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HORTI CULTURE 



October 23, 1920 



ble petunias. The call in the retail 

 trade for pot plants of double petunias 

 is steady, and there is no question 

 that good varieties are about as sat- 

 Isfactorj- as any pot plant the retail 

 customer can buy. We see a plenty 

 of geraniums, heliotrope, fuchsias and 

 plants of that kind, but the florist who 

 selects his double petunia plants can 

 work up a range of colors that will 

 give entire satisfaction. It isn't too 

 late now to get some of your stock 

 plants of better colors and forms in 

 the houses so that you can carry them 

 along for propagating purposes in the 

 spring. Watch out for any good ones 

 that you may have as they will prove 

 valuable. 



The experience of quite a number 

 of florists last year with stock of 

 Golden Glow leaves them where it 

 will be necessary to save stock plants 

 in quantity for this year's propaga- 

 tion, and I can't see why a chrysan- 

 themum grower will put a variety like 

 Golden Glow in particular out of doors 

 in cold frames and try to carry it 

 through with the idea of successful 

 propagation. Of course last year was 

 an exception and this stock which was 

 held dark for a long period covered up 

 heavily with snow, and it being neces- 

 sary to leave it there until way into 

 the spring, turned out a heavy loss, 

 and it will every winter under similar 

 conditions. There are quite a num- 

 ber of varieties that will stand carry- 

 ing over out of doors under cold 

 frames or light protection, but Golden 

 Glow in particular and some other 

 tender sorts should be kept in the 

 houses and given a chance to turn out 

 good healthy cuttings at a time when 

 you want them. A few plants well 

 taken care of inside are worth much 

 more than a big block out of doors. 



Europe Through American Eyes 



Mr. John Farquhar Talks to the Gardeners' and Florists' 



Club of Boston 



The vase of Oconto chrysanthe- 

 mum shown by W. W. Edgar Co. of 

 the Gardners' Florists' Club of Boston 

 this week was especially good. Well 

 grown blooms of this sort are hard 

 to beat at this season of the year. W. 

 H. Golby showed one plant of the new 

 chrysanthemum, Henri Vincent. This 

 was introduced by the Chas. H. Totty 

 Co. last year and recommended as an 

 early pink, not particularly for single 

 blooms but one to grow for profit, four 

 or more flowers to the plant, and I be- 

 lieve that it is a pink which all com- 

 mercial growers should look into. I 

 believe it is better than Pacific Su- 

 preme, Unaka or Rosiere, and it 

 comes into flower at very near the 

 same time as these varieties. It is a 

 type which will bear growing several 

 blooms to the plant and give a better 

 margin that way than if grown only 

 one or two. 



A largely attended meeting of the 

 club was held Tuesday evening, Oct. 

 19th, President Bartsch presiding. 

 There were seven new members 

 elected. 



Resolutions on the death of David 

 Weir were read, and a copy ordered 

 sent to the family. 



The exhibition tables were well 

 filled, and the following awards were 

 made: 



Collection of gardenias, cyclamen, 

 dracaenas, pandanus, crotons and 

 cherries, Wollrath & Sons, Walthani. 

 honorable mention. 



Chrysanthemum Oconto, \Vm. W. 

 Edgar Co., Waverley, honorable men- 

 tion. Mr. Bartsch said that Oconto 

 was a good follower of Early Frost, 

 and he considered it a very good com- 

 mercial, every day flower. 



Vase of double flowered cosmos. 

 Kenneth Finlayson, Brookline, vote 

 of thanks. 



Collection of apples, A. K. Rogers, 

 Readville, report of merit. 



Collection of primulinus hybrids, ne- 

 rines, crabapples, etc., W. N. Craig, 

 Faulkner Farm, Brookline, honorable 

 mention. 



Collection of cut flowers, zinnias, 

 chrysanthemums, etc., W. H. Golby, 

 Jamaica Plain, vote of thanks. 



Vases of carnations, including 

 Maine Sunshine, Mrs. C. W. Ward, 

 Ruth Baur, Crystal White, C. S. 

 Strout, Biddeford. Maine, honorable 

 mention. 



Mr. Farquhar's Address 



Mr. J. K. M. L. Farquhar was then 

 introduced and gave his impression 

 of conditions as he found them in 

 Europe. He said that he had last vis- 

 ited ETirope seven years ago and from 

 reports had feared that horticulture 

 would be decadent because of the 

 stress of circumstances due to the 

 war in Europe and because of the 

 scarcity of men and money to gratify 

 the old love for horticulture of the 

 people of that continent. 



He said that he was surprised, how- 

 ever, at what he observed in all the 

 countries he visited. Horticulture is 

 not decadent: the love of it is too 

 deeply fixed in the hearts of all Euro- 

 peans, and in spite of all sorts of ad- 

 versity, horticulture will go on. Mr. 

 Farquhar found traveling conditions 



very hard and it was difficult to get 

 return passage. In Paris, Mr. Farqu- 

 har observed on August first that the 

 horse chestnut trees were leafless, 

 which he laid to the poor condition of 

 the soil rather than any form of 

 blight. 



He observed in Northern Europe 

 that everybody is fond of vari-colored 

 foliage plants, and thought this was 

 due to the fact that so little sun 

 caused the people to turn to these 



J. K. M, T,. F-iRQCHAR 



plants for the colors they displayed. 

 Taxus baccata was largely used for 

 ground covers through these coun- 

 tries. 



Mr. Farquhar visited many of the 

 interesting gardens of Paris, including 

 the famous rose garden of Mons. Jules 

 Gravereaux, where there are seven- 

 teen hundred varieties to be seen, 



Mr. Farquhar took his listeners de- 

 lightfully through the various cities of 

 France, mentioning in particular Or- 

 leans, the city of Joan of Arc, where 

 the largest nurseries in France are lo- 

 cated. Here it is lamentable to see 

 hundreds of thousands of shrubs 

 grown particularly for the American 

 market going to the bonfires on ac- 

 count of Quarantine No. 37. Here he 

 saw hundreds of thousands of Spiraes, 

 Wiegelas, Hydrangea paniculata, etc., 

 shrubs which American nurserymen 

 use in such quantities. The same con- 

 dition exists in all the larger nurseries 

 in France. There is no market for 

 this stock, as it was grown especially 

 for American consumers. Large seed 



