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Garden and Forest. 



[August 27, 1890. 



aquatics, while all around the main floor were groups of plants 

 from the best known collections in the vicinity of Boston. In 

 the centre of the stage was a magnificently colored specimen 

 oi the Croton, Queen Victoria, exhibited by Mr. George A. 

 Nickerson, of Dedham. Behind it were tasteful groups of 

 foliage plants from the establishments of Mr. F. Becker and 

 Mr. W. E. Doyle, of Cambridge, while about the great Croton 

 were some remarkable plants, among them the highly deco- 

 rative Dasylirion acrotrichum and large specimens of Alamanda 

 and Agapanthus, and some magnificent Fuchsias, including a 

 line plant of the variety Gloria, well known forty years ago, 

 but now rarely seen here. 



Our limits of space will only permit a mention of some of 

 the most meritorious of the plants in the various collections 

 upon the floor, and no doubt among the great number of 

 those represented many good specimens escaped attention 

 altogether. The first group to demand attention was that from 

 the Botanic Garden of Harvard University, which contained 

 excellent specimens of Gymnogramme calomelanos, G. Tar- 

 tarica, Sansevcria Zeylanica, Peperomia arifolia, with choice 

 Adiantums, Selaginellas and Marantas. 



Adjoining this was the extensive rich collection of Mr. 

 Nathaniel T. Kidder, including such well-grown specimens of 

 Cycasrevoluta and . Iraucariaexcelsa as are rarely seen. A large 

 plant of Davallia Mooreana was greatly admired, as was one 

 of Cyanopliyllum magnificum and another of Spherogyne lati- 

 folia. Here also was a fine specimen of Phyllotcenium Lindeni 

 — a plant whose popularity is evidently on the increase, since it 

 occurred in no less than six other collections. 



In the large group furnished by Mr. John L. Gardiner, and 

 arranged with great taste by Mr. Atkinson, were splendid ex- 

 amples of Gymnogramme schizophylla, Adiantum Farleyense, 

 with remarkable Marantas and Pandanads. 



Noteworthy in the large assortment from the gardens of Mr. 

 H. H. Hunnewell were : Flcns Parcellii, Cissus discolor, 

 Croton pictum, Dracana indivisa, fol. var. (a particularly 

 elegant variety) and Davallia Fijiensis. 



The collection of Mr. F. L. Ames was so notably good 

 throughout that it is difficult to single out one specimen for 

 special mention, but Lomaria gibba, Plafycerium Hillii, An- 

 thurium Waroqueanum, Croton Mortii, Dieffenbachia Bausei 

 and Anthurium Veitchii seemed particularly interesting. 



Some grand plants were shown by Mrs. J. Lassell, of 

 Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Specially noticeable were the 

 specimens of Heliconia aurea striata, a grand plant lor 

 decoration, and one which must soon come into general use, 

 Alocasia species, Dracana Youngii, and Gleichcnia Mendeli, a 

 plant of splendid proportions. Two specimens of Perisleria 

 elata attracted much attention, and they were worthy of it, 

 for one of them bore no fewer than twelve spikes, one of 

 which had seventeen fully developed flowers and as many 

 more partially developed. 



Specimens of PJiojnix rupicola and Kcntia Bclmorcana, 

 shown by Mr. George A. Nickerson, were among the noblest 

 plants in the whole exhibition. 



Some fine Orchids were contributed by Messrs. Siebrccht & 

 Wadley, of New York, and the collection of Mr. Ames was ex- 

 ceedingly rich and varied, containing a great portion of the 

 best plants in bloom at this season. It would be difficult to 

 find better plants of Lcelia crispasupcrba,L. elegans Littlcana, 

 L. callisloglossa, Cypripedium Morgania, C. ananthum, C. 

 bellatulum, Odontoglossum grande and Cattleya Eldorado. 



Among miscellaneous plants the Harvard Botanic Garden 

 contributed collections of Cacti, with economic and interesting 

 plants; Mr. Smith, of the Washington Botanic Garden, a large 

 collection of carniverous plants; Mr. R. H. White, a flowering 

 specimen of JMonstcra delicosa; Mr. Benjamin Gray, specimens 

 of the Papyrus, and Mr. David Allen, a remarkable group of 

 Anthuriums. Among the aquatics the cluster of Egyptian 

 Lotus from Mr. Sturtevant's famous pond in New Jersey at- 

 tracted much attention. Mr. L. W. Goodell had a most com- 

 plete and beautiful collection. It contained specimens of 

 twenty-five highly desirable water plants, with the information 

 that they were all hardy. 



Among the principal awards made were the following : Mr. 

 H. H. Hunnewell received the iirst prize for Palms, for green- 

 house plants, for Caladiums and for Dracasnas; Mr. N. T. 

 Kidder, for Ornamental-leaved plants, Ferns, Adiantums, 

 Lycopods and Crotons ; Mr. F. L. Ames, for Orchids, for the 

 best single Orchid {Lcelia crispa), for specimen ornamental- 

 leaved plant and Nepenthes; Mr. John L. Gardiner, for green- 

 house plants and Nepenthes; Dr. C. G.Weld, of Brookline, for 

 specimen Tree-Fern, Crotons and Gloxinias; Temple & Beard, 

 for coniferous trees and hardy herbaceous flowers ; Mr. O. A. 

 Ruggles, for the best floral design ; Mr. David Allen, for the 



best mantel-piece decoration ; Mr. L. W. Goodell, for aquatic 

 plants and flowers. A silver medal was awarded to Geo. 

 A. Nickerson, for the Croton Queen Victoria, and one to G. 

 McWilliams, for a remarkable Alocasia. 



Notes. 



The journal of the Japanese Horticultural Society states that 

 the exports of plants, trees and shrubs from Japan during the 

 month of January lastamounted in value to very nearly $6,000. 



A sketch of the life of Reichenbach, the great authority on 

 Orchids, written by his executor, Dr. Dilling, and originally 

 printed in a periodical, has recently been issued in pamphlet 

 form by Lucas Graefe, of Hamburg. 



In a recent number of the Revue Horticole Monsieur Charles 

 Naudin states that about eighty species or well-marked vari- 

 eties of Eucalyptus are now growing in the gardens of the Villa 

 Thuret at Antibes, while several additional species may be 

 found in adjacent localities. 



The Revue Horticole names as " the horticultural marvel of 

 the year 1890" a new Wistaria (IV. multijuga), which has 

 bloomed in abundance in the gardens of Monsieur Bertin at 

 Versailles. " Although introduced long ago," adds the Revue, 

 " it is hardly known even to botanists, and has been almost 

 impossible to find." It greatly resembles the ordinary Chinese 

 Wistaria, but nevertheless differs from it in ways which the 

 Revue promises to explain with fullness at a future time. Mean- 

 while it is noted that its flower-clusters measure from thirty to 

 forty inches in length. 



The American Association of Cemetery Superintendents 

 held its annual meeting in Boston while the Florists' Conven- 

 tion was in session. More than sixty members were present 

 from all parts of the country, and the papers and discussions, 

 which related to all parts of the management of cemeteries, 

 were unusually interesting. The discussions seemed to show 

 that public taste is tending toward a limitation of stone-work, 

 and a stronger reliance upon planting, for general effect. The 

 use of hedges, coping and other conspicuous separations be- 

 tween lots was pretty generally discountenanced, and opinion 

 favored an open, natural treatment of burial-grounds rather 

 than the more rigid and architectural method which once pre- 

 vailed in cemeteries, and which has its most conspicuous repre- 

 sentative now in Greenwood. Mr. John G. Barker, Superin- 

 tendent of Forest Hills Cemetery, was elected President for 

 next year ; R. D. Cleveland, of Lakewood Cemetery, Minne- 

 apolis, Vice-President, and Frank Higgins, of Woodmere 

 Cemetery, Detroit, was made Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. 

 O. C. Simonds, of Chicago, was elected Chairman of the Execu- 

 tive Committee. Instructive papers were read by William Sol- 

 way, of Cincinnati, on "What Trees to Plant and When to 

 Plant Them " ; by Mr. 0. C. Simonds, of Chicago, on "Shrubs 

 and Trees"; Mr. A. W. Blaine, of Detroit, on "Mistakes in 

 Cemetery Management"; Mr. George Troup, of Buffalo, on 

 "Cemetery Roadways," and Mr. Frank Eurich, of Toledo, on 

 the " Life and Service of Adolph Strauch," the originator of the 

 so-called Lawn System in cemetery design and management. 



Experiments in spraying Peach-trees for the Curculio with 

 London Purple resulted last year, especially in the Peach- 

 region of Michigan, in great injury to the foliage, so that Pro- 

 fessor Cook in a station bulletin declared that the foliage of 

 the Peach-tree is especially susceptible to injury, and that 

 London Purple is more injurious than Paris Green, owing to 

 the fact, no doubt, that the soluble arsenic is abundant in Lon- 

 don Purple and almost absent in Paris Green. Experiments 

 at Cornell made for two seasons seem to corroborate this 

 view, and from a recent bulletin by Professor Bailey it appears, 

 without going into details, that leaves sprayed by London Pur- 

 ple were found to contain arsenic in the texture of the leaves, 

 while those injured by Paris Green showed none. The poison 

 in the latter case simply affected the surface of the leaf. Un- 

 doubtedly the injury is caused by the fact that over fifty per 

 cent, of the arsenite of calcium in London Purple is soluble in 

 water, and is thus carried into the body of the foliage. Young 

 leaves are proved to be less liable to injury than full grown 

 ones, which is due, it is supposed, to the waxy covering so 

 abundant on recent leaves and shoots. Microscopic examina- 

 tion shows that the Peach-leaf is a very delicate structure, the 

 epidermis being remarkably narrow and the cell-walls thin. 

 This delicacy of structure seems to account for the greater 

 susceptibility of the Peach-leaf to injury than the leaves of the 

 Plum and other trees. A mixture of one pound of Paris 

 Green to 300 gallons of water, when applied in a fine spray, 

 did not injure the Peach-trees. Probably one pound to 350 

 gallons would be always safe. 



