July 27, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



116c 



A BERKSHIRE GREENHOUSE. 



The reproduction shown gives a fair 

 idea of what can be done with a small 

 house, not only as to utility, but as an 

 ornament to the place. 



To begin with the gardener's cot- 

 tage is good architecture, and while 

 only the side and rear are shown, the 

 window-box and small decoration un- 

 derneath are all in harmony and keep- 

 ing with the surroundings. 



The greenhouse is about 14 feet 

 wide by 42 feet long with a small pit 

 at the side. This pit being an after 

 consideration, was home-made. How- 

 ever, the utility is there and the pit 

 being hidden from the main driveway, 

 does not detract from the general ap- 

 pearance. The greenhouse is an ij-on 

 frame, curved glass eave affair, and 

 has two benches. Entrance to it is 

 made from the superintendent's office, 

 and it is heated by the same boiler 

 which heats the cottage; economy is 

 thus maintained and labor saved. The 

 radiation in both house and pit is lib- 

 era! and the piping so valved that al- 

 most any conditions may be met. The 

 results obtained from this small be- 

 ginning have been wonderful, indeed, 

 and well worth any gardener's ambi- 

 tion to try for. 



There are many private gardeners 

 on small places who want glass, some- 

 thing to work with, a place where he 

 can show results. Perhaps he lias 

 just taken a position on a compara- 

 tively new place, and naturally he 

 wants to show what he can do. In 

 the great majority of places he has 

 not even a hot-bed sash to begin with. 

 His employer expects certain things 

 and in fact many times demands re- 

 sults that are impossible to obtain 

 with the facilities at hand. As a rule, 

 he will get some frames in shape to 

 grow a little stuff and often it is sur- 

 prising what good results he will show 

 with his meagre beginning. In many 

 cases it is just this small start that 

 ultimately ends in building a good- 

 sized practical range. Many begin in 

 that small way and work up to some- 

 thing large and good. 



A gardener, when approaching his 

 employer relative to building, must 

 bear in mind this fact, that the green- 

 house should be in keeping with the 

 rest of the buildings. For instance, 

 if the oiit-buildings are good — and they 

 generally are — the greenhouse should 

 be good, and harmonizing with the 

 general surroundings. If he will stop 

 to think that a small house of wood 

 construction costs almost as much to 

 build, and just as much to glaze, heat 

 and bench, as an iron-frame type of 

 house, he will bear this in mind when 

 taking up the matter of building with 

 his employer. 



The gardener knows what he wants 

 to grow, how he would like the house 

 benched, heated, etc., but often gives 

 too little consideration to the general 

 appearance and layout with a view to 

 future additions, improvements, etc., 

 with the result that after the job is 

 up, the effect is not perfectly satisfac- 

 tory. 



The King Construction Company 

 through whose courtesy we produce 

 this cut, state that they have built 

 many small houses adjoining the gar- 

 dener's cottage and the results have 

 been most satisfactory. In numerous 

 cases more glass was added without 

 disturbing the heating arrangement of 

 the first house or detracting from the 



general appearance, but, as a matter 

 of fact, making the whole affair more 

 pleasing. 



THE RENAMING EVIL. 

 Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir: — Your editorial remarks 

 in the issue of July 13th, apropos to 

 the fling of certain horticulturally au- 

 thoritative critics beyond the "big 

 pond" hurled at us for our proneness 

 to rename plants are timely and to 

 the point. 



While I regret extremely that our 

 coat-tails are not entirely without cob- 

 webs in this direction to give justifi- 

 able cause for criticism from the quar- 

 ters alluded to, I have no hesitation 

 to say that the greatest culprits in 

 this line are in the quarters from 

 which these flings come. 



This particular phase of horticul- 

 tural interest has jolted my sense of 

 propriety many years back; so much 

 so that I was emboldened to draw up 

 a paper on the subject to be forwarded 

 to the Royal Horticultural Society of 

 England, asking their co-operation in 

 checkmating such inimical practices 

 that must necessarily end in inextri- 

 cable confusion and a corresponding 

 degrading effect on the science of hor- 

 ticulture. The paper thus drawn up 

 by me was adopted by the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston, as repre- 

 senting their concrete sentiment on 

 this subject. The secretary was in- 

 structed to forward the same to the 

 Royal Horticultural Society of Eng- 

 land, which I understood he did, but 

 no word was heard one way or an- 

 other from the other side then or since 

 on this subject as far as I know. 



In this connection, I may be per- 

 mitted to recall the wholesale prac- 

 tice of renaming by our British critics 

 of the famous Fisher and other carna- 

 tions, which had become also famous 

 in British and European climes. The 

 more famous a newcomer betook itself 

 to those climes, the surer the rechrist- 

 ening process went on. Ethel Crocker 

 was renamed Royalty; Enchantress, 

 Red Fascinator; Victory, St. Louis, 

 and many other such instances could 

 be named. (See Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 November 3, 1906, page 314.) It ought 

 to afford small consolation to us to 

 know that others are as black or 

 blacker than ourselves in the prac- 

 tices that tend to belittle the nobility 



of horticulture. Let us with noble 

 purpose and unfaltering effort elimi- 

 nate from horticulture's banner all 

 that tends to dim its lustre and thus, 

 in our respective sphere, show as clean 

 heels to our brother horticulturists 

 abroad as did our manly athletes in 

 theirs. KENNETH FINLAYSON. 



ATTENDANCE AT ASBURY PARK 

 SHOW. 



Editor HORTICULTURE. 



Dear sir: — Since George C. Walson, 

 in his article on the Asbury Park Show 

 published last issue, says he was pres- 

 ent "only for a fleeting moment." I 

 mrist question his ability to criticise 

 fairly the business management of the 

 show. 



As a matter of tact the business end 

 was in charge of the city's regular pub- 

 licity department, with all of the facil- 

 ities and experience of one of the best 

 promotion plants at its command. 

 This same department is obligated for 

 the prize money. No effort was left 

 undone to promote the success of the 

 attraction, the first one of its kind ever 

 held in Asbury Park. The only avail- 

 able structure for the show was one 

 which had been closed to the public 

 for five years. Its location is not of 

 the best. But under the circumstances 

 the attendance was very flattering, and 

 much greater than it would have been 

 except for the unusual promotion work 

 done by the city. People visit Asbury 

 Park for its board walks and bathing 

 beaches. They follow beaten paths. 

 Good attractions within one block of 

 the promenade are often financial fail- 

 ures because the public cannot be at- 

 tracted across Ocean avenue. And at 

 this time of the year the premanent 

 inhabitants are too busy to attend any 

 event. But despite all this the Asbury 

 Park show as a beginning was a great 

 success. 



H. E. DENEGAR, Director. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — The Logan Nur- 

 series, York road and Louden street, 

 have been sold and the property will 

 be used for building operations. 



Williamston, Mich. — Land has been 

 purchased here by Claud Going, of 

 Shepardsville, Mich., on which he ex- 

 pects to erect a commercial green- 

 house. 



