November 4, 1905 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



Reliability on the part of advertisers 

 is an essential in the business methods 

 of today. We have full faith in the 

 representations made by our adver- 

 tisers. In writing to them always 

 mention this paper. 



Alexander Klokner writes that the 

 sales of his glass repair clamp, which 

 he is advertising in Horticulture, aver- 

 aged during the month of September 

 34 boxes a day and in October the 

 amount is 15 per cent, belter. A good 

 and useful article advertised in the 

 right way in the right medium will 

 always win. 



OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



Our frontispiece is a reproduction of 

 a photograph representing a small 

 group of the beautiful Dendrobium 

 Phalsenopsis Schroederianum recently 

 taken at the nurseries of the Julius 

 Roehrs Company. This is the bloom- 

 ing season of this useful orchid, and 

 Messrs. Roehrs have flowered some 

 beautiful shades all the way from pure 

 white to a very fine dark maroon. A 

 native from New Guinea, therefore a 

 warm-house orchid, it is without doubt 

 the finest of this species of epiphites. 

 It has not been imported into this 

 country thus far to any great extent. 



TO RECORD BURBANK'S WORK. 



In order to preserve an accurate 

 record of the results of Luther Bur- 

 bank's experiments in plant breeding, 

 the Carnegie Institution has decided 

 to send a skilled botanist to Santa 

 Rosa who will act as a recording sec- 

 retary to Mr. Burbank. Thus far Mr. 

 Burbank's achievements are merely 

 a matter of memory. He has never 

 had time to keep any record of what he 

 has done or of what he has been un- 

 able to do or the reasons for it. The 

 methods and processes he has used 

 are known only to himself and the 

 people to whom he has incidentally 

 described them. 



Reports are promised from this 

 botanist from time to time, the intent 

 being to protect Mr. Burbank against 

 the sensational newspaper corre- 

 spondents and gushing admirers who 

 credit him with all sorts of absurd 

 and impossible discoveries and tri- 

 umphs. Hereafter when he has done 

 anything of public interest authorized 

 statements will be issued to the press. 



PERSONAL. 



Mr. Hunter, representing the Germain 

 Seed Co., of Los Angeles, Cal., is visit- 

 ing New York. 



Miss Anna Liddon Pennock. sister 

 of Samuel S. Pennock of Philadelphia, 

 was married at St. John's P. E. Church, 

 Lansdowne, on Oct. 28th, to Dr. Nathan 

 Pennypacker Staffer of West Philadel- 

 phia. The bride is a daughter of 

 Abram L. Pennock, founder of the 

 well-known firm of Pennock Bros, of 

 Philadelphia. The church was taste- 

 fully decorated for the. occasion. J. 

 Liddon Pennock of Pennock Bros., was 

 best man. Miss Elizabeth Pennock 

 was maid of honor, and the bride was 

 given away by her father. The ushers 

 were C. M. Bunting. S. S. Pennock and 

 Malcom Donaldson. Mark another 

 milestone in the onward march of the 

 chosen people of the Goddess of Good 

 Fortune and of Lansdowne. May their 

 shadows never grow less. 



HORTI CULTURE 



GERMAN NOVELTIES FOR 1906. 



Mr. Ernst Benary's novelties include 

 Pearl Aster in three colors; the flow- 

 ers are after the form of the Jewel 

 Aster; and Hercules Aster, white, very 

 long petals, flowers attain a diameter 

 of six or seven inches. Begonia graci- 

 lis luminosa, lustrous reddish-brown 

 foliage, and flowers fiery-dark scarlet, 

 recommended for bedding. Cyclamen 

 persicum giganteum Margaret, a gi- 

 gantic bloom, snowy white with silky 

 lilac eye; Dianthus Snowdrift, very 

 double with finely laciniated petals. 

 Gloxinia hybrida Cherub, flowers three 

 inches across, and of a charming com- 

 bination of colors; Schizanthus Gra- 

 hami niveus, snowy white flowers, and 

 early large-flowering winter stock. 

 Crimson King. 



Messrs. Haage & Schmidt's novelties 

 include Aster unicum, beautiful loose 

 flowers of splendid form, five to six 

 inches in diameter, of the Hohenzol- 

 lern type; and Dwarf Queen Aster, an 

 early flowering scarlet; Dianthus laci- 

 niatus Vesuvius, flowers intense orange 

 scarlet; Francoa glabrata, flowers of 

 the purest snowy white, exquisite for 

 bouquets; Heuchera sanguinea maxi- 

 ma, an improved form of Heuchera 

 sanguinea splendens; Scabiosa Japon- 

 ica, hardy perennial scabious from Ja- 

 pan, flowers a beautiful mauve or lav- 

 ender blue; Schizanthus retusus Rosa- 

 mond, ground color of flowers of a 

 pleasing delicate rose or pink; the up- 

 per central lip is adorned with a 

 creamy white spot finely veined with 

 deep purple; Schizanthus retusus tri- 

 maculatus, another new and interest- 

 ing variety, with bright attractive blos- 

 soms. 



Mr. Frederick Roemer's novelties in- 

 clude a fringed Double Hybrid Ever- 

 Blooming Hollyhock, which is an im- 

 provement on the double hybrids he 

 sent out last year. In asters he has 

 quite a number of new things to offer, 

 nearly all in light blues, including the 

 Dwarf Comet Perfection Light Blue, the 

 Dwarf Light Blue Hohenzollern, Ray 

 Aster and July Ray Aster. He is also 

 offering an early Parisian aster of 

 brownish-violet and white, blooms 

 about the middle of June. Also an ex- 

 tra early salmon-red Hohenzollern as- 

 ter, a very good advance on the Queen 

 of the Market. Several new pansies 

 are offered, including Giant Prize Pan- 

 sies Siegfried, Aureola and Mauve 

 Queen. Streptocarpus hybridus erectus, 

 in white, red and blue; and Eryngium 

 planum variegatum, a nice perennial 

 with variegated leaves; the beautiful 

 dark violet, fine thistle-formed flower 

 heads form a neat contrast to the foli- 

 age. 



Mr. Martin Grashoff is introducing 

 seven new distinct colors of the Wal- 

 dersee aster, namely: white, carmine, 

 white-pointed red, white-hued rose, 

 light blue with white, rose carmine, 

 and dark blue with white. Also Lo- 

 belia erinus compacta Victoria, a very 

 compact growing plant with dark green 

 foliage, very large flowers of light rose 

 red, and as floriferous as Lobelia Em- 

 peror William. — Horticultural Trade 

 Journal. 



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WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS. 



Sow hollyhock seed and keep them 

 growing right along if possible. 



Sow antirrhinum seed to have good, 

 strong plants for early flowering. 



Let the sun have full swing at the 

 crotons; the color will be better there- 

 by. 



Store caunas in a dry place. Damp- 

 ness with a low temperature is fatal 

 to them. 



Get everything perishable that is 

 worth saving under cover as soon as 

 possible. 



Close-fitting board shutters for cold 

 frames will save many mats in course 

 of time. 



Be exceedingly sparing with water 

 for geraniums in flats; they are very 

 liable to damp off now. 



Let the failures of the past season be 

 naught but stimulating incidents di- 

 recting to future successes. 



Cut up dracaena canes and roots of 

 old plants, put them in shallow flats 

 over heat and you will soon be "seeing 

 things." 



Where young evergreens have been 

 recently planted put a covering of 

 coarse manure over the roots and strew 

 some marsh hay among the branches — 

 just enough to afford a partial shade. 



Spruce branches stuck in among and 

 in front of low groups of rhododen- 

 drons will help them to pull through 

 the winter in adverse situations. Don't 

 be parsimonious in regard to allowance 

 of help in the winter. A little leeway 

 in this will go a long way towards the 

 attainment of results, and the main- 

 taining of good feeling and good nature 

 and luxury at the expense of either of 

 these, what is it? Don't cut down 

 wages in the winter through an er- 

 roneous conviction that less work is 

 done then than in the summer; it is 

 harder, rather, with ofttimes more of 

 it. 



NEWPORT NEWS NOTES. 



Mr. Alexander MacLellan, a well- 

 known Newport gardener, is a candi- 

 date for first councilman in the Fourth 

 Ward. 



Bruce Butterton's display of Cattleya 

 labiata last week was gorgeous. Cat- 

 tleya labiata is not especially well 

 suited for Newport, because it comes 

 into bloom too late, but Mr. Butterton 

 was peculiarly fortunate in having 

 them this season, when his employer, 

 who had just returned from abroad, 

 decided to spend part of the autumn 

 here. 



OBITUARY. 



Inclosed find contract for one year's 

 advertising. I think your paper is all 

 right for I received some fine orders 

 from it. Keep on with this copy until 

 you hear from me again. 



J. C. SCHMIDT CO. 



James M. Paterson, assistant city 

 clerk of Newark, N. J., died October 

 29, of pneumonia, after an illness of 

 two days, at his home, 893 South Four- 

 teenth street. He was president of the 

 New York Horticultural Society in 



Have you a surplus of any kind of 

 good stock? Turn it Into cash by ad- 

 vertising it in Horticulture. 



