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tsorcieaux mixture 248

Boston, Gardeners' and Florists'

Club of... 12. 38, 66, 90, 113, *135,

302, 324, 396, 420, 471, 50G, 531,

555, G12, 655, 684.
— Co-Operative Flower Growers'

Association 471

— Mycological Club 378

Bowling: —

Baltimore wins 477

-Washington vs. Philadelphia.

— Australian and other new 552

— Diseases 31 ^

—Early at Cry.stal Palace 4.39 Echoes from England. .. .9, 60,

— ■*Garza 707 109, 229, *319, 392, 4C4, 081

—In England 464 Ecklord, Henry, Death of 679

—International show in Paris 575 Editorial: —

— Mme. Marie I>iger 552 —Convention advantages; HORTI-

— *Norma 683 CULTURE'S succe.ss and prom-

— Paris show 444 ise; The rose as a garden favor-

— Rosiere, New 443 ite; Two kinds of railroad station

508 —Scraps

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Achimenes 298

*Adiantums 603

— Croweanum 345, 501

After Adjournment 105, 195,

230, 251, 275, 371, 443, 469, 579,

611, 653, 707.

Aftermath 230

♦Albertson, E 13

*American Association of Park

Superintendents 36, 684

— Carnation Society: —

— Preliminary premium list 90

— Meeting at Washington 169

— Special premiums 580

—Banquet for 684

—Registered 556, 708

American Civic Association.. 348, 510
* American Institute Show.. 472, *504

American Pomological Society.. 90,

111, 325.

American Rose Society 230

—Preliminary Schedule 502

— *Executive committee of, at •

Hartford 85

American salesmen. Enterprise of,

in Germany 15

♦American Seed Trade Associa-
tion 12

American Society of Landscape

Architects 66

Appraisers' Decision 481

*Araucarias, Summer culture of... 265

Aralias, Choice 32

Asparagus, Winter 320

Azalea nudiflora. Propagation of. . 84

— *Amoena 463

—Pauline Mardner 467

Baltimore gleanings 40

-Enterprise, A 687

*Bay Shore Horticultural Society.. 467
Bean pod, Out of the 251, 395,

443, 579, 653.
♦Bedding plants, A few remarks

about 415

♦Before and after 343

Begonia propagation 579

Boilers and boiler inspection 466

—Hints on, and heating.. .496, 5i!9,

576, 606, 651.

Bonora 347

Book Reviews: —

—The Chrysanthemum 395

— Elson's Music Dictionary 710

Bordeaux mixture 248

Boston, Gardeners' and Florists'

Club of... 12, 38, 66, 90, 113, *135,

302, 324, 396, 420, 471, 500, 534,

555, 612, 655, 684.
— Co-Operative Flower Growers'

Association 471

— Mycological Club 378

Bowling: —

Baltimore wins 477

—Washington vs. Philadelphia 508

Page

Bribing business employes in Ger-
many 195

British Horticulture 33, 87, 131,

160, 249, 296, 344, 439, 496, 528,
577, 608, 705.
*British horticulturists at Paris... 321
— *Parks and gardens, Notes on... 474
Bruges, Belgium, First prize group

at exhibition *489, =*499

Buffalo Florists' Club 206, 230, 276

—Notes 301

Bug reciprocity 371

Building and heating interests.

Consolidation of 65

Bulbs, Export of from China 430

Burbank, Luther honored 347

— To record work of 469

Business changes. . . .11, 43, 93, 117,
137, 209, 233, 257, 277, 310, 358,
382, 423, 449, 486, 510, 582, 624,
6G7, 694, 718.

C \

Calceolarias 605

— Hybrid or greenhouse varieties.. 62

California State Floral Society. 205, 324

—Two exhibitions 473

Canadian Horticultural Associa-
tion 38. 205, *252

♦Canna, The home of the 101

— *Mme. Strohlein 271

Carnation Diseases 63, 86

— American in England 508

—♦Hannah Hobart 614

—Morsels 660

—♦Victory C73

— Winsor 707

Catalogues received 42, 137, 209

231. 257, 286, 310, 334, 358, 382,

430, 446, 508, 590, 632, 694, 718

Catalogue writers, A boon to 529

♦Cattleya gigas, white 83

— *labiata 611

— *House of at Wheeler & Co 658

♦Cherry, A new winter 495

Chicago Florists' Club 38

—Horticultural Society of 276

—Shows 5.32, *553

Christmas. Carmen A 683

— Horticultural rites of 649

—Market reports 689

— Trade notes 711

Chrysanthemums:

— .\merican in Paris 552

— Australian and other new 552

— Diseases 31

—Early at Crystal Palace 439

— *Garza 707

—In England 464

— International show in Paris 575

— Mme. Marie Liger 552

— *Norma 683

— Paris show 444

— Rosiere. New 443

— Scraps 653

Chrysanthemums: — (Continued) Pago
—Show at Propagating Gardens,

Washington 473

—Show in Philadelphia 502

— *Specimeii 697

— Spray vs. single-stemmed 345

—Topics 650

Chrysanthemum Society of America: —

—Prizes offered 90, 277, 556

— Committee to examine seedlings

and sports 348, 397

—Corrected scale 372

—Work of the committees 420,

444, 473, 505, 556, 580, 612.

Cincinnati parks 667

—Outing 137

—Florists' Club 230, 534

Cleveland Florists' Club 505

Cliveden *337, 343

Clubs and societies. News of 38,

69, 113, 230, 253, 277, 473, 477, 506,

507, 580, 613, 655, 684, 708.

Coal, The situation 508

Ccelogynes, Culture of 83

-Conifers, Effects of the winter on. . 272

Congratulation, A happy 624

Contemporaries, Wise and other-
wise 501

Conservatory of Mrs. B. P.

Cheney *593, *607

Corn-iiower in winter 247

Correction, A 83

Crotons, Choice 606

♦Cyclamen, The 247

—Culture of the 369

♦Cypripedium Fairieanum, Arrival

of at St. Albans, Eng 275

— insigne 707

Dahlia notes; Best at Peacock

Farm 421

—Show at Haddonfield 324

Dear is Auld Boston, 0! 611

Decoration, An elaborate 347

♦Decorative art 108

Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Schroe-

derianum ♦457, 469, 680

Des Moines Florists' Club 444

Detroit Florists' Club 169

Doctrine of selection 7

Documents Public, received. .. .372,
430, 486, 632.

Don't 371, 419, 707

Duchess Co. Horticultural So-
ciety 505, *531

Echoes from England 9, 00,

109, 229, ♦319. 392, 464, 681

Eckford, Henry, Death of 679

Editorial: —

—Convention advantages; HORTI-
CULTURE'S success and prom-
ise; The rose as a garden favor-
ite; Two kinds of railroad station
gardening 10

HORTICU LTU RE

-(Continued)

110

134

Editorial:— (Continued) Page
—The Glorious Fourth; Taliing a
holiday; Advantage of the June
exhibition; The sign-board nui-
sance; Foreign recognition lor
American roses; Boston's unique
tree-garden; The park superin-
tendents 3*

—Defective systems of awards;
American Society of Landscape
Architects; Growth of commer-
eial greenhouse building; Wash-
ington hospitality requires no

guarantees

—Tussock moth in New York; The
"true Harrisii"; Summer-resort
trade; Golf in the parks; Facili-
ties for self-education

—An act of malice; Preparing for
the Jamestown exhibition; See-
ing the Capitol City; Effect of

Japanese immigration

—An act of courtesy ; A representa-
tive convention; Walsh's rambler
roses; Showing "for exhibition
only"; Helping the Society; Mid-
summer advertising; An impor-
tant expedition to China; Ad-
vancement of the horticulturist;
American fruit in Great Britain..
—Greetings to S. A. F.; Congratula-
tions to a prosperous firm; Vigi-
lance against insect depreda-
tions; Confidence in the seeds-
man; Our duty to the Society

and our fellows 164

— Welcome rain; Training the chil-
dren; Benefits of the Hail As-
sociation; Support the local
organization; Retailers' unwise
economy; S. A. F. and "closer
relations"; Activity in green-
house building; Uneven distribu-
tion of flower supply

— Popularity of the prize essay;
The lesson of the open exhibition;
Defects in State vice-presidents'
reports; A new suggestion; Miss
Sipe's lecture; Possibilities at
Dayton; Baltimore's lustre; The
jovial bowlers; New policies in
the S. A. F.; Innovations in con-
vention program; An inspiring

sight

— Our purpose; NicotianaSanderas;
Fighting the brown-tail; About
S. A. F. trade exhibits; Opening

the fall campaign

— That blue rose; The zest of dis-
covery; About nomenclature;
Packing flowers for market; Or-
chids a necessity; Advancement

of the private gardener 274

—Possibilities in advertising; True
philanthropy; The S. A. F. and
the gardener; Floral bedding in

parks; Rise of the single violet; v. Kucnans Amazonica. . .

Unwise business tactics 300 \ Evergreens for window boxes

— Dahlias from seed; Protecting
outdoor bloom; A suggestion
about clematis paniculata; Land-
scape art; Asters and dahlias;

A floral sheaf 322

— A desirable shrub; Richmond
rose; American Civic Associa-
tion; Roses and mildew; The
golden privet; Annuals in the

border 346

— A new contributor; Nicotiana
Sanderae; Berkshire fern pick-
ing; The menace of the gas
main; The rise of the dahlia; A
new forest policy; Experience vs.

Imitation 370

—Retarding the hydrangea; The
sportive dahlia; Fighting the
tussock moth; A boon to cata-

Page

194

250

Editorial
logue writers; Conflicting exhibi-
tion dates; Exhibition manage-
ment • ^^^

— A good combination; A compari-
son; Counting the cost; Saving
the dahlia crop; Protect the
trees; An overestimated quali-
fication; A word for the house
plant lis

— Gypsy moth not local; The ar-
tistic quality of floral exhibi-
tions; Growth of the private
greenhouse; Gardening — the
florists' opportunity 442

—Plant bulbs; The best reading
matter; A promising field for
chrysanthemum development;
The carnation in the exhibition

hall -les

—Attend the show; A useful so-
ciety; Modern publicity meth-
ods; The violet in the exhibition
hall; The American Rose So-
ciety exhibition; A gardener's
home; Taste in displaying vege-
tables 500

— Use of the rambling roses in cut
sprays; Popular holiday bloom-
ers; Two factors in a successful
exhibition; Hardy evergreens for
winter decorations; Buy the new
carnations 530

—A great rose; Interesting the re-
tailers; The flower-worker in the
exhibition; Plan now for next
year's exhibition; The prize
schedule from a practical stand-
point; The foliage question 554

— Sympathy; A coming event;
Room for improvement; Prepar-
ing the Christmas plant; An un-
worthy sentiment; The tree
warden; Thanksgiving day 57S

—How can we improve; Something
for advertisers to consider; Regu-
lating flower prices; Choose your
ofiicers with discretion; Where
HORTICULTURE stands 610

— Write to your Congressman; Ad-
vertisements as a gauge of prog-
ress; What we give for a dollar;
Arranging decorative plant
groups 652

^The seedsmen's appeal; Make the
price schedule explicit; What is
the "market price?"; Give the
forcing bulbs time; The violet's
troubles 682

—The key to success; The attitude
of the "Boston people"; Help
one another; The highest bidder

versus the steady customer 706

Elastic term. An 421

Elberon Horticultural Society 556

G12, GS4.

Eucharis Amazonic

680
Exotics in outdoor decoration 275

♦Father of the Charter 149

Fertilizer, A good 192

— Question 254

*Ficus bed at Botanic Garden,

Washington 641

Fires 689, 718

♦Flower store, A rustic

Florida in September

Flower market reports. .. .15, 43,
67, 91, 117, 141, 169, 209, 233,
257, 281. 305, 329. 353, 372, 399,
423, 449, 481, 513, 537, 561, 585,
G25, 6G3, 689, 710, 713.

Foliage question. The

Foreign trade. Extending our

507

Page.
*Korest reserve for New England,

A 551

*Fothergilla Gardeni 9

Freaks 319

Freesias 321

French gardeners in London 471

Frontispiece, Our.... 254, 469, 653, 707
Fuel from Petroleum, New 658

Garden, The hardy flower 85, 108

Gardeners' Association of America 473

Gardening 607

German novelties for 1906 469

Ginger jar, Out of the 165, 446

Gladiolus, Early-flowering 248

Glass situation. The 1*

—Window merger 65

—Window by machinery 146

*Gnaphalium Leontopodium 323

Goodbye, graft 275

♦Grasses, hardy 409

♦Grenell, W. H 12

Greenhouses building and projected
14, 42, 146, 214, 238, 257, 28G, 310,
334, 358, 382, 40G, 454, 48G, 508,
590, 624, 670, 694, 718.

Grower's duty, A 417, 465, 498

*Greenhouses at Somerville, N. J.. 289

Hartford:

—Florists' Club; Report on win-
dow box gardening 14

— *Table decoration at banquet by

Rose Society •• 13

— ♦Executive committee of Ameri-
can Rose Society at 85

Rose Society at 85

—Florists' Club 378

♦Hawaii, The flora of 656

Hingham Agricultural and Horti-
cultural Society 506

♦Hole Dean, Memorial window... 417

Horticulture 679

Horticultural societies 35

Horticultural Show Royal, Awards

at 65

Hose, A good 624

Huntington Horticultural and Ag-
ricultural Society 136, 396

Hydrangea hortensis ♦385, 393

—♦Thomas Hogg in Washington.. 391
— *Retarding paniculata grandi-

flora 391

—Experience with paniculata
grandiflora 498

Improving waste land 275

In confidence 35

Indiana Festival Association. .556, 624
Insecticides, Early History of.. 206, 325

Interesting episode. An 334

Iowa Florists, Society of 325

Iris, The 440

Johnson & Stokes employes. Outing
„f 90

Kansas City Show 531, ^545. •553

Kentuckv Societv of Florists 90.

252, 302, 534.

♦Laelia purpurata 25

Lenox Horticultural Society 12.

470, 505. 612. 685, *708.

Library notes 271

Lice, Destroying plant 41

♦Lilies, New decorative effect

with 185, 195

-Water 441

HORTICULTURE.

Page

—Hardy 463

London, A great park 295

Long Island musings 348

Louse, The oyster-shell bark 7

♦Magnolia stellata 465

♦Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege, graduating class 41

—♦Education in horticultiire at... 191
Massachusetts Horticultural So-
ciety.... 12, 66, 169, 205, 230, 252,
277, 310, 324, 348, 396. 471, 50.5,
♦521, 555, ♦580, 612, 684.
Maryland, State Horticultural So-
ciety of 684

♦Melons under glass 295

Men, crisp chats with successful... 446

Milwaukee Florists' Club 302, 396

Minneapolis Florists' Club 506

Misrepresentation, A 371

Montreal Gardeners' and Florists'

Club 113, 6.54

—Horticultural Society 302

—Notes 301, 372, 655

Morris County Gardeners' and

Florists' Society 324, 420,

470, 580, 684.
Moth, Massachusetts law relative

to 347

— Gypsy warfare 683

Mushrooms and toadstools 326

Nassau County Horticultural So-
ciety ....136, 205. 302, 39C, 503, 654
National Council of Horticulture. Ill
—Chrysanthemum Society of Eng-
land 324

—French Society 444

—Nut Growers' Association 276

Neighborhood House, The 527

Nephrolepis Barrowsii and others. 369
New Bedford Horticultural So-
ciety .'....324, 654

— And her common 277

New Haven County Horticultural

Society 205, 253, 303, 348, ^555

New London County Horticultural

Society 38

New Jersey Floriculture So-
ciety 69, 205, 277, 397. 473, 612

Newport:

— *Features at exhibition 63

—Hydrangeas in 89

♦Nymphaeas at exhibition 109

— ♦Pandanus at exhibition 109

— Windows 135

— Doings in 254

—♦Italian garden at 297

—Personals 371

—Hydrangea hortensis in 393

— Horticultural Society 37, 60.

Ill, 205, 253. 276. 302. 348, 397,
444, 504, 555, 654, 708.
News notes. . . .11. 43, 93, 117, 137.
169. 195, 233. 254, 301, 323, 347,
349, 375, 395. 426. 449, 486, 566,
579, 590. 611. 689.

New York Florists' Club 37,

302, 396, 532. 654.
♦Nicotiana Sanders, varieties of... 193

— ♦Supplement

North Shore Horticultural So-
ciety 206, 253

Nursery rates rod\iced 687

♦Nympbaea Victoria Trickeri 361

Obituary: —

Allen, Mrs. C. L.. 611; Apgar, E. A.,
275.

Baker, Nathaniel. 301, 347; Barbe,
Mrs. A. F.. .566: Beagan, F., 566;

Obituary:— (Continued) Page

Brower, Mrs. S. J., 395; Butler, Thom-
as, 371.

Cheever, A. W., 683; Clark, George
L., Ill; Copley, William, 275; Craver,
Charles H., 275; Croucher, George, 89;
Currie, James, Sr., 501; Crawford, C.
T., 658.

Dean, Richard, 251; Dobbie, James,
443; D'Ombrain, H. H., 501; Duval,
Henri, 111.

Fitzgerald, William, 323; Fremd,
Charles, 658.

♦Ghormley, William, 501; Goble, F.
C, 347; Guttlie, A. G., 137.

Haas, R., 501; Hall, Charles G., 611;
Hinchliffe, T., 11; Hoffman, William,
69; Howe, C. L., 137; Humphrey, C. B.,
301.

Keeney, N. B., 301; Kelley, L. P.,
Ill; Kinscht, J. F., 371; Kirby, James,
185; Kirby, Michael, 611.

Laird, David, 501; Lautenschlager,
W. F., 69; Loffler, A., 347.

Mansfield, Elmer, H., 419; McGregor,
Duncan, 89; Miller, Albert, 111; Mor-
gan, Charles R., 501; Morris, John,
Gil; Morrison, James, 566; *Moseley,
Frederick C, 165.

Nanz, C. G., 323; Nash, D. H., 443;
Nimon, James, 683; Noonan, M., 323.

Paterson, James M., 469; Patty, D.
H., 707; Pesenecker, Edward, 111.

Quaide, Thomas, 683.

Rees, S. P., 301; Reydellet, de M.,
566; Richards, John S., 165; Rossiter,
F. C, 301; Rudolph, A., 683.

Sander, Mrs. Fearnley, 683; Scala-
randis. A., 566; Shaw, P. D., 707; Sie-
brecht, Louis, 69, 89, ♦111; Steele,
Alexander, 195; Stoll, Adolph, 165;
Stone, Joshua C, 443.

Ure, J. C, 323.

Varney, William, 501; Weiss, Ellen,
658; Wood, T. W., 566.

♦Zirngiebel, Denys, 542.

Page

Old Colony cuttings 41

— Gleanings 251

Ontario horticultural exhibition.. 555

Opening, A notable 614

♦Opuntias, hardy 367

Orchard, How to renew an old... 248
Orchids for commercial purposes. 703

— and orchis 275

Outdoor art and craft 11

Ornamental Horticulturists 8

Pacific Coast notes 686,718

—Horticultural Society of 205, 324

♦Paeony Lucy E. Hollis 53

— *Hybridizing the 59

— ♦Some Hollis seedlings 61

Park News 446

Patents, List of 42, 146, 214,

286, 334, 358, 382, 406, 430, 449,

486, 614, 670, 694. 718.

Peas, Sweet, for winter 65

— ♦Sweet, Mont Blanc 101

— *Wreath of 107

—♦A day among 114

— New early sweet 165

— *At Cohasset, Mass 241

—Sweet in winter 466

Personals ....11, 35, 65, 89, 111,

165, 195, 230, 251, 275, 301, 323,

347, 371, 395, 419, 443, 469, 501,

579, 611, 657, 683, 707.
Philadelphia: —

— Happenings 91

—Facts and fancies 253, 371, ^402

—Notes 45, 69, 93, 115, 277,

557, 581, 624, 655, 687, 711.

— Snapshots 301

—Show *506, 556

—Florists among the dahlias 325

I'hiladelphia:— (Continued) Page

-Florists' Club of.... 90, 276, 378, 471
— *Palm House, Horticultural Hall 314
Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists'

and Gardeners' Club.... 38, 506,

580, 612.

*PIant carrying device 214

—Life, Control of regeneration in. 323
— Medicinal in Golden Gate park.. 420

—Hardy or tender 651

Plymouth, Mass 35

Poinsettias 703

Poor policy 419

Postal Progress League, The 657

Potatoes, Competition in 614

Publications, New 670, 710

Quite right 135

Rliode Island, Agricultural Federa-
tion of 470

— Florists' and Gardeners' Club of. 535

Rhododendrons 704

— *Dell at Kew 77

—Greenhouse 299

♦Riverton, Novelties this season at 273

Rosa setigera 84

♦Rose Lady Gay 125

— *Rambler at Woods Hole 131

—♦Prince de Bulgarie 133

—Hybridization 495

— *Growing in California 527

— *Kate Moulton 553

— Some! Richmond 581

— *E. G. Hill's seedling, Al 569

^American Beauty, How to grow

specials 608

— Important points in mid-winter

culture 703

— Diseases 8

Roses 13. 39

—Cutting from young stock of

Brides and Bridesmaid 192

Rose-house wisdom 298, 368, 609

—Model, A 467

—Reverie, A 705

♦Sander & Sons, Employes of 613

St. Louis exhibition 371

—Florists' Club.... 90, 206, 473, 534,

556, 684.
San Francisco notes.... 42, 137, 230,
253, 277, 372, 419, 446, 508, 533,
585, 655, 686.

— Movement, A Ill

— Flower show 533

Scale remedy, A 349

Scales for judging 506

♦Scott, John 6.55

Seattle Florists' Association 580

Seed trade topics... 42, 67, 137, 214,
231, 255, 301, 334, 358, 382, 395,
430, 454, 518, 566, 614, 655, 694, 718

Seeds free 518

Seedsman's friend 581

Set a good example 2.54

Shrubs hardy. Uses of for forc-
ing 40, 138

Society of American Florists:

— Rates' to Washington 38

—Courtesies to gardeners 66

—Washington souvenir 66

—Committees appointed 90

—Entertainment at Washington.. 107

—Preliminary program 112

—Preliminary notice by President

Vaughan 136

— Committee of introduction ap-
pointed 136

—List of travelling representa-
tives 136

—New York, Boston, Connecticut
routes to Washington 1-6

HORTICULTURE

Page

—♦Father of the Charter 149

— Society of American Florists and

Ornamental Horticulturists 157

— *Beatty, H. B 159

— *Cooke, G. H 159

—♦Freeman. J. R 159

— *Hauswirth, P. J 159

— *Stewart, W. J 159

— *Vaughan, J. C 159

— *Nat'l Rifles Armory and Car-
roll Hall 159

— Convention of officers and sub-
jects discussed to present time.. 166
— *Some of the Washington work-
ers 167

— *Bisset, Peter 167

— *Blackstone, Z. D 167

— *Carmody, J. D 166

— *Ernest, W. H 167

— *Gude. W. F 167

— *Henlock, Charles 167

— *Moseley, E. A 167

— *Midsummer in Washington .... 168

— Prizes for immortelle flag 169

— Uncle Sam's contribution 169

—A Philadelphia Welcome 169

— Baltimore program 169

— *Convention at Washington 196

— President's address 196

— Secretary's report 200

— Treasurer's report 201

— Judges' report 202

—Election of officers 202

— *Lonsdale, Edwin 202

— *Department of Agriculture

building 202

— The Ideal Employer prize
essays 203

Page

— *Kasting, W. F 217

— 'Visitors on steps of Treasury

building 223

— Convention story completed 223

—List of exhibitors 224

—Committee on President's address 225
—Suggestion on paeony classifica-
tion 225

— Report of judges on essays 220

— Report of committee on spring

exhibition 226

^Shooting tournament 226

— Report of committee on final

resolutions 227

—Lecture by Miss Sipe 227. *278

— Dennison school received medal. 444

—National flower show 612

— Department of plant registra-
tion.. 113, 136, 202, 230, 397, 444
500, 085.

Societies to co-operate 252

Soil sterilization 605

Still under trial .579

Stocks 86

Suffolk County Horticultural As-
sociation 472

Tarrytown Horticultural Society
38, 136, 276, 378, 473, '*5n3, *531.
612.
Testimonials from advertisers... 410

Toledo Florists' Club 708

—Has a visit from Detroit 66

Toronto Gardeners' and Florists'

Association 444

Tree protection in Cleveland 35

Page.

True Beauties 133

—More about 299

*Tritoma Pfitzeri, Field of 433

— *New, and other Rivcrton

specialties 445

Twin Cities, Notes from the 209

TTtica Florists' Club 580

*Vandas in Tokio 31

•* Vacation time. In 375

Vacationists going and return-
ing 137. 165, 195

Value of scientific training, The.. .162
Veitch's recent introductions from

Northern China 649, 681

Violet diseases 193

Visitors in Boston 251

441

Water lilies

Washington, Florists' Club of

137, 471, 505.

—Notes 254

Weiss, Ellen; An appreciation... 653
What they say of us 164, 195,

230, 251, 275, 301, 379. 707.
"White mountain forests. Saving

the 419

Wholesome chestnuts. .. .11, 135,

251, 395, 469.

Wires can be buried 478

*Wirth, Theodore 36

—Farewell banquet to 708

FciIIlKKGILLA Gar HEN I

In tlie Arnold Arboretum

flORfSrrFUNT^SMAN,

10DSCAPE Garden Ei

V'^'A

\:^NI Namffton T/ace, "f^

eq/ro//» Mass.
Jubscr/ph'on, HOOj

SUPPLEMB^•T WITH THIS issw;

HORTICULTURi:

July i, 1905

HANNAH HOBART

The Pride of
California ■■■■

The grand Prize Winner in competition
with the latest and very best products in Car-
nations, East or West, for the last eight years.

Mr. John A. Halmer, of Cle Elum, Washington, wTote. after
his visit to our nurseries in January, iqo2, an article which ap-
peared in the American Florist of February 15, as follows :

"The Hannah Hobart is really a remarkable flower, never
less than four inches, and frequently four and one-half inches
across In color it is a shade deeper than Lawson, but the petal
arrangement is quite different ; in this respcc^it most resemble

The above is a truthful statement of facts by^ very compe-
ent gentleman, and if needing verification, the simple assertion
hat the flowers of this magnificent variety have been sold
vholesale as high as $1.50 per dozen, and none less than #1.00
)cr dozen, up to date, should be enough to convince anybody

flower is "When\
jle?" This [ •

, and we are ready to book orders:^rom now
on for delivery beginning January i, igo6. Senidj yOUP

orders in early as they will be filled strictly in
rotation. f

PRICE, $3.00 per 12; $15.00 per 100;
$120.00 per 1000

JOHN H. SIEVERS 5. CO.,

1251 Chestnut St., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL

ting to advertisers, kindly mentio

rilLLARNEY

The best paying forcing Rose ever grown.
2000, 2 ' -inch Grafted Stock

$20.00 per 100; $175.00 per 1000; Tho^Z^Ra.e

This is the Last Offer this Season

Siebrecht & Son

Rose Hill Nurseries New Rochclle, N.Y.

i COLD STORAGE |

I Lily of the Valley I

Large Strone: Selected Pips
In boxes of 2500 each

X
X

Cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

In writing to advertisers, kindly meutioD Hon lu uliukk

I WM. HAGEIMANN & CO,

S 55 DEY STREET, NEW YORK

ROSES!

2t.inch ^-inch S

Per 100 Per 1000 Per KJO Per 1000 ^

AniReautieH $S>.OU $*aMO $«.00 $0».00 Si

(lialrnav 4.00 30.00 ».00 4».00 ^

■ iitl<-John 4.00 .1.i.OO ».00 *^.iH» ^

Ciulden «at«g -3.r>0 30.00 -ft.ftO -»0.00 ^

llaid» 3.50 30.00 ».4»0 45.0O ^

Hritleii S.OO S

Klinrixe 5«»0 ^

Per ion Per innn iS-in Per Kin Per 1000 ^

«ii.-.iii H < .. fi :-.o fi'J ~>» ♦i.-.o <<>'>«ao ^

POEHLMANN BROS. CO., Morton Grove, III. 1

rilinR 1

The Best New Plant of the Year!

Nephrolepis Piersoni
ElegantissiiTiQ

PRICES: — 2i4'-in(h pots, i9.00 per doi; 50 plants at 60c
cacti. 100 at 50c. cacli, 500 at «5c. each, 1000 at 40c. cacti
5-incli pots i 1 5.00 per dozen; 6-incli pots, $2<.00 per dozen;
S-incli pots, i}6.00 per dozen ; lO-incli pots, iOO.OO per dozen.

r. R. PIERSON CO.

Tarrvtown-on-Hudson NEW YORIS

risers, kindly mention Hobti'

HORTICULTURE

VOL. II

JULY I, 1905

NO. I

Published "WminLY by

HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO.

11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

TelepHone. Oxford 292

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CONTENTS or THIS ISSUE

FRONTISPIECE — Fothergilla Gardeni

THE DOCTRINE OF SELECTION — Wm. R. Smith

THE OYSTER-SHELL BARK LOUSE — A. E.

Stern

ROSE DISEASES — R. L. Adams

ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS — Charles In-
gram

ECHOJES FROM ENGLAND — Henry H. Thomas .

FOTHERGILLA GARDENI

EDITORIAL

OUTDOOR ART AND CRAFT

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston

Lenox Horticultural Society

American Seed Trade Association

W. H. Grenell, President-elect — Portrait ....

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES — {Continu

Future Events

Table Decoration at Banquet — Illustration . . .
E. Albertson, President-elect American Associa-
tion of Nurserymen — Portrait

Hartford Florist Club

ROSES — M. H. Walsh

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Louisville, New York,

Philadelphia

Novelties in Chicago . . . ;

MISCELLANEOUS

Wholesome Chestnuts

Personal

News Notes

Business Changes

Obituary

Greenhouses Building or Projected
Glass Situation

LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS

BUFFALO, N. Y. — E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Ellicott St.
CHICAGO, ILL. — Fred Lautenschlager, 2597 N. Ridgeway Av
CINCINNATI, O.— Albert J. Gray, 129 E. 3d St.
CLEVELAND, O. — A. L. Hutchins, 38 Plymouth St.
DENVER, COLO. — N. A. Benson, 1352 So. Sherman Ave.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illi-
nois St.

LOUISVILLE, KY. — F, L. Schulz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Road
MONTREAL — Edgar Elvin, 136 Peel St.
NEWPORT, R. I. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow

Street.
PROVIDENCE, R. I. — T. J. Johnston, 171 Weybosset St.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monnette, 1100 Van Ness Ave.

H O R T I C U L T U R i:

Jui,Y 1, 1905

GROWERS!

GUARANTEED
FERTILIZERS

p|i;ti'«'«t 4-«p«-i-iitll,t f'4
ami ^^liaraiKoeil'thu
••• «»!■(» nitlluiit t<-i

Pure Bone Meal for Greenhouses

IVotlliiigr bu« Purr ItwiK- ui'ound Hnf making: it reudv

tor ■ii.laiit uar
M> lbs ■^t.t:> r.O« lb. ifi i».«o

Blood and Bone

This is our reg^ular Bonr Meal mixed witli Pure

Hlood. It is an excellent lertili/er to use as

a top dressing- or lor potting-

30Ulb« t.'O dOOU lltx (ton) *»..>«

•iOOIbs 4.«0 l««Olbs lO.OO

Pure Bone Flour

A tine po»der 1} ; .olublv in natttr and imnifdi-

atel.r available
1<»<» IbH iCi-i > "»«« IbK !(> »».r.o

Pure Pulverized Sheep Manure

Contains no sand or dirt. Kiln dried to destroy
weed seeds

■JO<>«» lb«. (ton ) 4.30.00

•»00« lbs. (ton) «14>.»0

MATIPI.EN AA'U 4^L .4nA:«TEKI» i .-% A l.l'MIW Fl It .\ IMII KU I-'IIKE

E. H- HUNT, 76-78 WABASH AVE. CHICAGO

Palms, Ferns

And Decorative Plants

A Tine Lot of AZALEAS in Orcaf Varictv

A Lirge Assorlmenl of Ferns for Jirdiniercs

Also, Araucarias, Rubbers Pandanus, Aralias
Dracaenas, Aspidistras, Marantas, Crotons

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Importers and Exporters
Growers and Dealers

PERKINS STREET NURSERIES
Roslindale - Boston, Mass.

l>tTn4»\«.i -il-in. HTOt M tioni IIE^CII

NEPHROLEPIS
BARROWSII

<!>>.->. 04» PKH I<M»

Mcottii Ferns Irt t»0 per 100

See display ad. in HORTICULTURE May 6II1.

HENRY H. BARROWS & SON

It is never too early nor too late

to order ttie

Scott Fern

5est Commercial Introduction for many yeirs.
.TOIIX SCOTT

Keap St. Greenhouses, Broolclyn, N.Y.

Orchids

Sander, St. Albans, England

Agent, A. DIMMOCK, 31 Barclay Si,. NRW YORK CITY

CYCLAMEN SPLENDBNS

GIQANTEUM HYBRIDS

Once Iranspianled, J2.00 per 100 $l«.00 per 1000

Twice " SJ.OO per 100 S25.00 per 1000

Seed of anly stitcted flm'ers and wril-built flanlt.
None better.

C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio

PURE CULTURE "ST

till- Ann-i-

..1 I'l'RE

B.-ingthe KaRteiii Dist i-ibiiliiiK .Vg
TI.TUKK Sl'.iWN, HI- .-1111 ship Fresh S|.iiwii 011 short notii-e at tin- lolli.wiiiB prices:
.-> <'ts. per lb.; Sl.35 per 10 lbs.; itilO.OO pt-r 100 lbs. Information as to Special Culture
► II application.

We have also the best make of Knglish Virgin MusUroom .Spawn, fresh impor-
per lb.: 16i.-. per 10 lbs.; SG.OO per 100 lbs.; S55.00 per 1000 lbs.

CLUCAS & BODDINCTON CO.

131 WEST 23d STREET, NEW YORK CITY

PALISADE NURSERIES, SPARKILL, N.Y.
Importers, Exporters and Growers of SEEDS, BULBS and PLANTS

CATTLEYA
SCHROEDERAE

The Easter Cattleya

We take pleasure in announcing to our customers
the arrival of the above superb Cattleya in perfect
condition. Also Cattleya Trianx-, C labiata. C.
Wameri, C gigas^ C. granulosa, Miltonia Moreliana,
liurlingtonia fragrans, LrelJa anceps and i.. autumn-

Lager & Hurrell

Orchid (irowers and Importers SUNNIT, N. J.

BEGONIA "QLOIREde LORRAINE"
BEGONIA TIRNFORD HALL

2-in muck. $15.00 per 100

JILIIS ROEHRS CO., «ijtherford

We hope our readers, will as far as
possible, buy everything they need from
Horticulture's Advertisers.

GODEREY ASCHI1AINN

1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA
^

Importer of Araucaria cxcelsa, glauca, com-

PALMS and AZALEAS

Write for Prices
la writing to advertisers, mention Horticulture

Robert J. Dysart

Public Accountant and Auditor

Books Balanced and Adjusted

M.r<lmiitH Hank ituil.lins

•Zt* XTATK «T. - BOMTOIW

Telephone. Main 58

Consult the Buyers' Directory on Pages
20 and 2 1 for information as to where
to buy the right goods at the right prices.

LILIES, JAPANESE PLANTS

BAMBOO STAKES

SUZUKI & IIDA

31 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK

CELERY PLANTS

Ready July loth, sharp. 25,000 Early Giant Pas-
cal, A-i Strain, finest in the country. Trans-
planted, $4.50 per icoo; from the seed now in
the field, $3.00 per 1000. No better stock for
private or commercial growers can be found. . .

COOLIDGE BROS., So. Sudburv, Mass.

Asparagus Seedlings

Yalaha Conservatories,

In writing to advertisers, mention

YALAHA.
Lake Co., Fla.

July i, 1905

H ORTI CULTURE

M. H. WALSH
Rose Specialist

WOODS HOLE, MASS.
Hardy Roses, ila- Inst n.\s and old va-
liiin-^; Strong Flowering Plants;
Hybrid Tea Roses, the best and hardiest
vari. li. ; New Rambler Roses, Lady Qay,
Debutante, Wedding Bells, Sweet-
heart, La Fiamma and Minnehaha.
Strong;, tield-i^rown plants to flowi-r next
snninier. Best varieties PaeonieS, Phlox,
and Hollyhocks.
Catalogue describes all the above.

Roses for Planting

STRONG PLANTS OUT OP 4. IN. POIS

Bfides and Maids on own Roots
and Grafted on Manetti Perles,
Chatenay, Gen, McArthur and
Carnot.

Pittsburgh Rose and Carnation Co.

CKVSIAL FARM

GIBSONIA P.O.. PA.

Cyclamen
Ciganteum

Our «ell kiuiwii strain in foui- s.|iai:it.-
colors. Fine, stron;;, licaltli.v stock

3'^-inch at i 1 2.00 per 100
3>2-inch, stronger, at JI5.00 per 100

SATIS lACTioN <ii \i:antki:i>

Lehnig: <& Winnefeld

ROSES

$6 00 per 100 ; $SO.O

Readv to bench.

BRIDE
BRIDESMAID

IVORY
Fine Jinth stock

2.S at 100 rale ; 250 al

Baur Floral Co., gne^

Peruvian Quano

A Natural Bird Product from Peruvian Islands

lOO lbs. $2.25
W. ELLIOTT I SONS, - NEW YORK

New Creations in Dahlias

Surpassing all others. Faithfully and truthfully described in our new
illustrated and descriptive catalogue, mailed free upon request.

L. K. PEACOCK, INC. = - Atco, New Jersey

PIVIOI IQU

CROWN

t IMI^ L 1 o H

i)i:n

\iii:n IM, M i:-.i i:\ smx lis. II

Vl:l>V KIIODODKN

UKONS, HOSKS

H\l„

i.l l-,r,,.t.iaU MM.I 1.,,.. < liiiibcrs.

Kainl.lers, €-tc.. Man

i-tti Stocks, all in

M.,ililv, F,,ll ..,.r ,, , ,. .Irlivrrv. Aski

AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 31 Ba

da', St.. New York, or P.

0. Box 7.S2

FROMOW & SONS

, Bagshot,

England

EASY

TO PROPAGATE
TO GROW
TO SELL

Is the New Early Vellow 'Mum

EASIGOLD

And sold at tlie easy price of $2 per Dozeo ; $S
per WO. -Strong plants from sand or soil.

White and Plak Ivory and Boaaatfoa from soil
$2 per loo.

£,VOL/S///VK. — We have left 200 fine plants in
3J in. pots. The lot for J«.

THE P. W. FLETCHER CO.

AllBURNDALE, MASS.

Zirngiebel Giant Pansies

New crop Seed of those well know n unrivalled
Pansies, ready now. in trade packages at 0NI3
DOLLAR each, either strain.

DENYS ZIRNQIEBEL, """.'

XKEItilA.n.

BRIDE, BRIDESMAID, IVORY and GOLDEN
GATE, extra strong stock, out of 3-in. pots.

JOHN C. HATCHER, Amsterdam, N.Y.

In \

■ to adv

Just What You Need This Very Day!
You'll find it in the Buyers' Directory,
Pages 20 and 21.

FOR SALE

225 Brides, 200 Maids, grafted
stock, clean and vigorous, from 4=in.
pots, at $12.00 per hundred, cash.

J. M. WARD & CO. ""M^riT

MY MARYLAND

« as ttio sensation of the Chicaso Kxliilji-

A«ar,l.-<1 flrst-class Certificate of Merit
liv the American Carnation Society, Law-
son r.ronze Medal for 100 blooms and S. A.
F. I'.ronze Medal for 50 blooms. We pre-
dict th,it this variety^ will easily displace
any other wliite. We" are booking; orders
now for delivery January 1906. Price
*a.50 per doz.; Sil3 per 100 ; SlOO per lOOO.
Write us for other new and standard va-
rieties.

H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland, Md.

Cliicap Carnation Go.

JOLIET, ILL.

Our Plants arc Now in the Field

S. S. SKIDELSKV

824 No. 24th St.
PHILADELPHIA

>ll II ESPO.li UE.^C'K

n writing adv

,*>«»I.I1 ITE»

ROBT. C. PYE

Carnation Grower

NYACn, N.T.

In w-riting to advertisers mention flr.RTictiLTURB

If you offer the right goods in the
right way in these columns, you will not
lack for customers.

THE COmGE GARDENS CO.

Horticultural Specialties

Ornamental Nursery Stock Peonies
Carnations

* You Need Not Go Outside the Pages
I HORTICULTURE

^ TO FIND WHERE TO GET TtiE BEST FLOWERS AND THE BEST

^ FLORISTS' SUPPLIES IN THE COUNTRY ^

6 HORTICULTURE. Jui y i, 1905

I Seeds of Hardy Perennial Plowers |

^ Sown in June and July will germinate and give excellent ^

stock for transplanting in the Fall ^

If vou want the choicest strains in Flower Seeds write us.

Catalogue mailed upon applicalion

R. & J. FARQUHAR «& CO.,

6 and 7 South Market St.
BOSTON

''^mw^!^m!^^m^w^^^^^!^^^mmw^m^:mw^MMimw!^Mm^^!^mm^MM

We are now booking orders for

LILIIM HARRISli
LILIIM LONGIFLORUM
ROMAN HYACINTHS
Paper WHITE NARCISSUS, etc.

Apply for Prices, stating number wanted

CVC AS IIEVOI.VTA at i>H.OO per

J. II. THORBURN I CO.

36 Corllandt St., New York.

RAWSON'S

Arlington Tested

J>^ Catalogues Mailed Free

W. W. RAWSON 4 CO., Seedsmen
12 and 13 Faoeuil Hall Square, BOSTON

^BULBS

IV-r' and PLANTS

Ralph M. Ward 2. Co.

12 West Broadway New York

The HARDY ANNUAL of the CENTURY
NICOTIANA SANDERAE

fT-..iri ^i-.-,Uiii-ri ilii.MiL'Ii"nt tlic United States.

Wholeiile Aicnla lor Ibe Ualled Slates
HY. X. Deceit, Pkiiaelphli. P«.

J. n.THOKftlIRN & CO., rtrlltidt St., N.Y.

VAUGHAN'S SCEP STORe. Uki|* iM N.Y.

BURPEE'S SEEDS

PHILADELPHIA

Blue List of Whole.<iaie Prices mailed
only to those wl»o plant for profit.

Why Pay $1.50

Kvery time you want your Lawn Mower
sharpened. The little dingus we advertise here-
with will do it in five minutes and better than any

rnnwvWiaVu^-' ,-ir.:- famnc rihout. A child r^n

Made of the highest grade crucible si

Postpaid 7^C. Postpa

I your frie
aiiowea 10 agents. Sa
the greatest little articl

3 your friends. A liberal discot
agents. Satisfaction guaranteed. I
i;.»i *:-i- saw, simple

George C. Watson

Philadelptiia

Johnson & Stokes' coneS of Giant Pansics

Never has a strain of PANSY given more general satisfaction than has our
KINGLY COLLECTION of GIANT PANSIES. It is absolutely UNRIVALED
in range of magnificent colors, size and substance, and no expense has been
spared to bring it up to its present high standard of EXCELLENCE.

Half-trade packet (looo seedsi 30c; trade packet 12000 seedsi 50c.

5000 seeds, $1.00; per ounce, $5.00.
Ma.l us your bulb requirements and avail yourself of our SPECIAL ADVANCE PRICES.

JOHNSON & STOKES, 217=210 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

I ll;-.r <il AI.ITY ]'I;EN<;H iuid Id'TCH

BULBS

Fall Bull) Puce List on request

JOSEPH BRECK & SONS, Corp.

Seeds, FloriHts' Supplies, and Agricultural Hardware
47-.>4 :%o. .Vlaikf*! fit. n4»!>kT4»A, .nAiNH.

THUS. J. GREY & CO.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

..SEEDS..

■m. G.rdon and L«wn Suppli

We carry iu itock Dupllctte Parii

Uadlnt MacblDSi
3 J So. MARKET ST.. BOSTON

^2^" To Build ?

Going

iiterested in

SOI l.\ rut: TRUST.

Ceorfi^e C. Watson

'sTREBf"^ Philadelphia, Penn.

July

HORTI CULTURE

The Doctrine of Selection

A fundamental principle of horticultural advance-
ment lies in the doctrine of selection. Slighting
reference to this truth is sometimes heard from those
who have some new or grotesque dogma which they
seek to promulgate, but it stands.

The doctrine of .selection applied to plant jiroduc-
tion must lead to success if we keep a well-iuatured
purpose steadily in view. We have only to look in
the various directions in which progress has been
made in the past to see repeated evidence f)f the
truth of this. Mistakes are often the best educators.
I recall the mishap of an old and usually successful
florist, the late John Dick of Philadelphia, who un-
dertook to bum the candle at both ends by taking
his camellia cuttings from the small, inferior wood,
and leaving the strong-growing fioriferous shoots to
get flowers from. The result was that he eventually
found himself in possession of a stock of "he plants"
so-called ^ not a very elegant appellation but easily
understood, and the older members of the craft will,
no doubt, remember the incident of that very suc-
cessful cultivator.

William Bennett, by careful selection, sectired mag-

nificent forms of Drar;cna terminalis and also a beau-
tiful special forni of D. terminalis stricta. His
houses, filled with both, were a sight to be long re-
membered by all who saw them, and a profitable one
for him. I notice that Robert Craig is following
along on similar methods with several florists' special-
ties. Dracaenas have not, of late, been seen so
abundantly in fine color as they once were, but it is
possible to do them just as well as they ever were
done and there is nothing finer in decorative effect
for home adornment, — select well-colored top-
cuttings.

Starting as aforesaid, with a well-defined idea of
what we want, the principle of selection may be
applied in hybridization, selecting as parents those
forms showing most distinctively the qualities de-
sired, and again selecting from the seedlings those
in which the requisite points are most strikingly in
evidence. Enumerable citations might be made, but
our young men must think, reflect, and consider.

(^V^Vv^v^^

The Oyster-Shell Bark Louse

This insect is widely distributed throughout the
country. It is especially prevalent in New England;
in fact so much so that the statement has been made
that there is hardly an apple tree anywhere in this
region which is not more or less infested. Apple
trees are favorite host plants, but the insect is found
on a great many trees and shrubs, among which are
the plum, pear, cherry, maple, willows, currant, lilac,
etc.

In this altitude the insect has only one generation
a year. The winter is passed in the egg stage, under
protection of the female scale covering. The eggs
are hatched the latter part of May or early June.
The young light-yellow lice crawl around for a short
time and then insert their beaks into the bark and
proceed to suck out the sap. A waxy substance is
secreted from the back of the insect which on harden-
ing forms, together with the cast-ofT skin, a protective
covering of scale. The female scale remains fixed
in the place where it settles down. Egg-laying be-
gins about the first of August and when this is com-
pleted the insect dies.

The oyster-shell bark louse is kept in check by
several parasites and in a great many places so effec-
tively that it seldom becomes destructive to trees or
shrubbery. In other places these parasites do not
seem to be doing their duty and the oyster-shell
bark louse is looked upon as a worse pest even than
the San Jose scale. The best time to fight the insect

is soon after it is hatched and before it has formed
a sufficient protective covering. The remedy is nor-
mal kerosene emulsion and it should be applied two
or three times during the first part of June. The
insect may also be destroyed in the winter time, in
the same way as the San Jos6 scale — by spraying
with strong kerosene emulsion, crude oil, or the lime-
sulphur wash, but summer spraying is no more ex-
pensive and it is more efficient.

The normal kerosene emulsion is prepared as
follows: dissolve one half pound of laundry or whale
oil soap in one gallon of boiling water; add two
gallons of kerosene and stir until the soap-suds and
kerosene are thoroughly mixed. This can best be
accomplished by pumping the mixture into itself
with a force pump, using a nozzle which throws a
solid stream. This forms the stock solution which
can be kept for two or three weeks. For making
the spraying solution, use three parts of this stock
solution to seventeen of water.

In applying, a good force pump should be used,
with a nozzle which throws a very fine mist-like
spray. A nozzle of the Vermorel type is best. The
application should be made during a bright sun-
shiny day.

R.T.Coll.of A.& M. A.

H orticulture:

July i, 1905

Rose Diseases

5. POWDERY MILDEW. (SPH.^ROTHECA PANNOSA)

The powdery mildew develops ver}' rapidly on
plants, either in the greenhouse or outside. It is
well-known by nearly all growers and needs no ex-
tended description. The leaves appear to be dusted
over with flour. If left to itself the mildew will
eventually ruin its host.

Treatment. Evaporate sulphur on a stove or by
painting on the pipes. A third method is to close
the house about eight o'clock, fill it full of sulphur
by means of bellows, then let the temperature run
up to 8g or 90 degrees, having it up to 75 degrees to
start with. Ventilate slowly after leaving long
enough for the sulphur to settle. Potassium Sul-
phide, one ounce to two gallons of water, makes a
good spray.

Keep the plants in a healthy, thriving condition,
as mildew is brought on by lack of food, irregular
feeding, exposure to drafts, and heav}- waterings.

6. BRONZING

Grafted tea. Bridesmaids, and Bride roses are
particularly susceptible to a spotting or mottling of
the leaves, due to a physiological cause. The spots
are one-sixteenth to one inch in size, generally turn-
ing yellow, although not always, and the foliage
falls to the ground. Affected leaves are confined,
first, to where the stem is cut and a new branch
starts — the leaf at the l)ase is bronzed many times;
and, second, to leaves where the axillary bud be-
comes rubbed off. Small weak stock or stock mak-
ing a watery growth is very liable to bronze. The
spots have the same general characteristics of black-
spot.

Treatment. Bronzing is of little consequence as
it usually occurs below the point where the flowers
are cut, but it might be mistaken for something more
serious, so is inserted here. There is no known
remedy. Give as good cultural conditions as pos-
sible and there will be little trouble from it.

7. NEMATODES. (eEL WORMS)

These microscopic worms cause enlargements on
the roots which are often taken to be disease. The
worms are abundant in warm climates and the
greenhouses offer favorable conditions to them.
They get in on plants, in soil, or in manure.

Treatment. Examine all roses before planting and
destroy any showing root galls. Freezing will kill
many,' and sterilization is a sure thing. Lime
sprinkled on the bed or mixed with the soil will
destroy large numbers of them. Infection may take
place by growing plants, subject to nematodes, in
soil where infested plants were grown, as roses
planted where violets were raised, and so on.

With the mention of another mildew, this article
will close. This is the Peronospora sparsa, a mildew
more penetrating and harder to find than the Sphas-
rotheca. Tlie treatment is the same as for the an-
thracnose. The disease does not exist to any very
great extent.

Ornamental Horticulturists

One cannot take up a trade paper without seeing
a photogra])h of the achievements of some "American
florist," in the shape of a house of some specialty or
another grown to perfection, or a "design," basket,
or spray, the work of some artist, that even with the
meager idea conveyed by the reproduced photograph
gains our admiration, but how seldom — and in this
case surely "the exception proves the rule" — do we
see pictured or written iip, the description of outside
work, that demands anything but a fleeting glance?
A visitor from abroad landing in Boston, and being
fortunate enough to bear the credentials that would
ensure his pilotage through the park system, and
some of the "show" places around the Hub, would
go away with a very exalted idea of the way "orna-
mental horticulturists" were conducting their work
in this vicinity. But let the same "foreigner" me-
ander at his own sweet will, and visit some of our
suburban districts, where rich people have made their
homes, and there would come a "change o'er the
spirit of his dream."

Within the last few weeks, I have had the oppor-
tunity of seeing at close range some estates where
thousands of dollars have been expended, and the
return to the man footing the bills must have made
him v-ish that he had never met or entered into a
deal with a "landscape-gardener. " In some sections
the painful similarity of the planting is more than
noticeable, the only perceptible distinction being in
the size of the estate; and the placing of the different
varieties in a mixed bed indicated that the person
in charge was simply totally ignorant of the nature
of the species he was handling.

As these last remarks may not be specific enough,
a few examples may be quoted. A glaring instance
that occurs to me was where a bed narrowed down
to an acute angle, said angle caused by two small
walks, and clear up into the apex of this angle was
planted weigelas that, to make room on the- walks,
had to be pruned back until they were mere stubs,
entirely destroying the beauty of the group. This
same fault of planting too close to the verge was to
be seen very frequently. Where groups of one vari-
ety were used they were planted too closely, and
where mixed beds were to be seen it was often the
case to find the tall subject on the outside of the
bed instead of being placed further in. The same
fault could be found with herbaceous beds and bor-
ders. No doubt in time these mistakes will occur
less frequently, for property owners are becoming
better acquainted with how their grounds ought to
be handled and are rapidly acquiring a knowledge
of the nature of many of the subjects used for the
beautifying of their estates, so that in the near future
the firms doing work in the loose manner described
will be forced out of the business. Fi-om inquiries I
carefully made I found that much of this work had
been done by chea]-) help and it certainly looked it.

HORTICULTURE

Echoes from England

NEW PLANTS AT THE TEMPLE SHOW

The finest of all our horticultural exhibitions is
the Temple Flower Show wliich was held last week
in London, lasting for three days, May 30, 31, and
June I. The groups of shrubs, hardy plants, roses,
indoor flowers and orchids were, as usual, magnifi-
cent, and the tents were thronged with visitors. I
will just mention a few of the most striking plants
exhibited.

The sensation of the show undoubtedly was the
climbing rose Lady Gay, a hybrid wichuraiana of
American origin. It was finely shown by Messrs.
William Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, one of our
greatest firms of rose growers. As it is an American
introduction, it is unnecessary for me to say much
about it, but the large pillar-shaped plants, their
slender, drooping growths wreathed with the bright
rose-colored blossoms, were greatly admired, and
Lady Gay was the talk of the town, so far as those
interested in gardening were concerned. The advent
of Lady Gay bids fair to create a slump in Dorothy
Perkins, for it is evidently a better thing altogether.
It will undoubtedly be largely planted; everybody
made a note of it.

Rose David Harum. — This is another new rose
exhibited at the Temple Show by Messrs. Paul &
Son, of Cheshunt. It is a beautiful hybrid tea, of
a pleasing rose or rose pink. This variety attracts
more by its elegant form perhaps than by its color.
The petals reflex and pome almost to a point, thus
giving the flower quite a distinct appearance, after
the style of La France. It will probably prove a
good rose for market growers, for it is evidentlv a
good grower and blooms freely.

Philadelphia Rambler. — Another rose, new over
here, was also shown, and, like the two already
mentioned, received an award of merit. It is after
the style of Crimson Rambler, but the flowers are a
deeper shade. If it flowers as freely as Crimson
Rambler, it should prove a very good thing both for
pot culture and for the garden. Shown bv Hobbies,
Ltd., Norfolk.

A new ivy -leaved pelargonium, called The Hon.
Mrs. Boyle, was exhibited by Mr. Charles Turner,
Slough. This is a very welcome addition, as good
ivy -leaved pelargoniums are none too numerous. We

use them largely here for window-boxes and they
brighten up many London houses during the season.
The new variety is a free grower, and has large,
double, rose pink flowers, borne freely in bunches.
Monsieur Rosaleur is another new ivy-leaved pelar-
gonium, shown by Mr. Godfrey, Exmouth. It is of
vigorous habit, and has flowers of deep carmine.

A new primula that attracted much attention is
Primula Arendi, exhibited by Herr George Arends,
Ronsdorf, Germany. It is said to be a hybrid
between P. obconica and P. megaseaefolia, but it
may be described as a very fine variety of P. obcon-
ica in general appearance. The flowers are large,
freely produced, of rich lilac-pink coloring. Primula
obconica is one of our most valued plants for pot
culture in the greenhouse, and most probably P.
Arendi will make a good companion to it.

A new verbena shown by Messrs. Cutbush & Sons,
Highgate, London, and called The King, is a good
deal like that invaluable pink variety. Miss Willmott,
which is grown in this country by the thousand, but
the flowers are of a richer shade of color.

Perry's variety of Phlox canadensis, bearing a pro-
fusion of beautiful pale blue flowers, is a fine border
plant, and indispensable in the hardy flower garden.
It was finely shown by the raiser, Mr. Amos Perry,
Winchmore Hill, London. One could hardly see any
foliage, owing to the wealth of flowers. It is alto-
gether a great improvement on the type.

A very handsome form of Azalea indica with very
large deep scarlet flowers was shown by Messrs.
Sander and Sons, St. Albans. Some of the flowers
were as much as five inches in diameter.

All the above mentioned plants are new to com-
merce and each received an award of merit from the
Royal Horticultural Society at the great Temple Show.

The highest price ever realized by a single orchid
plant at an auction sale, namely 875 guineas, was
paid for a plant of Odontoglossum crispum variety,
Roger Sander, sent by Messrs. Sander and Sons of
St. Albans, England, and Bruges, Belgium, to
Protliero and Morris' auction rooms in London last
week.

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Fotherailla Garden!

Syn. F. alnifolia, the subject of illustration on our
title-page this week, is one of our most desirable
native shrubs. The plant grows from three to six
feet in height and produces early in May, before the
leaves appear, numerous terminal, ovate spikes of

beautiful white flowers. It blooms with the Red-
buds, at a time when there is no other really good
white shrub, and fully two weeks before the sjiiraeas.
deutzias, etc. This shrub is perfectly hardy and
only needs to be better known to become popular.

HORTI CULTURE

July i, 1905

HORTICULTURE

AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL

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The Editor Has His Say

Onlv six weeks remain until packing up for the
trip to Washington will be in order. There are con-
ventions and conventions, but none are so full of
interest to so many departments of horticulture as
this annually recurring S. A. F. meeting with its
unrivaled business and social advantages. The fact
that the society reaches its majority this year, being
2 1 years of age, lends an added interest and, with the
attractions offered by the Capitol City, a very heavy
attendance may reasonably be counted on. A fine
exhibition is assured. The proceedings will be full
of attraction. Let every one who can, come and
help to make this a record-breaking convention in
everything that makes for the prosperity of the
national society and the good of the profession.

With this number Horticulture begins its second
volume. Started with the conviction that the horti-
cultural profession would welcome and support a
weekly conducted on broadly helpful lines. Horti-
culture has been, from the first issue, a success.
No plunging has been indulged in; we have set off
no fire-works, being contented to base our claim for
popularity on the literary worth, artistic excellence,
and practical value of our contributions. It is highly
encouraging to the promoters of the paper that its
merits have been so quickly recognized, its short-
comings so magnanimously overlooked, and its ad-
vertising value so thoroughly tested by the leading
horticultural firms. It is fitting that we here re-
iterate the words of our "Greeting" in Horticul-
ture's first issue: "Its sponsors express the earnest
wish that, favored with the encouragement and for-
bearance of a host of good friends, it may grow better
and better with each issue, take deeper root in the
affections of all those who find their life work among
flowers and plants, fruits and trees and gardens, and,
that it may, in due time, reach the eminence to which
it aspires, as the foremost .\n\erican exponent of liorti-
cultural aspiration and achievement."

Signs are not wanting to indicate that the rose as
a garden favorite is coming rapidly to the front, not
in a visionary, ])oetic way, but in the most practical
manner. The public has demonstrated at every re-
cent opportunity that there is a wide-spread and
sincere interest in the questions of rose culture and
the reliability of varieties offered for garden plant-
ing. In short, people seem ready to undertake the
serious work necessary in order to establish and
maintain rose gardens, and that is practically the
whole battle, for, with the willingness to make the
investment of labor and devoted attention, is the
assurance of results which cannot but charm and
awaken enthusiasm of the liveliest sort. Florists and
nurserymen can do their part towards this much-to-
be-desired consummation, by studying the rose from
the standpoint of its adaptability "to their immediate
neighborhood, so that they will be able to impart
that knowledge of the needs of the Queen of Flowers,
which is so deplorably lac'king. A fruitful harvest
awaits the man who plants the educational seed
now, particularly in the line of ever-blooming roses,
which, as M. H. Walsh confidently predicts, is
destined to push very hard the old-fashioned hybrid
perpetual tyyje. Killamey, The Burbank, Baby
Rambler, Maman Cochet, and others might be named
as varieties that have already acquired a prestige
that will extend to the balance of the list named by
Mr. Walsh as soon as they become better known.

By all means adorn the railroad-station grounds.
If the railroad company is not disposed to do it, the
citizens should undertake it, and the local florist or
nurseryman can afford to contribute liberally to this
or any other public improvement that tends to a
better appreciation and demand for his goods. But
there is a right and a wrong way in station planting
as in everything else. The subject has been re-
ceiving much attention of late in the magazines and
the daily press. The railroad corporations that have
made effort in this direction . merit commendation,
particularly the Boston and Albany which has set
a shining example for the world, the educational
value of which can not be overestimated. There is
however, one other New England railroad system
that, instead of putting the planning and planting
into competent professional hands, as the B. & A.
did, chooses to spend its money through the medium
of its station agents, making the work competitive
and awarding prizes annually. The results are not
exactly such as to gain any surplus renown for
station-master horticulture. Among the "unique and
beautiful displays" presented at one station there
were last season, according to a local paper, "plainly
and artistically worked out in living plants, repre-
sentations of a farmer being chased by a goat, while
a Chinaman attemjits to get out of the way, an
equestrian statue of George Washington, holding in
his hand a hatchet; a full-rigged ship, and a repre-
sentation of Liberty Bell."

A remarkable collection, surely! We would sug-
gest that it be augmented by the representation of
a full-rigged dining-car (which would be a rare
novelty on that particular railroad), flanked by a
carefully worked-out group showing a lady and a
conductor discussing as to whether her youngster
liad yet reached the fare-paying age! Verily, great
are the possibilities of railroad gardening.

H ORTICULTURi:

WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS

Now that considerable space on green-
house benches and in frames must neces-
sarily be empty, utilize some or all of it by
sowing seeds of useful herbaceous plants; if
these seeds are put in now, good strong
plants can be had for flowering next season.

Pay attention to all indoor fruit. On
peaches and nectarines leave only a little
more wood tlian will be required for next
year. Tie in to prevent crowding, and to
allow all light possible for the fruit. Give
ventilation whenever possible; a Uttie crack
of air even at night is beneficial. Don't over
crop, rather strive for excellence in size and
flavor. Keep the soil stirred indoors the
same as you would out in the open.

Support hollyhocks and other tall growing
.ants with stakes. Still keep dusting melons
with some insect preventive, and, if you have
them planted in large frames, keep the glass
over them; only raise the frames enough to
let the vines get outside. This can be done
by putting bricks underneath each corner of
the sashes.

If the weather is dry in your neighborhood
It will pay you to water out-door roses and
sweet peas; do it evenings or mornings. In
addition to the benefits to the roots there-
from, the moisture cools the atmosphere en-
veloping them, which acts on them as a
good bath does on us.

If you have not already planted the roses
intended for winter blooming, do so now,
but before planting, clean your benches
thoroughly, then whitewash them. A good
coat of white lead paint is also almost a
necessity. It will not only make things look
clean and sweet, but it will make things in
general very inhospitable and disagreeable
for insects and buggy, creepy things that may
have found congenial quarters in the house.

Keep cinerarias and primulas shifted as
often as a careful scrutinizing will dictate.
Don't stunt them; if you do you will have
small flowers on scraggy plants^

If you stiU beUeve in the good old way of
blanching celery by banking with soil, do it
when the soil is dry and first tie the heads
with matting, soft half-rotted matting is the
best, and don't tie any further up the head
than you intend the soil to be. Try earth-
ing up leeks in the same way as celery.
You will be surprised at the result. Perhaps
you are in the habit of doing so ; if you are
so much the better.

PERSONAL

Mr. Smith and daughter, Mrs. J. A. Bud-
long, of Chicago, have gone to Riverside,
Providence, R. I., where they will spend the
summer. They will be joined later by Mr.
J. A. Budlong, who will make the entire trip
from Chicago to Providence on his bicycle.

William Tingley Henderson, Jr., a popu-
'ar employee of Thomas F. Galvin, was ten-
dered a complimentary dinner at the Bass
Point House, Nahant, on June 25, by his
fellow employees. At the conclusion of the
dinner he was presented with a handsome
silver loving cup.

BUFFALO PERSONALS

Recent visitors: Ed. Koplitz, representing
J. W. Sefton Mfg. Co., John Osborne of
Bonnot & Bro., New York, N. Y.

Charles Kumpf of Peach street, a leading
florists, was presented with an eight-pound
American beauty a few days ago.

NEWS NOTES

The Bay State Nursery Co., of N. Abing-
ton, Mass., has purchased the Somers farm
in Rockland, and will transfer its herbaceous
department tliere in the fall.

Public-spirited citizens of Newton, Mass.
propose to buy and present to their city, the
greater part of the Governor Claflin estate
known as "The Old Elms." The property
comprises some 750,000 square feet, includes
the beautiful knoll upon which the mansion
of the late governor stands, and practically
all of the majestic old trees which have made
the estate one of the show places of Newton.

HoRTicuLltTRE mentioned a few weeks ago
the opposition of Bishop Leonard of Cleve-
land to floral decorations about the altar
upon wedding occasions. This sentiment
has recently taken definite shape and the
altar society has prepared rules governing
decorations, which are to be furnished to all
desiring to use the chapel for a wedding and
to all florists. These rules do not apply to
the walls and aisles which are still free for
the exercise of the decorators' ingenuity.

George HoUis, of South Weymouth, Mass.,
is showing a seedling blush-rose pjEony which
is the peer of any variety ever raised.' Its
name is not fully settled, but will be identical
with that given a wee HoUis nephew who
came into the world a few days ago. Gypsy,
a single, deep pink Japanese of unique char-
acter. Beauty's Mask, a hght rose, and
Admiral Dewey, Maud Dean chrysanthe-
mum color, are among other valuable seed-
lings now flowering for Mr. HoUis.

A victim of the wreck of the New York
Central "Twentieth Century Flyer" at Men-
tor, O., June 2ist, was John R. Bennett, of
Danville, Pa., and New York City. He was
a celebrated and wealthy patent attorney,
and owned a handsome and extensive country
seat at Danville, of which the conservatories,
some 75,000 feet in extent, were chiefly used
for growing roses for commercial use. Law-
rence Cotter, late of Boston, and a well-
kn'own grower, is the superintendent of the
greenhouses. It is not known at present
what changes may ensue at Danville from
this deplorable tragedy.

BUSINESS CHANGES

The business of Jacob Sidenberg &. Co.,
at Hempstead, L. I., has been purchased by
Alfred Funke, of Evergreen, who will take
immediate

The HoUoway Floral and Seed Company
has been incorporated at Dallas, Tex., witli
a capital of $25,000. Incorporators: R. C.
Bryant, W. M. Robinson, C. W. Robinson.

BUSINESS CHANGES IN CHICAGO

Mangel, the retailer, has bought out the
interest of his partner, J. G. Johnson, who
severs his connection with Mangel's 47th
street store.

H. Koropp, who disposed of his interest
in the Sheridan Park Floral Co. to L. Koropp.
has leased the store and greenhouse of Albert
Fuchs, 2059 Clarendon avenue.

P. P. Risch and J. P. Risch of Weiland &
Risch, recently bought out the interest of
their partner, J. P. Weiland, Chicago, who
has retired. The new management will de-
vote its entire glass to roses.

OUTDOOR ART AND CRAFT

/Vrlington, Mass., has appropriated $5,000
for the suppression of the gypsy and brown-
lail inoths. This is in addition to the $6,000
appropriated last fall and the State appro-

The trustees of the Massachusetts Society
for Promoting Agriculture have imported
some parasites from Germany, which are
known there to be injurious to the gypsy
anil brown-tail moths, and experiments are
now under way which, it is hoped, will pro-
diiic satisfactory results.

A telegram from San Francisco, June 28
slates that a box of insects that are expected
to ilestroy the gypsy moth in Massachusetts,
has arrived there on the steamer Manchuria
from the Orient. The insects, which are
like ants in appearance, deposit their eggs
in tlu' larvse of the moth. They come from

Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, Jr., has re-
turned to his home in New Haven after a
year's absence abroad in forestry work for
Uncle Sam. He inspected trees in northern
India, France, and Germany, and had a
trip that abounded in adventures. After a
few days' rest he will return to work in
Washington. Mr. Woolsey is a graduate
of Yale, 1901, and also of the Yale Forest
School. — Transcript.

The cabbage hair-worm is described by
the department of agriculture as resembling
a piece of basting-thread, of the thickness
of a strand of corn silk, wliite in color. Its
length varies from two to nine inches, but
reports have been received of a creature
found in the heads of cabbage measuring
nine feet! The imagination of newspaper
writers as to color runs riot through "green,
white, light red, oUve green, and yellow."

Many popular names have been bestowed
upon it, including "cabbage snake," "snake,"
"snake worm," "serpent," "reptile," and
"cabbage rattlesnake."

\ Metropolitan Park Association, with
a larj;e and representative membenship, has
recL-ntly been organized in New York City.
Its purjjose is to promote the systematic
establishment of parks throughout the city,
especially in the crowded tenement quarters.
The rapid increase of the tenement popu-
lation demands that measures be taken to
provide adequate breathing spaces in the
congested sections. Hitherto, when new
])arks have been laid out, they have been
loi atcd usually in the less crowded districts, in
response to the pressure of the real estate inter-
ests thus benefited. The new association
will urge the claims of the poorer neighbor-
ho.)ds. A careful study of the condition
and needs of the most congested sections will
be made and a careful record of all informa-
tion liearing on proposals for parks will be
kept on file.

OBITUARY

Thomas HinchUS'e, a prominent florist of
Racine, Wis., died on Sunday, June 11, aged
6j years. He leaves a widow, two daughters
ami two sons. He came to this country
iruin England when a young man, and after
many years spent in the vicinity of Boston,
took up his residence in Racine. He was a
nil mber of the S. A. F., and was esteemed
1)V all who knew liim.

HORTI CULTURE

July i, 1905

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY

Both in number of exhibits and quality,
the exhibition of June 24 and 25 fell con-
siderably below that of IQ04. This is not at
all surprising, when the long, droughty spell,
which severely checked the growth of roses,
and, at the same time gave insect pests a
clearer field, is taken into account. Coming
at the close of a week of almost persistent
rain, with very little sunshine, the quahty of
blooms shown was remarkably good. Very
few novelties were noticed. Of these htter
Frau Karl Druschki was the best, and was
greatly admired.

As at many previous shows, the lion's
share of the rose premiums went to M. H.
Walsh, who had charge of Miss S. B. Fay's
e.\hibits. In a good contest for the coveted
Theodore Lyman prizes, calling for 24 dis-
tinct named varieties, three blooms of each,
Miss Fay captured both first and second,
W. J. Clemson being a good third. For the
society's prizes in the classes for v<> varieties,
three of each, 6 varieties, three of each, 24
varieties, one of each, and iS varieties. Miss
Fay took all" the first prizes. A. F. Esta-
brook, George Barker, gardener, was second
for 18 varieties. For 12 varieties C. C.
Converse, D. F. Roy, gardener, was in the
lead; for 6 varieties, second prize went to
A. F. Estabrook; the same gentleman was
also second for 24 Mme. Gabriel Luizet,
Miss Fay being first in the latter class.

For 6 Baroness Rothschild, first went to
the estate of John C. Chafiin; we were de-
lighted to see e-xhibits from this old and
honored garden after a long course of years;
Miss Fay was second and C. C. Converse,
third. The last named was also first for
Mrs. John Laing. For Ulrich Brunner,
Miss Fay and C. C. Converse were the suc-
cessful competitors. For any other variety,
Miss Fay was first with Mrs. R. G. Shar-
man-Crawford, and second with Margaret
Dickson; W. J. Clemson, third with Magna
Charta. For 3 blooms of a new variety,
introduced since 1902, Miss Fay won with
Frau Karl Druschki. For 100 bottles, ar-
ranged for effect, there was, as usual, strong
competition. The prizes went to Miss Fay,
Mrs. E. M. Gill, \V. J. Clemson, Estate of
John C. Chaffin, and E. L. Lewis in order
named. Miscellaneous displays of roses
were made by Dr. C. G. Weld, W. C. Winter,
Mrs. E. M. Gill, Mrs. E. A. Wilkie, F. J.
Rca, and Mrs. Henry L. Foote. The last-
named lady, who is an enthusiastic amatevtr
grower at Marblehead, showed a stand of
about 100 varieties of teas and hybrids teas,
all grown in the open, an interesting and
very suggestive exhibit. A special class
might well be allotted to this section, another
year. Their persistent blooming qualities
should make them very popular. M. H.
Walsh had a dozen fine plants of Lady Gay,
which were much admired.

William Whitman, M. Sullivan, gardener,
took first and second for 18 vases of sweet
Williams, Anthony McLaren being third.
Peonies were largely shown and divided
honors with roses in the estimation of many
visitors. T. C. Thuriow, E. J. Shaylor, Mrs.
E. W. Gill, A. F. Estabrook, and George
Hollis all had fine displays. Mr. Hollis had
some very promising seedlings. Three of
these. No's 60, 95, and 96, received honorable
mention. Julius HeurUn had a beautiful
collection of hardy perennials. W. Whit-
man and F. J. Rea also had dis])lays of these
popular garden plants. Mrs. J. L. Gardner,
William Thatcher, gardener, had a collection
of campanula medium in pots. R. J.
Farquhar & Co. loaned numerous palms for
decorating the hall. H. A. Dreer and Robert
Cameron had fine tanks of a<iuatics, those
from Harvard Botanic Gardens showing the
hardy varieties, those of H. A. Dreer includ-

ing both hardy and tender. Among the
tender varieties displayed were the Lily of
the Amazon, Victoria Trickeri, bud and
flower; the new day-blooming nympha:a,
Pennsylvania, color rich blue; O'Marana,
immense flowers of fine pink; Dentata mag-
nificata, large, pure white; Mrs. C. W. Ward,
rosy-pink; and Wm. Stone, beautiful violet-
blue. Of the hardy varieties the tuberosa
Richardsoni, Wm. Doogue, James Brydon,
MarUacea flammea, tuberosa rosea, and
Robinsoni were very noticeable. J. W.
Howard received honorable mention for
Salvia Sclarea, color a rich royal purple.

The strawberry display was very good,
seeing the berries had hardly seen the sun
for a week. The principal prize winners
were G. F. Wheeler, I. E. Coburn, George
V. Fletcher, John Ward, Miss S. B. Fay,
and Samuel H. Warren. In the Theodore
Lvman class for four quarts of any variety,
George V. Fletcher won with splendid Mar-
shalls, Miss Fay, second, and John Ward,
third, with same variety, A. W. Clark,
fourth, with Cardinal, a very promising new
variety. Marshall was once more the most
largely shown. Sample seemed to come
next in popular favor, followed by Minute
Man, Glen Mary, and Brandywine. Sena-
tor Dunlap seenied to be popular wth the
market growers. Some rather good new-
sorts were shown. N. B. White took first
in the novelty class with Seedling ; A. W.
Clark, second with Cardinal; George V.
Fletcher had the best cherries, and W. ('.
Winter was first for grapes with well-colon il
Black Hamburghs.

There was a splendid display of season il .1
vegetables. For best collection arranged loi
effect W. W. Rawson, E. L. Lewis, and \\
J. Clemson took the prizes. Other pn^e
winners in the various classes in addition to
those named, were — W. Heustis & Son
George D. Moore, Edward Parker, .A h
Hartshorn, W. Whitman, I. E. Coburn, and
J. J. Lyons. Winning lettuces were Deacon,
black seeded Tennis Ball, and Immensity.
Gradus was the champion pea. We were
glad to see the ArUngton growers coming
once more to the front, and regaining in
some measure the laurels wrested from them
by the skilful Taunton and Worcester ex-
hibitors during the past few years.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS'
CLUB OF BOSTON

The picnic to be held at Randolph Grove
on July 25, promises to be a great success.
The special committee appointed to prepare
a program of sports and games consists of
J. W. Duncan, W. A. Riggs, F. E. Pahiier,
and Duncan Finlayson. There will be con-
tests to suit every one, and the ladies and
children will not be forgotten. Already
some of the members are in training for the
events.

A delegation will visit WilUam Sim, of
Cliftondalc, on July i . A corcUal invitation
is extended to those who are not club mem.
bcrs to attend and enjoy this field day
Leave North Union Station at 1 155 o'clock.

LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

The rose and strawberry show by this
society on June 22 was an attractive affair.
The exhibitions of perennials by Mrs. John
E. Parsons and Miss Adele Kneeland were
particularly noticeable and received awards.
Special diplomas were given to Lager &
Hurrell, of Summit, N. J., for a display of
orchids, to W. D. Curtis for a vase of poppies
and to Mrs. R. Winthrop for carnations.
Charies Lanier, H. H. Cook, John Sloane,
William D. Sloane, Morris K. Jessup, and
Giraurd Foster made prominent displays and
received the majority of prizes. James T.
Scott of Tarrylown, and John AroUne, were
the judges.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIA-
TION

The twenty-third annual convention of the
American Seed Trade Association is now but
a happy and pleasant memory to all who
were fortunate enough to be present. In
point of attendance, enthusiasm, and impor-
tance of business transacted, as well as the
entertainment feature, this convention will
rank with the most successful the Associa-
tion has ever held. .Mexandria Bay, in the
heart of the Thousand Islands, was the place
chosen for the convention, and no more ro-
mantic or beautifijl spot could have been
selected.

The convention opened at 10.30 Tuesday
morning, June 20, President C. M. Page in
the chair. The first business was the elec-

W. H. Grenell, President-Elect

tion of new members, and the following
names were added to the rolls — -Darch &
Hunter, London, Ont.; The Hogg-Lytle Co.,
Mariposa, Ont.; O. H. Dickinson, Springfield,
Mass.; H. C. Bassler, Waterioo, Neb.; The
Planters' Seed Co., Springfield, Mo.; F. Wil-
liams, Belleville, N.Y.; W. A. Denison, EUis-
Inirg, N.Y.; William Ewdng, Montreal, Can.

Then came the president's address, which
dealt with the objects and growth of the
association. He enumerated the benefits
derived in the matters of reduced postage
and express rates, and reviewed the work
accomphshed by various committees. Mayor
Delaney welcomed the visitors to .Mexandria
Bay. After this came one of the many treats
of the meeting, an address by Major J. H.
Durham, descriptive of the St. Lawrence
region. In the afternoon the members and
their friends were entertained by Mr. Grenell
with a steamer ramble among the islands.
An evening session was held at which the
pa])crs of L. L. Morse, WilUam Henry Maule,
and C. L. Allen were read and discussed.

Wednesday morning was given up to busi-
ness and resulted in the election as officers
of W. H. Grenell, Pierrepont Manor, N.Y.,
president; L. L. May, St. Paul, Minn., first
vice-president; G. B. McVay, Birmingham,
Ala., second vice-president; and re-election
of C. E. Kendel, secretary-treasurer. An
informal ballot was taken on the place of
next meeting, and San Jos^, Cal., received
the largest vote.

\ banquet Wednesday evening, given
jointly by Mr. Grenell and The Grossman, a
steamer ramble Thursday afternoon as guests
of A. T. Ferrell, of Saginaw, Mich., and a
searchlight ramble Thursday evening closed
the meeting. The generous hospitality of
Mr. GreneU was most heartily appreciated

July i, 1905

HORTICULTURE

and he was the recipient of many lordi
expressions of gratitude and good will.

A'pleasant feature of the convention \\\
the attendance and participation of rejin
sentatives of the Secretary of Agriculture i
the j)roceedings.

Mrs. Page and Mrs. Grenell, wives of tl
president and president-elect were i^rcsenti
with tokens of esteem by the friends and a(
mirer.s of themselves ' and their pupuh
husbands.

FUTURE EVENTS

The North Shore Horticultural Society
have postponed the rose show at Manchester,
Mass., until July 6.

The Morris County Gardener's and Flor-
ists' Society have prepared an attractive
schedule for their tenth annual show, which
is to take place on October 26 an<l 27 at
Madison, N. J.

ROSES

e the 1 '.ardei
ston, by M.

Mr. President and members of the Gar-
deners', and Florists' Club of Boston:

I thank you most heartily for the honor
you confer by inviting me to speak a feu
words to you this evening on rose growing.
The subject is one which you are all familiar
with, being either professional gardeners or
florists, or both. It will, of course, be old
and somewhat dry; so much has been said
and written I feel there is nothing new I can
speak of, and at most my remarks this even-
ing can only recall to your memory what
many of you learned in your apprenticeship
in other lands. There is no secret in the
growing of garden roses. The fundamental
principles of growing roses as taught and
practised forty-live years ago in England
that being as far as my memory serves me,
hold good to-day; while we have to modify
to some extent owing to cUmatic conditions,
the salient and most important essentials
apply to rose growing in the open ground
here.

The question of soils, pruning, and all
relating to roses at that time was discussed
through the Gardeners' Chronicle and Shir-
ley Hibbard's Floral World. This book I
peruse with a great deal of pleasure. It
was comparatively a new subject. Some
new varieties had been originated since 1845,
when the old rose La Reine was first discov-
ered, and this rose was the first break of the
new class called hybrid perpetuals or hybrid
remontants. This class multipliiil viry
rapidly after i860; while at thai d.iir tin-
varieties numbered only about twi iii\ Iim-
or thirty, to-day they run into the liiiiidrnl.'~.
Many which were grown at that time arc
displaced by superior kinds. It is a most
encouraging sign to see an increased interest
throughout the country. While I cannot
expect to tell you anything but wliat \i>n
already know, it may interest you liy recall-
ing pleasant recollections.

There are several phases and aspects in
the successful growing of roses. In order
to grow fine roses each one must be i losely
observed. Neglect or failure to carefully
attend to the requirements of this llower
will manifest itself in the appearance of the
plants. They will speak for themselves, as it
were, and will make evident to the familiar
and keen observer whether they have re-
ceived the proper treatment and so forth,
for their best growth and development.

Table Decor.^

AT Banquet to Rose Society Visitors, Hai

See page 967, June 24

The important essentials are soil, location,
quality of stock, pruning, watering, guarding
against insects, fungus and mildew, hoeing,
etc. All these contribute to the health and
vigor of the rose plants. Neglect or failure
to attend to them will show to a greater or
less degree, as they all- combine to make the
perfect rose.

That hardy roses will grow in ordinary
garden soil cannot be questioned, providing
drainage, location, and so forth are right.
The quality of the flowers, however, will be
just in proportion to the culture they receive.

Hybrid perpetual roses deUght to grow and
thrive best in a stiff loam. A little clay
mi.xed in the soil is beneficial; this retains
moisture and keeps the soil cool. Good
drainage is an important factor, as roses will
not thrive satisfactorily in cold, stagnant

soil; therefore drainage should be provided
if the subsoil is not porous to leach away
surplus water. It is not during the growing
season, however, with our usually hot, dry
summers, that improper drainage affects the
health of the plants but in the early .spring
when growth should take place; the ]>lanls
will show the effects having winter kilKd
badly and being loath to start. This is < ,1 iim d
by cold, wet ground — probably the n.nis i-iv
cased in ice during the past two- months.
Therefore, while this seems a small matter, it
is one of the essentials which should not In'
overlooked as this contributes largely to the
health of the plants. Roses do not hke
cold toes.

LiM ation is another important essential to
the |iro]ier growth of roses, an exposure from
.south-east to south-west being the ideal spot.
The early morning sun is most beneficial, as
the plants make more growth from sunrise
to 8 A. M. in the open than during the rest
of tlie day. A spot sheltered from the strong
winds and fully exposed to the sun should be
( hosen to get the most satisfactory results.

It is needless for me to remark that rcses
arc gross feeders, and that means good, rich
soil. The plants will tell vou the condition
nf the soil. If in good soil,\vell cultivated —
liy that is meant watered when necessary,
kic]iing from insects, fungus, and mildew —
the foliage will be luxuriant and strong and
a pleasure to look at; if, on the other hand,
lb' .'.vth is Weak and the foliage more

VI ! ' ili.m green, it would denote poor soil,
l"ii ii. linage, or both; or lack of sufficient
pl.iiii UnA, The keen observer quickly de-
■ondition and, of course, takes
jIv the remed\-.

ts ihi

(To be conti

ued.l

of Nurserymen

riu- Chicago Florists' Club gave a ban-
quet and convention rally at Hotel Bismarck
on k'riday, June 3, at 7.^0 P.M. President
J. C. Vaughan of the S. A. F. related what
h<- saw of interest to flori.=ts on his western
tri|i. Special invitations were extended to
the club members and their friends.

H ORTICULTURE

July i, 1905

HARTFORD FLORISTS' CLUB
Report oj Committee on Window-box, Porch,
and Veranda Gardening
[Continued from last week's issue]
We have spoken of the influence that
parks have in any city on the public in
general, now let us consider what the influ-
ence will be by the introduction of window,
porch, and roof-gardening into the busy,
monotonous Ufe of a city. lm;igine window
and veranda-boxes loaded with foliage and
flo%vers on our schoolhouses, municipal, and
business buildings and residences, vines
growing over windows and hanging down
over window-sills and balustrades. What a
beautiful sight, worthy of a beautiful, pro-
gressive city. Imagine window-boxes in all
their glory of spring and summer flowering
plants, not only screening the unsightliness
of rows of tenement windows, but giving
them from the in and outside the cheerful,
cozy appearance, which plant hfe alorie can
produce. Imagine the pleasure and joy of
those under whose painstaking care the seeds
are germinating to a scedUng, the seedhng
to a fuU-grown plant, the plant producing
the flowers, and imagine the pleasure those
flowers give to all, and the feelings _ and
sentiments they will in their turn germinate
and bring into Ufe amongst those people
who, in the pursuance of their daily hard
labor, are not so fortunate as to know of the
pleasures of those that have their garden
and yards.

Imagine the good seed that will be sown
into the hearts of the children of those
crowded tenement districts — a seed that is
bound to take root; for the soil in all human
hearts is more or less ahke, and it depends
upon the. cultivation whether the seed en-
trusted to said soil will grow to be a useful
plant. Everything that can be done to create
healthy, joyful life for the human race should
be advanced, through a continued and united
efl'ort of all citizens of a community.

We horticulturists, florists, and gardeners,
following a time-honored profession, should
look upon our calUng not only from a pecuni-
ary, commercial point of view, but we should
take pride in the well-proven fact that our
accomplishments and our labors of progress
in our noble profession are bringing more
universal and wholesome enjoyment to the
human race in general than almost any
other profession, and we should do every-
thing within our power to further the good
work which is within our reach.

The cultivaUon of taste, understanding
and love for plants and flowers means the
advancement of the people to a full appre-
ciation of our achievements, and with said
appreciation will come the commercial re-
muneration, which we are deserving by fol-
lowing such principles. The method of
bringing those desirable conditions about
are surely not as difficult as they may appear
to be. In fact, we beUeve that the florists
are mostly to blame that window-box, porch
and veranda gardening is not further ad-
vanced than it is to-day. We beUeve that
if the commercial florists would have com-
pleted window-boxes for sale, from the least
expensive up to the most elaborate, there
would be a ready sale for them within a very
few years. We believe that if the profes-
sional organizations all over the country
would pubUsh through the jjublic press,
articles giving plain instructions and descrip-
tions how to proceed in this and other lines
of horticultural and floricultural advance-
ment, a general awakening to those desirable
improvements would soon show itself to the
benefit of the community in general, and
the business interests of the florists in the
end.

Wishing to practise what we want to
teach, the following plain instructions and
information for the people who may wish
to make a trial in window, porch, and roof
gardening, may be of use:

Window-bo.xes are easily constructed and
can be made at a smaU expense. Taking
ordinary spruce or pine boards for the con-
struction, the box should be made the length
of the windows' width, 6-S inches wide and
as deep. A box 3 J feet long would there-
fore take about 12 feet of lumber, which
would cost about 35 cents. The cost of
labor, nails, and two coats of paint should
not be more than that much again, and the
result would be a very plain and well-con-
structed, durable box at a cost of 70 cents.
The box must have six J-inch holes in the
bottom, which should be covered with
broken pots, stones, or something that will
prevent the falUng out of the soil, but still
provide drainage. It vrill take about one
bushel of good composted soil to fill the box,
which coilid be deUvered by any florist for
50 cents. The soil should be rich, com-
posed in the main of rotted turf mixed
with well-decomposed cow manure, leaf-
movfld, and a httle sand. Now the box is
ready for planting. Suppose the box was
already on band in the fall, it could be
planted, say in December, with tulips, hya-
cinths and crocuses; planting the bulbs about
3 inches deep and keeping the box in a cool
room or cellar with a fairly good light.
Where the proper locaUty is not available,
however, it will be rather diflicult to obtain
good results, as the bulbs are apt to grow
too quick, stretching towards the Ught and
coming into bloom before they could be
safely put outdoors. The box could, how-
ever,' be placed at the inside of the window,
and you would have your bulb display in-
doors; as the bulbs will not require too
much watering, same could be given without
damage to floors or furniture, besides a tin
or zinc box on the in or outside of the wooden
box would take care of that.

A box of the size herein described would
take fifteen tuUps, for the back row, ten
hyacinths 'for the middle row, and about
ten crocuses for the front and side rows.
Daffodils, jonquils, snow-drops, etc., could,
of course, be grown in such boxes.

After the bulb display is over, the bulbs can
be taken up, and pansies, forget-me-nots, and
daisies can be planted. A good effect would
be to have the forget-me-nots in the back
towards the window, the pansies in front
of them, and a border of daisies in same
position in which we had the crocuses. Ten
forget-me-nots, fourteen pansies, and twenty
daisies will fill the box nicely.

By about June the first it is time to estab-
hsh the summer planting, and for that purpose
we have an almost inexhaustible variety of
plants, and effects are obtainable by proper
selection of them to suit all tastes.

The following planting Usts for window-
boxes may be of use:

1. Cost of plants for one box $2.25: two
Pennisetum RuppeUanum, three heUotropes,
two calendulas, four sweet alyssums, four
geraniums, two Cobaja scandens, two mauran-
dyas, two Centaureas gymnocarpa, and two
fuchsias.

2. Cost of plants for one box $3.00.
Plants: one Dracana indivisa, six geraniums,
four petunias, four Vinca minor variegata,
four German ivy, two fuchsias, two coleus,
two verbenas, six begonia Vernon, two mar-
guerites, two nasturtiums, and two lobelias.

3. Cost of plants for one box, $5.00.
Plants: two Phoenix canariensis, four crotons,
two geraniums, two fuchsias, four Abutilon
Saritzii, six fancy begonias, four Vinca minor
variegata, four German ivy, and two Abutilon
Eclopes.

Other plants besides those mentioned in
these three planting lists are, salvias, ager-
atums, hydrangeas, acliyranlhes, mignonette,
dwarf cannas, gladiolus, tuberoses, zinnias,
marigolds, stocks, etc., etc. The same
plants are of course also suitable for vases,
baskets and tubs. This means well-filled
boxes giving immediate effect. Planting

thinner means of course a saving and a good
complete effect later in the season.

The boxes herein just described are such
as would naturally require the planting
material to be furnished by the gardener
or florist, and as plain as they are constructed
and as reasonable as are the prices, consider-
ing the class of planting material used, they
are above the means of the poorer classes
of people Uving in the crowded tenement
districts. Just as well, however, as boxes
can be made more elaborate both in con-
struction and in planting for people of larger
means, so can also much cheaper boxes be
made and planted, bringing them within the
means of even the very poor. Where there
is a will there is a way. The man or woman
proud of their home, can nail a box together
of almost any kind of liunber, fill it with
loam from a garden or the fields and fill
same with annuals by planting seeds. Not
counting the cost of self-provided labor,
such a box can be made and filled vrith soil
for 25 cents or less, and the seed itself will
be still less expensive.

Such seed-boxes can be sown outdoors,
beginning first week in April, and the fol-
lowing seeds can be used: petunias, nastur-
tiums, zinnias. Phlox Drummondii, sweet
balsams, portulacca, scabiosa, marigolds,
morning glory, asters, candytuft, co.xcombs,
godetias, poppies, snap-dragons, violas, etc.,
etc.

Each seed package gives information as
to height of plant, color of flowers, time of
blooming, and instructions for sowing, so
that it will be an easy matter for any one
to form proper combinations of plants. A
box can be planted with one showy variety
alone or with a combination of suitable
varieties, and the cost of seeds for one box
of one variety will be 5 cents, and for five
varieties, 25 cents; but the five packages
in the latter case will furnish enough seeds
for five boxes. Therefore window-garden-
ing is within the reach of all.

To our brother florists and gardeners,
especially the commercial men, we would
earnestiy make the foUowing recommenda-
tions:

First: To keep up to the times by growing
and introducing such plants as are well
adapted for such work, giving due recog-
nition to aU deserving varieties and novelties.

Second: To encourage this Une of garden-
ing by having some window-boxes taste-
fully planted on exhibition in front of their
stores, ready for sale.

Tliird: To set the price for those plants
at as low a basis as possible, so as to bring
them within the reach of all.

Combined efforts along those lines will,
we beUeve, result in a general adoption of
window-gardening, will bring happiness to
numberless homes, and help to beautify your
city in no small degree — and that all to the
ultinjate benefit and satisfaction of the flor-

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
PROJECTED

I'imil Bucttncr, Park Ridge, 111., is ex-
tending three of his old houses 129 feet each.

Poehlmann Bros,, Morton Grove, 111., have
unikr construction another large adcUtion to
their plant, 7 houses, each 27X195, to be
devoted to roses.

THE GLASS SITUATION

Greenhouse glass has been moving very
rapidly during the past few weeks, and
stocks in the hands of manufacturers and
jobbers are lower than in years for this
season. Factories are closed for the sum-
mer, and our advice to those who contem-
plate using glass during the summer or early
fall is to get their orders in at once and save
money, as everything points to higher prices
very shortly.

July i, 1905

HORTICULTURE

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

The market has lii-cn quite
BOSTON active this week, owing to the
many orders rccei\'e<l from wed-
dings and graduations. Jacqueminot roses
have had a good demand. Beauties have
been plentiful, but rose.s in general are mil-
ilewed and mucli fault-finding is expressed
by buyers, (tarnations have been ri'ceived
in large quantities and the quality has been
exceptionally good for tliis time of year.

The past week has been verv
BUFFALO satisfactory from a bu.sine.s's
standpoint, every day being
a "hustle" from Monday until Friday. The
school cominencements were on, together
with weddings, and much floral work in evi-
dence, caused a good rush and hustle for a
few days among all the retailers, (iood
prices prevailed, considering the amount of
stock handled during the week, while the
supply was twice as large as at previous
seasons. More carnations, ro.ses, and other
flowers were to be had, and no doubt all
growers will be satisfied with returns, save
those who shipped piEonies the first pari of
the week. The .sui)ply on dark colors was
too abundant and they were a draf^ up lo
Friday, when a little Ufe seemed lo strike,
and something was reaUzed by selling in
larnr c|uantiiirs. White and light pink were
rallur s. a k . , the latter .selling rapidly.
Beauties and selected stock were good sellers,
and the demand strong, but there was not a
very large supply of Liberties. Beauties of
all grades went, even the small buds. Sweet
peas were of a poor quality, while lily of the
valley found a good market. Southern
GlacHolis are being received, but the distance
shows the effect on the flowers. Iris is com-
ing in good' quantity and quality, and so far
has sold well, while smila.x ancl green stock
is in good supply.

The cut-flower trade displayed
CHICAGO unusual activity the past week
in all its branches, in syiite of
the fact that there was no extra demand
by the city trade. The moving cause for
this exhibition of energy was school-closing
week. There was only one factor to oper-
ate against the general better tone of the
trade, quality was lacking. Few choice teas
were on the market. There was a good de-
mand for anything of quality, and those who
were fortunate enough to have roses answer-
ing that description sold their stock almost
as soon as buyers sighted it. Under a light
supply, American Beauties continue their
upward trend and sales on fancy stock at
S4 per dozen are frequent. PEEonifs were
given excellent support. The cut of N. C.
Moore & Co. is exceptionally fine. Carna-
tions are in shorter supply and registered an
advance on any which showed quality.
Boston Market is the local favorite and the
best white for all purposes. Sweet peas
galore. Vaughan & Sperry have the largest
supply of fancy sorts; over 20,000 are re-
ceived daily. Demand steady. Lilies are
in suflScient supply. Lily of the valley
is cleaned up daily. A great variety of out-
door stock is offered. N. C. Moore & Co.
are the first to cut Cosmos and Clifford
Burton, the fine yellow dahlia. Asters are
promised in two weeks. The best ferns in
Chicago are handled by our advertisers.
Out-door grown Ulium candidum is arriving
from Michigan and a fair demand exists
therefor.

Theo. Wirth of Hartford, Conn., stopped
over from a trip to Minneapolis, Minn., and
wll attend the Park Superintendents' con-
vention at Buffalo.

Business the past week can-
LOUISVILLE not be said to be disap-
pointing, for no one is
looking for an active market. The extreme
warm weather, approaching the hundred
mark, has had a stagnant effect upon trade.
The quality of roses and carnations is
below the standard, but there is an abundant r
of both. Sweet peas are the stand-by, and
fail in neither quality nor .supply, in fart, it
might be said they are the only cut flowrr
for which there is an active demand. Lilies
can be olilained, but the supply is small.

With the elimination of the
NEW YORK greatest share of outdoor

flowers, roses, carnations,
and lilies are reaching a higher level in price
than has been the case for some time. The
quality is generally poor, but any advance,
no matter if it be only for a few days, is
welcome to the grower.

The first three days of this

PHILA- week w'ound up any extra

DELPHIA business for this season. There

were a few weddings, com-
mencements, etc., which made quite a Utile
extra demand, especially on roses, carnations,
and sweet peas. The business generally
dropped off the latter part of the week.
Stock is not so good either in quantity or
quality. Rose growers generally are re-
planting, and on that account roses will be
somewhat scarce. There are a few very
good Brides and Maids coming in from a
cooler cHmate. The local stock of roses is
very poor. There are some good Beauties
coming from local growers, also some excel-
lent Kaiserins, which are bringing from S4
to $6 per 100, with a few specials at $8.
American Beauties are still selling well, and
are easily the favorite roses in good work.
The quaUty of sweet peas is poor, and they
are selling very slow, hardly realizing enough
to pay for the picking. Lily of the valley is
moving fairly well.

Greens are selling slow. Quantity about
normal. A few asters are coming in, but
not of very good quaUty, nor in large quan-
tities. Prospects are there will be an abund-
ant supply this summer as growers generally
have planted heavily. Petunias for funeral
work are selling well, and bringing nomi.ii
prices.

Vaughan & Sperry, abundance of lavende
and yellow sweet peas. Also fine campanula
double, lavender and purple.

N. C. Moore & Co., dahha ClitTord Eur
ton and Cosmos.

J. A. Budlong, fancy Boston Market car
nation.

A. L. Randall Co., Lilium candidum.

E. F. Winterson Co., carnation Hario
warden and fancy perennials.

Benthey-Coatsworth Co., water-lilies.

E. H. Hunt, fancy pseonies and Kaiserin
roses.

E. C. Amling, fine shell-pink sweet peas.

In a communication deahng with the de-
pendence of trade upon the salesman, V. S.
Consul Harris at Mannheim, Germany, re-
marks that in fertility of resource to avcjid
delays in forwarding merchandise, in ful-
filling contracts, setting up machinery, etc.,
the American salesman has no su])erior, and
that a good salesman would have a mowing
machine hauled 20 miles at night rather than
disappoint a fanner to whom it w'as prom-
mised on a given day.

GOOD MEN

When yon need Rnoil men,
okillecl or unskilleil, write:

thos. h.
Bambrick

34 South 7th St., Philadelphia

FOR SALE

A plant consisting of three houses i8x 100 ; two
houses 10x100; one house i2xijo, and office
12 .\ 16. Only built two years. Cypress bars and
glazed with 16x24 glass. Houses reaciv lor planl-
-* "■ -'' ' '.' liuffalo.

'I-, Land

f; state!

Paved street fr<

I MtAI W A\TKll-HolI,Tinder, whose

ill first-class Iiorticultural business, where' he
.f service in buying Dutch bulbs and other
iroducts in Europe. Only first-class houses
ly. -Address giving geneial particulars and
, A. M. IM. care of HOR 1 ICL L-
lilton Place, Boston.

SITUATION WANTED — Long experience in
t.door gardening and thorough knowledge of laying
t large estates and general landscape work. Address,
R.care HORTICULTURE, ii Hamilton Place,

WA N LED - Young man to take charge of carnatio
ouses. IVIust furnish references. Situation will b
pen September ist. Address \, care of HORTl

iCAVEATS, TRADE MARKS,

COPYRICHTS AND DESIGNS.

'Cton,

—tty'a fee not due ontit patent

' la Becored. PERSONAL ATTENTION orVEN— 19 YEAiia ^
AOTHAL EXPERIENCE. Book "How toobtaln Patenta," <
— — ' --' Patenta procured through E. G. Slggera j
al notfce, without charge, in tlie !

ilNVENTIVE ACE

JlUufltrated monthly— Eleventh year— ti

The Best Value of a
High Grade

SIGN

sii.-ii~Mn,l 1 \l;i 1 1- M-.. rin.eSavini,-

N. STAFFORD CO.

07 Pulton .Street, NEW YOPtt

In writing to advertisers,

H ORTI CULTU RE

July i, 1905

New Crop Beauties

FINE COLOR
GOOD CLEAN FOLIAGE

Tffi LEO NIESSEN CO.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
1217 Arch St., • PHILADELPHIA

VALLtl CHOICE

Our stock of Valley is considered the
best in the country.

Samuel S. Pennock

[.4»IIIMT «1-

Cut Flowers

SHIPPED TO ALL POINTS

N, F. McCarthy & Go.

8-i HAW LEV ST.
Tel. Main 5173 BOSTON

Hardy cu tpagggr g^d fancy

ERNS

$1.50 per 1000

Green and bronze Galax, i I per 1000

lt"'.o, flGRISTS' SUPPLIES 'cV:.%

H. M. Robinson &Co.

Boston, Mass.

E. H. HUNT

Wholesale

Cut flowers

'THE OLD RELIABLE"

76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO

WILLIAM J. BAKER

WHOlJi.SAI.R I4M So. I'enn. Sq .

FLORIST I'HILA.

CARNATIONS

Sweet Peas, Lilies of the

Vallev

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 - TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fan. A Sp.
" Extra

No.

Mete

Carnot and Kaisenn

Golden Gate 1 Best

Ivory [ Medium .

Chatenay ) Culls....

CARNATIONS

Fancy Class

General Class

ORCHIDS

Cattleyas

BULBOUS

Lily of the Valley .

Stocks

Daffodils

Callas

l.TOO to 20.00
10.00 to 12. .Wt
fi.OO to 8.00

12.60 to 20.00

35.00 to .'M.OO

25.00 to 60.00

■25.00 to .50.00

2.00 to

.50 to

10.00 to

6.00 to 8.00

.00 to .WOO

PHILADELPHIA CUT FLOWER CO.

I,SU>-15KS SANSOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA

KAIZERIN, CARNATIONS, SWEET PEAS

store Closes at 6 P.M. from June loth to Sept. I6tli Daily except Saturday at 1 P./Vl,

I writing to advertiser;

EVERYTHING IN

CUT FLOWERS

"..™!0OOD|Ef.r'

EDWARD REID

I ,■526 RANSTEAD ST. - PHILADELPHIA

CHflS.W.McKELLaR

51 WABASH AVE. CHICAGO

Western Headquarter.s for Choice Orchids
Valley Violets and all Cut riowers

A Daily Shipment
Prom 40 to 60 Growers

PETER REINBERG

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWERS

51 Wabash Ave. Chicago, III.

HORTICULTURi:

0C>OOOOC>OC>OOC>C>OC>C>C^C>C>C>?>C>?>C>C>OO'2C>

ROSES

fc5

as;, AS A l.i:.\l>l.l: "«■ nir.i- INC I.H .ions, ll,.- Iihi.iom-.I <;..!, hn <l:ll.-, .ol,,!- la, ,•»

!^ sup.-iior aii.l iKlter sliiip.-.l ll.iw<r, in aJ-iiiili pots at .*2r. ; a-iii al »W

^ »15 per 1000 ^

bg( For immediate removal we offer a limitpil niiml>er of Bood rleaii li.iillli\

!^j plants at extremely low prices as wc arc in need of the space tliey ...■.■iip\ iQ

^ Uncle Jolin, :i4-ineli, Sj'.MI ^s'sMO !&

sag. Uncle John, K-ineh, ,i.00 ir..00 X*

W! Bridesmaid, 3-ineli, a.50 30.()0 «9'

i CARNATIONS, 100,000 Pield Grown S

I.awson (rink) Nelson Fishi
Boston Market Crusader
Roo8eveIt

Our i>li

"■■'■" "' "■" '■" ""■■ ^

.V"«e. -@

We sliall begin making deliveries tlie latter part of July at w lii.li tiiiie ©

our stock will lie in the best possilde shape to ship. /^

■s liMiiislu-d upon appli<;iti..n. also iili.n h liliiii; kiiiill.v stale « b.ii st.i. U _

Hi.' all st.i. k I iti A I <'()N1>M l< >N . tj

J. A. BUDLONG

37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO

"""^"""Cut Flowers I

GROWER

^ «d tdj^ id id id td a id td id O td «d id id id td id id id id <d id id 4d ^ td

L.k^ FANCY OR DAGGF.R FFRNS

s-s^

#^ :

>,'f'-

Mil I INCTON MASS J

WILLIAM J. BOAS & CO.

...MANUFACTURERS OF...

Folding Flower Boxes

No. 1042 RIDGE AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA

Write for Price I.ial and SiiinpleB

In writing to advertisers, mention Huktu n ttrb

H.Bayersdorfer&Co.

50-56 North 4th Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Florists' Supplies

^ Florists Out of Town

^ Taking Order.s for Flowers to

^ be Delivered to dteamers or

'^ Elsewhere in New York can

have them delivered in
-J PLAIN BOXES, WITH OWN

l\ TAGS in best manner by

J; Young & Nugent

|i A2 W. 25th Street, New York

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street
WASHINQTON, D. C.

FRED C.WEBER

FLORIST

olix^i^^ItI^eet ST. LOUIS, MO.

feOSTON FLORIST LETTER Co!1

L»a\ with tlrst ord< r of nOO lett

HI kletleis ijori inch size i er lOO $2
'^ r pt letttis t I asteiier witli each
mmr ur woru. useu Dy leading norisis
iveiywhere and for sale by all wholesale
liiiists and supply dealers.
N. r. MCCARTHY, Treas. and Manager

84 Hawley St., BOSTON, M.VSS.

Long experience gives us an intimate
knowledge of the field. Your advertis-
ing is safe with HORTICULTURE.

^ H

K THIS IS FOR YOU |j

M "-"■="■• """■"•v^.^uT;:i!:^,;m„^;:' '-■ "■" W

I VAUCHAN & SPERRY |

R Phone (inlral 2:i7l (><) W.ihash Ave, ( HICAGO jfl

Gardenia ^S"

All up-to-date Florists are laying in a stock
of the above. Choice blooms being always in
demand at fancy prices. Extra strong, bushy
plants, 4-inch pots, $6.00 per doz.; $45.00
per 100. 25 at JOO rate.

Arthur T. Boddington

342 West 14th St., NEW YORti

H O R T I C U L T U R i:

FRANK MILLANC

Wholesale Commission Florist

CO0(iAN BUlLDINd

55=57 VV. 26th Street, New ^orl<

Tel. 29Q Madison Sq. Open 6 A..M. to s P.M.

FANCY FERNS

SI.OO Pl.R WOO Uiscounl on rejiilar <liipmenl»

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange

.M. iJlLfiKR. Ma

FORD BROS.

48 West 28th Street, New York

Fine Roses

Fancy Carnations

A full line of all CUT FLOWERS
Telfpluine, .{S70 i»r .iSTl :>l;iili^i.ii Smiar.-

JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist '^^l^islSi^ls^''

A full line of Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes. Comprises every variety
grown for New York market, at current prices

TEL. 1098 MA11IS0N 501ARE 49 W. 28 St., New York City

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Commission Dealer in

Choice Cut flowers

JULIUS LANC

Wholesale Plorist

Consignments received, sold well and
returns made promptly

.»:» \\ K»T :tOtli J*X. !\EW Y«»nK

'I'elephnne, z8o Madison Sq .

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND CO.

CUT PLOWERS

Florists' Supplies and Letters
,^4 Hawlev St. - BOSTON

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORIST

57 West 28th St., New York

FINEST ROSES All Varieties

^ Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Gardenias, Lilies, Ferns, Asparagus, every day in the
year. Everything choice that the market offers

Special Attention to Shipping Orders Teleohones ' ??29 \ '^^'^'^o" Write for Current Prices

elepho

2200 \ Madison

2201 I Square

NEW YORK CUT FLOWER QUOTATIONS

TRADE PRICES Per lOO-TO DEALERS ONLY

Last Hall of Week First Half of Week

endlnc June 24 iKiiionine June 26

1905 1905

Am. Beauty, fan. and sp .

,00 to COO

extra .
Ho.

Meteor .

Jacq

Brunner ...

Camot and Kaiserin .
Golden Gate ) Best .
Ivory 5 Mediu

Chatenay ) Culls

Fancy Class

General Class

4.00
;i.00
15.00
8.00
4.00

oncHins

Cattleyas

Cypripediums

MISCEMAWKOUS

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Adiantum Cuneatum

'* Croweanum

' ' Farleyense

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings . .

" " bunches .

Sprengeri "

Gardenias

lilacs bunches

Ps-onies

Plorists r;:

Taking orders for delivery in
cNs'O^ york City or Vicinity can
ha've them filled in best manner
and specially deli-vered by .."* ^

Thomas Young, Jr.

W. 25th Street

a writing to advertit^ers,

NEW YORK

ALEX. McCONNELL

Wy Pifth Ave., New York City

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canada, and
all principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steam-
ships or elsewhere receive special
attention.

Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 .3Slli .SI.
Cable Address, flLEXCONNELL

John Breitmeyer's
Sons — -

Cor. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVES.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs
High GradeCut Blooms

\\ #• «-over all IVI iriiijjan poiiitft and ^tiod
Kt'i'tiouB of Ohio, Imllana and Canada.

Id writine to advertisers, meution Horticulturb

July i, 1905

H ORTICULTURE

WEILAND I RISCH

LeaditiR Weslern lirowers diid Shippers cif

Cut Flowers

59 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Long Distance Phone Central 879.

Charles Millang

so \\ est 29th St., New ^ oik City

Cut Flowers on Commission

A Ki'lidble Plaic to (onsiqn to or (irdcr from

J. B. MURDOCH & CO.

«Vll<>l<-»ul« riori.ls

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

545 Liberty St., PITTSBURG, PA.

Bonnot Bros.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

55and57\V 26lhSt. NEW YORK

Cut Flower Exchange, xei. 83o Madison Sqi

OPEN 6.00 A.M.

UNEQH*' FD nilTI FT FOR CONSinNFR Fl nw

Red Caraatloa

To be disseminated 1906. Also
line of choicest flower

"Victory"

CUTTMAN

ALEX. J,

WHOLESALE FLORIST

52 WEST 29TH ST. NEW YORK

Telephones 1664.1665 Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.
Tel. ,V»? Madison Sq. NcW York

The RELIABLE HOUSE

JOSEPH S. FENRICH

Wholesale Florist

Consignments Solicited

45 West 30th Street, New York City

Telephone No. 325 Madison Square.

JAMES fl. HAIHIOnF

Wliolesale Commission Florist

T'i,^^.^^^^'ns,. NEW YORK CITY

Consignments receive conscientious and prompt

attention. Highest market price guaranteed.

The finest stock iu the market always on hand

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

WKolesale Florists

Shipping orders supplied with selected, I lowers

at reasonable prices. 5end for circular.

54 W. 28th ST.. SEW YORK

Tel. .VSSO Madison 5quare

REED & I^ELLER

122 W. 25th St., NcwYork, N. Y.

FLORISTS' sijPP

Oalax I.faves anil all necorativo (iri'ens
Agents (or CALDWELL'S PARLOR BRAND WiLD;SMILAX
lilo, writing jo >dvcrtiaers, mention Horticultukk

Ammcn BEAUTIES
QIEEN or EDOELYS

WELCH BROS.

City Hall Cut-Flower Market
1 5 PROVINCE ST., BOSTON

WIETOR BROS.

Wholesale Orowers of

CUT FLOWERS

SIS3 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

J. K. ALLEN

Always Reliable for FLOWERS
CONSIGNED or ORDERS given

''1O6 w! 28t'h Street," New "York

Headquarters in Western New York for

Roses
Carnations

And all kinds of Seasonable Plowers

WM. E. HASTING

Wholesale Commission Florist

Also Dealer in Florl.sts' Supplies

and Wire Designs
3o3-S7 Elllcolt St., Buffalo, N.Y.

lilVEUSATRIAL WE CAN PLEASE vol)

FANCY CARNATIONS
AND ROSES

Pittsburg Cut Elower Co., Ltd.

.104 l-ilmrty Ave., Pittsburg:, !'«■•

ESTABLISHED 1872

JOHN J. PERKINS

WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION FLORl.ST

115 West 30th St., New York

Tel. No. 956 Madison Square

kre the product of establishments that CAN

BE DEPENDED UPON to supply blooms of un.

excelled qualltj EVERY DAV IN THE YEAR.

0001) MATERIAL and at REASONABLE PRICES. Let us hear from you NOW, please.

OUR FLOWERS

We are prepared 10 furnish 0001) MATERIAL and at REASONABL

TRAENDLY & SCHENChi

44 West 25th St. New York Citv

Telephones, 798-'

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES— Per 100 — TO DEALERS ONLY

I CINCINNATI 1 BALTIMORE I BUFFALO I PITTS

I J,NP.7 I -HnH^O ! J-N. 37 I JLN

" No. I andLowergr.

Liberty, fan. and sp

" extra

Carnot and Kaiserin...

Golden Gate ) Best

Ivoryl ! Medium.

ORCHIDS

- Cattleyas

Cypripediums

fSULDOUS

'Lily of the Valley.

Stocks

.Daffodils

Tulips

MISCELLANEOUS

'Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Adiantum Cuneatum

Croweanum

' " Farleyense

Smilax

" "' Sprengeri

Gardenias

r itap. hunches

4.(10

.5.0(

300

■J, 00 to

4.01

6.00

.-•..00

3.00

:i.(io to

'h'.m

i;.(H

,5.(K,

4.00

20.00
.■iO.OO
.MOO

10.00
1.^.00
40,00

horticulture:

List

Advertisers

Pwe
Allen J K 19

Aschmann G 4

Baker Wm. 1 16

BambrickThos.H... 16

Barrows H.H.& Son. 4

Baur Floral Co. 5

BayersdorferH.&Co. 17

" ! W.J. &Co. .. 17

lA.T. ... 17

Bonnot Bros 19

Boston Florist Letter

Co 17

Breck Joseph & Sons

e-23

Breitmeyer'sJ.Sons.. 18

Budlong J. A.. 17

Burpee W. A. & Co. . 6

Chandler B.B.&E. J. 22
Chicago House Wreck-
ing Co 22

Chicago Carnation

Co S

Clucas & Boddington 4

Cooke G.H 17

Coolidge Bros 4

Cottage Gardens. . . .5

Crowl Fern Co 17

llilcer Wm 18

DreerH.A 6-23

DysartR.J 4

Elliott Wm.& Son.... 5

EslerJ.G 22

Ernest W.H 22

Farquhar R. & J. &

Co fl

FenrichJ.S 19

Fletcher F.W .5

Ford Bros IS

Fromow W . & Sons . 5

GhormleyW 18

Grey T.J. &Co. ... 6
Gumey Heating Mfg.

Co 23

Guttman Alei.J 19

Hagemann Wm & Co. 2

Hail Asso 22

Hammond J. A 19

Hatcher J. C .".

Hercndeen Mfg. Co.. 23
Hews A. H. &Co. .. 22

Hiijpard E 23

Hitchings & Co 24

HoranE. C 19

Hunt E.H 4-16

John>lon Heating Co. 2^
Johnson & Stokes 6

KastingW. F. 19

King Construction Co. 23

KloknerA 23

Lmger 8; Hurrell 4

Lang Julius IS

Ix-hniK & Winncfeld . 5

Leuthy A. & Co. ... 4

Lord & Bumham Co. 24

MelropoUtan Material
Co 23

McCarthy N. F. &
Co 16

McConnell Alex IS

Page
McKeUar Charles W.. 16

MichellH.F 6

Michigan Cut Flower

Exchanfie 18

Millang Charles 19

Millang Frank 18

MoningerJ.C 22

Murdoch J. B ISI

Niessen Leo Co 16

Peacock L.K 5

Pennock Samuel S. 16

Percy Chas. W 23

Perkins John J 19

Pierson F. R.Co. ... 2

Pierson-Sefton Co. .. 24

Phila.CutFloOTrCo 16
Jittsburg Cut Flower'

Co 19

Pittsburgh Rose and

Carnation Co 5

Poehlmann Bros. Co.. 2

PyeR.C 5

RawsonW.W. &Co. 6

Raynor John 1 18

Reed & Keller 19

Reid Edward 16

Reinherg Peter 16

Robinson H. M. &

Co... 10

Roehrs Juhus 4

Rolker August & Son 5

Safely Automatic Ven-
tilating & Heating

Co.. 22

Sander & Sons 4

Schillo Lumber Co... 22

ScoUay JohnA 23

Scott John 4

Sharp, Partridge & Co.

Sheridan W.F 18

Siebrecht & Sons 2

SievcrsJ. 11. & Co. . 2

SiggersE.G 15

SkidelskyS.S 5

Stafford N. Co 15

Steams A. T. Lumber

Co 22

Sutherland Geo. A.

Co 18

Suzuki &Iida 4

Sylvester H,H 22

Situations & Wants.. 15

ThorbumJ.M.&Co. 6

Traendly &Schenck 19

Vaughan and Sperry . 17

Vaughan's Seed Store 6

Walsh M.H ..".t^S

Ward J. M 5

Ward Ralph M. Co... 6

Watson, G.C 6

Weber, F.C 17

Weber H. SiSons... 5

Welch Bros il9

Weiland & Risch ... 19

Wietor Bros 19

Winterich C 4

WintersonE, F 16

Yalaha Conservatories 4
Young & Nugent ... 17

Young Thos. Jr 18

Young A. L.& Co. .. 19
/irngiebel D 5

You Need Not Go Outside

THE PAGES or

HORTICULTURE

To find where to get the

Best Flowers and the Best Flo=
rists' Supplies in the Country

Buyers' Directory

and

Ready Reference Guide

READ IT

Advertisements under this head, 10 cents a line.

Regular advertisers in this issue are also listed
under this classification without charge. Reference to
List of Advertisers will indicate the respective pages.

ACCOUNTANT.

Robert J. Dysart, j8 State St . Boston

For page see List of Advertisers.

AOKICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

Tho». J. Grey & Co., 32 S. Market St., Boston
For page see List of Advertisers

For page nee List of Advertisers

ASPARAGUS SEEDLINGS

Yalaha Conservatories. Yalaha, Fla.
For page see List of Advert isers.

BAMBOO STAKES

;uki & lida, 31 Barclay St., New York.
For page see List of .Advertisers.

BEDDING PLANTS.

G. Aschmann, 1012 Ontario St., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIA OLOIRE DE LORRAINI

Julius Roehrs Co . Rutherford, N.J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York
For page see List i

Johnson

Forcing Bulbs.

reck & Sons, 47-54 N. Market St., Bosto

French and Dutch Bulbs.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ucago C
Pla:

CARNATIONS.

o Carnation Co., Johet, lU.
■ Fall delivery
;st of Advertisers.

F. R. Pierson Co. Tarrytown, N.Y.

Variegated Lawson, White Lawson, Daheim, Fiancee

Cardinal, Fred Burki, and Victory.

J. A. Budlong, 37 & 39 Randolph St., Chicago.

Field Grown.

For page see List of Advertisers.

H Weber & Sons, Oakland. Md.

White Carnation, My Maryland.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Coolidge Bros., So. Sudbury, Mass.

The F. W. Fletcher Co., Auburadale, Mass.

Ea?igoId.

For page see List of Advertisers.

COLD STORAGE VALLEY PIPS.

J. M. Thorbum & Co., 36 Cortlandt St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. Hagcmann & Co.. 55 Dey St., New York.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS.

C. Winterich, Defiance, O.
For page see List of Advertisei

DAHLIAS.

L. K. Peacock Inc., Atco, N.J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

List of Advertisers.

FERNS.

A I.euthy & Co Koslindale, Maai
For page see List of Advertiser*.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Ma.ss.
Nephrolepis Barrowsii.
For page see List of Advertisers^ _
F. R. Pierson Co., Tanytown-on-Hudson, N.
Nephrolepis Piersoni Elegantissima.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FERTILIZERS.

W. EUiott & Sons. New York.
Perurian Guano.

For p age see List of Advertisers

E. H. Hunt. 76-78 Wabash Ave.. Chicago.
Bone Meal and Sheep Manure.
For page see Lbt of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

H. M. Robinson & Co- 8-11 Province St.. Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

Boston Florist Letter Co., 84 Hawley St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Alex. McConneU, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Breitmeyer's Sons, Miami & Gratiot Aves.,

Detroit. Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers^

FLOWER POTS.
W. H. Ernest. 28th and M Sts., Washington. D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

A. H. Hew! & Co- Cambridge, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers

For page see List of Advertisers,
m. J Boas & Co., Philadelphia. F
For page see List of Advertisers.

For page see List of Advertis

GLASS.

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Union Place, ChicaEO.
For page see List of Adjerti^crs

Advertiners

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL.
Lord & Bumham Co.. Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y.

See outside cover page

Chicago House Wrecking Co., Chicago. III.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pierson-Sefton Co.. West Side Ave.. Jer

See outside cover page

^ Hitchings & Co. 333 Mercer St.. New York. N Y

_ See outside cover page

Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn. N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers

N.l.

Safety Auto V. & H. R. Co., Uke George. N. Y.

Greenhouse Ventilators.

For page see IJst of Advertisers.

John C. Moninger Co., 111-125 Blackhawk
Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Adam Schillo Lumber Co.
I St. and Hawthorne Ave.. Chicago, III.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE MASON WORK.

HARDY FERNS AND SUPPLIES.

U. Robinion & Co, 8-11 Province St.. Boston.

For page see List of Advertisen.

Caldwell, The Woodsman. Evergreen. Ala.
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS.

HELP.

, 34 S. 7th St, PhiUdelphU, P«.
e see List of Advertisers.

See outside cover page.

HUCKLEBERRY TREE BOUGHS.

Caldwell the Woodsman, Evergreen, Ala.

IMPORTING HOUSES.
St Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay Si, New York
Planla tender or hardy.
For page see List of /

LAUREL FLOWERS.

3wl Fern Co., Millington, Mass.
)r page see List of Advertisers.

LAWN MOWER SHARPENER.

LILIES,
and Cut Bloonu. Hinode Florbt Co., 8th St.
Woodside, N.Y.

LILY BULBS.

J. M. Thorbum & Co,

36 Cortlandt St, New York

For page see List of Advertisers

LILY OF THE VALLEY CROWNS.

Aug. Rhotert, 26 Barclay St, New York.

MASTICA.

Joseph Breck & Son, Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

MUSHROOn SPAWN.

Clucas& Bodd'ngton Co.. 131 \V. 2.3rd St., New York

Pure Culture Spawn.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HORTICULTURE

PATENTS.

E. G Siggers. Washington, D.C.
For page see Lisi of Advertisers

PEERLESS REPAIR CLAMP.

A. Klokncr. Wauwamsa, VVis.
For page see List of /Xdvcrtisers.

■ see Li.st of Adv.

PLANT STAKES.

NICOTIANA SANDER/K.
H. A Dreer, Philadelphia,
Fori

List of Advertisers.

List of Advertisers

Julius Roehra, Rutherford. N.J

Sander. St. Albans, England

Importers, Exporters, Grow(

For page see List of Ad'

For page see List of Advertisers.

RETAIL FLORISTS.

Alex. McConnell, New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES.

M. B. Walsh, Woods Hole. Mass.

Hardv Roses. H T. Roses and Ramblen.

For page see List of Advertisers

[ust Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St, New York.

English-Grown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pochlmc
For

. Co., Morton Grove

ing Roses.

List of Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, 37 & 39 Randolph St., Chicago.
Young Roses.
For page see Lis t of^ Advertisers.

J. M. Ward & Co., Peabody, Mass.

Grafted Slock.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pittsburg Rose & Carnation Co.. Gibsonia, Pa.

Young Stock.
For pa ge see List of Advertisers.

SCOTT FERN.

John Scott. Keap St. Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co.. Philadelphia
For t»ge see List of Advertisers

J. M. Thorbum & Co,
36 Cortlandt St, New York.
For page see L ist of Advertisers.

ToS Sagarminaga, Obispo 66, Habana, Cuba.

Toba cco See d of Cuba.

6 &'iS. Market St., Boston.

: J . Farqul

Aug. Rhotert, 26 Barclay St., New York.

SPRAYING ENGINES

Chas. W. Percy, 212 Summer St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

STEAM TRAP.

VENTILATING APPARATUS.

PiersonSefton Co, West Side Av, Jersey City, N J.

See ouUide cover page

Lord & Btimham Co, IrvingtonKjn-Hudson, N.Y.

See outside cover ptie

"john^A^Scoiiay, 73-75 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, N.Y.

For page see List of Advertisers^

The Chicago Lifter.
J.C. Moninget Co. 412 Hawthorne Ave , Chicago

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.
N. F. McCarthy & Co, 84 Hawley St, Boston.
George A. Sutherland Co., 34 Hawley St, Boston,
Welch Bros, 15 Province St, Boston.
Buffalo.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Wm. F. Kasting, 383-87 EUicott St, Buffalo, N. Y.
Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.
J. A. Budlong, 37 Randolph St., Chicago.
E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago.
Chas. W. McKellar, 51 Wabash Av, Chicago.
Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Av., Chicago.
A. L. RandaU Co, 21 Randolph St, Chicago.
Weiland & Risch, 59 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
Wietor Bros.. 51 Wabash Av., Chicago.
Vaughan & Sperry, 60 Wabash Ave, Chicago
E. F. VVintersonCo., 45,47,49 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.
J. K. Allen, 106 W. 28th St, New York.
Bonnot Bros, 55-57 West 26th St, New York.
Jos. S. Fenrich. 48 West 30th St., New York.
Ford Bros, 48 West 28th St, New York.
Wra. Ghormley, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
Alex. J- Guttman, 52 West 29th St.
Jas. A. Hammond, 113 West 30th St, New York.
E. C. Horan, 55 West 28th St, New York.
Julius Lang, 63 West 30th St_ New York.
Chas. MiUang, 50 West 29th St., New York.
Frank MiUang, 55-57 W. 26th St, New York.
John J. Perkins, 115 West 30th St, New York.
John I. Raynor, 49 West 28th St., New York.
W. F. Sheridan, 39 West 28th St., New York.
Traendly & Schenck, 44 W. 28th St, New York.
A. L. Young & Co, 54 West 28th St, New York.
Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.
W. J. Baker, 1432 So. Penn. Sq, Philadelphia, Pa.
Leo Niessen Co, 1217 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
S. S. Pennock 1612-18 Ludlow St, Philadelphia, Pa.
Phila.Cut Flower Co, 1516-18 Sansom St, Phila.,P».
Ed. Reid, 1526 Ranstead St, Philadelphia, Pa.
Pittsburg.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Pittsburg Cut Flower Co, Ltd, 504 Liberty St, Pitts-
burg, Pa. . ,^
J. U. Murdoch & Co., 54.') Liberty St., Pittsburg.

New Offers in This Issue

CARNATION HANNAH HOBART.

John H. Sievers & Co., 1251 Chestnut St., San Fran-

.38 & 40 Miami
Mich.
t of .\dvertisers.

sh Ave, Chicago.

UIA.NT PANSY SEEDS. , ., ^ , ,^.

Johnson & Stokes, 217-19 Market St.. Philadelphia

For page see List of .Advertisers.

^ HEATING APPARATUS^ ~'

Johnston Heating Co, St. James Bldi;., New York.

For page sc r I 1 ' ■ : \.! .^ ■ 1 > ''s-

ROSES, ASPARUil > I'l I MDSUS.
John C. Halili. \ '- "> •

For page s, r 1 1' -1 \.i- - ■ 1 1 rs.^^____

=^^^~ ROSES.

HOKTlCUL,TURE

Jutv

yfONiMR^

^^ Every

\\fm\\^mtmtilCAOO.

Tilt: <»■.» HKLIAHI.E

Chandler Glazing
Point and Pincers

Roofs glazed eighteen years
ago are still intact.

Don't glaze until you write
for samples and particulars.

300,000 sold by Peter Hender-
son & Co. in three months.

B.B.&E J. CHANDLER

HYDE PARK, MASS.

H. H. SYLVESTER

Masons-
Builder

818 Tremont Building
Boston, Mass,

Greenhouse '':t:JZ

INSURE YOUR CLASS

DO IT NOW

JOHVor ESl'eR, 'saddirRi^^errN.'j!

Automatic Greeniiouse VENTILATORS

^HflEWSSd

In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

HEATING APPARATUS

with [ilaiis. Specify Ihe Boiler you want.

Johinston Heating Co.

^t .TilllK-s ■tuiltliilK'
■ III II » tV .^KM T<»IIH

SALE OF

BOILER TUBES

Sixteen carloads of fine 4-inch
tubes, suitable for use of Greenhouse-
men and Florists. They are rattled
and are heavy tubes, just what you
need. We can make quick delivery.
We will quote you prices if you will
advise us how many you can use.
We advise purchasing in carload
lots, as we can make extremely low
prices in quantities.

In addition to the above, we have for
sale everythinji; in the way of Supplies
such as you are using.

Wrought Iron Pipe, sizes from 3-8 inch to

Boiler Tubes, sizes from i 3.4 to 8 inch.

50 Horizontal Tubular Boilers from ic to
200 H. P.

1,000,000 Sq. Feet of Sash from the .St.
l.ouis World's Fair.

Lumber, Garden Hose, Etc.
ASK FOR OUR CATALOOUE NO. SS4

CHICflOO HOUSE WRECKING CO.

35th and Iron Sts., Chicago

CYPRESS

SASH BARS

32 feet or long:er

HOT BED SASH

PEChY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE If DESIRED
Write for Circular •• D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LIMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

Standard PQ'J'S
Flower

W. For Greenhouse Benches f

f V V V V' V' V V' V * ' V V V *'' ,«"..«'',.«'', «■'. «". «'

LUMBER

Ship Lap, Drop Siding, Sheathing, Flooring,

€»

White Cedar Posts, Etc. ©

We are in a Special H
Position to Furnish

'®s •'"»"^'"" "^" i-uniisii rcuKy uypicuu

^ Everything in Pine and Hemlock Building Lumber «»

1 Adam Schillo Lumber Co. ^

*5 Cor. Weed St. & Hawthorne, CHICAGO *

■,2lt and 1627

GLASS

FACTORIES ARE NOW CLOSED

for the season. Our stock is complete

WRITH IIS BRFORE Pl.ACINQ 0RD1;RS

Sharp, Partridge & Co.

22d and Union Place, CHICAGO

» advertiiera, kindly mention Horticultur

July i, 1905

HORTI CULTURi:

>•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦♦•♦•♦♦♦•

Furman Boilers for Greenhouse Heating I

• Valiial.le lat.iL.KUL .m> MMclern Steam a.i.i H.-l Wate.

f Tli«- ■••■••■■■•I I Tlannlattiirin^ «

J ■•<-pt. 11 X . Ufarva. K Y

Nvllin;.-' Ag-t-ntH

\V. S. DEAN, Bloominston, III. E. K. BARK, LaCr

JAS. SPEAR, S. X H. CO., 1014 Market St., Philadelphia

PUMPS ij^vio'^r^/ai.

BOILERS

PIPE ^r::

lengths, 8K els. per ft. C
:ond-liaiid, with threads

STOCKS and DIES ^X'"]-^'^^:'!^.:

So. 2 Threads, t'^-iii., i ' j-in., 2-in. pipe, ^4-00.

PIPE CUHERS^^'-;^, ■!>•;? ;r; ?!!;::
sf ilIson wrenches i^'"t;''."i^f '■'^ip^e:

fi.65; ;4-in., (;ri]is '/i -in. to 2'A-in., pipe, ^2.40 ;
I'-in., crijjs i.,-iii m j^-in. pipe, ti-7S-

PIPE VISES ^;:'^^'-^'^ ="'-'"• '" ^-'"••
GARDEN HOSE 1^;';^.^:.^^^:^:';^. ;t

hotbeFTash 'H.'^/h^^ied? clp^

from 1^1 .60 up. Second-hand, as good as new, at ?i.25

GLASrS'.Ht^i »5° ,

f..4o. B. Double, IOXI2 and
r)onble.ijji4,i4iti6, 16x16 a

16x20 $2 80 ; 16x24 at $2.95 3 bo:

RADIATORS S,ca,n, as good as new
H/DITF '"■■ °'"' I'ri" on Gulf Cypress BuildinK
WKIIL Material. Ventilating Apparatus, Oil.
White Lead, Putty, Points, etc.

lETROPOLITAN

Iaterial CO.

1398-1408 Metropolitan Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

; old ID X 12 single
»2.6o; B. Double,

NR>1> FOR

fljew (jreen House Catalogue

JUST ISSUED BV

lling Construction Co.

North Tonawanda, N.Y. and Toronto, Ont.

Holds Class
Firmly

See the Point »^

OlAslnir Points »

Street, Boston, Mass.

Scollay
Invincible

Boilers

Hot Water or Steam

Cast Iron Standard Greenhouse Pipe and

Fittings.

Also Fittings and Valves, all sizes, for

Wrought Iron Pipe. Genuine Wrought

Iron Pipe all sizes,

John A. Scollay

:.t A }.> nVllTI>e AVE.

Borouqli of Brooklyn, New YORK CITY

insStandard Steam Trap

A recently patented trap tliat is just what a Florist
or am/ otiier party in need of a trap wants;
it is the simplest and the only ever-working
trap in tlie market, warranted to work and
also warranted for 10 years. If not satis-
factory after trial, will accept its return

also the Standard Ventilating Machine and the
OiipUx (lultcrs. Hinges and other fittings.

Send for Catalogue

E. Hippard, Youngstown, Ohio

A STIC A

'C^ (jreenhouse(ilazin^

USE IT NOW.

Joseph Breck I Sons

CORPORATION

^ JiGEST S ^ 1

Wc are the Manufacturers

Distributing Agents for

Boston and Vicinitv.

JOSEPH BRECK & SONS

CORPORATION

47-54 Nortti MarKet Street

Boston iia-s.s.

©lujEcnsir ix]@zs?iE[i2i

For Heating any Description of Building by Steam or Hot Water

NEW YORK OFFICE III FIFTH AVE 74 F

ST BOSTON

HORTICULTURE

Jri,v I, I905^X

iB wriUng 19 sdYertiscrs, imnUgn Hohtici;i.turb

HITCHINGS GREENHOUSES
HITCHINCS BOILERS
HITCHINGS VENTILATING

ESTABLISHED 1844

FOR HOT WATER or STEAM
HITCHINCS & CO.

NEW YORIS
233 Mercer Street

BOSTON r"
519 Tremont Bldg.

Send 4 cents tor catalogue

udge W. H. MooRK, Prides Crossing, Ma:

Greenhouses, Conservatories,
Rose Houses, Graperies, etc.

GREENHOUSE HATERIALS
VENTILATING APPARATUS
"BURNHAri" BOILERS

Catalogues sent on request.

LORD & BURNHAM CO.

New York Office . . . . St. James BIdg., Broadway and 26th St.
General Office & Works Irvinglon-on-Hudson, N. Y.

I kindly mcntiuB HoRTi9utTV((^

'^'^^^

jrj"^^^^AM

^^^F /'IM

u^/ IlJiamlltonT/dce,
Bq/ro//, Mas J.

flOR/STrFUNT^MAN, ir^.K

^^ ^^t^scAPE Garden £.
\\J(/ndrecf /Df-erejf'6

HORTICULTURE

S, 1905

rn^^rn^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,

HYDRANGEAS IZ^o^^r.r''

We grow these largely, and have a magnificent stock of large-sized plants in tubs and barrels. Plants are
now covered with buds and are just beginning to show color, and will be in full bloom during July and August
These plants are splendid for decoration of the lawn, and are used largely at seaside places and other summer
resorts. There is nothing that equals them for summer decoration during July and August.

Fine Plants in tubs, $2.00 and $3.00 each

Very large specimens in half-barrels, $7.50 each

ording to size.

These plants can be shipped by freight
year as far north as Bar Harbor, Maine.

th perfect safety to any point. We ship large quantities

I F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York |

hilLLARNEY

The best paying; forcing: Rose ever grown.
2000, 2 ' -inch Grafted Stock

$20.00 per 100; $175.00 per 1000; Th„usa„d°U

This is the Last Offer this Season

Siebrecht & Son

Rose Hill Nurseries New Rochelle, N.Y.

$1,25

FERNS

$1.25

We are handling from 20,000 to 30,000 SWEET

PEAS each day. No order too large

for us to fill.

VAUOHAN I SPERRY

PHONE CENTRAL 2S7I

CO Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

In writing to advertisers, kindly mention Hokticultukh

ROSES

2t.inch U-rnch

Per 100" Per 1000 Per IW Per KKH)

Am HpautifN $».00 $4��.00 $3.00 $€ti.OO

('■■atpnar 4.00 30.00 ».00 45.00

■ ■■tifjolln 4.00 .'t->.UO .'i.OO -iri-IM*

4.i»l<l<-li «iat<>s -3 iO JO.OO 4.f»0 4».4»0

^i,id» 3.50 .'tO.OO ...OO *5»>«

Hri<le« a""

Kiini'iae S OO

Per IfHl I'er lollO •JJ-in. Per 100 Per 1000

»««-»iii II <'.. i>i..o !^i';.r>o $a.»o i|.*«»«

POEHLMANN BROS. CO., Morton Qrove, III.

Gardenia ^K"

All up-to-date Florists are laying in a stock
of the above. Choice blooms being always in
demand at fancy prices. Extra strong, bushy
plants, 4 inch pots, $6.00 per doz.; $45.00
per 100. 25 at JOO rate-
Arthur T. Boddington

342 West 14th St., NEW YORfi

HANNAH HOBART

The Pride of
California....

The grand Prize Winner in competition with the latest and very
best products in Carnations, East or West, for the last eight years.

FmB[STTFe°bruaryis'"Jslonows''^'°'''"''''^''''" '" ''"" '" ""' ""'•s':'"^'- ■" -'^""aiy, 1902, an artic l vmic appeari
Hannah llobarl is reallv .1 .- m , k.,' I. lo cr. never less than four inches, and lrec|uently four and one-half inches across. In
Aade deeper than Laws.iii • ■ ' • iiii:einent is quite different ; in this respect it most resembles the old Jubilee, but of

olor is different. I saw tv\ . !i ,it Sievers', and the sijiht is one Inng to be remembered; liundreds of blooms and

I poor one in the lot. and every mi ■ ^ .:--ip.irt of the other; nobursted calyxes, but every flower supported on a twenty-four inch

of this magnifict-i

enough to convin

The constant

truthful statemen
variety have be:
: anyliody of its i

sold wholesale as liigh
who has seen the plants i

ion of its color tha

It gentleman , and if needir

i J1.50 per dozen, and not

that the

should I

Send your orders in early as they will be filled strictly in rotation.

PRICE, $3.00 per 12; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000

JOHN H, SIEVERS & CO., I25l Chestnut St., SAN rRANCISCO, CAL

ting to advertisers, kindly i

HORTICULTURE

VOL. II

JULY S. 1905

NO. 2

PUBl.ISHED A\'^EEnLY BY

horticulture: publishing co.

11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

TelepHone, Oxford 292

"WM. J. STe:"WAKT, Editor and Manager

subscription price

One Year, in advanc e .
To Foreign Countries
Single Copies

Si.oo

2.00

•OS

ADVERTISING RATES, NET

Per Inch, 3 cols, to page . . 2 .90

Full Page 24.00

Half Page 12.00

Quarter Page 6.00

Entered as second-ci;

tOPYRIGHT, 190s, BY- HORTICULTURE PUB. CO.

ter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.

CONTENTS or THIS ISSUE

FRONTISPIECE — Lslia purpurata
VANDAS IN TOKIO — Illustrated —John C- Sieg-
fried 31

CHRYSANTHEMUM DISEASES — R. L. Adams .31

CHOICE ARAEIAS — Ed.u^r Elvin 32

BRITISH HORTICULTURE --W. H. Adsctt . - - 3,5

EDITORIAL 34

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES — David Mcintosh 35

IN CONFIDENCE 35

NEWS OF THE CLUBS .WD SOCIETIES

American A.ssociation cf Park Superintendents 36

President-elect Theodore Wirth — Portrait . . 36

Newport Horticultural Society 3 7

New Y'ork Florists' Club Outing 37

Canadian Horticultural A.ssociation 38

Society of American Florists 38

Chicago Florists' Club 38

Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners'

Club 38

Tarrytown Horticultural Society 38

New London County Horticultural Society ... 38

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 38

ROSES — M H. AValsh 30

THE USES OF HARDY SHRUBS FOR FORCING

— Edwin Matthews 40

GRADUATING CLASS IN FLORICULTURE —

Illustrated 41

SEED TRADE TOPICS .• . 42

GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND PROJECTED . 42

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

Baltimore. Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati.

Louisville, New York, Philadelphia 43

MISCELLANEOUS

Tree Protection in Cleveland 35

Plymouth, throu<;li a Gardener's Eyes — W.

Swan 35

Personal 35

Baltimore Gleanings ~ G. C. Watson 40

Old Colony Cuttings — G. H. Higgins 41

Destroying Plant Lice 41

San Francisco Notes 42

Catalogues Received 42

List of Patents 42

Business Changes 43

News Notes 43

Philadelphia Notes . . ' 45

Chicaga Notes 45

Baltimore Locals 45

LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS

BUFFALO, N. Y. — E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Ellicott St.
CHICAGO, ILL — Fred Lautenschlager, 2597 N. Ridgeway Av.
CINCINNATI, 0.- Albert J. Gray, 120 E. 3d St.
CLEVELAND, 0. — A. L. Hutchins, 38 PI /mouth St.
DENVER, COLO. — N. A. Benson, 1352 So. Sherman Ave.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — George B. Wieginrt, t6io N. Illi-
nois St.

LOUISVILLE, KY. — F. L. Schuiz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Road
MONTREAL — Edgar Elvin, 136 Peel St.
NEWPORT, R. I. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — George C. Watson, 161.4 Ludlow

Street.
PROVIDENCE, R. I. — T. J. Johnston, 171 Weybosset St.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monnette, iioo Van Ness Ave.

HORTICULTURE

JuiY 8, 1905

GROWERS!

GUARANTEED
FERTILIZERS

• r«' prepared opctiallv for tli<- Fluri.t Tt
liriniat aiMl s-iiaiantpvd >ll»< ther are tree
can iiN<- <»t'lt» nilhout i<-ar of ■laiiias''"S'

all aciflK. V<

Pure Bone Meai for Greenhouses

IVottaIng: but I'ure Hon.- uroiiiitl line niakin" it r.a.l?

SOllw <fl.i. .>0«MI>. <(• ».««►•

104tll». i.OO l»00 III. I.>.4M»

20IMI.. :»...0 .MMMt II.. («.mO •i»..-.0

Blood and Bone

Till. i. our re»^iilai lionr I?leal mixed nilll fine

Hlood. Hi. i \<ellent tertiliAer to u.e a>

a lop dre..int; or for potting:

IO« ill. <tii 0« .>«>«» Il>« !^ 0.00

'JO«>ll>. 4 «M» l»OOII>. Hi.OO

.«»<»«> lit. (Ion) 41.10,00

Pure Bone Flour

A line ponder IS : le in water and imnieiii-

atel, a.ailaUle
100 ll» <(. ».i.. .00 ll» t ».:,»

aoon,» 4.iM» loooii.. iii.ou

■nut** III.. (Ion 1 !4>.t0.04»

Pure Pulverized Sheep Manure

< ontain. no .and or din. Kiln dried to de.troj
need .ee<l.

100 lb. !f i .>o r>oo III. 1> > o<»

■iOlM (t<in) !f t<>.M»

E. H. HUNT, 76-78 WABASH AVE. CHICAGO

Palms, Ferns

And Decorative Plants

A fine Lot of AZALEAS in Great Varictv

A Lirje Assortment of Ferns for Jardinieres

Also, Araucarias, Rubbers Pandanus, Aralias
Dracaenas, Aspidistras, Marantas, Crotons
etc., etc. ;:::;:;::;;:
WHOLESALE PRICE LIST ON APPLICAT10^

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Importers and Exporters
Growers and Dealers

PERKINS STREET NURSERIES
Roslindale - Bo.sfon, liass.

!iiTII4»\«.i j^in, .ITOt K fr ItE.litll

NEPHROLEPIS
BARROWSII

.yj.).!*** PKII I<»0

Scottii Fern. I<» «0 per 100

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tt II I T .Ti » :\ . ti t %.s .

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Rose Specialist

WOODS HOLE, MASS.
Hardy Roses, ilu- 1m>i \w\\ and old va
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sunim. r, l;r^l varieiies Paeonies, Phlox,
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Catalogue describes all the above.

Roses for Planting

STRONO PLANTS OUT OP 4.1N. POTS

Brides and Maids on own Roots
and Graftel o.i Manetti. Perks,
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Ctisin,

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Cyclamen

Ciganteum

3 '-inch at $12.00 per 100
3'2-incli, stmnofr, a\ iL'5.()0 per 100

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right way in these columns, you will not
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Horticultural Specialties

Ornamental Nursery Stock Peonies

Carnations

Peruvian Quano

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lOO lbs. $2.25
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July 8, 1905

Seeds of Hardy Perennial Plowers

Sown in June and July will germinate and give excellent
stock for transplanting in the Fall

If vou want the choicest strains in riower Seeds write us. Catalogue mailed upon application

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Blue List of Wholesale Prices mailed
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Jui-Y 8, 1905

HORTICULTURE

Vandas in Tokio

Referring to the issue of your No. 28 "Vandas in
Chicago" I thought it might interest tlie readers of
Horticulture to learn something about vandas in
Tokio, more so as the name of the owner is men-
tioned so frequently in our public prints.

Having had occasion to visit Japan quite frequently,
I became well acquainted with Count Okuma, who,
at his residence at Waseda, Tokio, has a handsome
collection of orchids well housed. In fact, besides
his growing-houses he has a beautiful conservatory
where he is always pleased to show his friends or
visitors whatever there is in bloom. While again
visiting him in July last, I found in flower a Vanda
Sanderiana of the Froebeliana type which is darker
in coloring than the ordinary Sanderiana. This
plant — full five feet in height — had two flower
spikes, one with eleven and the other with thirteen
flowers, each flower measuring full four inches; it
was a grand sight and I requested Count Okuma to
send me a photograph of same, which only recently
came to hand accompanied by some plants of the
same variety and which now have been placed with
my collection of Vanda Sanderiana in the Phalanopsis
house at Alameda, Cal., where they are doing well.

At Waseda, the collection of orchids is quite large,
but besides these the count has numerous other
plants that are most interesting. While he is a very
busy man, I always found whenever I visited him he
had plenty of time to spare to have an interesting
conversation about plants and matters in general.

The accompanying photograph will not quite give

an exact idea of the lieight of the plant, as fully two
feet of the stem extending below the aerial roots as
shown, is not visible.

John C. Siegfried.
Alameda, Cal.

Chrysanthemum Diseases

I. RUST. (PUCCINI.\ CHRYSANTHEMl)

Typical rusts have three stages which follow one
another in succession during the spring, summer,
and fall. The uredo stage appears to be the only
one infesting the chrysanthemum. This comes in
the summer, attacking the leaves and shows as
brown, blister-like spots from which a powder is
given off. This powder is the spores (seeds) which
propagate the disease. They are short-lived, lasting
only about a fortnight, the disease passing the winter
on infested leaves. The rust is of recent introduc-
tion, appearing first in i8g6 when it was probably
imported on Japanese stock, but it is spreading.

Treatment. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture, or
Sulphide of Potassium, one ounce to two gallons of
water, applied every two weeks, will check the dis-
ease, but hand picking the diseased leaves every day
and burning them is better. At the end of the season,
destroy all parts of the plants above ground if the
fungus has not been stamped out.

New stock should be examined when purchased,
and kept by itself for a month in case the disease
appears.

Give the plants plenty of light and keep water off
the leaves.

2. MILDEW. (an ERySIPHE.4C ?)

The chrysanthemum is also liable to the attacks
of a white mildew. This fungus attacks the upper
sides of the leaves but in severe cases will spread to
the lower. In extreme cases the leaf looks as if it
were dusted over with flour, but in slight attacks it
appears as irregular spots, the threads of the fungus
being plainly seen with the naked eye. The appear-
ance is decidedly woolly, due to the inmiense numbers
of spores.

All mildews have two stages (i) the summer, and
(2) the winter stage. In the greenhouse we have
only the first stage, as a rule, although the second
may develop, when it can be recognized by the small,
black spots in the white mycelium.

Treatment. Plants grown entirely in the green-
house are not likely to have the disease, as it is con-
tracted in the field. Good cultural conditions, and
plenty of light and air will check the trouble. If the
fungus is very bad, dust the plants with flowers of
sulphur, or evaporate it by painting it on the pipes.

horticulture:

July

3. ANTHRACNOSE. (c VLINDROSPORIUM CHRYSAN-
THEMl)

In this disease large, brownish black blotches ap-
pear on the leaves, variable in size — one-fourth to
two inches in diameter — shape, and position. The
spots embrace both sides of the leaves, sapping them
and causing them to turn yellow.

Treatment. Spray with Bordeaux, or ammoniacal
solution of Copper CarVjonate. Pick and burn all
blighted leaves.

Take cuttings from healthy stock.

4. LEAF SPOTS

In Septoria Chrysanthemi the disease appears as
small brown spots which rapidly increase in size until
the leaf tissue dies and the foliage drops oflf. In
badly diseased plants nearly all the leaves wither and
fall away.

A new leaf-spot (phyllosticta) is reported which
causes circular spots with a purplish border.

Trcaliuciii. Same as for Anthracnose.

Choice Aralias

In Great Britain these fine table and decorative
plants are much favored and largely grown. They
suggest themselves as having an equally good future
on this continent. For daintiness, modest grace, and
general adaptability to any scheme of table work,
the small-leaved varieties are hard to beat, while the
medium or larger specimens of all varieties are in-
valuable as outstanding plants in mixed groupings,
or as single subjects for conservatory or entrance
hall. J3ut in all cases the plants must be symmetri-
cal; to secure this they require delicate handling, and
a few varieties need special individual treatment both
in regard to cultivation and propagation.

A. filicifolia is a beautiful fresh green variety, and
from small cuttings makes a neat plant. Its ten-
dency to rankness of growth quickly spoils it for
table, but as it roots freely, a good supply may always
be had in readiness. It has a preference for a cold
bottom stage in a warm house. A. Chabrierii is not
of much service for table, but as a medium specimen
is a distinct looking plant and wears well. Tops
only of this variety should be taken as cuttings;
side slips never make perfect plants. A. elegantis-
sima is a general favorite; its deep colored serrated
foliage shows up finely on a light setting. As dainty
dot plants, A. Veitchii gracillima, and the new Hands-
worthensis are ideal in small pots. These three do
best grafted on A. reticulata either as tops or if great
quantities are in demand as single eyes, which make
nice plants in aliotit eighteen months. When healed
off the to])s of reticulata may be stryck again for
stock.

A. leptophylla, A. Kerchoviana, and A. regina, as
distinct from the others mentioned, will stand cooler
treatment. They root fairly well, but are best
grafted, using A. Guilfoylci as stock for which these
varieties have a special affinity. A. pulchra is a
large foliage variety often seen in a neglected condi-
tion in cool conservatories or botanic gardens, but is
really a grand plant when grown freely and kept
straight. As a change or combined with tlio usual

palms for decorative work on a large scale, it has a
fine effect, its fresli, glossy leaves show up splendidly
under electric light.

Old long-stemmed plants, stripjjed and laid down
in a moist corner, produce quantities of nice cuttings
which root freely. Aralias should constantly be
turned round and though they like a light position,
a rather heavy shade (not permanent) is necessary
on hot days; this is especially true of elegantissima.
They should never suffer check either of sudden
changes in temperature or ruthless disturbance of
the roots in potting. A careful watering also should
be the rule especially in winter. Good turfy loam
with one-third leaf mold suits most varieties, but
the elegantissima section favor a lighter soil; leaf
mould and peat in equal proportions with loam one-
third. Where cjuantities are grown separate houses
are an advantage. They usually command a ready
sale at a paying price. In any case it is very handy
to keep a few of tliese most graceful subjects for
choice tal)le, decorative, or exhibition effects.

(f)dja,QX

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Thanks to Horticulture, we are daily receiving
orders and inquiries from all over the country, as
well as from Canada, Porto Rico, and Cuba, which
goes far to prove the value of Horticulture as
an advertising medium. We are very pleased with
the results of our advertising in Horticulture, and
wish every success to the paper and editor.
Respectfully,

A. Leuthy & Co.

G^^KIT)

July 8, 1905

HORTICULTURi:

British Horticulture

A FAMOUS TRAVKLHR

Horticulturists have lately extended a hearty wel-
come home to Mr. E. H. Wilson, who has returned
from a second visit to China, where for five years
he has heen traveling and exploring in the interests
of Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea. As evidence
of his boundless activity, during that period he col-
lected and introduced about 5,000 species. Included
are attractive new ornamental vines, rubus, jasmines,
clematis, maples, oaks, liornbeams, etc. Amongst
Mr. Wilson's "find" were two fine poppies, Meconop-
sis integrifolia, with yellow blooms, and M. puniceus,
witli crimson tinted flowers. These have lately re-
ceived awards from the Royal Horticultural Society.
The British gardens will be enriched l)y many of the
interesting specimens brought from the Celestial Em-
pire by Mr. Wilson, who has once more rendered a
sterling service to horticulture. In recent years a
great deal has been accomplished in unearthing the
floral treasures of the East, due to the efforts of
Dr. Augustine' Henry, Mes.srs. Moriss. Wilson, and
others. Dr. Henry was employed by the Chinese
Customs Department, and he was able to send home
large quantities of dried specimens to Kew Gardens,
besides diffusing knowledge as to the flora of central
China, and the mountainous country surrounding
Thibet.

HARDY PLANT CULTURE

In recent years, increased attention has been paid
to the culture of hardy pjants and alpines, and at all
the shows of the Royal Horticultural Society this
branch is well represented. Thirty years ago when
Mr. Amos Perry, of Winchmore Hill, took a collection
of hardy flowers to the old Horticultural Gardens
at South Kensington, he was very coldly received,
and as a favor was granted a place amongst the
sundries in the western arcade. In the change of
attitude which has set in, Mr. Perry by his energy
and persistency has been a substantial contributor.
He has shown what can be done in the improvement
of this large section of plants, whilst he has intro-
duced many useful alpines from the Pyrenees, amongst
them being Heuchera sanguinea. Amongst the varied
collection at Winchmore Hill are to be seen all the
new hybrid varieties of water lilies, both American
and European.' Plants are sent to all parts of Europe,
including several of the royal gardens, and to America,
Canada, Australia, etc. Mr. Perry has secured a big
list of awards, including a silver medal at the St.
Louis exhibition. His latest honor is a certificate
from the Royal Horticultural Society for Phlox cana-
densis (Perry's var.), a very useful border plant,
this being included in the Temple show last week.-

FLORAL WEALTH

A feature of the great show at the Temple gardens
was the valuable collection of orchids staged. The
collection shown bv Messrs. Sander, of St. Albans,

was stated to be worth ;(^i 0,000. The firm sold
for ;£i,ooo Cattleya Schroderas, The Baron, named
after Baron Schroder, a noted orchidist. During the
show week, Messrs. Protheroe and Morris conducted
an auction sale of a selection of orchids from Messrs.
Sander's unique collection, and this attracted con-
siderable notice. There was a keen competition
amongst leading experts. A record was made by
Odontoglossum crispum Roger Sander, which was sold
for 87s guineas, this being the highest price ever
attained by a single plant at an auction. O. c. Mun-
dyanum was sold for 230 guineas, O. c. Princess
Helena 190 guineas, O. c. Franz Masereal 200 guineas,
and O. c. Queen Victoria 100 guineas. In the other
sections the prices realized were equally satisfactory,
showing that the orchid cult is still a very expensive
hobby. The total obtained from the sale was over
./;3,Soo. The chief tmyers comprised Messrs. E.
Rogerson, J. Leemann, N. C. Cookson, Briggs-Bury,
W. Thompson, and H. T. Pitt. This week the same
auctioneers have been disposing of the Stand Hall
collection of orchids at Whitefield, near Manchester.

"HOLLAND IN IRELAND"

The capabilities of Ireland as a successful center
for bulb culture liavi- been demonstrated in recent
years, and many of the nurserymen are now formid-
able rivals to the Dutch growers. Messrs. Hogg and
Robertson, of Dublin, are carrying on an extensive
business in this branch. At Rush they have 32 acres
under cultivation, and their bulb farm at this place
was recently visited by the Dublin Seed and Nursery
Employee's Association, who were able to see the May
flowering and Darwin tulips in all their brilliancy.
The farm lies practically on the seashore, the soil
being of a light, sandy character. Hedges have been
provided in each of the fields to protect the bulbs
from the cold winds. The land is deep and easily
worked in almost all climatic conditions. Moisture
is supplied from below in a similar manner to the
bulb gardens in Holland and Belgium. The strip
of land is stated to have the lowest rainfall in Ire-
land, for which the subterranean moisture makes
amends. A visitor describing his inspection of the
farm sometime ago stated: "I never even in Holland
saw foliage so clean, strong, and healthy, nor flowers
so fresh and splendid in form and color. Now that
the fact is accomplished, one wonders why bulb-cul-
ture was not tried here long ago."

yi^H. aUi'^.

London, En^., June H. rgoj.

We hope our readers will, as far as possible, buy
everything they need from Horticulture's adver-
tisers.

H ORTI CULTU RE

July 8, 1905

HORTICULTURE

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a specified limit, has been suggested as a possible
solution of the ijroMem.

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The Editor Has His Say

The Glorious Fourth was something more this
year, the hoHday extending in many mercantile es-
tablishments from Saturday noon until Wednesday
morning, and Horticulture was obliged to hustle
in order to appear on time. But "courage mounteth
with occasion," so here we are — on time.

Witli the first week of July the commercial end of
the florists' business reaches its lowest level, and for a
period there is but little for one to do except to take
advantage of the respite and let every one have a
holiday. Its rarity in the florists' life enhances its
enjoyment.

" If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work."

The many public exhibitions during the month of
June, especially in New England communities, evince
a healthy horticultural activity and are a good indi-
cation of the growing interest in the products of the
garden. It is well for every one identified in any
way with the horticultural profession to promote
and encourage these local exhibitions in every possiljle
way. It means more demand for his products and
better business, and is a big advance in the process
of transferring his specialties from the luxury to the
necessity list.

The Supreme Court has decided that the enact-
ments and rules whcreliy the Metropolitan Park
Commission has exercised control over signboards
adjacent to parks and parkways, are unconstitu-
tional in that they deprive property owners, without
compensation, of their right to such profit as owner-
ship of the land may bring in to them. It is to be
regretted that an effective method has not yet been
found for the regulation of the signboard business
which has, in recent years, grown to the proportions
of an aggravated nuisance. A stifT revenue tax on

The recognition gi\en the products of Massachu-
setts' rosarian, M. II, Walsh, at the exhibitions in
Great Britain, is very gratifying to American rose
lovers, and should do much toward developing and
encouraging effort on practical lines which promise
much for the future of American rose creating.
Mention has often been made of the many years of
patient persistent work the rose hybridizer must
give before he can look for results. Mr. Walsh has
given a lifetime to it and has well earned all the
glory and profit that can possibly come to him now.
We have known liim all these years and can testify
that he has Dean Hole's pre-requisite — "roses in
his heart," and this is the foundation of his persever-
ance and final success.

Under the title of "A Tree Garden to last a Thou-
sand Years," the Country Calendar for July publishes
an illustrated article describing the beauty and the
usefulness of Boston's unique tree garden — the
Arnold Arboretum. Much has been written by others
on this subject, but nothing so concise, comprehen-
sive and altogether ap])ropriate has hitherto met our
eye. And especially is this true of the unqualified
credit given Professor C. S. Sargent whose great
foresight, courage, and steadfast devotion has counted
for so much in the securing to the American people
for all time this inestimable sylvan treasury. The
appeal now made for an endowment sufficient to
carry on and extend the work so nobly begun, should
receive a prompt and substantial response.

The visit of the American Association of Park
Superintendents to Buffalo appears to have been,
like all the preceding visits in the history of this
much-alive organization, full of inspiration and in-
struction for all wlio were so fortunate as to partici-
pate. At such times the gain is by no means all on
the side of the visitors. The coming of a body com-
posed of the leading exponents of this most ennobling
art, to any community, confers a distinct and lasting
benefit, arousing the people to a better appreciation
of what nature has given them in outdoor beauty,
awakening civic pride and impressing public officials
with the paramount importance of park development.
It is on the line of the work of these men that Ameri-
can horticulture must make its best advancement.
The spirit and form of the home-gardens of the future
will be in harmony with the great education now going
on, and the park sui^erintendents appear to be on the
right road to make the best use of their opportunities
and responsibilities.

July 8, 1905

horticulture:

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES

The progress of horticulliur in ih. I'nitcd
States during the last twenu \c ,11 ha, luen
phenomenal and a great (kal mI iIi.m |iiiil;hss
can be traced to the age in y xi hi.riic iiltural
societies. Therefore, it may not lie out of
place at the present time, when these so-
cieties situated in all parts of the country are
claiming an unusual amount i>f allintion, to
throw a little more light on .h 11 ;ii. . Iiave
done in case the dazzling > ^ i tin-

horticultural world now ma. :!:: ! :'... ,1 1(111
of some to the source of niuili ..1 i!a-, bught-
ness.

In the trade, of course, the Society of
American Florists is the name to conjure
with, and those engaged in the trade owe a
debt of lasting gratitude to those who first
formed that organization. This society has
been the means of elevating the business in
which its many members are engaged, until
to-day it is carried on according to the highest
standards of commercial enterprises, com-
prising in its entirety many of the most ener-
getic and .successful men in the country, not
a few of whom affirm that much of their
success was due to the mutual advantages
of membership in the Society of .American
Florists.

Although perhaps from a commercial
point of view the societies ini hiding in their
membership only iIium 1 iit;.ii;cil in the trade

formance of the L'nalri of ilio },Hnanli(

work that has Ix-in i:i|.h~la J ni\rrihi'

le.ss societies com I i i^i ih. 1;.. ! y.,\\ ..1

gardeners and cmpl ' ' . ' ho..

contributed in a I . . ' ' : ■ -

that brought horliiuliuic i. . u. [.o . m 1.1 in I
ing, and one in particular the .Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society — has from the
first been a potent influence for the advance-
ment of gardening and gardeners, and we are
safe in saying that hundreds of similar socie-
ties that iiave sprung up and since flourished,
owe their existence to the name and achieve-
ments of the Massachusetts Society, having
from the beginning on its roll of member-
ship men and women of wealth and culture,
who saw no better way of spending a large
portion of their income than by encouraging
the growing of flowers and plants and sur-
rounding themselves with the beauties of
nature developed by the hands of skilful
men well paid by those employing them.

Those pioneers of horticulture in Massa-
chusetts happily did not rest contented with
all they could' do in their own day, but
many of them made generous provision
whereby the good work they inaugurated
still goes on, together with the reminder that
although gone, they are still back of it.
This was made possible by many legacies
left to this society from which prizes are
given yearly and oftener, for objects nearest
to the minds of those noble persons who
made this old New England Society known
throughout the world.

The value of many species of plants was
brought to light and thence into general
cultivation through their cxhibiuon at so-
ciety shows. Many a gardener has been
spurred on to the attainment of excellence
in plant culture through the friendly rivalry
and not solely for the sake of exhibition
awards. Many more gardeners arc in-
debted to intercourse with their fellows, in
meetings of societies and otherwise, for much
of the knowledge they po,ssess. Apart from
what horticultural societies have done for
gardeners directly, they have accomplished
a great deal more in another vi'ay; they have
widened the horticultural sphere, extended
the knowledge of gardening to multitudes
of people w-ho before had only a vague idea
of what the term meant, associating it only
with the possession of millions of money;
and right here comes to ^iew thi- benefit of
such societies to the trade through the foster-

ing of tlie love of plants and flowers among
the public. Better a hundred persons buy
a plant even at a somewhat reduced price,
than only one at a fancy price; that is how
the progressive men in the trade arc begin-
ning to look at the matter now.

Besides an increased fondness for ])lants
engendered by the influence of horticultural
societies in cities and rural communities,
such societies had not a little to do with the
marked tendency of late years for people of
moderate means to spend much time and
some money in laying out and keeping in
order the grounds around their dweUings,
and many just as their business prospered
extended their interest in things horticul-
tural until before long they employed regular
gardeners. When a new variety of plant is
introduced it is invariably exhibited before
some society, there to be seen by the garden-
ers and others. Those not fortunate enough
to be members, or who are not present (which
amounts to much the same thing; there is
not much good in one's membership if it
only consists of pen scratches on the roll),
are late in knowing of this variety and behind
the times unless they gain a knowledge of it
through the medium of gardening Uterature,
which comes next to the horticultural socie-
ties in the promotion of gardening and florists'
interests and as aids to success.

David McIntosh.

TREE PROTECTION IN CLEVELAND

I'liii II ■< i i-'ot. 11-. battle this season with
''I I ii I II I last years played havoc
I' I .Hos have been made

\j} iliL utj, loio.U;. department. The fight
will be prosecuted in all parts of the city
during the summer by the five tree wardens
who will work under the supervision of City
Forester Horvath. At present the wardens
are engaged in the work of trimming and cut-
ting out dead timber from the trees. Dead
and dying trees are also being removed from
the city's streets. But the question of pre-
venting the spread of in.sects and deadly
diseases is one more momentous than any-
thing else just now. The trees of the city
have suffered for years, and without a .sys-
tematic inspection and treatment it has been
impossible to rid them of the pests that have
sapped their strength for so long a time.

Thousands and thousands of the city's
trees are infested with San Jose scale, the
louse, the cotton-wood worm, and many
other insects and diseases. If the city is to
preserve its trees and secure results here,
such as are eventually desired, it is of the
utmost importance that a fight is begun at
all pests.

IN CONFIDENCE

Dont' forget that red carnations are scarce
at Christmas and white ones not called for.
Take time by the forelock.

Put Flamingo on li.st for quality and
Harry Fenn for a seller. The latter variety
is a great keeper and popular with the store-
men for that reason.

Don't forget that the season for planting
Harrisii lilies for Christmas flowering is now
almost on, and that many more than were
suppHed could have been sold last Christinas.
New-crop bulbs should be on the market
last week of July.

Sow pansy seeds now. Don't fool with
seed at 75 cents an ounce. Five dollars an
ounce is about right for really good quality —
size, color, form, and substance. The French
Bugnot strain is good. So is the Cassier.
Odier, and Trimardeau. But see that these
are extra selected and from a reliable source.
Zirngiebel's giant market and giant fancy
are expensive but extra fine.

PLYMOUTH, MASS.,

AS SEEN THROUGH A GARDENER'S EYES

In this old Pilgrim town, gardening in the
yards of the houses seems to be a long way
behind the times; one reason is the soil is
|)oor, mostly gravel and sand. We do not
see the nice well-kept lawns and grass plots
that are the ])ridc of some other towns, nor

trc'cs about fifteen feet tall and their pendant
golden yellow trusses looked fine among the
green foliage. I noticed some double sc arlet
and white hawthorns in some of the older
gardens and yards ; there are also some
box bushes which formerly formed the walk
edgings, but are now grown out of all shape
and would be better dug up. I learn that
until the recent severe winters the boxwood
stood the cold without being hurt.

We have two florists here, both named
Lanman. One is baggage man on the Bos-
ton train. His wife looks after the two small
greenhouses as to airing and waiting on
customers wliile he is away. He also does
cjuite a Mayflower business. He says that
from early in April to midle of May hed
look to Boston 4,000 bunches and got .sale
for all. He has carried on this business for
.il>out lifteen years and has a regular staff of
pii kiTs who bring in flowers ready bunched.

The land all around this town is very
uneven — hills and hollows. A few miles
cast are hills covered with oaks and some
hickory and cedars, with a jungle of under-
growth in many places of wild briars and lots
of wild roses. The soil is stitT clay with a
hard-pan bottom, with great boulders all
through and all sizes of smaller stones.

Jordan's is the crack place near here, but
I have not seen it yet. Then we have every-
thing here connected with the Pilgrims, but
that is another story, and those who would
like to see the rock where they landed and
their other landmarks can come and explore
for themselves.

W. Sw.\N'.

PERSONAL

Ralph Ward will now manage the business
of his father, George M. Ward, at Beverly
Cove, Mass.

Knuth Carison of Hartford, Conn., has
taken charge of the Morris Floral Co. green-
houses, Morris, III.

Mr. and Mrs. McHutchison sailed on
.S. 5. Bremen on July 6, for a visit to
Europe — a business trip and deferred
wedding journey combined.

Cari B.--.-i-^ h.o ol.l hi. .:-, , nh.nises and
business ai I; hl" "I 1 i"l 1'. Lane,

irst

Mi.ss' Lizzie Mills has shaken olT for a
time the duties and responsibilities of
Suzuki & lida's New York ofTice, and sailed
on June 22 pn the Deutschland for a two
months' pleasure trip in Euroi)e.

Arnold Ringier, representative of W. W.
B.irnard & Co., Chicago, arrived a few days
.ago on 5. .?. Bcrnuulian from the Ber-
muda Islands. He reports a scarcity in
true Harrisii, but that the common so-called
Harrisii stock is plentiful.

On Monday afternoon, July 3, (Jeorge E.
Schuiz and Miss .\nna B. Sheedy were
married at Louisville, Ky. They we're both
connected with Schulz's store, Mr. Schuiz
being a son of Jacob Schuiz. They went
from here to Cincinnati. Miss Sheedy was
.1 verv fine arti.st and her departute will be
greatly felt.

HORTICULTURE

July 8, 1905

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

for members

trea-

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK
SUPERINTENDENTS

The American Association of I'ark Super-
intendents met in annual convention in
Buffalo, June 28-30. The business meeting
took place at Historical Hall, Delaware
Park, in the forenoon of the first day, and
was promptly opened by President W. S.
Egerton, of Albany, N.Y. The reports of
the secretary and treasurer were received
and accepted, as was also the report of the
executive committee and its recommenda-
tions, viz:

Raising the annual
from $2 to $5.

Merging the offices of secretary ;
surer into one.

Paying the secretary' an annual salary of
$100.

That the annual banquets be dispensed
with.

That members one year in arrear be sus-
pended.

That all bulletins of the .Association be
referred to an editing committee of three
before printing and distribution.

J. Horace McFarland, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
addressed the convention in behalf of the
.\merican Civic Association. In a few well-
chosen remarks he defined the relative posi-
tions of park commissioner and park su-
perintendent, saying that in most cases the
superintendent was the real creator and
developer of our most progressive park sys-
tems, and that too often the commissioners
claimed or accepted the credit for achieve-
ments w^ch were the results of the super-
intendent's professional knowledge, efficiency,
and ability. It should be the park com-
missioner's duty and object to conceive a
proper system for the city, to acquire the
necessary lands, secure the means for their
development, maintenance, and protection.
In other words the commission was here to
provide the work, while it was the super-
intendent's share to do the work, and ac-
complish the real purpose for which the
department was created. He thought that
the superintendent should receive the full
share of credit due his efficient and impor-
tant work. Mr. McFarland complimented
the association on the good work already
accomplished, and thought that the very
valuable bulletins of the association should
be brought more within the reach of all
interested in park work and civic improve-
ment in general, and he thought that the
official publications of the Civic .'\ssociation
would provide excellent means for the proper
dissemination of the valuable information
which those bulletins contain, and he urged
the closest possible relations of the two
associations, as having the sainc object and
aim in view. Mr. McFarland's address was
received with interest and heartily ap])lauded.

President Egerton, before appointing a
committee on nominations for the ensuing
year, expressed his thanks for the courtesies
received during his term of office. He was
in favor of having the ofiico of ])rcsident
occupied by a different member every year,
while he thought that such an ilficient sec-
retary as the a.ssociation had at jjresent
should be retained by all means. The fol-
lowing officers were then elected unani-
mously:

President, Theodore Wirth, Hartford,
Conn.; secretary and treasurer, J. W. Dun-
can, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; vice-presidents,
Byron Worthen, Manchester, N.H., John
Chambers, Toronto, Can., W. J. Zartman,
Brooklyn, N.Y., Edward Baker, New Or-
leans, La., \V. R. Adams, Omaha, Neb.,
R. H. Warder, Chicago, 111.

The following new members were ad-
mitted:

Edward Perry, superintendent state reser-
vation, Niagara Falls, N.Y.; James Braik,
assistant superintendent parks, Buffalo, N.Y.;
John Pearce, superintendent parks, London,
Ont.; Frank Baker, superintendent National
Zoological park, Washington, D.C.; V. G.
Dubuis, superintendent parks, Peoria, 111.;
Alex. Cumming, forester department parks,
Hartford, Conn.; Fred. Nussbaumer, super-
intendent parks, St. Paul, Minn.; Edwin A.
Kanst, assistant head gardener. South Park,
Chicago.

After the business meeting the members
adjourned to the nearby Pa\illion facing the
lake, where a fine lunch was enjoyed, and
the courtesies and hospitality e.xtended the
association by the park commissioners of
Buffalo gracefully acknowledged by Presi-
dent Egerton, whose remarks were cordially
and humorously responded to by President
Hengerer of the park board. The afternoon
was devoted to a drive through Delaware
Park, and the connecting parkway to Hum-
boldt Park. The fine meadow, beautiful
drives, and thrifty trees of Delaware Park
were never seen to better advantage, and
the short visit to the zoological garden was

Theodoke W irih

President-elect American Association

of Park Superintendents

enjoyed by all. The groves, lawns, and
floral displays of Humboldt Park were very
attractive, and the immense circular wading
pool of 500 feet diameter, with its appro-
priate surroundings and approaches was ad-
mired, and its usefulness so well illustrated,
recognized by all.

The long drive through the seemingly
endless residential district of the city to the
"Front" was a revelation to all and the
opinion was universally expressed that Buf-
falo had the best developed residential dis-
tricts of any city so far visited by all those
present, and the numberless magnificent
buildings, well kept trees and lawns, taste-
fully planted grounds, and clean sidewalks
and streets deserved all the praise that was
forthcoming. Unlimited praise was given
to Assistant Superintendent Braik, who was
held directly responsible by his superiors
and associates for the excellent condition in
which the parks under his jurisdiction were
found.

A visit to the botanical garden at South
Park was made the third day of the conven-
tion, and under the guidance of the genial

director. Professor Cowell, the e.xtensive and
very interesting grounds were thoroughly
inspected.

The pseonies were about passing away,
but there was enough evidence left to show
that it must have been a glorious sight when
they all were at their best. The visitors
were very strongly impressed with the very
unfavorable location of South Park as the
site of a botanical garden, and expressed
their opinion that the very valuable plant
colleclion.s, both under glass and outdoors,
shoulil be transferred at as early a time as
possible to a site much more remote from
manufacturing districts, in an atmosphere
free from smoke and gases. Mr. Warder in-
troduced a resolution to that effect which
was unanimously adopted, and the secretary
was instructed to forward a copy to Profes-
sor Cowell.

Lunch was served on the spacious piazza
of Professor Cowell's residence.

The second day was occupied by a trolley
ride to Niagara Falls, where the members
were received by Superintendent Perry, who
conducted them all over the reservation on
electric omnibuses. After a trip on the
Maid of the Mist, the visitors were landed on
the Canadian side of the river, where they
were taken in hand by Superintendent Wil-
son, and horticulturist Cameron of the
Queen Victoria Park. .'\n e.xcellent lunch
was .served at the splendid new refectory.
Short speeches by Messrs. Egerton, Wilson,
and Cameron were enjoyed as much as the
fine menu. A stroll through the grounds
in the immediate vicinity of the building
brought the visitors to the excellent collec-
tions of perennial plants.

,\fter enjo>ing the beautiful sight of the
Horseshoe Falls, a special trolley car took
the visitors along the very interesting works,
now under construction by the Canadian
Power Co. at a total outlay of $25,000,000.
A short stop was made at the General Brook
Monument, where Mr. Wilson gave an in-
teresting talk. The excellent view from this
point was the crowning feature of the day's
outing.

The return trip was made on the Ameri-
can side of the river, along the rapids and
the wliirlpool of the Niagara.

A majority of the visitors accepted the
cordial invitation of the park commissioners
of Rochester, and went there on Saturday,
July I. They were most cordially received,
and under the able guidance of Superintend-
ent Laney and Assistant Superintendent
Duncan ascended the heights of Highland
Park in a tallyho, dravvn by eight horses.
The well-arranged and cultivated collections
of trees, shrubs, and plants in general here
displayed were a revelation and a most
instructive object lesson. The entire park
system was visited and the drive through the
Meadow Park and on both sides of the
Genesee River was most inspiring. In the
evening an elegant banquet was tendered at
the Power House by the Park Commission to
the visiting guests, and with this the 9th
annual convention of the association — the
second since its branching out into a national
organization — came to an appropriate and
most pleasing end. The attendance, consid-
ering that the large majority of the members
are from the New England states, was quite
satisfactory. The selection for next year's
meeting place was left with the executive
committee, the invitation by telegram from
the mayor of Toronto, Can., being referred
to its consideration.

The following members were present:
Gustave X. Amrhyn, New Haven, Conn.;
John Chambers, Toronto, Can.; Guy H.
Chase, Princeton, Mass.; John F. Cowell,

July 8, 1905

H ORTI CULTURE

Buffalo, N.Y.; John W. Duncan, Jamaica
Plain, Mass.; J. Lancy, Rochester, N.Y.;
John Dunbar, Rochester, N.Y.; VV. S. Eger-
ton,'Albany, N.Y.; Henry Frost, Haverhill,
Mass.; H. A. Hastings, SprinRricld, Mass.;
Arthur Hay, SpriiiL'Th 1.1, III I- Im Hender-
son, Montreal, I 1 !'".,■' I'. Keith,
Bridgeport, Conn , 1 i I. I awrence,
Mass.; V. L. Mhi-kI M ■ i.urg, Pa.;

A I'iiiMir.ni. M. ,il t ,,,, I U. Shea,

j.niLin.i I'L.ui, \l,; I' II \\.,r.l.-r, Chi-

i',!-... Ill , l.iiih - W il .ill, \i iv,ii,i I .ills,Ont.;
'nir.i.l.iiv' Wirth, II. mil. Ill, (■..Till.; Byron
Worthcn, Manchester, N.H.; Kdward H.
Perrv, Niagara Falls, N.Y.; James Braik,
Buffalo, N.Y. ; Jules Cr^peau, Montreal

NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY

The June e.xhibition ..I iln \.\\|ii.il
Horticultural was a sum 1' I'li. -..inr
occurences, avoidable and uii,.\. 1.1, il.li i >nr
was a prolonged downpour ol i.iui ili.ii .^(Mjiled
the strawberry crop. The rain also spoiled
the roses of some intending exhibitors.
Lager & Hurrell put up a table of orchids
in bloom, each specimen perfection in itself.
In the collection, besides many grown in
commerce and in private collections, there
were many plants that are rare and of great
value. Mr. Struck, who presided over this
exhibit, was as genial as usual and had
balm enough in the admiring throngs.
Julius Roehers Co's exhibit consisted mainly
of orchids and new and rare foUage plants,
among them being HeUconia Edwardus Rex,
which was much admired. There were in
the collection many other gems. Consider-
ing all of which, it seems a pity that a little
more recognition was not given these two
e.xhibits, as they were unique and of an edu-
cational character. H. .A, Dn.r r-.liMiil.d
a large number of water liln i. i .Imli a
silver medal was deserve. II i - n.li.l, l.iil
what perhaps pleased fl \ lii.n i',,'s
representative as much as the award to them,
was the exhibition of a superb. specimen of
their specialty — Pandanus Sanderae by
David Mcintosh, the only one in the show.
The collection of vegetables put up by James
Robertson was far ahead of anything ever
seen in Newport.

The gateway decorations were the favored
attractions for the society visitors. Andrew
Meikle won out vrith a good make-up of
Japanese maples and dwarf box, with stone
and ivy fixings, while Bruce Butterton was
what might safely be called an extremely
dangerous second. Mr. Butterton 's deco-
ration was ingeniously gotten up with pyra-
mid box, euonymus, and ferns, and rustic
rocks, and moss for fi.xings, the whole show-
ing something unique and attractive. Both
groups of foliage plants were good. CoUn
Robertson had again the best of it in ma-
terial. David Mcintosh, gardener for Mrs.
C. M. Bell, put up a group of dracaenas that
was regarded as the best ever seen here.

The class showing the keenest competition
aside from the gateways was that for table
plants. Mr. Meikle captured this cup also,
with a nice, clean lot of stuff, but here he
had another dangerous second in Mr. .Stark.
Mr. Mcikle's was the only entry for the group
of palms and flowering plants, but although
he had a walkover, the group was a credit
to him. Conspicuous in this group Baby
Rambler roses showed up brilliantly from
out of a luxuriant fringe of Nej)hrolepis
Scottii. Scottii showed one more \jse it can
be put to with much satisfaction to the user

Mr. H. Walsh put up a grand exhibit of
Lady Gay roses, trained in pyramid form.
Placed on the steps of the Casino Theatre,
they were at all times the center of attraction
for the visitors, especially the ladies. Mr.
Walsh also showed several hybrid perpetual
varieties for Miss Fay, receiving a certificate
of merit for them as well as for Lady Gay.

Fruit was not up to the average by any
means, and there were no tea roses worth
mentioning.

The judges were Andrew J. Pow, Paul
Volquardsen, anfl John P. Hammond.

F. R. Piers.,n C, w.i--, ,v|„-, -. nii .1 at the
exhibition by J, UN. T '..ii Julm R..chrs
by Thomas Kin;. In, I .r.;i i .\ lluiull by
J. F. Struck. ILiMaiil, ,\ \ll,ni, »,re also
represented and intended to have exhibited
perennials, but their exhibit failed to come
in time. Henry A. Dreer & Co. were rep-
resented by Mr. J. S. Hay. T'he attendance
was good, more than forty times as many
paid for admission than did last year, and
all, we trust, were satisfied. Now for Sep-
tember!

LIST OF AWARDS

(Jatewav decoration. ist jiri/.e, silver
cup, offered by Miss Keteltas; W. S. Wells,
.\ndrew S. Meikle, gardener; 2nd, E. J.
Berwind, Bruce Butterton, gardener; 3rd,
Miss Fanny Foster, Andrew Christensen,
gardener.

Group of palms and foliage plants, rst
prize, offered by Alfred G. Vanderbilt: W.
S. Wells, Andrew S. Meikle, gardener; 2nd,
Mrs. Robert Goelet, CoUn Robertson, gar-
dener.

Table of decorative foUage plants, ist
silver cup, offered by Mrs. Perrv Belmont:
W. S. Wells; 2nd, Charies D. Stark, gar-
dener for Mrs. George W. Collard; 3rd, Mrs.
.\stor, James Boyd, gardener.

Group of palms, ferns, and flowering
plants, ist prize, $25, offered by W. Watts
Sherman: W. S. Wells.

Specimen areca. ist, Mrs. Robert Goelet;
2nd, Mrs. C. M. Bell, David Mcintosh,
gardener. Specimen kentia. ist, Mrs. Rob-
ert Goelet; 2nd, Charles D. Stark; 3rd, W.
S. Wells. Specimen anv other species palm .
ist, Mrs. Ge..i.;. W ■(■i.ll.rd; 2nd, Mrs.
Robert Goelii, ^i.l 1. 1 1 1!. Imont, John
Marshall, ganl. n. 1 ~|i. .iiii.n fern. 1st,
Mrs. Ogden (i.i.l.l, jinn J Sullivan, gar-
dener; 2nd, W. S. Wells; 3rd, Mrs. .'\stor.

Collection of outdoor roses, named va-
rieties. Prizes offered by Miss P'anny
Foster, ist, Wm. Waldorf Astor, Hugh
Williamson, gardener; 2nd, Hon. Perry Bel-
mont, John Marshall, gardener; 3rd, J.
Lawrence Van Alen, John A. Boyle, gar-
dener. Outdoor roses arranged for effect,
ist. Perry Belmont; 2nd, Mrs. Robert Goelet.
Fancy basket of roses, ist, W. S. Wells;
2nd, Perry Belmont; 3rd, Oscar Schultz.

25 American Beauty roses, ist, Mrs.
Ogden Goelet; 2nd, Perry Belmont. 12
hybrid perpetual ro.ses, 12 varieties, ist.
Miss Fanny Foster, Andrew Christensen,
gardener; 2nd, Mrs. Robert Goelet; 3rd,
Mrs. T. O. Richardson, James Robertson,
gardener. 12 hybrid perpetual roses, 6 va-
rieties, ist. Perry Belmont; 2nd, Mrs. Rob-
ert Goelet; 3rd, Miss Foster.

12 hybrid ])erpetual roses, i variety, red.
ist, Mrs. George W. Collard ; 2nd, Mrs.
Robert Goelet; 3rd, Mrs. Ogden Goelet.
12 hybrid perpetual roses, i variety, pink,
ist, Mrs. Robert Goelet; 2nd, Perry Belmont ;
3rd, Mrs. Thomas J. Emery, .Me.xander .An-
derson, gardener. 12 hybrid perpetual roses,
I varietv, white, ist, E. J. Berwind; 2nd,
Mrs. T; O. Richardson; 3rd, Miss Fanny
Foster. 12 hybrid perpetual roses, any va-
rieties, ist, Mrs. Ogden Goelet; 2nd, Miss
Fanny Foster; 3rd, Mrs. Robert Goelet.
25 hybrid tea roses, ist. Perry Belmont;
2nd, Mrs. J. C. Mallory, F. S. France, gar-
dener.

Basket of roses, open to gardener's assist-
ants only. 1st, Samuel Williams, assistant
to John Marshall. 25 gardenia blooms,
prizes offered by T. G. Owen, ist. Perry
Belmont. Collection of herbaceous blooms,
ist, Mrs. Thomas J. Emery; 2nd, Oscar
Schultz; 3rd, Perry Belmont.

Bunch black grapes, ist, Mrs. Thomas
J. Emery; 2nd, James McLeish; 3rd, Charles

I). Stark, Jr. Bunch white grapes, ist,
Mrs. Thomas J. Emery; 2nd, Charles D.
Slark, Jr. 6 nectarines. 1st, James Mc-
Leish; 2nd, Mrs. T. O. Richardson. 6
peac hes. 1st, Mrs. Astor; 2nd, Perry Bel-

12 tomatoes, ist, James McLcish; 2nd,
C. D. Stark, Jr. 2 cucumbers, ist, James
McLcish. Collection of vegetables, ist,
Mrs. T. O. Richardson; 2nd, Charles Rite hie;
3rd, Mrs. Thomas J. Emery. Melon, isl,
Charles D. Stark, Jr.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Henry A. Dreer, silver medal for collec-
tion of water lilies. David Mcintosh, gra-
Iniiy of $10 for display of dracscnas. Wil-
liam G. Postings, gardener for Mrs. Win-
llirop Chanler, $iofordisplay of campanulas.
Samuel Speers, gardener for Mrs. W. B.
Greene, $5 for dish of strawln in. ~, r.iil.i. h

Julius Roehrs Co., certifu.m ..1 1 1..1

collection of new and rare |.|,iiii I , ,\

Hurrell, certificate of merit l..r ..ill..ii.,n ..f
onhids. Gibson Bros., gratuity of $5 for
see<lling delphiniums. Paul Volquard.son,
silver medal for vase of new rose, Frau Karl
Druschki. Samuel Speers, $2 for cactus.
J. MitcheU Clark, A. McLellan, gardener,
bronze medal for water lilies. James J.
Sullivan, $2 for delphiniums. David Mcin-
tosh, $5 for Pandanus Sander,-e. Alexander
M( Lellan, $5 for herbaceous blooms. John
Marshall, $5 for carnations. James liovd,
$2 for Dracaena Rumpii. Stewart Ril< liie,
(ertificate of merit for new potato, Noroton
Beauty. H. A. Knox, bronze medal for a
new sprinkler.

NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB
OUTING

The New York Florists' Club is not limited
to the annual picnic for its social refresh-
ment, but, after all, the annual picnic is the
ctilmination of the year's good times, and
muc h of the club's prosperity depends upon
its success. As success in such an affair
di])ends mainly upon the committee in
( barge, and as the right kind of a committee
was intrusted with the work, it only remains
to record the success which everybody ex-
jRi ted and which was assured. But it may
safely be said that very few of those who
participated in and enjoyed this happy oc-
casion have any conception of the amount
of loyal, unselfish work, which was put into
it by the gentlemen upon whom was placed
the burden of preparation, beforehand. It
is such devoted and well-directed effort that
must be forthcoming to place any organiza-
tion in the wdnning class.

This was the fifth in the series oi summer
outings and, with the experiences of four
predecessors, all the obstacles of the past-
were cut out, and the best things retained,
and the two hundred and seventy-five ex-
cursionists enjoyed themselves from start to
finish, especially the ladies and children.
The trip up the Sound, the dinner at Hotel
Glenwood,- etc., all went off merrily, and
then came the games. There were prizes
for every stunt an individual or aggregation
of individuals, young or old, could do,
reg.irdless of sex or previous record, and the
Iroiihies, presented by generous members,
were in every case just what the winners
wanted.

Louis Schmutz, Jr., managed the bowling
match, A. H. Langjahr bossed the racing
events, A. S. Burns made a most dignified
judge, and President Traendly was general
referee. H. A. Bunyard filled the difficult
position of handicapper, and he is an ac-
knowledged expert thereat when he gets his
uniform on. Fifteen ladies participated in
the bowling match. In the base ball game
the married men wiped the field with the
single men, 22 to 8. John Donaldson made
I he- most spares, and six men were tied for
the strike prize. Rose E. Smith was de-

H ORTICULTURi:

July

clared the handsomest baby; the judges in
this class had taken out extra life insurance,
it is said. A. J. Guttman was the prize
sprinter in the loo-yard race, President
Traendly again proved himself the nimblest
fat man^ and A. S. Burns showed J. Austin
Shaw, J. G. Esler, and J. K. Allen a pace
in the loo-yard race for men over 50 years
of age that should furnish food for reflection
for a long time to come. There were about
two score other classes competed for by
young and old, and the best man, boy, or
girl won out every time. There will be
another picnic of the same kind next year;
if you didn't go tliis time, put it on the cal-
ender.

CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION

The

progr

the Canadian

Horticultural .'Association for the eighth an-
nual convention to be held at Montreal,
August 8-10, 1905, is received. Following
is a synopsis of it:

Tuesday, Aug. 8, a.m., opening exercises,
addresses and reports.

Tuesday p.m., a lecture, "Park Design,"
illustrated, Frederick G. Todd, Montreal;
essay, "How to keep a greenhouse attractive
in winter," Thos. McHugh, Dorval, P. Q.;
essay, "How to keep grounds attractive in
summer," R. Burrows, St. Anne de Bellevue,
P. Q.; Question Box.

Wednesday, Aug. 9, A.M., a review of roses
and carnations to present date and their
special requirements, J. H. Dunlop, Toronto,
Ont.; question, "What is the best way to
grow Nephrolepis ? " discussion ojiened by
Mr. J. Bennett, Lachine, P. Q.; essay, "Vio-
lets," Fi. L. Girdwood, Montreal, P. Q.;
choice of place for next meeting; Question
Box.

Wednesday afternoon, visiting local estab-
lishments.

Wednesday evening, unfinished business;
essay, "Fertilizers for gnenhousi- purposes,"
Wm. Downing, Br,iiii|ii' n 1 im , ,|uestion,
"Is co-operation iii - 1 r florists'

business?" discuss!' ii I i MrKenna,

Cote des Neiges, I' <,J , ^ 1< ■ 1 1 ■•{ officers;
final committee rc|i<irts.

Thursday, Aug. 10, guests of the city of
Montreal; C. H. A. banquet in the evening.

Friday, Aug. ir, guests of the Montreal
Gardeners' and Florists' Club; a visit to St.
.\nne de Bellevue and other places in the
vicinity of Montreal.

The sessions will be held at Natural His-
tory HaU. There will be a trade exhibition,
under the management of George Robinson,
Outremont, Montreal.

The officers of the C. H. A. are as follows:

President, George Robinson, Outremont,
Que.; I St vice-president, J. Suckling, Truro,
Nova Scotia; 2d vice-president, O. G. John-
son, Kingston, Ontario; treasurer, Hermann
Simmers, Toronto, Ont.; secretary, A. H.
Ewing, Woodstock, Ont.

Executive Committee. — One vear, W.
Algie, A. C. Wilshire, J. Campbell; two
>ears, W. Gammage, R. H. Wright, J. H.
bunlop; three years, A. Pinoteau, J. Walsh,
E. .Annandale.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS

The Southwestern Excursion Bureau an-
nounces a round trip rate of one and one-
third fare to the Convention at Washington
in cooperation with the other railroad pas-
senger committees who have made similar
annniinroments. The territory under the
jnrisdic lion of this bureau includes Southern
Miss.,uri, Southeastern Kansas, .'Arkansas,
(Jklalu.ina, Indian Tcrritor)', and 'Texas.
Wm. J. Stewart, Secretary.

CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB

The Chicago Florists' Club smoker and
convention rally came off Friday, June 30, at
Hotel Bismark; over forty were present. The
banquet room was decorated by E. F. Winter-
son Co., who donated the flowers. A live
course Dutch lunch was spread, after which
a short business meeting was held. Pres.
W. N. Rudd could not attend on account of
the death of his father-in-la%v and in the
absence of vice-president J. P. Risch, F. F.
Benthey was elected as chairman and called
the meeting to order.

Chairman P. J. Hausworth of the Trans-
portation committee reported plans well
under way for the Washington trip. It is
proposed to make Cincinnati the meeting
place for the delegates from the whole west
and northwest and thence go by special
train. Chicago, Inchanapolis, St. Louis and
others are formulating plans to this effect.
.At our banquet thirty-one announced their
intention of attending.

E. F. Winterson, chairman of sports, re-
ports his team in fine condition. Trophies
won on former occasions were on exhibition.

Songs by Mr. Carter opened the enter-
tainment. J. C. Vaughan gave an inter-
esting talk on California horticulture. P. J.
Foley spoke of his experience at Springfield
trying to secure an appropriation for experi-
mental purposes. The Chicago Florists'
Club quartette rendered several selections.
An enjoyable time was had all round.

A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. J. C.
Vaughan for his interesting paper, also to
E. F. Winterson Co. for the flowers and
decorations.

IS were Lager & Hurrell, Julius Roehrs
, Estate of G. GedulcUg, and John
loney, gardener for C. S. Guthrie.

PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY FLO-
RISTS' AND GARDENERS' CLUB

The annu.,1 .,utin-. boat cx,ursi,.n, and
basket piuiic ..f this wide-awake crganiza-
tion will be held on Wednesday, July 12,
when the members and their friends will
board ,the good ship Frances Torrance for
a sail up the beautiful Monongahela valley,
at 8.30 A.M. There will be dancing, base
ball, and other athletic sports, and it is only
necessary to say that H. L. Blind, Fred.
Burki, and John Bader are the committee
in charge to assure all that a good time is
in prospect. The Ust of prizes has been
printed and may be had on application to
the committee. There are twenty-eight of
them, all donated by members and friends.

TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY

This society held its regular monthly meet-
ing on Tuesday evening, June 27. Three
new members were elected and two names
proposed for membership. The prize this
month was given for the best collection of
out-door flowers, shrubs included. Several
fine collections were staged, the winning lot
coming from Greystone, Samuel Unter-
meyer's place at Yonkers, his gardener, John
Featherstone, staging over sixty varieties.
The F. R. Pierson Co. exhibited a number
of beautiful varieties of iris, also some of
the newer climbing roses all of which were
very much admired. It was decided to
hold the annual outing in August, Rye
Beach being selected as the most accessible
to the majority of the members.

Wm. Scott, (Cor. .Sect'ry).

NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI-
CULTURAL SOCIETY

The rose show of this society, which took
place last week at the armory in New Lon-
don, Conn., was eminently successful, ex-
cept in the matter of attendance, which was
affected by the unpropitious weather. The
exhibits and their arrangement were lovely,
and the affair reflected great credit on man-
agers and exhibitors, .\niong the chief dis-

GARDEireRS' AND FLORISTS'
CLUB OF BOSTON

The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of
Boston had a field day on Saturday, July i,
that put all previous affairs in this line far
into the shade. Seventy-five members parti-
cipated in the visit to Wm. Sim's greenhouses
at CUftondale. The high quality of the
product turned out at this noted place, to-
gether vrith the personal popularity of the
proprietor, was the magnet and all who
went were well repaid. Five houses of to-
matoes in fruit, three houses of chrysanthe-
mums, and a field of Princess of Wales violets
were inspected and duly admired; then the
chef took charge of the entertainment with
unqualified success. Speeches followed —
M. A. Patten, Peter Fisher, W. C. Stickel,
Thos. Roland, Alex. Montgomery, and others
all prominent in the floricultural Ufe of metro-
politan Boston, being heard from in appre-
ciative words for their successful fellow-
craftsman whose guests they were. The
departure was made reluctantly and with
many mental resolutions that this would
not be the last visit to CUftondale.

NOTES

The Florists' Hail .Association of America
h.is ])aid out nearly Si 8,000 for glass broken
by hail during the past year.

On June 24, a good rose show was held
al Central Falls, R.I., under the auspices of
the Naturalist Society. The proceeds of the
enterimse will go to the new building fund.

The George M. Stumpp Employees' .Asso-
ciation, will hold their seventh annual outing
at Silver Lake Park, Staten Island, July 12,
1905-

Come one, come all!

Wm. C. Fogarty, Press Agent.

A very pleasant time was had at the florists'
social gathering tendered the florists and
their friends by Messrs. Rusconi, George
and Allen, at the Norwood Inn, Cincinnati,
O., on Thursday, June 29. .An Jtalian lunch
was served to nearly two hundred guests.
There was bowling and baseball in the after-
noon and dancing in the evening.

The Kentucky Society of Florists will
hold its meeting Tuesday afternoon, July
II, at New .Albany, Ind., at Anders Ras-
mussen's place. Members are requested to
bring their families with them and meet at
2 P.M. at the Vincennes street station. Al-
though the meeting will be in the form of an
outing, important show matters will also
come up.

The annual June show of roses and straw-
berries under the management of the R. I.
Horticultural Society, was ^eld at Provi-
dence on June 26, and was satisfactorily
successful. The strawberries were unusually
good. The rose and other cut flower awards
as reported show the usual ab.sence of the
commercial growers of the State. What is
the matter with this society?

A free exhibition of roses and other plants
and flowers was given under the auspices of
the New Bedford (Mass.) Horticultural So-
(iety at the Y. M. C. A. Building on June
2Q. The main exhibit came from the gar-
dens of Miss S. B. Fay at Woods Hole, and
was staged by M. H. Walsh. Dennis Shea
for Mrs. Horatio Hathaway, Wm. Keith for
Thomas M. Stetson, and James Garthley
for H. H. Rogers were among the other ex-
hibitors. In the evening Mr. Walsh de-
livered a lecture on rose topics before a
goodly audience.

HORTICULTURE

ROSES

A Paper read before the (iardeners* and Florists'
Club of Boston, by M. H. Walsli.
[Continued from last week's issue]

A good rose Ijloom carrii-s with it good
foliage; you catinot well get one without the
other; they are inseparable, as the flower is
only the foliage developed and this means
good food, frii|ucmt syringings, and appli-
cations of water when necessary. The leaves
of the plants are termed the lungs of the
plant and tlu-y absorb a great deal of nitro-
gen from till- soil; therefore the necessity of
rich soil, as vcm cannot get nitrogen if there
is none in tli. soil. You cannot take from
the soil «li,H ii dors not ir.iitain. It is from
the soil ilir ,.l,,,,i- -1-1,,., Ill, ,,,„l, \ist. The
s,.il sh.iuM 1,-1 n, .,,n iiil Ml, ration.

Stir or h,„- il,,- ..^i,.,!!,,! In ,]ih i,il\. weeds or
no weeds; tlie ]iropcr time to hoe is when
there are no weeds; this is benel'icial to roses.
Take and hoe a piece for jiroof of this, leave
a piece along side not hoed; look at the two
pieces or rows of plants; the following morn-
ing compare and observe which has the
heavier dew-drops on the leaves and con-
sider whence it came on one row of plants
and not on llic other.

Till- prunini^ of hybrid perpetuals should
be carifully done, having in mind the char-
acter of the varieties. The weak growing va-
rieties such as Gustave Pigneau, Marie Beau-
man, Marie Finger, and others of Uke charac-
ter should be pruned to three eyes from the
ground. The more vigorous growing kinds
should be pruned si.x to eight eyes from the
ground; that is to say, for the weak growing
kind prune close as above; and the more
vigorous, not so close. This may be termed
pruning for quality. The method pursued
generally in this country appears to be based
on riuantity rather than quality, sparing the
knife and exhausting the plants by over-
cropping and producing quantity instead of
C|uality. I'"ar better si.xteen or twenty good
first-class blooms than forty or more inferior
blooms. By pursuing this system of pruning,
it promotes and encourages stro'ng vigorous
shoots for the following year's blooms. The
number of shoots for the plants may be
determined by the size and vigor of the
plants; this applies to the hybrid perpetuals
or hybrid remontants. Close or severe prun-
ing as it may be termed, practically produces
strong, young, vigorous wood, even on very
old plants, and they may be grown for many
years providing, however, the plants are
taken up and roots pruned once in six or
seven years.

The following list contains the names of
what the writer considers twenty-four of the
best varieties:

Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, Abele
Carriere, Chas. Lefi-lnrc. Clio, Dr. Audry,
Duke of Edinburgli, I n I i 1 > ,'i !,,. Etienne
Levet, Frau Karl I , : , , lal Jac-

queminot, Heinn, 1, il ■ K-e Ver-

net. Jubilee, Loui-. \ ,:, 11 ,.;:■ M.id. Gab-
riel Luizet, Marie Beauman, Marquise de
Castellanc, Maurice Bernadine, Mrs. John
Laing, Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford,
Margaret Dickson, Prospier Laugier, Ulrich
Brunncr.

WiNTK.R Protection of Hybrid
Pf.rpetuals.
I find drawing the soil around the base of the
plants, as you would hill up potatoes, sheds
off the rain keeping the soil dry around the
base of the plants; hill up eight or nine inches
and fill in and over the surface, four or five
inches of manure. This protects the roots
and is in good condition to dig in the spring.
This may be done early in November, it
haWng a tendency to harden and ripen up
the wood before severe cold weather .sets in.
The object of hilling up is to protect eight or
nine inches of the wood; it matters little if
the tops do winter-kill. Sometimes I think

it a blessing in disguise, especially where
close pruning is not practised.

Hellebore dusted on the leaves early in
May when the second leaf appears on the
young shoot, will destroy the leaf roller or
slug. Usually two applications are sufficient
unless washed off by the rains. When the
white thrips or hopper appears, it indicates
lack of moisture in the soil; this thrips will
not attack the plants only in the hot, dry
weather when the ground is deficient in

moisture.

requ

the force

pump or hydrant hose, syringing the bushes
on the underside of the leaves. Do not
wait for the elements to supply water; delays
are dangerous.

For exterminating aphis, frequent syring-
ings with force pump or hose will prove
effective and beneficial. For mildew, sul-
phur dusted over the affected plants will
allay this disease. For rose or Hessian bugs,
hand picking is the only effectual remedy.
A good preventive is to plant near by some
small white shrubs, viburnum or white
weigelas; this will attract the rose bugs. A
white flower has a pecuUar attraction for
them. You have noticed how they select
the white or lighter-colored roses rather than
the darker colored. This bug is the most
detestable and destructive pest to contend
with.

The Hybrid Tea.

This may be properly called the true ]>er-
petual rose. Wliile the number of varieties
which have proved hardy enough to withstand
our climate is not large, there are at least
fifteen varieties which prove most satisfactory
with careful cultivation and protection. This
class of rose requires a light sandy soil for its
best growth and development. The hybrid
teas are Krowinu in favor each year. This is

the ciiiiiii' ii -i , .!iiil 1,1 ill ■ , il ii 1, \Tars

I prnli. , I • . , -■ - I " , ,1,' the

hybri.l ,■;,■... I :,, !.,:•_•. ,,■,,. l„'i- of

new van, 111.. .UuJi .-.ill U im,..,lu.i,l with-
in the iie.xt two years, together with the
varieties proving hardy and already being
grown here, will make a Ust of everblooming
roses.

This rose appears to withstand our severe
winters as it becomes acclimated. To my
surprise, I found Madame Abel Chatenay
to have stood the winter by simply drawing
the earth up around the base of the plants;
no other protection being provided. Mois-
ture or wet, heavy soil is not suited for the
hybrid tea, therefore a Ught sandy soil well
enriched is desirable; the lighter the soil, the
drier and warmer. To carry these through
the winter the soil should be drawn up
around the base of the plants not later than
November fifteenth; this tends to ri]ien up
and harden the wood to better withstand the
winter. A layer of course beach hay placed
over the surface of the ground and around
the plants answers well, and it does not hold
the water. Over this place some evergreen
branches to protect the plants from the sun
and cold winds. The cold March winds and
strong bright sun cause much injury to all
roses as well as to trees and shrubs.

The following list of hybrid teas is most
desirable:

Augustine Guinnoseau, Caroline Testout,
La France, Bessie Brown, Gruss an Tcplitz,
Maman Cochet (white), Mainan Cochet
(pink), Mme. Abel Chatenay, Madam Joseph
Combet, Ferdinand Jamain, Flush o'Dawn,
Kaiserin .i^ugusta Victoria, Papa Gontier,
and Pre.sident Carnot.

Hybrid tea roses require little pruning,
cutting out the weak shoots and dead wood
being sufficient. The long season of bloom-
ing of this beautiful class of roses beginning
in mid- June and continuing until November,
together with their beautiful colors and frag-
rance cau.ses them to be inuch in demand. A
rose which will bloom all summer and prove

h.ir, ly with careful protcc tion. will he the popu-

l.ir t^.irden rose. Thi-,,la i 1., in, reased

in I his country as well ,, ,,, I ■ , : ,1 Ireland,
and Germany, the ,,„; i, ;,,;;■ ;. i il„se new
varieties being strong t., \\ iil,.,uii,<l our severe
climate. The rose hybridizers in the United
Slates are at work to improve and perfect
this new class of roses, a work which is natur-
al!, . .!,.w, there is work being done and in

,!,,: r,. r.Milts will be known. This can-

I„ a. , ,,ni|,lished in one year or two as

will, , .irnatii.ns; il rc-i|uires at'least five years
before the i h.iia, lia ami ,|iiality of the.se new
ro.ses become |„riiiaii,iiiK fixed. The writer
has one plant :-.im n v, ,i ,.ld, flowering this
season for the first liin, I'atience is a virtue
the rose hybridist should i)os.sess. Often-
times it requires two years for rose seeds to
germinate, while in some instances the seeds
will germinate in about four to six weeks.

Nature is not lavish in giving us improved
varieties, therefore they cannot be produced
at will. Thousands are raised and tested,
but only a few chosen. The quaUty and
standard of roses are improved and it be-
comes more difficult to produce new and
meritorious varieties than was the case ten
years ago. All gardeners and florists should
interest themselves in this most fascinating
work, possess themselves with patience and
experiment on the fines from which in their
goorl judgment they would get the best results.

Within the past ten years there has been
introduced what may be called a new race of
climbing decorative roses for the garden.
These are being grown by many at the pre-
sent time in various forms giving much
[jleasure and satisfaction, as hardy cUmbing
or traifing roses. These hybrids are the
result of hybridizing, using the Japanese
varieties as parents. They are valuable
acquisitions to the already long list of varie-
ties being grown at the present time. They
produce a most artistic effect. When in
bloom the contrast of fofiage and flower, to-
gether with the delicious fragrance, places
them easily in the front rank. These flower
about the first week in July, prolonging the
rose season in the garden fully four to five
weeks. Some varieties flower a second time
from September to frost. These may be
used to great advantage grown as ground
roses for covering banks, rockeries, etc.
Thev grow most rapidlv in ordinary garden
soil well enriched. They require Ught prun-
ing, merely cutting the tips of the shoots.

The following named are considered
among the best in this class:

Carissima, Debutante, Farquhar, Gaiety,
Hiawatha, Lady Gay, La Fiamma, Phila-
dcl|>hia Rambler, Manda's Triumph, Dorothy
Perkins, and Wedding Bells. These roses
m:iv be used for edging for bcils Ijy pegging
down, and they are very etTec live with their
mass of blooms.

Never in the history of this country has
the rose been in such demand as at the pre-
sent time. The popular interest and awaken-
ing in the garden rose is the best proof of the
high esteem it commands as the Queen of
the Garden. A most hopeful and encourag-
ing sign of the times is the increased inter-
est for garden roses, the work being done in
making and planting new beds, the inquiries
for the best garden roses and the new varie-
ties, the increased demand for the rambler
class, and the increased intelligence by the
amateur class in matters relating to rose
growing. It is evident the rose takes first
and the prominent place in the garden and
will maintain its title and position wiiile
flowi-rs are grown. There is no flower that
appeals so strongly to one as the fragrant

.May the developing and perfecting of the
rose continue, and may each year bring forth

.\merican types which

ador

rose gardens
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HORTICULTURE

July 8, 1905

THE USES OF HARDY SHRUBS
FOR FORCING

Edwin Matthews bclore the Florisl-' Club of Phila-
[delphia. June 6th, igo5

I feel I must first of all tender an apology
for bringing such an unseasonable subject
before you, but I can only ask you to keep
cool and try for a few moments to forget that
it is June month with the temperature at
forcing-point. Secondly, it is not with any
feeling of intrepidity that I ajJijroach the
subject this evening and endeavor to present
it to men of age and experience. Had I the
lucid i)en of a W'atson, backed up by the
rich experience of a Lonsdale or a Harris,
my feelings would undoubtetlly have in them
the elements of confidence. .-Xs it is, I trust
you will deal gently with the stranger that
is within your gates.

Hardy shrubs used under glass have for
many years brought color and fragrance to
us ill the very depth of winter, but perhaps
it is only in recent years that they have been
resorted to so largely and used with so good
effect as at the present time. If I may be
allowed to recall reminiscences of the past,
I would Uke to take you in imagination to
the great spring show of the Royal Horti-
cultural Society of England, held annually in
the Temple Gardens, which is situated on
the Thames Embankment. Refreshing, in-
deed, is the memory of the many beautiful
groups of forced and spring flowering trees
and shrubs, staged and grouped to good
advantage by the leading nurserymen.

Here, one would come upon a large group
of the different kinds representing the genus
pvTUS, and prunus. There, a display of
standard wistarias, their racemes of white
and purple hanging in rich profusion.
Again, one would be attracted to a large
display of the many hybrid clematises in
their varied colors, while groujis of spiraeas,
deutzias, viburnums, pbjladelphuses, azaleas,
rhododendrons, and many others of the
ericaceous section would compel admiration
and attention from all. Undoubtedly this
show, together with the fortnightly displays
of this society have been responsible for
much of their present popularity in England.
Large quantities are now grown by the trade
for flowering under glass, and there is a con-
siderable trade in them between that coun-
try and Holland, as there are also large im-
portations to this country I believe, from the
latter place, especially in ericaceous plants.

So many shrub families are available and
adapted for gently forcing into bloom before
their usual time that it is unwise, I think, to
lay down hard and fast rules with regard
to culture. It has to do largely with the kind
of plant you handle and the kind of roots
the plants possess. With those which make
dense fibrous masses of roots, they can be
lifted from the open ground in autumn,
potted, and will scarcely feel the check of
removal. Some shrubs, however, transplant
so badly that it is better and really needful
to grow them entirely in pots or tubs.
Azaleas may be taken as the type of the
former; magnolias of the latter. Some cul-
tivators prefer to grow a great many of their
forcing plants permanently in pots, plunging
them out during the sunmier in a good open
position and giving them special attention in
the way of watering, feeding, eti . This may
be regarded as a modification of pot culture
and planting out. Although a few rooU are
passed out over the rim and also through
the hole in the bottom of pot, this treatment
has the effect of keeping the plants some-
what compact, while the chei k of removal,
when taken up, is not near so great as would
be the case had they unliinitetl root-room.
This partial confinement also tends to pro-
mote bud foniiation. In any case, however,

where shrubs are grown for this purpose
whether confined to pots or planted in the
field, they should be afforded a position
where air and sunshine can freely reach
them, strictly avoiding over-crowding, as this
tends to leaves instead of flowers, while they
should never be allowed to suffer through
drought. The returns for careful and Uberal
treatment at this juncture will be seen at
flowering time.

If the plants are being grown in the open
ground, that is to say, not confined to pots,
the best time to lift them, «ith few excep-
tions, is as soon as possible after the leaves
have fallen in autimin. When done at this
time the young roots have a chance to re-
cover from the check and get a hold on the
new soil before flowering time. The ad-
vantage gained by early potting is clearly
shown in the case of azaleas; the flowers of
the early potted remain nearly twice as long
in beauty as produced by those not potted
till late.

After potting they should be plunged in
ashes or any other material to keep them in
an even condition of moisture until taken
inside. Whether the plants be wanted for
early forcing or later, it is best to place
them first, only in a cool temperature, sub-
mitting them to greater -heat by degrees.
The lower the temperature, however (say
from 55 to 60 degrees), the more beautiful
the flower coloring, while if they are only
required to bloom a little in advance of their
natural season, mere protection from frosts
is only necessary.

The cultural requirements during the forc-
ing period are simple and may be summed up
in the following items, namely, a humid
atmosphere — yet not a stuffy one, for air
must be admitted when the conditions out-
side warrent it — copious supplies of water to
the roots and frequent spraying overhead.
The higher the temperature the more mois-
ture will the plants require and vice versa,
while a cooler and dr\-er atmosphere should
be given them as soon as they come into
flower, as the chief object at this point is to
prolong as much as possible their flowering
period.

Generally speaking, those plants which
have been forced hard to get them into
bloom early, cannot be depended on to give
satisfactory results the -second year, no matter
how careftdly they may have been treated.
Those, however, which have been only gently
forced will undergo the same ordeal the fol-
lowing season, pro\iding they are treated
well. Too often when the flowers are over,
the plants are thnist awav in some corner
and their existence forgotten, the result being
injured leaves and general dilapidation.
Xow, plants that have been forced in any
degree, are invalid and should be treated as
such. Shrubs that have finished blooming
under glass before the time of fros! and cold
winds are over should be carefully protected
and gradually hardened off before commit-
ting them outside, while those things which
are grown in pots permanently would be
greatly benefitted with occa,sional doses of
liquid manure during their growing season.

The florist who, while winter still lingers,
displays in his store some few bright colors
in the forced shrub line acts wisely I think,
for this, as in other things, as fruit and
vegetables out of season, ajjpeals to many
people in a most fascinating way and espe-
cially to those who can well afford to be a
little prodigal in this direction, and this, of
course, should be fostered by all means.
Without in any way disparaging the two
present-day favorites, the rose and carna-
tion, which certainly have the hearts of the
people, I cannot help but think there should
be more variety, for is there not some truth
in the old proverbial saying, "variety is the
spice of life." Let us, then, give variety.
(To be continued.)

BALTIMORE GLEANINGS

"To err is human; to forgive divine," is
an old saw and a wise. Will Feast, who
has been enjojing his new automobile this
summer, thinks it might be improved on: to
wit:

"To speed is human: to get caught is —
fine."

Frank Fritz, who has held the position of
foreman at the conser\-atories of Samuel
Feast & Sons for some time, has started in
for himself. He is builchng a range of glass
near the Feast establishment and expects
to be properly equipped by next fall. The
best vrishes of his old employers, and the
trade generally, go with him in the new
enterprise.

Fred Bauer of Govanstown is a specialist
in Cochet roses. He has some ten thousand
planted out ready for fall trade that look
very promising. Peonies have paid him
well this year, but he is not prepared to give
the names of the best varieties. He promises
to have the proper data next year.

Some are born to fortune, some achieve
fortune, and some have fortune thrust upon
them. .Among the latter w^e think Edwin
.\. Siedewitz may be fairly classed — as the
Wabash has taken over his entire property
at .Arlington — paying a good round sum
therefor. It is rumored that Mr. Seidewitz
is again in the field as a candidate for the
Secretaryship of the S. .\. F. May the best
man win. It is a healthy sign for a society
to have eager aspirants for its offices.

One of the finest collections of evergreen
and deciduous trees and shrubs in the vicinity
of Baltimore can be seen on the grounds of
Jno. Cook at Uplands. \ warm welcome
always awaits the inquiring visitor to this
interesting establishment — but look out for
the coUie dogs — they draw blood! Our
editor has been enjoying Mr. Cook's hos-
pitahty these twenty years and never got
bit but then — think who he is! A humble
itenerant fares differently.

It is rumored that Chas. Seybold, the able
and popular superintendent of Patterson
Park, is slated for the new position of super-
intendent of the park system of Baltimore.
A chief engineer has held the reins hereto-
fore; but this has been found incompatible
with advanced ideas, and th( Board of Com-
missioners have wisely decided to place the
landscape-gardener at the head of affairs.
Mr. Seybold is the logical man for the job,
and we trust the powers that be will act
wisely.

WilUam Eraser of Ruxton is a man after
Charles Ingram's own heart. He looks out
for the landscape end of the florist business
in good shape, and has more work in that
fine this season than he can properly attend
to. He is extending his facilities and hopes
by ne.xt year to be in a position to say yes
to all comers.

The mason, the bricklayer, the carpenter,
the mechanic, are the king bees in Baltimore
at yjresent. It's a paradise for them! And
the general business resulting therefrom (in-
cluding the florists) is highly gratifying.
Where all the millions come from is a mystery
but things are humming all right. Halliday
Bros, informed me that business had never
been better with them. Our genial confrere
— modest and manly "Bob" Halliday — as
he prefers to be called — is unusually cheer-
ful over the outlook.

Good old Baltimore! conserv-ative, courtly,
yet enterprising and generous, she has many
lessons for the sympathetic student, and in
her own way is a striking example by which
we all may profit.

G. C. Watson.

July 8, 1905

horticulture:

OLD COLONY CUTTINGS

A new florists' delivery wagon, unequalled,
with one exception, between Boston and
Brockton, has appeared in Quincy. It bears
the inscription "Derringer, Florist, Clover
Ave." Before this evidence of |ircK|.iniy,
Mr. Derringer resorted to various (k\i.r^
for delivering his goods from an onlin.iiy
democrat or e.xjiress wagon. Sometimes his
flowers would be in boxes, sometimes on
a sheet spread over the bottom of the wagon,
or occasionally the driver had to hold the
piece in one hand while he drove with the
other. In these days of immense glass areas,
large capital, and highly systematized
methods in all departments of plant and
flower production for the wholesale market,
the grower with limited resources is firncd
to a careful consideration of condLti<ins, in
order to find a living chance for himself. It
is possible that in some instances, the best
chance is found, or made, in a supreme
effort to build up a business on strictly
retail Unes of which funeral work constitutes
an important part. Now, the writer of this
article is in full sympathy with that which
has appeared a number of times between
the hnes in the editorial columns of Horti-
culture — namely, that, in the evohitiun
of the supply and demand of the cut-llnwer
business, the time approaches when the ar-
rangement of flowers which brings out, in
the most artistic manner, the characteristics
of the individual flower, and its harmonious
relationship to its environment, will entirely
supersede the tooth-pick and wire. That
time has not yet fully come, however, and
therefore the only course to be taken where
piece and design is called for is to endeavor
to give the best possible satisfaction in that
class of work. Mr. Derringer has about
three thousand feet of glass which is used
to grow ferns, palms, flowering plants, and
bedding stock, confining his effort to build-
ing up a business upon strictly retail hnes
and has probably come nearer to success
than he would have done, had he tried to
grow for the wholesale market. '

The greenhouses, lawns, and gardens of
Miss Abby Bradley, at Hingham, under the
care of Harry Terry, gardener, are models
of neatness and synnmetry. The fair pro-
portions of many hnes in the flower and
vegetable garden, this year, however, have
been broken into by the ravages of the cut-
worm. A border of viola (tufted pansy),
in which are some lovely varieties and which
has made a fine show in former seasons is
l^adly mutilated. The vicious httle pests
have also cut off asters, peas, beans, and
onions. Plants have had to be reset and
seed sown a number of times to keep the
rows even approximately fuU. It is related
that some one asked the late Peter Hender-
son about a remedy for cut-worms. The
answer was, that a fortune awaited the man
who could find one. Doubtless this gar-
dener, in company with many others, would
be glad to contribute his mite towards the
fortune for an effectual remedy. Mr. Terry
among other things has fine plants of Nico-
tiana Sandera:, some of which are in bloom.
The blossoms are of a dehcate shade of
carmine-pink. They are very pretty but not
of the striking color which we exiiectcd to
see in this variety.

Oscar Hay, gardener to Mr. Peter B.
Bradley, of Hingham, Mass., has cut 27,000
carnation blooms, from a 50 by 20 house, the
present season. Mr. Hay fiUed his benches
with a prepared compost of chopped sod,
that was partially rotted, and cow manure.
.\fter the plants were established lie gave
them a top dressing of Bradley's fertilizer
every ten days, using about ten pounds of
the same to a hundred square feet of bench
urface, and followed it immediateh- with an

GRADUATING CLASS IN FLORICULTURE, MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Readers of Horticulture will be inter-
ested to see the accompanying photograph
of the graduating class in floriculture at the
Massachusetts Agricultural College, for
which we are indebted to Professor Waugh.
Unfortunately Mr. R. L. Adams, Horticul-
ture's representative, who was a member of
this section, was out of town on the day the
photograph was taken. The gentleman
standing in the middle is Francis Canning,
head gardener and instructor of the class.
These young men all expect to engage ac-
tively in various Unes of floriculture and
landscape-gardening. In fact several of

them are already at work in their chosen
profession, though it is only a week since
graduation day.

The men in the photograph, reading from
left to right, are;

W. B. Hatch, Falmouth; J- J- Oardner,
Milford; P. F. Willi,,'., \-,,il.l:, G. H.
Allen, West Somer\i I I 1 II 1, Weston;
R. P. Gay, Stoui;!,- 1 : : Canning,

Instructor; A. D. r,:-,!,,! W. ii.nl; H. D.
Crosby, Rutland; F. L. Yeaw, Winthrop.

Floriculture is inestimably enriched by the
addition of these well-trained, self-reliant
young men to the ranks of its followers.

application of liquid. There were 880
plants in the house. The varieties grown
were Lawson, Wolcott, Enchantress, Mrs.
Patten, and Marquis. Mr. Hay kept a
careful and accurate account of his cut, and
the record is certainly one worthy of note.

The significance of the following incident
is so apparent that "he who runs may read."

In a conversation upon matters relating
to the trade, a flower grower who has made
a success of the business, said to a repre-
sentative of HoRTicULTtTRE, " If you hear of
a second-hand boiler or two-inch water-pipe
for sale, let me know." The very next
issue of HoRTicin-TURE contained adver-
tisements of three second-hand boilers. As
the speaker referred to is a .subscriber and
reader of HoRTicULTtjRE, the man who had
something to sell was brought in touch with
a possible buyer through the medium of a
hvc, practical, readable journal. Perhaps
some one has some second-hand pipe to dis-
pose of. A word to the wise is sufficient.

G. H. HiGGINS.

DESTROYING PLANT LICE

The Practical Counselor for Fruit and
Garden CuUure, of Frankfort, recently of-
fered a "prize for the best method of destroy-
ing plant lice, for which 58 persons com-
peted. The prize was awarded to the
author of the following preparation; Quassia
wood, 2h pounds, to be soaked overnight in
10 (juarts of water and well boiled, then
strained through a cloth, and placed, with
TOO quarts of water, in a petroleum barrel,
with 5 pounds of soft soap. The mixture is
then ready for sprinkhng on plants infested
with lice. Leaves, even those of peach trees,
will not be injured in the least by the solu-
tion, which can be kept covered in the barrel
from spring to fall without deterioration.
.\s soon as lice appear the leaves should be
sprinkled with the solution. If this is re-
peated several times the pests will disappear.
— Richard Gtienlher, Consul-General, Frank-
fort, Germany, May 27, 1905.

.\ccording to latest investigation the Eu-
ropean area planted in sugar beets covers
3,657,156 acres, exceeding last year's acre-
age by 17.2 per cent.

The Johnson Heating Co. is a new con-
nrii in the greenhouse heating business, with
olTii e in the St. James building, New York.
Mr. Johnson, the head of the firm was
formerly with Hitchings & Co., and starts
with a good knowledge of his business.

H O R T I C U L T U R i:

July 8, 1905

SAN FRANCISCO NOTES

In the early hours of a morning this week
till tappers broke into the (}ear\- street store
and cash register of the California Florist,
Julius Eppstein, i)n)|irittor, and the Sutter
street store known ,1- M i;n,> ,-■ Dtroralors
andFlorists, con(hi. . 1 '1 ■ ii~r Man-

ning, manager, ami \l 1 < ('ohm.

The aggregate am. mm ilir i,,M), 1, rcix-iveii
at both stores was only thirty jm-. rs of silver,
each of the dollar denomination. The
thieves were not posted on present market

Seed Trade Topics

solicited and will be e

conch tions.

Public and private school commencements
this closing vi-eek of June have produced a
call for flower constructive work that made
it a week of exceeding acti\ity for all local
florists. "Yet," said a representative of the
industry, " this week of hustle hasn't repre-
sented the business it should; flowers were
over-abundant — altogether too low in price
to quote, all owing to the fact that there are
too many price-cutters in the .San Francisco
trade, and our lack of union organization to
regulate business."

Following the organization of the first
horticultural society south of Tehachapi, as
recently reported in Horticulture, another
has just sprouted in the name of the San
Francisco Horticultural Board of Trade. It
is an enterprise on the part of growers for
the trade exclusive of Japanese and Chinese.
The leading spirit in the movement is P. C.
Meyer, proprietor of Glenwood Nursery at
Burlingame. This gentleman says that he
finds all the principal growers in the bay
counties in active sympathy with the move-
ment. At a meeting held recently there was
a large attendance, worthy of being reported
as a very enthusiastic gathering.

Especially may the people of the great
State in which HoRTicuLTtTRE is jjublished
be thankful for the safe arrival this week in
San Francisco harbor of the liner Maiicliuna.
Why? Simply because a portion of her
cargo, an infinitely small portion though it
be, was a httle prison box containing a colony
of war-Uke insects from the coast of .Asia that
are death on caterpillars, warriors specially
recruited to massacre the army of caterpillars
now destroying vegetation in tlie Old Bay
State and throughout New England. Re-
sponsive to a world-wide inquiry sent out by
the Agricultural Department at Washington
for a parasite that would stop the ravages of
the hopper-moth in this coinitry. United
States Minister Griscom, at Tokio, shipped
the colony of insects, beheving them to be
sure death to the gypsy moths that have been
playing havoc in Massachusetts. The para-
sites are like ants in appearance, but have
four wings, with the aid of which they hop
about like fleas. They sting caterpillars to
death, and their larv^, hatih out inside
of the caterpillars and destroy their con-
sumers, so that they work from both ends,
as it were. But the parasites imported by

the Manchuria

about

ingcrous as

the gypsy moths, left to themselves, and the
greati^st precautions have been taken to get
them into this country, and will continue to
be taken until they arrive in Massachusetts,
without any of the insects es( apiiif;. If even
one of the insects get loos, in California,
says the State Horticultural > Mnunissiom-r,
a blight on all vegetati<jn Ini-alioui would
follow within a few months, lor the insects
multiply at the rate of several thousand a
day. At Honolulu, horticultural commis-
sioner Alexander Craw took extra precau-
tions against the insects getting loose upon
arrival here, and cautioned the accompany-
ing representative guardsman of the Pacific
Coast Horticultural Society to watch the
imprisoned parasites closely

• the seed

2 a place in this column.

The condition of the pea crop is regarded
with mi.xed feeUngs by growers. A few think
the crop has been seriously damaged, while
others beUeved the damage reports have been
exaggerated. A few more weeks will tell
the storj'.

Unusually cool and wet weather in the
East is retarding the growth of many crops,
particularly beans and corn. It is now prac-
tically certain that beans will not be a large
crop, and unless we have a late, warm
autumn, the sweet corn crop of Ohio, Michi-
gan, New York, and Connecticut, wiU be
fight and of poor quaUty. Just at present
New York appears to be in the worst plight
of any, with Michigan a close second.

Echoes from the seedsmen's
bring complaints from a few of those in
attendance, among others being the one that
the hotel management did not do things in
a liberal way — that they e.xacted the last
cent, and exacted from every one all they
"would stand," or, to quote a famous rail-
road magnate, "all the traffic would bear."
Although the writer is not personally cogni-
zant of these things, information which ap-
pears to be authentic seems to justify some
of the complaints.

It is unfortunate that the first impressions
of fair and generous treatment should be
questioned.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED

Peterson Nurser)-, Chicago. List of pa;o-

nies and Ge
variety mentioned i

good one.

LIST OF PATENTS

Issued June 13, 1905

792,018. Fruit-Gatherer. EUjah A. Gallup
Hancock, Iowa.

792,061. Basket or Crate. Walter Morley
and Andrew F. McAtee, Salem, Oregon.

792,233. Fniit-Preserving Vessel. Viola
Norman, Smithton, Ark.

792,235. Fruit-Evaporator. William J.
Patton, Springdale, Ark.

792,089. Fruit-Scissors. George Towers,
Canon City, Colo.

792,518. Remedy for Tree-Cancer. Emma
Homann, Berhn, Germany.

792,541. Weeder. Neil McEachern, Walla
Walla, Wash., assignor to .-Adam W. Sever-
ance and Milford H. Broughton, Walla
Walla, Wash.

Issued June 20, 1905

792,750. Lawn-Trimmer. Edmund Bar-
ton, Ivyland, Pa.

792,771. Banana-Crate. Otto Granke, La
Crosse, Wis.

792,905. Flower-Pot Holder. Clemens
Kirchner, WheeUng, W. Va., assignor of
two-thirds to Herman Lotz and Thomas
Claus, WheeUng, W. Va.

Issued June 27, 1905.

793,246. Lawn-Mower. Robert L. Teal,
iPaducah, Ky.

793,365. Insect-Gathering Machine. James
H. Fogle, Delhi, Texas.

793,614. Process of Preserving Fruit.
Daniel F. Shennan, Chicago, 111., assignor,
by direct and mesne assignments, to Cal-
ifornia Concentrated Fruit Co., a corpor-
ation of California.

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
PROJECTED

lM)L\NOLA, I.\. — L. P. Springer, one

Xi WBLTRYPORT, M.\ss. — C. MacGregor,

WoLLASTON, Mass. — W. C. Ward, pansy
house 120X20.

Cortland, N. Y. — .■\dolph Frost, two
houses, 18x50.

Tewksbury, M.\ss. — John Gale, one
house, 30 X 200.

Greenport, N. Y. — L. M. Rayner, car-
nation houses.

.■\thol Centre, Mass. — E. E. Fairbanks,
one house, 23 X 125.

Norwood Park, III. — Cari Niemann,
three houses, each 21 X 135.

Reported by J. C. Moninger Co.

Rochester, Ind. — J. H. Shelton, three
houses, 17 X85.

Sherman, Texas. — O. H. Hanna, one
house, 22 X 100.

Be.ardstown, III. — Frank Bros., three
houses, 22x75.

Decatltr, III. — Mrs. K. Dant, two
houses, 20 X 80.

New Castle, Ind. — Peter Weiland, two
houses, 27 X 300.

RocKFORD, III. — H. W. Buckbce, seven
houses, 27 X260.

Pasadena, Cal. — R. Scliiffman, range
of orchid houses.

Ollivette, Mo. — O. Jablonsky, three
houses, 20 X 139.

Iowa City, Iowa. — J. .Mdons & Son,
two houses, 22 X 100.

Br.adford, Pa. — Ernest H. Lucking,
two houses, 28 X 100.

Wichita, K.ans. — Chas. P. Mueller,
three houses, 20X150.

Kirkwood, Mo. — F. W. Ude & Son,
three houses, 17X100.

South Bend, Ind. — J. M. Studebaker,
conservatory, 23X92.

OAKI.AND, Md. — Weber & Sons, eleven
hou.ses, new and repairing.

Carrollton, Mo. — Kennedy & Farn-
ham, two houses, 20 X 125.

RODGERS P.\RK, CHICAGO, ILL. — Peter
Ncpper, six houses, 24 X 151.

Moline, III. — S. -A. Stephens, private
range, three houses, 23X75.
' Council Blupfs, Iowa. — Reams Lain-
son, three houses, 25 X 260.

Birmingham, Ala. — Elm Leaf Green-
houses, four houses, 14X100.

Falls Creek, Pa. — Goss & Sons, one
house, 24X200; one house, 24X50.

Boise, Iowa. — Boise Floral Co., one
house, 22X70; one house, 22x82.

High Ridge, III. — F. Fortmann, two
houses, 27X143; one house, 22X150.

Portland, Ind. — H. R. Frank, one
house, 31X309; one house, 33X309.

Sedalia, Mo. — Gelven & Son, two
houses, 14X120; two lean tos, 7X120.

Beatrice, Neb. — Dole Floral Co., two
houses, 21X112; two houses, 17X112.

Milwaukee, Wis. — E. Austin, one house
22 X150: John Burmeister, one house, 22 X

Kansas City, Mo. — R. S. Brown & Son,
four houses, 26 X 200: A. F. Barbe, one house,
27 X 240.

.\urora. III. — .Aurora Greenhouses, one
house, 26x120; one house, 12X120; one
house, 16 X64.

Park Ridge, III. — Emil Buettner, four
hou.ses, 27X125; one house, 29X125; one
house, 15 X 125.

Springfield, III. — R. T. Donnell, one
house. 37 X 100; A. C. Brown, one house,
30X316, one house, 30X300.

Libertyville, III. — J. P. Weiland,
(Chicago Rose Co.), three houses, 20X500,
one house, 10X155, detached and connected
with center walks.

July 8, 1905

HORTICULTURE

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

The past week has shown
BALTIMORE very little change, but con
sidcring the amount of
block on hand, the end was fairly satis-
factory, owing to the vast quantity of
funeral orders which came in. The poor
quality of the local-grown roses is causing a
demand for select stock, and Beauties, the
choice stock of which is ordered from the
north, arc bringing vcrv good ]iri(cs, retail.
Golden CaU- .im- ...iiiilif in xrn ^ I, an.l

just now 111. IM.nkrl i, lirinj; -A. 11 -ll|i|illi(l
Withg,.,..|,,u, ... a...C..l„l •- \l.t...,

Ill ihiii 1.1 1 i.iges, and are very scarce.
I .11 11, 111. ri. It. almost entirely over, many
lo. al !^i.iw(i> laving already taken up their
plants; what few are brought into the market
are so extremely small and withered that
very few calls are made for them.

The last week was a very un-
BOSTON productive one in the flower

liusiness for dealers and re-
tailers, and the present w-cck is not much
different, although there arc signs that the
period of worst stagnation will soon be over.
Sales are made at any price to unload the
stock in wholesalers' hands and most of
the dealings are with the street fakirs.
Lily of the valley is about the only item on
the Ust that has any stabiHty.

Last week cut-flower business
BUFFALO wound up quite satisfactorily,

considering amount of stock
handled. Kaiserin and other select roses
were in demand, Beauties excepted. Car-
nations were in ovcrsupply early in the work.
Roses of poor quality flood tli. mark. I, ami
are disposed of with ditTi. iili ( iii.liiluin
hhes have sold well, but :r^ ili. ii|.|.lv in-
creases will now undoubtc.ll) tin. I a ^|..\\. 1
market and lower values.

There docs not apjiear to be
CHICAGO any doubt that the conditions
in the trade have settled to the
summer pace, and that, allowed to have its
natural course, the trade tendency will be
toward a lower level of prices. T.i^lil rereipts
of choice American Beauti.-. h m . iial.lid
growers to maintain a go...! |.ii.. .1; ixti.i
quality equal to the top pri( I |.ai.l li~i H..k.
The new cut is already offend and is in
fair proportion to the total supply. Bride
and Bridesmaid roses are very small and
soft and good quaUty easily commands above
quoted prices. A heavy cut of Liberty is
on but prices rule firm. Kaiserin is de-
pended on where something choice is wanted;
supply and demand hold at even stages.
Carnations from inside will soon be at an
end. White has experienced a good de-
mand; the supply is continually growing
lighter. Sweet peas have declined, due to
the heavy offerings; the enormous supply did
not serve to enUven the demand. The drop
in Lilium candidum occurred the past week
occasioned by heavy consignments. Paeonies
are becoming more conspicuous by their
scarcity than by their presence and sales
above S6.00 occur often. Lily of llie valley
is a shortage. .Asters have ])ut in their
appearance and gladiolas is next in line.
F.xtra quality ferns are offered by our adver-
tisers. (Ircen goods are selling slow.

Verv little can be said of
CINCINNATI both trade and stock at

the present writing. Sum-
mer Ulies are now putting in their ajipearance.
Gladioli continue to arrive in grtod quantities
and sell well. Some good roses have been
seen in the wholesale houses, but the ma-
jority of them, as also carnations, arc not very
gooci.

Business last week was

LOUISVILLE very slack; however not

much to our surpirse, the

rteathcr being very warm, and stock showing

great deal. Carnations are down in

and the sale is not very encouraging.

The same can be said of roses. Lilies and

;inlitics.

^l;

The spurt which occur

NEW YORK during last week was o

bv Saturdav, and to-il

1 ne market is over su|
including American li.
varieties, carnations, s-
green stock, and little

nvn fo

Considering the season of the

PHILA- year business was fairlv gooil

DELPHIA the past week. The demand

was good for all kinds of car-
nations and roses. Summer Beauties from
outside points were of fine quaUty and helped
to brighten up what is usually a poor situation
in midsummer. Some fine Prosperity carna-
tions were around but the bulk of the stock
was of inferior size. DahUas have made
their appearance in limited quantity. Water
Ulies are in demand, but supply seems to
be rather limited in this market at present.
Good sweet peas are not over plentiful but
they do not bring much even when good.
There is any quantity of rubbish around —
unsalable. Gladioli from the South are of
good quality and bring fairly remunerative
figures.

BUSINESS CHANGES

John N. Weston has surrendered his leas
of the greenhouses he has been occupying a
Reading, Mass., and will build houses ii
the fall on new premises.

A. Van Leeuwen, Jr., of Franklin, Mass.
has sold his interest in the Continental Nur
series to his father and brother, and nil
retire from business for the present.

Albert Fuchs has sold out his retail busi
ness at 205Q Clarendon avenue, Chicago, I.
Henry Koropp, who was until recently con
nected with Sheridan Park Floral Co. Ther.
are two conservatories connected with'th.

NEWS NOTES

Tewksbury, Mass., sulTered severely from
the effects of a \iolent storm of hail and
wind on June 26. The tower, tank, and
windmill of John Gale were wrecked and .-\.
Roper lost considerable glass in his houses
as well as the windmill and roof of his
tower. Manv trees were blown down.

A. A. Hixon, of Worcester, was the victim
on Wednesday last, of a swindler who wanted
some flowers and played the time-worn trick
of taking a portion of the order himself and
ordering the balance (for a wedding) to be
sent with bill, to a fictitious address. The
funniest part of the incident is the confes-
sion of the reporter of the Worcester Tele-
gram that he had walked about 20 miles
and ridden 25 in an effort lo find the "George
Wilson" whose sister was to be married that
day!

GOOD MEN

AVIieii you need^^ond iiinn,
skilled or unskilled, write;

Thos. H.
Bambrick

34 South 7th St., Philadelphia

II»>1|> of all kiiulg, inrludinK that for
Florists, Nurserymen, .Seedsmen and the
Horticultural trade generally.

of salesmen
sary. No

canon. KNIGHT
Newark, New York.

INVESTMENT WANTKD- Hollander, whose
business brings him to the .States, desires to invest
substantial amount not exceeding 30,000 to 40,000
guilders, in first-class liorticullural business, where' he
can be of service in buying Dutch bulbs and other
similar products in Europe. Only first-class houses
ne^d reply. Address giving general particulars and
appointing interview, A. M. M. care of HOR TICUL-

WANTED-

U.IISCS. Must

open SeptL-mb.
(!|.ri RK, 1

- v.. Ling man to take charge of carnation
furnish references. .Situation will be
r isl. Address Y. care of HORTI-
I llamillon Place, lioston

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r>7 Fulton street, NEW YORti

Ling to advertisers, mentio

PRESH IMPORTATION Or

GattleyaTriansandGigas
Thomas Jones, Short Hills, N.J.

horticulture:

New Crop Beauties

THE BEST COMING TO
PHILADELPHIA

Tffi LEO NIESSEN CO.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
1217 Arch St., - PHILADELPHIA

After July l»t Store Or»n 7 A. M. to 6 P.M.

SUMMER BEAUTIES

AND

RAIZERINS

Samuel S. Pennock

ft'LOKlHX

Cut Flowers

SHIPPED TO ALL POINTS

N. F. McCarthy & Go,

84 HAW LEY ST.
Tel. Main 5973 BOSTON

E. H. HUNT

Wholesale

Cut Flowers

'THE OLD RELIABLE

76 Wabash Ave.

.CHICAGO

NEW SPHAGNUM

FINEST OIAIJTY

TERNS, GALAX AND SUPPLIES

H.M.Robinson &Co.

S and II Province St., Boston, Mass.

Flowers Needed ? Too Busy to go to
Market ? Then Order from Any of the
Advertisers on These Pages. Mention
HORTICULTURE.

WILLIAM J. BAKER

CARNATIONS

Sweet Peas, Lilies of the

Valley

I writing to advertiscri

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 - TO DEALERS ONLY

CHICAGO

Jlll.v 4

ST. LOUIS 1 PHILA.

July 3 | Jt.LV 5

BOSTON

July 5

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fan. & Sp

.SO. 00
25.00

ir>,oo

2.00

4^00
1.00
8.00
7.00
5.00
1.00
2.00
5.00
,3.00
1.00

2.(KI
.75

50.00

8.00
3.00

,32.00
30,00
20.00
6.00
6.00
5.00
3.00
10.00
8.00
0.00
4.00
8.0O

2,00

60.00

10.00
4.00

"Km

r.w
"50

■i2!,56
35.00
2.-., 00

25. (HI

NJiO

i2;5fl' to

3.00 to
''i.<X> (0

"i.ixi to
■4!66' to

2.00 to

■■>i6' to

20.00
15.00
10.00

'6!66

5.00

'eioo

5.00

'6!66

5.00
3.00

2.00
1.60

'".■a

25.00
15.00
12.50
4.00
8.00
600
2.00
8.00
6.00
4.00

'4:06
6.00
3.00
1.00

1.50
1.00

's'.oo'

■■:25'

■i'25'

is'.oo'
35.00

25,00
•2.5,00

30.00
20.00
15.00
8.00
10.00
8.00
5.00
12,00
8,00
6.00

"h'M

8 00
5.00
2.00

2.00
60.00
"4:66

■"iso

.75
1.60

■26!6o

.50.00
50.00
.50,00

la.oo
12.00
4.00

,50

4.00
2.00

.50

'e^oo
3.00
2.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00

1.00

.15

'3:66'
1.00

1.00

'".iK

\2M

35.00
35.00

25.00

to
to
to

to
to

20.00

Lower grades! ;;!!.'.'
Bride*. 'Maid -Fan. 4, Sp

" Extra

'■ No. I and Lower gr.
Liberty, Fancy & Special

8.(0
2,00
5.00
3.00
2.00
10.00

Meteor

6.00

Golden Gate 1 Best

Ivory J Medium

4.00
3.00

Chatenay ) Culls

CARNATIONS

Fancy Class

2.00

1.50
.50

ORCHIDS

Cattleyas

BULBOUS

Lilies.

Lily of the Valley

4.00

Stocks

2.00

Callas

MISCELLANEOUS

Mignonette

6.00

.75
.20
.25

w'.ix)

25.00

l5:w

Sweet Peas

.50

Croweanum

Asparagus Plumosus; strings

bunches...
" Sprengeri "
Gardenias

1.50

■ie'.ob

50.00
50.00
35 00

PHILADELPHIA CUT FLOWER CO.

I,SI6-1518 SANSOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA

KAIZERIN, CARNATIONS, SWEET PEAS

store Closes at (. P. M. from .lune l«th to Sept. lOth Daily except Saturday at 1 P.M.

EVERYTHING IN

CUT FLOWERS

-..™iOOOD|fl™-'

EDWARD REID

I, "526 RANSTEAD ST. - PHILADELPHIA

CHflS.W.McKELLaR

51 WABASH AVE. CHICAGO

Western Headquarters for Ctioice Orctiids
Vflllev Violets and all Cut Flowers

A Daily Shipment
from 40 to 60 Growers

PETER REINBERG

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWERS

51 Wabash Ave. Chicago, 111.

July S, 1905

PHILADELPHIA NOTES

S. S. Pennork has been on a varation in
Rhcxii- Island for the past week.

A ihange has taken place in the firm of
Leo Nicssen Company in the withdrawal
of Mr. McKissick.

Violet growers in this vicinity are com-
plaining of the dry weather. K. Eisenhart
states that he has lost half of the twenty
thousand Princess of Wales he had planted
out. That variety is one of the hardest to
bring through according to Mr. Eisenhart's
experience. The double varieties are thriv-
ing all right ,

PHILADELPHIA SPORTING NOTES

Admiral Cartlcdge of the Tacony Va. hi
Club leaves on the i6th inst. for Marble-
head, Mass., on his yacht Emily with a
number of officials and invited guests.

A series of five matches, two on home and
three on outside alleys has been arranged
by the Florists' Club for the purpose of
selecting a team for the convention. The
first match will take place at the club room
alleys on July 6. P'ourteen players have
qualified.

The Florists Gun Club team has come out
victorious in the League contest and now
holds ihe championship cup for Philadelphia
and vicinity. They lost but one out of
eighteen matches. They are easily the
strongest shooting organization in this viiin
ity — if not in the countrv.

CHICAGO NEWS NOTES

W'iiland & Risch are cutting Rose Welles-
lr\ ill (iiir form.

\isitors; Chas. Hammer, Lake Geneva,
Wis., \\m. Edlefsen, Milwaukee.

Lobeha tennior can be seen in flower
with .'\lois P. Frey, at Lincoln Park.

C. W. Erne, salesman for E. JI. Hunt,
is on a vacation to Terre Haute, Ind., and
Michigan.

Fred Nelson, manager retail dept., of

Geo. Wittbold Co., is visiting at his '

in Galesburg, 111.

Geo. Wittbold Co., is increasing th( ofliicc
quarters, an office building 36X20 is heinj.

.lllr

inft

I Florists Out of Town I

^ Taking Orders for Flowers to |S

^ be Delivered to Steamers or ^

« Elsewhere in New York can ^

'$. have them delivered in ^

^ PLAIN BOXES, WITH OWN p

W^ TAOS in best manner by Wi

I Young & Nugent!

P 42 W. 2SHi Street, New York %

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street
WASHINGTON, D. C.

FRED C.WEBER

FLORIST

oliv^Itreet ST. LOUIS, MO.

Established IK73
Long Distance Phone Bell Lindell 676

HORTICULTURE 45

'^s

ROSES

m%a; %-\n

.\S A I.KAUKlt ui- olf.r INCI.K .lOIlN , I li.. Iiiipriivfil
superior anil hftter sliapecl tli>wer. in .'U-incli pots
»15 per looo"

For immediate removal we offer a liiniteil number of (;"0<1 clean healthy
plants at extremely low prices as we ar<; in need of the space they occupy

Uncle John, .•Jj-iuch, »:t.O0 «»5.U0

Uncle John, 3 inch, :;.O0 15.00

Bridesmaid, 3-inch, 3.50 30.00

Auierican Hcauli i l!en<h I'lants *:;."(1 ii.r 100; »J5 OO pir 1000

INCARNATIONS, 100,000 field Grown!

Lawsou (Pink) Nelson Fisher Flamingo Mrs. Nelson Flora Hill

Boston market Crusader Harry Fenn Triumph Guardian A

, Roosevelt Mrs. Ine

I'urnislu'd 11) ipplicatlon, al.HO xvlicii » riling kindly

ONDITION.

J. A. BUDLONO

^ 37-39 Randolph St.." CHICAGO ^

5 V^^hr. SpSwER^Cut Flowers |

BALTIMORE LOCALS

Cardinal, one of Mr. Cook's productions is
now in great demand in this market.

Charles F. Feast, with his mother, Mr-
J. E. Feast, have returned to their hoiiu -
after a ten days sojourn at Atlantic City.

John Cook has just completed the erection
of a new greenhouse, 30X160, to be u.sed
in the growing of the new rose "Madonna,"
which is to be put upon the market thr
coming fall.

John H. I.angton, the new manager of
the Hotel Belvedere, has inaugurated the
New York custom of placing large and
stately palms about the lobby, corridors,
and dining rooms, and Feast & Sons wen-
awarded the contract for furnishing same.

.■\mong the fortunate folk who have sailed
for " the other side " are Miss M. M. Dawson
of Eastern Nurseries, who sailed from New
York last Saturday, J. A. Pettigrew and
G. Harbison on the Republic from Boston,
Thursday, July 6; W. R. Smith from New-
York, July 6, and .\. Leuthy from New
York, July 8. T. D. Hatfield is booked to
sail from Boston, July 12. There are still a
few good men left on this side, however.

BOSTON FLORIST LETTER CO-

Ma,u,(ac..,rers of fLORISTS' LCTTEHS

Tarnished, 18x30x13, made in two sec-
tions, one for each size letter, given
away with flrit order of BOO letters.
Block Letters, lJor2-inch size, per 100. »2
Script Letters, 3, Fastener witb each
letter or word. Used by leading florists
everywhere and for sale by all wholesale
florists and supply dealers.
N. r. McCarthy, Treas. and Marwfler

84 Hnwley St., BOSTON, MA.SS.

H.Bayersdorfer&Co.

50-56 North 4fh Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Florists' Supplies

BEST LINE IN, THE COUNTRY

FRANK MILLANC

Wholesale Commission Florist

COOQAN BUlLOINCi

55=57 W. 26th Street, New York

Tel. 290 Madison Sq. Open 6 A.M. to s P.M.

FANCY FERNS

$1.00 PER 1000 Discount on rejular shipments

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange

WM, nll.r.KR. Ma. !..,;;.■.
» ■lOI.EMAI.E rl-OUISX!*

J8 AND 40 MIAMI AVE.. DETROIT, MICH.

FORD BROS.

48 West 28th Street

New York

Fine Roses

Fancy Carnations

A full line of all CUT FLOWERS
:Telcplioiie, :i870 <>r .'WTl ^laclixin S.iuaie

HORTICULTURi: J^^ly s, 1905

J JOHN I. RAYNOR ""

I Wholesale Commission Florist ^'ibt^^isr^S^SlB^^''

W A full line of Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes. Comprises every variety

grown for New York market, at current prices

• TEL. I99R MADISON 50L'ARE 49 W. 28 St., New York city

Walter F, Sheridan

Wholesale Commission Dealer In

Choice Cut riowcrs

JULIUS LANC

Wholesale Plorist

returns made promptly

QEOROE A. SllTHERLSND CO.

CUT riOWERS

Florists' Supplies and Letters
,14 Hawlev St. - BOSTON

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORIST

57 West 28th St., New York

FINEST ROSES All Varieties

Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Gardenias, Lilies, Ferns, Asparagus, every day in the
year. Everything choice that the market offers

Special Attention to Shipping Orders

-r , u ( 2200 \ Madison
Telephones ( 320, \ gquare

Write for Current Prices

NEW YORK CUT FLOWER QUOTATIONS

TRADE PRICES— Per 100— TO DEALERS ONLY

Last Hall of Week First Half of Week
endini; July 1 begloiiint July 3

No.

" Lower grades

Bride & 'Maid, fan. and sp

•• " extra

■ ■ " No. I and Lower gr.

Liberty, fan. and sp.

" extra

Carnot and Kaisenn .
Golden Gate ) Best
Ivory [ Mediu

Chatenay 1 Culls, .

Fancy Class

General Class

OnCHIDS

Cattleyas

Cypripediums .

niTi.Boim

Lily ofthe ValVey".

Callas .

Mignonette

Sweet Peas, tunches

Adiantum Cuneatum

" Croweanum

" Farleyense

Smilai

Asparagus Plumosus, strings . .

" " bunches .

" Sprengeri "

Gardenias

Lilacs . bunches

Paionies

Florists Zt

Taking orders for delivery in
SNeiv York City or Vicinity can
have them filled in best manner
and specially delivered by ^* J-

Thomas Young, Jr.

41 W. 25th street - - NEW YORK

ALEX. McCONNELL

546 Fifth Ave., New York City

Ttkphone falls, 340 and 341 35lh St.
Cabk Address, AtEXCONNELL

John Breitmeyer's
Sons — — >

Cor. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVES.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs
High GradeCut Blooms

I writing to advertisers,

ints aii<l g;ooc1
d Titnaila.

Horticulture

July S, 1905

HORTI CULTURE

WEILAND 3> RISCH

Leading Western (irowers and Ship[>ers of

Cut Flowers

59 Wabash Ave., tHrCAOO

Long Distance Phone Central 879.

Charles Millang

50 West 2«th St., New York City

Cut Flowers on Commission

A Reliable PIdie to (on^igii to or order from

ffiiBailco.

FLORISTS- SUPPLIES

545 LiberW St., PITTSBURG, PA.

Bonnot Bros.^

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

The only house ii% /I ..-.i .,-v»«. •)>

baadllag the New ** V IC f OPl/
Red Carnation ' iV- ■ Vf ■ y

To be disseminated 1906. Also a complete
line of choicest flow<rs,

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN

WHOLESALE FLORIST

52 WEST 29TH ST. M3W YORK

Telephones 1664-1665 MadUon Square.

Edward C. Hpran
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. \*l\ Madison Sq. NCW YOfk

JAMES fl. HflliMOND

Wholesale Commission Florist

T'ii%^.iir,i'„-sq. NEW YORK CITY

Conslgiinieuts receive conscientious and prompt

attention. Highest market price guaranteed.

The finest stock lu the market always on baud

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

Wholesale Florists

.14 W. 2Sth ST.. NKW YORK
Tg|. .T^.sq Ma.'ison .Siliare

REED & KELLER

122 W. 2.'ifh .St., New York, NY.

FLOR iWtS' SUP PLIES

WILLIAM J. BOaS & CO.

...MANUFACTURERS OF...

Folding Plower Boxes

No. 1042 RIDOE AVCNIIE, PHILADELPHIA

Write for Price I.i.t anil Sample!

In wTitingtoid»erti«*rs, mention Hofticulturb

A«ri« BEAUTIES

AND

QUEEN Of EDGELYS

WELCH BROS.

titv Hall Cut-Flower Market
I5''PR0VINCEST., BOSTON

WIETOR BROS,

Wholesale Growers of

CUT FLOWERS

S1.S3 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
The RELIABLE HOUSE

JOSEPH S. FENRICH

Wholesale Florist

Consignments Solicited

45 West 30th Street, New York City

Telephone No. 325 Madison Square.

Headquarters in Western New York for

Roses
Carnations

And all hinds of .Seasonable Flowers

WM. E. I^ASTING

Wliolesdie Commission tlorist

ALSO Dealer In Plori.st.s' Supplies

and Wire Dcsign.s
353-57 Ellicott St., Buffalo, N.Y.

HIVE US A TRIAL WE CAN PLEASE VOU

FANCY CARNATIONS
AND ROSES

Pittsburg Cut Plower Co., Ltd.

504 Liberty Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.

ESTABLISHED 1873

JOHN J. PERKINS

WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION FLORIST

115 West 30th St., New York

Tel. No. 956 Madison Square

OUR FLOWERS

Are the product of eslabllshmenls Ihal CAN
BE DEPENDED UPON lo supply bloomsol un-
excelled quality EVERY DAV IN THE VEAR.
■ prepared lo lurnish GOOD MATERIAL and at REASONABLE PRICES. Let us hear Iroin you NOW, please.

TRAENDLY & SCHENCI^

44 West 2Stll St. New York City Telephones, 798-799 Madison Squ

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES Per 1(K) — TO DEALERS ONLY

Meteor .
Jacq...
Brunner

Cypripediums

BULBOUS

Lilies

he Valley.

Lily
( "Stock
Daffodils
Tulips...
Callas . .

Sprengeri

Gardenias

lilar hanchfs
Paeonies

\°

3.1)0

■-'.,■50 to

4.U0

lidtl

4,00 to

.1 (1(1

2.50

1(10 lo 12.00

15.00

'hb'.ob

to 25 00
to 20.00
to 12 00

to 50.00
to 25.00
to 25.00

!.00 to 18 00

15.00
50.00
40 00

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H ORTI CULTURE

July 8, 1905

List

Advertisers

PMC
Aschm.nnG 28

Baker Wm.T 44

BambrickThos H... 43
Barrows H.H & Son. 28

Baur Floral Co 29

BaycrsdorftrH.&Co. 45
Boas W.J. &Co. .. 47
BoddingtonA.T. ... 26

Bonnol Bros 47

Boston Florist Letter

Co 45

Breck Joseph & Sons

Breitmeyer'sJ.Sons.. 46

Budlong J. A 45

Burpee VV. A & Co. . 30

Chandler B.B.& K.J. 51
Chicago House Wreck-
ing Co 50

Chicago Carnation

Co •... . 29

Clucas & Boddington 28

Cooke G.H 45

CoolidRe Bros 2S

Cottage Gardens... 29
Crowl Fern Co 45

IlilRer Wm 46

UreerH.A 30-51

UysartR J 28

Elliott Wm.& Son... 23

Esler J.G 50

Ernest W.H 60

Farquhar R. & J. &

Co.. 30

Fenrich J.S 47

FletchersF. W 29

Ford Bros 46

Fromow W.& Sons . 29

GhormlevW 46

Grey T.J. & Co. . . . 30
Gurney Heating Mfg.

Co 51

Guttman Alex . J 47

HaU Asm 50

Hammond J. A 47

Herendeen M(g. Co.. 51
Hews A. H. StCo. .. 50

Hitchings & Co 52

Horan E.C 47

HuntE.H 28-44

Johnston Hraling Co .50

Johnson & blokes 30

Jones Thomas 43

KaslingW. F 47

King Construction Co. 51

KloknerA 51

Lager .V Hurreli TS

Lang Julius 46

Lehnig & Winnefeld . 29

Leuthy A. & Co. . . . 2S

I.ord & Burnham Co. 52

Metropolitan Material

Co 51

McCarthy N. F. &

Co 44

McConnell Alex 40

McKellar Charles W.. 44

Michell H F 30

Michigan Cut Flower
Exchange 46

Page

Millang Charles 47

Miilang Frank 46

Moninger J. C. SO

Mosbaek Ludrig .... 29
Murdoch J. B 47

Niessen Leo Co 44

Peacock L. K 29

Hennock Samuel S. . 44

Percy Chas.W 50

Perkins John J 47

Pierson F. R. Co. ... 26
Pierson-Sefton Co. .. 52
Phila. Cut Flower Co 44
Pittsburg Cut Flower'

Co 47

Pittsburgh Rose and

Carnation Co 29

Poehlmann Bros. Co.. 26
PyeR.C 29

RawsonW.W. & Co. 30

Raynor John 1 46

Reed & Keller 47

Reid Edward 44

Reinl»erg I'eler 44

Robinson H. M. &

Co 44

Roehrs Julius 28

Rolkcr AuKUst & Son 29
Ruxlon llor.il& X'ur-

• ery Co 29

Safety Automatic \'en-
lilaring Si Healing

Co 51

Sander & Sons 28

Schillo Lumber Cp... 50

Scollay John A 51

Scott John 28

Sharp, Parlndge & Co.
50

Sheridan W.F 46

Siebrecht & Sons 26

Sievers J. H. & Co.. 26

SiggersE.G 43

SkidelskyS. S 29

Stafford N. Co 43

Stearns A. T. Lumber

Co 50

Sutherland Geo. A.

Co 46

Suzuki & lida S8

SylveblerH H 50

Situations Si Wants.. 43

ThorburnJ M &Co. 30
1 raendly «i Schenck 47

Vaughan and Sperry . 26
Vauglian's Seed Store 30

Walsh M. H 29

Ward Ralph M. Co... 30

Watson, G.C. 30

Wfber.F C 45

Weber II. &Sons... 29

W.hhBros 47

Weiland & Risch ... 47

Wietcir Bros 47

Winlirich C 28

Wintcr-sonE F 44

YaKiha Conservatories 28
Young & Nugent ... 45

Young Thos.Jr 46

Young A. L.&Co. .. 47

Zimgiel*! D 29

You Need Not Go Outside

THE PACKS or

HORTICULTURE

To find where lo t.el the

Best Flowers, Bulbs, Seeds and
Supplies in the Country

Buyers' Directory

and

Ready Reference Guide

READ IT

Keguiar aai.i
under this classili'
List of Adverlisi;!

Reference tc
peclive pages.

ACCOUNTANT.

Robert J . Dysart, 28 State St , Bosti

For page see IJst of Advertisers.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS,

John C. HatUiir. Anislird.im, N.Y.

ASPARAGUS SEEDLINGS

Yalaha Conservatories, Yalaha, Fla.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BAMBOO STAKES

!uki & lida, 31 Barclay St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEDDING PLANTS.

;. Aschmann, 1012 Ontario St., Philadelphia.

Fur pdtje see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

R. M Ward & Co., New York
For page see Liat of Advertiicrs

Joseph Breck & S.uis, 47-54 N. Mrirket St.,
French and Dultb Hulbs.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Johnson & Stokes, 217-219 Market St., Philadelphia

CARNATIONS.

Chicago Carnation Co., Ji

Plants for Fall delivf

For page see Ust of Adve

John H. Sievers & Co.. 1251 Chestnut St., San Fran-

H. WeUr & Sons. Oakland, Md.

White Carnation, My Maryland.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CELERY PLANTS.

Coolidge Bros., So Sudbury, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

Wm. Hagemann & Co., 55 Dey J

DAHLIAS.

L. K. Peacock. Inc., Aico, N J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FERNS.

A. Leuthy & Co. Roslindale, Man

For page see Ust of Advertijers.

H. U. Barrows & Son. Whitman, Mass.
Nephrolepis Barrowsii.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Miami Ave.

FERTILIZERS.

W. Elliott 81 Sons, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

E. H. Hunt. 76-78 Walash Ave., Chicago.
Bone Meal and Sheep .Manure.
For page see List 01 Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Robinson & Co., 8-11 Province St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Alex. McConnell, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Breitmeyer's Sons, Miami & Gratiot i
Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.

W. H. Ernest. 28th and M Sts, Washington, D.C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FOLDING BOXES.

Welch Bros.. 15 Province St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GARDENIA VEITCHII.

GLASS.

Sharp, Patlridge & Co., 22d and Union Place, Chicago .

For page see List of Adrertisers.

List of Advertisers

List of Advertiiiers

JlJI.Y S, 1905

HORTI CU LTURE

Chicago Hous* WrcckinR Co., Chicago, lU.

For page see Lis! ol Advertisers.

wn csettoD Ci».. WesI bide Are.. Jersey City. N

See outside cover page

i I o. J33 Mercer St . New York. N '
See outside cover page

Safety Aulo V.& H. R. Co., Like George, N. Y.

Creenhnuse Vcntil.^tors.

For page set List of Advertisers.

John C. Moninger Co., 111-125 Blackhawk I
- Chicago.
For picp oer Ti^t of Advertisers.

Adam hchillo Lumber Co.
Weed St. and Hawthorne Ave., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE MASON WORK.

H. H. Sylvester, 818 Tremont BIdg.. Boston

For page see List of Advertisers

HARDV HERBACEOUS PLANTS.
M H. Walsh Woods Hole Mass
For page see List of Advertisers

HEATINO APPARATUS.

I Co . IrvingtonKjnHudson. N. Y

IMPORTING HOUSES.

Aufust Rolker 81 Sons, 31 Barclav St., New York
Plants tender or hardy.
For page iee List of Advertisers

JAPANESE PLANTS.

Suzuki & lida. 31 B.irclay St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers

LAUREL FESTOONING.

Crowl Fern Co , Millington, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LAWN MOWER SHARPENER.

G. C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow St., Philadelphi:
For page see List of Advertisers.

LILY BULBS.

J. M. Thorbum & Co,
36 Cortlandt St., New York
For page see List of Advertisers

For page see List of Advertisers.

MUSHROOn SPAWN.

Bodd'ngton Co., 131 W.23rd St., New York
Pure Culture Spawn, _

fMICOTIANA SANDER/E.

Sander, St Albans, England,

Importers, Eiporters, Growers, Hybridists

For page see List of Advertisers.

List of AdvertlM

PEERLESS REPAIR CLAMP,

A. KU.kner, W^iiwatosa. Wis.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANTS DECORATIVE.

PLANT STAKES.

H. F. Michell Co., 101.'3 .\l.vrket Si., Philadelphia

ROSES.

M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, Mm.

H«rd» Roses H T Roses and RamMen

For page see list ot Advertiseni.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St., New York.

EnglishGrown Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

,. Budlong, 37 & 39 Randolph St., Chicago.

Young Roses.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Baur Floral Co., IWeT PTi^

For page see List of Advertisers.

Pittsburg Rose & Carnation Co.. Gibsonia, Pa.

Voun^ Stock.
For page see List of Advertisers.
J. C. fTat L her. AmsteTd .imTN. Y.

SCOTT FERN.

List of Advertisers

For p*«e see List of Advertisers
rTAUee Burpee & Co, PhiUdelph
For p«ge see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbuio & Co,

36 Cortlandt St, New York

For page see List of Advertiser*

Denys /.irn:;irl»l Wr.lh,,

Zirngiebel (ii.int I*an?

For page sec List of Adv

SEED5, Continued.

. Farquhar & Co.,.6 & 7 S Nfarkel
Hardy Perennial I lower Seeds.
For page see List f>f Advertisers

Con
tab

rad

.780.

Appel, Daimslad
High rade Gra.s. riov

, Germa
rr and 1

e^e^

SIGNS, BADGES. TIM, SA\

N.StalTord Co, (,7 1 nh .,
For page se, 1, 1 ..1 N-l

IMi DEVICES.

■ \.irk.

SPRAYING ENGINES

Chas. W Percy, 212 Summ-r St., Bostc
For page see List of Advertisers

STEAM TRAP.

E. llippard \ oungslown, O.

VENTILATING APPARATUS.

Hitchings & Co , 233 .Mercer St , New York

Pierson-Sefton Co . West Side Ay., Jersey City, N J .
See outside cover page

Lord & Bumham Co , lrvinglon„n Hudson. N V
See outside cn.er page

John A Scollay, 73-75 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, N.Y.

For page see List of Advertisers

The Chicago Lifter.

;. C. Moninger Co. 412 Hawthorne Ave, Chicago

- -

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

Boston.

For page sec List of Advertisers.
N. F. McCarthy & Co, 84 Hawley St, Boston.
George A. Sutherland Co., 31 Hawley St, Boston.
Welch Bros, 15 Province St, Boston
Buffalo.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. F. Kasting, 383-87 ElUcott St, Buffalo, N.Y.

Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.
J. A. Budlong, 37 Randolph St., Chicago.
E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago.
Chas. W. McKellar, 51 Wabash Av., Chicago.
Peter Reinherg, 51 Wabash Av., Chicago.
A. L. Randall Co, 21 Randolph St., Chicago.
Weiland & Risch, 59 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
Wielor Bros, 51 Wabash Av., Chicago
Vaughan & Sperrv, 60 Waliash Ave, Chicago
E. F. WintersonCo., '15,47,49 Wabash Ave, Chicago
New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Bonnot Bros., 55-57 WesI 26th St., New York
Jos. S. Fenrich, 48 West 30th St., New York.
Ford Bros, 48 West 28th St, New York.
Wm. Ghormley, 57 W. 28th St, New York.
Alei. J, Guttman, 52 West 2flth St.
Jas. A. Hammond, 113 West 3(Hh St, New York
E. C. Horan, 55 West 28th St, New York.
Julius Lang, S3 West 30th St.. New York.
Chas. Millang, 50 West 29th St, New York.
Frank Millang, 55-57 W. 26th St., New York,
John J. Perkins, 115 West 30th St., New York,
John I. Raynor. 49 West 28th St, New York.
W. F. Sheridan, 39 West 28th St, New York.
Traendly & Schenck, 44 W. 28th St., New York.
A. L. Young & Co, 54 West 28lh St, New York.
Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.
W. J. Baker, 1432 So. Penn. Sq, Philadelphia, Pa.
Leo Niessen Co., 1217 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.

Pittsburg.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Pittsburg Cut Flower Co, Ltd, 504 Liberty St, Pitts-
burg, Pa
J. B. Murdoch & Co., 545 Liberty St., Pittsburg.

New Offers in This Issue

CATTLEYA TRIAENE AND GIGAS.

Thomas Jones sli.it lliN \,1.

For p ge ^n- I ! I \ I - '■ r-.

HYDRANGEAS FOR SUMMER BLOOMING.

F. R. Pierson Co, Tarrylnwn-on Hudson, N.\.
For page see List of Advertise rs,

NEW SPHAGNUM.

H. M. Robinson & Co., Boston.
For page see List of Advertjsers.

PANSY SEED.

ROSES, ASPARAGUS, FERNS,

uxtnn Floral & N'ur^ery Co, Kuxton, M
For page see List of Advertisers.

H ORTI CULTURE

IrTT^PRE^sj

'*' Every

^Iz-cajDESCRlPTION

mmwmakiQtICAQO.

\\\ SiiN

OIL-BURNING
AUTOMATIC
STEAM PUMPING OUTFIT

Itions, portable or
itton. automalJc in fuel coo-
n steam delivers. Exhaust
steam can be used to temper manure water. Insurance
not affected by its use.

CAN YOU ArPORD TO RUN YOUR
GREENHOUSES WITHOUT IT ?

For illustrated citalogiie and further information,

Chas. W. Percy

MTr Shipman Automatic Engines

2 1 2 Summer St., Boston, Mass.

Advertising well placed hits the nail
on the head every time. Let us help
you to make business good.

INSURE YOUR GLASS

in tht F10HIS15' Hail Ass.kiati..n of America.

00 IT \OW
"tis (00 late when vou are hit. For particulars address

JOHN (i. ESLER. Saddle River. N.J.

H. H. SYLVESTER

Mason 51-
Builder

818 Tremont Building
Boston, Mass,

Greenhouse "'"" """^

a Specialty

rt||jgSTAB.17j5i5

SPECIFY THE BOILER

JOHNSON HEATING (0., 1 1 ,11 BROADWAY

you want and we will give vo" a figure on I lie
entire apparatus erected or on material iinly

NEW YORK

SALE or
BOILER TUBES

Sixteen carloads of fine 4-incti
tubes, suitable for use of Greenhouse-
men and Florists. Tfiey are rattled
and are heavy tubes, just what you
need. We can make quick delivery.
We will quote you prices if you will
advise us how many you can use.
We advise purchasing in carload
lots, as we can make extremely low
prices in quantities.

In addition to the above, we have for
sale everything in the way of Supplies
such as you are using.

Wrought iron Pipe, sizes from 3-8 inch to

1,000,000 Sq. Feet of Sash from the St.

I.ouis World's Fair.
Lumber, Garden Hose, Etc.

ASK FOR OUR CM ALOOVE NO. S.j4

CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO.

3Sth and Iron Sts., Chicago

CYPRESS

SASH BARS

HOT BED SASH

PECnV CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

EREITEO AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE If DESIRED
Wrile tor Circular " O " and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LIMBER CO.

NEPOSSET. BOSTON. MASS.

Standard POTS

Flower. . . —

i LUMBER;

p For Greenhouse Benches ^

'©( Ship Lap, Drop Sidinjc, Sheathin};, t looring, »^

^ White Cedar Posts, Etc.

1^1 We are in a Special H |

;iu' Position to Furnish

Everything in

SI! "Pecky Cypress" %

Pine and tiemlock Building Lumber aJ

WPITR FOP PPICH.'i *^'

Adam Schillo Lumber Co.

Cor. Weed St. 4 Hawthorne, CHICAGO

Tel. North 1626 and 1627

lo advcrtUars. kindlr I

S>00<>00<>00<>00<5

GLASS

FACTORIES ARE NOW CLOSED

for the season. Our stock is complete
\\un\ lis i$e;i ORE pi.acino ordkrs

% Sharp, Partridge & Co.

y 22d and Union Place, CHICAGO

HOKTI CULTURE

1 Furman Boilers for Greenhouse Heating!

upon request. Acidri
The Hvrcndrcn iflannfactlj

Ut^pt. H. or., tivnnvu.
ndt St., NKW YORK

Oliver St., HOSTON

EDW..S. DEAN, Bloominstou, III. ^ E. K. BARR, LaCrosse, Wi

J.AS. .SPEAR, S. S n. CO., 1014 Market St., Philadelphia. Z

•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•»•••♦♦♦»♦ ♦•♦•

PUMPS

BOILERS

second-liand stean
litchinKS,»75.c
-in. fullh ■

No. I Threads, 'A-\

STOCKS and DIES ^X

No. 2 Thre.id«, .i<-in., , >4-in., 2-in. pipe. »4-oo.

PIPE CUTTERS ^^■-li^i^-'t:-!!;:;
Sf ILLSON WRENCHES i^'".i'-T-i'„f''^ipl:

fiJ'S. .-4 i" . Rfips K-in. to 2!4-in., pipe, t^io;
V'-in., Knp.; "..-in. lo 3}4-in. pipe, t4-7S-

PIPE VISES ^r,:'tf:,''^-^''^' ■""■ '" ^-="-

GARDEN HOSE ,rp;e'r^;j:>/-"p^;i.^-^:

Ho™^'sSH.^'^;^;sn^!n^^e;

from ?i .60 up. Second-hand , as good as new, at $1.25

and $1 .00 each, complete.
(il a^^ N=™' American. 50 sq. ft. to the box:
ULH,3.3 single, .0x12, at »..7o; old 10x12 single-

J1.40. B. Double, 10x12 and 12x12, at $2.40; P,.

Double. 12x14, 14x16, 16x16 at $2.60; B. Double,

RAlWORr^S-e'am.'asgo'oTasn'ew,

WRITE <^JZ

White Lead, Pu

lETROPOLITAN

Iaterial CO.

1398-1408 Metropolitan Av.,Brooklyn,N.Y.

iK.lil* 10 M

New (jreen House f atalogue

JUST I5SLIED BV

King Construction Co.

North Tonawanda, N.Y. and Toronto, Ont.

p^g^lR^

Clamp

To mend cracked Glass immediately. Box of I.SOSi.OO
for sale by Jobber or address A. KLOkNBR. Wauwa-
tosa. Wis. Tcslimnnials and sampler frtc.

GUcInK Polnta
nENKT A. DREER,

Automatic Greentiouse VENTIL.'\TORS

From 125.00 up. Send for circular

The Safety Automatic Ventilator ami Heat

Regulator Co., Lake George, >', y._

Scollay
Invincible

Boilers

Hot Water or Steam

Cast Iron Standard Greenhouse Pipe and

Fittings.

Also Fittings and Valves, all sizes, for

Wrought Iron Pipe. Genuine Wrought

Iron Pipe all sizes.

John A; ScoHay

;:i A f.> Til IITI.K \\ K.

Borough of Brooklyn, ^EW YORK CITY

4r^^"^~"5^ (jfeenhouse^lazirr

Wc arc the Manufacturers

Distributing Agents for

Boston and Vicinity.

Joseph Breck & Sons

CORI'ORATION

>? JtGENTS ^ I

JOSEPH BRECK & SONS

CORPORATION

47-54 North Market Street

Boston, Mass.

For Heating any Description of Building by Steam or hot Water

TIIK «>■,■• IIKI.I.tlll.K

Chandler Glazing
Point and Pincers

Roofs glazed eighteen yeais
ago are still intact.

Don't glaze until you write
for samples and particulars.

300,000 sold by Peter Hender-
son & Co. in three months.

B.B.&E. J. CHANDLER

HYDE PARK. MASS.

HORTI CULTURE

July 8, 1905

The GALVANIZED "U " BAR TYPE
The FLAT IRON RAFTER TYPE

The SASH BAR TYPE

We make each type in several styles. We also
furnish any of the constructions in the ridge and
furrow type in any width of span.

WE ALSO MANUFACTURE

Self-locking vent-opening apparatus, both the

standard and self-oiling type.
Wood and iron frame benches and tables.
Hot-bed sash and frames.
Special hand-made Greenhouse Putty-
Pipe, Fittings, Valves and everything for Green-
house Heating.

HITCHINCS GREENHOUSES
HITCHINCS BOILERS
HITCHINCS VENTILATING

ESTABLISHED 1844

FOR HOT WATER or STEAM
HITCHINCS &, CO.

NEW YORK
233 Mercer Street

BOSTON
519 Tremont BIdg.

Send 4 cents tor catalozue

, kindly mention Hort

PesigTicd and erected for Judge W. H. Moore, Prides Crossing, Mass.

Greenhouses, Conservatories,
Rose Houses, Graperies, etc.

GREENHOUSE HATERIALS
VENTILATING APPARATUS
"BURNHAH" BOILERS

Catalogues sent on request.

LORD & BURNHAM CO,

New York Office . . . . Sf. James BIdg., Broadway and 26fh St.
General Office & Works IrvinjIon-on-Hudson, N. Y.

^ -e^ {fioRisrFiMr^MZ/f.
IaMscape Gardgner^

r".

PirblMhed
^N/NdmiltonT/ace.
dub>5crrption, H00\

HORTICULTURE

Jri.Y 15, 1905

I HYDRANGEAS ^^So^M^r^'^ 1

^ We grow these largely, and have a magnificent stock of large-sized plants in tubs and barrels. Plants are sfe

CAT now covered with buds and are just beginning to show color, and will be in full bloom during July and August, 1^

^ These plants are splendid for decoration of the lawn, and are used largely at seaside places and other summer ^

^ resorts. There is nothing that equals them for summer decoration during July and August. JtS

^ Fine Plants in tubs, $2.00 and $3.00 each according to size ^

§ Very large specimens in half-barrels, $7.50 each. g

^ These plants can be shipped by freight with perfect safety to any point. We ship large quantities every ^^

^ year as far north as Bar Harbor, Maine. * m

I F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York ||

pANSY SEED

I'.iHiJii. 1. I, . t I, iii,ti'4e," a mixture of the choicest strains <>l
.s leailiiiv: i'.nisv ^pa ..tlists of America and Europe. All l;ir;:<-
M.iv\.-i- 1 1 ! Ill .in infinite varietyof color and niarkiny^

I rade packet. $1.00: ■, oz., $2.00; oz., $S.OO

MICNONETTE SEED

ouly fruiri selected spiki-s uiid.-r kIm?..-..

Per trade packet of 2000 seeds, $1.00

Arthur T. Boddington,

342 wiest 14th St., New Yoric

In writing to advertisers, kindly

ROSES

4».UO

*.oo :i.>.o<» s.«o 4.%.uo

S.'kO -JO.OO -».»0 40.00
3.»0 .30.U0 .«.04> 45.0U

POEHLMANN BROS. CO., Morton Grove,

MY MARYLAND

I Bronze Medal for 100 blooms ami S. A.
F. Bronze Medal tor 50 blooms. We pre-
dict that this variety will easily displace
any other white. We are booking orders
now for delivery January 1006. Price
1S3.50 per doz.; »iS per 100 ; »lOO per lOOO.
Write us for otiier new and siHiidard va-

H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland, Md.

Ghicap Carnation Co.

JOLIET. ILL.

Our Plants are Now in the Field

S. S. SKIDELSKY

824 No. 24th St.
PHILADELPHIA

ROBT. C. PYE

Carnation Grower

NYACn, N. Y.

If you ofifer the right goods in the
right way in these columns, you will not
lack for customers.

ROSES

BKIDE

BRIUBSMAFD

IVORV

Fine 3-Inch slock

Baur Pioral Co., ^n^,^

Advertising well placed hits the nail
on the head every time. Let us help
you to make business good.

THE COmOE GARDENS CO.

Horticultural Specialties
Ornamental Nursery Stock Peonies

HANNAH HOBART

The Pride of
California ■■■■

The grand Prize Winner in competition with the latest and very
best products in Carnations, Cast or West, for the last eight years.

Mr. jo

"The Hannah liobart i
color it is a shade deeper than
course the color is different.
not a poor one in the lot, and
stem, and standing up like sni

The above is a truthful si.
of tttis magnificent variety h.i
enouKh to convince anybody .

.'ashington, wrote, after liis

remarkable flower, never le
It the petal arrangement is qi
arge houses of it at Sievers'.
the e\ri( t counterpart of the other;

lich appeared in t

led us at last i

hyt

U- as high

than four inches, and frequently four and one-half inches across. I

;different; in this respect it most resembles the old Jubilee, but >

! sight is one long to be remembered; hundreds of blooms at

bursted calyxes, but every tlower supported on a twenty-four in(

5 color that can equal it."

man. and if needing verification, the simple assertion that the flowe
less than $i.oo per dozen, up to date, should

; fi.^n per dozen, and none less t

flower is *'When will the H

ahHobart be for sale?", m.

January i, 1906. Send youT ordcps in early as they will be filled strictly in rotation.

PRICE, $3.00 per 12; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000

JOHN H. SIEVERS & CO., I25l Chestnut St., SAN PRANCISCO, CAL

HORTICULTURE

VOL. II

JULY IS, 1905

NO. 3

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CONTENTS or THIS ISSUE,

Page
FRONTISPIECE — Pa-ony ^-ucy E. Hollis
HYBRIDIZING THE PyEONY — George Hollis . . 59
P^ONY SOUTH WEYMOUTH — Illustration ... 59
P^ONY MODELE DE PERFECTION — Illustration 59
ECHOES FROM ENGLAND — Harry H. Thomas . 60
SOME HOLLIS SEEDLINGS — Illustrations ... 61
CALCEOLARIA, HYBRID OR GREENHOUSE VA-
RIETIES — K. Finlayson 62

CARNATION DISEASES — R. L. Adams 63

NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION

Group of Palms and Foliage Plants — Illustration 63

Gateway Decorations — Illustrations 63

Group of DraCcPnas — ■ Illustration 63

EDITORIAL 64

CONCERNING AWARDS AT ROYAL HORTICUL-
TURAL SHOW 65

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

Toledo has a Visit from Detroit 66

Pack

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES — {Continued)

Society of American Florists 66

Convention Hotels in Washington 66

Convention Courtesies to Gardeners 66

The Washington Souvenir 66

Massachusetts Horticultural Society 66

American Society of Landscape Architects ... 66

Newport Horticultural Society 66

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 66

New Jersey Floricultural Society 69

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Louisville, Newport, New York, Philadelphia,

San Francisco, St. Louis 67

SEED TRADE 67

MISCELLANEOUS

Consolidation of Building and Heating Interests . 65

Sweet Peas for Winter — Malcolm Orr 65

Window Glass Merger 65

Personal 65

Philadelphia News Notes 69

Obituary ...'... 6<;

LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS

BUFFALO, N. Y. — E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Ellicott St.
CHICAGO, ILL. — Fred Lautenschlager, 2597 N. Ridgeway Av.
CINCINNATI, O.— Albert J. Gray, 129 E. 3d St.
CLEVELAND, O. — A. L. Hutchins, 38 Plymouth St.
DENVER, COLO. — N. A. Benson, 1352 So. Sherman Ave.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illi-
nois St.

LOUISVILLE, KY. — F. L. Schulz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Road
MONTREAL — Hdijar Elvin, 136 Peel St.
NEWPORT, R. I. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road
PHILADELPHI.\, PA. — George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow

Street.
PROVIDENCE, R. I. — T. J. Johnston, 171 Weybosset St.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monnette, 1 100 Van Ness Ave.

HORTICULTURE

July 15, 1905

Palms, Ferns

And Decorative Plants

A fine Lot of AZALEAS in Great Variety

K Lir]( Assortment of Ferns for Jardinieres

Also, Araucarias, Rubbers Pandanus, Aralias
Dracaenas, Aspidistras, IMarantas, Crotons

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Importers and Exporters
Growers and Dealers

PERKINS STREET NURSERIES
Roslindale - Boston, Mass.

In writiDir to advertiiers, mention Horticiiltitre

MTRO:«(,i -ii-in. WTOCK

!(«:%( II

NEPHROLEPIS
BARROWSII

$.f;>.4»4» pi: It 14»<>

Arotlii I'rriiN lO iU* per loo

See display ad. in HORTICULTURE May 6lh.

HENRY H. BARROWS & SON

It is never too early nor too late

fo order the

Scott Fern

Best Commercial Introduction for many yeirs.

JOHN SCOTT
Keap St. Greentiousei, Brooklyn, N.Y.

CATTLE YA
SCHROEDERAE

The Easter Cattleya

We take pleasure in announcing to our customers
the arrival of the above superb Cattleya in perfect
condition. Also Cattleya Trianx^ C. labiata, C.
Warneri, C gigas, C. granulosa, Miltonia Moreliana,
Burlinglonia fragrans, Laelia anceps and L. autumn-
alis atro-rubcns. Write for prices.

LACER & HURRELL

Orchid firowers and Importers] SlINNIT, N. J.

BEGONIA "GLOIREde LORRAINE"
BEGONIA TLRNFORD HALL

2-in SfocA, i 15. 00 per 100

JULIUS ROEHRS CO., R'^^jierford

rRE.SH IMPORTATION Or

Cattleya Trianse and Gigas

WIIITK i<»i; ii;i< I s

Thomas Jones, short Hiiis,N.j.

We hope our readers, will as far as
possible, buy everything they need from
Horticulture's Advertisers.

Orchids

Sander, St. Albans, England

A(eol, A. DIMMOCK, 31 Barclay St., NEW YnRK CITY

PURE CULTURE ""^"'«''"

SPAWN

>.; Sil.25 per 10 lbs.; «10.00 per 100 lbs. lufnrination as to .Special Cultu
' aLsi, tb<' Ix'st iii:ik<' «\ lOii-lish Vir;.'iii Miisliriiom Spawn, fiisli iiiipor-

CLUCAS & BODDINCTON CO.

131 WEST 23d STREET, NEW YORK CITY

PALISADE NURSERIES, SPARKILL, N. Y.
Importers, Exporter.s and Growers of SEEDS, BULBS and PLANTS

New Creations in Dahlias

Surpassing all others. Faithfully and truthfully described in our new
illustrated and descriptive catalojcue, mailed free upon request.

L. K. PEACOCK, INC. = - Atco, New Jersey

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ui;>,A>i KN i A 1. M i;si;i;v skxks. iiaiidv i:ii<ii>(>i>i;mii:ons. koses:

prime qiiility. h.ill m,o^ m >|.i inf; m ,. ' > Hl-Ii vpr V. Ask for our trade list, address ouf American agents
AUGUST ROLKER & SONS. 31 Barclay St., New York, or P. 0. Box 752

W. FROMOW & SONS, Bagshot, England

Roses

Asparagus, Ferns

idesmaids, 21-inch pot'

lltM) Ivory, ;t-inch pots

000 bridesmaids, 3-inch pots

r»fHl -Asparagus Comorensis, 2-inch
"'> Asparagus Comorensis, ;Mnch
2fMHI A^paragii!^ Sprengeri, 2-inch p

Ruxton Floral and Nursery Co.

RUXTON, MD.

Ludvig Mosbaek

ONARGA, ILL.

■_'ii,U(iii Alternantheras, reil and yellow, I'er low

K. <■.. *:■.. III! per 1000 $l.M

:,(),iin(i Asparagus Pliimosus and Sprensori

.S.lKKI Umbrella I'l
Florists' Pansies
Florists' Pansv ?

All other Bedding and Vegetable
Plants. Price List Mailed Free.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS

Ui^anteum strain

.Seed taken of only seleaed llowers atrd uelj l.uilt

Twice transplanled, 53.00 per 100, $2.S.O0 per 1000.
3'in. S7.00 per 100, $6.S.OO per 1000.

C. WINTERICH, Defiance. Ohio

GODEREY ASCHIiANN

1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA

pacta, and robusta

PALMS and AZALEAS

Write for Prices

Cyclamen
Ciganteum

<)m- ucll kiiimii sliiiiii in four separate
...lors. I'ii.e, slioni;. liealtby stock

3 ^i -inch at $12.00 per 100
VA-mV, stronger, at $15.00 per 100

SATlSf \< TION <U Al: VNTKK1>

Lehnig &. Winnefeld

LILIES, JAPANESE PLANTS

BAMBOO STAKES

SUZUKI & ilDA

31 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK

celerT'plants

Rf.idy July loth, shaip. 25,000 Early Giant Pas-
cal, A-i Strain, finest in the country. Trans-
planted, $4.50 per 1000; from the seed now in
the Held, $3.00 per 1000. No better stock for
private or commercial growers can be found. . .

COOLIDGE BROS., So. Sudburv, Mass.

Asparagus Seedlings

From tlats. Well grown and thriftv.

Cash with order, prepaid Cet our prices on large lots

Yalaha Conservatories, Lake*co."Fia

Robert J. Dysart

Public Accountant and Auditor

Simple methods of correct accounting
especially adapted for flori.'^ts' use.

Books Balanced and Adjusted

July 15, 1905

HORTICULTURE

Cut Roses

At wholesale only, from grower ilirett Ii

Cutting; t!Ood Brides iind Muids
youn^ stOL'k and will be cutting Chat
McArtliurs by Austust.

M.AHTm l{ will !)<• Ill
popiihir I:<mI ill N<\\ 1:

ROBERT MILLER

Pine -Croft Rose Houses

Phone I. EAST BROOKFIELI), Mass.

M. H. WALSH
Rose specialist

WOODS HOLE, MA5S.
Hardy Roses, the li,,st nt-w and old va-
liiiii-; Strong Flowering Plants;
Hybrid Tea Roses, tin- l.est and liaidiest
\. I 111 lit s; New Rambler Roses, Lady Gay,
Uebutante, Wedding Bells, Sweet-
heart, La Fiamma and Minnehaha.
.Slrong, tield-grown plants to flower next
summer. Best varieties Paeonies, Phlox,
and Hollyhocks.
Catalogue describes all the above.

In ^

I adv

Daisies, Daisies-^ Daisies

4 varieties is offered for s:

pests. Prices on applicatior
• ■ I to July 1

MAROLERITES. \Vc

ted.

11 In officinalis class, five (5) varieties, including Filicifolia or fern le;
e| ^ery early vermilion, also crimson, red, rose and white, all double.
's- In Chinensis class. A choice assortment in all colors from earliest to
3J the latest, all named. Write for Catalogue and Prices.

r. A. BALLER,

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.

PEONIES

Wc will supply you
with named and unnamed
peonies at from $6.00 to
$10.00 per hundred. Divi-
sions to average more than
3 eyes.

EDWARD SWAYNE

West Chester, Pa.

/EONIES

Over 200 varieties of the latest
and best intruductions from Eng-
land and France. Lists free.

E. J. SHAYLOR, Wcllesley Hills, Mass.

PEONIES

200 Choicest

I ILII > Ih.rilN ^llrrs, ,,i„,„, 40,000 bulbs

l)AI1MAS,■^;iLhardias','.^Udeira"v'ines'°'' ■'
MKiAR MAPLES, e inches to 70 feet 100,000
CATALPA SPBCIOSA seedlings
BLACK LOCUST seedlings. List in season

i:. V. ti:a

Centerville, Iiid.

PEONIES

. I ■.■(»:■«'■ II tt I I. It

PURE CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES

THE BEST AND MOST LASTIINQ FERTILIZER

My Dear Mr. Joynt : -

According to our conversation
want 3 car loads to spread on 40 acres ot
Cemetery. Be sure you send nie the Joyn

Write for prices anil i

o-day you may ship ine 5 large car loads of ashes to Kensico.N. V. I

cres of land that I intend to sow to rye this fall, and 2 car lo?.ds for our

md. Very truly yours, (sgd.) Reese Carpenter, Comptroller

JOHN JOYNT, Lucknow, Ontario, Canada

Just What You Need This Very Day!
You'll find it in the Buyers' Directory,
Pages 72 and 73.

BULBS ^i*^^"^'^

Emperor -
Princeps -
P. Oriiatus

CROWN

.$14 00 per 1000
5.00
400

Peruvian Quano

A Natural Bird Product from Peruvian Islands

100 lbs. $2.25
W. ELLIOTT & SONS, - NEW YORK POAT BROS., Ettrick, Va.

^ You Need Not Go Outside the Pages

HORTICULTURE

TO FIND WHERE TO GET THE BEST FLOWERS, BULBS,
AND SUPPLIES IN THE COUNTRY

SEEDS

horticulture:

July 15, 1905

Seeds of Hardy Perennial Flowers

Sown in June and July will germinate and give excellent
stock for transplanting in the Fall

If vou want the choicest strains in Flower Seeds write us.

Catalogue mailed upon application

R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.,

6 and 7 South Market St.
BOSTON

We are now booking orders for

LILIIM HARRISII
LILIIM LONQIFLORUM
ROMAN HYACINTHS
Paper WHITE NARCISSUS, etc.

Wholesale Price-list now Ready

CYC'AIS REVOJLITTA at ffH.OO p<-r

COI.n STOIIAOE VAI-I.FV MPS.

in cases of 3000, at fjilO.OO pri- 1«»<»0.

J. II. TH0R51IRN I CO.

36 Cortlandt St., New York.

RAWSON'S

SEEDS

Arlington Tested

For the
Florist

Catalogues Mailed Free

W. W. RAWSON & CO., Seedsmen

12 and 13 Faneuil Hall Square, BOSTON

^BULBS

l-T"' and PLANTS

Ralph M. Ward & Co.

12 West Broadwav New York

The HARDY ANNUAL of the CENTURY
NICOTIANA SANDERAE

Wholesale AtenH (or the UnKed Slalea

. X. DRECII, Phili^elpkii. Pi.
J. N.THOKKIIRN & CO., Cortliadt St., N
VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chlci|e 1

BURPEE'S SEEDS

PHILADELPHIA

Blue List of Wholesale Prices mailed
only 'o those who plant for profit.

Why Pay $1.50

>ened. The little dingus we advertise lie
will do it in five minutes and better than :
line shop. We've tried it ourselves <
-■ what we are talking about. A child i

iirface= that can be
of the highest grade
life time IVy it

i eight cui
steel Wi

'o8t]>ai<l 7^C» Postpaid

friends. A liberal discou
Satisfaction guaranteed. It

George C. Watson

There is only one kind of advertising
that is wise. It's the kind that makes
business. Cut out the rest.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Hub Engraviny Co.

173 SUMMER ST., BOSTON

Illustrators and Designers

Zirngiebel Giant Pansies

Market and Pa

New crop Seed i

Pansies, ready n<

■i> NEW CROP

Pansy seed

Mlcheirs Giant Prize

Pansies are not to

dinary ( liant Trimarde.

flowers of

Michell's Giant Exhibition Mixed. A

train which we have secured from the leading
Pansy Specialists in ( ".ermany and France, and
be excelled in size, texture and bril-
>lors. Price per trade packet, 50c.; per
.Tc.;per oz.,?.'i.OO. ivadepkl. Oz.

Giant Azure Blue 40c $2.00

nt Black Blue 40c 2.00

nt Hortensia Red 40c 2.00

nt Snow Queen 40c 2.00

fiiant White, with Eve 40c 2.00

Qiant Yellow, with Eye 40c 2.00

omplete list of Pansy and other sea-

HENRY F. MICHELL CO.

Seed Qrowers and Importers
1012 Market St, Philadelphia, Pa.

^IJ!" To Build ?

1 am interested in a g^lass factory in
.Jersey. I want to liear from you before
placing your order for glass. I think I
ran put yoti in the way of saying some
nioiiev. State quantity, quality, and
siz.- Wanted. NOT IN THE TRUST.

Ceor&:e C. Watson

Save Time and Car Fare by ORDERING
from Any of These Advertisers. Mention
HORTICULTURE.

litis r tjr.M-lTY FKKNt'H and I>l'TrH

BULBS

Fall Bulb Price List on request

JOSEPH BRFXK & SONS, Corp.

THOS.J. GREY & CO.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

..SEEDS..

Uidloi Machlosi

32 so. MARKET ST.. BOSTON

writing advertiseri, mention Horticul

July 15, 15105

HORTICULTURE

Hybridizing the Pseony

I have been at hybridizing "i" raising of seedhng
psconies for many years. When I began I was
hampered with having only four or five varieties,
and none of them of the standard quaHty. I was
wanting in light colors, but I soon obtained a plant
of a pink variety, E. M. Harris, and this, with the
crimson Pottsii, marked the beginning. I still lacked
a white one. Nevertheless, I went to work, and
from these produced Welcome Guest, shell pink,
tipped with white, rose-flowered, which has been cer-
tificated by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
and was in three collections of several exhibitions,
prize winners, at the recent paeony show held in
Boston, June 17 ; the deep crimson Miles Standish and
John Alden, a pale crimson or dark pink, a fine fioWer
for the lawn, but not fine enough for the critics. At
this time I imported a collection and got my white
pollen-bearing plant, and from these have sprung
(ioliath, an extremely large, full double, rose-flowered,
deep pink bloom, and Maud L. Richardson, white,
flushed with rosy hlac, rose-flowered, and a finely
modeled form, both of which have been certificated
by the above-named society. Next came Beauty's
Mask, with its flaunting heads of rosy-white and
gold, borne on tall stalks; this is rose-leaved also.
• Owing to the rivalry of the numerous growers I
have exercised the greatest care in the selection of
seed, sowing seed only from the best, and selecting
the pollen only from the finest blooms, thus ensuring
the more certainty of what? the result will be. Then,
after the sowing of the seed, ensues the waiting for
the plants to appear, which will not be until the
second year, except in occasional instances, and

P.tONY MODELE DE PeRKECIION, AT PETERSO.N":

I'.iiiNV Soui'H Weymouth

then it will be from four to ten years before I can
know the result of my labor. For thus we make
haste slowly, keeping in view the light that is before
us; always rememliering tlie poorest come first, like
all other high-bred flowers; nursing the feeble ones
in their infancy, for among them may be the price-
less one we are looking for. The percentage of good
flowers increases with the selection of seed, for with
good parentage only can we hope
to attain success, for we want the
children better than their par-
ents; with this thought before
us, we have courage for our work.
There is a fascination in ori-
ginating new varieties, whether
they be pasonies or other flowers
or fruits, that surpasses all other
employments; the creating of
new forms, or the improving of
those already existing, lends en-
chantment to employment, and
makes labor sweet. 1 well rc-
meinber when Lieutenant Hob-
son, a Japanese, appeared in mv
collection, a deep crimson-pur-
ple, crowned with gold. It was
entirely different from the com-
mon run of singles and doubles;
I had neither seen nor heard
anything like it, but I have since
learned that Kelway calls it
Imperial, and values it almost

HORTICUI^TURE

15, 1905

beyond price, and Harrison tells of the "new race that
is coming." It was so different from any of its com-
panions, whence came it ? It was surely a new revela-
tion, a sign of progress, to lead us on and up, in the
Way Beautiful; a new revelation to make glad the
heart, for certainly this was the herald, for others far
excelling in beauty and gorgeousness have since
followed in its strain — varieties like Aureole, Glory,
Eternal City, Prince Alert, and Youth.

In raising seedlings you must learn to labor and
wait. ■ You must commence at the highest levels to
command the hopes of the highest ideals, keeping
ever before you the shining mark of success, remem-
bering that the one that you are looking for is the one
of one thousand, or the one of ten thousand, the one
that shall command the attention of all (like Lucy E.
Hollis) whether they be critics or the multitude.

As the seedling season presents its blooms, divide
them into three classes, the "poor," the "perhaps,"
and the "best." The "poor" can be consigned to
the rubbish heap or, as Harrison suggests, "to the
bargain counter." The "perhaps" give another
seasons' trial, for some of them will develop into good
ones and will yet want another season of trial before

you will determine what to do with them. Of the
"best" some will not appear as brilliant another
season, "while some of them will be much better, and
these latter will be the ones that will be elected.

Of my seedlings for the last two or three years the
following will be found among the elect :

Standard Bearer, mauve pink, high, incurved pet-
alage, forming a sohd mass; modeled after the style
of Madam Ducel.

Mary A. Livermore, extremely large, rose-leaved,
rosy pink, edged and flushed with white.

Usona, very large, rose-leaved, pink and white.

Bunker Hill, deep cherry crimson.

John Hancock, cupped variety of crimson edged
white; rose-leaved.

Paradise, flesh white, rose-leaved.

Mrs. John Smyth Fogg, pink.

Admiral Togo, deep red, overlaid with scarlet.

Among the darkest varieties, leading them all, is
Miss Lucy E. Hollis, a very large, liglit satiny rose
flower.

-^t^^TT^ 7)4/^,

Echoes from England

NEW PL.^NTS

Several new plants which promise to become valu-
able have been exhibited in London this week and
particulars of them can hardly fail to be interesting
to you. The most popular one is a new sweet pea
called Henry Eckford, the name of its raiser, Mr.
Henry Eckford, who has done more to improve the
sweet pea than any other grower in the country. As
some acknowledgment of the successful work of Mr.
H. Eckford in connection with the sweet pea, a
shilling fund has been started for the veteran grower,
and already some eight hundred shillings, which of
course mean eight hundred subscribers, have been
received. The sweet pea is one of the most popular
flowers in the country at the present time and bids
fair to rival the rose and the carnation in private
gardens if not with the market grower. The new
sweet pea Henry Eckford is a very handsome one;
the color may perhaps be best described as orange-
scarlet or salmon-scarlet, it is a shade difficult to
portray in words. It is a very distinct and beauti-
ful variety and will undoubtedly soon become popu-
lar. In addition to its rich and attractive coloring,
this variety is unusually free flowering, two and
sometimes three flowers being produced on a spike.

Impatiens Holstii. The salmon-colored Impatiens
Sultani has long been a favorite greenhouse flower
with us, but it is altogether eclipsed' by this new in-
troduction called I Holstii. The flowers are bright
vivid red, almost scarlet. They are very freely pro-
duced, even on quite small plants, and make a brilliant
show in the greenhouse. It will probably also be
used for bedding out of doors in the summer time.
I first saw this plant at the Paris International
Flower Show in May when it was exhibited by a
German firm. In London it was shown by Messrs.

Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, an influential and
old established firm of nurserymen and seed growers.

Aster sub-coeruleus. One of the brightest and most
useful flowers in the hardy border at the present
time is Aster alpinus. This new Aster sub-cceruleus
may be said to be a much finer plant of the same
style. It is perennial, growing about twenty inches
high. The flowers are larger than those of Aster
alpinus, beautifully formed and bright pleasing mauve
with yellow disc. The two colors are of shades that
associate to produce a delightful effect. This aster
will undoubtedly prove to be an excellent garden
flower for the hardy border in early summer. It was
shown by Mr. Amos Perry, the well-known hardy
plant grower of North London.

Phlox canadensis, Perry's variety. This is another
hardy plant, a much improved form of the type, that
is worth bringing to your notice. It is one of the
most profuse flowering plants I know, and invaluable
out of doors in earlv summer. The flowers which are
larger than those of the type are pale blue in color.
Mr. Amos Peny is also the introducer of this Phlox.

RHODODENDRONS AT KEW

There is much to interest and to be admired at
the Royal Gardens, Kew, at all times of the year,
but perhaps early summer is the most delightful
time of all. Flowers are then lavishly produced on
tree and shrub, and the leafage of a thousand differ-
ent trees is not yet tinged by summer sun. The
collections of flowering trees and shrubs are one of
the glories of Kew, and indeed one could imagine no
finer garden picture than the azalea garden or the
rhododendron dell when either is at its best.

/fztyt/xx^ rf ■ /H.,<r^->M. I"

London

July 15, 1905

HORTICULTURE

Some Hollis Seedlings

Glory

Gvpsv

Prince Alert

'^^^K^

MaUU L. KlCHARDSOiN"

Admiral Dewey

Bunker Hill

Beauty's M

Edwin Booth

HORTICULTURE

Calceolaria, Hybrid or Greenhouse Varieties

Now is the time to be thinking of sowing seeds of
the above in order to procure decorative plants of
considerable size as well as exhibition plants in time
next year, and one of the first essentials for the
successful cultivator to keep in mind is the pro-
curing of the best strain of seeds obtainable, for it
is as easy to grow the best strains as it is to grow
the indifferent strains, and infinitely more satisfac-
tory at the finish line. Firms that have invariably
made a good reputation for themselves in furnishing
seeds of the highest merit, are logically the ones to
be patronized as being likely to supply the article to
meet all expectations. Yet it is well, at times, to
deviate from a beaten path for the sake of self con-
vincement, and procure a few from different sources
and note results. Such a test to be of value, however,
must be carried out on strickly methodical principles
and not hap-hazard,that is, each kind must necessaril}'
be kept separate and labelled up to the flowering
stage.

At the very commencement of calceolaria culture
from seed, there begins the trouble that is likely to
unstarch the enthusiasm of the average gardener, for
they will persist, without the most exacting care,
to vanish from sight by damping off; doubtless this
can be attributed to their impatience and dislike of
warm surroundings which is difficult to get over at
this season of the year should the season be normal.
The fact that later batches sown in August go ahead
with much less fuss seems to lend support to the
above theory. Notwithstanding that the present-
day calceolarias of our conservatories are an evolu-
tion of considerable standing from progenitors in-
habiting lofty mountain regions in Southern Ameri-
ca, Peru, and Chili, yet it seems that their native
hardiness and love of bracing cool surroundings still
clings to them, for in such only do they make any
progress, a fact that must not be let out of sight
should we court success with them. Well out of the
seedling stage, with an eye to keeping them cool and
shaded from bright sunshine, and after the natural
cool nights of autumn set in, calceolarias are not
difficult to grow, neither are they so dirty and lousy
as reputed to be when assigned to proper quarters,
which of course must be cool and airy.

Shallow pans are probably the best receptacles to
sow calceolaria seed in, and should of course be well-
drained. Finely-sifted soil composed of leaf mold
or peat, with a small portion of soddy soil and clean
sharp sand' in ample quantities mixed thoroughly to-
gether, makes a suitable compost for the seed; this
should be moist enough not to require any watering
for some few days after the seeds are sown. As the
seeds are extremely small they should be sim[jly
pressed on the surface of the soil and not covered as
most other seeds are; it follows then that extreme
care must be taken in watering, so as not to wash

the seeds from their ])ositions, and until germination
takes place; the best way to accomplish this is to
dip the seed-pans in a vessel of water to the point
of saturation. A pane of glass over the mouth of
the seed pan is very essential, as it will check evapor-
ation, thereby reducing the watering operation to a
minimum. After germination takes place the pane
of glass ought to be tilted to admit air, and as the
seedhngs get stronger it ought to be removed alto-
gether.

I have found powdered charcoal for the seed re-
ceiving layer a good thing to prevent excessive
damping-off. As soon as they can be handled at all.
they should be pricked off in other pans of fresh
soil, the best prevention of all from damping-off.
It follows after what I have said of their nature,
likes, and dislikes that the coolest place possible is
to be secured for placing the seed pans in. A cold
frame facing north is a good place, double sheltered
on hot days if deemed necessary and as experience
teaches. A north lean-to greenhouse where the sun
hardly ever reaches in summer, provided it is kept
cool and airy, is an ideal place for raising seedling
calceolarias.

Of necessity the seed pans must be kept on shelves
close to the glass. Whatever place they may occupy
it is well to have quantities of tobacco stems strewn
in their immediate neighborhood, to be replaced at
frequent intervals with fresh stems; this prevents
the attacks of greenfly, spider, and thrips, and is
much safer than smoking. They should be repotted
like any other plants as their progress warrents; on
approaching their final potting, good maiden soil
of a soddy nature is very acceptable to them and this
should contain a liberal quantity of sheep-manure or
cow-manure, gathered from a pasture in a somewhat
hard and bleached condition; a small quantity of
leaf-soil, sand, and charocal nodules completes a very
suitable compost, other things being equal.

Careful watering is necessary with calceolarias at
most all stages. On account of their soft and woolly
foliage, and especially when the plants get large and
prior to flowering, water should be introduced care-
fully underneath the foliage and not indifferently
over head, otherwise they will become rusty and more
than likely quantities of the foliage will decay. A
house a few degrees above frost line suits them in
the winter admirably ; perfectly healthy and vigorous,
and when the roots embrace thoroughly the mass
of soil in the pots, they stand considerable feeding
in liquid form. Enterprising cultivators should set
aside exceptionally fine varieties to obtain seeds for
themselves for then they can rest assured that they
have something to rclv on.

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July 15, 1905

H ORTI CULTURE

■:wAY Decoration by Bruce Butterton
Newport Exhibition

Carnation Diseases

I. RUST. (UROMYCES CARYOPH YLLIN Us)

There are few houses where rust does not occur.
The appearance of this disease is indicated by a
slight swelHng of the stem or leaf and a paler color.
Later this splits open, the epidermis being turned
to one side, and vast numbers of brownish, spherical
spores are ejected, the whole presenting a blistered
appearance. These are the uredospores and they
will germinate in the presence of water. In the
interior of the affected portion, minute threads wind
in and out among the cells, sending out haustoria
which suck the sap. A short time after these spores
are formed, the same spot, or sorus, puts out a
second kind of spores, the teleuto-spores, one-celled
brown bodies, which germinate after a period of rest,
usually winter, thus perpetuating the disease from
year to year. Cuttings are particularly subject to
rust attacks.

Treatment. Keep moisture off the leaves. Cover
rust spots with lim.e. Give plenty of liglit and ria
and grow healthy plants.

2. LEAF SPOT, OR BLIGHT. (SEPTORIA DIANTHi)

The "spots" appear as circular or oblong places,
with a brown or white center, surrounded with a
purplish dark border. The band is well defined on
its inner border but becomes mixed with the green
on its outer side. Both leaves and stems are affected
— the stems often to such an extent that the sap
is cut off. Black specks, the fruiting bodies, show

in the center portions. The spores are produced in
depressions whose edges rise a little above the leaf.

Trcatnicut. Spray with Bordeaux or Potassium
Sulphide solution, or ammoniacal solution. Give
good cultural conditions.

3. LEAF MOLD, FAIRY RING, OR RING MOLD. (hETER-
SPORIUME CHINULATUM)

Leaf mold starts at one place, spreading evenly in
all directions, producing circular spots one-sixteen to
one-quarter inch in diameter. These spots are
especially abundant near the tips of young leaves.
Gray or brownish mold arranged in concentric tufts
occupies the center. This often falls out. From a
pale, ashy color the spot changes to a grayish shade
approaching dark brown.

The spores are borne on fruiting threads which
break the surface of the leaf in clusters of two to six.
The threads produce several spores in succession but
each in a different place, so that they present a
knotty, angular appearance. The spores are vari-
able in size and form, and bristle all over with
minute spines. Daybreak is very susceptible to this
mold.

Treatment. Cut back diseased portions. Spray
with Bordeaux, when flowers appear. Give good
culture.

a^.

<To be continued.:

GkoUT or Dra^

;.l NAS ExHIfilTED BY lj.\

Newport Exhibition

HORTICULTURi:

July 15, 1905

HORTICULTURE

AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL

DEVOTED TO THE

FLORIST, PLANTSMAN, LANDSCAPE,

GARDENER AND KINDRED

INTERESTS

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY

HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO.

II HAMILTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS.
WM. J. STEWART. Editor and Mo nager.

The Editor Has His Say

The article on the system of awards at horticul-
tural exhibitions which we reprint from the Gardener's
Chronicle of London, will strike a responsive chord in
every one on this side of the Atlantic who has ever
had any serious connection with such shows. But
where is the universal remedy for the defects which
all recognize exi.st in every s>'stem thus far devised?
The subject is one that will bear discussion and
plenty of it.

The visit of the American Society of Landscape
Architects is a notable event for the visitors and for
Boston. If America is to develop a distinctive
school of landscape-making, Boston will be credited
by posterity with having been its birthplace. The
genius of Frederic Law Olmsted becomes more
apparent as time passes, and will grow upon our com-
prehension as the years bring to perfection the won-
derful harmonies of beauty and utility which his
great mind conceived and realized before thev had
taken material form. The young man planning to
devote his life to landscape work must come too
Boston if he would see and draw inspiration from
the priceless legacy which this noble philanthropist
and artist has given to liis countrymen — rich and
poor — for all time. And it does Boston good to
have these men, seeking to follow in the footsteps
of her benefactor, honor her with frequent visits,
kindle her appreciation of her incomparable park
system, and give their counsel as to where advance-
ment may be made, in Iiarmony with the spirit and
intent of its founder.

We have heard considerable surprised comment
on the lengthy list of new greenhouse construction
reported in our issue of last week by one of our
western advertisers. Commercial greenhouse build-
ing is going on in the central west at a rate not fully
realized in the eastern and older part of the countrv,
and flower growing has there already reached a mag-

nitude understood only by those who have seen it.
It is possibly true that the methods of culture as
followed by some western growers are rough and
hasty, as compared with the attention to fine detail
which is characteristic of the most successful eastern
culturists, and the product may sometimes lack the
exquisite finish of the carefully-nurtured material
seen in the New York and Boston markets, but that
will all come in good time. Horticulture recognizes
no east, west, north, or south, in precedence one over
the other. Each and every section can find some-
thing in the other worth learning and deserving of
imitation. One of the most important points to be
noted in the remarkable increase of glass area in the
west is the splendid confidence displayed in the
future magnitude of American commercial horti-
culture.

We see no good reason why our friends in Wash-
ington, who are to be the hosts of the Society of Amer-
ican Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists at the
convention of 1905, have been called upon to give
assurances that any one special class of the visitors
shall not be neglected. The sentiment that would
encourage the drawing of a dividing line between the
grower whose salary is paid by a private employer
and the one whose salary comes from a commercial
employer, or from direct sales of his own products,
does not appeal to us as conducive to the benefit of
either or the advancement of horticulture's best in-
terests, and has certainly never had voice or recogni-
tion in the national society, as a perusal of the con-
stitution and history of that body will prove. Eligi-
bility to membership, as defined in the first pros-
pectus issued in 1884 and retained in the constitution
ever since, included all without any distinction what-
ever, and the records show that no less than fifty
members in no way connected with commercial horti-
culture have served the society zealously in various
official capacities. Why .should a gardener feel "out
of place" in a society that belongs to his own fra-
ternity? Nobody need absent himself from the con-
vention on such grounds. In every city the society
has visited, thus far, the welcoming hand has been
outstretched and the heartiest hospitality extended
to every guest. No guarantees are needed as to
Washingt(in.

« t5 tj «

Thanks to Horticulture, we are daily receiving
orders and imiuiries from all over the country, as
well as from Canada, Porto Rico, and Cuba, which
goes far to prove the value of Horticulture as
an advertising medium. We are very pleased with
the results of our advertising in Horticulture, and
wish every success to the paper and editor.
Respectfully,

A. Lf

Co.

July

1905

HORTICULTURE

THE AWARDS AT THE ROYAL
HORTICULTURAL SHOW

The practiro whii h is s .-lu-linirs followed
of giving an award lu an old and well-tried
variety, hitherto, by some accident, over-
looked by the Society, has given rise to
adverse criticism and occasionally provokes
a sense of the ludicrous. It is aljsurd, say
some, to make an award, we will say by
the way of illustration, to Cox's Orange
I'ippin, to Black Hamburgh Grape, or to
any other variety whose merits are now gen-
erally recognized, although it may not have
been stamped with the hall-mark of the So-
ciety. Perhaps it is. But would it not be
equally absurd that such varieties should
never receive recognition from the Society,
and never be included in its honor-lists?
Quite lately, two excellent potatnrs, which
have long been in coninien c win au.inird
first-class rc-rlih. aU-s. Ii..|l. l-i-l i-m m.mi.Iv,
when gn.wn at ChisxW. k, u.: r,..\ auar.ls
of merit, and having now, afin -,. .1 lal u ais'
experience, proved to be first a lass standard
varieties, the award of merit has been found
to be inadequate, but in these cases fittingly
the stepping-stone to a liigher award. But
to many persons wedded to traditional
methods, and who think awards of the nature
referred to should be made to new things
only, the granting of first-class certificates
to comparatively old forms is a stumbUng-
blork. In their estimation it is better to
grant awards whilst the subjects of them are
new and scarce, even if a great mistake
eventually results, than it is to wait patiently
for a few years until experience has shown
whether the subject be worthy of an award
or not. .

The whole matter hinges on the purpose
for which subjects are placed before the fruit
or any other committee. If staged in the
hope of getting a certificate that shall en-
hance the trade value of the subject, it is
evident that a belated award, after several
years' experience of its cultural value, can
be of no service in that respect. "If the sole
object in staging new or assumed new
things or varieties be to give the subject
publicity, and to secure an award on the
merits of the exhibit, without rrf. rence to
any financial result, then nothing but good
can follow if the granting of an award be
deferred until time has shown whether it is
merited or not.

Exhibits that come before the fruit com-
mittee often come into a different category
from those presented to the floral c;ommittee.
Such a remarkable plant as Meconopsis
integrifolia tells its own story at once. Its
claims to immediate and first-( I iss honors
were incontestable. With fruits and vege-
tables the case is different. W'hal may be
described as remarkable products never crop
up with them. They come in the form of
improved varieties, or what are assumed to
be so, but beyond the sender no one has
any proof that they are such. )t is not pos-
sible for the committee to determine whether
they are so or not until time and rxperience
have determined the question. When it is
remembered how numerous are the varieties
of fruit, for instance, that are put into com-
merce with Royal H6rticult\ira! Society
awards, but which fail to secure any perma-
nent position in gardens, is it not 1 ertain that
the pra( tire of granting certificates on the
first appearance of a subject is a mistake.

.\ simple way of getting over the difficulty
would, if it were only practicable be to make
awards of merit to all subjects provisionally,
these awards being granted and regarded
solely as evidences of prima facie or appar-
ent value or special usefulness, but subject
to advancement to a first-class certificate if,
as happily sometimes happens, the subject
proves to be distinctly meritorious. So far
as the fruit and vegetable committee is con-
cerned it is now happily possible

one or several years at Wisley, that the
proposals now made w^ould create no hanl-
ship, and would 1 nvint i.istakes generally.

A study of the honors bestowed during
the past thirty years is rather unsatisfactory,
because the lists contain so many records of
awards which time has shown to have been
given without due wanant.

It is, to our thinking, most desirable that
awards of merit of any kind or degree should
continue to be made by the Royal Horti-
cultural Society and its committees .->n other
than commercial considerations, though we
are afraid that in the case of individuals
these influences must continue to exert their
power till the millennium comes. Of course
we by no means wish to convey tlie notion
that financial considerations should not have
their due weight with exhibitors. What we
desire to see is that neither the committees
nor the rouncil should be unduly influenced
by them. What they have to do is to ex-
amine what is brought before them, and to
record their impressions as to their abstract
merits irrespective of their possible value
as commercial products. If a Welwitschia
or a RafHesia were brought before the com-
mittee neither would have any financial im-
portance, but the interest attaching to them
from the point of view of the Society would
be a thousandfold greater than that of a
"new" apple or of an Odontoglossum with
four spots instead of three.

Take the case of the Meconopsis before
alluded to. It received a first-class certifi-
cate, but that, in our opinion, was decidedly
inappropriate, and offered an unintentional
insult to the plant by lowering it to the
category of the commonplace. Fortunately
it also received the far more appropriate
award of a botanical certificate. But some
will say that money value must be the ulti-
mate test. Very well; let it be so. Let us
have in that case a commercial committee to
deal exclusively with that aspect of the case.
This may sound Qtiixotic, but the higher
the idealthe Society strives after the more
will it gain in the respect of the public, the
better it will be for the traders in the long
run, and the greater good will it do to horti-
culture pure and simple.

We are told that some propositions are
under the consideration of the fruit com-
mittee dealing with the matter of awards.
Till they have been thoroughly considered
and adopted by the committee it would be
premature to make further comments on
them. It is nevertheless a good sign to see
the committees taking steps to remove exist-
ing improprieties and anomaUes, and, as
we hope, to reduce the extravagant and pre-
mature award of certificates.

The very extraordinary Primula shown
at the last meeting was, it is true, not in
condition as an exhibition plant, and will
doubtless receive a certificate wiien more
fully developed. In the meantime, the scien-
tific committee has saved lb' < \-<:V\i ,,| the
Society by awarding it a 1 nil mi' 'I ' ' ini" .ite,
otherwise the most rcmail'l'l' I'l "ii l".«n
on that occasion would li.i" 1"' n . miirly
passed over. — The Gardeners' Cliroiiirlr,
I.ondon.

test I

WINDOW GLASS MERGER

Cleveland, Ohio, July 12 .
By the merging of the Interstate Win
Glass Manufacturers' .\ss<«iation with
tional Win'l'.w Cla^s Mannfa. lurcrs' >
ciation at \hr " 'HM-ntic m \\\n. h has rl
here, iti-< . •-iiinai'al iliai n.A I, ,s than ei
per cent ''f ih'- inilc|.(--n'l' nl "iitput is
trolled by the organization. .\ wage 1
mittee was appointed to meet with the f
workers and settle a scale of wages. 'I
it is expected by the workers, may be k
than it was last year, owing to labor
ditions. — Transcript.

qited

vaTi.'ir, 'l''|'ailiii'i]| -, "I lln-. I.i;-, 1 oncem.
The magnitudi- of the busiiKss \\\m\\ these
three companies — now consolidated — have
built up conveys some idea of the immense
advances made in horticultural industries
wiilnn III' i-a-i I' w years. We do not doubt
111 II :■ I'll ' i ill. highest practical value will
I'lll". il > I '-'I n.i^ of interests. Congratu-
lation., aiL cordially extended.

SWEET PEAS FOR WINTER

Editor Horticulture: — Will you please
inform me the best time to plant sweet peas
for winter in hothouse; also the kind that
sells best in Boston market.

Yours trulv,

From the middle of .\ugust until the mid-
dle of September is a good time to plant
sweet peas for early winter flowering. If
the beds or benches are idle then they can be
sown in rows right where they are to flower.
If not, as is usually the case, they ought to
be started about that time in 3^ inch pots
set in a corner of the greenhouse, or in a
frame outdoors and grown there until such
lime as the bench space is available. They
do equally, as well transplanted from pots
and no time is lost.

."Xs to varieties, Mont Blanc, white and
earliest of all, pink and white are the best,
if not the only kinds for early flowering
purposes.

Malcolm Orr.

PERSONAL

F. L. Atkins of Bobbink & -Atkins sailed
for Europe on July 12, on 5. 5. Staatendam.

G. B. Moulder has been appointed super-
intendent .of the station grounds of the IIU-
nois Central railroad.

^ Howard M. Eari, of W. .\t\ec Burpee &
Co., Philadelphia, reached home on Saturday,
July 8, from his European trip.

,\rthur Merritt, of New York, mourns the
loss of his eldest son, fifteen years of age,
who died on Monday, July 10, at the New
Y'ork hospital, of appendicitis.

Mi.ss Alice Luflfman, daughter of George
E. Luffman, was married to Volney Beckner
Goddard at St. Mary's-on-the-liighlands,
Birmingham, Ala., on June 28. Miss Amy
K. Luffman, sister of the bride, was the maid
of honor.

Mr. Harry Balsley, Mr. A. N. Pierson,
Cromwell, Conn.; E. B. Sage, Bradford;
\V. J. Quinlan, Syracuse; W. J. Simmons and
family, Toronto, Ont.; Dr. Rowlands, Utiea,
M.Y.; P. Hauswirth, Chicago; Aug. [Krueger,
Mead\ille, Pa., visited Buffalo the past \veek.

The rose and strawbcrr)' show of the
North Shore Massachusetts Horticultural
Society on July 6, was a very excellent dis-
play of the cultural abilities of the ex])ert
gardeners of Manchester-by-the-sea, Beverly
and neighborhood. There was a fine exhi-
bit of aquatics from H. A. Dreer.

HORTICULTURE

July 15, 1905

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS

Attention is called to the prizes offered
by Treasurer Beatty of $25, S15, Sio, for the
first, second, and third best essays on "The
Ideal Employer." These papers must be
sent to the office of the secretary without
signature, but with the name of the writer
accompanying same for the purpose of
record, and should not exceed fifteen hundred
words each. The time Hmit within which
these papers must be filed with the secretary
has been e.xtended to July 20.

Wm. J. Stew..\rt, Secretary.

HOTELS IN WASHINGTON

The following Ust is supplied by the hotel
lommittee of the Washington Florists' Club:

* The Shoreham Hotel, 15th and H street,
N. W. six squares from meeting hall, single
room for one person, $2 per day; two per-
sons, $3; room with bath, one person, $3
per day; two persons, $4; suites, parlor, two
bedrooms with bath, $10 per day.

ArUngton Hotel, Vermont avenue and H
street, N. W. seven squares from hall, $2
per day.

♦Hotel Manhattan, 604-606 9th street,
N. W. European plan, for gentlemen only,
one square from hall, $1 per day upwards.

* St. James Hotel, 6th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, N. W., European plan, seven
squares from hall, single rooms, $1 to $2.50
per day^ rooms with bath, $2.50 per day;
suites, with bath $3 to $4 per day.

* Colonial Hotel, 15th and H street, N. W.
European plan, six squares from hall, single
rooms, $1 per day.

* Hotel Johnson, 13th and E street, N. W.
four squares from hall, European plan, $i
per day upwards; American plan $2.50 to
$4 per day.

Columbia Hotel, for gentlemen only, 1413
Pennsylvania avenue, N. W. 6 squares from
hall, room for one person, $1.50 per day;
two persons, S2.50 per day.

Metropolitan Hotel, seven squares from
hall, .American plan $2.50 to S4 per day;
European plan, Si to $3 per day.

El Reno Hotel, opposite B. & O. Depot,
eleven squares from hall, single person, $1
per day; two persons, S2 per day.

The rates of the following hotels, have not
been received by the committee but will be
announced as soon as received.

Riggs House, G and isth street, N. W. five
squares from hall.

National Hotel, 6th and Pennsylvania
avenue, N. W. seven squares fni.ii hull.

The Oxford, 14th and New N'ork av.-nue
N. W. five squares from hall.

Park Hotel, 1017 I street, N. W. three
squares from hall.

New Willard, Pennsylvania avenue and
14th street, N. W. six squares from hall.

Raleigh Hotel, 12th and Pennsylvania
avenue, N. W. four squares from hall.

* Those specially recommended by Hotel Com-

COURTESIES TO GARDENERS

At a meeting of the Washint;t..n Florists'
Club held on the 3d inst. a Utter from Presi-
dent Vaughan was read in regard to the
private gardeners who intend to take in the
convention. A number of the gardeners had
expressed their intention of attending the
convention, while others had raised the ob-
jection "we know so few in the trade and
not belonging to the society ourselves, we
would feel lost and maybe out of jilare."
President Vaughan suggested that a member
of the local club be appointed to look after
the interests of the private gardener. The
club appointed Mr. Peter Bissct chairman
of a committee to see that all private garden-
ers who come to Washington for the con-
vention be met at the depot and made wel-
come, and to render them any assistance

required. Any gardener who intends to
come to the convention can have rooms
booked for him, or can get any information
desired by writing to Peter Bisset, Twin
Oaks, Washington, D. C, who will do ail in
his power to make the visit of the private
gardener to the convention a pleasant one.

THE WASHINGTON SOUVENIR

The most elaborate and beautilul souvenir
book ever issued on the occasion of an S. A.
F., convention is now in preparation, and the
time is very short until the advertising lists
must be closed. Advertisers desiring to
have their announcements appear in it —
and that should include every one having
any kind of horticultural material to sell —
should secure space and send in copy at
once to J. R. Freeman, 612 13th street,
Washington, D. C.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS'
CLUB OF BOSTON

.Arrangements are practically completed
for the picnic to be held at Randolph Grove
on Tuesday, July 25, 1905. The sports
committee have arranged a comprehensive
hst of events which should draw a strong
entry. Included are foot races for all ages,
also for fat men, married men, and married
ladies, boat races on the lake; baseball,
cricket, tennis, croquet, quoits, are all on the
list, also several leaping contests, throwing
shot and hammer, etc. Last but by no means
least comes a class for the best looking baby.

There will be a first-class clambake cUnner
served and many other attractions. Two
prizes will be given in each class; these
comprise a very varied and valuable assort-
ment of articles donated by members and
well vrishers. A very large attendance is
expected. Electrics from MiUon for Brock-
ton pass the grove.

W. N. Craig, Secretary.

NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY

A regular meeting of the Newport Horti-
cultural Society was held Wednesday evening
last, President SuUivan in the chair. The
secretary's report of the June exhibition was
very satisfactory. Four new members were
elected, the number including Miss Alice
Keteltas and Miss Maud Wetmore. It is
expected that Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster
will deliver an address on the arrangement
of flowers at the meeting on July 19th.

Inadvertently no mention was made in
Horticulture's report of the June exhi-
bition of the award of a silver medal to Mrs.
Andrews for a beautiful miniature rock
garden.

The fall exliibition will be held in the
Casino, and in order to accommodate all
exhibitors the balconies are to be utilized.

MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY

The first of the series of weekly .Saturday
and Sunday shows of the Massachusetts
Horticuhural Society was held on July 8 and
9. There was a brilUant profusion of garden
flowers. Delphiniums were especially fine
and roses were also seen in splendid quaUty
and abundance. Miss S. B. Fay and M. H.
Walsh being the chief exhibitors. Martin
Sullivan, gardener to Wm. Whitman, made
a remarkable display of delphiniums and
campanulas. Mr. Thatcher, gardener to
Mrs. J. L. Gardner, also contributed rich
groups of delpliiniums and irises. There
was a large display of other hardy perennials
from Harvard Botanic Garden, Blue Hill
Nurseries, Bay State Nurseries, F. J. Rea,
and Mt. Desert Nurseries. H. A. Stevens
Co. showed phlox and iris, Jackson Dawson
showed a seedhng cUmbing rose named Day-
break. The displays of sweet peas were
numerous and of excellent quality.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTS

This society has just conjpleted a three-
day's meeting at Boston. Most of the time
was spent in visiting the various public and
|)rivate places conspicuous as examples of
(mv landscape work, including the Boston
Park system, Metropolitan Park svstem, and
the .Sargent, Anderson, Gardner, and Brande-
gee estates and Country Club, and Robinson
Hall at Harvard College where the school
of landscape architecture is presided over by
Prof. F. L. Olmsted, Jr.

The society is six years old and this was
its first visit to Boston where a number of
its most influential members are located. Its
membership numbers thirty-four, of whom
sixteen are Fellows and eighteen Juniors,
the latter including the younger men follow-
ing the profession of landscape designing.
John C. Olmsted of BrookUne is president,
Samuel Parsons, Jr., vice-president. Down-
ing Vaux, secretary, and Charles N. Lowrie,
treasurer.

All the above named gentlemen were
present at- the meeting except Mr. Parsons.
There were also O. C. Simonds, of Chicago,
Jas. L. Greenleaf, Chas. D. Fay, F. C.
Hoth, and C. F. Pilat, of New York, Prof.
F. L. Olmsted, Jr., W. H. Manning, J. Fred
Dawson, D. F. D..w, P.rcival Gallagher, S.
P. Negus, A, \ M;;,i.:i I .mil Mische, J. S.
Pray, and I'l < , 1 < || of Boston.

On Frida) I ;, a banquet was

given at the II. a- I -, : , , , ,, at which G. A.
Parker of Hartf.ird, Sylvester Baxter, Prof.
Robeson Sargent, Wm. J. Stewart, J. W.
Duncan, and Herbert Wise were invited
guests. Following the banquet. President
J. C. Olmsted gave an address on Boston's
Parks and Park Systems, illustrated with
lantern slides. It covered fully the history
and evolution of the splendid park system
whi( h Boston enjoys. He characterized the
introduction of golf playing into the pubhc
parks as an unwise curtailment of the privil-
eges of the many for the benefit of the few
and criticised some of the defects in early
construction. He said that Boston had got
her money's worth even if her parks had
cost $16,000,000.

On Saturday evening, after excursions to
the Metropolitan reservations on the south of
the rity. Prof. F. L. Ohnsted lectured at
the Somerset on the Metropolitan Park
System, with stereopticon illustration. Sun-
day was devoted to an inspection of the
Metropolian reservations north of the city.

TOLEDO HAS A VISIT FROM DETROIT

fender the able conduct of President

Robert Watsoh, and with the

commissary

department in charge of a committee well-
trained and tireless, the members of the De-
troit Florists' Club, to the number of twenty-
seven, treked to Toledo on Thursday, June
20. They were in quest of a good time, and
they had it — on the sixty mile railroad ride,
at the banquet to which they were conducted
on arrival in Toledo by a bunch of the
prospero.us florists of that growing metropo-
lis under the leadership of sleek-visaged
George Heiril — "a proper man, as one
shall see in a summer's day," — who knows
a tiling or two about entertaining, at the
banquet, where George P. Beyer, the able
toast-master wound up the visitors to re-
sistless eloquence, at the greenhouses visited,
at the bowling alleys where the men of De-
troit squared old scores by walloping their
hosts, at Walbridge Park, where both mate-
rial and sesthetic entertainment abounded,
on the steamer ride up the Maumee river —
in fact, everywhere and every minute of the
dax' was packed with pleasure up to the mid-
night hour when the city of the beautiful
rose was again reached and tired adieus were
said.

HORTICULTURi:

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

There has been little or no

BALTIMORE dumcc in th.- ni.irk.-l over

last week :iihl - '■ '> i \v ■ \-

ception of Tuesday and W' -! i / . I < n

funeral work came in a littli 1 1 1 •"■'--

been nothing doing to spcik ..i. G.md
Beauties seem to be the leading llower with
the few buyers, and there is a slight demand
for first-class stock. Golden Oatcs, while
not of the first class order, are holding their
own, and a number of the growers are now
bringing in fairly good Couchet roses.

The beautiful window disi)lay usually
noticeable among the floral establishments
on North Charles street have been on the
decUne during the past few weeks, owing to
the intense heat and the marked scarcity of
good flowers. During the past si.x or seven
days, however, there has been an improve-
ment in this line owing to the Christian
Endeavor meeting which has been the means
of bringing thousands of visitors from all
parts of the country to this city. This in-
flu.x of strangers, however, has had very
little effect upon sales.

Owing to the extreme heat of
BOSTON the past week, stock has been
arriving in poor condition, buy-
ers buying only what is absolutely necessary
and with many complaints in regard to this
condition of stock. Roses, carnations, and
sweet peas have been plentiful, with not
much of a demand for the latter. As this
is the season of the year that the growers
take advantage of conditions and are begin-
ning to repair and remodel their green-
houses, it is e.xpected that shipments of
carnations will soon decrease.

The market the past week has

BUFFALO entered into midsummer dull-
ness. Everything in the so-
cial Une is about over and business is at a
standstill, a glut on nearly everything, even
Beauties of best quaUty were hard to move.
Carnations, sweet peas, roses, flooded the
market. Candidum UUes of good quality
were abundant for a few days, but sales were
slow as on everything else. Roses were a
total glut, some conspicuous signs amongst
retailers offer roses at $i per hundred, 1 2 cents
per dozen. Carnations in about same boat,
while peas found no sales at all.

The coming week the Elks Reunum is to
be held in Buffalo, and it is to be ho|ied that
the market will again regain its lost vatahty
as this week was one of the dullest in many
days.

That it was the dull season

CHICAGO in the cut-flower trade was
very evident the first of the
week, although good stock sold rapidly and at
a good figure. The supply was fortunately
very moderate. There was a fair quantity
of young stock in teas of splendid color and
nuaUty, and as the end of the week
approached everything was well cleanec^
up with the exception of sweet jieas and
other outdoor flowers. Carnations were of
inferior quaUty and outdoor carnations sold
at whatever the grower could get Asters
brought about $1.50 per hundred; lily of the
valley held its own; ferns and fancy greens
were in abundance. The demand for Amer-
ican Beauties was steady, exceeding the
supply, the quaUty was good.

Little can be said in regard
CINCINNATI to business or stock as con-
ditions remain about the
same at in last report. Several of the flor-
ists have taken advantage of the preserit
quiet condition of trade and are taking their
vacations. Fred Lautenschlager of Chicago
was a caller this week.

Prices remain about same as last reported.

Business conditons last
LOUISVILLE week were very good Sat-
urday, but the balance of
the week was very slow. The demand bi:-
came so great the last day that nothing ilesir-
able could be obtained. Carnations of fair
quality can be obained in ade(|uate quanti-
ties, and sell up to expectations. Sweet peas
have sold unusually well, but can no longer'
be obtained in quaritity Other stock does
n. it find much demand.

Notwithstanding a somewhat
NEWPORT late beginning the florists of

Newport are doing quite as
well as last year, while indications point to a
rush of business during August and Sep-
tember.

Sweet peas as usual, are already almost a
drug on the market. This is perhaps in-
tensified by an abundant crop of out-door
roses lasting longer than usual; these being
cheap, are bought in preference to sweet
peas by people who look to the price of
things. Good roses are somewhat scarce.
Beauties especially, but much better stock
came in during the last few days. Only a few
functions have so far been held, although
quite a number of small, but select dinner
parties have been given; it is at some of these
quiet little affairs that the most exquisite
table decorations are seen. Florists are
therefore very eager for that class of work
for two reasons, first because it is very
profitable, and second because if an unusu-
ally favorable impression is made by the
work of the decorator more orders of a Uke
nature come in soon after.

It would be difficult to ex-
NEW YORK aggerate the unprecedented
stagnation that prevails in
the wholesale cut-flower market here at the
present time. Recognized as a season of the
year when but little can be done, it has, nev-
ertheless, dismayed even the most pessimis-
tic with its utter barrenness. It is to be
borne in mind that the situation is not the
result of a sudden collapse, but is in line
vrith experience ever since the first of last
March, since which time a comparison of
business with that of the preceding year or
the average of previous years has almost in-
variably shown a falling off in magnitude as
well as spirit. The dealer who has the least
stock to sell is at present, the fortunate man,
and the most uncomfortable is the commis-
sion man whose growers are numerous and
zealous. Roses from young stock of this
year are already very much in evidence, and
it doesn't take a very large box to hold u
thousand of them or a very deep pocket to
hold the proceeds therefrom. Carnations
are away down as to quahty also. Sweet
peas swarm everywhere, many of them of
very inferior quahty, but some remarkably
fine. Asters are already here and it is pre-
dicted by those who have been looking over
the ground that this market is booked for an
avalanche of these flowers a Utle later on,
the like of which has never been seen here
or anywhere else.

Business the past week has

PHILA-
DELPHIA

been experiencing the

The

quality of flowers arriving has been poor, as
was to be expected at this season. The only
exceptions in the rose line that could be
noted were Kaiserin and Beauties which were
in pretty good shape and went fairly well.
In carnations most of the stock that came
in was asleep; but a slight imiJroveinent was
noted toward the end of the week. Lily of
the valley of the best grade was not over-
plentiful and went fairly well. Water lilies
and other out-door stock were in liberal
supply, but the commission houses as a ruU-
did not bother with same. Early closings

and vacations are now in order and the
majority of the trade is now laying in a
stock of caloric for the fall trade.

President Roo.sevelt's daugh-

SAN ter Alice is here, and at an

FRANCISCO affair held in her honor

this week she wore in her

h:iir "the pride of California," a Hannah

Ilobart carnation of exquisite beauty. Flowers

generally are making a poor showing.

Not in thirty-four years have San Francisco
and the bay counties experienced weather so
over-charged with calorific rays as has been
that of the week beginning with the Fourth
of July, and the abundance of seasonable
flowers in market this week is far inferior to
the normal standard of excellence.

The growers of roses and
ST. LOUIS carnations in this vicinity are

throwing out old plants and
planting young stock. Carnations are very
poor at present, and long-stemmed Beauties
of good quaUty are scarce. One of the
wholesalers had a lot of Bridesmaids recently,
the best that have been seen in tliis market
since last vrinter. During the past week
there have been a great many weddings and
funerals, and the retailers have been kept
ijuite busy. The plant business in this city
has not faUen off as expected after the
World's Fair, but has been good all through
the season.

SEED TRADE

A new seed company is about to be incor-
porated at Washington, D. C, styUng itself
The Pure Seed and Plant Company of
America.

The stockholders are mainly fanners, and
one of the principal aims is to have the
farmers cooperate in the effort to secure
pure seeds, especially of grasses and clovers,
by keeping their farms free of weeds, so far
at least as it is practicable to do so. Further
infonnation concerning this new concern
will be furnished to Horticitliuee in the
near future. The headquarters of the new
company wiU be at IndianapoUs, Ind. A
list of the promoters and officers will be given
shortly.

During the past ten days the weather has
been very favorable for crops, and especially
beans and corn, but we need many weeks
more equally favorable to insure crjps of
these important seeds.

WANTS

GOOD MEN

thos. h.
Bambrick

34 South 7th St., Philadelphia

Help of all kincU, iiieliKliii); that for
FloriBtd, Nurserymen, SeeiUineii an.l the
Horticultural trade generally.

WANTED ~ Young man to take charge of carnation
houses. Must furnish references. .Situation will be
open September 1st. Address V, care of HORTI-

CtlLTURP:, 11 Haroihon Place, Boston.

- A working foreman and manager, one

horticulture:

July 15, 1905

New Crop Beauties

THE BEST COMING TO
PHILADELPHIA

Tl LEO NIESSEN CO.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
1217 Arch St., ■ PHILADELPHIA

After July l«t Store Open 7 A. M. to 6 P. M.

SUMMER 5EAUTIES

AND

haizerins

Samuel S. Pennock

26th will close

Cut Flowers

AI.L VAIIIKXIKM

SHIPPED TO ALL POINTS

I'l»i'i>t»' Nn|i|>li<-«

■ .iirs-f.l . •>?<>< I. in .\<-n ■:ii;;liliMl

■.on<-.t mi.>l.-.al<- liar.-.

N. F, McCarthy & Go.

84 HAWLEV ST.
Tel. , Main SM73 BOSTOy

E. H. HUNT

Wholesale

Cut Flowers

THE OLD RELIABLE"

76 Wabash Ave.

.CHICAGO

NEW SPHAGNUM

FINES! Ill Vl.n V

FERNS, GALAX AND SUPPLIES

H.M.Robinson & Co.

S and II Province St., Boston, Mass.

VAUGHAN&SPERRY

Wholesale
Commission Florists

If )Oii wish to buy .ir sell, see them first
PHONE. CKNTRAI. 2.S7I

60 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO

WILLIAM J. BAKER

WHOLE.'iALE 1432 So. Penn. Sq.,

FLORIST PHIl.A.

CARNATIONS

Sweet Peas, Lilies of ttie

Valley

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES— Per 100— TO DEALERS ONLY

Chatenay j Culls .
CARNATIONS

Fancy Class

General Class

ORCHIDS

Cattleyas

BULBOUS

Lilies

Lily of the Valley .

Stocks

Daffodils

Callas

Adiantum Cuneatum . . .
Croweanum..

30.00

12.. SO

20.00

8.00

,5.00

5.00

3.00

2.00

6.00

4.00

2.00

■J..W

1.50

GO. 00

12., W

"sloo

3.00

.40

.50

' ii'.kb

35.00

2.'-|,00

25.00

12.00 to 16.00

35.00 to 50.00

25.00 to 50.00

25.00 to 60.00

In writing to advertisers,]

PHILADELPHIA CUT FLOWER CO.

I.SI6-I.SI8 SANSOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA

KAIZERIN, CARNATIONS, SWEET PEAS

store Close.* at 6 P. M. from June rpth to Sept. 16th Daily except Saturday at 1 P.M.

hnSm?n^!i??S?^o!mdI?

EVERYTHING IN

CUT FLOWERS

MOTTolOOODIfj™

EDWARD REID

1 526 RAN.STEAD ST. - PHILADELPHIA

CHaS.W.11cKELLflR

51 WABASH AVE. CHICAGO

Western Headqiiarter.s for Choict Orchids
Valley Viokts and all Cut Elowcrs

A Daily Shipment
from 40 to 60 Growers

CATAI.OOL'E FREE

PETER REINBERQ

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWERS

51 Wabash Ave. Chicago, HI.

In wTiting to advertisers, mention He

HORTI CULTURE

OBITUARY

\Vm. Hoffman, a well-known floiist of
Pawlucket, K.I,, died July 7. His funeral
was held from his late residence on Monday,
July 10. Many beautiful floral tributes were
sent by brother florists from Providence and
Pawtucket.

As we go to press we learn of the death of
Louis Siebrecht of Floral Park, N.Y. Mr.
Siebrecht was a distant relative of H. A.
Siebrecht, of New Rochelle, and when he
came to this country from C5ermany entered
his employ. In 1S72 he secured the jiUui- at
Floral Park, where he has ever since been
located, and went into business for himself.
He has devoted his estabUshment mainly to
the production of cut flowers for the whole-
sale market.

W. F. Lautenschlager, f.illiM .f ITorn
CULTtjRE'S Chicago rciMv I i^l

Lautenschlager, died at ( ' : I 1

igos, in his 64th year. Mr. I niw "- lil.i;.;i i
was born in Niefern, Baden, Gerin.iny. In
1888 he erected a small private range of
greenhouses at his home in Faimiount,
Cincinnati, which later was run on a com-
mercial scale. These houses were bought
bv Dr. Dowie in igo2, and erected at Zion
Citv, 111. Mr. Lautenschlager was an Odd
Fellow. Burial was held in Spring Grove

iji'

NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL
SOCIETY

An informal talk upon orchids was given
by John E. Lager at the regular monthly
meeting of this society on Friday evening,
July 7. The floral display consisted largely
of orchids. Lager & Hurrell showed twelve
varieties of cut blooms; William Barr, Arthur
Bodwell, gardener, a Cattleya Harrisoniie
with thirty blooms and an Odontoglossuni
Reichenheimii with one hundred and twenty-
six flowers; Henry Graves, Edwin Thomas,
gardener, Cypripediums Brownii, leucoglos-
sum and comus.

Japan iris of large size was shown by the
Colgates, William Read, gardener, and S.
Hartshorne, Arthur Caparn, gardener; glox-
inias by John Crosby Brown, Peter Duff,
gardener; antirrhinum by A. C. van Gaas-
beck, W. Burnett, gardener, vases of coreop-
sis and sweet peas and a collection of vege-
tables from Douglas Robinson, John Girven,
gardener, and Phyllotaenium Lindeni by
William Runkle, D. Kindsgrab, gardener.

PHILADELPHIA NEWS NOTES

The creditors of Joseph Kift & Son will
hold a meeting at 1416 .South Penn square,
on Julv 21, at 10.30 A.M., to take action in
view of the deed filed by this firm on the 8th

The principal topic of interest in the
Philadelphia trade this week is the suspen-
sion of the house of Joseph Kift & Son. The
papers were filed on Saturday but at this
\vriting few of the particulars are known.
One report h>as it that the liabilities are
twentv thousand and the assets three thous-
and. ' It is said that S. S. Penn.nk. who is
one of the largest creditors, will be the man

We have this day securc<l the services of
Bernard McGinty who in future will have
full charge of our cut-flower department.
With a valuable practical experience at
Welch Bros., and later as salesman for the
Montrose Greenhouses, Mr. McGinty is
well fitlerl for the position he is about to
fill, and we feel warranted in s.xnng to our
patrons that their orders will receive the very
best attention.

Thanking our customers for pa.st favors,
and trusting for a continuance of the same,
we remain,

Yours respectfully,

N. F. McCARTtn- & Co.
Boston, July 8, 1905.

MMMMMM>^^Mm^M0M^M'W^M^M^MWBMW^^.

ROSES

|IN( I.K JOII>

Khitped tlc>w<^r

mr, pel

, tlie Improved ii
in .■Ji-intdi pots a
1000

olden

t »8.'>

Wi- uffi
prices

L w "

uited number of good
ire in need of the spai

e John,
e ,To)iii.
esmiii.l

:jj-iii.

h, 83.00 «»r>.oo
1. fJ.OO 15.00

h, '^.50 ao.oo

■ ■...„el.

•h.,„s

X.;. 00 per 100; .«•

500 1

i CARNATIONS, 100,000 field Grown i

'0; om ,.i;„„s '••■'"'^j;;';;^;; -•Y\;';;'vy;n;;v;|,;;'i;;?'^;:/;;|v;;; v;:",,',^""'' ~''' ~ '^

'^ l.awsoii (I'inlii Nelson I-islier Hinnii.Ko Mrs. Nelson Flor;iHill >S'

Sggi Boston Marliet Crusader Harry Feun Triumpii Ouardiau \ii)jei S8«,

9^ Koosevelt Mrs. Ine »R

Wl We shall beain "*

J. A. BUDLONG i

37-39 Randolph St , CHICAGO ^

KosKS aud WHOLESALE /^, ,^ d^m»,^„^ m

r^^x^.... GROWER p/ Cut Flowers I

sympathy for Robert Kift (uii.. u,,. 111,
firm) are freely expressed, and it is hn],ic
that some arrangement where! ly this Iiih
business may be continued will be arninj;! il
.\ meeting of the creditors of the Peai '« I
Co., of .Atco, N. J., will be held in Pliila
delphia on the nth inst. The company':
embarrassment is said to be only teniporar\
and it is confidently hoped that an arrani;c
ment for an extension will be effected.

The Gardeners' Club of Baltimore
held their regular meeting last Mo
evening at their headquarters in the 1-
Arcanum Building on Saratoga si
Owing to the intense heat tile altind

S^>S^(^

Florists Out of Town

Taking Order.s for Flowers to
be Delivered to Steamers or
Elsewhere in New Yorit can
have them delivered in
PLAIN BO.XES, WITH OWN
TAOS in best manner by

Young & Nugent

42 W. 25th Street, New York

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and I, Street
WASHINGTON, D. C.

(boston florist letter col

Manujaclurers of rLORISTS' LETTER.S

nicely stained and
varniBne.l, l«,\30xia, made iji two sec-
tions, one for each si/,e letter, given
away with first order of 500 letters.

Block Letters. IJorii-incli size, per 100, »2.

Script Letters. 3. Fastener wltb eacli
letter or word. Used by leading florists
everywhere and for sale liy all wholesale
florists and supply dealer-.

N. p. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager

R4 Hawley St.. IIO.STON. M.XSS.

H.Bayersdorfer&Co.

,"i0-,"i6 Nortli 4tli Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Plorists' Supplies

BEST LINE IN THE COUNTRY

Long experience gives us an intimate
knowledge of the field. Your advertis-
ing is safe with HORTICULTURE.

FRED C.WEBER

FLORIST

olivIItU'eet 5T. LOUIS, MO.

Established ),S7.?
Long Distance Phone Bell Lindell 076

July 15, 190

FRANK MILLANC

Wholesale Commission Florist

COOGAN BUILDING

55=57 W. 26th Street, New York

Tel. 290 Madison Sq. Open 6 A.M. to 5 P.M.

FANCY FERNS

$1.00 PUR WUO Discount on regular slii|)menl8

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange

FORD BROS.

48 West 28th Street, New York

Pine Roses

Fancy Carnations

A full line of all CUT FLOWERS
Teleplume, .{K70 i)r :!.S7I :Ha<lis<)ii S(|ii:ne

H ORTI CULTU RE

i JOHN I. RAYNOR

I Wholesale Commission Florist ^I'-^i^^sT^SiSle^^''

TEL. 199R MADISON SQUARE 49 W. 28 St., New York City

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Commission Dealer In

Choice Cut Flowers

JULIUS LANC

Wholesale Plorist

Sa M K»T .lOfli ST.

;»K« YOIIK

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND CO.

CUT PLOWERS

Florists' Supplies and Letters
34 Hawlev St. - BOSTON

WAX. g^hoi«:mi^e>"^

WHOLESALE COM MISSION FLORIST

57 West 28th St., New York

FINEST ROSES All Varieties

Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Gardenias, Lilies, Ferns, Asparagus, every day in the
year. Everything choice that the market offers
Special Attention to Shipping Orders

~r , , \ 2200 \ Madison

Telephones , ,201 I Square

Write for Current Prices

NEW YORK CUT FLOWER QUOTATIONS

TRADE PRICES— Per 100— TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES
Am. Beauty, fan. and sp .
' ' extra

Liberty, fan. and sp.

" Ho. I.!'.'.'.'.'.'.

Meteor

Jacq

Brunner

Camotand Kaiserin .
Golden Gate 1 Best . .
Ivory ! Mediui

Chatenay ) CullS] .

.tn:v4Ti4».'«>

Fancy Class ...
General Class...

Cattleyas

Cypripediums

KI'I.BOIN

Lihes

Lily of the Valley .
Callas

ni.t>CEi.i.A!«Eoi;s

Mignonette

Sweet Peas, bunches

Adiantum Cuneatum

" Croweanum ..

Farleyense . . .

Smilax
Asparagus Plumo

Gardenit
Lilacs 1

25.00 to 50.1

20.00 to .fS.OO
15.00 to 25.00
8.00 to 12.00

25.00 to 50.1

G.OO to 8.00
20.00 to 35.00
15.00 to 25.00

riorists ?:'wn

Taking orders for delivery in
cNs'U) York City or Vicinity can
have them filled in best manner
and specially delivered by ^*■ ..*

Thomas Young, Jr.

41 W. 25th Street

In writing to advertisera, n

NEW YORK

1 HORTICUI.TIJRK

ALEX. McCONNELL

546 fifth Ave., New York City

Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 35lh St.
Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL

I writing to advertisers,

DETROIT

John Breitmeyer's
Sons

Cor. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVES.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs
High CradeCut Blooms

AW cover all Mi*liij;an points ami good
sect ions uf Ohio. Indiana and Canada.
Id writing to adTcrtisers, meution Horticulturb

July 15, 1905

H orticulture:

WEILAND I RISCH

LeadinK Western (irowers and Shippers of

Cut Flowers

59 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Long Distance Phone Central 879.

Charles Millang

50 West 29th St.

New York City

Cut Flowers on Commission

A Reliable Place to (onslqii to or order from

jXIKhIco.

«Vh<>lf>al<< Flori.ls

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

545 Liberty St., PITTSBURG, PA.

Bonnot Bros.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

5Sand.S7W 261hSt. NEWYORri

Cut Flower Exchange, xei. 830 Madisun Squaie
OPEN 6.00 A.M.

AN UNEQUALED OUTLET FOR CONSKiNKIl FIOWFRS

The only house
haadllag the New
Red Carnation

"Victory"

Mso a complete

ALEX. J. CUTTMAN

WHOLESALE FLORIST
52 WEST 29TH ST. NKW YORK

Telephones 1664-1665 Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. J/»| Madison S,. NCW YorR

JAMES A. HAMMOND

Wholesale Commission Florist

T'i^^.rr„s,. NEW YORK CITY

Coiisignmenus receive conscientious and i)ronipt
attentior
be finest

A. L. YOUNG & CO.

'WHolesale Florists

Shippinc orders supplied with selected llow crs

at reasonable prices. 3end for circular.

54 W. 2Sth ST.. NEW yot^K

Te l. 3,S5q Madison .Square

REED & KELLER

122 W. 25tt» St., New York. NY.

F LO R i STS' S iu !=• PLIES

(iillMX I..-:iv.-» iUKl all l).-<-oiati>.- <u..lis
Ajentslor C^l.nWF.LI .S PARI OR BRANO Will) SMILAX

In .vr.lint.- tn aHveni.^r. minion l|,..i., riTi-BP

WILLIAM .1. BOAS & CO.

...MAMIFACTI'RERS OF...

Folding Flower Boxes

No. I0<2 RIDGE AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA

Write for Prire I.iat mul .Sample*
Ib writing to advertisers, meotion.HoKxicuLTURE

A«n« BEAUTIES

AND

QUEEN Of EDGELYS

WELCH BROS.

City Hall Cut-Plower Market
1 5 PROVINCE ST., BOSTON

WIETOR BROS.

Wholesale (irowers of

CUT FLOWERS

51=53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

The RELIABLE HOUSE

JOSEPH S. FENRICH

Wholesale Florist

Consignments Solicited

43 West 30tti Street, New York City

Telephone No. 325 Madison Square.

Headquarters in Western New York for

Roses
Carnations

And all hinds of Seasonable flowers

WM. E. I^ASTING

Wtiolesale Commission florist

Also Dealer in riorist.s' Supplies

and Wire Designs
353-S7 Ellicott St., Buffalo, N.Y.

(ilVE US A TRIAL WE CAN PLEASE YOU

FANCY CARNATIONS
AND ROSES

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd.

ESTABLISHED 1872

JOHN J. PERKINS

WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION FLORIST

115 West 30th St., New York

Tel. No. 956 Madison Square

liable

s and highest

OUR FLOWERS

the product of eslahlisnmenls mat i./»n

DEPENDED UPON to supply hloomsolun-

elled quality EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR.

„jal RlASdVABI.F PRICES. Let us hear from you NOW, please.

TRAENDLY & SCHENCl^

Telephones, 798-799 Madi:

44 West 2Sth St. New York City

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 — TO DEALERS ONLY

I CINCINNATI I BALTIMORE I BUFFALO I PITTSBirRQ

ROSES

Am Beauty, fan. and sp.
extra

" " No. I and Lower gr.

Liberty, fan. and sp ...

" extra

Medium.

Chatenay ) Culls

Killarney

CARNATIONS

BULBOUS

Lilies

Lily of the Valley.

Stocks

Daffodils

Tulips

Callas

MISCELLANEOUS

Asparagus Plumosus, strin

" bunc

■ ' Sprengeri ' '

00 to 18.00
I 00 10 40.00
1.00 to 40.00

12.00 to

40.00 to

ai.oo to

25.00 to

18.00
14.00
5.00
5.00
4 00

HORTICULTURE,

July 15, 1905

List

advertisers

Page
Aschmaan G 56

Baker Wm. J 68

Bailer FA 57

Bambrick Thos. H .. 67
Barrows H.H.& Sod. 05
Baur Floral Co . . - 54
BaversdorferH.&Co. 69
Boas W.J. & Co. .. 71
Boddington A. T .54

BonnotBros 71

Boston Florist Letter

Co 69

Breck Joseph & Sons

Breitmeyer's J . Sons. . 70
Budlong J. A.. .. 69

Burnham Hutchings

Pierson Co 76

Burpee W. A. & Co. . 58

Chandler B.B.&F.. J. 75
Chicago House Wreck-
ing Co 74

Chicago Carnation

Co 54

Clucas & Boddington 56

Cooke G.H 69

CoolidgeBros -56

Cottage Gardens 54

DilgerWm 70

DreerH.A 58-75

DysartR.J 56

Elliott Wm.& Son... 57

Esler J.G 74

Ernest W.H 71

Farquhaj R. & J . &

CoTT* 58

FenrichJ.S 71

Fletcher F.W .57

Ford Bros 70

Fromow W-& Sons 56

GhormlevW 70

Grey T.J. & Co. ... .58
Gumey Heating Mfg.

Co 75

Guttman Alex. J 71

HailAsso 74

Hammond J. A 71

Herendeen Mfg. Co.. 75
Hews A. H. &Co. .. 74

HippardE 75

Horan E. C 71

Hub Engraving Co... 58
HuntE.H 68

Johnston Heating Co . 75

Jones Thomas 56

Joxnt John 57

KastingW. F. 71

King Construction Co. 75
KloknerA. 74

Lager 8r Hurrell 56

Lang Julius 70

Lehnig & Winnefeld . 56

Uuthy A. & Co. ... 56

Metropolitan Material

Co 75

McCarthy N. F &

Co 6S

McConnell Alex 70

McKellar Charles W. 6S

MichellH.F f,S

Michigan Cut I-'lower
Exchange 70

Page
MiUang Charles . ..71

MiUang Frank 70

Miller Robt 57

Moninger J. C 74

Mosbaek Ludvig 56

Murdoch J. B 71

Niessen Leo Co 68

Peacock L. K 56

Pennock Samuel S.. 68

Percy Chas.W 74

Perkins John J 71

Phila. Cut Flower Co 68
Pine Croft Rose HousesJ.W
Pierson F. R. Co. ... 54
Pittsburg Cut Flower

Co 71

Poat Bros 57

Poehlmann Bros. Co.. 54
PyeR.C 54

RawsonW.W. & Co. 58

Raynor JohnI 70

Reed & Keller 71

Reid Edward 68

Reinberg Peter 68

Robinson H. M. &

Co 68

Roehrs Julius 56

Rolker August & Son 56
Ruxton Floral & Nur-

Safety Automatic Ven-
tilating & Heating

Co 75

Sander & Sons 56

Schillo Lumber Co... 74

ScoUay John A 75

Scott John 56

Sharp. Partridge & Co

Shaylor E. G 57

Sheridan W.F 70

Sievers J. H. & Co.. 54

SiggersE.G 74

SkidelskyS. S 54

St.aSord N. Co 74

Steams A. T. Lumber

Co 74

Sutherland Geo. A.

Co 70

Suzuki & lida 56

Swayne Edward 57

Sylvester H.H 74

Situations Si Wants.. 67

TeasE.Y 57

ThorbumJ.M.&Co. 58
Traendly & Schenck 71

Vaughan and Sperry . 68
Vaughan's Seed Store 58

Walsh M.H 57

Ward Ralph M. Co... 58

Watson, G.C 58

Weber, F.C 69

Weber H. &Sons... 54

Welch Bros 71

Weiland & Risch ... 71

Wietor Bros 71

Wilde O . H 57

Winterich C. 56

Winterson E. F 68

Yalaha Conservatories 56
Young & Nugent ... 69

Young Thos. Jr 70

Young A.L.&Co. .. 71

/.irncicl.cl D 58

You Need Not Go Outside

THE PAGtS or

HORTICULTURE

To find where to get the

Best Flowers, Bulbs, Seeds and
Supplies in the Country

Buyers' Directory

and

Ready Reference Guide

READ IT

Advertisements under this head, 10 cents a

Regular advertisers in this issue are also

nder this classification without charge. Kefen

■ ' " ' "" indicate the respective J

ACCOUNTANT.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

Joseph Breck & Sons,
61 & 52 N. Market St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPARAGUS SEEDLINGS

Yalaha Conservatories, Yalaha, Fla.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BAMBOO STAKES

Suzuki & lida, 31 Barclay St., New York

List of Advertisers.

BEDDING PLANTS.

G. Aschmann, 1012 Ontario St., Philadelphia.

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N.J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York
For page see last of Advertiierft

Joseph Breck & Sons, 47-54 N. Market '
French and Dutch Bulbs.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS.

Chicago Carnation Co., Johet, III.

Plants for Fall deUvery

For page see List of Advertisers.

John H. Sievers & Co.,

J. A. Budlong, 37 & 39 Randolph. St., Chicago

List of Advertisers.

H. Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md.

White Carnation, My Maryland.
For page

CELERY PLANTS.

Coolidge Bros., So Sudbury, Ma
For page see List of Advertisers

;COLD STORAGE VALLEY PIPS.

J. M. Thorbum & Co., 36 Cortlandt St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS.

C. Winterich, Defiance, O.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lehnig & Winnefeld, Hackcns

Cyclamen Giganteu

For page see List of .^dv

DAHLIAS.

L. K. Peacock, Inc., Atco, N.J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DAISIES.

The F. W. Fletcher Co., Auburndale. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers^

FERNS.
A. Leuthy &. Co.. Roslindale, Mass

For page see List of Advertiseri

. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Mass.

Nephrolepis Barrowsii.

For page see Lkt of Advertisere^

;uxton Floral & Nursery c:o., Ruxton, Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Vaughan & Sperry, 60 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

FERTILIZERS.

liott Si Sons, New York.

Peruvian Guano,
ge see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

H M Robinson & Co„ 8-11 Province St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Alex. McConnell. New York
For page see List of Advertisers.

J . Breitmeyer's Sons, Miami & Gratiot Aves.,

Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.

, H. Ernest, 28th and M Sts., Washington, D. C.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FOLDING BO,\ES.

Welch Bros., 15 Province St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GARDENIA VEITCHII.

A. T. Boddington. 342 W. 14lh St., New York.

GLASS.

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Union Place, Chicl£o

For page see List of AdTertisen.

GLAZING POINT.
H. A. Dreer.Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List ol Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL.

Burnham, Hitchings. Picr.Min Co., 1133 Bro,-id»
For page see List of Advertisers.

List of Adverti!
Material Co, Brooklyn, N.Y

Greenhous*
For page see List of Advertisers _
C. Moninger Co., 111-125 Blackhawk
CliL-ago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

July 15, 1905

H ORTI CULTURE

QREENHOUSE B. MATERIAL. Continued.

Adam Schillo Lumber Co.
Weed St. and Hawthorne Ave.. Chicago. III.
For paKc see List of Advertisers-

For mie see Li« of AdTerliser. __
MARDV FERNS AND SUPPLIES.

Crowl Fern Co, Millingtoi

HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS.
M. H. Walih, Woods Hole, Mau.
For page see List of Advertisera

HELP.

HEATING APPARATUS.

; MldK-. New York.

HYDRANGEAS.

F. R. Pierson Co, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.
For summer blooming.

IMPORTINQ HOUSES.
Auciut Rolker & Sons. 31 BarclaT St, N
PlantA tender or hardv.
For page tee List of Advertisers.

' List of Advertisers

LAWN MOWER SHARPENER.

G. C. Watson. 1614 Ludlow St.. Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbum & Co,
36 Cortlandt St, New York
For page see List of Advertisers

MUSHROOn SPAWN.

ClucasS Bodd^ngton Co.. 131 W. 23rd St, New York

NEW SPHAGNUM.

H.M. Robinson & Co.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NICOTIANA SANDER/fc-.

H. A Dreer Philadelphia,

For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS.

Lager& Hurrctl. Summit, N.J.
(■;ittleya Srroederoc.

Thomas Jones Short Hill

Catlleya Trianx* and Gigas.
For page s ' '

H. V. Michell (

List of Advert i!

PEERLESS REPAIR CLAMP.

A. Klokncr, Wauwatosa, Wis.
For page see List of .Advertisers.

PLANTS DECORATIVE.

A. Leulh; & Co., RosUndale, Mass,
For page see List of Advertisers.

RETAIL FLORISTS.

Alex. McConnell, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES.

Ruxton Floral & Nursery Co., Ruston, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

M. H. Walsh. Woods Hole. Maa«.

Hardy Roses. H. T. Roses and Rarablen.

For page see List of Advertisers.

[USl Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St, New V

EngUsh-Grown Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111
Young Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. A. Budlong, 37 & 39 Randolph St., Chicago.
Young Roses.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Siebrecht & Son, New Rochelle. N. Y.

SCOTT FERN.

John Scott, Keap St. Brooklyn. N. Y.

For page see List of Advertisers.

SEEDS.

W. W. RawBon & Co, 12 & 13 Faneuil Hall Sq.

For page see List of Advertisers

^ For rage see List of Advertisers.
W. AUee Burpee St Co, Philadelphii"

J. M. Thorbum 5; Co,
36 Cortlandt St.. New Yorl
■or page see \M of AHvertiv

Denys Zin

J. Farquhar & Co.. M «: 7 N. Market St.. Bosto
Hardy Perennial Flower Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ub. 1789.
Johnson i

High Grade Grass. Clover, and Tree Seeds.

List of Advertisers.

SIGNS, BADGES, TIME-SAVING DEVICES.

N. Stafford Co.. 67 Fulton St.. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SPRAYING ENOINis

Chas. W. Percy. 212 Summer St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

STEAM TRAP.

E. Hippard, Youngstown, O.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS.

11, Ilitthings. Pierson Co, 1133 Broadw

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.
Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.
N. F. McCarthy & Co, 84 Hawley St, Boston.
George A. Sutherland Co., 34 Hawley St, Bostot
Welch Bros, 16 Province St, Boston
Buffalo.
For page see List of Advertisers.

t, Buffalo, N.Y.

Wm. F. KasUng, 383-87 ElUcott !
Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.
J. A. Budlong. 37 Randolph St, Chicago.
E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago.
Chas. W. McKellar. 51 Wabash Av, Chicago.
Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Av, Chicago.
A. L. KandaU Co, 21 Randolph St., Chicago.
Weiland & Risch. 59 Wabash Ave, Chicago. 'H

Wielor Bros.. 51 Wabash Av.. Chicago.
Vaughan & Sperry, 60 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
E. F. WintersonCo., 45. 47, 49 Wabash Ave, Chicago
New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Bonnot Bros, 55-57 West 26th St, New York.
Jos. S. Fenrich, 48 West 30th St, New York.
Ford Bros, 48 West 'iSth St, New York.
Wm. Ghormley, 57 W. 28th St, New York.
Alej. J. Guttman, 52 West 29th St.
Jas. A. Hammond, 113 West 30th St, New York.
E. C. Horan, 55 West 28th St, New York.
Julius Lang, 53 West 30th St. New York.
Chas. Millang, 50 West 29lh St.. New York.
Frank Millang, 55-57 W. 26th St, New York.
John J. Perkins, 115 West 30th St, New York.
John I. Raynor, 49 West 28th St, New York.
W. F. Sheridan, 39 West 28th St, New York.
Traendly & Schenck, 44 W. 28th St, New York.
A. L. Young & Co., 54 West 28th St, New York.
Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.
W. J. Baker, 1432 So. Penn. Sq, Philadelphia, Pa.
Leo Niessen Co, 1217 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
S. S. Pennock 1612-18 Ludlow St, Philadelphia, Pa.
Phila.Cut Flower Co, 1516-18 Sansom St, PhUa..Pa.
Ed.Reid, 1526 Ranstead St, Philadelphia, Pa.
Pittsburg.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Pittsburg Cut Flower Co, Ltd, 604 Liberty St, Pitts-
burg. Pa.
J.

lurdoch & Co., 545 Liberty St., Pittsburg.

New Offers in This Issue

CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES.

John Josmt, Lucknow, Ont., Can.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS, VIRGINIA-GROWN.

Poat Bros., Ettrick, Va.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P/EONIES.

F. K. Bailer, Bloomington, ]
For page see List of .Advcrtis

P/EONIES.

Edward Swayne, W. Chester, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

P/EONIES.

I. J. Shaylor, Wellesley Hills. Mass.
For page see List of .\dvertisers.

P/EONIES.

E. Y. Teas, Centerdlle, Ind.
For page see List of .Advertiser;

P/EONIES.

Gilbert H. Wild. Sarcoxie. Mo.
For page see List of .Advertisers.

PANSY SEED.

A. T. Boddington. 342 W. 14th St, New York.
For page sec List of .Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.
Cincinnati.

)hio Cut Flower C:o., 129 E. 3d St.

HORTICULTURE

July 15, 1905

OIL-BURNING
AUTOMATIC
STEAM PUMPING OUTFIT

, in water feed and i
steam can be used to temper
not affected by Its use.

CAN YOU AFFORD TO RUN YOUR
GREENHOUSES WITHOUT IT?

For illustrated catalogue and further information,

Chas. W. Percy

M'f'r Shipmaii flutottiatic Efigincs

2 1 2 Summer St., Boston, Mass.

CYPRESS

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SaSH

PECIiY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

EIECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE If DESIRED
Write for Circular " D " a ad Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LIMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON. MASS.

Standard PQTS
Flower

■W. H. ERNEST

»8th and M Streets, WASHINOTON, D. C.

In writing to advertisers, nienlion HomierLTriKn

^tOHN S^^ D ESCRIPTION

JlIONINGER*^ nmwQmki(hlCAOO.

>CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS,

COPYRIGHTS AND DESIGNS.

jSendyourbusinessdireet to Wash' nfi^ton,
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My office close to V. S. Patent Office. FREE prellmln-
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The Business Value of
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67 fulton Street, NEW YORt^

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INSURE YOUR CSLASS

DO IT NOW

'tis too late when you are hit. For particulars address

JOHN Q. ESLER, Saddle River, N.J.

H. H. SYLVESTER

Mason 51-
Builder

818 Tremont Building
Boston, Mass.

Greenhouse TsTJX

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL

Ask for our Special Catalogue No. 554 describing
Hfiiler Tubes, Boilers, Tubes, Sash, Lumber and Sup-
plies of every kind from the Fifty Million Dollar St.
I.oui^ World's Fair

CHICAGO HOUSE! WRECmNG CO.

3Sth and Iron'Sts., CHICAGO

LUMBER

For G reenhouse Benches

Ship Lap, Drop Sidinjj, Sheatliing, Flooring,
Wtiite Cedar frosts, Etc.

^o^sitr„To%tr„t,! "Pecky Cypress"

Everything in Pine and Hemlock Building Lutnber

WRITE FOR I>RICI;5

Adam Schillo Lumber Co.

:>^ooooooo<>^o<:

GLASS

FACTORIES ARE NOW CLOSED
for the season. Our stock is complete

WRITE US BEFORE PUACINfl ORDERS

Sharp, Partridge & Co.

22d and Union Place, CHICAGO

In writiDg to advertisers, kindly i

July 15, 1905

HORTICULTURE

iFurman Boilers for Greenhouse Heating!

upon retiuest. Address
ile«-ii IWaiiufiicturiiig: Company
l»ept. H. X., Cieneva, XV.

Corllandl St., NKW \t)KK '-^'J Oliver St., HO.ST<lN

EDW. S. DEAN, Bloon,inEton"ll"^ ^*'" E. K. B.ARR , I.aCrnsse, Wis. T

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PIPE CUTTERS ;;^'.^^:^,:S-,^dn::^l^e;
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^1.65 ; ;4-in., grips %-m. 10 2'A-m., pipe, ^2.40;
36-in., grips !4-in. to 3^.in. pipe, $4-7S-

PIPE VISES p^pT't^-r^-^""^ ^"-"- " ^-'"•■
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in. nut «ii.ir.inteed. 4^4 cIs. per ft.

HOTBED SASH ^Zis''^^r^^^%!:;;;^{^,

from #i.6oup. .Secund-hand.asgoodasntw "it ?i 25

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lE.VIt Fon

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JUST l55UF,n BY

King Construction Co.

North Tonawanda, N.Y. and Toronto, Ont.

In wrilinK to advertisers, mention 1|..bii. i -r,

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SCOLLAY HOT WATER

and STEAM BOILERS
JOHN A. SCOLLAY

73 and 75 MYRTLE AVENUE
Borough of Brooklyn, N. Y. (ity

Automatic Greentiousc VENTILATORS

iTom $25.00 up. Send for circular

The SatVty Antoni:itH- Ventilator ;in.l Heal

Kej^ulator Co. Lake George, N. V.

Chandler Glazing
Point and Pincers

Don't glaze until you write
for samples and particulars.

300,000 sold by Peter Hender-

B.B.&E. J. CHANDLER

HYDE PARK, MASS.

iiisStandard Steam Trap

a rettrillv pdttnted trap that i.s just wliat a florist
or aiii/ otlier party in need of a trap wants;
if is tlie simplest and the only ever-working
trap in the market, warranted to work and
al.so warranted for 10 years. If not satis-
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Also the Standard Ventilating Machine and the
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Send for Catalogue

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t"-

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Wc arc the Manufacturers

Distributing Agents for

Boston and Vicinity.

JOSEPH BRECK & SONS

CORPORATION

47-54 North Market Street

Boston, liass.

FOR HEATING ANY DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING BY 5TEAM OR HOT WATER

NEW YORK OFFICE III FIFTH AVE 74 FRANKLIN ST BOSTON

HEATING APPARATUS ^^^„th^h:7a'tt^'

or we will fur

JOHNSTON HEATING CO., 1133 BROADWAY, ^J„

NEW YORK

HORTICULTURE.

LORD (gL BURNHAM COMPANY

HITCHINGS Ca COMPANY and

PIERSON-SEFTON COMPANY

Announce to their patrons and others that they have consolidated under the name of the

BURNHAM HITCHINGS PIERSON CO.

With offices in NEW YORK at 1133 BROADWAY and a Branch Office in the TREMONT BUILD-
ING, BOSTON.

All irrcomplete contracts will be executed by this company and the active members of the
constituent companies will continue in its managemeirt.

As is well known, these three concerns possess all the best features of greenhouse construction
and its kindred branches. Consequently the new company, by combining the best patented features
of the different constructions, and in view of the many economies in operating the designing, sales,
advertising, purchasing, and manufacturing departments, is now able to ofler work of improved
character on a closer basis than when operating separately.

Manufacturing practically everything in their own works and carrying large stocks of finished
and unfinished materials, they solicit your patronage and assure you that their best services are at
your command.

Burnham Hitchings Pierson Co.

I 133 BROADWAY, NEW YORK

;to idverliserj, kindly mention HoKTitiLTUKa

In the Rhodohendron Dell at Kew

:>^/' //j^a/n//mT/ace,

Bq/To//, Mass.
Ji/dscrrpt/on, H00\

HORTICULTURE

July 22, 1905

Carnation Plants

Strong, bushy, field-grown plants, well rooted for delivery on and
after August 1st, of the following tried and tested varieties:

Boston Market

Bradt

Floriana

Queen

Prosperity

Flamingo

Enchantress

Indianapolis

Lawson

Queen Louise

Vesper

WRITE

FOR PRICES

Our plants are from the grounds of the largest and most up-to-
date growers.

I SAMUEL S. PENNOCK |

jjfyi _ Wholesale Florist of
KJIJC PHILADELPHIA

MY MARYLAND

Was the srnaation of the Chicad" Kxhihi-
tioii. Easily outranks any other white.
Awarded flrst-class Certificate of Merit
bv the American Carnation Society, I,aw-

• _ „,_.<■ — >..«..■ „s and S. A.

,». We pre-
iily displace
any other white. We are booking orders
now for delivery January l!«m. Price
Sa.SOperdoz; »12perlOO; SlOO per lOOO.
Write us for other new and standard va-
rieties.

H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland, Md.

Pield Grown Plants

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

JOLIET, ILL.

S. S. SKIDELSKY

824 No. 24th St.
PHILADELPHIA

ROBT. C. PYE

Carnation Grower

NYACK, N. Y.

In writing to advertisers mention Horticulturh

If you offer the right goods in the
right way in these coliunns, you will not
lack for customers.

Ready to bench

BRIDE
BRIDESMAID

IVORY
Fine 3-Inch slock

ROSES

$5.00 per 100 ; S45.00 per 1000 : 25 al 100 n
1000 rale. Cash with order or salistactory
The Roses we ofler are Irom Healthy Grafted Stock

Baur Floral Co., Ene, Pa.

Advertising well placed hits the nail
on the head every time. Let us help
you to make business good.

THE COmOE GARDENS CO.

Horticultural Specialties

Ornamental Nursery Stock Peonies

Carnations

HANNAH HOBART

The Pride of
California....

The grand Prize Winner in competition with the latest and very
best products in Carnations, East or West, for the last eight years.

Mr. John A. Balmer, of CleElum, Washington, wrote, after liis visit to our nurseries in January, iqo2, an article which appeared in the

•The Hann

and frequently f

, and everyone the exact counterpart of the other; no bursled calyxes, t
nding up like soldiers. There is certainly no carnation of its color that can equal

■* * of facts by a very competent gentleman, and if needing verification, the simple

1 sold wholesale as high as $1.50 per dozen, and none less ih.in Ji .^.j per doz
trinsic value.
: who has seen the plants in flowe

^four inch

r supported c

The above is ;
of this magnificent variety have

The constant inquiry by every one who has seen the plants in flower is "When will the Hannah Hobart be for,sale?". This
led us at last to the conclusion to distribute the same next year, and we are re.idv to hook .irdi-rs from iu,w on for delivery beginning

January i, 1906, Send your orders in early as they will be filled strictly in rotation.

PRICE, $3.00 per 12; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000

JOHN H- SIEVERS & CO., I25l Chestnut St., SAN PRANCISCO, CAL

HORTICULTURE

VOL. II

JULY 22, 1905

NO. 4

Published AVeemly by

HORTICULTURi: PUBLISHING CO.

11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

TelepHone. Oxford 292
"WM. J. STE,"WART, E.DITOR AND MANAGER

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE

One Year, in advance .
To Foreign Countries
Single Copies

ADVERTISING RATES, NET

Per Inch, 3 COLS. TO PAGE . . $ .^o

Full Page 24.00

Half Page 12.00

Quarter Page 6.00

Entered as second-ci;

ter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.

CONTENTS or THIS ISSUE

FRONTISPIECE — Rhododc'iidron Dell at Kcw

A WHITE CATTLEYA GI GAS — Illustrated — Lagor
and Hurrell

A CORRECTION — 0.scar Hay

CULTURE OF CCELOGYNES — J. W. Goodyiei
ROSA SETIGERA — Theod.-re Wirth

PROPAGATION OF AZALEA NUDIFLORA

son Dawson

THE HARDY FLOWER GARDEN — T. D. Hatfield

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF AMERICAN ROSE
SOCIETY' AT HARTFORD — Illustration . .

CARNATION DISEASES— R. L.Adams . .

STOCKS — Denys Zirngiebel

BRITISH HORTICULTURE — W. H. Adsett
EDITORIAL

OBITUARY — Louis Sie
George Croucher .

Duncan McGregor,

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

American Carnation Society

American Pomological Society

Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston .
Society of American Florists ..'....

Florists' Club of Philadelphia

St. Louis Florists' Club

Chrvsanthcmum Society of America . .
Kentucky Society of Florists

CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

Boston, Buffalo. Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis,
Louisville, Montreal, Newport, New York,
Omaha, Philadelphia

MISCELLANEOUS

Personal

There is Room for It

Hydrangea.s in Newport

C)uting of Johnson & Stokes Employees

Philadelphia Happenings

Philadelphia News Notes

Business Changes

New s Notes

NEXT WEEK SOMETHING ABOUT SWEET PEAS

LOCAL COKRESPONDENTS

BUFFALO, N. Y. — E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Ellicott St. LOUISVILLE, KY. — F. L. Schulz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Road

CHICAGO, ILL. — Fred Lautenschlager, 2597 N. Ridgeway Av. MONTREAL — Edgar Elvin, 136 Peel St.

CINCINNATI, 0— Albert J Gray, I2g E. 3d St. NEWPORT, R. I. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road

CLEVELAND, O. — A. L. Hutch'ins, 38 Plymouth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. — George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow

DENVER, COLO. — N. A. Benson, 1352 So. Sherman Ave. Street.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. lUi- PROVIDENCE, R. I. — T. J. Johnston, 171 Weybosset St.

nois St. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monnette, 1 100 Van Ness Ave.

H ORTI CULTURE

July 22, 1905

HYDRANGEAS ^?SoSr" I

We grow these largely, and have a magnificent stock of large-sized plants in tubs and barrels. Plants are J^

now covered with buds and are just beginning to show color, and will be in full bloom during July and August. !/»

These plants are splendid for decoration of the lawn, and are used largely at seaside places and other summer "^

resorts. There is nothing that equals them for summer decoration during July and August. H^

Fine Plants in tubs, $2.00 and $3.00 each according to size. ^

Very large specimens in half-barrels, $7.50 each. p

These plants can be shipped by freight with perfect safety to any point. We ship large quantities every J^

year as far north as Bar Harbor, Maine. 1^

F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York 1

PANSY 3EED

S leading Pansy specialists of America and Europe. All lui:.
Trade packet. $1.00; ^ oz., $2.00: oz., $5.00

MIGNONETTE SEED

r.'"l'lin-i"ii'- \l, ..I ih.- tinest of till fancy varietii-s .4

.Mi^'iH.n.iir, :,ii iiii|.i..i . I ■■ New York Market." Seed .sav.-d

I'er trade putket of 2000 seeds, $1.00

Arthur T. Boddington,

342 West 14th St., New York

ROSES

2i-inch 3i-inch

Per KJO Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000

Am RpautiVD l^a.OO $-»3.00 $3.00 ios.OO

<-|iuK>nav -4.00 30.00 5.00 -1».00

1 ikI*- .lolin 4:.OU 4.^>.00 5.00 4.i.OO

<.;olfl<Mi 4,iatea 3..'>0 SO.OO 4..%0 40.<»o

naiti- 3.»o :>o.oo a.oo 45. wo

■ lri<l<-. a.<M>

»•■■■■■'■«■ a 00

Per 100 Per 1000 2S-in Per 100 Per KiOO

Nttiia lie. !(.•»« !(«iiao " (jia.so !^>«.ao

POEHLMANN BROS. CO., Morton Orove, III.

Palms, Ferns

And Decorative Plants

A fine Lot of flZflLEAS in Great Variety

A Lir|e Assortment of Ferns for Jardinieres

Also, Araucarias, Rubbers Pandanus, Arallas
Dracaenas, Aspidistras, Marantas, Crotons

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Importers and Exporters
Growers and Dealers

PERKINS STREET NURSERIES
Roslindale - Boston, Mass.

MXI10.\« «J-in. NTOi'K

HEIVCII

NEPHROLEPIS
BARROWSII

$3a.oo rKii loo

Scottii Fenio lO OO per lOo

See display ad. in HORTICULTURE May 6lh.

HENRY H. BARROWS & SON

WUIT.nAiV, .-nANW.

We hope our readers, will as far as
possible, buy everything they need from
Horticulture's Advertisers.

It Is never too eariv nor too late

to order the

Scott Fern

5est Commercial Introduction for many yeirs.

JOHN SCOTT
Keap St. Greentioutet, Brooklyn, N.Y.

In writinc to advtrtisers, mention Horticulturb

CATTLEYA
SCHROEDERAE

The Easter Cattleya

We take pleasure in announcing to our customers
the arrival of the above superb Cattleya in perfect
condmon. Also Caltleya Triana?, C. labiata, C.
"amen, C. giga.s, C. granulosa, Miltonia Moreliana,
Burlingtonia fragrans, L.xlia anceps and L. autumn-
alis alro-rubens. Write for prices.

Lager & Hurrell

Orchid Growers and Importers SUflHIT, N. J.

'GLOIRE de LORRAINE"

NURSERIES
RUTHERFORD, N. J.

Orchids

Sander, St. Albans, England

Ajeni, A. DIMMOCK. 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITY

GODrREY ASCHMflNN

1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA
j0

Importer of Araucaria excelsa, glauca, com-
pacta, and robusta

PALMS and AZALEAS

Write for Prices

In writing to advertisers, mention Hokticultvrb

Roses

Asparagus, Ferns

Per 100

300 Bridesmaids, 2i-inch pots jfS.OO

200 Golden Gates, 2i-inch pots 3.00

700 Perles, 3-inch pots 4.50

GOO Ivory, 3-inch pots 4.00

.WO Bridesmaids, 3-inch pots 4.00

500 .\sparagus Comorensis, 2-inch pots 2.50

75 Asparagus Comorensis, 3-inch pots 4.00

2000 Asparagus Sprengeri, 2-inch pots 2.00

300 Pteris cretica albo lineata, '-'-inch pots 2.50

Ruxton Floral and Nursery Co.

RUXTON, MD.

Cyclamen
Ciganteum

Our well knnuii strain in fiinr ' 84*parate
rolors. Fin.-, si roii^. liealtliy stock

3'2-incli at $12.00 per 100
3 '2-inch, stronger, at $15.00 per 100

SATISF.K TION (il All ANTKEU

Lehnig &. Winnefeld

CYCLAMEN PLANTS

Gisanteum strain

Seed lalten of <.nly selKteJ llnwcrs and well built

Twice transplaoled. $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000.
3in. $7.00 per 100, $6.S.00 per 1000.

Seed of above strain new crop JO.(M) per 1000

C. WINTERICH, Defiance. Ohio

horticulture:

PURE CULTURE ""'"'«""

SPAWN

I piT 100 I

r,.'illU III.' K^lsl.'IM IlivllilM

< ri.Tiiti'; SI-AM N. uc.iiiis

ir> ctH. pt'l- III.; tH.iir> per tO llii.
Oil application.

We have also the best make of Kn|;ligh VirRin Mushroom Spawn, fresh iiii|M.i -
tation, 8c. per lb.; 75c. per 10 lbs.; «i<i.0O per 100 lbs.; S56.00 per 1000 lbs.

CLUCAS & BODDINCTON CO.

131 WEST 23a STREET. NEW YORl\ CITY

PALISADE NURSERIES, SPARKILL, N. Y.
ImporttTS, Exporters and Growers of SEEDS, BULBS and PLANTS

— — ENGLISH CROWN ^^=

OUNAMKNT.VI, MI'.SKHV STOCKS. llAltDV I! llOKOnKNDKONS. ItOSKS

livbriil rerpetiials aii<l Teas. ( liiiiliiTS, Kainblers, et<'.. Manetti Storks, all in

pii'me (Hi.iUly, Kail iqo; or Spnn),. ,,f/. dclivcrv. Ask for our trade list, atldre-ss our American agenl",

AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 31 Barclay St., New York, or P. 0. Box 752

W. FROMOW & SONS, Bagshot, England

PURE CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES

THE BEST AND MOST LASTING FERTILIZER

Good buyers know where to get good quality. Below is a sample of the orders I am booking.
My Dear Mr. Joynt : — New Vork, June i6th, 1905

According to our conversation to-day you may sliiji me 5 large car loads of ashes to Kensico, N. Y. I
want 3 car loads to spread on 40 acres of land that 1 intend to sow to rye this fall, and 2 car loads for our
Cemetery. He sure you send me the Joynt brand. Very truly yourL, (sgd.J Reese Carpenter, Comptroller

Write for prices and ioformatioa to JOHN JOYNT, Lucknow, Ontario, Canada

M. H. WALSH

Rose Specialist

WOODS HOLE, MASS.

Hardy Roses, tlu- l.rst new and old va-
rieties ; strong Flowering Plants;
Hybrid Tea Roses, the best and hardiest
varieties; New Rambler Roses, Lady Gay,
Debutante, Wedding Bells, Sweet-
heart, La Fiamma and Minnehaha.
Strong, tield ;,'rown plants to flower next
summer. }lest varieties Paeonies, Phlox,
and Hollyhocks.
Catalogue describes all the above.

Daisies, Daisies'- Daisies

Pi:ONIES

WHITE, gerierally called Queen Victoria has b,
known to keep G weeks in cold storage, ;f9.(K)
1«); JWOOO per 1000.

FRAORANS, the tall grower and bloom produ

[I.REHT IT. WII.lt. Hat

WANTED

M. LOUISE VIOLETS

GOOD STOCK

EDWARD SMITH, LEXINGTON, MASS.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

WANTED AT ONCE

1ITE BONNAFFON Chr

J. NEWMAN & SONS, Corp'n.

si TREMONT STREET, BOSTON

JBULBSl

j DE NIJS BROTHERS ;

J WHOLESALE S

\ BULB GROWERS I

I HILLEGOM, HOLLAND 8

I tleadquarter.s for HiKh Class ■

I HYACINTHS, TULIPS, i

{ CROCUSES, DAFFODILS, FANCY S

Ij NARCISSI and P?EONIES I

I Price List Free on Application i

I .••TillC'I'LY W IKkLKNAI,!: fl

pi ii dc virginia-
dULdO grown

Emperor - - - - $14.00 per 1000
Princeps - - - - 5.00

P. Oriiatus - - 4.00

Write for special price on lar$;e quantities.

POAT BROS., Ettrick, Va.

Consult the Buyers' Directory on Pages
96 and 97 for information as to where
to buy the right goods at the right prices.

CELERY PLANTS

25,000 Early Giant Pas-
n the country. Trans-
from the seed now in

Ready July loth,
cal, A-i Strain,
planted, $4.50 P'
the field, $3.00

COOLIDGE BROS., So. Sudbury, Mass.

Asparagus Seedlings

^prengeri ...
large 3-inch I

Yalaha Conservatories, Lake co. fu

Popular Pansies

M'dq'rs lor the Best Hngllsh, French and Ocrman Strains

-^uiiiiA

JOHNSON & STOKES' KINOLV COLLECTION

This strain is absolutely unsurpassed in size,
texture, form, and range of magnificent colors,
icxjo seeds, 30c. ; 2000 seeds, 50c. ; 5000 seeds,
$1.00 ; per ounce, $5.(

l!l:iek (Faust) .
Bronze sba.l.-
Hugnot's lar;;.

■auianne blii^. ■i'^n>
(new), very fine . . .

JOHNSON & STOKES

217.21 9 Market St., PHILADELPHIA. PA.

LILIES, JAPANESE PLANTS

BAMBOO STAKES

SUZUKI & IIDA

31 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK

In writing to advertisers, mention Horticii turk

JAPAN CANES

6 Ft. Long

TOUGH AND DURABLE

lots of 2000 only $10.00

W. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK

Robert J. Dysart

especiallv adapted for flori.'its' use.

Books balanced and Adjusted

MertliantB Bank HuililiiiL'

a» STATE »T. - - - rfOSTO:*

Telephone, Main 58

HORTICULTURE

LILIUM HARRISII, Never Looked Better

We are in possession of a shipment which arrived July J5, and are offering: in case fots only, while they last

r> to 7, 4<>() (o a <as<;
7 to J», 200 to a cast'

All <'<>i'i'<-r.|MMMl<-iit<- i<l<lr<->.>. to iuctioii l»r|>l.

W. ELLIOTT & SONS - - - IMEW YORK

We are now booking orders for

LIUllM HARRISII
LILIIM LONGIFLORIM
ROMAN HYACINTHS
Paper WHITE NARCISSUS, etc.

Wholesale Price-Llst now Ready

V¥VA>* HEVOI-nXA at <t>»*.©0 per

J. 11. THORBURN I CO.

36 Cortlandt St., New York.

., ^^, RAWSON'S

ms/t^ MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE

■<!^}n1y4"J HARUY

!>CEED>&7 PERENNIAL SEEDS

Sent on Application

W. W. RAWSON 4 CO., Seedsmen

12 and 13 Faneull Hall Square, BOSTON

Save Time and Car Fare by ORDERING
from Any of These Advertisers. Mention
HORTICULTURE.

Zirngiebel Giant Pansies

Marl<et and Fancy Strains.

New crop Seed iif those well known unrivalled
Pansies, ready now, in trade packages at ONE
DOLLAR each, either strain.

DENYS ZIRNQIEBEL, ^"^^'l^^'"

SWEET PEA
CHRISTMAS

Ot5iScir.Jr.-ld5c5tiiStS;citS^.^f.^r:itStScStQ,iSta

<?
<?

-3
'3

^ This new strain lias proved '^

K^ to be very superior for florists' g>

<S use. In habit it is similar to £^

'5 Blanche Ferry, the pink showing &

g up brighter than in that old fav- gj

^ orite. It is an early and continu- ^

% ous bloomer, coming into bloom V

V ;.. .,1 ^ *^r.^ ... — ].r. WTUr^^ fUa "^

about ten weeks. When the

<? OZ. LB, &

<? I'iiik and Vtliite, .^.Sa !)*a.OO ,&

I GEORGE C. WATSON |

^ Seedsman g

<J 1614 Ludlow St., PHILSDELPHin Ic.

§ tp ■ other varieties of Sweet Peas ^g,
tgi at usual market prices. g.

BULBS

ZT.V""' and PLANTS
Ralph M. Ward & Co.

12 West Broadway New York

r 1^ NEW CROP

;: Pansy seed
Micheirs Giant Prize

$2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

Qiant Black Blue 40c

aiant Hortensia Red 4ac

Giant Snow Queen 40c

Giant White, with Eye 40c

Giant Yellow, with Eye 40c

For complete list of Pansy and otlier sea-
sonable seeds see our New Wholesale List.
Send for a copy.

HENRY F. MICHELL CO.

Seed Growers and Importers
; 1015 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

BULBS

JOSEPH BREck & SONS, Corp.

The HARDY ANNUAL of the CENTURY
NICOTIANA SANDERAE

Wholesale Atentslor Ihe United State!

HY. X. DREtR, Phlli4el|ililt, Pi.

J. N.TH08BIIRN i CO., Cortlmdt St., N.Y.

VAUCHAN'S SEED STORE, ChlCi|« mi N.Y.

THOS.J. GREY & CO.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

..SEEDS..

FARM, GARDEN AND LAWN SUPPLIES

We carry in itock Dnpllcale Parti
Leadinf Machlnss

BURPEE'S SEEDS

PHILADELPHIA

Blue List of Wholesale Prices mailed
onlv to those who plant for profit.

I Seeds of Hardv Perennial Tlowers

^ Sown in June and July will germinate and give excellent I

^= stock for transplanting in the Fall i

If vou want the choicest strains In Plower Seeds write us.

Catalogue mailed upon application

R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.,

6 and 7 South Market St.
BOSTON

Wm^mmm^:mmMmmm:^mm:^:^mM^:mmmMJ^:^mM^m:^^M:^:^:^:^:^wM

H ORTI CULTURE

A White Cattleya gigas

The accompanying cut sliows a Cattleya gigas with
pure white sepals and ])etals; the lip is of a beautiful
lilac and with a whitish margin. Albino forms of
Cattleya gigas are extremely rare, and hence it may
prove of interest to some of your readers. The plant
has just flowered with us from a lot of ])lants im-
ported some time ago.

Lager & Hurrell.

A Correction

To THE Editor of Horticulture,

Dear Sir: — On reading your e-stimable paper, I
saw something about my carnations which I would
like to have corrected. The number of flowers cut
is correct as given, but fertilizer was not used quite
as freely as ten pounds a hundred square feet a bench
every ten days. I used from six to ten pounds
every ten days for a certain period, of a special
mixture, and the results were very good. This cor-
rection is for the information of anybody that might
like to experiment with fertilizer and by following
the first-published advice would be overdoing it.

If anyone would like -to know jnore about how to
use it in detail and what to use, I will be pleased to
offer advice. It works equally well on roses and all
kinds of plants.

^^ ;#^

Hingham, Mass.

Culture of Ccelogynes

Editor Horticulture: — Will you kindly ask
some of your orchid -growing contril)Utors to give
some hints on potting and growing ccelogynes?
How and in what material to pot them (newly im-
ported plants)? IIow much water? Shade or full
sunshine? How much rest, and when? And any
other information the contributor may be kind
enough to give.

Res])ectfully yours.

"Greenhorn."

Greenhorn does not name the species of newly-
imported coelogyne he has. This very interesting
family of the orchid world has numerous varieties,
all of them when in bloom more or less interesting
and beautiful on the j)lants, biit the flowers have
no lasting qualities in a cut state. They all succeed
in a mixture of half peat and half sphagnum moss.
Some species require abundance of heat and mois-
ture, while others succeed well with ordinary green-
house treatment, especially Coelogyne cristata, which
is the best known of them all, and perhaps is the
one Greenhorn refers to. It is very cheering to see,
in the early spring, a well-grown plant covered with
its snow-white flowers and certainly no orchid is
more charming at this season. But it is rather a
bad orchid to establish when newly imported for
the bulbs always shrivel up so much during transit
from their native habitat. When the imported
plants are received, all the decayed portions and
long roots should be cut away. It is then a good
plan to put several pieces together in one pan,
placing the leads here and there toward the center,
and pot firm, but water very sparingly for a time.
Give the plants a spray -over once or twice a day,
and keep a nice moist atmosphere by frequent
damping between the pots. They do well grown
cool during the summer months, but do not need
much shade. In the fall they are all the better if
given a good sunny position in the cattleya house,
and at this stage of their growth they require abun-
dance of water at the root. About the end of Sep-
tember, if the plants have been treated right, the
flower spikes will be seen to be pushing from the
new bulbs, and then is the time a little care is needed
in watering. Only sufticient water should be given
to keep the bullis plump, for if the plants are kept
too wet at the roots at this period the spikes often
turn to growth instead of flower and so it is safer to
keep them on the dry side till the spikes are well
advanced, or till the turn of the year. It is also a
good plan to rest them for a time after flowering,
and on no account must they be disturbed at the
root by repotting too often, for they appear to flower
all the better when pot-bound, even if some of the
leads are away over the side of the pans.

' ^^ Scrrf^.

HORTI CULTURE

July 22, 1905

Rosa setigera (Michigan or Prairie Rose)

This beautiful wild rose is at date of this writing
at about its best, and deserves for its numerous good
qualities a place of honor in every rose garden and
in all shrubbery plantings. Through its vigorous
growth and climbing habit it is apt to crowd out
other plants, but the beautiful effect produced by
its unrestricted growth amongst other shrubbery and
small trees, throwing out its flower-set short branches
from amongst other foliage, is simply grand. I have
seen it grow over a pin oak fifteen feet high inside
of two years, and the very loose corymbs of blossoms
surrounded by the light green leaves, projecting and
hanging out from the dark-green, glossy foliage of
the oak in a rambling natural fashion, made a pic-
ture inviting enough for the keenest painter of floral
life.

Recognizing its qualities as a strong climber and
free bloomer, we made use of the R. setigera for the
covering of some arches twelve feet high in our new
rose garden. The plants were two years old when
planted in the spring of 1904, and they are now fully
ten to twelve feet up, as the accompanying photo-
graph will show. The flowers appear in few-flowered
corymbs, the latter far enough apart to give the
whole structure a graceful, loose appearance, en-
hanced through fine foliage. The color of the blos-
som is deep-rose, fading through pink to whitish,
and this effect of those well-blended, harmonious

colors is,- to my eye, far superior and more beautiful
than the solid crimson of the Crimson Rambler or
the fine pink of Dorothy Perkins, rich as they are
in their glorious garb of blossoms.

The Prairie Rose is now in bloom for the last
two weeks, and will last at least that much longer,
for although the individual florets fade away fast
enough, there are new buds opening as fast as the
others pass away, and it is just the different shade.'^
of color of the fresh and passing flowers which are
so pleasing and refreshing to the eye.

I consider Rosa setigera a most valuable climbing
rose, and, to the good qualities already mentioned,
we may add that it is very hardy and remarkably
free from insects, and not subject to mildew. Its
strong growth would suggest that it might be a
good stock plant to bud on and, by the way, why
can not such strong growing climbers be used for
high and numerous Ijudding on especially selected
long branches? If the Baby Rambler is such an
ever-bloomer, why not bud it on the vigorous branches
of the Crimson Rambler and have something to show
the season through ?

Propagation of Azalea nudiflora

Editor Horticulture: — Can the wild azaleas,
nudiflora and its kindred, be propagated from sum-
mer growth cuttings? I find occasionally one along
banks of streams, but they are, as a rule, scraggy
specimens not likely to live if transplanted. I am
trying layering in one instance where several sprouts
start from the base, but would Hke to propagate
from cuttings if possible. I suppose if the native
bushes can be propagated in this way the same
process will do for A. molhs; the latter can be in-
creased rapidly by planting low and banking up
earth. P.

Azalea nudiflora can be propagated by half-ripe
wood in summer under a bell-glass or close frame,
but this process is slow and requires several weeks
and much care. They can also be propagated by
hillock layers or by stolons. The most rapid way to
propagate them is by seed. Collect seeds in October,
and sow in well-drained pans of sphagnum moss in
January under heat, and transplant in well-drained
pans of sandy loam and peat. As soon as the first
rough leaf appears grow on in close, moist, heat
under glass until the first of September when they
should be gradually hardened off to try. They stand

the winter in a cold pit. If they have been fre-
quently transplanted during the summer, they w'U
be several inches high by September, far exceeding
the growth from cuttings. Of course, n the case of
an extra firm variety the cuttings, layers, or grafting
is the only course to pursue to retain the special
variety. Side-grafting on stock previous'y potted
can be done in close frames in August, having the
plants established in pots some time previously.

Azalea nudiflora is found in considerable quantities
in different parts of the United States, especially in
western Massachusetts, also Connecticut and Long
Island, New York, and is not at all difficult to trans-
plant provided care is taken in lifting it. Old plants
should be well cut back and planted in the nursery
until they become shapely. There are hundreds of
them in the Arboretum three and four feet high,
loaded with blossoms in their season, that were so
collected and treated as stated above.

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The Hardy Flower Garden

The hardy flower garden is interesting at any time ;
from the time the first crocus blooms, until the last
asters — A. Shortii, and A. spectabilis, which carry
the season from April until late October. It is prob-
ably more interesting now than at any time — not
that the wealth of bloom will be less later, when the
phloxes and large composite bloom — but because
now everything is fresh and green. Later we shall
be cutting down larkspurs which are past, sweet
Williams, foxgloves, and many other things. Ori-
ental poppies — gorgeous while they last, leave a
complete blank in a week or two. It requires quite
a little management to fill their places for the re-
mainder of the season. Those looking for plants
which make a display at this season, will do well to
take notes now.

For the front rank Stellaria Holostea, a member of
the chickweed family, but happily not quite a weed,
is just going out of bloom. Bright patches have been
conspicuous for a few weeks past. Its star-shaped
white flowers are abundantly produced. The plant
is increased by division at any time during the grow-
ing season. Dianthus deltoides — -the "maidens
pink" is very bright, witli small, deep pink flowers.
They are small, but make up in numbers. Some
plants escaped into a near-by lawn and look quite
pretty in grass ; here is a suggestion. Forms or varie-
ties of D. annulatus, D. arenarius, =

D. caesius, D. atrorubens and other
Alpine species might be. added.
Ajuga genevensis is the brightest
and best of all the bugles. It is now
a mass of short spikes of deep blue .
Varieties of A. reptans are other
first-rate plants for carpeting the
front lines. Campanula persicaei-
folia in several varieties, includ-
ing the semi-double, in blue and
white,is very effective. It is also
an excellent plant for cut flowers.
C. AUiarioefolia is a distinct and
interesting species, not quite as
showy as the others, but still
worth a place. C. rotundifolia —
the harebell of Scotland — is quite
hardy, and exceedingly graceful.
It is a weak plant, spreading by
underground shoots. C. punctata
var. from Siberia, is the best of
this species we have seen. It is a
fairly good white, and the bells are
large and finely spotted . 1 1 grows
about two feet high, and is easily
increased from underground
shoots. C. latifolia macrantha is
a noble plant, with large deep
blue flowers. C. glomerata dahu-
rica, an effective blue, is peculiar
among campanulas in^that the

heads are bunched. C. lactiflora, a tinted white-
flowered kind, is very graceful. C. Carpathica and
C. Van Houttei are just coming into bloom.

Anthemis tinctoria is a trifle weedy, but a worthy
plant for all that. Its growth is pretty, forming a
feathery mat. In bloom it is almost exactly a yellow
daisy, and it blooms for the greater part of the summer.
Its only defect is that it sows itself too freely. Malva
moschata alba has a special interest to me as I found
it growing wild on a trip to Nova Scotia. I think it
ought to have specific rank — I never saw a pink
one. Its handsome digitate foliage is attractive
when not in bloom. It is more of a biennial than
perennial and comes easily from seed. All the
wild geraniums are attractive — at any time. We
have G. Richardsoni alba, a low growing white-
flowered kind; G. macrorhizon, also low growing,
with purplish, wooly flowers ; G. sanguineum and
vars. Lancastriense, striped, and G. s. album, white.
They have creeping roots, and form dense masses of
handsome peltate leaves covered with pink or white
flowers for a long time. G. Wilfordi is a spreading
one with small white flowers, suitable for the rock-
garden. G. sylvaticum, robust, blue. G. platy-
petalun, in habit like our G. maculatum, but with
deep blue and larger flowers.

Handsome foliage many of us are apt to overlook
in our anxiety for gorgeous bloom. A bold group of
Polemonium coeruleum is as effective in foliage as
bloom; the flowers are blue and white. Seedlings
come mixed in color. Iris dalmatica is still in bloom.
It does not increase so fast with us as the rest of

■KK OK .Xmerican Rose Society ai
Rose Garden, Hartford, Conn.

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July 22, 1905

the German irises, but it is a grand one. The tirst
Japanese irises are just in. We wish they had held
later, as rose bugs play havoc with them. Vincetox-
icum japonicum, although a member of a weedy
family, is quite handsome. The foliage is light green,
and flowers pearly white. Though not exactly a
climber, like some of the genus, its long stems are
wreath-like, and have been used for garlands quite
effectively.

We did not expect our rock roses would live out
last winter. A few were left for trial, and all came
out well. Lychins viscaria splendens is an old-fash-
ioned border plant — very bright for a time. L.
Chalcedonica is unique in the color of its flowers —
scarlet. No border plant is as bright. It can be seen
a long distance. It is a good plant to have, takes
care of itself nicely, and is nearly always in bloom.
After the main crop it can be cut back, like many
larkspurs, and it gives a second crop soon after.
L. coronaria Walkeri, is attractive at any time —
from early spring when its masses of grey foliage
appear, until it blooms, now. L. Flos-cuculi pi. is a
pretty little thing for the front, also for the rock-
garden. Self-sown seedlings come single and there
are white ones among them. Oriental poppies are
past; but we have yet some Iceland poppies, which
were among our first flowers, and also a few of the
Alpine kind, P. alpinum. P. pilosum is odd. Its
color, a satiny drab, takes every one's attention.
The old Welsh poppy, Meconopsis Cambrica, is very
early, with yellow flowers. It is a good perennial.
Centaurea montana, with deep blue flowers, is very
early and lasts a long time. C. nigra is just coming
in. C. nigra variegata has a charming yellow vari-
gation, which could be effectively used in formal
gardening.

We'.leslcv, Mass.

bite into the young leaves, sucking the juices, so that
when such leaves are held to the light they show
pellucid spots, faint yellow in color. Finally the
leaf turns yellow and shrivels up. The insect inserts
his sucking organ into the fibro-vascular bundles and
in some manner poisons the leaf. Sometimes purple
spots are found, these are also made by a little leaf-
hopper.

Treatment. Kill the insects by fumigation, and
by spraying throughly with water under a pressure
of twenty to twenty-live pounds.

6. DRV STEM ROT. (FUS.\RIUM)

The dry stem rot gets into the stems through the
soil, working up into the ducts and clogging them,
so that the plant dies for lack of nourishment.

It sometimes makes a spot on leaves, but it is not
important as the fungus can only gain entrance
through the epidermis when it is ruptured.

Rosette is probably due to the entrance of the
elliptical spores of the Fusarium, during the healing
over of the cutting.

Treatment. Sterilize soil. The disease is not very
important.

Carnation Diseases

4. RHIZOCTONIA. (.\SC0MYCETES)

This is a sterile fungus disease made up of slender
threads, several cells long. It reproduces by these
threads breaking off and continuing the growth. It
is a parasite, spreading through the soil, doing great
damage to cuttings, being a form of damping-off.
The filaments also work up into mature plants, caus-
ing wet stem rot. The affected plants turn green and
finally die. The inside is .soft and rotten.

Treatment. No remedy is known. Grow plants
under the best conditions of moisture, nutrition, and
temperature. Absence of freshly decaying vegetable
matter in the soil, change of earth frequently, and
liming help. Sterilizing soil is a sure preventive.

5. STIGMANOSE OR PUNCTURE DISEASE

This is the so-called " Bacteriosis" but is caused by
thrips, aphis, red spider, and leaf hoppers. These

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Stocks

Among the most useful plants for the florist are
the wliite and colored stocks of the ten-week varie-
ties. Some years ago, we grew the biennial or in-
termediate sorts, of which the East Lothian and
French Cocardeau were the best types. They made
magnificent pot plants and sold well then, but the
demand has lessened now and they do not sell so
readily. As for cut flowers, the annual or ten-
week varieties have taken the place of the above-
named as a comparative, y short time is required for
their coming into bloom. The sorts mostly used for
cutting are the white, crimson, and purple shades of
the Globe and Column stocks, the Globe blossoming
a little longer, and of a more bushy habit than the
Column, which makes it better adapted for pot cul-
ture and market plants.

While we do not believe in raising stocks as a
special crop, financially speaking we have found them
useful as an intermediate one, or for filling gaps in
case of failure of other plants, such as carnat ons,
etc., and so keep on hand, in winter, a stock of
small plants, to be used as needed, as they will come
in bloom in a few weeks and, in fact, I do not know
of any other plant that will answer the purpose as
well and be salable at the same time either for home
trade or market purposes. It was our practice,
years ago, to raise our own seed, selecting the end
pods of the flower spikes, as we found by experience
that the lower seed pods did not give us so large a
proportion of double flowers, and also using seed
two or three years old in preference to the new.
Of late years, however, by getting seed of reliable
growers, we have had very good results.

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JULY

HORTICULTURE

British Horticulture

RHODODENDRONS

At the leading shows, notably at the one held at
the Royal Botanic Garden, Regents' Park, indications
have been afforded of the magnificence of the rhodo-
dendrons secured by the patient work of enthusiasts
in this branch. During the last half century a great
deal has been accomplished in this direction, until
we have a delightful variety of shades. The brilliant
effect which can be obtained from a massing of the
blooms on undulating ground was demonstrated
recently at Regents Park, where Messrs. J. Waterer &
Sons, of the American Nurseries, Bagshot, had a
quarter of an acre of these popular subjects under
canvas. Messrs. Waterer, who cultivate sixty acres
of rhododendrons in Surrey, have raised some of the
finest specimens now in cultivation. The firm's an-
nual displays at the • Botanic Gardens, Cadogan
Gardens, and the Thames Embankment, together
with the constant introduction of attractive seedlings,
have done an immense deal to popularize the Ameri-
can varieties on this side. Continental nurserymen
have also borne their share in this work, for one of
the best hybrids is undoubtedly Mme. Marie Van
Houtte, a name which stands high amongst horticul-
turists throughout Europe. This is a white bloom,
with bronze and gold markings on upper petals,
edged with a slight tinge of pink, building up a huge
truss full to the last petal.

A FLORAL HEALTH RESORT

Rhododendrons flourish particularly at Bourne-
mouth, a sylvan seaside retreat on the Hampshire
coast. At Ashton Court, Branksome Park, there is
one of the most complete private collections in this
country, numbering about six hundred varieties. It
is a flowering shrub in every way suited to the soil,
locality, and natural environment of that district.
It is usually contended that plants which grow in
peat require little or no manure, but this plan is not
followed out at Ashton Court. The practice is to
give the beds and borders a good dressing of well-
decayed cow-manure every two years, so that one-
half is done one year and the other half the next.
This is allowed to remain as a mulch the first year,
and in the following year the beds are skimmed over
with a spade, and the manure turned in. In addition
to cow-manure, this year some liquid is being applied
made from ichthemic guano, used at the rate of half
an ounce to a gallon of water, giving the plants a
good soaking twice at about a fortnight's interval.
This is used on plants that appear exhausted through
continuous flowering, and seem to need a reviver.
It is the custom to water early and often, commenc-
ing first with all that have been transplanted the
previous autumn, and are carrying plenty of flower-
ing buds. These are given several good soakings
during dry spells in March and April.

SWEET PEAS FOR EXHIBITION

A large entry is expected at the show of the Na-
tional Sweet Pea Society at the Royal Horticultural
Hall, on July 4th. On that day — a very appropri-
ate one, by the way — Professor H. J. Webber will
lecture on the progress of horticulture in the United
States. A foretaste of what will be seen at the show
was afforded to-day at the Royal Horticultural Soci-
ety's exhibition by Mr. Henry Eckford, the veteran
raiser of new varieties, of Wem, Shropshire. Mr.
Eckford labored to improve the sweet pea years
ago, and his work was then depreciated by those
who had not his foresight. He has raised some popu-
lar varieties which have gained him world-wide
fame. At his well-arranged stand to-day were the
trio of novelties which appear last on his list. These
are Romolo Piazzani, a violet blue; Black Michael,
bright reddish maroon; and David R. Williamson,
bright indigo blue. These new comers are likely to
be much in evidence at the shows. Mr. C. W.
Breadmore, another sweet pea specialist, of Win-
chester, has several new introductions, including
George Herbert, an immense bloom of a salmon pink
hue; Lady Abedare, a delicate pink; and Dora Bread-
more, with well-expanded blooms of pale buff-yellow,
slightly tinged with pink. These will be seen at the
National show.

A REMEDY FOR CUCUMBER " SPOT "

For some years market nurserymen have been
suffering severe losses through the ravages of the
cucumber spot disease, and until recently all sug-
gested remedies had been tried and found wanting.
Mr. H. D. Ladds, nurseryman, of Swanley, has dis-
covered what he regards as a reliable cure, and ar-
rangements were made a few months ago to conduct
some trials. Should the experiments prove success-
ful it was decided that the secret should be purchased
from Mr. Ladds. Tlie sum suggested was £1,000,
and a fund has been raised to secure this amount.
At a meeting of the committee appointed by the
growers a resolution has been passed, expressing the
opinion of that body "that the application of Mr.
Ladd's treatment to diseased houses of cucumbers
has enabled the owners of such houses to continue
the profitable growing of cucumbers for market, and
the committee are of opinion that Mr. Ladd's specific
is a valuable one, -and fully worth the amount which
has been asked for it." The formula is to be made
known to those who have subscribed to the fund.
It shows the need of a Government Department on
this side to deal with matters of this kind. The
Board of Agriculture is too busy with sheep and
cattle diseases to have any time to look after the
interest of nurservmcn and fruit growers.

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June 20, igo$.

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The Editor Has His Say

New York's wail over the despoliation of her be-
loved trees by voracious insects sounds familiar in this
nioth-infested neighborhood. We extend our sym-
pathy, and hope it may be long before the gypsy and
brown-tail are added to her tussock torments.

The time of Lilium Harrisii harvest is here. Im-
porters are all ready to open up and distribute ship-
ments as they arrive, and thus begins the first instal-
ment of fall activity. They tell us that there is
likely to be found in some stocks this season a
large percentage of mixed varieties from Japanese
seed. We hope, however, that shipments will turn
out satisfactorily generally, and that the former
prestige of the " true Harrisii " may be fully regained.
The first essential is that the bulbs are fully matured
before digging and it is to be hoped that the desire
for early delivery will not be allowed to interfere with
this requirement, which means so much to the forcer
as well as to the grower and exporter.

If the torrid temperature of the past week doesn't
bring prosperity to the seaside and mountain resorts
then is their case a hopeless one. For a number of
years we have heard but one story — too cool for the
summer resorts. The weather man seems bound to
make tip all deficiencies this year.

What has become of the summer resort flower trade
which was such a factor years ago? Boston had the
cream in those days. Newport, Bar Harbor, Narra-
gansett Pier and other places far and near were big
buyers in the Boston market, and from middle of July
until first of September prices soared on anything good
in the rose line. Local greenhouses and gardens — ■
commercial and private — now take care of it all and

In a previous number, we referred to J. C. Olmsted 's
protest in his Boston lecture against the monopolizing
by a few score people of several hundred acres of
meadow land for golf playing. About 44,000 people
indulged in the game of golf at Franklin Park last year.
Certainly their interests and pleasures are to be con-
sidered, but for every golf player there are estimated
to be about five hundred other visitors in carriages
or afoot. To subject this large portion to the risk of
being struck by a ball, thus engendering timidity in
women, children, and aged folk, precludes the proper
enjoyment and recreative advantages of parks by
introducing an element of danger and apprehension.
However popular the game of golf, it is not yet suf-
ficiently so to warrant jeopardizing the feeling of
security of persons using the parks for their more
legitimate purposes. Mr. Olmsted voices a sound and
timely sentiment on this matter.

Although we are now in the midst of the vacation
period and notwithstanding that the work of the
gardener and the florist is sufficiently exacting to
entitle him to a care-free holiday relaxation, yet all,
and especially the younger men, owe it to themselves
and to their profession that the field of literature and
science as an auxihary to education in the theory and
practice of horticulture be not neglected. Every
hour devoted to good reading on practical subjects
is a distinct installment laid by for the future, better
than cash in the savings bank. Some are born gifted
orators or writers, but for most of us correctness of
composition and impressiveness of diction come only
as the result of plodding, earnest, up-hill work; none
are bom expert culturists and in every instance it will
be found that the men we doff our hats to for their
attainments in this direction have acquired all their
proficiency from close application and fidelity to a
fixed purpose. In short, he who makes the most of
the splendid facilities for self-education that are open
to everyone in these days of great opportunity is the
man to wliom preferment and honor are sure to come.

Thanks to Horticulture, we are daily receiving
orders and inquiries from all over the country, as
well as from Canada, Porto Rico, and Cuba, which
goes far to prove tlie value of Horticulture as
an advertising medium. We are very pleased with
the results of our advertising in Horticulture, and
wish every success to the paper and editor.
Respectfully,

A. Leuthy & Co.

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July

HORTICULTURE

Obituar\

LOUIS SIEBRECHT

In the death of Louis Sicbrcchl the pro-
fession has lost another one of its old time
growers of specialties for the New York mar-
ket. He was one of the last of the old Long
Island pioneer cut-flower growers, especially
in the Une of carnations, following close upon
Charles Zeller, John Dalledouze, Gus Mes-
senburg, and several others, all of whom, in
their days, were the great carnation growers
in the country.

Louis Siebrecht came of a long line of
growers and horticulturists and nurserymen
in Germany. His ancestors, Uke those of all
the Siebrechts, came originally from the old
city of Franken in middle Germany, but it
was in the city of Castle, in Northern Ger-
many, where Louis Siebrecht was born, and
there served his apprenticeship with his uncle,
the late Wilhelm Siebrecht, who was famous
in his day for originating many valuable
varieties of market plants, amongst which
were the Odier pelargoniums. In fact,
Wilhelm Siebrecht was the Lemoine of Ger-
many. It was here Louis received liis prac-
tical education as a gardener and florist.
When he had finished his apprenticeship,
he worked in some of the largest commercial
places in Germany, until the age of 24, when
he took a position as head gardener with
Baron von Schachten, who has a famous
estate at Shafenhausen near Frankfurt, and
which position he occupied successfully for
three years. During this time he became
engaged to his first wife, Caroline, who was
maid to the Baroness, whose displeasure he
thereby incurred and was compelled to re-
sign his position, but he took his Caroline
OTth him.

After their marriage, Louis determined
to seek his fortune in the New World, and in
1867 came to tliis country. His first position
here was with the late, and then foremost
florist of New York, Isaac Buchanan. It
was not long before his valuable set-vices and
practical knowledge were recognized by Mr.
Buchanan, and he was made assistant fore-
man of the then large establishment at .As-
toria, Long Island, where the growing of cut
flowers was the principal business.

Two years later he took a position as pri-
vate gardener on Staten Island, which he
occupied until 1871, when he entered the
employ of Henry A. Siebrecht & Co., then
located at the northwest corner of Fifth ave-
nue and Forty-Second street, where he was
in charge of the plant and out-door gardening
department until 187,^, when he established
himself at East Hinsdale, his late home, but
the name of the place was afterwards changed,
through the efforts of former Senator John
Lewis Childs, to that of Floral Park. 'Here
Louis Siebrecht built the first year four
greenhouses of the then most modern and
approved style. These were especially con-
structed for the growing of cut flowers for the
New York market. The stock grown the
first year was one house of Bon Silcnc and one
house of Safrano roses, with bouvardias on
the side Benches; one house of carnations,
consisting of the only two or three varieties
then in existence; one house of smila.x, and
afterwards several variety houses were added.
These proved so successful, that the next year
several more houses were added, though rose
growing was soon abandoned — carnations
seemed to do much better. In fact, they be-
came one of the principal products.together
mth the other varieties mentioned. There
was also a house of poinsettias, in which were
the first poinsettias ever grown in open
benches. Then, when poinsettias had been
cleared out, Easter stock was put in for a

made his houses yield successive crops in the
same season. It was he, too, who first grew
in quantity the old-fashioned Lilium longi-
florum for Easter, with such a remarkable
success,that plants woulustand from three and
one-half to four feet high, and bear as many
as a dozen and fifteen flowers on a single
stalk. These bulbs were grown in a cool
house in solid beds. The first year the bulbs
were allowed to bear only one or two flowers
each, and the flowers were cut rather short.
Then the bulbs were gradually and properly
ripened and matured, and the largest se-
lected for the following Easter season. It
was he who brought out the once famous
carnation Hinsdale.

Louis, as he was familiarly known, was a
most congenial and happy fellow, somewhat
odd in his ideas, but his confidence, once
gained, he was a true and lasting friend, and
would do anything in liis power to aid or
assist when necessity required. One of his
characteristics was his persistency in con-
quering plants of difficult culture. The
writer well remembers that when he under-
took the growing of one of the most difficult
plants, the Clianthus Dampierii, he vowed
that he would grow it to perfection, and he
certainly did grow an entire bench of it; and
it created quite a sensation.

One of the most unique features of the
establishment was his partner, Caroline, his
wife. While Louis worked hard in growing
flowers, Carohne took them to the market,
and there are some of us yet living who well
remember the pleasant little woman coming
around with a large basket on each arm every
morning, except Sundays, rain or shine.
Indeed, she was one of the four people who
really started the East Thirty-Fourth street
flower market, with the late Patrick Smith,
Henry Tompkins, and one or two others, with
headquarters in Old Dan's coffee-stand.

In those days Louis Siebrecht and his
estabUshment was quite a considerable factor
in the florist business. During the early
years of the Society of American Florists,
Louis attended the annual conventions regu-
larly, and he contributed a good deal of prac-
tical knowledge and experience about violet
culture, when the dreadful disease of that
plant first made its appearance. He made
these contributions in a most humerous and
jovial manner. A few of the old time florists
who survive him and who knew him well,
and a host of the younger generation, by all
of whom he was beloved, will mourn his loss.
He leaves a widow and nine children, all
but three of whom are married. Louis
Siebrecht was quite a distant relative of Henry
A. Siebrecht and WilUam H. Siebrecht, and
was 64 years of age at the time of his death.
Henry A. Siebrecht.

DUNCAN McGregor

Duncan McGregor of the United States
Propagating Gardens at Washington, D.C.,
died^ at the Sibley Hospital on July 8, after
an illness of several months. He was a
native of Aberfeldy, Scotland.

GEORGE CROUCHER

George Croucher, a well-known gardener
and frequent contributor to the Gardeners'
Chronicle, died at his home, Ochtertyre, near
Crieff, Scotland, on June 27, aged 72 years.
The coUection of conifers under his charge
is considered one of the finest in Great
Britain.

Persona,

W. R. Smith sailed from New York on the
Numidian, July 20.

Charles Emslie of MontpeUer, Vt., started
on a trip to Scotland, July 18.

Leonard H. Vaughan was married to
Miss Anita G. Wilkcns at Chicago on July

Mr. S. KeUer, of Reed & Keller, New York,
sailed for Europe on Thursday, July 20, on a
business trip.

James' K. Tappan has been appointed
flonst on the grounds of the U. S. Machine
Co., Beverly, Mass.

Thomas F. Galvin and son arrived at
Boston on the Saxonia, July 13, after a
short transatlantic trip.

John F. Parson of South Lawrence, Mass.,
by occupation a florist, is soon to wed Miss
Ruth Fredericka Johnson.

L. A. Giger of the late firm of Pratt &
Giger of New London, Conn., is now em-
ployed as a gardener on the Morton F.
Plant estate.

W. B. Arnold of Rockland, Mass., has
gone to California and will not return for
some months. He may decide to locate
somewhere in that state.

Recent visitors in Boston were A. Ringier,
representing Barnard, Chicago; Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. L. Seybold, Baltimore, Md.; W.
E. Chappell, Providence, R.I.

Mr. R.M. Rahaley, representing Mich. Cut
Flower Co., Detroit, Ph. Breitmeyer, Detroit,
J. B. Murdock, Titusville, Pa., and Chas.
Eble, New Orleans, were visitors last week
in Buffalo.

Prof. S. W. Fletcher, professor of exten-
sion teaching in the Cornell college of agri-
culture, has resigned to take the directorship
of the department of horticulture and land-
scape gardening in the Michigan agricul-
tural college, one of the best equipped col-
leges of its kind in the countrj-.

Mr. Francis Canning, head gardener and
in.stru, tor in flnri. ulture at the Massachusetts
.\gri, uliur,,l (-..llr^.c, sailed Tuesday from
Boston h,r ],JM rpoi.l. Mr. Canning is an
En^lwliiiKin l.\ l.irih and will -visit the scenes
of his boyhood in Leamington and Stratford-
on-,^von. He will return about September i.

second

crop.

It is the

Louis Siebrecht was one of the first 1

:'s opinion that

THERE IS ROOM FOR IT

The device, advertised fur the first time in
this issue of Horticulture, for acceUerating
and controUing the circulation of hot water in
greenhouses, is well worthy of investigatic;
by every grower who uses hot water heating
apparatus. It claiins to solve what has
hitherto proved a most annoying puzzle for
many.

HYDRANGEAS IN NEWPORT

It has been remarked more than once —
What would Newport be like without its
privet hedges and its gorgeous masses of
hydrangeas? No doubt if they were to dis-
appear suddenly their loss would be greatly
felt. There are, without question, in New-
port some of the finest specimen plants of
hydrangeas in this countr>- or perhaps in any
country, but while these specimen plants are
beautiful stiU it is when grouped in large
masses as they are on many places here, that
the best effect is produced. Hydrangeas are
at home in Newport as they are in no other
place and despite the severity of the past
-winter they never looked better at this sea-
son of the year than they do now.

John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N.Y.
Advance Price List of Gladioli Bulbs for
1906. The new and beautiful variety,
America, is herein offered for the first time.

HORTI CULTURE

July 22, 1905

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY

Preliminary premium li^i lur exhibition to
be held at Boston, Mass., January 24 and
25 1906.

Class A.
Open to all varieties, seedlings or standard
sorts.
Vase of 100 blooms white, Daybreak pink,
Lawson pink, Scott pink, scarlet, crimson,
yellow variegated, white variegated, any
other color; first prize $10, and second prize
$6, for each.

Class B.
Open to all varieties disseminated prior to
July 1st, 1904.
50 blooms white, Daybreak pink, Lawson
pink, Scott pink, scarlet, crimson, yellow
variegated, white variegated, any other color;
first prize $5, and second prize $3, for each.

Class C.

Open to all varieties disseminated prior to

July ist, 1903.

25 blooms white. Daybreak pmk, Lawson

pink, Scott pink, scarlet, crimson, yellow

variegated, white variegated, any other color;

first prize $3, and second prize $1.50, for each.

Class D.

Lawson gold medal for the best vase,

Lawson silver medal for the second best

vase, and the Lawson bronze medal for the

third best vase of 100 blooms, any variety,

any color.

Class E.
S. A. F. silver medal for the best vase, and
the S. A. F. bronze medal for the second
bestv vase of 50 blooms of carnations of
American origin not yet chsseminated.
Class F.
General display of commercial carnations,
varieties disseminated prior to April ist,
1905. 50 blooms to be shown to a vase, and
display not to exceed twenty varieties.
Vases from this collection are not allowed
to compete in any of the other classes, ist
prize, $50; 2d, $30; 3d, $20.
Class G.
A. H. Hews & Co. Silver Cup for the best
collection of carnations four varieties, twenty-
five blooms each, to be shown in separate
vases.

Albert M. Hekr, Secretary.

AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

The twenty-ninth biennial meeting of the
American Pomological Society will be held
in Kansas City, August 8-10.

This meeting will be important from the
standpoint of scientific pomology as well as
the more practical questions of orchard
management.

The Society may bestow a medal upon a
display, or collection of fruits if deemed
meritorious. It may also award a medal to
a new variety of proved value. Special at-
tention is called to this feature. Be it under-
stood that the exhibits are not competitive,
but that each is judged upon its own merits
and if found worthy a medal is awarded.

Medals are of two kinds: silver and bronze.
Both form honorable records of pomological
progress. Let all those who have new va-
rieties of fruits, or old varieties of superior
e.xcellence forward them to the meeting at
Kansas City. Express should be prepaid,
and the packages should be sent in care of
L. A. Goodman, Kansas City, Mo., for
American Pomological Society.

Raibroads give usual concessions. West-
ern road, however, promise complimentary
excursions through the fruit sections of the
Ozarks.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS'
CLUB OF BOSTON

The annual picnic will be held at Randolph
Grove, near Randolph, Mass., on Tuesday,
July 25, 1905. The Sports Committee have
arranged for the following list of events.
There will be 2 prizes for each event. These
prizes vary from meerschaum pipes to canary
birds, ladies' sashes to gmnea pigs.

Baseball game, men vs. boys (age Umit 16).
Croquet contest for ladies. Cricket match
for men, married vs. single. Foot race for
boys 10 years and under. Foot race for girls,
10 years and under. Foot race for boys be-
tween 10 and 16. Foot race for girls be-
tween 10 and 16. Foot race for married
ladies, 50 yards. Foot race for young ladies
(over 16), 100 yards. Sack race, 100 yards,
open to all. Foot race, 100 yards. Club
Members only. Foot race, 100 yards, fat
men, over 200 pounds (handicap). Foot
race, men over 50 years of age. Potato race
for ladies. Three-legged race for men.
Quoit match. Running high jump (open to
all). Running hop, skip, and jun)p. Run-
ning long jump. Throwing 12-pound shot.
Throwing 12-pound hammer. Boat race for
ladies. Boat race for men. Best looking
baby under 2i years.

In addition to the foregoing there wiU be
lawn tennis, and other games of amusement,
boating on the beautiful lake, over a mile long,
boats at $1 per day.

A first-class clambake dinner will be
served at 50 cents per head. It is desired to
make the event a grand popular success and
every member of the Club is urged to make
a special effort to be present, with family and
friends. All are urgently requested to notify
the secretary, W. N. Craig, North Easton,
Mass., by mail of intention to be present
and number of dinner tickets wanted, as it
is necessary to order from the caterer four
davs ahead.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA

Edwin Lonsdale will present a synopsis of
the inception and first ten years' history of
the Florists' Club of Philadelphia at the
meeting first Tuesday in August. Tliis club
was the first of its kind and wiU celebrate
its twentieth anniversary this year. The
program for the September meeting includes
an account of the convention at Washington,
(i) from the florists' standpoint by James J.
Habermehl, (2) from the seedsman's stand-
point by George Clark, and (3) from the
ornamental horticulturist's standpoint by
Edward Campbell.

Edward .\. Stroud, of Strafford, has in-
vited the club to visit that establishment the
first Tuesday in October. This is an up-to-
date carnation establishment, and with a
generous host to welcome them, an enjoy-
able outing is assured.

Dr. Joseph V. C. Roberts will deUver an
address at the November meeting on "Plants
and Flowers as Sanitary Agents."

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS

President J. C. X'aughan has made the
following appointments: Exhibition Judges;
John T. Temple, Davenport, la., chairman.
Dr. A. L. Halstead, Belleville, 111., Joseph A.
Manda, So. Orange, N.J.: Committee on
Prize Essays, Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill,
N.Y., chairman, Alex. Wallace, New York,
Robert Craig,Philadelphia; Sergeant -at-aniis,
J. D. Carmody, Evansville, Ind.

Wm. J. Stewart, Secretary.

ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB

.\t the July meeting of this club nomina-
tions of officers were made as follows :

For president Fred Ammann, J. Dunford,
C. Sanders, and A. Jablonsky. For vice-
president John Steidle, A. J. Fehr, and J. F.
Windt. For secretary Emil Schray, J. J.
Beneke, Otto Koeni'g. For treasurer E.
Guy, F. H. Meinhardt, Geo. H. Auger-
muUer. Trustees, Frank Weber, A. J.
lientzen, V. Gorley, Henry Lorenz, F. H.
Weber, W. J. Pilcher, Arthur Ellison, Frank
Fillmore, and Geo. Windier. Preparations
for the picnic of July 20 were completed, with
E. Guy and Fred Ammann as managers.
The question of incorporation, also S. A. F.
matters and the Washington route were left
over till ne.xt meeting, it being hoped that a
better rate for the trip might yet be secured,
$27.25 for the round trip via B. & O. being
the best thus far.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF
AMERICA

The following prizes are offered, to be
competed for at the ne.xt annual exhibition
of the C. S. A. to he held in Philadelphia,
November, 1905. Vaughan's Seed Store
offers a silver cup, value $25 for the best
specimen of bush chrysanthemiun plant
grown by a private gardener which has not
received any other award.

H. W. Buckbee offers silver cup, value
$25, for the best ten chrysanthemums, one
variety, open only to American and foreign
introduction of 1905 and varieties not yet
in commerce.

KENTUCKY SOCIETY OF FLORISTS

The Kentucky Society of Florists held its
regular meeting at Anders Rasmussen's
place, Tuesday afternoon, July 11. Owing
to the number of other attractions, the busi-
ness meeting was omitted. The members
went on a special car to Glenwood Park,
where two exciting games were bowled, .\. R.
Baumer winning the prize, beating F. L.
Schulz one pin. Mr. Rasmussen deserves
much credit for the very enjoyable time
tendered the society.

OUTING OF JOHNSON & STOKES
EMPLOYEES

On Saturday, July 15, the employees of
Johnson & Stokes, the Philadelphia seeds-
men were given a dehghtful outing, through
the courtesy of Mr. Walter P. Stokes, the
junior member of the firm, that will ever be
a red-letter day in the memory of every one
who participated. Mr. Stokes planned the
"outing" and accompanied the party to the
steamboat landing. After a breezy ride on
the Delaware, the boat landed at Riverton,
N. J. The excursionists were conveyed by
carriages to Moorestown, where are situ-
ated the Floracroft trial grounds and the
beautiful home of Mr. Stokes. Mrs. Stokes
received each one in her most gracious
manner. Games were enjoyed on the spa-
cious grounds and a charming carriage ride
through beautiful Moorestown followed,
which will not soon be forgotten. On re-
turn a sumptuous dinner was served with
music accompaniment. A visit to the trial
grounds and the fine greenhouses in the
cool of the evening proved very instructive
and interesting. A concert on the lawn at
8 P.M. was highly enjoyed until some thought-
ful one of the party reminded the others
that it was time to depart for the train, when
the realization dawned upon each that one
of the most dehghtful outings that could be
planned by a generous employer and charm-
ing hostess had come to an end.

July 22, 1905

HORTICULTURi:

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦ ♦•♦•♦•♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦

The market is still suffering

BOSTON from the ex.rssive licat of
the past week, the weather
affecting not alone the condition of stock but
prices as well. Many growers have already
notified their agents that the supply, as pre-
dicted in these columns last week, will soon
fall off, but as the demand is fairly good, it is
expected that with a small supply prices will
soon reach a level and that general con-
ditions will improve. A good market is pre-
dicted for the fall season and the many
growers in this immediate vicinity are already
preparing for an increase in trade.

The past week there was little

BUFFALO change from last report, al-
though it was expected that
during the Elks' Convention it would stir up
the market somewhat. It was looked for but
never came; everything went well during the
excitement except flowers. Roses and car-
nations of poor quality continue to rome in
pretty heavy supply and hard to move at low
price. Good teas are picked up quickly
especially Kaiserin and Carnot. Beauties
were figured upon to be the best seller during
week, and a good supply and fine quality
stock was received but the buyers were few.
The latter part of week it looked more en-
couraging and market seemed to brighten
up a little. Easter, auratum, and album
UUes were in good demand and were fast
sellers. Peas are a glut at times. Cold
storage paeonies were in market but could
not stand the hot weather.

The market is now down to

CHICAGO summer basis with Ught de-
mand and supply of choice
material diminishing rapidly, so that the
values are not much affected, excc]jt on the
lower grade stock which, in the case of roses,
is frequently mildewed badly and in the case
of carnations runs to very small sizes. Where
the latter are really good, they sell fairiy
well.

The market here is very

CLEVELAND dull, the continued hot
weather creating a glut,
which is hard to move at any price. Roses
are small and inferior in color, prices S3 to
$12 per too; carnations. Si. 50 to $2; sweet
peas, 25c., all colors; coreopsis, 25c. There
are plenty of nasturtiums, gailhirdias, and

lilies

There is but little to
INDIANAPOLIS record these days.
Store trade with ex-
ception of occasional funeral work is practi-
cally at a standstill. Owing to heav>' rains
this has been a very poor seasoii for sweet
peas, .\uratum lilies and gladioli are arriv-
ing in large quantities and are used exten-
sively for decorations. Select stock in aU
lines is very scarce.

Interviewing several of the leading retail-
ers and growers they report the past season
as a most prosperous one.

Business conditions have
LOUISVILLE been verj' slow. The sup-
ply of carnations is nearly
over, but the demand remains good. Some
roses of good quality can be had, and find a
satisfactory sale. There is an occasional
call for UUes.

If June be the month of
MONTREAL roses, July may not in-
aptly be called the month
of sweet peas. Phenomenal is the rise of this
flower in popular favor. Those who have
seen the .\nnual Sweet Pea Exhibition at the
Crystal Palace, London, have some idea of
its utility and beauty in decorative art. Al-
most every possible shade has been produced;
the new types with long stems and larger
blooms have greatly enhanced their useful-

ness. They are sellinf^ in quantity here jusl
now and ,in ili.nii the only flower which
clears (iiK. I ; nil,, , .1 son. ' Roses are still
in g<«.,l -I, ijH ,ihl L". l.iirly well, but carna-
tions an i,i|.icll\ Ic.iiii; size and color. In-
door flowers are giving place to masses of
perennials. Iris Kaempferi, gaillaniias, cal-
iiopsis, etc., are in quantity. Lilium candi-
dum commands good prices. Considering
the great exodus of people, the trade gener-
ally is above the average for this month. In
the houses preparations for winter stock are
in progress. Now is the time for a thorough
cleansing down; washing woodwork, whili-
washing, and the mending of stages should
be attended to. Roses and chrj-santhenumis
are being started in their growing quarters.
During the last few days pros-
NEWPORT pects have improved wonder-
fully in Newport. The ex-
treme heat in the large cities hastened the
departure of many famihes who tarried
longer than usual on account of the cool
weather hitherto. Newport is now well filled
and many are beginning to entertain, some
so far on a moderate scale only, while others
have given somewhat elaborate affairs.

These conditions will remain muih the
same until the first of August when the fun
will really begin.

A big wedding mth a profusion of flowers
and a ball, given in honor of the formal intro-
duction to society of a young lady, are
scheduled for the near future and the plans
are such that when matured and carried
into effect the result will be something un-
rivaUed hitherto, even in Newport.

General trade conditions

NEW YORK remain unchanged. Amer-
ican Beauties are plentiful ;
other varieties of roses have decreased in
quantity and shipments are light. Carna-
tions are also in greatly reduced supply.

Values on cut flowers have kejit
OMAHA up fairly well in this market and

trade has been very satisfactory
the season through. This may also be said
of the plant trade which was good all through
the spring, with an excellent demand until
late in June. You would hear from us
oftener but we have been so busy that there
was no time to write. A florists' picnic is in
prospect for the latter part of this month.
Our bowlers are making good scores and we
may have a team at Wasliington.

Stock was not over plentiful
PHILA- last week, but there was
DELPHIA enough to go around, as the
principal trade was in funeral
work and other small items. Most of the
growers are now cleaning out a large part
of their benches, which tends to keep sup-
plies within smaU Umits. Summer Beauties
are unusually good this year and find ready
sale. Bridesmaids are poor except in a few-
scattered instances. The same may be said
of carnations which, except here and there,
are small and not over wide-awake. Sweet
peas are in smaller volume and while the
quality is fair, there is but a limited demanil.
White double petunias and white perennial
phloxes are a welcome addition for funeral
work, etc. Asters have commenced to ar-
rive. These are very good, considering the
earliness of the season. Achillea, feverfew,
gladiolus, gallardia, nymphsea, and yellow
daisies may also be noted as heljang to add
variety to the market at present.

WANTS

PHILADELPHIA HAPPENINGS

COOD MEN

Thos. H.
Bambrick

34 South 7th St., Philadelphia

Help of all kinds, incliidinf; that for
Florists, Nurserymen, See<lsinen and the
Hortirultural trade Rf n^rallv.

- W./^NTED-Voungmar
houses. Must furnish refe!
open September ist. Add

A. F.

was held in Philadelphia on the 14th inst.
John Westrott and P. J. Ilauswirth arc the
leading spirits, and they arc enthusia.slic
over the prospects. To the grand wtjrk that

A BADGE fOR THE

EXCURSION '.^«rr..

We make them in metal, rihlnm, etc.,
in endless designs. Clubs and Soch
eties should get our prices.

Also Makers of High Grade Metal
.Si-ns. Tablets, Glass Letters for
Show Windoivs, KnaiiicI Letlers. etc.
Send for Catalogue No. 55.

N. STArrORD CO.

67 Fulton street, NEW YORIi

is being done locally in Washington, have
been added some generous outside donations,
chief among which may be mentioned the
Beatty and Stewart contributions. Mr.
Westcott has charge of the shooting arrange-
ments and will cooperate with the local com-
mittee in Washington to ensure successful
shooting — a feature that was very much
missed at the St. Louis convention.

The advent of our Chicago friend in Phila-
delphia accounts for the lovely breeze that
agitated the welcoming tree tops in Lans-
downe that hot morning, and stirred our flow-
ing locks so deliciously while we journeyed
city wards. After a hurried greeting between
Mr. Hauswirth and our suave wholesaler,
Samuel S. Pennock, and a pleasant interview
with the nonchalant, yet wide-awake, Leo
Nicssen, the Wsitor fell under the tender
mercies of Commodore Westcott and how he
ever got on the train for Washington instead
of the train to Waretown is a mvstery. The
comiTiodore sticks to his dictum that the man
who is no good as a sport is no good for work.
In other words; that the best workmen are
generally those who are fondest of a little play.
Mr. Westcott is a li^ng example, being noted
as one of the hardest workers in working
hours and one of the keenest and gamiest
when w-ork is done.

Jno. G. Gardner of the Montgomery nur-
series celebrated his fiftieth anniversary on
the i.[th inst with a cricket match between
the Montgomery eleven and a picked team of
neighboring gardeners and florists. His son
Neil also has a birthday, and it falls on July
14, a very convenient proposition which saves
a lot of wear and tear and is respectfully
recommended to aU fathers who have a gen-
uine eye to business and the convenience of
their friends.

HORTICULTURi:

July 22, 1905

New Crop Beauties

THE BEST COMING TO
PHILADELPHIA

Tl LEO NIESSEN CO.

WHOLESALE ELORISTS
1217 Arch St., - PHILADELPHIA

After July I»t Store Open 7 A. M. to 6 P. M.

RIBBONS

AND

SUPPLIES

Samuel S. Pennock

y-»/- Vt HOI.KMAI.1;

\DDG i'i.«»RiNT or

Commencing. June 26th will ^

»mcr .» BEAUTIES

AND

QUEEN Of EDflELYS

WELCH BROS.

Citv Hall Cut-Flower Market
15 PROVINCE ST., BOSTON

E. H. HUNT

Wholesale

Cut Flowers

THE OLD RELIABLE"

76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO

WEILAND & RISCH

Uadins Weslern (irowers and Shippers of

Cut Flowers

59 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO

Long Distance Phone Central 879.

VAUQHAN&SPERRY

Wholesale
Commission Florists

•PHO^E. CENTRAL 2571

60 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO

WILLIAM J. BAKER

YELLOW DAISIES

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 TO DEALERS ONLY

CHICAGU I ST. LOUIS

I ST. LOUII

I July ,7

CARNATIONS

Fancy Class

General Class

Lil:

ly of the Valley .
lias

MISCELLANEOUS

Mignonette

Sweet Peas

Adiantum Cuneatum

Croweanum

' ' Farleyense

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus; strings,
" " bunches

" Sprengeri "

2.00 to 6,00

5.00 to COO

4.00 to .5.00

1.00 to 3.00

10.00 to 12 110

8.00 to 10.00

5.00 to 6.00

2.00 to 10.00

1.00 to 6.00

1.50 to 2.00

.50 to 1.00

.W to 1.50

PHILA. I

July .8 |

.00 to 1.50

15.00 to 20.00

10.00 to 12.00

4.00 to 8. CO

.50 to 2.00

4.00 to 5.00

2.00 to 3.00

.50 to 2.00

6.00 to 8.00

4.00 to 6.00

3.00 to 4.00

4.00 to 8.00

3.00 to 4.00

.50 to 1.00

PHILADELPHIA CUT FLOWER CO.

1516-1518 SANSOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA

KAIZERIN, CARNATIONS, SWEET PEAS

store Close.4 at 6 P. M. from June 19th to Sept. I6th Dally evcept Saturday at I P.A1.

:se,.. Uindiv

WIETOR BROS,

Wholesale Growers of

CUT FLOWERS

ShS3 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL

CHflS.W.McKELLaR

51 WABASH aVE. CHICAGO

Western Headqiiarter.-s for Choice Orchids
Vallev Violets and nil fut Flowers

A Daily Shipment
rrom 40 to 60 Growers

fS-^T-tt WABASH

E. F. WINTERSON CO. ch.cago

CATAI-OtRII: PRRE

PETER REINBERQ

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWERS

51 Wabash Ave. Chicago, 111.

TO BU

Patronize our advertisers,

VERS

they will treat you right

PHILADELPHIA NEWS NOTES

James M. Thoirs of Camden has taken a
cottage for his family for the summer at
Wildwood, N.J.

William J. Muth of the Cut Flower Co.
has been busy striking the annual balance,
and finds that business nearly doubled over
their previous year.

Walter P. Stokes of Johnson & Stokes
treated the employees of the firm to an
outing by boat and' trolly to his country scat
at Moorestown, N.J., on the 15th inst.

Announcement has been made of the ap-
plication for articles of incorporation for the
Robert Craig Company. The signatories
are Robert Craig, H. G. ElUnger, and James
Cole.

Another batch of happy vacationists (Us-
appeared from nearly all the larger places
last week, making it interesting for those
that are left, notwithstanding the summer
dullness.

New-crop freesia, oxalis, and zephyranthes
bulbs are now in evidence at Michell's. The
demand for pansy seeds, strawberry plants,
and other midsummer specialties is unusually
good this season.

A. H. Brown, head of the accounting de-
partment of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., left on
the 1 2th inst. for a trip through his native
heath. New England, accompanied by Mrs.
Brown. His first stop will be Newburyport,
Mass., after which he will sojourn in Maine.

NEWS NOTES

The Winona Floral Company of Winona,
Minn., is bankrupt.

Frank Huntsman of Cincinnati has filed a
bankruptcy petition with liabilities stated at
$2,350.

John Kirchner, Cleveland, O., under the
firm name of Kirchner's is putting up two
new houses, 20 ~< So, and a shipping room
an.l polling ,he,l.

I Florists Out of Town !

^ Taking Orders for Flowers to

^ be Delivered to Steamers or

0_ Elsewhere in New York can

jij have them delivered in

'S PLAIN BOXES, WITH OWN

TAOS i

Young & Nugent

42 W. 25th Street, New Yorli 1

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and 1. Street
WASHINGTON, D. C.

FRED C.WEBER

FLORIST

oliv^^ItI^^eet 5T. LOUIS, MO.

EsUblished 1S7J
Long DIsUnce Phone Bell LIndell 676

HORTICULTURE 93

ROSES

Hliapol llow.T, in .-ti-iiKh pots at Si3a ; a-iii at

»ir. per loot)
xe offer a limited number of good clean healthy
nriceii as we are in need of the space they oc< upy

linele John,
Uncle John,
KrideKiiiaid.

ih, S3.00 Si3r..00
■h, a.OO 15.00
ih, 2.50 30.00

i CARNATIONS, 100,000 field Grown m

J A.BUDLON0I

37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO ^

R "Cut Flowers f

gg ROSKS an.l WHOLES

g Wi^MVn;.... GROWE

Albert T. Lorch succeeds X. T. Lorch &
Co., at De Haven, Pa., George F. Hoff-
meister retiring from the firm.

George H. Sinclair, formerly foreman for
the late E. H. Howland, has leased the
Rowland greenhouses at Holyoke, the report
of lease to a Vermont florist having been
premature.

The Greenhouse Company has been in-
corporated in Jersey City, N.J., for the pur-
pose of greenhouse construction and heating,
with capital stock $200,000. W. R. Phillips
is president and Preston Le Bau, secretarv'.

IF YOU WANT solid buyers to know
what you are selling ADVERTISE IN
HORTICULTURE. It's a'going to catch
them all this coming season.

BUSINESS CHANGES

William Taylor succeeds the Capital Seed
Co. at Des Moines, la.

Lambros Mulinos has opened a new store
at 1274 Broadway, N. Y.

The American Seed Co. has been incor-
porated at Fort Worth, Tex.

Sneider & Co. is a new plant-growing cs-
tabUshment in Woburn, Mass.

The Lake Odessa Floral Co. has started
business at Lake Odessa, Mich.

L. A. Houston & Co. have been incorpo-
rated as florists in Detroit, Mich.

Ormiston & Griffith succeed to the busi-
ne.ss of H. E. Philpott at Winnipeg, Man.

The Fresno Nursery Co. has been incor-
porated at Fresno, Cal. Capital, $50,000.

Mrs. W. L. Smith has purchased the green-
houses of Charles Doll at Seymour, Conn.

At Toronto, Ont., a new flower store has
been opened at 96 Yonge street, as Thr
Rosary.

The Child Floral Company succeeds C
Kramer in the retail flower business at Sail
Lake City.

The Wm. F. Lauch Florist Company, Mil'
Beaver, Pa., has been incorporated. Capi
tal, $10,000.

Moore & Simon of Philadelphia will nn>\>
then- seed business on .\ugtist i from 207 t< •
339 Market street.

John A. Kraus, of Auburn, N. Y., has goii.
into bankruptcy with liabilities of $1,810.77
and assets trifling.

Peter Olinger has gone into partnership
with Peter Weiland, and will manage the
store in Cincinnati.

It is said that a flower farm with ca])ital
stock of $250,000 is to be started at Dallas,
Texas, by E. H. R. Green.

tion8, one for each size letter, given
away with flrjt order of 500 letters.

Block Letters. lJor2-inch size, per 100, 12,

Script Letters, 3. Fastener with each

letter or word. Used by leading florists

everywhere and for sale by all wliolesale

florists and supply dealers

N. r. MCCARTHY, Treas. and Maiwfler

H4 Hnnley St.. BOSTON. MASS.

FRANK MILLANC

Wholesale Commission Florist

COOQAN BLIILKINQ

SS=S7 W. 26th Street, New York

Tel. 2gg Madison Sq. Open 6 A.M. to s P.M.

The RELIABLE HOUSE

JOSEPH S. FENRICH

Wholesale Florist

Consignments Solicited

« West 30th Street, New York City

Telephone No. 325 Madison Square.

FORD BROS.

48 West 28th Street,

New York

Fine Roses

Fancy Carnations

A full line of all CUT FLOWERS
Telephone, .-{STO or :{ST1 MMilison Si,n!iie

HORTI CULTURE

JOHN I. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist ^Dt^^^sr^'SiSlE^i''

A full line of Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes. Comprises every variety
grown for New York market, at current prices

TEL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 VV. 28 St., New York C

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Commission Dealer In

Choice Cut flowers

39 IVest 28th Street, New York
Telephone : go2 Madison Sq.

JULIUS LANC

Wholesale Plorist

Consignments received, sold well and
returns made promptly

r>.'i m:.<!ix sotii .<«x. !VKW yohk

Telei.lir.ne, 2»o Mridi.sr,n Sq.

ESTABLISHED 1872

JOHN J. PERKINS

WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION FLORIST

115 West 30th St., New York

TeL No. 956 Madison Square

reliable growers of Caroa-
-eturns and highest prices.

Wanted.— A

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORIST

57 West 28th St., New York

FINEST ROSES All Varieties

Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Gardenias, Lilies, Ferns, Asparagus, every day in the
year. Everything choice that the market offers

Special Attention to Shipping Orders

T, , , ( 2200 1 Madison

Telephones , ,20, ^ Square

Write for Current Prices

NEW YORK CUT FLOWER QUOTATIONS

TRADE PRICES— Per 100— TO DEALERS ONLY

nosEis

Am. Beauty, fan. and sp .
' ' extra

No.

" Lower grades .50

Bride &'Maid, fan. and sp I 3.00

" extra 2.00

" No. 1 and Lower gr. .-a

Liberty, fan. and sp. n.oo

Carnot and Kaiserin

Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay.
Killarney

12.00
5.00
3.00

General Class.

ni;i.BoiN

Lilies

Lily of the Valley

IIII!iiCEI.I.A:%E4>CIS

Mignonette

Sweet Peas, bunches

Adiantum Cuneatum

" Croweanum

' ' Farleyense

Srailax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings

Sprengeri

Last Half of Week FirstHalf of Week

eadiiiK July IS begianingJuly 17

1909 1905

Florists ?:ln

Taking orders for deli'very in
3(e'zv York City or Vicinity can
ha've them filled in best manner
and specially delivered by J* J"

Thomas Young, Jr.

41 W. 25th street - - NEW YORh

lo writing to advertit^ers, mentioD Hortkulturb

ALEX. McCONNELL

546 fifth Ave., New York City

Ttlcphone Calls, 340 and 341 35th St.
Cable Address, RLEXCONNELL

in writing to advertisers, nicDtion Huhticuh i,Kt

DETROIT

John Breitmeyer's
Sons- — -.

Cor. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVES.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs
High CradeCut Blooms

all >li<lii|
Oliiii. Iniliii
advertisers,

July 23, 1905

H O R T I C U L T U R E

Charles Millang

50 West 29th St., New York Citj

Cut Flowers on Commission

A Reliable Place to Consign to or order from

tl h<>l<-aal« t'lori.ls

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

545 Libertv St, PITTSBURG, PA.

Bonnot Bros.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

55 and 57 V,\ 26th St. NEW YORfi

Cut Flower Exchange, xe) ^30 M.Tdisun Squ.^re
OPEN 6.00 A. M.

Victory''

The only house
handling the New
Red Carnatloa

To be disseminated IQ06. Also a complete
line of choicest flowers,

ALEX. J. CUTTMAN

WHOLESALE FLORIST

52 WEST 29TH 5T. NHW YORK

Telephones 1664-1665 Madfson Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST,

Tel. ,7^1 Madison Sq. NCW York

JAMES a. HAMMOND

Wholesale Commission Florist

T'ii^^.Ss^„Ls,. NEW YORK CITY

Consignments receive conscientious and prompt

attention. Highest marl<et price guaranteed.

The finest stock iu the market always on hand

Flowers Needed ? Too Busy to go to
Market ? Then Order from Any of the
Advertisers on These Pages. Mention
HORTICULTURE.

H.Baversdorfer&Co.

.^0-56 North 4tti Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Florists' Supplies

BEST LINE IN THE fOIINTRY

REED & SELLER

122 W. i.Sth .St., New York, N. Y.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

Oalax I.cavps :>ii<l all l).-ii.riili» <■ <;i.fns
Agents for C*LDWEI-I.S PARLOR BRAND Wll SMILAX

WILLIAM J. BOSS & CO.

...MANUFACTURERS OF...

Folding Plower Boxes

No. 1042 RIDGE AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA

Write for Price IJ«t and 8ample>
Ip writing to advertisers, mentioo Hokticui.turb

Cut Flowers

SHIPPED TO ALL POINTS

Fl<>i'i»f>' Mnpiilifn

N, F. McCarthy & Go.

84 HAWLEY ST.
Tel. Main S973 BOSTON

NEW SPHAGNUM

IINKST «_>( .M.ITY

PERNS, GALAX AND SUPPLIES

H.M.Robinson & Co.

5 and II Province St., lioston, Ma.s.s.

Headquarters in Western New York for

Roses
Carnations

And all kinds of Sea.sonable Elower.s

WM. E. HASTING

Wholesale Commission Florist

ALSO Dealer In Florists' Supplies

and Wire Designs
353-S7 ElllCOtt St., Buffalo, N.Y.

GIVE US A TRIAL WE CAN PLEASE YOU

FANCY CARNATIONS
AND ROSES

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd.

r><)4 I.ilKTty Ave., PittsbuiK. fa-

GEORGE fl. SUTHERLAND CO.

CUT riOWERS

Florists' Supplies and Letters
34 Hawlev St. - BOSTON

FANCY FERNS

SI. 00 I'liK WOO Discounl <in regular shipmenls

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange

WM. IlILGEK, Manager
«VIIOLES.4^1.E II.ORIKTN

,iK AND 40 MIAMI AVE., DETROIT, MICH.

OUR FLOWERS

; prepared lo furnish GOOD MATERIAL i

KEASO.NABLE PRICES. Lei i

Are the producl of e»labllslimenls thai CAN
BE DEPENDED UPON lo supply blooms of un.
died quallly EVERY DAV IN THE YEAR.

TRAENDLY & SCHENCH

44 West 2Stti St. New York CItv

Telephones, 798-799 Madison Square

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 — TO DEALERS ONLY

CINCINNATI

1 BALTIMORE 1 BUFFALO | PITTSBURG

1 .I,, V ,7 1 July .7 1 July .7

ROSES

Am. Beauty, fan. and sp

•-'0 00 to
15.00 lo
10.00 to
G.OO to
4.00 to
3.00 to
1.50 10

'3!66' to
to

1 50 to
.50 to

■24.00
18.00
12.00
8.00
5.00

2'00
5.00
4.00
2.00

"s'oo

2.00
4/00

"'.3a

1.00

i2:6o

8.00
2.50

'i.W)
fi.OO

"iioo'

I'd (HI

15.00
10.00
5.00

■■4;66

3.00

"sioo

5.00

"i'.m
n.oo

1.00

1.50

is^oo

4(l!(|0

■■■■■\

20.00 to 2.5.00
15.00 to 20.00
6.00 to 15.00
3.00 10 0.00
5.00 to 6.00
4.00 to 5.00
2.00 10 4.00
5.00 lo 6.00
4.00 10 5.00
3.00 to 4.00

y.OO 10 7.00
10

1.2s to 2.00
.50 to l.'il

'h.wi to "i.im

".'is' to "'!25
.50 to 1.00

to I. .50

10.00 10 12.00
12.00 to 15.00
40.00 to .50.00
■2f,.m to 50.00
25.00 to 50.00
to

20.00
10.00

2^00

'4:66'
1 00

■4:66'
4.00
2.00

'■:.5fl'
10.00

:i.(x)

LOO

io!()6'
20.00

.30.00
30.00
1.50

to
to

25.00

" No I

8.00

" Lower grades

Bride & 'Maid, fan and sp

3.00

"6:66

" "No. landLowergr.
Liberty, fan. and sp

3.00
10.00

No. I

Carnot and Kaiserin

Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay .

CARNATIONS

Fancy Class

G.OO
12.00
4.00

1 50

ORCHIDS

BULBOUS

10.00 lo

I.'-., 00

L.ly of the Valley

Callas

MISCELLANEOUS

4.00

.15 to

Adiantum Cuneatum

Croweanum

Farleyense

Smilax

Asparagus Plumosus, strings . .
bunches..
Sprengeri
Asters

.75
1.25

15'. 60
50.00
40.00
50.00
3.00

Yo\i need not go outside tHe pages of

HORTICULTURE

to find -wHere to get the best Flo-vvers, Bulbs,
Seeds and Supplies in the Country

H ORTI CULTU RE

List

Advertisers

Page

AschmannG 80

BakerVVm.J 92

BambrickThos.H... 91
Barrows H.H.& Son. 80

Baur Floral Co 78

BaycrsdorferH.&Co. 95
iW.J. &Co. .. 95

•■ „ lA.T 80

BonnotBros 95

Boston Florist Letter

Co 93

Breck Joseph & Sons

82-99

Breitmeyer'sJ.Sons.. 94
Budlong J. A., .. - , 93
Burnham Hutchings

Pierson Co 100

Burpee W. A. & Co. . 82

Chandler B.B.&E. J. 99
Chicago House Wrect-

Chicago Carnation

Co 78

Clucas & Boddington 81

Cooke G. H 93

Coolidge Bros 81

Cottage Gardens. . . 78

DeNijsBros 81

Dilger Wm 95

DreerH.A 82-99

DysirtR.J 81

Elliott Wm.& Son 81-82

EslerJ.G 98

Ernest W. H 95

Farquhar R. & J. &

^ Co 82

Fcnnch J. S 94

Fletcher F.W 81

Ford Bros 94

Fromow W.&Sons . 81

Ghormley W 94

Grey T.J. 81C0. .i! 82
Gumey Heating Mfg.

„Co 99

Guttraan Alex. J 95

Hail Asso 98

Hammond J. A 95

Herendcen Mfg. Co.. 99
Hews A. H. &Co. .. 98
Holly-Castle Co.. . . 9K

HoranE.C 9I

Hunt EH ::92

Johnson & Stokes. .. 81
Johnston Heating Co . 99
Joynt John 81

Kasting W. F. 95

King Construction Co. 99
Ivlokner A 98

Lager ,V Hurrell 80

Lang Juliu, 94

LehniR & Winnefeld . 80
Leuthy A. & Co. ... SO

Metropolitan Material

McCarth'y"N."F'."&'

Co 95

McConnell Alex 94

McKellarCharlesW.. 92

i'age

MichellH.F 82

Michigan Cut Flower

Exchange 95

MiUang Charles 95

MiUang Frank 94

Moninger J. C 99

Murdoch J. B 95

Niessen Leo Co 92

Newman. J. & Sons. 81

Pennock Samuel S,

78-92

Perkins John J 94

Phila. Cut Flower Co 92
Pierson F. R. Co. ... 80
Pittsburg Cut Flower

Co 95

Poat Bros 81

Poehlmann Bros. Co.. 80
PyeR. C 78

Rawson W. W. & Co. 82

Raynor John 1 94

Reed & Keller 95

Reinherg Peter 92

Robinson H. M. &

Co 95

Roehrs Julius 80

Rolker August & Son 81
Ruxlon Floral & Nur-
sery Co 80

Safety Automatic Ven-
lilaling & Heating

Co 99

Sander & Sons 80

Schillo Lumber Co. .. 98

Scollay John A 99

Scott John 80

Sharp. Partridge & Co.

Sheridan W.F 94

SieversJ. H. &Co.. 78

Siggers E. G 98

SkidelskyS. S 78

Smith, Edw 81

Staflord N. Co 91

Steams A. T. Lumber

Co 98

Sutherland Geo. A.

Co 95

Suzuki & lida 81

Sylvester H. H 98

Situations & Wants.. 91

ThorbumJ.M.&Co. 82
Traendly & Schenck 95

Vaughan and Spcrry . 92
Vaughan's Seed Store 82

Walsh M.H 81

Ward, J, M. & Co .. 98
Ward Ralph M. Co... 82

Watson. G.C 82

Weber, F.C 93

Weber H. & Sons... 78

Welch Bros 92

WeUand & Risch ... 92

Wietor Bros 92

Wilde G.H 81

Winterich C 80

Winterson E F 92

Yalaha Conservatories 81
Young & Nugent ... 93
Young Thos.Jr 94

ZimgiebclD 82

You Need Not Go Outside

THE PAGES or

HORTICULTURE

To find where to get the

Best Flowers, Bulbs, Seeds and
Supplies in the Country

Buyers' Directory

and

Ready Reference Guide

READ IT

Advertisements under this liead, 10 cents a line.

Regular advertisers in this issue are also listed
uilder this classification without charge. Reference to
List of Advertisers will indicate the respective pages.

ACCOUNTANT.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

ASPARAUUS SEEDLINGS

Yalaha Consen:atories, Yalaha, Fla.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEDDING PLANTS.

G. Aschmano, 1012 Ontario St., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N.J.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

Joseph Breck & Sons, 47-54 N. ilarket St., Boston.
French and Dulch Bulbs.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poat Bros., Ettrick, Va.
Bulbs, Virginia-Grown
■ page see List of Advertis

CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES.

John Joynt, Lucknow, Ont., Can.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS.

Chicago Carnation Co., JoUet, 111.

Plants for Fall dehvery

For page see List of Advertisers.

John H. Sievers& Co., 1251 Chestnut St., San Fr;

J. A. Budlong, 37 & 39 Randolph.
Field Grown.
For page see List of Advert:

H. Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md.

White Carnation,
For page see List 1

CELERY PLANTS.

COLD STORAGE VALLEY PIPS.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS.

C. Winterich, Defiance, O.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lehnig & Winnefeld, Hackensack, N.J.

Cyclamen Giganteum.

For page see List of Advertisers.

F or page see^List of Advertisers.

FERNS.

A. Leuthy & Co- RosUndale, Maw.

For page lee List of AdTcrtiien.

FERNS, Continued.
H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Ma.s5.
Nephrolejjis Barrowsii.
For page 1

lepis Bar
List of .

FERTILIZERS.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

Boston Florist Letter Co., 84 Hawley St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Alex. McConneU, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

J. Breitmeyer's Sons. Miami & Gratiot t
Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.

W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sts., Washington, D. C

For page see List of Advertisers.

FOLDING BOXES.

GLASS.

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22d and Union Place, Chicago.
For page see Lis

George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow St_ Phila.

GLAZING POINT.
HA. Dreer Phikdelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisen

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL.

■nham, Hitchings, Pierson Co., 1133 Broadway,

Safety Auto V.& H. R. Co., Lake George, N. Y.
Greenhouse Ventilators.
For page see list of Advertisers^

John C. Monmger Co.. 111-125 Blackhawk « St

Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers

HORTICULTURE

QREENHOUSE B. MATERIAL, Continued.

Adam SchiUo Lumber Co.
Weed St. and Hawthorne Ave.. Chicago, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

aREENHOUSE MASON WORK.
H.H. SyWesler. 8i8 Tremont Bldg, Botton.

HARDV FERNS AND SUPPLIES.
H. M. RobinKin & Co., 8-11 Province St., Bortc

For page see List of Advertise™.

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 & 40 Miami
Detroit, Mich.
Fancy Fenw.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS.
M. H. Walsh. Woods Hole, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers

HELP.

. Bambrick, 34 S. 7lh St, Philadelphia, P«.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HEATING APPARATUS.

1, Hilchiags,

, Boston.

,v York.

HYDRANGEAS.

F. R. Pierson Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

For summer blooming.

For page see List of Advertisers.

IMPORTINQ HOUSES.

Auput Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St, New York
Plants tender or hardy.
For page see List of Advertisers.

JAPANESE PLANTS.

Suzuki & I ida, 3 1 Barclay St ., New York

For page see List of Advertisers,

LAWN MOWER SHARPENER.

G. C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow St., Pbiladclphi:

LILY BULBS.

J. M. Thorbum St Co,

36 Cortlandt St, New York

For page see List of Advertisera

P/GONIES, Continued.

Edw ard Swayne, W. Chester, Pa^

E. j7Shaylor, Wellesley HUls, Mas;

E. Y. Teas, Centerville, Ind.

PANSY SEED.

i. F. MicheU Co., ioi8 Market St., PhiladelphL

For page see List of Advertisers.

Denys Zimgiebel, Needham, Mass.

Zimgiebel Giant Pansies.
For page see List of Advertisers. -

MASTICA.
Joseph Breck & Son, Bostua
For page see List of Advertisers.

MUSHROOn SPAWN.

CIucas& Boddington Co., 131 W. 23rd St., New York

NEW SPHAGNUM.

H. M. Robinson & Co., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

NICOTIANA SANDER/*:.

H. A Dreer. Philadelphia,

For page see List of Advertisers.

Vaughan'i Seed Store, Chicago and New York,

ORCHID PLANTS.

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.

Cattleya Scroederce.
For page see List of Advertisers

Importers, Eiporters, Growers, HybridiaU
For page see List of Advertisers.

Thomas Jones Sh^rt Hills, N J .

Cattleya Triana; and Gigas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For page see List of Advertisers.
F. A. Bailer, Bloomington, lU.

PATENTS.
E. G. Siggers, Washington, D.C.
For page see List of Advertisera

PEERLESS REPAIR CLAMP.

PLANTS DECORATIVE.

A. Leuthy & Co., Roslindale, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

■ page see List of Adv

RETAIL FLORISTS.

Alex. McConneU, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES.

Ruxton Floral & Nursery Co., Ruxton, Md.
For page see List of Advertisers.

M. H. Walsh. Woods Hole, Mass.
Hardy Roses. H. T. Roses and Ramblen.
For page sec List of Advertisera

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St, New York.
English-Grown Rosea.
For page see List of Advertisera^

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, lU.

For page see List of Advertisers^

J. A. Budlong, 37 & 39 Randolph St., Chicago
Young Roses.
For page see List of Advertisera.

SCOTT FERN.

John Scon, Kelp St. Brooklyn, N.

For iKCe aee List of Adveitisen.

SEEDS.

W. W. Riwion & Co, 12 & 13 FaneuU Hall Sq.

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers^

Thos. J Grey & Co, 32 S. Market St, Boston.

For page see List of Advertisera.

List of Advertisera.

J. M. Thorbum & Co,
36 Cortlandt St, New York.
'or page <ee List of Advertisera.

. & J . Farquhar & Co.. 6 & 7 S. Market St., Boston
Hardy Perennial Flower Seeds.
For p.ige see List of Advertisera.

SIGNS, BADGES, TIME-SAVING DEVICES.

N. Stafford Co., 67 Fulton St, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

STEAM TRAP.

E. Uippard, Youngstown, O.

Buffalo.

For page see List of Advertisera.

Wm. F. Kasting, 383-87 EUicott St, Bufialo, N. Y.

Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisera.
J. A. Budlong, 37 Randolph St, Chicago.
E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
Chas. W. McKellar, 61 Wabash Av, Chicago.
Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Av, Chicago.
A. L. Randall Co, 21 Randolph St, Chicago.
Weiland & Risch, 69 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
Wietor Bros.. 61 Wabash Av., Chicago.
Vaughan & Sperry, 60 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
E. F. WiDlerson Co, 45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave, Chicago

Cincinnati.
Ohio Cut Flower Co., 129 E. 3d St.
Wm. Murphy, 129 E. 3d St.

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Bonnot Bros, 55-57 West 26th St, New York.
Jos. S. Fenrich, 48 West 30th St, New York.
Ford Bros, 48 West 28th St, New York.
Wm. Ghormley, 57 W. 28th St., New York.
Alex. J Guttman, 52 West 29th St.
Jas. A. Hammond, 113 West 30th St, New York,
E. C. Horan, 55 West 28th St, New York.
JuUus Lang, 63 West 30th St. New York.
Chas. MiUang, 50 West 29th St, New York.
Frank Millang, 55-57 W. 26th St, New York.
John J. Perkins, 115 West 30th St, New York.
John I. Raynor, 49 West 28th St, New York.
W. F. Sheridan, 39 West 28th St, New York.
Traendly & Schenck, 44 W. 28th St, New York.
Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisera.
W. J. Baker, 1432 So. Penn. Sq, Philadelphia, P».
Leo Niessen Co, 1217 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
S. S. Pennock 1612-18 Ludlow St, Philadelphia, Pa.
Phila.Cul Flower Co, 1616-18 Sansom St, Phila.,Pa.

for page !

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co, Ltd, 604 Uberty St, Pitts-
burg. Pa.
J. B. Murdoch & Co., 545 Liberty St, Pittsburg.

New Offers in This Issue

BADGES.

N. Stafford Co., f.7 Fulton St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION FIANCEE.

Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION PLANTS.

S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.

J. M. Ward & Co., Peabody, Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS WANTED.

J. Newman & Sons, Boston.

For page see List of Advertisera.

ELECTRIC CIRCITLATOR.

Holly-Castle Co., 49 Federal St., Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers.

JAPAN CANES.
W. Elliott & Sons, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

LILIUM HARRISII.

W. Elliott & Sens, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

M. LOUISE VIOLETS.

Edward Smith, Lexington, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PANSY SEEDS.

Johnson & Stokes, '.!I7-1» Market St., Philadelphia.
Kingly Collection.
For page see Li st of Advertisera.

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES.

S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

SWEET PEA CHRISTMAS.

, C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow St. Philadelphi
For page see List of Advertisera.

HORTICULTURi:

July 32, 1905

^^ Klectr-ic

INDEPENDENT HOT WATER CIRCULATION

A simple automatic device. The circulation of heating water
under perfect control as to quantity, and consequent degree of heat
delivered from piping. Absolutely reliable under conditions where
gravity circulation fails. Overcomes all troubles due to defective
piping. Has no parts liable to get out of order. Does not obstruct
direct circulation. Can be attached to any system of piping already
installed, at slight expense. Will save its cost in fuel in one
season. Built in sizes to circulate from r to 1000 gallons per
minute. Boiler may be placed in any desired situation. Send for
descriptive circular.

We are prepared to furnish estimates for, and erect any type
of Greenhouse.

HOLLY-CASTLE CO., Engineers

49 Federal Street,

BOSTON, MASS.

FOR SALE

No. 7 Furman Boiler m use but

4 years ; will heat 3500 ft. of i\ pipe

steam. Also Richmond Sec-
tional Boiler in use 7 years ; will
heat 5000 feet i| pipe steam or water.
Both boilers have had good care, and
our reason for selling is because we
heat with exhau.st steam from electric
light station. \\"\\\ sell P\irman for
$150.00; Richmond, Si 75.00.

J. M. WARD & CO.

PEABODY. MASS.

• CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS, !

! COPYRICHTSANDDESICNS.;

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My office close to TT. 8. Patent Office. FREE prellmln-
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iE.G.SIIiGERS,s',

p-^^iB^

Clamp

H. H. SYLVESTER

Mason i!^
Builder

818 Tremont Building
Boston, Mass.

Greenhouse ";

Mason Work
Specialty

^HHEWS^Cj

CYPRESS

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH

PECnV CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

EIECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IE DESIRED
Write for Circular •• D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

In writing to advertisers, mention Hurticulture

Standard pQ^fg
Flower

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL

.■\sk f

Del

nd Su

I.ouis World's Fair

CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO.

3Sth and Iron Sts., CHICAGO

INSURE YOUR GLASS

i. the Flokists' Hail Assochtion op America.
DO IT NOW

LUMBER!

-m.

For C reen house B§ji^he3 ^|

Ship Lap, Drop Siding, Sheathing, Flooring, K?
White Cedar Posts, Etc. ^

We are in a Special ii
Position to Furnish

Everything in Pine and Hemlock Building Luinbi

WRITE FOR PRICES

Adam Schillo Lumber Co. 1^

Pecky Cypress" |

l» ir-itiBg la >dv<rtiMr>, lundlr nMatioB Hokticultum

GLASS

FACTORIES ARE NOW CLOSED
for the season. Our stock is complete

WRITE US BEFORE PLACINQ ORDERS

Sharp, Partridge & Co.

22d and Union Place, CHICAGO

, kindly mention Horticul

July 22, 1905

H O R T I C U L T U R i:

♦^.

I Furman Boilers for Greenhouse Heating I

BOILERS ;,s"5s':i°5.;

ilTl

l-hand, with threads

PIPE CUTTERS ,^;=™;

. pipe. U-'
. to i-in., pipe,
to 2- in., pipe,

sflLLSON WRENCHES It't^t^''^^

»i.6s i 24-in.. grips "/i-iti. to 2'A-\n., pipe, fc.40 ;

pipl^visEsl£'2?'^'^''''''^^"-

SC lbs* p'r

in. not guaranteed, 4^ els

HOTBED SASH fo'^s.^TglaVirconVple

from Ji. 60 up. .Second-hand, as good as new, at $i

and $1 .00 each, complete.
fil n^^ N'*' American. 5
ULHJ.3 sinRle, 10x12, at $1

$1.41. B. Double, 10x12 and 12x12, at J.2.40; n.

Double, 12 X 14, 14x16, 16x16 at >2.6o; B. Double,

16x20 $z 80 ; 16x24 at $2.95 a box.
RADIATORS steam, as gn„d as new •

! single

ling

lETROPOLITAN

Iaterial CO.

1398-1408 Metropolitan Ay., Brooklyn, N.Y.

NE.x» ron

New (j reen House f atalogue

JUST ISSUED BV

King Construction Co.

North Tonawanda, N.Y. and Toronto, Ont.

sKNi) Foi: <AT.\i.(>«;rK <>i'

SCOLLAY HOT WATER

and STEAM BOILERS
JOHN A. SCOLLAY

73 and 75 MYRTLE AVENUE
Borough of Brookli/n, N. Y. (ity

Automatic Greenhouse VENTILATORS

From $2.S.OO up. Send for circular

Regulator Co, Lake Ge

THE OE»

"T ^ A

Chandler Glazing
Point and Pincers

Roofs glazed eighteen years

Don't glaze until you write
samples and particulars.
300,000 sold by Peter Hender-
& Co. in three months.

B.&E. J. CHANDLER

HYDE PARK, MASS.

.Of

John (S^'^^^p^cm^m

Mastdca

—^ > FOR/ 1 — .-

(ireenfiousel^lazini

1^ 1^

-•^^"^^ '•^":^^ USE IT wow:

Wc are the Manufacturers

Distributing Agents for

Boston and Vicinity.

Joseph Breck & Sons

CORPORATION

^ JtGENTS ^ i

JOSEPH BRECK & SONS

CORPORATION

47-54 North Market Street

Boston, Mass.

For Heating any Description of Building by Steam or Hot Water

BOILERS r

JOHNSTON HEATING CO., 1133 BROADWAY,

quote you

a very lo-w price
marKet. TRY US

HORTICULTURE,

July 22, 1905

Greenhouse' Erected for Chari.es W

LORD Ca BURNHAM COMPANY

HITCHINGS (SL COMPANY and

PIERSON-SEFTON COMPANY

Aunouiice to their patrons and others that they have consolidated under the name of the

BURNHAM HITCHINGS PIERSON CO.

■With offices in NEW YORK at 1133 BROAD'WAY and a Branch Office in the TREMONT BUILD-
ING, BOSTON.

All incomplete contracts will be executed by this company and the active members of the
constituent companies will continue in its management.

As is well known, these three concerns possess all the best features of greenhouse construction
and its kindred branches. Consequently the new company, by combining the best patented features
of the different constructions, and in view of the many economies in operating the designing, sales,
advertising, purchasing, and manufacturing departments, is now able to offer work of improved
character on a closer basis than w^hen operating separately.

Burnham Hitchings Pierson Co.

I 133 BROADWAY, NEW YORK

Sweet Pea Mont Blanc

a^T"

% 10MCAPE (14RDEN£rMm-~M: ^^'^^ '^ •^^■'

J^-' ///famrfton T/aiel

QqjToN, Mass.
di/bscrfpti'on, HOOJ^

HORTICUL,TURi:

July 2Q, 1905

HEADQUARTERS FOR SWEET PEAS

Mr CeurgfC W^
at FoKDHOi k the early i
ties ot Sweet Pea-; n

: of the month

r thin the standard in tl
color IS perhaps, shghth ]
- and borne upon longer

Burpee's
liest of All.
Re-selected,— " Extreme-Early.

almost be called i hlzv ^//
viiig^s 1 he unusual size
substantial houded standau

form and extrt large M/e even lare
vDitess. Standard light lavender wi
gs; very light and dainty in effect. Per oz. 6 cts.; %
per lb. 40 cts.

V BLUE (Burpee's). The large flowers are of a deep glo
let-purple, having the effect of a dark navy blue, although

ndards show

red. The flowers are practicilly self-colored, and the deep rich coloring is grandly effective (
Flowers are much darker than those of c ,.««A-m Cadcga,,. Per oz. 6 cts.; % lb. 15 cts.; per lb. 40
While these are all excellent varieties for florists' commercial purposes, yet there ar
ties that it will pav florists to buy to plant for cut flower purposes. For description
copy of which will be sent on application.

W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO.,
HEADQUARTERS FOR

and prices of these see Burpee's Blue I

PHILADELPHIA, PA.
SWEET PEAS

MY MARYLAND

of the Chicago Ex

i1>i-

Was the sensa
tion. Easily outranks any other white.
Awarded first-class Certificate ot iWerit
by the American Carnation Society, Liaw-
Bon Bronze Medal for 100 blooms and S. A.
r. Bronze Medal for 50 blooms. We pre-
dict that this variety will easily displace
any other white. We are booking orders
now for delivery .January 1906. Price
«».50perdoz.; Siia perlOO; »100 per lOQO.

for

i>tber

stanilard '

H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland, Md.

If you offer the right goods in the
right way in these columns, you will not
lack for customers.

S. S. SKIDELSKY

824 No. 24th St.
PHILADELPHIA

ROBT. C. PYE

Carnation Grower

NYACR. N. Y.

In writing to advertisers mention Horticulturb

Pield Grown Plants

' i^ I .^ TV c E e: "

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

JOLIET, ILL.

THE COmOE GARDENS CO.

Horticultural Specialties

Ornamental Nursery Stock Peonies

Carnations

C. W. WARD. President. J. C. GOWING. Sec'y and Treas.

Long Distance Telephone: 91B CREEDMOOR

HANNAH HOBART

The Pride of
California ■»■

The grand Prize Winner in competition with the latest and very
best products in Carnations, East or West, for the last eight years.

Mr. John A. P.almer, of Cle Klum, Washington, wrote, alter his visit to our nurseries in January, igo2, an article which appe

rKlum, Washington, wrote, alter his visit to our nur
AMKRiCAN TLORisToi r cDruaiy 15 , as foUows :

"The Hannah Hobart is really a remarkable flower, never less than lour inch
color it is a shade deeper than Lawson.but the petal arrangement is quite different ; in
course the color is different. I saw two large houses of it at Sievers', and the sight is
not a poor one in the lot, and everyone the exact counterpart of the other;
stem, and standing up like soldiers. There is certainly no carnation of its color th;

The above is a truthful statement of facts by a very competent gentleman, and i
of this magnificent variety hnve been sold wholesale as high as $1.50 per dozen,
enough to convince anybody '■-■-■ •

d frequently four and one-half inches across. In

espect it most resembles the old Jubilee, but of

img to be remembered ; hundreds of blooms and

bursted calyxes, but every flower supported on a twenty-four inch

January

been sold wholesale
v one who has seen the plants i

ling verification, thesim]
one less than $

ZMn

constant inquiry by everv one vvlio has seen the plants in flower is When Will the Hafl
t last to the conclusion to distribute the s^me next year, and we are readv to hook ord

■ > "906. Send your orders in early as they will be filled strictly in rotation.

PRICE, $3.00 per 12; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000

JOHN H. SIEVERS <& CO., I25l Chestnut St., SAN PRANCISCO, CAL

HORTICULTURE

VOL. II JULY 29, 1905 NO. 5

Published Weeklv by

HORTICULTURi: PUBLISHING CO.

11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

TelepHone, Oxford 292
WM. J. STEWART. EDITOR AND MANAGER

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE & ADVERTISING RATES, NET

„ ,, * Per Inch, -1 COLS. TO PAGE . . $ .qo
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Full Page 24.00

To Foreign Countries . . . 2.00 Half Page 12.00

Single Copies .... .05 9 Quarter PAfiE 6.00

COPY-RIGHT, I90S, BY HORTICULTURE PUB. CO.

Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office at Roston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.

CONTENTS or THIS ISSUE

Pace

FRONTISPIECE — Sweet Pea Mont Blanc NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

American Pomological Society

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS, ENTER-
TAINMENT AT WASHINGTON

National Horticultural Council 1 1 1

Newport Horticultural Society 1 1 1

WREATH OF SWEET PEAS ~ Illustrated ... 107 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 113

PLATEAU OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS — Illus- Fun and Frolic at Montreal 113

trated — H. H. Battles 108

A DAY AMONG THE SWEET PEAS — G. C.

THE HARDY FLOWER GARDEN — T.D. Hatfield 108 WATSON — Illustrated 114

ECHOES FROM ENGLAND - Harry H. Thomas . ^09 ^^^.p^owER MARKET REPORTS
GROUP OF NYMPH^AS — Illustration .... 109 Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Louisville, Philadel-
phia, St. Louis 117

PANDANUS SANDERS AT NEWPORT EXHIBI- '^

TION- Illustration 109 MISCELLANEOUS

EDITORIAL no Personal in

A SAN FRANCISCO MOVEMENT in The Late Louis Siebrecht — Portrait in

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND OR-
NAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS
Program and Prospectus of the Washington Con-
vention

Obituary ni

Philadelphia News Notes 115

Business Changes 117

News Notes 117

LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS

BUFFALO, N Y. - E. C Brucker, 385-87 EUicott St. LOUISVILLE, KY. - F. L. Schulz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Road

CHICAGO, ILL. — Fred Lautenschlager, 2597 N.RidgewayAv. MONTREAL — Edgar Elvin, 136 Peel St.

CINCINNATI, 0.- Albert J. Gray, 129 E. 3d St. NEWPORT, R. I. - David Mcintosh, Ledge Road

CLEVELAND, O. - A. L. Hutchins, 38 Plymouth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. - George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow
DENVER, COLO. — N. A. Benson, 1352 So. Sherman Ave. Street. .„ t t ,. . -nr u . c»

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illi- PROVIDENCE, R. I. - T J. Johnston, 171 Weybosset St.

noisSt & & I SANFRANCISCO.CAL.- LutherMonnette, iiooVanNessAve

HORTICULTURE.

HYDRANGEAS ^^SdJ/.r^" I

We grow these largely, and have a magnificent stock of large-sized plants in tubs and barrels. Plants are 3^

now covered with buds and are just beginning to show color, and will be in full bloom during July and August. IQS

These plants are splendid for decoration of the lawn, and are used largely at seaside places and other summer !^

5. There is nothing that equals them for summer decoration during July and August. 1^

Fine Plants in tubs, $2.00 and $3.00 each according to siz
Very large specimens in half-barrels, $7.50 each.

These plants cari^be shipped by freight with perfect safety to any point. We ship large

year as far north as Bar Harbor, Maine.

F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York

2§§glIgig^il2il2^§l2§!IS!ligil§^^g2§IgggSl2gi5§l2§IgiISgIggg§l5^aiiggl5§SglgSl5

CARNATION PLANTS

FIELD GROWN
STRONG, HEALTHY PLANTS NOW READY

ENCHANTRESS .$8,00 per 100 S75 00 per lOiio

LAWSON 5 no " " 45 00 •• ■•

PROSPEKITV 5.U0 " " 45 00 •' ■•

I!<Hlsr\rT,-I- 5.00 " " 45.00 " "

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th Street, NEW YORK

ROSES

2i.inch 3J-inch

Per 100 Per 1000 Per IIW Per 1000

Am. nrautieit $5.0U $45.UU <^S.OU fAS.OO

<'hat<-nav 4.00 30.00 ».00 4».00

«iitl<-Jobn 4.00 .'):>. OO 5.00 4.'>.00

«,;»ld4-ii Ciate« 2..>0 'JO.OO -l.»0 4U.OO

Maid. 3.SO 30.00 ft.OO 4».0<»

Hride* 5.00

I POEHLMANN BROS. CO., Morton Grove, III. |

Palms, Ferns

And Decorative Plants

A fine Lot of AZALEAS in Great Variety

A Lirie Assortment of Ferns for Jirdinieres

Also, Araucarias, Rubbers Pandanus, Aralias
Dracaenas, Aspidistras, Marantas, Crotons
etc., etc. :::;:;;:;:::
WHOLESALE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION

A. LEUTHY 6l CO.

Importers and Exporters
Growers and Dealers

PERKINS STREET NURSERIES
Roslindalc - Boston, liass.

Id writing to adverti.era. m.ption HoRTicui.TitRK
MTHO.VO Si-in. MTO< K from IIE.^t H

NEPHROLEPIS
BARROWSII

See display ad. In HORTICULTURE May 6tli.

HENRY H. BARROWS & SON

We hope our readers, will as far as
possible, buy everything they need from
Horticulture's Advertisers.

it is never too early nor too late

to order ttie

Scott Fern

Best Commercjal Introduction for many yeirs.

JOHN SCOTT
Keap St. Greenhoutet, Brooklyn, N.Y.

In vrriting to advertisers, mention Horticulturk

CATTLEYA
SCHROEDERAE

Tlie Easter Cattleya

announcing 1

We take pleasu
the arrival of the
condition. Also Catlleya "Triana?,
Wameri, C. gigas, C. granulosa, Miltc
Burlingtonia fragrans, La^lia anceps ;
Write for prices.

Lager & Hurrell

Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT, N. J.

ORCHIDS, PALMS
BAY TREES, Etc.

JULIUS ROEHRS CO.

RUTHERFORD, N. J.

Orchids

Sander, St. Albans, England

Agent, A. DIMMOCK, 31 Barclay St., NEW VORK CITY

GODFREY ASCHMANN

1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA

Roses

Asparagus, Ferns

Per 100
300 Bridesmaids, 2i-inch pots $3.00

'Zm Golden Gates,

7fK) Perles, 3-inch pots. ...'. 4.50

f-iOO Ivory, 3-inch pots 4.00

500 Bridesmaids, 3-inch pots 4.00

fiOO Asparagus Comorensis, 2-inch pots 2.50

75 Asparagus Comorensis, 3-inch pots 4,00

'2f)00 Asparagus Sprengeri, 2-inch pots 2.00

.■>00 Pteris cretica albn lineata, 2-inch pots 2.50

Ruxton Floral and Nursery Co.

RUXTON, MD.

Cyclamen
Ciganteum

3^ -inch at $12.00 per 100
3 '2 -inch, stronger, at J 1 5.00 per 100

SATISKA< TION (iU A UANTKEK

Lehnig^ & Winnefeld

.K'KEli.ttAi'li. .1. J.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS

ai^anteum strain

Seed taken of only selected flowers and well built
stock. None better

Twice transplanled. $3.00 per 100, S25.00 per 1000.
3-in. $7.00 per 100, S65.00 per 1000.

Seed of above strain new crop $6Mt per lOtX)

C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio

July 29, 1905

H ORTI CULTURE

LILIUM HARRISII, Never Looked Better

We are in possession of a shipment which arrived July 15, and are offering in case lots only, wfiile they last
r, U> 7. +OO l<> a case, at $:$.(»<► \nn- KM)
7 to !», liOO l<> a «as»'. a( $<J.<K» per KM)

W. ELLIOTT <& SONS

NEW YORK

CYCLAMEN

Weigelt's Giants, '||,',7',',',':'",|'''J.','|,,',','''''

Guaranteed Fresh Seeds!

4001 BRILLIANT ROSE CARMINE, 4002 BRIGHT
RED, 4003 DEEP DARK RED, 4004 BRILLIANT
ROSE, 4005 SNOW WHITE, 4006 LILAC, 4007
WHITE WITH EYES.

Each color, 100 seeds, $ .40

Select Mixtures of Above Colors :

100 seeds, 30c. ; 1000, $2.50; loooo, $23.75.

No. 6015 Exhibition Flowers "^i^:

$8.75-

No. 6016 Salmomum, First;ciass

Novelty.

-J- H K K (> .^Z

Novelty ! Produce flowers 4 inches in diameter.
THE BEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD. The

I pkt., 25c. ; 100 seeds, $1.75.
<nr>\i/fliiL-P Novelty! Silk like shining
OllUWIIalVC, pufe white, giant flowers,
^^^^■^^^^^ covering the plant while in
bloom like large snowflakes.

A trial of these 'cyclamens will secure for us
your further patronage.

WEIGELT & CO.

The HARDY ANNUAL of the CENTURY
NICOTIANA SANDERAE

Wholesale A(cnl8 lor Ihe Unlltd Sulea

HY. H. DBCCC, Pkll«4(l»kii. Pi.

J. n.THORBlIRN I CO., Cortliitt St., N.Y.
VAlfiHAN'S SttD STORE, CklCIf* iU N.Y.

Zirngiebel Giant Pansies

Market and Fancv Strains.

New crop Seed of those well known unrivalled
Pansies, readv now, in trade packages at ONE
DOLLAR each, either strain.

VRKItllAM,

DENYS ZIRNQIEBEL,

PURE CULTURE "'^"'^^•'"

SPAWN

eni DistrilmtiiiB Agents tor the
f;|TLTIIKK SPAWN, we can ship FreBli Sl.avvu on short notice at
.; IS1.35 per 10 lbs.; «10.00 per 100 lbs. Information

. <ts. per li>.; 19.1.3

\Vr li:iv.- also the best make of Knglish Virgin Mushroom Spawn, fresh iinpor-
il i.Mi. ,s<-. per lb.; 75c. per 10 lbs ; «C..0O per 100 lbs.; 1855.00 per 1000 lbs.

CLUCAS & BODDINCTON CO.

131 WtST 23d STREET. NEW TORll CITY

PALISADE NURSERIES, SPARKILL, N. Y.
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HORTICULTURE

1 SWEET PEA I
i CHRISTMAS I

21 This new strain has proved ^

xQ to be very superior for florists' g>

x^ use. In habit it is similar to s>

"ff Blanche Ferry, the pink showing Sx

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2! ous bloomer, coming into bloom V

about ten weeks. When the

<§) bottom branches commence to g>

rg flower, stems about fourteen inches e>

■S long with four flowers on a spray &

'3' are the rule. It is a dwarf grower, &

rarely reaching over five feet. Many

S of my customers havespoken highly „

^ of this strain, and I have pleasure g^

tgi in recommending it to all who ^

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H O R T I C U L T U R i:

Society of American Florists' Entertainment at Washington

Ample provision — in fact more than ample, it
would seem — has been made hy the Washington
people to entertain the visiting members of the na-
tional society on its 2rst birthday celebration. The
festival character of the first Washington conven-
tion was very marked, and no doubt this year's
afTair will be a repetition of that long-to-be-remem-
bered occasion, with a very good pretext in the
birthday sentiment for outdoing it, if possible.
President Gude, of the Florists' Club of Washington,
assures us that "from the time that the visiting flor-
ists and their ladies reach Washington, until they
take the train or boat for home, we hope to keep
every moment of their time pleasantly and profit-
ably occupied" and, from past experience, we know
that is just what is a-going to happen.

A few of the events listed on the local entertain-
ment program so far as perfected, are carriage and
automobile rides for the ladies, including a trip
through the world-famed Rock Creek Park, luncheon
en route; reception and entertainment in the great
Congressional Library, from the cafe of which mag-
nificent views may be had of the city of Washington,
Soldiers' Home, Naval Observatory, Potomac River,
city of Alexandria, Arlington National Cemetery,
Lee estate. Fort Meyer, and other interesting his-
toric spots, and a concert by the United States
Marine Band.

Special arrangements have been made in the
various departments of the United States Govern-
ment to show particular attention to all members
wearing the S. A. F. badge, so, whatever department
any one may be interested in, he may rest assured
everything will be done to im])art information.

Special guides will be in attendance at United
States Propagating Gardens to show and explain
their method of greenhouse building, planting and
experimenting. The White House greenhouses ad-
joining will be found very interesting, and at the
Agricultural Department there is enough to keep
those interested busy for weeks.

Sporting matters are well in hand, and bowling
will be taken care of in the most up-to-date manner.
Numerous valuable prizes to be contested for are
already provided, both for ladies and gentlemen,
and the superintendent of the culinary has prom-
ised that no one taking part in these pleasural)le
exercises shall go hungry or thirsty while thus en-
gaged.

The gentleman in charge of the prize-shooting
contest has given assurance that nothing will be
lacking to make this an eventful afternoon for all
those who may take part in it, and those who ac-
company them. The groimds of the Analostan Gun
Club have been secured for this occasion, and the
same are most favorably situated within twenty
minutes of Convention Hall, easily accessible by a

car system second to none in the United States.
Mr. Z. D. Blackistmic will have charge of this event,
which alone should !)e enough to assure success.
And there are other very pleasing announcements yet
to be made.

Since writing the above, the report of the meeting
of the Florists' Club of Washington, held on Monday,
July 22, comes to hand, and we learn from it that
the members favor a lawn itie or open-air reception
for the president, in place of the customary in-door
affair which has been held in connection with past
conventions. It is proposed to have music by a
band of fifty pieces while refreshments are being
served throughout the evening.

It has been arranged to have the lawn lighted on
this occasion by the full moon, assisted by several
hundred incandescent lights, which no doubt will
furnish a scene beautiful to the eye. Special cars will
be provided to carrv every one from the Convention
Hall out to the scene of action. Music, refreshments,
and good cheer will be in such abundance that the
hosts trust those jiresent will call themselves for-
tunate in being able to participate in the auspicious
opening of what the Washington florists hope to
make one of the most successful meetings in the
liistorv of the national society.

Wreath of Sweet Peas

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The wreath herewitli pictured was one of the most
beautiful of the numerous floral tokens sent to the
funeral of the late Secretary Hay: It was composed
of lavender sweet peas and ferns, and was the gift of
the Japanese minister and his wife.

HORTICULTURE,

Plateau of Plants and
Flowers

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The illustration shows a plateau filled with grow-
ing ferns. We have small japanned tin tubes that
hold water in which we put the stems of flowers.
We think this is particularly good for warm weather.

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The Hardy Flower Garden

Delphiniums are just in. D. Cashmirianum is a
little earlier than the D. elatum hybrids. Of the latter
there are several named varieties, but with careful
selection one can get a good and tolerably perma-
nent strain. D. chinensis of the "Butterfly" type is
very dwarf and excellent for front lines. Gillenia
trifoliata is very light and graceful. It is excellent
for cutting and should be useful for florists in bouquet
work. Its spray-like panicles of white flowers are
very effective. The old garden heliotrope, Valeriana
officinalis is rather coarse, but very striking. Heme-
rocallis flava is the earliest of the day lilies. H.
Middendorffiana is orange colored, and just coming
in. Spirasa aruncus has large panicles of white
flowers and handsome foliage. S. Knieffii, finely
cut, fern -like foliage, and long compound panicles.
S. astilboides, the very graceful white we are familiar
with in florists' windows in spring, forced for early
bloom; S. (Astilbe) japonica, a long time favorite;
S. chinensis, long spikes of pink; S. lobata, tall,
broad leaved, with corymbs of light pink flowers;
S. palmata, pink, and S. Ulmaria, white — all are
good border flowers, in bloom at this time.

Penstemons, in species, not hybrids, give us a va-

riety of neat plants, and beautiful flowers. P.
diffusus has bright purple, open-throated flowers.
P. spectabilis, similar in bloom, but different in
habit; P. secundiflorus, smooth foliage and one-
sided inflorescence; P. ovatus, less showy, but dis-
tinct; P. campanulatus, reddish pink; P. pubescens,
light pink. Sweet Williams are old-time favorites.
There are some very tine strains of these, with white
bordered flowers; careful selection is necessary to
keep up the standard. Orobus lathyroides is a pe-
culiar and showy vetch, with purple, jiea-like flowers;
Lilium Hansoni is a delicately orange-tinted kind,
evidently related to L. Martagon. It is one of the
first to bloom. Violas are always interesting. Those
known as Scotch pansies need a half-shaded place
with moist soil to succeed well. Then they will bloom
the whole season. V. cucullata is a true perennial
and accommodates itself almost anywhere.

Hybrid columbines have lasted a long time; noth-
ing is more pleasing than these crosses between
Aquilegia chrysantlia, A. coerulea, and A. cana-
densis. We get all the combinations possible be-
tween blue, yellow, and red. Coreopsis grandifolia
is the earliest and the best — superior to C. lanceo-
lata. In thalictrums or meadow rues we have very
handsome foliage; some very finely divided as in
the varieties minus and adiantifolium of T. aquile-
gsefolium. T. glaucum has yellow flowers, and
bluish foliage. T. Coulteri, white flowers. Achil-
laea aurea is a gem in this family, with mossy green
foliage and yellow flower heads. A. negyptiaca has
hoary foliage and yellow flowers; A. millefolium
roseum, pink flowers; A. ptarmica, the Pearl, double
white flowers, which latter are excellent for cutting.

The list is getting long, but we must not omit
pyrethrums and potentillas, both old-time garden
flowers very common in England, but requiring a
little more care here. They are Hable to die in sum-
mer, and one has to see that a stock of young plants
is kept up. Lupines, both perennial and annual, are
charming garden flowers, and always please; fox-
gloves and Canterbury bells, not to forget the old-
time Campanula pyramidalis, not quite in yet.
There are speedwells, mostly of the Veronica Teu-
crium type; some V. incana and V. gentianoides.

CHmbing and bush roses should never be neglected.
Among bush forms, there are the damask, the sweet
briars, the R. lucida, and its variety alba, R. Caro-
liniana, R. Arkansana, R. cinnamomea, R. spino-
sissima, R. blanda, the Egan and the Arnold. Climb-
ers are the Farquhar, Rambler, Helene, Dawson,
Minnie Dawson — a double R. multiflora, Leuchstern,
a single, similar to Walsh's Hiawatha, Rubin, pretty
deep red, and the prairie, R. setigera.

Wellesley, Mass.

July

horticulture:

109

Echoes from England

A SWEET PEA SHOW

The National Sweet Pea Society is only five years
old, yet on July the 4th it held an exhibition that
filled the magnificent new hall of the Royal Horti-
cultural Society in London. It was quite a record
show; there were more than 1,000 bunches of sweet
peas shown and the exhibitors numbered 100. In
one class alone there were thirty-six competitors.

The improvements which have been effected in the
sweet pea during recent years are remarkable, and
the latter day varieties are most beautiful flowers.
One of the finest displays for competition was that
exhibited by Henry Eckford, the doyen of sweet pea
specialists. Undoubtedly the finest flower in his
group was Henry Eckford, a flower worthy to be
given the honor of a name that is a household word
among sweet pea growers. This variety, unique in
its rich orange-salmon coloring, I described in a
recent letter. Other very fine sorts in Mr. Eckford's
group were Romolo Piazzani, rich violet blue; Horace
Wright, the standard dark purple, the wings brighter
purple; Miss Eckford, buff pink, a very dainty sort;
Scarlet Gem, rich crimson scarlet; Little Dorrit,
standard rose, wings blush colored; Miss Philbrick,
true light blue. All these are really good sorts and
well worth mentioning in addition to those mentioned
below which were given certificates of merit by the
National Sweet Pea Society.

NEW SWEET PEAS

A silver medal as the best new sweet pea of the
year and a first class certificate were awarded to the
variety Helen Lewis, a large and beautiful flower of
rich coloring, best described perhaps as orange-red.
It is a sport from the pink Countess Spencer. This
orange-red color is a very popular one among sweet
peas at present, and many of the newest varieties
are of that shade. The exhibitor of Helen Lewis
was Mr. J. Watson, Orford House Gardens, Ham,
Surrey.

Evelyn Byatt is another new variety shown by the
well known seed growers, Messrs. Watkins and
Simpson, Tavistock street, Covent Garden. It is not
a large flower but the color is very striking, the stan-

dard a deep shade of orange-red, the wings having
more red in thorn. Helen Pierce is another good
new sort shown liy Messrs. Watkins and Simpson.
Seen from the front the color is pale blue, veined
on a blue white ground; seen from behind the shade
is a much deeper one, although the veining is quite
distinct.

Mr. W. Bolton, Camforth, gained an award
of merit for the varieties Tom Bolton and Mrs.
Hardcastle-Sykes. The former is a beautiful deep
lavender-colored flower, ~ the standard being, • as is
usual, a deeper tint than the ..wings. .The latter is
a charming deep pink variety, rather a deeper shade
of the same color at the edges.

Queen Alexandra, exhibited by Henry Eckford, is
a good deal like his famous Scarlet Gem, but it is
rather deeper, a really good crimson, in fact, and it
is said not to burn in the sun, a fault that some
varieties have. A sweet pea, no matter how delicate
and beautiful its coloring, loses a good deal of its
value if it fades in hot, bright weather. This the
new Queen Alexandra is said not to do.

THE BEST STANDARD VARIETIES

It may be interesting and of some value also just
to mention those varieties which obtained the first
prizes in the class for sweet peas of a certain color
at the National Sweet Pea Show.

The classes were for two varieties of each color,
so I give the two first prize sorts in each case. White,
Dorothy Eckford and Blanche Burpee; crimson.
Scarlet Gem and King Edward; blush, Sensation and
Duchess of Sutherland; rose and carmine, Mrs. Dug-
dale and Prince of Wales; pink, Mrs. R. Smith and
Countess Spencer; orange shades, Gorgeous and Miss
Willmott; yellow or buff. Lady Ormesby Gore and
Hon. Mrs. Kenyon; lavender. Countess of Radnor
and Lady Grizel Hamilton; blue, Navy Blue and
Captain of the Blues; mauve, Dorothy Tennant and
Mrs. W. Wright; violet and purple, Mrs. Wright and
Duke of Westminster; marone or bronze, Othello and
Black Knight ; magenta. Calypso and George Gordon ;
picotee edged, Lottie Eckford and Dainty; striped
and flaked (red or rose) America and Aurora. Here
you may be said to have a selection of the very best
sweet peas as grown in English gardens to-day

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London.

HORTICULTURE

July 29, 1905

HORTICULTURE

AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL

DEVOTED TO THE

FLORIST, PLANTSMAN, LANDSCAPE

GARDENER AND KINDRED

INTERESTS

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY

HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO.

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Telephone, Oxford, 292

WM. J. STEWART. Editor and Manager.

The Editor Has His Say

The placing of a can full of gypsy caterpillars in
the grounds of a nursery firm, near Boston, recently,
was one of the most contemptible acts of malice on
record. It is to be hoped that the scoundrel may be
apprehended and the severest possible penalty al-
lotted to him.

The despatches tell us that as early as last winter
the collection and setting out of shrubs and trees for
decorative effect was commenced at Jamestown, Va.,
in preparation for the exhibition to be held there in
1907. Willows, laurels, dogwoods, maples, water
oaks and many other things by hundreds of thou-
sands are already in position, in a district known for
the luxuriance with which plants and flowers grow.
This is a proper beginning. It was in the neglect of
these features, until too late, that stupendous mis-
takes were made in every big fair held thus far in
this country. This wise oversight promises well for
the Jamestown enterprise, and there is another evi-
dence of good judgment in the statement that it is
proposed to preserve natural features, as much as
possible, in the laying out and planting of the grounds

It is to be hoped that members of the Society of
American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists,
and many others who have not heretofore been
identified with that organization, will take advantage
of the excellent opportunity offered to see Washing-
ton under such pleasant circumstances as are out-
lined in the program for the approaching convention.
The first convention in Washington city, thirteen
years ago, was especially remarkable for the diversi-
fied character of its attendance, the visitors being
appropriately drawn from all sections of the country.

and it is fitting that at the present time earnest
effort should be put forth by those officially re-
sponsible to again insure widespread interest in every
locality and every horticultural organization, so that
the coming pilgrimage to the Capitol City may be a
large and representative one, commensurate with the
importance of the occasion and the magnificent
preparations that are being made by the hospitable
brethren of beautiful Washington.

In another column of this paper we present, as
news matter, a California view of Japanese immigra-
tion, its effect on California's great horticultural in-
dustries, and a characteristic Californian remedy for
the threatened evil. We, on the Atlantic seaboard,
who have long been inured to the hard knocks of
alien invasion, naturally regard these questions in a
more philosophic and dispassionate spirit than is to
be expected in the people of the Pacific coast whose
influx (other than the Chinese incursion, which was
promptly arrested) has been, until recently, almost
entirely overland from the older-settled communities,
and so distributed and controlled that it fell easily
into established customs and manners. The free-
and-easy, yet irresistible, frontier dash has always
had a certain fascination for us of the older settle-
ments, broken-in and well-subdued as we are by the
struggle to hold our own against rigorous chmate,
refractory soil, and a half-century's deluge of "cheap
labor." One does not need to be very ancient to
remember the days of fierce prejudice against a race
that has since given us fighters, scholars, politicians,
and strategists of no mean rank; in later years we
have seen many of the vast mercantile interests of
the metropolis pass into the control of a race to
which all Christendom seems more or less hostile;
to-day the Italian has full possession of our fruit
traffic, and is rapidly driving the "native" market-
gardener of New England into exactly the same
predicament with which the Japanese is threatening
the "native" Californian; the Greek, uneducated and
discordant, has a clutch on the cut-flower trade of
New York City that cannot be broken. So we think
we know something about it, and we can sympa-
thize, as fellow-sufferers, with our brethren of the
other coast. Yet we doubt not that native grit and
resourceful industry will carry them through, as it
has us, as they adapt themselves to new adjustments
that cannot be escaped. In seeking for the best
solution of the problem at its present stage, let mod-
eration prevail, and let us not forget our great
indebtedness to Japan and her remarkable people for
much of what we prize most highly in horticulture.
Chinese exclusion has not been an unadulterated
blessing to California. We think it is now generally
recognized that it has greatly retarded her develop-
ment, and that the lack of a laboring element in her
population is to-day a serious handicap to her in-
dustries.

July 29, 1905

H ORTI CULTU RE

A SAN FRANCISCO MOVEMENT

At a joint meeting of the Parific Coast
Horticultural Association and the Horten-
sia Gardener's Society of Oakland, both
sodeties by a unanimous vole, declared
themselves in favor of a resolution restrict-
ing Japanese emigration to this country.
Among the speakers were: F. Ludeman of
the Pacific Nursery, George Young of
Dwight Way Nursery, H. Plath of Ingle-
side Nursery, Frank Pelicano of the San
Francisco Calla and Fern Farm, ami J. W.
Bagge of the Pacific Coast Association's
directory, and chief of the Crocker Estate
gardeners. Mr. Bagge's address was a fair
sample of addresses made by the other
speakers, and from it, as reported by the
stenographer at the meeting, the following
brief excerpts are taken;

"'Self preservation is the first law of
nature;' and while I admire, and beheve
we all admire and respect the distinctive
patriotism and splendid fighting qualities
and energy of the Japanese, duty requires
that we be not unmindful of self interests
and the interests of our families. Pres-
ent conditions make it apparant that it is
simply a matter of self-preservation for the
white workingman to seek exclusion of the
Japanese. Why? Not only because they
are an aUen race and cannot legally become
citizens of the United States, and are here
single-handed simply to earn money and
take the money away, therefore, counting
as a detriment, rather than an accession, to
the welfare of the Commonwealth, but be-
cause they are able to subsist on very little
and can undersell the w-hite growers, who
have their own and their family wants to
supply, and who have to hire labor at fair
prices, while the Mikado subjects who pos-
sess some capital import labor from Japan
at less than the cost of Uving for a white
man, not counting his wages. Surely the
signs of the times plainly indicate that it is
only a question of time until the Japs will
have absorbed the flower trade, as they are
absorbing other trades, unless laws are de-
vised to stop their immigration."'

AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

In deference to many requests and sugges-
tions, coupled with the ditliculty of securing
the speakers desired for an August meeting,
the convention has been postponed till
September 19-21, 1905. It will occur,
therefore, at the Coates Hotel, Kansas City,
the place first announced, and under the
same auspices. This change assures a
good attendance, a good fruit exhibit, a
cool, pleasant temperature, and an excellent
program.

All arrangements, as first announced (con-
sult circular), will be carried out. Come
with your wives and daughters, prepared for
an instructive and entertaining meeting.

John' Cr.\ig. Secretary.

Ithac.\, N. v., J Illy iS, 1Q05.

OBITUARY

Edward Pesenecker, of Jersey City, N.J.,
died on July 16, at the age of 45 years.

Albert Miller, Cincinnati, O., died on July
17, aged 21 years. He was employed by
L. H. Kyrk.

Henri Duval, junior member of the firm of
Duval & Sons, died at Versailles, France, on
June 29, aged 35 years.

George L. Clark, a well-known landscape
gardener of Weston, Mass., died of heart
failure on July 24, aged 57 years.

L. P. Kelley, of Chicago, died last Sunday
evening after a short illness. Mr. Kelley,
who was employed at E. C. Amling's, took
sick very suddenly on Saturday morning with
pleurisy and was confined l<> his bed but
two days.

PERSONAL

A. C. Oelschig, of Savannah, Ga., sailerl
for Europe on July 25.

A. J. Loveless, of Lenox, sailed for F,uro|je
on Wednesday, July 26.

Norris F. Comley and family, of Lexington,
Mass., sailed on a trans-Atlantic trip on July

J. J. Slattery, of Thos. F. Galvin's, Boston,
was married to Miss Mary McCarthy, on
July 19.

John Dingwall, of Albany, had a very nar-
row escape last Saturday, from death, b)
Paris green poisoning.

Dr. N. L. Britton, of the New York Botan-
ical Garden, who started for Europe on May
27, returned on July 15, after participating
in the International Botanical Congress at
Vienna and visiting a number of European
gardens.

Harry Cowles, for the past five years
assistant to A. Griffin, has secured the posi-
tion of gardener to Mr. Reginald Norman,
South Portsmouth. Mr. Cowles is one of
the most deser\ingly popular of the younger
members of the craft in Newport, and with
him to his new field, go the best wishes of all
who know him.

The Shanahan Floral Co. of San Francisco
are exceptionally fortunate in securing the
services of Henry J. A'Horst, formerly as-
sociated with J. W. Howard, of Somerville,
Mass., whose original and practical instruc-
tion was gleaned while in the employ, for
eleven years, of L. van Leeuwen & Son,
bulb growers of Sassenheim, Holland.

Vacationists going; — Mr. and
F. Feast and Mrs. J. E. Feast, of
will spend a week at Norfolk, Va
R. Hill goes for two weeks to New
and New England.

Vacationists returning; — Mr.
Wm. Feast, of Baltimore, Md.,
returned from a ten-days' stay at
N.J., and Wra. P. Nolan comes
the seashore.

O. W. Freese, of Pohlmann
Charles Zoppe, of J. A. Budlong'
have also returned.

Mrs. Chas.

Baltimore,

Mrs. F.

port News

and Mrs.
have just
AUenhurst,
back from

NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL
COUNCIL

The Conmiittee appointed November last
at the World's Fair in St. Louis, consisting
of the following persons; Professors Samuel
H. Green, L. H. Bailey, L. R. Taft, Messrs.
j. H. Hale, J. C. Vaughan, J. H. McFarland,
and H. C. Irish, for the organization of a
Horticultural Council, met pursuant to call,
July 2, 1905, in Chicago. There were pres-
ent, of the Committee above-named, Profes-
sors Bailey and Talf, and Messrs. J. C.
Vaughan and H. C. Irish; also by invitation,
C. E. Bassett, of the Michigan Horticultural
Society, O. C. Simonds and M. Barker, of
Cliicago.

Following a full discussion the aim, scope,
and composition of the organization was
adopted as follows;

Name; National Council of Horticulture.

Object; To fraternize and concrete the
Horticultural interests of North America; to
consider the questions of pubUc policy and
administration which are common to these
organizations; to act as a bureau of publicity
in the interests of reliable information per-
taining to horticulture in its broadest sense.

Composition ; The membership shall consist
of two delegates elected or appointed by
each National Horticultural Society, with
nine delegates at large. The Council shall

elect an E.xecutive Committee of :

; persons.

at least five of whom shall be delegates at
large.

As a basis for the first permanent organi-
zation of the Council the preUminary organ-
ization was retained and the following added
to the Committee, making the nine delegates
at large as follows;

Prof. L. H. Bailey, Prof. L. R. Taft,
Prof. Samuel B. Green, W. W. Tracy,
Washington, D.C., J. H. Hale, J. Horace
McFarland, H. C. Irish, Prof. E. J. Wickson,
University of California, Berkley. Prof. W.
T. Macoun, Ottawa, Canada.

Three of these are to serve one year, three
for two years, and three for three years, or
until their successors are elected by the
Council.

J. C. Vaughan was retained as Chairman,
pending the final organization, and H. C.
Irish as Secretary.

The first work outlined for the organiza-
tion was to enhst the active cooperation of
the leading national societies on the lines
named in the objects of the society; and the
Secretary was instructed to prepare circular
letters placing the matter before such so-
lieties at their ne.xt annual meeting, or
through the officers or executive committees.

Messrs. Taft, Irish, and Bassett were ap-
pcjinted a Committee to attend the meeting of
the American Pomological Society, at Kansas
City.

The meeting then adjourned, subject to the
1 all of the Chairman, in October ne.xt, when
il is hoped to meet with the .American Civic
As.sociation at Cleveland, Ohio.

The Late Louis Sikbrecht

NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY

A regular meeting of this society was held
on July 19, Mrs. Webster, who was ex-
pected to make an address, was unable to
be present. Richard Gardner exhibited two
new pink seedUng rambler roses, one of
which, named Newport Fairy, was awarded
the society's silver medal. The other re-
ceived a certificate of merit. Andrew S.
Meikle had on exhibition a dozen blooms of
Farquhar's new Lilium PhilHppense, to
which the society's silver medal was awarded.
This lily was illustrated in the frontispiece
of HoETictn-TURE's issue of April 8th. M.
B. Faxon exhibited a good collection of
sweet peas, for which he was awarded a
certificate of merit. In the early Ufe of the
society exhibits at meetings, such as these
were pleasant and profitable features.

HORTICULTURE

1884

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS

AND

ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS

1905

Preliminar}' program of the twenty-first
annual meeting and exhibition to be held at
Washington, D.C., August 15, 16, 17, and
18, 1905. Meetings at Carroll Hall, G St.,
between gth and loth, N. W. Exhibition at
National Rifles Armory, G'St., between 9th
and loth, N. W.

OFFICERS FOR 1905
President, J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, 111.
Vice-President, J. R. Freeman, Washing-
ton, D.C.

Secretary, Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.
Treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Pittsburg, Pa.
Directors, for one year, George C. Watson,
Philadelphia, Pa.; R. F. Tesson, St. Louis,
Mo.

For two years, H. M. Altick, Dayton, O.;
Theodore Wirth, Hartford, Conn.

For three years, V. H. Hallock, Queens,
N.Y.; W. H. ElUott, Brighton, Mass.

State Vice-Presidents, Ala., Hugh Sealc,
Birmingham; Cal., Hans Plath, San Fran-
cisco; Colo., J. A. Valentine, Denver; Conn.,
John Coombs, Hartford; D.C, George H.
Cooke, Washington; Fla., C. D. Mills, Jack-
sonville; Ga., A. C. Oelschig, Savannah; 111.,
So., John Wilhus, Danville; 111., No., P. J.
Hausvrirth, Chicago; Ind., Irwin C. Berter-
mann, Indianapolis; la., Theodore Ewaldt,
Davenport; Kan., C. P. Mueller, Wichita;
Ky., Fred. L. Schulz, Louisville; La., Harry
Papworth, New Orleans; Md., R. Vincent,
Jr., White Marsh; Mass., E., W. W. Edgar,
Wavedey; Mass., W., Thomas ColUns, Hins-
dale; Mich., Henry Smith, Grand Rapids,
and R. G. Boehringer, Bav City; Minn., O.
J. Olson, St. Paul; Mo., E., F. J. Fillmore,
St. Louis; Mo., W., Albert Barbe, Kansas
City; N.J., C. W. Turnlev, Haddonfield;
N.Y., E., F. H. Traendly, New York City;
N.Y., W., George W. McClure, Buffalo;
N.C., James M. Lamb, Favette ville ; Ohio,
No., E. B. George, Painesville; Ohio, So., H.
M. Altick, Davton; Pa., E., H. H. Battles,
108 So. 1 2th St', Philadelphia; Pa., W., Fred.
Burki, Gibsonia; R.I., Arthur Griffin, New-
port; S.C., C. A. Moss. Spartanburg; Tex.,
H. Kaden, Gainesville; Va., W. A. Hammond
Richmond; Wis., George Vatter, Marinette,
and W. A. Kennedy, Milwaukee; Ontario,
T. W. Duggan, Brampton.

Botanist, Prof. L. H. Pommel, Ames, la.;
pathologist. Dr. B. M. Duggar, Columbia,
Mo.; entomologist, Prof. Herbert Osborn,
Columbus, Ohio; superintendent of exhibi-
tion, George H. Cooke, Washington, D.C;
sergeant-at-arms, J. D. Carmody, Evansville,
Ind. ; plant registration in charge of Sec-
retary.

Legislative committee, Elmer D. Smith,
.'\diran, Mich.; J. .A. Valentine, Denver, Colo.
Benj. Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Exhibition judges: John T. Temple, Dav-
enport, la.; A. L. Halstead, Belleville, 111.;
Joseph A. Manda, South Orange, N.J.

Convention sports committee : Phil. J.
Hauswirth, Chicago, 111.; John Westcott,
Philadelphia, Pa.

TRANSPORTATION
A reduced rate of one and one-thiril fare,
on the certificate plan, for the round trip,
having been secured from all railroad and
steamship lines in the Uriited States repre-
sented in the trunk line and passenger com-
mittees, the following directions arc sub-
mitted for the guidance of members:

I. Tickets at full fare for the going
journey may be secured vrithin three days
(exclusive of Sunday) prior to and during
the first day of the meeting. The adver-
tised dates of the meeting are from .August
15 to August 18, consequently you can ob-
tain your ticket not earlier than August ii
nor later than August i6. (Except from

stations from which it is possible to reach
the place of meeting by noon of August 17,
tickets may be sold for morning trains of
that date.) Be sure that, when purchasing
your going ticket, you request a "certificate."
Do not make the mistake of asking for a
"receipt."

2. Present yourself at the railroad station
for ticket and certificate at least 30 minutes
before the departure of train.

3. Certificates are not kept at all stations.
If you inquire at your station you will find
out whether certificates and through tickets
can be obtained to place of meeting. If not,
agent will inform you at what station they
can be obtained. You can purchase a local
ticket thereto, and there take up a certificate
and through ticket.

4. On your arrival at the meeting, present
your certificate at once to Secretary Stewart,
accompanied by a fee of twenty-five cents, who
will return the certificate to you after it has
been duly validated, for return journey. No
refund of fare will be made on account of
failure to have certificate validated.

5. It has been arranged that the special
agent of the Trunk Line Association will be
in attendance to validate certificates on
August 16, 17, and 18.

If you follow the above instructions, and
your certificate is duly validated, you will be
entitled up to August 22, to a continuous
passage ticket to your destination by the
route over which you make the going journey,
at one-third the lirm'ted fare.

THE TR.\DE EXHIBITION

The trade exhibition will be, as heretofore,
a prominent feature in the convention.
Growers of plants, seeds, bulbs, shrubs, and
trees, dealers in florists' supplies, greenhouse
requisites, building material for greenhouse
construction, heating apparatus, etc., can
here meet the best buyers in the horticultural
profession, and no better opportunity for
directing attention to the special merits of
their goods can be found.

Attention of exhibitors and other parties
interested is particularly called to the new
system of judging, whereby the duties of the
judges are limited to the consideration and
making of awards to Novelties and Improved
Devices only. E.xhibitors are required to
make previous entry of all such exhibits with
the superintendent, in writing.

Full rules and regulations, together with
diagrams of the exhibition hall, may be ob-
tained from George H. Cooke, Superinten-
dent, Connecticut ave., and L street, Wash-
ington, D.C, to whom all applications for
space should be made as early as possible,
as space is already largely disposed of.

SILVER MEDAL

A silver medal is offered for the best dis-
play of cut flowers in vases. Entries should
be made with the Superintendent in advance.
BULBS FOR TESTING

American growers of any forcing bulbs,
plants or seeds hitherto supplied mainly from
foreign sources, or dealers controlKng stocks
of such goods, are invited, as heretofore, to
send samples of their product to the trade
exhibition, where they will be given space,
free of charge, provided that they then be-
come the property of the Society for testing
purposes as to their forcing qualities, results
of said testing and awards for quality to be
published the following season. Please
make entries with the Secretary.
EXHIBIT OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICLTLTURE

A special display will be made by the De-
partment of Agriculture in Carroll Hall.
This feature is expected to be one of the most
interesting and instructive ever oresented at
any S. A. F. Convention.

PROGRAM

OPENING SESSION TUESD.W, AUG. 15, 2 P.M.

The opening session will be devoted to
addresses of welcome, the annual address of
the President, and reports of Secretary,
Treasurer, State Vice-Presidents, Commit-
tees, and other oflicials of the Society.
JUDGING EXHIBITS

Judges will examine and prepare their re-
ports upon the novelties and new inventions
in the trade exhibition immediately after the
close of the opening session.

president's reception, 7.30 P.M.
This always-popular social feature will be
held on Tuesday evening, under the auspices
of the Washington Florists' Club. Music and
refreshments.

SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16, 9.30A. M.
Following reports of judges at the morning
session, Wednesday, August i6, the prize
essays prepared by members on the subject
of The Ideal Employer will be presented and
the awards announced.

The selection of the location of the next
meeting (polls open one hour), nomination of
officers and roll-call of States for nominations
for State Vice-Presidents for nex-t year will
take place at this session.
LECTURE

Work of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
U. S. Department of Agriculture, in its rela-
tion to Floriculture and Horticulture, by B.
T. Galloway, Chief of Bureau, illustrated
by stereopticon sUdes.

BOWLING TOURNAMENT 2 P.M.

The bowling contests between teams rep-
resenting the various Florists' Clubs will take
place at the BowUng Alleys, corner 8th and
E streets. Many valuable trophies have been
donated. For instructions as to entries, etc.,
address Phil. J. Hauswirth, 227 Michigan
ave., Chicago, 111.

The Work of the Bureau of Plant Industry
in Encouraging Civic Improvement, and the
Teaching of Horticulture in the Public
Schools, by Miss Susan B. Sipe, Washington,
D.C, illustrated by stereopticon slides.

QUESTION BOX
The Question Box will be opened after the
close of the lecture, and a general discussion
will be in order upon a number of pertinent
subjects, including plants worthy of more
general use as summer bedders ; handling of
carnations between time of cutting and mar-
keting; effect of cold storage in retarding
pa;ony blooms ; should the S. A. F. have a
winter meeting or exhibition, and if so, how
arranged?

THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, AUG. 17, 9.3O A.M.

Subjects for discussion at the morning ses-
sion, Thursday, August 17, will be:

Helps to Floriculture in the South and
Southwest.

The feasibihty of preparing a Text Book
of Horticulture for dissemination by Florists'
Clubs.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS lO A.M.

During the discussion the election of of-
ficers for 1905 will take place, the polls being
kept open two hours.

QUESTION BOX

The Question Box will be opened during
the voting. Among the questions already
received for discussion at this time is the fol-
lowing: Should this Society countenance
the substitution of popular appellations for
cumbersome and often unpronouncable for-
eign names of new plants introductions ?

July 29, 1905

HORTI CULTURE

HAIL ASSOCIATION 2 P.M.

The Florists' Hail Association of America
will hold its annual meeting in the Convention
Hall at 2 P.M.

CARNATION SOCIETY 4 P.M.

The American Carnation Society will meet
in the Convention Hall at 4 p.m.

LECTURE 8 P.M.
The Ideal Country Home for the Man
with a Long Head and a Short Purse, illus-
trated by stereopticon sUdes. By Oglesby
Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.

FOURTH DAY, FRIDAY, AUG. l8
Friday mil be Washington Florists' Day.
Full particulars of the program for this day
will be announced later.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

The Secretary of Agriculture desires to
e.xtend the courtesies of the Department to
the members of the Society of American
Florists. The officers of the various Bureaus
of the Department will be glad to give in-
formation along the irrespective hues of work.

The Bureau of Plant Industry is conduct-
ing many lines of investigation which may
be of interest to florists. A cordial invita-
tion is e.xtended to members of the Society
and their friends to visit the greenhouses and
conservatories, to inspect the work on the
improvement of plants by breeding and se-
lection, and the work of studying plant dis-
eases, especially diseases of plants under
glass. The trial grounds and testing gar-
dens of the Bureau of Plant Industry will
also be open for inspection at all times.

Special points of interest which the mem-
bers may be desirous of noting are the test-
ing plots on the Department grounds proper,
the testing grounds on the flats located a
mile south of the Department buildings, and
the Arlington Farm, where various horticul-
tural lines of work are under way. This
farm is located near ArUngton Cemetery and
is reached by trolley in about twenty minutes.
The various laboratories vrill be open for
inspection at all times, and officers of the
Bureau of Plant Industry will be delighted,
especially to show visitors the various hnes
of work under way.

For the information of visitors, a fine col-
lection of gladioU and other bulbous plants
has been made, and they may be seen grow-
ing on the Department grounds.

NOTICE TO CONVENTION VISITORS

In order to facilitate the management in
their arrangements for the entertainment of
the visitors to the S. A. F. Convention, it is
respectfully requested :

ist. That all ladies contemplating com-
ing, will kindly send in at once their names
to Mrs. Joseph R. Freeman, Chairman
Ladies' Entertainment Committee.

2d. That all teams or individuals wishing
to enter the bowUng contest otU send in
their names,to Mr. Wm. H. Earnest, Station
M, Washington, D.C., Chainnan Com.nittee
on Bowling.

3d. That ladies wishing to enter Ladies'
Bowling Contest, will send in names to Mr.
F. H. Kramer.

4th. That all wishing to enter Shooting
Contest, will send in names to Z. B. Blacki-
stone. Chairman Committee c»' Shooting,
cor. 14th and H streets.

Department of Plant Registration
Mr. Edward Amerpohl, of Janesville,
Wis., submits for registration Nephrolepis
.\merpohUi, sport of Nephrolepis Piersoni; has
the compactness of N. Piersoni elegantissima
and resembles it closely except that the
pinnules are again cut and subdivided until
the frond has the appearance of a piece of
lace-work.

Richard F. Gloede, Evanston, 111., submits
for registration, seedling geranium Mrs.
Richard F. Gloede. Flower semi-double,
very large ; color, rose pink ; foliage, dark
green, zoned ; growth, exceedingly strong ;
tested three years.

Wm. J. Stewart, Secretary.

GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB
OF BOSTON

The annual picnic of this club at Ran-
dolph Grove, on July 25, was a distinct suc-
cess and the officers of the club who have
worked so earnestly and faithfully to give all
a good time, deserve the highest praise and
congratulation. The main features of the
day were the games and competitions for the
numerous prizes that had been contributed
by members and friends. About one hun-
dred and fifty were in attendance, including a
majority of women and children, and there
were few that did not win something. J. C.
Vaughan, president of the S. A. F., being
present, was called upon to officiate as judge
in the baby competition, no local man having
the courage to face the consequences. Mr.
Vaughan was the winner of a prize himself,
coming in second iri the foot-race for men over
50 years of age, being distanced by fleet-footed
M. H. Norton. Another race that created
great excitement was that for fat men, Pres-
ident Wheeler coming in first and Duncan
Finlayson, second.

The boys beat the men at baseball, 14 to
4. The boys were Cannell, Worthington,
P., McPhail, Hodgson, Patten, C, MuUen,
ColUns, Dillon, McDermott. The men, Roy,
Low, W. Wheeler, C, Craig, Sanford, Bol-
ton, K. Finlayson, Pahner, Fisher, P.
Cricket was played with a score of 35 to 31.
The winning team and scores were as fol-
lows: Wheeler, 8; Craig, 2; McDermott, 5;
Riggs, o; Bolton, o; Robertson, 9; Martin,
3; Stevens, i; MuUen, 5; Collins, o; Mc-
Kenzie, 2. The losers were Palmer, o;
Patten, 8; Colley, 5; Cannell, o; Worthing-
ton, 2; Low, 4; Finlayson, o; Lumsdew, 7;
Marshall, o; Walters, o; Mortimer, S-l

Other prizes awarded were as follows.-

Croquet contest for ladies, Florence
Palmer, Florence Eisenhardt; foot race for
boys, 10 years and under, i, Victor Heurlin,
2, Geo. Manning; foot race for girls, 10 years
and under, i, Florence Lumsden; 2, Louise
Bolton; foot race for boys, between 10 and
16, I, Geo. Palmer; 2, Harold Hodgson; foot
race for girls, between 10 and 16, i, Jennie
Mallinson; 2, Louise Eisenhardt; foot race
for married ladies, 50 yards, i, Mrs. A.
Eisenhardt; 2, Mrs. J. Heurlin; foot race for
young ladies (over 16), 100 yards, i, Adie
Hoxie; 2, Ethel Roy; sack race, 100 yards,
open to all; i, Harold Patten; 2, Wm.
CoUins; foot race, 100 yards, Club members
only, I, Wm. Collins; 2, Frank Cannell; foot
race, 100 yards, fat men over 200 pounds,
handicap, i, Jas. Wheeler; 2, Duncan Fin-
layson; foot race, men over 50 years of age,
I, M. H. Norton; 2, J. C.Vaughan; potato race
for ladies, i, Adie Hoxie; 2, Louise Eisen-
hardt; three-legged race for men, i, W. J.
Collins and F. McDermott; 2, Jas. Wheeler,
and A. Low; quoit match, i, Alex. M.
Robertson; 2, Geo. Jenkins; running high
jump, open to all, i, Alfred Martin, 5 ft.
6 in.; 2, A. M. Robertson, 5 ft. 5 in.; running
hop, skip, and jump, i, Wm. CoUins, 40 ft.
S in.; 2, A. Robertson, 34 ft. 10 in.; running

long jump, I, W. ColUns, 17 ft. 10 in.; 2, A.
Robertson, 16 ft. 5 in.; throwing 12-pound
shut, I, W. ColUns, 35 ft. 9 in.; 2, A. Martin,
35 ft. 3 in.; throwing 12-pound hammer.

1, W. A. Riggs, 88 ft.; 2, W. ColUns, 82 ft,
10 in.; race for girls, i, Florence Lumsden;

2, Louise Eisenhardt; race for boys, i, Sabin
Bolton; 2, Robt. MarshaU; best looking baby
under 2 J years, i, Gustaf Richard Peterson;
2, Dorothy Palmer; best looking infant, i,
Kenneth R. Craig; race for small boys, i,
John Sisson; 2, Frank Wheeler; 3, Spencer
HeurUn.

FUN AND FROLIC AT MONTREAL
The sixteenth annual picnic of the Mon-
treal Gardeners' and Florists' Club to Otter-
burn Park on Wednesday, July 19th, was in
every way successful. Though showers fell
in the early part of the day, it cleared later
and the large company was favored with
fine weather conditions. The i|Uoit match
for the silver cup was keenly contested, Wm.
Hazell and A. Walker entering the final.
HazeU carried oS the cup after a well-
earned victory. The tug-of-war of garden-
ers and florists resulted in an easy win for
the florist men. Races for all ages were of
much interest, many valuable prizes being
given. The results were as foUows:

Young ladies from 15 to 20 years, Miss J.
Bennett; young men from 15 to 20 years,
Mr. R. Jackson; ladies over 20 years. Miss
Carmichael; members' wives over 40 years,
Mrs. Higgins; men's race (open entry), Mr.
L. St. Pierre; members' wives, Mrs. H. J.
Eddy; members under 40 years, Mr. J. Luke;
members from 40 to 50 years, Mr. Wm.
Hazell; members over 50 years, Mr. Gibb;
boot race (lace boot only), Mr. E. Hayward;
running, hop, step, and jump, Mr. J. C.
Eddy; thread and needle race (lady and
gent.), Mr. Walker and Mrs. Carmichael;
walking match (members only), Mr. A.
Walker; bean guess, Mr. Gayot and Miss
Duncan.

NOTES

The Kentucky Society of Florists wiU hold
its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday,
August ist. A good attendance is desired,
as important 'matters wiU come up for at-

The St. Louis Florists' Club picnic was
marred somewhat by the rain, which fell all
day, only stopping during the dinner hour.
About seventy-five were present and, in
spite of the inclemency of the weather out
side, managed to have a royal good time in-
doors. The games were played under a
paviUon.

At Horticultural Hall, Boston, the usual
Saturday exhibition was held on July 22.
It was unimportant as compared with some
of its predecessors. A fine display of
aquatics and achimines was made by Har-
vard Botanic Garden. T. C. Thurlow and
H. A. Stevens showed e.xceUent coUections of
hardy phloxes' and L. M. Towles' showing
of sweet peas was also good. Fruit and
vegetables were good, as usual.

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July 29, 1905

A Day Among the Sweet Peas

in 1S85, just twc

induced the farm of

Joseph Breck & Sons to catalogue the Eck-

ford

peas.

Theirs was the first

Ainerican catalogue to Ust this improved
strain of an old garden favorite; four years
afterwards, the Philadelphia firm of John
Gardiner & Co., with which the writer was
then associated, color plated them ; but it
was only when, in the early nineties, the
house of Burpee took hold of them that the
Eckford creations got their real boom in
America. During the past ten years, the
popularity of the sweet pea has been con-
stantly increasing and improvements in the
various types has made corresponding
progress.

To thoroughly realize what this improve-
ment means, one must visit the Burpee trial
grounds at Fordhook in early July, when the
bloom is at its best. Accordingly the writer
spent a day recently in the interests of the
readers of Horticulture in noting the field
trials of hundreds of varieties of sweet peas.
In company with genial Edward Campbell,
I was shown over the trials by Mr. Darling-
ton, Mr. Burpee's farm superintendent, who
is a walking encyclopedia on this special
subject, and later we were joined by general
manager Earl, who had but that very day
returned from his European trip and was
primed with the latest sweet pea informa-
tion. Following are my field notes on a
few of the newer varieties as well as some of
the older sorts that still hold their own for
various reasons'

Dorothy Eckford; this is Mr. Eckford's
latest. It is pure white, very large size;
mostly two, occasionally three, on a spray,
a flower here and there showing a tendency
to double; better substance than Blanche
Burpee and equal to it in other features.

Josephine White (Ferry) ; another white

irently an early selection of Emily Hen-
Good for in-

app.

derson. Dwarf, long

door culture.

Mont Blanc (Benary) ; same type as fore-

going,

but earUer and dwarfer; claimed by

many to be the best white for forcing.
Personally I think Zvolanek's Christmas
better — the latter producing a larger per-
centage of four on a spray.

Blanche Burpee; the parent of Dorothy
Eckford and the finest white up to the ad-
vent of that magnificent flower. Sadie Bur-
pee; same color ; taller standard. Not as
good substance as Dorothy, and shows a
tinge of pink occasionally.

White Wonder; very large and of good
substance; twin or branching sprays, bearing
six to eight flowers on a spray. A good
many of the flowers come double. Mr.
Campbell said he had seen this variety
growing in Canada ten feet high and with
thirteen flowers to a stem.

Coquette; pale blush standard with creamy
wings. Lady M. OrmsbyGore; creamy
white with primrose tint; large, free and
vigorous.

Mrs. Eckford; Mr. Darlington says "pale
primrose yellow." I must be color blind,
for I couldn't see anything in it but a creamy
white. "Well," said he, "it's as near yellow
as we've got."

Queen Victoria; supposed to be an im-
provement on Mrs. Eckford; shghtly more
pronounced in color; larger standards and
better substance.

Sue Earl; cream, %vith mauve edging.
Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon; came after Queen
Victoria; I couldn't see any more yellow in
it; but it has a larger flower.

Mrs. Fitzgerald (Eckford); apricot. Mr.
Burpee's Stella Morse raised in California
and sent out same year, is identical with this
variety. I think this one of the most at-
tractive of the so-called yellow shades.

Primrose ; the original
yeUow which has "grown
up" into Mrs. Fitzgerald.
Lemon Queen; white with
a cream standard ; mis-
named. Duchess of York;
pale pink, one of the old
Eckfords, but still a good
one.

Modesty; white, flushed
with pink; introduced by
Mr. Burpee. Mr. DarUng-
ton says it is unusually
pink this year. Sensation;
white, flushed with pink; a
little deeper than Modesty.
Alice Eckford is the mother
of these two.

Countess Spencer; one of
last year's novelties from
England. It is a lovely
pink with fluted edges;
darker than Gladys Unwin,
but not so fluted in the
standard. Both are good,
but it is a mistake to sup-
pose that either of these are
in the forcing class as has
been claimed, as neither
will flower before the mid-
dle of Februar)-, indoors.

Countess of Latham; pale
pink. Mr. Dariington says
"coppery rose." I couldn't
see it his way.

Crown Jewel; rose stan-
dard, wings Ughter colored,
but has a self effect. Apple
Blossom ; deeper than
Crown Jewel; very soft,
rich shade.

Black Michael; dark
claret standard; vrings
brownish rose ; a remarkable
color and magnificent in
size, form, substance, and
growth; but more remarkable still for its
dwarf habit and dark green foUage. Mr.
Earl thinks this is the greatest noveltv of
them all.

David R. Williamson ; something like the
old "Blue and Purple," but much larger.
Rumola Piazani; an Eckford; similar habit
to D. R. WiUiamson; reddish mauve.

Mrs. H. Kendall Barnes; a new one from
England, pale pink standard and wings.
Jeanie Gordon; bright rosy standard with
creamy wings. A 1904 Eckford. Eliza
Eckford; blush. Katherine Tracy; a fine
shade of pink and good size, but comes only
two on a spray. Lovely; a Grace Wilder
pink. Marchioness of Cholmondeley; soft
pink; one of the 1905 Eckfords.

Agnes Johnston; bright rose; novetly 1905.
Grace Greenwood; blush edged with deep
pink; a lovely and distinct shade. Mrs.
Knights Smith; after the style of Countess
Spencer, with the same wavy edges, but not
so much white tinting in the pink. A 1905
Eckford.

Prima Donna; old but good; a lovely shade
of bright pink. Neck and neck with the
new Janet Scott. Royal Robe; a richer
shade than Prima Donna.

Triumph; I cannot describe this better
than in the words of Mr. Darlington, "A
very much glorified Blanche Ferry."

Janet Scott; a fine pink, standard hooded,
and with wings of unu.sual .size. Deeper than
Katherine Tracy, and three to a spray. Re-
ceived an award of merit at last year's
Temple Show. Her Majesty; very fine deep
rose, the brightest and softest of its color;
very large.

King Edward VII.; here we have some-
thing really magnificent; a glowing red self,
which stands unrivalled in its class for color.

fomi, size, substance, and all that goes to
the make-up of the ideal flower. What
Dorothy Eckford is in the whites or Her
Majesty in the deep pinks, this one is among
the reds.

Lord Kenyon; a deep pink self; fine large
flower. Lord Roseberry; cherry; slightly
lighter than Lord Kenyon. John Ingham;
of a similar shade; even larger and if anything
of better form.

Majestic; same shade as Her Majesty;
[lerhaps a little darker. Three to a stem.
One of Burpee's best introductions. Mrs,
Dugdale; same type as Her Majesty, but
later. Prince of Wales; this has been de-
scribed as an improved Her Majesty; we do
not think it is.

Coccinea; a fine bright color, but not
otherwise notable. George Gordon, Mars
and Prince Edward of York, are in the same
class.

Salopian; this is the parent of King Ed-
ward VII. Blackens in the sun, but other-
wise very httle inferior to its successor.
Scarlet Gem; this 1905 novelty has been
highly lauded on the other side as a startling
new color, but in our opinion does not equal
King Edward VII.

Gorgeous; an American selection from
Lady Penzance. Hon. F. Bouverie; de-
scribed as a salmon pink, or rather, "apricot."
Lady Mary Currie; a rich salmon, shaded
carmine; Miss Willmott; larger and more
rosy; long stems,

Burpee's Earliest of All (Gould); a selection
from Blanche Ferry; dwarfer and two weeks
earlier. This year began to bloom June 6th
when only a foot high. E.xcellent for glass
culture. Belongs to same class as Ferry's
Josephine White, Benary's Mont Blanc, and
Zvolanek's Christmas. What we want now

July

1905

HORTICULTURE

is a dwarf early flowering self in red like
King Edward and a lavender like Lady
(Irisel Hamilton or Flora Norton. Mr.
Darlington says Earliest-of-All will bloom in
nine weeks, which is one week better than
the record for Zvolanek's Christmas.

Dainty; white, edged with pink, after the
style of Modesty, but more pink. Novelty,
1905. Lottie Hutchins; cream, with a curi-
ous peaked shape. Lottie Eckford and
Maid of Honor; varieties with similar shad-
ings; improvements on the old " blue and
white."

Black Knight; an improved Koreatton;
dark claret. Other good sorts noted among
the maroon's were: Monarch, Othello, Duke
of Sutherland, and Duke of Clarence. I
liked Othello best of all.

.\urora; creamy white, flaked with salmon;
one of the best in the variegated class.
Other good ones noted were: Coronet,
.America, Gray Friar, Golden Rose, Pink
Friar, Juanita, Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain,
Ramona, Princess of Wales, and Wawona.

Lady Grisel Hamilton; this pleases me best,
among the light lavenders; larger and purer
than Countess of Radnor. New Countess is
also good, and two light lavenders sent out
recently by Vaughan, Flora Norton and Mrs.
(ieorgc Higginson, Jr., are also e.xtra fine.

Mr. Earl gave me some interesting news
of Eckford's latest; but as I am in hopes of
inducing him to write down some reminis-
cences of his trip abroad this summer, for
the benefit of us stay-at-homes, I will refrain
from that part of the subject at present.

Postscript: An artist with a keen eye to
color has been comparing Blanche Burpee
and Dorothy Eckford since the foregoing was
penned, and he is incUned to think that the
former is the snowier of the two. Mr. Earl
tells me that Duchess of Sutherland (Eck-
ford) and Modesty (Burpee) are identical.
Both raisers were evidently working on the
same selection that year. 'He tells me also
that my estimate of Maid of Honor and
Lottie Eckford does not chime with the ac-
cepted dictum of the e.\perts,'as mo^t of them
favor Maid of Honor. I cheerfully acquiesced ,
as I passed these two rather hurriedly.

G. r. Wmsox

PHILADELPHIA NEWS NOTES

A specimen Lilium auratum, in an 8-ini h
pot with twenty-two flowers and standing
five feet high, was exhibited this week at
Michell's. While bigger things in this line
are on record, this plant attracted con.sider
able attention. It was grown by .\rtlun
Mallon, gardener to Mrs. E. T. Scott, Darby,
Pa.

The standing of the players in the con-
vention Iryout for bowling is as follows, with
one home match yet to play and rotation
and points as follows: Connor, 188.4; Mo.ss,
172.3; Pohtgs, 169.7; Yates, 163; Craig, 15.S;
Dodds, 152.4; Watson, 151; Habermehl, 151 ;
Harris, 149.3; Anderson, 149.2; Westcott,
141. Owing to an accident, Robertson drops
out of fifth place and Craig now takes his
place, %vith Dodds as sub, and this will
probably be the team to go to Washington.

A meeting of the creditors of Joseph Kift
& Son was held on the 21st inst. Samuel
S. Pennock was appointed trustee and was
instructed to continue the business until
August 7th, and report in full, as to the situ-
ation and prospects.

Frank Politys is fitting up the store 141 (■
Chestnut street, and will occupy it as soon
as completed. This is where another florist,
Charies P. Poryzees, got burned out last
Easter.

Emil Wohlert, late with Nelson Brown, at
Torresdale, has joined the forces of his
brother, A. E. Wohlert, in commercial rose
growing and landscape business at Bala, Pa.

David Emery, a well-known and highly
respected private gardener of this vicinity,
has rented the Kruger greenhouses at Nar-
berth and has taken his brother-in-law,
WiUiam Morton, into partnership. The firm
style will be Emery & Morton. Extensive
repairs are now under way, and fall planting
will soon be commenced.

Vacationists: — Mr. Wm. F. Kasting and
family, of Buffalo, are spending a few days

CARNATION PLANTS \

Strong, bushy, field-grown plants, well rooted for delivery
Jst, of the following tried and tested varieties:

on and after August

BOSTON MARKET BBADT
yUEKN I'KOSPKKITT
ENCHANTRESS INDIANAPOtIS
QUKEN LOl'lSE

FLORIANA
FLAMINGO
LAWSON
VESPER

WRITE FOR PRICES

Our plants are from the grounds of the largest and most up-to-date growers. |

jsA^3iiTKi. }«<. r»Ers

rvocii: 1

«?/,-, Wholesale Florist of
iDne PHILADELPHIA

PURE CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES

Good buyers km
My Dear Mr. Joynt : —

According to our convei
want 3 car loads to spread
Cemetery, Be sure you sen

THE BEST AND MOST LASTING FERTILIZER

k'here to get good qualiiy. Below is a sample of the orders I am bookmg.

New York, June i6th, 1905

nversation to-day vou may ship me 5 large ciir loads of ashes to Kensico, N. Y. I
es of land that I intenH to sow to rye this fall, and 2 car loads for our
Joynt brand. Very truly your!., (sgd.) Reese Carpenter, Comptroller

Write lor prices and information (0 JOHN JOYNT, Lucknow, Ontario, Canada

DAHLIAS

L. I\. PEACOCn, Inc.

ATCO, N. J.

Robert J. Dysart

Public Accountant and Auditor

SimpU method* of correct accounting
especially adapted for flori.<t«' use.

Books balanced and Adjusted

MeriliaiitB Hnnk liiiilcilnu'

a» SXAXE MX. - - - ll«f»X«»\

Telephone, Main .s8

M. H. WALSH

Rose Specialist

WOODS HOLE, MASS.
OFFERS POT PLANTS OF

LADY GAY

DEBUTANTE and WEDDING BELLS

Plants
and gin. i
November

FOR SALE

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

From -i I-', incll PotM

17.. Pink Ivory, no Col. Appleton, no White Ivory.
140 lionnaffon, 50 Mildred Ware, 45 Mrs. O. P. Has
selt, 40 Mme. Bergmann, 30 Intensity, 20 Wm. Duck
ham, 30 Convention Hall, 25 E. .S. Vallis, 25 Mr. T.
Cartington, 30 Enguehard. and many other varieties

> per hundred

J. M. WARD & CO.

Daisies, Daisies'"' Daisies

offered for sale

Prices on appli(

PEONIES

WHITE, generally called Queen Victoria has bee
known to keep (i weeks in cold storage, ^»,00 p«
lOfl; J.SO,00 per 1000.

FRAORANS, the tall grower and bloom produce
tt,M per 100 ; »50.00 per 1000. For prices on othe

(.ill.KEIIX II Mll.It. Maiioxie. ,TI«i

CELERY PLANTS

Ready July loth, sharp. 25,000 Early Giant Pas-
cal, A-i Strain, finest in the country. Trans-
planted. $4.50 per 1000; from the seed now in
the field, $3.00 per 1000. No better stock for
private or commercial growers can be found. . .

COOLIDGE BROS., So. Sudburv, Mass.

Asparagus Plumosus Nana Seedlings

\-,p. Plumosus Nana, Large held-,ar„wn ready for

leiichmg and will give great satisfaction :
I ye.ir old 54000 per jlioo; 5000 at S35.00 per 1000,

Yalaha Conservatories, i^ke^bo."Fia.

FOREST TREE and SHRUB
SEEDS and SEEDLINGS

Catalpa. Speciosa. Black Locust. Nursery grown
and collected seeds and seedlings.

FOREST NURSERY AND SEED CO.

MtMINNVlLLE, TCNN., R. f. D. 2

ROSES :

Ready lo bene

BRIDE

BRIDESMAID

IVORY

1(H)(I rale. Cash with order or satisfacforv references.
The Roses we offer are from Healthy Orafleil Slock

Baur Floral Co., E"e, pa.

horticulture:

July 29, 1905

BEAUTIES
HAIZERINS
LIBERTIES

TSI LEO NIESSEN CO.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
1217 Arch St., - PHILADELPHIA

tore Open 7 A. M. to 6 P. M.

Summer Beauties

and Kaizerins

RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES

Samuel S. Pennock
rshe r.r.'.sr,vr phila.

Commencing, June 26th will close at 6 P. M.

A«r « BEAUTIES

AND

QUEEN Of EDOELYS

WELCH BROS.

Citv Hall Cut-Plower Market
15 PROVINCE ST., BOSTON

E. H. HUNT

Wholesale

Cut riowers

THE OLD RELIABLE"

76 Wabash Ave CHICAGO

miii)! RiscH

Leading Western Growers and Shippers of

Cut Flowers

59 Wabash Ave., CHICSGO

Long Distance Phone Central 879.

VAUQHAN&SPERRY

Wholesale
Commission Florists

If viiu wish to buy or sell, see them first
PHONE, CENTRAL 2,?7I

60 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO

WILLIAM J. BAKER

YELLOW DAISIES

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 TO DEALERS ONLY

CHICAQO

.lULV 23

ST. LOUIS

July 24

PHILA. 1 BOSTON

Ji.Lv 25 1 July 27

ROSES

Am. Beauty Fan. 4. Sp

40.00 to

•SO. 00 to

8.00 to 25.00
2.00 to 3.00
5.00 to GOO
3.00 to 4.00
1.00 to 2.50
0.00 to 8.O0

to 5.00

1.50 to

2.00 to 8.00
1.00 to 6.(KI

3.00 to

.75 to 2.00

50.00 to 60.00

S.OO to 12. .10
3.00 to 4.00

12:50' to
(i.OO to
2.00 to

'406' to
2.00 10

■4:66' 10
2.00 to
1.00 to

i^oo' to

15.00
10.00
5.00

■,5:66
3.00

'liioo

3.00
3.00

L50

3.00 to 3.50
2.00 to 2.50
1..50 to 2.00
1.00 to 1.50

"r^m to "e^oo
3.00 to 4.00

'c^oo' to "sloo

4.00 to 5.00
.50 to 6.00
.50 to 3.00

'2!66' to '.'.'.'.'.'.
'•iM to "h'.m

15.00 to
10.00 to
4.00 to
.50 to
4.00 to
2.00 to
.50 to
6.00 to
4.00 to
3.00 to
4.00 to
3.00 to

.50 to
.15 to

'sloo' to

1.00 to
1.00 10

20 00

Lower grades

Bride & 'Maid -Fan. & Sp

2.00
5.00

" No. I and Lower gr.
Liberty, Fancy & Special

2.00
8.00
6.00

CarnotandKaisenn

8.00

Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay .

CARNATIONS

Fancy Class

4.00
1.00

General Class

ORCHIDS

Cattleyas

BULBOUS

..50

Lily of the Valley

MISCELLANEOUS

4.00

[°

Sweet Peas

.10 to M
.75 to

i2!r,n' to '.'.'.'.'.

.15

J° -J-^

Croweanum

" Farleyense

Smilax '.

i.OO to 1.50 to

'.'''' ' tC i.i'wi \'i.m to

1.50

ioliib

2-,. 00 to 50.00

50.00
50.00
60.00

PHILADELPHIA CUT FLOWER CO.

1516-1518 SANSOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA

KAIZERIN, CARNATIONS, SWEET PEAS

store Closes at 6 P. M. from June 19th to Sept. 1 6th Daily except Saturday at I P.M.

WIETOR BROS.

Wholesale Growers of

CVT FLOWERS

51=53 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO, ILL.

CHflS.W.McKELLaR

51 WABASH AVE. CHICAGO

Western Headquarlcr.s for Choice Orchids
Vallev Violets and all fiit Flowers

A Daily Shipment
Prom 40 to 60 Growers

PETER REINBERG

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWERS

51 Wabasti Ave. Chicago, III.

TO BUYERS

Patronize our advertisers, they will treat you right

HORTICULTURE

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

The market promises a
BALTIMORE slight advance over that of
the preceding week, owing
to the cooler weather; the great amount of
rain has also helped to keep back the stock
somewhat. The principal demands were for
funeral work. Beauties still hold their own
and good stock brings fair prices. Golden
Crates are also good and find a ready sale
Carnations are limited; sweet peas are about
over. Asters are coming in, and although
small, are fair for the season. The white
perennial phlox and Lilium rubrum.uow so
abundant, are welcome additions for funeral
work. •

E.xtreme heat for a week, fol-
BOSTON lowed by a period of tempera-
ture considerably below normal
has left flower crops in a condition that may
be characterized as valueless. Receipts are
light on all lines. Asters are the only item
on the list showing any disposition to aspire.
It is only a question of a few days until
these will dominate everything else, and then
a few days more vrill make them a burden.
Business in all lines is at a standstill.

The past week has been quite
CHICAGO satisfactory, financially, con-
sidering the season of the
year, and the cjuality of stock which is to be
expected during the summer months. Roses
and carnations, although not very plentiful
and rather inferior in quality, were the selling
articles on the market. Outdoor flowers of
splendid assortment were offered at almost
nothing. J. A. Budlong's cut of young teas
is very fine, and they anticipate a large crop
of first grade quality within two weeks.
Good American Beauties are to be had in
small quantities, and the demand, therefore,
exceeds the supply, and consequently the
result is $4 per dozen for the best. Asters
in many respects are improving, and are
very salable. Sweet peas are moving as
usual. .

There is little improve-
LOUISVILLE ment in conditions to re;
cord as yet. Ro.ses of
good quality have li. 1 )i I'uii-! m! .nui have
brought good prios. 1 1 1 I 1 i> is could

be had in small ipiin-ii il. . w carna-
tions that have been liji'^ili.l -M -Aril.

Stock is scarce and the de-
PHILA- mand seems to fit the crime.
DELPHIA Carnations are of a fewness;
but the quality is better than
the pessimists make out. Roses are stand-
ing pat, especially Beauties and Kaiscrines;
■ Brides and Bridesmaids are somewhat micro-
scopic as to size. A few Liberty are coming
in from the back timbers and are good and
welcome. Golden Gates all right and make
the hungry ones smile. Lily of the valley has
improved and is now earning its board.
Cattleya Harrisoni is about the only orchid
in the field at present. C. W. Bru'ton, the
Napoleon of yellow dahlias, is on deck, as
are also some good reds and singles. Asters
more plentiful this week and much improved
in quaUty. Sweet Sultan, sweet peas, and
Lilium auratum are on view, and add artis-
tic versimilitude to a bald and uninteresting
situation. But little stock goes to the fakirs.
When these gentlemen are not working off
Jersey water lilies, they kill time on the bark
streets with crap and base ball.

Roses very poor, and prac-
ST. LOUIS tically no sale for them.

Carnations inferior and also
unsalable, .'\sters coming in abundantly, as
are also single tuberose stalks. These and
gladioli are in supply far in excess of any
demand.

lis &•

BUSINESS CHANGES

H. L. Blind & Brothers succeed (
Blind Bros., at Pittsburg, Pa.

A new store has been opened by Steffan
& Co., at 228 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Jas. W. Neilson has leased the green-
houses of Orin Smith, Jr., at Pawtucket, R.I.

The Anchorage Rose Company, of Jeffer-
son, Ky., has been incorporated ; capital
$50,000.

H. C. Neubrand has removed from
Tarrytown, N.Y., to East Providence, R.I.,
where he has purchased a place and will gi >
into business.

Mrs. P. Latour has leased her green-
houses, which are situated on East Parade
avenue, Buffalo, to John Koerner, well
known to the trade, who will carry on the
business as heretofore.

G. H. Allen and F. L. Ye:nv have pur-
chased the estali >c. Ml mini; the Kidder
greenhouses in W ■' n \l,i-s. Messrs.
Allen and Yea\\ .<'. _; ,. , ,,f the Agri-

cultural College .\\ Xnili.'i ,1 They wil'
their place the Piety Corner Conscrvatci

call

NEWS NOTES

The terrific wind and rain storm of July
18 partially wrecked the greenhou.se of H,
R. Mitchell & Son, at Waterville, Me.

Charles Hornecker, of East Orange, was the
victim of a dishonest employee, who robbed
him at various times of cash to a considerable
amount, and on being suspected last week ,
managed to escape. The police are looking'
for liim.

Our frontispiece' shows a vase of sweet pe
Mont Blanc, grown by Wm. Sim, whii
took first prize at the exhibition in Bosto
last spring.

a...r.l and

Uona. one for each hi/e !<■

ter. Biven

away with first order uf COO

Script Letters, 3. Fastener

with eacli

letter or word. Used hy lea(

ing florists

nonstBaiirt supply dealers.

N. r. MCCARTHY, Treas. and Manager !

S4 Hawley St.. BOSTON.

MASS. 1

J.H.BUDL0NG

'toses and
CarDation."*
A Specialty..

37-39 RandoiDh Street, CHICAGO

GROWER Of

CUT FLOWERS

I Florists Out of Town

M Taking Orders for Flowers to

m be Delivered to 5teamcr.s or

Elsewhere in New York can

2<<l have them delivered in

5I PLAIN BOXES, WITH OWN

pB TAGS in best manner by

I Young & Nugent I

|| 42 W. 2SHi Street, New York ®

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street
WASHINQTON, I). C.

FRED C.WEBER

FLORIST

OLIvilTREET ST. LOUIS, MO.

Established 1873
Long Distance Phone Bell Lindell 676

GOOD MEN

thos. h.
Bambrick

34 South 7th St., Philadelphi

Help of all kinds, incliidinB that fo
Florists, Nurserymen. .Seedsmen and tli
Horticultural trade generally.

FOR SALE

■ ft. X 20 wide, riood office and salesroom zox 25

In lie! K, 1 1, 1!. I und, slate counters, large refriger-

, I ■ 1 ' . I sliape. Houses all built over

it- d by steam, brick boil

i filled
nd fer
rdy shrubs and pi

One ot the best locations in the State; town of Socx
inhabitants; eight other towns center here making this
headquarters for 60 miles around. No competition
Electric cars pass the door every hour. Ill health anr
age the only reason for selHng. Address, P. O. V.o>
7 12, Skowhegan, Me.

srn.TATION WANTED -Long experience in
ui-dbor gardening and thorough kno%vledge of laying
lit large estates and general landscape work. Address,
V R. care H()kriCUt>TURE, 11 Hamilton Place,

WANTED — Young man to take charge of camaiicn
Muises. Must furnish references. Situation will be
'\><:n September 1st. Address V, care of HORTI-

[JLTURE, II Hamilton Place. Boston.

ii8

HORTI CULTURE

July 29, 1905

FRANK MILLANC

Wholesale Commission Florist

COOQAN BUILDING

SS=S7 W. 26th street, New York

TeL 29Q Madison Sq. Open 6 A.M. to s P.M.

The RELIABLE HOUSE

JOSEPH S. FENRICH

Wholesale Florist

Consignments Solicited

4S West 30th Street, New York City

Telephone No. 32S Madison Square.

FORD BROS.

48 West 28th Street, New York

Fine Roses

Fancy Carnations

A full line of all CUT FLOWERS

JOHN 1. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist ^larSes/orSwers"*

A full line of Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes. Comprises every variety
grown for New York market -* • .- .

TEL. I99.S MADISON ^Ol'ARE

49 W. 28 St., New York City

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Commission Dealer la

Choice Cut flowers

55 West 28th Street. New York
Telephone : poj Madison Sq.

JULIUS LANC

Wholesale Plorist

.'>» «VEl!iT .IWth HT.

^£W YORK

Madison Sq.

ESTABLISHED 1872

JOHN J. PERKINS

WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION FLORIST

115 West 30th St., New York

Tel. No. 956 Madison Square
Wanted.-A fe«

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORIST

57 West 28th St., New York

FINEST ROSES All Varieties

Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Gardenias, Lilies, Ferns, Asparagus, every day in the
year. Everything choice that the market offers

( 2200 \ Madison
/ 2201 I Square

Special Attention to Shipping Orders

Telephc

Write for Current Prices

NEW YORK CUT FLOWER QUOTATIONS

TRADE PRICES— Per 100— TO DEALERS ONLY

Last Halt of Week First Half of Week

ending July 22i ; liegiaoint July 24

1905 190S

ROSES

Am. Beauty, fan. and sp .
" extra

Camot and Kaiserin

Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay.
Killarney

10.00 to 20.00
GOO to 8.00
4 00 to 6.00

10.00
6.00
4.00

6.00
2.00
5.00
3.00
2.00
12.00

('An:vATioiv8

Fancy Class

Genera! Class

RUI.BOI'S

Lilies

Lily of the Valley .

HIUtCEI.I-ASiEOU8

Mignonette

Sweet Peas, bunches

Adiantum Cuneatum

Croweanum

" Farleyense

Smilai

Asparagus Plumosus, strings .

to 76 00 50.00

bunches

Spr(

Florists'"'"'

Town

Taking orders for delivery in
c^iv York City or Vicinity can
ha've them filled in best manner
and specially deli'vered by J- J-

Thomas Young, Jr.

41 W. 25th Street

In writiog to adv

NEW YORK

Horticulture

ALEX. McCONNELL

546 rifth Ave., New York City

Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 38th St.
Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL

1 writing to advertisers,

John Breitmeyer's
Sons^— *

Cor. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVES.
DETROIT. MICH.

Artistic Designs
High CradeCut Blooms

We cover h11 Michif^an points and good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

In writine to adTcrtisers, meudon Hobticulturb

HORTICULTURE

Charles Millangi

so West 29th St.

New York City

Cut Flowers on Commission

A Reliable Place to Consign to or order from

ffiiiiDoauco.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

545 Liberty St., PITTSBURG, PA.

Bonnot Bros.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

SS and 57 W 26lh Si.
Cut Flower Exchange.

OPEN 6.00 A.M

AN IINR0l)4LED OUTI FT FDR CONSI

NEW YORK

"Victory'

i choicest flow*'

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN

WHOLESALE FLORIST

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.
Td. I/'I Madison Sq. NCW YOfk

JAMES A. HAMMOND

Wliolesale Commission Florist
.s,. NEW YORK CITY

113 W. 30-h St.

Tel. »54r
Consignments receive conscientious and prompt

attention. Highest market price giiaranteed.
The finest stock In the market always on hand

Flowers Needed ? Too Busy to go to
Market ? Then Order from Any of the
Advertisers on These Pages. Mention
HORTICULTURE.

H.BayersdorferS^Co.

50-50 Nortti 4th Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

riorists' Supplies

BEST LINE IN THE COUNTRY

REED & I^ELLER

122 W. 25th St., New York, N. Y.

FLORISTS' SUP PLIES

Ajentsfor CAI.DWELLS PARLOR [IRANI) WILD SMILAX

WILLIAM J. BOAS & CO.

...MANUFACTURERS OP...

Folding Flower Boxes

No. 1042 RIDGE AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA

Write for Price LUt Hud Samplea
I* writing to ad rertiMrs, meotiaa Hokticulturi

Cut Flowers

SHIPPED TO ALL POINTS

N. F. McCarthy & Go,

84 HAWLEY ST.
Tel. Main S«)73 BOSTON

NEW SPHAGNUM

I'lNKST 01:AL1TY

FERNS, GALAX AND SUPPLIES

H.M.Robinson & Co.

5 and II Province St., Bo.ston, Mas.s.

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND CO.

CUT FLOWERS

riorists' Supplies and Letters
34 Hawlev St. - BOSTON

Headquarters In Western New York for

Roses
Carnations

And all kinds of Seasonable Flowers

WM. P. CASTING

Wholesale Commission Florist

Also Dealer In Florists' Supplies

and Wire Designs
3S3-S7 Elllcott St., Buffalo, N.Y.

QIVEUSATRIAL WE CAN PLEASE YOU

FANCY CARNATIONS
AND ROSES

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd.

r>04 Liberty Ave., IMttsburg, Pa.

In writing to advertisers, mention Hohticultuke

FANCY FERNS

$t.00 PER 1000 Discount on regular shipments

Michigan Cut Flower Exchange

WM. IilLGER, Manager
mHOI.E««AI.E FI.OItIWTS

.!H AND 40 MIAMI AVE., DETROIT, MICH

ire the product of establishments that CAN
BE DEPENDED UPON to supply bloomsol un-
excelled quality EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR.
prepared to furnish GOOD MATERIAL and at RHASONABLE PRICES. Let us hear from you NOW, please.

OUR FLOWERS

10 furnish GOOD MATERIAL and at RHASONABL

TRAENDLY & SCHENCrk

New York Citv Telephones, 798-799 Madison Square

44 West 25tti St.

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 — TO DEALERS ONLY

CINCINNATI 1 BALTIiVIORE 1 BUFFALO 1 PITTSBURG

JULV ,, 1 Jr.v 25 ! JULY 26 1 July 25

ROSE.S

Am. Beauty, fan. and sp

isloo'

10. oo
4.00
4.00

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to
to

24.00
20.00
12.00
6.00
5.00
.3.00
2.50

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150 to

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" extra

"No. landLowergr.
Liberty, fan. and sp

5.00
4.00
3.00

No.i

Carnot and Kaiserin

Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay .

CARNATIONS

Fancy Class

General Class

ORCHIDS

■12! 00

2.00
1.00

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15 00

Lily of the Valley

:i.oo

MISCELLANEOUS

Sweet Peas

.10

"li.ib

Adiantum Cuneatum

Croweanum

" Farleyense

Smilai

Asparagus P.un,osus,stn^ng...

Sprengeri

1.00
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i.V.ob

50.00

Yo\i need not go outside tKe pages of

HORTICULTURE

to find where to get \i\e best FloAvers, Bulbs,
Seeds and Supplies in the Country

HORTICULTURE.

July 29. 1905

List

Advertisers

Bambrick '
Barrows H.H.& Son. 104
Baur Floral Co ... US
BaycrsdorferH &Co,119
BoasVV.J. &Co. ..119
BoddiQgtonA.T. 104

BonnotBros 119

Boston Florist Letter

Co 117

Breck Joseph & Sons

106-123
Breitmeyer'sJ.Sons.llS
BudlongJ.A.. .. 117
Burnhara Hilchings

Pierson Co 124

Burpee W. A. & Co.

102-106

Chicago House Wreck-
ing Co 122

Chicago Carnation

Co 102

Clucas Si Boddington 10-'>

Cooke G.H 117

Coolidge Bros 115

Cottage Gardens 102

DeNijsBros 105

DilgerWm 119

DreerH.A 105-123

Djrsart R.J 115

Elliott Wm.& Son .105

Esler J.G 122

Ernest W.H 122

& J. &

Co 1

Fenriai J.S 1

Fletcher F. W 1

Ford Bros 1

Forest Nursery &

Seed Co 1

Froraow W.& Sons 1

Ghormley W 1

Grey T.J. & Co 1

Gumey Heating Mfg.

Co 1

GuttmanAlex.J 1

HailAsso 1

Herendeen Mfg. Co.. 122
Hews A. H. & Co. ..123

Hippard E 123

HoUy-Castle Co 122

Horan E. C 119

Hub Eng. Co.

Hunt E.H.

116

& Stokes. ..106
Johnston Heating Co 123
Joynt John 115

KastingW. F 119

King Construction Col 23
KloknerA 122

L«ger X HurTeU....104

Lang Juliu>; 118

Lehnig & Winnefeld . 104
Leuthy A. & Co. ...104

Metropolitan Material

McCarthy N. F.

MichellH.F 106

Michigan Cut Flower
Exchange 119

Millang Frank .
Moninger J. C.
Murdoch J. B.

Perkins John J 1

Phila. Cut Flowtr Co 1
Pierson F. R. Co. . . . 1
Pituburg Cut Flower

Poat Bros 1U5

Poehlmann Bros. Co.. 104
Pye R. C 102

Reed & Keller
Reinherg Peter.
Robinson H. R

Safi-iv Automatic Ven-
lilaling & Heating

Co 123

Sander & Sons 104

Schillo Lumber Co. . .122

ScoUay John A 123

Scott John 104

Sharp. Partridge & Co.

122

Sheridan W.F US

SieversJ. H. & Co . , 102

SiggersE.G 122

Skidelsky S. S 102

Stafford N. Co 1|3

Steams A. T. Lumber

Sutherland Geo. A.

.122

Co.

ThorbumJ.M.&Co.

105-106
Traendly & Schenck 119

Walsh M.H

Ward, J. M. &Co..
Ward Ralph M. Co..

Watson, G.C

Weber, F.C

Weber H. & Sons . .

Welch Bros

Weiland & Risch . .
Weigelt&Co

Wilde G.H. ,,
Winlerich C.
WinlersonE P..

Yalaha Conservatoriesll5
Young & Nugent ...117
119 Young Thos.Jr 118

116 ZirngiebelD 105

You Need Not Go Outside

THE PAGES or

HORTICULTURE

To find -wHere to gel the

Best Flowers, Bulbs, Seeds and
Supplies in the Country

Buyers' Directory

and

Ready Reference Guide

READ IT

ACCOUNTANT.

Robert J Uysart, 38 jtale St , Boston
For page sec List of Advertisers

AQRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

Thus. J. lirey Si Co., 32 S. Market St.. Boslon
For page see List of AdTertisers.

Joseph Breck & Sons,
51 & 52 N. Market St.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ASPARAGUS SEEDLINGS

Yalaha Conservatories, Yalaha, Fla.
For page sec List of Advertisers.

BAMBOO STAKES

Suzuki & lida, 31 Barclay St., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

BEDDING PLANTS.

Aschmann, 1012 Ontario
For page see List of /

BEGONIA QLOIRE DE LORRAINE.

Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N.J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York
For page see List of Adiertisen.

eph Breck & Sons, 47-54 N. Market St., Hi
French and Dutch Bulbs.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poat Bros., Ettrick, Va.

Bulbs, Virginia-Grown

For page see List of Advertisers.

CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES.

John Joynt, Lucknow, Ont., Can.
For page see list of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS.

Chicago Carnation Co.. Joliet, 111.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John H. Sievers& Co.. 1251 Chestnut St., San Fran-

J. A. Budlong, 37 & 39 Randolph. St., Chic
Field Grown.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Weber & Sons, Oakland. Md.

White Carnation, Mv Maryland.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CELERY PLANTS.

Coolidge Bros , So Sudbury, Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS WANTED.

COLD STORAGE VALLEY PIPS.

M. Thorbum & Co.. 36 Cortlandt St.. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS.

C. Winterich, Defiance, O.

For page see List of Advertise!

Lehnig & Winnefeld, Hackensack, N.J.

Cyclamen Giganteum.

For page see List of Advertisers.

ELECTRIC CIRCULATOR.

Holly-Castle Co., 4i) federal St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

DAISIES.

The F. W. Fletcher Co., Auburndale. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FERNS.

A. Leuthy & Co.. Roslindale, Mas

For pafe see Lut of Advertisers.

H. H. Barrows & Son, Whitman, Masi!
Nephrolcpis liarrowsii.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FERTILIZERS.
W. EUiott & Sons. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

& Co,
page !

List of Adverlis*

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

Boston Florist Letter Co.. 84 Hawley St., Boston
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

J. Breitmeyer's Sons, Miami & Gratiot Aves.,

Detroit, Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.
Ernest. 28lh and M Sts.. Washington, D.C
For page see List of Advertisers.

FOLDING BOXES.

Welch Bros., 15 Province St.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

GLASS.
Sharp, Partridge & Cc 22d and Union Place, Chicafo.

GLAZING POINT.
H . A. Dreer Philadelphia, P«.
For page see List of Advertisers

E. J Chandler, Hyde Park, Mass.

Burnhara, Hitchings. Piersi->n C
New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

iCo.,

Safety Auto V. & H. R. Co., Lake George, N. Y.
Greenhouse Ventilators.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John C. Moninger Co.. 111-125 Blackhawk I
Chicago.

For^page s

List.of Advertisers.

July 29, 1905

HORTICULTURE

12!

GREENHOUSE B. MATERIAU, Continued.

Adam SchiUo Lumber Co.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PANSY SEED.

H. F. MicheU Co, ioi8 Market St, Philadelph'
A. T. Boddington, 342 W. 14th St, New York.
Denys Zimgiebel, Needham, Mass.

Zimgiebel Giant Pansies.
For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS.

liurnham, Hitchings, Pierson Co, 1133 Broadway,

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

QREENHOUSE MASON WORK.

H H. SyWesler.SiS Tremont Bldg., Boiton.

For Date see I.i'l of Ad.ertiser.

HARDY FERNS AND SUPPLIES.

John A ScoUay, 73-75 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

PATENTS.

E.GSlggers, Washington, D.C.
For page see Ust of Advertiaen.

The Chicago Lifter.
J. C. Moninget Co. 412 Hawthorne Ave, Chicago

H. M. Robinion & Co., 8-11 Prorince St, Borton.
For page see U»t of Advertlaen.

Michigan Cut Flower Co., 38 Si 4° Miami Ave.

Detroit, Mich.

Fancy Fenw.

For page see List of Advertisers.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.
Boston.

N. F. McCarthy & Co, 84 Hawley St, Boston.
George A. Sutherland Co., 34 Hawley St, Boston.
Welch Bros, 16 Province St, Boston

Buffalo.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wm. F. Kasting, 383-87 EUicott St, Buffalo, N. Y.

Chicago.

For page see List of Advertisers.
J. A. Budlong, 37 Randolph St, Chicago.
E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
Chas. W. McKeUar, 51 Wabash Av, Chicago.
Peter Reinberg, 51 Wabash Av., Chicago.
A. L. RandaU Co, 21 Randolph St, Chicago.
Weiland & Risch, 59 Wabash Ave, Chicago.

PEERLESS REPAIR CLAMP.

A. Klokner, Wauwalosa, Wis.
For page see List of Advertisers.

PLANTS DECORATIVE.

A. Uuthy & Co, RosUndale, Mass.

For page see List of Advertiser..

JuUus Roehrs, Rutherford, N.J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS.
M. a. WaUh, Woods Hole. Mas..

HELP.
The.. H. Bambrick, 34 S. 7th St, Philadelphi.. P..

HEATINQ APPARATUS.

GodfreyAschmann, Phila., Pa.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

Burnham, HitchinRs, Tier..,,, Co., 11:!:! £, Dadway

Nov V..rk.

For itiRO we List of Advcrtisirs.

John A. Scollay, 74 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
For page see Ust of Advertisers

RETAIL FLORISTS.

Alex. McConneU, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Thomas Young, Jr., New York.

For page see List of Advertisers

Fred C. Weber, 4326 OUve St., St. Louis, Mo.

For page see Ust of Advertisers.

V.ughan & Speny, 60 Wabash Ave, Chicajto.

Herendeen Mfg. Co, Geneva, N. Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Cincinnati.

Gumer Heater Mfg. Co, 74 Franklin St, Boston.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

J. Breitmeyer's Sons, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ohio Cut Flower Co, 129 E. 3d St.
Wm. Murphy, 129 E. 3d St.

Johnston Heating Co, St. James BldR., New York.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

Young& Nugent, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Bonnot Bros, 55-57 West 26th St, New York.
Jos. S. Fenrich, 48 West 30th St, New York.
Ford Bros 48 West "Sth St New York

HYDRANGEAS.

F. R. Pierson Co, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.

For summer blooming.

For page see Ust of Advertisers.

George H. Cooke, Washington, D;C.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ROSES.

Ruxton Floral & Nursery Co., Ruxton, Md.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

Wm. Ghormley, 57 W. 28th St, New York.

Alex. J Guttman, 52 West 29th St.

Jas. A. Hammond, 113 West 30th St, New York.

IMPORTING HOUSES.

E. C. Horan, 55 West 28th St, New York.
Julius Lang, 53 West 30th St- New York.
Chas. MiUang, 50 West 29th St, New York.
Frank Millang, 55-57 W. 26th St, New York.
John J. Perkins, 115 West 30th St, New York.
John I. Raynor, 49 West 28th St, New York.
W. F. Sheridan, 39 West 28th St, New York.
Traendly & Schenck, 44 W. 28th St, New York.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St, New York
Planu tender or hardy.
For page see List of Advertisers.

M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, M«».
Hardv Roses. H T. Roses and Ramblert.

For page see Ust ol Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St, New York.

English-Grown Roses.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co, New York. Plants and Bulbs.
For page see Ust ol Advertisers.

JAPAN CANES.

W. Klliolt X R.,ns. New Y..rk.
. . For page see List of Advertisers.

Pochhnann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.
For page see List rf Advertisers.

Philadelphia.

For page see List of Advertisers.
W. J. Baker, 1432 So. Penn. Sq, Philadelphia, Pa.
Leo Niessen Co, 1217 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
S. S. Pennock 1612-18 Ludlow St, Philadelphia. Pa.
Phila. Cut Flower Co, 1516-18 SansomSt, Phila, Pa.

Pittsburg.

For page see Ust of Advertisers.

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co, Ltd, 604 Uberty St, Pltts-

J. "liurfoch & Co., 545 Uberty St, Pittsburg.

JAPANESE PLANTS.

Suzukis lida, 31 Barclay St., NewvYork
For page see List of Advertisers

J. A. Budlong, 37 & 39 Randolph St., Chicago.
Young Roses.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

LILIUM HARRISII. '

W. KUiottX ,Srn., New York,

Baur Floral Co, Erie, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For paRc ice List of Advertisers.

SCOTT FERN.

John Scott, Keap St. Brooklyn, N. Y.

For page see lljrt of AdveSer..

SEEDS.

W. W. Rawson & Co, 12 & 13 Faneml HaU Sq.

Boston.

For page see List of Advertisers,

LILY BULBS.

J. M.Thorbum 81 Co,
38 Cortlandt St, New York
For page see Lut of Advertisers

New Offers in This Issue

Stlr.ik!& lida, 31 Barclay St., New York.
For page see Ust of Advertisers

MASTICA.
Joseph Breck & Son, Boston
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

Tho.. J. Grey & Co, 32 S. Market St, Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., l'-' W, E'way New York.

81 feMN. Market St.^Boston.
For pace see Ust of Advertisers.

MUSHROOn SPAWN.

ClucasSl Bodd'ngton Co, 131 W. 2.3rd St, New York

Pure Culture Spawn.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATION PLANTS

W. AUee Burpee & Co, PhiUdelphU

For page see Ust of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbuto & Co,

39 Cortiandt St, New York.

For page we List of Advertisers.

A. T. Boddinclon, .,4-' W. .4th St., New York.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

NEW SPHAGNUM.

H. M. Robinson & Co., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers. '

CYCLAMEN SEEDS

Wiegelt & Co, Erfurt, Ger.
For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 6 & 7 S. Market St, Boston
Hardy Perennial Flower .Seeds.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

H. A Dreer PhiUdelphia,

DAHLIAS

For pace see List of Advertisers

Johnson .t Stokes, 217-1:1 Market .St., Philadelphia.
Pansy Seeds, Kingly Collection.
For page see List of Advertisers.

0. C. VVa.son, 1014 Ludlow St^ PluladllpiriaT ^
Sweet Pra Christmas.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Conrad Appel, Darmstadt, Germany. Es-
Ub. 178Q. High 1 .rade Grass, Clover, and Tree Seeds.

SIGNS, BADGES. TIME-SAVING DEVICES.

N. Stafford Co, 67 Fulton St., New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

STEAM TRAP.

E. Hippard. Youngstown, O

For page see List of Advertisers.

L. K. Peacock, Inc., Atco, N. J.

J. M. Thorbum & Co . New York
For page see Ust ol Advertisers.

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago and New York,
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FOREST TREE AND SHRUB SEEDS

Forest Nursery & Seed Co., McMinnville, Tenn.

ORCHID PLANTS.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Lager & Hurrell. Summit, N.J.

Cattleya Scroederoe.
For page .see List of Advertisere.

HARRISII, FREESIAS, WHITE CALLAS.

Henry F. Michell Co.
1018 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander. St. Albans, England.

""Por page's Lirt of^Advmisera."

P/EONIES.

GUbert H. WUd, Sarcorie, Mo.

For page see List of Advertisers.

HEADQUARTERS FOR SWEET PEAS

W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H O R T I C U L T U R i:

July 29, 1905

INDEPENDENT HOT WATER CIRCULATION

dev

The

Illation of

under perfect control as to quantity, and consequent degree of heat
delivered from piping. Absolutely reliable under conditions where
gravity circulation fails. Overcomes all troubles due to defective
piping. Has no parts liable to get out of order. Does not obstruct
Can be attached to any system of piping already

direct

installed, at slight expense. Will save its cost in fuel

irculate from i to looo gallon

one

Built
minute. Boiler may be placed in any desired situation. Send 'for
descriptive circular.

We are prepared to furnish estimates for, and erect any type
of Greenhouse.

HOLLY-CASTLE CO., Engineers

49 Federal Street,

BOSTON, MASS.

nting to advertisers, kindly r

ILLUSTRATIONS

BY THE

Hub Engraving Co.

173 SUMMER ST., BOSTON

Illustrators and Designers

g^n

; CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS,

COPYRIGHTS AND DESIGNS.

Send your business iliroct to Wash ;iKton,
saves time, costs less, better service.

I My office cloae to U. S. Patent Office. FREE prelimin-
ary eiamlnatlonfl made. Atty's fee not doe nntil patent

II lecured. PERSONAL ATTENTION GITEN-19 YEARS <
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. Book 'How to obtain Patents," f
etc.. Bent free. Patents procured ttirouph E, G. Siggers j

iNVENTiVE AGE!

lUufltrated monthly— Eleventh year— terme. $1. a year

'J,"^^|Rg§_CLAMl

To mend craoked Glass immedlalely. Box of 150 $1.00
for sale by Jobber or address A. KLOKNER, Wauwa-
tosa. Wis. Testimonials and samples free.

H. H. SYLVESTER

Mason si-
Builder

818 Tremont Building
Boston, Mass.

Greenhouse TsZ

Work
Specialty

CYPRESS

SASH BARS

32 feet or longer

HOT BED SASH

PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

CIECTCD RND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IP DESIRED

Write for Circular '• D" and Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

In writing to advertisers, mention Hurticultiirb

Standard POTS
Flower

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL

CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO.

3Sth and Iron Sts., CHICAGO

INSURE YOUR GLASS

in the KL..K1S1S' H,^.^ As.n,,ATi..N up Amhrfca.
DO IT NOW

i>. ."*>. W>. yi>. y,i>.yj>». y.i\

LUMBER

For Greenhouse Benches

''Pecky Cypress"

Everything in Pine and Hemlock Building Lumber

We are in a Special
Position to Furnish

WRITK IDR PRICR?

^ Adam Schillo Lumber Co.

^; Cor. Weed St. &. Hawthorne, CHICAGO

^ Tel. North l(i2o and 1627

; lo ftdrvtiMra, kiodlr ■

s>oo<>ooc^o<;

GLASS

FACTORIES ARE NOW CLOSED

for the season. Oar stock is complete

WRITi: us B[;F ORE PLACING ORDERS

Sharp, Partridge & Co.

22d and Union Place, CHICAGO

, kindly mcBtioD Horticulturx

July 29, 1905

HORTICULTURE

I Furman Boilers for Greenhouse Heating I

GLASS l^-ie

?r.4o. B. Double,
Double, 12 X 14, 14x16, i6x
16x20 $2.80 ; 16x24 at S2.Q? ;
RADIATORS S,ean,,.s,

WRITE

While lead, Putty

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIAL CO.

1398-1408 Metropolitan Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

iF.ytt FOK

New (j reen House (C atalogue

JUST ISSUED BY

King Construction Co.

North Tonawanda, N.Y. and Toronto, Ont.

SCOLLAY HOT WATER

and STEAM BOILERS
JOHN A. SCOLLAY

73 and 75 MYRTLE AVENUE
Borough of Broohli/n, N. Y. City

Automatic Greenhouse VENTILATORS

EVER.Y

Description

y7/0WNGeg(3. nmnomk/0/GIOO.

A STIC A

> FOR < /l^^

qr'eenfiouseqiazini
USE IT WOW.

We are the Manufacturers

Distributing Agents for

Boston and Vicinitv.

Joseph Breck & Sons

; CORPORATION

^ JiGENTS 1?

JOSEPH BRECK & SONS

CORPORATION

47-54 Nortti Market Street

Boston, liass.

FOR Heating any Description of Building by Steam or Hot water

NEW YORK OFFICE Mi FIFTH AVE 74 FRANKLIN ST BOSTON ^

HEATING APPARATUS

JOHNSTON HEATINO CO.

als furnislied and erected. Write for
t on HERNHARD Boilers, the new features
s boiler will interest you.

I n.^ bROADWAY, %JfZ^ NEW YORK

H ORTICULTURE.

LORD m. BURNHAM COMPANY

HITCHINGS Ca COMPANY and

PIERSON-SEFTON COMPANY

Announce to their patrons and others that they ha

5olidated under the name of the

BURNHAM HITCHINGS PIERSON CO.

With offices in NEW YORK at 1133 BROADWAY and a Branch Office in the TREMONT BUILD-
ING, BOSTON.

All incomplete contracts vrill be executed by this company and the active members of the
constituent companies -will continue in its management.

As is well known, these three concerns possess all the best features of greenhouse construction
and its kindred branches. Consequently the new company, by combining the best patented features
of the diSerent constructions, and in view of the many economies in operating the designing, sales,
advertising, purchasing, and manufacturing departments, is now^ able to ofier w^ork of improved
character on a closer basis than w^hen operating separately.

Manufacturing practically everything in their ow^n w^orks and carrying large stocks of finished
and unfinished materials, they solicit your patronage and assure you that their best services are at
your command.

Burnham Hitchings Pierson Co.

I 133 BROADWAY, NEW YORK

I writing to advertisers I kindly i

c^/ /f/fdmlfton T/ace,
Gq/roJV, AfASJ.

(Ji/djcr/pt/on. H00_\

H oRTi culture:

August 5, 1905

SCOTTII

Admitted by all Growers and Retailers to be the only new Nephrolepis that has become popular
as a commercial Fern since the introduction of the Boston. Large and small growers everywhere
are planting it in preference to any other Nephrolepis. A year's trial has demonstrated that it is
the hardiest, most graceful, and symmetrical Nephrolepis known, unexcelled as a house plant.
First choice of the retail florist and also of his customers. The New York and Philadelphia
retail storemen buy no other Fern when Scottii is available. Last October I had on hand one and
one-half acres of Scottii, then the supply was not equal to the demand. See my exhibit at the
Washington Convention and be convinced that I am not asking novelty prices. Scottii has fully
justified the high opinion formed of it by the judges who awarded it the following long list of
Prizes.

Awards Received bv Nephrolepis Scottii:

PhUadelphia. Pa SILVER MEDAL j;, American Institute. New York SILVER MEDAL

Newport. R. I SILVER MEDAL , New Orleans GOLD MEDAL

Boston SILVER MEDAL ' St. Louis Show GOLD MEDAL

New York Florists' Club . . . SILVER MEDAL World's Fai- GOLD MEDAL

S. A. F. O. H., St. Louis . . . SILVER MEDAL ?

Highest Award at Chicago, Ottawa and Toronto
First-Class Certificates and Testimonials from all over the country too numerous to mention

Remember I sell plants, not apologies for plants and when you order of me you can rest satisfied
that your order will be filled with first-class stock.

JOMIV SCOO^O^

heap Street Greenhouses and E. 45th St. and Rutland Road, Brooklyn, N. Y.

M. H. WALSH

Rose Specialist!

WOODS HOLE, MASS.

0±fei-» r»ot F»laiit>« of

LADY GAY ,

DEBUTANTE and WEDDING BELLS |

Plants of these sensational roses in 8-in. and 9-in. pots, ready for forcing. Delivery %^
November I.

HORTICULTURE

VOL. II

AUGUST 5, 1905

NO. 6

Published "Wi^ekly by

HORTICULTURi: PUBLISHING CO.

11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

Telephone, Oxfora 292
WM. J. STEWART. EDITOR AND MANAGER

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE

One Year, in advance .
To Foreign Countries
Single Copies

gi.oo

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ADVERTISING RATES. NET

Per Inch, 3 COLS. TO PAGE . . $ .(jo

Full Pa(;e 24.00

Half Page 12.00

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COPY-RIGHT, I90S, BY HORTICULTURE PUB. CO.

ter December S, 1904, at the Post OfEce at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.

conte:nts or this issue

FRONTISPIECE — Rose Lady Oay

RAMBLER ROSES AT WOODS HOLE — Illustrated 131

BRITISH HORTICULTURE — W. H. Adsett . . . i;,i

TRUE BEAUTIES — George- Moore 133

ROSE PRINCE DE BULGARIE — IlUistrate.l — F.

A. Waugh 133

EDITORIAL 134

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

Games at Boston Florists' Picnic — Illustrated . . T35

Society of American Florists 136

Tarrytown Horticultural Society 136

Huntington Horticultural and Agricultural So-
ciety 136

Nassau Co. (N. Y.) Horticultural Society .... 136

A Cincinnati Outing 137

Washington Florist Club 137

SEED TRADE 137

THE USES OF HARDY SHRUBS FOR FORCING

— Edwin Matthews 138

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Indiana-
pohs, Louisville. Newport, New York, Phila-
delphia, San Francisco 141

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR PROJECTED . . 146

MISCELLANEOUS

Wholesome Chestnuts 135

Quite Right 135

Newport Windows . . . . ' 135

News Notes 137

Obituary 137

Catalogues Received 137

San Francisco Notes 137

Business Changes 137

Window Glass by Machinery 146

List of Patents 146

SOCIETY Of AMERICAN fLORISTS CONVENTION NUMBER NEXT WEEK

LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS

BUFFALO, N. Y. — E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Ellicott St.
CHICAGO, ILL. — H. A. Vent, 410 E. Division St.
CINCINNATI, 0.— Albert J. Gray, 120 E. 3d St.
CLEVELAND, O. — A. L. Hutchins, 38 Plymouth St.
DENVER, COLO. — N. A. Benson, 1352 So. Sherman Ave.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. IIU-
nois St.

LOUISVILLE, KY. - F. L. Schulz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Road
MONTREAL — Edgar Elvin, 136 Peel St.
NEWPORT, R. I. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow

Street.
PROVIDENCE, R. I. — T. J. Johnston, 171 Weybosset St.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. -Luther Monnette, 1100 Van Ness Ave

HORTICULTURE

August 5, 1905

mm^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

HYDRANGEAS

FOR SUMMER g
BLOOMING ^

We grow these largely, and have a magnificent stock of large-sized plants in tubs and barrels. Plants are
now covered with buds and are just beginning to show color, and will be in full bloom during July and August.
These plants are splendid for decoration of the lawn, and are used largely at seaside places and other summer
resorts. There is nothing that equals them lor summer decoration during July and August.

ws Fine Plants in tubs, $2.00 and $3.00 each according to size g

Ij Very large specimens in half-barrels, $7.50 each. j|

^ These plants can be shipped by freight with perfect safety to any point. We ship large quantities every ^

^ year as far north as Bar Harbor, Maine. 'W

I F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrvtown-on-Hudson, New York |

CARNATION PLANTS

FIELD GROWN
STRONG, HEALTHY PLANTS NOW READY

ENi^HANTKESS $8.00 per 100 $75.00 per KWin

l.AWSnN 5.00

PKdSl'KKITV fl.OO

Ku(isi:\r;i.T s.oo

Kl. DuKADO r. mi

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON

342 West 14th Street, NEW YORK

CARNATION PLANTS

Strong, bushy, field-grown plants, well rooted for delivery
on and after August 1st, of the following tried and tested
varieties :

I50ST0N MARKET
OlIEEN

ENCHANTRESS
OlEEN I.OI ISK

BRADT FLOKIAN;!

PROSPERITY FLAMING*]

INDIANAPOLIS LAWSON

VESPER

WRITE FOR PRICES

Our plants are from the grounds of the largest and most
up-to-date growers.

SAMUEL S. PENNOCK

'Bhe

Wholesale Florist of
PHILADELPHIA

Palms, Ferns

And Decorative Plants

A Pine Lot of AZALEAS in Great Variety

A Urge Assortment of Ferns for Jardinieres

Also, Araucarias, Rubbers Pandanus, Araliaa
Dracaenas, Aspidistras, Marantas, Crotons

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Importers and Exporters
Growers and Dealers

PERKINS STREET NURSERIES
Roslindale - Boston, liass.

MTnO:««> «i-in. NTOCK

[>ni nE.\( If

NEPHROLEPIS
BARROWSII

!^-J».«>0 PEH lOO

liicotlii » «Tll» lO 0« per lOO

See display ad. la HORTICULTURE May 6lh.

HENRY H. BARROWS & SON

nHiT.'nA;v. m *«.•*.

We hope our readers, will as far as
possible, buy everything they need from
Horticulture's Advertisers.

It is never too early nor too late

to order the

Scott Fern

5est Commercial Introduction for many yeirs.

JOHN SCOTT
Keap St. Greenhoutet, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Id writing to advtrtiBers, mention Horticolturb

CATTLEYA
SCHROEDERAE

The Easter Cattleya

We take pleasure in announcing to our customers
the arrival of the above superb Cattleya in perfect
condition. Also Cattleya Trianae, C. labiata. C.
Warneri, C. gigas, C granulosa, Miltonia Moreliana,
Burlingtonia fragrans. Lslia anceps and L. autumn-
alis atro-rubens. Write for prices.

Lager & Hurrell

Orcliid (irowers and Importers SUMMIT, N. J.

In writinp to advertisers, mention Hmktuii i . kk

ORCHIDS, PALMS
BAY TREES, Etc.

JULIUS ROEIHRS CO.

RUTHERFORD, N. J.

Orchids

Sander, St. Albans, England

Ajenl, A. DIMMOCk', 31 Barclay St. . NEW YORK CITV

GODFREY ASCHMANN

1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA

Importer of Araucana excelsa, glauca, com-
:a, and robusta

PALMS and AZALEAS

Write for Prices

, writing to advcrtiaers, mention Hokticulturb

DAHLIAS

n. PEAcocn.

ATCO, N. J.

PEONIES

VHITE, generally called
) per lOCHl.

old storage, #9.00

FRAGRANS, the -.. „

Jt;.IHl per 100; $50.00 per 1000. For prices
\arielies including Festiva Maxima write

CELERY PLANTS

COOLIDGE BROS., So. Sudbury, Mass.

Asparagus Plumosus Nana Seedlings

1 rom tlats ready for 2'^ in. pots I12.00 per 1000

Asp. Sprengeri, zJi in. pots 10.00 per 1000

Cash with order, prepaid.
\sp. Plumosus Nana, Large field-grown ready for

henchmg and will give great satisfaction:
I vcar old 540 f^ per 1000; 5000 at S.is.oo per 1000.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS

Uis:anteum strain

Twice transplanted, $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000.
3-lo. $7.00 per 100, $65.00 per 1000.

Seed of above strain new crop Jfi.oO per KKK)

C. WINTERICH, Defiance. Ohio

August 5, 1905

HORTICULTURE

129

HANNAH HOBART

The Pride of
California ■»■

The grand Prize Winner in competition with the latest and very
best products in Carnations, East or West, for the last eight years.

Mr. John A. Maimer, of Cle Klum, Washington, wrote, after his visit to our nurseries in January, 1902, an article which appeared in the
American Florist of February 15, as follows:

"The Hannah Hobart is really a remarkable flower, never le*^-; than four inches, and frequently four and one-half inches across. In
color it is a shade deeper than Lawson, but the petal arrangement is quite ditten-nt ; in this respect it most resembles the old Jubilee, but of
course the color is different. I saw two large houses of it at SiLvn ' ,,1 i.- 1 1,1 is one long to be remembered; hundreds of blooms and
not a poor one in the lot, and everyone the exact counterpart of il I calyxes, but every dower supported on a twenty-four inch

stem, and standing up like soldiers. There is certainly no carnaii 1 r ' ;: ■, in equal it."

The above is a truthful statemf^nt of facts by a very competciu ,[ n. n, u ii needing verification, the simple assertion that the flowers
of this magnificent varietv h,ive been sold wholesale as high as;:: , j-i I- < 11 ,nul none less than Ji.oo per dozen, up to date, should be

^ ''"fhe?onTJan"lmJ'u:^ " "'""^'' I'a^s seen the plants in flower is " When wlllthe Hannah Hobatt be for sale?" This

led us at last to the o. nte the same next year, and we are ready to book orders from now on for delivery beginning

January r, 1906. Send yuiir ordtTb in early as they will be filled strictly in rotation.

PKICti, $3.00 per 12; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000

JOHN H. SIEVERS & CO., 1251 Chestnut St., SAN PRANCISCO, CAL

PURE CULTURE '"'"'^"""

SPAWN

nerican Manufacturers of PURE
>rt notice at the following pricew;
nformatioii ag to Special Culture

BeiiiK the Kastern DistributiiiK Agents for tli
ClLTl'KE SPAWN, we can ship Fresh Spawn o
IS cts. per lb.; S1.25 per iO lbs.; SilO.OO per 100 lb
on application.

We have also the best make of English Virgin Mushroom Spawn, fresh impor-
tation, 8c. per lb.; 75c. per 10 1]>8.; «6.00 per 100 lbs.; S5S.00 per 1000 lbs.

CLUCAS <& BODDINCTON CO.

131 WEST 23d STREtT. NEW YORK CITT

PALISADE NURSERIES, SPARKILL, N. Y.
Importers, Exporters and Growers of SEEDS, BULBS and PLANTS

W. FROMOW & SONS, Bagshot, England

AUGUST ROLtiER & SONS, NEW YORK, 31 Barclav SL, or P. 0. box 752

PURE CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES

THE BEST AND MOST LASTING FERTILIZER

Good buyers know where to get good quality. Below is a sample of the orders 1 am booking.
My Dear Mr. Joynt : - New York, June i6th, 1905

According to our conversation to-day you may ship me 5 large car loads of ashes to Kensico, N. Y. I
want 3 car loads to 'ipread on 40 acres of land that 1 intend to sow to rye this fall, and 2 car loads for our
Cemetery. Be sure you send me the Joynt brand. Very truly your*,, (sgd.) Reese Carpenter, Comptroller

Write for prices and information to JOHN JOYNT, Lucknow, Ontario, Canada

Fine larKC plants

inch pots, just

hinj; for late

henching. (iood

ROSES I

BRIDE, BRIDESMAID. IVORY, AMERICAN BEALIY,
PE9LE. Fine , Much Slock $5 00 per 100 : $4,S.OO per
1000; 25 at 100 rale: 250 al lOUO rate Cash with
order or satisfactory references. These IMants were
propagated from Healthy Grafted Stock So club root

Baur Floral Co., Erie, Pa.

LILIES, JA PANES E PLANTS

BAMBOO STAKES

SUZUKI &

31 BARCLAY ST.,

ilDA

NEW YORh

JAPAN CANES

6 Ft Long

TOUGH AND DURABLE

lots of 2000 only $7.00

W. ELLIOTf & SONS, NEW YORIi

Pleld Grown Plants

" x^ T ^^ TV o 1^: *:: "

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.

JOLIET, ILL.

If you offer the right goods in the
right way in these columns, you will not
lack for customers.

S. S. SKIDELSKY

824 No. 24th St.
PHILADELPHIA

<'01IHRNI>01il>K.'Vf<K MOI.ICITKO

ROBT. C. PYE

Carnation Grower

NTACK, N. Y.

In writing to advertisers mentioB Horticulturb

Maryland

pure white

JESSICA

red and white variegated

Two gfreat carnations for 1906

$2.50 per doz., $12.00 per 100
$100.00 per 1000

Are you shrewd in business?
Yes? Then write us immediately
concerning these two grand carna-
tions, or see us at the Washington
Convention.

The E. G. HILL CO.

RICHMOND, INI).

i^H.WEBER&SONSGo.

OAKLAND, MD.

rn wntine to advertis

er». mention Hobticult

1KB

Horticulture's

well-wishers can

pro-

mote its prosperity by patronizing

the

firms represented

in its advertis

ing

columns.

THE COmOE GARDENS CO.

QUEENS, N. Y.

Horticultural Specialties

Ornamental Nursery Stock Peonies

Carnations

HORTICULTURE

AUGILST 5, 1905

CYCLAMEN

Guaranteed Fresh Seeds!

4001 BRILLIANT ROSE CARMINE, 4002 BRIGHT
RED, 4003 DEEP DARK RED, 4004 BRILLIANT
ROSE, 4005 SNOW WHITE, 4006 LILAC, 4007
WHITE WITH EYES. :;:::;:::
Each color, 100 seeds, $ .40
1000 " 3-50

No. 6015 Exhibition Flowers =^3!

Grown only from selected finely fringed choice
flowers, in brilliant tones of color. THE BEST
CYCLAMEN OF THE WORLD.

ipkt.,25C.; loo seeds, $1.00; 1000 $8.75.

No. 6016 Salmomum, """^'N'o^^jy

Salmon red to scarlet, greatly improved by us.
100 seeds, $1.00; 1000, $8.75.

':r i{ o K K ^:

Novelty ! Produce flowers 4 inches in diameter.
THE BEST NOVELTY IM THE WORLD
Rokoko-Cyclamen can rival the orchid in var
ties of color and form.

I pkt., 25c. ; 100 seeds, $1.75-
*;nnwflflkp Novelty! Silk like shmi
anOWIiaKC, pure white, giant flowe
^^^■■^^^^^"' ' covering the plant while
bloom like large snowflakes.

seeds, $1.00; rooo, $8.75.

The

trial

these Cyclamens will

your further patronage.

WEIGELT & CO.

specialty Seed Oroners, Erfurt, Germany

Catalogues sent free on request.

We are now booking orders for

UUIM HARRISII
LILIIM LONGIFLORUM
ROMAN HYACINTHS
Paper WHITE NARCISSUS, etc.

Wholesale Price-Llst now Ready

< VC AS ItEVOI-nXA at !(i»*.00 iM>r

J. M. THORBURN I CO.

36 Cortlandt St., New York.

PLANT NOW! ARRIVED JULY 24TH, OUR FIRST SHIPMENT

Harrisii for Christmas

Per 100 Per 1000
7 size . . . S4.60 $42.50 7.\9 I

FREESIAS

P K C X A I. B n A IV D

Irand lias the reputation of being the finest in ISerni
ipcrvision, and far superior to the usual stock.

PRICES :

Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000

.$8.75 $82.50 9x11 f

(Urew).

WHITE CALLAS

Manimotli

Selected
First Size .

Fixtaer'i

Snowy Whit

wiry steins. A grand cut flower.

Price.s :
50c. per doz. ; .S3.25 per 100 ; .?30.00 per 1000.

For SPECIAJ. PRICES on BULBS in OltANTITIES wl
are headquarters tor Bulbs, and can quote you tdose figures.

SEND FOR NEW BIH.H LIST, ETC., ,?l
• Bulb
jiporteri

HENRY F. MICHELLCO. ]j^

rST OUT

I 1015 Market Street
\ PHILADELPHIA, PA.

BURPEE'S SEEDS

PHILADELPHIA

Blue List of Wholesale Prices mailed
only to ttiose who plant for profit.

RAWSON'S

MiD-SimilER CATALOOUE

HARDY
PERENNIAL SEEDS

Sent on Application

W. W. RAWSON 4 CO., Seedsmen
12 and 13 Faneull Hall Square, BOSTON

KIKST tjl AT.ITY FISENCH and I)IIT«H

BULBS

Fall Bulb Price List on request

JOSEPH BRECK & SONS, Corp.

Horticulture's well-wishers can pro-
mote its prosperity by patronizing the
firms represented in its advertising
columns.

THOS.J. GREY & CO.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

..SEEDS..

FARM, GARDEN AND LAWN SUPPLIES

W« oAiry in itock Daplicaie Paiit

tat5i5t5(St5iSt5t5t§t5;cSii>tSi3t5c5i$taiSc5c5

SWEET PEA
CHRISTMAS

Thi.s new strain lias proved yt
lo be very superior for florists' Jjj,
use. In habit it is similar to £,
Blanche Ferry, the pink showing £»
"S up brighter than in that old fav- i&
^ orite. It is an early and continu- ^
X, ous bloomer, coming into bloom §
^ in about ten weeks. When the ^
xQ bottom branches commence to g^
<? flower, stems about fourteen inches ,?>
<i long with four flowers on a spray &•
^ are the rule. It is a dwarf grower, &
S| rarely reaching over five feet. Many ^
S, of my customers havespoken highly §
^ of this strain, and I have pleasure ^
■Q in recommending it to all who g>
^ sjrow sweet peas for market. £>

<? ^ .,.. ,.«. &

<? rink and White, ♦.25 $2.00 &
<? Pure W hite. .2.". 2.00 S>

I GEORGE C. WATSON I

^, Seedsman ^

<Q- I6K Ludlow St., PHILADELPHIA ^

<i' &

^ tPF- Other varieties of Sweet Peas g,

O' at usual market prices. r\

Save Time and Car Fare by ORDERING
from Any of These Advertisers. Mention
HORTICULTURE.

Seeds of Hardy Perennial Flowers

Sown in June and July will germinate and give excellent
stock for transplanting in the Fall

If you want the choicest strains in l^lower Seeds write us.

Catalogue mailed upon application

R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.,

6 and 7 South Market St.
BOSTON

August 5, 1905

HORTICULTURi:

Rambler Roses at Woods Hole

iji

We present in this issue two
pictures showing the superb decora-
tive effect of the new rambler roses
raised by M. H. Walsh, especially
for pillar or arbor use. One excel-
lent characteristic of these roses
is their appropriateness in associa-
tion with wild growths and natural
scenery, such as the surroundings
of many summer residences usually
consist of. After the delightful
railroad trip to Woods Hole, past
clumps of wild roses and Azalea
nudiflora, with glimpses of summer
sea and sail and distant island, and
sandy hills, and sun-burnt girls,
the transition to the ordinary forms
of lawn and garden adornment
could never give the pleasing and
harmonious impression that one
gets on entering this remarkable
rose garden. So perfectly do they
assimilate with the native verdure
that they might be scattered all
along the wayside without awaken-
ing a doubt in the mind of the traveler t
were spontaneous growths.

Another good quality worth mentioning is that
these roses vary so much ^s to their flowering that
they prolong the time of roses fully a month beyond
the usual period of June blooming. When the ac-
companying views were taken in mid-July, several
varieties were through blooming and a number of
others were full of buds just beginning to show color.
Minnehaha is one of the latest bloomers. Debutante
and Babette are especially valuable from their habit
of throwing a second crop of flc5wers extending well
into the fall. All are perfectly hardy.

Lady Gay is the variety that received so much
attention and high honors at the EngHsh shows this
season. It is very double and of a beautiful soft
pink color fading to white as the flowers mature.
Evangeline is, in Mr. Walsh's opinion, destined to be
the queen of the singles. The bloom is very large,
saucer-shaped, light pink, flushed and veined with
deeper pink and fading to white with age. The

Ramhi.er R
thev

PY Gay, Debutante and Sweetheart

flowers appear in big trusses and their bold effect
with the enormous shining foHage, makes this va-
riety one of great promise for park work.

Another single that is very attractive is named
Paradise. It is not yet ready for distribution. The
petals are wavy and shell-like, the bright yellow
stamens showing up strong against the lively pink.
There are a number of other seedlings, both double
and single, of charming habit and effect. One, as
yet unnamed, which is to be put on the market next
year, bears fine double flowers of deeper pink than
Lady Gay and borne on long slender trusses which,
with the delicate foliage characteristic of the variety,
produce a most graceful effect. No country place
should be without an abundance of these gems,
which, whether trained or allowed to run at liberty,
are the peers of anything in decorative planting.
No doubt the cut blooms of the double varieties
will have a distinct market value in the future on
account of their remarkably long-keeping qualities
when cut.

British Horticulture

Anemone Speci.\lists
At some of the recent shows of the Royal Horti-
cultural Society a brilliant display has been made
with the anemones raised at the nurseries of Messrs.
Gilbert and Sons, at Dyke, in Lincolnshire. They
have been showing this subject since the spring of
1903, during which time they have won seventeen

medals, and twelve awards of merit for their very
fine King of Scarlets, which is regarded as one of
the best doubles in cultivation. Queen of Roses is
another excellent double raised by this firm, this
being of a rosy carmine tint. About one hundred
different varieties are cultivated at the nurseries,
including the firm's noted St. Brigid strain. It is

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August 5, 1905

found that the scarlet varieties are the most popluar,
being largely used for decorating dinner tables. One
reason for their being so much in favor is that the
flowers last so long after they are cut. Seeds and
tubers are despatched by the firm to all parts of the
world. The method of culture is to plant the tubers
in August at intervals of three to six inches from
the crown of each. The tubers are covered suf-
ficiently with soil, care being taken not to have too
much. The soil is usually moderately drained. As
soon as the foliage dies down, the tubers are taken
up and dried in boxes in an airy shed, and planted
again according to the time the flowers are wanted.
After planting they need no attention and no cover-
ing of any sort is required. Mr. J. T. Gilbert is an
enthusiast on this branch of horticulture and he is
reducing his stock of bulbs in order to go in more
extensively for the cultivation of anemones in all
its forms, for he believes that the flower has a great
future.

A Noted Aspar.'vgus Center
In the fruitful vale of Evesham in Worcestershire
immense quantities of asjiaragus are cultivated, and
heavy supplies have been distributed tliroughout the
country. Not only are all the leading markets in
London and the provinces fully supplied, but several
of the growers carry on a profitable trade in supply-
ing private customers direct. There is something in
the Evesham soil which is well adapted for asparagus
culture. Several of the growers who have com-
menced in a small way have built up large and
lucrative businesses. Although the fruit crops in the
Evesham district have suffered severely from the
adverse weather, the asparagus has done better. At
the asparagus show held recently, some very fine
specimens were exhibited. There was an entry of
fifty bundles, each of i 20 buds, and the total weight
was 674 pounds, giving an average weight of 14I
pounds per bundle. The heaviest prize winner was
a bundle weighing 20^ pounds. The prize bundles
were sold by auction, and averaged from 145. to 165.
each, the proceeds being devoted to the funds of the
local hospital. Growers in Evesham have in the past
experienced losses from the dreaded disease known as
rust. They are, therefore, interested in a report
which has been published on this side from the
University of California, giving the result of the re-
cent investigations made by Mr. Ralph E. Smith,
the plant pathologist of the Agricultural Experiment
Station. Mr. Smith lias demonstrated that sulphur,
either in dry or liquid form, acting largely by its
gaseous fumes, is a satisfactory ru.st preventive.

Fostering the Fruit Industry
A Departmental Committee was appointed last year
by the Board of Agriculture to consider the best
means of improving the fruit industry in Britain.

After hearing the evidence of many experts and
making tours of inspection, the committee have pre-
sented their report to Parliament. The chief recom-
mendation is that a branch of the Board of Agricul-
ture shall be established to deal with the fruit in-
dustry, with a bureau for disseminating information
and a farm for experimental purposes. This country
has hitherto been behind other nations in the amount
of encouragement given to fruit culture, although
general agriculture has had a Minister to watch its
interests. If the proposal is carried out it is felt
amongst horticulturists that greater progress will be
made in competing against foreign growers. An-
other excellent suggestion in the report is that
horticulture should be taught in elementary schools
In country districts, and that the schools should
have gardens attached wherever possible. The Com-
mittee further suggest, amongst other things, that
fruit growers should pay more attention to the care-
ful packing and proper grading of better class fruit,
and the selection of the right kind of fruit to plant,
according to the soil, and to the importance of cul-
tivating fewer varieties, especially of apples.

The Growth of Fruit Culture
One satisfactory feature of the report is the an-
nouncement that the fruit industry is the only form
of agriculture which has exhibited any sign of pro-
gress in recent years. The committee have been
much struck with the great increase in fruit-growing
in the country. Whilst there have been decreases
in the hop and corn crops, there has been a steady
extension as regards fruit. The orchards have in-
creased from 148,221 acres in 1873, to 243,008 acres
in igo4, whilst small fruit has extended from 69,792
acres in 1897 to 77,947 acres in 1904. As to the
cause of the increase, some interesting evidence was
given by Sir William Thiselton Dyer, Director of the
Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. He described the
extraordinary growth of the taste for fruit on the
part of the public, a taste which in his opinion was
not sufficiently provided for at present by fruit
growers at home. Sir William considers that if
home grown fruit could be distributed to the people
more efficiently and more cheaply, it would be ab-
sorbed and would be profitable to the cultivator.
With a view to improving the present system of
distribution, the committee recommend a series of
far-reaching alterations as regards railway rates and
conditions, the increasing of the market facilities,
etc. Thereport will be discussed at a joint confer-
ence to be held in the autumn under the auspices
of the Royal Horticultural Society and the National
Fruitgrowers' Federation.

>t>y. adi^.

August 5, 1905I

HORTI CULTUR E,

True Beauties

Of course it will be considered ungallant to find
fault with "American Beauties," but I must confess'
that if some of them were a little less aspiring theyi
would be more to my taste. I mean the roses, not
the ladies. It has become the fashion for some time
to grow several varieties of roses on tall, thick stems,
and so far has this been carried, as, in my mind, to
make them stiff and vulgar, instead of graceful and
elegant. One of the charms of the ' ' Queen of Flowers "
is its graceful, luiobtrusive habit of growth, em-
bowered in her wealth of foliage and surrounded with
buds as beautiful in their expansion as the full-
grown flower. Neither giants nor pigmies can be
considered beautiful; proportion is an element of
beauty; medium-sized objects are more agreeable to
look upon than very large or very small ones, what-
ever they may be.

For large decorative work, these roses grown on
thick, long stems with one enormous blossom at the
top, may, no doubt, be very effective, but for both
hand and corsage, commend me to tlie more slender
and short stems with moderate-sized flowers, and not
the "sheaves" which ladies are expected to carry on
bridal or festal occasions. I suppose I shall be
considered a little "off the trolley," but I think my
ideas must appeal to those who look upon elegance
as of more importance than obtrusive display.

Among all the new roses I do not know one which
comes to my ideal of what a rose should be, like a
variety 1 grew sixty years 9r more ago. This was
of the hybrid China class, of which we hear but little
now, but which contains varieties that would dis-
count some of the novelties of the present day.
Her name was "Coupe d' Hebe," and she was well
worthy of the title, for she struck a blow at me
which caused an affection for roses which I have felt

throughout a long life, but from which I hope I shall
never recover.

At the time of which I write standard roses, budded
upon Rosa canina, the English wild or dog rose
(why so called I never could understand) were just
coming into vogue, and one of the first I ever pos-
sessed was a Coupe d' Hebe. The tree was planted
on good ground in a favorable spot, and well fed,
and well it repaid the care and attention it received,
for I think no rose ever secured for its owner so
much admiration, or single specimens of its flowers
won so many premier prizes. And now, briefly to
describe it: The growtli was medium, vigorous, but
not too robust; the foliage was moderate in size,
abundant, of a beautiful light green, refreshing to
look upon; the flowers were borne upon moderately
long stems, so that they appeared just above their
elegant backgroimd of leaves; the buds were deej)
pink before expanding, were exquisite when half-
blown, and the flowers were as. near perfection as
can be imagined; the petals shell-shaped and regu-
larly arranged so that they were not too much
crowded; the color that delicate, transparent, fleshy
pink, which is best described as "rose color," and
the fragrance was that of the old true garden rose, a
perfume unajiproached by any other. It is a pity
that the old classes of hybrid China and hylirid
Bourbon should be neglected for the hybrid per-
petuals, for they make up in the summer for their
lack of efflorescence in the autumn, and there are
are not many H. P.'s after all that give many flow-
ers then.

i^^-^

Rose Prince de
Bulgarie

This hybrid-tea rose, which
seems not to be well known in
America, is one of the most beau-
tiful of all the roses. It is of good
size, excellent substance, gorgeous
coloring, and is delicately fragrant.
The color is a very rich but deli-
cate salmon shade. The form is
^(jually good in bud or in fuU-
lilown flower. I saw this rose first
in England, and admired it so inn
that I brought over a few pl.im
They seem to stand our climate as
well as any other varieties of the
same section.

F. A. Waugh.

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What can we do to accelerate the growth and
extend the usefulness of our national society ? Go to
Washington? Certainly; the power of numbers is
not to be despised. But if we go let us go with
ideas and prepared to express them as to how this
great instrumentality with its almost unlimited pos-
sibilities may be developed in the line of the largest
usefulness to the largest number. Or, if impossible
to go, put the ideas into shape and send them along,
and, as an evidence of earnestness, send membership
dues along with them — if this has not already been

The Editor Has His Say

It is a very gracious concession on the part of the
Florists' Club of Washington to grant the request of
the Baltimore Club for the privilege of entertaining
their guests on the afternoon of the closing day of
the Convention. The fact that it upset previously
matured local plans, makes the unselfish spirit dis-
played all the more noticeable. - No doubt the oppor-
tunity to visit the rehabilitated city under such
agreeable auspices will be eagerly seized.

"The question is not, ivho is going? l)ut who, in
the profession, can afford to stay away." This quota-
tion from the first prospectus issued for a S. A. F.
Convention is as applicable to-day as it was un-
doubtedly pertinent then. No meeting of the So-
ciety, in the intervening twenty-one years, has been
of greater importance to the welfare of the organiza-
tion and of the horticultural profession than the one
now. close upon us. Let it tie a. representative one.

Midsummer advertising seems to be somewhat "a
thorn in the flesh" to many dealers in various horti-
cultural lines. Some simply shut down on it; others
would like to, but are reluctant to leave their com-
petitors in possession of the field. Our conviction is
that the concern that keeps everlastingly at it,
through all seasons, never relaxing its efforts to hold
its business constantly in the eye of the buyer, is
the one that will "get there."

If you have the right goods and want to dispose
of them there is no such thing possible as too much
publicity. And it is a mistaken economy to shut
down at any season.

Mr. F. M. Meyer, for the past year employed as
a gardener at the Missouri Botanical Gardens has
been sent to China to explore the flora with a view
to introducing new and worthy plants. The Plant
Bureau of the U. S. Department of Agriculture is
conducting the work. Mr. Meyer was previously with
Professor De Vries of Amsterdam, Holland, and has
since travelled in Mexico and Western United States.
The plant world will follow Mr. Meyer's work with
special interest, and it is hoped he will be enabled
to materially extend the good work of Mr. E. H.
Wilson, of London, who is supposed to be the best
collector Messrs. Veitch ever sent out.

Our reading notes call attention to the great use-
fulness of Mr. Walsh's rambler roses in extending
the season of blooming so that it is now possilile,
with judicious selection, to have an abundance of
roses for a period of more than two months in lati-
tudes where only the hardiest varieties will exist.
This is a gratifying advance, and we doubt not that
Mr. Walsh will yet give us these peerless garden
ornaments in varieties that will keep the rose garden
brilliant until the last davs of autumn.

• That the gardener and the florist are rapidly ad-
vancing to a higher plane in the public eye is not
surprising when we stop to consider the influences
under which their lives are spent. The affection for
and the companionship in his plants, which are char-
acteristic of the typical gardener, are such that even
in his hours of relaxation, their contemplation affords
' Hiih'tTfe^ highest gratification, and the mental and
ar-tistic perceptions cannot but grow in the direction
of a higher civilization. The follower of horticulture
is distinctly different from those in most other pur-
suits in that he is never weary of his avocation and
even when he abandons the routine of daily labor for
a period of relaxation, his interest in plant topics is
never left behind.

The exhibitor who contributes to the flower show
"for exhibition only" does not always get due ap-
preciation. We refer not to the one who takes this
course because he doesn't wish to face the possibilities
of being worsted in a competition, but to him who,
out of good feeling and actuated by a spirit of gen-
erosity, does his best to promote the success of the
show without any thought of recompense other than
the consciousness of doing something helpful for an
enterprise he believes in. We should always find
soine way of thanking him.

Our British correspondent tells us some interesting
facts in this issue regarding the progress of fruit
culture in Great Britain. The care in packing and
generally attractive form in which American fruit is
presented to the customer have been commented
upon frequently as contributing much toward the
popularity of American fruit abroad. We shall be
glad if our success -in this line shall spur the English
growers to emulation. The result will benefit them
and will not injure us. It is undoubtedly a fact that
the quantity of fruit consumed per capita is but a
fraction of wha<; it might and should be and every
movement whic^i ha:s for its object improved facili-
ties for supplying good fruit in abundance to all
classes of people should be enthusiastically supported.

AuciusT 5, 1905

HORTI CULTURE

Games at Boston Florist's Picnic

Boy's Race

Girl's Race

WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS

Sow pansy seed now if you want really
good pansies next season. Also sow all
kinds of perennial seeds.

It is time roses for winter blooming were
planted. Give them all the air you can.
They ought to have been planted with the
soil made lirni around the roots, but to keep
the soil sweet it ought to be frequently
stirred.

Grapes that are ripe ought to have a little
air at night; notloing hastens decay in ripe-
grapes so much as a musty, overheated
atmosphere.

Keep the breastwood cut off peaches and
nectarines, both indoors and out. The
fruit needs light and_ne.\t year's fruiting
wood_^nccds_^sap.

On wet clays clean the greenhouses and
clean the pots and pans, to have them in
shape for bye and bye. Keep carnations
planted out doors free of weeds, and get

benches and houses ready for them. Count
to see if you have enough; if you don't have
enough, order what you need from some
one who advertises in Horticulture.

QUITE RIGHT

Some of the monthly magazines have gone
raving mad on various kinds of horticultural
fol-de-rol. For the most part, this takes the
form of violent spasms about plant breeding.
The most typical and frequent eruption can
be easily diagnosed as Burbankilis. The
characteristic symptom of this disease is to
laud, glorify, and make a fool of Luther
Burbank, who has never done anything to
deserve^such treatment. Tlicse articles are
a rank imposition on the public, and the pity
of it is that the pubUc docs not know it. -
Country Gentleman.

A good rooter is useful on the grand stand;
also on the propagating bench.

NEWPORT WINDOWS

The florists of Bellevue avenue are giving
unusual attention to the arrangement of
the flowers displayed in their windows tliis
season. It may be because of unusual com-
petition, but, whatever the motive, the im-
provement is marked. Where flowers are
aiTanged with good taste there, invariably,
purchasers will hnger, while on the other
hand, purchasers are suspicious of places
where no evidence of taste e.'dsts in either
the selection or arrangement of the flowers
in the show windows. In one store window
last week I noticed a beautiful display, and
what seemed more than anything else that
an artist had a hand in the work, was that
the most common flowerjn the window was
utilized in_such a way that the effect it pro-
duced was just as pronounced as that of
lhc_vastly more expensive ones alongside
of it. The flower I have reference to was
yellow antirrhinum; they were good, no mis-
lake about that, but the orchids were good,

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HORTI C U LTU RE

August 5, 1905

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI-
CULTURISTS

To the Commercial Florists of North
America, and to all others who are inter-
ested in Floriculture as any part of their Ufe
work: —

The twenty-first annual convention ol this
Society will be held in Washingti.n, D. C,
August isth.

This Society for the past twenty years has
been a representative one. It has been the
foremost national one in Horticulture. It
has accompUshed much on broad, general
Unes. It has helped needed and favorable
legislation. It has everywhere reduced the
cost of transporting plants. It has dis-
seminated much knowledge of cultural
methods. It has checked raisrepresentaUons
of unscrupulous dealers. It has inspired
most of those exhibitions which have at-
tracted public attention to ornamental horti-
culture.

Having been present at all of the meeUngs
of this society, and having taken some part
in them, I may claun a measure of loyalty
to its work, though if further evidence be
needed the fact that its chief office Ues in
me this year is sufficient reason why I should
speak plainly for its welfare.

Let us look at its membership record.
Fifteen years ago, in 1889 and 1890 we
averaged eleven hundred members, while
in 1899, ten years later, we had less than
six hundred paid members. Last year after
our World's Fair Convention in St. Loms
we totaled only eight hundred and eighty-
nine, or nearly twenty percent less than
fourteen years ago.

Now the increase in the number of persons
engaged in ornamental horticulture during
the past five years only has been twenty-five
percent, and during fifteen years probably
over fifty percent. This shows that our
Society has fallen short from forty to seventy-
five percent of its rightful increase, and has
gained nothing from the recent enormous
growth in floriculture and general horticul-

It is conceded that the increased public in-
terest in our chosen work during the year
just past is unprecedented. Some say that
one third more people are taking an interest
in gardening to-day than ever before. This
is true of both rich and poor. Add to this
the Civic Improvement work and School
Garden movement.

I appeal both to those who appreciate
what this Society has done and to those (if
there be such) who beheve we are not meeting
present opportunities, to be present with us
at this Convention.

Am I justified in claiming that the Society
of American Florists needs your presence at
Washington, August 15th, to decide how
we may wisely meet these wonderfully en-
larged demands on our profession; how we
may appeal directly to all these growing
interests; how we may increase as a Society
in proportion to Horticultural increase; how
we may continue to be nationally what we
have been; how we aU may, commerciaUy
and for public good, take advantage of this
flood-tide of horticultural awakening which

is upon

us?

Your part is to come to the Convention.
Your membership fee is nothing, your
presence is everything.

The visit wiU be a recreation and a benefit.
The result will be an inspiration to others
and a duty performed.

Come and bring a friend.

J. C. Vaugii.vn, Presiileiit.

The Washington Florist Club, Ix-ing
especially desirous that all Convention

visitors are introduced and made acquainted
with each other, has appointed from its
reception committee a special committee on
introduction, consisting of the following: Geo.
C. Schafer, Chairman, 14th and I streets;
Chas. Henlock, 1013 E street; Franklin A.
Whelan, Mt. Vernon, Virginia.

TraveUng representatives of the S. A. F.,
appointed last winter, will kindly report at
the Convention Hall, Reception Committee
Room, on arrival in Washington, and are
asked to be present and work with the above
committee all of the first day and evening of
the Convention, to promote general ac-
quaintance.

J. C. V.^UGHAN, President.

Wu. J. Stevi^akt, Secretary.

The following is the hst of traveUng repre-
sentatives appointed by President J. C.
Vaughan:

J. R. Fotheringham, Tarrytown, N. Y.
Paul Berkowitz, 50-56 N. 4th St., Phila-
delphia, Pa.
S. S. Skidelsky, 824 N. 24th St., Phila-
delphia, Pa.

B. Eschner, 916 Filbert St., Philadelphia,
Pa.

D. McRorie, S. Orange, N. J.

E. J. Fancourt, 1512-13 Ludlow St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

A. Ringier, Woodlawn Point, Chicago, 111.

C. S. Ford, 141 7 Columbia Ave., Phila-
delphia, Pa.

C. W. Scott, 84 Randolph St., Chicago, 111.
Wm. J. Stewart, Secretary.

NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON

The special party tor the Washington
convention will leave New York over the
Pennsylvania R.R., at 10.55 a.m., Monday,
August 14. Full particulars may be ob-
tained by addressing John Young, 51 W.
28th street, New York city.

BOSTON TO WASHINGTON

It has been arranged that parties wishing
to go in company to the Washington con-
vention from Boston and eastern New Eng-
land points, may take the ProNadence boat
line on Sunday,' p.m., August 13, arriving
in New York in time to join the party from
that city which leaves at 10.55 A.M., Monday,
over the Pennsylvania R.R. The Provi-
dence Une train connecting with boat leaves
Boston at 6.22 P.M. In purchasing ticket
be sure to have it read over the Pennsyl-
vania R.R., and ask for a certificate for the
Society of American Florists' Convention.
These tickets may be purchased not earUer
than Friday, .\ugust 11. Parties desiring
staterooms on the boat may have them
reserved for them by sending application
therefor to W. H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass.,
or Wm. J. Stewart, ir Hamilton Place,
Boston. Price of stateroom is Si.oo or $2.00,
according to location.

From western points in New England
States the most direct route vrill be by rail,
via Hartford and New Haven. Those de-
siring to travel in company should write
to Theodore Wirth, or John Coombs, Hart-
ford, Conn., who will give particulars rc-
^'arding party to be made up at that city.
' Wm. J. Stew.art, Secretary.

CONNECTICUT TO WASHINGTON

The Connecticut Delegation to the Wash-
ington Convention will take the train which
leaves SprinKlicId, Mass.. (1.20; Hartford,
702; N. " ll.iv.n - ;■ '■<-':..:.] - ;,.., Mon-
day >^.: ' •' i ; • ■ ■'■•] on

those that wish to join and wish berths
secured should at once write to the under-
signed. Each delegate has to secure his
own ticket which can be had on the certifi-
cate plan for one and one-third fare for the
round trip.

Theodore Wikth.
Hartford, Conn.

Department of Plant Registration
Richard F. Gloede, Evanston, 111., sub-
mits for registration zonal geranium Kenil-
worth; growth and habit, tall and robust;
flowers single, dark scarlet; foliage, large and
leathery; seedling, three years old.

.•Uso zonal geranium Ilhnois, sport from
Beauty of Poitevine, semi-double, identical
with the parent in every particular with the
exception of the petals which are irregularly
toothed and somewhat larger than in Poite-
vine, and the blossoms are more widely
open.

Wm. J. Stewart, Secretary.

TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY

The regular monthly meeting of this
society was held on Tuesday evening, July
25th. Three new members were elected
and three names proposed for membership.
The monthly prize given by Secretary New-
brand brought out a good competition.
The winning collection came from Greystone,
Samuel Untermeyer's place at Yonkers, N. Y.,
John Featherstone, gardener, and contained
over one hundred species and varieties.

An interesting discussion developed on the
culture and diseases of the hollyhock. Re-
garding the time of sowing, the concensus
of opinion was that the first week in August
was the best. It was conceded that atmo-
spheric conditions and situation had a good
deal to do vrith the disease.

The committee on the annual outing
reported that arrangements had been made
for the dinner at Beck's Rye Beach hotel
on August 1 6th, at two o'clock, and that a
program for races, bowUng, etc., had been
arranged to take place in the hotel grounds,
the sports to begin at 12. noon.

Wm. SciiTT, Secretary.

HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL
AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

The Huntington Horticultural and .\gri-
cultural Society has decided to offer money
premiums at its nex-t fall exhibition. The
prizes vrill be hberal and indications point
to the largest and most successful exhibition
yet given by the society.

Offers of special prizes should be sent to
Walter Shaw, chairman of exhibition com-
mittee, Huntington, N. Y.

The prize schedule will be ready for de-
livery within a short time.

The officers of the society are :

President, H. T. Funnell; Vice-President,
Wm. O'Hara; Secretary, .\. H. Funnell;
Treasurer, Douglass Conklin.

NASSAU CO. iN. Y.) HORTICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY

The July monthly meeting of this society
was held at the Glen Cove greenhouses.
The attendance of members was large, in
fact the largest in the history of this young
society. President Harrison occupied the
chair.' The exhibition table was decorated
with a vase of Centaurea imperialis, a
collection of Japanese iris, and Elaeagnus
longipes in fruit, also a dish of potato First-
ling, a very early potato of good size and
shape, and clusters of Sterling Castle to-
mato, a variety of perfect shape and color

August 5, 1905

HORTICULTURE

137

and a free setter. The chief business of the
evening was the launcliing of a schedule for
;i flower show to be held in Glen Cove in
iIk- beginning of November.

John F. Johnston.

A CINCINNATI OUTING

A verj- enjoyable day was had at the
Florists' Outing at Coney Island on Thurs-
day, July 20th. There were plenty of sport-
ing events, to occupy the time of men,
women, and children through the day, con-
sisting of bowUng, foot-racing, and quoit
pitching. The event of the day was the
base -ball game between two florist teams,
namely, the Knockers and the Boosters,
the former carrving off the honors.

FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON

A well-attended meeting of the Club was
lield at Gude Bros.' store on Tuesday
evening at which all convention committees
were represented and many matters of final
detail were settled. A delegation from the
Baltimore club came over with an official
request that they have the privilege of a
few hours of the convention visitors' time on
the last day of the convention, for the pur-
pose of showing them their city, and extend-
ing fraternal hospitality to them and to the
Washington florists. So urgently and elo-
quently did the delegation voice their request,
that after full discussion it was granted,
although with great reluctance, as arrange-
ments had been completed to fully occupy
the day with an interesting program in
Washington. So, after the exhibition drill
by the U. S. Engineer Corps which takes
piace on the elhpse of the White House
grounds at nine o'clock sharp, on the morn-
ing of Friday, August 18, the official pro-
gram of entertainment will close and trains
will be taken for Baltimore about one
o'clock.

NEWS NOTES

Frank T. White of Holbrook, Mass., has
completed a fifty-foot extension to a block
of three houses and planted the same to
chrysanthemimis.

Mr. Ernest Wilde, gardener to Mr. A. A.
Thomdike, Braintree, Mass., has resigned
his position and gone to England. Mr.
Andrew Castle has been appointed as his
successor through R. & J. Farquhar & Co.,
by whom he was formerly employed. Two
new greenhouses have been added to the
plant at this estate the present season.

WilUam G. Patterson of Wollaston, Mass.,
has the foundation of an 18 X 65 house nearly
finished. He will grow violets in this house
the coming season. Mr. Patterson's sweet
peas, although growing upon a side hiU with
a southerly aspect, survived the extreme
heat in a remarkable manner and give
promise of throwing considerable more
bloom. His asters also look very promis-
ing.

A practical joker, on mischief or malice
intent, tacked on John Orth's greenhouses, at
Versailles, Pa., during his absence, notices
bearing these words;

"Take everything, go as far as you Uke,
but leave the telephone."

The advice was taken literally and the
to%vnspeople cleaned things up in short order.
When the truth came out many returned the
plants taken. Detectives are looking for the
joker.

VACATIONISTS GOING

Sidney Clack of Menlo Park, Cal., will
make a tour along the northern roast of that
state, and will probably inchide a visit to the
Lewis and Clark j'air.

SEED TRADE

Reference has been made in these col-
umns to a probable shortage in the seed
pea crop of 1905. The first mention was
early in June, but most growers failed to
see the writing on the wall, and have con-
tinued backing orders at the contracting
prices of last winter and spring. They
have been living in a fool's paradise, but
within the past two weeks a change has
come over the spirit of their dreams, and
they have suddenly awakened to find them-
selves facing a very heavy shortage. In-
stead of an average of five fold, one of the
largest and best informed growers in this
country or Canada now estimates the crop
at from two and a half to three fold. As
the grower keeps back one li>l(i for si-rtl, it is
plain that in many vari.iir, \\. ,li,ii| ii,,i
have over fifty per cent U> ■liluci .m m.lcrs.
It is yet too early to gel a liiir .m iIk , rop
of seed beans, but weather for the most
part has been favorable for the past few
weeks. However there is many a slip,
and one can never bank on a bean crop
until it is actually housed. Corn has made
very gratifying growth during the present
month, but the crop is far from "secure."
Onion seed has turned out about as ex-
pected — a light crop and poor quality.
The germination will no doubt prove un-
satisfactory.

It may not be generally known that
American grown Bermuda onion seed does
not give satisfactory results when planted
in this country, but such is the fact. Seed
grown in the West Indies, especially from
Bermuda or TenerifEe, gives best results.

Troubles are accumulating about the
Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agricul-
ture. " Uncle Jimmie's" Department seems
to be as badly honeycombed with gralt as
was the Post Office Department. The
Statistical Department is known to have
been corrupt, but now the Bureau of Botany
is under suspicion, and the efficient head of
that Bureau is accused. This is getting
close to Uncle Sam's seed shop, as the .seed
cUstribution is under the immediate charge
of the chief of the Bureau of Botany. There
are certain very suspicious circumstances
connected with some of the distributions of
a few years back which have never been
cleared up.

It is well known that some of these dis-
tributions were scandalously juggled, but
there seems to have been a wilUngness to
cast the mantle of forgetfulness over them.
It is to be hoped that Congress may deride
to "turn on the light."

CATALOGUES RECEIVED

H. A. Terry, Crescent, la. Price list ni
choice seedhng paeonies.

Kramer Bros. Foundry Co., Dayton, ().
Catalogue of iron vases, settees, and chaii-
Contains illustrations of some very arti^ll.
models.

Frantz De Laet, Contich les Anvers, Bel-
gium. General catalogue of succulents. A
very comprehensive list illustrated witli plates
of rare cacti.

H. F. MicheU Co., Philadelphia, have sent
out their July and August wholesale price
list of bulbs, etc. It starts off with a timely
illustration of a "well-matured Liliun'i
Harrisii bulb."

OBITUARY

A. G. Gutthe, former president of the
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, died
July 25, at Barraboo, Wis., aged 91 years.

C. L. Howe who formerly conduded the
greenhouses now run by his .son-in-l.iw, W.

Lewis, at Marlboro, Ma.ss
aged 67

SAN FRANCISCO NOTES

The rumor that the long established
Shanahan Floral Coinpany had changed
hands, is authoritatively pronounced false.
John W. Shanahan holds aU but a minimum
interest in this well-patronized cut-flower
and plant store, but he has resigned its
management in favor of his wife, and changed
his place of residence from here to Sacra-
mento, where he has engaged in other busi-

From the great Livermore Valley on the
east side of the bay it is just now becoming
known that the extensive early apricot and
sugar-beet crop of the valley was greatly
damaged by the torrid weather of the first
week in July; that large quantities of apri-
cots were turned brown by the skin being
rendered tough, and the inside so damaged
that the fruit was made unfit for canning;
also that many of the sugar-beets which
were just beginning to sprout from the
ground, some of them being two inches
high, were Uterally burned up, and the
intervening time has proved that there was
not enough moisture in the ground for the
recovery of the plants.

In paying honor to the memory of the dean
of Cahfornia horticulturists, whose recent
sudden passing from this hfe was published
in HoETicuxTURE at the time, the Menlo
Park Horticultural Society voted at last
week's meeting as follows:

Whereas, It has pleased Ahnighty God
to remove from our midst our late brother,
Michael Lynch, therefore be it

Resolved, That we, the members of this
society, unite in expressing our heartfelt
sorrow and sympathy at the death of our
late brother.

Resolved, That we extend to the bereaved
wife and family of the deceased, our con-
dolence in the loss of a devoted husband
and father and pray that God will extend
to them His loving and tender care in this,
their hour of aflliction.

And be it further resolved. That these
resolutions be printed in full upon the
records of this society and a copy sent to
the family of the deceased.

BUSINESS CHANGES

O. J. Sawyer succeeds George W. Fetzer,
at AUentown, Pa.

Pilcher & Burrows are a new firm located
at 717 N. Fourth Street, St. Louis. Their
business will be florists' supplies.

BOSTON FLORIST LEHER COj

Manufacturers of FLORISTS' LETTERS |

This wooden box nicely stained and
varniBhed, 18x30x12, made In two sec-
tions, one for each size letter, given
away with first order of 500 letters.
Block Letters, lJor2-inch siz per 100, $2
.Script Letters, 3. Fastene with each
letter or word. Used by le ing florists
everywhere and for sale by all wholesale
florists and supply dealers

N. r. McCarthy, Manager

fU Hawley St., BOSTON. MA.SS.

Notice of Annual Meeting

The A

ual Meetin

(he Plori!

Hai<

Association of America, will he held in S.A.F.
O H. Convention Hall, Washington, D. C. oii
Thursday Afternoon, Aug. 17th. 1005, at 2 P.M.
JOHN a. ESLER. Secretary

138

H ORTi culture:

August 5, 1905

H. BAYERSDORFER dX CO.

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PH I LAD LLPHIA

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THE USES OF HARDY SHRUBS
FOR FORCING

the

Club of Phil

Edwin Matthews befo

delphia, June 6th, 1905
[Continued from page 40)

The large list of shrubs adaptable for
forcing inust, of course, be greatly minimized
for the florists, as many of them, though
beautiful and useful in some capacities,
would not bring the best returns for the
labor bestowed on them. Azaleas, both the
mollis and those known as the Ghent azaleas,
are one of the most useful classes of shrubs
that we have and quite as valuable for hard
forcing as for flowering later. Although the
formation of the roots is dense and wigUke,
they are, as already stated, all the better for
being^ potted early; especially is this so if
they are wanted for early forcing, .'^mong
the most beautiful in the mollis section are
Alphonse Lavalle, bright orange; Anthony
Koster, deep yellow; Hugo Koster, salmon
red, and J. J. de Bink, soft rose. The seed-
pods should be removed directly after flow-
ering, as these are a drain on the plants'
strength.

Rhododendrons are among the most gor-
geous of shrubs, and owing to the root for-
mation are most suitable for being flowered
in pots or tubs. Going by the stock imported
from Europe, they flower when quite small,
plants not more than one and one-half feet
high bearing a half-dozen large trusses of _
flowers, while the wide range of coloring in
the rhododendron family affords opportunity
for getting almost any shade desired. Hard
forcing for the rhododendron must be
avoided, while liberal supjilies of water over-
head is essential when it is remembered that
moist conditions are their natural require-
ments.

Among the prunuses that are worthy of
individual note are Prunus triloba flora-plena
and Prunus pseudo-cerasus. The former is
certainly one of the most handsome of the
plum-section, and much more distinct than
its near ally, Prunus amygdalus nanus; its
large double flowers are produced so pro-
fusely that hardly a leaf is discernible. It
should only be pruned immediately after
flowering, the growth resulting from this
being allowed to develop, as this is the wood
that will produce flower the following season.
The latter, Prunus pseudo-cerasus, is a glo-
rious cherry, indeed one of the most beautiful
introductions we have had from Japan, the
land of flowers. The varieties Anthony
Waterer and J. H. Veitch are the best, and
flower very freely when qviite a small size,
which is an important point. The lilac is
unquestionably one of the most popular of
shrubs for forcing and may be had in bloom
early in January, its fragrant blossoms being
welcome from then until they appear natur-
ally and are sold on the street for 10 cents a
bunch. . r ■, ^

The spira;as are an extensive family and
a selection from them for the florist is easily
made; the most popular, I think, is S.
confusa, S. arguta S. Van Houttei, and S.

prunifolia fl. pi., all bearing graceful racemes
of white flowers admirably suited for wreath
or bouquet work. Another shrub which I
think the florist could make use of is For-
sythia suspensa. It blooms early in the year
anyhow and subjected to a little heat could
be had much earher; when in the form of a
standard it makes a striking picture with its
lateral shoots hanging around the main stem
and forming quite a fountain of yellow
flowers. The kerrias in both the single and
double form are well worth including, as
they take up so Uttle room; while a plant
which makes a suitable companion for the
above, and which could be well called the
white kerria, is Rhodotypos kerrioides.

There are two species of chionanthus that
are highly commendable for gentle forcing,
viz., the North American species, virginica,
and the Japanese representative, retusus.
The fringe trees, as they are called, are very
charming when in pots. The American
species is, I think, the better of the two.
The presence of the following two hardy
heaths in winter would attract attention,
especially among the' Scotch fraternity, and
though they vriU hardly compete mth the
Cape heaths, Erica carnea and Erica Medi-
terranea, make pretty subjects for pot work.
When hfted from the open ground, they
should be potted very firm and well watered,
placing them in a cool temperature, as they
require Uttle forcing to get them to flower
in February and March.

'Among the things that are best grown
permanently in pots, the following would
prove useful in March and April, viz., Mag-
nolia stellata and purpurea, and Loropeta-
lum Chinense, a plant bearing resemblance
to the fringe tree, but belonging to the
Hamamelis family. Nice, medium-sized
plants of these, brought gradually by gentle
heat into bloom, would surely make attrac-
tive features, while some of the tree phonics,
P. Moutan and the many varieties that have
appeared in recent years, would readily se-
cure admirers and buyers. Some of the little
Japanese maples brought , along in a little
heat would be of great ornamental value,
their beautiful and graceful foUage vieing
with some of the best of stove plants. The
red cut-leaf maple, .\cer polymorphum dis-

sectum atropurpureum and dissectum green,
are truly a worthy pair.

In conclusion would like to comment on
the worthy use of hardy shrubs for public
conservatories. Here, at least, there need
be no restrictions as to what will pay, -but
what vrill give the greatest delight to the
public taste. During my stay at the Botanic
Gardens, Kew, I had the opportunity of
seeing what could be done in this direction,
and I can here say that the display made by
the many forced things in the shrub line
drew the masses from the metropolis in no
uncertain way, and year by year it was
looked forward to with expectation. The
same thing might be said of this city's public
conservatories, but to speak frankly, in order
for the public to fuUy realize what can be
done in this respect, the ratio of excellence
will need to be raised higher in every sense,
for although it may be a color scheme to
harmony, even the uninitiated tire of seeing
dirty green pots and plants that do not do
justice to the species. If horticulture is any-
thing, it is a moral educator, and if the public
are to gain any higher, purer motives from
this source, let there be seen the fundamental
principle, cleanliness, for it is often quoted,
this is next to godliness. What an induce-
ment ii- would be to the pubUc to invest a
nickel on a carfare to pay frequent visits to
the city's conservatory while winter has still
firm hold on the outside world, if groups of
the aforesaid plants were on view.

Of late years the various forms of clematis,
especially the Jackmanni hybrids, have been
grown largely under glass for early flowering,
not only in the shape of large specimens but
plants in only 5-inch pots and bearing
several large, showy flowers. A group of
these in March and April would certainly
speak for themselves, while magnolias and
tree pjeonies, pyruses and prunuses, rhodo-
dendrons, and wistarias would form scenes
of lovliness, wliich would call forth admira-
tion and praise from all and would do much
to raise horticulture in the eyes of the masses
and infuse a sense of gratitude for the many
charming creations the floral world dis-
penses in the hand of the horticulturist
whose position is to work with and aid
n.iturc, and "the art itself is nature."

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ROSES

Chatenay, $4.00 $30.00 $5.0U $45.00

Uncle John, 4.00 35.00 5.00 45.00

Golden Gates, 2.50 20.00 4.50 40.00

Maids, 3.50 30.00 5.00 45.00

Steiiia H. C, $1.50 $12.50

$2 50 $22.50

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43.00 perdoz.; i20.00 per 100

CHARLES H. TOTTY

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NEW CROP SEED

Christmas Sweet Peas

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ENCE DENZER, pure white, J-'.(m per lb.; T.'.c. per
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WHITE (new black seeded), 2 oz., 7r,c.. mailed free,
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BOUND BROOn, N. .1.

Daisies, Daisies °"^ Daisies

We are headquarlers for MARGUERITES. Ue
have 7 varieties and make it our bpecialty. Stock of
4 varieties is offered for sale and with a guarantee
that it is entirely free from leaf miner or other insect
pests. Prices on application. I-lowers in any quan-
tity October ist to July ist.

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CARNATIONS

Fancy Class

General Class

ORCHIDS

Cattleyas

BULBOUS

3.00 to 4.00

.50 to 1.00
.15 to .50

Lily of the Valley

MISCELLANEOUS

Asters

3.00 to 4.00
1.00 to 1.60

s«^etpeas.:::;:::;::::::::;::::

Adiantum Cuneatum

Croweanum

Farleyense

.20 to

ioioo' 10
20.00 to
15.00 to
15.00 to

.15 to .25

.76 to 1.00

to 1.50

Asparagus Plumosus; strings

bunches...
Sprengeri " ...

35.00 to 60.00
•25.00 to 60.00
25.00 to 50.00

PHILADELP

1516-1518 S

HIA

ANSOM

CUT

STREET,

FLOWER

PHILADELPHIA

CO.

KAIZERIN, Ci

store Close.s at 6 P. M. from

\RNATIONS

June 19th to Sept. 16th

, SWEET

Daily evcept Saturda>

PEAS

at 1 P.M.

advertise

rs. l<i,u

tt;::^

! 1 1 1 ■ !■ I-

WIETOR BROS,

Wholesale Growers of

CUT FLOWERS

SI-53 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL

CHflS-W.McKELLaR

51 WABASH AVE. CHICAGO

Wesftrn Headquarters for Choice Orchids
Vallev Violets and all Cut riowers

A Dailv Shipment
from 40 to 60 Growers

:atalooue free

PETER REINBERQ

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWERS

51 Wabash Ave. Chicago, Ml.

TO BUYERS

Patronize our advertisers, they will treat you right

August 5, 1905

H ORTI CULTURE

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

The shortening up of receipts
BOSTON has helped the flower market
materially. There is no heavy
business on and no more stock is needed
than is in evidence. A little enquiry for
Beauty roses is noted. Carnations run very
small in size and but few good ones are seen.
.Asters are beginning to accumulate and
prices are scaling down. The early crop
of these is very much better than in any
previous year.

During the past two weeks
BUFFALO a fair amount of business has
been done and the increased
demand helped to stiffen up prices somewhat.
Lilies, carnations, and out-door flowers
moved satisfactorily, and the glut on roses
seems to be about over, .\sters have found
an excellent reception at good prices. Smil-
ax and other green stock are in over-supply.
Conditions have changed but
CHICAGO slightly during the past week.
Roses are coming in more
briskly, especially the young stock. .Ameri-
can Beauties are more plentiful and in good
demand. Richmond Gem is appearing in
light quantities. Most of the growers have
thrown out their old stock of carnations and
are now replanting their benches, conse-
quently, the majority of carnations in market
are field-grown. But these, as well as asters,
and all other out -door plants, show the effect
of the heavy rains that have been abundant
of late. Lilies, both auratum and Harrisii,
are to be had in moderate quantity, the
latter being especially fine. Sweet peas are
nearing the end, the best bringing fifty cents
per hundred.

Scarcity of flowers and
CINCINNATI still greater scarcity of
orders are the character-
istics of the market at present. Good carna-
tions and roses are not impossible to obtain,
but there are very few of them. Gladioli
and asters are the most satisfactory items in
the Ust.

There is Uttle de-
INDLANAPOLIS mand for the abun-
dant stock with which
the market is supplied and the buyer can
make his own price. Asters brought from
$}. to $5. per thousand. A few good roses
are in evidence; also gladioli and tuberose
stalks; green goods of all kinds are plenti-
ful.

Business conditions last
LOUISVILLE week were very favorable.
Carnations are no longer
demanded to any great extent. Roses sell
well, are of good quality, and there is
an abundant supply. Asters have been
welcomed. They can be had in satisfactory
quantities, the quality being up to expecta-
tions, and the demand very good. The
weather has been very warm.

The florists of Newport are
NEWPORT working these days. The
season is on in full blast —
balls and dinners nearly every night. One last
week given by Mrs. Fish had some startling
innovations in the decorations. Hodgson
had the work and it was well done. Affairs
like this gladden the hearts'^of the florists,
of improvised ball rooms by
s in Newport necessitates the

use of large numbers of ])lanls in executing
their .schemes of decoration; but it is whin
garlands of roses are strung to the roof and
side walls are hidden with flowers that tin-
decorator smiles the broadest and works thi-
harde.st. The season may be short but it
is certainly a hummer while it lasts.

The cut from vouiig roses
NEW YORK is making an' imiMvssion

pnct

;ihv,

liniil.-<l and wi-ak market. With the atlvcnl
of August, le.ss maybe expected of its power
to use up the amount of stock which we are
likely to have. Asters are sufficiently plenti-
ful to affect the sale of roses. There an-
few carnations, but more than usual for the
season. The volume of business is small
at best.

There is but little of a special
PHILA- nature to report in regard in
DELPHIA the market the past week.

A few more growers hav<'
been sending in new crop Beauties, and
Liberties still remain of fair quahty con-
sidering the season. Kaiserinsare also good,
but Brides and Bridesmaids are only medium.
The carnation market is dull and featureless
with stock at a low ebb as to quality, and the
demand corresponding. Lily of the valley
has been plentiful and of good quality; de-
mand for same good. .A.sters are now a
.strimg feature of the market, the Xiilori.i
tvpe in pink, blue, and white taking the-
lead. Dahlias are earlier than usual lliis
year and are improving in i|ualily as llir
more desirable varieties become .ivailable
Sweet peas, water lilies, gladioli, and various
other summer subjects are plentiful and
bring fair returns. The market as a whole
is in the doldrums, but a good trade wind
will he here very soon now to move Ihiiif^'s
along.

The smart trade a. livilv
SAN prevailing this mid-sum

FRANCISCO mer season is a mattn
of general comment. All
agree that there has been no July dropping
off in business this year. The three or foui
days of bhstering temperature during tin
first week of the month were imnieiliali l\
followed by perfect weather, the good cffei is
of which arc displayed in the iniprovrd
(|uahty of the flowers being marketed, ami
for the critical demand, there is an abuii
dance of good flowers showing none of llu
effects of the heated term. The better
class of .American Beauties are in gnoi!
demand. Gladioli and asters are coming
in freely. The double sunflower .seems to
have caught the popular fancy as never
before and they are used for show window
and vestibule decoration, flowers on six to
seven-foot stalks preferred. It is rejjorted
that the King of Italy has appUed t(j Luther
Burbank for information regarding the
blooming cactus that has no thorns.

A. f^euthv of Roslindale, Mass., arrivic
at Dover, England, on S. S. Finland, Jul;

Inclosed find an order for one dollar iur
HoRTfCtTLTUHE. Am very much pleased
with it. I like it for the illu.strations more
than anything else, as a good illustrated
fl<iral magazine is hard to find. - |. S.

J.A.BUDL0NG

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO

— -' sir^CUT FLOWERS

A Specialty....

Florists Out of Town

Takinj,C Orders for Flowers to
be Delivered to 5teamers or
Elsewhere in New York can
have them delivered in
PLAIN BOXES. WITH OWN
TAGS in best manner by

Young & Nugent

42 W. 2Sfh Street, New York

1 writing advertisers.

GEO. H. COOKE

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street
WASHINGTON, D. C.

FRED C.WEBER

FLORIST

OLIVE STREET

Established IK73
Long Distance Phone Bell Lindell 676

WANTS

GOOD MEN

thos. h.
Bambrick

34 South 7th St.. Philadelphia

Heli« of all kinds, ineluiiinK that for
Florists, Nurserymen, Seedsmen and the
Horticultural trade (fenerally.

FOR SALE

ator, all in first-class shape, ti
within three years; healed by steam, brick boiler room;
2K2 acres land, good soil, houses filled with roses, car-
nations, 'mums, smilax and ferns. 2500 carnations in
field, quantities of hardy shrubs and plants on grounds.
One of the best locations in the State; town of 8000
inhabitants; eight other towns center here making this
headquarters for 60 miles around. No competition.
Electric cars pass the door every hour. Ill health and
age the only reason for selling. Address, P. O. Box
jcfi, Skowhegan, Me.

.'ANTED — Young man to take charge of c

ses. Must furnish references. Situation will be

n September ist. Address V. care of HORTI-

W ANTED — At once, a young single man, Pro-
estant.wilh some knowledge of general greenhouse
.ork, on a semi-commercial place, wln' can give firsi-

HORTI CULTURE

FRANK MILLANC

Wholesale Commission Florist

COOQAN BUILDING

SS=57 W. 26th street, New York

Tel. 2Qi> Madison Sq. Open 6 A.M. to s PM.

1 Wholesale Commission Florist ^l^AVSesA^^^J^ERT f

# A full line of Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes. Comprises every variety •
m grown for New York market, at current prices A

• TEL. I99S MADISON .'SOUARE 49 W. 28 St., New York City #
4- •'•'•'•^'•^-•-•'•-•-•^•♦^« •/•/•/•/•^•^♦♦♦^^•/•♦♦.♦^/•/«

The RELIABLE HOUSE

JOSEPH S. FENRICH

Wholesale Florist

Consignments Solicited

« West 30th Street, New York City

Telephone No. 325 Madison Square.

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Commission Dealer la

Choice Cut I'lowcrs

39 West 28th Street. New York
Telephone : 902 Madison Sq.

FORD BROS.

48 West 28th Street, New York

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST W A 1 1 t V ALWATS

GRADE OF VALI.CT ON HAin>

BEST BEAUTIES, METEORS, BRIDES AND BRIDESMAIDS

JAMES MclVIANUS,75VffiV 50 W. 30th St., New York

Fine Roses

Fancy Carnations

A full line of all CUT FLOWERS
TeleplK.ne, 3870 or ,i87l ,>Ia,lis,>ii s.,iiar<-

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORIST
57 West 28th St., New York

FINEST ROSES All Varieties

Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Gardenias, Lilies, Ferns, Asparagus, every day in the
year. Everything choice that the market offers

i ion? ) '^^^^"'^ Write for Current Prices

( 2201 1 Square

Special Attention to Shipping Orders

Telepho

NEW YORK CUT FLOWER QUOTATIONS

TRADE PRICES-Per 100-TO DEALERS ONLY

Liberty, fan. and sp.

Carnot and Kaiserin

Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay
Killarney

Fancy Class

General Class

;.00 to 12.00

i.OO to 8. CO

.00 to 3.00

1.00 to 5.00

Lilies

Lily of the Valley

MISCKM-AWEOUS

Asters

Mignonette

Sweet Peas, bunches

Adiantum Cuneatum

Croweanum

" Farleyense

Smilai

Asparagus Plumosus, strings . .

" " bunches .

" Sprengeri "

Last Half of Week First Half of Weeli
eading July 2<) beginning July 31

1.00 to 10.00
:.00 to 4.0(1

.00 to 2.00

6.00 to 8.00

io'oi)' to ''xi.i»

Plorists ??;„^

Taking orders for deli'very in
S^iv York City or Vicinity can
ha've them filled in best manner
and specially delivered by •.* ^

Thomas Young, Jr.

41 W.2ath street - - NEW YORK

In writing to adTertisers, mention Horticulturb

ALEX. McCONNELL

546 fifth Ave., New York City

Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 35th St.
Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL

John Breitmeyer's
Sons — — .

Cor. MIAMI and ORATIOT AVES.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs
High CradeCut Blooms

We cover :ill M ichiji^iiii points ami goofl
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.
In writing to adTcrtisera, mention I

HORTICULTURE

Charles Millang

50 West 29th St., New York City

Cut Flowers on Commission

A Reliable Place to Consign to or order from

T.l.pli<in<-s: .iSOO-.{87 I ^lailUoii Sqiiair

J. B. MURDOCH &,C0.

» iKila-illo I'lori.ts

FLORISTS' SUPPLIERS

5« Libertv St., PITTSBURG, PA.

Bonnot Bros.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

55 and 57 W^ 26lh SI. NEW YORK

Cut Flower Exchange, yel. 830 Madison Sgu.ue

OPEN 6.00 A.M.

AN UNFOUAIHD OUTI ET FOR CONSIONED FLOWERS

The oaly house «\ /:^*.r^M. •>>

haadling the New '• V lClitV\l
Red Carnation ^ IV, I Vf I y

ALEX. J. CUTTMAN

WHOLESALE FLORIST

S2 WEST 29TH ST. NEW YORK

Telephones 1664-1665 Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.
Tel. \il\ Madison Sq. NCW York

JAMES A. HAIIIiOND

Wholesale Commission Florist

Consignments receive conscientious and prompt

attention. Highest marltet price guaranteed.

The finest, stock iu the market always on hand

Flowers Needed ? Too Busy to go to
Market ? Then Order from Any of the
Advertisers on These Pages. Mention
HORTICULTURE.

H.Bayersdorfer&Co.

50-Sr> North 4th Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Plorists' Supplies

BEST LINE IN THE milNTRV

REED & I^ELLER

122 W. 2Sfh St., New York, N. Y.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

WILLIAM J. BOAS & CO.

...MANUFACTURERS OF...

rolding riower Boxes

No. 1042 RIDOE AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA

^Vrlte (or Price Mat and Sample!

In writing to adrertiMrs, mentioa Horticulture

Cut Flowers

4 1,1. t AllIKTIKM

SHIPPED TO ALL POINTS

N. F. McCarthy & Go,

84 HAW LEY ST.
Tel. Main SM73 BOSTON

NEW SPHAGNUM

II NEST OIAMTV

rERN.S, OALAX AND SUPPLIES

H.M.Robinson &Co.

5 and II Province St., Bo.ston, lias.s.

GEORGE a. SUTHERLAND CO.

CUT FLOWERS

Florists' Supplies and Letters
34 Hawlev St. - BOSTON

Headquarters in Western New York for

Roses
Carnations

And all kinds of Seasonable Flowers

WM. P. I^ASTING

Wholesale Commission Florist

Also Dealer in Elorists' Supplies

and Wire Designs
3S3-57 Eillcott St., Buffalo, N.Y.

GIVE us A TRIAL WE CAN PLEASE YOU

FANCY CARNATIONS
AND ROSES

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd.

FANCY FERNS

$1.00 PER 1000 Discount on rejular shlpmenls

Miciiigan Cut Flower Exchange

WM. lllLGK.R, Man.iger

•IS AND 40 MIAMI AVE., DETROIT. MICH

In writing advertiiers, mention Hokticultife

OUR FLOWERS

Are the product of eslabllshments that CAN
BE DEPENDED UPON to supply blooms ol un-
excelled qualllv EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR.
We are prepared to lurnish GOOD MATERIAL and at REASONABLE PRICES. Lei us hear from you NOW, please.

TRAENDLY & SCHENChi

AA West 2Stll St. New Yorii City Telephones, 798-799 Madison Square

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 — TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES

Am Beauty, fan. and sp.
" extra

" " No. I andLowergr.

•Liberty, fan. and sp

■ " extra

General Class.

BULBOUS

Farleyense

Asparagus piumosus, strings.!
" " bunches.

" Sprengeri "

20.00 to 25.00
12.00 to 20. (X)
6.00 to 12.00

.25

l.Ofl

1.00 to

1.60

i6:6fl'

1.50
12.00

15.00

.^5,nfl

15.00 to

a5.oo

18.00

26.00
26.00

35.00

20.00 to 25. (

.00

JULIUS LANG

Wliolesale Elorist

returns made promptly
.t-t YVEMT .tOth SX. ^EVV YORK

Telephone, 280 Madison Sq.

ESTABLISHED 1872

JOHN J. PERKINS

WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION FLORIST

115 West 30th St., New York

Tel. No. 956 Madison Square

HORTICULTURE,

August 5, 1905

List

Advertisers

Page

AschmaonG 128

Biker Wm.T 140

Bambrick Thos. H ... 14 1
Barrows H.H.& Son. 128

Baur Floral Co 129

BayersdorferH.&Co.

138-143
Boas W.J. &Co. ..143
BoddingtonA.T. ...128

Bonnet Bros 143

H.iMmii IkltmgCo.. .147
Boston Florist Letter
Co 137

Breck Joseph & Sons 130
Breitmeyer'sJ.Sons. 142

Budlong J. A 141

Burnham Hitchings

Pierson Co 148

Burpee W. A. & Co. 130

California Nursery

Chicago House Wreck-
ing Co 147

Chicago Carnation

Co 129

Clucas & Boddington 128

Cooke G.H 141

CoolidgeBros 128

Cottage Gardens. . . 129

DeNijs Bros
DilgerWm..
DreerH.A.
Dysart R. J-

Elliott Wm.& Son

EslerJ.G

Ernest W.H

Farquhar R. & J. &

Co.

Fenrich J.S 142

Fletcher F.W 139

Ford Bros. 142

Forest Nursery &

Seed Co 139

Fromow W.&Sons .129

Ghormley W

Grey T.J. & Co
Gumey Heating Mfg

142

Hail Asso 137

Hammond J. A 143

Hews A. H. &Co. ..147

HoUy-Castle '
Horan E.C..
Hunt E. H. .

Lager S: Hurrell 1 :

Lang Julius L

Leuthy A. & Co. ...l;

Metropolitan Material

.142

MichellH.F.
MichiRan Cut Flower

Exchange 1

MiUang Charles 1

MiUang Frank 142

.139

Nies-sen Leo Co 140

Peacock L. K 128

Pennock Samuel S.

128-140

Perkins John J 143

Phila. Cut Flower Co 140
Pierson F. R. Co. ...128
Pittsburg C

Co 143

Poat Bros 139

Poehlmann Bros. Co. .139
PyeR. C 129

RawsonW.W. & Co. 130

Raynor John 1 142

Reed & Keller 143

Reinberg Peter 140

Robinson H. M. &

Sahr Curt 147

Sander & Sons 128

SchiUo Lumber Co. ..148

Scollav John A 147

Scott John 126-128

Sharp. Pai '• ■ "

Sherid

148

an W.F.

ij. H. &C0..I29

SiggersE.G 147

Situations & Wants.. 141

SkideUky S. S 129

Stafford N.Co 138

Steams A. T. Lumber

.147

'.'143

Co.
Sutherland Geo.

Suzuki & lida. ...
Sylvester H. H. ..

Traendly & Schenck 143

Watson G. C

Weber F.C 141

Weber H. &Sons...I29

Welch Bros 140

Weiland & Risch ...140

Weigelt&Co 1.10

Wietor Bros 140

Wild G.H . 128

Winterich C 128

Winterson E F 140

Yalaha Conservatories 128
Young & Nugent ... 141

Young Thos. Jr 142

Zimgiebel D 139

Zvolanek .^nt C 139

You Need Not Go Outside

THE PAGES or

HORTICULTURE

To find wKere to get the

Best Flowers, Bulbs, Seeds and
Supplies in the Country

Buyers' Directory

and

Ready Reference Guide

READ IT

Regular advertisers in this issue are also listed
under this classification without charge. Reference to
List of .'Advertisers will indicate the respective pages.

ACCOUNTANT.

Robert J. Dysart. ag State St . Boston

For page see List of Advertisers

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

List of Advertisers.

BAMBOO STAKES

Suzuki & lida, 31 Barclay St.. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

BEDDINO PLANTS.

Aschmann. 1012 Ontario St, Plliladelphia.
For page see list of Advertisers.

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE.

Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N.J.

BULBS AND TUBERS.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York
For page see List of Advertiicn

Breck & Sons, 47-54 N. Market St.. Boston.

French and Dutch Bulbs.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Poat Bros.. Ettrick. Va.
Bulbs. Virginia-Grown
For page see List of Advertij

Henry F. Michell Co.
1018 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Harrisii, Freesias, White Callas.
For page see Last of Advertisers.

CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES.

For page see List of Advertisers.
John H. SieversSi Co., 1251 Chestnut St., San Fran-

H. Weber & Sons, Oakland. Md.

White Carnation. Mv Maryland.
For page see List of Advertisers.

T. Boddington. 342 W. 14th St.. New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

CELERY PLANTS.

Coolidge Bros . So Sudbury. Mass.
For page see List of Advertisers.

COLD STORAGE VALLEY PIPS.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS.

C. Winterich. Defiance. O.

For page see List of Advertise!

Lehnig & Winnefeld. Hackcnsack, N.J.

Cyclamen Giganteum.

For page see List of Advertisers.

DAHLIAS

L. K. Peacock. Inc., Atco, N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ELECTRIC CIRCULATOR.

Holly-Castle Co., 4;i Federal St., BosI
For page see List of Advertisers.

DAISIES.

The F. W. Fletcher Co., Aubumdale. Mass.
For age see List of Advertisers.

. Barrows & Son. Whitman. Masa.

NephroIej)is Barrowsii.
For page i

lepis Ban
List of J

Ruxton Floral & Nursery Co.. Ruxton. Md.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

I. Robinson & Co- 8-U Province St., Boi
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. Pa.

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

Boston Florist Letter Co.. 84 Hawley St., Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

J. Breitmeyer's Sons, Miami & Gratiot Atm.,

Detroit. Mich.

For page see List of Advertisers.

FLOWER POTS.

FOLDING BOXES.

GLAZING POINT.
H A. Dreer Philadelphia. Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers

QREENHOUSE BUILDING MATERIAL.

Burnham. Hitchings. Pierson Co., 1133 Broadway

New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

John C. Moninger Co. 111-125 Blackhawk
Chicago.
For page see List of Advertisers.

August 5, 1905

HORTICULTURE

QREENHOUSE B. MATERIAL, Continued.
Adam Schillo Lumber Co.
Weed St. and Hawthorne Ave., Chicago, 111.
For page see List of Advertisers

PANSY SEED.

For page see List of Advertisers.

VENTILATING APPARATUS.

Burnham, Hitchings, ^Pierson Co, 1133 Broadway,

For page see List of Advertisers.

GREENHOUSE MASON WORK.

H H. Sylvester. 818 Tremoot Bldg , Boston.
For pane see I.i«l of Advertiser.

PATENTS.

F.G Sigger», Waih,.,Kl,m, P C.
For page see List ol Advertisers

John A SoiUay, 73-75 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
For page see Ust ol Advertisers.

The Chicago Lifter.
J. C. Moninget Co. 412 Hawthorne Ave, Chicago

HARDY FERNS AND SUPPLIES.

H. M. Robinson & Co., 8-11 Province St., Boston.

For page set Ust of Advertisers.

PEERLESS REPAIR CLAMP.

A, Klokner, Wauwatosa, WU.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.
Boston

Detroit, Mich.

Fancy Feras.

For page see List of Advertisers.

N. F. MccS;hri'^,^'Hlwirsf B"oston
George A. Sutherland Co., 34 Hawley St, Boston.
Welch Bros, 15 Province St, Boston
Buffalo.
For page see List of Advertisers.
Wm. F. Kasting, 383-87 EUicott St, Buffalo, N. Y
Chicago.

PLANTS DECORATIVE.

A. Leuthy & Co., Roslindale. Mass.

For page see List of Advertisers

JuUus Roehrs, Rutherford, N.J.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.
Godfrey Aschmann, Phila., Pa.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

HELP.

Thot. H Bambrick, 34 S. 7th Si, Philadelphia, Pa.

HEATINQ APPARATUS.

Burnhara, Hitchings, Pierson Co., 1133 Broadway
New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

fc*H.S-7t^?8'*raeiU..^&go.

fe^LU^rg^Tw^ia^h-rc'l^^^o^"-
A. L. RandaU Co, 21 Randolph St., Chicago.
Weiland & Risch, 59 Wabash Av.: Chicago.
Wietor Bros 51 Wabash Av, Chicago

RETAIL FLORISTS.

Alex. McConnell. New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Thomas Young. Jr, New York.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

Fred C. Weber, 4326 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.
For page see List of Advertisers.

John A. Scollay, 74 Myrtle Ave.. Brooklyn, N. Y
For page see List of Advertisers

Herendeen Mfg. Co, Geneva, N.Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Gumey Heater Mfg. Co, 74 Franklin St.. Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Johnston Heating Co., St. James Hldg., New York.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

E. F. WintersonCo., 45,47,49 Wabash Ave, Chicago

Cincinnati.
Ohio Cut Flower Co, 129 E. 3d St.

J. Breitmeyer's Sons, Detroit, Mich.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Young & Nugent, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

George H. Cooke, Washington, D C

New York.
.B F°"-P?e5,=?? List Of Advertisers.

HYDRANGEAS.

F. R. Pierson Co.. Tarrylown-on-Hudson, N.Y.

For summer blooming.

For page see List o( Advertisers.

Jos. S. Fenrich, 48 West 30th St, New York. '
Ford Bros, 48 West 28th St, New York.

f-cY^5rwil1.8Tf^tf^el'Yo?k" ^"^•

^fe^n^^^t^eNew^-Y^k.
Frank Millang, 55-57 W. 26th St, New York.
John J. Perkins, 115 West 30th St, New York.
John I. Raynor. 49 West 28th St, New York.
W. F. Sheridan. 39 West 28th St, New York.
Traendly & Schenck, 44 W. 28th St, New York.
Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.
W. J Baker, 1432 So. Penn. Sq, Philadelphia, Pa.
Leo N.essen Co, 1217 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
S. S. Pennock 1612-18 Ludlow St, Philadelphia, Pa .
PhUa.Cut Flower Co, 1616-18 SansomSt, Phila., Pa.

IMPORTINQ HOUSES.

August Rolker & Sons. 31 Barclay St., New York

Plants tender or hardy.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. M. Ward & Co., New York Plants and Bulbs.
For page see List of AdvertiaHi.

ROSES.

Ruxton Floral & Nursery Co, Ruiton, Md.

M. H. Walah, Woods Hole, Mass.

airdv Roses. H T. Roses and Rambleia.

For page see List ol Advertisers.

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St, New York.

For page see Ust of Advertisers.

JAPAN CANES.

W Flliolt .V Sons New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111.
For page seeTfst ofAdvertisers.

JAPANESE PLANTS.

Suzuki & lida. 31 Barclay St, New York
For page see Ust of Advertisers .

Baur Floral Co, Erie, Pa.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

b^"Va"" '''°""' '^°- ''"'■' *°* ^^"' ^'- ^'"•'
J. "Murioch & Co., 545 Uberty St., Pittsburg.

LILIUM HARRISII.

W. Elliott .V S.n,. New York.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

SCOTT FERN.

Ralph M. Wards Co., 12 W. B'way New York.

Bermuda Harrisii Bulbs

For page see Ust of Advertisers

New Offers in This Issue

ANNUAL MEETING FLORISTS' HAIL ASSO"

John G. Ksler, .Sa.ldli- Kiver, N. J.
For page see Ust of Advertisera

SEEDS.

W. W. Rawion & Co, 12 & 13 FueuU H.U Sq

For page see List of Advertiser!.

Tho« J. Grey & Co, 32 S. Market St, Boston.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Joseph Breck & Sons.
81 & £2 N. Market St, Boston.
For pxe see List of Advertisers.

LILY BULBS.
J. M. Thorbura & Co,

For page see List of Advertiaera

BOILERS.

Boston Belting Co , 'i-.O Devon.sliire St., Boston.
For page see Li^-t of Advertisers.

Suzuki & lida, 31 Barclay St, New York.

CALLA BULBS.

MASTICA.

California Nursery C..., Niles, Cal. '

W. AUee Burpee & Co, Philadelphia
For page see Ust ol Advertisers.

J. M.Thorbuin 5r Co,

39 Cortlandt St, New York.

For page see List of Advertisers.

R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 6 & 7 S. Market St., Boston
Hardy PerennUl Flower Seeds.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For page see List ol Advertisers.

A. Mitting, 17-'23 Kennan St., .Santa Cruz. Cal.

MUSHROOn SPAWN.

Clucas&Bodd-ngton Co., 131 W.23rdSt,Ne« York

For page see List of Advertisers.

CARNATIONS.

H. Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, Md.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NEW SPHAGNUM.

QERBERA JAMESON!.

Chas. H. Tottv, Madison. N. J.
For page see List of Advertisers.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Wiegelt & Co., Erfurt, Ger.

Cyclamen Seeds.

For page see List of Advertisers.

NICOTIANA SANDER/e.

NEW FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

H. A Dreet. PhiUdelphia,
For page see List of Adrertiaen

Forest Nursery & Seed Co.. McMinnviUe.Tenn.

Forest Tree and Shnib Seeds.

For page see Ust of Advertisers.

J. M. Thorbum & Co . New York,

P/EONIES.

George Hollis, S. Weymouth, Mass.

For page ^ Ust of Advertiser..

Johnson & Stokes, '217-19 Market St., Philadelphia.
Pansy Seeds. Kingly Collection.

Vtughan-a Seed Store, Chicago and New York.

RAMBLER ROSES.

M.H.Walsh, Woods Hole, Mass.

For page see List of Advertiaen.

G. C. Watson, 1«4 Ludlow ,St. Philadelphia.

Sweet Pea Christmas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

Conrad Appel, Darmstadt, Germany. Es-
tah ,780 High (rade Grass, Clover, and Tree Seed..

SIGNS. BADGES, TIME-SAVING DEVICES.

N. Stafford Co, 67 Fulton St, New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

ORCHID PLANTS.

Lager&Hurrell, Summit, N.J.
Cattleya Scroederoe.

SCOTT PERN, SPECIAL.

John Scott. Reap St. Greenhouses, Brooklyn, N.Y.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Sander. St. Albans, EngUnd.

ImpOTters, Eiportera. Growen, Hybridiau

For page see List of Advertisers.

SWEET PEAS.

Ant. C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook, N. J.

New crop seed Christmas.

For page see List of Advertisers.

P.«ONIES.

Gilbert H. Wild, Sarcoiie, Mo.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

STEAM TRAP.
E. Hippard, Youngslown, O

James =nf,!o^l^^^^'?^.',«J;wVork.
For page see Ust of Advertisers.

.46

HORTICULTURE

August 5, 1905

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR
PROJECTED

Trenton, N. J. — C. Ribsam, three houses.
Baraboo, Wis. — William Peck, one
house.

LODA, 111. — Addems & Morgan, one
house.

E.-vsTON, Mass. — George Gtddes, one
house.

Cromwell, Conn. — A. N. Pierson, rose
house.

Charlotte, Mich. — W. E. Carman, one
house.

Ottumwa, Ia. — O, P. M. Cnley, one
house.

Chariton, Ia. — James Knceland, one
house.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — E. E. Briiwn, one
house.

St. Louis, Mo. — Bourdet & Roehr, one
house.

HoLYOKE, Mass. — W. H. Phinney, one
house.

Monson, Mass. — George L. Fuller, one
house.

Aurora, III. — Aurora Greenhouses, two
houses.

Wakefield, Mass. — E. Winkler, two
houses.

PortL/V-nd, Ind. — Frank & Son, two
houses.

Louisville, Ky. — Nanz & Neuner, two
houses.

Harrisburg, Pa. — J. A. Kepner, two
houses.

.\llentown. Pa. — Andrew Yeager, two
houses.

Centrally, III. — J. W. Ross, two
houses.

Rock Island, III. — H. Hensley, range
of houses.

WoBUKN, Mass. — Sneider & Co., range
of houses.

Newburyport, Mass. — C. McGregor,
one house.

Athol, Mass. — George W. Sutherland,
two houses.

Aurora, III. — Aurora Greenhouse Co.,
two houses.

McKiNNEY, Texas. — George W. Taylor,
two houses.

Stone Church, N.Y. — Floyd Haynor,
violet house.

MiLFORD, Mass. — C. H. Metcalf & Sons,

Noe,

house, 15 x6o.

Congers, N. Y. — Schneider
house 20 X 200.

Grosse Point, Mich. — Fred Pautke,
house 3 1. X 230.

MiLFORD, Mass. — Mason & Hodges,
vegetable house.

Athol Centre, Mass. — E. E. Fairbanks,
cucumber house.

Hyde Park, Mass. — George .\nder.son,
carnation house.

Enid, Oklahoma. — Kenwood Green-
houses, one house.

Cleveland, O. — Kirchner Bros., two
houses, each 20 X 80.

Waltham, Mass. — E. N. Pierce' & Sons,
two houses each 30 X 300.

Albany, N. Y. — Whittle Bros., one house,
Fred Golding, three houses.

Dover, N.H. — C. L. Howe, 3 houses,
42X131, 19X103, and 21 X88.

Philadelphia, Pa. — F. & H. Mergan-
thaler, range of carnation houses.

Hingham, Mass. — Peter B. Bradley, rose
and chrysanthemum house, 100 X 20.

Lake' Odesssa, Mich. — Lake Odessa,
Floral Co., two houses each 20X100.

The King Construction Co. report having
recently placed contracts for Iron Frame
Construction as follows:

ROSLYN, L.I. — Mrs. Brice, two houses,
each 18 X 50.

Washlnoton, Pa. — E. Culbertson, one
house, 25 Xgo.

S,VNBORN, N.Y. — C. F. Treichler, one
house, 29 XI 50.

WiLLiAMsviLLE, N.Y. — Byrne Bros., one
house, 29 X 100.

I-;. Haven, Conn. — J. A. Long, one
house, 214x125.

Tewksbury, M.'iss. — The Patten Co.,
one house, 28 x 140.

Geneva, N.Y. — W. & T. Cass, three
houses, each 12 X7S.

Hamilton, Ont. — McLeod Bros., two
houses, each 24 X 150.

Aylmer, Que. — R. H. Wright, two
houses, each 21 X400.

Woodstock, Ont. — H. G. Doyle, five
houses, each 14J X 100.

Lancaster, N.Y. — W. J. Palmer &
Sons, one house, 30X210.

Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co.,
three houses, each 17X50.

Aldershot, Ont. — George Unsworth,
two houses, each 21 J X 100.

Rochester, N.Y. — Chas. S. S. Suhr,
three houses, each 21^X97.

Alameda, Cal. — J. C. Siegfried, one
house, 16X45; o"^ house, 16X24.

Greenvale, L.I. — C. F. Bertanzel two
houses, each 18X200; one house, 18X36.

Syracuse, N.Y. — P. R. Quinlan & Co.,
one house, 28I X142; two houses, connected,
21 X 142.

Westbuey, L.I. — Chas. Steele, one
house, 10X100; one house, 2if Xioo; palm
house, 30 X 30.

Mt. Greenwood, III. — Mt. Greenwood
Cemetery Association, for W. N. Rudd,
three houses 12 X65, 26i X 100, 21 J X 114.

Burnham, Hitchings, Pierson Co. report
the following contracts;

Beverly, Mass. — W. S. Winslow, con-

Brookline, Mass. — W'illiam Whitman,
range of conservatories.

Manchester, Mass. — Lester Leland,
range of conservatories.

So. Braintree, Mass. — Ellis Hollins-
worth, range of 1

WINDOW GLASS BY MACHINERY

Relative to the manufacture of window
glass in Belgium by macliinery invented by
i^mile Fourcault, honorary engineer of the
mines at LodeUnsart, near Charleroi, the
London Daily Mail, says:

The Fourcault machine turns out con-
tinuously, sheets of glass 39^ inches wide,
of any desired length and of a uniform
thickness, var)'ing from one-fifteenth to five-
sixteenths of an inch. This glass can be
obtained as rough glass for making e.\tra
thin glass, as horticultural glass, and as
window-glass for certain export markets.

The machine is described as a box of
fire-brick material floating on a "springing
fountain" of glass. In the bottom of this
box is a slit called the stretcher, and through
this stretcher a sheet of plate glass is intro-
duced into the molten mass. The molten
glass adheres to this plate. When the plate
is pulled up vertically it is followed by a
mass of melted material that wells up with-
out effort. Once started, the molten glass
continues to flow out in a sheet without the
plate being dipped in the stretcher again.

The "springing fount;un" in which the
stretcher floats is a kind of pit, the walls of
which are heated by the heat of the glass,
and on the top of the pit is an apparatus
for dragging the glass u]> and for annealing.
This apparatus is simply a c himney to draw
off the heat, in which there are about 17
pairs of rollers. The glass is lifted through

these roUers by adhesion, and by the time
it reaches the top of the chimney it is suSi-
ciently cool to be cut with a diamond into
desired lengths while stiU attached to the
machine.

The operation of annealing — depriving
glass of brittleness by allowing it to cool
slowly — is at once difficult and capricious.
The greatest importance of annealing in all
branches of window-glass making lay in the
fact that the plastic glass had to be manipu-
lated by tools which were colder than the
glass. It was and is by the older method
a very delicate operation. The Fourcault
machine does away with all this. Annealing
is no more a necessity. The glass coming
out from the "delivery box" cools and con-
geals gradually, and at a certain point has
lost its heat. It is then that it comes in
contact with the first Ufting rollers, which
are at the same temperature as the glass
itself. Hence the glass appears at the top
of the chimney perfectly flat, and possesses
uiie(|ualed brightness on both sides.

.■\s the Fourcault machine is particularly
recommended for its simplicity and for the
saving of time and material which it effects,
it will no doubt become of great importance
to glass manufacturers.

LIST OF PATENTS

Issued July 4, 1905
793,705. Lawn Edge Trimmer. Robert O.

Windsor, Providence, R. I.
794,009. Surface Cultivator. ' Jacob A.

Hamelback, Newark, O.
794,119. Hoe. Amos Richardson, Milton,

Ore.

794.150. Fruit Gatherer. Carl Hertz, San
Francisco, Cal.

Issued July 11, 1905. »

794,422. Grass-Cutter. Frank A. Nelson,
Wakefield, Mass.

794,538. Hedge Trimmer. Ernest J. Nol-
ting. North Topeka, Kans.

784,361. Weed-Cutter. Edwin M. Lamb-
son, Walla Walla, Wash.

794,318. Weed Exterminator. Mathies
Schmitt, Austin, Minn.

794,600. Weed-Turner. Willis M. Ells-
worth, Erie, Pa., assignor of one-third to
William I. Swartsfager and one-third to
L. L. Orton, Erie, Pa.

Issued July 18, 1905

794.791. William N. Doan, Blissfield, Mich.
Assignor of one-half to Louis L. Doan,
BUssfield, Mich. Lawn-Trimming Tool.

794.883. Martin L. Porter, Redding, Cal.
Basket.

794.884. Martin L. Porter, Redding, Cal.
Fruit-Gatherer.

794,939. Catherine E. H. Jacoby, Easton,
Pa. Flower-Holder.

795.151. Clarence Monroe and Casius A.
Coulter, Loveland, O. Fruit-Picker.

795,191. James W. Bonsall, Glenville, O.

Lawn-Mower Attachment.

Issued July 25, 1905
795,729. Lorenz Otzen, .San Francisco, Cal.

Device for Packaging Fruit and the Like.

795.792. John G. Fassett, Pasadena, Cal.
Press-Follower for Dried Fruits, etc.

795,421. Leroy Swarts, Coldwater, Ohio.

Agricultural Implement.
795,443. Bartow Johnson, Comanche,

Robert J. Dysart

Public Accountant and Auditor

Simpl* methodB of correct accounting
especially adapted for florists' use.

Books Balanced and Adjusted

M.T<lii.i.tB Itaiili Hiiil.iii.i;

a» WXAXK HT. BOWXOW

Telephone, Main .s8

HORTICULTU RE

TO YOUR ADVANTAOE

WKrrK KOK OIR I'KK/KS ().\
NEW AND SI-;CONI)-HANI)

Gulf Cypress Greenhouse lAimber

Hot Bed Sash

Greenhouse Glass

Boilers

Pipe and Fittings

Steam Pittins Tools

Hose and Hose Valves

Vcntilatinii; Apparatus

ETROPOLITAN
ATERIflL CO.

Greenhouse

Wreckers

I39S-K0S METROPOLITAN AVE.

BROOKLYN, N.Y.

FOR SALE

boilers for Heating

Four6oinch by i6-ft. horizontal tubu-
lar boilers, now in use at 80 lbs. pressure-
Being replaced with larger ones, they can
be had cheap. In perfect rHnnin,!5 order,
and just the thing for greenhouse heating.

BOSTON BELTING COMPANY

256 Devonshire St.

BOSTON, MASS.

Standard PQTS

Flower —

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL

Boiler Tubes, I'.oilci
plies of every kind 1
Louis World's Fair

CHICAGO HOUSE WREChING CO.

3Sth and Iron Sts., CHICAGO

"We consider your PEERLESS
GLASS REPAIR CLAMP a very
handy article."

jilHN BKl.I 1MI-YKR> >ONS.

IiFTKoiT, Mich.
VoT a sample, address A. KLOKNER. Wauwatosa. Wis-

TEACHER Of GERMAN

TRANSLATOR

32 SPRING PARK AVE.
JAMAICA PLAIN. MASS.

Every
Description

^JUoNINGER(Q- t\A^mmtk/0/C7^OO.

FOR HEATING ANY DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING BY STEAM OR HOT WATER

JEW YOR ; OFFICE Ml FIFTH AVE 7A FRA

liriTlkin inniniTIIO Materials furnished and erected. Write for

HEATING AP PARATUS rrr:,rrire'ir5;r - ""-"'

dig STAB. 176^1

H. H. SYLVESTER

Masons-
Builder

818 Tremont Building
Boston, Mass.

Greenhouse TsZZC

I NSU R E YOU RG LASS

DO IT NOW

CYPRESS

SASH BARS

HOT BED SflSH
PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

eiElTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IE DESIRED

Write for Circular " D" aad Prices

The A. T. STEARNS LIMBER CO.

NEPOPslSET, BOSTON, MASS.

In writing to advertisers, mention Hiirtici/i tt fe

• CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS, J

COPYRIGHTS AND DESIGNS. S

urlmsiii.sscliic.t ti.Wa^h .icton,^

I close to U. S. Patent Office. FREE prelimlD' 5
aatlons made. Atty's fee not due until patent f
PERSONAL ATTENTION GnrEN-19 TEAES t
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. Book 'How to obtain Patents." J
; etc., sent free. Patents procured through E. G. Slggera f
I receive special not fee, without charge, in the J

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[ UluBtrated monthly— Eleventh year— terms. $1. a year. J

, ilGGE!18,g^:;^cj^j

MO' It F4»ll

New (j reen H ouse C atalogue

JUST IS-*11EI) BY

King Construction Co.

North Tonawanda, N.Y. and Toronto, Ont.

ni;m) loi; CAi wi.ofiiK of

SCOLLAY HOT WATER

and STEAIM BOILERS
JOHN A. SCOLLAY

7a and 75 MYRTLE AVENUE
Borough of Brooklyn, N. Y. Citv

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horticulture:

August 5, 1905

DeMfTTicd and erected fnr Tudffe W. H. M^^orf, Prides CrossinR, Mass.

BEFORE ERECTING A GREENHOUSE

you better START RIGHT by getting- in touch with our way of doing it !
AND the materials with which we do it ! When we say " WE" it means Lord
and Burnham, Hitchings & Co., and Pierson-Sefton Co., united under one firm.
This brings to you the best there is in Greenhouse designing and construction,
with facilities for manufacture and direct deliveries, NOT EQUALLED.
WE HAVE CATALOGS

BURNHAM HITCHINGS PIERSON CO.

II 33 BROADWAY NEW YORK

^^3K9K^^^nM^^ISmiS^^3IEm^^^^^3$C^

LUMBER

For Gree nhouse Benches 3|

Ship Lap, Drop Siding, Sheathiiig, Flooring, m

White Cedar Posts, Etc. J^
We are in a Special
Position to Furnish

Everything in Pine and Hemlock Building Lumber w

WRITE FOR PRICES »*B

"Pecky Cypress" I

Adam Schillo Lumber Co.

Cor. Weed St. & Hawthorne,

imwji^^^tmniiinm^mm^i^nLifii^m

GLASS

FACTORIES ARE NOW CLOSED
for the season. Our stock is complete

WRITE US BEFORE PLACING ORDERS

Sharp, Partridge & Co.

22d and Union Place, CHICROO

U/ye E^lectr-iC

INDEPENDENT HOT WATER CIRCULATION

under peitect control as to quantity, ana consequent aegr
delivered from piping. Absolutely reliable under conditi
gravity circulation fails. Overcomes all troubles due t(

defective
„t obstruct
ng already

installed, at slight expense. Will save its cost
season. Built in sizes to circulate from 1 to
minute. Boiler may be placed in any desired siti
descriptive circular.

We are prepared to furnish estimates for, an
of Greenhouse.

HOLLY-CASTLE CO., Engineers

ny type

49 Federal Street,

BOSTON, MASS.

1 writing to advertis

3q/To//, Mass. ,
di/bjcr/ptfon, HOOj

J fWR/SrFlANTJMAN,

"^^^'UmcAPE Gardener

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HORTICULTURE

August 12, 1905

THe Japanese

are liKe unto

WW WW "W^ "WWT /^ l\ /^ /^ "W

. H. HEWS & CO. In

POT MANUFACTURERS

F
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In that the past year has been a signally suc-

cessful one for them, affording an opportunity

of proving anew that modern, up-to-date, pro-

gressive methods, and true merit yield first place

in any competition.

Z
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As manufacturers of POTS and all kinds of

STANDARD or SPECIAL FLORIST WARE,

our improved facilities, equaling the combination

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of any two similar establishments in the world.

permit us, while producing the highest quality

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of ware, to make exceptionally favorable

P
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prices. Grant us the opportunity to quote on

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your business, whether large or small.

We now have our vast mid-year stock of

ware ready for our Great Lakes, Middle-west and

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other purchasers of this period.

We would also be very glad to quote prices

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on our recently installed line of high grade

"Nonohio" glazed ware, jardinieres and pedes-

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tals, made from our own designs and decorations,

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particularly adapted for ornamental display pur-

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poses, and obtainable exclusively from us.

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BOSTON OFFICE, MAI N OFFICE & WORKS, N £W YORK BRANCH,
Rooms 8IS-S3S, CAMBRIDGE, Pearson St.,
ISTremontSt. MASS. Long Island, City.

Ai,gn.t 12 i9nr; HORTICULTURE

Baby Rambler

We have some nice 2 1-2 inch plants,
vigorous stock; suitable for forcing
into fine show plants for winter.

$2 per dozen $12.50 per 100 $100 per 1000

CAN N AS

We are growing as usual a large stock of the best varieties.

We are receiving many testimonials of LOUISANA, the

Grand Prize Canna.

THE CONARD & JONES CO., - West Grove, Pa.

HARDY

GARDEN

ROSES

Send for Catalogue of Place your orders early for fall plantiiios of

LADY GAY
DEBUTANTE
WEDDING BELLS
SWEETHEART and
CARISSIMA

and the leading- Hybrid Perpetual and
Hybrid Tea Roses. Strong two - year
old plants, budded low, including Kil-
larney, Frau Karl Druschki, Caroline Testout, etc

Strong plants in s and 9 inch |)ots of The Gold Medal Rose LADY
GAY, and fine plants of Debutante and Wedditlfi Bells for forcing.

READY FOR SHIPMENT NOVEMBER 1

p/pQJUJpC FOR SEPTEMBER PLANTINC

Also choice vareitK^s of xitj..

PERENNIAL PHLOX ROSE Sr-KCIALIST

HOLLYHOCKS, etc. VVOOOS HOL.B, - IVLASS.

HORTICULTURE

August 12, 1905

DAHLIA HEADQUARTERS

well

Cut

known we are tlie dist
Flower.s from the famous

igents for the entire crop of

PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS

at Atco, N. •)., and can fill orders from now until frost. Among the manj^
fine A'arieties we call special attention to Kriemhilde which promises un-
usually well this year.

KREIMHILDE

Tliis new variety has more good quali-
ties than any other Cactus Dahlia yet
produced. As every one Ijnows, we have
never yet had a pure pink Cactus, and
even the imitations we lind were of in-
ferior quality, with poor, weali, droop-
ing necks, were poor biooiuei-s, or poor
growers, the best of them ail, Delicata,
being a most unsatisfactory grower.
The color is a fresh delicate pink,
shading to white in the center; the form
is all that could be asked (see illustra-
tion); it is a profuse bloomer. It
is a strong, vigorous grower, of
upright habit, the stem being strong,
holding ihe flowers up stiff, making it
invaluable for all cut-flower purposes.
In addition to all of these good quali-
ties. Kriemhilde is more valuable than
any other Cactus Dahlia, from the fact
that it will keep as long as the Show
Dahlias, and will carry and last at least
two days longer than any other Cactus
Dahlia we have ever grown. The past
seasons we shipped it extensively to
Philadelphia, New York City, Buffalo
and other cities: besides extensively
throughout the East, and it arrived and
gave perfect satisfaction. Therefore,
we cannot recommend Kreimhilde too
highly.

The PEACOCK COLLECTION OF DAHLIAS is undoubtedly the finest In
America, extending to

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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

PAtiE

FRONTISPIECE— Tlip Father of the Charter

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA-
MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS

Its History .' 157

Officers and Convention Heatiquarters at Wash-
ington — Illustrated 159

List of Conventions, Officers and Subjects Dis-
cussed up to the Present Time 166

J. D. Carmody, Sergeant-at-arnis— Portrait 166

Convention Itineraries 168

Prizes for Flag Design 169

Uncle Sam's Contribulion 169

A Philadelphia Welcome 169

Baltimore's Program 169

FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON

Some ot the Workers— Illustrated 167

BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 160

THE HOME OF THE CANNA— Illustrated— G. C.

Watson 161

Page

THE VALUE OF SCIENTIFIC TRAINING— Alex

Montgomery, .Ii- 162

EDITORIAL 164

AFTER ADJOURNMENT 165

OBITUARY— F. C. Moseley, Adolph StoU, John

Salter Richards 165

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

Massachusetts Horticultural Society 169

American Carnation Society 169

Detroit Florists' Club 169

CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Phila-
delphia 169

MISCELLANEOUS

New Early Sweet Peas 165

Personal 165

Otit of the Ginger Jar— G. C. W 165

Midsummer in Washington — Illustrated 168

News Notes 169

NEXT WEEK, NEWS OF THE CONVENTION

LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS

BUFFALO. N. Y.— E. C.
CHICAGO, ILL.— H. A. V
CLEVELAND. O.— A. L.
CINCINNATI, 0.— Albert
DENVER, COLO.— N. A.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND

nois St.
LOUISVILLE, KY

jcker. 385-87 Ellicott St.

L 410 E. Division St.

itchins. 38 Plymouth St.

Gray. 129 E. Third St,

. Benson. 1352 So. Sherman Av.

George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illi

F. L. Schuiz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Rd

MONTREAL— Edgar Elvin, 136 Peel St.
NEWPORT, R. I.— David Mcintosh, Ledge Road.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow

St.
PROVIDENCE. R. I.— T. J. Johnston, 171 Weybosset St.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.— Luther Monnette, 1100 Van

Ness Av.

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August 12, 1905

HORTICULTURE.

The Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists

He who would think to write the history of the Society
of American Florists from tlie time of its inception down
to the present — a history correct in its estimates and
discerning in its deductions, something more than a
mere series of statistics and prosy records — must wait
yet a few years until minor and suhjeetive issues have
faded into dimness and stand upon the vantage ground
of a distance sufTiei(>nlly remote to insure a comprehen-
sive and broadly impartial measurement of the society's
development and influence as a unit. Yet the twenty-
first birthday of such an organization is an event wor-
thy of some particular notice and reminds us that the
society has now reached an age where we may safely at-
tempt a retrospective review, at least of its earlier days,
and draw reasonably fair inferences from the results of
our research.

As we glance over the years of the society's life we
instinctively compare conditions in the domain of horti-
culture as they were at the time of its birth with those
prevailing today and then try to reason out how much
of the admitted advancement is due to its existence. In
this effort it is admitted that one's estimate is sure to
be colored in a greater or loss degree by the closeness of
his affiliation with the organization and its policies dur-
ing the time under consideration, yet we will assume
that no fair-minded man will question the presumption
that between its activities and the bettered conditions of
the art and the craft to whose interests it stands pledged
there is a certain direct connection and that it has been
"a power in the land for tlie advancement of floricul-
ture."

It has been said that there is surely no greater wisdom
than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
Thus was the wisdom of tlie founders of the S. A. F.
demonstrated, for the time was most opportune and
when the first circular was sent out announcing the birth
of "an organization, national in character, honest and
progressive in purpose" and outlining its aims, the re-
sponse from all over the country left no doubt in the
minds of its projectors that a great and efficient agency
for the elevation of the profession and the benefit of
posterity was in their keeping.

The career of the organization shows a rare adherence
to the general line of policy outlined in the prospectus.
Considering that the experience was new to the promo-
ters and that the field had never been touched before
the closeness of the work as mapped out in advance
and its realization as now recorded seems most remark-
able. It is true that some of the ambitious dreams of
the over-sanguine, such as exhibitions throughout the
year, a system of examination and registry of gardeners,
an experimental garden, library and central home, mu-
tual aid and sick benefits, have never yet materialized,
and some of them are not likely to, yet in the main the
initial policies have been followed with extraordinary
fidelity and this fact speaks much for the fore-
sight and judgment of the men who laid so well the

foundations of ilic ni-frnnization. The obligation to ben-
efit the grower of plants or flowers, whether for pleasure
or profit, the dealer in these products and the manu-
facturer, builder and inventor, to collect and diffuse
information, to advise, instruct and defend and in gen-
eral to lift up and carry forward the interests of gar-
dening in all its pliases, and to promote the prosperity
of the craft has at no time been lost sight of, and, look-
ing back over tlie annals of the society, who shall
say that the promise has not been kept ? For twenty-one
consecutive years the members have come together an-
nually, some to give their fellow-craftsmen the benefit
of the wisdom gained througli study and labor, some to
listen and acquire knowledge, others to enjoy the
unique social privileges of these gatherings and be par-
ticipant in that delightful blending of festivity and in-
dustry, work and relaxation which comes so naturally
to the florist constructed on the normal type, and we
know that they arc more intelligent and better men, as
a result.

Dividing the time into five-year periods we find the
meetings of the first period characterized by a disposi-
tion to debate minor cultural and trade procedures at
random and almost exclusively from the standpoint of
the commercial florist, rose culture being the dominant
subject and the novel opportunity afforded the small
operator to cross-examine his more prominent and STic-
eessful fellow was taken advantage of to full, and some-
times comical, extent. After the lapse of a few years,
when the big growers had been pumped dry, the pet
theories all well aired and the novelty of the situation
had worn off, the broader questions of the uplifting an^
dignifying of the profession began to come to the front.
The need for internal strengthening of the organization
itself became also apparent to the more conservative
members, and it was soon realized that the problem of
so directing the society's activities as to make it a fixed
and permanent institution with an established policy
and intact membership would demand decisive attention
and that very serious work in this direction was yet in
store.

Still, notwithstanding the care free, youthful spirit
that permeated the period in question, the record
shows that some very practical and far-reaching work
had been accomplished. The Florists' Hail Association,
pregnant with benevolent purpose, the defeat of an ob-
noxious bill doubling the cost of postage on plants,
bulbs and seeds, and a further reduction on original
rates on these goods were some of the results achieved.
To these may be added the healthy sentiment awakened
against the practice of renaming, substituting, exagger-
ation in catalogue illustrations, and in the interests of
correct plant nomenclature.

An analysis of (be second period, covering the years
up to 1895, shows some interesting facts. The meeting
of 1890, lagging in absorbing debates and oral features
such as had marked the earlier gatherings, came to the

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HOKTICU LTURi:

August 12, 1905

front with the iiiagnificent object lessons of an unparal-
1(>1pc1 liorticullural exhibition and visits to the most
noted examples of finished fjardeuing in America. The
j;ardener element advanced into greater activity and
prominence and questions of botanical and scientific in-
terest, nomenclature and hybridization, began to claim
attention. Tlie treasury filled up meanwhile and ag-
gressively self-reliant, the S. A. F. sallied forth and
encanijjed on foreign soil, where it had a serious and
most industrious convention, then squared itself by a
great patriotic pilgrimage the following year to the na-
tional capital, whicli was almost as much picnic as con-
vention.

The turning point of drawing power in the novelty
of convention tours liad now been reached, an aggressive
trade press had seized upon the field of research and de-
bate on every-day cultural questions whjch had been the
mainstay of tlie earlier conventions and, under the
gloom of the great business depression which fell over
the entire country interest in the society began to wane
and allegiance weakened. It was not the fault of the
several communities that entertained the S. A. F. dur-
ing this era that attendance on the meetings began to
fall off, that the treasury ran low and that the future
looked ominous. The reaction was, doubtless, inevitable,
and its violence was augmented by the universal de-
pression. Through it all, the struggle to regain lost
prestigfe was courageously waged and incei?sant effort
made to repair the breaches and strengthen the weak
spots. The time of the annual meetings was shared
with the special or "auxiliary" societies, lest the inde-
pendent growth of these bodies should drain the
strength of the parent at this critical time; the long and
fruitless attempt to formulate a feasible plan of fire
insurance for greenhouses was inaugurated; manifold
schemes for co-operation with florists' clvibs and special
societies were taken up only to be killed in the grapple,
and the laborious agitation for a national incorporation
was pluckily carried on until, with success seemingly
attained, all hopes in this direction were dashed to
pieces by the deplorable veto of the charter which Con-
gress liad lipstnwed upon us. Yet these years were not
profitless. Tlic nonirnclature committee of the society
did an enormous amount of effective work; the annual
exliibitions had advanced in importance and rules had
been jiut in ojwration for tlieir systematic management;
a sulistantial reduction of express rates on plant ship-
mets liad been secured, and in a general way the so-
ciety's activities had broadened out from trade topics to
the M-ider field of liorticulture.

The period from ISP.') to the opening year of the new
century was a vital one in the society's history. Start-
ing at the lowest ebb of industrial dejection, with weak-
ened interest and evidences of direct unfriendliness to
the national society on all sides, conflicting interests
asserting themselves, ill-disposed critics coming boldly
out into the open and the treasury balance nearly wiped
out, the craft still maintained her course and those who
were looking for shipwreck were given the privilege of
another guess. A generous attitude was maintained
towards other organizations and the willingness to give

everybody a chance was a marked characteristic of those
years. The favor with which an invitation to a southern
city was received in 189G gave evidence of the growing
inclination to migrate into new fields which reached
its realization two years later in the trip to the far west,
the audacity of which fairly astounded friend and foe
alike. Here the current, which had commenced to turn
in the previous year, began to flow strongly and, in har-
mony with the returning confidence and stability spread-
ing all over the country, the S. A. F. began to quickly
regain its lost ground.

Times of adversity often bring out the l)est qualities
of nations, societies and men. The period we have just
been considering was one of indomitable industry in
seeking the key to united support and sympathy from all
interests, in the internal upbuilding of the organization
and unquestionably the compact, well-organized body
we have today owes much of its structural strength to
tlie devoted labors of tliose trying years. Even at the
time of lowest vitality the papers presented and the dis-
cussions at the sessions of the society were of the highest
practical and literary order. The president's recep-
tion and series of illustrated lectures which have been
so popular ever since, the distribution of medals through
sist;er societies for deserving new plants, the life mem-
bership system and permanent fund, the abolishment of
the delinquent list, the establishment of the department
of registration for new plants, the legislative committee,
the annual publislied list of new plant introductions,
the yearly report of state vice-presidents, the change of
name, the ofiScial recognition of the sporting features
attendant upon the annual conventions, these all date
from this period.

The final securing of a national charter, the new
system of government, the express rate victory, the trip
to the south and other important incidents in the history
of the organization during the last five years are too
fresh in the memory to warrant any further reference
to tliem at this time. Summing up the society's career
for its twenty-one years of life, we are impressed with
the masterful skill, wisdom and resource displayed in
the bringing aliout of such an alliance between so many
varied and apparentlv irreconcilable factors. From the
beginning tlie provaling sentiment has been to leave the
doors wide open and all interests have been freely ad-
mitted to its councils and activities. Its roll-book has
always borne the names of the leading spirits in Amer-
ican liorticulture and yet its policy has been so elastic
and unfettered that the average age of the members to-
day is probably younger than that of twenty years ago.
The society has all tliis time been helping the florist to
make liis place in the community. While stinmlating
activity, broadening trade channels, and promoting the
fraternal spirit, the keynote of its work has been educa-
tion and its aim has been consistently directed to the
elevation and ennobling of the calling of the florist and
gardener. The dignitaries who have been pleased to
formally welcome the organization to the several cities
where it has visited have shown by flieir words and
manner that the Society of American Florists and Or-
namental Horticulturists is recognized as an institution
entitled to high rank in the public estimation. This is
an endorsement that should not be underestimated and
may reasonably lie interpreted as pointing the way to a
more agtjressivc and self-reliant course of action in
matters of general concern. To utilize to full advantage
tlic avenues now opened for eminent service in the
cause of American horticulture is the great responsi-
bility devolving upon the society and especially upon
those entrusted for the time being voih tlic conduct of
its affairs and the shaping of its destinies.

August 12, 1905

HORTICULTURE

I'mi. J. llAI-SWIRTH, rll:iirui:in S|

H ORTI CULTURE

August 12, 1905

British Horticulture

A SEED-GKOWING CENTER

Although Essex lias suii'ereJ in recent years from
depression in general agriculture, farmers have found
a profitable line in growing seeds' for the leading firms.
Hundreds of acres are devoted to vegetables and flowers,
and the climate and soil are particularly suitable for this
branch of growing. The season is sufficiently early to
grow general vegetable crops wliioh cannot be matured
further north. Within a radius of a few miles below
Witham is to be found the largest seed-growing district
in the country. Here are to be found the seed farms of
Messrs. Cooper, Taber & Co., Messrs. King & Sons,
Messrs. Bobbie & Co., of Eothesay, who make a specialty
of sweet peas. When I visited the district a few days
ago there were many complaints prevalent as to the
need of rain. The green pea and runner bean crops
were sutfering, owing to the lack of moisture. One crop
of peas 1 noticed would not yield more than a quarter of
a crop, and would be grown at a loss. At the trial
grounds of Mr. W. Deal, at Brooklands, Kelvedon, a
variety of peas are grown each year. The three varie-
ties being harvested at this time were Sutton's Little
Marvel, Green Gem, and Pilot. Mr. Deal considers
tliat the first named is the best early pea in cultivation,
and in spite of tlie drought he has some very heavy crops
this sei;ison.

SOME USEFUL PEAS AND POTATOES

Mr. Deal also spoke highly of the pea, Thomas
Laxton, which is similar to Gradus, but a stumjjed
pod and a better cropper, and a very useful market
variety. For a second early, Sutton's Dwarf Defiance
has come out well in the trials. It has a very fine dark
green pod, growing about two feet high, and it keeps its
character. Amongst the newer kinds. Leader, a second
early bi-ought out last year by Messrs. Johnson of
Boston, was seen to be making a good show, and it is
likely to become very popular for market purposes. On
the potato section some trials are in progress of interest
to the trade. These are being made on behalf of the
National Potato Society to demonstrate the variation in
the yield of tubers grown at different distances apart.
A large variety of the new kinds of potatoes were being
tested in other parts of the grounds. Amongst these,
Vermont Gold Coin, which has been introduced from
America, was seen to be making a sturdy growth.
Other meritorious kinds were the Nobleman, a new mid-
season kidney; the Highlander, a new crop which has
done well in various parts of the country; Excelsior, a
first early; the Gem, first early kidney; Sutton's Dis-
covery, etc. Mr. Deal is strongly opposed to the system
which has been extensively adopted of forcing the
tubers unnaturally to produce a big result from a small
quantity of seed. All his potatoes are grown under
normal conditions, and as a rule, with favorable
weather, good crops are secured. In the cooking tests
the Essex potatoes have held their own.

THE I!. H. S. GARDENS

The new gardens of the Eoyal Horticultural Society
are now looking at their best. Those members who
have not been able to visit Wisley, which is some dis-
tance out of London, were able to-day to judge of the
beauties of the place from a series of lantern slides
shown at a lecture given by Mr. T. S. Wright, the
superintendent at the Eoyal Horticultural Hall. The
growth of London rendered it necessary for the society
to give up the gardens at Chiswick, and to remove
farther into the country, and they have been able to
secure a veritable beauty spot in the heart of rural
Surrey, through the generosity of Sir Thomas Hanbury,
V. M. H. Here a large range of glass-houses has been
erected, a new house for the superintendent and other
buildings have been completed. A good start has been
made in the practical uses to which the gardens are to
be devoted. Seven acres have been planted with a rep-
resentative collection of fruit trees and bushes presented
to the Society by such well-known firms as Messrs. G.
Bunyard & Co., Dicksons, Ltd., John Eraser, H. Lane
& Co., Hugh Low & Co., Paul & Son, J. E. Pearson &
Sons, Thomas Elvers & Sons, W. Spooner & Sons,
and J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd. The report which
will be available as a result of the trials will prove
very helpful to the fruit growers, for this is a branch in
which there is scope for some useful work, and hitherto
the researches as affecting commercial fruit growing
have not been very numerous.

THE WORK TO BE ACCOMPLISHED

The garden trials will be supplemented by work in a
laboratory for scientific research in questions relating
to plant life, diseases, and insect pests. The serviceable
aid to horticulture in training students will also receive
ample attention. During the past nine years this has
been an important branch of the Sui ici\V ci|H-riiiions at
Chiswick, under the direction of Mi. W M-hi ; and the
students have secured many high p(.iMiinn~ mi,! Imrticul-
tural honors at home and abmad. iii. IikIiii;^ iwh who
have established businesses in lli<' rinnJ Siai.-. It is
reported that 90 per cent, of the siu.irnis aiv .Imng well,
a satisfactory recortl. At Wisley the students are
admitted for a period of two years, and are thoroughly
trained in practical horticulture. That the training is
efficient is attested by the many applicai i(ll1^ made to
secure the students when they ha\i' i(iiii|il( iid their
course of study. Last year applicalicii^ wciv received
for thirty-six head gardeners, three single-handed
gardeners, ten foremen, eleven journeymen, three for-
t'sKTs, and several as nursery foremen, landseajje gar-
iliiinv. |ii'..|ia,-ators. etc., and as a rule those who have

I'fin IV, iiiriHlnl liave given the fullest satisfaction.

'I'll!' Snriclj IS Fortunate in having such a capable
superintendent as j\Ir. Wright, who is appreciated for
his sterling worth, and courteous fulfilment of his
duties.

>tyY, aM^.

London, Eng., Juh/ IS, J0U5.

August 12, 1905

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161

The Home of the Canna

Wyoming, also orange but darker than Indiana. This
is a grand variciy for tropical effect. Immediately
beyond we conn; on last year's sensation, jjouisiana,
winner oi' Lhc gi^ind prize at St. Louis. Its color is
IIk," nearest to liic Ijrilliant crimson of Philadelphia of
Mil the orchid-How firing sorts; blooms seven inches
iUMoss, large trusses well above the foliage.

When Mr. Wiiitzer started in to produce a better
viuiety than Florence Vaughan he had no easy propo-
sition, but we are inclined to think that his new
Ghidiator realizes tliat ideal. The markings are the
same as in Florence Vaughan, the ground deeper yellow
and showing up the crimson markings better, giving a
brighter effect which is enhanced by the small red
center petal. It is also a more profuse bloomer and
stands storms better than most varieties. Mont Blanc
is the nearest approach to a white yet produced, and
while it is good in many ways, the dead flowers persist,
giving the truss(!s a dingy effect; yet it has proved very
popular. An improved form appeared this season in
a batch of seedfings, and is being guarded with great

'I'he new bronze-leaved, scarlet, Chautauqua is one of
the l)est in its class. It is said to keep its color and
iluwer unusually well and to stand more cold. No. ^00
is to be named Uncle Sam and is worthy such a gooil
title. It is a shade lighter than Louisiana with leaves
a foot broad, larger even than Wyoming. The best yet
of tlie giant orchid-flowering sorts. Duke of Marl-
borough does well here although there is complaint of
it ill iiiaiiy localities. It is two shades deeper than
IMiiladi'lpbia. 'I'^asfprn Beauty is one of the most

Next to that clever Frenchman, M. Crozy, the world
owes more to a talented, American, Antoine Wintzer,
vice-president of the Conard & Jones Co., for the great
advance that has been made in cannas during the past
fifteen years, than to any other one man.

Having had the privilege of a trip through several
acres of the nursery at West Grove, devoted exclusively
to the king of bedding plants, I will now endeavor to
give a few of the interesting points in connection with
the most striking varieties noted. First, Coronet, a
lemon-yellow which originated with Mr. Wintzer while
he was still with Blanc. By constant selection it has
greatly improved and is one of the most satisfactory
of its color. Philadelphia is now well known as one
of the best deep crimson sorts, and it also is being
improved as to constitution, and there is now no excuse
planting such varieties as Chas. Henderson, fctc. An
unnamed variety marked 1571 is a lovely shade of
cerise, flowers very large, standing well above the
foliage. 1549 is a grand bronze-leaved orchid-flowered
sort which Mr. Wintzer says is the most distinct scarlet
with bronze leaves he has yet bred.

Indiana, one of last year's introductions, is an
orchid-flowering variety of great merit. I did not like
the leggy appearance of the flower stalks so high above
the foliage but Mr. Wintzer says this effect is much
lessened as the later croi)s of flowers develop. Next to
it and a fine contrast witli its dark ])urple foliage was

H O R 1 1 C U L T U R £

August 12, 190r.

Niagara

Gladiatoh

MONT Bl.ANC

Allkmania

Chkrokek

attractive among the pink shades. Buttercup is the
))est yellow of them all, and, next to Chautauqua, stands
unfavorable weather the best. Triumph, the dwarfest
canna, was not in good shape, the first blooms being
just gone. Gardner's Tom Thumb is, I think, still
dwarfer and a fine thing. Chameleon, a curious mix-
ture of yellow, orange, pink, white, and apricot, said to
liave been very popular at St. Louis, did not impress me.
West Grove is a grand variety with fine branching
habit, deep pink, large trusses, and a prodigious bloomer
and should be better known. Cloth of Gold is doubt-
less a mighty nice canna when at its best but it bleaches.
We admired our old friend, Florence Vaughan, in
passing and believe it will be a moon or two yet before
Florence abdicates her high place as an all-round
canna. Luray, a deep rose variety, was droopy in the
hot sun, but we were assured it usually looks fine.

President Cleveland is a good all-round variety, better
than McKinley, which is not as good a bloomer. We
noted one lot labelled Lovett's McKinley which was
good and free, but Mr. Wintzer said it was not the
true ]\lcKinley.

Pillar of Fire may be described as a much improved
Bouvier, a vivid bright crimson, and never droopy like
Bouvier. Philadelphia and Marlborougli are also
improvements on Bouvier. King Humbert away up as
to size of flowers and fine foliage but not all that might
be desired as to constitution or freedom of flowering
and does not clump up well. George Washington, a
vivid crimson, is notable for its fini.sh and fine habit.
The old Alsace is interesting only as the parent of Mont
Blanc, six generations removed. The same may be
said of Qiieen of Holland which used to be liked as an
orange with a bronze leaf, but the orchid-flowering
\arieties have superseded it. Betsey Ross, the clearest
(if the pinks and the dwarfest; same size as Crozy but
bigger leaves and larger trusses. Martha Washington
is in the same class, slightly darker pink, and with
larger flowers. Mile. Berat, a dark pink with long,
uarrow petals; not in it with Betsy Ross or Martha
Washington. Braudywine is a fine dark-leaved sort
with deep wine red flowers and spreading habit.
Supersedes Egandale. Mrs. Kate Gray the tall orchid-
flowering scarlet was good in its day, but succumbed
to Pennsylvania as the latter did in turn to the mag-
nificent Louisiana. Giant Crimson was a good one ten
years ago and is still one of the striking red sorts. Cal-
ifornia, otherwise known as Klondike, is a unique shade
of golden-orange, but it bleaches and cannot be placed
now among the first raters.

We noted among the seedlings, 20G0, a very fine
ruby red. This is its seventh year, but enough stock
has never been available to warrant sending it out.
Thousands of others have either been thrown away or
held in abeyance awaiting evidence of worthiness. This
firm has sent out over sixty varieties and has a number
of new ones for dissemination in the near future. Mr.
Wintzer says he has not nearly reached the height of
his ambition yet, but any one with his record on the
canna might well rest satisfied. I would like to say
something more about the achievements of Mr. Wintzer,
but I know wliat a horror he has of the latest
epidemic — Burbankitis — and would therefore err rather
with an insuftieienov than a redundance.

The Value of Scientific Training

Editor of Horticulttire: — Dear Sir: Having often
noted your evident interest in agricultural education,
it has occurred to me that you might possibly welcome
a few brief notes from one who knows some of the mis-
understandings which the general public has in regard
to such education.

While my thoughts in the main run in the defense of
Ibis theoretical training. 1 find it impossible to refrain
from criticising those wjio. having had the opportunity
for aci|uiring such knowledge, wholly rely ujion it in

dealing with problems so little understood as the forces
of nature. 1 shall make no attempt to give you my
views on the value to agriculturists of higher education
in general, but will confine myself strictly to those
sciences which have a direct and practical bearing on the
production of plant life.

There has been considerable criticism, no doubt much
of it justifiable, in regard to the actual results accom-
jilislied by many agricultural college graduates who
have engaged in agricultural and allied pursuits. Now,

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163

before we attempt to locate the causes for these apparent
failures, it is necessary for us to have some slight
knowledge of what the theoretical training consists of.
Therefore, let us consider briefly the three principal
branches which have a lioaring on the subject.

Botany. The importance of this science is, I believe,
generally underestimated. As far as I can learn the
common understanding among those who are not well
informed, seems to be that it is the study of the names
of the various species of plants; that anyone who has a
herbarium of dried wild flowers laid away in a dark
closet, and has the ability to pronounce properly the
Latin names without looking on the text, is a highly
educated botanist. If we accept this as a fair sample of
the belief of some of our poorly-informed critics, we
can readily understand vvliy it is that many people think
that this study has very little practical value for the
grower of plants.

In contrast to this let us look on just one phase of the
subject and see how it appeals to us. Consider the
plant as a living, growing organism, consisting of
roots, stems, leaves and flowers. Learn the relation of
its parts one to the other, both in health and in disease.
Examine the cell structures and find out their specific
functions, from the ends of the roots to the tips of the
leaves. Study the intricacies of the reproductive
organs and the means of perfecting or retarding their
development. Investigate how the plant gets its nour-
ishment, in what forms, and how and when the natural
courses may be assisted. Finally consider the effect of
its surroundings of soil, air, moisture and sunlight.

Then again, there is still another side to this ques-
tion. Take the matter, of fungous diseases. All of
our most troublesome ones are merely the manifestations
of the activity of the lower forms of plant life. They
must be fed and nourished just as surely as must the
higher forms, but, unlike them, they are detracting
from rather than adding to the results of our best
efforts. If we understand the various forms which
these plants assume, whether they live inside of their
hosts or merely on the surfaces, whether they flourish
better in the soil or above it, then we are in a position to
effectually overcome their ravages. Are not these every
day matters, and can anyone know too much about
them? Surely then such studies ought to be helpful
and the knowledge gained to have a practical
application.

Chemistry appears to be regarded as the science of
mystery, and indeed, in many ways, this seems to be
justified. A prevalent impression is that a grower
would have perfect control of his plants if he could
analyze his soil and find nut just what elements, and
the exact quantities of each, are required to produce
maximum results. Unfortunately, the science of chem-
istry has not yet been advanced far enough to enable us
to do this. I quote the following from a recent bulletin in
order to show how the experiment stations stand in
regard to this matter: "Soil analysis is of little avail.
There are several reasons for this. The chemist is not
able to distinguish between the available and the
unavailable plant food in the soil. He may find an
abundance which, owing to its insolubility, the crop can-
not use. Soil analysis Tiiay disclose a relative lack of
plant food or the presence of some deleterious matter:
but farther than this at present, common notions to the
contrary notwith.standing, it can (Jo but little."

Nevertheless, if (lie chemists are not able to give us
any definite assistance in regard to this one point, there
are still many ways in which the study of the suliject
can be made to help us in a practical way. I have in
mind as I write two grades of bone meal, number one
selling for thirty dollars and number two for thirty-
five, both under a guaranteed analysis and warranted as
to purity; but, wlien figuring out the value of these
according to the amount of ]>lant food in each, wo find
tliiit number two. the more expensive, is actually worth
five dollars less than number one.

Now, such facts as these demand the attention of
the practical grower, not as a matter of sentiment, but
as affecting the profitable conduct of his business. Many
such examples could be cited, but this serves to illustrate
the point.

Indeed chemistry has a practical bearing on cvery-
tliing connected with our work; the soil, the plants, and
even the very air they hreathe. And aside from our
l)]ants it concerns our wood, our iron, our paint, our
coal. The secrets of the safe and economical handling
of insecticides and fungicides are all laid bare through
its agency. In fact I can think of nothing which could
be of more actual value to us than the study of this
very interesting science.

The study of Entomology also has a practical value.
While I do not believe it is necessary to devote as much
time to it as to the other subjects, nevertheless it .should
not be neglected, for it enables us to penetrate some of
tlie mysteries of the insect world, and to cope intelli-
gently with the destruction caused by these little pests.

Now, Mr. Editor, I think that, after glancing over
tliis very brief outline of a few of the items bearing on
theoretical education, most of your readers will agree
with me that, if they can do a young man no good, at
least they can do him no harm. I do not wish to be
misunderstood on this point, however. Wlien I say
that they can do no harm. I mean if the theories have
been properly nuistered. Indeed I think that the old
saying, "A little learning is a dangerous thing," must
surely have been coined to fit the partially educated
theoretical gardener.

A word as to the young man who has just graduated.
It seems as though higher agricultural education as at
first constituted must have been founded on the world-
renowned Squeers principle of theory and practice.
However it is year by year gradually drawing away
from thi's, so that today the student gets his theory
from educated scientists and is left to get his practical
training from men who have devoted a life time to
acquiring the knowledge of a set of facts which are not
found in books and can be obtained only through the
hard knocks of experience. These men who have had
only a practical training have, by dint of jiard work,
an inborn love for their particular branch of the busi-
ness, and above all a natural gift of the power of keen
ob.servation, achieved a success far above the average of
their fellow craftsmen.

In concluding I would say that it is my opinion that,
unless our theoretical youngsters will associate them-
selves with some of these growers, for two or three
years at least, they will not only, not be as successful as
they otherwise would, but they will continue to throw
discredit on the value of agricultural education when
adapted (o actual business conditions.

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August 12, 1905

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The Editor Has His Say.

JloKTicULTUKE extciids greetings and timely con-
gratulations to the S. A. F. on its twenty-first birthday.
With the assured permanent support of the bone and
sinew of the profession, with more money in the
treasury than ever before, this lusty organization has
good reason to feel jubilant.

The laying of the corner stone of the new Breitmeyer
building in Detroit a few days ago was something more
llian a step in the development of an ordinary business
enterprise, as we look at it. To those who have known
the meil — father and sons — and have watched their busi-
ness grow from small beginnings to the greatness wliich
makes this event a possibility, it stands as an impres-
sive example to the young man of what floriculture of-
fers to him who will put industry, intelligence and in-
tegrity into its service. All will be glad to congratulate
the Messrs. Breitmeyer on the prosperity which this
occasion marks, for they know how it has been attained.

Eternal vigilance is the price we must pay henceforth
for immunity from insect depredations. Fancied
security, as in cases recently noted with respect to the
elm-leaf beetle, where the pest had been brought well
under control, leads to a relaxation of effort which the
insects are not slow to take advantage of. This con-
dition is not likely to obtain, however, in the case of
the gypsy moth wliich has this season nuide a tremen-
dous increase throughout (he section infested in eastern
l\Iassachusetts and control seems further ofE than ever.
fn places where the insects have been driven from the
trunks of the roadside trees they have taken to the curb-
stones and deposited their egg masses thereon. All
indications point to the proi)ability of unprecedented
damage nexi; season despite the most energetic resistance
that may be made.

Frequent notes in irouTicri/rUKU, also the tenor of
the advertisements, indicate a steady endeavor and
advance toward critical specialization in the growing
of flowers for commercial disposal. In the case of the
many varieties raised from seed which have been rap-
idly gaining favor of late as florists' specialties it is to
be noted that our seedsmen are exerting themselves as
never before to secure a supply and consequently
to encourage the careful raising of strains of seed of
surpassing excellence and purity. That they are suc-
ceeding must be plain to everyone who follows their
advertisements or has noted the greatly improved forms

of many old popular favorites now to be seen in the
ordinary florists' stock of cut flowers. There was a
time when the use of superlative adjectives in the seeds-
man's catalogue was apt to awaken more or less scepti-
cism in the reader — the bigger the claim the greater the
incredulity — but now when a seedhouse of any standing
makes an assertion as to the characteristics of super-
iority in its selections we are ready to accept such with
confidence, knowing that what were once but ideals are
tndnv realizations, through the painstaking work of the
>|Mvi,ili:-l iiiiil improved under the spur of the enter-
al i-m- -rilMiiiiu who is ever ready to supply the motive
iJdwiM fnr .^ucli endeavor.

This issue of Horticulture will find its subscribers
either started or about to start for Washington or de-
cided to stay away, and nothing we can now advance
will avail to increase the attendance at this important
gathering of the progressive horticulturists of our coun-
try. We take opportunity to say to those who could be
present but will not, (hat they are making a serious and
ex|H'iisi\i' mistake — expensive to themselves, for they are
sunl\ (li-iiiKil to fall behind in the race with their bet-
ter iiil'nniicd and more progressive brethren, and ex-
pensive to the cause of advanced floriculture, which
needs the moral support of every individual engaged in
this calling and suffers in proportion as that support is
withheld. It is not a question of whether you admire
or do not admire the manners or methods of any man
or aggregation of men identified with the society or
whether you full\ iiidi.i-. what the society has done or
entirely agree willi ii- iMnnagenient of conventions, but
whether, putting pciviinaln ics into the background, you
ap. ,lH|,M.r,| tn come forward manfully and unselfishly
1111(1 I Mill I il.iiio to the general good by doing your part
t<>\\;ir(ls cxii iiding the influence and usefulness of your
national oi-ganization.

"To look up and not down.
To look forward and not back,
; To look out and not in, and
To lend a hand" —

vill win out.

that is the ijolicy

What They Say of Us

Boston, Mass., .\ug. 8th, 1905-.
Wm. J. Stewart, Editor Horticulture:

Bear Sir : — We wish to throw two bouquets. One to
you, the other to ourselves. We sincerely congratulate
you upon the wide and valuable circulation Horticul-
ture must have, judging solely by the inquiries we
have received as well as the orders placed through our
advertisement. We find it readies far and beyond what
we surmised (New England). Our letter list shows
that its advertising columns extend to and beyond the
Great Lakes. Therefore, we throw you the first bou-
quet, and the .second one we feel justified in casting
our way, that we evidenced good judgment in placing
the circulator ad. with you. What we have already
recclM'il iini|ily justifies the expenditure. We shall be
in W'li-Iiin-lon and be prepared to show interested par-
tii'> iliat what we have announced in your columns is
what we claim, a simple, practical, automatic solving of
greenhouse heating.

We remain Very truly yours,

William W. Castle.

For Holly-Castle Co.

August 12, 1905

HORTICULTURE

AFTER ADJOURNMENT.

Among thp many valual)le invpn-
tions and novelties to he oxliibited at
Washington next week none touch
closer to a universal need than the
Holly-Castle device for securing inde-
pendent water circulation in green-
house heating apparatus. It will be
shown in operation.

Harry Bayersdorfer seems to rest
easy under his new title. "The Mer-
chant Prince." His Highness will nol
take his usual over Sunday at .Mlantic
City this week as he wishes to he in
Philadelphia to greet his many out of
town friends on their way to the con-
vention. He wishes us to state that
any one arriving on Sunday will And
the latch-string out at his private res-
idence, 1629 Diamond St.

Parisian florists, not to be behind in
fashionable colors, are giving their
flowers for corsage use a "dead" look
to comport with the "dead" tones of
the toilet. — Boston Evening Record.

Here is encouragement for the
"Salter." Can it be possible that his
beloved treasures of the storage cellar
are destined to meet with desired ap-
preciation, and the expert in "holding
back" come forward as the hero of the
fashionable hour?

At the store of Spencer & Martin,
221 Genesee street last evening, the
ITtica Florists' Club held a meeting.
It was decided to hold a clam hake
at Wright's Grove. August Ifi. The fol-
lowing committee on entertainment
was appointed: W. A. Rowlands. Har-
ry Mathews, William Kaufer and J.
C Spencer. — ITtica Herald.

Looks too much like a counter at-
traction to the S. A. F. convention,
doesn't it? What think yjou?

Trades unionism seems to have
reached the heights of arrogance in
the matter of music for the public
parks of New York, and a park com-
missioner appears to have attained the
extreme of nauseating snivelling in
giving assurance that in the parks un-
der his supervision non-union singers
were not to be found. The New York
Tribune, commenting on this, submits
that "The assurance must be gratify-
ing indeed to every one who has the
interests of union music at heart. Now
let all who have taken out cards in
the Musical Union ioin in singing our
grand national anthem — third stanza,
please:

"Let music swell the breeze.

And ring from all the trees
Sweet Freedom's song:

Let union tongues awake;

Let not a 'scab' partake:

Let rocks their silence break.
The sound prolong."

PERSONAL

W. A. Bridgeman, formerly with
Thorley, is now associated with the
Thomas Young, .Tr., Company, at 41
West 28 street. New York.

Ulysses P. Hedrick, of the Michigan
Agricultural College, has been ap-
pointed horticulturist at the N. Y.
State Rxperiment Station at Geneva.

Mr. C. T. Guenther of Hamburg.
N. Y., who has been confined to his
home by sickness for the past two
months is again able to be at his

OBITUARY.

'M'

Fi:i

We are pained to record the death
by a terrible accident of F. C. Mose-
ley, vice-president, and secretary of
the A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., at Ne-
pouset, Mass. Mr. Moseley, who was
afflicted with deafness, was struck by
an outward-bound express while cross-
ing the tracks at Neponset station to
take an inward-bound train for his
office, on the afternoon of Wednesday.
August 9, and was instantly killed. A
business acquaintance of a number of
years justifies us in saying that the
death of Mr. Moseley is an irreparable
loss to his business associates and the
community in which he moved. His
age was 47 years.

Adolph StoII of Baltimore, Md., died
on August 1, aged 76 years.

.lohn Salter Richards, long known
as "Uncle Dick Richards," of Brook-
line, Mass., and reputed to be the old-
est horticulturist in the country, died
at his home in Brookline, Mass., on
August 3, at the age of 94 years. He
was a native of CuIIompton, Devon-
shire, Eng. For many years he was a
prominent exhibitor at Horticultural
Hall, Boston, excelling especially in
the cultivation of roses.

NEW EARLY SWEET PEAS.

August I. \wn.

Editor of Horticulture: —

Dear Sir: — Having read the article
over sweet peas, where Mr. G. C. Wat-
son says that w^e only need an early
variety like King Edward, and like
Lady Hamilton (Page ll.'i), I wish to
say that if Mr. Wat.son will come
in December or January to my place.
I think I can show him several shades
of them, besides very near all existing
colors. Many of these I expect to in-
troduce very soon.

Very respectfully.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK.

Bound Brook, N. ,T.

The Kentucky Society of Florists
held its monthly meeting on August
1st at August R. Baumer's store, the
Masonic, with the usual attendance.
Progress on the November Flower
Show was made.

16.5

OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.

Visitors to Philadelphia, before or
after convention, should not fail to
see the crotons on the Girard College
i;r(punds. They are looking very
iiiiuht at present, and are an object
^ ^^iin as to what can be done with
iliis plant in ornamental bedding. Be-
sides, you will have an opportunity of
shaking hands with your old friend.
Kdwin Lonsdale. No man more "de-
light-ed" than he to welcome visitors.

When making an end of the rest of
t lie graft in the Agricultural Depart-
ment there will be some prospect of
putting an end to the paltry seed
swindle at the expense of the public
treasury and of the honest seedsmen.
—Philadelphia Record.

If the President and the Secretary
of Agriculture can do that, they will
deserve well of their country. But
they have the job of their lives! That
graft has a tap root that goes deep,
and the devil has a grip on the end
of it It will take a stump-puller
bigger than anything we have yet
heard of to get that villain out! But
our President Is a large and shining
example. Let's hope he can do it!

The Rural New Yorker shows an il-
lustration of Cephalipherum Drum-
mondi, from which is selected the so-
called "fadeless flower" of Burhank.
So far as we can judge at present, this
has nothing to recommend it bevond
other good old-fashioned everlastings,
such as acroclinium. rhodanthe, heli-
chrysum. etc. It is to be feared that
Luther has been doing overtime of
late, working the newspapers.

G. C. W.

VACATIONISTS.

Mrs. F. R. Hill of Baltimore visiting
noints of interest about Boston and
Newport.

William Gardner, manager for Peter
Weiland's wholesale house, has gone
to Canada with George Magrie.

W. F. Holmes and wife visiting east.
W. J. Palmer and family at Muskoka
f ake, also C. D. Zimmerman at same
place; all of Buffalo, N. T.

Mrs. C. C. T owe. Long Beach, Cat.
is visiting in New England and will
attend the convention at Washington.
A. H. Whitcomb. Lawrence. Kans.. is
-Tt Mansfield. Mass.. and will join the
Boston party going to the convention.

The largest cut flower and plant
store in the Pacific coast section of the
United States is that of Seulherger
in the heart of Oakland. Cal. Fred
Seulherger. son of the venerable
flower merchant, is at the fore as the
present active manager of the business
and just now his measure of life con-
tentment is full to running: over, first
because of the success of bis recent
distribution of colonies of Oriental
parasites for moth destruction and,
second, because he is now in the trans-
port period of honevmoon life. In a
beautiful home of his own, designed
by himself.

HORTICULTURE

August 12, 1905

Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists.

LIST OF CONVENTIONS, OFFICERS AND SUBJECTS DISCUSSED, UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.

Cincinnati, O., August 12, 13, 14, 1885.
Officers. — President, John Tliorpe,

Queens, N. Y.; Vice-President. J. M.

.Jordan, St. Louis, Mo.; Secretary, E.

G. Hill. Richmond, Ind.; Treasurer, M.

A. Hunt, Chicago, 111.
Lectures and Papers. — Diseases of

Plants and their remedies, Charles

Henderson; Plant Nomenclature, Rob,

ert .1. Halliday; The Cut Flower Trade,

William J. Stewart; Roses, J. N. May;

Spring and Summer Cut Flowers, H.

Michael; Steam vs. Hot Water, John
Thorpe.

Philadelphia, Pa., August 18, 19, 20,
21, 1886.
Officers.— President, John Thorpe,
Queens, N. Y.; Vice-President, Robsrt
Craig. Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary, E.
G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; Treasurer, M.
A. Hunt, Chicago, 111.

Executive Committee.— R. S. Brown,
J. C. Vaughan, R. J. Halliday, H. Sun-
derbruch, J. Y. Murkland, George
Field, B. P. Critchell, J. M. Jordan, J.
N. May.

Lectures and Papers. — What the
Craft has been doing the past Forty
Years, Peter Henderson; Treatment of
Tea Roses during Summer, A. Wintzer.
Hybrid Perpetual Roses for Out Door
Summer Bloom, John Henderson; Pot
Grown Roses for Market Purposes,
Robert Craig: Greenhouses and How
to Buil« Them, J. N. May; Pot Grown
Decorative Foliage Plants, James Tap-
lin; Carnations and Their Treatment,
Joseph Tailby; Making up Floral De-
signs, A. Le Moult; Advantages of Hot
Water Over Steam for Heating Pur-
poses, J. D. Carmody.

Chicago, 111., August 16, 17, 18, 1887.
Officers.— President, Robert Craig,
Philadelphia; Vice-President, J. C.
Vaughan, Chicago; Secretary, Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa.; Treas-
urer. M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind.

Executive Committee.— John Thorp-.
R. J. Halliday, J. M. Jordan. C. B.
Whitnal, E. G. Hill, H. A. Siebrecht. J.
N. May, Alex. Murdoch, W. J. Stewart.
Lectures and Papers. — Hybridizing
and Cross Fertilization, John Thorpe;
Summer Propagation of Roses. E. G.
Hill; Roses on Stocks. Charles P. An-
derson; Orchids, H. A. Siebrecht; Forc-
ing Hardy Shrubs, Jackson Dawson;
Retail Flower Business, J. M. Jordan;
Business Methods, A. E. Whittle.
New York, N. Y., August 21, 22, 2S,
1888,
Officers.— President, E. G. Hill, Rich-
mond, Ind.; Vice-President, J. N. May,
Summit, N. J.; Secretary, W. J. Stew-
art. Boston; Treasurer, M. A. Hunt,
Terre Haute, Ind.

Executive Committee. — Peter Hen-
derson, A. P. Calder, C. D. Ball, F.
R. Pierson, H. Michel, J. M. Keller, A.
M. Whittle, J. D. Raynolds, W. G.
Bertermann.

Lectures and Papers. — The Elevation
of our Busines.s, H. H. Battles; Perns,
Palms and Other Decorative Plants, C.
D. Ball; Roses from the Retailer's
Standpoint, Thomas Cartledge; Roses
from the Grower's Standpoint, Edwin
Lonsdale; Nomenclature, R. J. Halli-
day; Modes of Heating and Relative
Cost of Construct if)n and Operation,
J. D. Raynolds; Soils and Fertilizers,
J. H. Taylor.

Buffalo, N. Y., August 20, 21, 22, 2:!,
1889.

Officers.— President, J. N. May, Sum-
mit, N. J.; Vice-President, W. J.
Palmer, Buffalo, N. Y.; Secretary, Wm.
J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer,
M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind.

Executive Committee. — Peter Hen-
derson. A. P. Calder, C. D. Ball, R. J.
Halliday, J. M. Keller, A. E. Whittle.
J. D. Raynolds, J. T. Temple, Frank
Huntsman.

Lectures and Papers. — Some of the
Best Roses of Recent Years. W. C.
Barry; The Elevation of Our Business,
Robert Craig; Education, H. H. Bat-
tles; An Experimental Garden. John
Thorpe; Summer Blooming Flowers
for Florists' Use. A. E. Whittle; Hor-
ticultural Exhibitions, Edwin Lons-
dale; Making and Application of Heat
as Used in Greenhouses. J. S. Wi

liams; Landscape Gardening, Wm. Mc-
Millan; Orchids, the Natural Habitat
of the Leading Varieties, I. Forster-
mann.

Boston, Mass., August 19, 20, 21, 22,
1890.

Officers. — President, J. M. Jordan,
St. Louis, Mo.; Vice-President, M. H.
Norton, Boston, Mass.; Secretary,
Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas-
urer, M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind.

Executive Committee. — A. P. Calder,
.1. M. Keller, J. n. Raynolds, Frank
Huntsman, R. J. Halliday, J. T. Tem-
ple. John Burton, D. B. Long, Wm.
Falconer.

Lectures and Papers.— Easter Trade,
James Dean; System in Business, D.
B. Long: The Use of Special Fertil-
izers ITnder Glass, Prof. S. T. May-
nard: Succulents. E. S. Miller; Hardy

Herbaceous Plants. J. Woodward Man-
ning; Petroleum as Fuel, J. B. Moore;
Some Failures and Successes in Cross-
ing and Hybridizing, E. S. Carman.
Toronto, Ont., August 18, 19, 20, 21,
1891.

Officers.— President, M. H. Norton,
Boston, Mass.; Vice-President, John
Chambers, Toronto, Ont.; Secretary,
Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas-
urer, M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind.

Executive Committee. — Frank Hunts-
nuin, Wm. R. Smith, J. T. Temple,
Wm. Falconer, John Burton, D. B.
Long, Jas. Dean, P. Welch, H. W.
Buckbee.

Lectures and Papers. — The Future
of Horticulture in America, W. A.
Manda; Sub-tropical Bedding, David
Allan; Aquatic Plants, Benj. Gi-ey;
Credits, H. B. Beatty; .Store Trade, W.
H. l.fuig: Winter Flowering Plants for
DfM- native Purposes, W. H. Taplin;
Begonias, John Chambers; New Car-
nations, Fred Dorner; A Review of
New Plants, Wm. Falconer, Glen Cove.
Washington, D. C, August 17, 18, 19,
20, 1892.

(Officers. — President, James Dean,
l:ay Ridge, N. Y.; Vice-President, W.
K. Smith, Washington, D. C; Secro-
liiry, Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.;
Treasurer, M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute,
nd.

Executive Committee. — Wm. Falcon-
' I . .lohn Burton, D. B. Long, P. Welch,
H W. Buckbee, W. A. Manda, C. W.
Iloitt, J. H. Dunlop, J. T. Anthony.

Lectures and Papers. — Fungous and
Other Rose Troubles. Prof. Byron D.
Halsted; Why Insects Infest Plants,
John Saul; The Propagation of Roses,
Paul Pierson; The European Bulb
Market and the American Buyer, John
Reck; Hints on Hybridizing and the
provement of Plants, Richard Bagg;
Review of New Plants. Wm. Falconer;
Cut Flowers for Holiday Demands,
Henry Young; Floriculture for 'Chil-
dren, Robert Farquhar.
St. Louis, Mo., August 9, 10, 11, 12.
1893.

Officers.— President, Wm. R. Smith.
Washington, D. C; Vice-President,
Prof. Wm. Trelease, St. Louis, Mo.;
Secretary, Wm. J. Stewart, Boston,
.Mass.; Treasurer, M. A. Hunt, Terre
Haute, Ind.

Executive Committee. — W. A. Man-
da, P. Welch, H. W. Buckbee, C. W.
Hoitt, J. H. Dunlop, J. T. Anthony,
Benj. Durfee, P. O'Mara, H. B. Beatty.

Lectures and Papers.— Carnations,

C. H. Allen; Chrysanthemums, Elmer

D. Smith; Successful Rose Growing,
R. F. Tesson; Horticultural Exhibi-
tions, W. G. Bertermann; Neglected
Plants in Outdoor Decoration, James
Gurney; Hybridization, Dr. J. M. Mac-
farlane; Labor Saving Devices, P.
O'Mara.

Atlantic City, N. J., August 21, 22, 23,
24, 1894.

Officers.— President, J. T. Anthony,
Chicago, III.; Vice-President, Robert
Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary, Wm.
J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer,
M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind.

Executive Committee.— C. W. Hoitt,
J. H. Dunlop, J. C. Vaughn, Benj. Dur-
fee, P. O'Mara, H. B. Beatty, Alex.

August 12, 1905

HORTICULTURE

Some of the Washington Workers

Waldbart, J. C. Rennison. Elijah A.
Wood.

Lectures and Papers. — Elevation of
our Business, W. H. Taplin; Compara-
tive Colors and Their Relation to
Flowers, F. Schuyler Mathews; The
Best Method of Growing Roses, .lohn
H. Taylor; Orchids as Commercial
Flowers, Wm. Mathews; Evolution of
the Chrysanthemum. Grove P. Raw-
son; Cannas. .Tohn T. Teni|ilo: Aqua-
tics, Wm. TricUer: Successful Violet
Culture, Andrew Washljiirn; Fertil-
izers and Their Applical ion, Robert
Simpson; Classification and Inspection
of Commercial Plants, G. L. Grant.
Pittsburg, Pa., August 20, 21, 22, 23,
1895.

Officers.— President, Edwin Lons-
dale, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.;

Vice-President, B. C. Reineman, Alle-
ghany, Pa.; Secretary, Wm. J. Stewart,
Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, H. B.
Beatty, Oil City, Pa.

Executive Committee.— Benj. Dnr-
fee, P. O'Mara, W. N. Rudd, Alex.
Waldbart, J. C. Rennison, Elijah A.
Wood, Jackson Dawson, Grove P.
Rawson, H. H. Battles.

Papers and Discussions. — Horticul-
tural Education, Charles J. Dawson;
Mysteries of the Flowers, William
Hamilton Gibson; Improved Chrys-
anthemums, extant and essential dis-
cussion opened by E. G. Hill; Latest
Facts As to Carnations, opened by
Fred Dorner; I.,atest Facts As to
Roses, opened by .John Burton; Hardy
Flowers for Florists' Use, J. Woodward
Manning; The Society's Interests iu

Popular HorticuJtuiral Advancemient,
Prof. J. F. Cowell.

Cleveland, O., August 18, 19, 20, 21,
1896.

Officers.— President, Wm. Scott, Buf-
falo, N. Y.; Vice-President, Adam
Graham, Cleveland, O.; Secretary,
Wm. .1. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas-
urer, H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa.

Executive Committee.— Alex. Wald-
bart, .1. C. Rennison, Elijah A. Wood,
Jackson Dawson, Grove P. Rawson, J.
F. Cowell, W. K. Harris, John G. Es-
ler. W. N. Rudd.

Papers and Discussions.— What Has
Been Accomplished By the Carnation
Society? R. W. Shelmire; What Has
Been Accomplished By the Chrysan-
themum Society? E. A. Wood; Com-
mercial Law as Applicable to our

H O R T 1 C U L T U P £

August 12, 1905

Business, Hon. C. W. Hoitt; The
Beauties of the Flowers, Henry T.
Bailey; The Chemical Tripod in Flori-
culture, Dr. R. C. Kedzie.
Providence, R. I., August 17, IS, 19,
20, 1897.

Officers. — President, Adam Graham,
Cleveland, O.; Vice-President, Farqu-
har Macrae, Providence. R. I.: Secre-
tary, Wm. J. Stewart, Boston. Mass.;
Treasurer, H. H. Beatty, Oil City, Pa.

Executive Committee. — Jackson Daw-
son, Grove P. Rawson, J. F. Cowell,
W. K. Harris, J. G. Esler, W. N. Rudd,
Elmer D. Smith, W. F. Gude, George
M. Kellogg.

Papers and Discussions. — Root Galls
on Cultivated Plants, Prof. B. D. Hal-
sted; The Florist as Scientist vs.
Artisan, F. W. Rane; Trees and Shrubs
Grown by Florists, Chas. J. Dawson:
Our Favorite Exotic Plants in Their
Own Homes, Prof. George L. Goodale;
Bedding Plants, .T. J. Butler; A Year's
Progress in Roses, M. H. Walsh; A
Year's Progress in Carnations. Wm.
Nicholson; Progress in the Retail
Trade, Thomas J. Johnston.
Omaha, Neb., August 16, 17, IS. 19,

Officers.— President. W. F. Gude,
Washington, D. C. ; Vice-President, A.
Donaghue, Omaha. Neb.; Secretary,
Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas-
urer. H. B. Beatty. Oil City, Pa.

Executive Committee.— W. K. Har-
ris. J. G. Esler, W. N. Rudd, Elmer D.
Smith, George M. Kellogg, E. M.
Wood, .Tohn H. Taylor, W. W. Coles,
E. H. Cushman.

Papers and Discussions. — A Few Re-
marks on the Dahlia, L. K. Peacock;
Bulb Growing in America, Prof. W. F.
Massey; Trade Exhibitions. E. H.
Cushman; Grafted Roses for Growing
Under Glass. Robert Craig; Improve-
ment in Varieties and Improvement in
Cultural Methods as Exemplified in
High-grade Flowers, E. G. Hill.

Detroit, Mich., August 15, 16. 17, IS.
1899.

Officers.— President, W. N. Rudd,
Mt. Greenwood, 111.; Vice-President,
Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich ;
Secretary, Wm. J. Stewart, Boston,
Mass.; Treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Oil
City, Pa.

Executive Committee.— Elmer D.
Smith, George M. Kellogg, Edmund M.
Wood. E. H. Cushman. .Tohn H. Tay-
lor, W. W. Coles. Jno. F. Cowell, C. W.
Ward, Lawrence Cotter.

Papers and Discussions. — Hybridiz-
ing and the Introduction of New Car-
nations. C. W. Ward; The Develop-
ment of Public Patronage in the
Flower Trade. .T. F. Sullivan; Rose
Pests and How to Exterminate Thern,
E. M. Wood.

New York, N. Y.. August 21 22 2'.',
24, 1900.

Officers. — President, B. M. Wood,
Natick, Mass.; Vice-President, F. r!
Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.; Secretary,
J. M. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas-
urer. H. B. Beatty, Oil Citv, Pa.

Executive Committee.— E. H. Cush-
man. .John H. Taylor, W. W. Coles,
John F. Cowell. C. W. Wards. Law-
rence Cotter, J. D. Carmody. J. F. Sul-
livan, A. B. Cartledge.

Papers and Discussions. — Floral
Decorations, Robert Kift; Greenhouse
Construction, J. D. Carmody; American
Floriculture, Prof. B. T. Galloway;
New York Botanical Garden, Dr. N. L.

Britton; The Improvement of the Car-
nation, Wm. Weber; The Welfare of
Our National Society, Robert Craig;
The Rose, E. G. Hill.
Buffalo, N. Y., August 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 1901.

Officers.— President, Patrick O'Mara,
Jersey City, N. J.; Vice-President, Wm.
F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.; Secretary,
Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas-
urer, H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa.

Executive Committee.— C. W. Ward,
J. F. Cowell, Lawrence Cotter, J. D.
Carmody, A. B. Cartledge, J. F. Sulli-
van, Alex. Wallace, Richard Witter-
staetter. Brail Buettner.

Papers and Discussions. — Flowering
Plants and Their Treatment for Christ-
mas Sales, Wm. P. Craig; The Old and
the New Century in Horticulture, John
N. May; The Fuel Question in Green-
house Heating. Prof. L. R. Taft.

Officers. — President. John Burton,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-President, J.
W. C. Deake, Asheville. N. C; Secre-
tary. Wm. J. Stewart, Boston. Mass.;
Treasurer. H. B. Beatty. Oil City. Pa.

Directors.— J. F. Sullivan, A. B. Cart-
ledge, J. D. Carmody, Alex. Wallace.
Emil Buettner. R. Witterstaetter, F. R.
Mathison, Robert J. Halliday.

Papers and Discussions. — The
Wholesaling of Cut Flowers. Edgar
Sanders; The Retailing of Cut Flowers,
George Wienhoeber; Needs of North-
ern Forests. Fred R. Mathison: Bulb
Culture in North Carolina. W. F. Mas-
sey: The Bulb Situation, Wm. R.
Smith.

Milwaukee, Wis.. August IS, 10. 20,
21, 1903.

Officers. — President, John Burton,

Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-President, C.
C. PoUworth, Milwaukee, Wis.; Secre-
tary, Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.;
Treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa.

Directors. — Alex. Wallace. Emil
Beuttner, R. Witterstaetter, F. R.
Mathison, Robert J. Halliday. Geo.
C. Watson, R. F. Tesson.

Papers and Discussions. — A System
of Accounts for Greenhouses and
Forms for Determining Cost of Pro-
duction, R. F. Tesson; Modern Meth-
ods in Floral Decoration, Alex. Mc-
Connell; Violet Culture in the West,
G. F. Crabb; Substitutes tor Coal and
Their Comparative Efficiency, W. R.
Beatty; Humorous Side of the Florists'
Business. J. D. Carmody.
St. Louis, Mo., August 16, 17, 18,
19, 1904.

Officers. — President, Philip Brejt
meyer, Detroit, Mich.; Vice-President
H. Beneke, St. Louis, Mo.; Secretary
Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas-
urer. H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa.

Directors.- F. R. Mathison, Robt,
J. Halliday, Geo. C. Watson,' R. F.
Tesson, H. M. Altick, Theo. Wirth.

Papers and Discussions. — Develop
ment of American Type of Roses, B.
G. Hill; American Grown Bulbs,
George Klehm; The Ideal Employe, J,
C. Vaughan; Indoor Flowering Plants,
J. A. Peterson.

Convention Itineraries

FROM CHICAGO AND DETROIT.

Leave Chbago, 11. nil p. M., Sunday
night, August 13, via the Wabash
Railroad.

Arrive Detroit, Monday morning.
August 14, 7.55 A. M.

Leave Detroit, 12.15 noon of the

Midsummer in Washington

Our illustration is introduced to
show those who have apprehensions
as to the summer temperature in the
convention city that it is not too hot
during July or August lor persons to

■stand and Untk m a ll.uist's window.
This picture wa.s taken between the
hours of 1 and 2 P. M.. on Tuesday,
July 25, in front of the store of A.
Gude & Bro., 1214 F street.

HORTI CULTURE

same date, via Wabash Railroad, by
special train.

Arrive Buffalo, 7.15 P. M., Monday
night.

Leave Buffalo, 7.30 P. M., via the
Lehigh Valley Railroad.

Arrive Philadelphia, 7.15 A. M.

Leave Philadelphia, 7.30 A. M.

Arrive Washington, iO.30 Tuesday
forenoon.

Phil. Hauswirth in charge.
FROM BOSTON.

Leave Boston, Sunday, August 13,
via Providence Line. Train to con-
nect with steamer Providence at Prov-
idence, R. L, leaves Boston 6.22 P. M.
Steamer leaves Fox Point, Providence,
at 7.45 P. M. Stops at Newport about
8.45 P. M. Due New York 7 A. M..
Monday, whence the party will travel
in company with the New York dele-
gation.

W. H. Elliott in charge.

FROiVl NEW YORK.

The special party will leave New
York over the Pennsylvania R. R., at
10.55 A. M., Monday, August 14. Due
Philadelphia 1.25 P. M., and Washing-
ton 4.40 P. M.

W. F. Sheridan. J. B. Nugent and
John YouHf; in cbarse.
FROM SPRINGFIELD. MASS., AND
HARTFORD, CONN.

The Connecticut delegation will take
the train which leaves Springfield,
Mass., 6.20; Hartford, 7.02; New
Haven, 7.58; Stanford, 8.56, Monday
evening, the 14th, and will proceed on
the midnight train of the Pennsyl-
vania R. R., leaving Desbrosses Street.
New York, 12.10 and arriving in Wash-
ington 7.20 Tuesday morning.

Theodore Wirth, Hartford, in
charge.

PRIZES FOR IMMORTELLE FLAG.

Rules and regulations for the Bay-
ersdorfer prize of |25 for the best
American flag made of immortelles,
tied on toothpicks or otherwise.
Braiding will not be admitted in this
contest:

1. The entrance fee will he $5, to
pay for space in hall.

2. The flag to be not more than 6
feet, nor less than 5 feet 10 inches in
length.

3. The style of flag to be left to the
discretion of the competitor.

4. Each exhibit to be in the hands
of the Superintendent of Trade Exhibi-
tion before 10 P. M., Aug. 14.

5. Each exhibit to be numbered, the
number to correspond to a number in
a sealed envelope containing the name
of the exhibitor.

6. Judges will be appointed by the
executive committee of the S. A. F. &
O. H. PETER BISSET,

Sec. Florists' Club of Washington.

UNCLE SAM'S CONTRIBUTION.

Uncle Sam's contribution to the en-
tertainment of visitors during conven-
tion week in Washington, will he
many and varied, but among them a
series of concerts by some of the mili-
tary bands stationed around Washing-
ton may not be the least enjoyable.
The following schedule is announced
for convention week, viz.:

Monday, Aug. 14.— U. S. Cavalry
Band in the Smithsonian Grounds,
7.30 to 9 P. M.

Tuesday, Aug. 14.-11. S. Engineer
Band in Washington Circle, 7.30 to
9 P. M.

Thursday, Aug. 17.— U. S. Cavalry
Band in Judiciary Park, 7.30 to 9 P. M.

Friday, Aug. 18. — U. S. Engineer
Band in Iowa Circle, 7.30 to 9 P. M.

It is also expected that the world-
famous Marine Band will give its
regular concerts on Wednesday even-
ing at the Capitol Grounds, and on
Saturday at the White House Ground.s,

A PHILADELPHIA WELCOME.

.M .■! 11. .nl nicpting of the Florists'
Cluh ni i'liilnl'lpliia it was, on motion,
deiiiird In iii\iii' all members of the
S. A. I'', on lii.'ii- way to the conven-
tion to lie held at Washington, D. C,
who can conveniently do so, to stop
off at Philadelphia and call at the
Club Rooms. Broad Street, above
Spruce, where the glad hand and re-
freshments will be cordially extended.
EDWIN LONSDALE, Secretary.

BALTIMORE'S PROGRAM.

A large number of Baltimore florists
will attend the convention and after
the exhibition drill at Washiiistim cm
Friday are expected to bring all the
S. A. F. visitors and the menilicrs of
the Washington club to Baltimore,
where they will be given a drive and
afterwarus a steamboat excursion on
Chesapeake Bay, under escort of N. F.
Flitton, chairman, J. H. Moss, F. C.
Bauer, J. J. Perry, C. L. Seybold, Robt.
Halliday, Wm. Fraser. R. L. Graham,
.1. A. Cook. R. Vincent, Jr., ami E. A.
Seidwitz.

MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR-
AL SOCIETY.

On Saturday, Aug. 5, the exhibit i(in
consisted mainly of hardy border
flowers, of which superb general dis-
plays were made by the Blue Hill
Nurseries and the Bay State Nurser-
ies, who won first and second prizes,
respectively, and the Harvard Botanic
Garden. Perennial phloxes were shown
by H. A. Stevens Company and Blue
Hill Nurseries. Mrs. L. Towle showed
a fine collection of dahlias in the dif-
ferent classes, and Joseph Thorpe,
sweet peas. Certificates of merit were
awarded to the Blue Hill Nurseries for
Tritonia hybrida (Montbretia) ger-
manica and Tritonia hybrida (Mont-
bretia) George Davidson.

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

The Board of Directors will ludd a
meeting to take up the matter of by-
laws, etc., convention week of the S.
A. F. at Washington, D. C.

The time for this meeting will be
fixed at a preliminary meeting, to he
held in Convention Hall, Tuesday,
Aug. 15, at 2 P. M. sharp.

(Signed) PETER FISHER,

President.

Attest: ALBERT M. HERR,

Lancaster, Pa. Secretary.

DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB.

At the meeting of the Detroit Flor-
ists' Club on August 2, oflicers were
elected as follows: President, William
Dilger; vice-president. James Taylor,
of Mt. Clemens; secretary, J. P. Sulli-
van; treasurer, Walter 'Taepke; libra-
rian, Norman Sullivan.

The date of the August exhibition of
the Lenox (Mass.) Horticailtural So-
ciety has been changed from the 24th
to the 15th.

Flower Market Reports

The niarUet the past
CHICAGO week has been languid.
Roses are coming in in
great quantities; short stock, which
predominates, is almost untouched, as
the demand is for long stock only.
Carnations are scarce and poor, with
a very small supply of good trade.
The outdoor varieties show the effects
of the heavy rains most decidedly, and
they, too, are hard to move. Asters
of the early varieties are finding their
way to the market in great haste and
the" supply exceeds the demand.

Business conditions the
LOUISVILLE past week were very
satisfactory. The sup-
ply of carnations is about over, not
many to be seen. Medium grade roses
can be had in satisfactory quantities
and sell well. There are good asters
enough to fill all demands and they
sell up to expectations.

The market remains
PHILA- about the same as last
DELPHIA week. Funeral work is
about the only business.
Very little transient trade of any kind.
Brides and kaiserins are coming in
freely and the supply is fully equal to
what the market will absorb. Beauties
are extra quality considering the sea-
son, and as there are a few more
growers commencing to ship the new
crop, there is plenty stock for all de-
mands. Liberties are also good, but
no so plentiful. Some good Sunrise
have made their appearance and are a
welcome variation.

Roses are much more
BOSTON abundant in the market, al-
th(!ugh not greatly im-
proved in quality, and prices are
lower. Many small buds from young
stock come in, and are well sold if
they bring fifty cents a hundred. As-
ters are increasing rapidly in number.
Business conditions re-
CINCINNATI main unchanged since
last report. Asters and
roses are almost a glut on the market.
Some new stock of Beauties is in and
sells fairly well at a good price. Lili-
um auratum and rubrum are arriving
in large quantities but are moving
slowly.

NEWS NOTES.

The Florists' Hail Association of
America has paid to its subscribers
for losses from hail for the year end-
ing August 1, 1905, the sum of
$19,817.94.

Mr. George B. Wilson complains
I bat his purposes in the proceedings
with Mr. Pennock, referred to in our
issue of June 17, were not fairly stated.
He represents that his only intent in
the suit in question was to obtain in-
formation that would enable him to
ascertain the facts regarding the deal-
ings of his gardener while in his em-
ploy, and that the securing of this
information from Mr. Pennock and
consequent withdrawal of the suit
could not be construed as "a virtual
confession of the nnjustness of the
ilaim." We would be very sorry to
misrepresent any one to our readers,
even unintentionally, so, after receiv-
ing the above explanation, we gladly
take opportunity to recall our criti-
cism of Mr. Wilson and thus place his
action and motives in proper light.

HORTICULTURE

August 12, 1905

THE KING CONSTRUCTION CO-

NORTH TONAWANDA AND TORONTO, ONT.

•Si
•K

f^
?§»:

^ I

^ The King Greenhouse Construction is unequalled for lightness ^
^ and strength, and prices are right for the commercial grower. ^

JSR GutteCS — *-*"■' drainai;e system permits the use of gutters only five inches wide, thus achiiitting the ^
SR niaxinmni of light. 20,000 feet already sold in 1905. ^

^ ^

1^ Trussed Roof — **'^"' method of supporting the roof is lighter, stiffer and less expensive than the f^

iSf ordinary method of using posts. Besides it gives a clear working space. ^

3» ^

i8» VentilatinS Machinery — O"'' 'ifters with brass spring connecting rods give each window yK
I —' ^""

•&:

individual attention.
WRITE FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS

BE SURE TO GET OUR FIGURES ON ALL KINDS OF

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL

We Guarantee the Best Quality and Work

Cypress Sash Bars.

In all Icnyths and 1 ul m ixa^ I sizes as ordered.

Tenn. Red Cedar Posts.
Heart Cypress Posts.
Pecky Cypress for Benches.

Hot Bod Sash and Frames.

Various styles and sizes Ready for prompt
shipment.

Foley Ventilating Apparatus.

"It works like a charm." Try il.

Pipe, Fittings, Gutters, Glass

And all supplies needed in new work and
reconstruction.

Economical and lasting. Coming into general use.

Estimates and Suggeslions on Proposed Siruclures Sent Promptly.

FOLEY nilFG. CO. 47iw.22^si.. CHICAGO

August 12, 1905

H ORTI CULTURE

have: you useid the

II is lusi U„ ihing for you to display your pjani.-, i.y
liaiigint; llii'iii on walls, tic, especially when you an-
crowded for room. Also for lifting plants out of
Jardinieris; will sustain a weight of one hundred
pounds.

No. I will fit from 2 to 5-inch pots per doz., 30c

No. 2 will (it from 5 to 8-inch pots per doz., 40c

No. 3 will fa from S to 12-inch pots per doz., 50c

By mail, 10c extra per doz. Sample pair loc, postpaid.

Use Krick's Klorist's Letters, Etc., the best in the market.

Send for List and Samples,

W. C. KRICK

Brooklyn, N. Y.

The Wabash Railroad Company

carries a high standard,

one it is safe to fojiow wherever it leads

It operates many through sleeping car lines

the Kasl and the West to Chicago and

St. Louis. For information

regarding these lines; for rates or to seci

berths, call on or write to

tions as to trust woi
tloD, Central M.iss. A(idr<
care of HORTICULTURE,
Place, Boston.

WANTED— Young man to take charge of
carnation houses. Must furnish references.
Situation will be open September 1st. Ad-
dress Y., care HORTICULTURK. 11 Ham-
llton Place. Boston.

SITUATION WANTED— T.oug experience
in out-door gardening and tUorougU knowl-
edge of laying out large estates and general

K. R..

SITUATION WANTED-As second man
on flrst-class private place where orchids,
palms and roses are grown. Singii', 2.S.
Practical experience in general stock. Ad-
dress E. L. R., Box 222, Manehestoi-, Mass.

quantity of

gitnl:.': To Build?

Ceorg^e C. Watson

"''s^H^kr Philadelphia, Penn.

STAFFORD'C^
BRASS. SILVER-PLATED AND ^^^^^
BRONZE, RAISED OR ^^^^

SUNK LETTER ^^

ignJ

FLORISTS' SIGNS

FOR AVINDOWS. ETC.

Setid for catalogue No. 54. N, STAFFORD CO., 67 Fulton St., New York

LAST CALL

Killarney....

The Best Selling Pink Rose in New York Market

A few hundred Hne Plinth in 3 i-2 inch pols

$25.00 per 100

President .^lex Montgomery of the .\ineriran Rose Society, hns pkmteil n house
of it and preili<ts a great siucess for it

SIEBRECHT ROSE HILL NURSERIES

HOKTICULTURE

August 12, 1905

^^^^^^^^^^?l'^^^^^.^^^^^:^jS!^^^^f5^^i5'^^^^^^jS^^^^

FOR SUMMER

i HYDRANGEAS ^?So1«".'?:^

fW* We trrnw these larceK. and have a mairnificent Rtnrk ni Inrtr^-oi/ed nl»nt< in tiih>i and barrels. Plants t

grow these Iargel> , and have a magnificent stock oi large-sized plants in tub.s and barrels. Plants
ered with buds and are lus-t beginning to Bh«w color, and will be in full bloom during July and August. These
Its are splendid for decor;ition of the lawn, and are used largely at seaside places and other summer resorts. There
lothing that equals them for summer decoration during July and August.

Fine Plants in tubs, $2.00 and $3.00 each -»«»''""« '» ^'«
Very large specimens in half-barrels, $7.50 each.

These plants can be shipped by freight with perfect safety to any point. We ship large quantities every year as

^ F. R. PIERSONCO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,New York ^

Roses, Carnations
Chrysanthemums

GRAFTED ROSES

From 3-in. pots

Bride, Bridesmaid. Ivory, La Detroit and Testout.
$15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000.

ROSES— ON OWN ROOTS.

3-in. pots

Bride, Bridesmaid, Ivory, $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per

?oo American Beauty, i-in. pots, $ro.oo per 100
All first-class stock.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

From 2 14in. pots

Glory of Pacific, Enguehard, Kalb, J. K. Shaw,

nL^rl?''

Apple

Dean. H. W.

: Liger, Wiliowbrook, F.thelyn, Col. D.
eus, Balfour, Monrovta, Adela, Duck-
oomhead. Lavender t^tiieen, ^^3.00 per

FIELD CARNATIONS

Queen Louise, Fair Maid, Mrs. M. A. Paten
(Jucen, Ethel Ward, Dorothy, Nelson Fisher, Boston
Market, $6.00 per too; $50.00 per 1000.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS.

2 in. pots, $3.00 per too, Jss.oo per 1000
2'A in. pots, $4 50 per 100, .$40.00 per tooo.

3 1 I. pots, $7 00 per too. $6s.oo per icoo.

4 in. pots, $10.00 to $i2.oo per 100.

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI.

. pots. $3

COCOS WEDDELIANA.

. per io(
» per I

SMALL ASSORTED FERNS.

(Suitable for Fern Dishes).

ADIANTUM CUNEATUM.

A. N. PIERSON

CROMWELL, CONN.

It is never too early nor too late
to order the

Scott Fern

Best Commercial Introduction tor many years

Keap St. Greenhouses, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ill wrlliii!; nilvertiscfs. motilion Hortlcultiire

Orchids...

We cordially invite all t
Hall, where we will hav
ported ORCHIDS.
to see them and get our p

: a full
If you ;

<hibit in the Convention
: of established and im-
a buyer it will pay you

LAGER (SL HURRELL,

Summit, N. J.

W. FROMOW & SONS, Bagshot, England

Requ-rsl the Americ.n lra,l.^ 10 , ..li ,,n lli.ni u hen mmiiu- Eur,,i«; ..nd t ■ lospci ilieir e-lcnsixe
Nurseries of HARDY 0«NAriENTALS, EVEROREENS, RHODODENDRONS, ROSES
Etc., great specialty made of GOLDEN PRIVET. Preliminary trade list now ready and

AUaUST ROLKER & SONS. New Vork, 31 Barclay St , or P. O. Box 7S2
The American Agents

PURE CANADA HARD WOOD ASHES

The Bes

.vhere to get good qu

and Host Lasting FertilU

.ty. Below is a sample of the

1 booking.

Good buyers Ici
My Dear Mr. Joyn

According to our conversation today you may ship me 5 large carloads of ashes to Kensico, N. V.
car loads to spread on 40 a> res of land that I intend to sow to rye thi- Fall, and 9 car loads for our Cem
sure you send me the Joynt brand. Very truly yours (sgd.) Reese Carpenter, Comptroller.

Writeforpri :es an I information to JOHN JOVNT, Lucknow, Ontario, Canada.

Palms, Ferns

And Decorative Plants

A Fine Lot of AZALEAS in Great Variety

A Large Assortment of Ferns for Jardinieres

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Importers and hxporters
(irowers and Dealers
PERKINS STREET NURSERIES
Roslindale, Boston, Mass.

CATTLEYA
SCHROEDERAE

THE EASTER CATTLEYA

STRONG 2^ in. STOCKfrom BENCH

NEPHROLEPIS
BARROWSII

$25.00 PER too

Scottii Ferns I O.OO \"-' ■>

See display ad, in lORTICULTURE May 6th

HENRY H.BARROWS&SON

WHITMAN, MASS.

Hortir-iiltiire's well-wisher.s can pro-
mote its pro.sperity by patronizing the
firms represented in its advertising
columns.

ui-,. I ^ , . ., -I ii;i Moreliana,

r.nriiiij.i Miii.i iiiLTiii- I ,,i. Ii:i :inceps ana L.
:Miliiiiin;ilis :itr.i-iul..-iis Write for prices.

Lager & Hurrell

Orchid Growers and Importers SUfiniT, N. J.

ORCHIDS. PALMS
BAY TREES, Etc.

JULIUS ROEHRS CO.

RUTHERFORD, N. J.

Orchids

Sander, St. Albans, England

Agent, A. DIMMOCK, 31 Barclay St., NEW VORK CITIf.

August 12, 1905

HdRTICUl.TUSi:

Grow a Few Peonies for Cut Flowers

They stand shipping well. We arc able to offer the following
sorts to the trade in divisions and strong one year plants.

ORDER EARLY and PLANT EARLY

Our catalogue with full descriptions sent for the asking.

142
'45
"73
217
"74
224
250
270
290

Achilles

Alba sulphurea

Alice de Julvecourt

Charlemagne

Delicatissima

Duke of Wellington

Duchesse de Nemours (Cuerin^.

Festiva

Humea Carnea

Festiva-Maxinia

Jeanne d'Arr

La Tulipe

Louis van Houtte

Mme. Breon

Si 2.00

25.00

25.00
50.90
30.00
1 500
20.00

40.00
30.00
40.00

$15.00
40.00
15.00
35-00

40.00
20.00
30.00
12 50
50.00
40.00
50.00

Div

3 1 2 Mme. Fore! $60.00

333 Mme. Muyssart S25.00

4o6 M. Paillet ' 5 -oo

429 Paganini 20.00

472 (^ueen Victoria 1 5.00 20.00

(48 1)482 Reine Victoria •■•• 20.00

492 Rose d'.Amour 60.00

498 Rubra Triumphans 25.00

531 Triomphe du Nord 20.00

719 Floral Treasure 40.00 50.09

729 Golden Harvest ■ 30.00

727 Giganthea 60.00 85.00

741 Mont Blanc 25.00 40.00

j 758 Richardson's Rubra Supertia 25.00 35.00

Order by number only. Twenty-five of one variety at the hundred
rate ; 5 per cent off for cash with order. Our stock has been rogued.

Cottage Garden Company, Inc., Queens, Long island, N. Y.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS

Qiganteum Strain

Seed taken ot only selected flowers and well-built
stock. None better.

3.\n , $7.00 per 100, $65.00 per 1000.

C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio

"The Cyclamen Seedlings arrived to-day in good
shape. We are well pleased and are glad to know that
by packtng properly plants will stand the trip."

Yours truly, P.^RK FLORAL CO.

San Francisco, Cal., July I2th, 1955.

Asparagus Plumosns Nana Seedlings

From flats ready for 2% in. pots $12.00 per 1000

Asp. bprengeri. 2% in. pots 10.00 per 1000

Cash with order, prepaid.
Asp. Plumosus Nana, Large field-urown ready for

benching and will give great satisfa, lion.
I year old $40.00 per 000: 5U00 Jt $^^.00 per 1000

Lake Co.. Fla.

GODFREY ASCHMANN

1012 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA

InH)OitiTs of Araui'ai-ia iv\ccl.s:i. jjhiuca,
compacla, and robusta

PALnS and AZALEAS

ROBERT ./, DYSART,

Public Jtccountant and Auditor

Books Balanced and Adjusted

28 STATE ST., - BOSTON

Telephone, Main jS

READ WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

I>lii'M.l..li,l,in l>:i,. January 17th, WO.^i. r:iw:;ii. \,iL-ii.t ■:.! ]■.«<:.

H. 11. I-.^ ..^'1 .\ . ,.. K.-anlin. il,.. 7- ,1 m,,

17 K : - .-I. New York. nf .v„ll l;i-i ^,, ,-,.,, >.,,,,,,; ,1, „..

iJ'iii ■. . 1 -hipped us last August iliiii); vi-r\ .- I. i.: : i, .|, . \ n,.

W.'""' I i! il:iiii-ii V our price was cousid- Imllis oui d i h lii. 1 i . i j ■. : i i >m>

eraljly luu.i tuau any one else, but we luust cmilil <Mniiii a)iioiiKsi in.- -I. ..si an. I .Miss

sa.v that yuur stock was equally as good. We iiiK." Likewise were the other Ijuiljs aii.l

forced a large quantity of your stock for planls I he most satisfactorv we ever

Christmas, and did not have enough to fill hamlled.

orders, all our customers stating that they HANSKN & LUNSTED.
were as line as aiiv Ihiv Iiad ever seen.

V^r^ri. 'v-i^rEs & CO. PAPERWHITE

We have only One Brand of Lilies v in. I ^"^"^ *''^^"'''^'' " '"" !"""

"THE BEST" i5inei.',"ia.iimoth::::::. '.S \% iim

5x7in.".5fl"'3%5"'S.?oa 7..B ^ \Z iHS FREESlAS FINEST WHITE

6x7 .76 4.60 42.00 (l.Kl- 2.00 16.00 K t.l K iu. .liaill .15 7.'j i) 00

See our exhibit at Washington. Monster .20 1(0 8.00

Send for our Fall List all French and Dutch Bulbs

CALLA LIL. CANDIDUM

For 20 years we have supplied the bulk of Thick o.talle.l norlliern kiuwh Kkst kp-

the crop. Sodnd, healthy stock. sui.ts. p luo " lOOO

12 100 1000 ii 100 lOno 1st size sr, 4 50 I'OO

3XB .60 4.00 3600 Bx7 1.00 7.00 CS.no Manmioth 75 soil 4800

4X6 .76 B.60 £0.00 7 ttp L.'o ,0 no FRENCH STOCK ■

FERNS FOR FERN DISHES ivV.,:,',^;;,;,,; " ,'? ^"" -ir

mFtm SSul;:Lf ''^» '^' bamboo stakes

Eq ni Aspidmiii, ('yrt'o- Japan-Strong, durable

Kq m^M mium.dnychium. Stake your Lilie.s, Roses, C'mum.s. Dahlias-

Kn| "^H all kinds Pteris, Toclear out— need room: 100 1000 2(00

P^^^VI etc. Prices for 1; ft ,75 BOO 9.00

1^^^^ ^edhnt's ;>,../,«/,• Address

2«hrpots 300 3600 H- H. BERQER & CO.

Established 1878. 47 BARCLAY ST. NEW YORK
Do not fail to inspect our exhibition of

GLADIOLUS BLOOnS

at the S. .\. F. Convention, .Aug. 15-1^, also at the Boston Show on Aug. 19.
JOHN LE-WIS CHILDS. Floral ParK. N. Y.

H ORTI CULTURE

August 12. 190r,

PAPER WHITE CRANDIFLORA

OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY

SEND US YOUR ORDERS

WE CAN ALSO SUPPLY YOU WITH STRICTLY FIRST CLASS

ROMAN HYACINTHS LILIUM HARRISII FREESIAS DUTCH BULBS

JAPAN LONGIFLORUM MULTIFLORUM GIGANTEUM SPECIOSUMS

CALIAS CANDIDUMS COLD STORAGE VALLEY PIPS, ETC.

WRITE FOR PRICES

RALPH M WARD & CO.

WnOLESAlE BLLB MERCHANTS 12 >V. B'WAY, NE>f YORK

^•♦•♦•-^•♦•♦•♦•♦•♦•■♦••♦•t*-^^

1 BULBS U.. CALLA BULBS

DE NIJS BROTHERS

WHOLESALE
BULB GROWERS

HILLEQOM, HOLLAND.

Hy.acintlis, Tulips,

Crocuses, hafrodils, Faucy

Narcissi and I'ieouies

I'l-i.-,. I.isi 1-n... ,.1, Apiilicaliun.
STRICTLY WHOLESALE.

READY AUGUST 1st

I to 1 1-2 in. diameter, $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000

1 12 to 2 in. diameter, 5.00 per 100: 40.00 per lOOO

2 to 2 1-2 in. diameter, 6.00 per lOO; 50.00 per 1000

F. 0. B. Niles, California.

CALIFORNIA NURSERY CO., Niles, Cal.

'f«'f«-f*'f«>«4«'f«'f»4«.4«4«'f«4'*>'«-i«-t-«-f«-f*4^ *t

pe:onies

I CALLA BULBS

GILBERT H. WILD,

P/EONIES ^"ISD^'of

American Seedlings and best Standard
Varieties

Catalogue will iuti-iv-t y.,u. Spij.l I,m- it

GEORGE MOLLIS
South Weymouth, Mass,

Lilies, Japanese Plants

BAMBOO STAKES

SUZUKI & IIDA

31 Barclay Street, New York

li. wridii- Mih i-ir is<Ts, ini'nli..ii II(M-ti(uUni'(.

CELERY PLANT5

IN BOXES WAITINQ M>UR ORDER

s, 3 Inches diameter, 250 bulbs in case, $17 SO per

ELLIOTT'S IIITIE GEM Calla Dormant Bnlbs. $1.20 per 100; $10 no per lono
ASPARAGUS PL. NAMUS. Strong, 3-in., ^2S 00 per 1000
Frei;;ht prepaid on abo\ e prices. CASH

i. MITTINC, KEi^iViT Santa Cruz, Cal.

Ri'ad.v July lOtli, sharp,
(iiaut Pascal, A-1 .SIniiii.
iiusplantiMl, Sp

25,000 Kurl.v
flnesl in tbe
■)0 per 1000:
1-1(1, $:{.(io per

COOLIDGE BROS., So. Sndbary, Mass.

The HARDY ANNUAL

New Crop Seed

of my well known

Ciii'lstnias Sweet Peas

ZVOLANEKS CHRISTMAS PINK; FLOR-
ENCE DENZER. pure white, .fj co per lb : yv.
per K lb Al,.. CHRISTMAS RED .nd CHRIST-
MAS WHITE iiiew bl.ick seeded), 2 o?., j^c.

ANT. C. ZVGLANEK.Thc Originator

BOUND BROOK, N, J.

In writiuL- advcilisci-s. luciilion Il.irUcultiire

Forest Tree Seed*
and Seedling*

Catalpa Speciosa and Black Locust in large
quantities, Red Eud, Maple, .Sweet Chestnut
River Birch, Ozier, Dogwood, Persimmon,
Elm, .\sh, Sweet Gum, lulip. Poplar, Rus-
sian Mulberry, Sycamore and Black WalOUt
Also Wistaria, Ampelopsis, \'ucca and many
other seedlings. Tree and Shrub seeds in
large variety. .Send for Trade List.

Eor^'st Nursery £» Seed Co.

McMinnville, Tenn., R. D. No. 2.

Advertising well plared hits the
nail on the head every time. Let us
help you to make business good.

NIGOTIANA SANDERAE

"!'^''®^ °?'^f^ ^"f ,?.?.'?!?.* Gerbera Jamesoni

J M. THORBURN & CO . Cortland St , N Y.
VAUGHANS SEED STORE, Chicago and N Y

$3.0U per doz.: $20.00 per 100

CHARLES H. TOfTY

AIAIII.SON, N. .1.

August 12, 1905

HORTICULTURE

HANNAH HOBART

The Pride of
California......

Mr. John A. Balmer. of i:!e Elum, Washington, wrote, after his visit to our nurseries in J.nu
American Florist of Kebrnar>- 15, as follows;

" The Hannah Hohari is realfy a remarkable dower, never less than four inches, and frequently t
isa shade deeper than Lawson, but the petal arrangement is quite different: m this respect it mo*.!
color is different. I saw two large houses of it at Sievers'* and the sight is one I )ng to be remembered;
the lot. and everyone the exact counterpart of the other; no bursted calyxes, but every flower suppon
up like soldiers. There is ceitainly no carnation of its color that can equal it."

The above is a truthiul statement of facts by a very competent gentleman, and if needin;^ vciifir,
of this magnificent variety have been sold wholesale as high as $1.50 per dozen and none less than $1.^
to convince anybody of its intrinsic value.

The constant inquiry by every one who has seen the plants in flower is "When \

your orders in early as they will be filled strictly in rotation.

nd one-hall inches across. In color i
[ibles the old Jubilee, but of course th'
reds of blooms and not a poor one ii
I a twenty-four inch stem, andstandin;

PRICE, $3.00 per 12; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000.

JOHN H, SIEVERS & CO., 1251 Chestnut St., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

CARNATION PLANTS

FIELD GROWN

STRONG, HEALTHY PLANTS NOW READY

ARTHUR T. BODDINCTON

342 West 14th Street. NEW YORK

•^9^ • <J^^ av^JAJ^ • At> •<J«^v •^:J)|.> •<*€> •<.»€.> • "^

CARNATION PLANTS?

^ Strong, bushy, field grown plants, well rooted for delivery "

f on and after August 1st, of the following tried and tested •

a varieties: /t

" Boston Market Bradt Floriana f

• Queen Prosperity Flamingo ^
A Enchantress Indianapolis Lawson T

• Queen Louise Vesper ^
^ WRITE FOR PRICES J

^ Our plants are from the grounds of the largest and most *

? up-to-date growers. •

5 SAMUEL S. PENNOCK J

PHILADELPHIA

JV^« .<^o • .<'»r>-« <»rs>.»<»r>« <•«■ • <^r5^« -<"»r>- •

ROSES

Per 100 Per 1000 Per lOn Per liKll

Chatenay,

$4.00 $30.00 IS.OO $45.00

Uncle John,

4.00 .■5.5.00 5.00 45.00

Golden Gates,

2.50 20.00 4.50 40.00

Maids,

3.50 30.00 5.00 45.00

SteviaR. C, $1.50 $12..50 $2.50 $22,.50

POEHLlAi BROS. CO.

MORTON GROVE, ILL.

In writing advertisors, meution Hortioiiltnre

If you offer the right goods in the
right way in these columns, you will
not lack for customers.

»>y /\ r^ 1*» r^ F'"^ 'ofK* plants in

Ij i I W; L V; 3.inch pots, just the

If I I ^ r* ^ thing for late bench-

CARNATIONS My Maryland

SELECTED STOCK

100

Mrs. M. A. Patten 8.00

Nelson Fisher 8.00

Flamingo 8.00

D. Whitney 6.00

BACKKR

ILLERICA, MASS.

1,000

70.00
70.00
70.00
50 00

CO.

Field Grown Plants

$15.00 per 100 $125 per 1000

Chicago Carnation Co.

JESSICA

red and white variegated

$2.50 per doz., $12 per I OO
$ I 00 per 1000

Are you shrewd in bii.slac,ss? Yes?
Then writo us immediately cfineerning
ilicsc two grand oarnations, or see us at
I he Wnshington Convention.

JOLIET, ILL.

In writing .-idv

DAHLIAS

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ACRES
Roots and blooms in any quantity.

L. K. PEACOCK, Inc.

BRII

BRIDESMAID. IVORY. AMERI-
CAN BEAUTY. PERLE. Fine 3-ineh
.^lock. .fS.OO per 100; $45.00 per 10(10; 2.t nt
100 rate; 250 at 1000 rate. Cash with
order or satisfaetor.v referonees. These
Plants were propagated from Healthy
Grafted stoclc. No club root.

Baur Floral Co., Erie, Pa.

STERILIZED SHEEP MANURE

$20.00 a T O N
100 Lb BAG $1.25

Wn. ELLIOTT & SONS

201 FULTON ST., NEW YORK

The E. C. HILL CO.

RICHMOND, IND,

The H. WEBER & SONS CO.

OAKLAND, MD.

In vvritin i: ndvcrtis.Ts . nionti.in Fl.irtlonltnrc

5. S. 5KIDEL5KY

824 No. 24th Street
PHILADELPHIA

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

ROBT. C. PYE

Cariiatioii Grower

In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

HORTICULTURE

•August 12, 1905

BEAUTIES

KAIZERINS
SUNRISE

(THE LEO NIESSEN CO.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
1217 Arch St., - PHILADELPHIA

After July 1st Store Open 7 AH. to 6 P.H.

! Summer Beauties j

I and Kaizerins \

\ RIBBO NS AND SUP PLIES $

I Samuel S. Pennock I

! ^/je pTo^k^It^V^ PHILA. ^

FLORIST OF

Commencing, June 26th

close at o P. M.

American BEAUTIES
AND

QUEEN OF EDGELYS
WELCn BRO».

City Hall Cut-Flower Market
15 PROVINCE ST., BOSTON

E. H. HUNT

Wholesale

Cut Flowers

"THE OLD RELIABLE

76 Wabash Av., CHICAGO

In writing ;ulvcrlisi>rs. nunition Horticulture

Weiland & Risch

Leading Western Growers and Shippers of

Cut Flowers

59 Wabash Ave., - CHICAGO

VAUGHAN&SPERRY

Wholesale
Commission Florists

II y.-ii uisli I., l.uy or s.-ll. .see tlieui first
•PHOHE CENTRAL 2571

60 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO

WILLIAM J. BAKER

PI/NE ASTERS

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100— TO DEALERS ONLY

CHICAGO 1 ST

LODIS 1 PHILA. BOSTON

\ui;. 7 1 Aug. 8 1 Aug. lo

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fan. & .'^p

30.00 to
3.00 to

500 to

10.00 to
3.00 to

•75 10

25.00

5.00
3.50

2.50

^6^

'ii
4.0c

3.00

■5

50.00

5.00 to

6.00 to
5,00 to

3,00 to

50.00 to

3.00 to
.50 ts

i.=5 to

25.00 to
25.00 t6

25^°o

4.00

4.oe

60.00
4.00

.30
.75
I 50

50.00
50.00

3.00 to
.50 to

• 50 to
5.00 to
3.00 to

i.oo to

.50 to
.15 to

3.00 to

.25 10

.25 to

i5.co to
25.00 to

lis

Lower grades

Bride & 'Maid— Fan. & Sp

NnlTandLoweVgr::
Liberty, Fancv & Special . . .

Extra

I'm

1-50
6000
15.00

1.50

•5"
•75

35-0O
25.00

■50

4.CO

Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay

CARNATIONS

I.Os

General Class

ORCHIDS

BULBOUS

MISCELLANEOUS

.50
.50
.25

1.50

Mignoielte

1 5.00 to

Adiantum Cuneatum

Croweanum

Smilax".'... ^"'''■"^=- :••■■

Asparagus Plumosus: .■string.s. . ...

, •■ bunehes

Spreneer,

50.00
50.00

3S.OO

PHILADELPHIA CUT FLOWER CO.

1510-1518 SANSOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA

KAISERIN, CARNATIONS, SWEET PEAS

Store Closes at 6 P. M. irom June 19th to Sept. ibtli Daily except Saturday at i P. M.

WEITOR BROS.

Wholesale Growers of

CUT FLOWERS

SLS3 Wabash Ave , CHICAGO, ILL.,

A Daily Shipment
From 40 to 60 Growers

CATALOQUE FREE

CHAS. W. McKELUR

51 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO

PETER REINBERQ

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWERS

Western Headquarters for Choice Orchids j 51 WabaSh AV., ChicagO, m.
Valley Violets and all Cut Flowers | lu wdiiug uavrriifrrs, uiiniiou Horticulture

TO BUYERS

Patronize our advertisers, ttjey ulll treat you ri^bt

August 12, 1905

HORTI CULTURE

Florists Out of Town i

; Taking Orders (ur Klowers to ' ,

be Delivered to Steamera or

' Elsewhere in New Y«rk can ,

have them dcJivered in
PLAIN BOXES. WITH OWN I

TAOS in best manner by ;

Young&Nugent

42 W. 28th St., New York i

ALEX. McCONNELL

5/6 Fifth Ave., New York City

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of the United States, Canada, and
alT principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on steam-
ships or elsewhere receive special

Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 38th St.
Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL

Florists

Out of
Town

Taking orders for delivery in
New York City or Vicinity can
have them filled in best marWer
and specially delivered by

Thomas Young, Jr.

41 W. 28th Street, New Yorl

DETROIT

John Breitmeyer's

Cor. MIAMI and QRATIOT AVES.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs
High GradeCut Blooms

Geo H. Cooke

FLORIST

Connecticut A\ enue and L Street

W ASHINCJTON. D. C.

FRED C. WEBER

FLORIST

ou^^tr'kzT ST. LOUIS, MO.

Established ik7.'

KORAL" SCRIPT LETTERS

FOR FLORISTS' USE

-2 CENTS EACH

This Company has in stock at all times, or can make
to order at short notice, all the Script words in English
or German Text, Society Emblems; also various Noveltii
Bells in Red White, Wreaths, Ice Cups and Bon Bon Bask.

Christmas

6 INCHES
$6 per Doz,

BELLS

9 INCHES
$12 per Doz.

THE KORAL MFC. CO. Incorporated)

Manufacturers of etnbtcms. Badges, etc.

Send for Samples, Circular and Discounts to the Trade.

A. Gude & Bro.

TLOKISTS

1214 F ST., WASHINGTON. D. C.

We hope our readers, wiU as far as
possible, buy everything they need
from Horticulture's Advertisers.

WILLIAM J. BOAS & CO.

MANUFACTURERS OF

Folding Flower Boxes

No. 1042 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia
Write for Price List and Samples

In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

BOSTON FLORIST LETTER GO.

Minufact.rersof FLORISTS' LETTERS I

HORTICULTURE

FRANK MILLANC

Wholesale Commission Florist

55-57 W. 26th Street, NEW YORK

The RELIABLE HOUSE

JOSEPH S. FENRICH

Wholesale Florist

Consignments Soricited

45 West 30th Street, New York City

Telephone No. 32S Madison Square.

FORD BROTHERS^

48 West 28th Street, NEW YORK

fiROSEUvyuNims

JOHN 1. RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist ^A'ilSis/a^^XE^?'*

A full line of Choice Cut Flower stock for all purposes. Comprises every variety
ffrown for New York market, at current prices

City

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Commission Dealer In

Choice Cut flowers

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST %/ A I I CV AI-'W*"

GRADE OF VAL-LlKT ON HAKD

BEST BEAUTIES, METEORS, BRIDES AND BRIDESMAIDS

JAMES McMANUSwsVKlV 50 W. 30th St., New York

WM. GHORMLEY

Wholesale Commission Florist

West SStii Sti-et't

p«Bvw ^^oick:

FINEST ROSES All Varieties

, Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Gardenias, Lilies, Ferns, Asparagus, every day in the
year. Everything choice that the market offers

Special Attention to Shipping Orders Telephones : 2200, 2201 , Madison Square , Write for Current Prices

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100-TO

DEALERS

ONLY

Last Half of Week

First Half of Week
.e,i„„,n,^A„,.7 1

last Half of Week

First Half of Wee^
.eglnnlng^A., 7

ROSES

CARNATIONS

to .50

6.00
• 50

I.OO

5.00

eioo
. 3.00

.50

to IJ.OO

300

to .50
I. so

■5°
■35

3 5.00
eioo
J^so

"!oo
3.00

.50
1.50

S.S

No"'."."." •' ••■

ORCHIDS

50.00 to 75.°o
8.00 to 10.00

Lower grades

BULBOUS

Lilies

Lily of the Valley

niSCELLANEOUS

Asters

■' Lower g..-,des

.J5 to .50

" No. I

Lowergrades

Golden Gate,) best

Sweet Peas, bunches

■ Adiantum Cuneatum

:; ^I-i^yeri::::::::::::

<;„,ilj,;

.50 to .75

Asparagus Plumosus, strings

Asparagus bunches

Asparagus, Sprengen, - ...

lO.CO to 20.00

Chatenay, ) culls

c^n:r;;dK;^Hn:::::

8.00 to 12.00

FINEST

EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOVYEKo

Well Packed Promptly Shipped Prices Right

If you do nut know this a trial will convince you

EDWARD REID. Wholesale Florist

1526 Ranstead Street . - = = PHILADELPHIA

MtET ME IN WASHINGTON

August 12, 1905

HORTICULTURE

Charles Millang

50 West 29tli St., New \ ork City

Cut Flowers on Commission

A Reliable Place to Consign to or order from

J. B. Mock & Co.

Wholcsak I Jurists

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES
545 Liberty St., PITTSBURG, PA.

Long Distance Phone, 1435 Court.

Bonnet Bros.

IVHolesale Florists

Nl;\V YORK

"Victorvr

OPEN 6.00 A.M.

AN UNEQUALED OUTLET FOR CONSIGNED FLOWERS

The only house
handling the Sew
Red Carnation

To be disseminated 1906. Also a complete
line of choicest flowers,

ALEX. J. CUTTMAN

WHOLESALE FLORIST
52 WEST 29TH ST. NEW YORK
Telophones 1664-1665 Midlson Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.

Td. |/*j Madison Sq. NCW York

JANES A. HAMMOND

Wholesale Commission Florist

T'i,%^.rr„s,. NEW YORK CITY

Consignments receive conscientious and prompt

attention. Highest marl^et price guaranteed.

The finest stock in the market always on hand

^TULIUS LANC~

Wholesale Florist

.niid returns m.ide promptly.
S3 WEST 30tli ST. NEW YORK

Tfli'phone, 280 Madison Sq.
ESTABLISHED 1872

JOHN J. PERKINS

WHOLESALE and COMMISSION FLORIST

115 W. 30th St., New York

Tel. No. 956 Madison Square
Wanted. — A fow in<\Yv reliable growers of

liKli.

id Vi

Quick retu

H.BAYERSDORFER&CO.

50-56 North 4ili Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

BEST LTHE IW THE COUKTRT

Reed & Relief

122 W. 25th St. New York, N. V.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

Agents for CALDWELL'S PARLOR BRAND WILD SMILAX

Cut Flowers

SHIPPED TO ALL POINTS

Ploristfi' Supplies

Largest Stock in New England

Lowest Wholesale Rates

N.F.McCarthy«t('o.

84 HAWLEY ST.

Tel. Main 5973 BOSTON

NEW SPHAGNUM

UNESr <JI AMI'V
FERNS, CALAX AND SUPPLIES

H. M. Robinson & Co.

3 and 11 Province St., Boston, Mass.

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND CO.

CUT FLOWIiKS

Florists' Supplies and Letters
34HawleySt., - BOSTON

Headciuartcrs in WVsKin New York for

Roses

Carnations

And all kinds of Seasonable Flowers

WM. F, KASTING

Wholesale Commission Florist

Also Dealer in Florists' Supplies ana

Wire Designs

383-87 ElliCOtt St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Give us a Trial We can please you

FANCY CARNATIONS
AND ROSES

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd.

r.04 Llberly Ave., I'itlshnrg, I'a.

In wriliiiK adverliscrs, uienliou Horticulture

FANCY ferns"

$i.oo I'I'.R looo Discount on regular shipments

Mlclilgiiii Cut Fldwcr Kxdiiiiiirc

WM. DILtiER, Mauajier
38 AND 40 iWlAHl AVE., DETROIT, IVllCH.

OUR FLOWERS E6

Are the product of establishrrents that CAN
COUPON to supply bloomsofun
ity tVLRVDAVINTHE VEAR'
We are prepared to furnish GOOD MATERIAL and at REASONABLE PRICES. Let us hear from you NOW, please.

TRA£NDLY (Si SCHENCK

44 West 28tK St., New YorK City Telephone. 798-799 Wadiion Square

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKEIS.

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 - TO DEALERS ONLY

rcTNUNNATr I BALTlriORE [^BUFFALb rPTfTSBLRO

Aug. 8 Auo. g I Arr,. 8 | Al... 7

ROSES

Am. tJeauty, fan. and

i8!oo'
'8!oo

• 5°

to 700

to 5- 00
to 4.00

2000

4.00
3.00

20.00

I'm
S.go

5.00
4.00
7.00

!i.

Lower grade^

Bride .ind Maid, fan. aii.l sp

to 8.00
to 5.0°

•• No. ia,„l 1,„«., ..
Liljerly, fan. and sp

No".'.'.'.'.'.'.!

Carnotand ICaiserin

Coldcn Gate, Ivory, Clialenay ....

3.c!!

to 3.00

CARNATIONS

ifeneral Class! !...'. .!!!!.

■75

".'so'

t<. 1.50

1.50
.50

t'o

I'a"

'"■'■i

to 1.50

ORCHIDS

BULBOUS

Ldies

I.ily of lire Valley

Callas

.:?!^

;^.-

6.tK,

to 9.00

!?:^.

■:s

3.00

to 15.00

niSCELLANEOUS

■1

15.00

to .25
to i.po

to .5,00
to 35.00

•50
30.00

25.0O

.30
i.50

I5!oo
5000
35.00

'2'co

•75
2;!oo

,„

Sweet Peas

Adiantum Ciinealum -.....•■

•• Firleyense"'.!!!!!!!!!!!.

Asparagus Plumosus, strings

•' Sprengeri ""'' "!::.'.'
Asters

!!!!!.*

15.0c.
35.00

to Ij.OO
to ji.CO

J.A.B0DLONG

Street, CHICAGO

CUT FLOWERS

37.39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO
WHOLESALE

toses and

Carnations „_„...,„ ,

A Specialty GROWER Of

180

HORTICULTURi:

August 12, 1905

Bambrick Thos. H...171
Barrows H.H.& Son. 172

Baur Flor.,lCo. 175

BayersdorferH.&Co.

i54->79
Berger H. H. & Co. ..173

BoasW. I. &Co 177

Boadiniton A. T 175

Backer & Co 175

Bonnot Bros. 179

Boston Florist Letter

Co.

thy N.

179

McConnell Ale.v.. .. 177
McKellar Charles W. 176

McManusJas. 178

Michell H. F -.156

Michigan Cut Flower

E.xchange rsl-i??

Miilang Charles 179

Rlillang Frank ■ 178

Co.

'77

Breck Joseph &
Breitmeyer's J. Sons

■55-177

Budlong J. A. 179

Burnham Hitchings

Pierson Co 1P4

EurpeeW. A. &C0..156

Nurseiy

MoningerJ. C .83

Murdock J. E. . . .179

Niessen Leo Co 176

Peacock L.K 175

Pennock Samuel S.

152.175-176

icago House Wr.

Chic
Co..

!oCa,

Childsjohn Ltwis...i
Clucas& Boddin'ton 1
Conard& Jones Co..-i

Cooke G. H 1

Coolidge Bros 1

Cottage Gardens i

DeNijs Bros 1

DdgerWm 1

Dreer H. A 174-1

DysartR.J

1 W.W. &C0.T56

■John 1 178

: Keller 179

ReidEdw 178

Reinberg Peter 176

Robinson H. M. &

Rayr,

Co.

Farquhar R. & J

. .^

Ffe"tcherF.w'....

...I7i

Foley Mfg. Co 170

Ford Bros ..178

Forest Nursery &

Seed Co. 174

Fromow W. & Sons.. 172

Ghormley W 178

Grey T.J. & Co 156

Gude A. & Bro. 177

Gurney Heater Mfg.

Sander & Son

Schillo Lumber Co...

Scollay John A

Scott John

Sharp, Partridge & Co.

Sheridan W. F

Siebrecht & Sons

SieversJ. H.&Co...

SiggersE. G

Situations & Wants..

Skidelskv S. S

Stafford N. Co.......

Steams A. T. Lumber

Co.

Sutherland Geo.

Suzuki &Iida.

Totty Chas. H. ...... 174

Traendly A Schenck.179

Hammond J. A

Heller Sc Co

Hews A. H. S-Co...

Hill E.G. Co

I30

Wabash R.R

,71

Herendeen Ml^. Co.

i-i

HippatdE

HollisGeo

Ward Ralph M. Co..
Watson GC... 156

Holly-Castle Co

Horan E. C

177

Hunt E H

[Ti

Welch Bros

17b

Weiland& Risch...

170

18,

Weigelt&Co.......

156

172

Wild a H •

ager & Hu
ang Julius

YalahaConservatorii
Young & Nngent . ,
Young Thos. Jr

You Need Not Go Outside

THE PAGES OF

HORTICULTDRE

To fintl where to get the

Best Flowers, Bulbs, Seeds and
Supplies in the Country.

Buyers' Directory

and

Ready Reference Guide

READ IT

this head, 10 cents

I this issue are also
under this classification without
harge. Reference to' List of Advertisers
I'm Indicate the respective pages.
For page see List of Advertisers.

list

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

hos. J. Grey & Co., 32 S. Market SI
Boston.

BAMBOO STAKES.

Joseph Brecli & Sous. 47-54 N. .Ma
Boston.
French and Dutch Bulbs.

De Nijs Bros., Hillegom-Holland.

Henry F. Michell Co.,
1018 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Harrisii, Freesias, White Callas.

Mittiug, 17-23 Kennan St.,

CANADA HARDWOOD ASHES.

John Joyut, Lucknow, Ont., Can.

CARNATIONS.

Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet,

Sievers & Co., 1251 Chestnut St.
San Francisco, Cal.
Hannah Hobart.

Robert C. Pye, Nyack, N. Y.

A. T. Boddington, 342 W. 14th St.,
New York.

Carnation Plants.

S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia

CELERY PLANTS.

Cooliilge Bros., So. Sudbury. Mass.

COLD STORAGE VALLEY PIPS.

J. M. Thorburn & Co.. 3U Cortlandt St.,
New York.

ELECTRIC CIRCULATOR.

FERNS.

A. Leuthy & Co., Koslindale, Mass

, H. Barrows & Sous, Whitman, Mass.
Nephrolepis Barrowsii.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York.

S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia.

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

Boslon Florist Letter Co., 84 Hawley St.,

Sutherland Co., 34 Hawley St.,

FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH.

Alex. McConnell, New York.

Olive St.,
Young & Nugent, New York.

Thos. Young, Jr., 41 W. 28th St., New York.
George H. Cooke, Washington, D. C.

FLOWER POTS.

W. H. Ernest, 2Sth and M Sts.,
Washingtou, D. C.

A. H. Hews & Co

FOLDING BOXES.

Welch Bros., 15 Proviuce St.,

Jambridge, Mass.

GERBERA JAMESONI.

Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.

GLASS.

Sharp, Partridge & Co., 22nd and Union
Place, Chicago.

GLAZING POINT.

H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATE-
RIAL.

Burnham Hitchings Pierson Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

Chicago House Wrecking Co., Chicago, 111.

.Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., XL'poiiset, Boston.

Iviug Construction Co., N. Touawanda, N. Y.

GREENHOUSE MASON WORK.

H. 11. S.vh c.-.tir, SUs 1 rvmout Ijhly., Boston.

iMlohigau Cut Flower Co., 38 and 40 Miami

Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Faucy Ferns.

help!

Thos. H. Bambrkk. 34 S. 7th St.,
PLllaai-lphia, Pa.

HEATING APPARATUS.

Burnham Hitchings Pierson Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. Y.

August 12, 1905

HORTICULTURE

HEATING APPARATUS.

>y Heater Mfg. Co.. 74 Franklin St.,

Plants tende

JAPAN CANES.

Ralph M. Ward & Co., 12 W. Broadway,

New York.

Bermuda Hnrrisii Rnllis.

LILY BULBS.

Suzuki & lii

MUSHROOM SPAWN.
& Boddiugton Co., 131 W. 23rd St.,
No.\v York.
Pure Culture Spawn.

NEW SPHAGNUM.

NICOTIANA SANDERAE.
H. A. Ur.'iT, I'liilad.'liihia.

J. M. Tliorburn & Co., New York.

ORCHID PLANTS.

Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.
Cattleya, Scroederae.

PAEONIES.

Gilbert H. Wild. Sarcoxie, Mo.
George Hol'is, S. Weymouth, Mass.

PANSY SEED.

Denys Zirngiebel, Needham, Mass.
Zirngiebel Giant Pansies.

PEERLESS REPAIR CLAMP.

A. Klokner, Wauwatosa, Wis.

Julius Roehrs, Rutherford,
Godfrey Aschmaun, I'bila.,

Thomas Young, Jr., New York.

Krcfl ('. Wol.. r. 4:i26J)live St., St. Louis, Mo.
.1 l:i li ■ ■■■r' s Sons. Det ro it, Mich.

v ^ A Nugent, New York.

George ±1. Cuoke, Washington, P. C.

ROSES.

M. H. Walsh, W'oods Hole, Mass.
Hardy Roses, H. T. Roses and Ram^lers^

August Rolker & Sons, 31 Barclay St.,

New York.

English-Grown Roses.

Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, III.
Young Roses.

Baur Floral Co., Eri e, Pa.

SCOTT FERN.

John Sfolt, Keap St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

SEEDS.

W. W. Rawson & Co., 12 and 13 Faueull
Hall Sq., Boston:

Thos. J. Grey & Co., .■^2 S.
Boston.

Market St.,

Joseph r.r.T
51 and 52 .\. M:n

. ,V Sn

'n'ostdii.

W. Atlee Hiiip.- ,v '.., I'liihiilelpbia.

J. M. TliMrl,.
3G Corthmdt St

rn & C

, New

o.,
York.

It. & J. Fariuhar & Co
Hardy Perennial

, B and
Flower

7 S. Market
Seeds.

Wlegelt & Co.,
Cyclamen

Erfurt,
Seeds.

Ger.

Forest Nursery & Seed Co.,
Tenn.
Forest Tre« and Shrub

MeMiunville,
Seeds.

G. C. Wals.in, 1(1

4 Ludl

ow St.,
as.

Ant. C. Zv. 1 i . , r.

New rr..|. >•-. . .

r!..'''

ook, N. J.
•hristmas.

SIGNS, BADGES, TIME-SAVING DE-
VICES.

N. StafCord Co.. CT Fulton St., New York.

STEAM TRAP.

E. Hippard, Yuungstowii. u.

VENTILATING APPARATUS.

Biirnham Hitcliings I'earsou Co..
1133 Broadway, New York.

ay, 73-'
oklyn.

The Chicago Lifter.
Moninger Co.. 421 Hawthorne

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.
Boston.

page see List of Advertis

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 84 Hawley St.,

ton.
George A. Sutherland & Co., 34 Ua

t., Boston,

St., Boston.

Welch Bros., 15 Province

Buffalo.

For page see List of

Wm. F. Kasting, 383-87 i

falo, N. Y.

Chicago.

Chas. W.McK.
Peter Reiubei -
A. L. Randall '
Weiland& Ki.-
Wietor Bro.-s..
Vaughan & Si"
E. F. Winteis.
Av., Chicago.

.v., Chicago.

Chicago.

Av., Chicago.
. 49 Wabash

Cincinnati.

Ohio Cut Flower Co., 129 E. 3d St.

Wm. Murphy, 128 E. 3d St.
New York.
For page see List of Advertisers.

Bonnot Bros., 55-57 West 26th St., New
York.

Jos. S. Fenrlch, 48 West 30th St., New
York.

iVrd Bros., 48 West 2Sth St., New York.

Wm. Ghormley, 57 W. 28th St., New York.

Alex. J. Guttman, 52 West 29th St.

Jas. A. Hammond, 113 West 30th St., New
York.

E. C. Horan, 55 West 28th St., New York.

Julius Lang, 53 West 30th St., New York.

James McManus, 50 W. 30th St., New York.

Chas. Millang, 50 West 29th St., New York.

Frank Millang, 55-57 W. 2Bth St.. New
York.

John J. Perkins, 115 W. 30th St., New York.

John I. Raynor, 49 W. 28th St., New York.

W. F. Sheridan, 39 W. 2Sth St., New York.

Tracndly & Schenck, 44 W. 28th St., New
York.

Philadelphia.
For page see List of Advertisers.

W. J. Baker, 1432 So. Penn. Sq., Phila-
delphia. Pa.

Leo Niessen Co., 1217 Arch St., Phila-
delphia, Pa.

S. S. Pennock, 1G12 18 Ludlow St., Phila-
dolphla. Pa.

I'hila. Cut Flower Co., 151G-18 Sansom St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Pittsburg.

For page see List of Advertisers.
Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd., 504

Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa.
J. B. Murdoch & Co., 545 Libert.v St., I'itts-

burg.

New Offers in This Issue.

BABY RAMBLERS, CANNAS.

Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.

BERMUDA GROWN HARRISII AND
FREESIAS.

W. W. Rawson & Co., 12 & 13 F. U.
Square, Boston.

DAHLIAS.

S. Pennock, Phiiadelphi;

FANCY FERNS.

in Cut Flower Ex
Detroit, Mich.

FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS.

Ba cker & Co., Billerica, Mass.

FLOR-

FLOWEK POT HANDLES
ISIS' LtTTEKS.

GREENHOUSE BUILDING MATE
RIAL.

Foley Mfg. Co., 4il W. 22d St., Chicago.

JARDINIERES AND PEDESTALS.

A. II. Hews A: Co., Caiul.li.lge, .Mass.

LILIES, CALLAS, FERNS, STAKES.

H. H. Berger & Co.. 47 Barclay St.,

LILIES, FREESIAS, PAPER
WHITES, ROMANS.

MICE PROOF SEED CASES.

Heller & Co., Montc lair, N. J.
NEW GLADIOLI.
John Lewis Childs,

Lager & H

ORCHIDS.

■ell, Sumi

PAEONIES.

Cottage Ga rdens Co., Queens, L. I., N. Y.
PAEONIES, PHLO.XES, HOLLY-
HOCKS.

M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, Mass.

PANSY SEED.

H. F. Michell & Co.. Philadelphia.

PEACE!

H. Bayer.sdor£er & Co., 50. 52, 54, 5G N.

4th St., Philadelphia.

RETAIL FLORISTS.

A. Gude & Bro., 1214 F St.,
Washington, D. C.

KILLARNEY ROSE.

STERILIZED SHEEP MANURE.

Wni. Elliott & Sous, New York.
TRUSSED ROOF.

WHOLESALE FLORIST.

u;ud Reid. l.=;2G Ranstead St.,
Philadelphia.

182

H O R T I C U L T U R E

August 12, 1905

^he ELECTRIC CIRCULATOR

INDEPENDENT HOT WATER CIRCULATION

iiig

The circulation of lieat-
as to quantity, and cou-
from piping. Absolutely

i-eliable under coiiiliii. PUS \siii-ie gravity ciiculatiou fails.
Overcomes all truuljlLs diu- to defective piping. Has no
parts liable to get out of order. Does not obstruct direct
circulatiou. Can be attaclied to any s.vstem of piping al-
ready installed, at sllglit expense. Will save its cost In
fuel in one season. linilt in sizes to circulate from 1 to
1000 gallons per minute. Boiler may be placed at any de-
sired situation. Send for descriptive circular.

We are prepared lo furni-sh estimates for, and erect
nnv tvpe of f;reeuhouse.

HOLLY-CASTLE CO., - Engineers

49 Federal Street,

- Boston, Hass.

iLUMBERl

j5?

■MA.Uitt.i.A4L4*.AL.iAit>.A..tAiti.AL.k.iAi4t.AiAAtiy

For Greenhouse Benches

^ We are in a Special
00 I'ositioii 10 Furnish

jgj .us.i.un .« ......... "PECKY CYPRESS" ^

^ Evtrthing in PINE and HEHLOCK BUILDING LUHBER ^-
^ WRITE FOR PRICES

^ Adam SchilloLumber Co. .-ir

SR Cor. Weed St. & Hawthorn. - - CHI ADO SR

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GLASS

FACTORIFS ARE NOW CLOSED

for the seel so II. Our stock is complete

WRITE US BEFORE PLACIHG ORDERS

I I Sharp, Partridge & Co.

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^

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TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

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Gulf Cypress Greenhouse Lumber, Hot-Bed Sash, Green-
house Glass, Boilers, Pipe and fittings. Steam
fitting Tools, Hose and Hose Valves,
Ventilating Apparatus

METROPOLITAN MATERIAL CO.

GREENHOUSE WRECKERS

1398-1408 METROPOLITAN AVENUE,

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v. and Toronto, Ont

SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF

SCOLLAY HOT WATER
ana STEAM BOILERS

JOHN A. SCOLLAY

73 and 75 Myrtle Avenue

BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN, N. V. CITY

1,11 1\L()J)J 3- f*"^* or longer

V HOT BED SASH

PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER

GREENHOUSES

ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED

Write for Ci

Standard DOT ^
Flower.. IVJ I ^

W. H. ERNEST,

28th and l«l Streets, WASHINGTON, D, G.

Ill writ iiiK ailvr'i-tisure. mi-iitiou Plorticulture

Greenhouse Material

Ask for our Special Catalogue No 55+ descnlting
Holler Tubes, Boilers, Tubes, -as ., Lumber and Sui.-
pliesof every kind from the Fifty Milli.m Dollar St.
l.nuis World's Fair.

CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO.

:*.5Ui aud Iron Sis. CHICAWO

Tlie A. T. STEARNS LIMBER CO.

NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS.

Ill uiiliiiK itdvei-tisors, lueutiou Horticulture

What the Trade says about the
Peerless Glass Repair Clamp.

ugiTulsal

For

sample address A. KLOKNER,
Wauwaiosa, Wis.

INSURE YOUR GLASS

John G. Ealer, Saddle RIvar, M. J,

FOR HEATING ANY DESCRIPTION OF

^IE.W YORK OFFICE

Building by Steam or hot water

74 FRANKLIN ST BOSTON

]

August 12, 1905

HORTICULTURE

f^/t^t^t^^-^ri^^^ m ii t ^^/^ tmt ^t^^t^t^t ^ mi^rt^^i^n^t t ^n^^ mi t^it^M^^pmf^

ESTABLISHED 1868.

INCORPORATED 1894.

JOHN C. MONINQER CO.

ALL HEART CYPRESS

Greenhouse Construction Lumber

Our material is guaranteed to be strictly first-class and absolutely free of all sap or
defects.

We carry constantly a large and complete stock of open air dried lumber, which
with our unexcelled facilities for manufacturing, enables us to make prompt shipments.

On hoi bed sash we are leaiters. Our sash are strong and well made, with
white leaded tenons. Standard sizes alwa\-s carried in stock.

Our long experience, and large extensive trade places us in a position to furnish
strictly up-to-date material.

During the year 1904 we furnished material for 1,250,000 feet of glass, and it will
pa\' you to get our estimate if you contemplate building.

New 1905 Illustrated Catalogue and Question Blank Sent Free!

JOHN C. MONINGER CO., CHICAGO.

Office, ni-125 E. Blackhawk St,
Factory, 412-422 Hawthorne Ave,
Lumber Yard, 31-41 Smith Ave.

M»i»»M»

I Furman Boilers for Greenhouse Heating

. f !|4 :

«i>t;

«'»ll

^::^^r^fi-

tTngI

i A

Valuable Catalogue on Modern Sle.iiu ..nd Hot Water Heatins
upon ,e.,ue5l, Add.ess
The Herendeen Manufacturing Compar
Oept. H. T., Geneva, N, Y.

Cortlandt St., NEW VDRK :ffl I liner '

FURM.^N
Florists' C

EDW. S. DE.'^N, Blooming

» have been awarded Certificate of .Merit at Five di
s. They have a record of 20 year-. Over 25,000 i

.?.*|',V."^*^«""e.K.BARR, LaCro.se
H. ri 1,, 1014 Market St., Philadelphia.

E H. SYLVESTER

Masouan,
Builder

818

Tremont Building
Boston, Mass.

Greenhouse rr;elu;

rii^Standard Steam Trap

A recently patented trap that is iust what a Florist
or any other party in ne>;d of a trap wants;
it is the simplest and the only ever-working
trap in ihe market, warranted lo work and
also warranted for to years. If not satis-
factory after trial, will accept its return

Also the Standard Vetilating: Machine and
ilK- implex Gutters, Hingesandotherflttings

N. 11'? /or Intnlnijuf

L UIITAIill. Yoiinostown, Ohio

HEATING APPARATUS

JOHNSTON HEATING CO,

Materials furnished and erected. Write for
liooklet on BERNHARD Boilers, the new
features in this boiler will interest you.

1133 BROADWAY. ^kJ.lT.T NEW YORK

H ORTI CU LTU RE

August 12, 1905

^'BurnHain" Boilers

^£^ Reliable, E^conomical, Durable

Quickly Set. .*. Easily Managed. .■. Tight Joints.
Heat Readily. Have Large Combustion Chamber.

Don't B\xy a Boiler

until you have learnt about

U/ye Burnham"

Interesting Catalogue on Construction,
Heating, \' e n t i 1 a t i n g , on application.

Burnham Hitchlngs Pierson Company

1155 Broadway, New York j0 £/ Branch Office, 819 Tremont Building, Boston

Vol. II.

AUGUST 19, 1905

No. 8

A Xkw Dkiokativk K

>eyofe13 to the^

^/ //Ndml/fohT/ice,
BqJtoa/, Mass.

di/dJcr/pNon, ^100 j

H O RTI C U LTURE

August 19, 1905

Qrow a Few Peonies for Cut Flowers

They stand shipping well. We are able to offer the following
sorts to the trade in divisions and strong one year plants.

ORDER EARLY and PLANT EARLY

Our catalogue with full descriptions sent for the asking.

No.
3
8

82
126

142
'45
•73
217
174
224
250
270
290

Achilles

Alba sulphurea

Alice de Julvecourt

Charlemagne

Delicatissima

Duke of Wellington

Duchesse de Nemours (Guerinj.

Festiva

Humea Carnea

Festiva-Maxuna

Jeanne d'Arc

La Tulipe

Louis van Hoiittc

Mme. Breon

SI2.00

$15.00

25.00

40.00

15.00

25.00

3S-00

50.90

30.00

40.00

,5.00

20.00

30.00

12 50

40.00

50.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

20.00

Div. One Yr.

Mme. Forel $60.00

Mme. Muyssart S25.00

M. Paillet 15

Paganini 20.

Queen Victoria 15 00 20

) 482 Reine Victoria • • • • 20

Rose d'Auiour 60

Rubra Triumphans 25,

Triomphe du Nonl 20,

Floral Treasure 40.00 50.09

Golden Harvest 30

Giganthea 60.00 85

Mont Blanc 25.00 40,

Richardson's Kuhra Superba 25.00 35

Order by number only. Twenty-five of one variety at the fiundred
rate; 5 percent off for cash with order. Our stock has been rogued.

Cottage Garden Company, Inc., Queens, Long island, N. Y.

W »<^»«W^W*^»'^»»»^»<*^>'^'>^^W W» W »N^^i^<W<^»%^«»^»»<^'>^«>^^<>^«»^I^H H ^»%^%«^W<(^^i»^»%<^»'^»<»^»W^

Fancy Fern

Per Thousand 90c.

Michigan Cut Flower
Excliange

Wn. DILGER, r\gv.

Wholesale Florists

38 and 40 MIAM AVENUE,

DETROIT, MICH.

,^>Hil^M«^N«^>lW^^^*i »b»M^«%^»Kh iM^^^li^N«^W^>V^NM*W^»V^N« fc >l%i^N< ^ J^ >i^l^^|i^NW^»M^%^lWi»W^«%^^<li

August 19, 1905

HORTICULTURE

PAPER WHITE CRANDIFLORA

OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY

SEND US YOUR ORDERSi

WE CAN ALSO SUPPLY YOU WITH STRICTLY FIRST CLASS

ROMAN HYACINTHS LILIUM HARRISII FREESIAS DUTCH BULBS

JAPAN LONGIFLORUM MULTIFLORUM GIGANTEUM SPECIOSUMS

CALLAS CANDIDUMS COLD STORAGE VALLEY PIPS, ETC.

— ^^^-^— — WRITE FOR PRICES ^^— ^^^^—

RALPH M.

Wholesale Bulb Merchants

WARD & CO.

12 Vf. B'AVAY, NE'W YORK

' BULBS I

DE NIJS BROTHERS •

WHOLESALE
BULB GROWERS

HILLEGOM, HOLLAND.

Hfadquartois for High Class

Hyiiciuths, Tulips,

Crocuses, Daffodils, Faucy

Narcissi and Pieonies

Price List Free ou Application.
STRICTLY WHOLESALE.

PURE CULTURE

MUSHROOM
SPAWN

rican Ma

3f PURE

■^ the Eastern Distributini; Agents for the -i
PAWN, we can ship Fresh Spawi
; $1.25 per 10 lbs.; $10.00 per 100
1.

also the best make of English '
r lb.; 75c. per 10 lbs.; ?C.OO p.i-

OLUGAS & BODDINGTON CO.

131 WEST 23d STREET, NEW YORK CITY

fresh

Importe

Palisade

s. Exporters

Inrgeries, Sparkill, N. Y.

Drf Qrouiers of SEEDS. BULBS and PLANTS

»>-•>$

pe:onies

WHITE, generally called Queen Victoria
has been known to keep 6 .weeks In cold
storage. .$9.00 per 100; $80.00 per 1000.

FRAORANS, the tall grower and bloom pro
ducer $6.00 per 100; .$50.00 per 1000. For
prices on other varieties including Fes-
tlra Maxima write

aiLBERT H. WILD,

Sarcoxie, Ho.

CALLA BULB5

IN BOXES WAITING YOUR ORDER ;

25 cases, 3 Inches diameter, 250 bulbs incase, $17 50 per case I

40 •■ 2y, " •• •■ 15.00

62 " 2 " " " 11.00 •• 1

30 " i% " ■ '• 8.00

$10.00 per 1000

PIEONIES ^:;n:^"!i:i'Vf

American Seedlings and best Standard
Varieties

Catalogue will iiiterc.'^t you. .Sen.l for it.

GEORGE HOLLIS
South Weymouth, Mass,

Lilies, Japanese Plants

BAMBOO STAKES

SUZUKI & IIDA

31 Barclay Street, New York

In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

CELERY PLANTS

Ready July 10th, sharp. 25,000 Early
Giant Pascal, A-1 Strain, finest In the
country. Transplanted, $4.50 per 1000;

COOLIDGE BROS., So. Sudbury, Mass.

The~HARDY ANNUAL of the CENTURY

NIGOTIANA SANDERAE

Seeds in original p.ickets, ;it ajc. per packet, from
seedsmen throuffhoiit fe irnited Sta c-.

Wholesale Agents for the United States

HY. A. DREtR. Philadelphia. Pa.

I. M, THORBURN & CO., Cortland St , N. Y.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago and N Y

In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

ELLIOTT'S LITTLE GEM Calla Dormant Bulbs, $1.20 per

ASPARAG0S PL. BANUS, Strong, 3-in.. f25 00 per 1000

Freight prepaid on abo\e prices. CASH

A. MITTINC, kennIVst Santa Cruz, Cal.

New Crop Seed

of my well known

Christmas Sweet Peas

ZVOLANEKS CHRISTMAS PINK; FLOR-
ENCE DENZER, pure while, $200 per lb ; 75c.
per M lb. Also CHRISTMAS RED and CHRIST-
MAS WHITE {new black seeded). 2 oz., 7.';c.,

All these peas, if sown the first days in Sep-
tember, win bloom for Christmas and all win-
ter. This seed is sold only in my original pack-
ets, with cultural directions. Not less than
75c. worth sold. Orders booked in rotation.

ANT. C. ZVOLANEK,The Originator

BOUND BROOK, N, J.

forest Tree ^cd*
and Seedlings

Catalpa Speciosa and Black Locust in large
riuantities. Red Bud, Maple, Sweet Chestnut
River Birch, Ozier, Dogwood, Persimmon,
Elm, Ash, Sweet Gum, Tulip, Poplar, Rus-
sian Mulberry, Sycamore and Black Walnut
Also Wistaria, Ampelopsis, Yucca and many
other seedlings. Tree and Shrub seeds in
large variety. Send for Trade List.

Forest Narscry £^ Seed Co.

^cMinnville, Tenn., R. D. No. 2.

Advertising well placed hits the
nail on the head every time. Let us
help you to make business good.

"!!'l«i?,»!»f!»')''.,?„*i5L« Gerbera Jameson!

ties and 1

ike it

Stock of 4 varieties is offered
for sale and with a guarantee that it Is en-
tirely free from leaf miner or other Insect
pests. Prices on application. Flowers in
any quantity October 1st to July 1st.

FLETCHER of AUBliRNDALE.
Stall 1. Boston Flower Market, Park St.

I have a limited quantity of plants of this
beautiful scarce daisy to dispose of, from 3
and 4-lnch pots, which I offer at
$3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100

CHARLES H. TOTTY

MADISON, N. J.

HORTI CULTURE

August 19, 1905

CARNATION PLANTS

FIELD GROWN

STRONG, HEALTHY PLANTS NOW READY

E.XCHANTRESS I?8.0n prr 100 ¥75,(10 per 1000

LAWSON 5.00 ■• " 45.00 "

PROSPERITY 5.00 " " 45.00 " "

ROOSEVELT 5.00 " " 45.00 " "

GOLDEN BEAUTY... 0.00 " "

BOSTON MARKET... .5.00 " " 45.00 " "

F\IR MAID 00 " " 50 00 "

MRS. M. A. 'patten. S.OO ■' " 75.00 " "

HARRY FENN TOO " " 65.00 " "

THE QUEEN «.00 " " 55.00 " "

EL DORADO r..00 " '■ 45.00 " "

ARTHUR T. BODDINCTON

342 West 14th Street, NEW YORK

>n Horticulture

HANNAH HOBART

The Pride of California. The Grandest of Pink Carnations

A shade deeper than Lawbon, blooms four to four and one half inches
across, full and regular. Stems long and strong. Does not burst the
calyx. Growth free and easy. A prolific bloomer. Its flowers whole-
sale for a higher price than any other carnatioa in the San Francisco
market. (See illustration and full description in Horticulture of July
I, 1905.) Orders for rooted cuttings booked now and fiUtd in rotation
beginning January i, i9"'\ at

$3.00 per 12; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000

JOHN H. SIEVERS & CO.

1251 Chestnut Street

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

ROSES

Chatenay,

$3..50

$5.00

Uncle John

$3.50

$5.00

Golden Gates,

$3..50

$5.00

Maids,

$5.00

Liberties, Good Stock, from 4in., $10.00

Stevia, 2 l-2in..

$22.50

mmm mi co,

MORTON GROVE, III.

35-37 Randolph St.. Chicago III.

In writing .idvertiscrs. rneution Horticulture

If you offer the right goods in the
right way in these columns, you will
not lack for customers.

ROSES

Fine large plants in
3-inch pots, just the
thing for late bench.

guaranteed.

BRIDE. BRIDESMAID, IVORY, AMERI-
CAN BEAUTY, PERLE. Fine 3-iuch
stools, $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000; 25 at
100 rate; 250 at 1000 rate. Cash with
order or satisfactory references. These
Plants were propagated from Healthy
Grafted stock. No club root,

Baur Floral Co., Erie, pa.

CYCLAMEN PLANTS

Qiganteum Strain

3-in , $7 flO per 100, $65.00 per 1000.

Seed of above strain, new crop, $6.00 per 10 «,

C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio

"The Cyclamen Seedlings arrived to-day in good
shape. We are well pleased and are glad to know tliat
by packing properly plants will stand the trip."

Yours truly, PARK FLORAL CO.

San Francisco, Cat, July 12th, 1905.

Asparagns PlumosQS Nana Seedlings

From flats re.idy for 2^ in. pots $12.00 per rooo

.Asp. Sprengeri, 2j4 in. pots 10.00 per 1000

Cash with order, preprud.
Asp. Plumosus Nana, Large field-i;rown ready for

benching and will give great satisfaction,
I year old $40.00 per 000; 5000 :a $55.00 per 1000

Field Crown Carnation Plants

White — Queen Louise, Vesper, The

Queen, Boston Market.
Pink — Lawson, Enchantress, Fair

Maid, Gloriana, Indianapolis.

Young' R.oses

Kaiserines— 2 in. pots $15.00 per M.
Beauty — 2 1-2 in. pots 30.00 "

5fAMUE-L S. PENNOCR

In writing advertisers, nuiition Hot

Crimson — Harlowarden.
Variegated — Prosperity, Mrs. Patten.
Scarlet — Flamingo.
Red— Cardinal.

$i8.oo per M.
35-00 "

Lal<e Co.,

Pia.

FIELD GROWN

CARNATIONS

SELECTED STOCK

100 1,000

Mrs. M. A. Patten 8.00 70.00

Nelson Fisher 8.00 70.00

Flamingo 8.00 70.00

D. Whitney 6.00 50 00

BACKER & CO.

BILLERICA, MASS.

We hope our readers, will as far as
possible, buy everything they need
from Horticulture's Advertisers.

Field Grown Plants

$15.00 per 100 $125 per 1000

Chicago Carnation Co.

JOLIET, ILL.

In writing .advertisers, mention Horticulture

dahLias

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ACRES.
Roots and blooms in any quantity

L. K. PEACOCK, Inc.

ATCO, N. J.

My Maryland

pure white

JESSICA

red and white variegated

Twc

; for igo6

$2.50 per doz., $12 per I OO
$100 per 1000

re you slirewd in business? Yes?
■n write us Immediately concerning
5e two grand carnations, or see us at
Washington Convention.

STERILIZED SHEEP MANURE

$20.00 a T O N
100 Lb BAG $1.25

Wn. ELLIOTT & SONS

201 FULTON ST., NEW YORK

The E. C. HILL CO.

RICHMOND, INO,

The H. WEBER & SONS CO.

5. 5. 5KIDELSKY

824 No. 24th Street
PHILADELPHIA

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

111 wiitinc advertisiTs. mention Horticulture

i<"lowers Needed? Too Busy to goto
Murlvet? Then Order from Any of the
Advertisers on These Pages. Mention
HORTICULTURE.

ROBT. C. PYE

Cai'iiatioii Grower

In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

HORTICULTURE

VOL II

AUGUST 19, I905

NO. 8

Published Weekly by

HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO.

11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.

TelepKone. Oxford 292

WM. J. STEW^ART. Editok and Manager

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE

One Year, in advance .
To Foreign Countries
Single Copies

Si. 00

2.00

•OS

ADVERTISING RATES, NET

Per Inch. 3 cols, to page . . | .90

Full Page 24.00

Half Page 13.00

Quarter Page 6.00

i matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., under the .Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

Page
FRONTISPIECE— A New Decorative Effect with Lilies

EDUCATION IN HORTICULTURE AT MASSACHU-
SETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE— Illus-
trated— Waugh •. 191

ROSES— Robt. T. McGorum 192

A GOOD FERTILIZER— Oscar Hay 192

VARIETIES OF NICOTIANA SANDERAE— Illus-
trated — A. Dimniock 193

VIOLET DISEASES— R. L. Adams 193

EDITORIAL 194

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA-
MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS

The Proceedings in Washington 196

President's Address 196

Secretary's Report 200

Treasurer's Report 201

Election of Officers for 1906 202

Judges' Report 202

Department of Agriculture Building at Washing-
ton 202

THE IDEAL EMPLOYER— First, Second and Third

Prize Essays 203

NEWS OP THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

Edwin Lonsdale — Portrait 202

Canadian Horticultural Association 205

Newport Horticultural Society 205

New Jersey Floricultural Society 205

Nassau County (N. Y.) Horticultural Society 205

Page
NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES (Continued)

New Haven County (Conn.) Horticultural Society 205

Joint Show in San Francisco 205

Massachusetts Horticultural Society 205

St. Louis Flower Show 206

Buffalo Florists' Club 206

North Shore Horticultural Society 206

EARLY HISTORY OF INSECTICIDES— C. N. Rued-

linger 206

CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS

Boston, Buffalo, Louisville, New York, Phila-
delphia 209

GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR PROJECTED .... 214

SEED TRADE 214

MISCELLANEOUS

After Adjournment 195

What They Say of Us 195

A New Decorative Effect With Lilies 195

Personals 195

Vacationists Returning 195

Bribing Business Employes in Germany 195

News Notes 195

Obituary 195

Notps From the "Twin Cities" 209

Business Changes 209

Catalogues Received 209

Plant Carrying Device — Illustrated— Thomas

White 214

List of Patents 214

LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS

Veil

BUFFALO, N. Y.-
CHICAGO. ILL.—
CLEVELAND, C— A. L. H
CINCINNATI, 0.— Albert J
DENVER, COLO.— N. A. Be

icker, 385-87 Elllcott St.
. JiO E. Division St.
tcl ins, 38 Plymouth St.
Gray, 129 E. Third St.
Tson, 1352 So. Sherman Av.
Wiegand, 1610 N. (Ill

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— Geor

nois St.
LOUISVILLE, KY.— F. L. Schuiz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Rd.

MONTREAL— Edgar Elvin, 114 University St.
NEWPORT, R. I.— David Mcintosh, Ledge Road.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow

St.
PROVIDENCE. R. I.— T. J. Johnston, 171 Weybosset St.
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CYCLAMEN

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August 19, 1!

HORTICULTURE

Education in Horticulture at Massachusetts Agricultural College

No one uowadavF iloiilil^^ the value of education.
Every one believes it is desirable to have as much as
he can get. The great questions are how to get it and
what methods of education are best.

Horticultural education is comparatively a new
line, at least in America. Being new, we might expect
to find the methods somewhat unsettled; and it would
be no great surprise if the results of horticultural
education were not so good as the results of a theologi-
cal education, for instance, which has been much longer
practiced in this country. It certainly is true, however,
that horticultural education has made great progress in
recent years. The methods have been very much
improved, and I am sure the results are more satisfac-
tory to everyone than they used to be.

The larger part of such work is now done in the
State agricultural colleges, and, in considering this
general subject, we naturally turn first to them. Some
of these colleges have been designed and managed with
the purpose of giving a general education; perhaps the
majority of them have had in view a general education
with specialization in the various lines of agriculture.
Thus in all these colleges horticulture has been only one
of many subjects, and it has had to compete with such
topics as agriculture, dairying, engineering, general
science, and sometimes the classics. This competition
has had many advantages, but it has also had obvious
drawbacks. It has greatly complicated matters. It
would have been much easier to develop a purely horti-
cultural college by itself,' quite separate from all these
conflicting interests. That is what has usually been
done in Germany, and to some extent in England and
Scotland. I think we shall come to that presently in
America, but for very different reasons and from very
different points of view.

At the present time the agricultural colleges give
very fair opportunities for a horticultural education.
Some of them give very excellent opportunities, in my
opinion, but there is still a great room for improve-
ment. One fundamentally important point, which the
public largely fails to grasp, is that the primary object
of these colleges is education rather than horticulture.
Under present circumstances, it is more important that
he should be taught horticulture. There is not space
here to discuss this matter, but it is a point of vital
consequence. If we could devote the entire four years
of the college course to actual manual practice, properly
systemized and thoroughly carried out, our graduates
would be much more elTicicnt in growing gloxinias, let-
tuce, or strawberries, than tlioy are now, but they would
not be so well educated; that is, so well developed
mentally.

The great progress which has been made in horticul-
tural education during the last ten years has been chiefly
in the line of increasing the educative value of the
horticultural courses. It is my firm conviction that a

course in floriculture, or in pomology, or in landscape
gardening, will develop a student mentally quite as
much as a course in astronomy, civics, Greek, or Taga-
log ; but in order to do so, it must be as well organized
and as well taught. The trouble has been in years
past that the teachers of Greek knew how to teach their
subject so much better than we knew how to teach horti-
culture that we could not compete with them, in spite
of the many natural advantages of our subject. But
just as soon as we learn how to teach pomology, for
instance, in a thoroughly effective way, that subject can
be substituted for Greek or ethnology in the college
course. It then gives the same results from the point
of view of education, because it develops the student's
mind, and it is very much better from our point of
view, because horticulture has a more practical use to
the student than the subjects which it has displaced.

Any one who has carefully examined the course
siven in the agricultural colleges will be forcibly struck
l:)y the fact that such technical courses as those in flori-
culture, landscape gardening, market gardening, fruit
growing, etc., have been very greatly increased in
recent years. They have been given more time, they
have been put in a better position in the college course,
and are much bettor taught. A great deal more atten-
tion is given now than formerly to actual practice, or
to the teaching of purely technical matters. At some
future time I may be able to explain more in detail how
some of these courses are carried out.

A certain amount of work along horticultural lines is
done in all the agricultural colleges. Some of them
give special attention to horticulture, as for instance
the New Hampshire State College and the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College. As horticultural interests
are so prominent in Massachusetts, it is a natural neces-
sity that special attention should be given to them. Wo
are now giving the following courses to those students
wlio follow the regular work covering a period of four
years :

A. (Kequired.) Propagation and pruning of plants.

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.Soj^homnre year, thwv hours a week, one semester.
Text-books, lectures and laboratory.

B. (Required.) Pomology, systematic, practical and
commercial. Text-books, lectures and laboratory.
Junior year, five hours a week, two semesters.

C. ( Required in certain courses, elective in others.)
Elementary landscajie gardening. Text-book with
draughtiiiii-ruom and field exercises. Junior year, three
hours a week, one semester.

D. (Required in hortjipulture course, elective in
others.) Market gardening. Text-book, lectures and
field work. Junior year, five hours a week, one semester.

E. (Elective.) Plant breeding. Lectures and lab-
oratory. Senior year, four hours a week.

F. (Elective.) General horticultural practice, with
individual problems. Lectures, laboratory and field
work. Senior year, six hours a week.

This covers the regular work in horticulture. In
floriculture special work is provided for the entire
senior year. This is taken by all who elect it. In
landscape gardening sjjecial work is provided for two
years, all of which is elective. There is also some work
done in forestry.

It must be remembered tliat many of the other sul)-

jects taught in the regular college course bear very
directly on horticulture, though they are not mentioned
in the foregoing outline. Such subjects are chemistry,
r'ntnriiolnoy. botany, and certain portions of agriculture
i.h'.iliiiL: Willi ^oils and fertilizers, drainage, etc. Many
111 ilic-c :irr taught with special reference to the needs of
the liurticulturist.

Thus far I have been speaking exclusively of the
course of study itself. It will be readily understood
that there is much else in the i(]lli':;c In'-idVs tlie course
of study. Any one can providi' ;i tiiic-lmilxiiiL: rui-iiculum
on 2)a])er, but it is quite a dillVivut iiiinirr lo >ii|iply the
facilities for carrying out the instruction in horticul-
ture. The Massachusetts Agricultural College has a
specially good equi]iment of this sort, but if I were to
describe that in any adequate way, it would require
another article.

Roses

CUTTING FKOJI YOUXG STOCK OF BKIDE AND BRIDESMAID

There seems to be a great diversity of opinion as to
the proper time in which to begin to take the first crop
or even to cut anything from the young plants. I call
to mind several growers who pinch off from two to three
crops of buds in order to have big plants for the follow-
ing winter. Leaving out the monetary value of what
has been pinched off I find it a bad practice, as it
induces a soft gi-owth and brings wood from unripened
eyes which is of no value for flowering, and whatever
flowers do come are usually short-stemmed or the eyes
form blind wood. It is from the latter that we get
red spider, and many of our rose diseases, as they have
to be bunched so as to exclude air into all parts of the
plant, and here is where the little red fellow gets in his
best work and if they do get a hard syrinpiu^- they dry
out slowly, remaining, in some eases, wd nil iii^iht in
the heart of the plant. A house of ]>'vj: |ilaiii- nrtainly
looks very nice, but. always try to disciiiirage any
attempt at such.

We always take the first crop of flowers that come
on the plants, cutting back to good eyes, and have fol-
lowed this up for years. This may look like robbing the
plants of their proper amount of wood for winter, but I
have found that in doing so we get strong wood in the
second crop, and by forcing the sap back the dormant
eyes are induced to break just above the graft as they
otherwise wouldn't, and it is from here we get our
finest flowers.

Visitors here usually remark that the plants are more
■dwarf than in other places; the above is the reason.
Another advantage is that when pruning the following
year the plants can be pruned lower and the wood from
the bottom breaks have well-ilr\rh,|i((l I'ves low down
which begin to swell as soon a- iIhv i^vi ihr water; then
we get the high grade stems wlm h iiiv -^ mucli desired.

A Good Fertilizer

Editor Horticulture;— I notice that Jlr. Oscar Hay offers
to advise ttie use and can give the constituency of his
special fertilizer for carnations and other plants. I, for
one, would be grateful for his response, through Horti-
culture. E. R.

Nourishment being one of the most important factors
in plant growing, I, like many other gardeners, have
been experimenting with various substances and lately
have been using a fertilizer, sold under the name of
Plant Food. That seems to be more effectual and, in
case of over doing it, less harmful than others. It
seems to contain all the necessary chemicals in proper
percentage. For roses I put fifty pounds to the cord
in the soil about two weeks previous to filling the
benches. This is a small quantity but I do not believe
in making the soil too rich at the start. When the
roots begin to run out into the soil I put on ten pounds
to one hundred and fifty square feet, mixing it in and
pressing firm all over. I don't use it again for some
time, or until the plants begin to throw strong shoots
and good flowers appear, when I start in with six to ten
pounds to one hundred square feet applied every ten
days as long as the crop of flowers lasts; after which I
again stop stimulating until new growths appear.
For weak plants a little sprinkling of the fertilizer
given every week will soon make them strong and
vigorous.

For chrysanthemums, palms and other plants I use
the fertilizer in liquid form. Carnations I treat in the
same manner as the roses. But better to have not given
them quite as much nor so often. The above mentioned
preparation is excellent for mixing in the soil for
potting, and I have also tried it on tomatoes under glass
with great success.

<J-#tx7

August 19, 1905

HORTl CU LTURE

Varieties of Nicotiana Sanderae

Herewith appears a phoioorapli of
partial group of Sander & Sons"
exhibit of the varieties of Nicotiana
Sanderae, which obtained a Gold
Medal of the Eoyal Horticultural
Society at tlie recent Temple Sliow
in London, and w'hich has since re-
ceived several awards at the pro-
vincial and continental exhibitions
in Europe. Varieties varying from
the purest white to intense crimson
and also blue were exliibited. The
pleasing combination of coloring
and wealth of flower, together with
an abundance of foliage at the base
of the group, created universal ad-
miration from the many visitors.

Violet Diseases

1. SPOT DISE.\SE, LEAF SPOT, LEAF KLST, OK BLICllT.
(ALTERNARIA violae)

The spot disease caused by Alternaria is the worst
pest attacking the violet, causing ninety-five per cent,
of all the damage from leaf spots. It attacks the plant
at any stage of its g^ow^h, from the cuttings just put
in, to the mature plan in full bloom, particularly those
plants making a soft, succulent growth. It shows as
"small, yellowish definite, usually circular spots,
resembling the bites or stings of insects and varying in
size from the point of a pin to the lead of a blunt lead
pencil." This point of infection is surrounded by a
narrow, blackish band. In a few days this bleaches to a
yellowish or grayish white. When many of the spots
"occur they coalesce and irregular blotches result.

Spores are borne in chains which appear as dark
spots in the decayed portion.

Damp, warm, cloudy weatlier. hot, dry days followed
by moist, cool nights, such as occur in August or Sep-
tember, a watery growth, or poor watering and venti-
lating give the fungus a fine, chance to develop and
spread.

Treatment. Fungicides are of little use. The plants
must be kept clean and in fine, healthy condition. Take
cuttings from stocky, vigorous plants, and use the great-
est care in ventilating, watering, and firing. Keep water
and dew off the leaves. Kill the insects. Pick off and
burn everv affected leaf as soon as it is seen.

(T.I

BASI-

2. wilt, stem rot, root rot.
color)

This disease is second in importance only to the spot.
It is confined mostly to- stems, although sometimes
attacking the roots. Tlif fungus generally gains
admittance in the cuttiiit: bed, and. as it works very
slowly, the plant may root and grow for several months
before succumbing to its rnvages. The disease lives in
the tissues often coinplfn ly girdling the stem, thus
shutting off the supplies, ft is capable of living on bits

of organic mailer in the soil, hence tlie ciitting-bed
sliould be coijipo-sed of clean sand.

Treatment. Examine all plants before setting out
and destroy any siiowing of slimy, rotten interior. Take
cuttings from new growth, for divisions of the old
growth will eoiitain the disease.

:;. SCALD or edge burn

This is not a fungus disease, but a physiological
disorder. It is characterized by the margins of the
leaves turning yellow, and later a papery white.

Tliis is of little account except that it serves as a
foothold for other diseases, and indicates a lack of
vigor on the part of the plant.

Strong liquid manures, both organic and commer-
cial, cold, damp situations, rapid evaporation from the
leaves uncompensated in the soil, cold and heavy soils,
and. in short, anything not ideal will bring it on.

Tn-(iiment. Prevention.

4. CROWN ROT

Crown rot is a disease that converts the crowns of
the jilants into a slimy mass. It is generally brought
on when the crowns are kept wet, as when the roof
drips on them.

Treatment. Give jileiity of light and air, o[)ening
t)ie plants themselves.

Sprinkle a mixture of equal parts of air-slaked lime
and flowers of sul])hur en the affected parts.

5. NEMATODES, OR EEL WORMS

Millets are often attacked by these minute worms
which make nodules on the roots. They are of little
importance and. if the soil is changed every year, they
won't get numerous enmigh to do any damage. Ster-
ilization will take care nf them.

These are not all the troubles to which the violet is
subjected but are the worst ones of general wide-
spread importance.

HORTICULTURE

August 19, 1905

HORTICULTURE

AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL
DEVOTED TO THE

FLORIST, PLANTSMAN, LANDSCAPE

GARDENER AND KINDRED

INTERESTS

HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO.

II HAMILTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS.

Telephone. Oxford 292,

WU. J. STEWART, Editor and Manager.

During the past week the rain so much needed in
eastern New England has come in copious showers and
already lawns sere and Ijrown from the combined effect
of drought and cut worm are taking on the rich fresh
green which is a feature of Xew England scenery in
normal

The rudimentary training in gardening occupations
which is being given the children of the public schools
in many parts of the country should bear fruit in later
years in a wave of popular horticultural intelligence
such as is yet very rare. The florist and seedsman who
has had dealings with the average plant or seed-buyer
has cause to envy his successor of a quarter century
hence.

The annual report of the energetic secretary of the
Florists' Hail Association makes very suggestive read-
ing when one stops to think of the relief and comfort
that the payment for losses must have, in many cases,
brought to the recipient. Nothing can be more sudden
and few afflictions can be more disastrous tlian that
which a lively hail storm can impose upon the florist.
Judging from the reports it appears that the hail visita-
tions of the past year have generally kept well within
"the belt."

It is a paramount duty for every individual employed
in floriculture or allied pursuits to identify himself with
the local club or other organization active in his
neighborhood. Imagine the tremendous influence such
bodies might wield for the individual and common good
if every one, employer and employee were to ally him-
self with it. The beneficial effects of these organiza-
tions, brought about hitherto, show what is possible
where the interest is confined merely to a small frac-
tion of those who arc eligible and are a pertinent sug-
gestion as to what might be accomplished if everybody
would lend a hand.

Tiie niggardly economy practiced by many city re-
tailers in the mid-summer season is apt to react on
those who are doing it. Practically no cut flower stock
is kept on hand and when a customer calls for what he

wants it is not forthcoming. The result is that the
goods will be sought elsewhere. There is, of course,
some risk in carrying a regular stock through the dull
season and some loss is inevitable when this is done, but
at summer prices the loss is insignificant and does not
compare with the loss sustained by the estrangement of
a customer who, finding accommodation elsewhere is
liable to transfer his patronage. It is well to remember
that the flower-buying public has a memory.

It is our belief that the S. A. F. will yet adopt some
practicable way of promoting the objects for which it
exists, by working through or in co-operation with other
organizations. This is greatly to be wished, especially
in respect to communities far removed from the confines
within whfch the society must needs, as a rule, locate its
annual conventions. There is, for example, a big field
all along the Pacific coast for organized horticulture
endeavor on the lines on which the S. A. F. is working,
the cultivation of which should not prove an insur-
mountable task, and there are abundant opportunities
not so far away. '"Closer relations" is by no means
dead as an issue and we feel confident that tlie much-to-
be-desired solution of tnis problem will yet be found.

Greenhouse building has been active all through
jH-esent season and the aggregate of additions for the
year will comi)are favorably with the average of recent
3'ears. The builders report especially large accessions
to the glass erected for private use. Every jirivate
range that goes u}3 makes employment for a larger
number of expert gardeners, means more business for
wholesale plant growers, for .seedsmen and bulb import-
ers and greater encouragement for the hybridist and
introducer of new products. So it is not alone the
builder and glass dealer that profit by the multiplica-
tion of conservatories. The possible trifling shrinkage
in the cut flower sales to those who have houses erected
for their private use is nothing as compared with the
gain made in other directions and every glass house
added contributes to the magnitude of our horticultural
business and enhances its prosperity.

A perusal of the various reports of local conditions as
made Ijy the state vice-presidents of the S. A. F. shows
that, while in most of the large flower-growing centres
the supply of flowers is in excess of the demand during
the greater part of the year, yet in a large majority of
the smaller and more isolated communities the pinch
of scarcity is felt at every recurring special season. At
first thought a compensating di-fi-ilnitiiin of the sur-
plus would seem to be a si]iipl'' ivmclv but the fact is
that the surplus is rarely of a •^y:\Ar -at i.sfactory to the
country buyer, who has come to l)e very fastidious as to
the quality of goods he will accept. There are very
few of the local florists in the smaller cities and towns
who do not know just where to put their hands on
plenty of stock, such as it is, for all reasonable holiday
demands. It is not the scarcity of flowers, as such, of
which he has to complain Wit his inability to get suited
as to grade and — we might also add — his unwillingness
to pay the price for the sort of goods he demands.

August 19, 1905

HORTl CULTURE

AFTER ADJOURNMENT.

From an interesting letter written
to us from Paris, by Mr. A. Leuthy,
we quote the following:

After an unusually fine passage I
arrived in Belgium and at once started
to work looking up stock which I
must say is rather plentiful.

Azaleas are looking fine and are seen
in large numbers, but there will be a
great many which are kept back late
and will not be well-budded. Some
sorts are rather short and others too
plenty, but have never seen so many
as this year. Kentias are in good de-
mand in Ghent in certain sizes, but
there is an over-production in other
sizes. Yesterday I walked through 463
greenhouses mostly filled with kentias
from very small plants in seed pots
up to plants worth $100 each. Cocos
are also very much seen around Ghent.
Very few latanias. Phoenix Canarien-
sis can be found in large blocks as
well as other sorts. Camellias are
coming again to the front and are seen
almost everywhere. The stock of
plants for fall delivery in Ghent looks
well, and they expect a good trade this
season.

WHAT THEY SAY OF US.

To Horticulture: — As we have taken
orders for about all our salable stock,
we shall have to stop our ad. for the
present, otherwise we certainly should
have kept it going. Our returns
through Horticulture are very satis-
factory, and we shall patronize same
on a bigger scale when we start again.
A'ery truly yours,

POAT BROS.

Ettrick, Va.

A NEW DECORATIVE EFFECT
WITH LILIES.

Our frontispiece shows the graceful
effect of the new Farquhar form of
Lilium Philippense in vase work. Flor-
ists will await with interest the gen-
eral introduction of this superb new
decorative lily, which we are assured
will bloom for Easter from bulbs
planted in December or .January.

\V.

PERSONALS.

P. Craig of Philadelphia, and

Miss May Falsteth are to be married
in October.

Louisville will be represented at the
S A. F. convention by Jacob Schulz.
August R. Baumer. Anders Rasmussen
and C. H. Kunzman.

Mrs. N. P. Brown of Westboro, Mass.,
has secured as assistant in her green-
house, Mr. James S. Power, formerly
of Westboro. but more recently of
Laconia. N. H.

Harvey Crosby, a graduate of the
horticultural course at the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College in tlio class
of 190.^, has just gone to Ruckville.
Conn., to take charge of the place of
Mr. A. N. Belding.

The following Buffalo people are in
attendance at the S. A. F. convention
in Washington: Mr. and .Mrs. W. F.
Kasting. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dale,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schoenhut, G. W.
McClure, Prof. Cowell, D. B. Long,
William Scott, Jno. Lindsey, U. Boett-
ger. William Mansfield. Thomas Mans-
field and Charles Henson.

Bribing employees who act as buy-
ers for mercantile houses or who in the
capacity of salesmen or saleswomen
attend to customers in retail shops,
especially in department stores, is an
abuse which has grown in Germany
for some years and has caused many
complaints in business circles. It has
become so serious that the chambers
of commerce and other mercantile bod-
ies have considered it necessary to dis-
cuss measures for relief.

The commercial traveler or repre-
sentative of the manufacturer who
wishes to sell to the retail dealers will,
in many cases, pay employees of the
latter commissions in consideration
for giving the goods of the bribing
house the preference, showing them to
the customers in the shop, and keep-
ing the goods of other firms out of
view. Some of the large retail firms
employ men or women to purchase
supplies; others, when ordering, con-
sult their sales people as to making
selections.

This practice of bribing extends to
other branches of business. A case
has just been decided by the supreme
court of appeals at Cologne, where the
technical manager of a car-building
concern was discharged by the com-
pany which had employed him, be-
cause he accepted a commission from
a firm for which he procured orders.
The manager claimed that such gifts,
that is, percentages paid him in
money, were customary and worked no
injury to his employers, but the court
held that the action constituted a gross
breach of trust, and that the manager
was in duty bound to study the inter-
est of his employers and not to be influ-
eced by selfish consideratios. The
lower court decided against the man-
ager and the supreme court of appeals
affirmed the decision.

The chamber of trade and commerce
for the province of Palatinate at Lud-
wigshafen has petitioned the Bavarian
Government to introduce a bill in the
legislature to suppress the bribing of
employees, which seriously injures
legitimate trade and hurts the good
repute of German manufacturers. The
chamber recommends that the party
giving or attempting to give a bribe
shall be punished, as well as the_ per-
son who accepts or asks it. Other
trade bodies have adopted similar res-
olutions. The chamber of commerce
of Leipzig has petitioned the Saxon
State government to have a law en-
acted making such bribery a criminal
offense. The chamber of commerce of
Berlin in its last annual report also
inveighs against this nefarious prac-
tice, which it says corrupts business
life, increases the prices of goods, and
gives unscrupulous competitors an un-
due advantage over honest merchants.

Sunflowers are weeds, according to
the supreme court of Missouri, and a
Kansas City doctor has been fined
$1..50 because he was under the im-
pression that they were flowers, and
therefore failed to pull them up from
his own land. This is carrying the
Missouri idea of getting rid of every-
thing yellow a little too far. — Boston
Herald.

NEWS NOTES

The California Promotion committee
arinounies that the U. S. Department
of Agriculture is establishing a sub-
station in the plant introduction gar-
den at cnico for investigations in
agriculture.

Professor L, H. Bailey of Cornell
University is delivering a course of lec-
tures on" "Industrial Education and
Country Life" at the University of Cal-
ifornia's mid-summer school.

The second meeting of the creditors
of Joseph Kift & Son was held on the
8th inst., when a compromise was
offered but did not meet with approval.
Further action is scheduled for the
22nd inst., but it is hoped that Mr.
Kift will be able to make an accepta-
ble proposition before that date.

J. J. Comley of Newburyport, Mass.,
has entered a claim against the local
gas company for alleged damage to
the flowers in his greenhouse, which
he claims were killed owing to a leak
in the gas main and has begun legal
proceedings against the company, the
ad damnum being placed at $20,000.

The city of Springfield, Mass., is
suffering from a severe attack of the
elm leaf beetle, the worst defoliation
of the trees since the year 1S97 having
occurred this season. The city forest-
er attributes the return of the destest-
able pest to the fact that spraying has
not been so generally or thoroughly
done this year as in the past.

The next Manila transport to leave
San Francisco this month will carry
a shipment of twelve varieties of
robust California roses in 6 and 8-
inch pots, a gift from army officers at
the San Francisco Presidio to be
transplanted for the adornment of the
post of the Department of Zamboango,
Philippine islands: also a shipment of
loou slips of eucalyptus trees for ex-
periment, in return for which is prom-
ised an equal number of the fragrant
blooming ylang-ylang tree for the Pre-
sidio in San Francisco.

A meeting of the trustees in the
Peacock Company's affairs was held
in Philadelphia on the Sth inst.. when
an agreement satisfactoi'y to all con-
cerned w^as arrived at. Concessions
have been made in some cases, and ad-
vances promised in others, so that all
financial difficulties are now smoothed
over and put on a proper basis for the
future. The trustees will control
finances for a specified time. The
company has a fine property and ex-
cellent prospects. The temporary em-
barrassment was caused mainly
through growing too fast.

OBITUARY.

Alexander Steele, a retired flomst of
Winchester. Va.. died on August 8.
aged 90 years. He was a native of
Perthshire, Scotland. He leaves two
sons and three daughters.

James Kirby of Manchester. N. H.,
died on August 5. after an illness ex-
teniling over three years. Mr. Kirby's
long experience as a florist had made
him an expert in his profession.

VACATIONISTS RETURNING.

J. B. Weise and family of Buffalo,
have returned from their European trip.

W. J. Palmer and family of Buffalo,
are back from Muskake Lake.

H O R T I C U U T U R i:

August 19, 1905.

Society of American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists

The Washington Convention is a Great Success
From Every Standpoint

Large Attendance From All Sections of the Country A
Splendid Exhibition

As was anticipated, the visit of the
national society to the Capitol City
drew out an enthusiastic attendance of
old. members and new. and the enter-
prising dealers, growers and manufac-
turers of the country recognized the
unprecedented opportunity to do busi-
ness with the progressive mea in at-
tendance by puting up a display of
their specialties, which in many re-
spects has never been equalled. The
late additions to the list of exhibitors
overtaxed even the overflow space in
Masonic Hall, thus making three large
halls completely filled with exhibits.

Monday evening and Tuesday fore-
noon saw the arrival of big delegations
from all directions, and the opening
hour. 2 P. M.. on Tuesday, found about
everybody on hand excepting the hun-
dred or more on board the special
train bearing the Chicago, St. Louis,
Detroit and Buffalo people, including
the president, who were unfortunate-
ly delayed three hours behind the
schedule time. The proceedings
opened at 3 P. M. in Carroll Hall, the
audience room being filled completely
with an appreciative audience, in
which were a large number of ladies.

President W. F. Gude of the Florists'
Club of M'ashlngton opened the pro-
ceedings with a few appropriate re-
marks, and then introduced Commis-
sioner H. B. F. Macfarland, who made
a most felicitous address of welcome,
and concluded in the following words:

•'Y»u are represented here by some
of the best of our citizens, honorable
for their constant charity, as well as
their contributions to the common
stock of beautiful things. You could
not go anywhere without reminding
your hosts of the strongest and tender-
est sentiments.

"The head gardener of Mount Verr
non. where Washington's own hand
made grace and beauty, after he had
shown the most perfect development
of patriotism, that flower of all civic
virtues, has made it possible for us to
present you today a most appropriate
gavel made from magnolias planted by
Washington and Lafayette, and still
living to connect us with them.

"What more fitting symbol could be
given of the noble beauty and lovely
memory of the Father of His Country
and his friend and comrade-at-arms,
the representative of our only ally, who
said, 'When I heard of your cause my
heart enlisted?' "

The Vice-President then handed the
gavel to President Vaughan. saying:

"We have great pleasure in giving
to the national society a gavel which
must be of interest to every patriotic
American, and doubly so to every
member of our beloved society, for
never before, to my knowledge, has
the presiding ofllcer of any organiza-
tion wielded one of such sacred asso-
ciation. The head of this gavel is
made of magnolia grandiflora, from a
tree planted by Gen, Washington in
1799— the year of his death. The
handle is of magnolia purpurea, from
a tree planted in 1S24 by Gen. Lafay-
ette. Both of these trees were planted
at Mount Vernon, and are yet living."

Following Mr. Macfarland an address
of welcome on the part of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture was delivered by
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Hays, who took the place of Secretary
Wilson, the latter being absent from
the city. Mr. Hays said in part:

"I have great pleasure in welcoming
you and inviting you to the Department
of Agriculture. It is a great work that
is being done by the department in
furthering the horticultural and agri-
cultural interests of the country, and
the band of scientists, young men and
women, many of whom are graduates
of our agricultural colleges and other
institutions of learning, are destined
to form a noble factor of what is soon
to be the greatest and most useful sci-
entific body in the world. Because
persons have been defective in some
respects in a great system, because
there have been personal foibles among
men to whom this country and all hu-
manity owe a debt of gratitude, is no
reason for condemning the system.
Your careful study of plants individ-
ually has been an inspiration to the
government plant scientists, and you
should keep in touch with them, for

you will be mutually benefited. Even
you can hardly appreciate the work
which the experts of the department
are doing for you. as well as for the
community at large, in furthering the
knowledge of horticulture, and of plant
life, with the view to making this great
agricultural nation bring forth the best
of which it is capable."

President Vaughan then assumed the
chair and read his address, as follows:

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.

At this twenty-first convention and
in the presence of many who were
with us in 1885 a story well worth
hearing could be told of what we have
accomplished. This story of earnest
work by many, on many lines which
made our society a remarkable one in
the first few years of its history, should
some day be written for us. But as
your president I have too large a con-
ception of our future to devote the
time, which your custom gives me, to
a backward view. If we made a won-
derful advance in the first five years
of our existence, what may not our
younger members accomplish in the
five years which begins today?
Our Opportunity.

There never was a time in our his-
tory when opportunities for exploiting
our business were greater than today;
never a time when the public was so
eagerly interested in horticulture and
floriculture; never a time when there
were so many patrons of floriculture.
Nor is this interest a narrow one. It
considers the use of horticulture be-
yond the decoration of private grounds
and is alive to its uses in all public
ways.

Therefore, I shall emphasize first
those lines on which we can work in-
dividually and as a body. The in-
dividual in his own neighborhood, club,
city or state; our society, among Ciuhs,
nationally.

Increasing Demand for Plants.

President James Dean said in 1892:
Our advance as a society must be

commensurate with and excel the

advance of floriculture, which, during

August 19, 1905

HORTI CULTURE

the past twenty years has been phe-
nomenal. The trade has now as-
sumed colossal proportions in Ameri-
ca. The efforts of our members have
brought floriculture today to be a
leading industry of the country.

How true then, and how true today.
We have made wonderlul progress in
caring for the advance of floriculture
on cut flower lines. The production of
flowers to meet the public demand has
been far beyond the expectations of
the most sanguine. With tew excep-
tions, in all states of the Union, our
members seem to be keeping pace with
this growth. But there has grown up
within the past three or four years,
and more especially within the last
year or two an unusual and general
interest in plants. Not that the use
of cut flowers has lessened, but the
public has decided to have horticul-
tural homes, to live among plants,
shrubs and trees. This is the demand
we must care for today or we will
not come into our own. The public
rightfully expects this of us and will
reward us with a liberal patronage. I
am not sure that we appreciate this
as fully as we should.

Vice-President Theodore Wirth. su-
perintendent of Hartford. Conn., parks,
gives us earnest advice in his state
report of 1904:

The cultivation of the taste for
flowers and decorations has become
universal. It most decidedly has,
and 1 am not only bold enough to
state that the tendency of the public
in that direction is greatly due to
the influence exercised on same
through the floral displays, decora-
tions and cultivation in up-to-date
public parks and private grounds,
but claim that but a small percent-
age of the commercial florists of to-
day, both growers and (Jealers. are
ready and prepared to take advan-
tage of the demand stimulated and
created through same to their bene-
fit. Hundreds of visitors to our
parks want to know where they can
procure that or the other plant, all
easily grown and adapted to our
climate, and when they are given
the addresses of our florists they
■come back and say that those florists
don't grow them and don't know
them.

If the local florists would aim to
keep step with the times by growing
such novelties as are proven to be
meritorious introductions and which
the public want, they would to their
own advantage secure a home trade
in place of forcing same into the
hands of unscrupulous, swindling,
fake drummers, that go around the
country collecting good money for
false, worthless goods.
Our Art in Public Improvements.
A large section of civic improvement
■work now depends upon the use of our
products. Our art is most applicable
and available for this purpose. It is
used in streets, parks, vacant hits, chil-
dren's play-grounds, etc. Th.- awak-
■ened public interest in hoiriculture
has increased the demand for our aid
broadly in this direction. This is our
great good fortune and is our oppor-
tunity. This favor shown to our pro-
fession by our best citizen.-^ should be
our inspiration. It should cause every
florist to join or lead all movements
for civic improvement work which
have in their scope the use of horticul-

tural products, not for pecuniary ad-
vantages that may come directly or in-
directly, but for the better reasons that
horticulturists can handle such mal-
ters intelligently and efliciently, and
because they cannot afford to allow
any other class of their fellow-citizens
to precede them in applying their art
to the betterment of mankind. If they
have noble opportunities in their
chosen pursuit let them be foremost
in putting them into practice.

Begin Improvements at Home.
J. Horace McFarland, president of
the American Civic Association,
writes;

The Society of American Florists
at the Washington convention should
co-operate with our association by
asking its members to clean up and
develop their own places as exam-
ples to the communities in which
they live. Calling to mind the vari-
ous floral establishments you have
seen, you will remember that many
are dirty and unkempt. Sometimes
there is a little ornamental front
gate and show greenhouse, back of
which is an ill-looking potting shed
banked up with rubbish of various
kinds. Thus have the florists them-
selves by dirt and disorder often be-
lied their own profession as beauti-
fiers and decorators. The platform
of the American Civic Association is
"a more beautiful America," and
there should be no people in all the
country who are so much in line
from a business standpoint as those
connected with the horticultural
trade.

Many of us can confirm with regret
Mr. McFarland's words. There is
much for us to do in this direction.
We must not only clean up, repair,
and paint, but we must burn or bury
the rubbish, and we must do more.
We must have room for perennials and
shrubbery as well as bedding plants
in and around our establishments; we
must have varied and beautiful win-
dow boxes and plants in tubs. These
groups of shrubbery, these boxes and
potted plants not only decorate our
surroundings and make them exam-
ples, but from all of these, sales may
be continually made and the stock
continually replaced. Thus instead of
making our betterments an expense,
we make them a source of added in-
come.

President Lonsdale in 189-5 on this
line said to you:

The florists' business is something
more than the cut flower trade.
There is the beautifying of gardens
and grounds, much of which comes
under the care and suggestion of
florists and gardeners. But the first
thing every wide-awake florist will
do is to beautify his own home and
surroundings. It is positively nec-
essary for us to have examples of
everything that is good and grown
in the most attractive and best pos-
sible manner if we would have the
desired effect on our surrounding
neighborhood.

The Press a Great Aid.
You have all seen the increasing
space given to horticulture in the pub-
lic press. The ablest editions of our
metropolitan Sunday papers are alive
to the public interest in gardening,
and not only buy syndicate sheets of
horticultural news, but employ able
writers on special subjects. They are

more than ready to receive reliable in-
formation of this class. They will
gladly print free of charge all garden-
ing news and cultural information we
will supply them, and such articles
could be made of great general good
to our trade everywhere.

I find that President Lonsdale in
18y3 recommended a press bureau to
be attached to the local societies to
supply monthly, weekly and daily
journal.s with reliable news and cul-
tural notes. A bureau once estab-
lished would immediately become au-
thoritative on these questions and
would rid us of the exaggerated state-
ments now freely circulated in irre-
sponsible journals, often of such a na-
ture as to make our best people skep-
tical regarding all horticultural news.

National Council of Horticulture.

This society is asked to be one of
six or eight societies to contribute to-
ward carrying forward the work of
floriculture in a National Council of
Horticulture, whose objects are stated
as follows:

To fraternize and concrete the
horticultural interests of North
America.

To consider the questions of pub-
lic policy and demonstration which
are common to these organizations.

To act as a bureau of publicity in'
the interests of reliable information
pertaining to horticulture in its
broadest sense.

It is expected that the nurserymen,
seedsmen, pomologists and other socie-
ties will co-operate.

I suggest the appointment of a com-
mittee to confer with the council, with
power to co-operate if in their judg-
ment the plan is practical and ad-
visable.

Exhibitions the Great Uplifters.
President John N. Mav said August
20, 1SS9, at Buffalo:

We should do all we can to ad-
vance and extend public exhibitions.
They are not only educators of flor-
ists, but of the whole public at large.
As workmen we must keep abreast
of the times, and the best possible
opportunity for us to do so is to meet
and freely discuss all matters of in-
terest.

President Robert Craig said at Chi-
cago in 1887:

When an exhibition is attempted,
every gardener and florist in the
neighborhood should, as a matter of
personal pride and duty, do his part
in the work. It is often complained
that the public does not sufficiently
appreciate the floral shows. Is it
not because they are so frequently
unworthy? If we open to the people
a good show, we can depend upon
moral and financial support.
With the recent great awakening of
public interest in floriculture we have
all seen the tendency of the promoters
of various charitable and other enter-
prises to make prominent the floral
sections of their bazaars, or even to
institute, on behalf of some worthv
society or charity, a so-called flower
show. This tendency is particularly
noticeable in California, and there i.s
need of emphasizing President Craig's
counsel of 1887. Should it not be the
duty of every local florist or gardener
wherever an exhibition is attempted
under the banner of a flower show, to

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August 19, 1905.

come forward and insist that the affair
be a creditable one, since we all know
that every exhibition of this kind, if
poorly carried on, is a direct reflection
on every local member of our profes-
sion. We are. in the public mind, held
responsible. It follows, therefore, that
we must take hold and have it proper-
ly exploited, or deferred until such
time as it can be creditably carried
out. Otherwise, future exhibitions in
the same locality, undertaken by our
craft and with our best efforts, will
be discredited by the public because
of the fake shows which we have with-
out protest allowed to be undertaken.
Horticulture in the PMblic Schools.
At Boston, in 1S90, President J. M.
Jordan said: "No school of recognized
ability to graduate a pupil should
leave out of its curriculum books teach-
ing the fundamental lessons of horti-
culture, and even our common schools
should teach the rudiments of this
art."

President Lonsdale in 1895 recom-
mended the study of botany in the
public schools in the primary gi-ades.
In this connection Prof. J. P. Cowell
in 1895 wrote:

I have been in position to watch
from the beginning the efforts to es-
tablish "nature study" as a part of
our public school curriculum. This
teaching, which was taken up but a
few years ago in our educational
centres, is spreading rapidly, and
one can see already some of the re-
sults. Not only have the children
a better understanding of nature and
her products, but by the methods
employed in teaching they come to
love the plants they care for and to
appreciate in some degree their val-
ue; the laws which govern their
growth and the loss entailed by their
destruction. Now I believe that
when these children come to be
men and women we shall see flower
lovers more abundant and garden
makers more skillful than is gener-
ally the case now.

Passing these important broad lines
of our work in relation to the public,
both as individuals and clubs or socie-
ties, I now come to those matters
which concern us directly as individu-
al members of our society and as a
society.

Organization a Necessity.
At New York Citv, August 21, 1888,
President E. G. Hill said:

The formation of florists' clubs at
trade centres is of inestimable value
to every member of such club, doing
away largely with trade jealousies
and bringing our profession more
prominently before the public. The
value and need of association is
recognized in all professions and in
all lines of trade, and none need it
more than we in our profession. As-
sociated effort incites our aspira-
tions, begets fellowship, promotes
harmony, destroys ignorance, re-
moves differences, prevents misun-
derstandings and encourages trade.
These are some of the fruits of as-
sociating together. Then let us re-
new our fealty to this organization
and seal anew our pledge to extend
its usefulness.

This society stands publicly as the
official head of North American flor-
ists and floral societies. It represents
every individual and ought, rightfully.

to represent every floral organization.
If we do the public work in the pres-
ent and future that we have done in
the past, we may rightfully insist that
at least two or more officials from
every florists' club and society should
also be members of the S. A. F.

If the S. A. F. is to secure uniform
inspection laws, adjust postal matters,
strive for equitable freight classifica-
tions, for fair legislation to the direct
and material benefit of all. it must not
only have the support of membership
fees, which is a trifle to the individual,
but it must also have the working
support of many members. Florists'
clubs and societies should send one or
more public-spirited working delegates
to our annual meetings, instructed as
to the public aid which their club de-
sires from us. The expenses of such
delegates should be paid by the club.
To secure the best results, these dele-
gates should be present at our di-
rectors' winter meeting as well as at
the annual session.

Gardeners as Members.
In 1S85 at our first meeting in Cin-
cinnati President John Thorpe said;
"There is a great deal of untrodden
ground for us to go over yet and where
we can do much good, especially among
gentlemen's gardeners and amateurs.
There are nearly 2000 gardeners in the
employ of gentlemen who are holding
positions of trust and responsibility.
These gardeners are always well in-
formed, and would be of valuable aid
to the society."

At Chicago, in 1887, President Roberr
Craig said:

The society has done wisely in not
restricting its membership to any
class, but has thrown open wide its
doors to welcome all friends of the
art. Its chief object is to cultivate
in the people of America a taste and
love for plants and flowers, and it
should endeavor to get into its ranks
not only all the commercial florists
and those engaged in supplying their
various wants, but should exert
every effort to interest gardeners on
public and private grounds. On this
class much depends; to them is en-
trusted a great work in the advance-
ment of horticultural taste, and if it
be intelligently done they will, in the
growing appreciation of the Ameri-
can public, find due encouragement.
I have read many extracts showing
the foresight of our officers along the
lines of the growth of this society
which we have seen developed, but
only in the words quoted from Presi-
dent Thorpe and President Craig do
we find even an intimation of the greiit
help coming to our hands from the
public and private gardeners. 'While
we have all realized what wheel horses
they have always been in most flower
shows, we have not been prepared for
the enormous increase in their num-
bers, nor have we realized that because
of these increasing numbers, the great
importance of their work, and the large
expenditures of money under their di-
rection, they must make themselves
felt in our various clubs and societies.
I wish to call attention to the fact
that many of our strongest gardeners
and florists' clubs today from Massa-
chusetts to California are dominated
by live workers from public institu-
tions and private estates. There are
among them many who are able and
ambitious and whose employers en-

courage participation in everything
that belongs to horticulture.

These brothers of ours are not only
strong in clubs in our trade centres,
but they are organized in smaller
suburban towns where the membership
is almost exclusively their own. The
Society of American Florists must have
their support. They must consider our
society their national representative.
They must be members and be repre-
sented at our meetings. Our annual
convention program must contain mat-
ters of vital interest to them. Our
auxiliary societies, which are main-
tained by loyal members of this socie-
ty, must consider the welfare of these
gardeners and provide opportunities
for their co-operation in the rose, car-
nation and chrysanthemum societies.

The question mentioned elsewhere
regarding favorable membership rates
for club members in good standing
must be carefully considered by your
committee with relation to these gar-
deners' clubs. The visits of our offi-
cials as suggested elsewhere will be
heartily welcomed by those now active
and the new ones constantly forming.
Knowledge of the management and de-
velopment of these clubs which our of-
ficials can supply will bind the new
organizations to us with strong and
lasting ties. The necessity of an offi-
cial representative of our society,
whose whole time is thus occupied is
best seen in this rapidly developing
section of our affairs.
Society Work Between Conventions.

The very life of the society lies in
its membership, and recognizing that
wf- are not growing as we should, or in
proportion to the growth of horticul-
ture. I offer the following suggestions
that seem practical to me and worthy
of the consideration of the committee
which I believe should be appointed
antr which should report at an early

President Anthony said in 1894:

The secretary should receive such
compensation for his services as
would enable him to devote his whole
time to the interests of the society.
There are innumerable ways in which
a paid officer could be of benefit to
the society.

We must have more time from one of
our executive officers, presumably the
secretary, and probably not less than
six months of his time, that he may
visit once or twice a year by appoint-
ment, if possible, all horticultural so-
cieties, fiorists and gardeners' clubs,
nearly all of which this society may
rightfully represent in a national way.
It is certain that such visits would not
only bring to the society a larger fund
from increased membership than would
cover his additional salary, but fur-
ther, such visits made in company with
other officials, state vice-presidents or
members of our board of directors,
would result in great good and enthu-
siasm to the societies themselves.

The secretary could suggest the best
methods of club work, could explain
the forward movement of the S. A. P.,
on new or old lines, and could keep in
close touch with the needs and opin-
ions of the trade. On such occasions
our membership could and would be in-
creased.

It being conceded that the greatest
possibilities for increase in members
and in interest in our society lie in the
fiorists' clubs, I suggest for your cod-

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sideration that members of tluse clubs
in good standing be admited to mem-
bership in the S. A. F. at a reduced
rate, the dues for such local clubs to
be remitted by the sccr.tary of these
clubs not later tlian .Tiil\ ! "i' ■ a. i, , ai-.
Your committer' (ni .in .i i i at

Pittsburg in is:'.'.. M. ,, i: . nil
and Beatty recniiiiii.il, I, m| Mia' ia .m-
cials of our society endeavor to arrange
for the admission of florists' clubs and
members of the Florists' Hail Associa-
tion to the Society of American Flor-
ists by the payment of a certain gross
sum which should entitle each member
of these clubs and associations to a
yearly membership in the society, said
sum to be fixed annually. This is in
line with my suggestions. It is worthy
of your consideration that our society
also admits all members in good stand-
ing of the carnation, rose, chrysanthe-
mum, and other like societies at a re-
duced rate.

As I believe the leading officials of
these kindred societies are present to-
day, our committee to consider these
matters might be made large enough
to include one of their representatives.
Hear what President Wood said in
1900:

Our members should be constantly
thoughtful and active for the society
in obtaining new members, soliciting
every one who trades with them to
become a member of the society, fol-
lowing the example set by that dis-
tingHished horticulturist, C.M. Hovey
of Boston, when he was trying to ex-
tend the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society. He and his superintendent
and clerks solicited every person who
came to his nurseries or jf eenhouses
become a member of that society. In
this manner I became a member at
the age of 24.

Practical Education.

This subject has been referred to a
number of times in the history of our
society, and I can only repeat the con-
clusion that our work should be done
through some of the universities al-
ready established. The states of New
York, Massachusetts. Michigan, Mis-
souri, Indiana, Illinois, and probably
others, contain universities which af-
ford fairly good opportunities for hor-
ticultural education.

If the treasury of this society con-
tained a somewhat larger permanent
fund, or if some of its well-to-do mem-
bers would combine and contribute to
such a fund, the society might well
endow a chair of practical floriculture
in some of the already established col-
leges or universities, or it might pro-
vide for practical lectures to be given
at certain times during the year at one
or all of the above named universities.

I would suggest that, should you at
this time see fit to appoint a commit-
tee to consider the subject of promot-
ing the adoption of a text book on plant
life in our primary schools, this
last question can well be left with the
same committee.

Something Besides Book Learning.

John N. May said in 18i»;i:

It is a deplorable fait that many
graduates from agricultural and hor-
ticultural institutions, altlicuigh well
versed in the theory, are lamentably
deficient in practical experience.
A vice-president of our s-oeiety in a
great horticultural centre, himself a

leader, says: "Our business is just at
the dawn. Why, we haven't started."
He said further: "I am sure you can
do nothing better at Washington than
try to inspire our young men. Say, to
them, foundation of success is honor,
next patience, do your work well, do
it a little better than the other fellow.
Know that you can do some one thing,
if only one. That is the first requisite.
Let the young man be able to say defi-
nitely, I can do this."

Of five agricultural college gradu-
ates tried by him. all failed. They were
bred and trained away from the actual
doing of the work. They were trying
to direct working men to do that which
they themselves could not do well.
Build On Right Lines.

The awakened interest in floriculture
means that many customers, and the
best ones, are seeking information, the
names of flowers and plants, how they
grow, their care. Y'ou are looked upon
as trained horticulturists. Your abil-
ity and willingness to supply informa-
tion helps to lay a broad foundation
for your business. There are, as you
know, some shops bearing florists'
signs whose owners handle our produce
simply as merchandise, without techni-
cal knowledge. They not only cannot
tell the customer what he may wish to
know, but they purposely mislead or
exaggerate. While such misinforma-
tion reacts mainly on themselves, the
effect is bad for the trade generally.
Chemically colored or distorted flowers
are also to be avoided. You "magnify
your office" by freely yet carefully dis-
pensing this knowledge. You acquire
a reputation among business men in
your community by your ability to sup-
ply this information. Books of refer-
ence in horticulture at hand which the
customer may look over at a conven-
ient desk are a benefit; books on gar-
dening may be given out. The telling
of how to do these things passes on to
others and to your credit.

A Field For Women.

President Norton said at Toronto:

We should not forget the ladies! 1
would recommend they be given an
opportunity to enter the business.
Their correct taste and their aptitude
for recognizing the beautiful in form
and color make their services desir-
able as artists and designers, where
harmony of color is so essential.
There are many womep today
throughout the country who are do-
ing a profitable business on their
own account, and there is room for
many more in an occupation which
is so appropriate and pleasant, and
for which they are so admirably fit-
ted in refinement and taste.
AVhile quite a percentage of our retail
flower stores for many years have been
owned or have been actively cared for
by women, more recently they have
taken up the work of house decoration.
This is particularly the case in the
Pacific coast cities where their business
is of sufficient importance to require
well equipped shops on good streets.
There are further good opportunities
in horticultural lines for women with
business tact who are willing to take
the time to equip themselves with a
thorough horticultural education.
Landscape gardening, for instance, is
an almost untried field for women, al-
though there is no good reason why

with training they should not make it
a successful and lucrative profession..
Tariff Hardships.
The liiyh protective tariff on glass,
flowering bulbs and plants has fre-
(H:ently lieen complained of by many
of our members, but without effect,
and many of those who have labored
hard for relief in former years have
finally abandoned the case as hopelass.
1 am glad to see at this time that help
seems to be at hand. The continued
enforcement of a high and arbitrary
tariff, which in many cases causes an-
noying and vexatious details for both
seller and buyer, together with fines
and arbitrarily increased valuations,
have borne their natural fruit and va-
rious foreign countries are meeting
us more than half way with high tariff
rates for merchandise which we have
been selling liberally abroad. Fur-
ther, they are placing duties as high
as 75 per cent, against goods received
from countries whose known protec-
tive tariff is excessive, and are making
the duties as low as 15 per cent, when
the tariff of such countries is moder-
ate.

This legislation is evidently aimed at
the United States and the merchants'
association of New York is alive to the
trade and demands reciprocity treaties
which will do justice to all countries.

It would be well for our legislative
committee to give all possible aid to
such associations, that our own bur-
dens may be lessened.

In Detroit, in 1899, Patrick O'Mara,
chairman of your legislative commit-
tee, recommended that specific duties
be asked on plants and bulbs instead
of the present system of ad valorem
duties. He also recommended that our
legislative committee act with the nur-
serymen in these matters.
Postal Reform.
For our members who print cata-
logues and mail their wares, and their
number and percentage is increasing,
this is perhaps the most important na-
tional matter affecting us. It seems
reasonable that the third and fourth
class matter should be combined on a
basis of one cent for two ounces. We
should have a bulk rate per pound for
catalogues without the per ounce weight
limit which now compels us to trim
each catalogue to an exact fraction,
with no gain to the government.

Lastly, we should have a trial of the
parcels post. Many of those who have
given the subject much study and who
know its workings, are firm believers
in it, and it certainly seems well worth
while to give it a trial. Each member
could write his congressman concern-
ing these reforms and could induce
others to write also. We ought to en-
courage our legislative committee by
pledging ourselves at this meeting to
give such support. The seedsmen and
nurserymen, the agricultural imple-
ment association, and other strong na-
tional associations are with us. This is
the time to act.

State Aid on Experimental Lines.
President Rudd said in 1899:

We are not as a class receiving
from the experiment stations— insti-
tutions established and conducted
with public funds, and for the public
good — those benefits to which we are
entitled. For this state of affairs no
one is to blame but ourselves. We
have neglected to make our wants

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known in an intelligem manner, and
have not accepted grai fully what lit-
tle work has been done in our behalf.
The state of Illinois expends from
$10,000 to $20,000 per year on experi-
mental work in horticulture, most of
which has been applied to pomology.
Other states are no doubt following the
same lines. Our local horticultural so-
cieties may rightfully demand appro-
priations for experimental work in
floriculture, or a share of the appropri-
ations already made. The volume of
our business and the amount of capital
now invested in commercial floriculture
entitle us to this consideration. Plant
diseases, fertilizing experiments, stor-
age of cut flowers, etc., need careful
experimental work.

That Permanent Home.
I do not find that the committee ap-
pointed to report on this subject ever
reported. If as President Breitmeyer
said at St. Louis: "We should keep
this idea alive, even though its accom-
plishment be far distant," we should
perhaps have a standing committee to
have this subject in hand. We can
surely do nothing without one.
Arbitration.
In 1898 your society established this
department on recommendation of your
executive committee. Their duty as
stated at that time was to promote
amicable adjustment of controversies
between members when requested by
interested parties to do so. The five
members of this committee are to be
appointed by the president and ap-
proved bV the executive committee. If
it is stili your wish to carry forward
this department as shown by your rec-
ords, probably it should be revived by
a motion and a vote.

A Spring Flower Show/.
President Gude at Omaha in 1898
said: "You should let your light to
shine before men that they may see
your good workfe. If London can pro-
duce monthly a great flower exhibition
there is no reason why America could
not have annually at some great
metropolis a flower exposition wherein
the whole country could join; and be-
fore concluding I trespass this sugges-
tion upon you that steps be taken here
at this meeting to carry out this idea."
State Vice-Presidents.
I urge upon state delegations to
choose only members for state vice-
presidents who are known to be work-
ers in matters of this kind. The empty
honor is of little value to him who re-
ceives it, while neglect of the society's
interests is disastrous.

Our Sports.
The present division of time among
the varied interests at the annual con-
vention was brought about after the
most careful consideration. A liberal
portion of the available hours has been
given to our bowling and gun clubs.
We must not disparage these features
of our meeting. Those kindly spirits
among us who are active in these re-
creations are generally rich in those
elements of human nature which held
to make life worth living. But it must
be born in mind that our organization
convenes but once a year. Its exist-
ence depends on a certain amount of
careful deliberation as a body. Ques-
tions vital to its advancement are to be
decided and to do this we require and
must have the careful judgment of our

best minds after frank discussion.
That ability which can carry forward
the various sports and intarest our
members in them we ask to be devoted
also to the public sessions. Men prom-
inent in our affiliated societies, the
carnation, the chrysanthemum, the
rose, the peony, can aid us in the same
way. Then we in turn shall rally and
interest ourselves in their gathering.s.

Merchandise at the Convention.

The display of plants, florists' requi-
sites, building models, heating and
ventilating appliances and of the many
articles of merchandise have always
been a feature of these conventions
and have always paid their way. But
many of our commercial brothers, as
well as some of our sporting friends.
we must admit have not always
honored our sessions with their pres-
ence or their business counsel, which
we need. Now I hold that both those
who lead in our recreations and those
who solicit the attention of the large
gathering of buyers here assembled
are in honor bound to attend these
sessions of the society so necessary to
carry it forward and without whose
successful management there will be
neither bowler, nor buyer, nor seller
to be found.

For the General Welfare.

I must not close without paying
tribute to those earnest and loyal men
who have made and held together this
body. Never was more patriotic work
done in any cause. The locked doors
were then opened; the wise lips un-
sealed; the skilled hand directed the
beginners.

These earlier years illustrate the
great success possible where all are
actuated by a single purpose for the
upbuilding of the organization itself.
In those years our ofiicials were se-
lected from those who had made re-
cord for efiicient and disinterested
service on behalf of the organization.
In more recent years with the broaden-
ing of our lines of work, and the in-
creasing number of enterprises which
seemed to place personal prestige be-
fore the general good of the society,
we find apparently less whole-souled
effort for the direct benefit of the or-
ganization, more inclination to criti-
cism. We do not see the frank and
open consultation which we should
have on all subjects with a willingness
to leave the final settlement to the ar-
bitration of the entire society. This
tendency^ to internal and factional
differences, which those who promote
them are unwilling to exploit in public
before the entire body of our mem-
bers, is certainly to be regretted and
I hope that at this session the voice of
the convention will be heard placing
loyalty to the Society above all per-
sonal likes or dislikes, all petty or
private schemes.

If there are those among us who
deem our present line of work unwise
and leading in a wrong direction, let
them frankly bring forward such
opinions in our sessions, that we may
with a full and free interchange of
views settle them amicably and be
started forward again with that strong
impetus of the earlier years of the or-
ganization.

The report of Secretary Stewart was
then presented. It was as follows:

SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Mr. President and Members:

The records of your secretary's of-

fice disclose a period unusually free
trom sensational incident in the year
that has passed since we turned away
from the glories of the great exposi-
tion and the allurements of the Pike
and said farewell to the brethren of
the World's Fair city, whose untiring
kindness had been so incessantly
manifested during our stay with them.
In the absence of more strenuous du-
ties the zeal of your ofilcers has found
expression in an earnest effort to pro-*
mote wide-spread interest in this con-
vention and exhibition and bring out
the largest possible attendance from
all quarters.

The usual executive board meeting
was held last April in this city. The
program which you have before you,
differing in some degree from the type
of those arranged for past conven-
tions, was the outcome of a feeing that
it would be wise to give attention at
this time to topics of broad horticul-
tural interest and to avail ourselves of
the advantages presented in the co-op-
eration of the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture so freely proffered by its able
and courteous officials. One new
feature which has excited much inter-
est is the prize essay competition on
which a report will be presented by
the judges at the morning session of
Wednesday.

The statistics of the year are as fol-
lows:

The number of names on our pub-
lished membership list for 1904 was
SST, of whom 783 were annual and 104
life members. This included 118 an-
nual and 32 life members who had
been added or reinstated during the
year. These 150 nevi' names should be
credited to the various states as fol-
lows: Florida, Louisiana, New Jer-
sey, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennes-
see, West Virginia, one each; Alabama,
California, Kentucky, Maryland, Mas-
sachusetts, South Carolina, Wisconsin,
Manitoba, two each; Colorado, Kan-
sas, Minnesota, Texas, three each; In-
diana, five; District of Columbia,
seven; Pennsylvania, eight; Michigan,
nine; Connecticut, ten; New York,
thirteen; Ohio, fifteen; Missouri, twen-
ty-three; Illinois, twenty-five.

The following-named members have
been taken from us by death since our
last meeting:

W. A. Ingram, Manchester, N. H.,
August 20, 1904.

C. B. Derthick, Ionia, Mich., Decem-
ber 23, 1904.

D. Newsham, New Orleans, La., Jan-
uary 15, 1905.

Charles T. Siebert, Pittsburg, Pa.,
March 7, 1905.

F. H. Beard, Detroit, Mich., March
20, 1905.

A. Whiting, Hartford, Conn., May 5,
1905.

W. S. Davis, Purcellville, Va., May
24, 1905.

T. Hinchcliffe, Racine, Wis., June
11. 1905.

Registration of names of new plants
has been made since last report, as
follows:

August 27, 1904— Sweet Peas, Brides-
maid, Flora Norton, Evening Star,
Nymphaja, Speckled Beauty, Sunrise,
Sunset, Mrs. George Higginson, Flora
Fraser. by Vaughn's Seed Store.

October 1, 1904— Dahlia, Sylvia, by
Vaughaa's Seed Store.

October 4, 1904— Cannas Chappaqua,
Black Beauty, Chameleon, Indiana,

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Wyoming, Juniata, by Conard & Jones
Company.

October 13, 1904— Aster Vick's Mika-
do, by James Vick's Sons.

November 10, 1904— Chrysanthemum,
Mrs. Eglinton, by W. J. Lawrence.

November 23, 1904 — Chrysanthemum,
Mrs. A. Klokner, by Alexander Klolt-
ner.

December 29, 1904— Carnation, Mrs.
W. L. Lewis, by W. L. Lewi.s.
• December 31, 1904 — Cannas, Hon. W.
R. Hearst, Senator Hanna, Mrs. John
A. Logan, by H. D. Seele.

January 14, 1905— Carnations, Mika-
do and Pink Patten, by Patten & Co.

January 14, 1905— Pillar rose. Gar-
den's Glory, by Conard & Jones Co.

February 25, 1905 — Nephrolepis Bos-
ioniensis Mauffii, by A. E. Mauff.

June 12, 1905 — Roses, American Pil-
lar and Birdie Blye, by Conard & Jones
Co.

July 10, 1905— Zonal geranium, Mrs.
Richard F. Gloede, by Richard F.
Gloede.

July 14, 1905 — Nephrolepis Amer-
pohlii, by Edward Amerpohl.

July 25, 1905— Zonal geranium, Ken-
ilworth and Illinois, by R. F. Gloede.

August 11, 1905 — Zonal geranium.
Tiffin, by Lewis Ullrich, Tiffin, O.

Medals have been distributed as fol-
lows;

February '17, 1905 — Through the
American Carnation Society, a silver
medal to J. D. Thompson Carnation
Company, for carnation Robert Craig,
a bronze medal to H. Weber & Son for
carnation My Maryland.

March 11, 1905— Through the Cincin-
nati Florists' Society, a silver medal
to R. Witterstaetter, for carnation
Aristocrat; a certificate of award of
bronze medal to H. Weber & Son, for
carnation My Maryland.

The problem of how to increase our
numerical strength has wisely been
given prominence of late. Even at the
risk of appearing to overlook funda-
mental requisites, your secretary has
long since become disciplined to the
idea that the best evidence of health
and prosperity for the society is found
in the length of the membership list
and the size of the treasurer's balance,
and that whatever contributes to the
attainment of this condition is an as-
set that -must not be despised. In con-
sidering this vital question of member-
ship a recapitulation of some of the
secretary's records may prove both in-
teresting and enlightening.

At the convention of 1889 at Buffalo,
the first year in which the $3 annual
assessment went into operation, we
find that the number of members who
paid for that year was 827. For 1890,
the year of the Boston meeting, the
number was 926. In 1891, Toronto, the
figure dropped to 827; in 1892, Wash-
ington, it was 829; in 1893. St. Louis,
085; in 1894, Atlantic City, G17; in 1895,
Pittsburg, 547; in 1896, Cleveland, 551;
in 1897, Providence, 524; in 1898, Oma-
ha, 436; in 1899, Detroit, 535; in 1900,
New York, 719; in 1901, Buffalo, 739;
in 1902. Asheville, 639; in 19' i3, Mil-
waukee, 745; in 1904, St. Louis, 711.
These figures are inclusive of life
membership.

■The printed list published each fall
should not be taken as an index of the
number of members in good standing
for the year the list is is.siu d. It is
true that the by-laws stipulate dues
shall be paid in advance, 'vit It has
been customary to carry on the roll
until the end of the year. t!ie names

of all members in good standing up to
January first of that year, and truss-
ing off on December 31 the names of
all those who have failed to qualify
during the year. The percentage o't
lapse in recent years is about 15 ptr
cent, from each annual list. Not all
these members are permanently lost.
however, for there are many who
choose a fluctuating allegiance, paying
the $5 initiation fee in those years
when they find it convenient to attend
the convention. Broadly it may be
said that our membership swells when
we hold meetings in the populous cen-
tres, shrinks when we select locations
smaller or more remote from these
centres, and fluctuates as to its sec-
tional preponderance in accordance
with our movements, a series of meet-
ings in one section building up the
list locally at the expense of the sec-
tion neglected; and this will always
be true regardless of what we may say
or do.

Of the 783 annual members whose
names appeared on the printed list of
1904, 155 failed to meet obligations as
to dues for that year, consequently, on
January 1 their names were stricken
from the roll. It may be of assistance
in the consideration of ways and
means for enlarging our permanent
membership to know the localities in
which these lapses occurred. The loss
is divided among the states as follows:
Alabama, Calitornia, District of Col-
umbia. Florida. Georgia. Indiana,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, Texas, one each; North Caro-
lina, Connecticut, Maryland, two each;
Kentucky, Missouri, three each; Mas-
sachusetts, four; New Jersey, five;
Iowa, seven; Minnesota, eight; Wis-
consin, Pennsylvania, fifteen each;
Michigan, sixteen; Ohio, nineteen;
Illinois, New York, twenty-two each;
Offset against the additions in these
respective states we find the net re-
sult for the year 1904 to be as follows:
Net gain— .Alabama, California, Ten-
nessee, West Virginia, Oklahoma, one
each; South Carolina, Texas, Mani-
toba, two each; Colorado, Kansas, Il-
linois, three each; Indiana, four; Dis-
trict of Columbia, six; Connecticut,
eight; Missouri, twenty. Net loss —
Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, one each; Massachusetts.
North Carolina, two each; New Jersey,
Ohio, four each; Minnesota, five; Penn-
sylvania, six; Iowa, Michigan, seven
each; New York, nine; Wisconsin,
thirteen. Net gain by states, fifty-
eight; net loss by states, sixty-three,
giving a net loss to the S. A. F. of five.
Conclusions from these figures should,
however, be modified by the fact that
a few fluctuations are cause<l by re-
movals from one state to another, also
that a few of those members reported
as having lapsed last year are liable
to insist on paying all arrearages at
this meeting.

With the security of a charter and
the foundation of a substantial per-
manent fund, with the support of the
most enterprising horticultural firms
assured through the instrumentality of
the registration department, with the
co-operation of the dealers as shown
in the splendid exhibitions of recent
years and the loyalty of the younger
element secured by the recognition of
their games and sports at our annual
meetings it would seem that now is a
good time for a big concerted effort to
build up our membership list, and thus
make the twenty-first year of the so-

ciety's existence a banner year in its
history.

The report of Treasurer Beatty,
showing the largest amount of cash
on hand in the society's history, was
next read. Following is a summary
of it;

TREASURER'S REPORT.

General Fund.

Jan. 1, 1904, cash on hand. .. .$3,136.01
Receipts for year to Dec. 31,
1901 2,756.43

Disbursements

Balance Jan. 1, 1905.

$5,892.44
. 2,969.37

.$2,923.07

Permanent Fund.

Jan. 1, 1904, cash on hand $2,328.04

Receipts for year to Dec. 31,
1904 491.92

Cash on hand Ja

190a.

The evening lawn party and recep-
tion in honor of the President, which
had caused many anxious hours for
those in charge, proved to be one of the
most enjoyable affairs in which the
society has ever participated. Loef-
fler's lawn, which had been turned into
a veritable fairy forest, with trees,
flowers and electric lights, proved to
be an ideal place for the purpose. A
full band of music was on hand, and a
mammoth barbecue and other substan-
tial viands furnished material and aes-
thetic entertainment for the thousand
or more members and their ladies. The
weather prophet had predicted rain,
but he was mistaken, and the condi-
tions throughout were delightful. A
receiving party consisting of president
and Mrs. Vaughan, Vice-President and
Mrs. Freeman, Secretary Stewart, Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Elliott, formed under
the evergreens, and for an hour hand-
shaking was indulged in, and many old
and new friendships were cemented.
The Florists' Club of Washington and
its busy, hospitable officials are to be
congratulated on the great success of
this unique occasion.

rhe session of Wednesday morning
began with the reading of various
communications, appointment of sev-
eral important committees and the
presentation of the report of the
judges in the Beatty prize competition
in essays on the "Ideal Employer."
The fortunate contestants out of a
total of twenty-three were as follows:
First prize to S. S. Skidelsky of Phila-
delphia; second, to Henry Eichholz,
Waynesboro, Pa.; and third, to J.
Austin Shaw of New York.

The selection of the location for next
years' meeting brought out some elo-
quent addresses on the merits of Ni-
agara Falls, N. Y., and Dayton, Ohio,
and on ballot Dayton was found to
be the winner with 134 votes in a
total of 198, and so it is to be Dayton,
Ohio, next year.

Nomination of officers was next in
order. The candidates listed for the
election of Thursday were as follows:

For President.— W. F. Kasting, Buf-
falo, N. Y.; H. B. Beatty, Pittsburg,
Pa.; and Lewis Ullrich, Tiffin, Ohio.

For Vice-President.— H. M. Altick,
Dayton. Ohio.

For Secretary.- William J. Stewart.
Boston; and E. A. Seidewitz, An-
napolis, Md.

For Treasurer.— James Dean. Free-

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port, N. Y.; C. B. Whimall. Milwaukee,
Wis.; and William Scott. Buffalo. i\. Y.

Professor B. F. Galloway then pre-
sented his lecture on the work of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture, illus-
trated with interesting stereopticon
views.

By unanimous vote a cablegram was
sent on "Wednesday to Ex-President W.
R. Smith at SUibo Castle, as follows:

"Hoot mon, we miss ye sadly!"

The ladies' luncheon on Tuesday af-
ternoon with the wife of Vice-Presi-
dent Freeman, and the ladies' ride on
Wednesday afternoon, were events in
the lives of the fair participants that
will undoubtedly be remembered as
among the most delightful ever ex-
perienced.

Miss Sipe's lecture on AVednesday
evening was enjoyed by a large and
appreciative audience and was enthu-
siastically applauded.

The bowling tournament on Wednes-
day afternoon lasted far into the night
and was a repetuion of the vociferous
occasions of other years. Ten teams
bowled tor the championship with the
following result: First. Philadelphia,
winning the Kramer cup. the William
F. Kasting championship cup and the
H. B. Beatty cup; second, Washington,
winning the Whitmore loving cup:
third. Baltimore, winning the Gait cup:
fourth, Chicago, the National B. C.
loving cup. The players on the first
team were the recipients of five silver
match safes donated by H. B. Beatty,
and those on the second team received
gold sleeve links donated by F. H
Krame^. J. J. Beneke of St. Louis won
the Steinmetz team high individual
prize with 597; the Stewart trophy for
the greatest number of strikes was won
by McRichmond: the Monument trophy
for greatest number of spares by G. C.
Shaffer; trophy for high man in the
individual contest was won by C. L.
Seybold of Baltimore, with a score of
573 against 49 entries.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1906.
The result of the ballot for officers
for 19(16 was as follows: 292 ballots
cast; Wm. F. Kasting elected presi-
dent with 156; H. M. Altick, vice-
president. 211; W. J. Stewart, secre-
tary, 211; H. B. Beatty continues
treasurer, as there was no election.

JUDGES' REPORT.

Report of the Judges on Novelties
and Improved Devices on Exhibition.

Vaughan's Seed Store, for Baby
Rambler Rose: certificate of merit.

J. L. O'Quinn, for improved aspar-
agus Tenissimus; certificate of merit.

H. H. Barrows & Son. for Nephrol-
epis Barrowsii; certificate of merit.

Department of Agriculture, for col-
lection of new cactus, palms and lace
plant; certificate of merit.

John Lewis Childs, for gladiolus
America; certificate of merit.

Arthur Cowee. for gladiolus No. V

and No. 709: certificate of merit.

Conard & Jones Co., for canna Louis-
iana: certificate of merit.

E. Hippard, for steam return trap;
certificate of merit.

Holly-Castle Co.. for electric circu-
lator; certificate of merit.

Cleveland Cut Flower Co.. for ever-
lasting tile bench; certificate of merit.

Dillon Greenhouse Mfg. Co.. for new
roof support: certificate of merit.

Quaker City Machine Co., for new
ventilating arm; certificate of merit.

J. B. Owens Pottery Co., for deco-
rative vases; certificate of merit.

F. R. Pierson Co., for improved
Pierson fern; honorable mention.

Heller & Co., for mice-proof seed
drawers: honorable mention.

Joseph Breck & Son. for oak jardi-
niere: honorable mention.

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., for new stone
flower vases and brush ware baskets;
honorable mention.

Reed & Keller, wedding canopies.

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Club in America.

ribbon hampers and bark jardinieres;
honorable mention.

M. Rice & Co., rose bowls and lamp-
posts; honorable mention.

H. A. Dreer, for Bourgainvillia;
highly commended.

W'. K. Harris, for nephrolepis Whit-
mani; highly commended.

H. H. Barrows & Son, for Nephrol-
epis Whitmani; highly commended.

Arthur Cowee, for gladiolus No. 401;
highly commended.

Dillon Greenhouse Mfg. Co., for zinc
strips for laying glass; highly com-
mended.

George C. Watson, for lawn mower
sharpener: highly commended.

Roseville Pottery Co., for jardi-
nieres; highly commended.

Lion & Wertheimer, for chiffon and
violet cord: highly commended.

Schloss Bros., for new ribbons; high-
ly commended.

Dayton Paper Novelty Co., for em-
bossed flower boxes; highly com-
mended.

Robert Craig & Son, for ficus pan-
durata: bronze medal.

Louis Witthold, for new watering
system; bronze medal.

Department of Plant Registration.

Lewis Ullrich, TitRn. Ohio, submits
for registration seedling zonal geran-
ium. Tiflin. Flowers single, brilliant
scarlet; clusters large, freely produced;
foliage green, no zone; growth, free,
Inishy; tested eight years.

WM. J. STEWART, Secretary.

Enclosed find $1.00 to pay my sub-
scription for Horticulture. The paper
is all right and I am glad it came
out. I hope it may long live to see
the great developments of the indus-
try it so gracefully represents. H.

ST (II- A. .KM I 1.1 rui. lir
Washington, 1). C.

We hope our readers, will as far as
possible, buy everything they need
from Horticulture's Advertisers.

August 19, 1905

H ORTICULTURE

THE IDEAL EMPLOYER

FIRST PRIZE.

Our worthy president. .Mr. J. C.
Vaughan, in his very able and thought-
ful paper on the ideal employee, which
he delivered before the Society of
American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists at St. Louis, dwells
with remarkable clearness upon those
qualities which, in his opinion, consti-
tute the chief requirements of an ideal
employee. Like all successful business
men. employers of labor, he seems to-
have a pretty clear and accurate idea
of the kind of men that contributes
largely towards the success of a busl^
ness enterprise. Men of the Garcia
messenger type, knowing no fears, des-
pising the difficulties and defying all
hardships, liaving but one aim and ob-
ject in view, and that the achievemsnt
of success for their employer, such
men I say, are indeed ideal in the
broadest sense of the word. Granted,
then, that such men are a blessing and
are well worthy of their hire, the ques-
tion naturally arises who is responsi-
ble for such unselfish devotion on the
part of the employee? In viewing the
ideal employee, one must be sure to
take a simultaneous glance at the em-
ployer himself. And this brings me
to the very question I have undertaken
to answer, namely. What is an ideal
employer?

Briefly stated, the ideal employer is
a man of a broad turn of mind, of
broad views, by nature an "optimist, a
man of lofty aims and aspirations, one
incapable of a mean, selfish deed,
whose domestic life is pure and chaste,
who in his relations to his fellow-men
is governed not by pelf, but by that
divine rule which prescribes, "lovte
thy neighbor as thyself." The ideal
employer is a man who, aside from his
business training, has imbibed those
moral truths but for which our world
would be desolate and dreary, a man
who, like the late George W. Childs,
lives for the welfare of his fellow-men.
When the Typographical Union of
Philadelphia sent a delegation to Mr.
Childs instructing it toimpress upon'the
good man the needlessness of paying
his employees more than their union
schedule required, the worthy gentleman
replied that his men earned all ho gave
them, that he did not intend to reduce
the pay-roll, scale or no scale Such
men are indeed ideal employers and it
is with such men that the ideal em-
ployee is to be found. "Like master,
like man." is a truth that no sophistry
can shake.

Having defined in a genfra! way the
qualities to be sought in the ideal em-
ployer, I will now attempt by way of
contrast, to present a picture of the

real employer. Far bo it, however,
from my intention to reflect upon the
honesty and integrity of the gentlemen
present, most of whom, I take it for
granted, are employers. The truth,
however, requires me to take a pessi-
mistic view of the aims and motives
that govern some of our employers in
their relations to their men. The
grower who hires his man to look
after his roses and carnations seldom,
if ever, gives him a thought beyond
that of what he can produce. If the
stock is creditable well and good, else
out he goes to make room for another
man. On the face of it, it looks
proper, of course. Yet how often do
we ignore conditions and circum-
stances beyond the control of the best
men? Good wages to the right man
are paid, as a rule, not because of
choice, but because of necessity. I
have often met men working from
sunrise till sunset and late into the
cold, wintry nights for a paltry few
dollars per week. At last, when life
becomes burdensome and a more suit-
able place is found at a higher wage,
the employer is ready to offer better
terms. Necessity, of course, has com-
pelled him to "compromise." Such is
not the ideal employer. The "Knight
of the Grip" or the man of the road
is as happy as the proverbial lark
when he can show "big results" and
send good orders to the house. Fif-
teen below zero, or ninety in the shade,
it matters not to him. Out he goes
on his daily rounds, trudging along
some country road in quest of busi-
ness, faithful to his trust, like the
true soldier defending a righteous
cause, hopeful and persevering. Some-
where in the great city of New York
or Chicago a little woman and little
children feel lonesome, at times deso-
late and forlorn, because of the ab-
sence of their bread-winner and pro-
tector. Things look discouraging and
gloomy at times on the road, despite
one's best efforts. At such times a
word of encouragement would be
welcome indeed, but here is a letter.
"Get a hustle on yourself," it says.
"You must do better." "Why don't
you sell to Mr. So and So?" Results
are wanted regardless of all circum-
stances. Those who read the letters
of Mr. Graham, the pork packer, to his
son, which appeared periodically in
the Saturday Evening Post, can see
the typical real employer. Mr. Gra-
ham wants no apologies, no explana-
tions; he wants orders for pork, spare
ribs, lard, and nothing but orders.
Very laudable indeed, but the ideal
employer is not reflected in Mr. Gra-
ham.

The man or woman behind the
counter toiling from morning till
evening, and during the rush of the
holiday season late into the night,
finds no pleasure in the work if his
or her efforts are not appreciated.
Things are done in a half-hearted
manner. On the other hand, be the
employer of the ideal type, having the
interest of his employees at heart, a
sort of enthusiasm is sure to pnrvade
the establishment. I can cite in-
stances that came under my personal
observation. The kind hearted mas-
ter, who in the "good" old slavery
days took a fatherly interest in his
human chattels, who fed them well.

protected them, never abusing the
helpless creatures, was the ideal mas-
ter whose virtues are extolled to this
very day by the old Southern darkies.
Such a master seldom, if ever, had oc-
casion to employ his bloodhounds in^
l)urKuit after a liberty-loving negro.
"Like master, like man," faith and
mutual confidence obviating the neces-
sity of the lash, the bloodhounds, and
the vengeance of the slave.

The ideal employer is he whose inr
terests extend beyond the narrow
sphere of the counting room and the
shop, who sees in his employees the-
man rather than the producing ma-
chine. Ever on the alert, ever watch-
ful over his own interests, he realizes
at the same time that the interests of
his employer must be protected as
well, that the one subserves the other,
that the one is impossible without the
other. It is a noteworthy fact that
some of the men at the head of the
great industrial establishments in the
west such as Proctor and Gamble of
the Ivory Soap fame, and Mr. Pater-
.son of the National Register Machine
Co.. are approaching the type of the
ideal employer. The schools, lecture
rooms, clubs, hospitals, which these
gentlemen have provided for th? bene-
fit of their employees, are most grati-
fying signs of an ideal state of affairs
obtaining in those establishments.
The result of these experiments proves
most conclusively that each and every
employee on the place takes a keen in-
terest in tlie work at hand, regarding
himself, as it were, as part and parcel
of a community, whose progress, as a
whole, depends upon the good will and
the good work of each individual
member. Mr. Paterson has indeed
accomplished most wonderful results.
His employees are a -well-bred, well-
cultured class of men and women. It
has been well said, that no man has a
right to demand that which he can-
not give in return. The ideal employee,
who, like Garcia's messenger, knows
no obstacles and will face danger with
the fearlessness of a true hero, must
have a Garcia to serve. Admiral Togo
won a naval battle the like of which
history does not record, because every
man under his command found in him
the ideal admiral, stern, exacting, and
withal kind hearted and considerate.
On the other hand, the Russian sail-
ors suffered defeat because the men in
charge of the unfortunate fleet lacked
the qualities of the ideal commanders.

To sum up: The ideal employer is
first of all a moral man; second, he is
broad-minded and considerate: third,
he po.ssesses in no small degree those
qualities or virtues commonly called
patience and perseverance; fourth, his
own interests are inseparable from
tliose of his employe, and fifth, he re-
gards his business as a means rather
than an end ever striving to mould
his life as his conscience dictates,
even aspiring to live up to the golden
rule, "Love thy neighbor as thyself."

SECOND PRIZE.

This Society being composed of men
of various trades, such as plant and
cut flower growers or both, wholesale
and retail dealers in plants or cut
flowers or both, seedmen, supplymen,
novoltymen, builders of greenhouse

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August 19, 1905

structures and boilenuakers, and last
but not least ornamental horticul-
turists, I presume the subject must be
treated to suit every employer.

First of all, an Ideal Employer must
be master of his trade, he must thor-
oughly understand his business, as
only under these conditions will he be
able to judge work done and the
ability of employes fairly.

Second: The Ideal Employer should
have working capital enough to pay
every employe promptly in full for all
services rendered on days agreed upon,
particularly paying for all overtime
due the employes; for if you try to
squeeze here and there a few hours
without remuneration out of your em-
ployes they will surely get square with
you as soon as your back is turned,
and you are the loser in this skin
game.

Third: An Ideal Employer should,
in engaging men, have a thorough
understanding of what is expected of
■each employe, and see that each one
does his duty. Have all difficulties
adjusted at once, as some times a
little misunderstanding may create,
in the imaginary mind of employer,
dissatisfaction that can upset the
whole working force.

Fourth: An Ideal Employer should
always be prompt, if he expects
promptness from his help, start
promptly, quit promptly, and if really
necessary work has to be done before
beginning or closing of day, pay
promptly for same, asking no favors.

Fifth :v An Ideal Employer should
see to it that the Sabbath Day is kept
holy. Have only the most necessary
work done, as a day of rest and
recreation will put a better crew to
work at the beginning of the week,
and at the hand of your Creator you
will be rewarded a hundredfold.

Sixth: An Ideal Employer should
be reserved in manner, should show
no favor, be courteous, polite, but al-
ways firm in giving orders and advice.
Profanity is an employer's worst
■enemy. As a child imitates the ways
and manners of a parent, so does an
•employe adopt the ways of his master.

Seventh: An Ideal Employer should .
encourage his employes wherever pos-
sible. There are many ways. Provide
the best of tools for every work;
pleasant surroundings in workshop
and home. A word of praise where
such is due will do wonders. Do not
expect the skilled employe to also fill
the place of the common helper. Have
the trade papers and other trade
literature where the men can get them
at their leisure. Purchase the most
meritorious novelties to stimulate the
interest of your employes.

And last but not least, to be an
Ideal Employer and have an Ideal
Place of Business, it is necessary to
employ ideal help. This is very hard
to find in this commercial age. and as
long as no institutions are turning out
ideal helpers, every employer will
have to get along the best he can. By
following the foregoing advice em-
ployes and conditions can be improved,
as it is nine times out of ten that the
employer is at fault for the condition
•of his or her business.

In closing I wish to say a few words
to the florist section of this Society in
■particular. If you are master of your
profession, so that you do not have
to rely on foremen entirely, but that
you yourself can be at the steering

wheel of your place, you will find that
there is plenty of good help, that if
properly treated will do its duty. In
employing florists be particular to get
men that will work and harmoni-/:e
together. If toughs or loafers slip in
get rid of them the next pay day for
the good of all concerned. Good em-
ployes are generally eager to learn,
and if they see and notice your su-
periority and your ability they will do
anything for you and vote you
THE IDEAL EMPLOYER.

THIRD PRIZE.

It is a grand privilege and re-
sponsibility to be an "Employer." A
privilege, because of the possibilities
involved in opportunity to benefit
one's fellowmen, a responsibility, be-
cause of the great obligation which
rests upon one, to whom by birth or
capital or mental strength has been
given the power to lead men, and to
maintain the homes and fortunes of
those who give their best years, their
skill, their faithful service in his be-
half. The infinite source of strength
and consciousness of the account that
must be rendered for the trust given
must never be forgotten, if one is, or is
to be, an "Ideal Employer." The
thought of the highest, the purest and
the best is always associated with the
word ideal. It indicates the acme of
things, the plane where there is al-
ways room — the top. To aspire to
win the honor of that title is no un-
worthy ambition. To merit the confi-
dence, respect, loyalty and devotion of
those who toil in one's behalf, this
seems to me to demonstrate the right
to claim fellowship with the noble
brotherhood of "Ideal Employers."
One cannot be ideal in the true sense
of the word, therefore who does not
come up to the standard, first, as to
character. A bad man morally, if he
be perfect in all the other require-
ments of the honor, is unfit to be an
employer at all. With good charac-
ter as a basis, all else that is good and
helpful may be built up into a perfect
structure;' and such a man "shall
stand before kings," and is a king,
crowned with the love of those he
serves, and building daily a monu-
ment that will endure through all the
ages.

The "Ideal Employer" then, with
unsullied reputation, must next have
a thorough knowledge of his business
in all its details, thereby commanding
the confidence of those he leads and
ensuring their respect. Not only must
he merit confidence but he should in-
vite it, for by so doing he gathers new
ideas and strengthens not only him-
self but the man he draws upon, in-
creasing at the same time his loyalty
and encouraging him to further in-
spirations. The "Ideal Employer"
never forgets the Golden Rule. It
should be the foundation of all his
plans, his decisions, his enterprises.
With this as the basis of his daily life
he cannot make mistakes. The great
unwritten law of "Whatsoever a man
sows, that shall he also reap," should
be stamped in letters of fire upon his
brain and heart. There can be no
escape from the reckoning that must
be made when the sceptre is laid down
and the crown of responsibility is
taken away. There is no escape from
the balancing of the books, and there
will be no excuse taken if the records
are not clean.

The "Ideal Employer" must have
within him an abundance of the "milk
of human kindness." He must be
patient, considerkte, gentle, "slow to
anger," solicitous as to the personal
habits, health and family happiness
of his employes. He must avoid un-
due familiarity, must encourage the
proper use of spare time, inspire by
example a love for study, healthful
recreation, and good companionship,
and teach by precept and accomplish-
ment the lessons of right living. He
should be quick to detect and punish
crime, and to discourage disloyalty
by prompt dismissal of the offender.
He should never stand in the way of
an employe who finds opportunity for
the betterment of his position, and
should never make necessary a request
for better wages where talent and
achievement indicate the wisdom of
the encouragement.

It is not having, but being, that
makes the perfect man. Not the
surroundings, the broad acres, the
palaces, but the inner life, one's self
that counts. The highest ideal is to
shape one's life so that it may har-
monize with the law of love. First
knowledge, intelligence, then the con-
sciousness of duty to those whose wel-
fare is entrusted to our guidance. The
"Ideal Employer" does not live simply
to acquire wealth. There is a higher
goal never lost sight of, the happiness
that comes from promoting the happi-
ness and success of others. The law
of love, which the "Ideal Employer"
makes the guiding influence of his life,
involves ■ unselfishness, sympathy,
brotherhood, generosity and justice.

The "Ideal Employer" invariably
possesses the respect of those in his
service. Conscientious, prompt, active,
alert, he inspires others to emulate
him. Demanding loyalty, he wins it
by his own loyalty to the interests of
those who serve him. Honest himself,
he asks no adherence to any policy
that will not bear the white light of
investigation into all its details. He
gladly invites sincere criticism. H)e
is never unreasonable in his demands.
He trusts implicitly and safely those
who are worthy of his confidence. If
he is truly "ideal" no competitor can
ever win the loyalty of an employe
whom it is to his advantage to retain.
He is always judiciously liberal, he
does not forget the little mementoes of
the holiday season, the solicitous and
practical remembrance of those who
by accident or illness appeal to his
generous nature, the thoughtful in-
quiry, the little delicacies for the sick
room, the tender sympathy when the
heart strings are wrung by loss of
loved ones. No ideal employer ever
withheld these tokens of good fellow-
ship, or because of wealth or station
felt himself above the men who labor.
If he be possessed of abundant wealth
he should see to the building of ideal
homes, to the establishment of schools
and libraries, and gymnasiums, and to
recreative parks and play grounds,
and every convenience for the com-
fort and health of all whose lives are
so interwoven with his own. His is
a responsibility that may well give
cause for serious thought, but if he be
"ideal," with clean life and clear con-
science as the fountains of his am-
bition and accomplishments, who can
estimate the glory of his achieve-
ments, and the value of such a life to
humanity?

August 19, 1905

HORTI CU LTU RE

NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES,

CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL AS-
SOCIATION.

The eighth annual gathering of this
association held in Montreal August
S, 9, 10 and 11, may be voted a great
success. Delegates from Winnipeg to
Newfoundland were present. Mr. W.
A. Manda of New Jersey, was the only
representative of the United States,
and his contributions to the debates
were much appreciated.

The meetings were held in the Nat-
ural History Museum, opening on
Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Laporte
extended a hearty civic welcome, to
which William Gammage happily re-
plied. The president's address, al-
though it did not escape criticism, was
marked by a breadth of outlook, and
its pointed application to the needs of
the moment met with a hearty recep-
tion from the delegates. On Tuesday
evening F. G. Todd of Montreal gave
an illustrated lecture on "Park De-
signs"; essays on "How to Keep a
Greenhouse Attractive in Winter," by
Thomas McHugh; and "How to Keep
Grounds Attractive in Summer," by W.
R. Burrows, followed.

Wednesday morning papers were
presented by W. Gammage on carna-
tions; Mr. Dale on roses; J. Bennett
on nephrolepis; and Mr. Gird wood on
violets. The evening was devoted to
unfinished business. It was voted that
Guelph should be the place of the next
meeting; the question of a trade paper
was discussed; and the following offi-
cers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Mr. Fendley of Brampton;
first vice-president, Mr. Hunt of
Guelph; second vice-president, Mr.
Walsh of Montreal; secretary, A. H.
Ewing; treasurer. \V. H. Simmers.

Wednesday afternoon was devoted to
sight-seeing. Thursday the members
were the guests of the City of Mon-
treal, and on Friday of the Montreal
Florists' Club, and were delightfully
entertained. The banquet at the Wel-
land Hotel was an enjoyable and en-
thusiastic feature.

The Trade Exhibit awards were as
follows; D. J. Sinclair, Toronto, cer-
tificate of merit for display of florists'
supplies; Depuy & Ferguson, Montreal,
diploma for horticultural sundries;
Foster Pottery, Hamilton, flower pots,
highly commended; Hall & Robinson,
Montreal, diploma for plants and flow-
ers; Campbell Bros.. Simcoe. Ont.,
certificate of merit for superb sfnnd of
gladioli.

NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO-
CIETY.

At the last meeting of this Society
William C. Elliott exhibited two new
varieties of sweet corn which he has
named Early Pearl and Elliottv Model.
Both of these varieties are of undoubt-
ed merit. Early Pearl especi;)''y being
not only handsome and of .lelicious
flavor, but also exceedingly early and
prolific. The committee awarded a
silver medal to Mr. Elliott for Early
Pearl and a bronze medal I'ni- Elliott's
Model. Two new members were ad-
mitted. At the next meir-titiu of the
society Mr. George T. Powell, presi-
dent of the Agricultural ICxiierts' As-
sociation, will give an addf ss on "In-

sect Pest.s." Mr. Powell is a nTcj:.^
nized authority on horticultural and
agricultural subjects and a large audi-
ence is expected.

NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

"Continuous Bloom in the Border"
engaged the attention of the New
Jersey Floricultural Society at their
monthly meeting on August 4 at their
rooms in Orange. Photographs, col-
ored, of the prominent estates in the
neighborhood were in force and helped
out the subject. President Kindsgrab
called upon the gardeners one by one
to tell how they secured a continuous
bloom from May until October. The
subject was opened by William Ben-
nett who described a very unique
design in formal bedding consisting of
everblooming monthly roses, asters,
heliotrope, verbenas, poppies, cosmos,
dahlias, antirrhinum, zinnias and
calendula. For "The Terraces" of 0.
D. Munn, of which six pictures were
shown, John Hayes responded; Peter
Duff for the border at "Brighthurst";
William Read for "Seven Oaks" where
he has a border five hundred feet
long; Arthur Bodwell for "Baronald."

To the monthly floricultural display
the contributions were: Roses by D.
Kindsgrab; asters by William Bennett
and Charles Ashmead; phlox and
some fine Black Hamburg and Muscat
grapes by William Read; Thomas
Rivers and Royal George peaches by
Peter Duff; and a collection of vege-
tables by John Gervan. Of orchids,
Cypripedium Thayerianum, hybrids of
Boxallii x Harrisianum, Oncidium
macranthum by Edwin Thomas, On-
cidium Gardneri, Phalipnopsis ama-
bilis and Cattleya guttata by Arthur
Bodwell and a remarkably fine Cypri-
pedium Mandaae, hybrid Lawrence-
anum hyeanum x callosum Sanderse
by Julius Roehrs of Rutherford, N. J.

The judges were Charles Blanck.
formerly of Oceanica and late of Har-
risburg, Edward Roehrs and Joseph A.
Manda.

Miscellaneous business connected
with the autumn flower show was
transacted. J. B. DAVIS.

The regular monthly meeting of this
society was held August 2, at the Glen
Cove Greenhouses. The chief business
was the further organization of a flow-
er show to be held in Glen Cove, and
the dates fixed were November 1 and 2.
Competition is open, so all are heartily
invited. Already two handsome cups
and other substantial prizes have been
promised. The exhibits this month
were chiefly fruits. President Harrison
came forward with a melon, a hybrid
of his own raising, of good size and
shape, red fleshed and of excellent fla-
vor. Mr. Halloway brought some fine
apples and a tempting bunch of black
hothouse grapes. The variety was
".Mader.sfield Court." anil the berries
made no sign whatever of splitting.
Splitting seems common to this grand
old variety, but without doubt Mr.
Halloway knows the way to success
with it. Mr. Rickards of Stumpp and
Walter Co., put forward a prize of %Z
for next meeting's best exhibit.

JOHN F. JOHNSTON.

NEW HAVEN COUNTY (CONN.)
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The meeting of this society on Aug.
15 was known as Gladioli night. Mr.
Jcilin Slocombe made an exhibit of over
100 sjiikes of his magnificent new seed-
ling gladioli. He has about a half-
acre just coming into bloom, and for
size and color cannot be surpassed.
A certificate of merit was awarded him.

A very fine collection of Japanese
lilies was exhibited by David Fergu-
son. The society will have its annual
outing on Aug. 24, and will visit the
various parks at Bridgeport.

It is to be regretted that the Hartford
Florists' Club cannot participate, as
usual, in this outing, which is too early
in the season for their convenience.

JOINT SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO.

.\t the joint show of the California
State Floral Society and the Pacific
Coast Horticultural Association, to
take place in this city on November
9, 10 and 11, some worth-while trophies
will be competed for. This coming
event is creating the greatest interest,
and floriculturists and horticulturists
say it will undoubtedly be equal,
if not superior, to the most elaborate
and artistic exhibit ever held on the
coast. Following is a list of classifi-
cations of exhibits and of classes o£
growers the exhibits are open to:

Class A. Open to professionals only.
Cut Howtrs. chrysanthemums, roses,
carnations and violets.

Class B. Open to professional grow-
ers only. Plants, decorative and flow-
ering.

Class C. Open the second day to
dealers only. Most artistic floral de-
sign other than funeral.

Special Class. Open to growers only.
Best exhibit of Japanese decorative
and flowering plants and flowers.

Class D. Open to amateurs who do
not employ skilled labor. Cut flowers,
chrysanthemums, roses, carnations,
pelargoniums and dahlias.

Class E. Plants, decorative and
flowering, ferns, coleus, rex begonias,
chrysanthemums and roses. For sec-
ond day only. — Floral design and table-
decoration.

Class F. Open to amateurs who em-
ploy skilled labor. Cut flowers, chrys-
anthemums, roses, carnations, pelar-
goniums and other cut flowers, includ-
ing pansies and sweet peas.

Class G. Plants, decorative and
flowering. For second day only. — Most
original and artistic floral design and
table decoration.

MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR-
AL SOCIETY.

.A.nnuals were the feature of the
show of August 12, the largest collec-
tion being that of the Harvard Botanic
Garden. The seedling phlox shown by
the Blue Hill Nurseries attracted much
attention, and there were displays of
choice dahlias by Mrs. L. Towle and
\V. G. Winsor and of sweet peas and
asters by J. Thorpe. The first and sec-
ond prizes went to Mrs. J. L. Gardner
an<i .Mrs E. M. Gill respectively.

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horticulture:

August 19, 1905

ST. LOUIS FLOWER SHOW
Under Auspices St. Louis Florist Club

We wish to call attention to the
Shaw medal, which is offered in con-
nection with the Shaw premiums each
year when a flower show is held in St.
Louis. The Shaw medal is a gold
medal of $25 value and is offered by
permission of the trustees of the Mis-
souri Botanical Garden, under provis-
ion of the will of the late Henry
Shaw, and under the following require-
ments: "Best plant of decided merit
for cultivation, not previously an arti-
cle of North America commerce, and
jntroduced to such commerce by the
exhibitor during the year in which
said award is made."

Haven't you a plant which you could
show in competition for this valuable
prize? Otto G. Koenig, Manager.

BUFFALO FLORI&rS- CLUB.
The Buffalo Florists' Club held its
meeting on Wednesday last. William
F. Kasting in the chair. It was de-
cided to have the picnic the latter part
-of the month, and Rowland Cloudsley
■was appointed chairman of the com-
mittee having the matter in charge.
As Mr. Cloudsley has had considerable
experience in that line a good time i=
•expected.

NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

The North Shore Horticultural So-
ciety *ill hold its Summer flower
show on August 23 and 24. on the
grounds of the Essex County Club.

EARLY HISTORY OF INSECTI
CIDES.

In order to show that the raising of
good fruits and flowers by our ances-
tors was carried on under difficulties
and successfully accomplished largely
through the persistent use of insecti-
cides, I herewith give a short list of
remedies used in olden times, some of
which are in use today as standard in-
secticides.

In 1629, John Parkinson recommend-
ed for the canker to cut it out and
then apply vinegar and cow manure.

In 1711, a spray of water with Ruta
was used in France for Cantharides
(fly).

In 176.3, a preparation was put up in
Marseilles as a remedy for plant lice,
consisting of bad tobacco and water-
slaked lime. Directions for use: First
wet the trees infested with lice, then
rub flowers of sulphur upon the in-
sects, and it will cause them all to
burst."

In 1791, "Forsyth's Composition":
1 bushel fresh cow dung, 1-2 bushel
lime rubbish, 1-2 bushel wood ashes.
and 1-16 bushel sand, and soap suds to
make it bind. After applying sift dry
powder of wood ashes and 1-6 part
ashes of burnt bones. This composi-
tion was recommended to cure disease,
defects, and injuries to plants, was held
particularly valuable in promoting the
healing of wounds, and was commonly
used to fill cavities in trees.

In 1797, an article appeared in the
"New England Farmer or Georgical
Dictionary," where Sam Dean. D. D..
Vice-President of Bowdoin College,
says: "There are several experiments

I could wish to have tried for subduing
these insects, such as burning brim-
stone under the trees in a calm time;
or piling dry ashes or dry, loose sand
round the roots of trees in the spring;
or throwing powdered quicklime or
soot over the trees when they are wet;
or sprinkling them about the begin-
ning of June with sea water or water
in which worm-wood or walnut leaves
have been boiled. The liquid may be
safely applied to all parts of a tree by
a large wooden syringe or squirt. I
should suppose that the best time for
making trial of these methods would
be soon after the worms are hatched,
for at that stage of their existence
they are tender and the more easily
killed. Sometimes a frost happening
at this season has destroyed them.
This, I am told, was the case in some
places in the year 1799."

In "A Treatise on the Culture and
Management of Fruit Trees" (Am. edi-
tion, edited by William Cobbett, 1802),
Forsyth recommended the following
mixture for the destruction of aphis:
one-half peck unslaked lime, 32 gal-
lons water. Allow this to stand 3 or 4
days, stirring 2 or 3 times per day. He
recommended the same mixture for the
destruction of red spider, but said that
pure water would also answer the
purpose. It is also stated that several
English nurserymen used train oil
(whale oil) against coccus, or scale
insects on plants.

J. Thatcher, M. D., "Am. Orchard-
ist." 1S22, gives a list of the following
articles to be used against the apple
tree borer, an insect that is designated
as a "pernicious reptile" by the author.
After digging out the borer fill the
cavity about the base of the tree with
"flax rubbish, sea-weed, ashes, lime,
sea-shells, sea-sand, mortar, rubbish,
clay, tanner's bark, leather scrapings,
etc."

In a Massachusetts agricultural re-
port is stated that Josiah Knapp of
Boston in 1814 used air-slaked lime
with success against the canker worm.
Later experiences have shown it to be
of little benefit for the canker worm,
but recommended it for the slug on
the leaves of fruit trees. Mr. Yates of
Albany, N. Y., recommends the follow-
ing solution for caterpillars: One
handful wormwood, one handful Rue,
two handsful of Virginia tobacco, and
two pailsful of water. In 1822 E.
Perley recommended for scale insects
on trees to wash them with lye or
brine. On account of cheapness and
ease of preparation clay paint was used
very extensively. The "Caledonian
Horticultural Society" of Scotland,
recommended that paint in 1825.

The following solution commonly
used for bed-bugs was also recom-
mended for canker by the "Practical
American Gardener," Baltimore, in
1822: Corrosive sublimate, spirits and
soft water.

On Nov. 20, 1821, John Robertson
read a paper before the London Horti-
cultural Society, saying: "Sulphur is
the only specific remedy for mildew-
on peaches." William Cobbett, in the
"English Gardener," 1829, recom-
mended for the cotton blight (wooly
aphis) a wash of something strong,
such as tobacco juice, or water in
which potatoes have been boiled, or
rubbing the part with mercurial oint-
ment.

In "The New American Gardener,"
1832, Thomas Fessenden gives a list of
solutions supposed to be strong enough

to overcome the organism against
which they were applied, as follows:
simple water, soap-suds, tobacco
water, decoctions of elder, walnut
le^es, bitter herbs, pepper, lye of
wood-ashes, solutions of pot and pearl
ashes, water impregnated with salt,
tar, turpentine, etc.; or they may be
dusted with sulphur, quick-lime, or
other acrid substances.

Lindley's "Guide to the Orchard and
Kitchen Garden," 1831, recommends
vinegar for destroying insects.

In "New American Gardener," 1832,
Fessenden quotes Loudon as saying:
"Saline substances mixed with water
are injurious to most insects with ten-
der skins, and hot water is equally if
not more powerfully injurious. Water
heated to 120 or 130 degrees will not
ihjure plants whose leaves are ex-
panded and in some degree hardened;
water at 200 degrees or upward may be
poured over leafless plants."

Loudon's "Encyclopedia of Garden-
ing," 1878, quotes Mr. Swainson as
saying that hot water will destroy
more aphis than by the use of tobacco
water.

In "The New Am. Orchard," 1833,
Dr. W. Kenrick speaks of aloe and
cayenne pepper for the aphis, and
quicklime, flowers of sulphur, and
lampblack for a white, mealy insect
and mildew on grapes.

In 1835, John Hearns recommended:
strongest farm-yard drainage, soft
soap, and flowers of brimstone for the
destruction of insects.

White hellebore was used as early
as 1842. particularly in destroying
worms on gooseberry plants. In Amer-
ica it was not until 1858, the time
when the currant worm was first
noticed, that J. Harris
hellebore.

(To be Continued.)

Visitors in Buffalo the past week:
Mr. Richard Ludwig. representing A.
N. Pierson: Mr. Arthur Bool of Ithaca;
G. M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill, Mo.

m7h7wal.sh

Rose Specialist

-WOODS HOLE.. MASS.

Hardy Roses, the best new and old va-
rieties; Strong Flowering Plants; Hy-
brid Tea Roses, the best and hardiest va-
rieties: New Rambler Roses, Lady (Jay,
Debutante, Wedding Bells, Sweet-
heart, La Fiamma and Minnehaha.
Strong, field grown plants lu tlower ne.\t
summer. Best varieties Paeonies, Phlox,
and Hollyhocks,
Catalogue describes all the above.

Florists' Signs

For Windows

FACSIMILE OF SIQNATURE. ANY SIZE. METAL,
ENAMEL OR QLASS

N. STAFFORD CO.

Fulton Street

New York

August 19, 1905

HORTIC U LT U RE

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HYDRANGEAS IZlo^r^'^

MER

red with huds and are .just hf^inning to b\
ts are splendid for decoration of the lawn,
athinj; that equals them for summer decor;

ficent stock of large-si/ed plants in tubs and barrels. Plants
• w color, and will be in full bloom during July and August,
ind are used largely at seaside places and other
tion during July and August.

Fine Plants in tubs, $2.00 and $3.00 each-»«»rding
Very largje specimens In half-barrels, $7.50 each.

These plants can b« shipped by I

ith perfect sa

Bar Harbor.

^ F. R.PIERSONCO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson,NewYork m
WANTS ^ ^ ^;'^?9.'y.9^ * ^^l^^'^.^Sshot, England

GOOD MEN

THOS. H.
BAMBRICK

34 South 7th Street, Philadelphia

Help of all kinds. Including tliat for
Florists, Nurserymen, Seedsmen and tbe
Horticultural trade generally.

FOR SALE

Greenhouse Plant consisting of 5 Houses;
2-100 ft. 3-90 ft. X 20 wide. Good office and
salesroom 20 x 25 ft., finished in hard wood,
slate counters, large refrigerator, all in
first-class shape. Houses all built over
within three years; heated by steam, brick
boiler room; 2 1-2 acres of laud, good soil,
houses filled with roses, carnations, 'mums,
smilax and ferns. 2.500 carnations in field,
quantities of hardy shrubs and plants on
grounds. One of the best locations in the
State; town of &000 inhabitants; eight other
towns center here, making this headquar-
ters for 60 miles around. No competition.
Electric cars pass the doors every hour. HI

Address P.

792. Skowbegan

WANTED— Young man to take charge of
carnation houses. Must furnish references.
Situation will be open September 1st. Ad-
dress v., care HORTICULTURE. 11 Ham-
ilton Place, Boston.

SITUATION WANTED— Long experience
In out-door gardening and thorough knowl-
edge of laying out large estates and general
landscape work. Address. K. R.. care HOR-
TICULTURE, 11 Hamilton Place. Boston.

SITUATION WANTED-As second man
on flrst-elass private place where orchids,
palms and roses are grown. Single. 28.
Practical experience in general stock Ad-
dress E. L. R., Box 222, Manchester. Mass.

WANTED— A quantity of cscholots.
JAMES COAKLEYi, 26 Bradford St., Law-
rence, Mass.

WANTED— A good grower
ik<> a florist and market g;
■orth .?."..000: fullv stocked ar
.. care HORTICULTURE.

We hope our readers, will as
possible, buy everything they
from Horticulture's Advertisers.

W ^%^»i%»»^^>%i^KI«y»>lwMi^i Mt^^t*^

PURE CANADA HARD WOOD ASHES

The Best and Host Lasting Fertilizer

Good buyers know where to get good qual.ty. Helow is a sample of the orders I am booking.
My Dear Mr. Joynt:-

today you may ship mc 5 large carloads of ashes to Kensico, N. Y. I want 3
loads for our Cemetery. Be

According t
r loads to spread on 40 a- res of land that '.
re you send me the Joynt Ijirand.

Palms, Ferns

And Decorative Plants

A Fine Lot ol AZALEAS in Great Variety

A Large Assortment of Ferns for Jardinieres
Also, Araucarias, Rubbers, Pandanns. Aralias
Dracaenas, Aspidistras, Marantas, Crotoms
etc., etc.

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION

A. LEUTHY & CO.

Importers and txporters

Growers and Dealers

PERKINS STREET NURSERIES

Roslindale, Boston, Mass.

In writing .i.lv./itis.rs. ui.'iitinii Horticulture

STRONG 2K in. STOCKfrom BENCH

NEPHROLEPIS
BARROWSII

$25.00 PER 100

Scottii Ferns lO.OOi" u

See display ad, in HORTICULTURE May 6th

HENRY H.BARROWS&SON

WHITMAN, MASS.

GODFREY ASCHMANN

iOI2 Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA

eta. aud robusta
PaLHS and AZALEAS

Write for prices

CATTLEYA
SCHROEDERAE

THE EASTER CATTLEYA

We take pleasure in announcing to our
customers tlie arrival of the above superb
I'attle.va in perfect condition. Also Cat-
tleya Trianae, C. labiata, C. Warneri, C.
sisas. (J. granulosa. Mlltonla Morellana,
KurliiiKtnnia fragrans, Laelia anceps aud L.
autiiiuualis atro-rubens. Write for prices.

Lager &. Hurrell

ORCHIDS, PALMS
BAY TREES, Etc.

JULIUS ROKHRS CO.

RUTHERFORD, N. J.

Ill writ ins advertisers, mention Horticulture

Orchids

Sander, St. Albans, England

Agent, A. OIMMOCK, 31 Barclay St., NEW YORK CITf
Horticulture's well-wishers can pro-
mote its prosperity by patronizing the
firms represented in its advertising
columns.

ROBERT J, DYSART, | j^ is ^cver too early nor too late

Public Jtccountant and Jtuditor

Simple rnetbods of correct accounting
especially adapted for florists' use.

Books Balanced and Adjusted

Mercliants Bank Build. n^-

28 STATE ST., - BOSTON

Telephone, .Main 58

Scott Ferri

Best Commercial Introduction for many years
JOMlV SCOT-1-

Keap St. Greenhouses, Brooklyn, N, Y.

ill wriiins advertisers, mention Horticulture

H ORTi culture:

August 19, 1905

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{ BEAUTIES

KAIZERINS

SUNRISE

' THE LEO NIESSEN CO. i l Samuel S. Pennock

WHOLESALE FLORISTS
1217 Arch St., - PHILADELPHIA

After July 1st Store Open 7 A.H. to 6 P.n.

CUT DAHLIAS

IN QUANTITIES

All Colors

U/^e ^^olliifof PHILA.

Commencing June 26th will close at 6 P. M.

A^errcan BEAUTIES
AND

QUEEN OF EDGELYS
WELCH BR08.

City Hall Cut-Flower Market
15 PROVINCE ST., BOSTON

E. H. HUNT

Wholesale

Cut Flowers

"THE OLD RELIABLE

T6 Wabash Av., CHICAGO

In writiug ndvertis-.i-s;. nieiuiun Horticulture

Weiland Olsch

Leading Western Growers and Shippers of

Cut FJowers

59 Wabash Ave., - CHICAGO

Long Distance Phone Central 879.
In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

VAUGHAN&SPERRY

Wholesale
Commission Florists

•PHONE CENTRAL 2571

60 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO

WILLIAM J. BAKER

n/\E ASTERS

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 — TO DEALERS ONLY

ROSES

Am. Beauty, Fan & Sp

30.00

J.OO

• 75
50.00

40.00

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5.00
3-5°

2.50

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6.00

3.00
1.50

1.50

35:00
25.00

3.00 to
.50 to

25.00 to

15.00

3.00
3.00
1.50

15.00
50.00

10.00
5.00

?:i

1.50

12. 50

25-00
25.00
2500

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500

5.00

12.00
6.00

5.00

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Lower grades

Bride & 'Maid— Fan. & Sp

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L.beny, Fancy & Special ^..

5.00
3.00

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Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay

CARNATIONS

..00

General Class and Lower grades. . .
ORCHIDS

■50

BULBOUS

Lily ol the Valley

MISCELLANEOUS

5.00

3.00

■25
.25

4.00

•50
.25
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Adiatitum Cuneatum

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50.00
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25.00

Aspiragus Plumosus. strings

Sprengeri..."!"! .""■.■.•.■

5000
50.00
3500

PHILADELPHIA CUT FLOWER CO.

1516-1518 SANSOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA

KAISERIN, CARNATIONS, SWEET PEAS

Store Closes at 6 P. M. from June 19th to Sept. i6th Daily except Saturday at i P. M.

WEITOR BR05.

Wholesale Growers of

CUT FLOWERS

SI=S3 Wabash Ave, CHICAGO, ILL.,

CHAS. W. McKELUR

51 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO

A Daily Shipment
From 10 to 60 Growers

Flower and Supply Wants to advantage

E. F. Wl i\T1-:RS( )\ CO. V^'i^iB'

CATALOQUE FREE

PETBR REINBERG

WHOLESALE

CUT FLOWERS

Western Headquarters for Choice Orchids 51 WabaSh AV., ChiCagO, m.

Valley Violets and all Cut Flowers \ in writing advertiser.s, mention Horticulture

TO BUYERS

Patronize our advertisers, they will treat you right

August 19. I'.tOo

H ORTICULTURi:

Flower Market Reports.

Roses and asters are being
BOSTON received in large quantities,

the latter especially being
very plentiful. American Beauties have
a fair demand, but only a few are to be
had. Small roses are also in demand,
and the supply iS abundant. Gladio-
lus is plentiful, with but few orders.
The whole market has been affected
by the weather of the last few days,
which has been wet and disagreeable.

A fair amount of busi-
BUFFALO ness was done during
the week. The over-
supply on asters has decreased some-
what owing to the early variety being
about over and the late crop just com-
ing on. A good many short stems
were received which moved rather
slow, but select stuff was picked up
rapidly. Some good carnations are
still to be seen, but are taken quickly.
Beauties of good quality move some-
what better; Teas are quite scarce and
need no coaxing to be sold; Kaiserin
and Carnot take the lead. Some good
sweet peas are coming in. Lily of the
valley was well in demand for a few
days. Fancy gladioli bring a good
price, while mixed colors are sold
from $1 to $2. Plenty of green goods
to be had.

Business conditions
LOUISVILLE the past week were a

little slow. With car-
nations very small and roses about the
same, the demand for this stock is not
very encouraging. Asters are the
stand-by now. They are good in qual-
ity, can be had in adequate quantities,
and sell satisfactorily. Other stock
slowly.

Trade dull. Supply
NEW YORK of small roses far in

excess of demand,
particularly lower grades. Asters
plentiful, but not generally of fine
quality. The quantity of carnations
coming into the market is very limit-
ed. Outdoor stock abundant and
cheap.

New crop Beauties are
PHILA- more plentiful, but
DELPHIA other roses have short-
ened up considerably.
Kaizerin is better quality than Bride,
which makes the latter very draggy.
Bridesmaids move better. They are
nothing to brag of as to quality, but
are the only pink to be had at present.
Carnations few and poor — little doing.
Lily of the Valley good, but go a
trifle slow. Asters still improving.
Queen of the Market now ovn- and
the larger and more refined Truffaut
and Victoria succeed. Dahlias can be
had in quantity an(J all colors, but It
is a little early yet for the finest cut-
flower varieties. Greens are going
slow. Choice Southern Plumosa can
be had at $40 per 100. Taking the
market all through, it has a genuine
attack of the good old summer time.

NOTES FROM THE "TWIN CITIES."
Business in the retail sections is
slow, as it is elsewhere. At this sea-
son of the year, door-yards and gar-
dens bloom too profusely to warrant a
rushing business for the florist. How-
ever, demands for funeral designs are
quite plentiful, and during the past
month the supply of cut flowers, roses
and carnations in particular, has not
even begun to equal these demands.
The weather has been cold and wet
for the last two weeks, and sweet peas
were noticeably affected. Asters are
coming in good lots and in fine con-
dition, and these, with the dahlias are
the principal attraction at the flower
counters now. A recent trip through
the greenhouses showed preparations
for the coming winter in full swing,
3vith a splendid lot of chrysanthemum
plants in sight, vigorous and strong.

The retail florists are enjoying va-
cations and fishing trips, and taking
plenty of time to visit our many lakes
and summer resorts, in company with
their wives and babies. On the 25th
of .July, the Florists' Association of
St. Paul and Minneapolis held its an-
nual picnic at White Bear Lake. There
were bowling, foot-races and all kinds
of games and contests, and we all had
a splendid time and plenty of good
things to eat.

In Minneapolis, Oscar Swanson, Wm.
Donaldson & Co., R. A. Latham,
Pathey & Thompson, George S. Murt-
feldt, and the New York florists; in
St. Paul, August Swanson, Herman
Olson, L. L. May & Co.. E. F. Limke,
and Vogt Bros, are among those who
dictate the '"flower fashions." Alto-
gether, we are doing a good business,
and each year sees the cut flower trade
of Minnesota reaching out into the
smaller towns, and adding a bright
touch of civilization to the wild, nat-
ural grandeur of this beautiful stat".

BUSINESS CHANGES

Mrs. R. A. Magee has sold h( i
greenhouses at North Ashland, Mass
to F. H. Pratt.

The Misses Worn of San Fiancisco
have abandoned their long-established
flower store site opposite the Sie^eis
& Boland store and relocated this vieek
in much larger quarters at Stockton
and Post streets.

J. W. Oxtoby, well known to the
San Francisco cut flower and plant
trade as a floral-work hustler, has just
purchased a half interest in the vet-
eran Domenic Company whose trade
name is Fourth Street Florists.

CATALOGUES RECEIVED.

Wm. Elliott & Sons. 201 Fulton
street. New York. Trade i)rice list of
bulbs, flower seeds and horticultural
sundries.

Forest Nursery and Seed Co., Mc-
Minnville, Tenn. — A comprehensive
wholesale list of deciduous and ever-
green tree seeds and seedlings.

Paeonies and Perennials — A tempt-
ing list of good things, giving a pro-
cession of flowers from early spring
till frost. C. S. Harrison, York, Neb.

Suzuki & lida, 31 Barclay street.
New York. Wholesale price list of
Japanese bulbs, plants and seeds. The
cover bears a nice colored illustration
of Magnolia salicifolia.

Florists Out Of Town

Taking Orders for Flowers to

Taking Orders for Flowers to
be Delivered to 5teamer.s or
lilsewhere In New V«rk can
ha\e them delivered in
PLAIN BO.XES, WITH OWN
TAOS in best manner by

Young & Nugent

42 W. 28tli St., New York

«1>N^%«^W<)%i»^^i^WW^»N^*»^^W^i

A. Gude & Bro.

FLORISTS

1214 F ST., WASHINGTON. D. C.

Geo. H. Cooke

FLORIST

Connecticut Avenue and L Street

WASHINGTON. D. C.

FRED C. WEBER

FLORIST

ou4¥tT'izzT ST. LOUIS, MO.

I BOSTON FLORIST LETTER CO. I
Ma;n„factu,ersrf FLORISTS' LETTERS I

Thi,* wooden box niiflv -laine
varnished, 18x30x13. made in t\\
tions. one for eacli size letter,
away with first order of 50O lettt

ord. Used by leading florists (--verywhere an
ir sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealer:

N. f . McCARTnY, Manager

84 Hawley Street. BOSTON, MASS.

WILLIAM J. BOAS & CO.

MANUFACTURERS OF

Folding Flower Boxes

No. 1042 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia
Write for Price List and Samples

N. Stafford & Co.. whose advertise-
ment of signs, badges, etc., has been
naming in Horticulture, have done
considerable work in their line , of a
horticultural nature, including medals
for several organizations and firms,
and have supplied the S. A. F. badges
for many years. Write them about
clul) l)adges.

horticulture:

August 19, 1905

FRANK MILLANC

Wholesale Commisslgn Florist

55-57 W. 26th street, NEW YORK

Tel. 299 Madison Sq. Open 6 A. M. 10 5 l-. M.
In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

The RELIABLE HOUSE

JOSEPH S. FENRICH

Wholesale Florist

Consignments Solicited

45 West 30th Street, New York City

Telephune No. S24 and .i2S Madison square

i JOHN

RAYNOR

Wholesale Commission Florist ^i'^'i^SisA^loXERs'*

TEL. 1998 MADISON SQUARE 49 W. 28 St., New York City

Walter F. Sheridan

Wholesale Commissloa Dealer in

Choice Cut Flowers

FORD BROTHERS

48 West 28th street.

FffiRosfunniiiK

A Full Line of All CUT FiJjWEK.S
Telephone, 3870 or ,3871 Madison Squan

HEADQUARTERS FOR NOVELTIES

ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY

THE HIGHEST \/ A I I CV ALWAYS

GRADE OF VMIalsKT OW HA»D

BEST BEAUTIES, METEORS. BRIDES AND BRIDESMAIDS

JAMES McMANUS,75V!ar4. 50 W. 30th St., New York

WM. GHORMLEY

Wholesale Commission Florist

West 28tli Sti-eet

IVI5W -vork:

FINEST ROSES All Varieties

Carnations, Lily of the Valley, Gardenias, Lilies, Ferns, Asparagus, every day in the
year. Everything choice that the market offers

Special Attention to Shipping Orde

Telepho

2200, 2201, Madison Squ

NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100-TO DEALERS ONLY

Beauty, fan and sp...

No.i..'"'"

" Lower gradei

Liberty, fan. and sp. ..

Chatenay,
Meteor...

Last Half of Week

ORCHIDS

Catileyas..
BUi BOUS

Lily of the Valley...
niSCELLANEOUS

Sweet Peas, bunches

*' Croweanu

" FarleyenS'

Smihx

Asparagus Plumosu;

Asparagus, Sprenge

s-;:::

Last Half of Week First Half of We
ending^flug. 12 beginning Aug.

Florists

Out of
Town

Taking orders for delivery in
New York City or Vicinity can
have them filled in best manner
and specially delivered by

Thomas Young, Jr.

41 W. 2«th Street, New York

In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

ALEX. McGONNELL

546 Fifth Ave., New York City

Telegraphic orders forwarded to any
part of the United States. Canada, and
al" principal cities of Europe. Orders
transferred or entrusted by the trade to
our selection for delivery on stoara-
sbips or elsewhere receive special

Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 38th St.
Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL

DETROIT

John Breltmeyer's

Cor. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVBS.
DETROIT, MICH.

Artistic Designs
High CradeCut Blooms

We cover .ill Mi.lii)-iin pointR anil good
sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada.

In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture

In writing Advertisers l(indly mention Horticulture

August 19, 1905

HORTICULTURE.

211

"Victory"

Charles Millang

50 West 29th St.. New York City

Cut Flowers on Commission

A Reliable Place to Consisfn to or order IVom

J. B. Murdock & Co.

Wholesale Klorists

FLORISTS' SUPPLIKS
545 Liberty St., PITTSBURG, PA.

Long Distance Ptione, 1436 Court.
In writing ailvfi-tisi-TS. lueiitiou Ilortlcultiire

Bonnot Bros.

"Wholesale Florists

5Sand57 W. 26thSt., NEW YORK

Cut Fiower Exchange im 'vio mo,!,,,,,! s.iunn .

OPEN 6.00 A.M.

AN UNEIJUALED OUTLET FOR CONSIGNED FLOWERS

The only house
handling the New
Red Carnation

To be disseminated 1006. Also a complete
line of choicest flowiTS.

ALEX. J. CUTTMAN

WHOLESALE FLORIST

52 WEST 29TH ST. NEW YORK

Telephones 1664-1665 Madison Square.

Edward C. Horan
Wholesale Florist

55 WEST 28th ST.
Tel. ,V*| Madison Sq. NcW York

JAMES A. HAMMOND

Wholesale Commission Florist

T'e'.%^ir.s^L-s,. NEW YORK CITY

Consignments receive conscientious and prompt

attention. Higliest marl<et price guaranteed.

Tlie finest stock iu the marlcet always on hand

JULIUS LAND

Wholesale Florist

Consignments received, sold well
and returns made promptly.

53 WEST 30th ST. NEW YORK

Telephone. 280 Madison Sq.
ESTABLISHED 1872

JOHN J. PERKINS

WHOLESALE and COMMISSION FLORIST

US W. 30th St., New York

Tel. No. 956 Madison Square
Wanted.— A few more reliable growers of
Carnations and Violets. Quick returns and
highest prices.

H.BAYERSDORFER&CO

50-56 North 4th Street
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

BEST LIKE IW THE COUNTRY

Reed & Kelle7~

122 W. 25th St. New York, N. Y.

Importers and Manufa. tunrs of

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

Galax Leaves and all Doour;ilivif Greens

Cut Flowers

BOSTONS BEST
ALL VARIETIES

SttlPPED TO ALL POINTS

Florist*' Supplies

Largest Stock in New England

Lowest Wholesale Rates

N.r.3IcCartli}(tCo.

84 HAW LEY ST.

Tel. Main 5973 BOSTON

NEW SPHAGNUM

FI-XEST ({lAMTV
FERNS, CALAX AND SUPPLIES

H. M. Robinson & Co.

3 and 11 Province St., Boston, Mass.

GEORGE aVsUTHERLAND CO.

CUT FLOWERS

Florists' Supplies and Letters
34HawleySt.,

BOSTON

Hea<l<iuarters in Western New York for

Roses
Carnations

And all kinds of Seasonable Flowers

WIN. F, KASTING

Wholesale Commission Florist

Also Sealer in Florists' Supplies ana
Wire Deslg-ns

383-8r Ellicott St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Give us a Trial We can please you

FANCY CARNATIONS
AND ROSES

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd.

FANCY FERNS

S/.oo I'KR 1000 Discount on regular shipments

Mjcliigaii Cut Flower E.xcliange

WM. DILGER, Manager

38 AND 40 MIAHl AVE., DETROIT, MICH.

In writing' advertisers, mention Horticulture

OUR FLOWERS

1 product of establishments that CAN
BE DEPENDED UPON to supply bloomsof un
quality EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR.
I prepared to furnish GOOD KIATERIAL anil at REASONABLE PRICES. Let us hear from you NOYV, please.

TRAENDLY (Si 5CHENCK

44 >Vest 28th St., New YorR City

Tele

798-799 Madit

WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.

TRADE PRICES — Per 100 TO DEALERS ONLY

Am. Beauty, fan. and sp...

No. I

Lower grades

Bride and Maid, fan. and sp

:?'.

•' No. I and Lower gr
Liberty, fan. and sp

5.^

^"\

3.C0
•50

Golden Gate, Ivory, Chatenay. . . ..
CARNATIONS

General Class

ORCHIDS

BULBOUS

Lilies

tc.oo

Callas

niSCELLANEOUS

Adiantum Cunealum . . • ■

...'.!.

us, strings..

J.A.BUOLONG

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO

■~,^...:... SinCUT FLOWERS

HORTICULTURE

August 19, 1905

List

Advertisers

Page
Aschmann G 307

Baker Wm. J 208

Backer & Co 188

BambrickThos. H...207
Barrows H.H.& Son. ao7

Baur Floral Co 188

Bayersdorfcr H. & Co.at i

Boas W. J. & Co 209

Boddington A. T 188

Boston Florist Letter

Co 209

Breck Joseph & Sons 190
Breitmeyer's J. Sonsaio

Budlong J. A 211

Burnham Hitchings

Pierson Co 216

Burpee W. A. & Co.. 190

Chicago House Wreck-
ing Co 215

Chicago Carnation

Co 188

Clucas & Boddinston 187

Cooke G.H 209

Coolidge Bros 187

Cottage Gardens 1 86

DeNijs Bros 187

DilgerWm 186-211

Dreer H. A 187-215

DysartR.J 207

Elliott Wm.& Son. ..188

EslerJ. G 2.5

ErnebtW. H. 215

Farquhar '^. & }. &

Co 190

Fennch I. S 210

Fletcher "F. W 187

Ford Bros 210

Forest Nursery &

Seed Co 187

Fromow W. & Sons. .207

Ghormley W 210

Grey T.J. & Co 190

Gude A. & Bro 209

Gurney Heater Mfg.

Co ...M5

Gultman Ale.v. J 211

Hail Asso 215

Hammond J. A 2ir

Hews A. H.S- Co.. ..215

Hill E.G. Co. 188

HollisGeo 187

Holly. Castle Co 216

Horan E. C 2.1

HuntE.H 208

Johnston Heating Co.2t4
Joyntjohn 207

KastingW. F 211

King Cons. Co 2r5

KloknerA 215

Lager & Hurrell.. 207

Lang Julius .211

Leuthy A. & Co 207

Metropolitan Material
Co ....215

McCarthy N. F. &

Page

McConnell Ale.v 210

McKellar Charles \V. 208

McManusJas. 210

Michell H. F ..190

Michigan Cut Flower

E.vchange 186-211

Millang Charles 211

Millang Frank .210

MiitingA.. 187

Moninger J. C. .•.••215
MurdockJ. B........2.1

NiessenLeoCo 208

Peacock L. K 188

Pennock Samuel S.2c8

Perkins John J ..211

Phila. Cut Flower C0.208

Pierson F R. Co 207

Pittsburg Cut Flower

Co 211

Poehlmann Bros. Co 188

Pye R.C 188

Rawson W. W. & C0.190

Raynor John 1 210

Reed & Keller 2ir

ReidEdw 178

Relnberg Peter 2c8

Robinson H. M. &

Co 211

Roehrs Julius 207

Rolker August & Son. 207

Sander & Son 207

Schillo Lumber Co... 216
ScoUay John A.. ....215

Scott John ..207

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