March 6, 1895.] 



Garden and Forest. 



99 



William Nicholson's establishment, in Framingham Centre. 

 This is one of the best-known florists' places in the neighbor- 

 hood of Boston. Carnations make the leading feature of the 

 place, and all the standard kinds are grown in quantity. The 

 new varieties, Nicholson and Ada Byron, while not successful 

 with some growers, here make a splendid show, the plants 

 being smothered with flowers and buds, borne on long stems. 

 Other kinds specially well grown are Mrs. Fisher, Hector, F. 

 Mangold, William Scott, Daybreak and E. G. Hill. The sale of 

 rooted cuttings is here a specialty, and many thousands are 

 now in the cutting-benches. Roses fill a house one hundred feet 

 by twenty, and a similar-sized house is devoted to Tomatoes, 

 the kind chiefly grown being Nicholson's Hybrid, the stand- 

 ard forcing variety for the Boston market, and raised some 

 years ago by Mr. Nicholson. ,,, ,. „ . 



Taunton, Mass. f^. N. Craig. 



Meetings 



of Societies. 



The American Carnation Society. — II. 



THE display of cut flowers excelled in abundance, 

 variety and general quality all previous exhibi- 

 tions of the Carnation Society. Our report of the meeting 

 concludes with some notes on the more promising seed- 

 lings, as well as the standard varieties in the leading classes 

 and colors : 



Something like seven thousand flowers, including seedlings, 

 were staged at the exhibition, and two-fifths of these were dif- 

 ferent shades of pink. White flowers were next to the pink 

 ones in number, and then scarlet, yellow, variegated and crim- 

 son followed in the order of abundance. Among the flowers 

 of different shades of pink, Wflliam Scott had no peer, and 

 in the classes for light pink flowers it captured nearly every 

 prize. Larger flowers were shown of some varieties, such as 

 Nicholson, but the stems were so weak that they hung over 

 the edges of the vase, or else they had some other defect to 

 countervail their superiority in size. Altogether, William 

 Scott can be pronounced the best all-round pink Carnation in 

 cultivation to-day ; its superb color, good stem and healthy 

 growth making it a success wherever tried. Next to William 

 Scott, Daybreak was shown more largely than any other pink 

 variety, and it was of very good quality. These two sorts are 

 unquestionably the best of their color up to date. The old 

 Tidal Wave, now seldom seen, was remarkably well shown by 

 Dailledouze Brothers. The flowers were large, carried on 

 stiff stems, and they looked fresh at the close of the exhibition, 

 and their rich dark rose-color was unequaled, or, at least, un- 

 excelled by any of the newer kinds. The best white was Storm 

 King, as shown by Mr. C. W. Ward, of East Moriches, New 

 York. It is a strong grower, with stout stems and large well- 

 formed flowers. Alaska, with which Mr. H. E. Chitty, of Pat- 

 erson, New Jersey, won the prize for the best vase of a hun- 

 dred white tiowers, is a cross between Puritan and Lizzie 

 McGowan. It has a decidedly stouter stem than the latter parent 

 and a flower of much the same form. The second prize in 

 this same class was won by a seedling of Mr. Chitty's, which 

 he calls No. 150. These were undoubtedly the finest flowers 

 in the class, but they lacked strength, both of stem and calyx. 



In the scarlet class, the new Jubilee, as exhibited by Mr. 

 Hill, of Richmond, Indiana, was easily first. The color of the 

 flower is a light scarlet, rather dull, and the petals are not 

 fringed at all. It is very sweet-scented, too, which is rather 

 /unusual in a scarlet flower. The stems were remarkably 

 strong, so that every individual flower stood erect, but the 

 plant showed unmistakable signs of rust. Hector, which se- 

 cured the second prize in this class, is a finely fringed large 

 flower of a much brighter color than Jubilee, and if it had the 

 stem of the latter it would be decidedly the better of the two. 

 The Stuart was not largely shown. According to Mr. Dorner, 

 who raised if, it is only seen at its best in a solid bed and kept 

 under glass all the time. The new Meteor was quite the best 

 of the few crimson sorts which were shown. In form of flower, 

 stiffness of stem and strength of calyx this seems to be an 

 acquisition. Jacqueminot was represented by one vase with 

 remarkably strong stems, and although the flowers were 

 smaller than those of Ferdinand Mangold, they were of a pure 

 rich color, and the plant must be considered an acquisition to 

 the crimson class. 



Buttercup, which is very fickle in its behavior and has had 

 to give place to Bouton d'Or, a beautiful lemon-yellow, and 

 to the newer Dean Hole, was shown in admirable condition 

 by Mr. South worth, and if this old variety could always be grown 

 in such form there is certainly no yellow equal to it. Helen Kel- 



ler was shown by several growers in fine condition, and was far 

 the best of the fancy marked flowersstaged. Edwin Lonsdale's 

 lot was superb in every respect, and the plants seem to suc- 

 ceed admirably throughout the Philadelphia district. Such 

 flowers as these were never seen before in Boston. Minnie 

 Cook, Mr. Chitty's new variegated variety, followed Helen 

 Keller as the next best in its class, and it won the first pre- 

 mium for a vase of a hundred flowers. 



Eighty new seedlings were shown, twenty-nine of which 

 were pink, fifteen white, ten yellow, nine variegated, five 

 crimson or scarlet, and the remainder some odd shades of 

 color. These flowers were in many cases admirable, and 

 showed a marked advance over the kinds now grown. 

 Triumph, from Messrs. Hill & Co., was a specially noticeable 

 pink flower with the best stems of any plant of its color, large, 

 elegantly formed and a most pleasing shade. Among the 

 dark pinks was Mr. May's Lena Saling, of which we have 

 already spoken. It is somewhat lighter than Tidal Wave in 

 color, with large flowers of a similar form and a perfect stem. 

 Maud Dean, of a soft fawn color, paler than Daybreak, and 

 shading to rose in the centre, Mr. Shelmire's Silver Queen 

 and Mr. Hill's deep pink Arcadia were all good. Delia Fox, 

 described in last week's report, and commended becauseshown, 

 not only as a cut flower, but also as a growing plant, was notable 

 for the delicacy of its pink color. Besides Storm King and 

 Alaska, of which we have spoken, Mr. Tailby showed a seed- 

 ling called the Poor Man's Friend, with an immense flower, 

 but rather tender calyx. Mr. Fisher showed Crystal, another 

 large flower, but feeble in the stem. Of the new scarlets and 

 crimsons there is no need to speak of any besides Meteor and 

 Jubilee. Mr. May's Dean Hole is a fine bold yellow of first- 

 rate habit, and Tailby 's Henrietta Sargent had a clearer color 

 than any other variety shown. Perhaps the best of the new 

 variegated ones was Aramazinda, of Messrs. E. G. Hill & Co., 

 who were the largest exhibitors of seedlings, and who staged 

 twenty varieties, not one of which was ordinary. AH the 

 flowers were fine, the vigor and strength of their stems 

 were noticeable, and at the close of the second day's exhibi- 

 tion nearly all of them seemed perfectly fresh, although they 

 had been carried fifteen hundred miles, while most of the 

 flowers from exhibitors in the neighborhood of Boston were 

 closed up before the show was open or drooping hopelessly 

 over the edges of the vases. Mr. Dorner's new variety. Brides- 

 maid, which many were anxious to see, arrived in a sleeping 

 condition, and Simmons' Rose Queen was not exhibited. 

 Altogether the seedlings were superior, and showed the usual 

 annual advance in the quality of Carnations. 



Recent Publications. 



Tlie Forest Flora of Japan. By Charles Sprague Sargent, 

 Director of the Arnold Arboretum. Houghton, Mifflin k Co., 

 Boston and New York. 



The notes for this volume were collected by Professor 

 Sargent in the autumn of 1892 when traveling in Hondo 

 and Yezo, and they were first printed in the issues of this 

 journal during the year 1893. Our readers, therefore, need 

 no information as to the particular way in which the sub- 

 ject has been treated, nor need they be reminded that the 

 book has a peculiar and practical value for American 

 planters, since the climatic conditions of north-eastern 

 Asia are so similar to those which prevail here, especially 

 in our Atlantic states, that the trees and shrubs of one 

 region can usually be trusted to make themselves at home 

 when removed to the other. The original pictures are here 

 reproduced, and with the beautiful type and printing on 

 broad-margined pages the volume is a inost attractive one. 



Notes. 



Dr. Hoskins calls attention to the fact that the greater pro- 

 portion, if not all, of the Russian Apples seem able to resist 

 the scab fungus. 



The peach-growers of the southern states declare that the 

 freezing weather has not destroyed the fruit-buds, as was re- 

 ported, but that it has held the buds back so that the bloom 

 will be later than usual, and, therefore, ensure the blossoms 

 and the newly set fruit from injury by late frosts. 



Tvlr. Thomas Meehan takes note of the fact that the beauti- 

 ful Cypripedium insigne is a good window plant. Its native 

 habitat is in deep shade, so that the obscurity of a dwelling- 



