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HORTICULTURE 



November 25, 1911 



INTERNATIONAL CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUM CONGRESS AT BIARRITZ. 



On the afternoon of the opening 

 day the Jury and Congressistes were 

 officially received in one of the salons 

 (Hand Hotel Biarritz. M. Ro- 

 drigues, the genial President of the 

 Show, the Mayor and others warmly 

 welcomed the visitors. On the follow- 

 ing morning the first sitting was held. 

 M. Rodrigues proposed that M. Viger, 

 Senator and President of the French 

 Chrysanthemum Society, should take 

 the chair. The Bureau of the Con- 

 gress was then constituted, the follow- 

 ing gentlemen being invited to a seat 

 on the platform: Messrs. Rivoire, 

 Rosain. Dubreuil, Chanbrier, Rodri- 

 gues and Harman Payne. Among the 

 audience which was numerous we no- 

 ticed a good many of the well known 

 French chrysanthemum men. 



The proceedings commenced by M. 

 Blot being called upon to read a paper 

 on the subject of a pocket edition of 

 the Repertoire des Couleurs. A handy 

 pocket edition would be a valuable 

 work for florists and its utility was 

 fully discussed. The next paper was 

 by M. Decault on the most appropriate 

 time for "taking the bud." The third 

 paper was read by D. Chifflot, who 

 dealt with the insect pests and dis- 

 eases that attack the chrysanthe- 

 mums. M. Crepin, alluding to the 

 heat of the past summer, stated that 

 all his plants grown in pots out in 

 the open were spoiled, the buds being 

 quite abortive, those grown under 

 shelter being better. Mr. Harman 

 Payne stated that in America, al- 

 though the chrysanthemum was a 

 hardy plant, it was grown in green- 

 houses and in benches and that the 

 English grower, Mr. Wells, had part- 

 ly adopted the practice and was sat- 

 isfied with his results. Mr. Payne 

 thought this method might prove ad- 

 vantageous to French growers, espe- 

 cially those who lived in the south. 

 D. Chifflot read several letters from 

 growers complaining of the effect of 

 the dry summer and great heat on 

 their plants. There were two papers 

 read on the subject of "Manures for 

 Chrysanthemums." 



Medals were voted to various mem- 

 bers for past services and it was re- 

 solved that the town of Nantes should 

 be selected for the Congress of 1912. 



The same evening a banquet was 

 held at 8.30 P. M. M. Viger presided. 

 A large company of distinguished lo- 

 cal and other visitors attended the 

 gathering which took place at the 

 Grand Hotel. The Mayor of Biarritz, 

 M. Martinet, M. Rodrigues, M. Ri- 

 voire, Mr. Harman Payne and others 

 were called upon to speak. 



On Saturday, October 28th, about 

 80 of the Congressistes assembled at 

 the station to go to Hendage, a little 

 seaside place on the Spanish frontier. 

 The party were rowed across the Bi- 

 dassoa in boats to visit the old Span- 

 ish town of Fuenterrabbia, returning 

 the same way to Hendage. Here at 

 the newly erected Hotel Eskualduna 

 the party were entertained at lunch- 

 eon by Mr. Martinet. Train was then 

 taken for San Sebastian where the 

 sights were seen, including a visit to 

 the King of Spain's Palace of Mira- 

 mar and its gardens. Our friends and 

 colleagues being mostly light-hearted 

 eons of the sunny South, beguiled the 

 journey with singing their mountain 



songs in patois, old and young, men 

 and women, joining in most heartily. 



Sunday was the last day of these 

 festive proceedings. M. Rodrigues 

 presided at the morning session and 

 after the distribution of the prizes we 

 went off to Bayonne and spent the 

 day with M. Alfred Chanbrier of Bay- 

 onne. who is a well known French 

 raiser of new chrysanthemums. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



A NEW RASPBERRY. 



(rom Bulletin No. 57 of Foreign Plant In- 

 troductions, I'. S. Dept. Agriculture. 



In connection with Plant Introduc- 

 tions, Nos. 29976-2997-8 in this Bulletin 



Rubus Sp. Chinese Raspberry. 



we give the above photograph of a 

 new and interesting strain of Chinese 

 raspberry, Plant Introduction, No. 

 23346. which was fruited out last sea- 

 son in California. Unlike introduc- 

 tions many years ago from India, 

 which were disseminated widely 

 through the country under the name 

 of strawberry-raspberry, this strain 

 has berries of a very pleasant flavor 

 suited for preserving. Its greatest 

 probable value, however, lies in its 

 early ripening. At Chico, Cal., fruits 

 were ripe while the standard varieties 

 were just in bloom. Similar results 

 were obtained in Maryland with this 

 variety. The fruits have no bloom, 

 are unusually large, and are very at- 

 tractive. From photograph by Dr. 

 Walter Van Fleet, Chico, Cal., April 14, 

 1910. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Concord, N. H. — A new heating plant 

 has been installed in the greenhouses 

 of G. J. Benedict, 25 South street. 



Flushing, N. Y.— The A. L. Thorne 

 greenhouse establishment here has 

 been purchased by M. F. Loughman, 

 who will rehabilitate the range tear- 

 ing down a part and building new 

 with the view of going largely into 

 rose growing — including American 

 Beauties— for the wholesale market. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The landscape gardening class in 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston is very successful and well 

 patroniaed this season, so that two 

 instructors are required. 



At the next regular meeting of the 

 Buffalo Florists' Club a rare treat will 

 be in store for the members. President 

 McClure has managed to arrange for 

 a debate, and together with other en- 

 tertainment, a pleasant evening is as- 

 sured. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Manchester, Mass., has elected 

 the following officers for the ensuing 

 year: President, Herbert Shaw; clerk, 

 .lames Salter; treasurer, John Jeffrey; 

 executive committee, F. F. Brasch, A. 

 E. Persons, J. Clark. J. Chapman, E. 

 Wetterlow. The financial condition of 

 the society is good. The society is de- 

 sirous of having a building of its own. 



The annual banquet of the Utica (N. 

 Y.) Florists' Club was a very enjoy- 

 able affair. About 75 guests partici- 

 pated. An orchestra composed ot 

 members of the club rendered excel- 

 lent music. J. C. Spencer officiated as 

 toastmaster, and Dr. A. C. Beal of Cor- 

 nell delivered an instructive address 

 on the work that is being done at the 

 Experiment Station in the interests of 

 floriculture. 



Rochester Florists' Association, at 

 their meeting on November 13th, 

 adopted a plan of having a display of 

 flowers and papers read at each meet- 

 ing of the winter on some topic of par- 

 ticular interest to florists. President 

 George B. Hart presided. Arnold 

 George is chairman of the committee 

 on entertainment. He submitted the 

 following programme of papers: De- 

 cember, "The Chrysanthemum," C. B. 

 Ogsten; January, "Perennials," J. M. 

 Keller; February, "Annuals," George 

 Arnold; March, "Roses," Lawrence 

 Cotter, of Jamestown; April, "Prun- 

 ing," John Dunbar, assistant superin- 

 tendent of parks. 



Charles S. Zoller, who first brought 

 the autichrone plate to this country 

 from France, displayed more than a 

 hundred views of flowers and trees, 

 mostly in Rochester and vicinity, the 

 photographs for which were taken by 

 the Lumiere process of color photo- 

 graphy. Some of the difficult subjects 

 which had been taken were orchids at 

 the Kimball conservatory, which were 

 produced in their most delicate shades; 

 bonfire on Cobb's hill; the rainbow at 

 Niagara Falls, and the gold fish in the 

 water at Seneca park. 



A NOTED ENGLISH CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUM GROWER. 

 At the Paris Chrysanthemum Show 

 which opened on November 3rd, 

 Thomas Stevenson scored an unusual 

 series of successes. He entered in 

 five classes. Apart from the blooms 

 themselves the taste displayed in their 

 arrangement was of a high order of 

 merit. The jury awarded him a work 

 of art, three large gold medals and 

 a large silver gilt medal. It is sel- 

 dom that English growers exhibit in 

 France, but the lot put up by this 

 very well known and capable grower 

 aroused great interest among the 

 French visitors, and was indeed in 

 every sense of the word an object 

 lesson. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



