October 29, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



601 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNA- 

 TION SOCIETY, ENGLAND. 



This Society is arranging to bold an 

 exhibition in London, in December. 

 Interest in this particular branch of 

 horticulture is being well maintained, 

 judging from the number of new vari- 

 eties which have been placed on the 

 market by British raisers. The fol- 

 lowing is a list of the seedlings which 

 have been registered by the Society 

 this year: Albert E. Manders, orange 

 with red stripes; Edith Waters, cerise, 

 raised by C. F. Waters. Balcombe, Sus- 

 sex; Aurora, buff, marked with pink; 

 Bridesmaid, deep salmon pink; Coun- 

 tess of March, salmon pink; Daphne, 

 deep pink; Fortuna, yellow; Marmion, 

 cherry red, picoteed with white mar- 

 gin; Mikado, deep heliotrope; Mrs. W. 

 B. Clode, reddish salmon; Mrs. W. J. 

 Hunter, cherry; Mrs. Tatton, white, 

 overlaid with pink and margined 

 white; Orpheus, bright yellow ground, 

 marked with pink and white; R. F. 

 Felton, pink; Snowball, white; Snow 

 White, white, raised by H. Burnett, 

 Guernsey, Channel Islands; Duchess of 

 Devonshire, bright crimson; Lady Hen- 

 derson, flesh pink, raised by Young & 

 Co., Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; Em- 

 pire Day, pale salmon pink, raised by 

 A. Smith, Enfield Highway, Middlesex; 

 Emperor, white ground, striped car- 

 mine, raised by W. H. Lancashire, 

 Guernsey, Channel Islands; Harlequin, 

 yellow ground, heavily striped red, 

 raised by C. Engelmann, Saffron Wal- 

 den, Essex; Lady Dainty, white, over- 

 laid purple; Rival Coral, red, raised Dy 

 Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park; 

 Pride of Wharfedale, mauve ground, 

 marked pink; The Socialist, scarlet, 

 raised by J. Wormald, Harrogate, 

 Yorkshire; Etna, bright orange scar- 

 let; Mascot, salmon pink; O. K., blood 

 red; Pink Pearl, rose, raised by Hay- 

 ward Mathias, Medstead, Hampshire. 

 W. H. ADSETT. 



CHRYSOLORA. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Tarrytown Horticultural So- 

 ciety's exhibition will be held in Ii's'- 

 ington, N. Y., this year. 



The premium list for the show of 

 the Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 amounts to over $6,000 in rash prizes. 



The outing of the Detroit Florist 

 Club to the city nurseries at Palmer 

 Park was greatly enjoyed by all who 

 participated and Mr. Hunter, who 

 started the same and is still in full 

 charge of it, received well earned and 

 unstinted praise. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety has appropriated a number of 

 gold and silver medals to lie awarded 

 at the National Flower Show next 

 March by its own plant and flower 

 committee to objects of special merit 

 which may be shown there. 



Christopher C. Shaw, of Milford, N. 

 H., the oldest active traveling sales-^ 

 man in New England, was re-elected' 

 president of the New Hampsliire Hor- 

 ticultural Society on Oct. 22nd. Mr. 

 Shaw is 86 years old and is still 

 actively engaged in business. 



On Oct. 14th a well attended meet- 

 ing of the North Shore Horticultural 

 Society was held at Manchester. 

 Mass. W. B. Jackson was the speaker 

 for the evening and took for his sub- 

 ject, "A few suggestions in the use 

 of flowers for decorative effect." 



This new variety can be briefly de- 

 scribed as an early Col. D. Appleton, 

 coming in 15 days earlier; is of larger 

 size, stronger stem, not quite as tall 

 and in color is intermediate between 

 this variety and Maj. Bonnaffon. We 

 consider this one of our greatest 

 achievements, possessing sterling 



worth from the commercial standpoint, 

 while its size and splendid keeping 

 qualities permit its taking a prominent 

 part at the exhibitions. Best buds are 

 those selected Aug. 1st to 15th. Award- 

 ed 93 points at New York and 94 

 points at Cincinnati commercial siale, 

 October 15th, 1910. 



ROTTING OF CATTLEYA LABIATA 



BUDS. 

 Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Can you advise me in reference to 

 Cattleya labiata? Plants make fine 

 strong sheaths, buds push up in 

 sheatlis about an inch or more, then 

 stand still and finally rot, sheaths re- 

 maining in apparently healthy condi- 

 tion. Thanking vou. Very truly yours, 



G. B. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT HART- 

 FORD. 



Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Conn., is 

 revelling in the finest chrysanthemum 

 exhibition ever given there. Begin- 

 ning last Monday evening the green- 

 houses are lighted until 10 P. M. and 

 the roads and paths leading thereto 

 are also well lighted. The display of 

 single-flowered varieties is especially 

 fine. 



In growing Cattleya labiata in pots, 

 baskets or en boards one of the most 

 critical times in the culture of that 

 species is when the buds are beginning 

 to form and push up into the sheaths. 



As is well-known, Cattleya labiata is 

 the only one that will throw a double 

 sheath, and therefore it should he care- 

 fully watered at that critical time, be- 

 cause when the inside sheath pushes 

 through the outside one it breaks the 

 latter and when watered overhead or 

 when drip falls into it, the water runs 

 between the sheaths and becomes stag- 

 nant inside as it has no way of run- 

 ning out and the buds being not strong 

 enough to absorb it, rot inside of the 

 sheath before getting above water. 



This is my opinion in this matter 

 and should anybody think or know any 

 other reason for the trouble 1 shall be 

 very glad to hear about it. 



PAUL DE NAVE. 



Fall River, Mass. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Birmingham, Ala. — Richard Massey 

 has plans for an Italian garden to 

 cost $5,000. 



Meriden, Conn. — John J. Bonell, 

 florist, 131 Converse avenue, has been 

 nominated for senator. 



Beverly, Ohio.— W. T. Mitchell & 

 Son, nurserymen, are building a pack- 

 ing house 80x120 feet. 



Gorham, Me. — Roland Barrows has 

 installed a new heating apparatus in 

 his greenhouse on Jlain street. 



Putman, Conn. — Alex. Maine, for- 

 merly proprietor of the greenhouses 

 on Providence street, has moved to 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



Mayvllle, Wis. — Charles Schuhmann 

 has purchased the greenhouse and 

 florist business of Miss Ella Naber. 

 He will remove the house to his 

 property on North Main street. 



