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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
miglit  live  through  the  year,  but  would  die  next  winter.  As  to 
the  cause  of  the  dying,  I  look  on  it  as  “  the  nature  of  the  beast/^ 
on  most  Rose  plants  the  older  .stems  will  weaken  and  die  as  now 
ones  are  formed  at  the  base  :  but  Maman  Cochet  seems  particu¬ 
larly  sudden  and  emphatic  in  this  habit. — W.  R.  Raillem. 
Roses  at  the  Temple  Show. 
Amongst  tho.se  who  staged  Roses  most  liberally  at  the  show 
i, week  were  Me.ssrs.  Win.  Paul  and  Son,  of 
VV altham  Cross.  Their  Dorothy  Perkins,  trained  uprightly  to  a 
lieight  of  9ft,  with  a  shower  of  pink  clusters  the  whole  length  of 
the  stein,  was  greatly  admired;  while  their  most  lovely  single- 
nowered  Waltham  Rambler,  with  rose-pink  and  white  clusters,  is 
another  gem  for  all  gardens. 
The  "Daffodil  Kio^’’  on  Tour. 
Mr.  Peter  Barr,  V.M.H. 
Ihe  subject  of  these  notes  is  too  well  known  to  require  an 
introduction,  and  it  is  also  so  well  known  as  to  need  no  recalling, 
that  he  ims  been  on  a  tour  through  various  continents  of  the 
world.  Mr.  Barr  wa^s  goc^  enough  to  favour  us  with  an  inter- 
View  oil  Ills  arrival  again  in  London,  and  explained  that  he  had 
been  absen^t-  since  April  5,  1898.  Japan  and  South  Africa  were 
ills  two  objective  points,  to  study  the  featurevs  and  floras  of 
both  countries.  Mr.  Barr  has  been  a  great  traveller  in  his  day, 
having  four  times  visited  parts  of  the  lea.st  accessible  regions  of 
Spain,  also  France,  Belgiuin,  Holland,  and  Norway. 
Starting  in  1898  on  his  presently  concluded  world-tour,  he 
made  for  Boston,  and  traversed  the  piited  States  and  a  large 
part  of  Canada.  From  the  Californian  coast  lie  proceeded  to 
Japan,  then  to  Shanghai  and  Hong  Kong.  Manilla,  in  the 
Phillipme  Islands  was  also  visited  wliile  in  this  quarter,  and  he 
*sailed  southward  to  Port  Darwin,  in  Queensland,  and  jounieved, 
with  many  halts  and  leisurely,  right  round  to  Peith  in'^the 
West.  New  Zealand  was  included  in  this  tour,  and  Mr.  Barr 
travelled  from  one  end  to  the  other,  touching  all  except  the  King 
Country.  The  King  C-ountry  is  that  portion  of  New  Zealand 
which  IS  reserved  for  the  Maoris,  and  it  is  only  now  that  Mr. 
S^den,  the  Premier,  has  been  successful  in  persuading  the 
Maoris  to  all6w  roads  to  be  made  tlu'ough  this  country.  The 
Maoris  are  represented  in  Parliament  by  two  or  three^of  their 
own  race. 
Visiting  Tasmania,  the  veteran  traveller  included  in  his 
circuit  the  old  convict  establishment  and  fruit  farms.  He  then 
made  two  voyages  to  the  South  Sea  Islands,  calling  on  the  first 
occasion  at  Fiji,  Samoa,  and  Tonga,  and  on  the  second  at  Lord 
Howe  Island,  New  Caledonia,  New  Hebrides,  and  Banks’  Islands 
Continuing  his  tour,  Mr.  Barr  left  W^estern  Australia  for  the 
Cape,  where  he  remained  for  fourteen  months,  “  till  the  British 
bought  peace,  and  martial-law  lifted.”  His  stav  included  an 
exploration  of  the  north  of  Cape  Colony,  Natal,  Transvaal,  and 
Orangia^  (the  new  name  for  the  Orange  River  Colony).  Return- 
mg  to  Cape  Colony  at  the  end  of  .six  months  he  went  up  throuerh 
Bechuanaland,  to  Lobasti,  the  starting  point  of  the  Chartered 
Company’s  territory. 
The  United  States. 
_  Boston  V  as  the  first  city  in  the  United  States  to  which  our 
itinerant  vent,  and  Boston  is  the  great  teaching  centre  of 
America.  It  is  here  that  the  world-renowned  Harvard  Univer¬ 
sity  IS,  and  the  first  events  that  led  to  the  W'ar  of  Independence 
occurred,  as  every  schoolboy  has  learned,  in  Boston  Harbour! 
ihe  city  Is  horticulturally  notable  for  it.s  pos.se.s.sion  of  a  niao'nifi- 
"Cent  new  horticultural  hall  and  a  unique  library  of  o’ardenino' 
books.  Its  horticultural  establishments,  however,  cannot  be  .said 
to  excel,  most  of  the  nurseries  being  but  small  places. 
American  gardening  all  through  is  commercial.  The  private 
.gardens  are  made  to  pay,  at  least  much  of  the  produce  in  nearlv 
all  of  them  is  sold.  Our  Yankee  friends  do  not  ask.  How  best  can 
rrf  gardens?  but.  How  can  we  make  the  garden  pav  ° 
iherefore  it  cannot  be  expected  that  American  gardens  have  the 
•same  intere.st  and  variety  as  English  ones.  Thirtv  vears  aero 
Air.  Barr  says,  there  was  more  private  gardening  in  the  State.s 
than  there  is  to-day.  No  desire  seems  to  exist  “  to  found  a 
family,  and  pass  on  an  e.state  after  the  English  fashion 
Speaking  of  gardeners  in  the  States.  Air.  Barr  declares  that 
they  are  nearly  all  Scottish,  English,  Irish,  cr  German.  The  law 
ot  contract  between  a  master  and  an  apprentice  is  not  admi.ssible 
in  America,  therefore  the  native  born  lads  do  not  complete  their 
probation.ship,  even  if  they  start.  Black  labour  is  often 
employed  for  the  heavier  and  rougher  garden  work. 
But  we  were  at  Bo.ston.  The  public  park  of  this  citv  is  pro- 
tu.sel.v  planted,  and  bedding  is  practised  much  on  tlie  sanie  lines 
in  England.  Ihe  .system  of  naturalising  bulbs  in  grass  has  not 
been  attempted,  though  bulbs  would  succeed,  and  so  far,  cur 
traveller  found  that  only  the  common  double  Daffodils  meet  with 
a  demand.  The  planting  .season  for  trees  and  shrubs,  he  .said, 
is  coi^ned  to  five  or  six  weeks,  succeeding  the  thaw  in  April,  till 
the  tiuie  when  the  sun  is  too  powerful  to  allow  of  further  jilaat- 
ing  with  .safety. 
Referring  to  t’ne  florists’  stores  of  New  York,  Mr.  Barr  pointed 
out  that  the  flori.sts  are  simply  distributing  agents,  and  in  many 
cases  run  great  busine.sses  as  company  concenus.  Cut  flowers  are 
sent  very  great  distances  in  America,  as  for  instance,  from 
Toronto  to  Washington,  or  Toronto  to  Boston,  a  distance  of 
nearly  a  thou.sand  miles.  Evidently  the  American  railway  com¬ 
panies  furnish  more  suitable  waggons  for  this  class  of  freight  than 
ours  do  at  home.  But.  it  must  surely  pay  a  grower  to  send  stock 
even  a  thousand  miles  when  we  hear  of  a  charge  of  three  dollars 
per  flower  for  American  Beauty  Roses.  These,  however,  mu>st 
have  stems  of  5ft  in  length,  and  it  is  said  that  to  grow  such 
Roses  at  less  than  a  dollar  apiece,  means  a  loss.  Long  stemmed 
Chrysanthemums  are  likewise  all  the  vegue. 
It  is  often  and  justly  .said  that  we  in  England  know  too  little 
of  America  and  the  Americans.  It  is  e.specially  true,  we  venture 
to  assert,  in  matters  horticultural.  And  it  is  hoped,  therefore, 
that  the  somewhat  copious  notes  which  we  will  give  of  Mr. 
Barr’s  tour,  may  be  in  the  nature  of  an  awakening  to  many,  a 
refresher  to  others,  and  of  some  interest  to  every  reader.  We 
have  stuck  as  much  as  possible  to  the  aspect  that  pertains  to  onr 
class  literature,  and  the  divergence.s  therefrom  may  be  condoned 
for  various  good  reasons. 
As  Air.  Barr  spent  a  whole  year  in  the  United  State.s  and 
Canada,  and  visited  a  large  number  of  the  leading  cities,  he  was 
able  to  see  and  learn  much  of  the  nursery,  park,  and  gardening 
systems.  For  convenience’  sake  the  towns  and  their  features  are 
arranged  as  nearly  as  possible  in  the  order  in  which  our  traveller 
reached  them. 
As  we  have  already  stated,  fir.st  he  entered  Boston,  which  liaa 
large  pleasure  parks,  all  of  which  are  remarkable  for  shelters, 
well-built  and  well-arranged,  where  children  may  play  out  of 
the  sun,  or  escape  when  the  weather  is  wet.  These  parks  are 
under  the  superintendence  of  Air.  J.  A.  Pettigrew,  wdiose  office 
and  house  are  at  Jamaica  Plain,  and  who  kindly  drove  our  friend 
round  his  extensive  control.  At  the  time  of  Air.  Barr’s  visit 
they  were  reclaiming  much  land,  and  a  great  deal  of  planting 
was  being  done.  The  last  letter  Air.  Barr  had  from  Mr.  Petti¬ 
grew,  stated  that  the  latter  had  been  down  to  Virginia  pur¬ 
chasing  from  A'anderbilt  immen.se  quantities  of  trees  and  shrubs. 
It  is  five  years  since  the  veteran  traveller  tarried  in  Boston,  and 
he  feels  quite  sure  that  the  surroundings  must  have  been  con¬ 
siderably  improved  under  the  direction  of  Air.  Pettigrew,  who 
appeared  to  have  carte  blanche.  Boston  public  library  (a 
magnificent  building)  is  remarkable  for  its  collection  of  books, 
and  in  the  vestibule  of  this  building  Air.  Barr  saw  a  luap  show¬ 
ing  the  London  Parks  which  had  been  supplied  by  the  County 
Council  at  the  special  recjiiest  of  the  City  of  Boston. 
From  Boston  to  New  A'ork  City  Is  not  a  very  far  cry,  and 
thifher  journeyed  the  Daffodil  King,  visiting  here  the  Central 
Park,  the  most  important  of  that  city.  It  may  be  said  to  be  in 
town,  yet  is  bounded  on  one  side  by  a  natural  forest,  where  the 
squirrels  freely  run.  The  park  has  a  distinction  for  the  largenes,s 
of  its  collection  of  bad  statuary!  The  Zoological  Garden  is  not 
of  much  consequence.  The  Park  has  abundance  of  seats  and  nice 
shade  trees.  The  new  New  York  Botanic  Gardens  will  be  a  great 
feature  in  time  to  come'.  They  are  under  the  directorship  of  Dr. 
Britten,  who  is  assisted  by  an  old  English  gardener,  Air.  Samuel 
Henshaw.  There  is  a  great  deal  of  decoration  of  one  kind  and 
another  round  about  New  York,  and  some  very  handsome  resi¬ 
dences. 
Albany,  the  capital  of  New  A'ork  State,  was  chiefly  interesting 
to  our  narrator  on  account  of  the  statue  of  Robert  Burns  in  the 
park,  the  full  story  of  which  Air.  Barr  is  able  to  i-elate.  It 
was  erected  by  a  Scottish  lady,  the  daughter  of  an  old  Highland 
couple  who  landed  in  Albany  in  the  early  days  of  that  city.  The 
impression  of  the  face  is  said  to  have  been  taken  when  Burns’ 
body  was  exhumed  long  years  after  his  death,  and  repre.sents 
Burns  as  a  powerful  man,  with  strongly  marked  large  face  and 
head. 
Rochester,  in  The  same  State  of  New  York,  is  horticulturally 
and  pomologically  historical  on  account  of  its  being  the  early 
home  of  fruit  growing.  Here  are  the  extensive  nurseries  of 
Alessrs.  Ellwanger  and  Barry,  and  the  story  of  their  development, 
as  narrated  by  Air.  Barry,  is  that  a  young  Irishman  (a  Catholic), 
and  a  young  German  (a  Prote.stant).  saw  that  there  was  a  coming 
demand  for  fruit  trees  in  the  United  States.  The.se  two  men 
went  up  to  Rochester,  sending  to  Europe  for  trees.  England  could 
not  supply  many,  but  at  last  they  found  a  French  firm  who 
annually  shipped  them  large  quantities:  in  fact,  the- Frenchmen 
found  it  answer  their  purpose  to  grow  fruit  trees  specially  for  the 
American  firm.  As  time  went  on  the  two  partners  covered  their 
ground  with  stock,  their  reward  being  the  accumulation  of  large 
riches,  and  tliey  presented  a  large  public  park  and  hand.sorae 
shelter  to  the  town.  Adjoining  this  is  the  Highland  Park,  used  as 
a  nursery  for  the  public  parks.  This  nursery  is  an  interesting 
