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August 30, 1919 



RAMBLING OBSERVATIONS OF 

 A ROVING GARDENER 



What's in a name? Sometimes very 

 much, as in this clipping which I have 

 just received from George Watson of 

 Philadelphia: 



"Naming a plant or flower after a 

 celebrity is a delicate compliment, and 

 one that no doubt adds something to 

 the market value, says a writer in the 

 'Daily Chronicle.' But there are ex- 

 ceptions. The beautiful variety of the 

 lobelia, for instance, known as 'Em- 

 peror William,' would perhaps hold up 

 its Imperial head a little more proud- 

 ly just now if It had had a more fortu- 

 nate christening. 



Stray thoughts on these lines may 

 have been flickering in the mind of a 

 vendor in a London market-place the 

 other day as a likely looking buyer, 

 while examining a box of the old favor- 

 ite, asked what variety it was. With- 

 out deranging the muscle of an eye- 

 lid the coster (and she was a 'lydy,' 

 too) replied: 'Douglas 'Aig! Four- 

 and-a tanner a box.' " 



In the Philadelphia market, and no 

 doubt elsewhere, that favorite white 

 rose Kaizerin Augusta went a-begging 

 until some bright salesman rechris- 

 tened it Victory. Then it went back 

 to its old place and sold like winking. 



I have to admit that I am somewhat 

 disappointed in the Erskine Park 

 raspberry, which I set out this spring. 

 The plants have thrived well enough 

 but they have almost a running habit 

 like the dewherry. I judge that the 

 only way to grow these raspberries 

 will be to stake them, although of 

 course I am writing so far from only 

 a limited experience. The St. Regis 

 raspberries began bearing two weeks 

 ahead of any other kind and have 

 kept up until now. Undoubtedly there 

 will be another good crop in the fall. 

 This is really a spring and fall berry 

 rather than an everbearing kind, as 

 advertised. It is an excellent berry 

 for the home garden because of its 

 long season, but would not make, it 

 seems to me, a very good commercial 

 variety. In size the fruit is not to be 

 compared with that of the new Minne- 

 sota No. 4, several plants of which 

 were sent me by the Minnesota Horti- 

 cultural Society and which have mul- 

 tiplied so that I have a nice little 

 plantation. The fruit is very large 

 and of excellent quality, although not 

 very early to ripen. In my garden this 

 berry has proved far superior to the 



Erskins Park, which I rather regret as 

 the latter is a Massachusetts product, 

 a seedling from the old reliable Cuth- 

 bert and discovered on the Westing- 

 house estate at Lee, Mass., by .Mr. Ed- 

 ward Norman. Possibly after a long- 

 er trial I shall be able to report more 

 favorably. In any event, I hope so, 

 although I don't like the prospect of 

 putting up stakes for all these plants. 



I am much interested to learn that 

 the Garden Club of America will prob- 

 ably hold its next annual meeting in 

 Boston. It will be a pleasant task for 

 the garden lovers of New England to 

 entertain the visitors from the other 

 parts of the country, the coming of 

 whom is due, I understand, to the in- 

 vitation of Mrs. Crowningshield and 

 Mrs. Crosby of the North Shore Gar- 

 den Club, the invitation being extend- 

 ed at the meeting held this year at 

 Lake Forest. It is probable that two 

 or three hundred of the most observ- 

 ant amateurs in the country will come 

 to Boston, and I am told that one par- 

 ticular reason for their acceptance of 

 the invitation is their desire to see 

 the Arnold Arboretum. It seems like- 

 ly that the date set will be early 

 enough in the season so that the vis- 

 itors will have an opportunity to see 

 the lilacs or the Japanese crabapples, 

 and it is to be hoped that nature will 

 be especially kind by producing an 

 extra fine display. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



At the meeting in Detroit last week, 

 officers elected for the next two year 

 period were as follows: President, H. 

 E. Meader, Dover, N. H. ; vice-presi- 

 dent, C. R. Hinkle, St. Joseph, Mich.; 

 secretary, A. C. Beal, Ithaca, N. Y.; 

 treasurer, Madison Cooper, Calcium. 

 N. Y. ; executive committee, Joe Cole- 

 man, Ravenna. O.; Lee R. Bonnewitz. 

 Van Wert, O.; I. S. Hendrickson, Flow- 

 erfield, N. Y. The society voted to 

 hold the next meeting and exhibition 

 in Cleveland during the week of the 

 S. A. F. convention, provided satisfac- 

 tory arrangements can be made as to 

 a meeting place and exhibition hall. 



The awards at the Detroit exhibi- 

 tion were as follows: 



Collection. 10 varieties. 3 spikes each— 

 1st, C. Zeestrnten, Bemus Point, N. Y. ; 

 2d. United Hull) Co., Mt. Clemens. Mich. 



12 varieties. 3 spikes each — 1st, Joe Cole- 

 mau, Ravenna, O. ; 2d, C. Zeestrnten. 



12 rases, 12 varieties, 1 spike each — 1st, 

 .Toe Coleman ; 2d, H. E. Meader. Dover. 

 N. II. 



.". vases, 6 varieties, C spikes each — Madi- 

 son Cooper, Calcium, N. Y. 



6 spikes white— 1st. Madison Cooper; 2d, 

 United Bnlb Co. 



6 spikes yellow — 1st, Madison Cooper; 2d, 

 i: C. Lndwig Floral Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



6 spikes pink or blush — 1st, Madison 

 Cooper: 2d, J. F. .Munsell, Ashtabula, O. 



ti spikes crimson or red — 1st, Madison 

 Cooper; 2d, II. K. Meader. 



('. spikes blue, purple or lavender — 1st, 

 Joe Coleman; 2d. II. 10. Meader. 



(1 spikes ruffled — 1st, Madison Cooper. 



I'.est seedling gladiolus never before ex- 

 hibited— 1st, Joe Coleman; 2d, II. H. Mea- 

 der. Honorable mention to J. F. Munsell 

 for Seedling White No. 1. 



12 spikes Myrtle — 1st, Madison Cooper. 



3 Bpikes Lily White — 1st, Madison Cooper. 



Basket or hamper, 50 spikes, different 

 varieties — B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, 

 Mass. 



P.urpee Cup for largest display, number 

 of varieties, quality and staging considered 

 — National I'.ulli Farm, Inc., Benton Har- 

 bor, Mich. 



Vase 23 spikes primulinus hybrids — -C. 

 Zeestraten. 



Vase or basket 25 or 50 primulinus hy- 

 brids — C. Zeestraten. 



25 spikes Mrs. Watt — H. E. Meader. 



6 Bpikes Prince of Wales— 1st, Dr. K. W. 

 Schnarr, Kitchener, Ontario, Can.; 2d, Mad- 

 ison Cooper. 



Spike Anna Eberius — 1st, Madison 

 Cooper; 2d, II K Meader. 



3 varieties blue gladioli, 3 spikes each — 

 1st. C. Zeestraten; 2d. H. E. Meader; 3d, 

 United Bulb Co. ; 4th Madison Cooper. 



Centerpiece not more than IS spikes 

 grown and arranged by exhibitor — 1st, C. 

 Zeestraten; 2d, II E. Meader. 



Display of Austin orginations — Madison 

 i 'enper 



Collection of Kunderd varieties — Madison 

 Cooper, gold medal. 



fi spikes Purple Glory — 1st, Madison 

 Cooper; 2d, II. E. Meader. 



spikes Myrtle — 1st, Madison Cooper; 

 2d, H. E. Meader. 



6 spikes Mrs. Frank Pendleton, 6 spikes 

 Summer Beauty, 6 spikes Orange Glory, 6 

 spikes White, 6 spikes Yellow, 6 spikes Pink 

 or Blush, 6 spikes Crimson or Red, 6 spikes 

 Blue, Purple or Lavender, 6 spikes, any 

 other color, 3 spikes Yellow, 3 spikes Pink 

 or Blush, 3 spikes Crimson or Red, 3 spikes 

 Blue, Purple or Lavender, 3 spikes any 

 other color, collection of 10 named varieties, 

 3 spikes each — 1st, Madison Cooper. 



Best exhibit of at least 15 varieties, 3 

 spikes each — Madison Cooper, silver medal. 



10 spikes rink, 10 spikes Red or Crimson, 

 10 spikes Yellow, 10 spikes White, 10 spikea 

 Blue, Purple or Lavender, 10 spikes any 

 other color, 10 spikes Primulinus hybrids, 

 orange, 10 spikes Primulinus hybrids, 

 yellow, 10 spikes Primulinus hybrids, any 

 other color — 1st Madison Cooper. 



Best spikes Myrtle — Madison Cooper. 



Largest and best display for Michell 

 medals — 1st, Madison Cooper — 2d, St. 

 Thomas Horticultural Society, St. Thomas, 

 Ont. 



6 spikes Mrs. Dr. Norton, 12 spikes Mary 

 Fennell, 6 vases, 6 varieties, 1 spike each, 

 predominating color blue, purple, lavender 

 or mauve, vase 25 spikes primulinus hy- 

 brids, 10 named varieties, 1 spike each, 6 

 spikes red variety, 6 pikes white variety. 

 6 spikes yellow, spikes Crimson Glow, 6 

 vases 6 varieties, 1 spike each, predominat- 

 ing color red or pink, largest display of 

 primulinus hybrids — 1st. Madison Cooper. 



3 spikes Myrtle. Purple Glory, Mrs. 

 Pendleton. Alice Tiplady, Lily White, Rose 

 Glory — 1st, Madison Cooper. 



Special Awards. 



Honorable mention to United Bulb Co. 

 for variety Wisconsin; H. E. Meader, for 

 Lilv White; J. F. Munsell, for seedling 

 White No. 1; A. H. Austin. Wayland, O., 

 for variety Evelyn Kirtland; Jelle Roos, 

 Milton, Mass., for varieties Mrs. Dr. Nor- 

 ton and Fennell; The Grullemans Co., Avon 

 Lake, O., for splendid achievement in hy- 

 bridizing primulinus: Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, Chicago, for excellent display; Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., for 

 trade display. 



The judges in the open classes were 

 Dr. Frank E. Bennett. St. Thomas, On- 

 tario, Can.; Mrs. A. H. Austin, Way- 

 land, O., and Jelle Roos, Milton, Mass. 



The judges in the non-commercial 



classes were J. F. Munsell, Ashtabula, 



O.; Prof. A. C. Hottes, Columbus, O.; 



and C. Zeestraten, Bemus Point, N. Y. 



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