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II O K I I I ULTUKE 



January 12, 191ft 



of eaatem Asia as lluworliig plants 

 are: — 



Malus floribunda tsee cover illus- 

 tration), probably tin- best known 

 and the most genonilly cultivated 

 Crab-apple in this pan of the coun- 

 try. When grown naturally it is 

 a broad, tail, round-topped bush, 

 rather than a tree, with wide-spread- 

 ing branches. The (lowers as they 

 open are red and, passing through 

 different shades of rose color, become 

 almost white before the petals fall. 

 The fruit is not much larger than a 

 pea. This plant Is one of the most sat- 

 isfactory of all flowering shrubs which 

 can be grown In this climate for It 

 has never yet been injured by cold, 

 heat, or drought, and never fails to 

 produce Its flowers every sprinK. On 

 some of these plants the fruit drops 

 In early autumn, and on other 

 seedling plants raised in the Arbore- 

 tum it remains on the branches until 

 early spring and furnishes birds with 

 great supplies of winter food, and for 

 the benefit of the birds plants of this 

 variety should be selected. There are 

 a number of these plants close to the 

 Administration Building where during 

 the winter they are much frequented 

 by pheasants who find shelter in a 

 neighboring Pine grove. A hybrid of 

 Ualus floribunda, and one of the hybrid 

 forms of SI. baccata appeared sjjon- 

 taneously in the Arboretum, and has 

 been called Mnlu.'i Anmliliana; it has 

 the low-branched habit of M. flori- 

 bunda but the flowers and fruits are 

 more than a third larger. This is one 

 of the handsomest of all Crab-apples. 

 Other Crab-apples to which special 

 attention is called are:— AfaJus Ilal- 

 Uana var. Parkmanii. the double- 

 flowered form of a Chinese tree, long 

 cultivated by the Japanese and intro- 

 duced into this country from Japan 

 more than forty years ago. The bright 

 rose-colored flowers hang on long 

 slender stems and differ in color from 

 those of any other Crab-apple; Malus 

 Sarpnitii, a shrub from northern 

 Japan with wide-spreading branches, 

 pure white flowers with bright yellow 

 anthers, and scarlet fruit which re- 

 mains on the branches until spring 

 and appears to be unpalatable to birds; 

 if. Sieboldii, a Japanese plant better 

 known perhaps under the incorrect 

 name of M. torinpo, and the last of the 

 Asiatic species in the collection to 

 bloom. There are both shrubby and 

 arborescent forms of this plant which 

 has small nearly white flowers pro- 

 duced in immense quantities and 

 minute fruit which is bright red on 

 some individuals and yellow on others. 

 The variety caUicarpa of this species 

 is one of the handsomest of the Crab- 

 apples in the collection both in spring 

 and autumn. It is a broad tree-like 

 shrub or small tree with slightly lobed 

 leaves, pink and white flowers an inch 

 in diameter, and brilliant scarlet, lus- 

 trous fruits which are half an inch In 

 diameter and are more beautiful per- 

 haps than those of any other Crab- 

 apple. This beautiful plant is little 

 known in gardens and was raised in 

 the Arboretum from seed presented 

 in 1890 by Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow, 

 of Boston. It is impossible in one of 

 these bulletins to more than mention 

 a few of the most important plants In 

 this group, but something will be said 

 of others as they begin to flower. 



— Arnold Arboretum BuVetin. 



Obituary 



Robert Scrivener. 

 Itoliert Scrivener, for nearly forty 

 years Hupcrintendent of the Cedar llill 

 Cemetery, Hartford, Conn., died Wed- 

 nesday afternoon, January :;, at the 

 Hartford Hospital following an opera- 

 tion. He wa.s born in Froyale, Kng- 

 land, June liO, 184.S, and spent his boy- 

 hiiiid there. He studied laudscape 

 gardening at the Kt-vf Gardens. Korty- 

 fiinr years ago he came to this country 

 and settled in Hartford, where he ha.'* 

 since lived. Two years after coming 

 here he was married to Miss Martha 

 A. Camp of Barkway, England, at 

 Watford. He leaves two sons, Robert 

 E. Scrivener, assistant superintendent 

 of the Cedar Hill Cemetery, and Wil- 

 liam H. Scrivener of the Mechanics 

 Savings Bank, and a daughter, Mrs. 

 Harry B. Howard. Mr. Scrivener's 

 wife died several years ago. He was 

 an active and highly respected mem- 

 ber of the Connecticut Horticultural 

 Society and widely known among the 

 gardening fraternity throughout the 

 country to whom he had endeared 

 himself l)y his many estimable quali- 

 ties. The funeral was held on Satur- 

 <lay. His son, Robert E., has been ap- 

 pointed to succeed his esteemed father. 



Howard Riedlnger. 

 A victim of pneumonia, Howard 

 Riedlnger, employed by the Haggerty 

 Floral Company in Poughkeepsie, died 

 in the Mansion Square General Hospi- 

 tal, Pouglikeepsie, Sunday, Decemlicr 

 2.3. He had been ill only a week. Hy 

 leaves his wife and four small chil- 

 ddren in addition to his parents, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Jacob Riedlnger. He also 

 leaves three brothers and four sisters. 

 ;Mr. Riedlnger was a popular young 

 man and had a great many friends. 

 The news ol' his death came as a great 

 surprise and shock to all. He was 

 twenty-four years old. 



Charles Hornecker. 

 Charles Hornecker, formerly in the 

 florist business and father of Henry 

 Hornecker, who now conducts the 

 business at East Orange, N. J., died in 

 East Orange on Tue.sday night, Jan. 1. 



NEWS NOTES 



St. Louis. — An orchid show is the 

 attraction this week at Shaw's Botan- 

 ical Garden. 



Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Supervisor of 

 Parks Charles L. Seybold is interest- 

 ing himself in a plan to raise herbs on 

 city ground and to communicate inter- 

 est in the raising of herbs to local and 

 county florists and farmers. Mr. Sey- 

 bold's decision comes as a result of a 

 letter recently received by him from 

 Albert Lewis, of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, which let- 

 ter stated that it has now become 

 practically impossible to make certain 

 medicines because herbs from which 

 they are made can not be obtained. It 

 is urged that the industry of herb 

 raising will probably prove a profit- 

 able business and that it would be to 

 the benefit of florists and growers to 

 take it up. At the same time they 

 would he performing a patriotic duty. 



VIOLET GROWERS DISCUSS SHIP- 

 PING PROBLEMS. 



A meeting dl grcii linpi)rtanro to 

 the violet growers of Rhinebcck, N. Y., 

 was held in the court room in the 

 Town Hall, Thursday, IJecember 27, 

 when E. E. Bush, traflic manager of 

 the American Express Company and 

 F. A. Hoyt the superintendent, met 

 with over sixty of RhinelMjck'g lead- 

 ing lloriHiH to ciinHiiii'r the problem 

 of Khipments of flowers being delayed 

 in tran.sit and being damaged by frost. 



The Express Company has luid many 

 claims for damages for violets which 

 were reported frozen when they 

 reached their destination. It Is 

 thought by most of the violet growers 

 that the flowers are frozen from stand- 

 ing in the cold while being translerred 

 and while being delivered to the con- 

 signee. The violet men are of the 

 opinion the Express Company is at 

 fault as the troulile has come from 

 shipments which were delayed. 



The manner of packing the flowers 

 and labeling the boxes so they could 

 bo easily distinguished among other 

 packages was talked about and Mr. 

 Bush suggested having each box 

 wrapped in a distinctive colored paper. 

 Most of the growers considered Mr. 

 Bush's suggestion would be impractl- 

 table, but they thought that conspicu- 

 ous labels on each end and on top of 

 the boxes would be a good precaution 

 to take. Several growers are now us- 

 ing these labels to good advantage. 



Mr. Bush said that the Express Com- 

 pany was staggering under the load 

 of present conditions of transporta- 

 tion. He asked for the co-operation 

 of Rhinebeck violet growers and 

 promised that everything possible 

 would be done by the Express Com- 

 pany to overcome the trouble. He ad- 

 vised against making any shipments 

 by express to Washington, Philadel- 

 phia or Pittsburgh at the present 



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SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Southampton Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual meeting on Jan. 

 3rd, 1918. The election of officers for 

 the year 1918 resulted as follows: 

 President, William McLeod; vice- 

 president, James S. Dickson; secre- 

 tary, H. H. Wells; financial secretary, 

 Hugh Davidson; treasurer, George 

 Campbell; corresponding secretary, 

 Vernon Pierce; executive committee, 

 Charles F. Guilloz, chairman, Stanley 

 R. Candler, William Frankenbaclc, 

 James Dowlen. In the monthly com- 

 petition two awards were won by 

 William McLeod and one by Vernon 

 Pierce. It was voted to purchase two 

 full books of war saving certificates. 

 The competition for the February 

 meeting will be for collection of ever- 

 greens, Ijerried shrubs and colored 

 woods, all to be correctly named. It 

 was voted unanimously to hold the 

 flower show this year, the proceeds to 

 be given to a good local cause to be 

 decided upon at the next meeting. 

 Stanley R. Candler promised to write 

 an essay for our next meeting. After 

 the meeting the members enjoyed an 

 oyster supper. O. G. Owen made a few 

 remarks on the National Association of 

 Gardeners' meeting at Chicago. Presi- 

 dent McLeod made a strong appeal 

 for more members for the National 

 Association of Gardeners and secured 

 six names. 



Vebnon Piebce, Cor. Secy. 



