November 24, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



557 



RAMBLING RETURNS FROM RICH- 

 MOND. 



Among the new roses at the E. G. 

 Hill Company's houses one that es- 

 pecially impresses every visitor is a 

 seedling from Caroline Testout, a 

 very large petalled flower of glowing 

 pink — "a» improved Killarney" Mr. 

 Hill calls it. Another handsome soft 

 deep pink is the result of a cross be- 

 tween AVootton and Mrs. John Lang. 

 Another closely resembles Wellesley 

 In form and color of flower but is 

 of somewhat better build and has a 

 strong La France fragrance. Mr. Hill 

 is very desirous of obtaining a dupli- 

 catioa of Rosamund Orr English with 

 larger flower than that fine colored 

 variety, and many seedlings attest his 

 efforts to this end. A very promising 

 sort is a one-year-old seedling from 

 Richmond X Etoile de Lyon. That 

 super* rose illustrated in HORTICUL- 

 TURE last year as .\1 is still waiting 

 for a name that will do justice to its 

 merits. Mr. Hill has a full bench of 

 it now, and is cutting twenty flowers 

 from it to one of American Beauty. It 

 will probably be distributed next year. 



Among chrysanthemums, several of 

 the new varieties show great promise 

 of future prosperity. Rosette is a 

 French variety, in perfection at 

 Thanksgiving, Perrin pink in color 

 and as large as Timothy Eaton. Le 

 Gracious is a loosely incurved flower. 

 Daybreak pink in color. Mrs. Beach 

 is proving to be one of the best 

 yellows in commerce. Jeannie Nonin, 

 otherwise one of the best whites in the 

 world, is subject to a fungous disease 

 which rui-ns the foliage. Mr. Hill has 

 one of his own seedlings, a shapely 

 flower red with fawn reverse, dwarf 

 habit, which is to be called Fred. 

 Lemon. Marian Newell is one of the 

 finest of the dwarf pink section; it 

 bears a big shapely flower of color 

 similar to Dr. Enguehard. The Yellow 

 Mrs. .Jerome Jones is showing a dis- 

 position to revert to original color, 

 nearly half the crop going that way 

 this season. Major Bonnaffon has a 

 tendency to "go blind" this season 

 with a good many growers in the west. 

 What is the cause? Is it late plant- 

 ing? Some wise growers say the mid- 

 dle of May is late enough for plant- 

 ing this variety. 



A DEAD ONE. 



Breathes thore .n m.'ui n-itti soul so dead, 



Wljo uever to himself h:is sniil: 



"My tniile of hue Is Ki'ttiiiK bad; 



I'll try .'Uiotln'r teii-hiih nil"? 



If sncli tbere lie, j;o uiaik him well; 



For hliii no liiink iiccoiiiit will swell, 



No .inj^els watt-li tho poldeii st;ilr 



To welfoiiie homo the millionaire. 



The man who nex-ei" asks foi- trade 



By local lino or ad displayed. 



C.nres riKire for rest than worldly gain, 



And palronaRe Init Rives him pain. 



Tread lli-'litly. friend: let no rude sound 



DIstnrli Ills solitude profound. 



Here let him live In culm repose. 



UnsocKht except liy men he owes. 



Anil when he dies t'o pl.int bim deep. 



That n.insht nniy hre.ik his dreamless sleep; 



Wliero no rude clamor uniy dispel 



The (jnlet that he loved so widl. 



And wlicn the world ni.iy know Its loss, 



IMace on his grave n wreath of moss. 



And on the slone aliove: "Here lies 



A chump who wouidu't advertise." 



— M. L. Carey. In The Spokesman. 



Advertise in HORTICULTURE and 

 you'll escape the above tragic fate. 



THE CHICAGO SHOW. 



Further Comments by Uncle John Thorpe. 



Friday was "private gardeners' day." 

 They turned out well and their ex- 

 hibits comprised all the finer plants — 

 a little better furnished and finished 

 than those from others. The private 

 gardeners should be asked to make 

 exhibits of fruits and vegetables; hor- 

 ticulture is not represented broadly 

 enough at our exhibitions. 



Monstrosities and absurd treatments 

 cannot be too positively discouraged. 

 In the class for 100 American Beau- 

 tics "arranged for effect." a tree 

 stump, six or more feet high, with 

 shining green leaves placed upright 

 to represent bark — the roses arranged 

 in the hollows of the stump — was 

 conspicuous. Another exhibit had 6- 

 inch-wide muddy red and muddy green 

 ribbon hung on it — for what? 



In the classes for seedlings, sports 

 and undisseminated importations of 

 chrysanthemums and carnations not as 

 much as a piece of tissue paper should 

 be given to anything not superior to 

 existing varieties. 



In carnations Valentine in the Day- 

 break class was good. Red Chief is 

 the nearest approach to a pure scarlet 

 and must be a winner although not a 

 very large flower. Bonnie Maid, a 

 pleasing rosy lilac, edged with white 

 promises well. Winsor is a gem; and 

 what a keeper! Aristocrat held its 

 own, of course, and Gov. Deneen 

 proved a good keeper. 



Of chrysanthemums, Mme. Chau- 

 banne. Incandescent, Alice Roosevelt, 

 Detroyat and Dubuisson Foubert, all 

 from E. G. Hill Co., were grand. 

 Dorner's No. 2G-03, a superb loosely 

 incurved essence of gold did not get 

 an award, but it can afford to wait. 



HORTICULTURE'S REPRESENTA- 

 TIVES. 



The following named gentlemen 

 represent this paper in their various 

 local districts, and are authorized to 

 accept subscriptions, advertisements 

 and news items. 



BUFFALO. N. Y.— E. C. Bmcker, 383-8T 



Elllcott St. 

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Ceinpliell Av. 



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iini. 



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gand, lUlU N. liilnuis St. 

 LOUISVILLE. KY.— F. L. Schuiz, Jr., 



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 Bryaut Ave. 



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NEWPOKT, R. X.— David Mcintosh, LedM 

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PHILADELPHIA. PA.— George C. Wat- 

 son, Dolison BIdg., 9th aud Market Sta. 



SAN FHAXCISCO. CAL. — Luther Mon- 

 oette, 8CG Isabella St., Oakland. Cal. 



TOLEDO, O.— J. L. SeUlUer, U2a Proutr 

 Ave. 



PERSONAL. 



Alfred Rehder has returned to Bos- 

 ton after a two years' tour among Eu- 

 ropean libraries in the interests of the 

 Arnold Arboretum. 



A. Lozier of Des Moines, la., has 

 gone to Southern Texas to look after 

 his cotton plantation and incidentally 

 to recover his health. The business 

 will be managed by his brother Harvey 

 until he returns. 



I think HORTICULTURE is the 

 best paper in its line. I find out some- 

 thing in every issue that is worth a 

 year's subscription to me. — H. P. W. 



I think the article on Bottom Facts 

 about Carnations well worth the price 

 of your magazine, hence enclose here- 

 with check for $1.00 in payment of 

 subscription for one year. — P. M. 



HOUSE OF CARNATION IMPERIAL AT JOHN E. HAINES' 

 BETHLEHEM, PA. 



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