September 9, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



275 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



The Boston Advertiser thinks it is 

 now in order for Luther Burbanli. t» 

 undertal^e to improve the political 

 plum but sees more than usual difficul- 

 ties in the way because in horticulture 

 the grafting process precedes the pro- 

 ducing of the plum. 



The Agricultural Girl. 



A visitor to Lady Warwiclc's second- 

 ary agricultural school says that the 

 agricultural girl is not a "stout daugh- 

 ter of the plough" — she is young, 

 small, and gigglish. Some of the schol- 

 ars received prizes in mathematics, 

 cookery, and French, and the one who 

 was tirst in the latter was described 

 by a correspondent of "Truth" as "all 

 lace and roses, cream white, and 

 plumpness." Another pupil was in 

 pale blue, and open-work white stock- 

 ings. — Journal of Horticulture. 



The agricultural girl on this side of 

 the water is different — quite different. 

 She wears a thick apron and heavy 

 boots. We've seen her and we doff 

 our hat to her. 



GOOD BYE, GRAFT. 



A conspicuous act of the last New 

 York Legislature which took effect 

 Sept. 1 is that directed against the 

 practice of corrupting purchasing 

 agents. 



This law makes it a misdemeanor 

 punishable by a fine of $10 to $500 or 

 by both the fine and a year's imprison- 

 ment to give, offer or promise an 

 agent, employe or servant any gift or 

 gratuity whatever, without the knowl- 

 edge or consent of the principal, em- 

 ployer or master of such agent, em- 

 ploye or servant, with intent to influ- 

 ence his action in relation to his prin- 

 cipal's, employer's or master's busi- 

 ness. The penalty also applies to 

 agents who request or accept gifts or 

 commissions for this purpose. 



ORCHID AND ORCHIS. 



Editor Horticulture:— Will you 

 please tell me in your column what is 

 the exact difference between an 

 orchis and an orchid? 



Yours truly, 



H. P. A. 



Any plant belonging to the large 

 botanical order, OrchidecP, may prop- 

 erly be called an orchid. There are 

 upwards of 335 genera and 5000 spe- 

 cies included in this great family. 

 Orchis is one of these 335 genera, as 

 are cyprepedium, cattleya, etc., and 

 comprises about 80 species, all ter- 

 restrial and mostly hardy. 



ARRIVAL OF CYPRIPEDIUM FAI- 



RIEANUM AT ST. ALBANS, 



ENGLAND. 



For nearly half 

 a century, collec- 

 tors have failed in 

 their repeated ef- 

 forts to reintro- 

 duce this much- 

 coveted gem, and 

 for several years 

 Messrs. Sander & 

 sons have had 

 a standing adver- 

 tisement in the 

 Indian papers of- 

 fering $5000 for 

 an importation. In 

 the early part of the present year, two 

 or three plants sent to Kew Gardens 

 from the Eastern Himalayas as an 

 "unknown species" were at once rec- 

 ognized as the long-lost C. Fairie- 



The photograph shows the unpacking 

 of a very small consignment by Mr. F. 

 Sander. Jr., and one of the foremen, 

 received by parcels post via Calcutta, 

 It was rediscovered by a reputable 



PERSONALS, 



Robert Patterson has been appointed 

 gardener at Mrs. Richard Gambril's 

 Newport estate. 



Visitors in Newport: Frank E. 

 Conine, Stratford, Conn., S. G. Harris, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Charles M. Loring and W. F. Decker 

 of the Minneapolis parks, are traveling 

 in the East inspecting the more not- 

 able park systems. 



We are glad to say that W. J. Dana 

 of Wellesley Hills, Mass., who has 

 been suffering severely for the past 

 five months with an eye trouble, is 

 rapidly improving and will not lose 

 his eyesight, as was feared. 



English army officer while s\ir\p\ing 

 in Bhutan, where he found it growing 

 very sparingly, in a country where the 

 hill tribes are so ferocious that col- 

 lectors could not penetrate that region; 

 hence it is not surprising that its re- 

 introduction has not occurred before. 



The late I. Forsterman, who col- 

 lected in India many years and re- 

 discovered Cypripediilm Spicerianum 

 for the same firm, gathered consider- 

 able knowledge of its locality during 

 his stay there, but ill health compelled 

 him to abandon collecting and he re- 

 turned to England, and finally to the 

 United States, and while there pre- 

 vailed vfpon Messrs. Sander to send 

 men direct from New York to India, 

 giving them all the information he 

 possessed to enable them to secure the 

 plants, but they (like many others 

 sent from Europe) were unable to 

 penetrate the country where tribes of 

 such a character existed. 



Its arrival gives us again very valu- 

 able material for the development of 

 new hybrids. All those obtained from 

 the original plants are most distinct 

 and beautiful, some of the finest having 



been raised at North Easton, Mass., 

 and Short Hills, N. J. 



The- plants recently received are now 

 growing freely and have spikes twelve 

 inches long with buds, which were 

 showing upon arrival, and have grown 

 rapidly in heat, and ere these lines ap- 

 pear, its fiowering in England will 

 have occurred. 



EXOTICS IN OUTDOOR DECORA- 

 TION. 



It is no easy task to successfully 

 harmonize groups of large palms with 

 the more permanent surroundings of 

 any country place of moderate extent,, 

 especially in Newport, where frequent, 

 wind storms are a menace, neverthe- 

 less, on the estate of Mrs. William 

 Astor are latanias and other palms of 

 enormous size, placed in such locations 

 and arranged in groups or singly, witti 

 such skill by Mr. Boyd that the effect 

 is one of tropical grandeur. Here and 

 there is seen a huge Pandanus utilis, 

 toned down with cleverly executed 

 fringes of more graceful material. 



IMPROVING WASTE LAND. 



Thomas H. Kearney, of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, is in San Francisco. 

 His mission is to decide what plants 

 are best suited for cultivation on the 

 lands which have been reclaimed by 

 the Government. Much of this land is 

 salty and Mr. Kearney will make a 

 report for the benefit of future cul- 

 tivators. He had made this subject a 

 careful study for many years and has 

 been sent by this Government to 

 Tunis, Algiers and Egypt to make an 

 examination of the plant life in alkali- 

 infected spots. 



WHAT THEY SAY OF US. 



Please stop my ad. I have only a: 

 very small quantity of sweet peas left. 

 I am very much satisfied with Horti- 

 culture. It pays to advertise in it. — 

 A. C. Zvolanek. 



OBITUARY. 



Prof. E. A. Apgar died at his home. 

 East Orange, N. J., August 28. He is 

 best known through his interesting 

 contributions on the botany of the wild 

 flowers, written in a popular vein and 

 disseminated through the daily press. 



William Copley, an old-time florist 

 of Brooklyn, passed away at his home, 

 69 Floyd street, on August 29, at the 

 advanced age of eighty-five years. He 

 came here from Ireland in 1847, a well- 

 trained florist, and carried on business 

 in Brooklyn until twenty years ago, 

 when he retired. 



Charles H. Craver, seedsman, died 

 suddenly at Binghamton, N. Y., on 

 August 25. Mr. Craver was formerly 

 of the firm of George Craver & Sons. 

 Upon the death of the other members 

 of that firm he started business in a 

 new location, where he has been ever 

 since and had built up a good trade. 



A large shipment of orchids has been 

 received at Newport from Lager & 

 Hurrell by James Bond, gardener for 

 .Mrs. Brooks. 



We hope our readers will, as far as 

 possible, buy everything they need 

 from Horticulture's Advertisers. 



