September 2, 1905 



HORTICU LTURE 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



Simultaiu'imsly witli tlic confirma- 

 tion of previous infoniiatiun to the ef- 

 fect that the French crop of freesias 

 is a failure and that of the Channel 

 Islands nearly so, comes the announce- 

 ment from a pioneer California firm 

 which, appears in our advertising 

 columns of this issue. The California 

 freesias are always good. 



The mention in an advertisement in 

 our last issue of the award of a cer- 

 tificate of merit for an exhibit of 

 standard flower pots at AVashington 

 was due to an error in editing and 

 proof-reading in this office. The ex- 

 hibit in question was not entered for 

 any award by the judges, not being 

 eligible therefor, goods of the same 

 make having already received a cer- 

 tificate of merit at Atlantic City in 

 1894. 



There is, perhaps, nothing so exhila- 

 rating in the experiences of the ama- 

 teur gardener as when he steps upon 

 a hoe and the responsive handle im- 

 mediately rises to implant a fervent 

 kiss between his eyes. — Boston Tran- 

 script. 



The hoe has been known to do this 

 to some who were not "amateur" gar- 

 deners. Consider, too, the upturned 

 garden rake, which not only smites 

 you, but impales your foot on its 

 prongs. One or two such experiences 

 are sufficient to break up the habit of 

 laying such tools on their backs. 



PERSONAL. 



George Swoboda of Hess & Swo- 

 boda, Omaha, Neb., has arrived in New 

 York with his family after a European 

 trip of several months. 



Francis Canning, instructor in flori- 

 culture at the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College, Amherst, returned the 

 first of the week from England. 



George O. Greene, assistant horti- 

 culturist at the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College, has resigned, and 

 will go to Kansas, where he is inter- 

 ested in a syndicate of country -stores. 



Norris F. Comley and family of Lex- 

 ington, Mass., returned last week from 

 a visit to England, where they visited 

 Mr. Comley's grandmother, mother of 

 the late James Comley, who is 102 

 years of age. 



T. F. Hunt and N. D. Ingham, gradu- 

 ates of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College in the class of 1905, .leave this 

 week for California, where they will 

 be engaged in the state botanical and 

 horticultural work. 



0. B. Whipple, a graduate student 

 of the horticultural department at the 

 Masachusetts Agricultural College, has 

 just been appointed assistant horti- 

 culturist in the Colorado Agricultural 

 College at a salary of $1000 a year. 



VISITORS IN BOSTON. 



E. Haentzc, Fond du Lac, Wis.; 

 Martin Reiikauf. represculing H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; Mr. 

 Roohrs. Rutherford, N. J.; C. B. 

 Weathered, New York. 



OLD COLONY GLEANINGS. 



Perry Green, of the Monatiquoi 

 Greenhouses, Quincy, has his motor 

 launch, "Hi-yi" (big fish), in full 

 commission, and moonlight sails and 

 day excursions take place when busi- 

 ness conditions relax sufficiently to al- 

 low of it. This plant borders on the 

 Monatiquot river, and it is only a step 

 from the grounds surrounding the 

 greenhouses to the boat landing. 

 Many members of the trade, boiu 

 growers and dealers, have enjoyed the 

 hospitality of the genial Perry on the 

 staunch and commodious "Hi-yi." 



Mr. Green has three houses of vio- 

 lets which are looking extremely well. 

 The runners were selected early and 

 rooted in sand. From the sand they 

 were placed in pits, where they were 

 grown until planted in the permanent 

 bench. The houses are 1(1x100 feet, 

 with sash roofs and one centre bench. 

 Three cords of horse manure and one 

 hundred and fifty pounds of bone meal 

 were worked into the soil of each 

 bench. Part of the sashes have been 

 taken off the roof, giving a good air 

 circulation. The plants have been 

 freely and carefully watered, and at 

 the present time are certainly in a 

 very thrifty and promising condition. 

 Ralston asters are doing finely at this 

 place. 



W. C. Ward, of Wollaston, has the 

 frame to his new pansy house erected, 

 the piping partially finished, and the 

 benches built. The house will be 

 planted and the young plants allowed 

 to establish themselves before the 

 glass is laid. This addition will make 

 nearly twenty thousand feet of glass 

 at this place, all of which will be used 

 to force pansies the coming season. 



One half pound of seed has been 

 sown, and a bench 9x90 feet in one 

 of the houses is filled with seedling 

 plants that are nearly large enough 

 to be planted. A frame outside con- 

 tains an auxiliary supply. An article 

 which described Mr. Ward's plant and 

 his method of culture appeared in an 

 early issue of Horticulture, which 

 brought a demand from a number of 

 places for a sample lot of pansies. He 

 was unable last year to supply any 

 trade outside of his regular customers, 

 but with an increase of producing 

 facilities this season he expects to pay 

 some attention to a shipping trade. 



WHAT THEY SAY OF US. 



Gentlemen: — Cannot use space after 

 August, as I have nothing to sell. The 

 ad. works. Yours truly. 



A. Mitting. 



OBITUARY. 

 Mr. Richard Dean. V. M. H.. who 

 for over half a century has been a 

 familiar figure in the horticultural 

 world, passed away at his residence 

 at Ealing. Eng., on Aug. 21. Mr. 

 Dean's services to horticulture were 

 comprehensive and valuable. Since 

 the year 1858, when he was associated 

 with the late Dean Hole in arranging 

 a rose show at St. James' Hall, he has 

 been closely identified with floral ex- 

 hibitions in the capacity of manager 

 or judge. Since 1890 he has been 

 secretary of the National Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society. Mr. Dean was an ef- 

 fective lecturer and a frequent contrib- 

 utor to the Horticultural Press. He 

 was one of the first recipients of the 

 Victoria Medal granted in the Jubilee 

 year. 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS. 



Let nut one or even two failures 

 with violets prevent you from grow- 

 ing some for next winter. 



Get everything ready for bulbs, but 

 first of all get good bulbs; they are 

 I he cheapest in the end. 



If clumps of perennials need divid- 

 ing or moving do the work before 

 winter or even late in the fall. 



Keep cosmos tied up to some sort of 

 support; the difference in the appear- 

 ance of flower and foliage when cut 

 will repay for the trouble. 



After the grapes have all been cut 

 vines should have at least one thor- 

 ough syringing even to the extent of 

 drenching the roots; they will soon 

 dry out enough. Give them also plen- 

 ty of air and keep laterals cut out. 



Take a good look at all your trees 

 and perhaps you may notice an over- 

 crowding. If so, move to some other 

 place or cut down all that can be dis- 

 pensed with in the present location- 

 one good tree is better than many 

 poor ones. 



Gardenias may have been stub- 

 born and stiff-necked, refusing to 

 bloom when you wanted them to; they 

 may be likened to spoiled children — 

 petted and mistakenly nourished, but 

 let them alone, they may come tO' 

 their senses and bloom later on when 

 their appearance will doubtless be 

 welcome. 



Now that the florists seem to be 

 falling over each other in their newly 

 awakened affection for the poor pri- 

 vate gardener, this individual is in a 

 reciprocative mood, and as he is in 

 Newport in a large quantity his feel- 

 ings are worthy of consideration. Let 

 there be more of it from both sides; 

 one cannot get along without the other; 

 and neither should have any desire to. 



If a good, new thing comes into 

 your possession, hold on to it until 

 .vou have enough to create a sensa- 

 tion. Don't give even your dearest 

 friend any of it. He may not think 

 as much of it as you do, and give 

 some to a friend of his and then, no 

 matter what its merit, you will have 

 let slip your opportunity and will re- 

 ceive little or nothing for your intro- 

 duction or labor. 



The members of the Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society are actively en- 

 gaged in preparation for the construc- 

 tion of a float to be part of the carni- 

 val on the last evening of the celebra- 

 tion of "Old Home Week" next month. 



Newport is as yet free from the 

 gypsy and brown-tail moths, but there 

 seems to be a feeling gaining preva- 

 lence that precautionary measures 

 should immediately be taken in order 

 to be ready for emergencies. 



OUT OF THE BEAN POD. 



The first sign one sees on entering 

 the Music Hall flower market building 

 is this eminent Bostonese one, "Dr. A. 

 Gladivus, Metaphysician, Expert Mathe- 

 matics." The auction sale of choice 

 of stalls in the market, which came off 

 on Wednesday of this week, indicated 

 in its results that the mana.gers might 

 have been taking lessons from their 

 learned neighbor, for they scored such 

 a success over last year's sale that the 

 mathematics of prosperity for the com- 

 ing year seem assured. We are very 

 glad it is so, for they advertised the 

 auction in Horticulture. 



