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Garden and Forest. 



[July 4, 1888. 



an aromatic stimulant amongst the Arabs and Greeks, and for- 

 merly in western Europe, but is now banished from the British 

 Pharmacopoeias. The plant that produced it was unknown 

 to botanists till 1867, when Mr. Sampson, accompanied by that 

 excellent botanist, the late Dr. Hance, of China, discovered it 

 near the village of Tung-sai, on the peninsula of Lei-chan-fu, 

 opposite the Island of Hainan itself." Its nearest affinity is the 

 well-known A. cit/curita, and Sir Joseph Hooker is inclined to 

 believe it to be referable to that plant. 



DOUGLASIA L/EVIGATA, /. 6996, an alpine plant from the 

 mountains of Oregon. 



Passiflora violacea, /. 6997; a free blooming, green-house 

 climber, believed to be a native of Rio Janeiro. It has three- 

 lobed leaves and handsome lilac flowers, on solitary, slender 

 peduncles, six to eight inches long, upcurved toward the end. 



Rhododendrum argentum. — Revue Horticole, May i. 



Chrysanthemum Baron d'Avene and C. Jules Barigny. 

 — Revue Horiicole, May I. Two new varieties raised by M. T. 

 D^laux, the first a cup-shaped flower with rose-violet petals, 

 those in the centre much lighter, almost white ; the second of 

 the Japanese class, with narrow rose-colored petals. 



Salix balsamifera. Figs. \-i, foj-ma typica; Fig. 6, van 

 vegeta; Fig. 7, var. lanceolata j Fig. 8, var. alpestris. — Bulletin 

 Torrey Botanical Club, May. 



The German Prune. — Canadian Horticulturist, May, One of 

 the most generally cultivated fruits of central Europe — the 

 German Prune — has been found to give excellent results in 

 some parts of Canada, where its more general cultivation is 

 now recommended. 



Erythronium grandiflorum, var. ALBIFLORUM. — Garden- 

 er's Chronicle, May 5. A little known, but very handsome 

 plant, of Oregon and Washington Territory. 



VlTis pterophora, Gartenflora, May 15th.— A handsome 

 Brazilian species, with green and red leafy branches, from 

 which descend remarkable red cordy branches, forming at 

 their extremities, where they can reach the water, great masses 

 of rootlets like the tail of a horse. The branches produce from 

 their extremities at the end of the season of growth elon- 

 gated tubers, formed by the lengthening and swelling of a sub- 

 terminal internode. These tubers are five or six inches long, 

 green and fleshy. They finally drop off, and reaching the 

 ground produce, under favorable conditions, new plants. The 

 tendrils of this plant are equally curious. They are slender 

 and forked, and provided at the end of each fork with an ad- 

 hesive disk. When the tendrils reach a support the disks 

 adhere to it and greatly enlarge ; and if the support will admit 

 of it the tendril will embrace it, secreting from its surface a 

 viscid tissue which glues it fast to thesupportingsurface. The 

 flowers are green and inconspicuous. There is an earlier 

 figure of this plant in the Botanical Magazine, t. 6803; and it has 

 been figured in the Gardener s Chronicle as Vitis Gongylodcs. 



Notes. 



The Second Annual Session of the Texas State Horticultural 

 Society was held at Denison, Texas, last week. 



According to European dispatches to the daily press, im- 

 mense tracts of forest land in Sweden have been recently 

 swept by fire. The town of Sundsvall, on the Gulf of Bothnia, 

 is said to have been almost entirely destroyed by the flames. 



The Rose and Strawberry Exhibition of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society was held at Boston on the 26th and 27th 

 of June. The exhibition of Strawberries was finer than it has 

 ever been before. The Roses, on the other hand, although 

 shown HI great abundance, were somewhat inferior in quality 

 to those of last year. A nice feature was a collection of forty 

 or fifty species and varieties of single Roses, for which there 

 seems to be a growing appreciation. Besides Orchids and a 

 generous display of cut flowers, there was a good collection 

 of flowering shrubs, the most attractive of winch was an An- 

 dromeda speciosa. A noteworthy plant was a faultless speci- 

 men of Rhynchosperinum jasmin'oides, which was over six feet 

 high. 



The passion for Orchids is developing in Germany, although 

 more slowly than in England and France. A large number of 

 tlie plates published in the various German horticultural pa- 

 pers are now devoted to representations of new or rare Orchids, 

 and although previous auction sales had been so unsuccess- 

 ful that for two years none had been held in tlie empire, one 

 recently organized in Berlin by an English firm, amid many 

 predictions of failure, proved entirely satisfactory. The trade 

 were large buyers and many new-fledged amateurs njade very 

 extensive purchases. 



The official programme for the horticultural section of the 

 Paris International Exhibition of 1889 was issued in January. 

 There is to be a permanent exhibition, lasting from May 6th 

 to October 31st, accompanied by eleven special exhibitions of 

 five or six days each. Some of these last are to be open to all 

 classes of exhibits pertaining to the section of horticulture, 

 while others are to be more restricted in character. All ex- 

 hibitors who desired to make plantings this spring were to 

 send in their applications before the nth of February last, but 

 for those who desire to plant next spring the lists will be open 

 until February ist, 1889. 



The State appropriation for the expenses during the current 

 year of the Department of Parks and Gardens in the City of 

 Berlin amounts to 159,278 marks — about $40,000. 



The official report of the wine production of France during 

 the year 1887 shows a total result of 24,333,264 hectolitres. 

 This is a falling off of three and one-half million hectolitres as 

 against the year 1886, and is less than the average production 

 of the last ten years taken together. The chief cause of de- 

 cline is attributed to the increasing ravages of mildew and the 

 Phylloxera, although certain western and southern depart- 

 ments had also to contend against disastrous weather. From 

 Algiers, on the contrary, the report is encouraging, a notable 

 increase being shown both in the extent of land planted with 

 the vine and in the amount of wine produced. The cider 

 harvest in France was also a good one, more than 5,000,000 

 hectolitres being produced in excess of tlie production of the 

 year 1886. 



Retail Flower Markets. 



New York, June sgth. 



The Rose crop of tliis locality has been demoralized by the protract- 

 ed heat. Hybrids are small, colorless, and loose-petaled. American 

 Beauties have been less affected, and La France are fine. A few Gen. 

 Jacqueminots are arriving from Newport, and sell for from $1.00 to 

 $1.50 a dozen. Marechal Neil Roses are scarce and small. They cost 

 Si.oo adozen. Catherine Mermets continue poor and are 75 cts. to 

 $1.00 a dozen. Niphetos and Brides cost $1.00 a dozen, and fine Mde. 

 Cuisins the same. Perles and Souvenir d'un Ami bring from 75 cts. 

 to $1.00 a dozen. Hybrid Roses cost from 25 cts to 30 cts. each. Puri- 

 tans bring from 15 to 25 cts. La France are $1.50 and $2.00 a dozen. 

 Orchids cost 50 cts. a flower for Cattleyas, and 10 and 20 cts, a 

 flower for Oncidiums. There are from 15 to 60 flowers on a spray of 

 the latter species. Gladioluses are 10 and 15 cts. each. Peonies 

 grow scarcer and bring 10 and 15 cts. each. Li!y-of-the- Valley 

 from Newport arrives in small lots. It is 75 cts. a dozen. 

 Carnations bring from 35 to 50 cts. a dozen. Longiflorum Lilies 

 and Callas cost 20 cts. each. Pea blossoms bring 25 cts. a dozen, and 

 Heliofrope and Mignonette 50 cts. a bunch. The latter is very slender 

 and ragged. Smilax costs 50 cts. a string and 40 els. a yard. Field 

 Daisies are 25 cts. a dozen. Moss Roses bring $2.00 a dozen. They are 

 so fully open that they can no longer be classed as " buds." 



I'HILADELrHIA, June 2gth. 



The very hot weather which prevailed during the latter end of last 

 week seriously affected the flower trade, and, even during this week, 

 which is somewhat cooler, the demand is very limited. Transient trade 

 is done only in the early morning or late in the afternoon. Amongst 

 Roses American Beauty is superior to any other. Prices for Roses vary 

 very little from those reported in last issue — which may, in short, be 

 stated from 50 cts. to $3.00 per doz. Sweet Peas still continue to be 

 in demand, at 25 cts. per doz. The Cornflower sells at the same 

 price ; the blue variety being most in demand. The only notable 

 feature in novelties is in varieties of Coreopsis, which sells at 25 cts, 

 per dozen. Water Lilies {Nymp/wa Odorata) are plentiful and also cost 

 25 cts. per doz. Carnations are still obtainable at 25 cts. per doz. 

 Smilax costs from 40 to 50 cts. per string. Asparagus tenuissivuts is in 

 fair demand at from 50 to 75 cts. per string. Ferns, especially Adian- 

 tum cuneatuin, are often asked for and sell at from 25 to 35 cts, per doz. 



Boston, June 2gth. 



There is very little to be said about the cut flower market at the pre- 

 sent time. Out-door Roses are just at their height and crowd every- 

 thing else to the wall. On the street corners everywhere one sees 

 great banks of Jacqueminots, Luizets and Hybrids in variety which 

 are offered at five for 10 cts. Indoor Roses are very poor. The grow- 

 ers do not make any effort to produce good Roses under glass now, 

 and many of them have cleaned out their houses and planted their 

 young stock for next season's business. White Roses are still in de- 

 mand, but there is nothing of the kind in the market ^vorth buying. 

 Carnations are abundant, cheap, but of inferior quality. Pink Pond 

 Lilies sell well at S3. 00 per dozen. Lily-of-the-Valley is offered in 

 best quality at $1.50 per dozen. Gloxinias of glorious color and form 

 are $1.00 per dozen. These are especially effective tor basket work, 

 but as cut flowers also they are very desirable. Mountain Laurel, 

 which is lust in flower, is used extensively in large decorations. 



