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Garden and Forest. 



QUNE 27, iSSS. 



Watfeville, Comte de Paris, Gloire de Margottin, American 

 Beauty, Victor Hugo, Duke of Edinburgli, and otliers follow- 

 ing hard after. In the Polyantha Roses, Ma Paquerette and 

 Mignonette were very best. A curious orange-yellow single 

 Rose, Ma Capucine, was among the conspicuous favorites. 



The best collection of Orchids was shown by Messrs. Sander 

 & Co., of St. Albans, England, and it won the Grand Prix 

 d'Honneiir, offered Ijy the President of the Repulilic, for the 

 finest exhibit. 



An excellent collection of Clematis was sent by M. Cristen, 

 of Versailles, of which the following were tlie best : Paul 

 Avenal, Eugene Delattre and Lady Caroline Nevill, of the pur- 

 ple sorts, and Marie Boisselot and Miss Bateman among the 

 white ones. 



The Rhododendrons were in great variety and well grown, 

 while the Azaleas, both A. mollis and Ghent varieties, were 

 superb. A collection of Kalmias was only fair. Not as much 

 is made of this plant in France as should be. Especially 

 good were a group of double Petunias, one of Ericas, one 

 of Maidenhair Ferns [Ailianitim), to which should be added 

 an interesting collection of " Carnivorous Plants " from 

 Messrs. Veitch, of London. 



Tlie cut flowers and fruits, with very few exceptions, were 

 not remarkaljle ; but tlie show of vegetables was excellent, 

 especially the different salad pjlants and the Asparagus. An 

 odd feature was a quantity of Mushrooms actually growing. 



Paris, M.1V =8th, i3SS. jV. 5. C. 



Notes. 



According to the IVomaiis Journal, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe 

 was recently presented in Ventura, California, witli a Lilv stem 

 which bore 134 Ijlossoms. 



Dr. M. T. Masters, editor of the Gardeners' C/ironicle, has 

 been elected a corresponding mendier of the Institute of 

 France (section of botany) in place of the late Asa Gray. 



At the recent meeting of the Association of American Nur- 

 serymen, at Detroit, Mr. George A. Sweet, of Dansville, N. Y., 

 was elected President, and Mr. Charles A.Green, of Rochester, 

 Secretary of the Association for the current year. 



The Bulletin of the Societe d' Accli>natation in Paris men- 

 tions the fact that a large consignment of Oranges from Aus- 

 tralia recently arrived in London in good condition. As the sea- 

 sons are reversed in the Soutliern Hemisphere, Oranges there 

 produced may supply the European market when the crops 

 of Spain and Algeria have been exhausted, and it is asserted 

 that if packed in sawdust, or enveloped in paper impregnated 

 with an antiseptic preparation, tliey may be almost indefinitely 

 preserved. 



The wife of Monsieur de Nadaillac, a famous French Orchid 

 collector, was a very skillfid painter of flowers, and four large 

 volumes, containing water-color pictures from her brush, rep- 

 resenting more than 300 species or varieties of Orchids, lias 

 recently been presented by Monsieur Delessert to the library 

 of the Museum of Natural History in Paris. 



The Revue //(j/V/riJ/c recently noted the extent to which fruits 

 and vegetables are now being exported from America, and 

 gave as one reason why they can be sold at sufficiently low 

 prices the fact that their cultivation is greatly specialized. In 

 illustration a Celery farm at Kalamazoo, Mich., is cited which 

 covers 2,000 acres of groimd, produces each dav, during the 

 season of six months, nearly fifty tons of Celery, emplovs 

 1,800 workmen, and directly or indirectly supports some 3,500 

 persons. 



The following uncredited item is going the rounds of the 

 horticultural press: 



At a recent horticultural meeting flowers were exliibited 

 in a glass filled with water and fitted with a wide and flat 

 stopper. To the stopper the flowers were attached and then 

 carefully introduced into the water in the globe, the stopper 

 completely filling the mouth of the globe and being wide 

 enough to stand safely. By turning the whole arrangement so 

 that it stood on the stopper, the flowers were left completely 

 surrounded by water. Tlie water magnified the flowers and 

 a pleasing optical illusion is the result. Flowers thus im- 

 mersed will keep twice as long as those in the air. 



A German resident of Barcelona recently published the fact 

 that severe attacks of influenza— exactly like those which we 

 call in this country " rose " or " liay colds " — have afflicted the 



memljers of his family year by year in spring, and that he has 

 at last traced them with certainty to pollen dust from the Plane 

 trees which surround his home. A German scientific journal 

 thereupon declares that the evil influence of Plane tree pollen 

 upon the stomach, throat, eyes and ears was a well known 

 fact in antic|uity, both Dioskorides and Galen having called 

 attention to it. That German scientific men will acknowledge 

 that an influenza may be produced by pollen dust of any kind 

 will surprise many American travelers; for many must remem- 

 ber their experience with German physicians, who have laughed 

 the idea to scorn, refusing to believe in the periodicity of the 

 attacks from which their foreign patients suffer, or in the po- 

 tency of the cause to which those patients attribute them. 



Retail Flower Markets. 



New York, June 22d. 



Business has quieted down among our florists, but it is not yet at the 

 usual summer ebb. The demand from suburban districts is just be- 

 ginning, for some resorts have opened, and many cottagers are giving 

 lawn parties. Hybrid Roses are all out-dour grown, and show general 

 imperfections in flower and foliage. American Beauties are by far 

 the best. A few Baroness Rothschilds come in good shape, but are 

 small. The range in price of hybrids is a long one, as they cost from 

 15 cts. to 50 cts. each. Selected ones hold at S6.00 a dozen. Marechal 

 Neils, Brides and Pdermets bring Si. 50 a dozen. The latter are small 

 and pale. Perles, Niphetos and Souvenir d'un Ami are $1.00 a dozen. 

 Gen. Jacqueminot Roses are decidedly poor and are $1.00 a dozen. Fine 

 La France Roses bring Sj-oo adozen. Preoniescost 15 cts. each. White 

 ones are in good demand. Clladioluses are $1.50 a dozen spikes. 

 Callas are scarce and cost $3.00 a dozen, the same as Lilitwi longtflontiii. 

 Fancy Carnations with long stems cost 50 cts. a dozen. Gartields and 

 Heintz's White sell for 35 cts. a dozen. Mignonette costs 50 cts. a 

 dozen, and Lily-of -the-Valley 75 cts. Field Daisies are 25 cts. and 

 Pansies 35 cts. a dozen. Sweet Pea blossoms cost 35 cts. a dozen. 

 These with Moss Roses, which are down to $2.00 a dozen, are the 

 choicest flowers in stock. .Sweet Alyssum, finely grown, is sold for 

 35 els. a dozen sprigs. Smilax, which looks thin and sickly, is 30 cts. a 

 string. There is some demand tor Rose Geranium foliage, which is 

 sold lor 25 cts, ti bunch. 



Pun^.^DELPHiA, June ssiL 



Trade is now \-ery dull. \Miat flowers are sold are disposed of in 

 the morning. First-class flowers are very scarce. The hot, dry 

 weather is \'ery severe on diem, both under glass and out-of-doors. 

 Stephanotis is cjuite plentiful, but is used only in designs, or as bouton- 

 nieres, for which latter purpose they sell at from 15 cts. to 25 cts. per 

 spray. Out-door Roses are nearly over. American Beauty, grown 

 under glass, sells at 83 per dozen ; La France, Mermets and Brides, 

 Si. 50; Perles, Sunsets, Niphetos, Mad. Cuisin and Bennetts, Si. Water 

 Lilies are 10 cts. per bunch of three flowers. Sweet Peas, Corn-flowers, 

 Nigella (Love-in-a-Mist), and Forget-me-not, 25 cts per dozen. Peeo- 

 nies cost from ID cts. to 25 cts. each. Carnations, Crimson King, 

 Buttercup, (Irace Wilder and the scarlet varieties, are 25 cts. per 

 dozen. Gardenias are 25 cts. per flower. Field liaisies, 25 cts. per 

 dozen. Single Dtihlias, Si per dozen. Liliiini Cafididutn^ Si. 50 per 

 dozen. Gladiolus, 15 to 20 cts. per spike. Smilax, 50 cts. per string. 

 Asparagus, 75 cts. Adiantuin fronds, 35 cts. perdoz. Candytuft and 

 the double white Feverfew {Pyrethruin) is largely used in set pieces; 

 so also is Spinea and the white Snowball; these are rarely sold alone. 



Boston, June 22d. 



Out-door Jacqueminots are coming in freely, and are unusually full 

 and good, with bright, clean foliage. They cost $1.00 and Si^SO per 

 dozen. Hybrids are not in yet, but a few warm days will bring them 

 on in full blast. White Roses are very scarce and have been in great 

 demand for weddings. Cooks and Brides are worth S2.00 to S3. 00 

 per dozen, and good ones are hard to find. Good Niphetos are also 

 scarce, at $1.00 per dozen. The annual school and seminary gradua- 

 tions always make June a busy month for the florists, as the custom 

 of sending baskets and boucjuets of flowers to the graduates has be- 

 come very general. Mermets, Bon Silenes, La France and other pink 

 Roses are very abundant and are worth 75 cts. to $1.00 per doz. Yel- 

 low Roses, such as Perle and Marechal Neil, are not so plentiful, costing 

 from Si.oo to Si-SO per dozen. Carnations are greatly o\erstocked and 

 can be bought in any and all colors for 25 cts. per dozen. l^a?onies, Irises, 

 Syringas and other out-door hardy flowers help to make the florists' 

 windows attractive. Among the prettiest blossoms now seen are the 

 bright yellow Coreopsis blooms. These bring 50 cts. per dozen. The 

 first lot of pink Pond Lilies has just come, and these can be had con- 

 tinuously for the next two months; $3.00 per dozen is the ruling price. 

 Lily-of-the-Valley of the best quality is Si. 50 per dozen. Some of the 

 florists are making a specialty of the Sprays of AUemanda with its 

 bright yellow flowers, and Bougainx'illea witli bright pink clusters. 

 These vines make beautiful table decorations. They are worth S5.00 

 per dozen sprays. Cattleyas cost Si. 00 per flower. These are about 

 all the really choice varieties offered. Mignonette, Marguerites, 

 Stocks, Pansies, etc., are of poor quality and cheap. 



