December 9, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



801 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE 



November Chrysanthemums. 

 The National Chrysanthemum So- 

 clety's November show al the Crystal 



Palace attracted many meritorious en- 

 tries and numerous appreciative vis- 

 itors. The Immense glass house was 



brilliant with the mass of blooms. The 

 trade section was particularly strong 

 In a central position a bold group oi 

 chrysanthemums was arranged by li. 

 H. Jones, Ltd., of Lewisham. The so- 

 ciety awarded a large gold medal. A 

 similar award was made to Norman 

 Davis, of Framfleld, Sussex, who has 

 Introduced a number of popular va- 

 rieties. Amongst the novelties shown 

 by Mr. Davis was Charles Dickens, a 

 fine single of a golden yellow tint. 

 This received a first-class certificate. 

 In a class for twelve bunches of dis- 

 budded chrysanthemums as grown for 

 market there were many creditable 

 displays, showing the high standard 

 tin commercial growers have reached. 

 A splash of bright color was added by 

 the new zonal pelargoniums exhibited 

 by W. H. Page, of Tangley Nurseries, 

 Hampton. The classes for table deco- 

 rations were well filled, and furnished 

 an artistic addition to the show. The 

 baskets of autumn foliage and fruit 

 with the tasteful blending of the tints 

 and splendid finish were noticeable 

 features. 



Some New Additions. 



There appears to be no limit to the 

 raising of novelties. The list of va- 

 rieties is getting perplexing and a 

 weeding out process is evidently need- 

 ed to keep this within reasonable lim- 

 its. At the show above referred to a 

 big batch of novelties came up for 

 the floral committee's consideration. 

 In thirteen instances awards were 

 made; in a number of other cases the 

 committee expressed the wish to see 

 them again. Those receiving awards 

 were as follows: Yellow Caprice, a 

 sport from Caprice du Printemps; 

 Heston Bronze, light bronze Japanese; 

 Celia, bright yellow single; Mrs. Per- 

 cy E. Wiseman, incurved, primrose 

 tint; Mrs. John Peed, bright yellow 

 single; White Beauty, white large- 

 red single; Caterham Bronze, 

 bronzy terra-cotta; R. G. Burge, white 

 large-flowered single; Charles Dickens, 

 golden yellow single; .Mrs. Andrew- 

 Walker, a chestnut sport from Freda 

 Bedford, a decorative market kind; 

 Dorothy Dann, terra-cotta single; .Miss 

 Margaret Walker, a bronze single; 

 Shorebaii) Old Gold, a single of the 

 tint its name Indii 8 



National Hardy Plant Society. 



At the annual meeting of this 

 Society at Birmingham, the following 

 officers were elected: Chairman, A. J. 

 Macself; Vice Chairmen: Messrs. R. 

 Pinches, MacWatt, ana W. H. Payne, 

 respectively representing South Scot- 

 land, North Scotland, and Ireland; 

 Treasurer, J. S. Brunton; Secretary, 

 Frank Bouskell. ments are 



being made for the Society's first an- 

 nual show to be held next year at the 

 Royal Horticultural Hall. London. 



A Criticism of French Gardening. 



Sometime ago the Loudon u 

 Press gavi system of in- 



tensive culture a big boom. Under the 

 picturesque title of "Golden Soil" 

 some alluring word pictures were 

 given ei the money-making potentiali- 

 ties of this method of production. In 

 recent times a more level-headed 

 view of the system has been put for- 

 ward by practical men, giving a le 

 rosy estimate of the financial side. 

 At a recent meeting of the Bourne- 

 mouth Gardeners' Association a lee 

 ture was given by Mr. E. Harris, 

 raising the important question: "Will 

 the French intensive culture system 

 become popular in England?" The 

 lecturer adopted a negative attitude. 

 He pointed out the different condi- 

 tions which obtained in France, where 

 there was a greater demand for early 

 salads. 



The French growers for generations 

 had become accustomed to this system, 

 the father being succeeded by the 

 sun in the work. Another important 

 factor was that in France a plentiful 

 supply of straw was available, whilst 

 coal was not so abundant. In Eng- 

 land they had plenty of coal, conse- 

 quently the English grower was able 

 to go in largely for raising grapes 

 and the more expensive kinds of fruit 

 with the aid of hot water pipes. In 

 the course of the discussion, the gen- 

 eral opinion expressed by the mem- 

 bers was that the French system 

 would never be extensively adopted in 

 England for commercial purposes, but 

 as supplementary to our usual method 

 of forcing, principally in private gar- 

 dens. 



Chrysanthemum Matters. 

 The members of the Scottish Horti- 

 cultural Association have been voting 

 on the twelve best early chrysanthe- 

 mums. The following were placed 

 first: Goacher's Crimson, White Maid. 

 Llllie, Polly, Nina Blick, Abercorn 

 Beauty, Lesley, Elstob Yellow, Hector, 

 Carrie, Diana, and Horace Martin. 

 At a recent show of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society in London the under- 

 mentioned new chrysanthemums re- 



. a ard of merit. \V. Wells and 

 Co., Ltd., showed Mrs. Andrew Wal- 

 ker and Golden King. The loin, 

 a large bloom of a reddish-mahi 

 tint. Golden King is an attra 

 Japanese incurved bloom, of a rich 

 yellow, similar to W. H. Lincoln Im- 

 proved. Messrs. Wells and James 



h and Sons, both showed Golden 

 How sport from the well 



ii Caprice du Printemps. Snow- 

 flake is a pure white single from the 

 market nurseries of P. Ladds, of 

 Swanley. Kent. Another single seen 

 was Percy Arnold, of a pinkish Ct 



i.itd by W. G. Rigden, of 

 Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey 



Obituary 



F. A. Miller. 

 F. A. Miller, seedsman, of Kruitvale, 

 Cal., died suddenly on November 18. 

 He had been engaged in the tree and 

 6hrub seed business tor forty years 

 or more, his business covering the 

 United States and foreign countries. 



Wellington Hughes. 

 Wellington Hughes, proprietor of 

 the Hillsdale City Greenhouses, Hills- 

 dale Mich., died on November 18, 

 aged 79 years. He was born in Utica, 

 N. Y., and settled in Hillsdale in 1848, 

 following the vocation of florist for 

 forty years. He is survived by a 

 widow and two children. 



Robert Snodgrass Tabb. 

 On November 26 Robert Snodgrass 

 Tabb, for many years bookkeeper for 

 Nanz & Neuner, florists, died at his 

 home, 1112 South Floyd street, Louis- 

 ville, Ky. He was born in Berkeley 

 county, West Virginia, but resided in 

 Louisville for forty years, being in 

 the employ of Nanz & Neuner during 

 that time. 



Robert Bottomley, Jr. 

 Robert Bottomley, Jr., died on Nov. 

 23, at Saranac Lake, N. V., where he 

 went for his health on June 1st, aged 

 31 years. Up to the time he left for 

 Saranac Lake he was head gardener 

 for Mr. Chas. E. Diefenthaler, New 

 Canaan, Conn., a position which he 

 had filled for four years. His father, 

 Robert Bottomley. who is superinten- 

 dent of Brush Ridge Farm, New 

 Canaan, Conn., was with him for a 

 few days before his death and brought 

 his body to New York, where he was 

 buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Robert 

 Bottomley, Sr., will be remembered by 

 many who participated in the Ashe- 

 ville" Convention of the S. A. F. with 

 grateful appreciation of the courtesies 

 extended by him, assisted by his son, 

 at Biltmore, N. C, where he waa 

 superintendent at that time, and the 

 sympathy of till will go out to him 

 now in his hour of bereavement. 



Barnabas Eldredge. 



Barnabas Eldredge of Belvidere, 111., 

 was better known as the president of 

 the National Sewing Machine Co. than 

 as a florist, but here in Chicago he 

 was known also as a successful florist, 

 who in his weekly visits here, made 

 many friends. 



On the afternoon of November 28th, 

 Mr. Eldredge was found in his room at 

 the Greal Northern Hotel in a dying 

 i passed away of heart 

 failure, to which he was subject, and 

 to which he had nearly succumbed 

 ten days before. Barnabas Eldredge 

 was born June 19, 1843, in Munson, O., 

 iiood was spent upon a 

 farm and where he learned to love 

 nature so much that his success In a 

 great factory was followed by a ven- 

 ture in the greenhouse business later 

 in lit of the trade sent floral 



offerings from Chicago, and the 

 funeral fiom the late home was very 

 largely attended. Mr. Eldredge la 

 survived by his wife, and his remains 

 were placed in a mauseleum beside 

 those of his only son, Franklin P., 

 who died one year ago. 



