AMONG OUR GARDEN NEIGHBORS 
T HESE be the days that keep the plant lover as busy as 
the proverbial bee, gadding about from place to place 
visitingthecentersof thisorthat interest of the moment. 
If the winter be a period of irksome inactivity there is 
abundance of the reverse kind of thing in theearlysum- 
mer. And the gardener who does not visit others’ gardens lets 
pass a great opportunity for enjoyment and enlightenment. 
This has always been so, and garden lovers ever welcome an 
exchange of personal experiences with others similarly inter- 
ested. Yet as the cult of the garden widens and reaches out to 
points more and more distant the mere physical factor of travel 
becomes a controlling handicap equal with that of time. One 
cannot well be in all places at once. 
The formation of clubs and societies is a helpful attempt 
at a solution of some of the horticultural problems that arise, 
since it gives the many individuals interested the opportunity to 
foregather and “talk over things.” One of the newest of these 
organizations is devoted to the Iris — indeed, the meeting held at 
Philadelphia on June i and 2 was the first regular gathering of 
this new society, which was formed in the winter and has sur- 
prised itself by enrolling some 450 members, which is probably 
the greatest membership ever recorded by a “particular flower” 
society in its initial stage — to say not a word concerning some 
others much older, but yet by no means as lusty. 
The extensive exhibition of varieties at the recent meeting was 
another surprise to the managers. Practically all the better 
modern kinds of Bearded Iris were to be seen, affording an un- 
usual opportunity for comparison. Very properly, at the 
business meeting the organizing officers were reelected to a full 
term with Mr. R. S. Sturtevant, of Wellesley Hills, Mass., as 
secretary. Wherever it may be decided to hold next years’ 
meeting, the announcement should be noted and an engagement 
made — for indeed, the Iris is here. It has arrived! And up-to-date 
gardeners must needs keep in touch with the progress of events 
in a popular hardy garden flower that so abundantly “fits.” 
T O SOME of us it was an unfortunate combination of cir- 
cumstances that prompted the American Rose Society’s 
official visit to the Washington D. C. test farm also on June 
second. As in previous years a committee was named to report 
on the varieties of Roses as of that day and place, selecting for 
mention those that made a reputable showing at that time. 
In this way it is figured that over a term of years actual results 
will be reached by cumulative weight. I he report of the Com- 
mittee (B. T. Galloway, Chairman, and Messrs. L. C. Corbett, 
F. L. Mulford, W. Van Fleet, and D. N. Shoemaker) is in part 
as follows: 
It was decided to divide those in bloom into three groups, as follows: (1) No 
star, i. e., worthy of mention ; (2) Star*, good ; (3) Double star**, best or excellent. 
Climbers: Wichuraiana, Tea hybrids, Noisette hybrids, and Multiflora 
hybrids are included : Pillars. Sheila W ilson**, Paul’s Scarlet Climber**, Paul s 
Carmine Pillar**: Climbers. Mme. Alfred Carriere (Noisette hybrid), Multi- 
flora Japonica, Cherokee, Trier, Polyantha grandiflora, Dawson, Zephirine 
Drouhin, Aglaia (Multiflora hybrid). 
Baby Ramblers: Yellow Baby Rambler**, Triomphe Orleanais**, Baby 
Dorothy*, Mrs. W. H. Cutbush**, Ellen Poulsen, Gruss an Aachen**, Echo**, 
Mme. F. Favre*, Marie Pa vie**. Baby Elegance, Clothilde Pfitzer**, Schnee- 
kopf**. 
Teas and Hybrid Teas: Yellow. Ophelia**, Souv. de Gustave Prat*, 
Arthur Roberts Waddell, Grace Molyneux, Prince de Bulgarie: IVhite. White 
La France*, White Maman Cochet*, White Killarney**, Kaiserin Auguste 
Victoria*: Pink. Konigin Carola**, Lady Alice Stanley**, Wellesley, Mrs. 
Wakefield Christie-Miller, La Tosca**, Lady Ursula**, Dorothy Page Roberts*, 
H. F. Eilers, Lady Ashtown**, Radiance*, Gustav Grunerwald**, Cook’s 
561*, Killarney Queen**, Killarney*: Red. Laurent Carle*, Gruss an Teplitz**, 
Virginia R. Cox, W. G. Lippiat, Countess of lllchester, Red Letter Day, 
General-Superior Arnold Janssen, Avoca**, Florence Haswell Veitch, Bertram 
J. Walker, Mrs. Geo. W. Kershaw, Red Radiance**. 
Hybrid Perpetuals: Red. A. K. Williams*, Dr. O’Donnell Brown, Ruhm 
der Gartenwelt, Roger Bambelin, Maharajah**, Marshall P. Wilder, Tom W ood* 
Pierre Notting**, Hugh Dickson*, Irish Brightness, General Jacqueminot**, 
Eugene Furst, J. B. Clark**, Duke of Edinburg, Baron De Bonstetten, Jules 
Margottin*, Geo. Dickson: Pink. John Hopper*, Magna Charta*, Mrs. 
Sharman-Crawford**, Geo. Arends, Paul Neyron**,Oakmont*, Victor Verdier**: 
IVhite. Captain Christy*, Frau Karl Druschki**, 20412*, Mme. Plantier*, 
Margaret Dickson*, Ball of Snow, Coquette des Alpes, Coquette des Blanches, 
Gloire Lyonnaise*. 
Mosses: Henry Matin*, Luxemburg**. 
Briars: Flora Mclvor**, Lucy Bertram*, Minna, Julia Mannering**, Anne de 
Geirstein**, Bradwardine**, Green Mantle**, Brenda*, Amy Robsart*. 
Rugosa: No. 14668 (Van Fleet)**, Rosa Parfume de La Haie**, Amelia 
Graverian**, No. 14667-69 (Van Fleet)*, Rugosa prostrata**, Emily Carman. 
This report of varieties will undoubtedly serve as a basis for 
selection of varieties for future planting, always remembering 
that it is the judgment on one day only and at one place alone. 
THE OPET(^C olum: K^ 
Readers' Interchange of Experience and Comment 
The Operation '“THE time to do budding is as soon after 
of Budding Is i July first as you can get buds that are 
Simple matured or ripened, and as soon as the bark 
of your trees will lift. Do the work when the 
weather is dry and clear. The buds, as with the grafting scions, must be 
cut from wood of the same season’s growth. It is best to cut the wood 
as near to the time you do the budding as possible. Where it has to be 
carried or shipped some distance, keep it damp, and if possible keep it 
on ice. Carry the sticks to the work in a bucket of water, as you would 
a bunch of flowers you didn’t want to wilt. Cut the buds from the 
sticks with a sharp knife, beginning three-eighths of an inch above the 
bud and coming out that far below, getting with the bud a small eye 
of wood. (Another way is to cut the bark entirely round the bud, and 
pull it off by the leaf stem, without any wood). Make a T-shaped 
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