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HORTICULTURE 



April 8, 1911 



Extra Choice Grafted Rose Plants 



Pink and Wliite Killarney, Richmond and iVIaryland 



In 2/^ -in. pots read for delivery April 15th 



$12.00 Per 100 



These young plants are taken only from selected wood of our strong'est stock. 



Kaiserin, own root, 2 1-2 in. $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 



OFFICE : 76 Wabash Av., Chicago, III. 

 GREENHOUSES : Hinsdale, III. 



Bassett & Washburn, 



During Recess 



Florists' Club of Washington. 



The weeping slvies of Api-il are mak- 

 ing good ttie proverb anent April 

 showers, and it was in the face of an 

 inclement greeting that the florists ot 

 this capital city ventured forth last 

 Tuesday night to attend the annual 

 banquet of the Florists' Club of Wash- 

 ington. As many of the gentlemen 

 were accompanied by their wives and 

 daughters, and a number of invited 

 guests were also among "those pres- 

 ent," it seemed all the more improb- 

 able that there would be a record 

 breaking attendance around the festal 

 banquet board. However, it proved to 

 be one of the most successful and en- 

 joyable of the usually successful an- 

 nual gatherings. The installation of 

 ofBcers was one of the principal fea- 

 tures of interest, and as a close second 

 in interest came the presentation of a 

 silver service to the retiring president 

 of the club, whose regime was marked 

 by success and enthusiasm. 



The officers of the club held a re- 

 ception in the parlors of the Fredonia 

 Hotel before the dinner, which was 

 served in the main dining room. In 

 the receiving line were President El- 

 mer C. Mayberry, Vice-President David 

 Grillbortzer, Treasurer William F. 

 Gude, Secretary 0. A. C. Oehmler, and 

 Directors W. W. Kimmell, George 

 Cooke, W. A. Ballinger and G. Edward 

 Shultz. W. R. Smith, superintendent 

 of the Botanical Garden, made an in- 

 formal address in which he was, as al- 

 ways, most interesting. Granville 

 Hunt, as a committee from the Cham- 

 l>er of Commerce, made a talk on the 

 movement to erect in Washington a 

 building to be known as the George 

 Washington Memorial Hall, at a cost 

 of $2,500,000. The Chamber of Com- 

 merce is raising the sum considered to 

 be this city's proportion of the entire 

 amount needed, and the Florists' Club 

 has a committee engaged in adding 

 subscriptions. It reported that it was 

 meeting with satisfactory success. 



Much interest was shown in an rid- 

 ■dress by Peter Bisset of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, who told of the 

 work in plant and seed introduction. 

 He said that new things are constant- 

 ly being brought here from all over 

 the world to be tried out. In particu- 

 lar he referred to a new rambler rose 

 from China which only arrived on ths 

 day of the banquet. It was new to 

 the profession, he said, and very beau- 

 tiful. It would be tested on the 

 grounds of the Department, he said, 

 and it was expected that it would 

 prove a real acquisition. Mr. Bisset 

 formerly had charge of Mrs. Gardiner 



NEPHROLEPIS ROOSEVELT. 



This fern was produced at the Amer- 

 ican Rose & Plant Co.'s establishment, 

 Springfield, Ohio, and is a sport from 

 Nephrolepis exaltata Bostoniensis. The 

 first two plants were found in Novem- 

 ber, 1908, and up to October, 1910, over 

 seventy thousand young plants had 

 been taken from planted stock. 



The fronds are from one third to a 

 half wider than "Boston" and beauti- 

 fully tapered from base to tip. The 

 pinnae are distinctly undulated, giving 

 the plant a decided wavy appearance. 

 It is claimed that it will produce near- 

 ly double the number of fronds as the 

 parent variety and have more grace- 

 ful drooping habit, the rib of fronds 

 being strong but not stiff and the tex- 



ture of pinnae heavy but without giv- 

 ing the fronds a coarse appearance. 

 The Roosevelt is a strong maker of 

 young plants and a most vigorous 

 grower in every respect. The produc- 

 ers are showing single plants grown in 

 six-inch, measuring over three feet 

 across, symmetrical, and with wide 

 wavy fronds, hiding the pots complete- 

 ly. Finished plants in three-inch pots 

 are larger and more attractive than 

 well grown four-inch Bostons and 

 single plants of Roosevelt grown in 

 six-inch are unexcelled in size and 

 beauty. We learn that one firm has 

 contracted for over thirty thousand 

 plants of Nephrolepis Roosevelt in 

 various sizes. 



Hubbard's place. He has been en- 

 gaged by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, and has been devoting his time to 

 searching out new plants in all parts 

 of the world for American farms and 

 gardens. F. .J. DYER. 



Chicago Bowlers. 



Totals in score made March 29th 

 by the Chicago Club are as follows: 



1st 2iHl 3r(l 



Violets 7(17 7S4 8.5S 



Carnations 7fi3 74fi 782 



Orchids 849 74G 772 



Itoses 098 787 823 



INCORPORATED. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — The Leon 

 series, capital stock $25,000. 



Nur- 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. are dis- 

 tributing a celuloid card made up for 

 use in scoring points on roses, carna- 

 tions, chrysanthemums and sweet peas 

 for all of which the official scoring fig- 

 ures are given. This little vest pocket 

 reminder will often prove of service to 

 exhibitors and show visitors. 



