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HORTICULTURE 



November 1, 1919 



POM POMS FOR ARMISTICE DAY. 



A Suggestion Which Should Prove of 



Interest to Florists. 



On June seventh issue of Hobtictjl- 

 tube an article appeared under my 

 name, — in relation to the wearing of 

 a pompon chrysanthemum on armis 

 tice day. I was forced to write on 

 this subject on that early date, be- 

 cause the time for inserting the cut- 

 tings — sounded the last call. 



Why should we hesitate to bring 

 this demonstration of honoring our 

 dead heroes to the attention of the 

 public? This beautiful and silent 

 tribute to these brave men, who now 

 lie sleeping in the blood stained 

 fields of Europe, ought to be en- 

 couraged. It should not only be 

 national but international, because 

 very few homes in the world have 

 not sacrificed the loss of some brave 

 hero or heroine in the great conflict. 



It seems to me the florists and pub- 

 licity committees of the various horti- 

 cultural organizations, ought to en- 

 courage and push the adoption of this 

 beautiful custom, to a successful and 

 concrete conclusion. 



Let us get together and make the 

 little pompon chrysanthemum display 

 on the eleventh day of November a 

 token of respect, reverence and crys- 

 talized admiration for these brave 

 men and women who died in the 

 great conflict. 



Richard J. Hayden, 



Pres. Park and Recreation Dept, 

 Boston. 



AWARD OF THE WHITE MEDAL OF 

 HONOR. 



The Board of Trustees of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society has 

 awarded the George Robert White 

 Medal of Honor for the year 1919 to 

 the horticultural firm of Vilmorin-An- 

 drieux & Co., of Paris, France. 



In presenting the name of this firm 

 of seedsmen as a worthy recipient of 

 the award the special committee, con- 

 sisting of Messrs. Sargent. Farquhar 

 and Roland, stated that the Vilmorins 

 had done a great work in the introduc- 

 tion of improved forms of garden 

 plants and vegetables. They were 

 also deserving of this honor for sup- 

 plying seeds of vegetables and flowers 

 during the past few years, thus making 

 them available in this country in the 

 absence of other sources of supply on 

 account of the war. Numerous species 

 of ornamental garden plants were first 

 introduced by this firm; among them 

 may be especially mentioned species 



of Berberis, Clematis, Cotoneaster, 

 Deutzia, Rosa and Rhododendron. 



This is the eleventh award of the 

 White Medal which is given annually 

 in recognition of eminent service in 

 horticulture. 



Wu. P. Rich, Secy. 

 Boston, October 27, 1919. 



NEW ORCHID. 

 Visitors to Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, two weeks ago were greatly inter- 

 ested in the rare orchid specimens ex- 

 hibited by Albert C. Burrage, with 

 Douglas Eccleston in charge. The 

 specimen of Brasso-laelio-Cattleya 

 aroused special admiration. It marks 

 the first successful attempt to produce 

 a yellow Cattleya. It was first exhib- 

 ited at Covent Garden in London, 

 and it was the original plant which 

 was shown at Horticultural Hall here. 

 It is the only specimen of the kind in 

 the United States, and had never be- 

 fore been put on exhibition. The ac- 

 companying illustration conveys some 

 idea of the beauty of this orchid, al- 

 though of course lacking the wonder- 

 ful charm of its coloring. It is a cross 

 between Brassocattleya Leemanniae 

 and Laeliocattleya Ophir. When ex- 

 hibited in London it secured a certifi- 

 cate, which means a great deal, for 



these are not awarded except for high- 

 est merit and after careful investiga- 

 tion. 



The collection of orchids which -Mr. 

 Burrage is assembling at his home 

 in Beverly is the largest and costliest 

 of any private collection in the coun- 

 try. The value of the single specimen 

 illustrated is placed at about $650.00. 

 Some weeks ago it was announced in 

 the press that Mr. Burrage's collec- 

 tion was to be placed on public ex- 

 hibition, but this announcement was a 

 little premature. However, Mr. Bur- 

 rage expects to share the beauty of 

 his flowers with other flower lovers, 

 and doubtless will be one of the larg- 

 est exhibitors at the epoch-making or- 

 chid show to be staged in Horticul- 

 tural Hall next spring. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Report of new chrysanthemums sub- 

 mitted to the committee appointed by 

 the society. 



Exhibited at Cincinnati. O., by Elmer 

 D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich. Sunray, 

 yellow incurved, commercial scale, 86 

 points. 



Exhibited at Chicago. 111., by Elmer 

 D. Smith & Co., Sunray, yellow in- 

 curved, commercial scale, 87 points. 



The New Yellow Orrhid 



