December 1, 1906 



FRENCH NATIONAL CHRYSAN- 

 THEMUM SOCIETY. 



This society which makes a prac- 

 tice of holdiug its aunual convention 

 in a different town in France every 

 year selected the old Norman town of 

 Caen for its eleventh convention. In 

 conjunction with the Horticultural 

 Society of Caen a very excellent show 

 was held from the 7th to the 11 th of 

 November. 



The show was held in the Salle des 

 Fetes of the Hotel de Ville, a portion 

 of it being held in the courtyard under 

 canvas awnings while the conifers, 

 hardy ornamental trees, shrubs and 

 fruit trees were exhibited in the open 

 square facing the Hotel de Ville. 



As is customary at FVench shows 

 there was a large number of gentlemen 

 elected to form the jury. They are 

 then divided into sections, and each 

 section has alloted to it the awarding 

 of the various prizes in the classes 

 provided for by the schedule. Mr. 

 Harman Payne was appointed presi- 

 dent d'honneur, M. Aug. Nonin presi- 

 dent eft'ectif, and M. Ph. Rivoire sec- 

 retaire-general. 



Seedlings formed an important part 

 of the show and among the principal 

 exhibitors in this section came M. 

 Ernest Calvat who had a fine lot of 

 blooms, fourteen varieties in all ex- 

 hibited in vases, five or six blooms of a 

 sort. Some were varieties showed at 

 Paris but there were others that were 

 new to us. Mme. Mathieu is a very 

 large Japanese full and double, rather 

 narrow florets but of good build, color 

 pure golden yellow. Gouverneur 

 Gallieni is another double flower an 

 incurving Japanese with narrow 

 grooved florets color golden bronze 

 shaded old rose. Mme. A. Velley Des- 

 mesirets is a big one with rather 

 broad florets, color creamy white 

 slightly tinted. Mile. Jeanne de la 

 Crouee is very large, something in 

 the style of the English variety Mrs. 

 Coorobes in color. Petit Emile is a 

 rather stiff built reflexing Japanese, 

 medium florets, a pretty shade of pale 

 blush. Gouverneur lommart is very 

 large — it has long drooping florets of 

 medium width, color pure golden yel- 

 low. In Tunis we have a flower of 

 great solidity but not overlarge, neat 

 in build, florets rather broad; the 

 color is pale blush. Roi d'Yvetot a 

 big solid Japanese but the florets are 

 quilled; pure golden yellow shaded 

 crimson. 



.'Another seedling grower present was 

 M. Altd. Chautrier, who told us that 

 in one hour he had 3,000 of his plants 

 and their covering blown down in a 

 storm. He nevertheless showed a 

 creditable selection of seedlings, 

 among which we noted la Soutilla 

 a Japanese incurved with grooved 

 pointed florets, very full and double, 

 color amaranth, reverse silvery. 

 Montague d'Aspenin, a pretty Jap- 

 anese of the truest type, color a pretty 

 shade of pale lilac purple. Col. 

 Labouchere we consider the finest 

 novelty in the show. A grand, massive 

 incurved flower of I he old type, perfect 

 in form and deep in build; florets very 

 broad and grooved, and arranged in 

 perfect regularity; color pure rich 

 golden yellow. Colosse Pyreneen is 

 also large but belongs to the Jap- 

 anese section, color rosy purple. Le 

 Clos Skabel a big incurved Japanese, 

 silvery rosy purple inside florets 



horticulture: 



deeper. M. Chautier adopted a new 

 practice, viz.: that of adding to his 

 labels besides the name a description 

 of the color of each flower according 

 to the Repertoire des Couleurs, a 

 work recently published by the so- 

 ciety, and already mentioned in the 

 columns of HORTICULTURE. 



M. Rozain Boucharlat of Lyons also 

 staged a collection of seedlings rather 

 small in size but containing some 

 good colors. 



The cut blooms and the pot plants 

 were all arranged in beds on the floor 

 with a wooden edging painted green. 

 The bottles containing the former and 

 the pots were covered with sawdust, 

 and then green moss was laid on the 

 top. In cut blooms they mostly had 

 several inches of stem with foliage, 

 with labels either tied to the flowers 

 or else on sticks in front. 



M. Ferd. Couillard had a fine lot of 

 cut blooms hors concours, arranged in 

 a circular group. The finest were 

 Prest. Viger, Prest. Loubet, F. S. Val- 

 lis, Lt. Col. Ducroiset, Mrs. Coombes, 

 Sapho, Jean Calvat and Wm. Duck- 

 ham. M. Charves also had a fine lot 

 in which we noted Calvat's Sun, Em- 

 bleme Poitevine, Wm. Duckham, a 

 hairy variety Alexis Dessarps of in- 

 curved form fine golden yellow, Mrs. 

 J. Dunne, etc. A prize of honor was 

 awarded to M. Ch. Gervais for 100 cut 

 blooms. M. Montignay of Orleans ex- 

 hibited a collection of 110 novelties 

 of 1906; they were interesting as such 

 but were hardly grown up to our 

 ideas of show standard. M. Leon 

 Cavron had a lot of plants in pots — 

 specimen plants freely flowered. He 

 also showed as he did at Paris a num- 

 ber of grafted plants and several 

 pyramids in tubs grown a la Japon- 

 aise. M. Rosette of Caen put up a 

 large oval bed hors concours. He too 

 had some fine cut blooms principally 

 varieties known to French growers. 



In the courtyard a grand display was 

 made by Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux & 

 Co., w^ho staged specimen plants in 

 pots. This exhibit was awarded the 

 grand prize of honor. M. L. Gautier 

 exhibited a collection of strawberries 

 in pots and M. Rosette showed a neat 

 little collection of hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums for outdoor culture. 



In the Square opposite Messrs. 

 Letellier et flls had a very large collec- 

 tion of fruit trees, conifers and or- 

 namental shrubs. They also had in- 

 side a pretty decorative foliage group, 

 and another of peony-flowered dahlias 

 M. L. Davy had a similar collection, 

 fruit trees trained in every conceivable 

 form, as did the preceding. Conifers 

 and many kinds of hardy ornamental 

 shrubs were included in this collection. 



A lunch was given to the jury at 

 mid-day on the opening of the show, 

 the chair being taken by Colonel La- 

 bouchere, president of the Caen Horti- 

 cultural Society, who welcomed the 

 members of the French N. C. S. and 

 thanked the exhibitors and members 

 of the jury. Several other speeches 

 were made. 



At 3 p. ra. the convention was 

 opened. M. Viger presided. Papers 

 were read on several subjects relating 

 to the chrysanthemum and discussions 

 ensued as to the best means to develop 

 a taste for chrysanthemum culture. 

 The following day a second meeting 

 of the convention was held. In the 

 afternoon the jury were taken round 

 to see the sights of the town and in 



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the evening a grand banquet was given 

 by the Society to all the jury, officials 

 and members of the convention. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE 



A WORTHY CAUSE. 



Secretary Herr of the American Car- 

 nation Society is sending out the fol- 

 lowing letter: 



Lancaster. Pa. 



Dear Sir: KiiowIiik you to be interested 

 in Carnations, Tlio .\nuTlcan ('arnation 

 Society requests tlie iileueure of your co 

 operation In tile jiilvancenieut of our flower 

 ti.v joining tills Society. 



'I'he money consideration Is $3.00 for the 

 llrsi year aiid $2.(J<I i)er annum afterward. 

 a necessary adjunct for the running ei- 

 Ijenses of the Society, but in extending 

 this invitation to you it is more for the 

 Inliuence of your name as a member and 

 the good advice you may be able to give 

 us than the fc>w dollars you will pay as 

 dues. 



Send name, address and remittance to 

 Alliert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. 



Uespectfully yours. 

 The American Carnation Society. 



The A. C. S is doing good work, and 

 every florist who raises a carnation or 

 sells a carnation is a beneficiary to a 

 greater amount than the small annual 

 fee called for. We hope the letter will 

 elicit an appreciative and generous re- 

 sponse. 



AMERICAN RAISED CYPRIPEDIUM 

 SEEDLINGS, 



Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir:— 1 note in your last issue 

 in Lenox Horticultural Society notes, 

 by the secretary, Mr. Foulsham, that 

 Mr. E. J. Norman was awarded first- 

 class certificate for Cypripedium 

 Josephianum (my namesake), as being 

 the first American raised seedling to 

 flower, which is an error. Cypr. Ar- 

 noldianum has that honor, Cypr. 

 Josephianum being fourth. 

 Yours truly, 



JOSEPH A. MANDA. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



llasslach & Roumanille, St. Remy 

 de Provence. France. Seed specialties 

 for 1H07. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadel- 

 phia. Pa. Advance wholesale prices 

 for 1907 of 'Seeds that Grow." 



J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. 

 Catalogue of fruit and ornamental 

 trees. Lists peach trees by the mil- 

 lion. 



Eastern Nurseries, M. M. Dawson. 

 Mgr., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Every- 

 thing for the Hardy Garden. Beau- 

 tifully illustrated. A charming little 

 Iiamphlet. 



The Tri-City Florists' Association 

 met at Daven'iort, Iowa, in the home 

 of Otto Boehm on the aft'^rnoon of 

 November 1.5 Roses, carnations and 

 violets was the general theme on which 

 each member gave his experience. 

 John T. Temple and Harry Bliss spoke 

 of the Chicago flower show. Theodore 

 Kwoldt, president of the state associa- 

 tion, spoke of the convention held In 

 October. W. Knees, A. Becker, J. 

 Staack, O. Boehm and T. Ewoldt were 

 appointed a committee to arrange the 

 program for next year. 



F. DORNER & SONS GO. 

 CARNATIONS 



LAFAYETTE, 



Ind. 



