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HORTICULTURE 



July 30, 1910 



ROSE SHOW AT LIEGNITZ, SILESIA. 



This important event in Eastern 

 Germany— the celebration of the 25th 

 vear of the existence of the -'peut- 

 ^chen Rosen Verein," was held at 

 Liegnitz, from June 25 to July 10 

 and marked the first jubilee of the 

 Verein It was held in the town gar- 

 den The garden possesses large 

 grass plots and broad walks, old trees 

 and picturesque groups of shrubs 

 and affords, therefore, axi effectne 

 setting for an exhibition of Plants 



A ctirsory observation of the bedded- 

 out area sufficed to impress one with 

 the fact, that dwarf bush roses tar 

 4xceeried in number the standards and 

 half standards. These latter were ex- 

 clusively planted singly in the mixed 

 groups, and with but moderate effect^ 

 ft was a pleasure to notice He close 

 masses of color in the rose beds ob- 

 tained by planting one vaiiety on y 

 in a bed; and even when one var ety 

 is planted a? an edging, the effect is 

 not satisfactory if it be not a variety 

 of R. polvantha. These varieties are 

 the only "ones that do ^o\°'-^'-}°^ 

 the central mass of plants in the beds. 

 The date of the end of the ex- 

 hibition was correctly chosen, and the 

 flowers which here and there had 

 suffered from the wet weather were 

 satisfactory in general and m the 

 case of Rambler and Polyantha roses, 

 thev were excellent. Still some ot 

 the" varieties, in particular Gruss an 

 Teplitz which had been cut back to 

 two buds with the object of obtaining 

 strong shoots were very backward, and 

 spoiled the effect as a whole Tea 

 hybrids showed themselves to be the 

 roses of the future as of the present; 

 and after these the Polyanthas. Hy- 

 brid Perpetuals (Remontants). such 

 as Frau Karl Druschki, gave light and 

 life to the big groups when seen from 

 a distance. Of Teas, Etoile de France 

 was remarked as having done well 

 this vear in spite of the abundant wet 

 weather; but per contra, Richmond 

 Libertv and General McArthur seemed 

 to be" unsuited to the climate and 

 tailed to bloom satisfactorily; and the 

 German rosarians are of the opinion 

 that they are fitted only for forcing 

 purposes. 



Herr Peter Lambert, nurseryman 

 at Treves, secretary of the Verein, 

 contributed the greatest number ot 

 varieties. The newest varieties were 

 well represented. Other good exhibi- 

 tors were the United Rose Raisers o£ 

 Utersen (Holstein), who had exten- 

 sive collections of very vigorous 

 plants. The firm, P. Boehm, Ober 

 Cassel, near Bonn, belonged to the 

 cla=s that rendered the greatest ser- 

 vice among the exhibitors, as well in 

 view of the excellent condition of their 

 plants the quality of the varieties, 

 and the extent of their participation 

 in the exhibition. Other nurserymen 

 who showed well were Carl Schmidt, 

 Kostritz, Conrad Maas of Rellingen, 

 W. Cordes of Elmshorn, Hugh Dickson 

 of Ireland, August Hundt of Dresden, 

 and J. Bottner, Frankfort-on-the-Oder. 

 The latter showed standard plants of 

 his variety Natalie Bottner, which may 

 have valiie as a cream colored vigor- 

 ous Tea rose for forcing. The leaf is 

 as if lacquered. 



The invitation issued- by the Deuts- 

 chen Rosen Verein. states that 35,000 

 roses were planted in the open air; 

 and that at scarcely any exhibition ot 



roses have such extensive effects in 

 the massing of one color in a group 

 been witnessed. For the display of 

 cut blooms and objects of the florists' 

 art, a hall having an area ot about 

 350 square yards was provided. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



PREPARING FCR SPOKANE APPLE 

 SHOW. 



Growers in the United States and 

 Canada who exhibited their orchard 

 products in competition at the second 

 national apple show last fall, will be 

 requested by the board of trustees to 

 give their views upon questions gov- 

 erning variety ratings, entering and 

 judging of exhibits at the third ex- 

 hibition in Spol-ane, November 14 to 

 19, when ?25,000 will be distributed in 

 prizes and trophies in the various con- 

 tests, which are free and open to the 

 world. 



The chief question is regarding scor- 

 ing values. Ren H. Rice, secretary of 

 the National Apple Show, Inc., says in 

 a letter to prospective exhibitors and 

 jrowers that the rules ot the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society were adopted 

 last year at the request of many entry- 

 men; "but," he adds, "it was apparent 

 that the ratings were not fair to many 

 apples that have been brought to a 

 higher standard since the society made 

 up its list ];j years ago." 



The present ratings are: Arkan 

 sas, 7-8; Arkansas Black, 5-G Bald- 

 win. 5-G: Ben Davis, 4-5; Cox 

 Orange Pippen, 8-9; Delicious, 9-10; 

 Gravenstein. 8-9; Grimes' Golden 

 9-10; Jonathan, 8-9; Mcintosh Red, 

 5-G; Northern Spy, 8-9; Rhode Island 

 Greening. 7-8: Rome Beauty, G-7; 

 Spitzenburg. 10; Styman Winesap, 8-9: 

 King of Tompkins County, S-9; Wage- 

 ner, 7-8; Wealthy, C-7; White-Permain. 

 8-9; Winter Banana, 8-9; Winesap, 7-8; 

 Wolf River. 5-G; Yellow Bellflower. 

 8-9; Yellow Newton, 9-10; Y'ork Im- 

 perial, 6-7. 



The only changes proposed are: 

 Arkansas, Arkaubas Black and Bald- 

 win, 6-7 each; Mcintosh Red and 

 Wealthy, 7-8 each; Delicious and Wine- 

 sap, 8-9 each. 



The other questions are: The pub- 

 lication of score cards after judging, 

 special judges tor the limited displays, 

 and requiring pledges of honor from 

 exhibitors that the apples entered in 

 any commercial exhibit, district and 

 limited displays not included are 

 products of one orchard. 



ABOUT SEASONABLE NOTES. 



We very much regret that, through 

 a misplacement of copy in this oflSce, 

 we are unable to present Mr. Farrell's 

 valuable cultural notes on florists' 

 stock, which have come to be eagerly 

 looked from week to week by so many 

 commercial flower and plant growers. 

 Notes intended for this issue will ap- 

 pear next week. — (Ed.) 



"COULD NOT DO WITHOUT IT." 



Manchester, Mass., May 21, 1910. 

 HORTICULTURE Publishing Co.: 



Could not do very well w/ithout your 

 live, up-to-date publication. 



J. S. 



New Castle, Ind. — The greenhouses 

 near the Union Depot have been pur- 

 chased by Levi A. Jennings. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY, 

 LONDON. 



Quite a stir was caused in the gar- 

 dening world by the result of the show 

 of the National Sweet Pea Society at 

 the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, 

 on July 12. To the surprise of every- 

 body, the Sutton Cup, which Is the 

 chief trophy, and carries with it a 

 gold medal and prize as well, was won 

 by a Welsh innkeeper of the name of 

 Haycocks, from Cypelia, a village near 

 Wrexham. Although there were 

 famous enthusiasts fiom all over the 

 Kingdom, Mr. Haycocks beat them all 

 unaided, growing his peas in his back 

 garden, and bringing them up to Lon- 

 don himself from his country home. 

 As it happened, Mr. Haycocks' dough- 

 tiest antagonist. Sir Randolf Baker, 

 Bart, of Blandford, was disqualified 

 through having twent-one sprays in 

 one of his vases, instead of the regu- 

 lation, twenty. In any case, it would 

 have been, a near thing between the 

 baronet and the prize winner. The 

 triumph was still more creditable in 

 view of the fact that Mr. Haycocks, 

 who thus finds himself practically 

 champion sweet pea grower of the 

 world, has only taken up gardening 

 as a hobby for three years. He has 

 no greenhouses, and only about eigh- 

 teen rods of garden behind the Wag- 

 oners' Inn in his remote Welsh village. 

 The varieties shown In the winning 

 lot consisted of Countess Spencer, 

 Menie Christie, Mrs. A. Ireland, Clara 

 Curtis, Marquis, Helen Lewis, Elsie 

 Herbert, Mrs. Hardcastle Sykes, Frank 

 Dolby, Evelyn Hemus, Mrs. H. Belle, 

 The king, Etta Dyke, Aurora Spencer, 

 Helen Pierce, Nora Unwin, John In- 

 gram and Constance Oliver. 



In the class for 24 bunches, distinct, 

 Mrs. A. Tlgwell was first with, among 

 other varieties not shown in the 

 larger class, Miriam Beaver, Master- 

 piece, King Edward, W. T. Hutchins, 

 Dazzler, Prince Olaf, Tennant, Sena- 

 tor, Flora Norton, Marjorie Llnzee, 

 Zero aiid several more. 



Mr. Usher, gardener to Sir R. Baker, 

 Bart, was the winner of the first prize 

 in the Eckford Memorial class, one 

 that created keen competition. There 

 were two special classes for 12 

 bunches, Mrs. A. Tigwell taking the 

 first prize in one of them; and Mrs. 

 Prophet, of Par Station, Cornwall, the 

 first prize In the other. Mr. Usher 

 was first in an open class for 18 

 bunches, distinct, and for 16 bunches. 

 He showed among others Rosie 

 Adams; and other exhibitors showed 

 in first prize lots the varieties: Dusky 

 Monarch, Lavender George Herbert, 

 Anglian Orange, Anglian Pink and 

 Rosabelle. Iris, a fine shade of sal- 

 mon, won first prize as an new variety, 

 for Mrs. C. W. Breadmore. In a class 

 for 12 bunches of flowers having 

 waved standards, Mr. T. Stevenson 

 was first — Black Knight, Mr. Charles 

 Foster, Mr. Hugh Dickson, American 

 Spencer and Sunproof Crimson being 

 among his varieties. Mr. Usher was 

 first for four American varieties, viz, 

 Miriam Beaver, Marie Corelli, W. T. 

 Hutchins and Senator. There were 

 about 24 exhibitors belonging to the 

 trade, including W. Atlee Burpee & 

 Co., Philadelphia. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



