November 16, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



669 



THREE NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Mary E. Meyer 



The varieties here illustrated are 

 introductions of Elmer D. Smith & 

 Co., who sent us the following descrip- 

 tions; 



Mary E. Meyer. — Japanese of medi- 

 um size and especially adapted for 

 commercial use. Growth short-jointed, 

 excellent stem and clothed with ample 

 foliage which extends up to the bloom. 

 In perfection Nov. 1st. Best bud Aug. 



ELnEKO>; 



25th. Height 3 feet. C. S. A. Certifi- 

 cate 93. 



Elberon. — An exceptionally large 

 Japanese incurved 8 by 9 inches, of the 

 M. Loiseau-Rousseau color and type, 

 having less contrast between the upper 

 and under surface of petals and pre- 

 senting a more pleasing shade of pink. 

 Very strong grower, with heavy rigid 

 stem and ready to cut Oct. 15th. Un- 



YONKEES 



surpassed as an exhibition sort either 

 for collections or vases. C. S. Certifi- 

 cate 95. 



Yonkers. — A yellow Japanese near- 

 est to Yellow Miller in color, which it 

 equals in size. Strong sturdy stem 

 with foliage close to the bloom. 

 Adapted for commercial and exhibi- 

 tion use. Best bud Aug. 15th, cut Oct. 

 25th. C. S. A. Certificate S9. 



OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. 



Be progressive but not too progres- 

 sive. Do not forget that most of the 

 things we know today we have in- 

 herited through forty million years of 

 our forefathers' mistakes. Let yoar 

 young imagination soar to new worlds 

 to conquer; but do not forget to hold 

 fast to the old pastures your forebears 

 have prepared for you. We rise on 

 stepping stones of our dead selves to 

 higher things. 



When I was seventeen I knew an 

 awful lot more about everything than 

 I know now about anything. It takes 

 a long time to find out what a bloom- 

 ing fool one is really; sad but true. 

 Yet, I suppose, I must have been more 

 crisp and interesting in my crassness 

 at seventeen, than I am now in my 

 ripeness at fifty. So I say be progres- 

 sive but not too progressive. "Stop, 

 look, and listen." Our dear old enthus- 

 iastic Adolph consigned Richmond 

 rose to the nethermost pit once. The 

 years rolled by and what happened? 

 We hear nothing about Liberty any 

 more, which shows that the wise thing 

 is never to "knock" a novelty until 

 you know. 



According to P. Welch, one of our 

 livest wires, to be a critic is creditable 

 and useful. Tou can say many com- 

 mendable and charming things for the 

 uplift. But to be a "knocker" is the 

 unforgivable. 



My sermon about the not too pro- 

 gressive, is really a hallelujah. The 

 whole world, Europe, Asia, Africa, 

 America and Australasia is most glo- 

 riouslv progressive today, — makes one 

 thankful to have lived long enough to 

 see such wonderful changes. While 



heartily joining in this hurrah let us 



remember however that there is a hap- 

 py medium in everything. The old 

 Scottish ditty puts the thought very 

 nicely on the "moderation" subject.: 



I (Mil drink iind I'o be drunk, 



I can fecht and no be slain, 

 I can kiss a bonnie lass 



And aye be welcome back again. 



Never overdo, either in eating, drink- 

 ing, courting or in progressiveness. All 

 the legislation of the past in America 

 has been repressive and much of it 

 reprehensible. Let us now have a 

 little change for a change. Something 

 constructive instead of destructive. If 

 you can't do that then let well enough 

 alone. There's no sense in pouring 

 sand into the works of a fine watch. 

 GEORGE C. WATSON. 



AN ADMIRABLE SET OF PARK 

 CONSERVATORIES. 



Our cover illustration shows a view 

 of the enlarged range of houses for 

 Delaware Park, Buffalo, N. Y. The 

 builders, Messrs. Lord & Burnham 

 Company, of New York, send the fol- 

 lowing notes concerning the struc- 

 ture: 



There were four houses and a work- 

 room in the original range. Last year 

 the palm house, 125 ft. long and 50 ft. 

 wide, and the house just back of it, 

 were added, making five houses and a 

 palm house. 



In the interior of the palm house 

 there is a fountain at each side, with 

 a grotto effect, which covers the en- 

 trance way to the boiler room. 



The greenhouses have a very promi- 

 nent location, just opposite th« Al- 

 bright Art Galleries. 



PERSONAL. 



David A. Broderick is now with 

 George G. McClunie, florist, 187 Main 

 street, Hartford, Conn. 



Wm. Eccles, superintendent for Mr. 

 Mortimer Schift, Oyster Bay, Long 

 Island, N. Y., sailed for Europe Nov. 

 16, on the Caronia, for an extended va- 

 cation. 



William Hooper, greenhouse foreman 

 at Bellefontaine, Lenox, Mass., started 

 on November 12 for a visit to Detroit, 

 Mich., and from there he will go to 

 Winnipeg, Can., to visit his brother. 



Alexander Dallas, 'Waterbury, Ct., a 

 prominent florist, shot off two fingers 

 of his left hand Nov. 4 while hunting. 

 The charge struck his left hand, tear- 

 ing off the second and third fingers. 

 He was taken to the Waterbury hos- 

 pital. 



A. C. Ruzicka, well-known as HOR- 

 TICULTURE'S regular correspondent 

 on "Roses Under Glass," has resigned 

 his position at Duke's Park, Somer- 

 ville, N. J., and will take charge of the 

 florist business of F. J. Ruzicka & Son, 

 Pine Grove Gardens, Sayville, N. Y. 



Boston visitors: A. Farenwald, 

 Roslyn, Pa.; J. Otto Thilow, Phila., 

 Pa.; James Robertson, John Urquhart 

 and Mr. Grey, Newport, R. I.; Prof. E. 

 A. W^hite, Amherst, Mass. 



Cincinnati visitors: Miss White, 

 Lexington, Ky. ; Mrs. Lampert and 

 daughter, Springfield, Ohio; Eric C. 

 Dietz, of the Wm. Buhrig Co., New 

 York; G. Reising, of L. Baumann & 

 Co., Chicago, 111. 



