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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
San Jose Scale 
October ft, 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
The British Hybridization Confer¬ 
ence. —A very successful international 
conference of plant breeders was held in 
July in London under the patronage of 
the British Royal Horticultural Society. 
Judging from reports of the proceedings, 
so far received, the British and German 
delegates contributed the greater share 
of theory, while the Belgians, Dutch, 
French and Americans, about in the order 
named, furnished records of practical 
accomplishments. The United States was 
not strongly represented, hut the few del¬ 
egates present made up in activity what 
they lacked in numbers. The papers 
read and discussions that followed will 
make, when published, a most valuable 
contribution to the important and fascin¬ 
ating _ subject of plant development by 
selection and hybridization. There ap¬ 
peared some tendency to consider sus¬ 
ceptibility to hybridization a factor 
to be taken into account in deter¬ 
mining the botanical relationship of 
plants; which would be a real advance 
in the scientific status of plant breeding 
experiments. The advisability of some 
form of official registration or of patents 
in the various countries represented, to 
secure originators the commercial mon¬ 
opoly of their products, was well dis¬ 
cussed, but an adverse opinion seemed to 
prevail, The first international hybridiza¬ 
tion conference was held in 1899, also 
in London, and under the direction of the 
Royal Horticultural Society. The second 
was organized by the New York Horti¬ 
cultural Society and occurred in this city 
in October, 1902. With each repetition 
these world-conferences of plant experi¬ 
menters grow more interesting, and it is 
probable they will be of regular occur¬ 
rence in the future, the meetings to take 
place in rotation in the various countries 
most largely devoted to horticultural pur¬ 
suits. 
A Good-sized Gladiolus. —A medium 
flower of an attractive new Gladiolus, 
bred on the Rural Grounds from the now 
well-known G. princeps, is shown in 
natural size ill Fig. 314, first page. The 
parentage is Princeps, pollenized by Lord 
Fairfax, a vigorous direct hybrid between 
Gladiolus purpureo-auratus and G. Saun¬ 
dersii, bearing many large, drooping, 
crimson and yellow bell-shaped flowers. 
The new variety, which has not yet been 
named, is a straight and sturdy grower, 
tall enough when in bloom to look a six- 
foot man squarely in the face, and a 
picture of fjood health throughout the 
whole growing season. The coloring is 
bright, deep crimson lightened in the 
throat with creamy white. The bloom 
spike is usually about two feet long, bear- 
16 to 20 large flowers, of which four to 
six open at the same time. It appears 
highly desirable for the garden on ac¬ 
count of its vigor and soldier-like up¬ 
rightness of growth as well as for the 
brilliancy and large size of the blooms, 
and is equally valuable for cutting, over¬ 
topping all other kinds when arranged in 
a vase. This new variety blooms normally 
in August, and has very large and solid 
corms, keeping well over 'Winter. It is I 
not likely the stock will increase enough 
for dissemination before the Autumn of 
1908, 
Gladiolus Novelties. —Thousands of 
Gladiolus varieties have been named and 
introduced to cultivation during the last 
50 years. The standard has been raised 
so high that it is difficult to excel the 
efforts of earlier growers, yet a consid¬ 
erable number of new kinds are yearly 
offered here and abroad. They are the 
best efforts of industrious breeders de¬ 
voted to this magnificent flowering plant. 
Some of the newcomers are good and 
distinct—others are apparently mere “fil¬ 
lers” to the lists, to be tested by well- 
to-do amateurs and soon consigned to 
oblivion. The following have been grown 
in sufficient quantity fairly to judge their 
merits. 
America, of the hybrid Saundersii or 
Childsii group, originated in Ohio, the 
very fine blooms being sold in the Buffalo 
market for a season or two previous to 
its introduction under another name. It 
is a good, thrifty grower and produces 
a fine spike of large well-opened blooms 
of a pleasing shade of lavender-pink, a 
color much liked by florists and decora¬ 
tors. It was used last year to the exclu¬ 
sion of other kinds on the occasion of 
the first meeting of the Japan and Russian 
peace envoys. Many flowers open at the 
same time, making it especially desirable 
for cutting. As a garden plant it is not 
particularly striking, the floral effect 
being rather fleeting. 
Klondyke.— This and the following are 
of western origin, but we have not been 
informed just where they were produced. 
Klondyke is a Pnrpureo-auratus hybrid of 
the Lemoinei section, and is offered as the 
best new yellow-flowered kind. As grown 
here it is not yellow at all, but barely 
cream white in tinge, with a deep crimson 
blotch in the center. It is strong in 
growth, and has fine thick-petalled round¬ 
ed blooms of good size. While a good type 
of its class it is misleading to offer it as 
yellow. 
Mrs. Francis King. —A plant of won¬ 
derful vigor, producing long, branching 
spikes of very large, light scarlet flowers. 
The shade is not pleasing to all observers, 
but shows up well under artificial light. 
A good variety for florists, and decorative 
in the garden. 
Prophetess. —Sent from England as a 
fine new white variety. It is an offshoot 
of the Lemoinei section, and bears large 
round blooms, pearly - white, but with a 
conspicuous crimson throat. A healthy 
grower and early bloomer. The red 
blotching is too conspicuous for this 
Gladiolus to be termed white. The best 
true white we know is White Lady, of 
German origin. 
French Varieties. —The following were 
sent out by V. Lemoine et Fils, Nancy, 
France, two or three seasons ago, and are 
the best of their respective colors so far 
tested on the Rural Grounds. They have 
not yet been offered in this country. 
President McKinley. —A tall variety of 
the Nanceianus section, i. e., a Purpureo- 
auratus hybrid crossed with Saundersii. 
The large well-opened flowers are a strik¬ 
ing shade of maroon-crimson, with faint 
markings, the color being in effect nearly 
self or uniform. The plant has consid¬ 
erable vigor and seems adapted to cultiva¬ 
tion in this country. 
Feyen Perrin. —An enormous salmon- 
colored flower, borne in fine spikes, and 
relieved by conspicuous maroon blotches. 
Plant vigorous and sturdy. 
Ferdinand Passay. —This is just what 
Klondyke turns out not to be—a good sul¬ 
phur yellow Purpureo-auratus hybrid. 
The habit and bloom are about the same 
and the crimson blotches are quite similar, 
but the main coloring is light, clear yellow, 
varying in shade in different individuals. 
It is a fine grower and profuse bloomer. 
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