November 4, 1905 



horticulture: 



all his plants wore in the open and in such quantities 

 that to protect them was out of the question. 



A FAMOUS FLOVVJCIJ PAINTER 



There must be many of your readers who have at one 

 time or another been delighted with the flower paintings 

 of H. G. Moon, who died a few days ago, at the early age 

 of 48. Perliaps Moon's greatest work, so far as flower 

 painting is concerned, was when he illustrated the mag- 

 nificent work on orchids, "Eeichenbachia." Most of the 

 colored plates which have appeared in "The Garden" 

 during the past 30 years were painted by him. He also 

 painted the plates in Mr. William Robinson's monthly 

 periodical, "Flora and Sylva," the most beautiful gar- 

 dening paper ever published, and illustrated "The Eng- 

 lish Flower Garden" and other works. Moon was not 

 only a flower painter, but his landscapes were highly 

 thought of by many. Mr. W. E. Norton, an American 

 artist of repute, and Moon were great friends, and it was 

 he who led Moon to develop a love for landscape paint- 

 ing. Mr. Moon was a son-in-law of Mr. F. Sander, 

 whose orchid establishment at St. Albans is of world- 

 wide repute. With his death has passed away an artist 

 whose place it will be extremely ditficult to fill. 



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Magnolia Stellata 



Also known as M. Ilallcaiia. I'larliost spring-hlooiner. 

 flowers semi-double, ]uin' white. The illustration 

 shows a fine specimen in Fairinount Park, Philadelphia. 



A Grower^s Duty 



Houticulture: 



Gentlemen — "There is a certain man in a certain 

 western city who is getting blamed very badly for not 

 showing in a certain fall exhibition in a certain eastern 

 city, and he is getting hit pretty hard, and a certain 

 society is getting hit indirectly through this gentleman. 

 There are murmurings and deep growls when the name 

 of this gentleman is mentioned in certain circles, and 

 trouble begins whenever his initials are breathed." 



The above forms the text for an excellent and fair- 

 minded article by Robert T. McGorum, appearing in the 

 issue of Horticulture of Oct. 21, vigorously scoring 

 growers who do not exhibit at the shows. With the 

 spirit of this article the undersigned thoroughly agrees 

 and recommends it for the perusal of every grower in 

 the country. 



Concerning the matter quoted above, allow me to 

 make the following remarks : It is impossible to avoid 

 seeing that the reference is to myself. This is apparent 

 in the article quoted, and is made doubly certain from 

 the fact that echoes of the murmurings and growls 

 have come west from time to time. 



A few years ago the C. S. A. held an exhibition in 

 conjunction with the Horticultural Society of Chicago ; 

 how many of the gentlemen who are doing the growling 

 exhibited at that show? Every year grand exhibitions 

 are held in Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas 

 City, with cash premiums double and treble those of- 

 fered m the east. How many prizes at these shows have 

 I (H won l)v these eastern growers in years past? 



I I il this a little more comprehensive, are there 

 1 I 1 to show that chrysanthemums grown east 

 111 \ll jbany Mountains have ever won prizes west 

 1 the \lleghany Mountains? If this has ever happened 

 it IS certain at least that the men who are now doing 

 the ciiticizjng were not the growers of said flowers, and 

 until these gentlemen prove that they can grow flowers 

 thit will travel 1000 miles and win prizes we of the 

 \\(st \\ill not consider tliem competent to judge of our 

 i(ti()n> m relation to exhibiting at shows in the far 

 1st Growers of the west have repeatedly won prizes 

 it chr}santhemum sliows in the eastern cities; also they 

 have put up their exhibits and failed to win a number 

 of times, and it is certain that they will continue to' 

 make the eSort when it seems to the best interest of the 

 firm to do so, and the foreman of a commercial estab- 

 lishment, whether east or west, is expected and required 

 to hold himself in readiness to go where it seems to the 

 best interest of his firm for him to go. 



As to the knocks that are being given a "certain so- 

 ciety" on this account, it is too bad indeed that so small 

 an excuse should sufiHce to turn some people against a 

 society of such usefulness and breadth as the C. S. A. 

 And that the knocks should take the form of a disincli- 

 nation to pay the society's dues is particularly un- 

 fortunate. 



Having the welfare of the C. S. A. deeply 4it heart, it 



