the courtesy of Mr. Leon Kerkvoorde, 

 who with his two brothers continues 

 the paternal firm of C. Kerkvoorde — 

 nurseryman and horticulturist — found- 

 ed many years ago, I was taken quick- 

 ly from the Hotel dela Poste through 

 the Ledeberg district out to his exten- 

 size nursery plant, and was impressed 

 by the vastness of this establishment. 

 Rhododendrons, cii wasxr, in the best 

 hardy and forcing varieties; Azalea 

 indicas for the florists' forcing, grown 

 in the best of soil, no need of arti- 

 ficial manuring: Simon Mardners, V. 

 der Cruysens, Mad. Petricks and the 

 average run of best sorts were there, 

 all in fine shape. The new French hy- 

 drangeas, lilacs, prunus, almonds, etc., 

 etc.. and last but not least the roses. 

 Not much advanced by the end of May 

 were these, but early in July, at a sec- 

 ond call, a glorious sight. About 250,- 

 000 roses are grown on this place, 

 mostly the better and newer kinds of 

 hybrid perpetuals, hybrid teas and hy- 

 brid Pernettianas. Besides another 250,- 



000 mostly ot the old standard sorts of 

 hybrid perpetuals are grown under 

 contract for this firm. Tree roses in 

 standard and half-standards; and an 

 extra fine selection of tall weeping 

 standards on o to 6 and 6 to 7 ft. stems 

 in sorts like Crimson Rambler, Dor- 

 othy Perkins, Lady Gay, Tausend- 

 schoen, Alberic Barbier and so on. real 

 treasures to look upon. Of the differ- 

 ent newer kinds, not exactly the latest, 



1 noticed as of apparent special merit: 

 His Majesty, a bright crimson scarlet 

 H. T. with strong wood; Jonkheer J. L. 

 Mock, a close rival, of bright crimson 

 pink; Marquise de Ganay, LaFiance 

 color, fragrant, and. as it seemed, an 

 improvement on the old LaFiance. 

 Jenny Guillemot, a very promising 

 H. T. ot saffron yellow color. Other 

 roses of merit were all well repre- 

 sented. In the nursery stocks the lead- 

 ing coniferous kinds were largely 

 grown: also forest tree seedlings and 

 larger trees. Quite a fine assortment 

 of the fancy trained fruit trees is to be 

 found here. The- major part of a day 

 was spent in inspecting this va'st es- 

 tablishment. After a hospitable repast 

 the return trip to old Client was made 

 by auto, Mr. Leon Kerkvoorde acting 

 as chauffeur, and arrived just in time 

 to find shelter in the Cafe Gambrinus 

 from a thunder storm with pelting 

 rain. Good success to the live estab- 

 lishment of C. Kerkvoorde is the 

 wish of Yours truly. W. R. 



