June 20, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



897 



SANDER & SONS ORCHID GROUP, CHELSEA SHOW, LONDON, 1914. 



The accompanying illustration con- 

 veys only a faint idea of the magnifi- 

 cent group ol orchid? by F. Sander & 

 Son at the late Chelsea Show. They 

 were awarded the gold medal, two 

 first-class certificates, two awards of 

 merit, and the Davidson cup. the lat- 

 ter being for the best Cattleya species 

 in the exhibition (Cattleya Schroders 

 var. Queen Empress). 



The centre of the group consisted of 

 specimens of Brasso-Cattleyas. in 

 splendid varieties, many of them car- 

 rying 8 and 10 flowers, and on each 

 side was a mass of soft rose and white 



color, produced by home-raised plants 

 of Miltonia vexillaria, JI. Bleuana, M. 

 Hyeana, M. v. Solum, M. v. Laelia San- 

 der, M. V. Dreadnought, M. v. Our 

 Princess, etc. There were also splen- 

 did specimens of Laelio-Cattleya Hy- 

 eana splendens, and others. Scarlet 

 and scarlet and white Odontiodas, ar- 

 ranged with white Phalaenopses, and 

 at the end masses of Cattleya Schro- 

 dera?, including C. Mendelii, C. Mos- 

 siae, etc., formed an admirable con- 

 trast to the red Renanthera Imschoo- 

 tiana, of which there were many splen- 

 did specimens. 



Odontoglossums were dispersed 

 throughout the entire group, of both 

 species and hybrids, many of them 

 new forms. The many hybrids raised 

 by this firm attracted much attention, 

 especially the Miltonia Warscewiczii 

 crosses, including Odontonia Laelia 

 Sander, O. St. Alban, O. Magali San- 

 der, and O. Roger Sander. The charm- 

 ins white Trichopilias, suavis alba, 

 and Backhouseana, in front of the 

 group were very lovely in contrast 

 with Renantheras, Miltonias and Pha- 

 laenopses. 



closing question was brought up for 

 discussion. The good a'nd bad features 

 were fully discussed and finally on a 

 vote it was decided that the club in- 

 dorse the movement of Sunday clos- 

 ing and that every one present should 

 urge his neighbor to sign the iietition. 

 At the next meeting, July 9, nomina- 

 tion of officers, will take place. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 Frank G. Cuthbertson, with C. C. 

 Morse Co., San Francisco, will read a 

 paper at the Sweet Pea Convention in 

 New York, on "Sweet Peas — Past. 

 Present and Future." 



On June 12, M. C. Ebel, secretary of 

 the National Association of Gardeners, 

 gave an instructive address on "The 

 Gardeners' Co-operative Movement," 

 before the Westchester and Fairfield 

 Horticultural Society at Greenwich, 

 Conn. 



The eighth annual exhibition of the 

 Southampton Horticultural Society 

 will take place at the Park Grounds, 

 Southampton, N. Y., on Wednesday 

 and Thursday, July 22d and 28d. One- 

 half the net proceeds will be given to 

 the Southampton Hospital. The 

 schedule of prizes has been issued and 

 copies may be had by writing to the 

 secretary, Wm. Fitzpatrick. 



The monthly meeting of the New 



London Horticultural Society was held 

 Thursday 11th, when Miss Amy Cogs- 

 well presented an interesting paper on 

 Old English Gardens and Old New 

 England Gardens, the latter being 

 chiefly those in Salem, Mass., which 

 she said were well worth anybody's 

 time to visit. Miss Cogswell gave an 

 account of how the Old English gar- 

 dens grew under the different kings 

 and queens up to the time of Crom- 

 well, who laid waste lots of gardens. 

 The tables were well filled with flow- 

 ers from the local gardens. The rooms 

 were well filled by the members. 

 Schedules can now be obtained for the 

 coming shows by applying to Mr. Hum- 

 phries, .38 Main street. New London. 

 H. LTCK.\r.\.N. 

 Waterford. Ct. 



At the monthly meeting of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society, held 

 June 10th at Glen Cove, N. Y., special 

 prizes were received from Mr. A. G. 

 Hodenpyle, Locust Valley, and Hitch- 

 ii:gs & Co. and John Scheepers & Co., 

 the latter donating $50 for Darwin 

 tulips for next spring's exhibition. 

 Awards were made as follows: 



F. Uoneyman, 1st for H. P. roses; Ily. 

 Jones, 1st for str,'in'l)erries, and 1st fof 

 peonies. Honorable mention to H. Gaut 

 for sweet peas; H, Boettolior for sweet 

 peas and Aquilejjia clirysantlia ; W. Gray 

 for asparagus. Cultural certificate to 

 John Scheepers & Co. for peonies. 



James Duthie, of Oyster Bay, gave 

 an interesting and instructive address 



on Dahlias, which was very much en- 

 joyed. Exhibits for next meeting, July 

 8th— 12 white, 12 pink and 12 any 

 other color sweet peas. 



Habry Jones, Corr. Sec'y. 



This week the Pacific Coast Associ- 

 ation of Nurserymen is in annual con- 

 vention in Vancouver, B. C, the dates 

 being June 15-18. The prospectus sent 

 out by the Secretary-Treasurer said 

 among other things the following: 



"It is the expressed wish of the Oregon 

 members that delegations from California, 

 Nevada, Arizona, Utah and other sections 

 will route via Portland, Seattle and Vic- 

 toria, reaching the first mentioned not 

 later than Sunday morning. June It, 1M4, 

 s,i that at least the major portion ot the 

 delejiations from this side of the border 

 will make the remainder of tlie journey in 

 a body. The visitors are due to arrive at 

 \'ict(iri:! on the mornin.e of the ITilh. where 

 I he eiilertalnment comn.Utee of the Itrilish 

 Ciiliimbia Association ft Nurserynicu will 

 Tiieet Ihem and the dele;;ation be the suests 

 iif I he public-spirited citizens of Victoria 

 for (he day, spending the interim in sight- 

 seeing', and in the evening will be enter- 

 tained by a banquet at the Empress Hotel. 

 From Victoria the party will take boat at 

 12 o'clock Monday night, arriving in Van- 

 eenver the following morning in readiness 

 for the first session of the convention, 

 livery day while in Vancouver there will 

 be entertainments galore, including boat 

 trips, anto trips and other things too nu- 

 merous to mention." 



Who wouldn't be a nurseryman? 



Woodside, N. Y.— The greenhouses 

 formerly used by Frank Weinberg for 

 • succulent plants is now being con- 

 ducted by Malandre Bros., New York 

 retailers. 



