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HORTICULTURE 



Fel)niaiy 



1920 



I RAMBLING OBSERVATIONS OF 

 I A ROVING GARDENER 



I liave been interested to note that 

 Maurice Fuld is gratiually getting 

 away from his announced determina- 

 tion not to use any illustrations in his 

 catalogues. The spring catalogue 

 which has just come to hand contains 

 a number of pictures, including some 

 of the newer flowers which Mr. Fuld 

 is putting out. To be sure, Mr. Fuld 

 has shown great restraint in this re- 

 spect, as the number of illustrations is 

 very limited. Yet it is evident that 

 even he is beginning to realize that it 

 is almost impossible to satisfy cus- 

 tomers with bare descriptions of flow- 

 ering plants, or for that matter, of 

 vegetables and garden accessories. 

 They demand an opportunity to see 

 for themselves what the advertised 

 article looks like. Mr. Fuld's cata- 

 logue, however, is just as distinctive 

 as in past years, and is obviously 

 growing in size. A number of shrubs 

 have been added to the list of peren- 

 nial and annual plants. The bits ot 

 poetry and selections from garden 



writers add to the effectiveness of the 

 catalogue. 



It is a matter for congratulation 

 that so many of the nurserymen are 

 beginning to extol the advantages of 

 the hemlocks. The common northern 

 hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, is one of 

 the finest evergreens for landscape 

 work in New England, also it makes 

 a splendid hedge. I think that I have 

 already spoken of the hedge of this 

 character which is to be found on the 

 Bayard Thayer estate at Lancaster, 

 and which is a marvel to all who see 

 it. 



A close rival of Tsuga canadensis is 

 Tsuga caroliniana, which after going 

 through several of the severest winters 

 of recent years has proved itself abso- 

 lutely hardy in this part of the coun- 

 try. Moreover, the Carolina hemlock 

 is an exceedingly graceful ornamental 

 tree, although Professor Sargent, of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, calls it some- 

 what less handsome than Tsuga 

 heterophylla. For more than thirty 

 years the Carolina hemlock has been 



growing in the Arnold Arboretum, and 

 now some of the more progressive 

 nurserymen are giving it the atten- 

 tion which it deserves. Undoubtedly 

 both the northern hemlock and the 

 Carolina hemlock deserve a place 

 among the six most delirable conifers 

 for planting in southern New Eng- 

 land. 



The others which should have a 

 place in this list are Pinus strobus, 

 Pinus resinosa, Abies concolor, Abies 

 homolepis or brachyplylla. All are 

 native American trees except the last 

 named, which is a Japanese .fir of ex- 

 traordinary beauty. It will be long 

 before this tree is widely dissemin- 

 ated, but there is no reason why the 

 Carolina hemlock should not become a 

 familiar subject on estates throughout 

 this part of the country, and for that 

 matter, in many other sections, for it 

 is a tree which will flourish over a 

 large area. 



CARNATION NIGHT IN NEW YORK. 

 The next meeting ot the New York 

 Florists' Club will be held, February 

 9. It will be carnation night. The 

 Exhibition Committee wishes all car- 

 nation growers to send exhibits of 

 either new or standard varieties. E^t- 

 hibits to be sent prepaid to the Ex- 

 hibition Committee. 127 West 28th 

 street. New York City. 



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