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HORTICULTURE 



April 8, 1911 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 



The Cult of the Carnation. 



The Perpetual Flowering Carnation 

 Society has given another proof of its 

 usefulness in issuing an excellent 

 "Year Book," which will be found ex- 

 ceedingly helpful to the professional 

 and amateur alike. Mr. P. Smith, an 

 experienced grower, has much to say 

 that is appropriate and instructive in 

 an article on "Novelties vs. Progress." 

 C. Harman Payne entertainingly de- 

 scribes "Some Old Carnation Books." 

 According to the existing judging 

 scale ten points in a hundred are 

 given for fragrance, whilst color, size 

 and habit of plant receive twenty 

 points each. The Rev. Joseph Jacob, 

 In an article entitled, "What do we 

 exist for?" advocates the raising of 

 the points awarded for scent, and this 

 view of the judging will be endorsed 

 by most carnation lovers. Various 

 phases of carnation culture are capa- 

 bly handled by Messrs. M. C. Allwood, 

 A. Grubb, P. Fitch, and J. Gardner. 



Activity in the North. 

 Good progress has been made in or- 

 ganizing the North of England Horti- 

 cultural Society, the Secretary of 

 which is the Rev. J. Bernard Hall. A.s 

 regards the Society's certificates of 

 horticultural proficiency, negotiations 

 are taking place between the Secre- 

 tary and the Northern Universities. It 

 is hoped to arrange with the Universi- 

 ties to prepare candidates for written 

 examinations. But to make sure of 

 cultural proficiency as well as theo- 

 retical knowledge candidates will have 

 to exhibit the produce of their gar- 

 dens at the meetings at Leeds or else- 

 where, by arrangement, or otherwise 

 satisfy the Society in the matter of 

 practical horticulture. 



Miscellaneous. 

 The Royal Horticultural Society 

 held an exhibition of forced spring 

 bulbs on March 14 and 15. The trade 

 section was somewhat disappointing, 

 only one firm having entered. The 

 first prize carried with it the gold 

 medal of the General Bulb Growers' 

 Society of Haarlem.— "The Sales for 

 Agricultural Purposes Bill," which is i 

 to be introduced into Parliament is 

 causing a great amount of uneasiness 

 amongst seedsmen, who complain that 

 it is likely to interfere seriously with 

 their business and cause widespread 

 annoyance unless its provisions are 

 modified. — At a recent meeting of the 

 Council of the newly formed National 

 Hardy Plant Society, it was reported 

 that encouraging progress was being 

 made. Mr. Gill, of Penrhyn and Fal- 

 mouth, Cornwall, exhibited a new 

 hardy primula, P. Winteri, from the 

 Himalayan Mountains. The species 

 had only been seen previously in her- 

 barium specimens, which were sent 

 over to Britain forty years ago. This 

 useful acquisition was awarded a first- 

 class certificate. 



W. H. ADSETT. 



Asparagus Plumosus $3.00 per 1.000. 

 SPRENGEBI .$1.00 per 1000. STRAW- 

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 per 02. AH from my own plants. 



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Easter Plants 



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LIL.ICM MUt.TIFI.ORUM green as grass, 

 good foliage from bottom up, 6-ln. pots 

 from 12 to 30 Inches high. Plants with 



5 to 10 buds, 10c. per bud ; plants with 2 

 to 4 buds, 12c. per bud. 



HYDRANGEA OTAKSA every branch 

 nicely staked up, 6, 7 and 8-lneh pots, 35c., 

 50c., 75c., $1.00 to .$1.50. 



SPIBEA GLADSTONE, 6 and 7-inch pots 

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CINERARIA HYBBIDA GBANDI- 



FI.ORA, all colors, mixed, 5V4 to 6-iDch 

 pots, 25c., 35c., 50c., 75c., $1.00. 



AZALEA INDICA, selected by myself on 

 my trip to Belgium last ye;ir, 1910. Good 

 best American varieties, Mme. Van der 

 Cruyssen, double pink, 75c., $1.00, $1.25, 

 $1.50 to $2.00. Simon Mardner, double 

 pink, Vervaeneana, De Schreyeriana, Em- 

 press of India, double variegated, 50c., 60c., 

 75c., $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 to $2.00. Apol- 

 lo red, 50c., 60c., 75e. Deutsche Perle, 

 Niobe, white, 60c., 75c.. $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50. 

 Bernard Andreas Alba, also white, and 

 large Niobe, $1.50 to $2.00. 



CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSES, large 

 plants 30 by 36-40 inches high, 75c., $1.00, 

 $1.25, $1.50. 



HYACINTHS, four best colors: Gertrude, 

 pink. King of the Blues, dark blue. Grand 

 Maitre, light blue, La Grandesse. white, 4- 

 inch pots, $12.00 per 100. 



TOUBNESOL, best double variegated 

 and Murillo double rose Tulips, 3 bulbs in 

 one pot, $1.80 per doz., $1.5.00 per 100 pots. 



VON SION DAFFODILS, best double 

 yellow narcissus, 3 bulbs, in 6-inch pots. 

 $2.50 per doz. pots. 



ARACCARIA EXCELSA, 8 and 7-inch 

 pots, 4, 5. 6 and 7 tiers, 4 to 5 years old, 

 25, 30 and .35 inches high, 75c,, $1.00, $1.25, 

 $1.50 to $2.00. 



ARAUCARIA GLAUOA, 6 to 7-lnch pots. 



ABAUCARIA ROBUSTA COMPACTA, 6 

 to 7-inch pots, $1.25, $1..50. $1.75 to $2.00. 



KENTIA FOBSTERIANA, 6-inch pOtS, 

 30 to 40 inches high, $1.00, $1.50 to $2.00. 



KENTIA BELMOREANA, single plants. 



6 to 7-inch pots, $1.50 to $2.00. 

 KENTIA BELMOREANA, combination 



pkints, 3 plants in one pot, 30 to 40 Inches 

 high, $1.25, $1.50 to $1.75. 



FERNS 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, 4-inch, lOc; 



214-inch, 4c. 



NEPHROLEPIS BOSTONIBN8IS, 5% to 



6-inch, 40 to 50c. 



NEPHROLEPIS SCHOLZELI, 6-lnch, 



50c.; 7-inch, $1.00. 



WHITMANI, 7 to S-lnch, $1.25 to $1.50. 



SCOTTII, 5, 514 to 6-inches, 35c., 40c., 

 50c.; 7-incb, $1.00; 8-inch, $1.50. 



NEPHROLEPIS GIATRASII, a new 

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 inch pots, 30c., 40c., 50c. Small 4-lnch, 20c. 



LATANIA BORBONICA (Chinese Fan 

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 75c. 



DRACAENA BBUANTI, 6-lnch, 35c. to 

 40c. 



BEGONIA BEX, SVi inches, 25c. 



IPOMEA NOCTIFLOEA or Aschmann's 

 well-known, pure white, waxy Moon Vine, 

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