1905 



HORTICULTURE 



443 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



In the October 5 issue of the Journal 

 of Horticulture we see Nephrolepis 

 Piersoni referred to as "hybrid fern 

 ov presumed hybrid." Where did our 

 esteemed contemporary get this idea? 

 N. Piersoni is a sport from one of the 

 many varieties of N. exaltata, known 

 here as N. exaltata Bostoniensis. 



We learn from the Pall Mall Gazette 

 that "New York is as fond of violets 

 as London, and thousands of bunches 

 are sold at the street corners. The 

 lighter color prevails, and the scent 

 with which the violet of the old coun- 

 try flower is redolent does not distin- 

 guish its transaltantic cousin." This 

 will be surprising reading to the aver- 

 age New Yorker, who takes pride in 

 the fact that his market revels in an 

 abundance of the finest Marie Louise 

 violets in the world and turns its nose 

 high up at anything inferior to this 

 in either color or fragrance. 



Antoine Wintzer of the Conard & 

 Jones Co. sends us a box of freak can- 

 na flowers. One is fringed oddly, like 

 a petunia; another is of a color un- 

 identified in the color charts, another 

 resembles a bunch of scarlet rags; and 

 one, a seedling from Buttercup, is not 

 unlike a Von Zion daffodil. Referring 

 to Mr. Moore's recent contribution to 

 Horticulture on the subject of 

 "Freaks," Mr. Wintzer assures us that 

 Conard & Jones Co. are not working 

 on that line, but that they get a lot of 

 these grotesque monstrostities every 

 year in the course of their hybridizing, 

 so that California has not .a monopoly 

 on freaks of nature. 



Mr. F. G. Waterer of John Waterer 

 & Son, Bagshot, England, has been vis- 

 iting Boston, for the purpose of inves- 

 tigating conditions and possibilities as 

 a market for rhododendrons. Mr. Wa- 

 terer informs us that his establishment 

 and facilities have recently been in- 

 creased, so that an output of 100,000 

 rhododendrons annually will now be 

 possible. It is his purpose to make 

 annual trips to America hereafter. In 

 hybridizing for new varieties, Mr. Wa- 

 terer is working back on maximum, 

 with some of the best of the older 

 hybrids, aiming to produce varieties 

 of unquestioned hardiness, with the 

 bright colors that have hitherto been 

 restricted to sorts unreliable in this 

 climate. 



A CORRECTION. 



In G. C. Watson's notes on dahlias. 

 in issue of Oct. 21. read under "Kreim- 

 hilde" pointed petals instead of "pink 

 petals," and under "Buttercup" read 

 quantity instead of "quality." 



OBITUARY. 



Joshua C. Stone, aged 7G, died on 

 Sunday last at his home in East Wa- 

 tertown, Mass., after a long illness. 

 He conducted an extensive market gar- 

 dening farm, and was an active mem- 

 ber of the Market Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion and of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society. He leaves three sons 

 and two daughters. 



Our English contemporaries chron- 

 icle the death of James Dobbie, who in 

 1S65 founded the house of Dobbie & 

 Co., Rothesay, which has come to be 

 one of the foremost houses in that 

 country, and is a familiar name to 

 all horticulturists on this side. Mr. 

 Dobbie's success was largely due to his 

 originality and to developing and im- 

 proving exclusive lines of plants and 

 flowers. 



Duane H. Nash of Millington, N. J., 

 was killed at the railroad crossing 

 near' his home on October. He at- 

 tempted to cross the tracks and being 

 afflicted with partial deafness did not 

 hear the approaching express train. 

 Mr. Nash was familiar to the readers 

 of agricultural papers as the manufac- 

 tuer of the Acme harrows. He was 

 widely respected as a citizen of highest 

 character. His brother, S. C. Nash, 

 of Clifton, N. J., is well known to the 

 florist trade as a rose grower; to him 

 we extend heart-felt sympathy. 



PERSONAL. 



Wm. R. Nicholson was married to 

 Miss Florence Goodell at South Fram- 

 ingham. Mass, on October 18. 



Wm. A. Black, v/ho has been at 

 Shadow Brook Inn, Lenox, Mass., all 

 summer, goes, Nov. 1, to take charge 

 of C. A. Mills' store at Jacksonville, 

 Fla., and later to Palm Beach and the 

 "Royal Palm" hotel at Miami. 



Miss Amy K. Luffman, formerly of 

 Birmingham, Ala., who has been with 

 H. Koropp, Chicago, during the past 

 season, has accepted a position with 

 Miss Rose Wright at Spokane, Wash. 

 Miss Luffman has many friends in the 

 east whose cordial good wishes will 

 follow her to her distant new home. 



Myron H. West of Belchertown, 

 Mass., has been appointed as assistant 

 superintendent of Lincoln Park, Chi- 

 cago. He is a graduate of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, class of 

 1903. For the past year he has been 

 chief engineer of Keney Park, Hart- 

 ford, Conn. 



"WE COVER THE COUNTRY." 



Gentlemen: 



As a result of our half-page adver- 

 tisement in last week's HORTICUL- 

 TURE, we have received a large order 

 from Texas, with the foot note "I saw 

 your advertisement in HORTICUL- 

 TURE." WELCH BROS. 

 Oct. 24, 1905. 



PLEASE, WHEN YOU WRITE TO 

 AN ADVERTISER 



Always begin your letter with the 

 words: "I saw your adv. in Horticul- 

 ture." It will bring you a prompt re- 

 ply and liberal treatment. 



A. C. Burrage, the Standard Oil mag- 

 nate, has recently bought about 3000 

 acres of land in Halifax, Mass., on 

 which six large greenhouses have been 

 erected, and two more are nearly com- 

 pleted, making a total of 100,000 "square 

 feet of glass. Cucumbers and lettuce 

 will be raised in them as a starter. 



OUT OF THE BEAN POD. 



Through the kindness of Thomas 

 Capers of Highlandville, I was enabled 

 lo enjoy a very pleasant drive recently, 

 and called on several of our foremost 

 carnation growers. At Mr. Capers' I 

 saw a set of exceptionally fine Queen. 

 1 failed to learn that these plants had 

 received any different treatment than 

 the other varieties, but should judge 

 that the soil, which is virgin soil of 

 good fibre, was particularly suited to 

 them. Mr. Capers had a novelty in the 

 tri-color geranium line, recently im- 

 ported by him from England. At John 

 Barr's in South Natick, I found the 

 carnations to be a trifle late, but a 

 good crop for Christmas is Mr. Barr's 

 aim. A lot of fine cyclamens occupied 

 one house. These have been grown in 

 a shaded house, kept cool and with 

 plenty of air. I made a short call at 

 the establishment of Alex. McKay in 

 South Framingham. Mr. McKay's 

 house. 30x300 feet, built this summer, 

 of Lord and Bumham material, was 

 filled with chrysanthemums and carna- 

 tions. At Mr. Goddard's I saw a house 

 of Helen Goddard. It is in color light- 

 er than Lawson and darker than Fair 

 Maid. Some fine young plants of 

 Nephrolepis Barrowsii also attracted 

 my attention. Mr. Goddard stated that 

 the fronds were unexcelled for funer- 

 al work. At Mr. Nicholson's was a 

 magnificent bench of Fiancee. It is yet 

 too early to write about its money- 

 making abilities, but its present ap- 

 pearance is very promising. It will 

 take some time to secure a large stock 

 of it, as it throws but few cuttings on 

 the flowering stem. The plants when 

 received from the West were mostly- 

 flowering shoots, but broke freely from 

 the sides when pinched back, and made 

 good plants in the field under rather 

 adverse circumstances. Among other 

 of the recent introductions in carna- 

 tions Mr. Nicholson showed me the 

 Crimson Glow. Victory, Robert Craig, 

 After Glow and Lieut. Peary, the last 

 named being a white of great beauty, 

 good habit, and the promise of being 

 a heavy yielder. At all the places vis- 

 ited carnations were looking better 

 than usual for this season of the year. 

 Two complaints were heard, one con- 

 cerning thrips, for which fumigation 

 with tobacco-stems was recommended, 

 and the other concerning the leaf spot, 

 which may be stopped by removing the 

 affected leaves and dusting with lime 

 or spraying with a copper solution and 



ime. 



THOMAS F. MATTHEWS. 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM ROSIERE 



A committee of the Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society last Saturday awarded 

 a first-class certificate of merit to Na- 

 than Smith & Son, Adrian. Mich., for 

 their pink seedling chrysanthemum 

 Rosiere. This new early variety is of 

 the Japanese type, of good color and 

 form, and blooms shown had strong 

 stems. Its commercial value can be 

 gauged (especially its shipping qual- 

 ities) from a knowledge of the fact 

 that the blooms for which the certifi- 

 cate was awarded were cut a week pre- 

 viously. On the whole, it was very fa- 

 vorably received, and coming as it 

 does at a time when private growers 

 are renewing their interest in chry- 

 santhemum growing, its appearance is 

 opportune. 



