December 8, 1906 



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ANATHEMA McGORUM. 

 A Soliloquy. 

 Robert McGorum is always enter- 

 taining and usually fair. We delight 

 in reading his lucubrations in HORTI- 

 CULTURE from time to time. There 

 is both instruction and amusement to 

 be got out of them which is sometning 

 so rare and delectable that we are for- 

 giving even if we do grit a cherry pit 

 in the pie once in a while. Being so 

 strong an admirer of Mr. McGorum 

 gives me, I think, a special privilege 

 in objecting to his remarks on O'Mara 

 vs. Burbank In a recent issue. They 

 were flippant, inconsequeiital and ob- 

 scure. They were unjust, impertin- 

 ent and uncalled for. Why, Robert, 

 the whole horticultural trade is under 

 a debt of gratitude to Mr. O'Mara for 

 the courageous and disinterested stand 

 he has taken in the Burbank matter, 

 and you of all men to try and belittle 

 him! If it had been some "small po- 

 tato" that wanted to vent its spleen 

 I could have understood that, but the 

 broad and enlightened Robert Mc- 

 Gorum I It's the old, old story. There 

 are spots even on the sun! 



G. C. W'ATSON. 



CALIFORNIA NOTES. 



Statistics are dubiously intermixed 

 as to whether John H. Sievers or F. A. 

 Miller started first in the nursery busi- 

 ness in San Francisco, some forty-five 

 years ago. Anyway, Mr. Miller, whom 

 all the trade is regretfully talking 

 about just now, planted at that primi- 

 tive date the Hayes Valley Nursery, a 

 mile and a halt distant from the em- 

 bryo city of San Francisco. This site 

 is now the center of San Francisco's 

 boundary lines and a portion of the 

 ruins left by the April disaster, since 

 which catastrophe the general health 

 of Mr. Miller has grown to quite an en- 

 feebled condition. However, he a few 

 days ago, as president of the Califor- 

 nia State Floral Society, attended the 

 first meeting the society has held since 

 the earthquake-flre, and when the sec- 

 retary read his most positive resigna- 

 tion as president of the association, 

 because of poor health, regrets were 

 spoken by many and felt by all. 



A DESIRABLE HOLIDAY GIFT FOR 

 YOUR EMPLOYEE. 



There can be no more useful and 

 appropriate Holiday present than a 

 subscription to HORTICULTURE. 

 The more he reads HORTICULTURE 

 the better service he will render you. 

 If you want to give five or more we 

 will be glad to make a special dis- 

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Other Useful Holiday Gifts. 



The Dahlia. By L. K. Peacock. 

 Price, 30 cents. 



The American Carnation. C. W. 

 Ward. Price, $3.50. 



Manual of the Trees of North Ameri- 

 ca. C. S. Sargent. Price, $6.00. 



The First Country Park System. F. 

 W. Kelsey. Price, $L25. 



The Horticulturist's Rule-Book. 

 Bailev. Price, 75 cents. 



Chrysanthemum Manual. Smith. 

 Price, 40 cents. 



The Chrysanthemum. Herrington. 

 Price. 50 cents. 



How to Make Money Growing 

 Violets. Saltford. Price, 25 cents. 



Dwarf Fruit Trees. Waugh. Price, 

 50 cents. 



ROCHESTER'S PARK SYSTEM. 



The first steps toward acquiring a 

 park system in Rochester were taken 

 eighteen years ago. The original cost 

 o) the park lands and the amount ex- 

 pended for maintenance and improve- 

 ment up to November 1st of the pres- 

 ent year, amount to $1,179,691. Presi- 

 dent A. B. Lamberton of the park 

 board, estimates the present value at 

 $2,000,000 at the very lowest figure. 

 Mr. Lamberton believes that the lake- 

 side property recently presented to the 

 city by H. C. Durand is worth at least 

 $250,000, bringing the total valuation 

 of park lands up to $2,250,000. 



The land presented consists of about 

 500 acres on the shores of Lake On- 

 tario, near Windsor Beach. It lies 

 back of high bluffs and commands a 

 fine view of the lake and the shores 

 to the east and west. There is a large 

 piece of woodland, cut by ravines with 

 running streams. The frontage on the 

 lake shore is nearly a mile. The 

 property contains nearly one hundred 

 acres of forest and woodland. Its 

 southern boundary is not much over 

 two miles from the present city line, 

 and there is not much doubt that in 

 the near future it will be connected 

 with the city by means of boulevards 

 and trolley lines so as to become lue 

 most accessible spot on the lake shore. 



The Rochester Democrat and Chron- 

 icle, referring editorially to Roches- 

 ter's good fortune, says that the recent 

 gift of a beautiful tract of land on the 

 shore of Lake Ontario to the city of 

 Rochester for park purposes is sugges- 

 tive of a chain of parks in Monroe 

 county, similar to those described by 

 Mr. Fredk. W. Kelsey in his interest- 

 ing book on the Essex county park 

 system. With the city and the re- 

 mainder of the county acting in har- 

 mony much might be done in the ili- 

 rection of beautifying the country and 

 incidentally increasing the value of 

 rural property. The Durand property 

 was, to be sure, a gift to the city; but 

 it is at present far removed and might 

 with propriety be made the beginning 

 of a modest county park system. 



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 TIVES. 



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Road. 

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DAHLIAS AT CANNELL'S 



Having just returned from France 

 where I saw a great many :ut blooms 

 of dahlias at the shows besides others 

 growing at the different nurseries I 

 visited, I was much impressed with 

 the superiority of English culture of 

 this gorgeous autumn flower. Messrs. 

 H. Cannell & Sous have a large area 

 of dahlias under cultivation; there are 

 all types from Girdlestones dwarf 

 singles, dwarf bedders, single cactus, 

 pompons (about 2 acre's) shows, fan- 

 cies, to decorative and peony-flowered. 

 The frost had not yet made its sudden 

 appearance as is its wont sometimes 

 early in the autumn, and the Swanley 

 collection was a feast of color such as 

 only an enthusiastic dahlia grower 

 could fully enjoy. 



A few of the recent introductions 

 arc worthy of note. Mme. Vanden 

 Dalle, rosy pink, a decorative garden 

 variety with broad florets, large 

 blooms, very free, is a most effective 

 flower. Mme. Keller, rosy lake 

 flamed yellow, broad florets. Mme. A. 

 Lumiere, also a decorative with broad 

 florets, soft rosy lilac on a white 

 ground edged rosy lilac. H. Shoe- 

 smith, a cactus variety with narrow 

 florets, color bright glowing scarlet, 

 long florets, dwarf habit. Unique, 

 also a cactus, long rather narrow 

 florets, soft salmon rose, enlivened 

 with amber. Rising Sun, cactus, 

 rather a loose flower, soft shade of 

 rosy amber, center salmon and yellow. 

 Nellie Hemsley, a fancy cactus, color 

 deep velvety crimson maroon, dis- 

 tinctly tipped white. Glow, a cactus, 

 the name well describes the color 

 which is a golden sunlight amber, tips 

 deeper. Mrs. S. T. Wright, a cactus, 

 rather loose petals, color a pleasing 

 shade of rosy lilac, center lighter, 

 very distinct in color which is soft 

 and delicate. Mrs W. Marshall, a 

 large cactus, soft shade of pale rosy 

 blush, a massive flower, white in the 

 center. Armigo, a cactus, very large, 

 beautiful shade of pale lemon yellow, 

 a self. Thos. Parkin, large flower, 

 rich amber, a self-colored flower of 

 good substance. Octoroon, cactus, a 

 self, deep rich rosy mahogany. J. 

 Kolodelfo, a pure selL fierv velvety 

 criir;son, rather loose florets, a very 

 striking flower. J. B. Bryant, im- 

 mense blooms, very large florets, 

 slightly incurving, deep lemon yellow. 

 Butterfly, cactus, color dazzling bright 

 crimson, tipped pure white, a striking 

 variety. Jeanne Charmet, a decora- 

 tive, very broad florets, large blooms, 

 color silvery lilac, very free. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



J. N. May is laid up again at his 

 home in Summit, N. J., with his old 

 trouble, phlebitis. 



PERSONAL. 



George Masson of Elberon, N. J., 

 sails on Saturday, December 8, for a 

 short visit to his old home in Scotland. 

 HORTICULTURE'S good wishes go 

 with him. 



Mrs. Catherine O'Neill, mother of 

 Mrs. P. J. Agnew, of Dayton, O., 

 tripped on the stairs at her daughter's 

 house, November 25, sustaining seri- 

 ous injuries. 



William Calder. city engineer of 

 Melbourne, Australia, visited Minne- 

 apolis this week: and here for the first 

 time in his life he saw ice skating. Mr. 

 Calder has the oversight of the parks 

 of his native city, and is here for the 

 purpose of studying park systems. He 

 has traveled all through Europe and 

 soon sails for his home on the Island 

 Continent. 



