February 18, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



213 



TO GROW CHADWICK SUCCESS- 

 FULLY. 



Among the late-flowering chrysan- 

 themums, W. H. Chadwick and Yel- 

 low Chadwick have more than held 

 their place this season in both thi' 

 New York and Boston flower markets. 

 There is no better seller and many 

 more could be regularly disposed of it 

 the growers would only produce them. 

 The reason so few are grown is, pre- 

 sumably, the susceptibility of this fine 

 old variety to disease. It will, no 

 doubt, be of much interest, therefore, 

 to chrysanthemum growers to learn 

 that one Boston grower of high repute 

 keeps Chadwick and in tact all the 

 chrysanthemums he grows in perfect 

 health by limiting them to three inches 

 of soil on the bench. He calls attention 

 to the fact that the chrysanthemum is 

 a surface feeder and when given deep 

 soil for the roots to wander in is very 

 liable to disease. He says that if the 

 grower will plant on the bench with 

 not over three inches of soil and feed 

 liberally with stimulants from the sur- 

 face he can grow Chadwick to perfec- 

 tion. Try it. 



POCAHONTAS. 



ROSE GEORGE ARENDS. 



Horticulturists are promised a 

 novelty in roses this year, which if it 

 comes up to the published description 

 should prove a desirable addition to 

 its class. It bears the name of Georg» 

 Arends, and is further called a pinl 

 Druschski, from the close resemblance 

 of the bloom in regard to shape to 

 that of the white Frau Karl Druschki. 

 The stems are long and the flowers 

 form singly and not in cluster as with 

 that variety, which as the raiser sug- 

 gests is an improvement, and it is very 

 fragrant. It Is said to be very suitable 

 for forcing. It Is being distributed by 

 a London house. F. M. 



This is one of Baur & Smith's pro- 

 ductions, the result of a cross between 

 two home seedlings in the pedigree of 

 which the best of the crimsons and 

 scarlets are represented. The color is 

 a lively deep crimson and the flowers 

 borne on strong, upright stems often 

 measure four inches under ordinary 

 culture. Free blooming, a good keeper 



and a good seller is the record of Poca- 

 hontas to date. 



Mr. Baur recommends this carnation 

 as making a beautiful combination 

 with Enchantress, being much larger 

 than any of its crimson predecessors 

 which were too small to use in asso- 

 ciation with the larger light pink va- 

 rieties. 



CARNATION BONFIRE. 



This is one of E. G. Hill Co.'s prime 

 novelties for 1911. Color intense scar- 

 let, recommended as a good companion 

 for Beacon, coming into bloom before 

 that popular variety. It won first 

 prize at Chicago as best red seedling 

 tor 1910 and at Indianapolis in open 

 class for fifty red. It is a strong, 

 healthy and vigorous grower. 



Carnation Bonfire 



CONTINENTAL NOTES. 



Freudenstadt.— The creation of an 

 Alpinum on a hilly terrain, on which 

 will be planted all the indigenous 

 plants of the entire Schwarzwald 

 (Black Forest); the Swabian Alps, and 

 the Voralpen, in groups according to 

 color, was discussed by the club for 

 beautifying the locality at its last 

 meeting. The proposal met with a 

 favorable reception, and it is hoped 

 that it will be soon undertaken. 



Zabern— The Alsace and Lorraine 

 rose amateurs in the township who 

 number 1100 members intend to have a 

 rose show in 1911. The amateur rais- 

 ers of roses. Dr. Kruger, Walters and 

 Jacobs, will participate with roses only 

 of their own raising. As this associa- 

 tion of growers of roses possesses a 

 very admirable rosery the exhibition 

 should offer wide interest to rose grow- 

 ers. Information regarding the show 

 may be obtained on application to Herr 

 L. Walter, ober post assistant, Zabern 

 Alsace. F- M. 



