July 22, 1911 



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BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 



The Olympia Show. 



in pi . - \ inn jreai i be Roj al 1 lorl l- 

 cultural Boi lety has held a bui 

 .simv, in the pictun 0.1 

 Holland Hou I ■ m. Tiiis 



privilege Is no longi 1 a^ allabli 

 sequent H the socletj had 

 i »lj mpla 111 West Lo ■ 

 (.! the exhibition. This is a spa< Loua 

 and unsightly building, usually select- 

 ed for the International horse show 

 and other big events, it furnished a 

 large bibits, but the 



undraped 1 pi ovi d verj 1 rj mg to 



the flowi is during the spell of 1 

 Blvelj imi weather experienced The 

 leading linns sent their Bnesl Bora) 

 treasures. There was room for Im- 



ui. 'Hi in the genera] effect pro- 

 dui ed, the Btande being arranged on 

 conventional lines, without anj serious 

 attempl to produce any bold ef- 

 fects «iiii artist l( ■: 1 iu] ■ 11 ■ 'n 



prize was a 50-guinea silver- 

 plati d Coronation cha I leu cup, 



,1 bj the Council for the 

 most meritorious exhibit. This was 

 Becured bj Messrs. 11. B. Ma; 8 

 Son, of Edmonton, who, as usual, dls- 

 tingulshed themselves with their One 



13 hi ferns The Olympia cup 



iTin-.-d hy .Messrs. W. Paul & 

 Son, of Waltham Cross, whose array 

 of roses elicited endless admiration. 

 The out blooms Included Mme. Jules 

 Grolez, .Mine. Ravary, Le Progres, 

 Joseph Hill. -Mrs. A. Waddell, Rich- 

 mond, Cella, etc. Standard Ramblers 

 made a grand show. The Sherwood 

 CUP was allotted to the Duke of Port- 

 land for a magnificent collection of 

 fruit, which was admirably staged. 



made on waste Bpaces by school 

 hildreo ot New York, (J. s. 

 by Miss pa 1 oni , daug I ■ 1 or- 



ganizer. The show was an indication 

 hi 1 be advance madi 

 partii nch. W, 11. AJJSETT. 



Lady Carnation Exhibitors. 



Amongst 1 lie carnation exhibits was 

 an interesting collection staged by the 

 Thatcham Fruit and Flower Farms, 

 near Newbury, Berks. This is an un- 

 dertaking which owes its origin to 

 the enterprise of two ladies, Miss 

 Hughes-Jones and Miss Peers. Some 

 ten years ago they rented an 

 old farm-house and a field. With 

 the assistance of some students 

 they erected glass houses and frames. 

 A successful market garden on the 

 French intensive lines was subsequent- 

 ly established. About five acres of 

 land are under cultivation, with about 

 700 feet of glass. The leading varie- 

 ties of carnations are being cultivated 

 "i! Hie American system; these are 

 supplied to the London shops. Judg- 

 ing from 1 he quality of the dowers 

 staged a very high cultural standard 

 has been reached. Lady studi nls are 

 trained in all branches of commercial 

 horticulture at this nursery. Women 

 are invading all professions on this 

 side of the Atlantic, and already there 

 are several who are profitably engaged 

 in nursery and market gardening 

 work. A woman gardener has built 

 up a lucrative mail order conci rn; she 

 bes a large number of customers 

 through the medium of the religious 

 press Another lady has worked up a 

 good business as a landscape gardener, 

 in which she finds full scope for her 

 artistic abilities. Recently a very at- 

 tractive show was held in London in 

 connection with the Women's Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural I'nion. 

 Amongst the varied displays were some 

 instructive plans and models of gar- 



SWEET PEAS AT PASADENA, CAL. 



;ii.|;'l in 1 I RE Nol to 

 be en itdone bj the Nat lonal 



Sweet Pea S01 lets ol America, we had 

 a shovt hi Bwet 1 peas at Pasadena, bj 



ition hi the board ol Trade of 



that beautiful city, In Southern Call- 

 fornia, on the very same da> 

 National Socletj was holding its show 



in Philadelphia, Pa. 

 The at companying lit! It pictun 



tal the group made In the grei n- 



bou e at Floradale, the Bur] Farm 



:i 1 ,ompoc, Cal., befon ami ' a 



by express to iis destination, and this 



is what Mr. Barnhart, editor of the 

 acknowledging receipt of same: — 



"Tiie sweel peas arrived In perfect con- 

 dition. 1 bad 11 bevj of pretty girls un- 

 pack then il arrange them In a way 



1 imi only gl Ms . 11 11 



"Lonsdale! they were great and no mis 



take. Tl rowds ol 1 pie who visited 



Mini show, I think, took down every name, 



mill absorbed Hi iples senl of the '35th 



Anniversary Supplement' In no time." 



The sweet peas growing here on 

 Floradale seed farm are apparently 

 trying to make up for lost time, for 

 they are now growing very rapidly 

 and blooming much more satisfactori- 

 ly than they were when the blooms 

 weim gathered to be sent to Pasadena. 

 We cannot, however, tell at this writ- 

 ing what the harvest will be. Boun- 

 tiful I hope. 



EDWIN LONSDALE. 



PERSONAL. 



E. II. Wilson, wife and daughter, 

 will sail from Liverpool for Boston on 

 tin /.eeland. on Augsut 15, to take up 

 a permanent residence here. 



J. F. Musiel has been engaged as 

 grower and manager for the new 

 greenhouse department of the Green- 

 ing Nursery Co., Monroe, Mich. 



Otto W. Frese has accepted a posi- 

 limi a- manager of the Chicago Flow- 

 . 1 Growers' Association store, Chicago, 

 111., which will he opened Angus! 1st 

 Mr. Frese resigned his position with 

 I'm lilinatin Bros. July 8th. 



We learn from a letter just received 

 England that 1. ilium mj 1 Lophyl- 



luni is being offered there from 15 

 shillings to one pound a bulb. This is 

 about three times the price quoted in 

 this issue of HORTICULTURE by 

 Messrs. Farquhar who control the 

 stock in America. 



A NOTABLE CANANDAIGUA, N. Y., 

 ESTATE. 



thi harming sum- 



vii 1 1 n 



b in. nit h during the sea- 



autlful grounds 



public, who thoroughly appre- 



eful act. Approaching 



•Inch faces a drive 



one-half mile long, the first 



thai strikes the visitor Is a 



1 of Colorado blue spruce, 



Ing like sentinels on elthei 



main gateway. Inside one 

 through an avenue of fine 

 Thuja gigantea fully 20 

 n height. The path leading to 

 ft leads to a Japanese garden 

 which is an exact reproduction of a 

 1 palace garden. To the right is 

 situated thi 1 ange of glass pre- 



side.! over by Robt. Ballantyne, who 

 proud "i es, partic- 



the fruit section. At the time 

 .1 13 visit the peach house was a 

 . picture, a heavy crop of 



1; ge being in perfect condi- 



Othei varieties grown are 

 Eltruge and Rivers' Orange. The 

 melon house will shortly be a de- 

 light to the eye with its heavy crop 

 of luscious fruit. Irondequoit is a fa- 

 variety with Mr. Ballantyne. 

 Tin orchid houses are almost empty, 

 most of the splendid specimens being 

 summered outdoors under laths. They 

 are the picture of health. 



The drouth has been a great draw- 

 bai k to all plants outside, the sub- 

 tropical bedding being especially af- 

 fected. The hardy borders are a 

 grand sight, a long bed of Monarda 

 didyma in one direction and a sim- 

 ilar bed of delphiniums directly oppo- 

 site made a pleasing contrast. 



Ten thousand visitors at one time 

 have been recorded at this lovely spot 

 overlooking Lake Canandaigua. 



W. M. 



ROSE GARDEN AT ELIZABETH 

 PARK, HARTFORD, CONN. 



Our cover illustration shows a pret- 

 ty view of the Rambler rose arches in 

 this great rose garden, planned and 

 laid out by Theodore Wirth when he 

 was superintendent of the Hartford 

 Park Department and well carried on 

 and cared for by his successor, George 

 \ Parker, and his efficient assistant. 

 Alex dimming, Jr., who has especial 

 charge of the roses. The collections 

 0! ill class of roses from the diminu- 

 tive dwarf polyantlias up to the most 

 rampant climbers are very extensive 

 and. all being carefully labeled, the op- 

 portunity for studying and identifying 

 1 ies is urn xcelled and is taken ad- 

 ige of by throngs of visitors. 

 The garden, as a whole, this year 

 was grand and it is not stretching the 

 truth to say there was not a noti. 

 flaw in it. The picture we present 

 how luxuriantly the ramblers 

 and bloomed. 

 Bight lights of high candle power 

 li en installed this year, making 

 the Garden usable through the 1 



in roses showing well under the 



tal light. Mr. Parker tells us 



tin evening lighting has been suc- 



sful even beyond expectations, as 



united several hundred visitors 



evening and enabled a class of 



to visit this garden who would 



unable to do so during the day time. 



