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flowered they are indeed one of the most dehyhtful of 

 all decorative indoor plants ; thirdly, (Jdontoglossum 

 grande, a plant not so trequentl)- seen as it ought to be. 



There v\ere also nice batches of Dendrobium, i'ha- 

 Ijenopsis, \'anda caerulea. Lattle^a Bowringiana, and of 

 course the essential (Jncidiuni varicosuni, Cattle} a labiata • 

 and C. Mossix. 



A bench filled with Adiantum Farleyense was very re- 

 freshing and attractive, and here my friends got a laugh 

 upon me when I asked if these were from spores, forget- 

 ting, if ever I knew, that this plant is propagated by divi- 

 sion of the crown. A good story is tuld in this connec- 

 tion of one gardener who generously gave an order for 

 an ounce of Farleyense seed to a traveler for one of the 

 seed houses. He is still waiting for that ounce of seed. 



Of the Carnations, allusion sliould be made to the 

 varietv Lad\- Algv, a verv free flowering scarlet-salmon, 

 named in honor of Lady Lenox: also Benoraand Mrs. 

 Ward. White Wonder likewise appeared to be another 

 of Air. Wingett's chief standbys in the other benches. 



A neighboring house contained a very brilliant collec- 

 tion of single and double flowered tuberous Begonias 

 of the best strains from lUackmore and Langdon, Eng- 

 lish raisers, but the plants, of course, were now well past 

 the lie\dav of their glory. Xevertheless, it was a real 

 treat to see these resplendent plants so well cultivated 

 and to find the climate of this region suiting them so well. 

 In manv parts of the L'nited States tuberous Begonias 

 cannot be got to flourish. One would like to see the 

 hybrid \\'inter-flowering Begonias taken U]) and made a 

 success of. too, by some of our friends in Lenox. They 

 are. indeed, very well grown by a few of the Boston men, 

 and once in a while they are exhibited at New York 

 shows. This is a race of strong growing Begonias raised 

 bv crossing the single pink-flowered species Socotranos 

 with doul)le tuberous kinds. The man who first cross- 



bred or hybridized and obtained varieties in this section 

 was John Lieal, one of tlie sectional foremen at \ eitcii's 

 great nurser)- m London. He started work some 20 

 years ago, and mtroduceil as his first Winter Cheer and 

 Airs. Heal; each of them carmine singles, with large 

 flowers m hberal trusses. He was a most etficient plants- 

 man and succeeded with these almost better than an)' 

 other person. Even today in luigland, after Winter- 

 flowermg Begonias have been exhibited for many years 

 in the finest style, it is the exception rather than rule to 

 find plants anything like as well grown as Heal grew 

 them. C)ne ventures to think, however, that if an e.xhibit 

 of thoroughly well grown plants of these hybrids in some 

 of the newer double flowered pink and orange shades 

 were exhibited at Xovember or December exhiliitions 

 they would cause something of a sensation. 



To return to Mr. Wingett's houses, memory brings to 

 view some remarkably fine zonal Geraniums in 8-inch 

 pots, spreading out to a couple of feet in diameter, crowded 

 with trusses of bloom. These were three-year-old plants, 

 as Mr. Wingett believes that old stools flower best. This 

 is not the view held by some other growers, who also 

 produce big specimen Geraniums grown from cuttings 

 taken the same year. 



In speaking of ferns one should have mentioned Poly- 

 podium Alandaianum, which together with palms and 

 other foliage plants filled one of the houses. 



Indoor Peaches, Grapes, Figs and Melons were all in 

 first-class condition ; the Figs being branching young 

 stock 2 feet high, from cuttings taken early last Spring. 

 Melons are cut from the first of July onward. 



Out-of-doors one found show borders of iuirdy 

 Phloxes, Anemone Japonica (which comes through the 

 Winter here if it is covered with manure), and other 

 hardy plants in their season, aft'ording sometliing to 

 steady the e)e upon, or to cut for the house. 



APPRO.\CH TO GREENtlOl'SKS AND F.\RM .XT ".MJ.EN WINDEN" THE LENOX EST.VTE OF CII.\RI-E.S L.\NIER. 



