August 18, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



159 



Pyrus Malus Halliana or Parkmani 



The beautiful specimen of tl 

 ornamental tree which we illus- 

 trate herewith is growing in the 

 grounds of Professor C. S. Sar- 

 gent, at Brookline, Mass. The 

 original plant came in a package 

 sent from Japan to Mr. F, 

 Gordon Dexter about forty years 

 ago. Mr. Dexter gave it to his 

 friend Francis Parkman, in 

 whose garden it soon attracted at- 

 tention and became known as the 



Parkman crab, and later as Pyrus Parkmani. It was 

 then ascertained that the species had been sent some 

 years before to Parsons & Sons, Flushing, N. Y., by 

 Dr. Hall and had been sent out under the name of 



I'yru.'- Halliana. Dr. Gray called it 

 Pyrus Malus Japonica tl. pi. Prof. 

 Sargent has finally designated 

 ^lahis Halliana. 



Whatever name it may bear, it is 

 certainly worthy of a place of honor 

 in any garden. Its long-stemmed, 

 jjendant. l)right pink and white, 

 fuchsia-like flowers are produced in 

 greatest profusion. The fruit it the 



smallest known in the apple family — about the size 



of a small jjea, and dark purple in color. 



We are indebted to Jackson Dawson for the bit of 



liistory here given. 



The Retail Florist in the Flower Show 



Editor HoKTicuLTUEE : 



I have had several inquiries to answer emanating 

 from the article in your issue of July 14th and for 

 the benefit o'f others that may be interested T take 

 the liberty of making a few remarks upon the subject 

 of retailers' interest in the ilower show. After our 1905 

 experience we are firmer than ever in our belief that 

 it is not possible to give a successful show from an 

 artistic standpoint without the artist, the one who meets 

 the flower buying public direct. He ought t:^ have 

 some recompense, but still it is desirable to do away 

 with prizes and competition. So the question now 

 arises, how can he lie reimbursed for his tiuij and 

 outlay? It is necessary for the florist to advertise and 

 where be gets the most advertising for the least rroney 

 is at flower shows, for it is the flower lover and the 

 flower buyer that throng the shows. Therefori the 

 retailer is recompensed for his time and expenditure 

 by the advertising he gets. It has always been the 

 retailers' cry that tlie grower was the only beneficiary. 

 That must be so when the grower is the largest ex- 

 hibitor. But one has but to remember how delighted 

 the public were with the novel and artistic display 



the retailers had at the last Chicago show. Therefore, 

 active participation in a successful show can not but 

 be beneficial to the retailer. It is strictly up to the 

 retailers to get together and get busy, promote their 

 own business by showing peojile in their respective cities 

 what they can get and what high grade cut floweis and 

 plants are like, such as are shown at exhibitions thus 

 creating a desire for sucli articles. The retailer's in- 

 terests are especially centered in such exhibitions be- 

 cause his customers are spectators, so he is a necessity 

 there. 



It is my hope to see the Xational Flower Sho-.v talk 

 at Davton bear rich fruit, but don't take tlie Xational 

 Show to Xcw York, Chicago, Boston, or any city where 

 large flower shows are common. Let it be centered in 

 some citv wliere shows are not, but should be, held, as 

 it will awake that city and vicinity, and the need of the 

 Xational Flower Show would become estalilislied. 



