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HORTICULTURE 



November 29, 1913 



A TULIP BED. 



Bulb planting has been In progress 

 for some time in the Department of 

 Parks, Borough of Brooklyn. The ac- 

 companying picture is from a photo- 

 graph which is on file in the office of 

 the Department, showing one of last 

 season's formal tulip beds. A suit- 



able location for this monster flag, 100 

 feet long and 65 feet wide, was found 

 at Seaside Park, at the end of Ocean 

 Parkway. Coney Island, where people 

 could enjoy seeing it. The flag con- 

 sumed 33,000 tulip bulbs, 6,000 pan- 

 sies, 1,000 daisies. The kinds used 

 were White Hawk and Couleur Cardi- 



nal tulips for the stripes; the Union 

 was made of Giant Emperor William 

 pansies, and the 13 stars, each of them 

 measuring four feet through, took an 

 additional thousand Bellis perennii 

 (Longfellow). The pole was planted 

 with Improved Yellow Prince tulips to 

 give a desired color contrast. 



the Missori Botanical Garden. After 

 the meeting they were escorted to the 

 big conservatory to view the chrysan- 

 themum show. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington, sched- 

 uled for Tuesday evening, December 

 2, will prove a very important one as 

 there are many matters of grave im- 

 portance to the trade to be brought up 

 for action. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Cook Co. Florists' Association, Chica- 

 go, was held Nov. 2nth. A committee 

 consisting of the president, secretary 

 and trustees of the Cook Co. Associa- 

 tion, was appointed to formulate a 

 letter to the Chicago Florists' Club. 

 Some fine begonia plants were exhibit- 

 •ed by Peter Pearson. The December 

 meeting will be held on the 11th, and 

 all members having any Christmas 

 plants to exhibit are requested to bring 

 them at that time. 



The regular meeting of the New 

 London Horticultural Society was held 

 on the 13th inst. It was fruit night 

 and a good display of apples, pears 

 and medlars was to be seen. Special 

 mention could be made of those ex- 

 hibited by Gustav Neumann, Alfred 

 Flowers and Dr. Rogers. There were 

 also some good chrysanthemum 

 blooms, mostly late varieties and pom- 

 pons. Stanley Jordan gave an inter- 

 esting talk on his visit to England. 

 H. LiCKMAN, Sec'y. 



Waterford, Conn. 



ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA. 



Can liny re.Tder give me any authentic 

 Information respeiting tlie history, native 

 h.ihitat, cultHrnI re(|ulrenients, eti-., of the 

 aliove? I understand It is a species of tree 

 fern hnt do not find It listed in any of 

 the ordinary horticultural works. 



New York. J., D. W. 



H0RTICUI.TURE PUBUSHING Co., 



Gentlemen: — Re. Angiopteris evec- 

 ta, I wish to state that this species is 

 widely distributed throughout Asia, 

 also occurring in China and Japan. It 

 differs considerable in from what re- 

 gion it is imported. It has been intro- 

 duced a good many years ago and is 

 found generally in fern collections at 

 botanical gardens or public conserva- 

 tories. It is not a tree fern but makes 

 a heavy crown something like an ele- 

 phant's foot from which it sends out 

 very large twice and three times divid- 

 ed fronds of thick leatherly substance. 

 It is a plant that will reach large di- 

 mensions and needs a similar culture 

 as any large growing fern. I have a 

 large specimen of it in my collection, 

 as it forms a fine object for exhibition 

 purposes. W. A. Manda. 



So. Orange, N. J. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Dennis T. Connor was stricken with 

 typhoid on the 19th. Reports from his 

 home today indicate that it is a very 

 severe case. The sympathy and earn- 

 est prayers of all go out for him and 

 his family in this hour of stress. May 

 he come safely through the valley of 

 the shadow. 



Articles of incorporation were ap- 

 plied for at the department of state of 

 Pennsylvania on Nov. 18, for the Wm. 

 Henry Maule Co., of Philadelphia. 

 The applicants are representatives of 

 the estate. The officers of the com- 

 pany will be announced in due course. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 

 Duluth, Minn. — Sheridan Green- 

 house Company, cajjital stock, $25,- 

 000. Incorporators, S. L. Caple, H. A. 

 Loucke and J. H. Ladd. 



A recent visit to the home of Kil- 

 larney Brilliant at Sharon Hill found 

 that new rose in fine shape. Experts 

 from far and near are coming to look 

 at it. Already nearly booked up to 

 limit of capacity of next spring's 

 delivery. 



Visitors: Raymond Kester, Kester 

 & Hardin, Williamsport, Pa.; B. W. 

 Delaney, representing J. Chas. McCul- 

 lough Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; P. Welch. 

 Welch Bros., Boston. Mass.; D. Ham- 

 mond Mish, Lebanon, Pa.; Miss Schul- 

 theis, Scranton. Pa.; Thomas Roland. 

 Nahant, Mass.; F. R. Pierson, Tarry- 

 town. N. Y.; E. Howard Smith, Hazel- 

 ton. Pa. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Darby, Pa.— K. Schneider & Son 

 have purchased the greenhouses and 

 stock of Mrs. John Summerfield. 



Albion, N. Y.— White Bros., of Me- 

 dina, have purchased the establish- 

 ment of A. T. Vick and will carry on 

 a retail business. 



Le Roy, N. Y.— A. King has pur- 

 chased the Walters greenhouses. 

 North street, and will continue the re- 

 tailing of flowers and plants. 



Lewisboro. N. Y. — Bird Steel Frame 

 Greenhouse Co., capital stock, $10,000; 

 incorp(;rators, Charles H. Ketchum, 

 Arthur F. Driscoll and William D. 

 Bird. 



The New Nanz & Neuner Company, 

 organized to take over the old Nanz 

 & Xeuner business. Capital stock, 

 $15,000; incorporators. Robert A. 

 Krafl, president; H. C. Kraft, vice- 

 president; Edward A, Kraft, treas- 

 urer; D. E. Wellers, secretary and 

 general manager. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED, 



Monticello, la. — C. L. Van Meter, 

 one h()\ise. 



Danbury, Ct. — E. E. Mathewson, 

 house 40 X 200. 



Portland, Me. — City Greenhouse, ad- 

 dition 25 X 100. 



Atlantic City. N. J.— Patrick J. 

 Mooney, South Newport avenue, one 

 house. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— W. Evans. Wyo- 

 ming avenue and Fisher's Lane, bouse 

 75 X 150. 



