November 28, 1888.] 



Garden and Forest. 



479 



been already expressed. The flowers of the Mrs. L. P. 

 Morton were cut from the original seedling plant, and 

 the variety promises to be of good form and color. The 

 Mrs. Alpheus Hardy is most interesting as a novelty. 

 Unlike many novelties, too, it has a distinct and genuine 

 beauty. We should hesitate, however, before pronouncing 

 it the most beautiful Chrysanthemum in the world. — Ed. ] 



Paulownia Imperialis. 



To the Editor of Garden and Forest : 



Sir. — In 1876 I purchased a strong root of this tree and 

 planted it in good soil with an eastern e.xposure, quite well pro- 

 tected on the west and north. The object was to confine the 

 annual growth, from year to year, to a single stem. It made 

 a growth of eight teet the first summer, which was cut 

 back nearly to the ground the next spring. As soon as the 

 buds had pushed, all but one were rubbed off. By June ist 

 this had made a growth of one foot. Afterwards, to ascertain 

 its rate of growth, it was measured on August 5th and again 

 on the I2th. The growth was precisely thirteen inches. Sep- 

 tember 23d the stem had attained a height of fourteen feet, 

 and measured, at a foot from the ground, three inches in 

 diameter. The massive petioles averaged sixteen inches in 

 length and nearly an inch in diameter. The leaves were 

 about nine inches apart, and the largest measured ten feet 

 three inches across. AH of them were nearly as large, 

 except those at or near the top. Those splendid leaves 

 stood many a hard wind without being much torn. The 

 shoot towered up, during the middle and latter part of the 

 season, above the surrounding foliage — a singularly odd and 

 by no means unattractive object. Year after year, either in 

 the spring or fall, this slioot of the preceding season's growth 

 was cut off near the ground. In 1878 it made a growth 

 nearly as great as in 1877, but during every succeeding year 

 the growth was shorter, until, in 1887, the stump put forth a 

 feeble shoot or so, which perished in a few weeks, and the 

 plant was dead. 



The above notes may interest those who read Professor 

 Penhallow's remarks respecting the Paulownia in Garden 

 AND Forest of October 17th, page 406 ; " The Paulownia was 

 planted (Montreal, Canada) in October, 1881. The stems have 

 been killed to the ground each year, but the growth of each 

 season has proved larger than that of the preceding, and this 

 year reached a height of ten feet. The roots, which are quite 

 hardy, appear to be gaining strength each year, and the plant 

 is quite as well establislied as the one growing in the Botanic 

 Garden at Cambridge." 



I fancy, from my own experiment, that tlie Paulownia will 

 not stand being cut or frozen back many years in succession. 



Bergen County, New Jersey. £. S. Carman. 



Horticultural Exhibitions. 



The Short Hills Orchid and Chrysanthemum Show. 



THIS exhibition was really the formal opening of the United 

 States Nurseries at Short Hills, New Jersey, and the fact 

 that plants were displayed at home instead of being staged in a 

 public hall, gave it an additional interest to professional visitors. 

 The eighteen houses already built were filled with vigoi-ous 

 plants arranged with much taste and skill. This collection is 

 already remarkable for Cypripediums, of which it includes 360 

 species and varieties, many of them rare or unique. Masses 

 of C. insigne, in its various forms, filled the first house, among 

 them being C. insigne Chantinii, superb in shape and color, 

 Philbrick's famous variety, and an extraordinary noveltv with 

 a corrugated lip, the upper part of the pouch being fluted in a 

 most interesting way. Next to these were forms of C. Spiceri- 

 antim, of which the variety nigrescens is noticeable for the ricli 

 dark color of lip and petals. Here, too, were C. Leeanuin, one 

 of the rarer hybrids, many examples of the beautiful C. Har- 

 risianmn, C. leiichorrodium, C. Dayanum, C. dilectum, C. Hay- 

 naldianiim, C. Calunum, C. Morganice, C. lo grandis, and C. 

 Arthuriamim. 



Near the Cypripediums was the beautiful yellow variety of 

 Odontoglossuin Rossii, this plant, we believe, being found only 

 in the Short Hills collection. Flowering specmiens of 6. 

 crispum Alexandra, Oncidiuin Crameri, and the fragrant 

 Zygopetalum Mackayii were grouped near each other. Few 

 Laelias were in flower except a very dark form of L. Aiiiumn- 

 alis and the delicate little L. Eyermani, the new jiybrid of 

 American origin. Oncidium splcndiditin, somewhat' injured 



by previous exhibitions, was still interesting, since it so rarely 

 bloonis. Other well-flowered Oncidiums were 0. ornithorhyn- 

 ciiin and O. incurvum. A collection of Lycaste Skinneri 

 showed all the varieties from crimson to pure white. 



Next in importance to the Orchids were the stove plants, 

 and foremost among these was the great display of Anthur- 

 iums. A collection of these plants lately secured from a Swiss 

 grower includes specimens in the flowering section which are 

 unique and as yet unknown to commerce. Crotons, Ne- 

 penthes, Dracaenas and Ferns fill up other houses, some 

 of the specimen Crotons being unusally fine. The cool houses 

 showed a wonderfid array of Primula obconica. and there was 

 a houseful of good Cyclamens. 



The Chrysanthemums alone would have sufficed to make 

 an exhibition, but the chief attraction was a houseful of the' 

 Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, which has been so often described. The 

 flower shows well in a great mass, altliough its absolute purity 

 of color produces an eftect that is almost dazzling, but visit- 

 ors never seem to tire of admiring it. 



Large numbers of professional and amateur horticulturists, 

 some of them from distant states, visited the exhibition 

 during tire week, and Messrs. Pitcher & Manda are to be con- 

 gratulated on the uniform admiration expressed for their 

 establishment and all its appointments. 



Autumn Flower Show in New York. 



MESSRS. SIEBRECHT & WADLEY have been successful 

 in their venturesome experiment of holding a flower 

 show at this season in which the Chrj'santhemum is not the 

 chief attraction. The collection at the Eden Musee consisted 

 mainly of plants used for decoration, and they were grouped 

 with striking originality. The prim little Japanese Garden, 

 with hedges of Arbor Vitse and graveled walks, beds of Roman 

 Hyacinths, Pansies, Marigolds, Carnations, Stevias, Cylamens 

 and Primulas, interested many visitors. Many neat ettects 

 were produced in the recesses along the walls, one nook 

 being filled with well-grown Heaths, another with dwarf 

 Orange trees, some with Orchids, others with stove plants, 

 while Nepenthes and Stag's-horn Ferns were hung about to 

 the best advantage. A splendid specimen of Livistonia hor- 

 rida made a fine background for one of these groups, and 

 other show plants, like the great CyatJiea dealbata and the 

 wonderful Alsophila, a pair of superb Seaforthias and a fine 

 Areca lutescens, were effectively placed amid a bewildering 

 abundance of tropical rarities. Besides the profusion of 

 Orchids and decorative plants, cut Roses of the more fash- 

 ionable varieties and of exquisite quality were scattered 

 among the Ferns, and in addition to the ever-present and 

 always admired Mrs. Hardy, there were some excellent 

 Chrvsanthemums. Mr. John Henderson, Mr. Barr, of Orange, 

 and Wm. Tricker, gardener to Judge Benedict, sent many of 

 the best of these. The flowers of Mrs. Jessie Barr, a white 

 of superb form and substance. Sunset, which is worthy of its 

 name, Gold Lace, an odd laciniated yellow, and Mrs. Munn, a 

 duplication of Mrs. Frank Thompson in creamy white, were 

 the most striking. 



The exhibition was well attended, especially by people of 

 fashion. \'ery rarely has there been collected and displayed 

 in this city so great a variety of choice plants in such excel- 

 lent condition. 



Recent Plant Portraits. 



Tea Rose, Comte Henri Rignon, Journal des Roses, Sep- 

 tember ; a handsome, free-flowering hybrid, \vith pale copper- 

 colored petals, delicately shaded with rose-salmon on the 

 margins. 



L.tl.lAPURPURATA, Revue dc V Horticulture Beige, September. 



Azalea Indica, Miss E. Jarrett, Revue de I'Hortictilfure 

 Beige, September; a variety raised in the Van Houtte nurseries, 

 with very large single white flowers, faintly tinged with green ; 

 evidently a plant of very considerable merit; it received the 

 first prize at the quinquennial exhibition at Ghent in 1S83. 



PitheCOCTENIUM BucciN.atorium, Biilletino R. Soc. Toscana 

 di Orticultura, September. 



Acalypha triumphans, L Illustration Horticole, August 31st. 



PHALyENOPSIS SCHILLERIANA, L Illustration Horticole, August 

 31st. 



Dendrouium iiACROPHYi.i.UM, L Illustration Horticole, Au- 

 gust 31st. 



Vriesea Wittmackiana, Gartenflora, Ocioh'ix 15th; a hybrid 

 between V. Barilletii and V. Moneniana, these two species 

 appearing also on the plate. 



Syringa Emodi rosea. Revue Horticole, November ist. 



