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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



A very line piece of planting is seen by the entrance 

 of the house, so tine that it has been especially referred 

 to in Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture as a good ex- 

 ample. The walls themselves are covered with the climb- 

 ing Ampelopsis, not Veitchii, but muralis, a larger leaved 

 type, which also clings. 



One cannot hope to mention all the good things that 

 one saw even on a short visit, but returning to the glass 

 houses it was a surprise and pleasure to find a collection 

 of 500 Odontoglossum crispum in 5-inch pots, then in 

 flower, rather an unusual time — but so excellent a plant 

 is never out of season. These crispums are grown on 

 raised wooden benches in a lean-to house facing north, 

 and are kept moist, shaded and as cool as possible dur- 

 ing the Summer. \'ery few growers can make a success 

 of this species in the United States, but the plants here 

 look certainly in a robust and healthy condition, and gave 

 evidence of a fine crop. Ada aurantiaca was also in 

 good shape, as well as batches of the other better known 

 and more generally grown orchids which need not be 

 named. 



Rex Begonias are also somewhat of a feature, while 

 of course, as becomes an ex-president of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America, and still an active member of 

 it, Mr. Loveless grows a large c|uantity of chrysanthe- 

 mums, these being not in benches, but in pots. Since my 

 visit the records of the Lenox Show ha\e proved that 

 the quality was all right. 



Other houses are devoted to such crops a- W allflow- 

 ers. Mignonette, Antirrhinums, Stocks, Sweet i'eas, and 

 Lupines, all in benches. These furnish flowers during 

 the Winter, and a constant supply has to be maintained. 

 The houses in which these are grown are mostly hip- 

 span, the ])lants being at an average of a foot apart in 

 6 inches, or a little more, of soil. 



As an Amaryllis grower Mr. Loveless has none that 

 surpasses him, and it may be recalled that he exhibited 

 plants at New York Spring Show, 1915, twenty months 

 from seed. He believes in keeping the bulbs growing 

 as long as they can swell up, and in ripening them of? 

 gradually. A bench was filled with large, plump looking 

 bulbs that looked particularly happy, and which early in 

 October had still some way to go, and they were doubt- 

 less being fed with liquid manure prior to drying them 

 of? and so ripening them completely for their Winter 

 rest. Cross breeding is also done here, and a batch of 

 22 crosses, si.x plants of each, was pointed out. 



The beautiful and graceful Calceolaria Cliljrani. which 

 grows 2y2 feet to 3 feet high, bearing bright yellow 

 flowers, is a subject that deserves to be more often met 

 with. Possibly the new Cotswold Beauty will also be 

 tried. Sweet Peas were then in 3-inch pots, and would 

 give flowers early in the New Year. 



Another interesting subject was Geranium citriodora 

 in pots, very fine bushes. A thing like this, when liberally 

 grown, provides many "evergreen"' sprays for putting in 

 with the cut flowers. \^t\\ grown bushes are also fine 

 in themselves. 



Euphorbia jacquinireflora furnishes its long, graceful, 

 arching sprays of scarlet flowers in Midwinter, and is 

 grown in benches, the cuttings taken in Spring and then 

 planted out later ; they are pinched once at least, and were 

 6 feet high at the time of my visit. 



The Rose houses are first-class, and the original of the 

 Red Radiance that A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, 

 Conn., has introduced, was seen here. It was from Mr. 

 Loveless that the Pierson firm got its plant. 



Carnations are equally well grown, and in quantities to 

 suit the somewhat large call for cut blooms. 



The celebrated red .Sunflower, one got from Sutton & 



Sons, crossed with the variety Stella, gave further proof 

 of Mr. Loveless's crossbreeding activities. 



Everywhere there was evidence of well directed effort, 

 crowned with success, and one left with the resolve to 

 tr)' and pay a visit there again as a future pleasure. 



Ethwynd is the neat and well kept property of Mrs. 

 Robt. Winthrop which, although not so extensive as some 

 of the estates further west, has some good examples of 

 gardening. It is here that Mr. Carlquist, a giant in the 

 Sweet Pea exhibition halls, grows his remarkably fine 

 prize-winning blooms. He and Edward Jenkins are the 

 two most redoubtable combatants in Sweet Pea culture 

 at the Summer shows, and together fairly well swept the 

 decks this year. 



In the month of October, 1915, the trenches were being 

 prepared for the crop of 1916. The same piece of ground 

 has been used for a number of years, but a plan is kept, 

 and where lines are this year will be the paths or alleys 

 next year, the space between being the trenches and Pe,a 

 lines in turn. There is no half measure here, but a sturdy 

 man was throwing up the soil from the bottom to a deptji 

 of Zy'z feet, keeping the good rich top soil on one sid^. 

 Manure is well incorporated in the lower strata of the 

 soil, which is then filled back and is ready for,,plantin_^-. 

 The Peas are sown on February 1 in 4-inch 'pots aitd 

 grown on slowly, being placed out in cold framesj-and 

 grown there until it is safe to plant them in the rows jn 

 April. The whole course is a thorough one, and is under- 

 taken without the least doubt of good results. 



Tulips and Narcissi in boxes, covered with 4 inches of 

 soil, told of a goodly wealth of forced bulbs, some time in 

 the dull months ahead. 



Indoors there was noted a very fine strain of Celosias. 

 also tuberous Begonias of the finest English strains, both 

 single and double, also the variety Golden Shower, which 

 is so admirable for baskets. 



The best types of English Peaches are also grown lui- 

 der glass, the recently introduced early Peregrine being 

 highly spoken of. Very little actual forcing is done. 

 The Peaches come in in June, and the supply continues 

 until September. Some good pot grown Figs deserve 

 mention, while in the kitchen garden department Mr. 

 Carlquist is also particularly strong, almost as strong as 

 he is in .^weet Pea culture. — Itixer.\xt. 

 (To he Concluded.) 



CONSOLATION. 



/ heard a tiiiiefitl thrush 

 Pour out his soul in song, 



As though in all the tvorld 



Tliere could be nothing n'rotig. 



.hid yet the cost of worms 

 Perhaps might make him rue: 



The mortgage on liis nest 

 Perhaps iuvs falling due. 



But then, yon see, a thrush 

 Must sing, or else be still 



And silence is a fate 

 11 'e all consider ill. 



So zAien you zvant to grouch 

 And zvhinc like everything. 



Be glad you're not a bird 

 That simply has to sing. 



