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HORTICULTURE 



June 26. 191D 



During Recess 



WARETOWN BLOSSOMS OUT. 



On FrlUiiy. Jiiiii- 18. hospltnble 

 Waretowii on HiirneKut Uiiy. N. J., 

 once mure cnnu- Into penceable pos- 

 session of the invader. Tlie sun 

 shown brl(!hlly. tlie breezes murmured 

 a cool refreshiuK welcome and the 

 placid waves blinlied sportively 

 iiroiind the big dredKiiiK hulk that, in 

 their furious rage a few months ago. 

 they had wrenched from its moorings 

 down the bay and thrown hard and 

 fast on the beach In front of Commo- 

 dore Westcotfs care-free sanitarium 

 known as the W'aretown Rod and Gun 

 Club villa. Wild roses and morning 

 glories, kalmias and magnolias and 

 ■wild azaleas all put on their best at- 

 tire for this annual reieptlon: all 

 nature, in fait — Including several 

 army corps of kliaki-hacked mosqui- 

 toes lying in wait for George Watson 

 — was In line to sing a glad welcome 

 to eacli and every guesl. from tlie pa- 

 tricians who came in the gilded auto 

 coaches of Hon. .John Burton and 

 Dr. I'eter Lane down to the plebeian 

 travelers who had to be satisfied with 

 transportation in an ordinary railroad 

 coach. It was the same good old rest- 

 ful and companionable time as in by- 

 gone years. Nothing was lacking in 

 the ensemble and no one was happier 

 than the man who did most of the 

 work — tireless John Westcott. whose 

 ruling passion in life is to gather his 

 friends about him and make them 

 happy, the record of whose years is 

 illumined with so many l)right memo- 

 ries of open-handed hospitality. The 

 participants in this festive event were 

 Jas. Dean. Freeport. N. Y., W. B. 

 Westcott. Geo. C. Watson. Geo. W. 

 Hess. Washington. D. C. Robt. Craig. 

 D. T. Connor. George Craig. Wm. F. 

 Gude. Washington. D. C, Hugo Eble. 

 John Burton. P. H. Lane. Geo. Ander- 

 son. S. S. Pennock. Robert Kift and 

 Wm. J. Stewart. Boston. Mass., all of 

 Philadelphia except as noted. Letters 

 of regret at inability to be present 

 ■were received from Patrick Welch. 

 H. B. Beatty. George Asmus. J. C. 

 Vaughan. Walter F. Sheridan. Col. W. 

 W. Castle. John N. iMay. Thomas 

 Roland. Adam Graham and J. K. .\I. 

 L. Farquhar. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 The annual picnic came off on the 

 21st inst. at Schuetzen Park, and was 

 a big success in every way. The 

 weather was ideal, the attendance 

 large, the sports well contested, and 

 the banquet and dance in the evening 

 very enjoyable. The following were 

 the prize wMnners in the various sport- 

 ing events: 



Base Ball — Growers and Wljolesnlers vs. 

 Seed.sniin and Retailcr.s: Won by Seeds- 

 inpn and Kr-taikTs; scnro. *» A: innings. 



Wheolbarrow Event for Ladies: 1st, Miss 

 A. ('. lliiehncr: :;nd. Mrs. Wm. Smith. 



Wlieelliarrow Event for Men : 1st, A. 

 Strolileln: 2nd. K. I>i)rnhelni. 



Ladies' Uaoe. •"lO yards: 1st. Miss Hea- 

 cock : 2iid. Miss .\. Kleinlieinz. 



Girls' Uace. 14 to IS years. 75 yards: 1st, 

 Mildred Adelberger; 2ud. Dorothy Adel- 

 berger. 



Boys' Race. 14 to 1$ years. T.t yards: 1st, 

 S. D. Lawyer; 2nd. Charles I'ennock. 



Men's Race, 100 yards: Isi. Charles Pen- 

 nopk : 2nd. .T. Strohlein. 



Ladies' Potato Race: 1st. .Miss Oesohlck ; 

 2nd, Mildred Adelberger. 



iilriA' llm-e. tiniliT 14, 00 yardii : 1st, 

 tieririide Wuntier; 2ud. Helen I'lileli- 



lloyn' Rail', tinder 14. M jrnrdi: 111, 

 Samuel S. IVnnoi'k, Jr.: 2nd. F. Strohlein. 



Sark Riiie. men: lal. Cluirlca Pennork : 

 Villi. John Wenlx. 



Kal Men's Rni-e, .'lO yard*: l«t, Robert 

 Si'hoi'li ; 2nd. ••■Ml. Iliimplnn. 



TuK of War— tirowers and Wholesalers 

 VK. ^•edHiiien anil ItelalkTH: Won by 

 .'Seedsmen and RelallerK. 



Iliiwlliii: : 1st. IiennlH Connor; 2nd, Julni 

 Kiihii, 111 a Held of abmK twenty entries. 



Handsome prizes were awarded in 



each instance. 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 



Horticultural Trades Association. 



Many well-known traders In the gar- 

 dening world attended a dinner of the 

 above named association in I>ondoii. 

 on May 18, when M. Vilmorin. of Paris, 

 was the principal guest. W. Cuthbert- 

 son, of Edinburgh, presided. N. N. 

 Sherwood, in eulogistic language, gave 

 "The health of the guest." M. Vil- 

 morin. who was enthusiastically re- 

 ceived, said the horticultural trade had 

 been seriously hindered by the war. 

 It had greatly affected the export of 

 flowers and fruit. Everything In F'rancH 

 was going on as well as possible, un- 

 der the present conditions. .At the 

 present time every man between 18 

 and 45 was either dead, wounded, or 

 fighting. L'nder the circumstances it 

 was marvellous to see that the fields 

 had been ploughed and the seeds 

 sown by the women, children and old 

 men. In time to come the trade would 

 be better than before, because the idea 

 of going to Germany for seeds and 

 other things will be completely aban- 

 doned. Stuart Low gave the toast of 

 "Belgium." which was appropriately 

 acknowledged by M. Verbonen. Coun- 

 cillor Wallace, of Colchester, proposed 

 "The Horticultural Trades Associa- 

 tion," and this was replied to by 

 C. Pearson, the secretary. Sir Henry 

 Veitch submitted "The Chairman." and 

 this was fittingly responded to by Mr. 

 Cuthbertson. 



Items of Interest. 



It was decided at the annual meet- 

 ing of the Hereford and West of Eng- 

 land Rose Society to abandon the an- 

 nual exhibition for this year. A trial 

 of winter flowering begonias will take 

 place at the Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety's gardens at Wisley. Surrey, dur- 

 ing the coming winter. Owing to thp 

 shortage of labor due to the war. 

 women gardeners are now being em- 

 ployed at the Royal Gardens. Kew. 

 Queen Alexandra has become patron- 

 ess of the War Horticultural Relief 

 Fund. Major Caulley. D. S. O.. a well- 

 known sweet pea amateur, has been 

 killed in action. W. H. Adsctt. 



A NEW DIERVILLA. 

 Among the plants brought from 

 Korea a few years ago into the Arbore- 

 tum by Mr. Jack a form of Diervilla 

 florida which has been namerl var. 

 vcnusta. This is one of the handsom- 

 est of all Diervillas and one of the 

 earliest to flower. It is very vigorous 

 and every year completely covers it- 

 self before the leaves are half grown 

 with large rosy pink flowers. Few of 

 the shrubs introduced by the Arbore- 

 tum in recent years give greater prom- 

 ise of usefulness and popularity in 

 northern gardens. 



— .\nwUI Arboretum Bulletin. 



THREE REMARKABLE IRISES. 



riiih l^i^ M Mfiiii has liiM'ii full of fas- 

 ■ inution. Tuiii yourself loose among 

 2(1(1,01)0 in L'5(l varieties and you feel 

 like dropping your hoe and looking on. 

 The vast lli'lds do I heir best to rharm 

 you. Every llnwer vies with the other 

 to see which lan put on the richest 

 dress. "Solomon In all hi» gliiry was 

 not arrayed like one of these." Ho 

 would find himself In shoddy ax he 

 walked among these unfolding blooms 

 arrayed In the beauty of the morning 

 and the siilendors of the evening and 

 the radiance of the star mantles. 



Mesopolamica Is a queen among them 

 all— a radiant Amazon. Standards soft 

 blue, falls violet purple; immense 

 flowers beautifully traced and veined, 

 growing on stems 4 and D feet tall, with 

 rhizomes large as a lady's foot. Can 

 anything go beyond this? Wall; we 

 shall see. 



Monslgnor has standards of rich 

 satiny violet; falls velvety purple crim- 

 son, with rich velnings. Sometimes all 

 those large flowers all open on the 

 stem at one time and one stem of itself 

 makes a fine bouquet — all enhaloed In 

 a radiant sheen. 



The English Black Prince. This 

 should have been called Black Knight. 

 We have an American Black Prince 

 which has had undisputed possession of 

 the name for 'It) years and must bear 

 the name still. It is a charming purple 

 flower, very floriferous; the earliest of 

 all the German family. If it was a 

 new one it would be very high priced, 

 but now there is such an abundance of 

 them they sell for $3.00 per 100. The 

 English Black Prince was born fifteen 

 years ago. This sells for J2.00 a root, 

 and cheap at that. It is one of the 

 latest. It is impossible to supply the 

 demand. Standards soft lilac pink, 

 with purple tinge, clouded with rich- 

 est tints; the falls deep purplish black, 

 with a sheen which in the sunlight is 

 fairly dazzling. English catalogs right- 

 ly place this at the head. The plant is 

 dwarfish, but the flower is large. Can 

 anything ever surpass it? Unfortu- 

 nately it is a slow multiplier. Some 

 roots have been sent out for $1 each, 

 but unfortunately they forgot to send a 

 microscope with them, so you could 

 hardly tell whether it was a microbe 

 or a plant. I got such once, and for 

 two years they have been trying to 

 decide whether to live or die. It al- 

 ways pays to get good roots. 



York, Nebr. C. S. Harbison, 



Joseph Dexter, formerly of Purchase, 

 N. Y., has gone to Madison, N. J., as 

 superintendent for Howard Cole. W. 

 K. Fowkes whom he succeeds takes 

 charge of the Clark estate at Coopers- 

 town, N. Y. 



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