September 3, 1910 



HORTI CULTURE 



341 



SOME MASSACHUSETTS GROW- 

 ERS. 



One of the more pretentious of the 

 new greenhouses about Boston is that 

 of James Wheeler at Naticl^, and it 

 promises well. Mr. Wheeler has 32 

 acres of ideal ground, for carnation 

 growing especially, and the new green- 

 house, 60 X 300 ft., is finely located, 

 and well protected from winds by tree 

 growth and lay of land. Heating ap- 

 paratus is now being put in. The 

 carnations, 17,500 in number, were 

 planted during first week in August, 

 in low beds and at the time we called 

 a lawn sprinkler was busily engaged 

 in the job of watering — a performance 

 essentially labor-saving at the pres- 

 ent time, but of doubtful utility later 

 on. The house has a capacity for 

 24,000 plants and the unoccupied space 

 is devoted for this year to violets and 

 sweet peas, the great scarcity of good 

 carnation plants in this section being 

 an obstacle not easy to overcome. Mr 

 Wheeler has a spacious bungalow, 

 nearly completed, to be used as a 

 residence, built entirely of the bould- 

 ers from his land. 



SWEET PEA FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. 



Boston has still another Wheeler — 

 the orchid growing firm, Wheeler & 

 Co., at Waban. .lohn Mutch is the 

 grower in charge. Extensive repairs 

 and new heating apparatus are being 

 put in. The only flowers being cut at 

 present are Cattleya Harrisonite and 

 the demand for these is far in excess 

 of the supply, but the labiatas are 

 coming on rapidly and in their season 

 the cut will exceed 2000 a week. 



Not far from this place is .lohn 

 Barr's carnation emporium. Winsor. 

 Pink Delight, Harry Fenn, Beacon and 

 Queen are the leading varieties plant- 

 ed by this clever and successful grow- 

 er. It will be remembered that the 

 popular Queen was raised and sent 

 out from here, and Mr. Barr has a 

 house planted exclusively with this 

 and some later seedlings which he re- 

 gards as giving promise of future use- 

 fulness. The demand for carnation 

 plants h.as been unprecedentedly ac- 

 tive this season, the call for Pink De- 

 light which is regarded as the best 

 thing out, being far beyond the ability 

 to satisfy. Mr. Barr speaks highly of 

 Dorner's latest introduction, Gloriosa. 



A short distance away is the rose- 

 growing establishment of Robert Mont- 

 gomery, Xatick. 12,000 Killarneys and 

 Richmonds show the work of the mas- 

 ter hand in luxuriant growth which 

 will turn in the shekels next winter 

 as usual. 



One of the largest carnation growers 

 for the Boston trade is James Tulis 

 at South Sudbui-y. The range com- 

 prises five houses, with a capacity of 

 50,000 plants. White Perfection, Bea- 

 con and Enchantress will continue to 

 be the mainstay of this establishment. 

 At the present time White Perfection 

 of excellent quality are being cut and 

 carnations are mighty good property 

 to have just now. The effects of the 

 abnormally dry season are evident in 

 the size of the plants here as else- 

 where. We must say a word in ap- 



A cablegram received in England 

 this week from Mr. W. Atlee Burpee, 

 of Philadelphia, who Is at present in 

 California, informs his friends in 

 Ihis country that his fine new laven- 

 der-colored Sweet Pea will be named 

 in honor of Florence Nightingale. — 

 From the Gardeners' Chronicle. Angust 



20, I()IO- 



This is the finest lavender sweet pea 

 to date and we have pleasure in giving 

 a picture of same herewith. Mr. Bur- 

 pee could not have a better inspiration 

 than the name of Florence Nightingale 

 at this time. The flower is worthy of 

 the fame of the flower of womankind. 



preciation of the taste displayed by 

 Mr. Tulis in the surroundings of his 

 place, which is all aglow with borders 

 and pai'terres of cannas and geraniums. 

 Such attention to outward aijpearanct 

 is a rare trait among commercial grow- 

 ers. The location is on high land and 

 the outlook over valleys and hills is 

 charming. 



H. H. Rogers, who is in the same 

 neighborhood has a planting capacity 

 of 21,000. Planting has just been com- 

 pleted. A new house has been put 

 up, 42 x 150. 



Coolidge Bros., also in South Sud- 

 bury, were only getting ready to plant 

 at the time of our visit. This estab 

 lishment is of considerable size, de- 

 voted entirely to carnations, and is be- 

 ing run by Mr. Johnson in the interest 

 of the mortgagee. 



CONSERVATION. 



Frederick W. Kelsey. of New York 

 City, who has recently returned from 

 an extended trip to the Canadian 

 Rockies, Alaska, Pacific Coast and the 

 Yellowstone Park, says that the rav- 

 ages of the forest fires throughout the 

 northwest are of alarming extent. 

 "From my personal observation," said 

 Mr. Kelsey, "in more than S,000 miles 

 of travel from Montreal to Vancouver, 

 through Puget Sound, the Columbia 

 River, and other sources of our na- 

 tional timber supply, 1 am impressed 

 with the imminent danger of a lumber 

 famine before many years in this 

 country, even should a recurrence of 

 the present forest fires be prevented." 

 Mr. Kelsey has been appointed by Gov- 

 ernor Fort, one of the delegates to 

 represent New Jersey at the National 

 Conservation Congress, St. Paul. Minn., 

 next week. 



