October 14, 1905 



HORTIC'ILTURE 



OUT OF THE BEAN POD. 



At last the bars are down and the 

 wholesale commission dealer is per- 

 mitted to enter and do business in the 

 flower market in Boston on the same 

 basis as other stall-holders. That the 

 prodnct ol growers choosing to employ 

 a commission agent rather than a reg- 

 ularly hired employe to represent them 

 should be debarred from market privi- 

 leges, has always seemed to us an ill- 

 advised course in which the market 

 itself, purporting to be a distributing 

 centre, was the greatest loser. 



Boston's suburbs are especially 

 beautiful these autumn days. Fruit- 

 laden trees, richly tinted foliage, and 

 gardens all abloom witti fall flowers, 

 make the landscape fairly entrancing 

 in the soft autumn haze. The picture 

 has only one blemish — the columns of 

 smoke rising here and there from the 

 bonfires where thrifty dwellers are 

 busy "clearing up the rubbish." In 

 their effort to look sleek, they are 

 ruthlessly stripping the winter clothing 

 of fallen leaves which provident Nature 

 has given for protection against the 

 winter cold. 



Carnation Fiancee is making a good 

 record for itself with Wm. Nicholson 

 of Framingham. He has one bench of 

 it and it is very fine, and the blooms 

 now being cut have caught the favor 

 of the retail stores in a remarkable 

 manner. In explanation of this reju- 

 venation of this beautiful but fre- 

 quently discredited carnation, Mr. 

 Nicholson says that his plants were 

 field-grown, under ordinary conditions, 

 but have been watched carefully and 

 assiduously protected against any 

 neglect or rough usage. After thus 

 growing out of the weakness conse- 

 quent upon its first propagation it is 

 probable that Fiancee will assume its 

 place in the top rank which from the 

 first it gave promise of filling. 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS. 



Pile up in a heap sufficient sod of 

 good fibre for potting to last until next 

 summer. 



Ecbeverias will do all right in framPK 

 if well covered and kept dry. Pansies 

 do better in frames than anywhere 

 else. 



If there is any inside painting to be 

 done go to work without delay. It 

 will not be so easy moving things 

 backwards and forwards after a bit. 



Label dahlias while they are in 

 flower. If more geranium cuttings are 

 wanted go ahead, but don't put in soft. 

 long-jointed cuttings: better throw 

 them away. 



Don't burn leaves, but heap them up 

 somewhere out of the way. They will 

 not look unsightly after they settle 

 down, and later on they will come in 

 handy as leaf mould. 



No matter how small your place 

 may be buy a few bulbs for winter and 

 spring flowering. They are sure to 

 repay the cost and trouble, besides it 

 keeps one's hand in. 



Buy one of each variety of neph- 

 rolepis and watch their growth and 

 peculiar characteristics. Each is 

 worthy of a place, and all together yo\i 

 will find them interesting subjects for 

 critical observation as well as admira- 

 tion. D. M. 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 

 Its Culture for Professional Growers 

 and Amateurs. 

 Under the above title Arthur H._-i- 

 rington has written a book, and it has 

 been published by the Orange Judd 

 Company, New York. As might be 

 expected from a man who has so dis- 

 tinguished himself as a chrysanthe- 

 mum' grower, Mr. Harrington has 

 given us a most comprehensive, use- 

 ful and practical handbook which 

 everyone interested in the chrysanthe- 

 mum will want to have. It contains 

 1()8 pages and 32 illustrations, and 

 covers propagation, cultivation, train- 

 ing, raising for exhibition and market, 

 hybridizing, staging, judging, etc., to 

 the smallest details and in clearest 

 manner. The chapter on "Taking the 

 Bud" will be found especially inter- 

 esting. Price, 50 cents. 



NEWS NOTES. 



J. C. Bruckner has started in busi- 

 ness at S7 .Monroe street, Chicago. 



Waaland & Co. have purchased the 

 business of the N. R. Swan Floral Co., 

 at Findlay, 0. 



George O. Morey has opened a retail 

 flower store in Haverhill, Mass., at 203 

 Washington street. 



Herbert Greensmith has taken a po- 

 sition as manager at the Black Hall 

 Nurseries, Black Hall, Conn. 



Auctioneer W. J. Elliott is entertain- 

 ing large audiences every Tuesday and 

 Friday at the new auction rooms, 201 

 Fulton street, New York. Drop in. 



Peter Olinger, the recent partner of 

 Peter Weiland, is now assisting Wil- 

 liam Gardner in the management of 

 their wholesale house in Cincinnati. 



F"red Heeremans, who has had 

 charge of the greenhouses at Elm 

 Court, Lenox. Mass., is to succeed G. 

 W. Philcox as superintendent of the 

 Sloane estate. 



The Garden, London, gives a hand- 

 some colored picture of rose Lady Gay 

 with its issue of September 20. In the 

 same number appears also an illustra- 

 tion of another American production, 

 the Dawson rose. 



PERSONAL. 



Dr. Daniel Trembly MacDougal, as- 

 sistant director of the New York 

 Botanical Garden, has just returned 

 from an extended trip through the 

 region known as The Great American 

 Desert, bringing with him some two 

 hundred species of plants. These will 

 be a valuable accession to the already 

 notable collection of cacti and kindred 

 plants of the Botanical Garden. Dr. 

 MacDougal has personally conducted 

 the garden field work in the arid lands 

 since its inception. 



OBITUARY. 



Sarah Jane, widow of W. H Brower, 

 died at Plainfield. N. ,T.. Oct. 9. 

 Funeral services were held at the resi- 

 dence of her son, Lorenzo D. Brower, 

 12:; E. 5th street. New York, on Wed- 

 nesday. 



Two young lads, sons of William 

 Gardner of the Lewis Conservatories 

 at Marlboro, have started in the violet 

 business at Westboro, Mass., with two 

 new houses, each 120 feet in length, 

 and are already shipping violets of 

 .good quality to Welch Bros., in Boston. 



SEED TRADE. 



Marshall & Wheeler. New York City, 

 have purchased the store fixtures of 

 the late Clucas & Boddington Co. and 

 greatly extended their store and aro 

 now tully equipped to meet all the big 

 rush. 



Boston Crass Seed Report. 



Dealers report an amount of busi- 

 ness quite in keeping with the con- 

 ditions usual in early October. Win- 

 ter rye remains firm at $1@1.10. No 

 changes are apparent in the following 

 table; 



liuokwheat 9U®11>0 



\riiitoi- lye l.OOfal.lO 



— fommei-cial Bulletin. 



The Boston Seed Trade Bowling 

 League has commenced its games tor 

 the season. The league comprises 

 teams from the establishments of R. & 

 J. Farquhar & Co., Jos. Breck & Sons 

 Corp., W. W. Rawson & Co., Schlegel 

 & Fottler, Music Hall Flower Market 

 and Park Street Flower Market. Con- 

 tests will take place every Tuesday 

 and Thurrday evening. A neat printed 

 list of games has been issued, cover- 

 ing the proposed schedule up to the 

 end of January. We may find 

 room occasionally for the scores made. 

 It should be borne in mind that candle- 

 pins and small balls is the game 

 played in Boston. This will account for 

 the apparently small scores made as 

 compared with the ordinary game with 

 large pins and finger-balls as played 

 in the florists' tournaments elsewhere. 



In the regular game on October 5, 

 Schlegel & Fottler whitewashed the 

 Music Hall Market team, Capt. Gueri- 

 neau being the star performer. The 

 result of the match on October 10 was 

 three straight for Park Street Market 

 over R. & J. Farquhar & Co., and two 

 out of three for Schlegel & Fottler Co. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The report of the proceedings of the 

 third annual meeting of the Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America has been 

 issued. It contains a very complete 

 list of varieties introduced in America 

 during the years 1903. '04 and '05. 



The Kentucky Society of Florists 

 held its regular monthly meeting at 

 August R. Baumer's store Tuesday 

 night. The November show was dis- 

 cussed, and preparations are well under 

 way. The hall was visited and proved 

 a very satisfactory one. 



The schedule for the fifth annual 

 exhibition of the New Haven County 

 (Ccuin.) Horticultural Society is out 

 and copies may be had on application 

 to the sprretary, Thos. Pettit. 90 Pros- 

 pect street. New Haven. The exhibi- 

 tion will be held at Music Hall, New 

 Haven, on Nov. 7, 8 and 9. Many 

 liberal special premiums are ofi;ere(l 

 for plant and flower exhibits. 



