March 20, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



377 



out next week and this preliminary 

 glimpse is only to whet your appetite 

 and put you in tune to listen to the 

 story. 



Those rose gardens certainly were 

 great. Frank R. Pierson's inspiration 

 about planting below the boardwalk is 

 the best ever. You have to see that to 

 appreciate it. The orchid displays 

 were the best I have ever seen. Among 

 the many, that picture frame from 

 Roehrs stood out impressively and 

 was worth millions. I never realized 

 what could be done with Schizanthus 

 until Bell showed us. It is wonderful. 

 I never realized what could be done 

 with Amaryllis until Duckham showed 

 us. Wonderful. And the primulas — 

 the malacoides and alba; the obconica 

 grandiflora (all shades) ; such splen- 

 did specimens — almost beyond belief. 



I could talk to you all night but the 

 P. O. and the press presses. I "blew 

 in" by accident and am glad I did. 



Hats off to Manhattan! 



George Cooper W-itson. 



A PURE WHITE GLADIOLUS. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



New Bedford, Mass.: Peter Derr 

 Hartog, Holland. 



Pittsburgh — Milton Alexander, New 

 York; Julius Dilhoff, New York; Wil- 

 liam Lake, Philadelphia. 



San Francisco, Cal. — W. H. Wyman, 

 North Abington, Mass.; W. B. Shot- 

 well, Fargo, N. D. ; P. L. Carbone, 

 Boston. 



Chicago; M. P. Quinn, Fontana, 

 Wis.; E. H, Mazey, Minneapolis, 

 Minn.; J. H. Reeves, Savannah, Ga. ; H. 

 E. Philpott, Winnepeg, Man. 



Cincinnati — E. J. Fancourt, of S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila.; S. Selig- 

 man and Julius Dilloff, New York; A. 

 C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal. 



St. Louis, Mo.: Jos. E. Rolker, New 

 York; Guy Reyburn, Chicago; John 

 Van Aart, Paducah, Ky.; Julius Dill- 

 hoff. New York; M. Levine, New York; 

 A. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, Cal. 



Philadelphia — Chas. Loechner, N. Y. 

 City; Frank Carey Elwes, Jacksonville, 

 Fla.; Chas. Fisher, Atlantic City, N, J.; 

 Mrs. Kuratle, Wilmington, Del.; H. C. 

 Obergfell, Atlantic City, N. J.; Henry 

 Fisher, Baltimore, Md. ; J. Ran, repre- 

 senting C. J. Speelman & Sons, Sas- 

 senheim, Holland. 



Boston: C. H. Perkins, Newark, N. 

 Y. ; James McHutchison and Mrs. 

 McHutchison, New York; C. W. Scott 

 and S. Suzuki of Yokohama Nursery 

 Co., New York; W. C. McColIom, rep- 

 resenting Pierson U-Bar Co., New 

 York; E. Doubleday and Leonard Bar- 

 ron, Garden City, N. Y.; W. A. Manda, 

 South Orange, N. Y.; H. H. Barrows, 

 Whitman, Mass.; D. Carmichael, rep- 

 resenting J. Chas. McCullough, Cin- 

 cinnati, C; Dr. C. L. Marlatt, Federal 

 Horticultural Board, Washington, D. 

 C; Donald McLeod, Concord, N. H.; 

 Benj. Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. ; M. H. 

 Walsh. Wood's Hole, Mass. 



This illustration shows what un- 

 questionably will be one of the leading 

 commercial gladioli. There are white 

 gladioli in plenty but this one is abso- 

 lutely pure white, without mark or 



flush in the throat. It is one of Kun- 

 derd's future introductions as soon as 

 the stock is sufficient. The picture 

 does not show it fully out as it is one 

 of the bloomers with half a dozen or 

 more flowers open at once. 



LIFTERS AND LEANERS. 



There .ire two kinds of people on earth 

 today: 



Just two kinds of people, no more I say; 



Not the rich and the poor, for to count a 

 mans wealth 



You must first know the state of his con- 

 science and health ; 



Not the humble and proud, for In life's 

 little span 



Who puts on vain airs is not counted a 

 man. 



Not the happy and sad, for the swift fly- 

 ing years 



Bring each man his laughter and each man 

 his tears. 



No! the two kinds of people on earth I 

 mean 



Are the people who lift, and the people 

 who lean. 



Wherever you go you will find the world's 

 masses 



Are always divided in Just the two classes. 



And, oddly enough, you will find, too, I 

 ween. 



There's only one lifter to twenty who lean. 



In which class are you? Are you easing 

 the load 



Of overtaxed lifters who toll down the 

 road V 



Or are you the leaner, who lets others bear 



Your portion of labor, and worry and care? 

 —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 



BLACK SPOT ON R0SE3. 



Horticulture Pub. Co.: 



In the latest issue of your paper there 

 was an article recommending the amnionl- 

 acal copper carbonate mixture for black 

 spot ou roses. Will you kindly publisb 

 the formula for this mixture. Also do you 

 cousider paris green the l>est remedy for 

 thrips, and how much would you put to 

 30 gallons of water? Y'ours truly, 



Texas. A. M. 



Take copper carbonate 5 ounces, am- 

 monia 3 pints, water 45 gallons. Make 

 a paste of the copper carbonate with a 

 little water; dilute the ammonia witJh 

 7 or 8 quarts of water, add the copptr 

 carbonate to the ammonia and water, 

 and stir until thoroughly dissolved. It 

 is hardly advisable to use paris green 

 in the rose house to combat thrips. 

 Tobacco smoke used lightly and per- 

 sistently is preferable. The medium 

 formula for paris green mixture is one- 

 third pound paris green, two-thirds 

 pound fresh lime (o 50 gallons water. 



