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HORTICULTURE 



November 25, 1920 



liifavorable weather has worked a 

 hardship, I am told, on the sweet pea 

 growers in California. The W. Atlee 

 Burpee Co. was among the sufferers, 

 and I understand that hardly more 

 than half the usual crop will be mar- 

 keted from the great 3,000-acre sweet 

 pea farm at Lomiroc. This is to be re- 

 gretted, but when a firm does such an 

 extensive business as docs the Burpee 

 Co., with fields both east and west, it 

 is bound to occasionally feel the effects 

 of adverse weather conditions. 



There is often much discussion 

 among florists and growers as to the 

 best dahlias for commercial purposes. 

 During the past season, I think that 

 Jean Kerr has maintained its high po- 

 sition as an unrivaled free flowering 

 moderate sized show dahlia for cut- 

 ting. Jean Kerr is a Burpee produc- 

 tion, and has about all the merits 

 which can be desired. Other dahlias 

 which have shown up well, according 

 to experienced growers, are King of 

 the Autumn, Maude Adams, Delise, 

 Lyndhurst and lime. Van Den Daele. 



Besides the fine blooms of Maine 

 Sunshine and its parents. Crystal 

 WTiite and Mrs. C. W. Ward which Mr. 

 Strout showed at the Boston club 

 meeting recently, he showed a small 

 vase of the new red which will be in- 

 troduced by Baur & Steinkamp, named 

 Edna and originating with Nick Zwei- 

 fel of Milwaukee, also one of Baur & 

 Steinkamp's white seedlings which 

 they have named Harvester. Both 

 showed up very well, and if I under- 

 stand correctly, both are said to be 

 good growers and producers. There 

 was also a vase of Ruth Baur with ex- 

 cellent color. It reminds me every 

 time I see it of the old variety May 

 Day. Another variety which was ex- 

 ceptionally good, both in size and 

 length of stem, was Mr. Strout's 

 White Delight. Anyone who grows 

 Pink Delight would do well to follow 

 this white sport. 



changing to rose pink with deeper cen- 

 tre in spring. 



Mrs. H. C. C. Schwartz. Pink De- 

 light Sport X Seedling. Shell pink. 

 Size 4 inches. Exceptionally strong 

 growers with very wide foliage. Ex- 

 tremely long straight stems. 



A. F. J. B.\UR, Secy. 



NEW CARNATIONS 



The following new carnations have 

 been registered with the American 

 Carnation Society, by Herman 

 Schwarz. Central Park, N. Y.: 



Glow Worm. Seedling cross. Bril- 

 liant red. Size, 3% inches. Clean 

 grower, producing finest quality flow- 

 ers the entire season. Never splits the 

 calyx. 



Resolute. Seedling x Enchantress. 

 Pure White. Size, 4 inches. Extreme- 

 ly prolific. Flowers have great sub- 

 stance. Unusually long stems. 



Spring Glory. Pink Delight x Seed- 

 ling. Deep pink. Size. 4 inches. Deep 

 pink, verging on red in winter and 



W. H. JUDD FOR PRESIDENT 



Regular Meeting of the Gardeners' and 



Florists' Club of Boston 



The regular monthly meeting was 

 held in Horticultural Hall on Tuesday 

 evening, November 16th. While the 

 exhibition table was not so well taken 

 care of as at some times in the past, 

 some very good quality stock was 

 shown. A. T. Rogers staged 32 varie- 

 ties of named and unnamed single 

 chrysanthemums, including those in- 

 teresting types of Japanese quilled and 

 twisted singles. W. N. Craig showed 

 a collection of spray chrysanthemums 

 and one vase of particularly well- 

 grown and well-colored Yellow Garza, 

 also two vases of Bouvardia Hum- 

 boldtii; one the true Humboltii and 

 the other an improved form which is 



W. H. JUDD 



evidently of heavier growth with flow- 

 ers that are larger and of better sub- 

 stance. 



Officers for the ensuing year were 

 nominated as follows: President, Wil- 

 liam H. Judd; vice-president, Harold 

 A. Ryan; treasurer, James Methven: 

 secretary, W. N. Craig. Ten names 

 were proposed for the executive com- 

 mittee as follows: W. Burke. George 

 Hamar, W. H. Golby, John Reid, A. K. 

 Rogers, John R. Russell, L. J. Renter, 

 Herman Bartsch, George Butterworth 

 and Robert Montgomery, five to be 

 elected. 



Interesting talks were given by 

 Andrew Christensen and Capt. Moyse. 

 The attendance was -all that could he 

 expected for such a stormy evening. 



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now crop, shipped from New York, Den- 

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