May 1, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



3.53 



George Watson's 

 Corner 



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One of the cleverest things in the 

 Rose Annual for 1920 is the letter 

 from the Secretary of Agriculture. 

 The editor shows his "gel there" and 

 "up-to-date" methods by capturing so 

 promptly this splendid official endorse- 

 ment from Uncle Sam. 



"Barbara" is fine! Much delighted 

 with her charming way of saying 

 things. Wish she would remember not 

 to slight "the bonny banks o' Ayr" 

 even by indirection by calling them 

 "English." No true Caledonian rose 

 lover likes that. And there are lots of 

 them. You remember what Lord Rose- 

 berry said after his celebrated journey 

 round the world: "Scotland supplies 

 the world with gardeners." 



Dr. Mills pays a well deserved trib- 

 ute to two of our veteran professional 

 rosarians in his reference to John 

 Cook and Gurney Hill. And when we 

 are passing bouquets in that connec- 

 tion let us not forget the grand old 

 name of Montgomery of Natick who 

 gave us the glorious Russell and the 

 thrilling Hadley among their other 

 creations. 



We' hear the question asked often 

 what climbing rose has the most frag- 

 rance. It is not easily answered, but 

 we are reminded of at least one good 

 one, in reading John Wister's article 

 on Gloire de EHjon. If it would only 

 do well north of Dixie we certainly 

 could all have at least one good frag- 

 rant climber. 



A Roosevelt rose bed in every pub- 

 lic garden, says the editor. Splendid 

 idea! Let the Duchess de Brabant 

 delight the multitude with her mani- 

 fold charms. 



RIoomfield Abundance, spoken of by 

 Mr. Thomas on page 36 of the Annual, 

 may be in part an answer to the ques-. 

 tion of what is the most fragrant 

 climbing rose. He says: 'The per- 

 fume resembles that of the lovely 

 Cherokee rose as does the bloom. It 

 is hardy." This variety is being sent 

 out this year by Bobbink & Atkins and 

 A. N. Pierson Co. It scored five points 

 tor fragrance in the Portland rose 

 tests, which is the highest mark given 

 for any variety covered by the tests. 



According to Bert Williams even 



PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMERS 



by furnishing them with 



Framingham Evergreens, Trees, 

 Shrubs and Roses 



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water is getting wealier. It is now 

 only one-tenth of one per cent., accord- 

 ing to tliat reliable Cuban authority. 

 Tis a sad world my masters and pretty 

 soon we wont even be able to shed 

 tears over it. Paul Huebner says it 

 makes him sad to go to Atlantic City 

 these days. In his leisure intervals, 

 from making the Reading system 

 smooth and green and bright with 

 blossoms, Atlantic City was refreshing 

 in the good old days. But no more. It 

 makes him sad now to see old Boreas 

 blowing the foam off the waves. Jim 

 Griffin says this is no subject for jok- 

 ing about — especially in a serious 

 horticultural journal. Far be it from 

 us. Dignity's our middle name.. And 

 this is no joke. 



Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, home 

 from their winter sojourn in the Isle 

 of Pines, paid a visit to their relatives 

 and friends in this city and vicinity 

 during the week. Next week they pro- 

 ceed to their summer quarters in 

 Youngstown, Ohio. Mr. Walker re- 

 ports a very enjoyable time in the 

 Island but missed his old friend Adam 

 Graham of Cleveland this year — the 

 latter, with his two daughters, being 

 at present on a trip to Japan and the 

 Orient. Mr. Graham also has an estate 

 in the Pines and Mr. Walker reports it 

 in the pink of condition, notwithstand- 

 ing its owner's absence. Do you want 

 to hear a true fish story? John says 

 there's lots of fish down there but they 

 wont bite. Water's too clear and they 

 can see the line. Wily as weasels. 

 Bet your boots if old man Dirwanger 

 were alive he'd find some Portland, 

 Maine, fancy scheme that would get 

 'em. Ask old P. Welch or old Walt 

 Sheridan. What! 



Edward H. Flood, New York and 

 Philadelphia manager of the Johnston 

 Brokerage Co., a big glass manufactur- 

 ing corporation with headquarters at 

 Pittsburgh, will make a business trip 

 to the European glass centers in 

 France and Belgium, sailing on the 

 S. S. Finland, of the Red Star bine, 

 about the middle of May for Antwerp. 

 His London address will be Hotel Nor- 

 folk, Surrey St. Strand. Mr. Flood is 

 well known in the horticultural trade, 

 having been a manufacturer of green- 

 house glass at his factory in Atco, N. 

 J., for about a quarter century, and 

 having always taken an active interest 

 in club and society affairs. His genial 

 personality and his broad minded pro- 

 gressive intellectuality have made him 

 well known all over the country and 

 we bespeak for him the glad hand 

 among our European friends who may 

 have the good luck to run across him 

 on this his first trip. 



Elias Pickles, who formerly was in 

 the employ of W. S. Pino, at Provi- 

 dence, R. I., has now assumed charge 

 of the seed department in the store of 

 the Dudley Hardware Co. 



STRAWBERRY AND RASPBERRY 

 rLANTS 



I have been selling 

 plants since 1870. 

 There has been put 

 onto the market In 

 that time 2600 named 

 varieties, you can 

 count your fingers 

 and you will have 

 all the best ones. 



You will not throw 

 my Catalogue into 

 the waste basket 

 after you have read 

 it. The average strawberry yield in the 

 U. S. A., to au acre is 2000 "quarts. On 

 page 15 I will show you how to multiply 

 this by four. The finest berry this side of 

 Texas. I have ?00,000 Plants of the How- 

 ard 17. C. S. PRATT, Atbol, Mass. 



