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HORTICULTURE 



March 25, 1911 



Foreign Notes 



Paris Chrysanthemum Committee. 



This body which acts under the Na- 

 tional Horticultural Society of France, 

 has just drawn up and published it3 

 annual lists of the best chrysanthe- 

 mums for various purposes. There are 

 14 sections in all giving name, raiser, 

 date and color. The sections contain 

 the best 50 large flowering earlies, the 

 best 50 dwarf large flowering decora- 

 tives; the best 40 for standards, the 

 30 best late flowering, the best 30 in- 

 curves, the best 25 hairy, the 10 best 

 anemones and others. This year a 

 new section, the best 25 single flower- 

 ing varieties, has been included, owing 

 to the interest that is being aroused in 

 them in France. 



ACACIA PUBESCENS 



Mr. Geo. Schneider. 



At the annual dinner of the French 

 Horticultural Society held in London, 

 Eng., a few weeks ago, under the pres- 

 idency of M. Philippe de Vilmorin, 

 some concern was created by the ab- 

 sence of Mr. Geo. Schneider, the So- 

 ciety's permanent chairman, through 

 severe illness. He has many friends 

 the wide world over, and those of them 

 in America will rejoice to know that 

 at the time of writing these lines, 

 "Papa Schneider" is making good 

 progress towards recovery and is al- 

 lowed by his medical man to get up 

 for a few hours every day. We all 

 wish him a speedy and complete re- 

 covery. 



National Chrysanthemum Society of 

 England. 



At the annual general meeting ot 

 this society the following officers were 

 elected: President, Sir Albert K. Rol- 

 lit; treasurer, John Green; chairman, 

 Thomas Be van; vice-chairman, E. F. 

 Hawes; foreign secretary, C. Harman 

 Payne; general secretary, R. A. Witty. 



Honorary fellowships were awarded 

 to Messrs. Viger and TrufEant of the 

 National Horticultural Society of 

 France, and to M. Maxime de la Roch- 

 eterie, president ot the French Chrys- 

 anthemum Society. M. Louis Gentil, 

 editor of La Tribune Horticole, Brus- 

 sels, was nominated a corresponding 

 member. 



National Horticultural Society of 

 France. 



The annual report of this great 

 French society has just been pub- 

 lished. Its membership has during the 

 past ten years very largely increased, 

 there being at the present moment be- 

 tween four and five thousand names 

 on the roll. Last year two grand In- 

 ternational Horticultural Shows were 

 held in Paris, one in May and the 

 other in November, and in conjunction 

 there were two congresses. The li- 

 brary — i)robably the best and most ex- 

 tensive horticultural library in Europe 

 — received large additions and a sup- 

 plement to the library catalogue was 



Acacia pubescens 

 .\t (Jreeiihouses of .Joseph Fuller, Leominster, .Mnss. 



This fine specimen of this popular 

 decorative subject is growing in the 

 greenhouse of Joseph Fuller, Leomin- 

 ster, Mass. It is nine years old, hav- 

 ing been planted out where it now 

 stands, from a six-inch pot. The soil 

 is a sandy loam and it is easy to see 

 that the acacia enjoys it. 



Mr. Fuller says that he keeps it 



well-watered at all times and during 

 the growing season syringes once and 

 twice a day in clear weather. From 

 December 1 to February 1 he gives it 

 liquid manure twice a week. 



The tree has a spread of 24 feet 

 from tip to tip across the head. Large 

 quantities of richly flowered sprays 

 three to five feet long are cut from 

 it each season. 



published. Everyone interested in gar- 

 den bibliography will welcome this 

 new effort on the part of M. Georges 

 Gibault, the society's excellent librar- 

 ian. The monthly journal appears 

 with unfailing regularity, and contains 

 reports of the society's meetings, vari- 

 ous shows, papers of scientific or prac- 

 tical importance, etc. 



International Horticultural Exhibition, 

 London, 1912. 



Considerable progress is being made 

 by the executive committee of this 

 great show. Queen Alexandra has re- 

 cently signified her willingness to be 

 one of its patrons. A preliminary 

 schedule has been prepared and issued 

 containing over 400 classes. Copies 

 may be obtained of the secretary Ed. 

 White, 7 Victoria street, London, S. W. 

 The show has been fixed to be opened 

 on the 22nd of May, 1912, and to re- 

 main open till the 30th of that month. 

 The site will be the grounds of the 

 Royal Hospital, Chelsea, a space of 

 about 20 acres having been acquired 

 for the purpose. Subscriptions and 

 guarantees are being asl^ed for and 

 various advantages will be offered to 

 those who enter their names in either 

 of these lists. 



been an outcome of the tulipomania 

 that raged in the low countries a little 

 earlier in the 17th century. At first 

 it was known as the Confraternity of 

 St. Dorothy, but later the name was 

 changed to that given above. It is 

 under the patronage of H. M. the King 

 of the Belgians. Quite recently Mr. R. 

 Hooper Pearson, editor of the Garden- 

 er's Chronicle, and Mr. Harman Payne 

 were elected members of honor of the 

 society which includes among its mem- 

 bers many well known horticulturists. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



The growth and expansion of this 

 great English Horticultural Society is 

 practically without a parallel. From 

 the annual report just issued and 

 which contains much interesting mat- 

 ter relative to the past year's work we 

 notice that the total members at the 

 end of 1910 was 12,043, a number never 

 reached by any other similar society. 

 The financial condition appears to be 

 equally satisfactory for on the year's 

 working the excess of receipts over ex- 

 penditures amounted to about J41,S50. 



Societe Royale de Flore. 



This is reputedly the oldest floral 

 society in Europe. It is known to 

 have been in existence as far baciv as 

 1650, but records anterior to that date 

 cannot be traced. It may possibly have 



Monument to Ernest Calvat. 



The subscription list opened for the 

 purpose of raising a fund to place a 

 monument over the grave of this il- 

 lustrious French chrysanthemum 

 grower has now reached the sum of 

 over 1250 francs. Donations may still 

 be sent to M. Ph. Rivoire, secretary of 

 the French Chrysanthemum Society, 

 16 rue d'Algerie, Lyons, France. 



