August 28, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



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perhaps expect in such an exposed 

 situation as that of the Crane estate, 

 located as it is close beside the open 

 sea of the North Shore. Of course, 

 however, the protection whicli has 

 been given the garden by the surround- 

 ing planting accounts largely for the 

 satisfactory way in which the roses 

 winter. The formal garden on this 

 place is also most delightful, the water 

 effects being especially attractive. 

 When it come to the planting of trees 

 and shrubs such as are needed to make 

 the place really complete, nuich yot re- 

 mains to be done, and probably Robert 

 Cameron, the present superintendent, 

 and one of the best known gardeners 

 in New England, has plans made along 

 this line. He is certainly to be con- 

 gratulated at the success which ho has 

 had in restoring the lawn.«; which 

 occupy several acres and had become 

 badly browned. Because of the infinite 

 possibilities of this estate, its in- 

 creased development is being watched 

 with keen interest by gardeners and 

 other estate owners; and the fact that 

 its owner is a Chicago resident adds 

 to its interest for western inople. 



Quite different is the Bayard Thayer 

 place at Lancaster. Possibly this 

 estate would not make so prompt an 

 apeal to the mere amateur, but those 

 who are familiar with trees and 

 shrubs, and especially those of the 

 rarer kinds, find endless delight In 

 wandering over this estate, and of 

 course, all flower lovers, even though 

 they may have no Scot blood, are de- 

 lighted at the great patches of heather 

 which appear here and there. Perhaps 

 there is no private estate in the coun- 

 trv where the heather has apparently 



been made to feel so thorotighly at 

 home as here. 



Another exceedingly interesting fea- 

 ture of the planting is the hedge of 

 Japanese Yew. Of course, this Yew is 

 rather expensive at the present time, 

 but its value for hedge purpose can 

 hardly be over-estimated. It grows 

 well, and its light, feathery appearance 

 is most charming. 



At one end of the sunken garden 

 here, the visitor also finds an almost 

 unrivaled specimen of Euonymus radi- 

 cans and the various varieties. It was 

 the growth of this garden which 

 demonstrated to some of the leading 

 horticultural authorities of New Eng- 

 land that the so-called Euonymus 

 vegetus is really a form of Euonymus 

 radicans, that is. the form which the 

 latter plant takes when it reaches the 

 fruiting age. On a single plant here 

 may be found the typical leaves of 

 Euonymus radicans, Euonymus radi- 

 cans vegeta. Euonymus radicans varie- 

 gata, and Euonymus radicans Carrierel. 



vi'isity. Together lliey make a her- 

 liarium which is probably unsurpassed" 

 by any. The Gray Herbarium at the 

 Harvard Botanical Garden is one of 

 the most famous in the world, and one 

 of the best kept. In fact, under the 

 care of Dr. Robinson, the curator, who 

 has been responsible for the recon- 

 struction of the building which houses 

 the collection, it has become generally 

 recognized as a model. While the her- 

 barium at the Arnold Arboretum is 

 much newer, it undoubtedly is the 

 most complete of any herbarium de- 

 voted wholly to woody plants. Ac- 

 cording to Prof. Sargent, the director, 

 it likewise contains the best collection 

 of conifers to be found in the world. 

 In a comparatively few years it has 

 achieved a wide reputation, and with- 

 out doubt its value will be enhanced 

 by the material which Mr. E. H. Wil- 

 son will send back as a result of his 

 trip to Australia. India and other 

 countries of the southern hemisphere. 



A few weeks ago I made the state- 

 ment that the herbarium at the New 

 York Botanical Garden was the larg- 

 est in the country because of the com- 

 bination of the Garden's Herbarium 

 and the Torrey Herbarium. I find 

 now that there is some question as 

 to whether this is a true statement of 

 fact, if the three herbariums of the 

 Harvard University are considered as 

 one. The Gray Herbarium, the Arnold 

 -Arboretum Herbarium, and the Her- 

 barium of Cryptogramic plants at the 

 Harvard College Museum are all under 

 the general jurisdiction of the Uni- 



THE GROWERS' CONVENTION 

 W. J. Keimel of Chicago Elected Presi- 

 dent at Largely Attended Meeting 

 The Growers' Association was made 

 a permanent fact at a meeting held in 

 Cleveland last week during the S. A. 

 F. convention. This meeting was very 

 largely attended and the whole ques- 

 tion was thoroughly threshed out. 

 There was some opposition to the 

 formation of such an organization, but 

 all objections were swept aside when 

 Thomas Roland of Nahant made a 

 rousing speech in favor of going on 

 with the work. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows: President. W. J. Keimel, Chi- 

 cago; vice-president. E. .A.llan Peirce, 

 Waltham, Mass.; secretary, Fred Am- 

 mann, Edwardsville, 111,; treasurer, 

 Wallace R. Pierson. Cromwell, Ct. The 

 constitution and by-laws were ac- 

 cepted, subject to changes to be made 

 by the directors and reported upon at 

 the next meeting of the Carnation 

 Society at Washington. 



There is every reason to believe 

 that the new organization will be a 

 great success and do much for the 

 growers of the country. 



