HORTICULTURE 



VoL XXXI 



JUNE 12, 1920 



No. 24 



THE TALK OF THE TRADE 



Sevenil times this pust wintor. .Mr. 

 Sim has shown three vai-icKated i ar- 

 nation seedlings of his own; namely, 

 Kiltie, Gay Gordon and Fairy, and 

 there is little question about either 

 one of them so far as attractive 

 varieties as cut flowers, but never has 

 he shown his favorite. Kiltie, in such 

 good sha|)€ as he had it at the fare- 

 well dinner to Mr. E. H. Wilson, given 

 by the Horticultural Club of Doston 

 at the Parker Houso the first Wed- 

 nesday in .June. 



If I remember correctly. Kiltie has 

 for one of its parents Benora, and the 

 habit of Benora to finish up well when 

 the warm spring suns come along is 

 repeated again in Kiltie. This car- 

 nation as shown last week was cer- 

 tainly at its best; form and size were 

 very good, and the coloring was Im- 

 proved over anything we have ever 

 seen. It is a mighty striking variety 

 and I hope that it will turn out fully 

 etjual to Mr. Sim's expectations. If it 

 travels the way it has during this sea- 

 son. It Is destined to become one of 

 our good commercial varieties. 



I believe that adiantum can be 

 grown as a crop of cut sprays for the 

 market at a profit. Neither Boston 

 nor New York are over-supplied: I 

 don't know how Philadelphia is taken 

 care of, but Boston particularly is very 

 short of cut fronds of adiantum. It 

 is not a hard crop to handle; any of 

 the varieties such as cuneatum, 

 hybridum or Croweanum will find a 

 steady call, and while I think that 

 Croweanum and hybridum in the 

 order named are more valuable than 

 cuneatum, any of these sorts are of 

 good value. 



One grower told me a short time 

 ago that there was another variety of 

 adiantum that was better than any of 

 these already named, and that is one 

 called California. I think it would pay 

 some grower who has glass adapted 

 to investigate this crop, as I believe he 

 would have a very ready market, and 

 it is a crop that shows less expense 

 for handling than the average cut 

 flower crop. 



under glass after the same manner as 

 is followed in America. I understand 

 that there is at the present time un- 

 der construction in Southern France 

 the largest greenhouse In the world 

 for the forcing of roses for cut flowers, 

 the crop to be marketed in all parts of 

 the continent. The heating arrange- 

 ments is different than what is em- 

 ployed generally. The house will be 

 heated by natural water and the idea 

 of following American cultural meth- 

 ods is to be as closely adhered to as 

 natural conditions will permit In that 

 section of Europe. 



The financing of this enterprise Is 

 to be 60 per cent French capital and 

 40 per cent American; it is a law of 

 the French Government that not more 

 than 40 per cent can be foreign capi- 

 tal. American growers will follow 

 with great interest the result of this 

 venture. 



.Society has already laid their plans 

 for a general spring exhibition April 

 5-9, 1»21, and at that time as a special 

 feature we are to have a rose show. 

 One thousand dollars has been set 

 aside for competition in rose gardens 

 and Huston will again welcome a fine. 

 big, rose show, and I feel safe in say- 

 ing that it will be one of the big ex- 

 hibitions of the coming year. I have 

 no doubt that the American Rose So- 

 ciety will co-operate, and with the 

 plans already laid we are justified in 

 looking for something good in this line 

 next aiiring. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural 



The season for peonies will be quite 

 as late as is that for the iris, accord- 

 ing to all reports, and it may be difl^- 

 cult to have the flowers in proper 

 shape at the regular time set for hold- 

 ing peony shows. In a note from Mr. 

 E. J. Shaylor, the well known hybri- 

 dizer and peony expert, of Auburndale. 

 Mr. Shaylor says: 



"I expect to show some seedlings at 

 the Peony Show at Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, if the show comes when 



I was much interested to hear of 

 the organizing of a business in France 

 to grow^ roses for cut flower purposes 



Peony (iiKunOifa Khh,. I'ink 



