September 16, 1911 



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class or the blue class, a? the case may be, may tend to 

 please Mi. A., but, in fact, it is of no great interest to 

 the majority of readers and is absolutely useless as a 

 matter of information or education, which is oi should 

 be the great end and aim of a Bower show. The cor- 

 respondent is not the only one at fault always. Indeed, 

 it is rarely that the judges i rouble to fill in anything 

 but a check-mark or brief word sufficient to identify on 

 the record the winning exhibit. We think there is room 

 for much improvement in this respect and feel sure that 

 our readers would welcome the opportunity to learn 

 something of the basis of award and the points which 

 establish superiority in a new introduction or otherwise 

 notable exhibit, even if the laboriously extended lists of 

 second and third prize winners in the lesser classes. 

 which very few care to read, should be crowded out 

 thereby. 



Whatever the loss and annoyance may 

 The public amount to in the seedsman's business 



and pure seed and peace of mind, in consequence of 

 the widespread agitation over seed 

 inspection and purity legislation, it becomes evident that 

 the indirect effect, thus far, is not wholly bad. No seed 

 house with any self-respect has ever preferred to send 

 out seeil of inferior quality and where this has been 

 done it has been because of the failings of the producer 

 from whom he got his supply or of the unwillingness of 

 his customers to pay a sufficient price to assure high 

 quality. This latter was in a large degree due to ignor- 

 ance, on the part of the public, of the facts as to seed 

 quality and the consequences of planting low grade rub 

 bish. Seedsmen are now greatly encouraged by the 

 very evident awakening of the people to the situation 

 and the increasing disposition to insist upon high qual-. 

 ity and an acceptance of the fact that although it is 

 going to cost more it is by far i lie cheapest in the end, a 

 condition due in a large degree to the publicity given 

 this subject in recent years. One unfortunate feature 

 of the situation up to the present lime is, however, the 

 immunity allowed the farmi re in that in most of the 

 pure seed laws tbe\ are exempted from the restrictions 

 placed upon the dealer- ai d ean and do still continue 

 in handle large quantitii mo-t nn-erable grade of 



unc l.aned. weedy and immature seed. Let us hope that 

 the time is now near at bind when, backed up by a 

 discriminating public. I dealer may he enabled to 

 make it so unprofitable and uncomfortable for the rub- 

 bish-producing class that they will he exterminated, re- 

 gardless of the Bpecial li aiency so often accorded them, 

 for obvious reasons, by those in authority. 



Lilies in a Chinese Garden 



A Correction 



In our editorial note- last week an error stole through 

 which should be corrected. Budhva '"amahili-" should 

 have been Budleya asiaticus. This is a white lb- 

 species and tender. It - admirably adapted in all 

 respects for use as a dot - s' flower and would take, we 

 believe in the cut flower markets. 



The accompanying picture shows 1, ilium leucanthum 

 growing in the garden of l>r. Davidson at Chentu, West- 

 ern China, from bulbs presented by K. If. Wilson, the 

 famous plant collector, in the autumn of 1910. 



To this eminent physician and missionary Mr. Wil- 

 son is undoubtedly indebted for the saving of his leg 

 after his unfortunate accident in the Chinese mountain 

 passes in September. 1910. 



Deutzia discolor major 



Our cover illustration depicts one of the many new 

 Deutzias recently introduced from China through E. H. 

 Wilson, and one of the largest-flowered members of the 

 family, the individual flowers measuring an inch and 



a half or more in diameter and borne m very large 

 axillary and terminal clusters. The plant grows to a 



height of five or six feel and is br ler than it is high. 



It flowers in June and L r i\e- ever) evidence of being 

 quite hard) m the vicinit) of Boston. Nurserymen who 

 propose to be in line to suppl) the demand which is 

 sure to materialize as soon as these new Chinese intro- 

 ductions become known should be on the alert to secure 

 stock at the earliesl possible opportunity. They can be 

 seen and studied in their season at the Arnold Arbor- 

 etum. 



TO OUR READERS. 



You, no doubt, enjoy and pre fit by what ycur 

 fellow horticulturists have contributed to these 

 columns, of their views and experience. Reci- 

 procity is popular now-a-days, and the old 

 adage, " One good turn deserves another " 

 always holds true. So bear in mind that you 

 can do something in return for the benefits you 

 enjiy through the liberal spirit displayed by 

 others, by telling them your experiences as they 

 have given you theirs. Our columns are open 

 always for that purpose. 



