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HORTICULTURE 



July 8, 1911 



much to foster horticultural interest in 

 Y onkers. H. M. B. 



ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORTI- 

 CULTURAL EXHIBITION, 

 LONDON, 1912. 



In connection with the above ex- 

 hibition which will be held next May, 

 in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, 

 Chelsea, His Majesty King George V. 

 has intimated his intention to offer a 

 cup, valued at $525.00 to be awarded 

 for the best exhibit in the show. Many 

 other valuable cups, medals, and 

 awards offered by the Duke of Port- 

 land and others will be included in the 

 vast number of prizes contained in the 

 schedule. Altogether the exhibition 

 promises greatly to exceed in interest 

 and in spectacular effect any show 

 of the kind ever held in any part of 

 the world. There is reason to believe 

 that the exhibition will be opened by 

 the King and Queen on May 22, 1912. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis Florist Club will hold 

 its monthly meeting on Thursday af- 

 ternoon, July 13, at 2 o'clock. The 

 meeting is of importance as the an- 

 nual nomination of officers takes place 

 then. 



Missouri State Vice-President F. H. 

 Weber, of the S. A. F. has sent in a 

 number of names for membership to 

 Secretary Dorner and says he expects 

 quite a few more before convention 

 time. The florists' picnic will give 

 him a good field to work on this 

 month. 



The Pacific Coast Nurserymen con- 

 cluded their annual convention June 

 23, at San Jose, by the election of the 

 following officers: President, P. A. 

 Dix, Utah; vice-presidents, C. F. Lan- 

 sing, Oregon; C. H. Smith, Salt Lake 

 City; J. Vallance, San Francisco; Ray 

 Hartley, Idaho; A. W. McDonald, 

 Washington; Charles Trotter, British 

 Columbia, and D. J. Tighe, Montana; 

 secretary-treasurer, C. F. Tonneson, 

 Washington; executive committee, M. 

 D. Soles, Salt Lake City; A. McGill, 

 Oregon, and Leonard Coates, Morgan 

 Hill. 



The annual rose show of the New 

 Bedford (Mass.) Horticultural Society 

 was held on June 22, and was the rich- 

 est display of roses ever seen there. 

 James Garthley of the H. H. Rogers 

 estate, M. H. Walsh of Woods Hole, 

 H. A. Jahn and others were among 

 the principal rose exhibitors. Peonies, 

 nympheas, delphiniums and Japan 

 irises were shown in abundance. A. J. 

 Fish was awarded a special silver 

 medal for rose Silver Moon. Honor- 

 able mention was accorded the same 

 exhibitor for new dahlia Giant Edel- 



The new schedule of the National 

 Chrysanthemum Society of England 

 for 1911 is just to hand, containing ac- 

 counts for the past year, annual re- 

 port, rules, list of affiliated societies 

 and members, also prizes offered at 

 the Society's exhibitions. Among the 

 newly appointed honorary members 

 we notice the names of M. Viger, 

 President of the National Horticul- 

 tural Society of France; M. Albert 

 Truffaut, premier Vice-President of 

 the same society; and M. Maxime de 



la Rocheterie, President of the French 

 Chrysanthemum Society. We notice 

 too, that M. Louis Gentil, editor of 

 our Belgian confrere, La Tribune Hor- 

 ticole, has been appointed a corre- 

 sponding member. 



This Society has recently published 

 in a neat little pamphlet of 70 pages 

 the list of the papers read at the So- 

 ciety's recent conference. There is a 

 frontispiece of Sir Albert Rollit, Presi- 

 dent of the Society, and portraits of 

 Messrs. Norman Davis, W. Higgs, H. 

 J. Jones, R. F. Felton, Thos. Steven- 

 son. 



Among the contents is the report 

 on the Paris Show, November, 1910, 

 by C. Harman Payne and awards of 

 the Floral Committee, 1910. 



Altogether an interesting and useful 

 addition to chrysanthemum literature, 

 published by the National Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society and supplied gratis to 

 members. 



A NOTABLE CAPE COD ESTATE. 



The Committee on Gardens of the 

 Massachusetts. Horticultural Society 

 visited recently the interesting estate 

 of Mr. Wilton Lockwood at Orleans, 

 Mass., and were greatly surprised as 

 well as pleased to see what could be 

 done in the line of ornamental garden- 

 ing on Cape Cod, a section of the 

 state usually regarded as not respon- 

 sive to horticultural endeavor. 



In a hollow among the hills, not far 

 back from the Atlantic shore, Mr. 

 Lockwood has established a garden 

 and produced results well worthy of 

 record. At the bottom of the valley 

 is a small artificial pond well stocked 

 with hardy Nymphaeas and other wa- 

 ter plants and bordered by a grassy 

 bank. Around this bank on level 

 ground is a collection of some 300 

 varieties of peonies, of the choicest 

 kinds and mostly in light colors. No- 

 table among them is the recently in- 

 troduced pure yellow peony, L'Esper- 

 ance. 



The whole garden up to the base of 

 the surrounding hills is enclosed by a 

 pergola covered on sides and top with 

 numerous varieties of climbing and 

 rambler roses. Particularly note- 

 worthy among them was the Carmine 

 Pillar, which covered a stretch of trel- 

 lis twenty-five feet in width and pre- 

 sented a magnificent display. Jersey 

 Beauty with large single creamy-white 

 flowers was also conspicuous as well 

 as the Moschata and Dawson. There 

 was also a collection of Hybrid Teas 

 and Perpetuals and among the trees 

 and shrubs a row of the pyramidal 

 oak attracted attention. 



All along the roadsides and in grass 

 land around the dwelling houses in 

 the town were masses of the delicious- 

 ly fragrant Pheasant's Eye Pink (Di- 

 anthus plumarius). It greatly inter- 

 ested the visitors to see how it has 

 escaped from old gardens on the 

 Cape; it is noticeably abundant in Or- 

 leans. There were also frequent 

 patches of the Scotch broom (Cytisus 

 scoparius) with its masses of golden 

 flowers and apparently perfectly 

 hardy here, though it is not so in the 

 vicinity of Boston. 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE 



A Visit to Holland. 



The deputation who lately visited 

 the bulb farms in Holland from the 

 Gardeners' Company (a guild of the 

 city of London), were favorably im- 

 pressed with the places visited. In a 

 report published on their return it was 

 stated that the area of bulb cultivation 

 in Holland is about 11,000 acres. This 

 acreage is steadily increasing, with a 

 consequent continual rise in the value 

 of the land. The increased attention 

 paid to commercial bulb culture in 

 this country apparently has not made 

 a great difference to the Dutch in- 

 dustry. The growers have the ad- 

 vantage of much cheaper labor than is 

 the case in Britain. An opportunity 

 was afforded of studying the system 

 adopted in securing a rotation of 

 crops, also the work carried on by the 

 Netherland Government in dealing 

 with plant diseases and insect pests. 

 In all districts the visitors were very 

 warmly received, the fullest informa- 

 tion being readily afforded. It was 

 stated that the bulb industry is in a 

 very healthy condition. About 40 per 

 cent, of the bulbs are shipped to Brit- 

 ain, but the growers are always on the 

 alert for fresh outlets. The trade with 

 the United States and other countries 

 is gradually increasing. 



The Coronation "Boom." 



The Coronation festivities, now an 

 historic event of the past, proved a 

 profitable time for the nurserymen and 

 florists. Many of the clubs and man- 

 sions were beautified with charming 

 arrangements of flowers in window 

 boxes, red, white and blue being the 

 predominant tints. A deputation from 

 the Gardeners' Company waited on 

 Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace on 

 June 19th, and presented her majesty 

 with a choice bouquet of Lady Her- 

 mione carnations in a silver gilt bas- 

 ket. The deputation also presented 

 two unnamed carnations — one white 

 and the other pink. Permission was 

 granted for these novelties to be re- 

 spectively named King George and 

 Queen Mary. Carnations, both Mal- 

 maison and Perpetual-flowering, are 

 largely cultivated in the royal gardens 

 at Windsor. The Malmaisons include 

 Princess of Wales, Duchess of West- 

 minster, and Marmion. The compre- 

 hensive assortment of perpetual-flow- 

 ering varieties comprise the leading 

 American and British introductions. 

 These blooms are extensively employed 

 for decorative work in the royal pal- 

 aces. W. H. ADSETT. 



OBITUARY. 



A. B. Lewis. 



A. B. Lewis, a prominent florist of 

 Pontiac, Mich., and a very faithful 

 member of the Detroit Florist Club, 

 died on Saturday, July 1, of peritoni- 

 tis, brought about by diseased kid- 

 neys and an abscess on the intestines. 

 Some time ago he was brought to the 

 sanitarium for treatment of nervous 

 troubles from which he had apparent- 

 ly recovered. Under the circum- 

 stances his sudden demise was a great 

 shock to his many friends in Detroit 

 and elsewhere, all of whom sympa- 

 thize sincerely with his family. 



